Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zheng brought reinforcements to Fengdu as the Three Realms’ powers mobilized to defend the Six Paths of Reincarnation from an overwhelming assault. He arrived at the collapsing battlefield and unleashed three powerful formations, while Patriarch Bodhi confronted Huan Mu elsewhere in the Void.

• Zhou Zheng arrived above Fengdu and met Daoist Cihang, Tiger-Subduing Arhat, and Hou Qing, who entrusted him with a Cave-Heaven Treasure containing three grand formations.
• Daoist Cihang, Hou Qing, and Tiger-Subduing Arhat gathered their forces into the Myriad Immortals World-Destroying Array, the Pangu World-Opening Array, and the Buddha's Light Universal Array.
• Meng Po and the ghost immortals struggled to hold back the Two Realms Tribulation Dragon Life-Death Array as two Immeasurable Demon God Array giants joined the attack.
• Zhou Zheng crossed Space-Time and released the three formations at the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where they struck the black dragons and armored giants.
• Patriarch Bodhi watched Zhou Zheng arrive and confronted Huan Mu, who admitted that the coming Great Calamity had drawn them both into the conflict.

Zhou Zheng watched the Gate of No Return’s attack on the Six Paths of Reincarnation turn against them, then prepared to answer the arrival of two more Endless Demon God Arrays with his Star Realm Divine Bow. His Heartforce gathered into an arrow, drawing the attention and alarm of the watching Great Powers.

• Zhou Zheng spoke with Meng Po as the Six Paths Great Array gained the advantage over the Gate of No Return’s formations.
• Heart Demon Lord appeared before Black Robe God King and insisted that the Six Paths of Reincarnation had to be destroyed to aid the Gate of No Return’s struggle for destiny.
• Two more Endless Demon God Arrays arrived and charged the Six Paths of Reincarnation, alarming Meng Po.
• Xing Tian True God and other Great Powers prepared to attack the Gate of No Return, while Patriarch Bodhi asked Zhou Zheng to bring back more reinforcements.
• Zhou Zheng drew the Star Realm Divine Bow and gathered his Heartforce into an arrow, causing the Gate of No Return’s Great Powers to panic.

Zhou Zheng used Hou Yi's Archery to destroy two Immeasurable Demon Gods and their arrays, forcing the Gate of No Return to retreat. Afterward, the Three Realms' Dao Ancestors praised his contribution and agreed to take the Gate of No Return's attack on the Six Paths of Reincarnation seriously.

• Zhou Zheng fired nine arrows that destroyed two Immeasurable Demon Gods and their arrays, killing hundreds of Heavenly God True Immortals.
• The Gate of No Return's Black Robe God King ordered a retreat as Zhou Zheng prepared to attack the remaining formations.
• Patriarch Bodhi appeared beside Zhou Zheng, and the Dao Ancestors of both sides arrived before the Gate of No Return gathered its survivors and left.
• The Three Realms' Dao Ancestors thanked Zhou Zheng and discussed how to protect the Six Paths of Reincarnation from another attack.
• Patriarch Bodhi urged the assembled Great Powers to abandon hope of peace with the Gate of No Return, and they agreed to rally other Dao Ancestors to their side.

After Zhou Zheng's power became known, Old Man Yuan reconsidered him as a threat but chose to keep waiting. Zhou Zheng watched Ji Ning's birth, returned to studying the Five Treasures Sword Technique, and asked Patriarch Bodhi to obtain Nuwa's advanced Divine-Demon Flow cultivation method; Bodhi's allies agreed to grant it to him.

• Old Man Yuan learned Zhou Zheng had reached the Fifth Level of Heartforce and judged that his plans for the Three Realms could no longer be delayed, though he continued waiting for Nuwa's hidden trump cards to emerge.
• Zhou Zheng watched Ji Ning be born in Yan Mountain and decided not to interfere with events.
• Zhou Zheng returned to the Sword Immortal Realm and continued studying the third volume of the Five Treasures Sword Technique.
• Patriarch Bodhi offered Zhou Zheng a reward, and Zhou Zheng asked for a Divine-Demon Flow cultivation method more advanced than the Ziwei Star Dou Scripture.
• Patriarch Bodhi consulted Suirenshi and other Great Powers, who agreed that Zhou Zheng should receive Nuwa's method after Bodhi explained his disciple's background and Heartforce training.

Patriarch Bodhi brought Zhou Zheng into the Nuwa Immortal Realm and taught him the Inner Observation Free Ancestral God Scroll. Zhou Zheng recognized that its illusory methods suited him and gave Bodhi several dozen Dharma Gates, asking him to conceal their source from Old Man Yuan.

• Patriarch Bodhi used Nuwa’s silver boat to take Zhou Zheng into the Nuwa Immortal Realm, where he showed him the faction’s collection of secret arts.
• Patriarch Bodhi revealed the Divine-Demon Flow Dharma Gate, the Inner Observation Free Ancestral God Scroll, and Zhou Zheng began studying it.
• Zhou Zheng realized the scroll’s use of illusion to affect reality suited his Heartforce and could improve his chances of becoming an Ancestral God.
• Zhou Zheng gave Patriarch Bodhi several dozen Dharma Gates from his own encounters and asked him to claim he had found them by chance.
• Patriarch Bodhi agreed to keep the Dharma Gates’ source secret, and Zhou Zheng relied on that secrecy to protect them from Old Man Yuan.

Zhou Zheng used the Inner Observation Free Ancestral God Scroll to break through to True God in secret, then continued training until Patriarch Bodhi sent him to the Great Xia World’s Immortal Fate Convention. Bodhi hoped Zhou Zheng would take on Daoist Sanshou’s sword-focused heir as a disciple.

• After a month of meditation, Zhou Zheng sensed a trace of reality and began breaking through to True God using the Great Dao of Sword as his core.
• Seventeen of Zhou Zheng’s clones absorbed Chaos Power in the World Prison while another broke through in Chaos; he told Patriarch Bodhi and received a technique to conceal his aura.
• Zhou Zheng kept cultivating for over thirty years, bringing his Power of Sword close to the fourth level but remaining unable to learn the fourth volume of the Five Treasures Sword Technique.
• Patriarch Bodhi invited Zhou Zheng to watch the Immortal Fate Convention in the Great Xia World, and Zhou Zheng agreed to go.
• After Zhou Zheng left, Patriarch Bodhi hoped he would take an interest in the Wanxiang Adept who possessed Daoist Sanshou’s treasure inheritance and accept him as a disciple.

Zhou Zheng arrived at the Immortal Fate Convention in the Great Xia World, where his terrifying reputation unsettled the gathered cultivators and drew the attention of the True Immortals. As Lü Dongbin described the competing geniuses, Zhou Zheng focused on a sword-carrying youth in white, the reason Bodhi had sent him there.

• Xia Huang hosted the Immortal Fate Convention with eight other True Immortals in attendance, hoping to find gifted disciples amid the approaching tribulation.
• Zhou Zheng appeared above the Great Xia Imperial Capital and let a trace of his killing intent and aura show, frightening the cultivators below.
• Lü Dongbin and Xia Huang welcomed Zhou Zheng into Tian Mang Hall and gave him a seat among the True Immortals.
• Zhou Zheng told the gathered True Immortals that he had come to see how the convention was held, while keeping Bodhi’s purpose secret.
• Lü Dongbin described the young competitors to Zhou Zheng, who soon fixed his attention on a sword-carrying youth in white.

Zhou Zheng watched Ji Ning and Yu Wei during the Immortal Fate Convention, recognizing traces of the Heart Demons’ influence in Yu Wei and deciding Ji Ning was an exceptional talent. After Ji Ning advanced to the final three, Zhou Zheng openly asked Xia Huang to let him take Ji Ning as his disciple, leaving Xia Huang speechless.

• Zhou Zheng noticed the Path of Heart Demons’ influence in Yu Wei and realized her Past Life Memories had not yet awakened.
• The elimination round ended with ninety-six contestants, and Ji Ning sensed that the black-robed Cheng Tian Heavenly God was extraordinary.
• Xia Huang announced that Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor would choose a disciple from among the top three contestants.
• The arena matches narrowed the contestants to three, and Zhou Zheng praised Ji Ning’s courage and potential.
• Zhou Zheng asked Xia Huang for permission to take Ji Ning as his disciple regardless of whether he placed in the top three, leaving Xia Huang unable to answer.

Ji Ning won first place in the arena tournament, making him a strong candidate to become Zhou Zheng’s disciple. Lü Dongbin accepted Yu Wei as his disciple, and Zhou Zheng gave her a treasure to help her overcome the Inner Demon Tribulation.

• Xia Huang agreed to Zhou Zheng’s request concerning Ji Ning, while reserving the right to send Ji Ning’s battle recordings to his master if Ji Ning reached the top three.
• Ji Ning improved during the tournament’s final battles and claimed first place, thrilling his friends and family.
• Xia Huang sent recordings of Ji Ning’s battles to Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor, while Lü Dongbin asked to accept Yu Wei as his disciple.
• Xia Huang agreed, and Yu Wei respectfully acknowledged Lü Dongbin as her master.
• Zhou Zheng gave Yu Wei a rare treasure that could suppress distracting thoughts and help her through the Inner Demon Tribulation.

Yu Wei told Ji Ning that Lü Ancestor had accepted her and that she would leave the Great Xia World with him, then offered Ji Ning the mysterious treasure she had received from a Heavenly God. The Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor chose Mu Chuan as his disciple, and the chapter ended with the Black-Clad Heavenly God summoning Ji Ning.

• Yu Wei told Ji Ning she would leave the Great Xia World with Lü Ancestor and offered him the treasure given to her by a Heavenly God.
• Xia Huang showed the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor the battle recordings, and the Dao Ancestor judged Mu Chuan more promising than Ji Ning.
• The Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor chose Mu Chuan as his disciple, while Hei Shi was accepted by a Pure Yang True Immortal.
• Heavenly Immortal Xuanji hoped Ji Ning would be left without a powerful mentor, but the Black-Clad Heavenly God called Ji Ning forward.

Zhou Zheng revealed himself as Cheng Tian Heavenly God and took Ji Ning as his eldest disciple, then prepared to take him away from the Great Xia World to cultivate. After learning Ji Ning had inherited Daoist Sanshou’s legacy, Zhou Zheng received sword manuals from Patriarch Bodhi and departed with Ji Ning and his spirit beasts, while Lü Dongbin left with Yu Wei.

• Zhou Zheng introduced himself as Cheng Tian, a disciple of Dao Ancestor Bodhi, and asked Ji Ning to become his disciple; Ji Ning accepted and became the eldest disciple of Zhou Zheng’s lineage.
• Xia Huang congratulated Ji Ning, and Lü Dongbin joked that Zhou Zheng’s new disciple and Yu Wei made them in-laws.
• Ji Ning told his friends and relatives that Zhou Zheng would take him away to cultivate, then said farewell to Yu Wei.
• Zhou Zheng told Patriarch Bodhi he had taken Ji Ning as a disciple, and Bodhi explained that Ji Ning had inherited Daoist Sanshou’s Star-Picking Hand.
• Patriarch Bodhi gave Zhou Zheng over ten thousand Sword Dao manuals to help train Ji Ning.
• Zhou Zheng left the Great Xia World with Ji Ning, his dog, and Green Snake; Lü Dongbin departed with Yu Wei, bringing the Immortal Fate Convention to an end.

Zhou Zheng taught Ji Ning the Nine Heavens Profound Firmament Record, a path toward becoming a First-Class Celestial Immortal, and offered him the treasure needed to attempt it. Ji Ning accepted the perilous opportunity, while the Heavenly Gods in his Star-Picking Mansion awoke unaware of Zhou Zheng’s true identity and prepared for danger.

• Zhou Zheng brought Ji Ning into a space beyond the Three Realms where no Dao existed, and the space’s power put Ji Ning’s spirit beasts and everyone in the Star-Picking Mansion to sleep.
• Zhou Zheng passed Ji Ning the Nine Heavens Profound Firmament Record and explained that becoming a First-Class Celestial Immortal required a rare treasure and a tribulation at least as difficult as the Heavenly God Tribulation.
• Ji Ning chose to pursue the path and asked Zhou Zheng to help him become a First-Class Celestial Immortal.
• Zhou Zheng used the World Pearl to draw Ji Ning’s Second Primordial Spirit inside so it could convert to the new cultivation method, then outlined a training plan involving sword teachings, scriptures, and trials.
• The seven Heavenly Gods discovered that everyone in the Star-Picking Great World had mysteriously fallen asleep and learned that Ji Ning had gone beyond the Three Realms with a master called Cheng Tian.
• Red Snow Heavenly God urged the others to prepare to fight, fearing that a terrifying presence had targeted them.

Zhou Zheng settled Ji Ning and his spirit beasts in the Mountain Water Realm, where Ji Ning began cultivating under his guidance. After Ji Ning learned that Zhou Zheng had secretly put the Star-Picking Mansion’s inhabitants to sleep, the Heavenly Gods considered contacting Zhou Zheng; meanwhile, Zhou Zheng broke through to the fourth level of the Power of Sword and began fusing it with his Power of Space-Time.

• Little Green questioned why Ji Ning had to fight Puppets in a place without the Dao, and Zhou Zheng said the training had a purpose he could not reveal.
• Zhou Zheng brought Ji Ning and his spirit beasts to the Mountain Water Realm, instructed them, and left them scrolls to study.
• Ji Ning entered the Star-Picking Mansion, where Yellow-Haired Big Bear questioned him about Zhou Zheng’s plan to return to the place without the Dao.
• Ji Ning revealed that Zhou Zheng had put the others to sleep while passing him a method, prompting Yellow-Haired Big Bear and the seven Heavenly Gods to consider contacting Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng broke through to the fourth level of the Power of Sword and began working to merge it into Space-Time Birth and Death.

After more than a thousand years of cultivation, Zhou Zheng broke through to the Fifth Level of the Power of Space-Time and demonstrated his strength to Patriarch Bodhi. Bodhi recognized that Zhou Zheng had surpassed him, while Zhou Zheng resolved to keep strengthening himself before the Great Calamity.

• Zhou Zheng combined the fourth level of the Power of Sword with Space-Time Birth and Death and gained the insight needed to reach the Space-Time Realm.
• Patriarch Bodhi sensed the space-time fluctuations and asked Zhou Zheng whether he had broken through.
• Zhou Zheng and Patriarch Bodhi clashed with their Five Scrolls of Space-Time, and their evenly matched exchange ended in less than half a day.
• Patriarch Bodhi said Zhou Zheng’s strength was close to that of the Three Pure Ones and Tathagata Buddha, and that his breakthrough had increased their camp’s chances in the Great Calamity.
• Zhou Zheng kept his greater strength and his confidence in comprehending the Heavenly Dao to himself, and promised to accelerate his cultivation.

Zhou Zheng defeated True God Shi Yu in the World Prison and took the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower. With the treasure, Zhou Zheng expected to accelerate his time and comprehend the vast Heavenly Dao much faster.

• Zhou Zheng arrived at True God Shi Yu's flower-filled valley and demanded the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower.
• True God Shi Yu refused, and Zhou Zheng used Heartforce and Power of Space-Time to overwhelm him and destroy most of his Divine Body.
• Zhou Zheng spared True God Shi Yu and demanded his treasures and permission to search his memories; True God Shi Yu agreed.
• Zhou Zheng obtained True God Shi Yu's three Chaos Rare Treasures, including the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower, and learned that it provided stable Time Acceleration.
• Zhou Zheng planned to use the tower to gain time for comprehending the Heavenly Dao.

Zhou Zheng’s Second Primordial Spirit entered the Three Realms to investigate Great Powers enslaved by Old Man Yuan while the Gate of No Return monitored him. After more than twenty years, the first Realm War erupted in the Lu Wu Realm, drawing Zhou Zheng’s attention.

• The Black Robe God King learned that Cheng Tian Heavenly God’s Second Primordial Spirit had appeared and ordered the Gate of No Return to keep watching Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng’s Original Body Clone gave the Sky-Peering Taihao Tower to his Second Primordial Spirit Clone in the Sword Immortal Realm.
• Zhou Zheng sent his Second Primordial Spirit to investigate which Great Powers Old Man Yuan had enslaved.
• More than twenty years passed as battles spread across many Great Worlds, and the first Realm War broke out in the Lu Wu Realm.
• Zhou Zheng temporarily turned his attention from the investigation to the Realm War, which drew notice from Great Powers across the Three Realms.

The first Realm War erupted in the Lu Wu Realm and ended in a narrow victory for Dao Ancestor Lu Wu's side after three years of brutal fighting. The Lord of Ten Thousand Demons prepared for the next battle, while Zhou Zheng discovered that Dao Ancestor Lu Wu had been enslaved and worried about how to free the many enslaved Dao Ancestors.

• The first Realm War killed more than forty Heavenly Gods and True Immortals before Dao Ancestor Lu Wu's side barely won.
• The Lord of Ten Thousand Demons told the Black Robe God King that an Emissary of All Things could counter Cheng Tian Heavenly God if he entered the battlefield alone.
• The Lord of Ten Thousand Demons explained that Cheng Tian would need thousands of Heavenly Gods and True Immortals under his command to reach power near the Leader Level.
• Zhou Zheng examined Dao Ancestor Lu Wu and confirmed that Old Man Yuan had enslaved him.
• Zhou Zheng realized that creating a way to free the enslaved Dao Ancestors was nearly impossible and that removing Old Man Yuan's Puppets would make him easier to defeat.

After thirty-one years of training under Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning received a powerful body-protection divine ability and a pearl that disguised his Second Primordial Spirit as a Celestial Immortal. He returned to the Great Xia World with Little Green and White Water Marsh and arrived at the Black-White Academy.

• Ji Ning spent a month battling seven powerful Puppets, using the fights to deepen his understanding of the Sword Dao.
• Zhou Zheng told Ji Ning to leave his tutelage and seek opportunities amid the chaos in the Three Realms.
• Zhou Zheng taught Ji Ning the Indestructible Body divine ability and warned him to claim he practiced the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.
• Zhou Zheng gave Ji Ning a Celestial Immortal Pearl so his Second Primordial Spirit would appear to be a Celestial Immortal.
• Ji Ning, Little Green, and White Water Marsh emerged above Andan Commandery and traveled to the Black-White Academy.

Ji Ning attacked the Shao Yan Clan over its past persecution of the Yu Chi Clan, but Shao Yan Chou unexpectedly agreed to his demands and killed four of his own clan’s Celestial Immortals. As two more attackers arrived, Ji Ning struck them down before Shao Yan Chou could stop him.

• Ji Ning built his strength over more than ten years, then stormed the Shao Yan Clan and demanded the deaths of those responsible for the Yu Chi Clan’s suffering, including Heavenly Immortal Xuanji.
• Shao Yan Chou secretly agreed to Ji Ning’s demands and sent his Clones, treasures, and insect beasts to kill four Celestial Immortals of his own clan.
• Shao Yan Chou agreed to execute the clan members who had dealt with the Yu Chi Clan, leaving Ji Ning and the remaining Shao Yan Clan Celestial Immortals bewildered.
• Zhou Zheng watched from the Sword Immortal Realm and considered sending Ji Ning to Taixu Valley, intending to let Ji Ning decide after hearing the risks.
• Two figures arrived through Great Teleportation and attacked Ji Ning and Shao Yan Chou, but Ji Ning’s sword blasted them to pieces before Shao Yan Chou could intervene.

After mistakenly killing ten billion mortals, Ji Ning survived the Karma Fire Tribulation and spent ten years training in a remote Ruins World, where he comprehended the Power of Sword. Meanwhile, Zhou Zheng mastered the Five Treasures Sword Technique, prompting the Gate of No Return to consider the inheritance he could claim.

• Ji Ning's sword destroyed Cave-Heaven Treasures holding ten billion mortals, and the resulting karma fire struck him down; Zhou Zheng arrived and took him away while promising Little Green and White Water Marsh that he would survive.
• Zhou Zheng brought Ji Ning to a Dao-less Ruins World and asked seven Heavenly Gods to protect him while he recovered and trained there.
• After seven days, Ji Ning awoke and learned that Zhou Zheng had left him in the Ruins World to train; about five years later, he comprehended the Power of Sword during battle.
• Ji Ning spent ten years in the Ruins World, deepened his understanding of the Power of Sword, and waited for Zhou Zheng to return him to the Three Realms.
• Zhou Zheng mastered the Five Treasures Sword Technique and defeated several True God-level prisoners with its newly accelerated sword shadows, though True God Shi Yu held his ground.
• The Gate of No Return learned that Zhou Zheng had mastered the technique; the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons decided they could not act against him because the consequences would be too severe.