Recaps

Chen Zheng was carried into the Land of Eternal Regret by the Eternal Regret Palace, astonishing the factions gathered outside. The others entered to pursue the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, and they later saw Chen Zheng stopped before the second trial while the supreme artifact stood beyond it.

• Chen Zheng boarded the Eternal Regret Palanquin as its bearers carried Zhuge Qingniu and Yan Ying into the sandstorm, while Yan Sheng judged Chen Zheng’s body to be in the Imperishable Realm.
• Dao Ancestor Gu Lie and Zong Kuang arrived seeking the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, and Gan Zhe told Zong Kuang about Chen Zheng’s reception by the Eternal Regret Palace.
• Zong Kuang charged into the sandstorm with the Hall of the Sinful God, while Yan Sheng warned Gan Zhe not to provoke Chen Zheng and then entered with his own group.
• Gu Lie and a purple-robed old man led their factions into the Land of Eternal Regret, with the old man cautioning a disguised woman to act carefully.
• Half an incense stick later, the cultivators saw the nine-story Sovereign Sky Flying Star and found Chen Zheng stopped outside the second trial.

Chen Zheng faced suspicion and provocation from the visitors to the Land of Eternal Regret while they gathered before its nine-story pavilion. When the palace master awakened and confirmed that she was not worthy of being Chen Zheng’s concubine, Gan Zhe was scared to death.

• Gan Zhe and Zong Kuang mocked Chen Zheng, while a purple-robed old man learned that his disguised princess believed Chen Zheng was her opportunity.
• Elder Lan appeared and ordered the outsiders to leave, warning that only an Epoch Hegemon could claim the Sovereign Sky Flying Star.
• Gan Zhe accused Chen Zheng of insulting the palace master and called for him to be killed, despite Dao Ancestor Yansheng’s warnings.
• The palace master emerged from the pavilion, and the Four Regrets and Elder Lan bowed to her.
• The palace master said that even if Chen Zheng had called her unworthy of being his concubine, he would have been right, and Gan Zhe died from terror.

The Eternal Regret Palace Master revealed that Chen Zheng had created the Sovereign Sky Flying Star and recognized him as a figure from the First Epoch, then sent nearly everyone away so they could speak privately. The woman disguised as a man was left protesting that she had not yet received her fortuitous opportunity.

• Zong Kuang and Dao Ancestor Gulie fled with their sects after hearing the Eternal Regret Palace Master say she was unqualified to be Chen Zheng's concubine.
• The woman disguised as a man decided Chen Zheng was her fortuitous opportunity, while Dao Ancestor Yansheng stayed behind to explain Gan Zhe's actions.
• Chen Zheng showed the Honglou Treasure Ship, and the plainly dressed woman explained that Heaven Taixuan had modeled it on the Sovereign Sky Flying Star.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master said Chen Zheng had created the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, had once refused her advances, and had refined his past into nothingness, though something had gone wrong with his magical power.
• The palace master teleported everyone away except Zhuge Qingniu and Yan Ying, leaving the disguised woman to protest that she had not received her fortuitous opportunity.

The Eternal Regret Palace Master shared memories of Chen Zheng’s first life, but they failed to restore his past. Their conversation was interrupted when the Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang stormed into the Land of Eternal Regret to claim the Palace Master as his bride.

• Zhuge Qingniu deduced that Ancestor Chen was likely Taiyi reincarnated, and Elder Lan reacted with shock.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master entered Chen Zheng’s primordial spirit and showed Creation Little Doll and the other women memories of his first life.
• The Palace Master obscured the memories from the Tribulation Lords, then told Chen Zheng that sharing her memories had not restored his past.
• Chen Zheng said Zero also had amnesia, leaving the Palace Master stunned.
• Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang broke through the Land of Eternal Regret’s barrier, defeated the Four Regrets and Elder Lan, and announced that he had come to take the Palace Master as his bride.

Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang came to the Land of Eternal Regret to demand that the Eternal Regret Palace Master marry him, but Chen Zheng seized the chance to obtain his true blood. Di Yang fled after Chen Zheng's seven-colored divine light tore open his dragon body, leaving the people inside the Sovereign Sky Flying Star astonished.

• Di Yang threatened to kill the Eternal Regret Palace Master's people unless she came out, but she drew them into the Sovereign Sky Flying Star and rejected his demands.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master explained that Di Yang's visit would not attract the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord's attention, while Creation Little Doll told Chen Zheng that Di Yang's true blood could help little Zhengyue advance.
• Chen Zheng left the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, and Di Yang recognized him and warned him not to take more true blood.
• Di Yang struck at Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng's seven-colored divine light tore open his claw and drew out at least nine drops of true blood.
• Di Yang cursed Chen Zheng and fled the Land of Eternal Regret, leaving Zhuge Qingniu, Yan Ying, the Four Regrets, and Elder Lan shocked.

Chen Zheng drove back the Eternal Demon Dragon, gave its blood to little Zhengyue, and learned that the Eternal Regret Palace Master had rescued Yan Ke, the Great Dream Sect’s holy maiden and her own reincarnated younger sister. The chapter ended with the Purple Ultimate Sacred Dynasty’s princess insisting Chen Zheng become her master, while Golden Venerable warned that she might fall in love with him.

• Chen Zheng gave the twelve drops of Eternal Demon Dragon blood to little Zhengyue, whose transformation revealed her powerful dragon bloodline before she fell asleep to digest it.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master showed Chen Zheng an ancient stone disk, which joined the Taiyi Formation Map as its sixth recovered section, and explained that she had brought Yan Ke from the Great Dream Sect.
• Chen Zheng and the Eternal Regret Palace Master visited Yan Ke in secluded cultivation, where Yan Ying reunited with her holy maiden, but Chen Zheng said he still could not remember her because Nothingness was too powerful.
• At the Purple Ultimate Sacred Dynasty, the princess told Golden Venerable that Chen Zheng was her destined future master and that the Eternal Regret Palace Master had driven her away.
• Golden Venerable recognized Chen Zheng as the man whose stone egg had swallowed three of his will incarnations and warned his daughter that she might fall in love with Chen Zheng.

Zhuge Qingniu learned how formidable Chen Zheng had been at his peak before Chen Zheng left him with a reminder about his previous life. In Haojing, Chen Zheng entered the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty’s underground palace to meet its first emperor, leaving the Great Zhou emperor stunned by their calm tea-table encounter.

• Chen Zheng told Zhuge Qingniu that he could not kill an Epoch Hegemon now, though they had once been little more than larger ants to him.
• Chen Zheng left the Eight Formations Sect after revealing that Zhuge Qingniu’s previous life had been simple and honest, and Zhuge Qingniu broke through to Quasi-Sage.
• The dragon of fortune wilted when it met Chen Zheng’s gaze and warned the Great Zhou emperor that Chen Zheng was heading for the first emperor, King Wu.
• The Great Zhou emperor brought Chunyu into the underground palace, where the guards stood frozen and Chen Zheng met their ancestor.
• Chen Zheng reassured Chunyu that he had only come to see an old acquaintance, and the Great Zhou emperor found him calmly drinking tea with the first emperor.

Chen Zheng learned how the Yin Empress had caused Wuji Dao Lord to fail to condense his Dao Fruit and repaired Ji Chunyu’s flawed innate Dao body. After the Yin Empress’s avatar arrived to claim Ji Chunyu as her successor, Chen Zheng destroyed it and asked who would accompany him to the Tai'an Immortal Dynasty; Ji Chunyu volunteered.

• Ji Chunyu recognized Chen Zheng as Wuji Dao Lord’s master, and Chen Zheng questioned Ji Fa about Wuji Dao Lord’s lost Dao Fruit.
• Chen Zheng learned that Ji Fa had failed to stop a woman who coveted Wuji Dao Lord’s Dao Fruit, and Ji Xiao begged Chen Zheng to spare his ancestor.
• Chen Zheng repaired Ji Chunyu’s innate Dao body, restoring her adult appearance and raising her cultivation to the Dao Lord level.
• Ji Fa warned that the Yin Empress had left a primordial spirit brand on Ji Chunyu and would sense the repaired Dao body.
• The Yin Empress’s avatar arrived and tried to claim Ji Chunyu as her successor, but Chen Zheng destroyed it with a slap.
• Chen Zheng asked who would go with him to the Tai'an Immortal Dynasty, and Ji Chunyu volunteered.

Chen Zheng entered Tianyin City with Ji Chunyu to kill the Yin Empress, then effortlessly destroyed Emperor Tai'an and the Tai'an Immortal Dynasty’s World-Confounding King, An Hun. After he swallowed the Ancient Yin Extremity Formation’s laws and broke the formation, the people of Tianyin City were left kneeling before him.

• Chen Zheng told the dragon of fortune that he had come to kill the Yin Empress, and the dragon warned him to leave while showing an affinity for Ji Chunyu’s Innate Dao Body.
• Emperor Tai'an and An Hun appeared, recognized Ji Chunyu’s Innate Dao Body, and dismissed Chen Zheng’s threat.
• An Hun summoned a yin flood dragon to attack Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu, but Chen Zheng’s sigh shattered An Hun’s body and primordial spirit as well as Emperor Tai'an’s.
• Chen Zheng told An Hun he had sighed because An Hun was too weak, and An Hun’s remaining primordial spirit disintegrated.
• Emperor Tai'an activated the Ancient Yin Extremity Formation, but Chen Zheng swallowed its laws and shattered it.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the formation’s yin baleful power as too weak, and the dragon of fortune, the immortal guards, and the people of Tianyin City fell to their knees.

Chen Zheng entered the Yin Extremity Underground Palace to confront the Yin Empress, who tried to seduce him but failed. After Chen Zheng summoned Madam Yan, the Yin Empress realized Madam Yan was a Dao Ancestor and suspected Chen Zheng came from an Indestructible Dao Lineage in the Great Void.

• The Dragon of Fortune asked whether Chen Zheng was a Dao Ancestor's incarnation, while Chen Zheng calmly said he had come to kill the Yin Empress, not destroy the Tai'an Imperial Clan.
• The Yin Empress froze the Dragon of Fortune and Tianyin City's inhabitants, then invited Chen Zheng to the underground palace and promised him a surprise.
• Chen Zheng protected Ji Chunyu and took her into the Yin Extremity Underground Palace, where the Yin Empress used her seductive appearance and illusions to try to charm him.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the Yin Empress's looks and summoned Madam Yan, whose beauty and allure outshone the Yin Empress.
• The Heavenly Dao's power struck the underground palace, and the Yin Empress recognized Madam Yan as a Dao Ancestor and questioned Chen Zheng about his origins.

The Yin Empress summoned the Yin Extremity Demon Lord’s will to confront Chen Zheng, but the Demon Lord recognized Chen Zheng’s unusual identity and fell silent when Chen Zheng mentioned Hong Zhao. The chapter ends with the Yin Empress and Ji Chunyu realizing that the encounter is far more complicated than they expected.

• The Yin Empress retreated from Chen Zheng and summoned the Yin Extremity Demon Lord after becoming frightened.
• Ji Chunyu recognized the Yin Empress’s fear, while the Yin Empress insisted she had summoned her master only to test Chen Zheng.
• The Yin Extremity Demon Lord’s purple-masked will arrived and offered to take the Yin Empress away, promising that his palace would shelter Chen Zheng in the Great Void.
• The Yin Extremity Demon Lord remarked that Chen Zheng resembled the Grand Emperor, and Chen Zheng accused him of talking too much.
• Chen Zheng said the Yin Extremity Demon Lord should know one of his identities and mentioned Hong Zhao, prompting the Yin Empress to recognize the name of the Yang Extremity Divine Hall’s lord.
• The Yin Extremity Demon Lord fell silent.

Chen Zheng revealed that the Yin Extremity Demon Lord feared him because he guarded the path to Transcendence, then used Susu inside the stone egg to devour the Demon Lord's manifestation and kill the Yin Empress. As Tianyin City collapsed and its people fled, an enormous dragon of fortune appeared and vanished, leaving Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu wondering what it was.

• The Yin Extremity Demon Lord's manifestation explained that Chen Zheng was the mountain guardian blocking those who sought Transcendence, and admitted he could not kill him.
• Chen Zheng summoned the stone egg, and Susu devoured the Demon Lord's manifestation before destroying the Yin Empress's flesh and primordial spirit.
• The underground ice palace and Tianyin City's imperial city split apart, and the city's inhabitants fled after the Yin Empress's death.
• A gigantic dragon shadow appeared northwest of Tianyin City, roared across the world, and vanished as people began to worship it.
• Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu appeared above Tianyin City and wondered about the enormous dragon of fortune.

Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu learned that the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon had appeared and was imprisoned beneath the Moon God Cult’s sect grounds. As rival factions gathered outside Moon God Mountain, Chen Zheng took Ji Chunyu directly above the Immortal-Bewildering Grand Array, declaring that he had chosen a master for the Primordial Dragon.

• The Tai'an Immortal Dynasty’s dragon of fortune explained the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon’s power and warned that the Heavenly Gate would compete to control it.
• Chen Zheng told the dragon of fortune, Xiao, to follow Ji Chunyu, and the dragon settled on her shoulder before Chen Zheng led her toward Moon God Mountain.
• Cultivators attacking the Moon God Cult’s array were annihilated, while Ye Motian confronted Li Yunxian and Kong Qi and challenged them to break through.
• Kong Qi sent a magical sword to summon Ancestor Ten Absolutes, but the assembled sect ancestors remained unable to breach the Immortal-Bewildering Grand Array.
• Chen Zheng said he had already chosen a master for the Primordial Dragon, then brought Ji Chunyu above the array, where cultivators from every faction saw them.

Chen Zheng arrived at Moon God Mountain seeking the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon and shattered the Immortal-Bewildering Grand Array with a wave of his hand. After the other sects withdrew to watch, Chen Zheng instantly destroyed three Flying Heavenly Dao ancestors, leaving the gathered cultivators terrified.

• Chen Zheng broke the Immortal-Bewildering Grand Array, and Ancestor Zhenhong suspected he was the young man from the Heavenly Mandate Legacy Tomb.
• Chen Zheng told Ye Motian he wanted the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon, while Li Yunxian and the other sects chose to watch from the sidelines.
• Ye Motian warned that the Moon God Cult and Flying Heavenly Dao were jointly suppressing the dragon and summoned the Flying Heavenly Dao ancestors.
• Chen Zheng destroyed Ouyang Shenyu and two other Flying Heavenly Dao ancestors with a glance, and Ancestor Zhenhong recognized him as the terrifying young man.

Chen Zheng killed three Flying Heavenly Dao ancestors and then pierced the Moon God's skull with a purple curved blade, pulling out his primordial spirit. The Moon God summoned the Primordial Emperor Seal, which released a terrifying imperial might and forced the blade away.

• Chen Zheng erased Ouyang Shenyu, Ouyang Zhentian, and a third Flying Heavenly Dao ancestor with a glance, terrifying the assembled cultivators.
• Kong Qi secretly warned Ancestor Ten Absolutes not to come, while Li Yunxian wondered whether Chen Zheng was the master of Lotus Mountain.
• Ye Motian summoned the Moon God, who appeared and sealed the area around Moon God Mountain with a strange formation.
• Chen Zheng called the Moon God weak and let his moonlight attack strike between his brows before piercing through his skull with a purple curved blade and hooking out his primordial spirit.
• The Moon God called upon the Primordial Emperor Seal, whose imperial might forced the purple curved blade away from his primordial spirit.

The Moon God summoned the ancient soul of the Gai Shi Heavenly Emperor from the Primordial Emperor Seal, overwhelming everyone with her imperial might. The ancient soul appeared as a woman and recognized Chen Zheng, asking whether her reincarnation in this life had become his woman.

• Xiao told Chen Zheng that the Primordial Emperor Seal was a legendary treasure connected to the Gai Shi Heavenly Emperor.
• The Moon God healed her body, then summoned the ancient soul of the Gai Shi Heavenly Emperor through the Primordial Emperor Seal.
• The ancient soul's imperial might forced most of those present to the ground, while Li Yunxian realized the Moon God Cult had used the seal to imprison the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon.
• The ancient soul emerged as a woman, surprising the onlookers, and the Moon God asked her to kill Chen Zheng.
• The ancient soul looked at Chen Zheng and asked whether her reincarnation in this life had become his woman.

Gai Shi Heavenly Emperor’s ancient soul defended Chen Zheng, declared that the controller of Primordial Chaos feared him, and destroyed Moon God and nearly everyone around Moon God Mountain. Chen Zheng took the Primordial Emperor Seal and entered Moon God Mountain with Ji Chunyu, while Kong Qi followed to see the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon.

• Moon God reacted with fury to the ancient soul’s claim that Gai Shi Heavenly Emperor’s reincarnation had become Chen Zheng’s woman, but the ancient soul slapped Moon God and said Chen Zheng deserved her.
• The ancient soul told Moon God that the Lian Family was fit only to be subjects and that the controller of Primordial Chaos would fear Chen Zheng, not the Lian Family.
• When the ancient soul’s time outside the Primordial Emperor Seal ended and Moon God called for heavenly help, the ancient soul unleashed her power and erased Moon God, Li Yunxian, Ye Motian, and nearly everyone else around Moon God Mountain.
• Chen Zheng took the Primordial Emperor Seal and brought Ji Chunyu with him into Moon God Mountain, while Kong Qi wondered why he had been spared.
• Kong Qi decided to follow Chen Zheng inside to see the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon, despite receiving no answer.

Chen Zheng freed the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon from the Moon God Cult’s sealing formation and subdued it, then sent it with Corpse Immortal Ji to Kunlun on Earth. Kong Qi realized that Chen Zheng might be the mysterious leader of the Nine Tribulations.

• Xiao explained that the Moon God Cult had sealed the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon with Abandoned Dao Stone, and Chen Zheng shattered the formation.
• The freed Primordial Dragon offered Chen Zheng a wish, but Chen Zheng said he intended to collect it for someone else.
• Chen Zheng shrank the Primordial Dragon to loach size with a gesture, and it submitted to him.
• Chen Zheng stored the Primordial Dragon in the Primordial Emperor Seal and summoned Corpse Immortal Ji to take it to Kunlun on Earth.
• Corpse Immortal Ji told Chen Zheng that Xiangliu had escaped, Nüba had entered the Heavenly Emperor Realm, Liuli was absorbing a primal stone, and the Asgard Palace Mistress had gone to the Great Void.
• Kong Qi learned that Corpse Immortal Ji ruled the Netherworld and suspected Chen Zheng was the leader of the Nine Tribulations.

Chen Zheng followed Ancestor Ten Absolutes to Ten Immortals Mountain, where Zong Yue trapped him and the others with a sealing formation powered by ten mysterious statues. Zong Yue revealed that he was the Tribulation Lord’s successor and brought the statues to life.

• Kong Qi learned that Chen Zheng was the boss of Nine Tribulations and warned him that Ancestor Ten Absolutes had come seeking the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon.
• Ancestor Ten Absolutes invited Chen Zheng to Ten Immortals Mountain, offering the Heavenly Fortune Tally, and Chen Zheng followed him there with Kong Qi close behind.
• At the Heaven-Pointing Sword Palace, Ancestor Xun Mo accused Kun Zongdao and Ancestor Fengchong of betraying the Divine Firmament Sect and left; Kun Zongdao and Wang Yin discussed Chen Zheng’s absence.
• At Ten Immortals Mountain, Ji Chunyu discovered that the ten statues had sealed away their magical power, while Kong Qi warned Chen Zheng that Zong Yue had activated a trap.
• Zong Yue appeared with Ancestor Ten Absolutes at his side, identified himself as the second-generation sect master of Ten Immortals Mountain and the Tribulation Lord’s successor, then activated the ten statues.

Zong Yue revealed that the Ten Immortals Colossi represented Tribulation Lords and used the Ten Tribulations Grand Formation to trap Chen Zheng and demand the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon. Chen Zheng summoned four figures from his primordial spirit, shattering the formation and leaving Zong Yue and the others stunned.

• Zong Yue explained that the Ten Immortals were Tribulation Lords and claimed the formation made Chen Zheng's resistance futile.
• Ancestor Ten Absolutes and the other old man urged Chen Zheng to surrender the Heavenly Fortune Primordial Dragon, while Ji Chunyu and Kong Qi realized they were trapped.
• Kong Qi confronted Zong Yue, who admitted he had raised him to consume his special physique as an immortal fruit.
• Zong Yue activated the Ten Tribulations Grand Formation and demanded the dragon, but Chen Zheng said several beings who called themselves Tribulation Lords were in his primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng summoned four figures, and their appearance cracked the Ten Immortals Colossi and shattered the formation.

Chen Zheng revealed that the Tribulation Lords living in his primordial spirit revered him as their master, then stopped Zong Yue and two other Ten Immortals Mountain leaders from escaping. The three fell back onto the mountain with their primordial spirits gone.

• A Jiu, Xiao Liu, and Yaotiao recognized the Ten Immortals colossi as creations of Eleven, and Creation Little Doll destroyed them all.
• Chen Zheng summoned a chair and tea set while the cultivators of Ten Immortals Mountain panicked over the loss of their colossi.
• Zong Yue questioned why the Tribulation Lords lived inside Chen Zheng, and Chen Zheng said they revered him as their master and that he stood above them.
• Zong Yue fled toward the Bridge of the Heavens, followed by Ancestor Ten Absolutes and the other old man.
• Chen Zheng sent a purple light after the three leaders, and their bodies crashed onto Ten Immortals Mountain with their primordial spirits gone.

Chen Zheng destroyed the force behind Ten Immortals Mountain’s corruption, but the Heavenly Fortune Tally transported him into the River of Time. There, the Lord of Supreme Yin recognized him as the Changsheng Great Dao Lord and invited him to the Great Void.

• Chen Zheng stopped the Heavenly Fortune Tally’s silver light and destroyed the black energy that had demonized Ten Immortals Mountain’s cultivators, leaving them mortals.
• The Heavenly Fortune Tally pulled Chen Zheng into the River of Time, while Kong Qi and Ji Chunyu found that the other cultivators had vanished.
• Chen Zheng let the Great Dao tides strike him and faced nine Taiyin clansmen who said they had brought him there on the Lord of Supreme Yin’s orders.
• The Lord of Supreme Yin appeared and invited Chen Zheng, whom he called the Changsheng Great Dao Lord, to enter the Great Void.

Chen Zheng and the Lord of Supreme Yin tried to use the Hourglass of Time to send Chen Zheng into the Great Void, but the Primordial Chaos Controller blocked the passage. After the attempt failed, Chen Zheng endured an attack from the River of Time and obtained the origins of the Sands of Time.

• The Lord of Supreme Yin offered to use his Hourglass of Time to find a gap through which Chen Zheng could enter the Great Void.
• The Lord of Supreme Yin activated the hourglass, transporting Chen Zheng and the others to the Great Void entrance.
• A gigantic transparent face appeared, collapsed the passage, and sent the group back to the River of Time as the Hourglass of Time shattered.
• Chen Zheng said the Primordial Chaos Controller's control over space and time exceeded what he and the Lord of Supreme Yin had expected.
• The Lord of Supreme Yin took the nine Taiyin Clan members away as a torrent resembling the River of Time struck Chen Zheng and broke apart.
• Chen Zheng collected the shattered hourglass, and the Cosmic Cantilever revealed the origins of the Sands of Time.

Chen Zheng absorbed the Sands of Time and learned that the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord had grown beyond half-step Transcendence. He then went with Ji Chunyu to Jinglun Academy to investigate the Heaven-Surpassing Immortal Scroll, where they encountered a figure with a face like an open book.

• Creation Little Doll warned Chen Zheng that the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord might withstand Thirteen's full awakening and that two Transcendence-level beings outside the universe coveted the Primordial Chaos Universe.
• Chen Zheng absorbed the Sands of Time, making him immune to most uses of the Great Dao of Space and Time.
• Ji Chunyu told Chen Zheng that cultivators on Ten Immortals Mountain had mysteriously vanished and that an ancient immortal scroll had emerged at Jinglun Academy.
• Kong Qi revealed that Jinglun Academy suppressed the Heaven-Surpassing Secret Art, then left through the Bridge of the Heavens to reclaim things beyond this world.
• Chen Zheng took Ji Chunyu to Jinglun Academy, where disciples pursued scroll phantoms and he judged that mastering the Heaven-Surpassing Immortal Scroll could let them become Dao Ancestors.
• A figure turned toward Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu, and Ji Chunyu screamed when she saw that its face resembled the open pages of a book.

Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu visited Jinglun Academy, where its people had book-page faces and tried to force Chen Zheng into the Heaven-Surpassing Immortal Scroll. Chen Zheng shattered the scroll and the academy’s book-like manifestations, exposing the withered faces beneath.

• Ancestor Jiuye welcomed Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu to Jinglun Academy and said Ancestor Bailian was in seclusion.
• Jiuye offered them Dao-Enlightenment Tea and summoned the Heaven-Surpassing Immortal Scroll after Chen Zheng questioned a statue that resembled Bailian.
• Jiuye and the academy disciples revealed their hostility and forced the scroll’s light onto Chen Zheng, intending to turn him into a source of magical power.
• Chen Zheng burst the Heaven-Surpassing Immortal Scroll with the power of his flesh.
• Chen Zheng shattered the book-like manifestations throughout the academy, revealing the withered faces of Jiuye and the others.