Recaps

Chen Zheng protected Princess Suxin with an array before leaving for the Human Desolation, where he and Mo Xin arrived at Clear River Town. The town’s people suspected them of being demons, and the ancient spirit tree awakened as Chen Zheng reflected that the place remained while its people had changed.

• Chen Zheng explained that he would travel to the Human Desolation and Spirit Desolation to recover his power, and he sealed Princess Suxin inside a protective array before disappearing.
• The Ninth Princess and Di Mulang worried about a future war and agreed to await Chen Zheng’s plans.
• Chen Zheng and Mo Xin appeared in Clear River Town, where Daoist Ji urged High Immortal Chu Xian to seize or kill them.
• Chen Zheng remarked that the place remained but the people had changed, and the ancient spirit tree awakened before the gathered townspeople.

Daoist Ji accused Chen Zheng and Mo Xin of being Demon Desolation spies, but the Spirit Tree recognized Chen Zheng and bowed to him. When Daoist Ji awakened his master Gui Yizi to seize Mo Xin’s bloodline and attack Chen Zheng, Gui Yizi recognized Chen Zheng and died of terror.

• Daoist Ji urged the Spirit Tree to capture Chen Zheng and Mo Xin, claiming they were spies from the Demon Desolation.
• The Spirit Tree bowed to Chen Zheng, recalled watching him play a game with Miss Su, and learned from Chen Zheng that she was still alive.
• The Spirit Tree rebuked Daoist Ji for coveting Mo Xin’s bloodline and revealed that he was Gui Yizi’s disciple.
• Daoist Ji awakened Gui Yizi, an injured Old Ancestor, and urged him to devour Mo Xin’s bloodline and kill Chen Zheng.
• Gui Yizi recognized Chen Zheng, spat blood, fell backward, and died.

Chen Zheng and Mo Xin left Clear River Town after Chen Zheng helped the spirit tree and learned that Su Jinxiu’s rise began with a game. In the Ancestral City of Human Desolation, they appeared on the forbidden Human King Altar, drawing the attention of the gathered factions and their leaders.

• Mo Xin killed Daoist Ji after Gui Yizi died of fright, and Chen Zheng sent immortal light into the spirit tree before departing with her.
• The spirit tree told Clear River Town’s residents that Su Jinxiu’s rise to become the Valkyrie began with a game involving Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng and Mo Xin arrived in the Ancestral City of Human Desolation, where Chu Xian considered their purpose amid the contest to choose the next Lord of Human Desolation.
• Chen Zheng and Mo Xin vanished from Chu Xian’s sight and appeared on the Human King Altar, which ordinary cultivators were forbidden to enter.
• Vice Hall Master Gu, Old Ancestor Kuique, Crown Prince Yan, and other powerful figures gathered as Old Ancestor Kuique challenged Chen Zheng and threatened punishment.

Chen Zheng stood on the Human King Altar as the deputy hall master repeatedly activated its formation, but each burst of heavenly might vanished before it could harm him. After Prince Yan accused him of belonging to the Heaven-Equaling Imperial Clan and possessing the Haotian Divine Feather, Chen Zheng said he had been watching reincarnation.

• Prince Yan urged the deputy hall master to use the Human King Altar's formation to punish Chen Zheng and the girl with him.
• The deputy hall master's first activation produced heavenly might that vanished before it could erase Chen Zheng and the girl.
• Prince Yan accused Chen Zheng of being from the Heaven-Equaling Imperial Clan and having the Haotian Divine Feather, while Chu Xian suspected Prince Yan was trying to shift blame for its theft.
• The deputy hall master repeatedly activated the formation, but each burst of heavenly might vanished, exhausting his magical power.
• Prince Yan demanded to know what Chen Zheng had been watching, and Chen Zheng replied that he was watching reincarnation.

Chen Zheng summoned the Six Paths of Reincarnation to wash his netherworld sword, then caused Human Desolation Ancestral City to rise into the sky. He summoned the ancient Human King arena and said he would help choose the Lord of Human Desolation.

• Prince Yan accused Chen Zheng and the Heaven-Equaling Imperial Clan of staging the Haotian Divine Feather theft, while Old Ancestor Kuique and the deputy hall master of Human King Hall demanded an explanation.
• Chen Zheng said he had no interest in becoming Lord of Human Desolation but could choose one, drawing mockery from Prince Yan and the others.
• Chen Zheng called toward the sea east of Human Desolation, and six vast auras surged into the city and formed an enormous phantom.
• A netherworld sword phantom emerged from Chen Zheng, and the phantom bowed before circulating around it as Chen Zheng said Reincarnation would wash his sword.
• The six auras withdrew, the sword turned white, and Human Desolation Ancestral City was uprooted and carried into the sky.
• Chen Zheng summoned the ancient Human King arena and said he would help choose the Lord of Human Desolation.

Chen Zheng summoned the Human King Ancient Arena and demanded the release of the Heaven-Reflecting Imperial Clan’s Chen Family, but the leaders of Human Desolation rejected his authority. He shattered the Beiyue Imperial Clan ancestor’s body with a casual gesture, leaving the city stunned and his right to have the final say unchallenged.

• The deputy hall master and the leaders emerging from the Human King Temple realized Chen Zheng had summoned the Human King Ancient Arena, while Barbarian Venerable reacted with astonishment and stayed silent.
• The Beiyue Imperial Clan ancestor claimed the Heaven-Reflecting Imperial Clan had perished and said Chen Huang’s family was imprisoned in Ancestral City’s heavenly prison.
• Prince Yan presented Prince Yin as the strongest candidate for Human King, but Chen Zheng demanded that the Chen Family be released and offered the leaders a chance to fight in the arena.
• The Human King Hall master and the Beiyue ancestor rejected Chen Zheng’s authority, while Barbarian Venerable continued to say nothing.
• Chen Zheng crushed the Beiyue ancestor’s physical body with a casual gesture, terrifying the gathered beings and silencing all objections.

Chen Zheng forced Human King Hall to release the Heaven-Reflecting Imperial Clan’s Chen Family, then allowed the Human King candidates to compete. The Haotian Divine Feather was revealed as Prince Yin’s life-bound treasure, exposing that the Beiyue Imperial Clan had seized it from the Heaven-Equaling Imperial Clan.

• Chen Zheng destroyed the Beiyue Imperial Clan ancestor’s fleshly body and reminded the assembled clans that they had refused his offer to free the Chen Family and hold a fair competition.
• Human King Hall’s hall master released Chen Huang, Chen Conglong, Chen Luoluo, and the other Chen Family members from the heavenly prison.
• Prince Yin entered the ancient Human King Arena as the other candidates withdrew, while Prince Yan urged him to kill a Heaven-Reflecting Imperial Clan candidate.
• Chen Huang entered the arena and struck Prince Yin with a sword attack, prompting Prince Yin to summon his life-bound magical treasure.
• The Heaven-Equaling Imperial Clan’s patriarch and the crowd recognized Prince Yin’s treasure as the Haotian Divine Feather and realized the Beiyue Imperial Clan had stolen it.

The Beiyue Imperial Clan’s theft of the Haotian Divine Feather was exposed during the Human King contest, and Prince Yin used it to battle Chen Huang. Chen Zheng then took the feather back, revealing that he had given it to the Valkyrie, while Prince Yan demanded to know who Chen Zheng was.

• The Beiyue Imperial Clan ancestor admitted the clan had taken the Haotian Divine Feather and claimed Prince Yin could keep it if he became Human King.
• Prince Yin attacked Chen Huang with the feather, which nullified Chen Huang’s Ninefold Sword Domain.
• Prince Yin boasted that the feather had helped the Valkyrie rule Human Desolation and would let him claim the throne.
• Chen Zheng pulled the Haotian Divine Feather from Prince Yin’s grasp, severing Prince Yin’s connection to it.
• Chen Zheng said he had given the feather to the Valkyrie and was taking back what had been stolen, prompting Prince Yan to demand his identity.

The Barbarian Venerable identified Chen Zheng as the Vicious One Ancestor, shocking the leaders of Human Desolation and prompting the Beiyue Imperial Clan to flee. Chen Zheng used the Haotian Divine Feather to stop them, then destroyed the Wu Emperor's avatar and the entire Beiyue Imperial Clan with a casual sweep of his hand.

• The Barbarian Venerable bowed to Chen Zheng and announced that the Vicious One Ancestor had returned.
• The Beiyue Imperial Clan fled Human Desolation's Ancestral City, and Chen Zheng sent the Haotian Divine Feather after them, unleashing Chaos Wind.
• The Wu Emperor's avatar appeared and absorbed the turbulent current, then urged Chen Zheng to spare the Beiyue Imperial Clan and cooperate with him.
• Chen Zheng swept his hand and turned the Wu Emperor's avatar and the Beiyue Imperial Clan to ash and smoke.

Chen Zheng declared Chen Huang ruler of the Human Desolation, but a figure claiming to be the first Human King emerged from the Human King Temple and challenged his authority. Mo Xin killed the figure with the Blood Radiance Divine Spear, leaving the crowd unsure whether he had been the real first Human King.

• Chen Zheng invited anyone to challenge for rule of the Human Desolation through the Human King Ancient Arena, but the assembled orthodoxies and imperial clans declined, and he declared Chen Huang the ruler.
• A white-robed figure emerged from the Human King Temple amid Imperial Dao Dragon Qi, and the Human King Hall’s leaders identified him as the first Human King.
• The figure challenged Chen Zheng for interfering in the affairs of the Human Desolation, and Chen Zheng called on Mo Xin to act.
• Mo Xin summoned the Blood Radiance Divine Spear, which pierced and dissolved the figure before the temple.
• Chen Zheng reaffirmed Chen Huang’s rule and entered the Human King Temple with Mo Xin; the Barbarian Venerable, Chen Huang, and the others followed, debating whether the figure had truly been the first Human King.

At Human King Temple, Chen Zheng revealed that the First Human King had secretly cultivated the Eight Desolations Heaven-Opening Scroll and devoured the first rulers of the other desolations in the Heavenly Beginning Sea. He explained how he had sealed the First Human King and warned that the gods of Divine Desolation and the beings in the Heavenly Abyss were pursuing their own plans, leaving the prospect of a war dependent on their strength.

• Chen Zheng showed the gathered orthodoxies and imperial clans ancient images of the First Human King devouring beings of many races in a barrier beneath the sea.
• Chen Zheng identified the location as the Heavenly Beginning Sea, also called the Reincarnation Sea, and said the First Human King had cultivated the Eight Desolations Heaven-Opening Scroll to try to become a Dao Ancestor.
• Chen Zheng revealed that he had found the First Human King's Divine Shadow Stone with Su Jinxiu, and said Su Jinxiu's kindness had led him to spare and seal the fallen king.
• Chen Zheng said the scroll had come from an abandoned Nine Heavens and explained that he was not someone who slaughtered indiscriminately.
• Chen Zheng warned that the gods of Divine Desolation and the beings in the Heavenly Abyss wanted to control the Ancient Land of the Eight Desolations, and said a war involving all races depended on whether they were strong enough.

After the great lineages departed, Chen Zheng stayed in Human Desolation and sought to restore his cultivation by obtaining the Eight Desolations Realm Stone. A mysterious woman named Pure Woman gave him Heavenly Beginning Origin, but even after consuming both sources of power, he remained at the Profound Immortal level.

• Chen Zheng returned the Haotian Divine Feather to Su Liuxuan and told him that the Valkyrie was alive and might soon be seen again.
• Chen Zheng told Chen Huang that his elder sister was either inside the Heavenly Abyss or had been taken out of the Ancient Land of the Eight Desolations, which he described as a spare tire for Supreme Heaven.
• Chen Zheng said he planned to visit Spirit Desolation after retrieving the Eight Desolations Realm Stone.
• A faceless woman appeared, introduced herself as Pure Woman, and gave Chen Zheng a stone casket containing a strand of Heavenly Beginning Origin before leaving.
• Chen Zheng devoured the Heavenly Beginning Origin and then broke the Eight Desolations Realm Stone for its power, but neither let him break through the Profound Immortal level.

Chen Zheng returned to South Dream Immortal Spirit Lake, where the Fire Spirit Clan was expelling humans, and his mysterious power extinguished their flames. He revealed that he had visited the lake before to meet two spirit snakes, prompting a woman from the Water Spirit Clan to recognize something and panic.

• Chen Huang advanced to the Dao Ancestor Realm in Human Desolation and looked toward Spirit Desolation.
• Chen Zheng visited South Dream Immortal Spirit Lake, where an old peddler warned him to leave as the Fire Spirit Clan ordered the humans out.
• Chen Zheng remained on a boat while Fire Spirit clanspeople attacked him, and water extinguished their flames without him moving.
• Huo Piao attacked Chen Zheng, but water drenched him and extinguished all the true fire around him, leaving him without magical power.
• Chen Zheng told the Water Spirit Clan's curious little girl that he had returned to the lake hoping to see the green and white spirit snakes he had met there before.
• The woman beside the little girl recognized something about Chen Zheng's words and panicked.

Chen Zheng reunited with Shui Qingyi at South Dream Immortal Spirit Lake after more than two thousand years, while Huo Piao tried to enforce Fire Spirit Great Venerable’s decree. Shui Qingyi revealed that the Water Spirit Great Venerable had been imprisoned and asked Chen Zheng to consider taking her daughter, Shui Bingyue, as his disciple.

• Shui Yingrong recognized Chen Zheng and told him Green Snake and White Snake had left South Dream Immortal Spirit Lake, then went to fetch her sister, Shui Qingyi.
• Huo Piao threatened Chen Zheng and secretly summoned the Heavenly Spirit Envoy, while Chen Zheng said Shui Qingyi’s cultivation talent was ordinary.
• Shui Qingyi arrived, greeted Chen Zheng as an old acquaintance, and was revealed to be Shui Bingyue’s mother.
• Huo Piao ordered Shui Qingyi to seize Chen Zheng, but she suppressed him to his knees and revealed that the Water Spirit Great Venerable had been imprisoned.
• Shui Qingyi introduced Shui Bingyue and asked Chen Zheng whether he would take her as a disciple; Chen Zheng smiled at the girl’s name.

Shui Qingyi defied the Fire Spirit Clan and revealed that Chen Zheng was the legendary enemy who had returned to Spirit Desolation. Chen Zheng effortlessly killed Heavenly Spirit Envoy Huo Yi, leaving both clans stunned.

• Chen Zheng gave Shui Bingyue a secret art that she recognized as Spirit Desolation’s supreme sacred scripture.
• Shui Qingyi explained that the Fire Spirit Great Venerable had imprisoned the Water Spirit Great Venerable and asked Chen Zheng to go to Ten Spirits Holy Mountain.
• Huo Piao called for help, and Heavenly Spirit Envoy Huo Yi arrived to accuse Shui Qingyi of betraying the Spirit Clan.
• Shui Qingyi revealed that the human enemy of Spirit Desolation had returned and pointed out Chen Zheng.
• Huo Yi attacked Chen Zheng with a fire dragon, but water extinguished it, and Chen Zheng reduced Huo Yi to ashes with a glance.

Chen Zheng took Shui Qingyi and Shui Bingyue to Ten Spirits Holy Mountain after the teleportation array was destroyed, where Fire Spirit Great Venerable had prepared an ambush. Mo Xin broke the mountain’s defensive array, but it immediately repaired itself as ten Dao Ancestor-level Ancient Giant Spirits surrounded the Star Raft.

• Chen Zheng destroyed Huo Piao and the Fire Spirit clansmen, then learned Holy Mountain had wrecked the teleportation array to stop his approach.
• Chen Zheng brought Shui Qingyi and Shui Bingyue aboard the Star Raft and traveled with them to Ten Spirits Holy Mountain.
• Mo Xin hurled the Blood Radiance Divine Spear at the Ten Spirits Gou Tian Great Array and broke it, but the array repaired itself.
• Fire Spirit Great Venerable appeared with the other eight spirit great venerables and declared that he had prepared a grand gift for Chen Zheng.
• Ten Ancient Giant Spirits appeared around Ten Spirits Holy Mountain and encircled the Star Raft, each radiating a Dao Ancestor-level aura.

Chen Zheng entered Ten Spirits Holy Mountain’s array and withstood attacks from the Spirit Clan Great Venerables, who discovered his body was that of a Dao Ancestor. He summoned the will beneath Spirit Desolation, then revealed he wanted it to wash a sword rather than help him fight the Spirit Clan.

• Mo Xin’s Blood Radiance Divine Spear failed to harm an ancient giant spirit, while the Spirit Clan Great Venerables mocked Vicious One Ancestor and challenged him to face their forces.
• Chen Zheng left the Star Raft and appeared atop Ten Spirits Holy Mountain, inside the Ten Spirits Gou Tian Great Array.
• Fire Spirit Great Venerable and the other Great Venerables attacked Chen Zheng, but their Great Dao powers shattered against him.
• Fire Spirit Great Venerable identified Chen Zheng’s body as a Dao Ancestor’s body, while Metal Spirit, Wood Spirit, and Earth Spirit threatened him and cited Water Spirit Great Venerable as their bargaining chip.
• Chen Zheng called for Fate, and a tremendous phantom rose from beneath Spirit Desolation and said its will could not help suppress the Spirit Clan.
• Chen Zheng told the phantom he had summoned it to help him wash a sword.

Chen Zheng had Fate wash his netherworld sword, then used it to destroy the Spirit Clan’s ten Ancient Giant Spirits as they reached for the Star Raft. The Spirit Clan members realized he could now casually slay low-realm Dao Ancestors.

• Chen Zheng summoned a netherworld sword phantom, and Fate washed it with streams of vast energy before departing.
• The Spirit Clan Great Venerables secretly planned to kill Chen Zheng and seize the Star Raft as leverage.
• Chen Zheng ignored the jeering Spirit Clan and turned his attention to the ten Ancient Giant Spirits.
• Fire Spirit Great Venerable ordered the Ancient Giant Spirits to seize the Star Raft, frightening Shui Bingyue while Shui Qingyi and Mo Xin stood their ground.
• Chen Zheng raised his hand, and the washed sword disintegrated all ten Ancient Giant Spirits in a single breath.
• Chen Zheng remarked that the sword could now kill low-realm Dao Ancestors without needing to be nurtured after each use, leaving the Spirit Clan stunned.

Chen Zheng faced Primordial Spirit Great Venerable’s descending will, which claimed to be a Ninth Realm Dao Ancestor and warned that defeating it would not free the Spirit Clan or Water Spirit Great Venerable. Chen Zheng struck with the ultimate attack of the Ninefold Sword Domain and instantly shattered the incarnation, leaving the nine Spirit Venerables stunned.

• The nine Spirit Venerables realized Chen Zheng could easily kill them and begged Fire Spirit Great Venerable to summon Primordial Spirit Great Venerable.
• Primordial Spirit Great Venerable descended in an incarnation of their will, and the Spirit Venerables bowed in relief.
• Primordial Spirit recognized Chen Zheng and claimed their incarnation possessed Ninth Realm Dao Ancestor strength, while warning that the Spirit Clan remained under their control.
• Primordial Spirit hinted that beings from the first life were reviving and hated Chen Zheng most.
• Chen Zheng unleashed the ultimate strike of the Ninefold Sword Domain and destroyed Primordial Spirit’s incarnation, stunning the nine Spirit Venerables.

Chen Zheng annihilated Spirit Desolation to uncover and destroy the Eight Desolations Realm Stone, then began devouring the source within it. Primordial Spirit’s will incarnation attacked him in vain as the land became chaos.

• Chen Zheng’s sword cut down Primordial Spirit’s first will incarnation, shocking the Spirit Clan and Shui Bingyue.
• Primordial Spirit sent another will incarnation, which claimed Chen Zheng had exhausted his sword’s accumulated power and could not defeat him.
• Chen Zheng said he had a way to free Spirit Desolation’s Spirit Clan and slashed across the land, leaving its living beings unharmed while annihilating everything else into chaos.
• Chen Zheng found the Eight Desolations Realm Stone beneath Spirit Desolation, shattered it, and began devouring the source of the Eight Desolations inside.
• Primordial Spirit’s will incarnation furiously attacked Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng absorbed its power without harm.

Chen Zheng restored his magical power to the Golden Immortal level, recreated Spirit Desolation, and freed the Spirit Clan from the Primordial Spirit's control. The Primordial Spirit's will avatar attacked him and was devoured by Susu.

• Chen Huang explained that Chen Zheng had turned Spirit Desolation into chaos to search for an Eight Desolations Realm Stone and restore his magical power.
• The Primordial Spirit's will threatened to erase Water Spirit Great Venerable unless Chen Zheng stopped, but Chen Zheng emerged from the chaos having recovered Golden Immortal-level magical power.
• Chen Zheng swept his hand over Spirit Desolation, restoring the land and Ten Spirits Holy Mountain as they had been before.
• The Spirit Clan discovered that their reverence for the Primordial Spirit and his control over them had vanished, and Chen Zheng said he had washed away their shackles.
• The Primordial Spirit's will lunged at Chen Zheng, and Susu answered Chen Zheng's call and devoured the avatar.

Chen Zheng swallowed Primordial Spirit's will avatar with the stone egg, then killed the Spirit Clan Great Venerables who tried to flee after offering him their allegiance. He headed beneath Ten Spirits Holy Mountain to find the imprisoned Water Spirit Great Venerable.

• The stone egg swallowed Primordial Spirit's will avatar, and Susu said she had enjoyed the taste.
• Black Spirit Great Venerable and the other Spirit Clan Great Venerables knelt and acknowledged Chen Zheng as their master, with Fire Spirit Great Venerable joining them last.
• Chen Zheng called the Great Venerables turncoats, and they fled; he erased them all with a snap of his fingers.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the power of his attack as limited, then shattered the divine senses of beings spying on Ten Spirits Holy Mountain.
• Chen Zheng turned into light and headed beneath Ten Spirits Holy Mountain, where Water Spirit Great Venerable was imprisoned.

Ji Yuwei explained how the Spirit Clan Great Venerables had arrived through a one-way teleportation formation, and the half tablet summoned a strange metal cat. The cat recognized Chen Zheng’s power, called itself Dingdang Cat, and revealed it came from a destroyed Great Samsara.

• Ji Yuwei accepted Chen Zheng’s order to oversee Spirit Desolation, and he reassured her that the Heavenly Dragon Emperor was safe inside the formation at the Desolate Ancestral Dragon Court.
• Ji Yuwei revealed that the five Spirit Clan Great Venerables had arrived through a one-way teleportation formation and produced half of a stone tablet.
• The tablet activated and formed a teleportation formation, from which a metal sphere emerged and transformed into a catlike beast.
• The metal beast introduced itself as Key and offered to open any door, but Chen Zheng kicked it away and told it to stop pretending.
• The metal cat admitted that it was Dingdang Cat, a being from a destroyed Great Samsara, and asked Chen Zheng’s surname.

Chen Zheng and the others learned that the metal cat had survived the destruction of another Great Samsara and once served a powerful master named Zero. Creation Little Doll claimed Chen Zheng was that Zero’s old lover, but Chen Zheng suggested the two Zeros might be different people, leaving the group to consider whether another Zero existed beyond the Great Samsara.

• The metal cat explained that it had been thrown back into the Great Samsara after witnessing two terrifying beings fight beyond it, then arrived through a teleportation array.
• The cat told Chen Zheng and the others that it had once been a stray cat, risen to rule a Great Samsara, and later sought to find its former master, a woman stronger than any being it had encountered.
• When Creation Little Doll demanded the master’s name, the metal cat said it believed she was called Zero, and Creation Little Doll claimed she was sleeping in the Primordial Chaos Universe and had loved Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng suggested that the master who raised the cat and the Zero sleeping in the Primordial Chaos Universe might share a name but be different people.
• Creation Little Doll wondered whether another Zero existed beyond the Great Samsara.

Chen Zheng sent Dingdang Cat to Great Dark Heaven, secured the half-stele, and traveled with Mo Xin to Dragon Desolation. At the foot of Heavenly Dragon Mountain, a blood-colored spear killed a Divine Desolation general, and the surviving guards fled to report the attack.

• Chen Zheng told Dingdang Cat to find the lord of the Colorless Sea and teach her combat, then sent the cat away with a spacetime beacon.
• Chen Zheng took the half-stele and told Water Spirit Great Venerable that Yuwei could defend Spirit Desolation from Primordial Spirit's incarnations.
• Chen Zheng and Mo Xin left for the Desolate Ancestral Dragon Court in Dragon Desolation.
• Divine Desolation guards tortured captured dragons in a town near Heavenly Dragon Mountain and threatened to use their blood for pills.
• The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag attacked the guards, then retreated when a Peak Quasi-Sage divine general appeared.
• A blood-colored spear pierced and killed the divine general, prompting the guards to flee and call for Divine Venerable Tianqi.