Recaps

Chen Zheng survived two forbidden spells from the Dark Mage Association and killed the legendary mage Fulun by turning the Demon God's Spear back on him. Little Bone, blasted down to its skeleton, began regenerating its flesh and blood.

• A fire forbidden spell vaporized the cliff, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed while Little Bone was reduced to bones.
• Dark mages and their creatures emerged, and a black-robed mage announced a second wave of forbidden spells.
• The black-robed mage called down the Demon God's Spear, but Chen Zheng caught it and hurled it back into the sky.
• The spear killed the legendary mage Fulun, whose body fell from above the clouds.
• Golden light surrounded Little Bone as its flesh and organs began growing back over its bones.

Chen Zheng effortlessly annihilated the Dark Legion, while Little Bone recovered from the forbidden spell and grew far stronger. After Chen Zheng killed a hidden legendary mage, Little Bone landed before the frightened spectators and confused them with her questions about a phoenix and TV dramas.

• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers and turned the charging Dark Legion, including the bone dragon, to ash.
• Little Bone regenerated her flesh after the forbidden spell and emerged at least ten times stronger, then destroyed a hidden legendary mage's defenses with a beam of flame.
• Chen Zheng appeared above the clouds and crushed the legendary mage's head after warning him about the Goddess of Magic.
• Little Bone landed before the supernatural spectators, asked the Magic Academy's dean about the absent girl with the phoenix, and wondered whether Chen Zheng had ridden that kind of bird.
• Chen Zheng realized what Little Bone was thinking and told her to watch fewer TV dramas, and she obediently lowered her head.

Chen Zheng left Europe under Athena’s control as a war of gods loomed, then returned to Nan City with Little Bone just in time to stop Jin Guang from killing the local cultivators. Little Bone incinerated Jin Guang, and the Demon Hall’s demon kings fell to their knees.

• Chen Zheng warned Europe’s supernatural figures to avoid the coming war of gods, and Athena arrived to pledge her service to him.
• Chen Zheng departed for China with Catherine on Little Bone, while Athena warned the gathered figures to stay out of Europe’s conflict.
• In Nan City, Jin Guang defeated Lü Changhe and announced his plan to kill humanity and let the Heavenly Demon Sect claim Earth.
• Little Bone arrived and swallowed Jin Guang’s true fire as Chen Zheng returned to defend the cultivators.
• At Chen Zheng’s command, Little Bone killed Jin Guang with Golden Crow True Fire, and the two Demon Hall demon kings knelt before her.

Chen Zheng killed two demon kings after Little Bone instantly slew the upper-realm demon Elder Jin Guang, then began absorbing the spiritual energy erupting across China. He drew more than ninety percent of it toward Nan City while the Heavenly Dao’s eyes held back the arriving cultivators.

• Little Bone killed Elder Jin Guang with her true fire, and Chen Zheng decapitated the fleeing eagle and leopard demon kings.
• Chen Zheng had Lü Changhe eat the roasted demon carcasses to replenish his qi and blood.
• Chen Zheng told Yu Canghai that the spiritual energy eruption had been prepared for him and that he would devour ninety percent of it.
• Chen Zheng inhaled, drawing more than a thousand spiritual-energy dragons from across China toward Nan City as the Heavenly Dao’s eyes appeared over the sects’ grotto-heavens and blessed lands.
• Old Nie and Lin Zhengming saw the phenomenon on satellite monitors, and Lin Zhengming identified Chen Zheng as its cause.
• The spiritual-energy dragons poured into Chen Zheng beside Mirror Lake at Nan University.

Chen Zheng devoured most of the spiritual energy released by the upheaval and revealed that he could tear apart Spirit Transformation cultivators, while casually claiming he had once sat in the Purple Empyrean Palace. As the Superpower Group expected the night to calm down, an unknown demonic man emerged briefly from nine steles on Mount Tai and vanished.

• The white-robed demon king realized Chen Zheng was likely the person Feather Empress Feng Fei had sought and fled after Chen Zheng devoured over a thousand spiritual-energy dragons.
• Lü Changhe asked why Chen Zheng had not broken through, and Chen Zheng said he could tear apart Spirit Transformation patriarchs with spiritual dragons alone.
• Chen Zheng told Lü Changhe that he had once sat in the Purple Empyrean Palace, leaving Lü Changhe and the others stunned.
• Lin Zhengming and Old Nie expected the remaining spiritual energy to strengthen the cultivation world without greatly affecting the secular world.
• An alarm alerted the Superpower Group to abnormal energy at Mount Tai, where nine steles appeared and a demonic man emerged before vanishing.
• Old Nie and Lin Zhengming stared at each other and wondered who the figure had been.

Mao Qi summoned an Asura to avenge Mao Jiudao and destroy the Ji Family, but the Asura recognized Chen Zheng and knelt before him in tears. The Mount Mao Sect’s attack ended with the Asura addressing Chen Zheng as “Your Majesty.”

• Mao Qi summoned an Asura from the Spirit Realm and asked him to avenge Mao Jiudao.
• The Asura agreed to help Mao Qi and led the Mount Mao elders to the Ji Family.
• The Asura threatened to wipe out the Ji Family, and the Ji Family head called for Ancestor Chen.
• Chen Zheng descended from the Nine Cauldrons Tower as the Mount Mao elders demanded that the Asura kill him.
• The Asura fell to his knees before Chen Zheng and sobbed that he had finally found him.

Xin Meng arrived at the Ji Family courtyard and revealed that Chen Zheng had once been involved with the Asura Empress, who had sent him to bring Chen Zheng back to the Asura Realm. After Xin Meng killed Mao Qi and the Mount Mao Sect elders, he tried to abduct Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng’s command made him kneel in fear.

• Xin Meng knelt before Chen Zheng and called him Your Majesty, astonishing the Ji Family and the Mount Mao Sect.
• Xin Meng explained that the Asura Empress had searched for Chen Zheng for a thousand years and wanted him to return for their wedding.
• Chen Zheng corrected Xin Meng’s claims about his past with the Empress, while the Mount Mao Sect elders realized they had angered someone beyond their power.
• Mao Qi begged Chen Zheng and Xin Meng for mercy, but Xin Meng killed him and then crushed the fleeing Mount Mao Sect elders.
• Xin Meng threatened to abduct Chen Zheng if he would not return to the Asura Realm, but Chen Zheng barked at him and made him drop to his knees.

Chen Zheng explained that the Supreme Heavenly Dao was his sole enemy across all heavens and worlds, sent Asura Xin Meng back to the Asura Realm with a message for the Empress, and gave Ji Chengfeng a formation-protecting secret art. In Africa, Demonic God Chiyou revived, devoured the Jiuli Holy Lord’s primordial spirit, and made him an incarnation with the Nine Netherworlds Demonic Body.

• The Supreme Heavenly Dao reached toward China and glared at Chen Zheng, but its eyes shattered after he dismissed its attempt to seize him.
• Chen Zheng told Xin Meng that the Supreme Heavenly Dao was his only enemy and sent him back to tell the Asura Empress that he would visit after recovering his power.
• Chen Zheng explained his past battle with the Supreme Heavenly Dao, then taught Ji Chengfeng how to invoke the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation to defend the Ji Family.
• Demonic God Chiyou emerged from beneath an altar in Africa, and the Jiuli Holy Lord urged him to attack Chen Zheng once he recovered his strength.
• Chiyou killed the Jiuli Holy Lord, swallowed his primordial spirit, and declared that he would make him an incarnation with the Nine Netherworlds Demonic Body.

Chen Zheng went with Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng to the Mount Mao Sect, where he destroyed its God-Control Primordial Talisman, crushed the grotto-heaven, and swallowed its spiritual energy. The chapter ended with Chen Zheng destroying a projection of a Spirit Realm cultivator, apparently injuring the cultivator’s true body across planes.

• Chen Zheng told Lin Zhengming that Chiyou had emerged from beneath the Nine Netherworlds and would come looking for him.
• Lin Zhengming reported the supernatural upheaval in Europe and the United States, and Chen Zheng said he wanted the spiritual energy everywhere except Europe.
• Chen Zheng asked Lin Zhengming for the Mount Mao Sect’s location and flew there with Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng.
• Chen Zheng touched the God-Control Primordial Talisman once, shattering the Mount Mao Sect’s formation, then crushed the entire grotto-heaven and swallowed its released spiritual energy.
• A Spirit Realm cultivator’s projection threatened Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng slapped it apart, and blood-red streaks appeared in the sky.

Chen Zheng arrived at the Chen Family residence and stopped Xu Pingzhi from threatening Chen Zhi and Zuo Qinghong. After Li Dongliu’s sword strike revealed Chen Zheng’s peerless sword physique, Li Dongliu recognized him as Ancestor Chen and severed his own arm in apology.

• Lin Zhengming told Xiao Peng that Chen Zheng was like an already complete universe and that Earth’s Heavenly Dao should fear him.
• Xu Pingzhi attacked the Chen Family and threatened Chen Zhi and Zuo Qinghong until Chen Zheng arrived and struck him down.
• Chen Zheng entered with Zuo Qinghong, and his presence forced the Sword Sect disciples to drop to their knees.
• Li Dongliu descended after Xu Pingzhi’s sword talisman shattered and challenged Chen Zheng with a powerful sword strike.
• Chen Zheng’s peerless sword physique nullified Li Dongliu’s attack, and Li Dongliu recognized him as Ancestor Chen.
• Li Dongliu severed his own arm and knelt to apologize to Chen Zheng.

Li Dongliu revealed that his apology to Chen Zheng had been a ruse to seize Chen Zheng’s peerless sword physique, then attacked him with overwhelming sword light. Chen Zheng destroyed the attack with spiritual energy dragons and tore Li Dongliu apart.

• Li Dongliu killed Xu Pingzhi for urging him to attack Chen Zheng, then pretended to repent and asked to follow Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng saw through Li Dongliu’s greed, and Li Dongliu regrew his arm and admitted he wanted the peerless sword physique.
• Li Dongliu unleashed sword light at Chen Zheng while the Sword Sect disciples hoped he would kill him.
• Chen Zheng’s sword physique made Li Dongliu’s first attack vanish, but Li Dongliu planned to exhaust Chen Zheng’s True Essence with repeated attacks.
• Chen Zheng unleashed over a thousand spiritual energy dragons, which tore apart Li Dongliu’s sword light and ripped Li Dongliu apart.

After Chen Zheng destroyed Dongliu, the Heaven-Reaching Vine spread seeds of spiritual light across China, and Chen Zheng recognized the act as a rival using his method to impart the Dao. Lin Zhengming later sought Chen Zheng’s help with the Hanging Temple above Mount Wutai, and Chen Zheng agreed to confront it the next day over its occupation of the mountain and its spiritual energy.

• Chen Canglang killed the Sword Sect disciples at Chen Zheng’s instruction, and Chen Zheng reassured Chen Zhi and healed Medicine King Chen Zhilong.
• A Heaven-Reaching Vine appeared above XN City and scattered millions of seeds of spiritual light across China; Chen Zheng said someone had copied his method of imparting the Dao.
• Chen Canglang and Zuo Qinghong realized the vine might be connected to a powerful figure, but thinking further caused their primordial spirits pain.
• Lin Zhengming brought Chen Zheng footage of a temple that had descended above Mount Wutai, where monks were imparting the Dao.
• Chen Zheng identified the temple as the Hanging Temple of the Buddha Domain in Supreme Heaven and said he would go there with Lin Zhengming the next day.

Chen Zheng confronted the Monk King at Mount Wutai and cracked the Hanging Temple, absorbing the spiritual energy it had stolen. The Monk King summoned a Holy Buddha from the Immortal Realm, whose face was revealed to be inhuman.

• Chen Zheng arrived at Mount Wutai with Lin Zhengming and Yang Xuefei to stop the Hanging Temple from plundering spiritual energy.
• Lin Zhengming used his power to make the warrior monks spit blood after they refused to let the group pass.
• Chen Zheng cracked the Hanging Temple with one finger and swallowed the spiritual energy pouring from it.
• The Monk King trapped Chen Zheng and the others inside a Buddhist barrier and summoned a Holy Buddha from the Immortal Realm.
• The Holy Buddha answered with a word that sounded like Chen Zheng, then turned around and revealed a face that made the others cry out.

Sun Wukong descended to Earth and revealed his deep reverence for Chen Zheng, whom he called Ancestor Chen and served by massaging his back. Chen Zheng sent Sun Wukong back to the Supreme Heaven with a warning about the Heaven-Reaching Vine and the coming great purge.

• The Monk King ordered Sun Wukong to apprehend Chen Zheng, but Sun Wukong bowed to Chen Zheng and called him Ancestor Chen.
• Sun Wukong recalled that Chen Zheng had named him, taught him the Heaven-Equaling Staff Strike, and brewed the monkey wine he loved.
• Sun Wukong massaged Chen Zheng's back while the Monk King and the others watched in disbelief.
• Chen Zheng told Sun Wukong that the monkey wine was gone and that he had lost almost everything after fighting an unnamed enemy.
• Chen Zheng warned Sun Wukong to tell Spirit Mountain that the Heaven-Reaching Vine had entered the myriad worlds and that preparations were needed for the great purge.
• Sun Wukong took the Monk King and the Hanging Temple back to the Supreme Heaven.

On the flight back to Nan City, Chen Zheng explained his connection to Sun Wukong and Supreme Heaven. Later, Lord Xuanyang descended from the Golden Crow Ancestral Land to kill Chen Zheng, but a mysterious sword swiftly destroyed him above Nan City, leaving the other descended cultivators alarmed.

• Chen Zheng told Yang Xuefei that he had named Sun Wukong after seeing him born in the Earth Immortal Domain, then explained that the domain was a region of Supreme Heaven.
• Lord Xuanyang arrived at the Demon Hall and demanded that the white-robed demon king reveal Chen Zheng’s cultivation and guide him to Nan City.
• The white-robed demon king warned Lord Xuanyang about Chen Zheng’s powerful tyrannosaurus, but Lord Xuanyang ordered him to lead the way.
• Lord Xuanyang threatened to burn Nan City until an icy sword flashed, decapitated him, and erased his body and flames.
• The white-robed demon king fled Nan City in terror, while cultivators across China sensed a peerless sword immortal and the Golden Crow’s sudden disappearance.

After a Golden Crow vanished over Nan City and giant beasts devastated the island nation’s capital, Chen Zheng discussed his past and prepared to travel abroad. He planned to leave Jiang Boyue in Nan City and take Little Bone to collect the extraordinary energy from the Americans’ newly completed Tower of God.

• At Superpower Group headquarters, Lin Zhengming concluded that Chen Zheng had killed the Golden Crow above Nan City and speculated that he was the teacher of the saints from primordial myths.
• Old Nie showed Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng footage of Godzilla and a three-headed dragon fighting in the island nation’s capital and destroying much of the city.
• The next day, An Jing, Zuo Qinghong, and Su Cheng discussed the monster attacks with Chen Zheng, who explained that the Kun he had trained became Patriarch Qiankun and founded a sect in another world.
• Chen Zheng said he would travel abroad the next day with Little Bone and have Jiang Boyue protect Nan City.
• Chen Zheng revealed that he was going to the Americas to reap the extraordinary energy being absorbed by the completed Tower of God.

Athena was injured by a powerful Chinese demon god, while Chen Zheng arrived in the United States and was targeted by the military. In Metropolis, super soldiers attacked him as Dr. Jonathan prepared to demonstrate the Hand of God’s power.

• Athena returned to Francis after an encounter with a Chinese demon god and insisted she would take control of Europe.
• Chen Zheng and Mishima Lola were confronted at Kennedy Airport by agents who identified Chen Zheng as the military’s number one wanted fugitive, but he erased them and disappeared.
• Dr. Jonathan ordered the military to deploy super soldiers and revealed that the Hand of God planned to create life using God Particles and the Tower of God.
• Chen Zheng and Mishima Lola went to Central Park at dusk, where more than a dozen super soldiers surrounded them.
• The super soldiers’ captain, Tony, ordered full firepower, and their suits blasted energy beams at Chen Zheng.

The Hand of God used God Particles to bring the Statue of Liberty to life, but she immediately became uncontrollable and attacked Manhattan. Little Bone grew to over a hundred meters tall and charged into battle, leaving the Statue of Liberty shattered and partly submerged in the sea.

• Little Bone transformed into her true form after Hand of God soldiers attacked Chen Zheng, drawing attention from people near Central Park.
• Dr. Jonathan activated the Tower of God and released God Particles at the Statue of Liberty, bringing her to life.
• The Statue of Liberty fired beams of light across Manhattan, while Colonel Burns confronted Dr. Jonathan and demanded that he stop her.
• Little Bone grew to a hundred meters tall and charged at the Statue of Liberty as civilians and Hand of God personnel watched in shock.
• Little Bone swallowed the Statue of Liberty's beam, knocked her into the sea, and smashed her head apart with repeated headbutts.

Doctor Jonathan became a quantum being and attacked Metropolis, but Chen Zheng’s sword cut him apart despite his claims of invulnerability. As Jonathan begged for help, a mysterious figure appeared in the sky.

• Doctor Jonathan entered the Tower of God and transformed into a quantum being, shattering the tower as he escaped.
• Jonathan tore a skyscraper from the ground and threw it at Little Bone, which fought back with a fiery energy beam.
• Colonel Burns ordered the Eye of God’s destructive backup plan activated and named Chen Zheng and Jonathan as targets.
• Jonathan absorbed Little Bone’s energy attack and tried to turn Little Bone into a quantum being, but it shrank away and returned to Chen Zheng.
• Jonathan ripped Central Plains Park apart, then offered Chen Zheng eternal life in exchange for his loyalty.
• Chen Zheng’s sword sliced Jonathan’s quantum body into fragments, and a tall figure in a white suit appeared in the sky as Jonathan cried for help.

A white-suited old man restored Jonathan and pleaded with Chen Zheng to spare him, but Chen Zheng refused, and Little Bone killed Jonathan. The military then activated the Eye of God against Chen Zheng, who destroyed it and caused both secret bases’ equipment and Metropolis’s windows to explode.

• A white-suited old man appeared, restored Jonathan as a human, and asked Chen Zheng to forgive him, citing the Master of Space and Time and Lucifer.
• Chen Zheng refused to spare Jonathan, and the old man vanished as Metropolis returned to normal.
• Jonathan fell from the sky, and Little Bone burned him to ashes; Chen Zheng caught and absorbed the escaping particle energy.
• Colonel Burns ordered the Eye of God activated, and the weapon fired a destructive beam at Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng destroyed the Eye of God and snapped his fingers, causing equipment in both underground bases and windows throughout Metropolis to explode.

Chen Zheng plunged Metropolis into darkness, absorbed the Tower of God’s supernatural energy, and began drawing spiritual energy from across the Americas. As the Feathered Serpent God released a stone jar to divert the energy, the Eagle God awakened and flew toward Metropolis.

• Chen Zheng destroyed Metropolis’s equipment, absorbed the Tower of God’s stored energy, and killed Colonel Burns and several soldiers at the Hand of God base.
• Chen Zheng rose above Metropolis and summoned spiritual energy from across the Americas.
• The Feathered Serpent God answered a priest at the Pyramid of Kukulkan and released a stone jar that began devouring the energy flowing toward the United States.
• A giant serpent in the Amazon welcomed Chen Zheng’s harvest and warned that Set would return to reclaim the energy.
• The Eagle God awakened above Machu Picchu and flew toward Metropolis, where Mishima Lola watched its approach and Little Bone called it food.

Chen Zheng killed the Eagle God after it threatened Metropolis, and Little Bone roasted and devoured the giant eagle. Chen Zheng then ordered Little Bone to fly to a spirit-gathering land, leaving the city’s citizens relieved as they watched them depart.

• Little Bone urged Chen Zheng to leave the giant eagle’s corpse intact so it could eat it, while Mishima Lola feared the creature.
• The Eagle God attacked Chen Zheng and threatened to destroy Metropolis unless Chen Zheng gave up the spiritual energy he had taken.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the threat and killed the Eagle God with a single sword strike before it could destroy the city.
• Little Bone roasted and devoured the eagle, leaving Metropolis’s citizens shocked by the feast above their city.
• Chen Zheng told Little Bone to head to a spirit-gathering land, and Little Bone flew away with Chen Zheng and Mishima Lola as the citizens watched.

Chen Zheng and Little Bone confronted the Feathered Serpent God at the Pyramid of Kukulkan after Little Bone ate the Eagle God. The Feathered Serpent God lost control of her stone jar, which Chen Zheng reclaimed and revealed he had once used for pickling.

• At the Pyramid of Kukulkan, Little Bone told the old priest it had eaten the Eagle God and demanded more giant creatures to roast.
• The Feathered Serpent God appeared and tried repeatedly to activate her stone jar, draining much of her divine power without success.
• Mishima Lola and Little Bone remarked on the Feathered Serpent God's futile attempts as Chen Zheng asked where she had obtained the jar.
• Chen Zheng summoned the jar into his hand, and the spiritual energy it had absorbed flowed into him.
• Chen Zheng said he had used the jar to make pickles and had given it to Progenitor Yu more than three thousand years earlier, causing the old priest to faint.

Chen Zheng reclaimed the stone jar from the Feathered Serpent God and warned her to behave, but a Titanoboa challenged him and summoned the Ancient Serpent God Set. Set recognized Little Bone and Chen Zheng, then shrank and prostrated himself in fear.

• Chen Zheng asked about Feihuan, explained the stone jar’s history, and took it back while warning the Feathered Serpent God to conduct herself properly.
• A giant Titanoboa emerged from the jungle, accused Chen Zheng of killing the Eagle God, and demanded that the Feathered Serpent God help fight him.
• Little Bone knocked the Titanoboa into the air with a single tail swipe, prompting it to summon the Ancient Serpent God.
• Set introduced himself as an ancient witness to Earth’s history, but Little Bone recognized him as a former toy and called him Little Snakey.
• Set saw Little Bone and Chen Zheng, shrank, and prostrated himself, greeting them as Big Sis and Ancestor Chen.

Set revealed his history with Chen Zheng and Little Bone, then played a recording of the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The footage showed Chen Zheng surviving the blast unharmed, and Set declared him impossible to kill.

• Little Bone scolded Set for abandoning her and Chen Zheng before the asteroid struck, and Set admitted he had fled after believing they were dead.
• Set recalled how Chen Zheng had once defeated him and made him serve as Little Bone’s toy.
• Chen Zheng suggested Set could try attacking him, but Set refused, saying he had witnessed Chen Zheng survive the asteroid impact.
• Set used his Snake Eye Secret Art to show footage of the asteroid striking Earth and destroying the prehistoric creatures around Chen Zheng and Little Bone.
• The recording showed Chen Zheng standing unharmed after the shock wave passed, and Set bowed to him, declaring him impossible to kill.