Recaps

Chen Zheng gained access to the World Tree, confronted its hidden powers, and punished those who had attacked the Heavenly Crystal Saint Clan. He uncovered clues about a mysterious woman and Zero before a decree summoned the Son of the Heavens preliminaries at Wuji Mountain.

• Chen Zheng entered the World Tree realm, summoned the tree to him, and gained Zhuge Qingniu its recognition before confronting the blue-robed Fourth Tribulation Lord and swallowing her Creation Lotus Seed.
• Chen Zheng defeated Mie Cangsheng and the Three Emperors Sect’s ancestors, freed Bai Mei, and killed Ancestor Yuanshe and the elders who had joined the siege of the Heavenly Crystal Saint Clan.
• At Soul-Devouring Cliff, Chen Zheng tore apart Ying Tianhuan’s Other-Dimensional Space, then captured the Reincarnation Fate Lord’s phantom and learned that his true body was imprisoned.
• Chen Zheng reached the Heaven-Mending Palace, where Meng Xianyin recognized him as Empress Wa’s teacher and friend, and he killed Ancestor Tiancan after Tiancan tried to flee.
• Chen Zheng destroyed Yuan Feihong after he attacked the Duan Family, learned that Duan Jin had taken Rao, and sent Yuan Feihong back with a warning to his family.
• Chen Zheng identified the thirteen blood shadows as Heaven Candidates slain by a mysterious woman, while Creation Little Doll warned him that Zero treated powerful beings as pieces in her game.
• A decree announced the Son of the Heavens preliminaries at Wuji Mountain, and Chen Zheng recognized the voice as Holy Emperor Pan and challenged him to reclaim the Heaven-Opening Axe.

Chen Zheng entered the Son of the Heavens selection, destroyed Duotian and the Futu Sect, and confronted powers tied to his erased past. After Bu Sheng fell while trying to absorb the World Ember, Chen Zheng left the Futu Great World and was transported through time by a being who called himself one of the Heavens.

• Chen Zheng entered the selection trials, where the Heavenly Eye Beast bowed to him, and he defeated Holy Son Duotian before trading the Heaven-Opening Axe to Holy Emperor Pan for a map to a gods’ burial ground.
• Chen Zheng helped Qi Ruyi win the preliminary selection, then entered the Land of Return to Dust and killed Duotian after he fused with the Bone of Heaven.
• Chen Zheng absorbed the Bone of Heaven and Heart Stone of Heaven, but Susu swallowed both relics, while the Master of the Nether Immortal Tower revealed that Ying Tianzhu’s legacy pointed Chen Zheng toward the Taiyin Clan.
• Chen Zheng entered the Eightfold Futu Pagoda and shattered the Nie Family’s forbidden stone coffin, killing the Nie envoys and Futu Sect ancestors before destroying the sect’s remaining cultivators.
• Chen Zheng rescued the Female Heavenly Demon from Pan Zao and the Xuanhuang Elders, then the Azure Lord gave him the Cosmic Embers and crippled Pan Zao after recognizing him as a former disciple.
• Bu Sheng took the Cosmic Embers and tried to absorb its power, but Heavenly Dao lightning struck him and he exploded, revealing the object as the World Ember.
• Chen Zheng recovered the World Ember, improved the Female Heavenly Demon’s primordial holy demon physique, and warned her to tell the Primordial Heavenly Demon to flee if a powerful enemy attacked.
• As Chen Zheng left the Futu Great World, a being calling himself one of the Heavens attacked through the River of Time and transported him, accusing him of abandoning the original Heaven Heavenly Court.

Chen Zheng returned to Ancestral God City, restored the Ancestral God, and pursued the escaped beast into the Land of Divine Burial. There he confronted Tianxiu over a mysterious crystal, sealed the beast inside the Cosmic Cantilever, and let Tianxiu escape.

• Chen Zheng destroyed the Dragon Firmament forces, split Dragon Firmament Ancient Star in half with Zhengyue, and exposed and killed the demon masquerading as Daoist Honggu.
• Chen Zheng entered Ancestral God City, killed Yan Ku and the Flame Grotto forces, healed Desolate God, and restored the Ancestral God, who recognized the little demoness as Dust Woman reincarnated.
• A beast escaped God-Demon Crossing and headed for the Land of Divine Burial, so Chen Zheng took the little demoness, Ancestral God, and Desolate God there aboard the Star Raft.
• Golden Venerable revealed that he wanted his uncle’s fused body, while the Heavenly Dao Palace Master greeted Chen Zheng as her foster father before the group entered the Land of Divine Burial.
• The beast attacked Chen Zheng, but he remained unharmed, and Lord Qingyue summoned a divine woman who tried to seize the little demoness before Chen Zheng stopped her.
• The woman revealed herself as Tianxiu, a living mechanical puppet, and sent a half-crystal into the Great Void with the Creation Chapter.
• Chen Zheng recalled the half-crystal and revealed a complete crystalline cube and another half, which cracked Tianxiu’s face and revealed a universe inside her head.
• Tianxiu vanished, and Chen Zheng used the Cosmic Cantilever to seal the beast inside it, and Susu devoured Golden Venerable’s third will incarnation, while Tianshu identified the escaped puppet as Tianxiu.

Chen Zheng pursued the ancient demon pit and uncovered the little demon girl’s connection to Dust Woman, while dismantling the Demon Court and Southern Luo Immortal Court. The arc ended with Chen Zheng confronting the Immortal Demon Master and thirteen progenitor-level ancient demons, only for a mysterious woman to destroy them with one slap.

• Chen Zheng entered the ancient demon pit, where Lady Feng recognized the little demon girl as her former master and the Youdu Tribulation Lord revealed that she was his reincarnated sister, Dust Woman.
• Chen Zheng destroyed the Yinglong Demon Court and traveled to Qinglian Ancient City, where the divine Qinglian flew to him and the Crimson Flame Qilin recognized him before he defeated the Southern Luo forces.
• Chen Zheng released Qingniao from Chen Jiutian’s seal, and she crippled Chen Jiutian before the little demon girl awakened and the Dust Emperor recognized her.
• Chen Zheng took Lu Renwang’s Primordial Cauldron and defeated him, while Tiantian drained the Southern Luo leaders and their allies of their power.
• Qingniao regained her memories and destroyed the Chen Imperial Clan, then joined Chen Zheng, Lady Feng, and the little demon girl at the sealed Primordial Demon Pit.
• Chen Zheng declared that he would slay the Immortal Demon Master, resisted the attacks of thirteen progenitor-level ancient demons, and watched a mysterious woman smash them all with one slap.