Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng used two drops of true blood to blast God Emperor Hongjue's body apart and send his primordial spirit fleeing, then returned with the others from the ancient sacred dynasty's ruins to the Outer Realm. He revealed that his magical power limited the blood's use and that, with Sage-level power, he could kill Epoch Hegemons below three rings.

• Chen Zheng's first drop of true blood destroyed God Emperor Hongjue's body and injured his primordial spirit, but Hongjue reconstituted himself and attacked again.
• Chen Zheng used a second drop of true blood to blast Hongjue's body apart, forcing his shattered primordial spirit to flee.
• The ruins' connection to the other world ended, returning Chen Zheng, Yannü, Mister Crouching Dragon, and the others to the Outer Realm's Chaos Battlefield.
• Chen Zheng told Yannü and the others that Hongjue had survived because he had a magical treasure and that Chen Zheng's current magical power only let him activate his true blood twice.
• Chen Zheng said Sage-level magical power would let him kill any Epoch Hegemon below three rings.

After Chen Zheng frightened the assembled cultivators with his power, he revealed his connection to the Xianhong Holy Spirit’s master, the World-Purifying Dust Woman, and gave the Tianhong Goddess a secret art. The Xianhong Holy Spirit left to investigate the Ancient Immortal Road, while the Tianhong Goddess remained alone in the emptied ruins.

• The King of Western Chu, Gai Shi, King of Tang, and the other cultivators left after Chen Zheng’s display of power.
• Chen Zheng said he had an unusual connection to the Xianhong Holy Spirit’s master, and the Xianhong Holy Spirit identified her as the World-Purifying Dust Woman of the Mortal Dust Immortal Abode.
• Mister Crouching Dragon recalled an immortal abode on the Ancient Immortal Road, and Chen Zheng suggested the Xianhong Holy Spirit investigate it.
• Chen Zheng absorbed divine power from an ancient stone and gave the Tianhong Goddess a secret art to help complete her Dao physique.
• The Xianhong Holy Spirit departed for the Ancient Immortal Road, while the Tianhong Goddess gathered the inheritance steles and took Tianqiu into the ruins.

Jiujie learned that Supreme Heaven’s rising power might restore his cultivation and hurried back there. Chen Zheng entered Asgard Palace with Yannü, who met An Jing and received an Eternal Battle Beast, while wondering which of the women inside were Chen Zheng’s wives.

• Jiujie decided to return to Supreme Heaven after Han Xian suggested his cultivation could rise there, and asked Han Xian to greet Ancestor Chen.
• A Reaper threatened Chen Zheng and shattered itself, but Chen Zheng explained that even overwhelming numbers of Reapers could not threaten an Epoch Hegemon.
• Chen Zheng took Yannü into Asgard Palace, where she saw women cultivating and wondered whether they were his wives.
• An Jing introduced herself to Yannü as Sister Jing, gave her an Eternal Battle Beast, and took Chen Zheng away to discuss matters privately.
• Yannü began familiarizing herself with the Eternal Battle Beast and wondered how many women in Asgard Palace were Chen Zheng’s wives.

Chen Zheng and Yannü entered the Ancient Immortal Road, where they encountered rival gangs and learned that a stone tower attracted Heavenly Tribulations. The Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared above Chen Zheng, but shattered when he glanced at it.

• Chen Zheng told the God-Demon Sacred Venerable he planned to visit the Ancient Immortal Road before going to the Primordial Ruins, and taught the Heaven-Gazing Beast a secret art.
• Chen Zheng and Yannü arrived in a bustling city on the Ancient Immortal Road, where several gangs tried to recruit them.
• The Ruthless Gang tried to capture Yannü and send Chen Zheng to the Second Immortal Road, but Chen Zheng flew with her to the Heaven-Gazing Stone Tower.
• The tower summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and Chen Zheng shattered it with a glance.

Chen Zheng ignored the factions of the First Immortal City and gazed into the depths of the Ancient Immortal Road, while the Heavenly Dao and his enemies vanished before him. After Gang Leader Yanlang challenged him, Chen Zheng glanced down and shattered Yanlang’s body and primordial spirit.

• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment and the Dao Ancestor Tribulation vanished, and Yannü said the Heavenly Dao seemed afraid of Chen Zheng.
• Young Master Wan attacked Chen Zheng with ten thousand immortal ropes, but the ropes shattered and Wan Shen was reduced to ashes without Chen Zheng moving.
• Cultivators explained to Yannü that the Ancient Immortal Road’s laws required factions to call themselves gangs and erased those who broke its rules.
• Gang Leader Yanlang confronted Chen Zheng and invoked the Ruthless Hall and the Ruthless Dao, but Chen Zheng ignored him and continued staring into the road’s depths.
• Chen Zheng said he had seen it all, then glanced at Yanlang and shattered his body and primordial spirit.

Chen Zheng killed the Ancient War God with a single slap, destroyed the Heaven-Observing Immortal Tower, and left First Immortal City with Yannü for Second Immortal City. The people he left behind feared that he would wipe out the Ruthless Hall and the Ruthless Dao.

• Chen Zheng told Yannü to handle minor opponents herself and use An Jing’s war beast against stronger enemies.
• The Ancient War God arrived in First Immortal City wearing the Ancient War God Armor and challenged Chen Zheng and Yannü to show their abilities.
• Chen Zheng slapped the Ancient War God, shattered his armor, and annihilated him.
• Chen Zheng dismantled the Heaven-Observing Immortal Tower, found and crushed a piece of divine jade, then devoured its power.
• Chen Zheng and Yannü sped toward Second Immortal City, leaving First Immortal City’s residents wondering whether he would destroy the Ruthless Hall and the Ruthless Dao.

Chen Zheng and Yannü arrived in the Second Immortal City and climbed the Heaven-Observing Immortal Tower, but no Heavenly Tribulation appeared. Chen Zheng asked who had bullied Mo Village, prompting the master of Ruthless Hall to confront him.

• The master of Ruthless Hall learned that the Ancient War God had fallen in the First Immortal City and doubted that Chen Zheng could have killed him.
• Chen Zheng and Yannü appeared atop the Heaven-Observing Immortal Tower, but the expected Heavenly Tribulation did not descend even after two incense sticks of time.
• Chen Zheng mentioned Mo Village and asked who had bullied its people, reminding the crowd of Ancient Sage Lixiao and the girl with the Huntian Bloodline.
• An old man urged Chen Zheng to let the matter go, saying Mo Village had suffered only verbal humiliation.
• The master of Ruthless Hall admitted that his people had cursed Ancient Sage Lixiao and Mo Village, then confronted Chen Zheng.

Chen Zheng killed Ruthless Hall's master, shattered the Ancient Immortal Bell and the Heaven-Observing Immortal Tower, and absorbed divine power from its hidden jade. He learned that Ancient Sage Lixiao and the people of Mo Village had likely gone to the more dangerous Third Immortal Road, then revealed that he had killed Feng Wusheng.

• Chen Zheng killed Ruthless Hall's master without any visible use of magical power, and the hall's Ancient Immortal Bell began tolling.
• The Ancient Immortal Bell flew toward Chen Zheng and shattered before reaching him.
• Chen Zheng demolished the Heaven-Observing Immortal Tower, crushed a piece of divine jade from its ruins, and absorbed its divine power.
• An old cultivator told Chen Zheng that Ancient Sage Lixiao and the people of Mo Village had likely gone to the Third Immortal Road, where Dao Ancestors with nine-tier Dao Towers were needed to venture.
• Chen Zheng confirmed that he had met Feng Wusheng and casually revealed that he had killed him, horrifying the people of Second Immortal City.

After killing Feng Wusheng, Chen Zheng pulled the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Immortal Cities to the Second Immortal City and destroyed their Heaven-Observing Immortal Towers to absorb the divine power in their jade. He then looked toward the end of the Ancient Immortal Road, leaving everyone fearing he would target its guardian.

• Chen Zheng dismissed fears of the guardian at the end of the Ancient Immortal Road and asked about the other immortal cities and their Heaven-Observing Immortal Towers.
• Chen Zheng pulled the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Immortal Cities to the Second Immortal City with a casual gesture.
• Elder Qi told Wu Xinpo that Chen Zheng had killed the Ruthless Hall master and the Ancient War God, destroyed the Ancient War God Armor and Ancient Immortal Bell, and torn down the Second Immortal City's tower.
• Chen Zheng smashed the Heaven-Observing Immortal Towers in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Immortal Cities, crushed the three pieces of divine jade, and consumed their divine power.
• Chen Zheng said he was still short of what he needed and turned his gaze toward the depths of the Ancient Immortal Road.

The Ruthless Dao Lord confronted Chen Zheng after learning that he had killed members of the Ruthless lineage and destroyed three Heaven-Observing Immortal Towers. Chen Zheng rejected the Dao Lord’s offer to let him leave and raised his hand to attack, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Wu Xinpo summoned the Ruthless Dao Lord and reported Chen Zheng’s killings and the destruction of the Heaven-Observing Immortal Towers.
• The Ruthless Dao Lord claimed his inheritance made him effectively impossible to kill on the Ancient Immortal Road.
• The Ruthless Dao Lord offered to overlook Chen Zheng’s actions if he left, warning that he could not harm him.
• Wu Xinpo urged Chen Zheng to accept the way out, but Chen Zheng said he did not need anyone to give him one.
• Chen Zheng swept his raised right hand toward the Ruthless Dao Lord as the onlookers braced for a battle.

Chen Zheng stripped the Ruthless Dao Lord of his Heavenly Mandate Dao Platform, leaving him vulnerable to the Ancient Immortal beast, which swallowed him. Wu Xinpo warned that the guardian at the end of the Immortal Road would punish Chen Zheng, and a mysterious figure arrived to demand who had disrupted the guardian’s arrangements.

• The Ruthless Dao Lord summoned his Heavenly Mandate Dao Platform, but Chen Zheng casually removed it and revealed it in his palm.
• Chen Zheng sent the Heavenly Mandate Dao Platform out of the Ancient Immortal Road, and the Ruthless Dao Lord chased after it.
• The Ancient Immortal beast charged from the Fifth Immortal City and swallowed the Ruthless Dao Lord before sealing itself inside the city.
• Chen Zheng told Yannü that he had let the platform go because its inheritance could influence his disciples and make them heartless.
• Wu Xinpo warned that the guardian at the end of the Immortal Road would suppress Chen Zheng, and a figure arrived demanding to know who had disrupted the guardian’s arrangements.

Ji Xuwang arrived and demanded that Chen Zheng and Yannü go before his master, the guardian of the Ancient Immortal Road, for destroying the guardian’s arrangements. Chen Zheng shattered Ji Xuwang’s Heavenly Fate Artifact and sent him back along the Ancient Immortal Road with a message for his master to come see him.

• Wu Xinpo identified Chen Zheng as the one who had destroyed the Heaven-Observing Immortal Towers and urged Ji Xuwang to suppress him.
• Ji Xuwang revealed he was the guardian’s chosen envoy, ordered Chen Zheng and Yannü to come with him, and gave them ten breaths to comply.
• When Chen Zheng did not respond to the ultimatum, Ji Xuwang unleashed his Heavenly Fate Artifact to seize him.
• The artifact shattered before it could reach Chen Zheng, and Chen Zheng slapped Ji Xuwang back into the Ancient Immortal Road.
• Chen Zheng told Ji Xuwang to summon his master and warned that the guardian would bear the consequences if he arrived late.

After Chen Zheng shattered a heavenly mandate artifact and demanded that the Immortal Road Guardian appear, the Ancient Immortal Road sank into a strange, empty world filled with ancient remnant souls and colossal beasts. Chen Zheng erased the attacking souls, while the beasts transformed into ten Heavenly Books that imprisoned everyone on the road.

• The Ancient Immortal Road broke away from the Outer Realm and settled in a strange, empty world.
• Ancient remnant souls appeared and attacked the cultivators, then turned their attention to Yannü after recognizing her Fortune Dao Body.
• Yannü summoned an Eternal War Beast, but Chen Zheng destroyed the remnant souls with a snap of his fingers.
• Wu Xinpo fled into the strange world and was devoured, leaving his bones to fall near the Ancient Immortal Road.
• Colossal beasts appeared beside the road, transformed into ten Heavenly Books, and imprisoned everyone present.

Chen Zheng shattered the Ten Scrolls of Heaven and gave their Great Dao to Yannü, then demanded that the Immortal Road Guardian meet him. Ji Xuwang revealed that his master had set another ultimate problem before sacrificing himself to awaken something within the Ancient Immortal Road.

• Ji Xuwang announced that Chen Zheng had ten days to comprehend and break the Ten Scrolls of Heaven, while the Eternal War Beast admitted it could not overcome them.
• Chen Zheng told a story about a teacher who had already solved a supposedly impossible problem, implying that he had created the Ten Scrolls and mastered them long ago.
• Chen Zheng shattered all ten scrolls, sent their Great Dao into Yannü, and freed the beings in the immortal city from their restraints.
• Chen Zheng warned Ji Xuwang to summon his master, but Ji Xuwang said the master had set an ultimate problem and ordered him to invite Chen Zheng to solve it.
• Ji Xuwang exploded into blood mist that merged with the Ancient Immortal Road, which shook as a terrifying roar rose from within it.

Ji Xuwang awakened a terrifying being from the Ancient Immortal Road, and it seemed to overwhelm Chen Zheng in battle. Chen Zheng revealed that he had endured its attacks to break his internal shackles, then devoured its will as the Ancient Immortal Road emerged and began shedding its earthen shell.

• Ji Xuwang’s primordial spirit explained that the being had taken over his exploded body and could fight for only an hour.
• The being repeatedly blasted Chen Zheng away, while Yannü and the immortal city’s inhabitants believed he was losing.
• Chen Zheng eventually stood unmoving against its attacks and said it had broken his Sage Realm shackles but not his Dao Ancestor Realm shackles.
• The Eternal War Beast explained that Chen Zheng had deliberately taken the blows to break his internal shackles.
• After an hour, the being’s body disintegrated, and Chen Zheng devoured its escaping will with seven-colored divine light.
• The Ancient Immortal Road rose from underground and began shedding its earthen outer layer.

The cultivators discovered that the Ancient Immortal Road was actually the spine of a terrifying being, and Chen Zheng identified its owner as Zhi Huntian. After Ji Xuwang challenged his account, Chen Zheng dissolved the spine and used it to reconstruct a living person around a remnant soul.

• Chen Zheng dispelled the barrier, allowing the cultivators to see that the Ancient Immortal Road had become a gigantic spine.
• Ji Xuwang warned Chen Zheng not to meddle with the spine, claiming that even his master feared it.
• Chen Zheng said the spine belonged to Zhi Huntian, a peak sixth-level Great Samsara transcendent who fell in the Creators' Battle of Great Annihilation.
• Ji Xuwang accused Chen Zheng of making up the story and claimed his master's treasure could reveal the remnant soul's origins.
• Chen Zheng turned the spine into particles, then used them to reconstruct a living person around a remnant soul.

Chen Zheng awakened Zhi Huntian, who demanded half of Chen Zheng’s essence as payment, but Chen Zheng ignored him and summoned the Immortal Road Guardian. The guardian appeared just as Chen Zheng’s final countdown ended.

• Zhi Huntian awoke and introduced himself as a being from outside the Primordial Chaos Universe, offering Chen Zheng a Great Dao in exchange for becoming his master and surrendering half his essence.
• Ji Xuwang tried to turn Zhi Huntian against Chen Zheng by pointing out a contradiction about how Zhi Huntian had been sealed.
• Zhi Huntian insisted Chen Zheng should feel honored to offer his essence, while Ji Xuwang mocked Chen Zheng for supposedly trapping himself.
• Chen Zheng gave the being beneath the bizarre world ten breaths to appear, and Zhi Huntian attacked him with a soul phantom that Chen Zheng’s divine light swallowed.
• Chen Zheng announced the final five breaths, and the Immortal Road Guardian appeared, prompting Ji Xuwang to call him master.

The Master of the Immortal Road confronted Chen Zheng with Ancient Sage Lixiao, the Huntian-bloodline girl, and Mo Village as bargaining chips, hoping to take Zhi Huntian away. He revealed himself as Taiwu Heaven and challenged Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng seized his artifacts, and Taiwu’s power and cultivation suddenly began to collapse.

• The Master of the Immortal Road appeared with Ancient Sage Lixiao, the Huntian-bloodline girl, and the people of Mo Village, and offered to trade them for Zhi Huntian.
• The Master of the Immortal Road used a stone dagger and a blue-green lamp to suppress Zhi Huntan and proposed that he take him away.
• Chen Zheng snatched both artifacts from the Master of the Immortal Road and asked whether he had been threatening him.
• The Master of the Immortal Road revealed his Heaven aura and identified himself as Taiwu Heaven, claiming he stood at Half-Step Transcendence.
• Chen Zheng said his magical power was short of Quasi-Sage but that Taiwu had been unlucky to meet him, and Taiwu’s power and cultivation began rapidly declining.

Chen Zheng used the stone dagger and blue lamp to reveal the Master of the Immortal Road’s origins and his own past, causing the Master’s realm to collapse. The Master turned into a pure white cocoon before he could finish speaking.

• The Master of the Immortal Road’s realm plummeted, and his mask broke to reveal a beautiful face.
• Chen Zheng pierced Zhi Huntian with the stone dagger and drew him into the blue lamp.
• A vision showed Chen Zheng and a woman forging the dagger and lamp, then sealing Zhi Huntian, one of the Nine Fate Lords, as a key.
• The woman advised Chen Zheng to swallow the eight Heaven Cocoons and refine them into one rather than let eight worthless Heavens be born.
• Chen Zheng revealed the Power of Heaven and told the Master of the Immortal Road that meeting him was bad luck because his realm was unstable.
• The Master of the Immortal Road began to identify Chen Zheng, then transformed into a pure white cocoon.

Chen Zheng absorbed the power of the Master of the Immortal Road’s Heaven Cocoon, then led the cultivators through a spacetime vortex into the Black Abyss Ancient Realm. After learning they had entered a magical power vacuum period, he summoned the sealed Nirvana Demon Palace, alarming the black-masked inhabitants who warned that opening it could endanger the entire realm.

• Chen Zheng collected the Master of the Immortal Road’s Heaven Cocoon and absorbed its power, briefly reaching the Quasi-Sage level before his magical power realm stopped showing.
• When a transparent hand attacked the spear-wielding girl, Chen Zheng shattered it, and the resulting spacetime vortex swept the cultivators into another realm.
• The cultivators arrived in the Black Abyss Ancient Realm during a magical power vacuum period and encountered black-masked people aboard a warship.
• A black-masked cultivator demanded that Yannü pledge her Eternal War Beast as collateral, while Ancient Sage Lixiao told Chen Zheng the realm was one of the Five Emperors Ancient Realms.
• Chen Zheng pulled the Nirvana Demon Palace from the southwest, and the black-masked people warned him that Lord Black Emperor had sealed a terrifying being inside it.