Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng exposed the Heaven-Pacifying Clan's hidden skeleton and the chained Yu Pingtian inside Pingtian Hall, then discovered the clan's powerful Yu Huashen had turned demonic. The chapter ended with Yu Huashen killing the elders and dragging Yu Pingtian into a dark vortex.

• The mist cleared, revealing a gigantic skeleton beneath the Heaven-Pacifying Clan's platform and a phantom briefly struggling to escape Pingtian Hall before black hands pulled it back.
• Chen Zheng erased two attacks from Pingtian Hall and dismantled it with a casual gesture, exposing Yu Pingtian bound in dark chains.
• The crowned second young master became a demon and attacked the Heaven-Pacifying Clan members, but Yu Huashen pinned him down.
• Yu Huashen told Chen Zheng to leave, but Chen Zheng warned that Yu Huashen could not resolve the clan's troubles.
• Yu Huashen suddenly turned on the elders, blasted them into blood mist, and dragged the chained Yu Pingtian into a dark vortex.

Chen Zheng helped the Heaven-Pacifying Clan recover Yu Huashen from demonic corruption after Lan Qihuang failed to subdue him, and received the clan’s ancient stone disc. Lan Qihuang was left humiliated as Chen Zheng’s sword resolved the crisis.

• The Heaven-Pacifying Clan elders apologized to Chen Zheng and offered him their ancient stone disc in exchange for help awakening Yu Huashen.
• Lan Qihuang arrived, claimed he would save the clan, and entered the dark vortex to confront Yu Huashen.
• Yu Huashen repeatedly blasted Lan Qihuang out of the second wondrous space, leaving him battered and unable to stand.
• Chen Zheng sent a netherworld sword shadow into the vortex, cutting the demonic obstruction from Yu Huashen’s primordial spirit.
• Yu Huashen emerged holding Yu Feitian, and the elders thanked Chen Zheng and gave him the stone box containing the ancient object.
• The Heaven-Gazing Beast mocked Lan Qihuang by repeating his advice to Chen Zheng to watch and learn.

Chen Zheng revealed that the Heaven-Pacifying Clan’s ancient disc was the Great Void Realm Map, then reforged Yu Pingtian’s Heaven Bone by placing the dark vortex inside him. When Lan Qihuang showed off his clan’s defenses, an unknown object struck Heaven-Shifting Divine Peak and cracked its formation, prompting him to rush back.

• Chen Zheng uncovered the Great Void Realm Map from the Heaven-Pacifying Clan’s stone disc and put it away.
• Lan Qihuang invited Chen Zheng to trade the map for his clan’s ancient token, but Chen Zheng predicted the clan would soon face trouble.
• Yu Huashen freed Yu Pingtian and admitted regret, while Lan Qihuang explained Yu Pingtian’s Heaven Bone had been ruined by greed.
• Chen Zheng sent the dark vortex into Yu Pingtian, reforging his Heaven Bone and filling him with sacred power.
• Lan Qihuang used Seeing and Hearing Heaven and Earth to show Heaven-Shifting Divine Peak, but a falling object cracked its defensive formation, and he hurried away.

The Heaven-Pacifying Clan learned that the giant skeletons and dark chains were tied to ancient prisons, while the skeleton sealed in their Divine Emperor Cave Abode began to awaken. Susu devoured its soul flames and stopped it, and Lan Qihuang returned with an ancient token to beg Chen Zheng to save his clan.

• Yu Huashen explained that Divine Emperor Yuxu had sealed the giant skeleton in the Divine Emperor Cave Abode and that its origins might be linked to the catastrophe in the Hongtian Divine Realm.
• Chen Zheng revealed that the skeleton’s dark chains were instruments of punishment forged with Epoch Shackles as a reference, and Yu Huashen explained that the Northern God Ancient Wasteland had once been a prison.
• The giant skeleton stirred as its chains slithered, but Susu flew from Chen Zheng’s pocket and devoured the soul flames in its eyes, stopping it from moving.
• Lan Qihuang returned to the Divine Emperor Cave Abode, presented Chen Zheng with an ancient token, and begged him to save his clan.

Chen Zheng went with Lan Qihuang to save the Heaven-Shifting Clan and destroyed the enormous skeleton attacking their stronghold. A ghostly figure escaped, and Lan Qihuang identified him as Xuanyuan Wuji, a ruler who was believed to have died in an ancient catastrophe.

• Chen Zheng accepted a blue-green ancient token and accompanied Lan Qihuang to the Heaven-Shifting Clan after Yu Huashen speculated that Divine Emperor Yuhuang might still be alive.
• The Heaven-Shifting Clan's protective formation shattered under the enormous skeleton's assault, and Lan Qihuang begged Chen Zheng to save them.
• Chen Zheng met the skeleton's strike head-on and shattered the entire creature, leaving its soul flames to form a ghostly face.
• The ghostly figure transformed into a person and escaped after declaring that Chen Zheng had provoked someone he should never have provoked; Chen Zheng said Susu would not eat him because he stank.
• Lan Qihuang identified the escaped figure as Xuanyuan Wuji, former ruler of the Wuji Holy Dynasty, who should have died in the catastrophe that destroyed the highest beings of the Hongtian Divine Realm.

Madam Xiu announced that the Battle of the Five Heavens would begin the next day under rules that favored younger fighters who could borrow power. Chen Zheng led the Heaven-Pacifying Clan, the Heaven-Shifting Clan, and the Liuli Divine Temple to Five Heavens Plain, where the contest for ancient true blood was about to begin.

• Madam Xiu told the Heaven-Shifting Clan that only beings below Epoch Hegemon could participate in the Battle of the Five Heavens and that the younger generation could borrow power.
• The Ancient Holy Spirit arrived exhausted and collapsed into a point of light, and Chen Zheng said he would help Yu Pingtian compete the next day.
• Lan Qihuang introduced Li Shuang to Chen Zheng and led the Heaven-Shifting Clan, the Heaven-Pacifying Clan, and the Liuli Divine Temple to Five Heavens Plain.
• An old man opened five divine gates and explained that selected youths would enter a secret realm to retrieve a drop of ancient true blood, with survival not guaranteed.

Chen Zheng entered the Battle of the Five Heavens for Taisu Sacred Mountain and defeated the strongest young fighters from the other four Sacred Mountains with a single slap each. After he returned with the true blood, the hovering old man declared Taisu the winner of the first stage, revealing an unexpected change to the contest.

• The hovering old man sent Chen Zheng and the representatives of the other four Sacred Mountains into the secret realm, despite their doubts about Chen Zheng's Quasi-Sage magical power.
• Chen Zheng slapped Chenzhouzi, Mu Yun, Lu Qiankun, and Jiu Ling out of the secret realm one after another.
• Chen Zheng emerged with the drop of true blood and handed it to the hovering old man.
• The hovering old man declared that Taisu Sacred Mountain had won the first stage, surprising Lan Qihuang, Yu Huashen, and the others because they had never heard of any stages.

Chen Zheng dismissed Elder Hong’s Heaven Chess Formation and laid down his own, trapping Elder Hong until he admitted defeat. Taisu Sacred Mountain won the Battle of the Five Heavens.

• Elder Hong announced that the second stage would be won by whoever first broke his Heaven Chess Formation, and four challengers entered it.
• Chen Zheng called Elder Hong’s formation low-level, erased it, and created a chess formation of his own.
• Mu Yun entered Chen Zheng’s formation and was immediately thrown back out in terror, while Chenzhouzi, Lu Qiankun, and Jiu Ling remained at its edge.
• Elder Hong failed to break Chen Zheng’s formation and remained trapped inside for half a day.
• Chen Zheng released Elder Hong, who emerged disheveled and declared Taisu Sacred Mountain the winner.

Chen Zheng gave Taisu Sacred Mountain several copies of the Northern God Ancient Wasteland talisman and left the gathered forces stunned by his abilities. Hidden aboard an immortal boat above the Five Heavens Plain, he met Huantian, who offered the Creator's Heart in exchange for being sent out.

• Yu Pingtian remarked that Taisu Sacred Mountain’s victory had been too easy, then hid his delight when the other Sacred Mountains glared at him.
• Elder Hong gave Chen Zheng a talisman for entering the Northern God Ancient Wasteland, and Chen Zheng created several identical copies for Taisu Sacred Mountain’s leaders.
• Chen Zheng left to meet someone, and Taisu Sacred Mountain’s forces and the Heaven-Binding Clan withdrew while Elder Hong warned the other Sacred Mountains not to provoke him.
• The forces of the four great Sacred Mountains departed, and the Origin-Creating Sect’s sect master lamented that Taisu Sacred Mountain would rise above them.
• Chen Zheng met Huantian aboard an undetectable immortal boat, where she offered him the Creator’s Heart in exchange for sending her out.

Chen Zheng absorbed a fragment of the Creator’s Heart, sent Huantian Liuli out of the Primordial Chaos Universe, and led the clans toward the unknown depths of Taisu Sacred Mountain. The group reached an invisible boundary, where an unseen voice declared them unqualified to proceed.

• Chen Zheng swallowed the fragment of the Creator’s Heart, broke through to the Patriarch Realm, and explained that his physical body had grown too strong for his magical power to keep pace.
• Chen Zheng sent Huantian Liuli and her immortal ship out of the Primordial Chaos Universe.
• Jing Liuli told Chen Zheng that a third of Taisu Sacred Mountain remained unexplored, so he asked her to gather the three great divine clans and go with him.
• Jing Liuli, Chen Zheng, and the three divine clans traveled toward the mountain’s depths but were stopped by an imperceptible barrier.
• An unseen voice ordered the group to turn back, saying they were not qualified to enter the depths of Taisu Sacred Mountain.

A hidden Half-Step Dao Ancestor used a Two Realm Stone to deceive the Epoch Hegemons and claim his clan was beyond their reach. Chen Zheng exposed him, crushed the stone, and the man fled.

• A mysterious voice mocked Jing Liuli, Yu Huashen, Lan Qihuang, and Madam Xiu for being unable to sense its presence.
• Chen Zheng called the voice’s bluff and pulled the suppressing stone from the central peak, changing the surrounding space and time.
• A Half-Step Dao Ancestor appeared and admitted through his reaction that he had been speaking from behind the Two Realm Stone.
• Chen Zheng identified the Two Realm Stone and crushed it, while the Heaven-Gazing Beast cursed the exposed man.
• The man warned that his clan would suppress them, then fled after Chen Zheng revealed his knowledge of the stone.

Chen Zheng and the great lineages reached a mysterious clan beyond the Two Realm Stone, where their divine puppets recognized the golden phantom behind him as the Supreme Lord. The revelation left both sides stunned as Chen Zheng asked about the Second Yan Emperor.

• Chen Zheng told Lan Qihuang to follow the man who had fled, and the great lineages' ships passed through the route opened by the destroyed Two Realm Stone.
• The ships reached a sacred mountain, where divine generals appeared and the fleeing man accused Chen Zheng of destroying the Two Realm Stone.
• The clan chief activated five First Divine Puppets, each with six Epoch Rings, but Chen Zheng's golden phantom made them kneel and shattered their armor.
• A crimson torrent arrived, and the nine-ring divine puppet Qi Cang prostrated himself before Chen Zheng as the Supreme Lord.
• Qi Cang explained that the Supreme Lord had established the First Holy Court and that the Second Yan Emperor had followed his Holy Court Great Dao, leaving everyone stunned.

Chen Zheng split open Chaos Heaven Sacred Mountain and revealed Origin True Blood, which he began to absorb despite the golden phantom of one of his past identities resisting him. After his cultivation briefly rose to the Sage Realm, he collected the remaining blood for later, leaving the gathered clans and Overlords stunned by his power and revelations about his past.

• Chen Zheng split Chaos Heaven Sacred Mountain and released drops of Origin True Blood from within it.
• Qi Cang identified the blood as Origin True Blood and said even Second Yan Emperor had been unable to absorb it.
• Chen Zheng swallowed a drop, but the golden phantom roared in protest, so Chen Zheng threatened to erase that past identity and made it vanish.
• Qi Cang asked whether the golden phantom had been the Supreme Lord who founded the First Holy Court, and Chen Zheng's companions reacted with shock at his past identities.
• Chen Zheng's cultivation surged briefly from the Patriarch Realm to the Sage Realm before the increase stopped.
• The remaining Origin True Blood flew toward Chen Zheng, who collected it and said his powerful physical body had made the blood eager to join him, but he would save it for later.

Yin Jiao arrived with the Turbid World Banner and suppressed the cultivation of nearly everyone on Taisu Sacred Mountain, declaring the Turbid World Dao Palace would seize Qi Cang and the First Divine Puppets. Chen Zheng revealed that Dugu Qian was unaffected, then sent calamity power surging through her as the banner broke free of Yin Jiao and flew to her.

• The Heaven-Chaos God Clan patriarch explained that Qi Cang and the five First Divine Puppets were returning to their sealed states, while the Turbid World Banner was suppressing everyone else's cultivation.
• Yin Jiao appeared aboard a dark immortal ship and announced that the Turbid World Dao Palace wanted Qi Cang and the five divine puppets, then threatened the gathered women.
• Yin Jiao dismissed Chen Zheng, claiming the Turbid World Banner could only be countered by the shattered Two Realm Stone, and challenged Chen Zheng to break its restrictions.
• Chen Zheng pointed out that Dugu Qian was unaffected by the banner, and Yin Jiao realized her constitution might be able to make it acknowledge her as its master.
• Chen Zheng sent calamity power surging through Dugu Qian, and the Turbid World Banner flew out of Yin Jiao's grasp to her.

Dugu Qian’s Myriad Generations Calamity Physique drew the Turbid World Banner to her, and it recognized her as its master. Chen Zheng declared that no one could destroy the world while he was there, then struck at Yin Jiao, leaving him stunned as his surroundings blurred.

• The Turbid World Banner flew to Dugu Qian, repelled Yin Jiao, and lifted the restriction suppressing everyone’s cultivation.
• Yin Jiao identified Dugu Qian as the bearer of the Myriad Generations Calamity Physique and tried to recruit her into the Turbid World Dao Palace as its future Dao-Destroying Lord.
• Dugu Qian said her master wanted to destroy the world, but clarified that Ancestor Chen was only looking after her.
• Chen Zheng declared that neither Dugu Qian nor her master would destroy the world while he was there.
• Yin Jiao mocked Chen Zheng’s Sage-level power and invited him to attack, but Chen Zheng’s netherworld sword shadow flashed toward him.

Chen Zheng killed Yin Jiao, a Five-Ring Overlord, and reassured the gathered traditions that the Turbid World Dao Palace’s master would be unlikely to attack them at Taisu Heaven Lake. He brought everyone there to meet Daoist Tianwu, leaving them astonished by the vast mountain before them.

• Chen Zheng killed Yin Jiao with a sword strike and turned the Turbid World Dao Palace’s immortal ship crew to dust with a glance.
• A stone egg emerged from Chen Zheng’s pocket and devoured the Epoch Ring fragments left by Yin Jiao.
• Chen Zheng explained that his sword needed to charge before use and that his ordinary methods could only crush a Three-Ring Overlord.
• The Heaven-Gazing Beast warned that the Turbid World Dao Palace’s master could threaten the gathered traditions, while Dugu Qian admitted she could not fully unleash the Turbid World Banner.
• Chen Zheng said they should go to Taisu Heaven Lake, where he had an appointment, and swiftly carried everyone there.
• Fairy Qin and the others stared in astonishment at the immense mountain before them, which Chen Zheng identified as Taisu Heaven Lake.

Chen Zheng and his companions reached the mountain leading to Taisu Heaven Lake, where Dugu Changsheng demanded they perform three kneelings and nine kowtows to ascend. With powerful forces gathered and only an hour to comply, the chapter ended as Dugu Changsheng assessed Chen Zheng and advised him to bow to the Azure Emperor.

• Azure Dragon God Guards transformed into dragons and became stone statues lining the mountain path to Taisu Heaven Lake.
• Dugu Changsheng arrived and announced that everyone had to perform three kneelings and nine kowtows, giving them one hour to reach Heaven Lake or face a ten-thousand-year ban.
• Yin Hongtu of the Turbid World Dao Palace and Qin Huan of the Taisu Remnant Clan arrived and paid their respects to Dugu Changsheng.
• Yin Hongtu eyed Dugu Qian's Turbid World Banner, while Qin Huan invited Dugu Qian to stay with her; Dugu Qian said she would only follow Ancestor Chen.
• The Heaven-Gazing Beast pointed out Chen Zheng, and Dugu Changsheng judged his physical body formidable but urged him to kowtow to the Azure Emperor.

Chen Zheng ignored the Turbid World Dao Palace’s mockery while speaking to a mysterious presence connected to Taisu Heaven Lake, and a little girl’s divine flame killed a cultivator who cursed him. When Gudu Changsheng demanded that Chen Zheng surrender the little one for breaking his rules, she told him to get lost.

• Qin Huan invited Gudu Qian and the Heaven-Gazing Beast to join the Taisu Remnant Clan, while Yin Hongtu threatened Chen Zheng and tried to recruit Gudu Qian.
• Chen Zheng stared at Heaven Lake and spoke as though addressing an unseen woman, telling her not to fear and that she could overcome the woman by growing stronger.
• A Turbid World Dao Palace cultivator cursed Chen Zheng, and a little girl’s divine flame burned him out of existence.
• Yin Hongtu reported that the little one had broken Gudu Changsheng’s rules, and Gudu Changsheng demanded that Chen Zheng hand her over or face his intervention.
• The little girl rebuked Gudu Changsheng and told him to get lost.

Dugu Changsheng attacked Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng’s body was unharmed and the little girl used Taisu Heaven Lake’s power to shatter Dugu Changsheng’s secret art and blast him away. Chen Zheng revealed that the little girl was the master of Taisu Heaven Lake and could freely use its power.

• The little girl rebuked Dugu Changsheng for interrupting her conversation with Daddy, and Dugu Changsheng grabbed at Chen Zheng.
• Dugu Changsheng’s attack left Chen Zheng unharmed, revealing that Chen Zheng’s physical body was far stronger than the onlookers had expected.
• Dugu Changsheng unleashed Azure Heaven Restriction, sealing the Great Dao and making everyone feel insignificant, but Chen Zheng remained unaffected.
• The little girl shouted for Dugu Changsheng to scram, shattering his secret art as torrents from Taisu Heaven Lake blasted him away and cracked his body.
• Dugu Changsheng repaired himself and demanded to know what the little girl was; Chen Zheng said she was the master there and could use Taisu Heaven Lake’s power at will.

At Taisu Heaven Lake, the Third Azure Emperor emerged and revealed that he had waited for Taisu Heaven’s reincarnation, hoping to claim its Heaven Fate. Chen Zheng took the Pale Chair and effortlessly erased the emperor’s imperial might, declaring that he was more than one move behind.

• Dugu Changsheng was blasted away, and Taisu Heaven Lake raised a barrier as the Pale Chair flew to Chen Zheng.
• The Third Azure Emperor emerged from the lake, and Dugu Changsheng and Yin Hongtu identified Chen Zheng as possibly carrying Taisu Heaven’s reincarnation.
• The Third Azure Emperor stripped nearly everyone present of their power and speech, then revealed he had condensed ten Epoch Rings and sought Taisu Heaven’s Heaven Fate.
• A little girl’s voice said Susu did not want to see the Third Azure Emperor, who unleashed his imperial might and forced the crowd to their knees.
• Chen Zheng sat on the Pale Chair and dispelled the Third Azure Emperor’s imperial might with a casual gesture.