Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng extracted the incomplete Epoch Divine Stele from the Youdu Great Tomb, and Xiang Cang and other cultivators were destroyed when they tried to seize it. As Chen Zheng used Dark Heavenly Stone to repair the stele, Yannü told the survivors he had spared them outside the tomb because they were beneath his notice.

• Chen Zheng unraveled the ancient mystery of the severed mountain and extracted the incomplete Epoch Divine Stele.
• Xiang Cang and cultivators from other orthodoxies rushed to seize the stele, but their bodies burst and their primordial spirits shattered before they could approach Chen Zheng.
• Princess Qiyu and the Bee Queen appeared and witnessed Chen Zheng's power.
• The surviving primordial spirits accused Chen Zheng of killing figures from their factions and invoked the powerful enemies he had angered, but he ignored them and crushed Dark Heavenly Stone over the stele.
• Yannü told Xiang Cang and the others that Chen Zheng had spared them because they were too weak to merit his attention.

Chen Zheng repaired the Youdu Epoch Divine Stele, then shattered it against himself to unlock another shackle. Yannü explained that the stele was merely a tool for him, while Chen Zheng flew into a cliff in the broken mountain to claim something there.

• Chen Zheng restored the Epoch Divine Stele, prompting Xiang Cang to offer his submission and Strange Hand Devil Eye to seek his clan’s guidance, but Chen Zheng ignored them.
• Chen Zheng raised the repaired stele high into the air, then called it down onto his head, destroying the stele and apparently turning himself into a mortal.
• Yannü congratulated Chen Zheng for unlocking another shackle, and he said the Youdu Great Tomb still held worthwhile treasures before flying into a cliff in the broken mountain.
• Strange Hand Devil Eye failed to stop Chen Zheng from entering the cliff, and Yannü explained that the Epoch Divine Stele was only a tool for unlocking his shackles.

Chen Zheng emerged from the broken mountain and annihilated Xiang Cang and the other cultivators after restoring his power with Origin True Blood. The Murk Nether Clan’s patriarch, Ren Xianqi, and the remaining witnesses were left shaken by Chen Zheng’s strength.

• Yannü secretly told Princess Qiyu why Chen Zheng was so powerful, horrifying her as Xiang Cang and the others watched.
• The Murk Nether Clan’s elders arrived, and Xiang Cang blamed Chen Zheng for destroying the Epoch Divine Stele and urged them to kill him.
• Chen Zheng emerged from the cliff face and shattered an Epoch Hegemon’s body when the man attacked him.
• Ren Xianqi asked Chen Zheng which mighty figure he had reincarnated from, while Chen Zheng opened a jade box and revealed sixteen drops of Origin True Blood.
• Chen Zheng swallowed three drops, restoring his magical power to the Indestructible Second Realm, and declared that he could crush Overlords below seven rings.
• Chen Zheng swept away Xiang Cang and the other cultivators’ damaged primordial spirits, leaving the Murk Nether Clan members in panic.

Chen Zheng learned that Yuxuan and Zhuo Xie’s fellow disciples had survived the Youdu Great Tomb, then went with the Murk Nether Clan to find Yuxuan. He effortlessly dispelled the Grand Emperor’s lingering sword power and awakened her.

• The Murk Nether Clan’s old patriarch told Chen Zheng that Yuxuan had been gravely wounded by the Grand Emperor’s Will Spirit Transformation and had slept for three thousand years.
• The old patriarch revealed that Zhuo Xie’s other fellow disciples had been sent to the Number One Great Tomb, where they were meant to help open the Tribulation Lord Heavenly Coffin.
• The old patriarch explained that the Tribulation-Free Saber Art’s creator, Tribulation-Free, hunted beings formed from calamities, and the strange hand reported that Wanjie had recently fought the Lord of the Blood Cave.
• Chen Zheng said he had planted Wanjie, then agreed to save Yuxuan and followed the Murk Nether Clan to her sealing formation.
• Chen Zheng swept his hand toward Yuxuan and immediately dispelled the Grand Emperor’s lingering sword power, causing her to awaken.

Chen Zheng freed Yuxuan from the Grand Emperor’s lingering sword power, then left with Yannü and Zhuo Xie after advising the Murk Nether Clan and teaching Princess Qiyu a secret art. On the way to Heavenly Maiden City, they discovered the Huntian Cult had unleashed the Gold-Devouring Turbulent Current, which Yannü suspected was aimed at Yan Yi.

• Chen Zheng shattered the Grand Emperor’s lingering sword power, freeing Yuxuan, who awoke with a younger face but no memories of Zhuo Xie.
• Zhuo Xie’s heart knot came undone, deepening his understanding of the Tribulation-Free Saber Art, and Chen Zheng prepared to return to the Tribulation-Free Divine Temple with him and Yannü.
• Chen Zheng warned the Murk Nether Clan about the cost of using its Murk Nether Devil Seed and imparted a secret art to Princess Qiyu.
• The old clan chief speculated that Chen Zheng was the Sword Master, a figure above the Sword Dao Lord.
• Near Heavenly Maiden City, Zhuo Xie recognized the Gold-Devouring Turbulent Current as a Huntian Cult secret art, and Yannü guessed the cult had come for Yan Yi.
• The Gold-Devouring Turbulent Current pressed down on Heavenly Maiden City and seemed to crush it into the ground.

Jin Xian of the Huntian Cult arrived in Heavenly Maiden City to claim Yan Yi, while Chen Zheng and his companions appeared to oppose him. Yan Yi emerged from seclusion and immediately drew down the Overlord Tribulation, which Jin Xian believed would force her to become Heavenly King Zhuo Gang’s disciple.

• Jin Xian announced that he had come to receive someone from the Tribulation-Free Divine Temple, and frightened residents urged the temple to hand that person over.
• Chen Zheng brought Zhuo Xie and Yannü aboard the immortal ship to Heavenly Maiden City and explained that Yan Yi was about to face the Dao Ancestor and Overlord Tribulations.
• Jin Xian threatened Chen Zheng and explained that Heavenly King Zhuo Gang had sensed Yan Yi’s rise and intended to take her as his disciple.
• Temple Master Chu announced that Yan Yi had emerged from seclusion, and she immediately drew down torrents of the Overlord Tribulation.
• Jin Xian declared that Yan Yi could not survive the Epoch Hegemon-level turbulent flows and was destined to become Zhuo Gang’s disciple.

Yan Yi faced a terrifying Overlord Tribulation, and Heavenly King Zhuo Gang arrived to offer to take her as his disciple. Chen Zheng called Zhuo Gang weak and casually slapped him, blasting him and the surrounding turbulence into nothingness.

• Yan Yi charged into the torrents of turbulence unleashed by her Overlord Tribulation while the black-robed reception envoy waited for Heavenly King Zhuo Gang.
• After Yan Yi began to falter, the black-robed reception envoy summoned Zhuo Gang, who immobilized the turbulence with a compass and offered to help her if she became his disciple.
• Yan Yi refused Zhuo Gang's offer, and Chen Zheng called the Huntian Cult Heavenly King weak.
• Chen Zheng casually slapped Zhuo Gang, and the Heavenly King and the torrents of turbulence exploded into nothingness.

Chen Zheng killed Heavenly King Zhuo Gang, left Jin Xian alive as a primordial spirit, and declared that he would wipe out the Huntian Cult. Jin Xian returned to the cult, where the Carefree Divine Son discovered that his Supercomputer could not calculate Chen Zheng’s origins and urged caution until his master returned.

• Chen Zheng sent Zhuo Gang’s Epoch Ring fragments to Yan Yi, raising her to the level of an Epoch Hegemon.
• Jin Xian warned that the Huntian Cult would avenge Zhuo Gang, but Chen Zheng said he would wipe out the cult and destroyed Jin Xian’s body, sparing his primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng told Jin Xian to warn the Huntian Cult and summon its leader, then let him flee back to the cult.
• Chen Zheng entered the Tribulation-Free Divine Temple with the others as frightened residents of Heavenly Maiden City began fleeing the Youdu Great Domain.
• Jin Xian showed Chen Zheng’s image to the Carefree Divine Son, whose Supercomputer failed to calculate Chen Zheng’s origins, prompting him to forbid action until his master returned.

Chen Zheng and Yannü traveled to Li Wasteland to find an ancient being, but Chen Zheng called the nearby orthodoxy an unexpected gain. He offered to remove the former sect master’s Dao poison in exchange for an object, then revealed a resilient dark serpent hidden in the old man’s primordial spirit.

• Chen Zheng told Yan Yi he would find an immortal lotus to help her rebuild her body, then left with Yannü to retrieve several things before the true Youdu Great Tomb opened.
• Chen Zheng and Yannü arrived at Li Wasteland, where Chen Zheng said the minor orthodoxy nearby was an unexpected gain.
• Crimson Wasteland Sect cultivators arrived to take the former sect master back, and the old man emerged from the compound with a little girl.
• Hall Master Lei attacked Chen Zheng and exploded before his blow could land.
• Chen Zheng offered to remove the poison from the former sect master’s primordial spirit in exchange for an object, then pulled out a dark serpent and slapped it away.

Chen Zheng exposed the Illusion Tribulation Long hiding in the former sect master's primordial spirit, recovered a mysterious ring from it, and advised the old man to take a mortal girl to the Abnormal Human Clan. An Abnormal Human King arrived and revealed that the girl was descended from his clan's previous sovereign, inviting her and the old man to the clan's ancestral land.

• Long revealed itself as the Illusion Tribulation and tried to steal a stone box from the former sect master, but Chen Zheng repeatedly struck it away.
• Chen Zheng gave the former sect master a secret art, allowing him to produce the stone box and recover the ring inside.
• Chen Zheng crushed the ancient stone box, identified its ring as a Decay Body, and placed it in his primordial spirit despite Long's warning.
• Chen Zheng told the former sect master that the mortal girl could cultivate and suggested sending her to the Abnormal Human Clan.
• An Abnormal Human King arrived by boat and declared that the girl was descended from his clan's previous sovereign, inviting her and the former sect master to the clan's ancestral land.

Yan Qiong took the girl, revealed as a bloodline descendant of the Abnormal Human Race’s former sovereign, to their ancestral land, while Chen Zheng and the others headed into the marsh. There, the orthodoxies prepared to enter the Overturn Heaven Asgard Palace and seek a piece of the Great Void Realm Map, as Nether Serpent warned that Calamity Li might soon break free.

• The bald man led Yan Qiong and the girl through a spacetime rift to the Abnormal Human Race’s ancestral land, and Yan Qiong thanked Chen Zheng for teaching him a technique.
• Nether Serpent revealed that he was an incarnation of Illusion Tribulation at Half-Step Transcendence and warned that Calamity Li, sealed in the marsh, could slaughter the Youdu Great Domain if released.
• A dark radiance rose from the marsh as the sealing talisman began to loosen, and the Crimson Wasteland Sect members set off toward the Overturn Heaven Asgard Palace.
• Nether Serpent offered Chen Zheng power and a place as Li’s Tribulation Envoy if he helped free Li, but Chen Zheng dismissed the offer and went toward the marsh with Yannü.
• At the Overturn Heaven Asgard Palace, Spirit Ancestor told the gathered orthodoxies that the target was a piece of the Great Void Realm Map, startling them.

Chen Zheng confronted the groups gathered before the Asgard Palace after Long warned that removing the seal would release Calamity Li. As the others attacked him, Chen Zheng destroyed their weapons and peeled the formation-sealing talisman from the palace plaque, leaving everyone stunned.

• Spirit Ancestor opened a gate of light in the Asgard Palace doors and warned everyone not to disturb the formation-sealing talisman.
• Long revealed that the gate had already disturbed the seal and warned that Calamity Li would awaken within half an hour.
• Long pointed out Chen Zheng as a rival, and Spirit Ancestor and the others agreed to kill him.
• Several Dao Ancestors attacked Chen Zheng, but their treasures exploded and they felt their bodies and primordial spirits splitting apart.
• Chen Zheng stepped before the Asgard Palace and removed the formation-sealing talisman from its plaque.

Chen Zheng's removal of the formation-sealing talisman released the calamity Li from the Overturn Heaven Asgard Palace, trapping Marsh's cultivators behind an ancient formation. Li emerged holding the Great Void Realm Map and attacked Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed and sent Li crashing into the palace, shattering it.

• The calamity Li roared within the Asgard Palace after Chen Zheng removed its formation-sealing talisman, and Nether Serpent celebrated his brother's imminent release.
• An Overturn Heaven successor appeared as a one-ring Epoch Hegemon and urged everyone to stay and suppress Li, while Nether Serpent blamed Chen Zheng for the calamity.
• Li emerged from the palace holding the Great Void Realm Map, and Marsh's cultivators condemned Chen Zheng as Li reached for him.
• Chen Zheng stood unmoved as Li's attack sent Li flying into the Overturn Heaven Asgard Palace and shattered it.

Chen Zheng fed Calamity Li his true blood and endured his attacks to use the Half-Step Transcendence power to break the shackles on his Third Stage of Indestructible power. The cultivators realized Chen Zheng had been using Calamity Li as a tool, while Nether Serpent angrily accused him of making a fool of him.

• Calamity Li's attacks shattered him against Chen Zheng, who gave him true blood to restore his strength.
• Calamity Li recovered his Half-Step Transcendence power and struck Chen Zheng again, but shattered once more.
• Chen Zheng's magical power vanished, and he invited Calamity Li to take more true blood and attack him again.
• Calamity Li's next strike made a tearing sound inside Chen Zheng, unlocking a shackle on his Third Stage of Indestructible power.
• The cultivators realized Chen Zheng had deliberately used Calamity Li's strongest attacks to break his shackles.
• Nether Serpent shouted that Chen Zheng had used his brother as a tool and made a fool of him.

Chen Zheng revealed his control over the situation, gave the white-robed woman his true blood, and took the Great Void Realm Map. After showing that he had collected eleven of the thirteen maps, he left the survivors stunned and questioning whether he had created Wanjie.

• Chen Zheng offered Calamity Li his true blood in exchange for help breaking his shackles, but Calamity Li and Nether Serpent refused and said they would wait for their boss.
• Chen Zheng gave a drop of true blood to the white-robed woman, raising her from a One-Ring Overlord to a Three-Ring Overlord.
• Chen Zheng took the Great Void Realm Map and revealed that it mapped the Youdu Great Domain.
• Chen Zheng placed the map into his formation diagram, revealing ten other collected maps and bringing his total to eleven of the thirteen.
• The revelation frightened several Marsh cultivators into shattering their Dao hearts, while Nether Serpent and Spirit Ancestor wondered whether Chen Zheng had grown Wanjie.

Chen Zheng revealed several identities from his first life, but Nether Serpent and the tribulation Li doubted him. When the Chaos Qilin Arm appeared near One Origin Immortal Mountain, Chen Zheng let the tribulation Li be drawn into his Dao platform and welcomed the powerful enemies it would attract.

• Chen Zheng gave Xianqiong a drop of true blood and sent her to find his disciple from his first life.
• Nether Serpent asked Chen Zheng to reveal his past identities, and Chen Zheng claimed he had been Taiyi, Huntian Great Demon Lord, Changsheng Great Dao Lord, Lawless Love Emperor, the First Holy Lord, and the Lord of Formlessness.
• Nether Serpent and the tribulation Li rejected Chen Zheng's claims, while the tribulation Li warned that the revived Wanjie would seek revenge against Changsheng Great Dao Lord.
• A roar shook the Youdu Great Domain, and Nether Serpent identified the qilin-shaped phantom above One Origin Immortal Mountain as the Chaos Qilin Arm.
• The tribulation Li fled toward the Chaos Qilin Arm, but Chen Zheng pulled him into his Dao platform.
• Nether Serpent warned that powerful old monsters would come for the Chaos Qilin Arm, and Chen Zheng welcomed their arrival as a chance to break his magical-power shackles.

Chen Zheng left the survivors of the Li Wasteland Marsh alive, while a Qilin Divine Arm appeared at One Origin Temple and destroyed anyone who approached it. The arm merged halfway with Chen Zheng when he arrived, but he pulled it back out and rejected it, prompting Lady Qing to ask whether he believed in love at first sight.

• Chen Zheng put away the Dao Platform and vanished with Yannü, leaving the survivors to wonder why he had spared them.
• Beings gathered at One Origin Temple to contend for the Qilin Divine Arm, which obliterated those who approached it.
• Tu Hong charged at the arm and lost his body and armor, surviving only as a primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng appeared with a girl and walked toward the Qilin Divine Arm despite seeming to have no magical power.
• The Qilin Divine Arm flew to Chen Zheng and merged halfway into his right arm, but he pulled it out and said his hand was far stronger.
• Lady Qing called to Chen Zheng and asked whether he believed in love at first sight.

Chen Zheng rejected the Qilin Divine Arm, provoking the Chaos Primogenitor who had left its power within it to attack him. Chen Zheng survived the strike and destroyed both the phantom and the arm, while Yannü congratulated him on unlocking two shackles.

• Yannü told Lady Qing that Chen Zheng had no interest in her, while Lady Qing remained infatuated with him.
• The Qilin Divine Arm repeatedly tried to acknowledge Chen Zheng as its master, but he rejected it and said it was not strong enough.
• A qilin phantom revealed that it was a Chaos Primogenitor and threatened to kill Chen Zheng with the chaos divine might stored in the arm.
• The phantom offered Chen Zheng its inheritance and passage to the Land of the Beginning, but Chen Zheng said only its true body might qualify to acknowledge him.
• The phantom struck Chen Zheng with a palm, but he survived as the phantom shattered and the Qilin Divine Arm turned to ash.
• Yannü congratulated Chen Zheng on unlocking two shackles in a single day.

After breaking two shackles, Chen Zheng faced the One Origin Temple master, who had devoured his temple and become an Epoch Hegemon through a demonic secret art. The master’s Stainless Demon Seeds attacked Chen Zheng, but they crumbled against him, and Chen Zheng destroyed the master, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Chen Zheng explained that he had broken two shackles and assessed his strength and limits after gaining the Great Void Realm Map and a Decay Body ring.
• Tu Hong, Lady Qing, and an elder of the One Origin Temple invited Chen Zheng to join their factions, but the One Origin Temple master emerged from the mountain as an apparent Epoch Hegemon.
• The cultivators discovered that every being in One Origin Immortal Mountain had vanished, and the master killed the One Origin Temple elder and devoured his blood mist.
• The master sealed the area and summoned Stainless Demon Seeds, prompting the Bone Sword Immortal to warn that the demons devoured and imitated their victims.
• The Stainless Demon Seeds lunged at Chen Zheng, crumbled into ash, and poured their demonic nature into him.
• Chen Zheng destroyed the One Origin Temple master’s body and primordial spirit before the master could unleash a secret art.

Chen Zheng destroyed the One Origin Temple Master, announced he would visit Qilin Holy City to reclaim what belonged to him, and restored his mana to the Indestructible Fourth Realm. The chapter ended as Qilin Holy City’s Dutian Ancient Formation shattered at his approach.

• Chen Zheng explained that he had destroyed the Stainless Demon Seed in the One Origin Temple Master’s primordial spirit, killing him, and dismissed the idea that anything could corrupt him.
• Tu Hong fled, but Chen Zheng ordered him to tell Qilin Holy City to prepare to return a few things within two hours.
• Chen Zheng swallowed origin true blood, recovered to the Indestructible Fourth Realm, and left with Yannü while saying he would test the Huntian Cult Leader’s methods.
• Lady Qing and the Bone Sword Immortal set out for Qilin Holy City to witness what Chen Zheng would do.
• Tu Hong reported the events at One Origin Immortal Mountain, and a green-robed elder insisted Chen Zheng could not break the Dutian Ancient Formation.
• The Dutian Ancient Formation shattered, and defenders shouted that an Indestructible Fourth Realm boy had broken it in a single move.