Chapter Summaries

Feather Empress Feng Fei appeared before Chen Zheng, kissed him, and returned to the Cloud Realm, while Chen Zheng set out for Kunlun to confront the demons descending into the mortal world. He arrived with Zuo Qinghong as the ancient ship inside Kunlun began to shake and a vast rift opened above the mountain.

• Feather Empress Feng Fei left An Jing and the others and traveled north to find Chen Zheng.
• At the Sword Sect, Feng Fei reunited with Chen Zheng, kissed him, and said she would wait for him in the Cloud Realm.
• Chen Zheng exchanged words with the spirit body inside Zuo Qinghong and said that Earth was under his protection.
• Chen Zheng and Zuo Qinghong vanished from the Sword Sect and appeared at sealed-off Kunlun, where Su Youyou awaited them.
• The ancient ship within Kunlun shook, and a huge rift opened in the sky as raging waves poured into the mortal world.

Chen Zheng destroyed the ancient ship’s armies of heavenly soldiers, immortals, Buddhas, and Three Saints before the ship dragged him inside. He emerged enveloped in demonic energy just as Spirit Realm cultivators targeted Zuo Qinghong, and killed a sword cultivator with a grin.

• Chen Zheng blew apart a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and then shattered the immortals and Buddhas attacking him.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the Three Saints as figures who had once attended his lectures in the Purple Empyrean Palace, then blew their apparitions apart.
• Black energy from the ancient ship seized Chen Zheng and dragged him inside as Spirit Realm cultivators arrived and celebrated his apparent defeat.
• A dark-robed elder recognized Zuo Qinghong as the reincarnation of Xuanyue, a human-shaped immortal pill, and the descended cultivators tried to claim her.
• Su Youyou and Su Jinghong prepared to defend Zuo Qinghong, but Chen Zheng emerged from the ship in demonic energy and exploded a middle-aged sword cultivator’s head.

Chen Zheng revealed that he had only pretended to be corrupted by demonic qi, then seized the demon spirit that had tried to control him. The spirit summoned its master from another realm, and the arriving shadow made Su Youyou and Su Jinghong fear it was a being above sage patriarchs.

• Chen Zheng killed the descended cultivators, including the Void Refinement cultivator, while appearing to obey the demon spirit’s commands.
• The demon spirit ordered Chen Zheng to kill Su Youyou and Zuo Qinghong, but Chen Zheng grabbed the spirit instead.
• Chen Zheng said he had been playing along and revealed that the demon spirit’s actions had reminded him of things.
• The demon spirit called for its master, who descended through the sky amid vast demonic qi.
• Su Youyou and Su Jinghong sensed that the arriving shadow was a legendary being above sage patriarchs.

Chen Zheng reunited with Huntian, the powerful figure trapped in the Chaos Prison, who revealed that he had obtained the Life and Death Ship to seek a peerless demon seed and escape. The group learned that Chen Zheng had once taught Huntian, while Kunlun remained sealed off from the outside world.

• The ancient ship's spirit begged Huntian to subdue Chen Zheng, but Huntian recognized Chen Zheng as his teacher and addressed him with a stammer.
• Chen Zheng tossed aside the ancient ship's spirit, who immediately knelt and begged for forgiveness.
• Huntian explained that he had obtained the Life and Death Ship in the Chaos Domain and sent its spirit to find someone who could help him escape the Chaos Prison.
• Chen Zheng told Huntian he would free him after recovering his strength and warned that a dangerous being had begun awakening.
• Su Youyou discovered that an invisible force had sealed off the Kunlun area, cutting it off from the outside world.
• Huntian recited the strange sayings Chen Zheng had taught him, leaving Zuo Qinghong, Su Youyou, Su Jinghong, and the ship's spirit stunned.

Aboard the Life and Death Ship, its master killed the ship spirit for insulting his teacher and remembered how his teacher had raised him. On Earth, Chen Zheng arrived to protect Yanran and Qin Yi from a woman sent by the Divine Consort, then claimed the Divine Consort had once washed his feet.

• The Life and Death Ship’s spirit urged its master to turn his teacher into a demon seed, but its master disintegrated it for speaking against his teacher.
• The master recalled that his teacher had awakened him three thousand years earlier and called him his father.
• A woman from the Xuanyang Realm’s Red Dust Sect demanded that Yanran return with her to learn a secret art and travel to Supreme Heaven.
• The woman tried to strike Qin Yi, but unseen slaps hit the woman instead and scattered her attack.
• Chen Zheng appeared in Qin Yi’s living room, and the woman presented the Divine Consort’s token and ordered him to kneel.
• Chen Zheng said the Divine Consort was the woman from the Immortal Domain’s thirty-second heaven and claimed she had once washed his feet.

Chen Zheng shattered the Divine Consort’s token and explained her lingering attachment to him, while Yanran and he were left alone together. Later, Luofu’s leaders debated whether to avoid provoking Chen Zheng, until a blood river appeared in the night sky.

• The palace-robed woman used the Heaven-Equaling Token against Chen Zheng, but he destroyed it and sent her away with a warning for the Divine Consort.
• Yanran worried about her connection to the Divine Consort, and Chen Zheng told her the woman was his heart demon.
• Qin Yi left to meet her American friend, leaving Chen Zheng and Yanran alone together.
• At Mount Luofu, Zheng Haoran, the grand elder, and other cultivators urged Ancestor Xuanji to stay out of Chen Zheng’s way.
• Ancestor Xuanji questioned their warnings because the Penglai Sword Palace had reported that Chen Zheng inherited a fallen Loose Immortal’s power.
• A thunderous crash and roar drew the cultivators outside, where they saw a river of blood surging across the night sky.

The Blood Demon threatened to wash the cultivation world in blood, while the Star Raft appeared but did nothing to stop it. At Mount Emei, the Purple and Azure Twin Swords rejected other claimants before choosing Su Cheng and Zuo Qinghong as their masters.

• The Blood Demon re-formed after the Purple and Azure Twin Swords cut apart its face, then threatened to wash the cultivation world in blood in three days.
• The Star Raft appeared above Earth and vanished without attacking the Blood Demon, leaving Fu Xuanji and the others bewildered.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the Blood Demon's threat, and two days later he brought the twin swords to Mount Emei as the Superpower Group prepared for the demon's return.
• Lü Changhe tried to claim the swords, and a Luofu Immortal Sect elder failed to subdue them with a mystical formula.
• After Chen Zheng told the swords to choose someone around him, the Purple and Azure Twin Swords marked Su Cheng and Zuo Qinghong as their masters.

At Mount Emei’s Golden Summit, Chen Zheng’s companions astonished the Mount Luofu cultivators by wielding divine swords, just as the Blood Demon attacked. Chen Zheng killed the supposedly immortal demon with a casual strike from a branch, leaving the onlookers stunned and telling his companions to master a fifth of what they had seen.

• Su Cheng and Zuo Qinghong summoned the Purple and Azure Twin Swords, while An Jing and Hu Fei revealed the Crimson Firmament Heavenly Sword and Xuanyuan Sword, shocking Fu Xuanji and the Mount Luofu cultivators.
• The Blood Demon enveloped Mount Emei’s Golden Summit in rivers of blood, and the Superpower Group’s spiritual-energy weapons briefly damaged the blood before the demon destroyed them.
• Fu Xuanji offered to teach Su Cheng and Zuo Qinghong the sword art needed to suppress the Blood Demon in exchange for their joining the Luofu Immortal Sect, but Chen Zheng dismissed the demon as trash.
• As the Blood Demon’s blood-red hand descended and the Mount Luofu cultivators fled, Chen Zheng picked up a branch and casually struck with it.
• Chen Zheng’s sword strike erased the Blood Demon and its rivers of blood, after which he told his companions to comprehend one-fifth of the strike to learn the sword technique.

After Chen Zheng left Mount Luofu, a mysterious woman revealed a vast cultivation hierarchy to the Superpower Group. Three ghost kings lured Chen Zheng and Catherine into the Underworld, where Little Bone insisted the Underworld would be the one in trouble.

• Chen Zheng departed Mount Luofu, leaving Fu Xuanji ashamed and Zheng Haoran helplessly watching him go.
• A mysterious woman appeared at the Superpower Group headquarters, made Old Nie produce a chart comparing Eastern and Western cultivation ranks, and vanished before the men could question her.
• Three ghost kings surrounded Catherine on the mountain behind Nan University and tried to lure her master into a trap.
• Chen Zheng appeared beside Catherine, recognized the ghost kings' ploy, and was transported with her into the Underworld when they called for them to enter.
• Little Bone and Su Jinghong argued at Su Cheng's home, with Little Bone claiming the Underworld would be in trouble for taking Chen Zheng.

Chen Zheng and Catherine entered the Underworld under escort from three Ghost Kings and found Yanluo Hall deserted and destroyed. After revealing that he had once come there with Wukong, Chen Zheng effortlessly tore the three Ghost Kings apart with a burst of spiritual energy dragons.

• Three Ghost Kings escorted Chen Zheng and Catherine through the Underworld, boasting that a new master was about to take power.
• At Naihe Bridge, the Blue-Faced Ghost King attacked Chen Zheng, but his ghost claw turned to ash, and Chen Zheng flew onward with Catherine.
• Meng Po recognized Chen Zheng as the man who had once come to the Underworld with Wukong and called him Ancestor Chen.
• Chen Zheng and Catherine reached the ruined, empty Yanluo Hall, where Catherine sensed several powerful sinister auras.
• When the Ghost Kings confronted Chen Zheng, he said he had come there with Wukong and crossed names out of the Book of Life and Death.
• The Blue-Faced Ghost King attacked, and Chen Zheng unleashed a thousand spiritual energy dragons that tore all three Ghost Kings apart.

Chen Zheng and Catherine confronted the Ancient Styx Clan, which sought control of the Underworld and the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Chen Zheng cut down the clan’s forces and destroyed the Styx Killing Formation, leaving the trapped Lord Yan within reach.

• The Ancient Styx Clan leader revealed its plan to seize the Underworld and said the First Ghost King and Lord Yan had been tortured in the Styx Killing Formation.
• The clan trapped Chen Zheng and Catherine in a cage, but Chen Zheng shattered it and killed the leader and the members who attacked him.
• Chen Zheng advanced toward the Styx Killing Formation as more Ancient Styx Clan members challenged him and urged him to enter.
• An armored Ancient Styx Clan general invited Chen Zheng to enter the formation, and Chen Zheng destroyed it with a single finger.

Chen Zheng effortlessly broke the Styx Killing Formation and faced the Ancient Styx Clan’s Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon, which recovered its memories and recognized him. The dragon transformed into a ride for Chen Zheng, leaving Battle General Gu Xiao and the clan’s soldiers stunned.

• Chen Zheng broke the Styx Killing Formation, freed Lord Yan and the First Ghost King, and mocked the Ancient Styx Clan for relying on a formation too weak to trap him.
• Battle General Gu Xiao summoned the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon, which appeared as an embodiment of the Ghost Realm’s laws and threatened Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng called the dragon Little Yellow, triggering its lost memories as it writhed and then turned its fury toward him.
• The Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon swooped at Chen Zheng but transformed upon reaching him, then offered to carry him as his favorite ride.

Gu Xuan forced Chen Zheng to erase the Ancient Styx Clan from the Book of Life and Death, expecting his clan to transcend the Three Realms. Instead, the book erased the clan members outright, leaving Gu Xuan alone and stunned.

• The Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon transformed into a little yellow bike and reminisced about Chen Zheng riding it before reverting to its true form to attack Gu Xuan.
• Gu Xuan used the Ghost Realm realm stone to freeze the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon and revealed that he had orchestrated the Underworld upheaval to gain control of the Book of Life and Death.
• Gu Xuan threatened Lord Yan and the First Ghost King and demanded that Chen Zheng erase the Ancient Styx Clan's names from the book.
• Chen Zheng erased the clan's names, and the Ancient Styx Clan members present began to celebrate as they thought they had transcended the Three Realms.
• The Ancient Styx Clan members, including Gu Xiao, turned to ash and vanished, while Gu Xuan survived and accused Chen Zheng of destroying them.
• Chen Zheng explained that the Book of Life and Death had changed, and that he had only discovered its new effect when Gu Xuan made him test it.

Chen Zheng used the Book of Life and Death to erase the Ancient Styx Clan’s soldiers, took the Realm Stone from Gu Xuan, and caused Gu Xuan’s death. After Chen Zheng was drawn into the Ancient Hall of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, a gigantic ghost claw destroyed the Ancient Styx Clan’s ancestral land and erased its sleeping ancestors.

• Chen Zheng’s altered Book of Life and Death turned the Ancient Styx Clan’s soldiers to ash, and Gu Xuan revealed that he had controlled the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon with the Realm Stone.
• Chen Zheng pulled Lord Yama and the First Ghost King out of the dragon’s attack, then took the Realm Stone from Gu Xuan, whose name was erased by the Book of Life and Death.
• The Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon regained control of itself, and Chen Zheng gave the Book of Life and Death to Lord Yama as Ksitigarbha appeared and offered to safeguard the Realm Stone.
• A black-and-yellow beam drew Chen Zheng into the Ancient Hall of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, shocking Lord Yama, the First Ghost King, Ksitigarbha, and the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon.
• A gigantic ghost claw struck the Ancient Styx Clan’s ancestral land, and Lord Yama and the First Ghost King realized that the clan’s sleeping ancestors had been erased.

Chen Zheng spoke with Houtu in the Ancient Hall of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where she revealed that she could not help him defeat the being above the heavens. After Houtu departed, Chen Zheng left the hall, and the others heard him remark that the Primordial Wilderness’s creation had seemed like a dream.

• The Lord of Hell, the First Ghost King, the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon, Catherine, and Da Man waited outside the ancient hall and discussed its awakening and the threats beneath the Nine Netherworlds.
• The First Ghost King declared his faith that Chen Zheng was eternal and could not be killed even by the Great Dao.
• Chen Zheng told Houtu that neither she nor the being above the heavens could kill the other, and said he might be able to help her after he took the final step beyond the heavens.
• Houtu asked Chen Zheng about his role in the Primordial Wilderness and whether Patriarch Hongjun had managed to transcend; Chen Zheng said Hongjun likely had not fully crossed over.
• Houtu thanked Chen Zheng for saving and enlightening her, then vanished from the hall.
• Chen Zheng walked out despite the hall’s mystical light trying to keep him inside, and the others heard him say the creation of the Primordial Wilderness had felt like his dream.

Chen Zheng entered the Nine Netherworlds after the Yellow Springs Old Devil opened its gate, intending to retrieve a mysterious thing connected to the Supreme Devil. He began collecting materials from the creatures there as the Yellow Springs Old Devil confronted him in the Yin River.

• Chen Zheng returned the Ghost Realm Boundary Stone to the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon and learned that a figure in the Ancient Hall of the Six Paths of Reincarnation had awakened briefly before falling asleep again.
• The Yellow Springs Old Devil opened the Gate of the Nine Netherworlds and challenged Chen Zheng, who took Catherine with him and flew through to retrieve something he had left behind.
• Little Yellow told the Lord of Hell that the thing beneath the Nine Netherworlds was connected to the Supreme Devil and had once chosen to follow Chen Zheng.
• In the Nine Netherworlds Yin River, evil ghosts and savage devils attacked Chen Zheng, broke their fangs and claws on his body, and watched him collect them as crafting materials.
• The Yellow Springs Old Devil appeared in the Yin River and accused Chen Zheng of hiding powerful magic treasures, insisting that the thing belonged to Beneath the Nine Netherworlds.

Chen Zheng and Catherine descended Beneath the Nine Netherworlds, where the old devils tried and failed to stop him from reaching the Supreme Throne. Chen Zheng sat on the throne, unleashing devilish qi that pierced through the realms and into Primordial Supreme Heaven.

• Chen Zheng crossed the Nine Netherworlds Yin River with Catherine and shattered the Nine Netherworlds Imperial Lord's claw when it struck his shoulder.
• Chen Zheng told the old devils he had come to retrieve something, and they sealed the path with linked formations to trap him.
• Chen Zheng broke the formations, and the Supreme Throne rose from the deepest reaches Beneath the Nine Netherworlds.
• The Nine Netherworlds Imperial Lord and Yellow Springs Old Devil declared Chen Zheng unworthy to sit on the throne, but Chen Zheng summoned it and sat down.
• The Supreme Throne released a surge of devilish qi that pierced the realms and reached above the heavens, stunning beings across heaven, earth, and humanity.

Chen Zheng sat on the Supreme Throne beneath the Nine Netherworlds, frightened the old devils into offering him treasures, and left with his prize. He revealed that the throne’s power had created the terrifying display, then headed to Yanluo Hall to verify something.

• Chen Zheng sat on the Supreme Throne, causing a terrifying devilish aura to pierce through the Ghost Realm and frighten beings across the realms.
• Chen Zheng told the old devils he would become the Nine Netherworlds’ master and demanded tribute, prompting them to offer treasures, including the Yellow Springs Old Devil’s Nine Netherworlds Sacred Flower.
• Chen Zheng left the Nine Netherworlds on the throne and explained to Catherine that its power had intimidated the devils while he collected artifact-refining materials.
• The throne and a sword within Chen Zheng clashed briefly, and the throne’s consciousness begged him not to abandon it.
• The old devils realized Chen Zheng had tricked them, and the Yellow Springs Old Devil angrily demanded his Sacred Flower back.

The Star Raft released a trove of treasures in Siberia, drawing the global supernatural world into a deadly conflict that Fu Xuanji suspected was a trial and a scheme targeting Chen Zheng. In the Underworld, Chen Zheng erased the First Ghost King's name from the Book of Life and Death, discovered it could now spare him in exchange for a longevity quota, and dismissed the offer by saying a hundred years was enough to remake heaven and earth.

• The Star Raft opened a treasure trove in Siberia, prompting supernatural forces from across the world to head there despite the danger.
• Old Nie and Lin Zhengming discussed the Star Raft's apparent trap, while Fu Xuanji warned Mount Luofu's disciples that the site might be a selection trial and that Chen Zheng was its target.
• Dragon Soul urged the Su Family to wait for Chen Zheng instead of sending people to Siberia as cannon fodder.
• Chen Zheng erased the First Ghost King's name from the Book of Life and Death, but the First Ghost King remained alive and felt free of some shackles.
• Chen Zheng explained that the Book of Life and Death now offered two outcomes and wanted to give him one longevity quota every hundred years in exchange for being taken somewhere.
• Chen Zheng rejected the Book of Life and Death's offer, saying a hundred years was enough to remake heaven and earth and frightening the others in Yanluo Hall.

Chen Zheng sent the First Ghost King with Corpse Immortal Ji to assist Nüba in the Netherworld, then returned to Siberia as fighting erupted among cultivators and superpower users. He arrived with the others just as a woman intervened to kill a foreign attacker threatening Xuefei.

• Chen Zheng told the First Ghost King to follow Nüba and assist her, and Corpse Immortal Ji took him to the Netherworld.
• The Lord of Hell and the Yellow Springs Ancient Dragon realized Corpse Immortal Ji was one of the Nine Tribulations and suspected Chen Zheng led them.
• After hearing that a battle had begun in Siberia, Chen Zheng teleported everyone from the Su Family villa to the wilderness.
• A foreign superpower user overwhelmed the China Superpower Group and attacked Xuefei after she tried to protect them.
• A woman killed the foreign attacker with a sudden strike as more figures arrived.