Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng killed Nie Jingyun with a glance after the swordsman threatened to seize Little Bone, then renamed the Thirteenth Princess Ye Qingcheng and learned why she had come to the Secluded Severance Mountain Range. The story left with the Yin Moon Dynasty’s ruler near death and Chen Zheng warning that the entire Azure Cloud Realm could collapse if it failed to advance into a middle thousand world.

• Little Bone leaped into the Thirteenth Princess’s arms, and she discovered that her hidden ailment had briefly disappeared.
• Nie Jingyun threatened Chen Zheng and demanded Little Bone in exchange for a Hundred Meridians Spirit Pill.
• Chen Zheng glanced at Nie Jingyun, turning him to ash, and Elder Xu and the Thirteenth Princess bowed to him as a senior.
• Chen Zheng renamed the Thirteenth Princess Ye Qingcheng and said she should have been peerless in her realm.
• Elder Xu explained that Ye Qingcheng sought the Eternal Nether Orchid to save her father, the ruler of the Yin Moon Dynasty.
• Chen Zheng warned that the Azure Cloud Realm might collapse if it failed to advance into a middle thousand world.

Chen Zheng took the Thirteenth Princess and Elder Xu toward the Emperor’s Tomb after she sensed the Eternal Nether Orchid, brushing aside warnings about the forbidden grounds. As they traveled, Little Bone and Chen Zheng effortlessly defeated powerful beasts, leaving Elder Xu and the Thirteenth Princess stunned.

• The Thirteenth Princess sensed the Eternal Nether Orchid deep in the Secluded Severance Mountain Range, near the Emperor’s Tomb, and Chen Zheng told her to lead the way.
• The Thirteenth Princess ordered Zhan Zhao and the others to leave, then guided Chen Zheng and Elder Xu toward the mountain’s depths.
• A Nether-Reaching Demonic Ape attacked them, but Little Bone struck it away and dismissed it as a little monkey.
• A Giant Savage Bird attacked from the sky, but its beak shattered against Chen Zheng, who tore out its demon core and said it barely qualified for the pill furnace.

Chen Zheng killed the Savage Barbarian King with the barbarians’ own giant crossbow bolt, then took the Thirteenth Princess to the Eternal Nether Orchid. After ignoring two powerful cultivators who claimed it, he fed the Princess a petal, leaving them poised to confront him.

• Chen Zheng redirected the Savage Barbarians’ giant crossbow bolt, killing their Barbarian King and devastating their ancestral land.
• The Thirteenth Princess sensed the Eternal Nether Orchid near the Azure Cloud Emperor’s Tomb, and Chen Zheng flew there with her and Elder Xu.
• Ghost Fox and Wine Sword Immortal appeared in the valley, each a famous peak Spirit Transformation cultivator seeking the orchid.
• Chen Zheng casually pulled the Eternal Nether Orchid from the valley and told the Thirteenth Princess to swallow it.
• Ignoring Ghost Fox’s and Wine Sword Immortal’s threats, Chen Zheng tore off a petal and placed it in the Thirteenth Princess’s mouth.

Chen Zheng fed the Thirteenth Princess the Eternal Nether Orchid and awakened the Nether Absolute Sword Physique hidden within her, drawing powerful cultivators’ attention. After Chen Zheng killed the Evil Sword Ancestor for trying to seize her, he began teaching Qingcheng a sword technique as the other cultivators prepared to act.

• Chen Zheng fed the Thirteenth Princess the Eternal Nether Orchid and commanded her to awaken, while Ghost Fox and the Wine Sword Immortal mocked him.
• A phantom sword appeared above the Secluded Severance Mountain Range, gathered its yin and baleful energy, and entered the Thirteenth Princess, awakening her Nether Absolute Sword Physique.
• Spirit Transformation cultivators emerged from the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb, and the Evil Sword Ancestor tried to seize the Thirteenth Princess.
• Chen Zheng's spiritual energy dragons tore the Evil Sword Ancestor apart, terrifying Ghost Fox, the Wine Sword Immortal, and the gathered cultivators.
• Chen Zheng sent Qingcheng a sword technique and urged her to comprehend it within ten breaths, while Little Bone moved to his shoulder and a cultivator eyed her greedily.

Chen Zheng had the Thirteenth Princess learn a sword technique in ten breaths, and she used it to kill the Five Thunder Ancestor Zi Chengzong and a golden-robed Spirit Transformation cultivator. The remaining great cultivators recoiled, while the Wine Sword Immortal prepared to take Chen Zheng seriously.

• As the great cultivators threatened Chen Zheng and coveted Little Bone, the Thirteenth Princess completed her sword technique within ten breaths.
• The Thirteenth Princess used her Ninefold Sword Domain to break Zi Chengzong’s thunder barrier and destroy him, even as heavenly lightning descended.
• Chen Zheng told Little Bone to swallow the heavenly lightning, and Little Bone devoured it in one gulp.
• Chen Zheng ordered the Thirteenth Princess to attack the golden-robed Daoist, whose attempt to command Little Bone with a jar failed.
• The Thirteenth Princess killed the golden-robed Daoist with her Ninefold Sword Domain, prompting Old Ghost Fox and the Wine Sword Immortal to suspect Chen Zheng’s power and intentions.

The Thirteenth Princess fainted after mastering Chen Zheng’s sword technique, while Old Ghost Fox and the Wine Sword Immortal competed to claim the girl who had swallowed the Myriad Realms Nether Orchid. Old Ghost Fox successfully summoned her lady’s Dharma manifestation, and its arrival terrified the cultivators who sensed it.

• Chen Zheng caught the Thirteenth Princess as she fainted from exhaustion and said her sword talent was fairly good.
• An azure-masked man warned that Yin Wudao would target the Thirteenth Princess, then entered the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb; a white-robed sword cultivator followed.
• The Wine Sword Immortal sought to recruit the girl for the Immortal-Slaying Sword Sect, while Old Ghost Fox said she intended to offer her to a lady from Primordial Supreme Heaven.
• Old Ghost Fox failed twice to summon her lady's Dharma manifestation, then knelt and tried again as Chen Zheng tended to the Thirteenth Princess.
• A nine-tailed celestial fox Dharma manifestation descended and spoke of touching up her makeup, leaving Old Ghost Fox, the Wine Sword Immortal, Little Bone, and Elder Xu stunned.
• Great cultivators inside the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb sensed the manifestation, withdrew their divine senses, and hid inside.

Daji descended as a nine-tailed celestial fox, recognized Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen, and reunited with him before her manifestation faded. Chen Zheng then called out to a little fox, and the scene shifted to a thatched hut where a Daoist taught her the Dao.

• Old Ghost Fox summoned Daji’s manifestation to confront Chen Zheng over the Eternal Nether Orchid.
• Daji recognized Chen Zheng, teased him about their past together, and revealed that she had missed him.
• Daji transformed into a little fox and nuzzled Chen Zheng before her manifestation began to fade.
• Daji bowed to Chen Zheng, promised to wait for his return to Supreme Heaven, and vanished.
• Old Ghost Fox and the Wine Sword Immortal fainted, while Chen Zheng held the unconscious Thirteenth Princess.
• Chen Zheng called out to a little fox, and space and time shifted to show her listening to a Daoist expound the Dao.

Chen Zheng led the Thirteenth Princess, Elder Xu, and Old Ghost Fox into the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb, opening its sealed gate and destroying the sword attack with a word. Outside the tomb, Lin Zhengming reported that the Americans' AllSpark Project had succeeded and warned that Earth's conflicts might spread beyond the planet.

• Lin Zhengming told Xiao Peng that the Americans had succeeded with the AllSpark Project and that the Island Country faced threats from Ghidorah and the Demon King of Heaven.
• Chen Zheng spared the Wine Sword Immortal as a favor to Tongtian and ordered Old Ghost Fox to assist Qingcheng.
• Chen Zheng took the Thirteenth Princess, Elder Xu, and Old Ghost Fox to the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb and opened its gate with a word.
• Ten thousand streaks of sword light attacked Chen Zheng, but he shattered them with a single word before entering the tomb with his companions.
• The Azure Cloud Emperor's Gate shut behind Chen Zheng and his companions, leaving the cultivators outside stunned.

Chen Zheng led his companions through the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb, destroying its guards and obstacles with his spiritual energy dragons. In the treasure hall, he declared that he wanted everything and killed four powerful cultivators who tried to stop him, while the azure-masked man remained alive.

• Outside the tomb, Daoist Withered Wood persuaded the gathered Spirit Transformation cultivators to ambush Chen Zheng when he emerged with the inheritance.
• Chen Zheng's spiritual energy dragons tore apart the tomb's Spirit Transformation shadow guards and cleared a path through its dangers.
• Chen Zheng entered a great hall where the azure-masked man and several cultivators had gathered, then ordered Qingcheng to take the Unrivaled Sword.
• Sword Madman, General Zi, Huang Tang, and Tian Buyi attacked Chen Zheng, but his spiritual energy dragons killed all four in a single clash.
• The azure-masked man stepped back as Elder Xu and Old Ghost Fox watched Chen Zheng's overwhelming power.

The Thirteenth Princess claimed the Unrivaled Sword, while Chen Zheng’s mysterious sword punished the blue-masked figure and Chen Zheng gathered the Emperor’s treasures. Daoist Burning Heaven emerged from seclusion to prey on the intruders, but a ghost-clawed figure pierced his heart and crushed his head.

• The Unrivaled Sword acknowledged the Thirteenth Princess, and Chen Zheng explained that her Nether Absolute Sword Physique made the weapon unworthy of testing her.
• When the blue-masked figure asked what sword could suit Chen Zheng, a sword inside Chen Zheng cracked the figure’s mask and injured him with a warning cry.
• Chen Zheng collected the treasures left by the Azure Cloud Emperor.
• Daoist Burning Heaven burst into the hall, revealed that he had faked his death while cultivating, and attacked Chen Zheng for his blood and qi.
• Daoist Burning Heaven shattered his teeth biting Chen Zheng’s leg, then a ghost-clawed figure pierced his heart and crushed his head.

Chen Zheng effortlessly withstood the emperor corpse’s attacks until it destroyed its own body, revealing Azure Cloud Emperor’s remnant soul. After Chen Zheng showed him visions of an old acquaintance’s life, Azure Cloud Emperor resolved his lingering obsession and rewarded him with the location of a jade disc in the deepest part of the Emperor’s Tomb.

• Daoist Burning Heaven died when the figure behind him pierced his heart and crushed his head and primordial spirit.
• The blue-masked man and Old Ghost Fox recognized the figure as Azure Cloud Emperor, an emperor corpse rumored to haunt the tomb.
• Chen Zheng invited the emperor corpse to bite him, but its teeth shattered against his body each time.
• The emperor corpse gave up and pierced its own heart with its claw, and Azure Cloud Emperor’s remnant soul emerged.
• Chen Zheng showed Azure Cloud Emperor visions of an old acquaintance, including his failed tribulation and final sword strike for a woman.
• Azure Cloud Emperor thanked Ancestor Chen, revealed that a half jade disc lay in the deepest part of the Emperor’s Tomb, and then dissipated.

Chen Zheng found half of the supreme treasure Creation in the Azure Cloud Emperor's Tomb and briefly awakened its power. When he emerged, Daoist Withered Wood and a dozen Spirit Transformation cultivators attacked him, but Chen Zheng and Little Bone annihilated them.

• Chen Zheng drew the Ghost Dagger into his Sumeru Space and uncovered half a jade disc hidden in the imperial coffin.
• Chen Zheng recognized the disc as Creation, said its owner might still be alive, and briefly awakened its radiance, giving the Thirteenth Princess, Old Ghost Fox, the man in the azure mask, Elder Xu, and Little Bone a fleeting insight.
• Daoist Withered Wood used the Withered Wood Butterfly and Soul Control Technique to try to trap Chen Zheng as the Spirit Transformation cultivators attacked.
• Chen Zheng destroyed the butterfly, and his spiritual energy dragons killed the attacking cultivators and Daoist Withered Wood.
• Little Bone revealed her enormous savage-beast form and asked the Thirteenth Princess to sleep with her.

Chen Zheng and the Thirteenth Princess returned to the Yin Moon Dynasty’s capital amid a succession struggle, where she revealed her power and the Unrivaled Sword. After killing the Azure Robe Tower Master and the Second Prince, she declared that her name was Ye Qingcheng and continued cutting down her enemies.

• Chen Zheng led the Thirteenth Princess and their companions toward the Yin Moon Dynasty after Little Bone revealed its true form.
• At Night Capital, the Thirteenth Princess learned that her father was dead and the Second Prince’s forces were fighting rival factions.
• The Second Prince ordered the Divine Arrow Battalion to fire on the returning Thirteenth Princess, but she destroyed the arrows with one sword strike.
• The Azure Robe Tower Master tried to seize the Unrivaled Sword, but the Thirteenth Princess used it to kill him and destroy his primordial spirit.
• The Thirteenth Princess killed the Second Prince, then cut down a giant tiger and a commander who begged for mercy.
• The Thirteenth Princess told the survivors that her name was Ye Qingcheng.

After Ye Qingcheng became ruler of the Yin Moon Dynasty, Chen Zheng told her she could aim to rule the Azure Cloud Realm. When Great Qian’s envoys arrived with a decree, Ye Qingcheng killed one, and the surviving envoy delivered an order summoning the realm’s rulers to Great Qian in three days.

• In the imperial palace, Chen Zheng advised Ye Qingcheng to become ruler of the Azure Cloud Realm, while officials warned that Great Qian and its ruler, Yin Wudao, were too powerful to challenge.
• Little Bone suggested using satellites and a network to seize the realm for experiments, but the court was interrupted by Great Qian envoys demanding that the ruler receive their decree.
• At Chen Zheng’s command, Ye Qingcheng killed one of the two Spirit Transformation envoys with the Unrivaled Sword, and Old Ghost Fox killed an official who protested.
• Chen Zheng told Ye Qingcheng to make the surviving envoy enter the palace himself, and the envoy, Zhuang Yu, delivered Great Qian’s decree before departing.
• Chen Zheng opened the decree, which ordered the Azure Cloud Realm’s rulers to attend a ceremony in Great Qian’s capital in three days, and remarked that its handwriting looked familiar.

Chen Zheng and the Thirteenth Princess arrived in Great Qian's Chaoge City, where Ye Qingcheng was assigned to the lowly Human-tier viewing stand. After Ye Qingcheng cut off the Huntian Imperial Dynasty's third prince's hand, Gui Bu appeared, demanded her Unrivaled Sword for Yin Wudao, and ordered Chen Zheng to brew tea for the emperor, but Chen Zheng mocked him.

• Chen Zheng learned that Great Qian's capital had been renamed Chaoge and traveled there aboard the Moonwheel Ship with the Thirteenth Princess and their companions.
• A purple-armored general sent the Thirteenth Princess, ruler of the Yin Moon Dynasty, to the Human-tier viewing stand, where onlookers mocked her and Jiang Feng offered to make her his secondary consort.
• Chen Zheng served the Thirteenth Princess tea, and she was astonished when it revealed wondrous rhythms expounding the laws of heaven and earth.
• At Chen Zheng's mild command, the Thirteenth Princess used the Unrivaled Sword to cut off Jiang Feng's hand after he insulted her, prompting two Void Refinement patriarchs to attack.
• Gui Bu arrived and stopped the patriarchs, then demanded the Thirteenth Princess prepare her Unrivaled Sword for Yin Wudao and ordered Chen Zheng to brew tea for the emperor.
• Chen Zheng chuckled that Yin Wudao probably would not dare drink his tea.

Chen Zheng offered Gui Bu tea that recalled a legend, then urged him to follow the Thirteenth Princess instead of Yin Wudao. When Yin Wudao emerged from seclusion and confronted Chen Zheng over an old grievance, he recognized him as Ancestor Chen and roared his name.

• Chen Zheng gave Gui Bu tea, and after tasting it Gui Bu became cautious and bowed before leaving the Human Pavilion.
• Chen Zheng told Gui Bu that he had no future following Yin Wudao and should instead follow the Thirteenth Princess; Gui Bu flew to the palace entrance and waited.
• Yin Wudao emerged from seclusion above Chaoge, and Gui Bu reported that the rulers, sects, and Thirteenth Princess with the Unrivaled Sword had arrived.
• Jiang Feng accused Chen Zheng of mocking Yin Wudao, prompting the Emperor of Great Qian to turn his gaze toward the Human Pavilion.
• Yin Wudao asked Chen Zheng whether he remembered stealing the woman he loved most, and Chen Zheng denied knowing him.
• Yin Wudao recognized Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen and roared his name, shaking Chaoge.

Yin Wudao summoned the Azure Cloud Realm’s living beings and used a blood-red divine spear to break through the heavens, causing the realm to ascend and granting him the power of creation. He became a Heavenly Emperor and launched a killing strike at Chen Zheng.

• Yin Wudao revealed his identity as the Great Qian Emperor and drew the dragon qi of the Azure Cloud Realm into himself to challenge its heavenly shackles.
• Yin Wudao shattered the divine lightning and the giant palms pressing down from the heavens, then the entire Azure Cloud Realm began to buckle under immense pressure.
• Yin Wudao drew a blood-red divine spear stained with a heavenly spirit’s blood and pierced the descending heavens.
• The Azure Cloud Realm ascended into a new space-time, expanded, and received purple qi that Yin Wudao absorbed to claim the power of creation.
• Yin Wudao attacked Chen Zheng with the blood-red spear, which came crashing down toward his head.

Chen Zheng used the Blood Prison Divine Spear to pierce Yin Wudao, then destroyed him with a sword despite the power of creation protecting him. Yin Wudao and his purple qi turned to dust, leaving the gathered imperial dynasties and sects stunned.

• Chen Zheng addressed Yin Wudao as King Zhou of Shang, and the Blood Prison Divine Spear stopped above him instead of striking.
• Chen Zheng flicked the spear, which pierced Yin Wudao's heart, but Yin Wudao healed with the power of creation and attacked Chen Zheng with a giant palm of the Heavenly Dao.
• Chen Zheng used the spear to pierce Yin Wudao's palm and explained that Yin Wudao had opened the heavens for him because Chen Zheng did not want to do it himself.
• Yin Wudao challenged Chen Zheng to kill him, and Chen Zheng released a dim sword shadow that disintegrated Yin Wudao and his purple qi.

Chen Zheng killed Yin Wudao and Jiang Feng, helping the Thirteenth Princess take control of the Azure Cloud Realm. As he prepared to leave for Earth, he told Gui Bu that rebuilding the Twelve Capital Heaven Gods and Fiends Grand Formation was beyond reach, and promised Qingcheng could visit his world.

• Chen Zheng killed Yin Wudao with one sword strike, and the Unrivaled Sword annihilated Jiang Feng when he tried to detonate his primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng gave Gui Bu a secret method, ordered him to help Qingcheng take the Azure Cloud Realm, and declared that the realm would bear the surname Ye.
• By the next day, the Azure Cloud Realm had advanced into a Middle Thousand World, and Great Qian had merged into the Yin Moon Dynasty under Gui Bu as state preceptor.
• Gui Bu asked Chen Zheng whether he could recreate the Twelve Capital Heaven Gods and Fiends Grand Formation, but Chen Zheng warned that it was impossible and urged him not to become obsessed.
• Chen Zheng explained that he had come to the Azure Cloud Realm because it was connected to Earth, and told Qingcheng she could visit his world in the future.
• Little Bone promised Qingcheng a shopping trip on Earth and mentioned bikinis, leaving Qingcheng and Old Ghost Fox confused.

Chen Zheng returned from the Azure Cloud Realm and proposed that the Superpower Group cooperate with its people through communications and education. At the Su Family villa, Chen Zheng’s pills helped several people trigger and overcome tribulations, and An Jing’s breakthrough revealed a mysterious golden sigil and palace phantom.

• Chen Zheng told Xiao Peng and Lin Zhengming that the Mist Mountain Range connected to the newly advanced Middle Thousand World called the Azure Cloud Realm, where he had appointed a realm lord and planned to discuss cooperation.
• Chen Zheng suggested using satellite communications and basic education to benefit the Azure Cloud Realm, while Little Bone proposed opening a lingerie shop there.
• At the Su Family villa, Chen Zheng gave out pills he had refined, and Yu Canghai swallowed one and immediately triggered a Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.
• An Jing, Zuo Qinghong, Su Cheng, Hu Fei, Jiang Boyue, and Wen Tailai also swallowed their pills, causing tribulation clouds to gather over the villa.
• The cultivators attacked together and shattered the tribulation clouds, while Yu Canghai and An Jing formed Nascent Souls.
• An Jing’s Crimson Firmament Heavenly Sword roared, a golden sigil appeared between her brows, and a vast palace phantom emerged behind her.