Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng confronted the purple-faced alien in the Sahara Desert after destroying his spaceship, and proved immune to the alien’s life-erasing snap. Chen overwhelmed him and used his own snap to reduce the alien’s armor and clothing to dust, leaving the fight ongoing.

• A spaceship appeared over the Pacific Ocean, where sword qi sliced it apart and revealed the purple-faced man inside.
• Chen Zheng kicked the purple-faced man from the Pacific to the Great Sahara Desert and withstood his repeated finger snaps without harm.
• Chen Zheng kicked the purple-faced man into a sandstorm, which exploded on impact, but the alien survived.
• The purple-faced man punched Chen Zheng, only to be repelled by Chen’s unshakable body.
• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers and turned the alien’s armor, clothes, and body hair to ash, leaving only his glove and underwear.

Chen Zheng overwhelmed the purple-faced man in the Sahara, stripped away his glove, and snapped him into ash. After a huge creature briefly appeared over the ruined pyramids, Chen Zheng returned home and offered the glove to his companions, but none wanted it.

• Chen Zheng repeatedly slapped the purple-faced man across the Sahara, sending him through the Pyramid of Khufu and destroying the Great Sphinx.
• The purple-faced man unleashed the glove and shattered the pyramids and nearby buildings, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed and took the glove from him.
• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers and turned the purple-faced man to ash, then vanished as the mysterious livestream continued showing the desert ruins.
• A massive transparent creature briefly appeared above the ruins, and viewers identified it as Slifer the Sky Dragon before the livestream went black.
• At Su Cheng's home, Chen Zheng offered the glove to An Jing, Su Cheng, Zuo Qinghong, Little Bone, and Athena, but they all refused it.

Chen Zheng prepared the Superpower Group for Earth’s coming spiritual-energy tide, then entered the Kunlun Tribulation Crossing Land with Little Bone to head for the upper realm. As a terrifying lightning tribulation sealed Mount Kunlun, the onlookers realized something powerful was trying to stop him.

• An Jing and Zuo Qinghong discussed the hot-tempered girl who had intervened that night, and Little Bone guessed she might have traveled from the future.
• Chen Zheng gave Lin Zhengming the purple-faced man’s glove, warned him about Earth’s coming spiritual-energy tide, and invited the Superpower Group to watch his tribulation in three days.
• At Kunlun, Asgard Palace chose An Jing as its master after first flying toward Zuo Qinghong and recoiling.
• Chen Zheng entered the Kunlun Tribulation Crossing Land with Little Bone, and thunderclouds and lightning sealed Mount Kunlun.
• Lucifer warned everyone to retreat, while Fu Xuanji declared that a terrifying being was trying to prevent Chen Zheng from reaching the upper realm.

A terrifying True Immortal tribulation erupted over Kunlun as the Heavenly Dao targeted Chen Zheng, while he stood unharmed and taunted the enormous face behind the lightning. The face eventually broke off its attack and exploded, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Heavenly Dao manifested over Kunlun, forcing Lucifer and the others to retreat as its lightning spread across China and much of Asia.
• Little Bone’s body was repeatedly blasted apart by the divine lightning, while Chen Zheng remained unharmed and identified the translucent face as a weakened adversary trying to stop him.
• The translucent face redirected purple divine lightning at Little Bone, but Chen Zheng pulled the bolts over and swallowed them.
• Chen Zheng mocked the face and boasted about his body and primordial spirit, then questioned its gender and appearance.
• The enraged face stopped attacking, flew upward, looked at Chen Zheng, and exploded.

Chen Zheng tore apart Earth's Heavenly Dao, then left for the Spirit Realm through a Bridge of the Heavens, promising to return within three years. His allies prepared to wait for him while Su Youyou reflected on the powerful figures seeking to meet him.

• The Heavenly Dao tried to destroy Earth's Bridges of the Heavens, but Chen Zheng rushed in and tore its transparent face apart, leaving Earth without a Heavenly Dao.
• Fu Xuanji concluded that Chen Zheng had defeated the force that empowered Earth's Heavenly Dao, while Little Bone entered an evolution-induced sleep.
• Chen Zheng appeared above Kunlun and departed for the Spirit Realm, saying he would return within three years.
• An Jing opened the Asgard Palace and brought Chen Zheng's connected companions inside to wait for his return.
• The cultivators and Chen Zheng's allies dispersed, while Su Youyou wondered how the Spirit Realm would react to his return and noted that the Life Dominator, White Tiger Sacred Beast, and Demon Empress wanted to see him.

In the Spirit Realm, Chen Zheng destroyed the Black Witch Sect forces that threatened Azure Cloud Town and learned that a rumored Rootless Tree was about to emerge there. He headed to the town, saying he was interested in the tree’s owner, and left Lü Qiao stunned by his claim that he might someday charge into the Penglai Sword Palace.

• In Supreme Heaven, the woman in the Heavenly Dao Palace refused to attack Ancestor Chen and watched him through a screen of water.
• On a hilltop, Chen Zheng shattered the Black Witch Sect chief’s sword, killed him with a slap, and turned his fleeing subordinates to ash.
• Lü Qiao of the Eastern Spirit Sword Prefecture thanked Chen Zheng and told him that a Rootless Tree was rumored to be sealed near Azure Cloud Town.
• Chen Zheng said he was interested in the Rootless Tree’s owner and asked Lü Qiao to lead him to Azure Cloud Town.
• After Lü Qiao praised the Penglai Sword Palace’s power, Chen Zheng said he might someday charge into it with a wine jug and a sword.

Chen Zheng accompanied Lü Qiao into Azure Cloud Town, where he killed several Longevity Dao cultivators who threatened Lü Qiao and others. After A Meng said the Rootless Divine Tree would manifest in three days, Chen Zheng agreed to guard it and renamed the child Azure Cloud.

• Lü Qiao brought Chen Zheng into town and explained that A Meng claimed to know where the Rootless Divine Tree was, though others dismissed him.
• A Longevity Dao cultivator demanded that Lü Qiao hand over a female cultivator, and Chen Zheng erased him with a glance.
• The other Longevity Dao cultivators attacked Chen Zheng, who turned them to ash with another glance.
• The town’s cultivators feared Chen Zheng and speculated that the Longevity Dao and the arriving young commandery princess might challenge him.
• A Meng told Chen Zheng that the Rootless Divine Tree would manifest in three days and asked him to guard it.
• Chen Zheng agreed and named A Meng Azure Cloud.

After Chen Zheng killed a young master who tried to force him to bow to Princess Hongyan, Granny Silver Flower warned the princess not to provoke him. A demonic cultivator from Chaotic Demon Valley then appeared with a formation that summoned a thousand beasts outside Azure Cloud Town.

• Wang Jianren returned to Azure Cloud Town when Princess Hongyan arrived, intending to leave after welcoming her.
• Young Master Qi demanded that Chen Zheng and the child pay their respects to Princess Hongyan, then attacked Chen Zheng and was reduced to ashes by a glance.
• Granny Silver Flower apologized for Young Master Qi and warned Princess Hongyan that Chen Zheng could threaten even her safety.
• The child told Princess Hongyan he wanted to marry her when he grew up, interrupting the confrontation.
• Flower-Faced Lady appeared with two figures and used a formation to summon a thousand demonic beasts around Azure Cloud Town.

As Painted Face Lady, Daoist Kongming, and the South China Sea Saber Wielder gathered in Azure Cloud Town to claim the Rootless Divine Tree, Chen Zheng stepped forward and said it was easier to kill them all once everyone had arrived. The three factions mocked him as he took up a sword formed from the tree’s leaves.

• Azure Cloud declared that he wanted to kill Painted Face Lady, whose seductive demonic arts overwhelmed most of the cultivators in town but left the child unaffected.
• Princess Hongyan summoned a Body Integration Stage battle spirit, but Painted Face Lady seized it; Granny Silver Flower then brought Princess Hongyan and her attendants into Azure Cloud Town.
• The Rootless Divine Tree appeared, drawing Daoist Kongming of the Longevity Dao and the South China Sea Saber Wielder of the Heavenly Saber Sect to join Painted Face Lady.
• Chen Zheng stepped beneath the tree and said it was easier to kill once everyone had arrived, prompting the three factions to target him.
• Chen Zheng pulled a sword weapon formed from one of the tree’s leaves out of the ground, and it rang before he struck.

Chen Zheng revealed overwhelming sword power, destroying the Longevity Dao and Heavenly Saber Sect forces and killing the demonic beasts attacking the Rootless Tree. The Flower-Faced Lady was left alone on the hill as the stench of the battlefield made many onlookers vomit.

• Chen Zheng shattered Daoist Kongming's longevity secret art, destroyed the Longevity Warship, and killed the Longevity Dao cultivators aboard.
• The Flower-Faced Lady forced more than a thousand demonic beasts to charge, and Chen Zheng killed them all with one slash.
• The South China Sea Saber Wielder attacked Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng shattered his Void Whale technique and killed him, then destroyed the Heavenly Saber Sect's warship and its disciples.
• Azure Cloud praised Chen Zheng, while Granny Silver Flower realized the child had saved Princess Hongyan from him earlier.
• Chen Zheng killed the two Void Refinement demonic cultivators beside the Flower-Faced Lady, leaving her alive as leaves from the Rootless Tree formed a sword formation and the onlookers retched at the corpses.

Chen Zheng appeared to let Flower-Faced Lady approach the Rootless Tree, then called on the child Azure Cloud to slay her. When Azure Cloud obeyed, a phantom appeared behind him and destroyed Flower-Faced Lady with a sword strike.

• Wang Jianren felt relieved that he had never openly provoked Chen Zheng, while Lü Qiao and the other cultivators were stunned by Chen Zheng's power.
• Chen Zheng tossed his Rootless Tree leaf sword back into the ground and closed his eyes, leading Flower-Faced Lady to believe he had exhausted his True Essence.
• Flower-Faced Lady moved toward the Rootless Tree, but Chen Zheng opened his eyes and called Azure Cloud over to slay her.
• At Chen Zheng's command, Azure Cloud drew a leaf sword, closed and opened his eyes, then thrust at Flower-Faced Lady as she attacked him.
• A phantom appeared behind Azure Cloud and struck Flower-Faced Lady with a sword, making her vanish completely.

The phantom Azure Cloud emerged from the child, revealed himself as Chen Zheng’s former disciple, and reclaimed the Rootless Tree as his divine sword. After answering Chen Zheng’s questions about his past life and Princess Hongyan, Azure Cloud returned to the child, while Chen Zheng foresaw the child one day surpassing him and slaying the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Dao.

• The Rootless Tree transformed into a divine sword, and Azure Cloud bowed to Chen Zheng as his master.
• Chen Zheng told Azure Cloud that he had once ended his life over a woman and asked what he would do if Princess Hongyan triggered his tribulation of love again.
• Azure Cloud vowed to cut Princess Hongyan down himself, then returned with the sword to the child’s body.
• The child woke without remembering what had happened, and Chen Zheng told him that Azure Cloud had killed the demoness.
• Chen Zheng told the child he hoped his swordsmanship would surpass his own, and foresaw him cleaving open the Thundercloud Heavenly Sea and slaying the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Dao.

After Little Bone awakened in the Spirit Realm, it and Chen Zheng faced the Black Witch Sect as its leader arrived to attack Azure Cloud Town. Little Bone annihilated the sect with one breath of true fire, then began eating the Witch Soul Beast while the town’s defenders watched in shock.

• Wang Jianren urged Lü Qiao to leave Azure Cloud Town before the Black Witch Sect and other factions attacked.
• Little Bone awakened, revealed its dragon-beast form, and asked Chen Zheng for food before setting off toward the approaching Black Witch Sect.
• Chen Zheng told Granny Silver Flower that he had returned to open forbidden lands and seize the Spirit Realm’s Dao foundation.
• The Black Witch Sect’s leader arrived atop the Witch Soul Beast, but Little Bone burned the sect and its leader to nothing with one breath of true fire.
• Little Bone grew to a hundred meters and devoured the Witch Soul Beast as Lü Qiao and Wang Jianren realized it had destroyed the Black Witch Sect.

Chen Zheng took Azure Cloud to the Eastern Spirit Prince's Residence and arranged for him to be raised there until he fully awakened. When Daoist Yunfan abducted Princess Hongyan and Granny Silver Flower with the Spirit-Refining Gourd, Chen Zheng killed him and freed them.

• Chen Zheng arrived at the Eastern Spirit Prince's Residence and told the King of Eastern Spirit that Azure Cloud would be raised there until he fully awakened.
• Daoist Yunfan entered with an order from Perfected Longevity and the Great Yan Emperor, demanding that the King of Eastern Spirit go to Undying Mountain.
• Daoist Yunfan used the Spirit-Refining Gourd to capture Granny Silver Flower and Princess Hongyan, then tried to capture Azure Cloud.
• Chen Zheng subdued Daoist Yunfan, and Little Bone killed him with a blast of true fire.
• Chen Zheng retrieved the Spirit-Refining Gourd and freed Granny Silver Flower and Princess Hongyan.

Chen Zheng gave Azure Cloud the Spirit-Refining Gourd and asked the King of Eastern Spirit about Undying Mountain and the Longevity Stele. After hearing the stele might appear that night, the King learned that the four Spirit Kings were likely keys to its secrets, leaving him shaken.

• Chen Zheng gave Azure Cloud the Spirit-Refining Gourd, and Azure Cloud used it to capture and release the King of Eastern Spirit.
• The King of Eastern Spirit introduced himself as Li Huangtu and promised to care for Azure Cloud.
• The King told Chen Zheng how Wuji Dao Lord Jiang Ziya emerged from the Heavenly Ravine, fought a mysterious person, and left behind Undying Mountain and the Longevity Stele.
• The King explained that the Longevity Stele might appear that night, but Chen Zheng said they would go to Undying Mountain the next day.
• Granny Silver Flower revealed that the four Spirit Kings had died on Undying Mountain the last time the stele appeared, and Chen Zheng said they were likely keys.

The King of Eastern Spirit traveled with Chen Zheng and the others to Undying Mountain, where they found a blood man and the corpses of many cultivators, including the other three great Spirit Kings. When the blood man attacked the King of Eastern Spirit, Chen Zheng forced it to retreat, leaving the gathered factions staring at him.

• Little Bone dismissed the King of Eastern Spirit’s fears and demanded a feast before their trip to Undying Mountain.
• The group reached Longevity Prefecture, and the King of Eastern Spirit described the region’s history and warned of the dangers near Undying Mountain.
• At Undying Mountain, the King of Eastern Spirit found the Longevity Stele, a blood man, and the corpses of the other three great Spirit Kings.
• A Longevity Dao cultivator blamed the King of Eastern Spirit for the deaths and ordered the gathered cultivators to attack him before the blood man could.
• Little Bone’s true fire destroyed the attackers’ techniques, but the blood man ignored it and charged the King of Eastern Spirit.
• Chen Zheng told the blood man to scram, forcing it back to the Longevity Stele, then warned the gathered cultivators that they did not have much time left.

Chen Zheng revealed overwhelming power at the Longevity Stele, cracking it with one step and destroying the Longevity Dao cultivators and a Loose Immortal. He then shattered the stele, leaving Perfected Longevity and the bull-headed demon cultivator as the only surviving opponents.

• Little Bone warned the assembled cultivators to leave before the tea went cold, but the bull-headed demon cultivator mocked Chen Zheng and threatened to summon his ancestor’s battle soul.
• Chen Zheng appeared atop the Longevity Stele and cracked it beneath his foot, stunning the assembled cultivators and the blood figure.
• Perfected Longevity explained that the stele held a secret of eternal life, identified himself as a reincarnated cultivator, and ordered nine Longevity Dao cultivators to attack Chen Zheng with an array.
• Chen Zheng unleashed ten thousand Blood Spirit Dragons, which tore apart the array’s dragon, devoured the Loose Immortal’s Wind and Fire Tribulation Power, and killed the Loose Immortal and the Longevity Dao cultivators.
• Perfected Longevity and the bull-headed demon cultivator survived by retreating, while Chen Zheng stamped down again and shattered the Longevity Stele.

Chen Zheng uncovered the Longevity Stele’s secret, an ancient book about eternal life, while Perfected Longevity and a bull-headed demon cultivator fought to claim it. The summoned Bull Demon King crushed Perfected Longevity, then revealed his loyalty to Chen Zheng and offered to serve as his mount.

• Chen Zheng stomped the Longevity Stele into rubble, revealing an ancient book that Perfected Longevity and a blood figure both tried to seize before Chen Zheng claimed it.
• The bull-headed demon cultivator summoned the battle soul of the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, Bull Demon King, and demanded that it take the book from Chen Zheng.
• Perfected Longevity rushed Chen Zheng, but Bull Demon King seized and crushed him with a pitch-black hand.
• The bull-headed demon cultivator celebrated and urged Bull Demon King to seize the book, but Bull Demon King slapped him into a crater.
• Bull Demon King shrank into a black bull, flew to Chen Zheng, and offered to be ridden as his mount.

Chen Zheng subdued the Bull Demon King's battle soul and arranged for a bull-headed demon cultivator to serve as Azure Cloud's mount. The Bull Demon King recognized the danger of Chen Zheng's ancient book and fled, leaving Chen Zheng holding the Heaven-Opening Upper Volume.

• The Bull Demon King appeared as a black bull and recalled racing Laozi's azure ox, stunning the survivors as Little Bone fretted over Chen Zheng's supposed taste for riding bulls.
• Chen Zheng ordered the Bull Demon King to change back and stopped him from killing his descendant, assigning the bull-headed demon cultivator as Azure Cloud's mount instead.
• Chen Zheng told the Bull Demon King that Azure Cloud would become a great figure once fully awakened, and the Bull Demon King reacted with disbelief.
• The Bull Demon King recognized the ancient book's connection to the Longevity Stele, refused to read it, and vanished.
• Little Bone glanced at the book, cried out from the pain it caused, and Chen Zheng revealed its cover read Heaven-Opening Upper Volume.

Chen Zheng opened the Heaven-Opening Upper Volume, causing the Thundercloud Heavenly Sea to descend before a glance from him sent it away. He recognized the revealed woman as a member of the Heaven-Opening Clan and the mysterious fighter who had battled Ziya, then pursued her toward the Heavenly Ravine after she escaped.

• The blood-covered figure tried to stop Chen Zheng from opening the ancient booklet, but he knocked her down and revealed her as a woman wearing Void Exotic Beast hide.
• Chen Zheng opened the booklet, and the Thundercloud Heavenly Sea surged toward Undying Mountain before withdrawing when he glanced at it.
• Chen Zheng read the booklet and said it was not the secret of longevity, suggesting that Little Tuntun might gain new abilities by swallowing it.
• Chen Zheng identified the woman as a member of the Heaven-Opening Clan and connected her to Ziya and a battle at Undying Mountain three thousand years earlier.
• The woman escaped west through a force of nothingness, and Chen Zheng followed her toward the Heavenly Ravine.