Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng faced Dragon Emperor Hunzhu after Shenhuang’s soul shattered again, and the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Daji descended to defend Chen Zheng and humiliate Hunzhu. Daji left Hunzhu beaten and threatened to kill him if his true body appeared, while Princess Zhengyue admired her.

• Dragon Emperor Hunzhu summoned Shenhuang’s soul, but it shattered again when Shenhuang appeared, and Hunzhu failed to summon it a second time.
• Hunzhu pressured the dragons of Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain and demanded that Chen Zheng restore Shenhuang’s soul, but Princess Zhengyue remained unaffected by the pressure.
• Daji descended with her nine tails, dispelled Hunzhu’s pressure, and declared that she had followed him from Supreme Heaven.
• Daji embraced and kissed Chen Zheng, then blasted Hunzhu into a wall after he insulted her and threatened to kill him if his true body appeared.
• Princess Zhengyue resolved to model herself on Daji, while the dragons watched in awe.

Dragon Emperor Hunzhu revealed his Sun and Moon Demon Pupils and sought Princess Zhengyue’s rare bloodline, but Chen Zheng destroyed his first divine-sense avatar with the same pupils. Hunzhu summoned a colossal presence, which appeared as Zhu Jiuyin, the Dragon Bearing a Torch, leaving everyone horrified.

• Dragon Emperor Hunzhu manifested the Sun and Moon Demon Pupils and declared that he would claim Princess Zhengyue’s bloodline to rule the demon race.
• Hunzhu tried to erase Chen Zheng with his demon pupils, but Chen Zheng revealed matching Sun and Moon Demon Pupils and shattered Hunzhu’s divine-sense avatar.
• Hunzhu sent another strand of divine sense to Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain and sacrificed half his true body’s lifespan to summon his lord.
• A colossal phantom appeared above Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain, destroying the projected senses of Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators and Half-Step True Immortals.
• The phantom shrank and appeared beside Hunzhu as Zhu Jiuyin, whom Hunzhu and the dragons recognized with fear.

Dragon Emperor Hunzhu summoned Zhulong to kill Chen Zheng, but Zhulong recognized Chen Zheng as his ancestor and destroyed Hunzhu’s divine sense. Zhulong and Daji departed, leaving Little Bone to ask Chen Zheng who had pounced on whom.

• Dragon Emperor Hunzhu sacrificed half his true body's lifespan to summon Zhulong and boasted that Chen Zheng could not turn the tables.
• Chen Zheng casually addressed Zhulong, who replied that he would not dare challenge him and revealed that Chen Zheng had taught him the Sun and Moon Demon Pupils.
• Zhulong identified Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen, leaving Hunzhu shocked when he learned his demon pupils came from Chen Zheng.
• Little Bone mocked Hunzhu, who charged at Chen Zheng before Zhulong destroyed his divine sense with a glance.
• Zhulong bowed to Chen Zheng and vanished, while Daji kissed Chen Zheng and departed; Little Bone then asked who had pounced on whom.

Dragon Emperor Hunzhu went berserk after his failed attempt to seize Princess Zhengyue's bloodline, and Hundred Tribulations Dragon Emperor suppressed him. At Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain, Chen Zheng offered Princess Zhengyue a choice between becoming his disciple or spirit pet before awakening her ancestral dragon bloodline.

• Dragon Emperor Hunzhu emerged from his palace with bleeding eyes and attacked a true dragon before Hundred Tribulations Dragon Emperor suppressed and confined him.
• Physiognomist Zhenyi told Princess Ziyue that Dragon Emperor Hunzhu had encountered Vicious One while trying to seize Princess Zhengyue's bloodline and had been abandoned by his ancient patron.
• Physiognomist Zhenyi revealed Princess Zhengyue's potential to awaken the dragon race's supreme bloodline and disclosed Ancestor Chen's past connections to the Heavenly Dao Palace and Purple Empyrean Palace.
• Ao Cheng and the other dragons thanked Chen Zheng after Ao Cheng awakened.
• Chen Zheng offered Princess Zhengyue the choice of becoming his disciple or spirit pet and explained the different futures he envisioned for them.
• Chen Zheng awakened Princess Zhengyue's ancestral dragon bloodline, forcing the dragons on Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain to kneel and alarming dragons throughout the Spirit Realm and Supreme Heaven.

Chen Zheng went to West Phoenix Mountain after it collapsed and exposed a pit filled with enticing treasures and deadly black qi. As cultivators from across the Spirit Realm began converging, Chen Zheng rescued a bewitched young monk and ignored an attack from the Nether Phoenix’s power.

• The Dragon Sovereign explained West Phoenix Mountain’s connection to the Nether Phoenix and warned that its emergence could doom the Spirit Realm, while Chen Zheng took Princess Zhengyue and headed there.
• The Dragon Sovereign ordered Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain sealed and its scattered dragons recalled, hoping to avoid the upheaval.
• West Phoenix Mountain collapsed, and its black qi and ghostly cries transformed into a dazzling display of treasures that lured Thousand Buddha Temple’s monks into the pit.
• A woman’s voice called the treasures real and declared the young monk a sacrifice for her master; the monks who entered the pit exploded into blood.
• Chen Zheng pulled the bewitched young monk back and stood unharmed after the Nether Phoenix’s black light struck him, as mystic lights and warships arrived from across the Spirit Realm.

Chen Zheng warned the assembled sects that the treasures beneath West Phoenix Mountain concealed a deadly calamity, but they ignored him and rushed into the mist. After Yan Chonghuang died inside, Chen Zheng killed a Mahayana Stage sword cultivator with a glance, leaving the other cultivators terrified.

• Chen Zheng and the holy monk warned the seven great upper sects that the treasures in the pit concealed the Nether Phoenix and urged them to summon their strongest experts.
• Yan Chonghuang dismissed the warnings and entered the mist, prompting cultivators from the other sects to follow.
• Yan Chonghuang screamed, and his severed head emerged from the mist, showing that his primordial spirit had been eaten.
• A middle-aged sword cultivator demanded that Chen Zheng explain what he knew, then disintegrated into ash along with his spirit sword and hand after Chen Zheng glanced at him.
• The gathered cultivators recoiled in shock and fear after seeing Chen Zheng kill a Mahayana Stage sword cultivator effortlessly.

Chen Zheng collected every treasure at West Phoenix Mountain despite the sect cultivators’ fear and protests. A voice in the mist revealed that Ancestral Dragon divine blood lay in the pit, and Chen Zheng prepared to face the challenge.

• Chen Zheng killed a Mahayana Stage sword cultivator from the Heaven-Burning Sword Sect with a glance and warned the Emperor Immortal Gate and Bai Hua that he distrusted them.
• Chen Zheng beckoned all the treasures out of West Phoenix Mountain’s mist-shrouded pit, leaving the sect cultivators stunned.
• Long Qi and other cultivators protested Chen Zheng’s haul, but they backed down when he challenged them.
• A cold woman’s voice announced that Ancestral Dragon divine blood lay deep inside the pit, prompting the cultivators to hope Chen Zheng would die there.
• Little Bone accepted the challenge on Chen Zheng’s behalf, and the voice asked whether he had the guts to enter.

Chen Zheng entered the mist and defeated the Nether Phoenix’s attacks, including her Bone Demon Corpses and a sacred pen said to have wounded a Sage. The Nether Phoenix appeared and fell to her knees, while Little Bone urged Chen Zheng to pursue her.

• Chen Zheng warned the gathered cultivators to protect the holy monk and little monk, then entered the mist.
• The sect leaders called for reinforcements, and the Heaven-Burning Sword Sect revealed that the Lifeless Sword Immortal was on his way.
• The Nether Phoenix sent skeletons and Bone Demon Corpses against Chen Zheng, but he destroyed them without effort.
• The Nether Phoenix launched a sacred pen at Chen Zheng, but it stopped just short of his forehead.
• The Nether Phoenix appeared at the end of the stone path and dropped to her knees, while Little Bone admired her figure and urged Chen Zheng to go after her.

Chen Zheng broke the seal holding the Ancestral Dragon's true blood and fed it to Princess Zhengyue, while a deeper seal began to crack. Mo Li welcomed the awakening master of the Netherworld, and a Nether Phoenix burst from West Phoenix Mountain as powerful figures gathered.

• Chen Zheng used the pencil-shaped hidden weapon to pierce the barrier and release the Ancestral Dragon's true blood.
• Chen Zheng summoned Princess Zhengyue and fed her the true blood, triggering a powerful surge and the sound of a deeper seal breaking.
• Mo Li warned Chen Zheng that the master of the Netherworld was awakening and could turn the Spirit Realm into a land of the dead.
• Mo Li recognized the awakening master and knelt to welcome him back as a vast power rose from beneath the great pit.
• A Nether Phoenix emerged from the pit and flew above West Phoenix Mountain as top combatants arrived and the holy monk recognized it.

The Half-Step True Immortals mistook Chen Zheng for a lower-realm cultivator and expected the Nether Phoenix to kill him. Instead, the Nether Phoenix transformed into a woman and knelt before him, greeting him as her master.

• Mo Li welcomed her master as the Nether Phoenix sealed West Phoenix Mountain behind a barrier.
• Several Half-Step True Immortals recognized Chen Zheng as a cultivator from Earth who had obtained a Loose Immortal's inheritance and threatened him.
• The Nether Phoenix fixed its gaze on Chen Zheng, while the holy monk offered to burn through his magical power to send Chen Zheng and the little novice away.
• Chen Zheng stopped the holy monk from using his secret art as the Nether Phoenix swooped down to attack.
• The Nether Phoenix transformed into a beautiful woman, landed before Chen Zheng, and knelt to greet him as her master.

The Nether Phoenix knelt before Chen Zheng and called him Master, revealing that she served him rather than intending to attack him. Chen Zheng ordered her to kill the seven great upper sects’ cultivators, then crushed Yao Ding to death himself.

• The Nether Phoenix bowed to Chen Zheng, and Mo Li and the other cultivators realized he was her master.
• Bai Hua, Long Qi, and cultivators from outside the seven great upper sects begged Chen Zheng for mercy, while Ancestor Changge killed one pleading elder.
• Chen Zheng ordered the Nether Phoenix to kill everyone from the seven great upper sects except Yao Ding.
• The Nether Phoenix stripped the lives of the sects’ cultivators and then killed four of the five half-step True Immortals who attacked Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng lifted Yao Ding into the air and crushed him to death.

Chen Zheng and the Nether Phoenix dealt with the survivors at West Phoenix Mountain, then the Nether Phoenix left the Spirit Realm to restore its strength. Chen Zheng noticed the sleeping little monk and revealed that the child had an extraordinary background.

• The Nether Phoenix killed the young demon cultivator and the Dao Manor scholar after their attempts to escape failed, then erased the other sect cultivators’ memories.
• Chen Zheng told the Nether Phoenix not to harvest the Spirit Realm and directed it to find a demonic or evil Middle Thousand World instead.
• The Nether Phoenix asked about its elder sister, learned she was safe, and departed with Mo Li by tearing through the Thundercloud Heavenly Sea.
• Little Bone teased Chen Zheng about riding a phoenix, and Chen Zheng denied having improper thoughts about the Nether Phoenix.
• Chen Zheng looked at the sleeping little monk and told Little Bone that the child had an extraordinary background.

Princess Zhengyue began absorbing Ancestral Dragon true blood, while Chen Zheng revealed that the sleeping little monk had once been Ancient Buddha Randeng. Randeng briefly awakened and warned that the Black Lotus had appeared on Spirit Mountain before vanishing again.

• The Dragon Sovereign sensed Princess Zhengyue’s Ancestral Dragon Bloodline awakening and learned from Little Bone that she would absorb a drop of Ancestral Dragon true blood.
• The Dragon Sovereign recalled recognizing Senior Vicious One and tearing up the Penglai Sword Palace’s decree that had branded him a Loose Immortal’s successor.
• Chen Zheng said he had met the sleeping little monk at Pure Land Spirit Mountain and explained that the monk might not awaken in this lifetime.
• Chen Zheng pointed at the little monk, causing a Buddha phantom to emerge and identify himself as Randeng, who recognized Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher.
• Randeng said the Black Lotus had appeared on Spirit Mountain, then vanished back into the little monk; Chen Zheng identified it as the World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Chen Zheng and his companions examined an ancient dragon artifact beneath Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain, where its flag spirit recognized Chen Zheng as the Vicious One Ancestor. The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag tried to flee but ended up in Chen Zheng’s hand, terrified that he would destroy it like the other seven battle flags.

• Princess Zhengyue’s blood energy reached the half-step true immortal level, and the Dragon Sovereign told Chen Zheng about an ancient artifact sealed at Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain.
• Chen Zheng followed the Dragon Sovereign underground with Little Bone and the holy monk to inspect the artifact, which released mystic light that forced the Dragon Sovereign and the holy monk to their knees.
• The little flag transformed into the Dragon Desolation Battle Flag and declared that it awaited the dragon race’s future supreme ruler.
• The flag spirit noticed Little Bone’s fused bloodlines and compared her to the Xiongzhao Beast, while Little Bone credited Chen Zheng with her transformation.
• Chen Zheng revealed that he had visited Dragon Desolation, created the Blood Fusion Secret Art, and given his old blood armor to Xiongzhao, causing the flag spirit to recognize him as the Vicious One Ancestor.
• The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag tried to escape, but Chen Zheng caught it, and the flag spirit begged for mercy because Chen Zheng had torn apart the other seven battle flags.

Chen Zheng learned that Princess Zhengyue had awakened the Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and left Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain after sensing someone tampering with an ancient jade in the Heavenly Xuan Imperial Dynasty. There, Meng Xinghe tried to take the jade from Princess Xianyin, but an unseen force struck him as Chen Zheng appeared at the palace entrance.

• The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag explained that Chen Zheng had torn apart its seven brothers and said it had come to the Spirit Realm seeking the dragon race’s future supreme ruler.
• The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag recognized Princess Zhengyue’s awakened Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and chose her as its master.
• Chen Zheng sensed someone tampering with the ancient jade and departed for the Heavenly Xuan Imperial Dynasty with Little Bone.
• Meng Xinghe and a burly man pressured Prince Yinglong to surrender Princess Xianyin’s ancient jade, while the Heavenly Xuan Emperor supported them.
• Meng Xinghe used his power to force Prince Yinglong to his knees and seized the ancient jade, but an unseen blow sent him crashing into a wall.
• The man in beast-hide battle attire looked toward the palace entrance, where Chen Zheng had appeared.

Chen Zheng entered the Heavenly Xuan Imperial Palace and killed Meng Xinghe after recovering the ancient jade for Princess Xianyin. When the Barbarian Venerable arrived to avenge Meng Xinghe, the Dragon Desolation Battle Flag recognized Chen Zheng as the Vicious One Ancestor, and the Barbarian Venerable dropped to his knees.

• Chen Zheng returned Princess Xianyin's ancient jade and kicked Meng Xinghe through the palace dome when he attacked.
• Chen Zheng glanced at Meng Xinghe, turning him to ash, and explained that the ancient jade could awaken Princess Xianyin's special bloodline.
• Batian summoned the Barbarian Venerable's avatar, who sealed the palace and threatened Chen Zheng.
• The Heavenly Xuan Emperor revealed that Prince Yinglong and Princess Xianyin were the children of his rebel younger brother and declared that they should die.
• The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag emerged from Chen Zheng's brow and identified him as the Vicious One Ancestor.
• The Barbarian Venerable recognized the flag and Chen Zheng, then knelt and paid them his respects.

The little flag drove off the Barbarian Venerable and killed the Heavenly Xuan Emperor’s warrior before Chen Zheng awakened Princess Xianyin’s bloodline. Revealed as a member of the Empress Wa Clan, Xianyin left the Spirit Realm with attendants from Empress Wa Palace while Prince Yinglong and Chen Zheng watched her go.

• The Barbarian Venerable recognized Chen Zheng and fled, and the little flag shattered the warrior who tried to escape the palace.
• Chen Zheng told Prince Yinglong that Xianyin was about to awaken and asked whether he wanted her awakened despite her need to leave the Spirit Realm.
• Chen Zheng awakened Xianyin, whose transformation revealed a human head and snake body and the bloodline of the Empress Wa Clan.
• A star raft arrived from Empress Wa Palace, and its attendants took Xianyin away with Prince Yinglong’s consent.
• Chen Zheng explained that Xianyin was a clanswoman of Nüwa, and Prince Yinglong realized that Nüwa was one of Chen Zheng’s old acquaintances.

Chen Zheng helped Meng Yinglong kill the Heavenly Xuan Emperor and awaken his Yinglong bloodline, leaving him to rule the dynasty. As Chen Zheng traveled south toward Immortal-Slaying Valley, he sensed familiar demonic qi and heard the Dragon Desolation Battle Flag warn about the dangerous ambitions of the little girl inside the lotus seed.

• Prince Yinglong killed the Heavenly Xuan Emperor after the emperor threatened him, then thanked Chen Zheng for saving him.
• Chen Zheng awakened Meng Yinglong’s Yinglong bloodline, raising his power to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and the imperial experts accepted him as their Dragon Emperor.
• Chen Zheng and the Dragon Desolation Battle Flag departed, while Prince Yinglong resolved to cultivate until he could reach Supreme Heaven and see Sister Xianyin.
• Aboard the invisible Star Raft, Chen Zheng sensed familiar demonic qi near the border of the Heavenly Xuan Imperial Dynasty and the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty, toward Immortal-Slaying Valley.
• The Dragon Desolation Battle Flag recalled that the Heavenly Dragon Emperor had admired Chen Zheng and worried that the little girl in Chen Zheng’s lotus seed might destroy the world and swallow creation.

Chen Zheng entered Immortal-Slaying Valley and was transported onto the Immortal Martial Chessboard, where the immortal spirit tested him. He destroyed the chessboard and every battle spirit with one stomp, leaving the immortal spirit and the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Chen Zheng offered the Dragon Desolation Battle Flag a chance to become a supreme treasure through the power of Creation, and it entered his primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng arrived at Immortal-Slaying Valley, where Little Bone killed Azure Light Demon with a stream of true fire.
• Inside the valley, the immortal spirit announced that whoever solved its Immortal Martial Chess Game could claim Battle Venerable's inheritance and treasure hoard.
• Little Bone recognized Long Qi from West Phoenix Mountain, and Long Qi secretly warned his companion not to provoke Chen Zheng.
• The immortal spirit transported Chen Zheng onto the chessboard and began the test by sending its battle spirits to attack him.
• Chen Zheng crushed all the battle spirits and shattered the chessboard with one stomp, shocking the immortal spirit and the cultivators.

Chen Zheng rejected Bai Chuang's inheritance after exposing the Golden Immortal War Venerable's plan to possess him. Bai Chuang summoned an old ally, a terrifying nine-headed skeletal monster, leaving the cultivators facing a new threat.

• The immortal spirit boy offered Chen Zheng the Nirvana Pill but initially denied him Bai Chuang's inheritance for destroying the Immortal Martial Chessboard.
• Bai Chuang appeared, revealed himself as a remnant soul, and tried to pass his ancient body-refining art to Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng shattered the inheritance light and called Bai Chuang's inheritance too low-grade, then accused him of seeking possession.
• Bai Chuang admitted he wanted Chen Zheng's body and summoned an old friend by crushing a piece of immortal jade.
• A vicious aura revealed a huge, mostly skeletal monster with nine heads growing from a single snake body, and one cultivator fainted at the sight.