Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng rejected the Tenth Prince’s attempt to claim a rare treasure, and the Daoist attacked him with the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, only for Chen Zheng to shatter it with his hand. When the Tenth Prince threatened Chen Zheng’s companions, Chen Zheng sent out a netherworld sword that wounded him and drove him from the realm.

• The rare treasure avoided the Tenth Prince, and Chen Zheng said the Quasi-Sage could not subdue it.
• The Tenth Prince summoned the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife and attacked Chen Zheng, who shattered it with his bare hand.
• The Tenth Prince threatened Chen Zheng and Little Bone, prompting Chen Zheng to summon a netherworld sword.
• The Tenth Prince transformed into a Golden Crow and fled after the netherworld sword wounded him, leaving Quasi-Sage blood behind.

Chen Zheng drove off a Golden Crow Quasi-Sage with the netherworld sword phantom, then bonded with the Heavenly Crystal Sacred Seed and met the woman inside it. She revealed that a cricket-headed monster had chased her through the River of Time, leaving Chen Zheng and his companions wondering who the monster was.

• Chen Zheng's netherworld sword phantom frightened away the Golden Crow Quasi-Sage after injuring him and drinking his blood.
• Chen Zheng identified the crystalline treasure as a Heavenly Crystal and let its particles spread over his body, temporarily making him invisible and intangible to his companions.
• The woman inside the Heavenly Crystal asked whether Chen Zheng would revive her, and he agreed to help because he wanted to meet a living member of the Heavenly Clan.
• The woman explained that she had entered the River of Time to seek her race's origins, then escaped a monster by turning into a Heavenly Crystal Sacred Seed.
• After she described the monster as a human-bodied creature with a cricket's head, Little Bone and the others suspected Old Man Hongjun, but she said it was not Patriarch Hongjun.

Chen Zheng served Meng Xi Longing soup, which awakened memories of her past life as the ancient sun goddess Xihe. Xihe recognized Chen Zheng and bowed to him, while the others learned that she had once been his first cooking student.

• Chen Zheng explained that Longing soup could awaken memories of past lives, and Meng Xi drank several spoonfuls.
• Meng Xi's aura surged, and a phantom of a regal woman appeared behind her as the Demon God Palace shook.
• Guiche recognized the woman and bowed, addressing her as Your Majesty.
• The woman identified herself as Xihe and paid her respects to Chen Zheng.
• Xihe recalled that the Primordial Wilderness had shattered and the witch and demon races had become history.
• Chen Zheng said Xihe had been the first person to learn cooking from him, and Little Bone suspected their relationship had been more than that.

After Xihe departed Meng Xi, Chen Zheng revealed Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s remnant soul to Guiche, while Meng Xi chose to live as herself. The Doro Demon Realm then faced an invasion by the Steel Balrog Legion, whose Demon God of Gold defeated Guiche as the legion advanced on Demon God Mountain.

• Xihe left Meng Xi’s body, and Meng Xi departed with the True Immortal Pavilion for Zhoutian City, saying she would live as Meng Xi in this life.
• Chen Zheng brought forth Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s remnant soul and left Guiche to speak with him.
• Little Bone watched Chen Zheng sit quietly beside the sleeping Ya’er, then spent the night wondering about their relationship.
• A demon envoy reported that the Great Abyss’s Steel Balrog Legion had gathered in the far north under the Demon God of Gold.
• Guiche challenged the Demon God of Gold, lost, and returned to Chen Zheng, who reassured him that his strength had not yet recovered.
• The Steel Balrog Legion advanced to within ten li of Demon God Mountain.

The Demon God of Gold attacked Demon God Mountain, imprisoned Realm Lord Moluo, and tried to kill Husky while seeking Abyssless and Feiya. Chen Zheng saved Husky and challenged the Demon God of Gold, but the confrontation shifted when several demon gods arrived and one recognized Ya’er as Feiya.

• The Demon God of Gold led tens of thousands of Steel Balrogs to Demon God Mountain and used his power to shake the mountain and threaten the palace.
• The Demon God of Gold imprisoned Realm Lord Moluo with the God-Sealing Cage and told Husky that Abyssless was a supreme treasure he hoped to find.
• The Demon God of Gold called for Feiya and attacked Husky, but Chen Zheng appeared and blocked the golden sword strike.
• The Steel Balrogs’ giant phantom attacked the palace, and the Demon God of Gold destroyed it and freed Moluo, confusing his own legion.
• Several demon gods arrived, and a young demon god in black robes recognized Ya’er as Feiya and said he had changed his mind about killing her.

The Demon God of Gold obeyed Chen Zheng and attacked Fan despite the danger of defying the Holy Blood Family. After Fan survived as a soul flame and threatened revenge, the Demon God of Gold called Chen Zheng the Great Demon Lord above the Ten Pillars and asked him for protection.

• Fan offered to help Ya'er and drive away the Demon God of Gold in exchange for payment, but Little Bone cursed him.
• Fan, Old Demon Fatis, and the Demon God of Wind mocked Chen Zheng, while the Demon God of Gold bowed to him and asked forgiveness.
• Chen Zheng ordered the Demon God of Gold to kill Fan, and the Demon God of Gold obeyed, destroying Fan's body with the Law of Metal.
• Fan's soul flame survived and threatened Chen Zheng and the Demon God of Gold, while Old Demon Fatis and the Demon God of Wind warned against another attack.
• The Demon God of Gold asked Chen Zheng to shelter him if he killed Fan completely and called him the Great Demon Lord above the Ten Pillars, startling Old Demon Fatis and the Demon God of Wind.

The Demon God of Gold killed Fan after Chen Zheng promised to protect him, then knelt before Chen Zheng and called him a Great Demon Lord Above the Ten Pillars. When Heaven-Burning's projection arrived, he bowed to Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen, confirming his status and leaving Fatis and the Demon God of Wind trying to flee.

• Fan dismissed the Demon God of Gold's claim that Chen Zheng was Above the Ten Pillars, but Chen Zheng told the Demon God of Gold he would protect him.
• The Demon God of Gold crushed Fan's soul fire, killing him, then knelt before Chen Zheng and begged for protection.
• Fatis and the Demon God of Wind warned that the Holy Blood Family would avenge Fan as figures began descending, but the figures retreated when Heaven-Burning's projection arrived.
• Heaven-Burning's projection bowed to Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen, shocking everyone and confirming Chen Zheng's status.
• Fatis and the Demon God of Wind fled toward the entrance to the Great Abyss, but Heaven-Burning's projection raised a hand and extinguished both streaks of black light.

Burning Heaven met Chen Zheng aboard the Star Raft to discuss the reopened Land of the Primordial Ancestor and the fate of his niece Feiya. Chen Zheng warned Burning Heaven not to enter the dangerous place and declared that Feiya would remain only Feiya, regardless of whether she was an incarnation of the Spirit of Creation.

• Burning Heaven’s projection appeared in the Doro Demon Realm despite the pact, then joined Chen Zheng aboard the Star Raft for a private conversation.
• Burning Heaven recalled that seeing Chen Zheng condense thirteen Origin Demon Pillars had helped him, Bai Mei, and Moxius become Ten-Pillar Demon Gods, and he described Moxius’s pursuit of an eleventh pillar.
• Burning Heaven told Chen Zheng that the Land of the Primordial Ancestor had opened again, and Chen Zheng warned him that he likely would not return if he entered.
• Burning Heaven explained that Feiya’s birth had brought holy signs and that a prophecy had called her a calamity, then wondered whether she was a form of the Spirit of Creation.
• Chen Zheng said he wanted Feiya to be only Feiya and that no one, not even the Spirit of Creation, could impose another identity on her.

Chen Zheng used the cube to subdue the demonic artifact Abyssless and collect the Doro Demon Realm into a miniature world in his palm. He revealed that Abyssless was a pen that used Blood of the Demon God as ink, then had the cube dismantle and absorb it.

• Guiche warned that the Doro Demon Realm would be vulnerable to invasion after Moluo left, and Chen Zheng said he would take in the realm once he found what he sought.
• Chen Zheng used the cube to unleash seven-colored light across the Doro Demon Realm, provoking Abyssless into attacking as a vast flood.
• Chen Zheng shattered the flood and collected the entire realm into a miniature world, while the cube caught the fleeing Abyssless.
• Chen Zheng identified Abyssless as evidence of a spirit of creation in the Great Abyss and explained that it was a pen using Blood of the Demon God as ink.
• The cube dismantled Abyssless and absorbed it.

Chen Zheng sent Ya'er, Liya, and the miniaturized Doro Demon Realm into the Dao Diagram, then traveled with Little Bone to Zhoutian City. There, a young man stood unharmed after Young Master Zhou’s dragon beast crashed into him and burst apart.

• Chen Zheng told Guiche he would intervene if the ancient Demon Clan and Wu Clan fought again, and Guiche departed to investigate in a Great Thousand World.
• Chen Zheng explained the Cosmic Cantilever, the Great Universe, and its Universe Emperor before deciding to go to Zhoutian City with Little Bone.
• A maid informed the Heavenly Dao Palace’s Palace Master that the Divine Consort requested an audience, and the Palace Master allowed her to enter.
• Chen Zheng and Little Bone arrived in Zhoutian City, where cultivators cleared Changkong Street for Young Master Zhou and Qin Yanzhi to race their spirit pets.
• Young Master Zhou’s dragon beast charged at a young man who would not move, but the collision sent Young Master Zhou flying and burst the beast apart.

Chen Zheng defeated Young Master Zhou’s dragon beast and was taken by Qin Yanzhi to the Ice and Snow Divine Palace in Zhoutian City. Qin Yanzhi used her precious divine token to let Chen Zheng stay for one night, then ordered him to come to her room.

• Chen Zheng stood unharmed after Young Master Zhou’s dragon beast charged him, and the impact sent Young Master Zhou and the beast flying.
• Qin Yanzhi offered to take Chen Zheng to the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, then forced Young Master Zhou to his knees when he threatened her.
• Chen Zheng agreed to go with Qin Yanzhi, and she seated him in front of her on the bird beast before flying toward the city’s upper levels.
• Young Master Zhou cursed Chen Zheng and Qin Yanzhi as they departed, while his servants helped him up.
• At the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, an old woman objected to Qin Yanzhi bringing Chen Zheng inside, but Qin Yanzhi used her divine token to secure him one night’s stay.
• Qin Yanzhi told Chen Zheng to come to her room, and Little Bone followed him on his shoulder.

Qin Yanzhi told Chen Zheng that a Han Clan Sub-Sage had crippled her Ice Spirit Divine Physique and that she needed an immortal-grade snow lotus to restore it. At the True Immortal Pavilion auction, Chen Zheng claimed the lotus, and the Pavilion announced it would give it to him.

• Qin Yanzhi asked Chen Zheng to teach her body cultivation secrets so she could take revenge on the Han Clan Sub-Sage who had crippled her divine physique.
• Chen Zheng said Qin Yanzhi's physique could be restored by unblocking her meridians, and she misunderstood him and threw him and Little Bone out of her boudoir.
• At the auction, Zhou Xiaotian bid for the snow lotus and demanded that Qin Yanzhi hand over Chen Zheng and kiss him, while Young Master Nine Spirits offered the lotus in exchange for her becoming his Dao companion.
• Chen Zheng declared that he would take the snow lotus, and the True Immortal Pavilion announced it would give the item to Young Master Chen.

At the True Immortal Pavilion auction, Zhou Xiaotian challenged Chen Zheng to a fight to the death, and Chen Zheng accepted. In the Life and Death Arena, Zhou Xiaotian revealed a powerful hound sealed inside his primordial spirit, while Qu Shang recognized something about Chen Zheng’s upper garment.

• Qu Shang called Chen Zheng Young Master and gifted him the immortal-grade snow lotus, while Zhou Xiaotian challenged him to the Life and Death Arena.
• Chen Zheng accepted Zhou Xiaotian’s challenge despite Chu Shuangshuang and Qin Yanzhi warning him about the danger.
• Qin Yanzhi swallowed the snow lotus, found it could not awaken her Ice Spirit Divine Physique, and learned that Chen Zheng’s proposed unblocking meant a meridian massage.
• After the auction, Chen Zheng and Zhou Xiaotian entered the Life and Death Arena as the gathered cultivators watched.
• Zhou Xiaotian summoned the beast sealed in his primordial spirit, revealing a gigantic, ferocious hound whose aura reached at least the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Qu Shang hurried to the arena and cried out when she saw Chen Zheng’s upper garment.

Zhou Xiaotian summoned the legendary Heavenly Hound to kill Chen Zheng, but the hound recognized Chen Zheng and died in terror. Zhou Xiaotian also died, and Chen Zheng left the arena with Qin Yanzhi as the watching cultivators stared in shock.

• Zhou Xiaotian awakened the Heavenly Hound inside him and ordered it to devour Chen Zheng.
• Heavenly Hound ignored Zhou Xiaotian's first commands and then roared at Chen Zheng, shaking the arena.
• Chen Zheng glanced at Heavenly Hound, causing its enormous phantom to shrink into a frightened little white-furred dog.
• Zhou Xiaotian recognized Chen Zheng from Heavenly Hound's memories and screamed that the scene was an illusion.
• Heavenly Hound collapsed and vanished, and Zhou Xiaotian fell dead after it.
• Chen Zheng called Qin Yanzhi to leave, while the cultivators opened a path and watched in stunned silence.

Chen Zheng offered to restore Qin Yanzhi’s crippled Ice Spirit Divine Physique with his unblocking technique, after the Immortal Martial Hall’s Young Master Zhou died and Qu Shang showed Chen Zheng great respect. Qin Yanzhi agreed to the treatment, and Chen Zheng began rebuilding her bones, causing her to feel as though her entire skeleton had shattered.

• Young Master Nine Spirits warned the Immortal Martial Hall that Chen Zheng would be difficult for even a True Immortal to defeat, while the cultivators expected the Hall to seek revenge.
• At the Ice and Snow Divine Palace residence, Du told Qin Yanzhi that Elder Su Mengxue would respond within half a month and ordered Chen Zheng to leave after his permitted stay.
• Qu Shang visited and bowed to Chen Zheng as a junior, astonishing the residents; Du then left after warning Qin Yanzhi to wait for Elder Su Mengxue before leaving the sect.
• Chen Zheng told Qin Yanzhi he could restore her Ice Spirit Divine Physique, and she took him into her bedchamber for the treatment.
• Chen Zheng warned Qin Yanzhi that rebuilding her bones might hurt, then placed his hand on her back, making her feel as though every bone in her body had shattered.

Chen Zheng reforged Qin Yanzhi’s bones and restored her Ice Spirit Divine Physique, stunning the Ice and Snow Divine Palace and the cultivators of Zhoutian City. Qin Yanzhi recovered and questioned Chen Zheng’s identity, while the Immortal Martial Hall plotted to attack them in an upcoming ancient secret realm.

• Chen Zheng explained that he was making new bones for Qin Yanzhi, and she endured the painful reconstruction as her Ice Spirit Divine Physique awakened.
• Old Woman Du accused Qin Yanzhi and Chen Zheng of disgracing the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, but Qin Yanzhi’s surging frost power crushed Old Woman Du’s attack and froze the upper three levels of Zhoutian City.
• Cultivators recognized the Ice Spirit Divine Physique’s power, while men from the Immortal Martial Hall plotted to target Qin Yanzhi and Chen Zheng in an ancient secret realm.
• Little Bone celebrated Qin Yanzhi’s recovery, and Old Woman Du insisted that Holy Maiden Yun Ji would keep her position.
• Qin Yanzhi put on her clothes, thanked Chen Zheng by offering to let him look at her again, and then asked who he really was.

Chen Zheng disrupted Young Master An’s attempt to claim the inheritance at the No-Thought Stele and faced an attack by the Shadow Sect and the Heavenly Gate. His savage aura killed the attackers, leaving their corpses scattered before the stele.

• Old Woman Du warned Chen Zheng about the Immortal Martial Hall and the Shadow Sect, but Chen Zheng left the Ice and Snow Divine Palace’s residence with Little Bone.
• Chen Zheng noticed mystic light near the No-Thought Stele and went to Daoist Wunian’s grave, where Young Master An was attempting to comprehend its secret art.
• Chen Zheng interrupted Young Master An’s enlightenment with a casual point, shattering the Heaven-Seizing Divine Talisman.
• Young Master An ordered the Heavenly Gate’s old men to kill Chen Zheng, while more than a dozen Shadow Sect assassins attacked him.
• Chen Zheng released a savage aura that shattered the assassins and reduced Young Master An and the Heavenly Gate’s old men to skeletons.

Chen Zheng killed another wave of Shadow Sect assassins, while mystic light sealed Daoist Wunian’s grave from the watching cultivators. Inside, Chen Zheng met Wunian’s remnant soul and sent him to reincarnate, giving him another chance to pursue the divine path.

• More than a dozen Shadow Sect assassins attacked Chen Zheng, and he killed them in a single clash.
• Mystic light from the No-Thought Stele sealed off Daoist Wunian’s grave as Qin Yanzhi, Heavenly Gate figures, and other city leaders arrived.
• Fairy Bilian tried to break through the mystic light after learning Chen Zheng had killed An Tu, but the backlash injured her.
• Qin Yanzhi called Chen Zheng one of her own, while Qu Shang reminded the others that he was an honored guest of the True Immortal Pavilion.
• Inside the sealed area, Daoist Wunian’s remnant soul told Chen Zheng how he had died fighting an evil cultivator from the Futu Sect.
• Chen Zheng used the Reincarnation Eye to send Daoist Wunian’s remnant soul into reincarnation.

Chen Zheng killed Fairy Bilian inside the Mystic Light Formation after Little Bone teleported her there, while the cultivators outside mistakenly blamed Daoist Wunian’s remnant soul. He then left the tomb after hearing crying, leaving the onlookers stunned by the deaths of Heavenly Gate and Shadow Sect members.

• After Chen Zheng sent Daoist Wunian’s remnant soul to reincarnate, the Mystic Light Formation weakened, and Fairy Bilian vanished inside it when she rushed toward the tomb.
• Little Bone revealed that it had secretly teleported Fairy Bilian into the formation, where she mistook Chen Zheng for Daoist Wunian and tried to charm him.
• Chen Zheng grabbed Fairy Bilian, crushed her body, and destroyed her escaping primordial spirit with a blood-colored divine spear.
• Chen Zheng dispelled the formation, exposing Fairy Bilian, Young Master An, the Shadow Sect assassins, and other Heavenly Gate cultivators dead before the tomb.
• Li Xuantang accused Daoist Wunian of killing Fairy Bilian, while the cultivators remained unsure whether Wunian or Chen Zheng had killed everyone.
• Chen Zheng said he heard crying and left for the middle levels of Zhoutian City, leaving the onlookers wondering whether he had already provoked three major powers.

Chen Zheng entered the courtyard where Wunian's descendants lived and killed the Cloud-Nine Sect disciples who were abusing them. He recognized the little girl in red as possessing the Wanfa Immortal Physique and began awakening her power.

• Young Master Nine Spirits urged Li Xuantang to target Chen Zheng in an upcoming secret realm, while cultivators discussed the coming upheaval in Zhoutian City.
• Qin Yanzhi brought Chen Zheng to the dilapidated courtyard where Daoist Wunian's descendants lived.
• Chen Zheng found Cloud-Nine Sect disciples beating an old man and threatening a little girl, then turned the disciples to ash with a glance.
• Chen Zheng told the old man that he was Daoist Wunian's teacher and invited the frightened little girl to approach him.
• Chen Zheng identified the girl as having the Wanfa Immortal Physique and touched her forehead, causing five-colored immortal light to shoot skyward.