Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Yellow Springs Ancient Realm, Chen Zheng returned to Zhoutian City and heard about several forces and figures taking an interest in him. As Su Youyou relayed warnings of an impending upheaval, the River of Time appeared above the city.

• Diao Chan left the Yellow Springs Ancient Realm, and Chen Zheng sent Wanjie to establish a cultivation ground in Tribulation Valley in Great Dark Heaven.
• Chen Zheng returned to Zhoutian City, where Qu Shang reported that the Heavenly Gate, the Immortal Martial Hall, and Su Zongheng's sect had taken an interest in the city.
• Su Youyou visited Chen Zheng and reported that the Demon Empress wanted to investigate Qianqian's Wanfa Immortal Physique, White Tiger had warned of an upheaval, and the Pantheon in the Western Great World had cracked again.
• Chen Zheng said Zhoutian City's upheaval had already begun, and the River of Time surged into view above the city.

Three hundred and sixty-six Profound Immortals arrived in Zhoutian City and summoned the Fusang Divine Tree, then identified Meng Xi as the reincarnation of Xihe. When she denied it, their Golden Crow leader transformed and swooped down to seize her.

• Thousands of cultivators gathered in Zhoutian City as the River of Time surged above it, while Su Zongheng predicted the city would soon be sealed off.
• Three hundred and sixty-six Profound Immortals appeared beneath the River of Time, startling Chen Zheng and the other cultivators.
• The Golden Crow leader used an ancient token to summon the Fusang Divine Tree from the River of Time.
• The Golden Crow leader aimed the token’s light at Meng Xi and declared her to be Lady Xihe, drawing every cultivator’s attention to the True Immortal Pavilion.
• Meng Xi insisted she was herself, not Xihe, but the Golden Crow leader said the Ancient Time Token could not be wrong and transformed to seize her by force.

Chen Zheng faced a Golden Crow and 365 Profound Immortals who moved to seal Zhoutian City with a powerful star formation. The Star Dipper Grand Formation took shape, trapping the city as the Golden Crow threatened Chen Zheng with death if he interfered.

• Little Bone devoured the Golden Crow’s True Fire with her own, surprising the Golden Crow and the cultivators watching.
• The Golden Crow warned Chen Zheng to leave, but Chen Zheng extinguished the true fire on its right wing with a casual sweep of his hand.
• The Golden Crow summoned 365 Profound Immortals to set up a formation, while Chen Zheng challenged them to proceed.
• The 365 Profound Immortals raised Great Zhou Heaven Star Banners and used an ancient token to form the Star Dipper Grand Formation around Zhoutian City.
• The Golden Crow declared that the formation barred all but Quasi-Sages and Sage patriarchs from entering or leaving, and threatened Chen Zheng with death if he interfered.

The Golden Crow used the Star Dipper Grand Formation to attack Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng absorbed its starlight, and Qianqian quickly learned to summon the formation’s power. The Immortal Domain then revealed its plan to turn Zhoutian City into the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court and resurrect its ancient Heavenly Emperor, whose three-legged Golden Crow form appeared above the Ancient Time Token.

• The Golden Crow activated the Star Dipper Grand Formation and sent its power at Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng absorbed the starlight without moving.
• Qianqian copied the formation’s star power after watching it once, and the Immortal Domain’s Profound Immortals recognized her Wanfa Immortal Physique and demanded to take her.
• The Golden Crow announced that he and the Profound Immortals intended to resurrect an ancient Demon Clan figure and make Zhoutian City the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court.
• The Golden Crow commanded the Ancient Time Token to gather the Demon Clan Heavenly Emperor’s soul and body, causing the River of Time to surge and vanish.
• A red sun appeared above the Ancient Time Token, revealing a living three-legged Golden Crow within it.

The Immortal Domain cultivators resurrected Demon Emperor Dijun and began sacrificing Zhoutian City's cultivators to restore the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court. Chen Zheng called for Taiyi, whose golden soul appeared before Dijun just as the ancient emperor opened his eyes.

• Dijun appeared within the red sun, and the Profound Immortal Golden Crow and three hundred and sixty-five Profound Immortals bowed to him.
• The Profound Immortal Golden Crow identified Meng Xi as Xihe and declared that Zhoutian City's cultivators would be sacrificed to rebuild the Heavenly Court.
• Dijun's power transformed Zhoutian City, and the Star Dipper Grand Formation killed a Heavenly Immortal who tried to escape.
• Chen Zheng summoned Taiyi, and a golden soul phantom emerged from the True Immortal Pavilion and faced Dijun.
• Dijun opened his eyes and fixed his gaze on Taiyi's golden soul.

Dijun faced Eastern Emperor Taiyi and recognized Chen Zheng as his respected sir, then chose to reject the Immortal Domain’s demands. He burned the Profound Immortal Golden Crow and the three hundred and sixty-five Immortal Domain Profound Immortals, took the Great Zhou Heaven Star Banners, and left with the red sun.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s soul phantom emerged and met Dijun, who asked him to restore the Demon Clan’s glory.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi bowed to Chen Zheng, and Dijun recognized him as sir and asked why he was there.
• The Profound Immortal Golden Crow urged Dijun to sacrifice Zhoutian City’s cultivators and kill Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng told Dijun to decide for himself.
• Dijun bowed to Chen Zheng, then incinerated the Profound Immortal Golden Crow and the three hundred and sixty-five Immortal Domain Profound Immortals with True Solar Fire.
• Dijun took the three hundred and sixty-five Great Zhou Heaven Star Banners and departed into the void of spacetime with the red sun.

After Dijun fled and the Star Dipper Grand Formation collapsed, Chen Zheng took the ancient token and learned it had been made from defective Epoch Stone and used up its power to summon Dijun. He sent Su Youyou to investigate the Immortal Domain in the Heavenly Fortune Great World, while Qianqian left for Supreme Heaven to study the Heaven-Weaving Technique.

• The Star Dipper Grand Formation shattered, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi killed two Profound Immortals who tried to seize the ancient token before handing it to Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng explained that the token was made from defective Epoch Stone, and the Immortal Domain Supreme spoke through it before the token broke apart.
• Chen Zheng showed Su Youyou the Immortal Domain's distinctive power and sent her to investigate it in the Heavenly Fortune Great World; she kissed him on behalf of Demon Empress Yunluo before leaving.
• Su Zongheng led the Guigu Lineage back to the Black-Yellow Great World, then destroyed his junior brother after the young man vowed to surpass Chen Zheng.
• A day later, Chen Zheng comforted Qianqian as Qu Shang took her to Supreme Heaven to learn the Heaven-Weaving Technique from Jinxiu.

Chen Zheng and Little Bone arrived in Avici Hell, where a Spectral Holy Dragon tried to recruit them to escape through Purgatory Mountain. The dragon’s disbelief that the Nether Emperor had invited Chen Zheng vanished when Luo Yan appeared and paid his respects to Ancestor Chen.

• Before leaving Zhoutian City, Chen Zheng asked Meng Xi to cook for him, and the next day Meng Xi, Qu Shang, and Qianqian departed for Supreme Heaven.
• Chen Zheng and Little Bone left Zhoutian City for Avici Hell, where Chen Zheng explained that it was one region of the Ten Hells.
• A Spectral Holy Dragon approached them, revealed that he had once nearly become a Golden Immortal, and proposed joining forces to escape the Ten Hells.
• The Spectral Holy Dragon offered to take Chen Zheng to his lair and train him before they attempted to climb Purgatory Mountain’s hundred thousand blood steps.
• Luo Yan arrived and bowed to Chen Zheng, confirming that he had invited him to the Ten Hells.
• Luo Yan warned the Spectral Holy Dragon against disrespecting Chen Zheng, and the dragon shrank down and pleaded that he had meant no harm.

Chen Zheng returned to the Shadow Clan People’s ancestral grounds as Nether Emperor Luo Yan explained that the Heavenly Ghost Clan had plunged the Ten Hells into chaos and attacked the Little Holy Lord. When commander Wei You struck Luo Yan with a Ten Tribulations Ghost Artifact, Chen Zheng casually shattered its power, drawing the ghosts’ attention.

• Luo Yan bowed to Chen Zheng and said the Little Holy Lord had drawn several Quasi-Sages and a mysterious patriarch into the Blood Prison Sea of Bitterness.
• Luo Yan explained that the Heavenly Ghost Clan had gone mad, threatening every living being in the Ten Hells, and admitted the Shadow Clan People were weakened.
• Wei You led ten thousand ghosts to attack the Shadow Clan People’s ancestral grounds and lured Luo Yan out of the protective formation.
• Wei You revealed a Ten Tribulations Ghost Artifact and injured Luo Yan, but Chen Zheng shattered its sinister power and Little Bone teleported Luo Yan to safety.
• Wei You and the ten thousand ghosts turned their attention to Chen Zheng, wondering how someone at the void refinement stage could counter the artifact.

Chen Zheng took the Spirit-Shocking Bone from Wei You and demonstrated the Uninterrupted Slaughter Dao by killing the charging heavenly ghost army. The lone surviving old heavenly ghost asked whether Chen Zheng was Lord Blood Heavenly Venerable.

• Wei You dismissed the possibility that Chen Zheng was connected to the Little Holy Lord and threatened the Shadow Clan People's ancestral grounds with the Spirit-Shocking Bone.
• Chen Zheng rebuked Luo Yan for being impulsive, while the old heavenly ghost suspected Chen Zheng was connected to the previous Nether Emperor, Luo Tian.
• Chen Zheng effortlessly seized the Spirit-Shocking Bone from Wei You and said he would demonstrate the Uninterrupted Slaughter Dao.
• Chen Zheng unleashed ten thousand phantom figures that slaughtered the ghosts, then killed Wei You with a single move.
• The heavenly ghost army vanished, leaving one old heavenly ghost, who asked Chen Zheng if he was Lord Blood Heavenly Venerable.

Chen Zheng revealed himself as the legendary Blood Heavenly Venerable and headed toward Heavenly Ghost Mountain, but Avici Hell’s yin rivers attacked him on the way. He traced the rivers to a formation controlled by Divine Talisman Clan members and found a captive female cultivator at its center.

• The old heavenly ghost recognized Chen Zheng as Blood Heavenly Venerable and killed himself after learning that the Little Holy Lord was likely Chen Zheng’s daughter.
• Chen Zheng told Luo Yan to send word if he found news of Nether Emperor Luo Tian, then left for Heavenly Ghost Mountain with Little Bone and the Spectral Holy Dragon.
• The Spectral Holy Dragon asked Chen Zheng why he had made Purgatory Mountain’s blood steps harder before spotting Avici Hell’s yin rivers rising from the sand.
• Chen Zheng shattered the rivers’ attacks and used a crystal cube to reveal the formation and its cultivators beneath the sand.
• Chen Zheng identified the formation’s cultivators as members of the Divine Talisman Clan and teleported himself, Little Bone, and the Spectral Holy Dragon to them.

Chen Zheng rescued a Divine Talisman clanswoman from Gao Yang and the Supreme Hall cultivators in Avici Hell, then used Little Bone’s Spirit-Shocking Bone to destroy them. After Chen Zheng altered the woman’s face, Fu Qian realized she was not the Holy Maiden, and the group saw that she had become even more bewitchingly beautiful.

• Chen Zheng teleported into the cavern and used Blood Spirit Dragons to kill most of the cultivators and disable the surviving Heavenly Immortals.
• Chen Zheng freed the bound woman, and Fu Qian recognized her as the Divine Talisman Clan’s Holy Maiden.
• Gao Yang attacked Chen Zheng with an eighth-tier immortal artifact, but Chen Zheng stopped the golden sword with a glance.
• At Chen Zheng’s direction, Little Bone used the Spirit-Shocking Bone to shatter the Heavenly Immortals and kill Gao Yang.
• Chen Zheng swept a hand across the woman’s face, changing her appearance, and Fu Qian realized she was not the Holy Maiden.

Fu Shishi revealed that the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall were awakening the Hell Emperor through the Ten Hells' incarnations of will, and Chen Zheng said he had come to meet him. After Fu Shishi and Fu Qian left for the Divine Talisman Clan's ancestral land, Little Bone realized who Fu Shishi had been in her past life.

• Fu Shishi revealed her true appearance and told Chen Zheng that the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall sought to resurrect the Hell Emperor.
• Fu Shishi explained that Yin River, Avici Hell's incarnation of will, had already awakened, so the two forces had succeeded despite Chen Zheng killing their cultivators.
• Chen Zheng said he had come to the Ten Hells for its fierce, evil power and intended to meet the Hell Emperor.
• Fu Shishi and Fu Qian thanked Chen Zheng and departed through a guiding light to the Divine Talisman Clan's ancestral land.
• Little Bone wondered if Fu Shishi was Li Shishi's reincarnation, then realized who Fu Shishi had been in her past life.

Chen Zheng entered Heavenly Ghost Hell and effortlessly erased an army of heavenly ghosts before heading for Heavenly Ghost Mountain. There, he arrived as a Heavenly Ghost Guard attacked three servants loyal to the Little Holy Lord, and Little Bone killed the guard with true fire.

• The Spectral Holy Dragon warned Chen Zheng about Heavenly Ghost Hell and its dangerous heavenly ghosts, but Chen Zheng destroyed the attacking army with a snap of his fingers.
• Chen Zheng told the Spectral Holy Dragon that he lacked the domineering nature needed to learn the Thanos Supreme Art, and the dragon described his growing sense that they were old acquaintances.
• At Heavenly Ghost Mountain, a guard leader prepared to execute three evil ghosts who served the Little Holy Lord, after one declared that she would return and bring down her enemies.
• Chen Zheng arrived at the mountain gate and called the three evil ghosts acquaintances as the guard leader lashed at him.
• Little Bone spat true fire, reducing the guard leader to dust and smoke and burning the Soul-Lashing Whip to ashes.

Chen Zheng stormed up Heavenly Ghost Mountain, crushing its guards and commanders despite having only Void Refinement cultivation. At the summit, Heavenly Ghost Emperor Xiao Ao emerged, recognized Chen Zheng, and trembled as he addressed him as Ancestor Chen.

• The three evil ghosts told Chen Zheng that the Little Holy Lord had been forced into the Blood Prison Sea of Bitterness and might be dead or alive.
• Chen Zheng ascended Heavenly Ghost Mountain and crushed waves of Heavenly Ghost Guards with his growing ferocity.
• The commander Xue Chao attacked Chen Zheng with blood dragons, but Chen Zheng's ferocity tore him apart before his primordial spirit could escape.
• Chen Zheng reached the summit, where the remaining commanders called for Heavenly Ghost Emperor Xiao Ao to leave seclusion.
• Xiao Ao appeared, recognized Chen Zheng, and trembled as he called him Ancestor Chen.

Chen Zheng confronted Xiao Ao, the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, after Xiao Ao revealed his fear and intent to kill him. Chen Zheng unsealed tens of thousands of streams of baleful energy, which annihilated Xiao Ao and the Heavenly Ghosts before gathering into a colossal beast that shook the Ten Hells.

• Xiao Ao admitted that the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall had forced him to betray the girl, then unleashed his baleful energy and attacked Chen Zheng.
• Xiao Ao’s pressure split Heavenly Ghost Mountain and shattered Little Bone and the Spectral Holy Dragon, while Chen Zheng’s aura rose to match the Heavenly Emperor.
• Chen Zheng revealed transparent baleful-energy shackles and shattered them, releasing tens of thousands of terrifying streams of baleful energy.
• The baleful energy devoured Xiao Ao completely, leaving no trace of his body or primordial spirit.
• The Heavenly Ghost commanders and guards knelt, but the released energy tore apart every Heavenly Ghost at the summit except the three evil ghosts brought by the Spectral Holy Dragon.
• The streams of baleful energy converged into a colossal beast whose roar made the Ten Hells tremble.

Chen Zheng defeated the Heavenly Ghost Emperor but exhausted his True Essence, then drained Heavenly Ghost Hell to recover it. The little girl emerged from a lotus seed and urged him to devour the World Tree to break through.

• The cultivators of the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall mistook the savage aura for the Heavenly Ghost Emperor’s breakthrough until Quasi-Sage Mingdeng was blasted from the Sea of Bitterness, bleeding golden blood.
• Chen Zheng told the Spectral Holy Dragon that he had only exhausted his True Essence and asked him to help next, while the Spectral Holy Dragon panicked at the prospect of entering Blood Prison.
• Chen Zheng entered the Heavenly Ghost Emperor’s palace, and the essence power of Heavenly Ghost Hell surged into it as fissures split the hell apart.
• Chen Zheng emerged from the ruins with his True Essence restored, while the Spectral Holy Dragon and three evil ghosts cowered before him.
• The little girl appeared from a lotus seed and told Chen Zheng that devouring the World Tree would let him break through.

Chen Zheng crossed Nether Hell aboard the Star Raft, where a Corpse Clan divine son recognized him and withdrew in fear. He then arrived invisibly at the Blood Prison Sea of Bitterness, finding the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall assembled with powerful forces.

• Chen Zheng taught the three evil ghosts a secret art, then left Heavenly Ghost Hell with the Spectral Holy Dragon aboard the Star Raft.
• The Spectral Holy Dragon asked about Nether Hell, and Chen Zheng said a divine son of the Corpse Clan was buried there.
• A Corpse Clan divine son attacked the Star Raft, recognized Chen Zheng in his blood armor, and hastily retreated.
• The Star Raft reached the Blood Prison Sea of Bitterness unseen by the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall forces gathered there.
• The Spectral Holy Dragon marveled at the assembled experts and wondered how Chen Zheng would face them without his Uninterrupted Slaughter Dao or baleful qi.

Chen Zheng stepped onto the shore of the Sea of Bitterness and withstood attacks from a Profound Immortal and a Golden Immortal, astonishing the cultivators of the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall. He challenged someone within the sea, and a vast figure began rising at its far end as towering waves surged toward him.

• The Spectral Holy Dragon urged Chen Zheng to stay aboard the warship, but Chen Zheng went ashore while Little Bone confidently predicted his enemies would suffer.
• Qu Quan attacked Chen Zheng with immortal arts, including the seventh-tier Fan Immortal Seal, but Chen Zheng emerged unharmed and the seal shattered.
• Deacon Kong struck Chen Zheng with his Immortal-Slaying Finger, which fractured from the force of backlash before Kong withdrew in shock.
• Chen Zheng called out to someone in the Sea of Bitterness, prompting a cold female voice to answer that she wished she could kill him.
• A gigantic figure rose at the far end of the Sea of Bitterness, sending towering waves toward Chen Zheng on the shore.

A woman hidden in the Sea of Bitterness unleashed waves that destroyed the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall warships, while Chen Zheng remained unharmed. After she confronted Chen Zheng, Quasi-Sages and Ancestor Wanfa emerged, and the Little Holy Lord recognized Chen Zheng as her father and accused him of bringing a mistress to meet her.

• Dao Lord Qinglian failed to stop the first wave, and the warships retreated into the sky as Chen Zheng stood unharmed after it passed.
• The woman crossed the Sea of Bitterness to reach Chen Zheng, then destroyed the Shinto Alliance and Supreme Hall warships with nine waves, killing their Profound Immortals.
• Dao Lord Qinglian and the silver-armored Heavenly Emperor identified the woman as a high-stage or peak Quasi-Sage, while Deacon Kong escaped with his right arm destroyed.
• The woman shrank to ordinary size and confronted Chen Zheng as Quasi-Sage Mingdeng, Quasi-Sage Lige, Quasi-Sage Fangu, and Ancestor Wanfa emerged from the Sea of Bitterness.
• The Little Holy Lord saw Chen Zheng and angrily accused him of bringing one of his mistresses to meet her.