Chapter Summaries

The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit and her companions witnessed the blood rain that marked Sect Master Tongtian’s death, and Tongtian’s final remnant thought appeared before Chen Zheng before vanishing. Chen Zheng gave the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit Tongtian’s sword intent, leaving open the possibility of his return.

• The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit recognized the blood rain as a sign that a Sage had fallen and feared her master, Sect Master Tongtian, was dead.
• Chen Zheng told the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit that Tongtian could possibly be saved, while Creation warned that the one who killed him might be the Master of the Holy Corpse.
• Tongtian’s remnant thought arrived, bowed to Chen Zheng, and shattered without revealing why it had come.
• Chen Zheng gave the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit the strand of sword intent Tongtian had left behind and told her to study it, suggesting it might help bring her master back.

The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit killed the Thunder Dao Palace delegation after Chen Zheng ordered her to, then the Dao Ancestor appeared and revealed that Tongtian’s killer was an enemy beyond Heaven. The Dao Ancestor credited Chen Zheng with helping him master two epochs of creation and said he was now barely qualified to face the powerful enemies on a terrifying battlefield.

• Chen Zheng told the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit that Tongtian might not need rescuing, and the blood rain and sorrow over his fall stopped.
• Lei Yi arrived with Thunder Dao Palace disciples and demanded the divine radiance from the Holy Mother Spirit Palace.
• At Chen Zheng’s order, the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit killed Lei Yi and destroyed the warship and everyone aboard it.
• A furious face manifested from the Thunder Dao Palace ancestor, but an old man appeared and tore the face apart with immortal light.
• The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit recognized the old man as her master’s master, the Dao Ancestor, and mourned Tongtian’s fall.
• The Dao Ancestor told Chen Zheng that an enemy beyond Heaven had killed Tongtian and that he was barely ready to fight the powerful enemies on a terrifying battlefield.

Chen Zheng learned that Creation and Epoch Hegemons could resurrect fallen Sages, then traveled with Cangsheng to the Shen Family's Flame Emperor Mountain to find Shen Wulei. After a Shen Family young man attacked him, Chen Zheng effortlessly broke the force and forced the young man to his knees.

• A mysterious intruder entered the Pangu Holy Clan's ancestral grounds, and Liusu suspected he was a fallen Sage resembling Tongtian.
• Chen Zheng told the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit that she might hear rumors about her master within half a month, then explained to Cangsheng that powerful beings could resurrect fallen Sages.
• Chen Zheng and Cangsheng arrived at Flame Emperor Mountain, where guards refused to let them in and claimed Shen Wulei was presiding over a sacrificial ceremony.
• Chen Zheng called for Shen Wulei, and a young man in a robe patterned with herbs attacked him and ordered him to leave.
• Chen Zheng shattered the young man's attack and pulled him forward, forcing him to kneel.

Chen Zheng entered Flame Emperor Mountain to find Shen Wulei and learned that the Shen Family had imprisoned her for supposedly defying the Flame Emperor. He shattered the family’s defenses and confronted Shen Xu, leaving the Shen Family in turmoil.

• Shen Lingxi told Chen Zheng that Shen Wulei had been imprisoned and that Shen Xu, favored by the Flame Emperor, would become the Shen Family’s heir.
• Chen Zheng kicked Shen Lingxi away and entered Flame Emperor Mountain with Cangsheng.
• Chen Zheng crippled the Dao Lord Shen Zhan with a single collision and found Shen Wulei bound to the Shennong Sacrificial Altar.
• Chen Zheng challenged the Shen Family’s claim that the Flame Emperor had ordered Shen Wulei’s punishment, and Shen Xu identified himself as the chosen heir.
• Chen Zheng slapped Shen Xu and burst his body apart.

Chen Zheng confronted the Shen Family on Flame Emperor Mountain, striking down Shen Xu and resisting the patriarch before slapping the Flame Emperor who appeared. He revealed another figure identical to the Flame Emperor from Shen Wulei’s bamboo flute, leaving the Shen Family stunned by the two apparent Flame Emperors.

• Chen Zheng blasted apart Shen Xu’s body with a casual strike, leaving only his remnant soul.
• Ancestor Shen Guang unleashed patriarch pressure, but Chen Zheng dispersed it with the Heavenly Dao Giant Palm.
• Shen Xu urged the Shen Family patriarch to summon the Flame Emperor, who appeared and demanded that Chen Zheng kneel.
• Chen Zheng called the Flame Emperor a fake and slapped him across the face.
• Chen Zheng drew a bamboo flute from Shen Wulei and summoned a figure who looked exactly like the Flame Emperor.

Chen Zheng exposed the false Flame Emperor as a demon and earned the real Flame Emperor’s recognition as the Saintly Teacher. After Shen Guang and the Shen Family bowed to him, Chen Zheng took Shen Wulei and Cangsheng toward the rear of Flame Emperor Mountain, leaving the Flame Emperor to deal with the clan’s punishment.

• Chen Zheng explained that a demon could perfectly imitate the Flame Emperor, while Shen Xu insisted the first Flame Emperor was genuine and urged the Shen Family to seize Shen Wulei and her allies.
• Shen Guang freed Shen Wulei after doubting the accusations and recognizing that Chen Zheng’s summoned Flame Emperor better matched the clan’s records.
• Chen Zheng exposed the first Flame Emperor as a demon, and Shen Guang crushed it when it attacked.
• The real Flame Emperor bowed to Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher, prompting Shen Guang and the Shen Family disciples to apologize and bow as well.
• Shen Guang destroyed Shen Xu’s remnant soul after it raved about becoming the Son of the Heavens and a Holy Emperor.
• Chen Zheng took Shen Wulei and Cangsheng toward the rear of Flame Emperor Mountain, while the Flame Emperor ordered the Shen Family to punish themselves.

Ancestor Shen Guang ordered the Shen Family to undergo punishment for its wrongdoing while Chen Zheng examined the damaged Shennong Cauldron. Ancestor Yufang barged in boasting that only he could repair it, but Chen Zheng healed it in an instant, and the cauldron’s spirit bowed to him as its master.

• Ancestor Shen Guang sealed the Shen Family members’ powers and ordered three hundred strokes for everyone except women and children, beginning with himself.
• The Flame Emperor’s divine-sense avatar suddenly vanished, and Chen Zheng said the Shennong Cauldron’s damage came from within.
• Cangsheng summoned the Yinghuo Sword, and its appearance caused the cauldron’s cracks to heal somewhat.
• Ancestor Yufang forced his way into the hall, insulted Chen Zheng, and claimed he alone could repair the cauldron.
• Chen Zheng swept his hand over the Shennong Cauldron and healed every crack, after which its spirit, Nongfu Shanquan, emerged and paid respects to him as Master.

Chen Zheng restored the Shennong Cauldron, whose artifact spirit revealed that Chen Zheng had forged it and called him Master. He entered the Medicine Ruins with Cangsheng and Shen Wulei, where they found an immense realm filled with immortal herbs and spiritual treasures.

• Ancestor Yufang accused Chen Zheng of stealing the Shennong Cauldron, but its artifact spirit, Nongfu Shanquan, declared Chen Zheng its maker and master.
• Ancestor Shen Guang and the artifact spirit joined forces to blast Ancestor Yufang from Flame Emperor Mountain, though they could not kill him.
• Chen Zheng said he would kill Ancestor Yufang after advancing another step, then asked about the divine medicines in the Medicine Ruins.
• Nongfu Shanquan opened a gate to the Medicine Ruins, and Chen Zheng entered with Cangsheng and Shen Wulei.
• Cangsheng was amazed by the vast Medicine Ruins, which were filled with immortal herbs and spiritual treasures.

Chen Zheng entered the Medicine Ruins and seized the divine medicines on the Heavenly Fortune Sacred Mountain despite the Four Great Fiends' warnings. After swallowing them, he advanced to True Immortal and left the fiends dumbstruck by claiming the Heavenly Dao feared him.

• Chen Zheng brought Shen Wulei and Cangsheng to the Heavenly Fortune Sacred Mountain, where the Four Great Fiends warned them away from its divine medicines.
• Chen Zheng ignored the fiends' attack, reached the mountain, and summoned every divine medicine to himself.
• The Four Great Fiends attacked Chen Zheng together, but he sent them flying and began swallowing the medicines.
• Yu Eagle threatened Cangsheng to stop Chen Zheng, but the azure light around her blasted Yu Eagle away when he struck.
• Chen Zheng swallowed the remaining divine medicines and advanced from Half-Step True Immortal to True Immortal without a tribulation.
• Zhou Ao asked why Chen Zheng had not faced a True Immortal Tribulation, and Chen Zheng said the Heavenly Dao feared him, leaving the four fiends dumbstruck.

Chen Zheng left the Medicine Ruins and returned to Flame Emperor Mountain, where he confronted Ancestor Yufang. He shattered Yufang’s Supreme-Grade Dao Artifact and beheaded him with one sword strike, leaving the Shen Family disciples stunned.

• Zhou Ao, Hong Tiger, and Huang Dragon fled Heavenly Fortune Sacred Mountain with Yu Eagle after witnessing Chen Zheng’s strength.
• Chen Zheng returned to Flame Emperor Mountain with Shen Wulei and Cangsheng, where Ancestor Shen Guang and the Shennong Cauldron greeted him.
• Ancestor Yufang threatened Chen Zheng outside the mountain, but Chen Zheng stopped his attack without moving.
• Ancestor Yufang’s Heaven-Piercing Awl shattered when it struck Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng summoned a netherworld sword phantom and severed Ancestor Yufang’s head despite the Divine Emperor Bell protecting him.

Chen Zheng slew Ancestor Yufang with a single sword strike, then announced his plan to destroy the Chu Family and revealed that he already possessed half of Military Strategy. After learning the War Master's Tomb had stirred and that the Chu Clan's Immortal Ascension Banquet was nine days away, he set out with Shen Wulei and the two women for the tomb.

• Chen Zheng killed Ancestor Yufang, and the Shen Family disciples and Ancestor Shen Guang were shocked by a true immortal's ability to slay a patriarch.
• Chen Zheng gave the ruined Divine Emperor Bell to Ancestor Shen Guang and explained that he planned to wipe out the Chu Family over its attempt to capture the Cloud Realm's Food God.
• A powerful aura erupted from the War Master's Tomb, and Ancestor Shen Guang explained the tomb's connection to Military Strategy and the War Master.
• Chen Zheng revealed he held half of Military Strategy and learned the Chu Clan's Immortal Ascension Banquet would take place in nine days.
• Chen Zheng took Shen Wulei and the two women to the War Master's Tomb while Ancestor Shen Guang predicted the Chu Family's destruction.

Chen Zheng, Shen Wulei, and Cangsheng reached the War Master's Tomb, where Bai Hualong had subdued the Bing Family guardians and their two ancestors. When Bai Hualong threatened Shen Wulei, Chen Zheng struck back and destroyed him instantly.

• Shen Wulei explained that the Bing Family guarded the dangerous War Master's Tomb and that the major powers would likely send Immortal Martial Emperors.
• An Immortal Martial Emperor was dragged back into the mist and killed while trying to escape the tomb.
• Chen Zheng brought Shen Wulei and Cangsheng through the tomb's mechanisms and found the Bing Family guardians incapacitated and their two ancestors controlled like puppets.
• Bai Hualong emerged from the tomb, identified himself as the son of Bai Huang of the Fate-Usurping Clan, and threatened Shen Wulei into becoming his childbearing tool.
• Chen Zheng called Bai Hualong trash and attacked; the controlled ancestor's strike failed to harm Chen Zheng, while Bai Hualong's body and primordial spirit were torn apart.

Chen Zheng took the Bing Family’s half-volume of Military Strategy after Bai Huang fled in terror and Bai Hualong died. The two halves joined and revealed the treasure’s power, but a crowned young man appeared and claimed Military Strategy for himself.

• Chen Zheng defeated Bai Hualong, whose battered primordial spirit called for Bai Huang to rescue him.
• Bai Huang saw Chen Zheng, wet himself in fear, and fled; Bai Hualong then self-detonated and died.
• Bing Chunzi and the other Bing Family ancestor attacked Chen Zheng, but he shattered their metal-law attacks and took their half-volume of Military Strategy.
• Chen Zheng joined the two halves of Military Strategy, causing the War Master’s Tomb and War Master Mountain to shake as a vision of armies appeared.
• A crowned young man appeared above them and declared that Military Strategy was his.

Chen Zheng faced the Supreme Yang Divine Son, who demanded Military Strategy and attacked after Chen ignored his threats. When the Divine Son summoned the Yang Extremity Divine Hall’s Hall Master, a stunning woman appeared above them, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Supreme Yang Divine Son arrived at the War Master's Tomb, demanded Military Strategy from Chen Zheng, and released a Patriarch Realm aura.
• Chen Zheng stored Military Strategy and slapped the Divine Son across the face, leaving the Bing Family patriarchs astonished.
• The Divine Son sealed the tomb and attacked Chen Zheng with Yang Extremity Fire, but Chen Zheng and the two women remained unharmed while he calmly drank tea.
• The Divine Son revealed that he had once served the Yang Extremity Divine Hall in the Great Void and had reincarnated to capture the War Master and reclaim Military Strategy.
• The Divine Son summoned the Hall Master, and a peerlessly beautiful woman appeared above the tomb, stunning everyone who saw her.

Hong Zhao, the Hall Master of the Yang Extremity Divine Hall, descended to confront Chen Zheng over Military Strategy, but she recognized him and served him tea. She revealed that Chen Zheng had once named her Hong Zhao and Yibao, and that her teacher had called her Baobao, while Chen Zheng still did not remember her.

• Supreme Yang introduced the woman as the Hall Master and accused Chen Zheng of possessing Military Strategy, asking her to punish him.
• Chen Zheng complimented the Hall Master's beauty and asked about the other beauties of the Great Void, while the others realized her strength was at the Sage level.
• The Hall Master ignored Supreme Yang's demands and personally brewed tea for Chen Zheng, prompting Cangsheng and the others to wonder whether she had fallen for him.
• The Hall Master told Chen Zheng that his habit of guiding cute, talented girls had not changed, and said he had given her the names Hong Zhao and Yibao.
• The Hall Master explained that Chen Zheng had reached the true Realm of Nothingness and erased his past, then revealed that her teacher had called her Baobao.

Hong Zhao revealed that Chen Zheng’s erased past was known only through memories and that the Great Void feared his return and a future conflict involving the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord. She identified his past code name as Zero before escaping, leaving the Creation doll to warn Chen Zheng that she considered him and Zero her greatest enemies.

• Hong Zhao explained that Chen Zheng had erased every trace of his past and described the Great Void’s fear of him and the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord.
• Hong Zhao said the Supreme Yang Divine Son had been admitted to the Yang Extremity Divine Hall because he resembled Chen Zheng, and her words shattered his Dao heart and killed him.
• Bing Chunzi put the Bing Family’s tomb keepers to sleep when Hong Zhao’s revelations began destabilizing their Dao hearts.
• The Creation doll challenged Hong Zhao about Chen Zheng’s identity, and Hong Zhao said his code name had been Zero, a woman she had never met.
• The Creation doll failed to seize Hong Zhao’s will incarnation, which kissed Chen Zheng before vanishing and promised to wait for him in the Great Void.
• The Creation doll warned Chen Zheng that she feared him and Zero most, then returned to the space between his brows.

Chen Zheng and Shen Wulei traveled to the West Mound Chu Clan’s Immortal Ascension Banquet, where Chen Zheng suspected the clan was plotting something and chose to wait for its scheme to emerge. The banquet began with Shen Wulei drawing every gaze while the gathered cultivators dismissed Chen Zheng as her servant.

• Chen Zheng left War Master Mountain with Cangsheng and Shen Wulei, and Bing Chunzi said the Bing Family’s forefather might meet him in the future.
• At Flame Emperor Mountain, Chen Zheng examined Military Strategy and told Ancestor Shen Guang he could kill the Chu Ancestor and drive off the Nether Sage if they interfered.
• Chen Zheng agreed to attend the Chu Family’s Immortal Ascension Banquet with Shen Wulei and offered to answer the Shen Family’s cultivation questions before they departed.
• On the Flame God Warship, Chen Zheng wondered whether Gai Tian had become the Gai Tian Flame Emperor of the Yang Extremity Divine Hall.
• Chen Zheng and Shen Wulei reached the Chu Clan’s ancestral grounds at Holy Emperor Mountain, where he decided to wait until the clan revealed its plan.
• Shen Wulei stepped off the warship and attracted the crowd’s attention, while the cultivators mistook Chen Zheng for her low-ranking servant.

Shen Wulei and Chen Zheng entered the Chu Clan’s ancestral grounds for the Immortal Ascension Banquet after Chen Zheng ignored Chu Chensha’s attempt to stop him. Outside, Bai Tanlang and Wu Pojun revealed their interest in Shen Wulei, setting up further conflict inside the banquet.

• Chu Chensha tried to court Shen Wulei and stop Chen Zheng from entering, but Bai Tanlang intervened and won their brief contest of power.
• Bai Tanlang introduced Lin Mengyao and mocked Chen Zheng’s low cultivation, while Chu Chensha’s attack left Chen Zheng unharmed.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the confrontation and walked into the ancestral grounds with Shen Wulei and Cangsheng, shocking the onlookers.
• The banquet bell rang, and Chu Chensha announced that the Immortal Ascension Banquet had begun as guests entered.
• Bai Tanlang questioned Wu Pojun, who admitted he planned to abduct Shen Wulei and kill Chen Zheng; Wu Pojun then entered the grounds.

At the Chu Clan's Immortal Ascension Banquet, Chen Zheng dismissed the gathered young geniuses and took all three patriarch dishes despite their formidable restrictions. He gave one dish each to Cangsheng and Shen Wulei, ate the qilin dish, and praised the Food God's cooking.

• Chen Zheng mocked Wu Pojun's standing, prompting Wu Pojun to challenge him to a fight after the banquet.
• Chu Linchen explained the four tiers of banquet dishes and revealed that eating a patriarch dish granted patriarch-level combat power for three days.
• The Chu Clan activated its protective formation and presented three patriarch dishes, each guarded by a powerful divine-beast phantom.
• Wu Pojun failed to claim the qilin dish, and Bai Tanlang was blasted away while trying to take the dragon dish.
• Chen Zheng swept up all three patriarch dishes, gave one each to Cangsheng and Shen Wulei, and ate the qilin dish before complimenting the Food God.

Chen Zheng watched the Chu Clan's Immortal Ascension Banquet escalate as Cangsheng and Shen Wulei gained Patriarch-level combat strength and the Chu Ancestor began to emerge. The Food God appeared as a newly advanced Patriarch, then knelt before Chen Zheng and called him his master, Ancestor Chen.

• Chen Zheng kicked Chu Chensha away when he tried to seize a Patriarch dish, and Cangsheng and Shen Wulei swallowed their dishes to gain Patriarch-level combat strength for three days.
• A violent crash shook the Chu Clan's ancestral grounds, and Wu Pojun and Bai Tanlang escaped through the barrier while Chen Zheng stayed to watch.
• The Chu Clan patriarch and Chu Chensha warned Chen Zheng that the real Immortal Ascension Banquet had begun and urged him to submit or flee before the Chu Ancestor emerged.
• The Food God arrived with several disciples, revealing that he had become a Patriarch after previously being a Golden Immortal.
• The Food God and his disciples knelt before Chen Zheng and called him their master, Ancestor Chen.