Chapter Summaries

Beings gathered outside the Great Universe Divine Temple learned that the Shinto Alliance's leader had already entered, but they stayed to await Chen Zheng. When Chen Zheng arrived, Machine God Jing Shilian realized his body was stronger than Jing Huang's and offered him her daughter in marriage.

• Machine God Jing Shilian mocked the gathered beings and demanded that they spread her new nickname, Super-Strong Suction.
• Jing Shilian revealed that the Shinto Alliance's leader had entered the temple and urged everyone to leave, but they said they were waiting for someone.
• A huge warship arrived, and the crowd recognized Chen Zheng and celebrated his arrival.
• Jing Shilian examined Chen Zheng with the Eye of God, judged that he could suppress the Shinto Alliance's leader and the God of Light, and proposed marrying him to Jing Huang.

Chen Zheng entered the Great Universe Divine Temple while Machine God Jing Shilian tried to arrange a match between him and her daughter, Jing Huang. Inside, Oulun trapped Chen Zheng in his Divine Domain, but screams from the temple’s depths suggested the Shinto Alliance leader was failing to secure the inheritance.

• Machine God Jing Shilian proposed that Chen Zheng marry her daughter Jing Huang, but Chen Zheng declined and entered the temple with Fan Qi, Daoist Tiance, Chen Huang, and Baxia.
• After Chen Zheng went inside, Jing Shilian learned his name from Sister Du and decided their future child should bear the Jing surname and be called Jing Caotian or Jing Ritian.
• Inside the temple, Baxia marveled at its strange structure, while Daoist Tiance failed to divine its mysteries.
• Oulun confronted Chen Zheng and trapped the group in his Divine Domain, claiming he only needed to delay Chen Zheng for ten breaths while his master obtained the inheritance.
• Chen Zheng calmly sat down for tea as Oulun claimed the Shinto Alliance leader had secured the inheritance.
• Crashes, roars, and repeated screams came from the temple’s depths, making Oulun doubt that his master had succeeded.

Chen Zheng entered the Great Wisdom Space and confronted the Shinto Alliance leader, who had failed to absorb the white divine flame. Chen Zheng revealed that the leader was only a Dao body and a Half-Step Dao Ancestor, then seized the flame despite the leader's attempt to teleport him away.

• Chen Zheng ignored Oulun's taunts, then passed through his Divine Domain with Fan Qi and the others as Oulun followed them into the temple.
• The Shinto Alliance leader repeatedly failed to absorb the white flame while the God of Light explained that even he could not subdue it.
• Chen Zheng arrived in the Great Wisdom Space, where the God of Light, Ji Yu, and Ling Zhou recognized him as the Shinto Alliance's enemy.
• The Shinto Alliance leader threatened to teleport Chen Zheng away and kill his companions, but Chen Zheng revealed the leader was a Dao body and only a Half-Step Dao Ancestor.
• Chen Zheng reached for the white divine flame, and the Shinto Alliance leader tried to expel him with the Law of Space and Time, but Chen Zheng seized the flame and broke the force.

Chen Zheng swallowed the Great Samsara Divine Fire and overpowered the Shinto Alliance leader inside the Great Universe Divine Temple. The Giant of Light advised the leader to retreat, and the temple vanished with everyone inside it returned to the void.

• The Shinto Alliance leader ordered the Giant of Light to seize the divine fire, but Chen Zheng swallowed it before the Giant could reach him.
• Chen Zheng kicked the Shinto Alliance leader away and asked the Giant of Light whether the temple contained more divine fire.
• The Giant of Light explained that the fire could have helped the new master reach incomplete Great Samsara and said he could not suppress Chen Zheng.
• The Shinto Alliance leader challenged Chen Zheng to visit the Shinto Alliance headquarters, then withdrew with the Great Universe Divine Temple.
• Cultivators who had entered the temple found themselves floating in the void after it disappeared.

Chen Zheng let the God of Light escape and left with the Star Raft after Machine God Jing Shilian proposed that he marry her daughter, Jing Huang. Jing Huang revealed that she had met Chen Zheng over two thousand years earlier, when he had reigned supreme throughout heaven and earth.

• The God of Light escaped the Great Thousand World, and Chen Zheng said he still had a use for him.
• Machine God Jing Shilian regained her freedom and urged Chen Zheng to marry Jing Huang, promising the Mechanical Race’s treasures and support.
• Chen Zheng revealed that the Shinto Alliance leader had sent only a Dao body and said he was heading to the Alliance headquarters.
• Jing Huang arrived aboard the Machine God Warship, and Jing Shilian loudly introduced Chen Zheng as her chosen husband for Jing Huang.
• Chen Zheng departed on the Star Raft, and Jing Huang explained that she had once tried to capture him but could not approach him.
• Jing Huang said that more than two thousand years earlier, Chen Zheng had reigned supreme throughout heaven and earth.

The Shinto Alliance disciples feared Ancestor Chen after Qing Zhi and Chu Liu died, while Yin Taixu revealed that their sealed headquarters might be a weapon capable of threatening even an Epoch Hegemon. In the Life Dominator's divine kingdom, Chen Zheng explained the origins of the thirteen Heaven Candidates and said he sought them not to prevent the end, but to find a mysterious woman and question her.

• Oulun, Ji Yu, and Ling Zhou discussed Qing Zhi and Chu Liu's deaths and worried that Ancestor Chen was the Shinto Alliance's greatest enemy.
• Yin Taixu told the disciples that the Shinto Alliance headquarters was a terrifying weapon that might annihilate an Epoch Hegemon.
• Daiqisi welcomed Chen Zheng to her divine kingdom, and the two spent the night together in the Life Garden.
• Daiqisi asked about the little demoness, and Chen Zheng identified her and Fan Qi as reincarnations of Heaven Candidates before confirming that Daoist Tiance was one too.
• Chen Zheng explained the thirteen Heavens and their slain successors, then said he sought the Heaven Candidates to find a mysterious woman and ask her questions.

Chen Zheng confronted the Shinto Alliance at its headquarters, where the leader revealed the headquarters was a colossal warship and sealed the area off from the Great Thousand World’s Heavenly Dao. The leader called on his master to lend him power, setting the battle in motion.

• The Great Rakshasa God sensed the battle beginning at the Shinto Alliance headquarters and warned that even a Half-Step Dao Ancestor would be cannon fodder there.
• Chen Zheng arrived at the headquarters and faced more than a thousand cultivators, including Oulun, Ji Yu, Ling Zhou, and Yin Taixu.
• Chen Zheng warned the gathered cultivators to flee before his battle with the Shinto Alliance leader began, but the patriarchs refused.
• The Shinto Alliance leader appeared above the great hall and destroyed the buildings, revealing the headquarters as an enormous black warship shaped like a gigantic axe.
• The leader raised a barrier that cut off the Heavenly Dao and called on his master to grant him power.

The Shinto Alliance leader used the barrier and his legacy artifacts to invite his master, Rong, to descend through him, reaching half-step Transcendence. Rong then let the leader control his power and attack Chen Zheng.

• The Shinto Alliance leader absorbed the warship’s laws and fragments, reaching half-step Epoch Hegemon and crushing most of the Alliance cultivators with his aura.
• The leader revealed that his barrier could shield a divine descent from the Great Thousand World’s Heavenly Dao for half an incense stick’s time, then invited his master to descend.
• Yin Taixu realized the leader’s scheme depended on the barrier, the artifacts, and the limited duration of the descent, while Chen Zheng remained calm.
• Rong descended through the leader, identified himself as Great Rong Heaven and Transcendence Rong, and reached half-step Transcendence through the vessel.
• The leader returned to his former face, roared “Kill!” and charged at Chen Zheng as spacetime collapsed within the barrier.

Chen Zheng endured the Shinto Alliance leader’s increasingly powerful attacks until the leader’s final strike shattered his body and the headquarters star domain. The Great Universe Realm nearly collapsed, but a mysterious transparent face restored it, leaving the star domain empty and Chen Zheng’s whereabouts unknown.

• The Shinto Alliance leader struck Chen Zheng repeatedly, but Chen Zheng remained unharmed and sent him flying with the force of his own body.
• Yin Taixu noticed Chen Zheng’s cultivation had regressed and urged the Shinto Alliance leader to keep attacking, while Chen Zheng revealed that Rong had chosen Yin Taixu as the next vessel for divine descent.
• The barrier broke, the Heavenly Dao manifested, and the Shinto Alliance leader unleashed a final punch that shattered his own body and primordial spirit along with the headquarters star domain.
• A transparent face halted the destruction spreading through the Great Universe Realm and restored the damaged star domains, but the headquarters star domain was left lifeless.
• Daoist Tiance asked where Ancestor Chen was, as Chen Zheng’s whereabouts remained unknown.

The Shinto Alliance leader’s attack sent Chen Zheng to another world, where he arrived in Holly Ancient Forest and became the mysterious mortal ruling Lotus Mountain. As the Master of Space and Time was killed by the Heavenly Dao Palace’s master, Chen Zheng said he expected to regain Profound Immortal cultivation within half a month.

• The Master of Space and Time celebrated Chen Zheng’s apparent death, but an enormous palm destroyed him and collapsed his divine kingdom.
• The Great Rakshasa God told Rakshasa Woman that the attack came from the master of the Heavenly Dao, whom he believed was raised by the Saintly Teacher.
• Shaoyan failed to awaken his bloodline, and his father ordered him to survive for half a month on Lotus Mountain before returning to the tribe.
• Shaoyan told his father that Chen Zheng had impressed the Red Lotus Demon King and revealed that an ox demon had carried him to Lotus Mountain.
• The Red Lotus Demon King offered to scrub Chen Zheng’s back, and Chen Zheng said the Transcendence Divine Descent would help him recover to the Profound Immortal Realm within half a month.

After the Shinto Alliance leader’s attack sent Chen Zheng into the Heavenly Fortune Great World, he settled on Lotus Mountain with the Red Lotus Demon King. When an immortal master attacked the mountain with the Primordial Ancestor Heavenly Sword, Chen Zheng turned the blade on him.

• The chapter explained that Chen Zheng had been transported to the Heavenly Fortune Great World and had begun recovering after the Shinto Alliance leader’s attack broke some of his restraints.
• The Red Lotus Demon King told Chen Zheng that the Long Root Clan, Great Wind Clan, and Immortal Horn Clan had joined forces with an immortal master to attack Lotus Mountain.
• The injured middle-aged bull-horned man brought the dying Shaoyan to Chen Zheng and begged him to save the youth.
• The Red Lotus Demon King returned wounded and warned Chen Zheng that the immortal master had a Heavenly Sword she could not defeat.
• Immortal Master Li mocked Chen Zheng, but his spiritual attack vanished and the Heavenly Sword stopped when Chen Zheng glanced at it.
• Chen Zheng pointed at the Heavenly Sword and sent it through Immortal Master Li’s throat.

Chen Zheng killed Li Huai'an, rescued Shaoyan, and collected the Primordial Ancestor Heavenly Sword before teaching the demons at Lotus Mountain. The chapter ended when an eagle-headed demon challenged him for imparting the Dao without the Demon Emperor Hall's permission.

• Chen Zheng killed Li Huai'an and Red Lotus burned the kneeling tribespeople who had accompanied him.
• Chen Zheng healed Shaoyan, and Niu Er carried the youth away to rest.
• Chen Zheng collected the Primordial Ancestor Heavenly Sword and told Red Lotus to summon the demons near Lotus Mountain.
• Chen Zheng imparted the Dao to Lotus Mountain's demons, while Shaoyan's father recognized him as the mortal who had visited the Divine Eye Tribe.
• An eagle-headed demon appeared over Lotus Lake and accused Chen Zheng and Red Lotus of violating the Demon Emperor Hall's rules.

The Rain Eagle Demon King accused the Red Lotus Demoness and Chen Zheng of violating the Demon Emperor Hall’s rules, and Hua Qianzhu arrived to judge them. Chen Zheng effortlessly destroyed the Rain Eagle Demon King with tea and sent his primordial spirit into reincarnation, leaving Hua Qianzhu to recognize his Reincarnation Eye.

• The Rain Eagle Demon King demanded that the Red Lotus Demoness kill Chen Zheng and take his head to the Demon Emperor Hall.
• The Red Lotus Demoness defended Chen Zheng, while the Rain Eagle Demon King mocked him as a powerless mortal and threatened punishment.
• Hua Qianzhu, the Thousand Bamboo Demon Emperor, appeared and looked at Chen Zheng with a frown.
• Chen Zheng splashed Dao-Enlightenment Tea on the Rain Eagle Demon King, erasing his body and weakening his primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng used his Reincarnation Eye to send the Rain Eagle Demon King’s primordial spirit into reincarnation, and Hua Qianzhu identified the power aloud.

Chen Zheng revealed his Reincarnation Eye and learned that the Red Lotus Demoness’s bloodline had led to her father’s death and made her a target for Demon Emperor Hall. When the Nether Tide Demon Emperor attacked Lotus Mountain, Chen Zheng awakened the Red Lotus Demoness’s power, which burned away the demons and left the Nether Tide Demon Emperor’s primordial spirit fleeing.

• The demons of Lotus Mountain recognized Chen Zheng’s Reincarnation Eye, and the Thousand Bamboo Demon Emperor asked about his origins.
• The Thousand Bamboo Demon Emperor explained that the Red Lotus Demoness’s mother was connected to the Grand Emperor Immortal Dynasty and that Demon Emperor Hall had handed her father over to its imperial family.
• The Nether Tide Demon Emperor sealed the Thousand Bamboo Demon Emperor and demanded that the Red Lotus Demoness return with him to marry his son, Mingqi Demon King.
• Mingqi Demon King tried to swallow Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng tapped the Red Lotus Demoness and awakened her bloodline power.
• The Red Lotus Demoness manifested her divine armor and Red Lotus Dharma Manifestation, burning the Nether Tide Demon Emperor’s companions to nothing and forcing his primordial spirit to flee.

Chen Zheng took Red Lotus and Hua Qianzhu to the Demon Emperor Hall, where he swallowed the thunderclouds protecting Winter Emperor Thunder Mountain. The Nether Tide Demon Emperor summoned the Demon Ancestor, who manifested before the assembled demons.

• Chen Zheng ended Red Lotus's lesson, sealed Lotus Lake with a formation, and left with her and Hua Qianzhu for the Demon Emperor Hall.
• At Winter Emperor Thunder Mountain, Hua Qianzhu explained that the Nether Tide Demon Emperor had activated the Hall's protective grand formation.
• The Nether Tide Demon Emperor threatened Chen Zheng and claimed that awakening Red Lotus's bloodline could not break the formation.
• Chen Zheng swallowed the thunderclouds above the Demon Emperor Hall, silencing the demons and leaving the Nether Tide Demon Emperor stunned.
• The Nether Tide Demon Emperor called for the Demon Ancestor, and a tiger-headed, human-bodied figure in purple Daoist robes appeared as the demons bowed.

The Demon Ancestor awakened and revealed himself as Ancestral Wu Qiangliang, then knelt before Chen Zheng and addressed him as the Saintly Teacher. As the demons reacted in shock, Qiangliang explained his reverence and exposed the Nether Tide Demon Emperor’s scheme.

• The Nether Tide Demon Emperor urged the awakened Demon Ancestor to punish Chen Zheng, while the other demons waited for him to open his eyes.
• The Demon Ancestor opened his eyes, and the Nether Tide Demon Emperor accused Chen Zheng of breaking the Demon Emperor Hall’s rules and plotting against Holly Ancient Forest.
• The Demon Ancestor stepped before Chen Zheng and knelt, identifying himself as Ancestral Wu Qiangliang and greeting Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher.
• Chen Zheng said he had not expected Qiangliang to return to life, and Qiangliang wondered whether a great upheaval or a Sage’s scheme had revived the Ancestral Witches.
• The Nether Tide Demon Emperor insisted Qiangliang had mistaken Chen Zheng for someone else, but Qiangliang defended his reverence for the Saintly Teacher and called out Mingchao’s scheme.

The Nether Tide Demon Emperor summoned Immortal King Dongqing from a buried coffin, claiming the ancient being had survived an Epoch Calamity and was tied to the Demon Ancestor’s resurrection. Chen Zheng revealed images that made Dongqing recognize his former lord, and Dongqing destroyed the Nether Tide Demon Emperor.

• The Demon Ancestor’s thunder struck the Nether Tide Demon Emperor, but purple light protected his primordial spirit and exposed his allegiance to another power.
• The Nether Tide Demon Emperor opened an immortal talisman and awakened a pitch-black coffin buried beneath the Holly Ancient Forest.
• The coffin devoured the Demon Ancestor’s Law of Thunder, and Chen Zheng identified it as a Dao Ancestor-level immortal coffin.
• Immortal King Dongqing emerged and suppressed the demons, while the Nether Tide Demon Emperor demanded that Chen Zheng submit to him.
• Chen Zheng showed Dongqing scenes of ancient figures, and Dongqing killed the Nether Tide Demon Emperor after identifying the images as his former lord and fellow Immortal Kings.

Chen Zheng showed Immortal King Dongqing footage of the being who had destroyed his cultivation, terrifying Dongqing into abandoning his attempt to take Ancestral Wu Qiangliang. Dongqing left with Qiangliang and the black coffin, while Chen Zheng remained in the Demon Emperor Hall.

• Immortal King Dongqing explained that Chen Zheng’s body and primordial spirit were effectively invincible within a Great Thousand World, but believed Chen Zheng could not harm him without magical power.
• Dongqing surmised that a terrifying being outside the Great Thousand Worlds had knocked Chen Zheng down from his former cultivation, and Chen Zheng confirmed it.
• Chen Zheng agreed to let Dongqing take Ancestral Wu Qiangliang, then showed him footage of the figure who had hammered away his magical power.
• Dongqing watched the footage in horror, cupped his fist to Chen Zheng, and departed with Qiangliang and the pitch-black coffin.

Chen Zheng explained why he had let Immortal King Dongqing take Qiangliang and revealed the extent of his power and unusual recovery. When an immortal dynasty attacked Lotus Mountain, Chen Zheng went to confront it.

• Chen Zheng told the demons that he let Immortal King Dongqing leave so he could watch the Immortal Domain Supreme’s plans and warn Dongqing not to harm Qiangliang.
• Chen Zheng explained that the Shinto Alliance leader had briefly reached Half-Step Transcendence before his body and primordial spirit self-destructed.
• Chen Zheng told the Red Lotus Demoness that devouring Holly Ancient Forest’s spiritual essence had restored him enough to crush patriarchs, though his magical power would not manifest until he reached Profound Immortal cultivation.
• Hua Qianzhu reported that an immortal dynasty was attacking Lotus Mountain, and Chen Zheng departed with several others.
• The Heavenly Gate forces bombarded Lotus Mountain’s barrier and threatened to destroy the mountain and Holly Ancient Forest unless its master appeared.

Chen Zheng appeared with Hua Qianzhu and Red Lotus after Shao Li threatened the Divine Eye Tribe, then killed Shao Li and nearly every Heavenly Gate cultivator with a finger snap. The Heavenly Emperor Realm immortal master survived only as a primordial spirit protected by a dragon-shaped artifact.

• Shao Li blamed Shaoyan for the Divine Eye Tribe’s plight and began killing its elders while the Heavenly Gate cultivators threatened to destroy Lotus Mountain.
• Chen Zheng, Hua Qianzhu, and Red Lotus appeared, and Shao Li’s body crumbled to ash after he pointed his attack at Chen Zheng.
• The Heavenly Emperor Realm immortal master accused Hua Qianzhu of declaring war on the Heavenly Gate, while Chen Zheng mocked the Heavenly Gate and asked whether snapping his fingers would be too much.
• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers, turning the Heavenly Gate cultivators and the immortal master’s body to ash; only the immortal master’s primordial spirit survived, protected by a dragon-shaped artifact.