Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng brought Zhang Gun to the Medical Immortal Pavilion, where a blood mist and a mysterious monster had overwhelmed the sect. A self-proclaimed member of the Eternal Blood Palace appeared, claiming an ancient lineage and hinting at a connection to the blood jade.

• Chen Zheng broke Kun Zongdao’s array, left an array to help the Heaven-Pointing Sword Lord recover, and took Zhang Gun to the Medical Immortal Pavilion.
• The Heaven-Pointing Sword Lord told Lin Wan that Chen Zheng had once been invincible, while Wang Yin reflected on the women who seemed to care for him.
• Chen Zheng and Zhang Gun reached Purple Fragrance Mountain and found Medical Immortal Pavilion disciples gathered outside its blood-shrouded gates, reporting that the pavilion master had disappeared and a monster was inside.
• Zhang Gun introduced Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen, silencing the disciples, and privately insisted that he had no intention of betraying him.
• A dark-robed man appeared and identified himself as part of the Eternal Blood Palace and the Eternal Clan, prompting Zhang Gun to suspect a link between the blood jade and the newcomer.

The Blood Jade’s power drove the Medical Immortal Pavilion disciples to rush toward Purple Fragrance Mountain, where its bloody light killed those who touched it. After the dark-robed man explained the jade’s connection to the Eternal Blood Palace’s little princess and her cultivation system, Chen Zheng summoned it, and it willingly acknowledged him as its master.

• A strange fluctuation from Purple Fragrance Mountain stirred Zhang Gun and the Medical Immortal Pavilion disciples with greed for the Blood Jade.
• The dark-robed man warned that only someone with Eternal Blood could gain the Blood Jade’s recognition, but the disciples charged into the bloody light and the foremost hundred were destroyed.
• The dark-robed man explained that Pavilion Master Cao had been chosen by the Blood Jade’s cultivation system and was effectively the little princess’s pet.
• Chen Zheng showed interest in the Blood Jade, then summoned it from Purple Fragrance Mountain with a gesture.
• The Blood Jade’s spirit, Ling’er, asked Chen Zheng to accept her as his master, and the dark-robed man accused him of being one of the little princess’s cheaters.

Chen Zheng gave Eternal True Blood to the little girl, whose bloodlines fused into a terrifying devil dragon manifestation, while the blood jade’s spirit joined his primordial spirit. After Chen Zheng vanished, a hidden power killed the Medical Immortal Pavilion disciples, and Linghu Xiaoyao left to warn the Eternal Blood Palace about Mr. Nanguo.

• Chen Zheng devoured Eternal True Blood but gained almost no cultivation, then gave the blood to the little girl.
• The little girl’s bloodlines fused, revealing a devil dragon and emperor crown that startled Linghu Xiaoyao; Chen Zheng tested another drop of blood and recalled her into his primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng sent the blood jade and its spirit into his primordial spirit, then vanished as Zhang Gun called after him.
• Linghu Xiaoyao realized Chen Zheng’s bloodline surpassed those of the Eternal Dao Lord and Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang.
• A strange power killed the Medical Immortal Pavilion disciples, and Linghu Xiaoyao identified it as Mr. Nanguo’s before departing to alert the little princess.

Chen Zheng uncovered the female demon trapping Zhuge Qingniu in a dream and awakened him, while Ancestor Yinshi revealed his plan to seize control of the Eight Formations Sect with the Intent Sage’s backing. The Intent Sage’s Dharma body descended as the demon attacked Yinshi, leaving the sect master’s hall in chaos.

• Ancestor Yinshi opposed Chen Zheng’s involvement and revealed that he wanted the founding ancestor to grant the Yin Family control of the Eight Formations Sect, with the Intent Sage’s support.
• Chen Zheng drew a finger-sized female demon out of Zhuge Qingniu and identified his apparent sleep as an illusion rather than the Stardust Poison’s effect.
• Ancestor Yinshi threatened the demon, who cracked his body with a dark gleam, and he called for the Intent Sage’s Dharma body to descend.
• Chen Zheng urged Zhuge Qingniu to wake, and Zhuge Qingniu opened his eyes and asked why he was in the sect master’s hall.
• The Intent Sage’s Dharma body descended through the sect’s protective formation, confronting Chen Zheng, the demon, and the Eight Formations Sect.

Chen Zheng crushed the Intent Sage’s dharma body and sealed Ancestor Yinshi after learning that the Sage sought a secret treasure protected by the Eight Formations Sect’s flawless ancient formation. Yan Ying explained that she had saved Zhuge Qingniu and taught him a secret art so he could reach a place and free her holy maiden, but thunderclouds gathered as the Intent Sage’s true body seemed to arrive.

• Chen Zheng crushed the descending Intent Sage’s dharma body with one squeeze, shocking the Eight Formations Sect’s sect master, Ancestor Yinshi, and Zhuge Qingniu.
• Ancestor Yinshi revealed that the Intent Sage wanted something inherited by the Eight Formations Sect, prompting the sect master and Zhuge Qingshan to restrain him and protect their flawless ancient formation.
• Chen Zheng sealed Ancestor Yinshi and asked the demoness why she had targeted Zhuge Qingniu.
• The demoness identified herself as Yan Ying, a maidservant of the Great Dream Sect’s holy maiden, and said she had saved Zhuge Qingniu and taught him a secret art so he could reach a place and undo the holy maiden’s seal.
• Zhuge Qingniu confirmed Yan Ying had saved him but questioned the secret art, and the sect master and Zhuge Qingshan looked to Chen Zheng for judgment.
• Thunderclaps sounded and clouds darkened the sky above the Eight Formations Sect, leading the sect master and Zhuge Qingshan to fear the Intent Sage’s true body had arrived.

The Intent Sage arrived at the Eight Formations Sect in his true body, revealed his knowledge of Chen Zheng’s extraordinary past, and declared that the sealed Taiyi Ancient Formation Diagram belonged to his first incarnation. He identified himself as Taiyi, leaving the others to confront the revelation.

• Yan Ying attacked the Intent Sage with a secret art, but he silently dissolved it.
• The Intent Sage described Chen Zheng’s ties to Patriarch Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao Palace, and its current palace master, shocking the sect members and Yan Ying.
• The Intent Sage claimed he could escape even if the Heavenly Dao Palace’s current palace master came to confront him.
• The Intent Sage said he had come to reclaim the sealed object, which he identified as the Taiyi Ancient Formation Diagram left behind by his first incarnation.
• The Intent Sage declared that his first incarnation was Taiyi and that he himself was Taiyi.

The Intent Sage claimed to be Taiyi and tried to claim the Taiyi Formation Map, but the map rejected him and flew to Chen Zheng instead. Chen Zheng took the map and revealed a vast world within it, leaving Zhuge Qingniu to wonder who its true owner was.

• The Intent Sage declared himself Taiyi and challenged Chen Zheng to kill him, while Yan Ying refused to believe his claim.
• The Eight Formations Sect Ancestor, Zhuge Tianji, left the ancient formation carrying the Taiyi Formation Map, which had broken free of the sect’s suppression.
• The map flew past the Intent Sage and hovered before Chen Zheng, stunning everyone present.
• The Intent Sage grabbed for the map, but its divine light reduced his body to ashes and forced his primordial spirit to retreat.
• Chen Zheng took the map, placed the stone discs from between his brows onto it, and revealed a vast world before the map flew into his brow.
• Zhuge Qingniu wondered whether Chen Zheng was the formation map’s true original owner.

Chen Zheng killed the Intent Sage, and the Taiyi Formation Map returned to its rightful owner, revealing evidence that Chen Zheng’s first life was Taiyi, the original Heaven. The map’s connection to the Great Void Realm Map remained incomplete, while Immortal Venerable Linglong fainted after glimpsing sealed memories.

• Chen Zheng erased the Intent Sage’s primordial spirit with a single gesture, and the Heavenly Dao sent down blood rain as the Sage died.
• Ancestor Yinshi’s Dao heart shattered, and Prince Xiu heard the Grand Emperor Sovereign warn him to escape the imperial bloodline’s fate and never return.
• The Tribulation Lords and Creation Little Doll discussed Chen Zheng’s possible identity as Taiyi, whom Creation identified as the first identity of his first life.
• Chen Zheng saw that five pieces of the Great Void Realm Map fit five regions of the Taiyi Formation Map, forming part of an outline of Great Samsara.
• Immortal Venerable Linglong recognized the map, spoke of the Great Void Realm Map as a key to the Taiyi Formation Map, then fainted after reacting to memories sealed in her primordial spirit.

Yan Ying asked Chen Zheng to rescue her holy maiden from the Land of Eternal Regret, and Chen Zheng entered the mysterious place with Yan Ying and Zhuge Qingniu. As they faced a sudden attack from an army wielding Dao Ancestor-level laws, Chen Zheng revealed that the land held something he wanted.

• Yaotiao, the Ninth Tribulation Lord, the Sixth Tribulation Lord, and Creation Little Doll left after discussing Twelve, Ancestor Chen, and the fate of the universe.
• The Spirit of the Cantilever of the Cosmos stayed silent when Chen Zheng asked about the Ninefold Great Reincarnation and what lay beyond it.
• Yan Ying told Chen Zheng that her holy maiden was trapped in the Land of Eternal Regret, which required an Eternal Regret Token and someone with a special constitution to enter.
• Chen Zheng agreed to go to the Land of Eternal Regret, and Yan Ying used her token to teleport herself, Zhuge Qingniu, and Chen Zheng there.
• A sorrowful flute affected Zhuge Qingniu and Yan Ying, but Chen Zheng remained calm and said he wanted something in the land.
• When the flute stopped and a zither sounded, thousands of troops charged out of the mist, and Yan Ying recognized their Dao Ancestor-level laws of the Great Dao.

Chen Zheng and his companions faced the Land of Eternal Regret’s deadly first barrier, where an azure-crowned group questioned their purpose and Gan Zhe failed to break through. Chen Zheng said he was waiting for someone to pick him up, and four palanquin bearers emerged from the swirling sand and mist to invite him inside.

• Chen Zheng destroyed the sand apparition’s army and the force of its zither note with two casual snaps.
• An azure-crowned middle-aged man and his companions appeared, and Yan Ying identified him as an Indestructible Sixth Realm Patriarch from beyond the Domain.
• The azure-crowned man asked whether Chen Zheng had come for the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, while Yan Ying revealed that the Holy Maiden had been trapped inside it.
• Gan Zhe sent his Heaven-Measuring Ruler into the swirling sand and mist, but it broke in two and flew back out.
• Chen Zheng said he was waiting for someone to pick him up, and four people carrying a dark palanquin emerged and bowed to him.

Chen Zheng was carried into the Land of Eternal Regret by the Eternal Regret Palace, astonishing the factions gathered outside. The others entered to pursue the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, and they later saw Chen Zheng stopped before the second trial while the supreme artifact stood beyond it.

• Chen Zheng boarded the Eternal Regret Palanquin as its bearers carried Zhuge Qingniu and Yan Ying into the sandstorm, while Yan Sheng judged Chen Zheng’s body to be in the Imperishable Realm.
• Dao Ancestor Gu Lie and Zong Kuang arrived seeking the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, and Gan Zhe told Zong Kuang about Chen Zheng’s reception by the Eternal Regret Palace.
• Zong Kuang charged into the sandstorm with the Hall of the Sinful God, while Yan Sheng warned Gan Zhe not to provoke Chen Zheng and then entered with his own group.
• Gu Lie and a purple-robed old man led their factions into the Land of Eternal Regret, with the old man cautioning a disguised woman to act carefully.
• Half an incense stick later, the cultivators saw the nine-story Sovereign Sky Flying Star and found Chen Zheng stopped outside the second trial.

Chen Zheng faced suspicion and provocation from the visitors to the Land of Eternal Regret while they gathered before its nine-story pavilion. When the palace master awakened and confirmed that she was not worthy of being Chen Zheng’s concubine, Gan Zhe was scared to death.

• Gan Zhe and Zong Kuang mocked Chen Zheng, while a purple-robed old man learned that his disguised princess believed Chen Zheng was her opportunity.
• Elder Lan appeared and ordered the outsiders to leave, warning that only an Epoch Hegemon could claim the Sovereign Sky Flying Star.
• Gan Zhe accused Chen Zheng of insulting the palace master and called for him to be killed, despite Dao Ancestor Yansheng’s warnings.
• The palace master emerged from the pavilion, and the Four Regrets and Elder Lan bowed to her.
• The palace master said that even if Chen Zheng had called her unworthy of being his concubine, he would have been right, and Gan Zhe died from terror.

The Eternal Regret Palace Master revealed that Chen Zheng had created the Sovereign Sky Flying Star and recognized him as a figure from the First Epoch, then sent nearly everyone away so they could speak privately. The woman disguised as a man was left protesting that she had not yet received her fortuitous opportunity.

• Zong Kuang and Dao Ancestor Gulie fled with their sects after hearing the Eternal Regret Palace Master say she was unqualified to be Chen Zheng's concubine.
• The woman disguised as a man decided Chen Zheng was her fortuitous opportunity, while Dao Ancestor Yansheng stayed behind to explain Gan Zhe's actions.
• Chen Zheng showed the Honglou Treasure Ship, and the plainly dressed woman explained that Heaven Taixuan had modeled it on the Sovereign Sky Flying Star.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master said Chen Zheng had created the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, had once refused her advances, and had refined his past into nothingness, though something had gone wrong with his magical power.
• The palace master teleported everyone away except Zhuge Qingniu and Yan Ying, leaving the disguised woman to protest that she had not received her fortuitous opportunity.

The Eternal Regret Palace Master shared memories of Chen Zheng’s first life, but they failed to restore his past. Their conversation was interrupted when the Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang stormed into the Land of Eternal Regret to claim the Palace Master as his bride.

• Zhuge Qingniu deduced that Ancestor Chen was likely Taiyi reincarnated, and Elder Lan reacted with shock.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master entered Chen Zheng’s primordial spirit and showed Creation Little Doll and the other women memories of his first life.
• The Palace Master obscured the memories from the Tribulation Lords, then told Chen Zheng that sharing her memories had not restored his past.
• Chen Zheng said Zero also had amnesia, leaving the Palace Master stunned.
• Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang broke through the Land of Eternal Regret’s barrier, defeated the Four Regrets and Elder Lan, and announced that he had come to take the Palace Master as his bride.

Eternal Devil Dragon Emperor Yang came to the Land of Eternal Regret to demand that the Eternal Regret Palace Master marry him, but Chen Zheng seized the chance to obtain his true blood. Di Yang fled after Chen Zheng's seven-colored divine light tore open his dragon body, leaving the people inside the Sovereign Sky Flying Star astonished.

• Di Yang threatened to kill the Eternal Regret Palace Master's people unless she came out, but she drew them into the Sovereign Sky Flying Star and rejected his demands.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master explained that Di Yang's visit would not attract the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord's attention, while Creation Little Doll told Chen Zheng that Di Yang's true blood could help little Zhengyue advance.
• Chen Zheng left the Sovereign Sky Flying Star, and Di Yang recognized him and warned him not to take more true blood.
• Di Yang struck at Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng's seven-colored divine light tore open his claw and drew out at least nine drops of true blood.
• Di Yang cursed Chen Zheng and fled the Land of Eternal Regret, leaving Zhuge Qingniu, Yan Ying, the Four Regrets, and Elder Lan shocked.

Chen Zheng drove back the Eternal Demon Dragon, gave its blood to little Zhengyue, and learned that the Eternal Regret Palace Master had rescued Yan Ke, the Great Dream Sect’s holy maiden and her own reincarnated younger sister. The chapter ended with the Purple Ultimate Sacred Dynasty’s princess insisting Chen Zheng become her master, while Golden Venerable warned that she might fall in love with him.

• Chen Zheng gave the twelve drops of Eternal Demon Dragon blood to little Zhengyue, whose transformation revealed her powerful dragon bloodline before she fell asleep to digest it.
• The Eternal Regret Palace Master showed Chen Zheng an ancient stone disk, which joined the Taiyi Formation Map as its sixth recovered section, and explained that she had brought Yan Ke from the Great Dream Sect.
• Chen Zheng and the Eternal Regret Palace Master visited Yan Ke in secluded cultivation, where Yan Ying reunited with her holy maiden, but Chen Zheng said he still could not remember her because Nothingness was too powerful.
• At the Purple Ultimate Sacred Dynasty, the princess told Golden Venerable that Chen Zheng was her destined future master and that the Eternal Regret Palace Master had driven her away.
• Golden Venerable recognized Chen Zheng as the man whose stone egg had swallowed three of his will incarnations and warned his daughter that she might fall in love with Chen Zheng.

Zhuge Qingniu learned how formidable Chen Zheng had been at his peak before Chen Zheng left him with a reminder about his previous life. In Haojing, Chen Zheng entered the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty’s underground palace to meet its first emperor, leaving the Great Zhou emperor stunned by their calm tea-table encounter.

• Chen Zheng told Zhuge Qingniu that he could not kill an Epoch Hegemon now, though they had once been little more than larger ants to him.
• Chen Zheng left the Eight Formations Sect after revealing that Zhuge Qingniu’s previous life had been simple and honest, and Zhuge Qingniu broke through to Quasi-Sage.
• The dragon of fortune wilted when it met Chen Zheng’s gaze and warned the Great Zhou emperor that Chen Zheng was heading for the first emperor, King Wu.
• The Great Zhou emperor brought Chunyu into the underground palace, where the guards stood frozen and Chen Zheng met their ancestor.
• Chen Zheng reassured Chunyu that he had only come to see an old acquaintance, and the Great Zhou emperor found him calmly drinking tea with the first emperor.

Chen Zheng learned how the Yin Empress had caused Wuji Dao Lord to fail to condense his Dao Fruit and repaired Ji Chunyu’s flawed innate Dao body. After the Yin Empress’s avatar arrived to claim Ji Chunyu as her successor, Chen Zheng destroyed it and asked who would accompany him to the Tai'an Immortal Dynasty; Ji Chunyu volunteered.

• Ji Chunyu recognized Chen Zheng as Wuji Dao Lord’s master, and Chen Zheng questioned Ji Fa about Wuji Dao Lord’s lost Dao Fruit.
• Chen Zheng learned that Ji Fa had failed to stop a woman who coveted Wuji Dao Lord’s Dao Fruit, and Ji Xiao begged Chen Zheng to spare his ancestor.
• Chen Zheng repaired Ji Chunyu’s innate Dao body, restoring her adult appearance and raising her cultivation to the Dao Lord level.
• Ji Fa warned that the Yin Empress had left a primordial spirit brand on Ji Chunyu and would sense the repaired Dao body.
• The Yin Empress’s avatar arrived and tried to claim Ji Chunyu as her successor, but Chen Zheng destroyed it with a slap.
• Chen Zheng asked who would go with him to the Tai'an Immortal Dynasty, and Ji Chunyu volunteered.

Chen Zheng entered Tianyin City with Ji Chunyu to kill the Yin Empress, then effortlessly destroyed Emperor Tai'an and the Tai'an Immortal Dynasty’s World-Confounding King, An Hun. After he swallowed the Ancient Yin Extremity Formation’s laws and broke the formation, the people of Tianyin City were left kneeling before him.

• Chen Zheng told the dragon of fortune that he had come to kill the Yin Empress, and the dragon warned him to leave while showing an affinity for Ji Chunyu’s Innate Dao Body.
• Emperor Tai'an and An Hun appeared, recognized Ji Chunyu’s Innate Dao Body, and dismissed Chen Zheng’s threat.
• An Hun summoned a yin flood dragon to attack Chen Zheng and Ji Chunyu, but Chen Zheng’s sigh shattered An Hun’s body and primordial spirit as well as Emperor Tai'an’s.
• Chen Zheng told An Hun he had sighed because An Hun was too weak, and An Hun’s remaining primordial spirit disintegrated.
• Emperor Tai'an activated the Ancient Yin Extremity Formation, but Chen Zheng swallowed its laws and shattered it.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the formation’s yin baleful power as too weak, and the dragon of fortune, the immortal guards, and the people of Tianyin City fell to their knees.

Chen Zheng entered the Yin Extremity Underground Palace to confront the Yin Empress, who tried to seduce him but failed. After Chen Zheng summoned Madam Yan, the Yin Empress realized Madam Yan was a Dao Ancestor and suspected Chen Zheng came from an Indestructible Dao Lineage in the Great Void.

• The Dragon of Fortune asked whether Chen Zheng was a Dao Ancestor's incarnation, while Chen Zheng calmly said he had come to kill the Yin Empress, not destroy the Tai'an Imperial Clan.
• The Yin Empress froze the Dragon of Fortune and Tianyin City's inhabitants, then invited Chen Zheng to the underground palace and promised him a surprise.
• Chen Zheng protected Ji Chunyu and took her into the Yin Extremity Underground Palace, where the Yin Empress used her seductive appearance and illusions to try to charm him.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the Yin Empress's looks and summoned Madam Yan, whose beauty and allure outshone the Yin Empress.
• The Heavenly Dao's power struck the underground palace, and the Yin Empress recognized Madam Yan as a Dao Ancestor and questioned Chen Zheng about his origins.