Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng defeated the Nine Li Holy Gate’s three Terrestrial Immortals, but Lu Shentong summoned King Yama to kill him. After failing to find Chen Zheng’s lifespan in the Book of Life and Death, Yama remembered him and knelt before him, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Chen Zheng casually knocked down the three Terrestrial Immortals, while the onlookers marveled at his strength.
• Lu Shentong used the Nine Li Holy Gate’s last Yama Life and Death Token to summon King Yama, promising to give his life in exchange for Chen Zheng’s death.
• Little Bone burned Zheng Ke’er’s second aunt to ashes after she celebrated Yama’s arrival.
• King Yama tried to check Chen Zheng’s remaining lifespan but could not find a matching name in the Book of Life and Death.
• Chen Zheng asked who had tampered with Yama’s primordial spirit, and Yama suddenly recovered his memories and knelt before him.

Chen Zheng defeated the Jiuli attackers at the Lin Family villa, recovered the Jiang Family’s stolen ancient book, and hinted that he was connected to Chiyou and Xuanyuan’s teacher. The next day, he brought Zhang Yifu, Zheng Ke’er, and Little Bone to Palawan Beach, where a towering tsunami surged toward them after he sensed a Martial Dao Will.

• Chen Zheng destroyed Lu Shentong and the other two Terrestrial Immortals after revealing that he knew the Jiuli Holy Clan planned to resurrect Chiyou.
• Chen Zheng retrieved the Jiang Family’s stolen ancient book, then left with Little Bone and Zheng Ke’er as the wealthy witnesses kept silent.
• The next day, Chen Zheng watched a news report about the Lin Family villa’s destruction and told Zhang Yifu to take him southeast to meet something inhuman.
• At Palawan Beach, Chen Zheng sensed something showing off its power in the waves, and the sea abruptly rose into a massive tsunami.
• Zhang Yifu, Zheng Ke’er, and Little Bone reacted in alarm as the tsunami surged toward them, while Chen Zheng identified it as a Martial Dao Will.

Chen Zheng destroyed the tsunami caused by Ji Shanhe’s martial will and dismissed Ji Shanhe as unworthy of a true contest. Ji Shanhe learned that Chen Zheng had found him in Africa and planned to use nuclear weapons to take his final step beyond the mortal world.

• Chen Zheng pointed at the towering tsunami and shattered it before it reached the beach, stunning the tourists and Zheng Ke’er.
• Mishima Lola identified Ji Shanhe as the First in the Mortal World and asked Chen Zheng to father her child, but Chen Zheng said Ji Shanhe had disappointed him.
• Chen Zheng revealed the martial will Ji Shanhe had left in Bala Bay and said Ji Shanhe was not yet qualified to speak of victory or defeat.
• In Africa, Ji Shanhe realized Chen Zheng had defeated his martial will and discovered his location.
• Ji Shanhe told the woman with him that he would wait for Chen Zheng and use nuclear weapons prepared for both of them to achieve transcendence.

Chen Zheng and Little Bone crossed the African savanna, wiping out Norton’s mercenaries before reaching Ji Shanhe in no-man’s-land. As Chen Zheng and Ji Shanhe faced each other, Mishima Lola spotted a fighter jet dropping two bombs and fled before they detonated into enormous mushroom clouds.

• Little Bone massacred Norton’s mercenaries, and Mishima Lola watched from a nearby hill.
• Chen Zheng told Little Bone to absorb the Golden Crow Emperor Blood so she could grow powerful enough to crush other worlds.
• Chen Zheng and Little Bone reached no-man’s-land, where Ji Shanhe welcomed Chen Zheng and promised him a gift.
• Mishima Lola noticed a fighter jet dropping two objects, recognized the danger, and fled more than ten kilometers.
• Two explosions sent enormous mushroom clouds rising over the savanna.

Mishima Lola watched Chen Zheng and Little Bone survive two nuclear blasts, then saw Ji Shanhe emerge stronger and challenge Chen Zheng. Chen Zheng defeated Ji Shanhe, who revealed the location of the cauldron and Iron Arhat before dying, while the Holy Maiden of Jiuli warned that the sacred ancestor would be resurrected.

• Mishima Lola saw Chen Zheng and Little Bone standing unharmed after the nuclear explosions, while Ji Shanhe healed and announced he had become invincible in the mortal world.
• Ji Shanhe attacked Chen Zheng with a powerful descending palm, but Chen Zheng stopped the strike and knocked him into the crater with a kick.
• Chen Zheng told Ji Shanhe that his imperishable body and indestructible primordial spirit had survived the attack.
• The Holy Maiden of Jiuli revealed that the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation had been broken and the sacred ancestor would be resurrected, but Ji Shanhe killed her.
• Ji Shanhe gave Chen Zheng a USB drive containing information about the cauldron and the imprisoned Iron Arhat, then died after asking to return to the Ji Family's ancient courtyard.
• Chen Zheng ordered Little Bone to burn Ji Shanhe and the Holy Maiden of Jiuli's bodies to ashes.

Mishima Lola drove Chen Zheng to an African tribe, where its ancient spirit unleashed its power before recognizing him as the God of Immortality. The spirit knelt and revealed that Chen Zheng had saved it long ago and left behind the stone mural that taught it to wield its power.

• Mishima Lola warned Chen Zheng that the tribe worshipped powerful nature spirits as they drove toward the destination on the USB map.
• Mishima Lola drove through the tribe's wooden traps in her armored Land Cruiser, then faced wary tribespeople and a leopard that Little Bone frightened into kneeling.
• A tornado spirit appeared above the tribe and generated more than a dozen gigantic tornadoes around them.
• The spirit saw Chen Zheng, called him the God of Immortality, and knelt before him as the tribespeople stared in disbelief.
• Chen Zheng told the spirit to rise, and it explained that he had saved it from an evil spirit long ago and left the stone mural that had helped it gain its power.

Chen Zheng recovered a cauldron and the Iron Arhat from an African tribe, then restored the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation at the Ji Family’s ancient courtyard. The formation stirred China’s dragon veins, and Chen Zheng warned the Ji Family that Earth would soon face greater changes.

• Chen Zheng took a cauldron and the captive Iron Arhat from the tribe, whose wind spirit revered him as the God of Immortality.
• On the private jet, Chen Zheng told Mishima Lola he had once come to Africa to observe humanity’s origins, and she invited him to Hong Kong Island.
• Chen Zheng returned the missing cauldron to the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation, causing spiritual energy to surge and China’s dragon veins to rise and link across the land.
• Cultivators across China witnessed mysterious eyes appear in the dragon-vein light before the phenomenon vanished.
• Chen Zheng told the Ji Family head and Ji Chengfeng that the complete formation would patrol China on Heaven’s behalf, then warned them that spiritual energy revival and the Bridge of the Heavens were coming.

At a reception, Chen Zheng was mocked by Liang Jie until Qin Yi publicly honored him and Yanran as the stars of her productions. Ling Yun then arrived, poisoned Yanran with a lust poison, and Chen Zheng kissed her to counter his scheme, leaving the room stunned.

• Liang Jie insulted Chen Zheng and offered him a business card, which Chen Zheng let fall to the floor.
• Qin Yi rejected Liang Jie, brought Yanran to Chen Zheng, and announced that the reception honored them and that she would only cast Chen Zheng as her lead.
• Ling Yun barged in, identified himself as a young master from Penglai Immortal Island, and demanded that Yanran pay her respects.
• Ling Yun shattered the hall’s glassware and revealed that he had poisoned Yanran with a lust poison.
• Chen Zheng drew Yanran close and kissed her, telling Ling Yun that he never used dirty tricks to conquer women.

Chen Zheng rescued Yanran from Ling Yun and defeated the menacing young master after refusing to submit to him. He left the entertainment industry crowd terrified after warning them that he could not control his strength.

• Ling Yun ordered Wu Sheng to kill Chen Zheng after seeing him kiss Yanran, but Chen Zheng kicked Wu Sheng into the ceiling while holding her.
• Chen Zheng revealed that Yanran's aphrodisiac poison had been cured and dismissed Ling Yun's offer to make him a servant.
• Ling Yun threatened Chen Zheng and the women with the East Sea Jiaolong, while Liang Jie and others urged Chen Zheng to surrender.
• Chen Zheng appeared in front of Ling Yun, lifted him with one hand, and threw his body to the floor.
• Chen Zheng turned to the frightened crowd and asked why people refused to listen to his warning about his returning balefulness.

Chen Zheng confronted Yanran’s Supreme Emotionlessness and overcame the divine sense controlling her, while the nine-star alignment triggered a sweeping change across the cultivation world. The chapter ended with foreign factions rushing toward a mysterious Pacific island and Lin Zhengming preparing to take the Xuanyuan Sword to Nan City.

• Liang Jie screamed and killed himself by smashing his head against a wall, and Chen Zheng caught Yanran as she collapsed before Qin Yi took them home.
• Yanran explained the Red Dust Pavilion’s Supreme Emotionlessness and offered herself to Chen Zheng, who carried her into the bedroom while Qin Yi wondered if he was the protagonist from her writing.
• A woman’s divine sense tried to command Chen Zheng through Yanran’s primordial spirit, but Chen Zheng resisted and shattered the divine sense, then told Yanran he knew who had passed down her cultivation method.
• Nine stars appeared in alignment over China, prompting cultivation sects to announce an impending spiritual energy revival and the opening of grotto-heavens and blessed lands.
• A mystic island rose from the Pacific near China’s East China Sea, drawing supernatural factions from around the world, while the Xuanyuan Sword began shaking in the Superpower Group’s laboratory.
• Lin Zhengming learned that energy was surging across China and said he would take the Xuanyuan Sword to Nan City the next day.

Lin Zhengming rushed to investigate a mysterious Pacific island where more than a thousand foreign supernatural beings gathered around a strange drop of blood. As the factions charged for it, Chen Zheng appeared riding a Tyrannosaurus rex, seemingly having waited for them.

• Lin Zhengming learned that foreign supernatural beings were heading to the newly appeared island and that China’s hidden sects refused to intervene, so he flew to Nan City.
• Chen Zheng told Yanran and Qin Yi that spiritual energy had revived and that he was going to set a trap, then vanished.
• Lin Zhengming detected a bizarre drop of blood on the island, suffered a psychic backlash from looking at it, and redirected his flight there.
• More than a thousand supernatural beings from around the world gathered on the island and fought over the drop of blood.
• Mishima Goro flew toward the blood, prompting the other factions to charge after him.
• A Tyrannosaurus rex leaped from the sea with Chen Zheng standing on its back as Lin Zhengming watched from a helicopter.

Chen Zheng annihilated more than a thousand foreign supernatural beings on Mystic Island with a snap of his fingers, then the island vanished from the Pacific. At the Mishima Family residence, Mishima Fenglei learned that Mishima Goro and Mishima Kazuma were dead and attacked Mishima Lola, who escaped while warning him that he could not defeat Chen Zheng.

• Chen Zheng lured the foreign cultivators to Mystic Island, where Mishima Goro and Mishima Kazuma prepared to attack him and Gasol challenged Little Bone.
• The black-robed skeleton urged the cultivators to attack, and Mishima Goro and Mishima Kazuma fused as Gasol charged toward Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers and froze the attackers, then shattered the bodies of all the foreign supernatural beings and reduced them to ashes.
• Lin Zhengming watched Chen Zheng and Little Bone leave as Mystic Island became ordinary and disappeared from the Pacific Ocean.
• Mishima Fenglei learned that Mishima Goro and Mishima Kazuma had died, blamed Mishima Lola for knowing who was responsible, and punched her twice.
• Mishima Lola escaped into the sky and warned Mishima Fenglei that even the awakened demons could not kill Chen Zheng; Mishima Fenglei struck the ground, revealing a faint black light underground.

After supernatural beings vanished from the mysterious Pacific island, Count William warned Catherine that a powerful enemy threatened Chen Zheng. In Nan City, Zheng Haoran tried to take An Jing to Mount Luofu, but Chen Zheng defeated his Luofu Sword Formation and kept her with him.

• Cultivation communities around the world discovered that the supernatural beings they had sent to the mysterious island had disappeared, but they could not uncover what happened.
• Count William told Old Master Ye that Ye Wang's death had nothing to do with him, then decided to warn Catherine and return to Misty Rain Tower's headquarters in China.
• Zheng Haoran introduced himself as An Jing's bargain master and asked Chen Zheng to let him take her to Mount Luofu as the grotto-heavens and blessed lands prepared to emerge.
• Chen Zheng refused, and An Jing kissed him; Zheng Haoran revealed that he had sought a Dao companion and then challenged Chen Zheng on Mount Luofu's behalf.
• Chen Zheng shattered Zheng Haoran's Luofu Sword Formation with a single point, leaving Zheng Haoran injured and in awe of his strength.
• Zheng Haoran left, and Zuo Qinghong asked Chen Zheng when he would try the Sword Sect's swords.

Chen Zheng and the Jiang Family faced an attack by the Long Family, whose Second Young Master Long summoned an upper-realm dragon soul to kill Chen Zheng. The dragon soul recognized Chen Zheng, panicked, and prostrated itself before him.

• Jiang Boyue told Chen Zheng that people from the grotto-heavens and blessed lands were seeking the Jiang Family's prohibition token, which was rumored to open the Kunlun Immortal Palace.
• Second Young Master Long and a Long Family elder broke into the Jiang Family villa, and Second Young Master Long vowed to kill Chen Zheng and destroy the Jiang Family.
• Second Young Master Long revealed his dragon bloodline, attacked Chen Zheng, and was sent flying as his dragon horns shattered.
• Second Young Master Long summoned a dragon soul that sealed off the Jiang estate and left the Jiang Family trapped inside.
• The dragon soul recognized Chen Zheng, asked how he could be on Earth, and prostrated itself while begging for forgiveness.

Chen Zheng’s presence terrified a dragon soul from the Spirit Realm, which revealed that he had once killed a dragon sovereign and that Jiang Ziya, the Jiang Family’s ancestor, had become the Wuji Dao Lord. The chapter ended with Second Young Master Long and the Long Family elder collapsing to their knees after learning Chen Zheng had named the Demon Emperor Daji.

• The summoned dragon soul knelt before Chen Zheng and apologized for disturbing him.
• The dragon soul said Chen Zheng had killed Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain’s dragon sovereign, while Chen Zheng barely remembered the encounter.
• Second Young Master Long and the Long Family elder urged the dragon soul to kill Chen Zheng, but the dragon soul recognized the Jiang Family as descendants of Wuji Dao Lord.
• The dragon soul explained that Wuji Dao Lord was Jiang Ziya, an Earth cultivator who had become invincible in the Spirit Realm and then departed.
• Chen Zheng asked about Daji, and the dragon soul identified her as Empress Daji, the Demon Emperor; Chen Zheng said he had given her that name.
• Second Young Master Long and the Long Family elder fell to their knees in shock.

Chen Zheng resolved the Jiang Family’s crisis, then attacked the Long Family after learning they had defied his warning. The Long Family head died beneath Chen Zheng’s power, while Long Qi remained at Heaven Lake after transforming into a dragon.

• The dragon soul killed Second Young Master Long and the middle-aged Long Family man, then bound itself to Jiang Boyue as his servant.
• Chen Zheng left to visit the Long Family, while the dragon soul told Jiang Boyue how overwhelmingly powerful Chen Zheng had once been.
• The Long Family head learned that Second Young Master Long and the other dispatched Terrestrial Immortal had died, then revealed Long Qi was absorbing true dragon blood at Heaven Lake.
• Chen Zheng shattered the Long Family estate’s formation and crushed the estate with the force of the snow, pinning the Long Family head and his people to the ground.
• Long Qi transformed into a dragon at Heaven Lake, and the Long Family head boasted that his son would avenge them.
• Chen Zheng said he would kill Long Qi, and the wind and snow crushed the Long Family head’s primordial spirit before he could respond.

Chen Zheng killed Long Qi by revealing a monstrous fiend that frightened the newly transformed dragon to death, then faced Long Zhen’s attempt to summon a true dragon from the upper realm. The summoned Princess Zhengyue recognized Chen Zheng, fled in terror, and Long Zhen was reduced to ash.

• Chen Zheng went to Heaven Lake and confirmed that Long Qi had transformed into a dragon, while Long Zhen challenged him for destroying the Long Family.
• Long Qi charged Chen Zheng, but the sight of the monstrous fiend behind him frightened Long Qi to death.
• Long Zhen sacrificed his blood essence to summon a true dragon from the upper realm, and Ao Yue, Princess Zhengyue of Ten Thousand Dragons Mountain, descended instead.
• Long Zhen asked Princess Zhengyue to kill Chen Zheng, but she recognized him as the fearsome man connected to her title and fled in panic.
• Chen Zheng turned Long Zhen and Long Qi’s corpse to ash as Long Zhen tried to beg for mercy.

The Jiuli lineage threatened to sacrifice its members to resurrect Chiyou, while Chen Zheng remained unfazed by the news and sensed sword qi near Nan University. Lin Zhengming went with Chen Zheng to investigate the mountain behind the campus, hoping to find a suitable master for the Xuanyuan Sword.

• In Fog City's abandoned subway, the golden-masked Jiuli leader gave foreign supernatural powers files on China's cultivation world and warned that Chiyou would be resurrected within three months.
• An Jing urged Chen Zheng to sleep with her, but he told her to wait until she became a Terrestrial Immortal because of her unusual constitution.
• Chen Zheng cleared Su Cheng's and Zuo Qinghong's true qi pathways, advancing them to the Grandmaster and Great Grandmaster realms.
• Lin Zhengming told Chen Zheng that someone abroad had received files on China's cultivation powers and planned to resurrect Chiyou, and Chen Zheng said he would wait for Chiyou to return to life.
• Lin Zhengming sensed sword qi from the mountain behind Nan University, and he and Chen Zheng went to investigate while Lin Zhengming considered offering the Xuanyuan Sword to the swordsman.

Chen Zheng arrived at Nan University's rear mountain, where Hu Fei was fighting Ling Zhan of Penglai Immortal Island. He summoned the Xuanyuan Sword, ordered it to recognize Hu Fei as its master, then revealed he had forged it and told her to kill Ling Zhan.

• Chen Zheng entered the Sword Domain with Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng, who carried the Xuanyuan Sword in its case.
• Xiao Peng saw the wounded Hu Fei fighting Ling Zhan, who declared he would kill her as the Inner Charm Sword's successor.
• Chen Zheng had Xiao Peng release the Xuanyuan Sword, and Ling Zhan failed to pull it to himself with the Secret Sword Control Technique.
• Chen Zheng ordered the Xuanyuan Sword to recognize Hu Fei, and it landed before her.
• Chen Zheng said he had forged the Xuanyuan Sword and ordered Hu Fei to cut down Ling Zhan, whose life she ended with one slash.

Hu Fei used the Xuanyuan Sword to destroy a group of ghosts after ten thousand spectral creatures appeared across Nan City. Chen Zheng uncovered the threat of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation, and Zhang Zhengdao of Mount Longhu’s Celestial Master’s Mansion appeared as a ghost king sealed off the hill.

• Hu Fei accepted Chen Zheng’s request to help the China Superpower Group and destroyed dozens of ghosts with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Lin Zhengming sensed at least ten thousand spectral creatures across Nan City and identified the threat as the God and Ghost Sect’s Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation.
• Chen Zheng swept away the dark clouds, but a ghost king emerged beneath the hill and sealed it off with a sinister barrier.
• Lin Zhengming recognized the descending figure as Zhang Zhengdao of Mount Longhu’s Celestial Master’s Mansion as ten thousand ghosts answered the ghost king’s roar.