Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng swallowed the divine lotus seed despite the artifact spirit Jin Tun’s warnings, and his magical power rose by one minor realm. After Chen Zheng revealed a power that made Jin Tun recognize him as its destined master, Jin Tun explained that its former master had failed to contend for a transcendent divine artifact.

• The artifact spirit summoned nine Ethereal Beast Progenitors to attack Chen Zheng and Lu Xinchan, and Chen Zheng erased them with a casual wave.
• The artifact spirit warned Chen Zheng that the divine lotus was a number-nine seed meant for Epoch Hegemons, but Chen Zheng swallowed it anyway.
• The artifact spirit revealed its true form as a needle-covered metal sphere named Jin Tun and predicted that the seed would burst Chen Zheng apart.
• Chen Zheng’s magical power rose by one minor realm, and he asked Jin Tun where to find other divine seeds in exchange for releasing it.
• Chen Zheng swept seven-colored divine light over Jin Tun, and Jin Tun immediately knelt and acknowledged him as its master.
• Jin Tun told Lu Xinchan that its former master had been only a half-step transcendent who failed to contend for a transcendent divine artifact, while Chen Zheng had already obtained one as a Profound Immortal.

Chen Zheng and Lu Xinchan reached the Sole Venerable Sword Sect, where Heavenless Sword Puppets were attacking the sect. The black-robed attacker trapped Chen Zheng with a puppet and challenged him to prove he could damage it.

• Chen Zheng explained that the metallic beast was a destructive life-form sent by the Reincarnation Fate Lord, forged Ethereal Beast bones into a supreme-grade Dao artifact for Lu Xinchan, and took away the Ethereal Divine Hall.
• Lu Xinchan sensed that something had happened to the Sole Venerable Sword Sect, and she and Chen Zheng traveled there using her new artifact.
• Heavenless Sword Puppets, which resisted and reflected sword arts, destroyed the sect’s front mountain and drove its disciples toward the rear mountain.
• Chen Zheng and Lu Xinchan arrived as the disciples faced the attack, and an elder urged Lu Xinchan to flee.
• The black-robed man mocked Chen Zheng and Lu Xinchan, then enclosed Chen Zheng and a Heavenless Sword Puppet in a barrier and challenged him to damage it.

Chen Zheng effortlessly destroyed the Heavenless Sword Puppets and faced the Lawless Sect master after the black-robed man summoned his will into his body. When the master tried to seize Chen Zheng’s hand, Susu devoured his incarnation of will, leaving the Lawless Sect’s true master as a possible future target.

• Chen Zheng erased the Heavenless Sword Puppet army with a glance, leaving only the black-robed man alive.
• The black-robed man revealed that he belonged to the Lawless Sect and used Deceive Heaven and Cross the Sea to summon his sect master’s will, reaching the Dao Ancestor Realm.
• Chen Zheng told the Lawless Sect master to change the sect’s name and dispersed the barrier isolating the Sole Venerable Sword Sect from the Heavenly Dao.
• The Lawless Sect master recognized Chen Zheng’s right hand and sent an incarnation of his will to seize it.
• Susu emerged as a stone egg and devoured the incarnation of will, then told Chen Zheng that she wanted to track down and devour the master’s true will once she grew stronger.

Chen Zheng saved the Sole Venerable Sword Sect and exposed the old Sword God's secret connection to the Ancient Immortal. The Ancient Immortal returned Lu Xinchan's ancient talisman, restoring what belonged to her.

• The black-robed man died after his descent failed, and Mo Jiu and the other disciples thanked Chen Zheng for saving them.
• Chen Zheng asked to meet the Ancient Immortal, but Mo Jiu received no answer from the cave abode before Mei Qijian returned.
• Chen Zheng hinted that Mei Qijian had sought the Immortal Fetus to prolong his life, then pulled the Ancient Immortal out of the cave abode.
• The disciples saw that the Ancient Immortal looked exactly like Mei Qijian, and both revealed their younger appearances.
• The Ancient Immortal returned Lu Xinchan's ancient talisman, which entered her brow and sent divine light piercing the sky.

A powerful ship from the Chaos Lu Clan arrived at the Sole Venerable Sword Sect to take Lu Xinchan back to her mother, Lady Muyue. Chen Zheng challenged the visitors, and Lady Muyue descended and recognized him, while Creation Little Doll questioned the mystery of Lu Xinchan’s birth.

• An enormous ship entered the Black-Yellow Great World and surrounded the Sole Venerable Sword Sect with a chaos barrier.
• Lu Yong identified Lu Xinchan as Lady Muyue’s daughter and tried to take her back to the Lu Clan, but his power could not reach her.
• Lu Yong attacked the Ancient Immortal and Chen Zheng with chaos power; Chen Zheng swallowed the attack and asked for Lu Xinchan’s mother to appear.
• Lu Yong summoned Lady Muyue’s will, and she recognized Chen Zheng from their earlier encounter in chaotic spacetime.
• Creation Little Doll realized Lady Muyue was still a virgin and wondered how she had borne Lu Xinchan.

Lu Muyue took Lu Xinchan away, while Chen Zheng forged seven chaotic divine swords for the Sole Venerable Sword Sect. Back in Heavenly Beginning City, Daoist Shengtian delivered Chen Zheng a stolen ancient scroll, whose title, “All Living Beings,” triggered a strange phenomenon.

• Lu Muyue explained that she had conceived Lu Xinchan after touching primordial substance on the Wall of Origin, then took her daughter away and promised to protect her.
• Chen Zheng split the Chaos Star Iron into seven divine swords and gave them to Mo Jiu and the Sole Venerable Sword Sect.
• Mo Jiu made the seven swords guardian treasures and reserved them for disciples who reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm.
• Chen Zheng summoned the awakened Mo Xin and discussed her cultivation with Creation Little Doll.
• Daoist Shengtian brought Chen Zheng an ancient scroll stolen from the Eternal Divine Mountain, then withdrew his will incarnation.
• Chen Zheng opened the scroll, revealing the words “All Living Beings” and causing visions of countless beings to flash above Heavenly Beginning City.

After swallowing the Ancient Scroll of All Living Beings, Chen Zheng reached seventh-stage Profound Immortal and traveled north with Mo Xin after hearing rumors of the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower. At the glacier, powerful cultivators were repelled from its depths, and Chen Zheng arrived as Qi Wan hoped he would.

• Chen Zheng swallowed the Ancient Scroll of All Living Beings, rose to seventh-stage Profound Immortal, and said he had comprehended the complete Great Samsara Network.
• News spread that sacred light had appeared in the northern glacier and might signal the arrival of the legendary Ice Spirit Sacred Flower.
• Chen Zheng flew north from Heavenly Beginning City with Mo Xin, while Xiang Kunwu wondered whether the previous night's visions were connected to him.
• Qi Wan hoped Chen Zheng would come to the glacier as the Ice and Snow Divine Palace and rival factions gathered to seek the sacred flower.
• More than a dozen cultivators, including Holy Son Zhanlu and Lu Qiankun, entered the glacier's depths but were blasted back out.
• Chen Zheng appeared at the glacier, and Lan Xiang recognized him.

Chen Zheng ignored the factions mocking him and called toward the glacier’s core, where the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower was hidden. The flower flew into his hand, leaving everyone speechless.

• Qi Wan rushed toward Chen Zheng, then darted back to her warship, telling Lan Xiang she had grown shy about greeting him.
• A young man from the Blue Firmament Holy Land and others mocked Chen Zheng and Mo Xin for approaching the glacier despite their Profound Immortal cultivation.
• Qi Wan watched Chen Zheng with growing admiration while Lan Xiang warned her that he was dangerous.
• When Chen Zheng stopped at the glacier’s edge, the young man in green and Holy Son Zhanlu mocked him for seeming afraid.
• Chen Zheng called toward the glacier’s core, and the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower flew onto his outstretched palm.

Chen Zheng took the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower, then Mo Xin defeated Holy Son Zhanlu and left him with only his protected primordial spirit. Chen Zheng claimed the renowned sword Zhanlu and renamed the defeated holy son Dilu.

• The crowd reacted in disbelief when the Sacred Flower flew from the glacier's core into Chen Zheng's hand.
• Holy Son Zhanlu drew his renowned sword and demanded that Chen Zheng hand over the flower, while onlookers urged him to comply.
• Mo Xin charged Holy Son Zhanlu, knocked the Zhanlu Sword away, and pierced him with her Blood Radiance Divine Spear.
• Holy Son Zhanlu's body shattered, but a divine talisman protected his surviving primordial spirit.
• Chen Zheng called the Zhanlu Sword to himself and told Holy Son Zhanlu to change his name to Dilu.

Chen Zheng gave the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower to Holy Maiden Qin before leaving for the Mortal Origin Land, where five-colored divine light had appeared. Holy Son Zhanlu vowed revenge, while the sacred flower and Chen Zheng’s connection to Qin stirred tensions within the Ice and Snow Divine Palace.

• After five-colored immortal light appeared over the Mortal Origin Territory, Chen Zheng sent the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower to Qi Wan as a gift for Holy Maiden Qin and departed with Mo Xin.
• Qi Wan passed the flower to Holy Maiden Qin, but Holy Maiden Yun failed to claim it with her Ice Spirit Divine Physique.
• Qi Wan warned Holy Maiden Yun not to provoke Chen Zheng and left with Holy Maiden Qin, while Holy Maiden Yun questioned the deacons about him.
• Holy Son Zhanlu burned the green-robed young man to death and vowed to repay Chen Zheng for the humiliation before departing toward the Mortal Origin Land.
• Onlookers speculated about Chen Zheng’s ties to Holy Maiden Qin and feared that the clashes between the holy maidens and the Blue Firmament Holy Land would escalate.

Cultivators were trapped inside a deadly reenactment of the past in the Dragon Shadow Immortal Abyss and forced to compete for the recognition of thirty-six Immortal Fetuses. Shen Yue, Shen Lian, and Little Black were nearly swallowed by a giant peacock before the young master arrived, while Little Black begged him to save Old Taotie.

• The Illusory Immortal Manor master was blasted out of the Dragon Shadow Immortal Abyss after failing to retrieve the Thousand Illusions Divine Needle.
• Immortal light swept Shen Lian and the gathered cultivators into the abyss, where a remnant of Immortal Emperor Changqing revealed that thirty-six Asgard Palaces held Immortal Fetuses and that anyone who died in the reenactment would truly die.
• The cultivators rushed toward the Asgard Palaces, while Shen Lian told Shen Yue and Little Black that he could not break the formation.
• A giant peacock attacked Shen Yue, Shen Lian, and Little Black, overpowering Little Black and destroying Shen Lian's beast phantom.
• An unidentified figure slapped the peacock senseless, causing it to flee, and Shen Yue recognized the arriving young master.
• Little Black greeted the young master and begged him to save Old Taotie.

Chen Zheng destroyed the Immortal Fetuses and Asgard Palaces despite the cultivators’ protests, while Mo Xin defeated those inside each palace. After Chen Zheng awakened Kong Xuan with a slap and shattered the remaining palaces, a shackled, monstrous Immortal Emperor Changqing appeared.

• Chen Zheng entered the first Asgard Palace with Mo Xin, Little Black, Shen Yue, and Shen Lian, where Mo Xin had already defeated the cultivators inside.
• The Master of the Illusory Immortal Manor demanded the Immortal Fetus, but Chen Zheng crushed it, causing the first Asgard Palace to shatter.
• Mo Xin swept aside the cultivators in the second and third Asgard Palaces as Chen Zheng continued onward, and Shen Lian and Shen Yue realized he intended to destroy every Immortal Fetus.
• The Master of the Illusory Immortal Manor called for Immortal Emperor Changqing, who appeared as a peacock and attacked Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng slapped him awake; the peacock revealed himself as Kong Xuan and greeted Chen Zheng as Ancestor Chen.
• Chen Zheng shattered the remaining Immortal Fetuses and thirty-three Asgard Palaces, revealing Immortal Emperor Changqing in a hideously contorted form, bound by shackles.

Immortal Emperor Changqing revealed himself as a sealed incarnation of Chaos that had planned to cultivate the living as food, but Chen Zheng destroyed his scheme. The chapter ended with Chaos biting Chen Zheng’s foot and shattering every tooth.

• Immortal Emperor Changqing transformed into a monstrous Chaos and devoured the Illusory Immortal Manor Lord with black qi.
• Chaos explained that it had used the Immortal Fetuses and cultivators as food vessels and seeds to cultivate food that could free it from its shackles.
• Chaos offered Kong Xuan eternal life and Dao Ancestor status if he submitted, then charged at Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng grew to ten thousand zhang and extended one foot toward Chaos.
• Chaos bit Chen Zheng’s foot and shattered all its teeth, prompting Chen Zheng to mock their weakness.

Chen Zheng revealed that he possessed Epoch Shackles of his own and used them to defeat and capture the Chaos monster. After the illusion formation broke, an ancient immortal palace appeared, and Chen Zheng entered it with his companions.

• Chaos unleashed his Epoch Shackles at Chen Zheng and explained that they could seal the most terrifying beings in the world.
• Chen Zheng’s own Epoch Shackles emerged, shattered and devoured Chaos’s shackles, then compressed Chaos into a small sphere.
• Chen Zheng spared the captured Chaos monster and absorbed it with seven-colored divine light before returning to normal size.
• The illusion formation shattered, revealing an ancient immortal palace deep within Dragon Shadow Immortal Origin.
• Chen Zheng entered the palace with Mo Xin, followed by Little Black, Shen Yue and her father, and Kong Xuan; the other cultivators stayed behind.

Chen Zheng and his companions explored the revealed immortal hall, where a jade disc showed comic scenes from the Immortal Domain Supreme’s childhood. After Chen Zheng purified the Immortal Fetuses and offered them to the others for protection, he sensed a broken jade disc outside and wondered whether the Old Ancestor had failed.

• Kong Xuan recognized the Immortal Fetuses as containers holding remnant souls, while Chen Zheng seized the jade disc from the front of the hall.
• The jade disc replayed the Immortal Domain Supreme’s childhood, including his boasts about creating the Supreme Art and his comical disguise as a woman.
• Kong Xuan explained the Immortal Domain Supreme’s status as an Epoch Hegemon and described the power of beings beyond the Great Thousand Worlds.
• Chen Zheng stored the jade disc, erased something inside the Immortal Fetuses, and told his companions they could use them as protection if their world collapsed.
• Chen Zheng sensed a broken jade disc outside the hall and wondered whether the Old Ancestor had failed.

Chen Zheng departed after hinting at a world-destroying event, while the Ice and Snow Divine Palace seized Qin Yanzhi and Qi Wan. News spread that the Blue Firmament Holy Land had advanced its Blue Heavens Sacred Assembly and would open the Blue Heavens Ruined Realm, drawing Chen Zheng’s attention.

• A broken jade disc vanished, and Chen Zheng told Little Black to find him after the major event in the Black-Yellow Great World; Kong Xuan speculated about Chen Zheng’s origins.
• At the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, Qi Wan questioned Qin Yanzhi about the Ice Spirit Sacred Flower before an old woman took both women to the rear mountain under the former palace master’s orders.
• Lan Xiang discovered the women were gone and sent a sealed flower petal toward Heavenly Beginning City.
• News spread that the Blue Firmament Holy Land had advanced the Blue Heavens Sacred Assembly, offered immortal, divine, and sacred seeds, and planned to open the Blue Heavens Ruined Realm.
• Chen Zheng discussed the assembly with Creation Little Doll, said the Hidden Sage could wait until Hongjun captured the Great Black-Yellow Dragon, and Creation Little Doll criticized Hongjun’s progress.

Chen Zheng and Mo Xin reached the Blue Firmament Holy Land, where the Nine Tribulations Immortal Formation barred uninvited guests from ascending. After the steward wagered Mo Xin’s spear against their attempt, Mo Xin shattered the formation in an instant, leaving the gathered crowd stunned.

• Shangguan Fei and Zhou Zhidao learned from Lan Xiang’s coded message that Qi Wan and Holy Maiden Qin might be imprisoned, and Zhou Zhidao sent Shangguan Fei to seek Chen Zheng at the Blue Firmament Holy Land.
• At the Blue Firmament Holy Land, Chen Zheng heard visitors and a steward dismiss the Nine Tribulations and their absent leader.
• A steward offered Chen Zheng a chance to challenge the Nine Tribulations Immortal Formation, demanding Mo Xin’s magical artifact if they failed.
• Chen Zheng agreed to bring the portly middle-aged man along if they succeeded, then called on Mo Xin to enter the formation.
• Mo Xin shattered the Nine Tribulations Immortal Formation with a single charge, astonishing everyone present.

Chen Zheng, Mo Xin, and Shi Zu reached the Blue Firmament Holy Land’s summit after Mo Xin broke the Nine Tribulations Immortal Formation, where they witnessed the gathering’s announcement that the founding patriarch would attempt to become a Dao Ancestor. The ceremony began with an immortal seed being presented to Xuan Yi, while the Ladder to Heaven offered guest elders sacred and divine seeds for reaching its highest steps.

• Mo Xin broke the Nine Tribulations Immortal Formation, allowing Chen Zheng, Mo Xin, and Shi Zu to board the Blue Heavens Immortal Boat.
• At the summit, the steward explained that the Ladder to Heaven had 9,999 steps and offered sacred or divine seeds to those who reached its highest levels.
• A blue-robed elder announced that the gathering would confer an immortal seed on Xuan Yi, select guest elders, and witness the founding patriarch’s attempt to reach the Dao Ancestor Realm.
• Shi Zu introduced himself to Chen Zheng, and the ceremony began as an immortal seed appeared for Xuan Yi.

At the Blue Firmament Holy Land’s investiture ceremony, Xuan Yi received an Immortal Seed and became a Quasi-Sage, but he could climb only to the 5,100th step of the heavenly stairway. After Old Ancestor Gao Xianshu failed to pass the 7,003rd step, Chen Zheng climbed to the summit in a single step and said the stairway was still too low.

• The blue-robed elder invested Xuan Yi as the Blue Firmament Holy Land’s fifth Holy Son and gave him an Immortal Seed, which raised him directly to the Quasi-Sage level.
• Xuan Yi climbed from the 5,000th step to the 5,100th step, then returned to the platform to recover.
• Old Ancestor Gao Xianshu climbed to the 7,003rd step before stopping and descending without reaching the Sage Seed threshold.
• The blue-robed elder invited the remaining guests to try the stairway before beginning the final part of the gathering.
• Chen Zheng stepped onto the first stair as a Profound Immortal, and the blue-robed elder challenged him to reach the 5,000th step or face death.
• Chen Zheng vanished with one step and appeared at the summit, where he said the 9,999-step stairway was still too low.

Chen Zheng reached the summit of the celestial stairway, but the Blue Firmament Holy Land refused to give him the divine seed and used its Holy Mirror to identify him as the head of the Nine Tribulations. After Chen Zheng condemned the holy land for breaking its promise, its sect master summoned the founding patriarch, a Half-Step Dao Ancestor, to kill him.

• Chen Zheng reached the summit of the celestial stairway in a single step, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• The blue-robed elder declared Chen Zheng a guest elder entitled to the divine seed, then summoned the Holy Mirror to confirm his identity.
• The Holy Mirror named Chen Zheng the head of the Nine Tribulations, and Holy Son Zhanlu and others accused him of being a villain and a threat to the founding patriarch.
• Chen Zheng challenged the Blue Firmament Holy Land for breaking its promise, while the sect master insisted he could decide that Chen Zheng's identity violated the rules.
• The sect master asked the founding patriarch to appear and slay Chen Zheng, and a Half-Step Dao Ancestor emerged from the Blue Heavens Asgard Palace.