Chapter Summaries

Zhang Zhengdao summoned the underworld’s First Ghost King to kill Chen Zheng, but the Ghost King recognized Hu Fei’s Xuanyuan Sword and then remembered Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher. The Ghost King turned on Zhang Zhengdao and tore apart his body and primordial spirit.

• Zhang Zhengdao revealed that he had summoned the First Ghost King to avenge his younger brother and kill Chen Zheng and Nan City.
• Zhang Zhengdao struck Lin Zhengming down when he tried to stop the Ghost King from fusing with him.
• The First Ghost King recognized Hu Fei’s Xuanyuan Sword and slapped Zhang Zhengdao away when he insulted it and Xuanyuan’s descendants.
• The First Ghost King recognized Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher after recalling the battle techniques Chen Zheng had taught him at Xuanyuan Terrace.
• Zhang Zhengdao ordered the First Ghost King to fuse with him, but the Ghost King seized him for disrespecting Chen Zheng and tore apart his body and primordial spirit.

The Ghost King killed Zhang Zhengdao, then recognized Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher before being pulled back into the underworld. Chen Zheng went to Mount Longhu, where Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng found the Celestial Master's Mansion corrupted by the God and Ghost Sect's secret art and under attack by four evil spirit beasts.

• The Ghost King tore Zhang Zhengdao apart, then knelt before Chen Zheng and called him the Saintly Teacher.
• The underworld summoned the Ghost King and the other ghosts away, while Chen Zheng departed for Mount Longhu.
• Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng flew toward Mount Longhu and speculated about Chen Zheng's ancient identity and Zhang Zhengdao's corruption.
• Lin Zhengming and Xiao Peng saw black energy engulfing Mount Longhu and recognized four evil spirits shaped like the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
• The four evil spirits consumed Mount Longhu's disciples as Chen Zheng hovered above them, and Lin Zhengming declared the Celestial Master's Mansion finished.

Chen Zheng destroyed the Celestial Master's Mansion's Four Spirits Grand Array and learned that Mount Longhu's founding patriarch considered its lineage descended from him. Chen Zheng rejected the connection, and the last living Daoist of Mount Longhu turned to ash as Patriarch Daoling departed.

• The corrupted old Daoist sent the four evil spirits to attack Chen Zheng, but they fled when a terrifying phantom emerged from Chen Zheng and swallowed them.
• The old Daoist summoned Patriarch Daoling with a jade talisman, and the founding patriarch descended to Mount Longhu.
• Patriarch Daoling knelt before Chen Zheng and explained that Mount Longhu's secret arts came from an ancient scroll linked to Chen Zheng's disciple.
• Chen Zheng said he refused to acknowledge Mount Longhu as one of his lineages, then turned the old Daoist to ash with a glance.
• Patriarch Daoling bowed to Chen Zheng and vanished.

The demon kings discussed the coming competition for Earth's spiritual essence and learned that the Cloud Realm might join the conflict. In Lion City, Chen Zheng killed vampire marquis Jensen after Jensen revealed his plan to drink Qin Yi's blood.

• The demon kings learned that the Golden Crow demon's descent would be delayed and that factions from the Spirit Realm and Cloud Realm might compete over Earth.
• The demon king in the middle revealed that Feather Empress Feng Fei had visited Earth over twenty years earlier to search for someone.
• Qin Lihua urged Qin Yi to consider dating Jensen, who had supposedly paid off Qin Lihua's gambling debt, but Qin Yi refused.
• Jensen revealed that he was a vampire marquis and trapped Qin Yi and Yanran in his domain, declaring that he intended to drink Qin Yi's blood.
• Jensen shattered the tableware near Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng froze the fragments and snapped his fingers to tear Jensen's body apart.
• Jensen begged Chen Zheng to spare him, but Chen Zheng snapped his fingers again and destroyed Jensen's head.

Chen Zheng learned that the Ying Family’s Food God Banquet had been held for centuries to welcome him back, while disputes over his companions and Zuo Qinghong’s past with the Sword Sect erupted at the gathering. The Ying Family’s ancestor ended the conflict by welcoming Chen Zheng as the young master he had awaited for over a thousand years.

• Catherine declined the Vampire lordship and asked Chen Zheng to help with her awakening ritual, while he said he would visit Europe and meet a disobedient girl he called a god.
• Jiang Boyue, Yu Canghai, Chen Zhilong, and Chen Zheng received invitations to the Ying Family’s Food God Banquet, and Chen Zheng decided to bring three companions.
• At the banquet, Mu Changfeng accused Zuo Qinghong of betraying the Sword Sect and insisted she was bound to marry Xu Pingzhi.
• Guests complained that Chen Zheng had brought too many people, but the Ying Family’s ancestor declared that he could bring as many as he wished.
• The ancestor explained that the Food God Banquet had been created to welcome Chen Zheng, then bowed and introduced himself as Ying Sanshui, successor to the Food God.

At the Ying Family’s Food God Banquet, Ying Sanshui declared Chen Zheng the long-awaited young master, but Second Master Ying joined forces with Kunlun to seize control of the family. After Fan Cong attacked An Jing, Chen Zheng killed him with a single gesture, leaving the hall in stunned silence.

• Ying Sanshui explained that the Food God had saved the Ying Family and identified Chen Zheng as the young master the family had awaited for over a thousand years.
• Second Master Ying arrived with four Terrestrial Immortals, denied the Food God’s existence, and ordered Chen Zheng and his companions to leave.
• Second Master Ying revealed that he had poisoned Ying Sanshui with a Seven-Star Heavenly Silkworm and announced his plan to take over the family and marry Ying Ying to Fan Cong.
• An Jing insulted Fan Cong when he boasted about marrying Ying Ying, so Fan Cong drew his sword and attacked her.
• Chen Zheng grabbed Fan Cong through the air and plucked off his head, silencing the hall.

Chen Zheng killed Fan Cong, freed Ying Sanshui from the Seven-Star Heavenly Silkworm, and faced an attack from the Ying Family's second master and four Terrestrial Immortals. He erased all five attackers with a single word, leaving the hall in shock.

• Chen Zheng casually took Fan Cong's head and killed the Kunlun Terrestrial Immortal, then told Ying Sanshui that his injuries were not his fault.
• The Ying Family's second master claimed Chen Zheng could not save Ying Sanshui and threatened him with Fan Wuji's revenge.
• Chen Zheng summoned the Seven-Star Heavenly Silkworm from Ying Sanshui, and the silkworm destroyed itself, restoring Ying Sanshui's true essence.
• The Ying Family's second master and four Terrestrial Immortals attacked Chen Zheng and everyone beside him, but Chen Zheng said, "Scram!"
• The five Terrestrial Immortals froze, then turned to ash and smoke until not a scrap remained.

Chen Zheng erased Mu Changfeng and other guests who had insulted him, then calmly resumed the Ying Family’s Food God Banquet. An Jing absorbed every dish without difficulty and triggered a Heavenly Tribulation, leaving everyone stunned.

• Chen Zheng erased Mu Changfeng as he fled and made the rude guests who had mocked him vanish with snaps of his fingers.
• Ying Sanshui resumed the Food God Banquet, and Chen Zheng found the first ten-spirit soup authentic but useless to him.
• Most guests fainted after drinking the first dish, while An Jing finished two bowls without feeling its effects.
• An Jing and the remaining guests tried the later dishes; nearly everyone stopped, but An Jing consumed each one easily.
• After An Jing said she felt she had attracted something, thunderclouds gathered over the winery, and Ying Sanshui identified the Heavenly Tribulation.
• An Jing celebrated the tribulation and kissed Chen Zheng, delighted that she might become a Terrestrial Immortal.

At the Ying Family's private winery, An Jing faced a Terrestrial Immortal Tribulation, but Chen Zheng ordered the Heavenly Tribulation to hold back and let her destroy it with one punch. An Jing passed the tribulation and celebrated with Chen Zheng, while the dragon soul sensed that Earth's Heavenly Dao had briefly tried to attack him under orders from above.

• A photographer near the Ying Family's private winery spotted strange thunderclouds and stayed to photograph the storm.
• An Jing eagerly waited for her Terrestrial Immortal Tribulation as the guests kept their distance and worried about her chances.
• When a terrifying bolt descended toward An Jing, Chen Zheng stopped it and ordered the thunderclouds to return and let her punch them.
• An Jing gathered her true essence and punched the thunderstorm apart, after which she felt her body changing and asked Chen Zheng if she had become a Terrestrial Immortal.
• An Jing celebrated by embracing and kissing Chen Zheng while the onlookers stared in disbelief at his control over the Heavenly Tribulation.
• The dragon soul told Jiang Boyue that Earth's Heavenly Dao feared Chen Zheng but had briefly tried to attack him as though it had received orders from above.

Ying Ying learned that the Food God’s avatar had identified Chen Zheng as an ageless young master, while a cameraman recorded the aftermath of An Jing’s tribulation. Chen Zheng then revealed that Xu Cheng had used his psychic power to keep his wife’s spirit in the mortal world, and Black and White Impermanence recognized Chen Zheng and bowed to him.

• Ying Sanshui told Ying Ying that the Food God’s avatar had said Chen Zheng’s appearance would never change, even after countless years.
• A cameraman celebrated recording the thunderstorm’s return and destruction, believing he had captured evidence of a powerful figure undergoing a tribulation.
• Lin Zhengming brought Chen Zheng to the Superpower Group to examine Xu Cheng, but Xu Ge insisted that technology could cure her grandfather.
• Lin Zhengming knelt and begged Chen Zheng to help Xu Cheng, and Chen Zheng said Xu Cheng was keeping his wife’s spirit in the mortal world at the cost of both their futures.
• Xu Cheng’s wife’s spirit appeared and demanded to be released, revealing why Xu Cheng had sealed himself away.
• Black and White Impermanence arrived to arrest Xu Cheng and the spirit, recognized Chen Zheng, and prostrated themselves before him.

Chen Zheng sent Black and White Impermanence away with Elder Xu's wife, then stopped Lin Zhengming from confronting Penglai Immortal Island's Wang Fu. Chen Zheng's power manifested enormous eyes in the sky that erased Wang Fu, leaving China's cultivation world stunned.

• Black and White Impermanence seized Elder Xu's wife's ghost and vanished after Chen Zheng allowed them to take her for reincarnation.
• Elder Xu admitted he had been wrong and thanked Chen Zheng for waking him, while Lin Zhengming and the others learned why Elder Xu's mind had fluctuated.
• Lin Zhengming projected Wang Fu's announcement that Penglai Immortal Island had entered the secular world and claimed Nanhai Island.
• Lin Zhengming prepared to go to Nanhai City, but Chen Zheng told him Wang Fu was already dead.
• Chen Zheng's power manifested enormous eyes above Nanhai City, and the eyes erased Wang Fu and shattered his sword.
• Cultivators across China recognized the eyes and suspected that a person, not the Heavenly Dao, had wielded them.

Chen Zheng erased a Terrestrial Immortal from Penglai using the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation, then left Yanjing after Elder Xu recovered. That night, nine enormous stars appeared in a line over China, leaving Zuo Qinghong, Su Cheng, and other cultivators wondering whether the phenomenon was connected to Chen Zheng and An Jing.

• Chen Zheng used a heavenly-eye manifestation linked to the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation to erase a Terrestrial Immortal, alarming the Ji Family head, Ji Chengfeng, Lin Zhengming, and Elder Xu.
• Chen Zheng explained that the formation could detect and erase cultivators who entered China to interfere with the secular world, and Xiao Peng compared it to a satellite orbital cannon.
• Chen Zheng left the medical room with Zuo Qinghong after confirming Elder Xu was well, while Lin Zhengming escorted them out.
• Lin Zhengming told Elder Xu that the Xuanyuan Sword had acknowledged Hu Fei as its master and recounted Chen Zheng's deeds, leaving Elder Xu dumbfounded.
• That night, An Jing pounced on Chen Zheng in her bedroom, but he turned the tables on her as Su Cheng, Zuo Qinghong, and Little Bone waited outside.
• Nine enormous stars appeared in a line over China, and Zuo Qinghong and Su Cheng wondered whether the phenomenon was connected to Chen Zheng and An Jing.

As the second Nine-Star Phenomenon sent China’s spiritual energy dragons surging toward Kunlun, Chen Zheng arrived and began devouring them. Lü Changhe and Kunlun’s Terrestrial Immortals watched in shock as the dragons’ terror and Chen Zheng’s power grew.

• Spiritual energy dragons streamed toward Kunlun, prompting powerful cultivators from grotto-heavens across China to gather there.
• At the Superpower Group headquarters, Lin Zhengming and Old Nie realized they could not control the upheaval and hoped Chen Zheng would intervene.
• Lü Changhe complained that the violent dragons had ruined his chance to absorb spiritual energy, while Kunlun’s Terrestrial Immortals said no one there could handle them.
• Chen Zheng appeared beside Lü Changhe, and the dragons grew more violent as he compared their gathering to pigs being fattened for slaughter.
• Chen Zheng roared and swallowed the spiritual energy dragons, making his aura surge as Lü Changhe and the Kunlun experts looked on in astonishment.

Chen Zheng absorbed the spiritual energy gathered above Kunlun, killed three Kunlun Terrestrial Immortals with a glance, and returned to Nan City. There, he destroyed a giant wolf demon and the Black Wind Demon King with a slap, leaving his companions safe.

• Chen Zheng swallowed the spiritual energy dragons above Kunlun, and three Kunlun Terrestrial Immortals tried to force him into their sect.
• Chen Zheng killed the three Terrestrial Immortals with an indifferent glance and vanished, while Lü Changhe discovered they had died from ruptured livers and gallbladders.
• Experts from China's grotto-heavens and blessed lands arrived at Kunlun and found the spiritual energy dragons gone.
• In Nan City, a giant wolf demon knocked Yu Canghai down and sent Wen Tailai flying as the group struggled against it and the Black Wind Demon King.
• Chen Zheng arrived and exploded the giant wolf demon with one slap.
• The Black Wind Demon King tried to possess Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng killed him with another slap.

Chen Zheng and Mishima Lola traveled to Japan to confront the Mishima Family, but a missile attack destroyed their plane and Little Bone grew to a gigantic size to demolish the family’s defenses. The chapter ended with Little Bone smashing the mansion and splitting the ground as the confrontation began.

• Little Bone praised Chen Zheng’s increased strength, and Chen Zheng healed Yu Canghai and Wen Tailai after learning that the Black Wind Demon King had attacked Su Cheng’s home.
• Chen Zheng, Mishima Lola, and Little Bone flew to Japan, where Lola explained the Mishima Family’s devilish origins and warned that Mishima Fenglei would try to stop them.
• A missile destroyed the private plane, but Little Bone survived and destroyed the attacking fighter jet with a fiery blast.
• Chen Zheng and Mishima Lola reached a private mansion near Mount Fuji, where they found Mishima Family ninjas, samurai, and onmyoji waiting to block them.
• Little Bone transformed into her true form, grew to over thirty meters tall, and demolished the mansion with her tail and a massive claw.

Chen Zheng and Little Bone faced the revived demons at the Mishima Family's ancestral residence, where Chen Zheng revealed overwhelming power. After sending Mishima Fenglei flying with one kick, Chen Zheng unleashed his aura and began tearing the entire barrier world apart.

• Little Bone told Mishima Lola that the samurai, ninjas, and onmyoji were too weak, while an underground presence stirred and Mishima Lola identified it as the sealed Yamata no Orochi.
• Chen Zheng, Little Bone, and Mishima Lola reached the Mishima Family's ancestral residence and found Mishima Fenglei and eight demons revived.
• Mishima Fenglei attacked Chen Zheng, but Chen Zheng sent him crashing through the ancestral residence with a single kick.
• Chen Zheng declared that he would show Mishima Fenglei a true demon, then released an aura that cracked the eight demons' bodies.
• Chen Zheng took two steps, splitting apart the ground and shattering everything in the barrier world, including demons, ruins, and underground lava.

Mishima Fenglei summoned a demon king from the Doro Demon Realm to kill Chen Zheng, but the powerful arrival recognized Chen Zheng and knelt before him as his Grandfather Ancestor. The chapter ended with the demon king and the surviving demons submitting to Chen Zheng, leaving Mishima Lola and Mishima Fenglei stunned.

• Mishima Fenglei activated a teleportation formation using the shattered demons and summoned a demon king from the Doro Demon Realm.
• The demon king descended, sensed Little Bone’s Golden Crow Emperor Blood, and declared he would devour it.
• Mishima Fenglei begged the demon king to kill Chen Zheng in exchange for his soul and the Mishima Family.
• The demon king froze when he faced Chen Zheng, then knelt and introduced himself as Husky, eldest son of Moluo, and paid his respects to Grandfather Ancestor.
• The eight demons knelt before Chen Zheng, and five of them burst apart as Mishima Lola and Mishima Fenglei watched in shock.

Chen Zheng met Husky, the demon king summoned from the Doro Demon Realm, who revered him as his grandfather ancestor and killed Mishima Fenglei. After Husky was pulled back to his realm, the Mishima demiplane collapsed, and an eight-headed serpent emerged beneath Mount Fuji.

• Husky recognized Chen Zheng as his grandfather ancestor and explained that his father, Moluo, had named him Husky at Chen Zheng's suggestion.
• Husky killed Mishima Fenglei with a glance and eagerly sought Chen Zheng's praise.
• The summoning array pulled Husky back to the Doro Demon Realm, where he invited Chen Zheng to visit Moluo and his grandmother.
• The demons who had served as sacrifices died, and the Mishima demiplane began collapsing as magma erupted from Mount Fuji.
• Chen Zheng carried Mishima Lola out of the collapsing demiplane on Little Bone, while tourists fled the volcanic eruption.
• An enormous creature with eight snake heads burst from the ground beneath Mount Fuji.

Little Bone, Chen Zheng’s super T. rex, killed Yamata no Orochi at Mount Fuji and unleashed its power amid the eruption. As Chen Zheng explained Little Bone’s potential to Mishima Lola, a United States destroyer targeted it with an electromagnetic railgun and fired.

• Little Bone charged Yamata no Orochi and sent the mythical monster flying toward Mount Fuji’s erupting crater.
• Little Bone crushed one of Yamata no Orochi’s heads, breathed fire, and killed it by burning off its remaining seven heads.
• Tourists mistook Little Bone for Godzilla, while Chen Zheng told Mishima Lola that Yamata no Orochi had not reached the level of a divine beast.
• Chen Zheng described Little Bone as a mutant with potential beyond the supreme Golden Crow Great Emperor, leaving Mishima Lola confused.
• Captain Fury received orders aboard a United States destroyer, targeted Little Bone with an electromagnetic railgun, and fired.

Chen Zheng’s Little Bone survived an American electromagnetic railgun strike on Mount Fuji, evolved golden-red skeletal wings, and attacked the American fleet. Little Bone plunged through the destroyer’s heavy firepower and destroyed the ship in golden flames.

• An American electromagnetic railgun struck Little Bone on Mount Fuji, but Little Bone emerged from the smoke unharmed and apparently stronger.
• Chen Zheng told Little Bone to strike back, and Little Bone charged toward the sea with newly grown golden-red wings.
• Mishima Lola flew after Little Bone and saw it swoop toward the American destroyer.
• Captain Fury ordered the destroyer to launch missiles and fire its electromagnetic railgun at Little Bone.
• Little Bone ignored the barrage, plunged down onto the destroyer, and engulfed it in golden flames.