Chapter Summaries

A vision above Witch Desolation replayed events from the Primordial Wilderness, including the splitting of heaven, the Dragon-Phoenix Conflict, and the Wu-Demon War. The Heavenly Dragon Emperor wondered whether an azure lotus in the vision had been Chen Zheng's true form, and Chen Zheng said it had only been a thought in his dream.

• The Heavenly Dragon Emperor discussed Divine Emperor Gai Shi's ambition to unite the Eight Desolations and seize the Heavenly Abyss with Chen Zheng.
• A strange radiance covered Witch Desolation, and a vision showed Pangu splitting heaven before shifting to the Dragon-Phoenix Conflict and the Wu-Demon War.
• A faint azure light fell into the Primordial Wilderness in the vision and appeared to become a divine plant that took human form.
• The man on the divine throne ordered Fearless Divine Venerable to take people to Witch Desolation and gave him an artifact to warn him if he encountered the person who killed Divine Venerable Tianqi.
• The Heavenly Dragon Emperor asked whether the azure lotus in the vision had been Chen Zheng's true form, and Chen Zheng replied that it had only been a thought in his dream.

At the Witch Desolation Sinkhole, the Wu Clan and Corpse Clan sacrificed three thousand emperor corpses to summon a terrifying giant. The mist cleared to reveal both clans kneeling before it, while Fearless Divine Venerable and the other visitors stared in fear.

• The Heavenly Dragon Emperor sensed the Corpse Clan’s aura near the sinkhole, and Chen Zheng told him to watch.
• Three thousand emperor corpses appeared above the sinkhole and detonated after a voice from within ordered them to begin.
• Three thousand eerie flames converged on a beam of white light, leaving the sinkhole silent and filling the visitors with dread.
• Fearless Divine Venerable flew into the sinkhole, but a giant hand slapped him back out.
• The mist dispersed, revealing the Wu Ancestor, the Wu Emperor, and the Corpse Ancestor prostrating themselves before a black-and-white giant that frightened even Fearless Divine Venerable.

The Wu and Corpse Clans summoned an Innate Chaos Godfiend and trapped the visitors in Witch Desolation, then attacked Chen Zheng after identifying him as the Vicious One Ancestor. Chen Zheng did not fight back, and the Godfiend suddenly shattered into ashes, leaving the clans and onlookers stunned.

• The Innate Chaos Godfiend sealed the Witch Desolation sinkhole with black-and-white qi and injured Fearless Divine Venerable with a glance.
• The Wu Emperor recognized Chen Zheng as the Vicious One Ancestor and declared that the Godfiend would consume his unusual body.
• Fearless Divine Venerable tried to send Chen Zheng’s image to Divine Desolation but was blocked by the barrier, then revealed that Chen Zheng had killed Witch Emperor Jueyou.
• The Corpse Emperor said the Wu and Corpse Clans had revived the Innate Chaos Godfiend using a divine object and planned to kill Chen Zheng before attacking Divine Desolation.
• The Wu Emperor, Wu Ancestor, and Corpse Emperor ordered the Godfiend to strike Chen Zheng, but the Godfiend shattered into pieces and turned to ashes.

After Chen Zheng destroyed the Innate Chaos Godfiend, the strange broken rock that had empowered it came into his possession. As a green lotus manifestation appeared behind him, Wu Emperor called for the Underworld's emissary.

• Fearless Divine Venerable failed to seize the broken rock or escape the barrier, then explained that it had transformed the Innate Godfiend into an Innate Chaos Godfiend.
• Chen Zheng recognized that the broken rock had shown scenes from ancient eras, while Fearless Divine Venerable urged him to serve Divine Emperor Gai Shi.
• Chen Zheng refused the offer and said he would visit the Divine Desolation, where those who deserved death would be killed and buried.
• Chen Zheng tapped the broken rock, which blazed with black-and-white light before entering the center of his brow and revealing a green lotus manifestation behind him.
• Wu Emperor shouted for the Underworld's emissary, surprising everyone present.

The Underworld envoy revealed that Vicious One Ancestor was the revered Saintly Teacher of the Underworld and refused the Wu Emperor’s request to kill him. The envoy then sealed nearly everyone in the Witch Desolation Sinkhole while Chen Zheng remained lost in thoughts of the past.

• The Wu Emperor summoned an Underworld envoy and asked him to kill Vicious One Ancestor or take the Wu Clan to the Underworld.
• The Wu Emperor and Wu Ancestor explained that the Wu Clan and Corpse Clan had unearthed an artifact tied to the Primordial Wilderness, and Fearless Divine Venerable asked the envoy to rescue him.
• The envoy ignored their requests and told the Wu Emperor that Nine Yama Nether Venerable would rather break his promise and destroy the Wu Clan than oppose Vicious One Ancestor.
• The envoy explained that Vicious One Ancestor was the Saintly Teacher revered by all Underworld beings, according to the first Great Nether Venerable’s ancestral injunction.
• The envoy raised his hand and sealed almost every living being inside the Witch Desolation Sinkhole.

The Underworld envoy’s seal was broken when Divine Emperor Gai Shi’s dharma manifestation attacked the Witch Desolation Sinkhole, prompting the Wu and Corpse Clans to submit to Divine Desolation. Chen Zheng awakened and destroyed the Divine Emperor’s manifestation with his azure lotus, which then spread across the Ancient Land of the Eight Desolations and the Heavenly Abyss.

• The Underworld envoy was gravely wounded after confronting a terrifying presence outside the barrier, and his seal over the beings in the Witch Desolation Sinkhole was lifted.
• The barrier turned transparent, revealing Divine Emperor Gai Shi’s dharma manifestation pounding it from outside.
• Fearless Divine Venerable celebrated the Divine Emperor’s arrival, while the Wu Emperor and Corpse Emperor pledged their clans’ submission to Divine Desolation.
• After the Divine Emperor’s dharma manifestation broke through the barrier, the Underworld envoy prepared to fight it as Chen Zheng remained in a trance.
• Chen Zheng awakened and sent his azure lotus dharma manifestation into the sky, where it destroyed the Divine Emperor’s manifestation in one clash.
• The azure lotus bloomed and enveloped the Ancient Land of the Eight Desolations, including its four extremities and the Heavenly Abyss.

An azure lotus Dharma manifestation shook the Ancient Land of the Eight Desolations, prompting Zao Wang to investigate the Vicious One Ancestor and seek a divine object. At the Witch Desolation Sinkhole, Chen Zheng erased the gathered gods and learned from the Wheel-Turning Envoy that Nether Phoenix was imprisoned amid upheaval in the Underworld.

• Zao Wang and the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix discussed whether the Vicious One Ancestor was connected to the Chaos Qinglian, and Zao Wang sent his consciousness out of the Heavenly Abyss.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the Fearless Divine Venerable’s plea, then turned him, the Wu Emperor, the Wu Ancestor, and the gathered gods and races to ashes.
• The Underworld Wheel-Turning Envoy bowed to Chen Zheng and said Nether Phoenix was serving ten thousand years in the Sacred Prison for breaking an important Underworld artifact.
• The Wheel-Turning Envoy explained that the artifact belonged to a powerful concubine tied to a special race and urged Chen Zheng to visit the Underworld before vanishing.

Chen Zheng identified the broken stone as an incomplete core of the Original Primordial Wilderness and tested it against a mysterious half stele. Their equal power suggested the stele came from a being above the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord, and possibly that someone had grown their universe.

• The old relics at the Witch Desolation sinkhole realized the Vicious One Ancestor was connected to the azure lotus and then left.
• Zao Wang's split soul taunted Divine Emperor Gai Shi, who offered him a divine object from beyond the heavens to try.
• The Heavenly Dragon Emperor learned that the broken stone was the incomplete core of the Original Primordial Wilderness.
• Chen Zheng struck the incomplete core against a half stele, but both objects cracked because they repelled each other.
• Chen Zheng explained that the half stele was a one-way teleportation formation and reasoned that it came from a being above the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord.

Chen Zheng entered the Divine Desolation Ancestral Land after the Divine Emperor Gai Shi invited him in, while the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix watched from outside and awaited the result of his confrontation with Gai Shi and Lord Zao Wang.

• Chen Zheng sent the incomplete core of the Original Primordial Wilderness into the world inside the Dao Diagram and told the Seventh Princess to take Yanluo to observe the opening of heaven.
• Chen Zheng left the dragon court after advising the Heavenly Dragon Emperor to cultivate without letting thoughts of higher realms unsettle his Dao heart.
• Chen Zheng and Mo Xin reached the entrance to the Divine Desolation Ancestral Land, where Mo Xin’s spear cleared the way past the divine guards.
• The divine guards recognized Chen Zheng as the Vicious One Ancestor, and Divine Emperor Gai Shi opened the entrance and welcomed him with a crimson carpet.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix appeared outside the ancestral land and wondered whether Chen Zheng had caused the upheavals in the other Desolations, while noting that Gai Shi and Lord Zao Wang had joined forces against him.

Chen Zheng entered the Temple of Origin seeking the last Eight Desolations Realm Stone, but Divine Emperor Gai Shi sent him and Mo Xin away with the Trans-Spacetime Wheel. Gai Shi learned the ultimate secret was the Abandoned Nine Heavens and summoned the races of the Eight Desolations to the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning in three days.

• Divine Desolation's Divine Venerables confronted Chen Zheng over his killing of their forefather, but his question about the Eight Desolations Realm Stone shattered their linked Dao power.
• Divine Emperor Gai Shi revealed that the divine object from beyond the heavens had refined the Realm Stone and challenged Chen Zheng to defeat her and the object to claim it.
• Zao Wang revealed himself as a split soul and warned Gai Shi that a vicious creature was attacking the Heavenly Abyss seal, forcing her to bring their plan forward.
• Gai Shi used the Trans-Spacetime Wheel to send Chen Zheng and Mo Xin to Chen Zheng's first lifetime, while the gods celebrated his supposed suppression.
• Gai Shi announced that the ultimate secret was the Abandoned Nine Heavens and ordered the Eight Desolations races to gather at the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning in three days.

News of Divine Emperor Gai Shi suppressing the Vicious One Ancestor spread, while terrifying creatures from the Heavenly Abyss rushed toward the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning for its ultimate secret. Elsewhere, Chen Zheng spoke with the Trans-Spacetime Wheel and Creation Little Doll before reaching the Land of the Beginning, where he and Mo Xin encountered someone with Ancestor Chen’s face.

• Demon Lord Di Mulang and the Ninth Princess doubted that the Vicious One Ancestor had been suppressed and expected him to appear at the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning.
• A gigantic beast, a lightning streak, a sword peak, ancient warships, and a stone ape emerged from the Heavenly Abyss and headed toward the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning.
• At the Land of the Beginning, Creation Little Doll argued with the Trans-Spacetime Wheel, which said it had abandoned Divine Emperor Gai Shi to follow Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng took Mo Xin to the summit platform of the immense mountain, where they found someone sitting with Ancestor Chen's face.

Chen Zheng witnessed a replay of his first life, where Zero revealed the Mountain Guardian’s connection to the Extreme Realm Creator and the War of Great Pulverization. When Chen Zheng approached the Mountain Guardian and the Tribulation Lord statues, they vanished or shattered, and the replay ended in nothingness.

• The Creation Little Doll recognized the seated figure as the Mountain Guardian, and Zero appeared behind Mo Xin and the others.
• Zero told the Mountain Guardian she was his eldest disciple and explained that her former master, the Extreme Realm Creator, had failed to transcend the ninth layer of Great Samsara, then scattered into countless thoughts after losing control and self-destructing.
• The Spirit of the Trans-Spacetime Wheel connected Zero’s story to the War of Great Pulverization, which had destroyed many Great Samsara traditions and killed the Creators.
• Zero vanished after saying she believed the Mountain Guardian would eventually join her, and the Mountain Guardian resumed keeping watch.
• Chen Zheng walked past the Mountain Guardian, who vanished, then advanced toward the thirteen Tribulation Lord statues and shattered them one by one, including the central statue the Creation Little Doll claimed as herself.
• The replay collapsed into nothingness, and the Spirit of the Trans-Spacetime Wheel said the next deduction would be available after a cooldown of at most a few months.

At the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning, the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix attacked those allied with the Vicious One Ancestor while the Myriad Longevity Divine Ape fought an enormous fiend. The Vicious One Ancestor appeared beside Divine Emperor Gai Shi, revealing that he had not been subdued.

• The Myriad Longevity Divine Ape fought the fiend, but its roars repeatedly blasted him back and destroyed his stone-monkey doubles.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix and Zao Wang urged the ape to let the fiend open the sealed place, claiming Divine Emperor Gai Shi had subdued the Vicious One Ancestor and possessed a powerful divine object.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix threatened Shui Bingyue and attacked the people gathered on shore, shattering their protective spiritual and ancestral qi.
• Barbarian Venerable stepped in to protect the others but was blasted away, and the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix prepared to strike again.
• An unseen hand slapped the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix and shattered her attack, then the Vicious One Ancestor appeared beside Divine Emperor Gai Shi as the onlookers celebrated.

Chen Zheng revealed that Divine Emperor Gai Shi had not truly suppressed him and took control of the Trans-Spacetime Wheel, which declared him its master. He opened the ancient stone gate to the Abandoned Nine Heavens, inviting the Heavenly Abyss beings inside.

• The beings on the coast realized Chen Zheng had returned, while Divine Emperor Gai Shi and Zao Wang recognized that he had deceived them about being suppressed.
• After the vicious creature sank beneath the Ancient Sea of Heaven's Beginning, Chen Zheng told Zao Wang and the others that he would open the place they sought to enter.
• The Trans-Spacetime Wheel flew from Divine Emperor Gai Shi to Chen Zheng, and its spirit called her a pawn and named Chen Zheng its master.
• The stone ape was blasted from the sea, and Chen Zheng raised an ancient stone gate from the water as the vicious creature and the Heavenly Abyss beings watched.
• Chen Zheng named the world beyond the gate the Abandoned Nine Heavens, also known as the Abandoned Land of Heaven, and opened the gate.

Chen Zheng opened the gate to the Abandoned Nine Heavens, and Zao Wang, the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix, Divine Emperor Gai Shi, and others entered despite the danger. After several Heavenly Abyss creatures died inside, Chen Zheng waited for Su Jinxiu, then led her and the others through the gate.

• A savage beast and the stone ape entered the ancient stone gate, and Chen Zheng admitted he might be using it to destroy the Heavenly Abyss creatures.
• The Purple Emperor of Ten Thousand Ages appeared and went through the gate, followed by Zao Wang, the Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix, Divine Emperor Gai Shi, and others.
• Two Heavenly Abyss creatures were thrown back from the gate as skeletons and died, terrifying those waiting outside.
• Chen Zheng told the Heavenly Dragon Emperor to wait for the woman he had promised to meet, and Su Jinxiu arrived.
• Chen Zheng called Su Jinxiu his teacher, then carried her and the others through the gate into the Abandoned Nine Heavens.

Chen Zheng and the others entered the Abandoned Nine Heavens and found a pure-looking realm filled with evil beings that could endlessly resurrect. The Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix died in their attack, while the surviving evil beings rushed into a passage after pure white light appeared.

• Chen Zheng explained that the Abandoned Nine Heavens was a discarded realm created by a being above the Heavenly Dao, and that its evil inhabitants could only be permanently killed by destroying the Source of All Evil.
• Divine Emperor Gai Shi obtained a piece of pure white jade that repelled the evil beings, vowed to kill Vicious One Ancestor, and vanished; Zao Wang also seized a jade piece and disappeared.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Phoenix begged Chen Zheng to save her and offered secrets, but Chen Zheng dismissed her claims, and the evil beings tore her apart until she became ash.
• The Valkyrie told Chen Zheng that Lady Pure Woman had stayed away because of people from the outside world, while Shui Bingyue clung to Shui Qingyi as the evil beings turned toward the group.
• Pure white light appeared among the ruins, drawing the evil beings into a passage, and Chen Zheng said their supposed legacies and power were part of the Source of All Evil's calculations.
• The Valkyrie remarked that Chen Zheng's smile seemed evil, then suggested she might have seen it wrong.

Chen Zheng and the others arrived in a shattered world where a suspended stairway led to a stone chair, and the black-robed vicious beast raced toward it. After Chen Zheng saved the Myriad Longevity Divine Ape, the beast reached the chair, threatening to undo its remaining shackles and regain its Epoch Hegemon Realm cultivation.

• Chen Zheng and the others were teleported to a gloomy world of floating stone platforms, where Divine Emperor Gai Shi, Zao Wang, the Myriad Longevity Divine Ape, and a black-robed old man were climbing toward a stone chair.
• Evil thoughts appeared, but they avoided Chen Zheng and instead attacked the climbers; the Myriad Longevity Divine Ape warned that the black-robed figure was a vicious beast whose remaining eight shackles would break if it reached the chair.
• The Myriad Longevity Divine Ape struck at the vicious beast, but it was blasted away, so Chen Zheng pulled it to safety before the evil thoughts could attack it.
• Zao Wang and Divine Emperor Gai Shi used the pure white jade and Nine Heavens Divine Jade to hold off the evil thoughts, while the Heavenly Dragon Emperor warned that the Purple Emperor of Ten Thousand Ages was missing.
• The Myriad Longevity Divine Ape explained that the vicious beast could regain its Epoch Hegemon Realm cultivation, but Chen Zheng dismissed it as small fry.
• The black-robed vicious beast reached the stone chair, and the Myriad Longevity Divine Ape looked up in alarm.

Evil Heaven broke his shackles and became an Epoch Hegemon, but Chen Zheng effortlessly reached the Tribulation Lord Divine Throne and repelled him. Chen Zheng then challenged the hidden Source of All Evil to reveal itself, claiming this was its best chance to act.

• Evil Heaven touched the stone chair, broke his shackles, and regained his Epoch Hegemon cultivation.
• The stone ape told Chen Zheng that his master was the Myriad Longevity Divine Mother and that his bloodline seemed drawn to Chen Zheng.
• Evil Heaven attacked the stone ape, but Chen Zheng stepped onto the Tribulation Lord Divine Throne and took the attacker's place.
• Evil Heaven clawed at Chen Zheng and was blasted back with split flesh, while the Trans-Spacetime Wheel denied that it had helped Chen Zheng reach the throne.
• Chen Zheng addressed an unseen presence beneath the Abandoned Nine Heavens, and the Heavenly Dragon Emperor realized he was calling out the Source of All Evil.

Chen Zheng faced the Source of All Evil in the shattered Abandoned Nine Heavens after the Purple Emperor of Ten Thousand Ages summoned it. The Source of All Evil revealed a face identical to Chen Zheng’s, leaving everyone stunned.

• Chen Zheng ignored Evil Heaven’s threats and said Primordial Chaos was asleep and would purge the worlds when it awakened.
• The Purple Emperor of Ten Thousand Ages appeared and declared that he could awaken the sleeping supreme Dominator.
• The Purple Emperor of Ten Thousand Ages beseeched the Source of All Evil, summoning an enormous black shadow into the Abandoned Nine Heavens.
• The Source of All Evil’s face became clear, and everyone froze when they saw it was identical to Chen Zheng’s.

Chen Zheng used a drop of his true blood to suppress the Source of All Evil and the other powerful beings in the Abandoned Nine Heavens. The Source of All Evil realized Chen Zheng had regained the peak power he possessed over two thousand years ago.

• The Source of All Evil claimed Chen Zheng could not defeat him because Chen Zheng's cultivation had fallen, while the Purple Emperor of Ten Thousand Ages and Divine Emperor Gai Shi urged him to attack.
• Chen Zheng revealed that the Source of All Evil had been created by Primordial Chaos using a secret art and the true blood of one of Chen Zheng's identities from his first life.
• The Source of All Evil reached for Chen Zheng's drop of true blood, which unleashed immense power and compressed him to ordinary size, immobilizing him and the others.
• The Myriad Longevity Divine Ape and Chen Zheng's former followers watched in shock as Chen Zheng's blood suppressed the Source of All Evil and the black-robed old man.
• The Source of All Evil recognized that Chen Zheng had recovered his peak state from over two thousand years ago.