Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng arrived in Fallen Immortal City in the Southern Heaven Domain and was saved from the Thunder Beast by Luo Xian Hall. As multiple Thunder Beasts gathered to attack, a purple-robed man blamed Chen Zheng and confronted Luo Xian.

• Chen Zheng appeared above Fallen Immortal City as a Thunder Beast attacked, and an immortal light from Luo Xian Hall blocked the lightning.
• The Thunder Beast withdrew after Luo Xian Hall invoked the city’s protective formation and reminded it of their hundred-year oath.
• An old man and a middle-aged man told Chen Zheng about Sacrifice Emperor Mountain and warned that leaving the Four Directions Absolute Domain would be difficult.
• More Thunder Beasts gathered above the city, and a purple-robed man accused Chen Zheng of bringing disaster and challenged Luo Xian Hall’s decision to save him.

The Thunder Beast race attacked Fallen Immortal City, while Yan Wusheng abandoned the city and joined the World-Defying Alliance. Chen Zheng stepped between the city and the charging beasts and calmly endured their lightning, asking them to make it stronger.

• Nine Thunder Beasts appeared above Fallen Immortal City, and the city activated its protective formation again.
• Yan Wusheng left the formation and was taken aboard a World-Defying Alliance warship, where he revealed he had joined the alliance and condemned Fallen Immortal Hall.
• Old Ancestor Jiumo said the World-Defying Alliance would not intervene as the Thunder Beasts prepared to attack the city.
• Chen Zheng flew through the protective formation to face the nine Thunder Beasts, despite having no apparent magical power.
• The Thunder Beasts struck Chen Zheng with hundreds of bolts of divine lightning, but he remained unharmed and asked them to send stronger lightning.

Chen Zheng absorbed the Thunder Beasts’ divine lightning, killed one in a counterattack, and used the attacks of the Purple Thunder Beast Venerable to restore his magical power. After devouring a thunder pool and reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, he taunted the Thunder Beast Dao Ancestor into summoning more lightning, leaving the Venerable spitting blood.

• Chen Zheng killed a Patriarch Realm Thunder Beast with a counterattack, stunning the remaining Thunder Beasts and Fallen Immortal City.
• A Thunder Beast summoned the Purple Thunder Beast Venerable, who arrived and shattered Fallen Immortal City’s protective formation with a pillar of purple lightning.
• Chen Zheng survived the Dao Ancestor’s lightning and absorbed it, raising his magical power from the Core Formation Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• The Purple Thunder Beast Venerable summoned the Thunder Art of World Destruction, but Chen Zheng devoured the thunder pool and its ten thousand bolts of lightning.
• Chen Zheng said the thunder pool had restored his magical power to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and challenged the Venerable to summon a Nine Netherworlds Thunder Pool, causing the Venerable to spit blood.

Chen Zheng drove off the Purple Thunder Beast Venerable, erased Yan Wusheng, and rejected the World-Defying Alliance’s attempt to recruit him. He revealed that he had come to the Four Directions Absolute Domain for Heaven Absolute Abyss and had seen Luo Xiang’s reincarnation, leaving the people of Fallen Immortal City confused because they knew only Luo Xian.

• Chen Zheng recovered his cultivation to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage after absorbing the Purple Thunder Beast Venerable’s lightning pool, prompting the Purple Thunder Beast Venerable to flee with the other eight Thunder Beasts.
• Old Ancestor Jiumo invited Chen Zheng to join the World-Defying Alliance, and Chen Zheng said he would consider it if Jiumo killed Yan Wusheng.
• Chen Zheng mocked Yan Wusheng’s name, then erased him without any detectable magical fluctuations, leaving only his immortal sword on the warship.
• Old Ancestor Jiumo warned Chen Zheng that he would meet a Dao Ancestor elder of the alliance and vanished with the warship.
• The plain-robed Daoist told Chen Zheng about the Sacrifice Emperor and Fallen Immortal Hall’s connection to Sacrifice Emperor Mountain.
• Chen Zheng said he had come for Heaven Absolute Abyss and had seen Luo Xiang’s reincarnation, confusing the people of Fallen Immortal City, who knew only Luo Xian.

Chen Zheng healed Luo Xian, restored her memories as Luo Xiang, and took her and the plain-robed Daoist to the Thunder Beast Clan to seize its thunder pool. After swallowing the pool, Chen Zheng grabbed another being from the ancestral land, leaving Purple Thunder Beast Venerable and the Thunder Beasts horrified.

• The plain-robed Daoist told Chen Zheng that Luo Xian had served as Fallen Immortal City's protective formation's power source and was gravely injured.
• Chen Zheng healed Luo Xian and undid her seal, awakening her memories as Luo Xiang and revealing her connection to the Heaven Candidates.
• The plain-robed Daoist warned Chen Zheng that the Thunder Beast Clan had multiple Dao Ancestors and an ancient spirit, but Chen Zheng said he wanted its thunder pool.
• The plain-robed Daoist took Chen Zheng and Luo Xian aboard the Qinglian Ancient Ship to the Thunder Beast Clan's ancestral land.
• Chen Zheng seized and swallowed the Thunder Beast Clan's thunder pool, then grabbed another being from deep within the ancestral land.

Chen Zheng revealed that the ancient spirit was Taiyi, a weak Acquired Heaven whose Heavenly Spirit Armor had concealed his true form and aura. After sealing Taiyi’s power, Chen Zheng gained his loyalty, and Taiyi recognized Luo Xian as a reincarnated Heaven Candidate; the chapter ended with Chen Zheng ordering the Thunder Beast race to guard Fallen Immortal City.

• Chen Zheng revealed the humanoid ancient spirit, and the Purple Thunder Beast Sovereign pleaded with him to release Lord Ancient Spirit.
• Chen Zheng asked which Heaven the ancient spirit was, then tore away its soul-like exterior to reveal a child whose aura exposed him as a Heaven.
• Chen Zheng erased Taiyi’s leaked Heavenly aura and sealed it, leaving him appearing to be an ordinary child.
• Taiyi introduced himself as the weakest Acquired Heaven, explaining that he had been responsible for ceremonies and was overlooked during the Great Heavenly Collapse.
• Taiyi recognized Luo Xian as a reincarnated Heaven Candidate and pledged himself to Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zheng ordered the Thunder Beast race to guard Fallen Immortal City.

Chen Zheng made the Thunder Beast clan the guardian of Fallen Immortal City, then led his companions to the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds to absorb the Five Elements power. There, Old Ancestor Jiumo warned the Fallen Immortal Hall cultivators that the family responsible for Old Ancestor Fuming’s death planned to attack their city.

• The Thunder Beast clan arrived near Fallen Immortal City, and the plain-robed Daoist announced that it would serve as the city’s guardian clan.
• The Purple Thunder Beast Venerable suggested visiting the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, and Chen Zheng agreed, leaving a powerful defensive formation over Fallen Immortal City.
• At the entrance to the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, Old Ancestor Jiumo recognized the Purple Thunder Beast Venerable and warned Chen Zheng that fighting was forbidden inside except in the ancient arena.
• Old Ancestor Jiumo told the plain-robed Daoist and Luo Xian that the family responsible for Old Ancestor Fuming’s death would attack Fallen Immortal City after Fairy Shiqing’s performance.

Chen Zheng and his companions entered the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds to watch Fairy Shiqing dance, while the World-Defying Alliance plotted against them. Fairy Shiqing appeared on the Immortal Ascension Platform and began a dance that sent the whole city into a frenzy.

• Chen Zheng said he intended to devour the gathered power of the Great Dao of the Five Elements, and Kui Xinghe bet he could not do so without damaging the city.
• Chen Zheng and his companions entered the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds through the Primordial Spirit Sect's passage.
• Old Ancestor Jiumo and Feng Luo Tian discussed driving Chen Zheng and the people from Fallen Immortal Hall out after Fairy Shiqing's performance.
• Fairy Shiqing descended onto the Immortal Ascension Platform in a revealing outfit as the crowd cheered.
• Fairy Shiqing's dance began, and thousands of visions of her appeared as the crowd howled and shouted along.

Fairy Shiqing performed a captivating dance that enthralled much of the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, while Chen Zheng recognized that she was an unusual created being. After her performance, Chen Zheng stepped onto her platform and stirred the ancient five elements power above the city, alarming everyone as he tried to devour it.

• Fairy Shiqing multiplied into tens of thousands of dancing clones, and her charm entranced nearly everyone below the Dao Ancestor level, including Purple Thunder Beast Venerable.
• Chen Zheng told Luo Xian that Fairy Shiqing was a special being created by someone and that her original form was not truly flesh and blood.
• Fairy Shiqing ended her dance and vanished, while the crowd praised her performance and Young Master Feng expressed interest in meeting her.
• Chen Zheng stepped onto Fairy Shiqing's Immortal Ascension Platform, drawing the attention of the crowd and the World-Defying Alliance.
• Chen Zheng opened his mouth and stirred the ancient five elements power above the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, prompting everyone to realize he was trying to devour it.

Chen Zheng swallowed the centuries-old five elements power above the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, raising his cultivation to Ninth-Order Golden Immortal. When Hong Guyi confronted him, Chen Zheng killed him instantly, leaving the city lord and the gathered cultivators stunned.

• The city lord appeared as the five elements power descended, but Chen Zheng swallowed it all before he could intervene.
• Chen Zheng reached Ninth-Order Golden Immortal and explained that his magical power was recovering faster after his battle with Heaven and Earth's Ultimate Evil.
• The cultivators marveled that Chen Zheng had swallowed power even Ninth Realm Dao Ancestors feared, while Kui Xinghe lamented his loss.
• Hong Guyi of the World-Defying Alliance appeared and began to speak, but Chen Zheng tore him apart with a raised hand.
• The city lord demanded to know why Chen Zheng had swallowed the power and killed Hong Guyi, and Chen Zheng replied, “So I swallowed it. So I killed him.”

Chen Zheng crushed Elder Hong Guyi and left the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds with its city lord to meet Lu Xinyi, the Lu Family's third young miss. When Chen Zheng showed Lu Xinyi and her elder a likeness of Lu Feixuan, they recognized her as one of the Lu Family's founding ancestors.

• Chen Zheng's defeat of Hong Guyi led Young Master Feng and the World-Defying Alliance to withdraw, while they speculated about Chen Zheng's origins and strength.
• The city lord invited Chen Zheng to meet Lu Xinyi, and Chen Zheng accepted and departed with him.
• At the city lord's residence, Lu Xinyi enthusiastically asked Chen Zheng to join the Lu Family, but he asked about Human King Lu instead.
• Chen Zheng showed Lu Xinyi and an old woman an image of an Ancient Immortal who resembled Lu Xinyi.
• The old woman identified the figure as Founding Ancestor Lu Feixuan, elder sister of the founding ancestor of their branch in the Four Directions Absolute Domain.

Chen Zheng accompanied Lu Xinyi and the old woman to the Lu Clan’s ancestral land after learning that its leader was injured amid a clan power struggle. There, he took the Human King Dharma Artifact from the fighting elders and cracked it open with one squeeze, leaving the entire clan stunned.

• The old woman explained that the Lu Clan’s infighting involved multiple Ninth Realm Dao Ancestors, and Chen Zheng agreed to visit after Lu Xinyi sensed that her father had been hurt.
• The old woman teleported Chen Zheng and Lu Xinyi to the Lu Clan’s ancestral land, where the clan leader was blasted from a floating immortal palace and coughed up golden blood.
• The second elder’s ally demanded the Human King Dharma Artifact, while Lu Xinyi warned Chen Zheng that it held vast immortal spiritual power.
• A bald man attacked the clan leader and blasted the Human King Dharma Artifact out of his body, prompting the second elder to reach for it.
• Chen Zheng pulled the artifact into his hand and cracked it open with a squeeze, astonishing everyone in the Lu Clan.

Chen Zheng devoured the Immortal Spirit power in the Lu Family's Human King Dharma Artifact, advanced to Dao Lord, and defeated Kuangtu of the Abnormal Human Clan. As Chen Zheng prepared to leave the Lu Clan, its sealed progenitor roared from beneath the ancestral land.

• Chen Zheng devoured the Human King Dharma Artifact's accumulated Immortal Spirit power, repaired the artifact, and advanced from Golden Immortal to Dao Lord.
• Chen Zheng identified the Abnormal Human as Kuangtu, demanded a beacon to his clan's ancestral land, and effortlessly defeated him when he attacked again.
• Kuangtu admitted defeat, gave Chen Zheng the beacon, and left the Lu Clan's ancestral land; the Lu Clan's second master surrendered.
• Chen Zheng declined Lu Xinyi's offer to pledge herself to him and her request to become his disciple, then said he would return to the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds.
• The Lu Clan's leader noticed the sealing formation beneath the ancestral land break open, and the sealed progenitor roared from below.

The Lu Clan ancestor emerged from seclusion transformed into a rampaging Jiangchen, but Chen Zheng restrained him and summoned a little girl to remove the flaw in his secret art. The Lu Clan learned that the girl was the Turbid World Demon Lotus, while Chen Zheng departed after telling Lu Jiuxuan that his older sister was alive in the Great Void.

• The Lu Clan ancestor attacked Lu Xinyi, and Chen Zheng struck him underground before restraining him with the transparent shackles on his body.
• Chen Zheng identified the ancestor's form as the body of Jiangchen and summoned a little girl, who frightened the ancestor and restored his body by undoing the secret art's backdoor.
• The little girl revealed that she had created the secret art and left to discuss the philosophy of life with little sister Zhengyue.
• Chen Zheng told Lu Jiuxuan that his older sister was alive and had gone to the Great Void, then vanished from the Lu Clan's ancestral grounds.
• Lu Jiuxuan identified the little girl as the Turbid World Demon Lotus, and the old woman explained how Chen Zheng had risen from True Immortal to Golden Immortal in the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds.

After defeating Primogenitor Jiuxuan at the Lu Clan’s ancestral grounds, Chen Zheng returned to the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, where the World-Defying Alliance had surrounded the city. The alliance leader confronted him but was instantly blasted into blood mist.

• The Lu Clan wondered who Ancestor Chen was, and the old woman said he might be found at the Heaven Absolute Abyss; Lu Jiuxuan agreed to go there if Chen Zheng went.
• The World-Defying Alliance surrounded the Divine Metropolis in the Clouds, and its leader demanded that City Lord Qing Yuan hand over Hong Guyi’s killer.
• Observers suspected the alliance’s real aim was to challenge the Lu Family, while Kui Xinghe waited for Chen Zheng’s return.
• Chen Zheng appeared above the city, and onlookers recognized him as a Dao Lord who had killed Hong Guyi.
• The World-Defying Alliance leader began to challenge Chen Zheng, but his armor shattered and he burst into blood mist before anyone could react.

Chen Zheng killed the World-Defying Alliance leader and annihilated the alliance’s fleeing forces, terrifying the witnesses and driving away the other warships. He returned to Luo Xian’s courtyard with the Dao-Devouring Beast, where child Taiyi asked about the realm of Chen Zheng’s body.

• Chen Zheng pinched the World-Defying Alliance leader to death, stunning the witnesses with his strength as a Dao Lord.
• Old Ancestor Jiumo and the alliance cultivators fled aboard nine warships, but Chen Zheng destroyed the ships and everyone aboard.
• Feng Luo Tian and Kui Xinghe fled with their warships as Chen Zheng remarked that stronger magical power would be even more useful.
• Chen Zheng summoned the Dao-Devouring Beast, which devoured fragmented Great Dao power before settling on his shoulder.
• The Dao-Devouring Beast flew into Luo Xian’s arms and dismissed child Taiyi, who then asked Chen Zheng what realm his fleshly body had reached.

Chen Zheng took his companions to Eastern Emperor Mountain after a Heaven-like phantom appeared in the Ji Family’s ancestral land, while Fairy Shiqing reassured City Lord Qing Yuan that Chen Zheng’s former power surpassed even Epoch Hegemons. At Eastern Emperor Mountain, a furious voice revealed that a girl had used a Heaven’s secret art.

• Taiyi sensed Chen Zheng’s physical body, screamed, and fainted from what he experienced.
• A huge phantom with Heaven’s aura appeared over the Ji Family’s ancestral land, and Chen Zheng said he knew someone there before taking his companions to the Eastern Emperor Domain.
• Fairy Shiqing told City Lord Qing Yuan that Chen Zheng at his former strength could destroy the Four Directions Absolute Domain with a snap of his fingers.
• At Eastern Emperor Mountain, Chen Zheng briefly summoned a soul phantom, which said the mountain’s connection to it was coincidental.
• Taiyi wondered why none of the thirteen Heavens had borne the name Taiyi, then a voice from Eastern Emperor Mountain shouted angrily about a girl’s use of Heaven’s secret art.

Ji Yun fought Ancestor Qu of the God-Sealing Hall on Eastern Emperor Mountain after he demanded that she cripple her cultivation or leave the Four Directions Absolute Domain. As she burned away her essence to keep resisting, Qu Chen brought out a God-Sealing Pagoda, alarming the watching cultivators and forcing them to abandon thoughts of abducting her.

• Ancestor Qu emerged from Eastern Emperor Mountain and accused Ji Yun of using Heaven's secret art to injure his grandson and seal the Ji Family's elders inside the Human King Hall.
• Qu Chen entered the mountain's divine light to battle Ji Yun, while watching cultivators speculated about her secret art and considered capturing her.
• The divine light shattered again, revealing Ji Yun badly wounded after burning her essence more than once, while Qu Chen warned that further burning would cripple her.
• Ji Yun burned her last strand of essence and charged Qu Chen, who summoned a God-Sealing Pagoda that devoured the Power of Heaven.

Chen Zheng intervened as Qu Chen was about to imprison Ji Yun, effortlessly held up the God-Sealing Pagoda, and turned it against Qu Chen. After destroying Qu Chen’s body, he told the assembled cultivators that he had only come to take a look.

• Qu Chen prepared to seal the exhausted Ji Yun inside the God-Sealing Pagoda for a thousand years.
• Chen Zheng appeared beside Ji Yun and stopped the pagoda’s descent with one finger.
• The cultivators watching from the warships marveled at Chen Zheng’s strength, while Ji Yun knelt before him.
• Qu Chen tried to force the pagoda down and challenged Chen Zheng, who sent it crashing into Qu Chen and blasted his body into mist.
• Chen Zheng calmly said he had only come to take a look, leaving the watching cultivators unnerved.

Chen Zheng toyed with Qu Chen by using the God-Sealing Pagoda to repeatedly smash his primordial spirit, then gave Ji Yun a drop of true blood. Ji Yun absorbed power tied to slaughter and awakened terrifying blood-red energy and illusory divine wings.

• Qu Chen threatened Chen Zheng, but the God-Sealing Pagoda repeatedly shattered his primordial spirit and left him too weak to fight back or even speak.
• Chen Zheng told Ji Yun that her repayment of the Ji Family's Human King blood was complete and placed a drop of true blood between her brows.
• Chen Zheng warned Qu Chen to flee and threatened to have the God-Sealing Pagoda smash him each time he roared, then silenced him with another blow.
• Taiyi and Purple Thunder Beast Venerable discussed Chen Zheng's overwhelming strength as the watching cultivators speculated about his identity.
• Ji Yun absorbed the true blood's power of slaughter, released dazzling blood-red light, and unfurled a pair of illusory divine wings that made every living being in the Eastern Emperor Domain sense her ferocity.