Chapter Summaries

Chen Zheng killed Madam Mi after erasing a Burning Heaven Divine Clan expert, then rewarded Ming Xiao with a Divine Office Azure Talisman and ordered the Jiuli Prefecture Lord to destroy Yao Chen’s primordial spirit. The Jiuli Prefecture Lord revealed that Chen Zheng had refined over a hundred azure talismans and told the gathered Prefecture Lords to watch what came next.

• Chen Zheng killed Madam Mi by turning her lavish chariot to ash, and the Dao-Devouring Beast defended his decision.
• Chen Zheng asked Feng Yixiu when the Great Nether Venerable and the experts of the four halls would emerge, then ordered the Jiuli Prefecture Lord to reward Ming Xiao and destroy Yao Chen’s primordial spirit.
• The Jiuli Prefecture Lord gave Ming Xiao a Divine Office Azure Talisman and erased Yao Chen’s primordial spirit.
• The Jiuli Prefecture Lord revealed that Chen Zheng had refined over a hundred azure talismans, then summoned many of them to prove it.
• The Jiuli Prefecture Lord told the gathered Prefecture Lords that Chen Zheng had come to Houtu Imperial City and that they should watch what happened next.

Chen Zheng’s Divine Office Azure Talismans astonished the beings of Houtu Imperial City, while a Divine Temple elder tried to punish the Jiuli Prefecture Lord for killing two of Elder Heavenly Wu’s disciples. The Great Nether Venerable arrived and, instead of confronting Chen Zheng, saluted him as his Saintly Teacher, revealing that the Underworld’s legends of the Saintly Teacher were real.

• The Jiuli Prefecture Lord revealed that Chen Zheng had refined the azure talismans, drawing the attention of the Nether Venerables, hall envoys, and a Divine Temple elder.
• Feng Yixiu accused Chen Zheng of killing Madam Mi, but Feng Tian Nether Venerable restrained his anger and did not act.
• The Divine Temple elder accused the Jiuli Prefecture Lord of killing two of Elder Heavenly Wu’s disciples and demanded that the hall masters and envoys cripple him, but they refused to move.
• The Great Nether Venerable arrived, ignored Feng Yixiu’s accusations, and performed an ancient salute to Chen Zheng as his Saintly Teacher.
• The onlookers recalled legends that the Saintly Teacher had guided the Wu Clan to survive after the Wu-Demon War.

Chen Zheng was revealed as the legendary Saintly Teacher, and the Great Nether Venerable Zhuo Tian asked him for guidance. Zhuo Tian willingly crippled his Half-Step Epoch Hegemon cultivation and became mortal, leaving the Divine Temple elder and everyone present stunned.

• Fu Chan and Fuyi recognized Chen Zheng as the Saintly Teacher, while Feng Yixiu realized he had provoked the legendary figure and shattered his Dao heart.
• Chen Zheng told Zhuo Tian to unleash his strongest means, and Zhuo Tian used the secret art Chaos of Heaven.
• Chen Zheng shattered the chaos, and Zhuo Tian knelt to thank him for his guidance.
• Chen Zheng advised Zhuo Tian to enter the Great Void, cripple his cultivation, and cultivate anew.
• Despite the Divine Temple elder's warnings, Zhuo Tian willingly crippled his cultivation and bowed to Chen Zheng as a mortal.

Chen Zheng reconstructed the Great Nether Venerable’s meridians after he willingly crippled his cultivation, and the Great Nether Venerable left for the Great Void. When the Burning Heaven Divine Clan’s Elder Fu Yu arrived to avenge Mi’er and Fu Yue, Chen Zheng killed him with a single gesture.

• The Great Nether Venerable crippled his cultivation, and the Divine Temple envoy mocked him and warned that Houtu Imperial City would lose its protection.
• Chen Zheng reconstructed the Great Nether Venerable’s meridians, leaving him mortal yet strangely transcendent, and the Great Nether Venerable thanked him before rising toward the Great Void.
• The Divine Temple elder attacked the ascending Great Nether Venerable, but divine light shattered his attack; the Great Nether Venerable then entered a teleportation array and departed.
• Elder Fu Yu of the Burning Heaven Divine Clan arrived with an eight-tiered Dao Tower and demanded that whoever killed Mi'er and Fu Yue come forward.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the elder as weak and killed him with a single grasp, scattering fragments of his Great Dao across the sky.

Chen Zheng summoned a figure from the Reincarnation Hall to replace Zhuo Tian as Houtu Imperial City's Great Nether Venerable. The apparent patriarch absorbed the Underworld's Great Dao power and rose to Zhuo Tian's former realm.

• Chen Zheng killed Elder Fu Yu of the Burning Heaven Divine Clan, and the Dao-Devouring Beast swallowed the Great Dao fragments and shared some with Mingyue.
• The Divine Temple elder challenged Chen Zheng to find someone who could replace Zhuo Tian, wagering that he would destroy his own primordial spirit if Chen succeeded.
• Chen Zheng summoned a palace above Houtu Imperial City, and a figure with patriarch-level cultivation stepped out of the Reincarnation Hall.
• The Divine Temple elder laughed at the figure, but the Underworld shook as its Great Dao power surged into them.
• The Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared behind the figure, whose cultivation rose to the realm Zhuo Tian had held before crippling himself.

Houtu returned to the Underworld, rapidly reached half-step Epoch Hegemon strength, and was welcomed as its revered Lady. After she agreed to guard Houtu Imperial City, she sent a Divine Temple elder into reincarnation, leaving Feng Tian Nether Venerable fearful of his own fate.

• Houtu descended before the divine statue, and the gathered beings recognized her and bowed in respect.
• The Slumbering Moon God Clan grand elder explained that the Underworld's source power had raised Houtu from the Patriarch Realm to half-step Epoch Hegemon strength.
• Houtu bowed to Chen Zheng as her Saintly Teacher, and Chen Zheng asked her to guard Houtu Imperial City while he dealt with the Burning Heaven Divine Clan and Underworld Divine Temple.
• A Divine Temple elder tried to plead with Houtu, but she sent him into reincarnation before he could finish speaking.
• Feng Tian Nether Venerable grew afraid that Houtu might send him into reincarnation because of his dealings with the Burning Heaven Divine Clan.

Chen Zheng entered the Nether Sea aboard the Star Raft and confronted the Three Elders of the Divine Temple. He ignored their warnings and pulled the Underworld Divine Temple out of the sea, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Ferryman Clan watched as the Star Raft entered the Nether Sea and Chen Zheng shattered Elder Heavenly Wu's waves with a casual sweep.
• Elder Heavenly Wu, Elder Feihuang, and Elder Liquan manifested together and warned Chen Zheng not to enter the Divine Temple.
• Chen Zheng raised his hand and forcibly pulled the Underworld Divine Temple from the depths of the Nether Sea.
• The Jiuli Prefecture Lord, Fu Chan, the Three Elders' manifestations, and the Ferryman Clan stared in shock at the Divine Temple hanging in the air.

Chen Zheng entered the Divine Temple, swiftly killed its Three Elders, and emerged carrying the creature posing as the Divine Temple Will. He revealed that the creature was a Heaven-Gazing Beast that had used Jiuying’s will to deceive the Underworld, leaving the Ferryman Clan and their allies stunned.

• Chen Zheng shattered the Divine Temple’s barrier and entered after saying he wanted to meet its will.
• Chen Zheng killed Elder Heavenly Wu, Elder Feihuang, and Elder Liquan, and the Dao-Devouring Beast consumed their Great Dao fragments.
• Chen Zheng walked out carrying a furry, spherical creature that the onlookers suspected was the Divine Temple Will.
• The creature admitted that it had used Jiuying’s will to impersonate the Divine Temple Will and begged Chen Zheng to spare it.
• Chen Zheng identified the creature as a Heaven-Gazing Beast from the Great Void and said it had lived for at least three hundred million years, while the creature insisted it was still a baby.

Chen Zheng returned to Houtu Imperial City as the Burning Heaven Giant Sun threatened to destroy the city and the Underworld. The Six Paths of Reincarnation manifestation failed to stop it, and the giant sun closed to within a thousand li.

• A vast red sun emerged from the Burning Heaven Divine Clan and advanced toward Houtu Imperial City, while Creation Little Doll identified it as a life-fostering ultimate creation.
• The spherical creature warned Chen Zheng that the Burning Heaven Giant Sun could only be stopped by an Epoch Hegemon and urged him to flee with it to the Great Void, but Chen Zheng refused.
• Zhuo Tian Great Nether Venerable confronted the giant sun with the Six Paths of Reincarnation manifestation, but the manifestation shattered and she was injured.
• Chen Zheng returned to Houtu Imperial City aboard the Star Raft with the Dao-Devouring Beast and the captured spherical creature.
• The people of Houtu Imperial City reported that Her Ladyship was injured as the Burning Heaven Giant Sun accelerated to within a thousand li.

Chen Zheng withstood the Burning Heaven Giant Sun unharmed, then sent the stone egg Susu into it, where it began shrinking the sacred relic and resisting the Burning Heaven Divine Clan expert’s control. The expert attacked the white light surrounding the relic, but it devoured his power.

• Chen Zheng stood before Houtu Imperial City and absorbed the Great Dao of Fire as the Burning Heaven Giant Sun rushed toward the city.
• Chen Zheng charged into the Burning Heaven Giant Sun and emerged unharmed, leaving the Burning Heaven Divine Clan expert stunned.
• Chen Zheng summoned the stone egg and sent it into the Burning Heaven Giant Sun, which began shrinking as the egg drew on its power.
• The Burning Heaven Divine Clan expert failed to retrieve the sacred relic and attacked the white light surrounding it, but the light devoured his Great Dao power.

Chen Zheng’s stone egg overwhelmed the Burning Heaven Divine Clan’s sacred relic, revealing that it contained a newborn Heaven. The baby girl awakened on a crimson lotus pedestal, called Chen Zheng “Daddy,” and left the phantom and the clan expert powerless to act.

• The Heaven-Gazing Beast recognized the stone egg’s white light as the Power of Heaven, while the Burning Heaven Divine Clan expert failed to break through it with his Great Dao power and nine-tier Dao Tower.
• The clan expert summoned the progenitor’s will, which recognized Chen Zheng as resembling Grand Emperor; Chen Zheng replied that Grand Emperor resembled him.
• The white light cracked and vanished, revealing that the Burning Heaven Giant Sun had shrunk to a person-sized relic.
• The Creation Little Doll asked whether she had been born, and the relic split into a crimson lotus pedestal bearing a baby girl.
• The phantom identified the baby girl as a newborn Heaven and ordered the clan expert to take her away, but both were immobilized.
• The baby girl woke, bowed to Chen Zheng, and greeted him as Daddy.

The stone egg vanished with the baby girl and devoured the Burning Heaven Divine Clan progenitor’s will, while Chen Zheng learned that Nether Phoenix was still imprisoned by the clan. When the clan threatened to kill Nether Phoenix and take its divine ship into the Great Void, Chen Zheng transported the ship to Houtu Imperial City and faced its patriarch, Fu Yi.

• The stone egg vanished with the baby girl and lotus dais, then returned to Chen Zheng’s pocket after devouring the Burning Heaven Divine Clan progenitor’s will.
• The Burning Heaven Divine Clan expert demanded the return of the progenitor’s will and sacred relic in exchange for Nether Phoenix, and Chen Zheng proposed visiting the clan to see Nether Phoenix.
• The expert revealed that the clan’s patriarch and grand elder had activated the Burning Heaven Divine Ship and threatened to take Nether Phoenix into the Great Void.
• Chen Zheng used a magical treasure to transport the Burning Heaven Divine Ship to Houtu Imperial City and solidified the surrounding space-time.
• Fu Yi, patriarch of the Burning Heaven Divine Clan, threatened to crush Nether Phoenix, and Chen Zheng suggested replacing him as patriarch.

Chen Zheng revealed that Fuyi was the Burning Heaven Divine Clan’s former patriarch and blocked the clan’s attempt to seize his sacred staff. When the clan’s leaders refused to explain their secrets, Chen Zheng destroyed their divine ship and killed its two strongest members.

• Chen Zheng summoned Fuyi and restored his true form, revealing the Burning Heaven Divine Clan’s brand and his nine-tiered Dao Tower.
• The Burning Heaven Divine Clan’s expert recognized Fuyi as the former patriarch and recounted the clan’s belief that he had died long ago.
• Chen Zheng revealed that Fuyi’s wooden staff was the clan’s ancient Tianhuo Divine Staff.
• A huge hand reached from the Burning Heaven Divine Ship to seize the staff, but Chen Zheng severed it with a sword strike.
• After an old man inside the ship challenged him, Chen Zheng pierced the Burning Heaven Divine Ship and split it in two.
• Two figures fell from the ship with their primordial spirits extinguished, and the Underworld beings realized Chen Zheng had killed the clan’s two strongest members.

Chen Zheng revealed the Burning Heaven Divine Clan grand elder’s memories, exposed the clan’s betrayal of its former chief, and restored the old man’s memories and strength. After displaying more of his abilities, he welcomed Nether Phoenix, who had returned as a Dao Ancestor, and sent them to Houtu Sacred Palace.

• Chen Zheng showed the Burning Heaven Divine Clan grand elder’s memories, revealing that the clan plotted against its former chief after the Tianhuo Divine Staff recognized him.
• Chen Zheng gave the gaunt old man half an Overlord Divine Rune, restoring his memories and pushing him into the Epoch Hegemon threshold.
• With Chen Zheng’s permission, the Dao-Devouring Beast devoured the remaining Great Dao and divine rune fragments.
• Chen Zheng repaired the Burning Heaven divine ship with a sweep of his hand, leaving the onlookers amazed by his abilities.
• Nether Phoenix emerged from the divine ship, bowed to Chen Zheng, and said they had become a Dao Ancestor because of the Underworld’s changes.
• Chen Zheng told Nether Phoenix to visit Her Majesty at Houtu Sacred Palace.

In the Houtu Sacred Palace, Chen Zheng explained the epochs and why beings in the Underworld could now reach higher realms. He speculated that Original Earth had once been a powerful remnant of an earlier epoch, but that he had drained its hidden power; he left the others wondering about the ancient being called Zero.

• Houtu learned that the resurrected beings from the Wu-Demon War, including the Ancestral Witches and Demon Gods, had returned in the Immortal Domain.
• Chen Zheng sent Houtu knowledge of the thirteen epochs, and he explained that the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord had suppressed the worlds that evolved from the Original Primordial Wilderness.
• Nether Phoenix asked why Underworld beings had once been unable to become Dao Ancestors but could now reach that level, and Chen Zheng attributed the change to the Primordial Chaos Tribulation Lord's rules.
• Chen Zheng revealed that his true body had been on Original Earth, prompting the Heaven-Gazing Beast to question how a small world had existed before the Original Primordial Wilderness shattered.
• Chen Zheng speculated that he had drained Original Earth's hidden power billions of years earlier and added that the being who had lived there before him was probably Zero.

Chen Zheng explained his ancient connection to Zero, then left the Underworld after the Cosmic Cantilever reached eighty-three and warned that the heavens and myriad worlds would merge within a year. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Dao Palace Master bleeding as the Divine Consort screamed.

• Chen Zheng said Zero had been the only living being to speak with him on Original Earth billions of years ago, where he had survived Primordial Divine Lightning and endured an immortal, lonely existence.
• Chen Zheng swept the Underworld with the Cosmic Cantilever, raising its progress by two points to eighty-three.
• Chen Zheng told Fuyi that Mingyue should remain with the Burning Heaven Divine Clan until her soul shadow awakened, and the Heaven-Gazing Beast asked to accompany him.
• Chen Zheng predicted that the Underworld's Wu Clan would return to Supreme Heaven and that the heavens and myriad worlds might merge within a year, then departed on the Star Raft.
• The Heavenly Dao Palace Master bled while the Divine Consort danced in the deepest palace of the Heavenly Dao Palace.

Xu Yushuang faced an Epoch Hegemon Tribulation that Chen Zheng said had been arranged by a hostile being whose true body could not descend. After Taixuan’s voice sounded and a second wave of lightning struck, Xu Yushuang and her aura disappeared.

• Chen Zheng warned Xu Yushuang that her tribulation was more than a Dao Ancestor Tribulation and that someone sought to erase her through another power.
• Thunderclouds covered the Cloud Realm, and the Primordial Phoenix’s will identified the tribulation as an Epoch Hegemon Tribulation.
• Xu Yushuang left the Feather Emperor Palace to face the tribulation, and the first wave of lightning left her body faint and transparent.
• Taixuan’s voice sounded above the Cloud Realm, and the Heaven-Gazing Beast unknowingly sent Xu Yushuang wondrous power that the next wave of lightning destroyed.
• The second wave struck, and Xu Yushuang vanished along with every trace of her aura.

Princess Yushuang repeatedly died and was reborn through nirvana under the Epoch Hegemon Tribulation until she withstood its lightning and gained an Overlord Immortal Body. The enormous face accused Chen Zheng of using the tribulation to forge it for her.

• The enormous face appeared above the Feather Clan Immortal Dynasty, and Princess Yushuang vanished beneath the tribulation.
• Princess Yushuang repeatedly returned through nirvana, with Feng Fei recalling how Chen Zheng had planted her lingering thought in the Feather Clan's Nirvana Soil.
• The enormous face repeatedly struck Princess Yushuang with divine lightning, but she kept being reborn.
• After countless cycles, Princess Yushuang withstood the lightning and radiated golden light.
• The enormous face recognized her Overlord Immortal Body and accused Chen Zheng of deliberately using its power to create it.

Xu Yushuang survived the Epoch Hegemon Tribulation and gained an Epoch Hegemon-level body, while Heaven’s face vanished after Chen Zheng warned it about Primordial Chaos awakening. Chen Zheng brought everyone to the Wall of Origin in the Chaos Prison, where the bound beings recognized him and called out to him.

• Chen Zheng told Heaven that Xu Yushuang’s Nirvana Soil was responsible for her new strength and warned that Primordial Chaos would awaken within two years; Heaven’s face shattered and the storm dispersed.
• Chen Zheng explained that Xu Yushuang’s body had reached the Epoch Hegemon level despite her still being a half-step Dao Ancestor, and she thanked him.
• Chen Zheng took Xu Yushuang, Feng Fei, Jiang Hua, and the others aboard a Star Raft to the Wall of Origin in the Chaos Prison.
• The group saw countless powerful beings bound to the enormous wall, and the Heaven-Gazing Beast’s remark drew their attention.
• The bound beings recognized Chen Zheng and pleaded with him to release them, while Jiang Hua worried about being left behind at the terrifying wall.

Chen Zheng went behind the Wall of Origin to investigate disappearances and found a jade tablet inscribed with a complete fourth-layer great samsara network. The network collapsed as the Creation Little Doll comprehended it, then was restored by a strange power, leaving the doll unconscious and the Great Samsara Sacred Lamp wary of her.

• The God-Devouring Heavenly Venerable warned Chen Zheng that Chaos Clan members had vanished behind the Wall of Origin and said the Chaos Heaven Evil Lord was fighting the Void Remnant Clan.
• The God-Devouring Heavenly Venerable passed his strongest secret art to Jiang Hua and told her Chen Zheng could bring her back once she had condensed half a divine pattern or he regained control of the Chaos Prison.
• Chen Zheng passed through the Wall of Origin while its power failed to affect him, answering the trapped beings’ request to investigate what lay behind it.
• Chen Zheng found a jade tablet that the Creation Little Doll identified as an artifact from beyond the heavens, bearing a complete fourth-layer great samsara network.
• The Creation Little Doll’s comprehension caused the network to collapse, but a strange power restored it; she fainted, and the Great Samsara Sacred Lamp’s artifact spirit said she made it feel threatened.