Recaps

After the Devil Emperor bit the Heavenly Heart Stone and underwent Mortal Transformation, Yang Zhen tried to stop the stone from erupting before it killed everyone in the Void Heaven Emperor Palace. He summoned the Heavenly Void True Rune and used it to open the stone, leaving the group facing whatever lay beyond it.

• The Devil Emperor bit a piece off the Heavenly Heart Stone, then lost his Emperor Qi and underwent Mortal Transformation.
• As the Heavenly Heart Stone began to rumble and glow, Shameless Cat warned that it was about to erupt and kill everyone.
• Old Man Wangyue urged Yang Zhen to act, and Yang Zhen admitted he had no plan before stepping toward the stone.
• Yang Zhen gathered the Heaven and Earth True Runes Origin into the Heavenly Void True Rune.
• Yang Zhen slammed the Heavenly Void True Rune onto the Heavenly Heart Stone, which slowly opened.

The Heavenly Heart Stone released a palm-sized golden seal and triggered World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, forcing the cultivators to hide as Yang Zhen faced the black lightning. After Yang Zhen’s clash with the punishment, the disturbance subsided and Han Yan’er sensed danger, but Yang Zhen’s fate remained unclear.

• Shameless Cat, the Devil Emperor, and Old Man Wangyue buried themselves as the Heavenly Heart Stone’s power collapsed the Void Heaven Emperor Palace and sent a golden seal into the sky.
• Nine Dragons Great Saint warned Yang Zhen that World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment had descended, but Yang Zhen punched through its pressure and rose toward the black clouds.
• Yang Zhen used Desolate Heaven Sacrifice to draw in Primordial Qi, reached the Final Step, and attacked the punishment with the Star Spring Sword.
• World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment struck Yang Zhen with three bolts of black lightning, unleashing turbulent currents of the void before the disturbance slowly subsided.
• At the Three Flowers Holy Land, Han Yan’er opened her eyes with blood at her mouth and instinctively called out Yang Zhen’s name.

After Yang Zhen vanished beneath the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, Hua Youyue and the others feared he was dead, while Han Yan'er awakened and entered a separate Heavenly Punishment. Hua Youyue prepared to face the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment alongside Yang Zhen, who suddenly reappeared as space shattered.

• Hua Youyue tried to save Yang Zhen, but Nine Dragons Saint Venerable stopped her and warned her about the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment.
• The Devil Emperor and Old Man Wangyue emerged from the ground and discussed Yang Zhen's disappearance, while Hua Youyue insisted he was still alive.
• Han Yan'er awakened at the Three Flowers Holy Land, summoned an Ice Phoenix, and plunged into the gray Heavenly Punishment.
• Hua Youyue declared she would bear the danger with Yang Zhen and rose into the air with her Moon Shadow longsword.
• Yang Zhen reappeared before everyone as space shattered.

Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue faced the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, and Yang Zhen endured its assault with his sword and powerful techniques. He unleashed the Heaven-Ascending Token and split the storm clouds open, leaving everyone stunned as sunlight reached the world.

• Yang Zhen reappeared beside Hua Youyue and joined his heaven-and-earth patterns and Star Spring Sword with her red Qi and night-blooming cereus flowers.
• A black lightning dragon descended, and Yang Zhen used the Tianxuan Sword to destroy it before charging into the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment.
• Hua Youyue followed Yang Zhen, but the punishment erupted into black flames and Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts, and a drop of Yang Zhen's blood revealed that he was injured.
• Yang Zhen invoked the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice and the Heaven-Ascending Token's Ascend to Heaven in One Step.
• Yang Zhen roared that he would open the world like Pangu, and a dark-gold flash split the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, letting sunlight shine through.

After surviving the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, Yang Zhen returned to Mount Xiyuan badly wounded but alive, leaving everyone amazed at his resilience. He began restoring his body with Heaven and Earth Qi and Blood, and the life force he released astonished even the Devil Emperor and Old Man Wangyue.

• The Devil Emperor revealed that Yang Zhen had been injured by the punishment, while Hua Youyue watched the chaotic void currents fade.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the void covered in blood, and Hua Youyue rushed to him in tears.
• Hua Youyue summoned the Ageless Tree to heal Yang Zhen, but he waved it away and insisted his injuries were minor.
• Shameless Cat explained that he had hidden to avoid distracting Yang Zhen during the punishment.
• Yang Zhen released Heaven and Earth Qi and Blood to refine his body, and a tremendous surge of life force left everyone astonished.

Yang Zhen recovered from the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment and claimed the Void Heaven Seal, making Evil Shadow Black Taotie its Artifact Spirit and raising him to the Saint Venerable Realm. Yang Zhen then vanished abruptly, and Hua Youyue realized something had happened at the holy land.

• Yang Zhen recovered from his injuries using his immense vitality and reassured Hua Youyue before leaping toward the Void Heaven Seal.
• Yang Zhen summoned Evil Shadow Black Taotie and used the Savage Wilderness Artifact Refining Technique to bind him to the Void Heaven Seal.
• Evil Shadow Black Taotie emerged from the seal in his complete form and revealed his Saint Venerable Realm power.
• Yang Zhen shrank the Void Heaven Seal into his palm and dismissed it as ordinary, while the Shameless Cat and Devil Emperor feared he would test its power on them.
• Yang Zhen suddenly vanished into the sky, and Hua Youyue told Nine Dragons Saint Venerable that something had happened at the holy land.

Yang Zhen rushed back to the Three Flowers Holy Land after sensing its restrictions being breached and found a powerful stranger pursuing Han Yan'er. He pulled Han Yan'er close and kissed her in front of the intruder, promising that his rudeness had only begun.

• Yang Zhen raced toward the Three Flowers Holy Land, fearing an attack or that Han Yan'er’s powers had run amok.
• Yang Zhen arrived to find a dragon-crowned Emperor Realm expert and his followers breaking through the Holy Land’s restrictions while Empress Fengyu and the others watched.
• The dragon-crowned man approached Han Yan'er and declared his devotion to her, while Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat realized he intended to pursue her.
• Yang Zhen landed beside the man, called Han Yan'er over, pulled her close, and kissed her in front of the stunned intruder.

Yang Zhen kissed Han Yan'er and declared her his woman, provoking the Dragon Envoy and his entourage. After the Dragon Envoy tried to leave with a show of magnanimity, Yang Zhen demanded compensation for their broken restriction and asked him to find a dragon.

• Yang Zhen kissed Han Yan'er and told her to be his woman.
• Yang Zhen confronted the Dragon Envoy, mocked his attempt to take Han Yan'er, and watched Han Yan'er agree to be with him.
• The Dragon Envoy declared he would not give up on Han Yan'er and tried to leave, while Yang Zhen saw through his anger.
• Yang Zhen stopped the Dragon Envoy and demanded compensation for the restriction his group had broken.
• Yang Zhen asked the Dragon Envoy to find him a dragon, then suggested that a young dragon would be enough.

Yang Zhen drove off the Qian Dragon Abyss envoys, then strengthened the Three Flowers Holy Land’s defenses as its people feared retaliation. He later helped Han Yan'er find peace with her doubts about life, and they ended the day playfully wrestling.

• Yang Zhen mocked the Dragon Envoy of Qian Dragon Abyss, who left with his companions after Shameless Cat explained the group’s origins.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace and Granny warned Yang Zhen that Qian Dragon Abyss would likely threaten the Three Flowers Holy Land, but Yang Zhen dismissed their concerns.
• Yang Zhen repaired the Three Flowers Holy Land’s formation, settled the rescued cultivators there, and strengthened its defenses against even Great Emperors.
• Han Yan'er awakened the Ice Phoenix within her and entered the Saint Venerable Realm, while Yang Zhen noticed she seemed troubled.
• Empress Fengyu suggested Han Yan'er was no ordinary person, prompting Yang Zhen to ask her what she was thinking about.
• Yang Zhen told Han Yan'er that people did not need a particular purpose to live, and the two ended their conversation by teasing and wrestling with each other.

Yang Zhen learned that Han Yan'er’s awakened Ice Phoenix memories showed her facing the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth alongside the Myriad Races, and he resolved to defy heaven’s will to protect her and all living beings. At the Three Flowers Holy Land, a bloodied messenger arrived pleading for Yang Zhen to save the Su Emperor Palace, then was consumed by a strange green flame.

• Yang Zhen asked Han Yan'er whose second life she was, and she explained that Ice Phoenix’s awakening had brought back memories she did not understand.
• Han Yan'er described standing against the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth to protect countless beings, and she confirmed Yang Zhen’s guess that they were the Myriad Races.
• Yang Zhen reassured Han Yan'er that he would protect her regardless of her past identity, then entered sudden enlightenment with a surge of power.
• Hua Youyue, Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, and Mei Wuhua discussed spies at the Three Flowers Holy Land and learned that most recent visitors with ill intentions had been exposed.
• A bloodied cultivator fell through the Holy Land’s restrictions and begged Hua Youyue to find Yang Zhen and save the Su Emperor Palace before a sickly green flame consumed him.

Qian Dragon Abyss surrounded Su Emperor Palace with Dragon Miasma, prompting Han Yan'er to volunteer to investigate after Hua Youyue learned no news had come from the palace. Dragon Envoy Yue revealed that he had targeted Su Emperor Palace because of Yang Zhen and threatened to make a game of the four women close to him.

• Hua Youyue and Mei Wuhua learned that Qian Dragon Abyss had attacked Su Emperor Palace, and Han Yan'er volunteered to go investigate.
• Hua Youyue warned Han Yan'er to be careful, and Han Yan'er said Yang Zhen was still cultivating.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace and Granny chose to wait for help from the Three Flowers Holy Land rather than risk another breakout through the Dragon Miasma.
• Dragon Envoy Yue appeared above Su Emperor Palace and spoke about the four peerless beauties who had fallen for Yang Zhen.
• Dragon Envoy Yue declared that Qian Dragon Abyss had surrounded Su Emperor Palace to wipe it out because of Yang Zhen, leaving Granny and the disciples furious and bewildered.

After four days in seclusion, Yang Zhen demonstrated that he could use Heaven and Earth True Runes to make primordial Qi affect living beings, then hurried to aid Su Emperor Palace. There, the Empress learned Su Emperor was in danger from the Dragon Miasma, while Dragon Envoy Yue confronted a woman in blue who had arrived outside.

• Yang Zhen woke from four days of seclusion and learned that Qian Dragon Abyss had surrounded Su Emperor Palace.
• Yang Zhen showed Hua Youyue and the others a Heaven and Earth True Rune array that made nearby plants grow lusher, and he considered whether he could use it to accelerate living beings' cultivation.
• Mei Wuhua explained the legend that Gods and Devils could transfer their power to descendants, and Yang Zhen reflected that understanding heaven and earth's order might let him control living beings.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace learned the Dragon Miasma was cutting off primordial Qi and that the Heavenly Star Sunflower was withering, threatening Su Emperor's life.
• A woman in blue arrived through the Dragon Miasma, and Dragon Envoy Yue told her to wait and watch a show.

Dragon Envoy Yue trapped Su Emperor Palace in Dragon Miasma and Pink Blood Moths, forcing its defenders to choose between Su Emperor's survival and Yang Zhen. Just as the Empress of Su Emperor Palace prepared to sacrifice herself, Yang Zhen arrived.

• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace told Han Yan'er and the others to avoid fighting Qian Dragon Abyss directly while seeking a way through the Dragon Miasma.
• Han Yan'er flew through the Dragon Miasma, prompting Dragon Envoy Yue to unleash Pink Blood Moths and intensify the flames consuming the ambient Qi.
• Han Yan'er and the palace disciples fought the moths as Granny and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace tried to protect them, but Dragon Envoy Yue struck the Empress down.
• Dragon Envoy Yue revealed that he had trapped the palace to force Yang Zhen to appear and threatened Su Emperor's revival if the ambient Qi ran out.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace ignited blue flames to sacrifice herself, but Yang Zhen called out from afar, extinguishing the flames and making her laugh through tears.

Yang Zhen arrived at Su Emperor Palace as Dragon Envoy Yue threatened the palace with Dragon Miasma and Pink Blood Moths, but he refused to play along with Yue's demands. He formed a huge formation that refined the Dragon Miasma into heaven and earth Qi, leaving Dragon Envoy Yue stunned.

• Han Yan'er told Yang Zhen that Su Emperor Palace needed heaven and earth Qi and would fall if the Dragon Miasma remained.
• Dragon Envoy Yue tried to force Su Emperor Palace to kill Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen revealed that Yue's people had been put to sleep.
• Yang Zhen mocked Dragon Envoy Yue and dismissed his demand that the Dragon Miasma be broken through within ten days.
• Yang Zhen waved his hand and formed a vast formation around Su Emperor Palace.
• The formation drew in and refined the Dragon Miasma into streams of pure heaven and earth Qi, leaving Dragon Envoy Yue staggered.

Yang Zhen subdued Dragon Miasma, prompting Dragon Envoy Yue to beg for peace and flee after Yang spared him. Granny then unexpectedly tried to arrange Yang Zhen’s marriage to the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, leaving Yang and Han Yan’er stunned and the women nearby glaring.

• Dragon Envoy Yue marveled that Yang Zhen had refined Dragon Miasma into pure energy and begged him to reveal how he had done it.
• Dragon Envoy Yue slapped himself and offered to settle their grudge, but Yang Zhen told him to leave and refused to kill him.
• Dragon Envoy Yue tried to make Yang Zhen his sworn elder brother, then his grandfather, before Yang kicked him away.
• Granny grabbed Yang Zhen’s hand and declared that he and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace should marry immediately.
• Granny defended the match to Han Yan’er, while Yang Zhen protested that his other women were present and bristled when Granny questioned his ability.

Granny sent the Empress of Su Emperor Palace with Yang Zhen, explaining that the Empress needed to reach the Emperor Realm to survive the Heavenly Punishment her cultivation would bring. When the Origin Restoration Formation was destroyed, Yang Zhen agreed to inspect it and rushed with the Empress toward the Emperor Grotto.

• Granny warned Yang Zhen that Qian Dragon Abyss might retaliate and arranged for the Empress of Su Emperor Palace to accompany him to the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Granny revealed that the Empress's cultivation method would make her a heaven-defying existence after she reached the Emperor Realm, where only greater strength could help her endure Heavenly Punishment.
• An earth-shaking boom shook Su Emperor Palace, and a disciple reported that the Origin Restoration Formation had been destroyed.
• The Empress and Granny explained that the damaged formation was Su Emperor Palace's only hope of saving Su Emperor, and that no one knew how to repair it.
• Han Yan'er asked Yang Zhen to help, and he took the Empress toward the Emperor Grotto to inspect the formation.

Yang Zhen discovered that Su Emperor Palace’s Origin Restoration Formation used the lingering obsessions of its deceased members to revive Su Emperor and nurture an Origin-Tracing Vine. After secretly taking some seeds, he activated the broken runes to begin restoring the formation.

• Yang Zhen entered the ruined Emperor Grotto with the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, Granny, and the others, then ordered them to stay back while he investigated the death Qi.
• Yang Zhen found the bone-filled Origin Restoration Formation and realized it refined the dead’s lingering obsessions into vitality rather than draining the living.
• Yang Zhen discovered the crystal coffin holding Su Emperor and recognized that the Heavenly Star Sunflower was actually an Origin-Tracing Vine that could bring good fortune to Su Emperor Palace.
• Yang Zhen picked some Origin-Tracing Vine seeds and stored them away as payment.
• Yang Zhen pressed his hands to the crystal coffin and used his Heaven and Earth True Runes Origin to activate the broken runes, causing the Emperor Grotto to rumble.

Yang Zhen repaired the Origin Restoration Formation and broke through to the Final Step, awakening terrifying Heavenly Punishment. He left the Su Emperor Palace alone to draw the danger away, while Han Yan'er rushed after him and Granny feared he might not survive.

• Yang Zhen used the origins of four Heaven and Earth True Runes to restore the Origin Restoration Formation, prompting Granny, the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, and the disciples to pay respects to their ancestors.
• Yang Zhen broke through to the Saint Venerable Realm and advanced to the Final Step as Granny, the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, and Han Yan'er begged him to stop before Heavenly Punishment struck.
• Yang Zhen manifested Qiongqi Heavenly Void, the Star Spring Sword, and the Void Heaven Seal, then announced that Su Emperor would soon awaken and that he had already taken his reward.
• Yang Zhen vanished through the void, causing the thunder to dissipate, while Han Yan'er hurried outside after him.
• Granny stopped the Empress of Su Emperor Palace from following and said Yang Zhen had left because he was unsure he could survive the Heavenly Punishment.

After Yang Zhen vanished while facing Heavenly Punishment, his friends learned that he was confronting World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment and rushed toward a catastrophic red storm in the northwest. There, they found Yang Zhen staring at the sky as its destructive force devastated the land.

• Han Yan'er told the Empress of Su Emperor Palace that Yang Zhen had left to keep the Heavenly Punishment from affecting them and insisted he would survive.
• Shameless Cat arrived with Hua Youyue and revealed that Yang Zhen had always faced Heavenly Punishment because heaven and earth rejected him, and that this time he faced World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment.
• Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace vowed to help Yang Zhen, while Shameless Cat offered to try to preserve his soul if they could find him.
• Red clouds and lightning appeared in the northwest, and Shameless Cat urged everyone to investigate, guessing Yang Zhen would be drawn to the spectacle.
• The group flew toward the storm as its destructive force scorched the land, and Yang Zhen watched the terrifying sky in bewilderment.

Yang Zhen and the gathered factions witnessed a terrifying red celestial phenomenon, from which an overwhelming man emerged. The man claimed the surrounding ten thousand miles to refine heaven and earth, forcing the factions to flee while Yang Zhen hid underground.

• Yang Zhen concealed himself as factions from across the Central Court gathered to investigate the red whirlpools in the sky.
• Yang Zhen sensed a powerful presence inside the whirlpool and retreated when he felt its danger.
• A man in a green robe emerged from the whirlpool, and his Divine Sense swept across the area.
• Yang Zhen hid underground, and the man declared that everyone within ten thousand miles must withdraw.
• The old man from Qian Dragon Abyss identified the man as a Great Emperor, and the factions fled despite Su Emperor Palace's inability to move while Su Emperor remained asleep.

Yang Zhen hid in a remote northern mountain to await the Heavenly Punishment, but discovered an old man moving through the rock and became trapped when he tried to follow him upward. The old man warned that Yang Zhen could enter the mountain but could not leave upward.

• Yang Zhen fled to an uninhabited region in the far north, concealed an ice palace with a formation, and waited for the Heavenly Punishment.
• After nearly half a month, Yang Zhen sensed something moving inside a nearby mountain and swam through the rock to investigate.
• Yang Zhen found an unkempt old man slowly clawing his way through the stone and offered to help him out.
• The old man ignored Yang Zhen at first, then said Yang Zhen would soon be like thin air and left him unable to move upward.
• Yang Zhen discovered he could crawl downward freely but was confined whenever he tried to go up.

Yang Zhen was trapped underground with a powerful old man who recognized the treasures and forces within him. After learning Yang Zhen possessed the Star Spring Sword, the old man mourned that even Yang Zhen had changed, then concluded that Yang Zhen was not the person he sought and burrowed away.

• Yang Zhen and the old man exchanged stories while trapped in a place where neither could use Divine Sense.
• Yang Zhen’s presence stirred the old man’s power, and the old man identified the unusual forces and treasures inside Yang Zhen.
• The old man asked whether Yang Zhen had the Star Spring Sword, and Yang Zhen admitted that he did.
• The old man cried that even Yang Zhen had changed, but Yang Zhen insisted he did not know him.
• The old man decided Yang Zhen was not the person he sought and burrowed upward.

Yang Zhen met the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness while trapped in a strange place and learned that the Eastern Wilderness Mark had kept him alive after he defied heaven. The Great Emperor revealed that the Samsara of Heaven and Earth had begun and confirmed that the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth was coming again.

• Yang Zhen coaxed the inching old man into identifying himself as the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness.
• Yang Zhen showed the Great Emperor the Eastern Wilderness Mark on his arm, and the Great Emperor made it reappear.
• The Great Emperor explained that Yang Zhen had been rejected by heaven and earth and should have died after changing Hua Youyue's fate in the East Sea.
• Yang Zhen told the Great Emperor that a Great Emperor outside was refining an expanse of heaven and earth, prompting him to seek a way out.
• The Great Emperor announced that the Samsara of Heaven and Earth had begun and confirmed Yang Zhen's fear that the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth was coming again.

Yang Zhen learned from the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness about the cyclical Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth and the cursed world that trapped him. When Yang Zhen’s World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment reached them, the Great Emperor agreed to help him face it, though he warned he might prioritize his own survival.

• Yang Zhen questioned the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness about the previous Great Tribulation, and the Great Emperor explained that their location lay beyond the Main Realm’s order.
• The Great Emperor told Yang Zhen that the Savage Wilderness World was a scar left by the war between Gods and Devils, and that the Great Tribulation could be escaped most safely through the Void Realm.
• Yang Zhen watched the Great Emperor’s movements and tried to use the Power of the Void, but the Great Emperor sensed that Yang Zhen was about to undergo a tribulation and recognized him as someone rejected by heaven and earth.
• World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment struck the place beyond the Main Realm, and Yang Zhen asked the Great Emperor to protect him in exchange for taking him out.
• The Great Emperor agreed to help Yang Zhen face the punishment but warned that he might put his own survival first.

Yang Zhen prepared to face the gathering Heavenly Punishment underground with the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness, while cultivators above mistakenly believed a Great Emperor was undergoing the tribulation and brought treasures in hopes of gaining his protection. The chapter ended with Yang Zhen asking whether their hidden refuge could evade Heavenly Punishment, leaving the Great Emperor alarmed by his intentions.

• Black clouds and destructive lightning gathered over North Isle, drawing thousands of cultivators who believed a Great Emperor was undergoing a tribulation.
• On the third day, the Heaven-Swallowing Hou arrived with Shameless Cat and the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, who assumed Yang Zhen was beneath the clouds.
• Cultivators carried treasures toward the supposed Great Emperor, hoping to earn protection from the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment.
• The Nine Dragons Saint Venerable searched the area with his Divine Sense but could not find Yang Zhen, prompting him and Shameless Cat to wonder whether they should bring gifts too.
• Underground, Yang Zhen asked the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness whether their refuge could evade Heavenly Punishment, and the Great Emperor shuddered at what Yang Zhen might be planning.