Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen explored the primordial mountains in the High Antiquity ruins with Hua Youyue and Shameless Cat while Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe followed, hoping to find the Heaven and Earth Shackles. Gong Sanhe revealed a legend that opening all five shackles would bring the cultivation world true heaven and earth, leaving Yang Zhen wondering whether the world and its vanished races were not what they seemed.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat rushed into the primordial mountains with the crowd, then Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue slipped away to explore on their own.
• Death Shadow and Gong Sanhe followed Yang Zhen, betting that his fortune would lead them to a great restriction of heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhen told the two elders he was not searching for the Heaven and Earth Shackles, but his remark made them realize he knew they were there.
• Gong Sanhe explained that legend spoke of five Heaven and Earth Shackles and that opening them all would bring the cultivation world true heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhen wondered whether the world was fake and where the other races of the High Antiquity era had gone.

Yang Zhen and his companions discovered that a strange mountain formation might mark the location of the Heaven and Earth Shackles, then entered an area without True Essence. A fast-moving black shadow appeared, and Yang Zhen caught it with a rope.

• Hua Youyue shared the Three Flowers Holy Maiden's memories, and Yang Zhen promised to protect her before he and Shameless Cat decided to stir up trouble.
• Yang Zhen pointed out a mountain beneath the blood moon, and Gong Sanhe recognized it as the Heavenly Gateway Land of the mountain range.
• Death Shadow understood that the Nine Dragons Gateway Flower formation might conceal the Heaven and Earth Shackles, then joked about having a talent for geomancy.
• Yang Zhen, Death Shadow, Gong Sanhe, Hua Youyue, and Shameless Cat entered the strange area, where there was no True Essence of heaven and earth.
• A black shadow sped toward the group, and Yang Zhen caught it with a rope before swinging it through the air.

Yang Zhen reunited with Han Yan'er in the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua and learned she possessed the Heavenly Number: Star Technique Chapter. After Han Yan'er befriended a clever snow fox, Shameless Cat recognized something alarming and spoke to it in beast language, making Yang Zhen suspect it belonged to the Demon Race.

• Yang Zhen caught a white creature with a rope, and Han Yan'er arrived after being trapped in the land's illusion formation.
• Han Yan'er explained that she had appeared there without crossing the Heavenly Secrets Bridge and had been unable to escape.
• Gong Sanhe asked Han Yan'er about the Star Technique, and she confirmed that she possessed the Heavenly Number: Star Technique Chapter.
• Han Yan'er recognized the creature as a snow fox that had stolen her fruit, then fed it and saw it grow affectionate toward her.
• Shameless Cat exchanged words with the intelligent snow fox in beast language, and Yang Zhen suspected it was connected to the Demon Race.

Yang Zhen learned that the snow fox was a member of the Demon Race, whose ancient war with humanity had begun with human enslavement of the Demon Race. As Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow debated the danger of the fox’s kind, a booming sound from deep in the mountains made the fox flee into the forest.

• Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow attacked the snow fox, but Yang Zhen blocked them and demanded to know why they were attacking Han Yan'er’s companion.
• Gong Sanhe accused the snow fox of being a Demon Race remnant, and Hua Youyue explained that humanity and the Demon Race had fought a devastating war in the High Antiquity period.
• Gong Sanhe warned that the old grudge remained, while Death Shadow suggested the war had begun because humans enslaved the Demon Race.
• Death Shadow wondered whether the Demon Race was connected to the great change in heaven and earth, but an earth-shaking boom sounded from the mountains before Yang Zhen could respond.
• The snow fox shrieked, sprang away from Han Yan'er, and vanished into the forest.

Yang Zhen and the others followed a fleeing snow fox into the mountains, where they discussed a legendary swordsman who had defied heaven before the Ancient Spirit Clan appeared. The chapter left them facing the clan’s arrival and learning that its power had surged in recent months.

• Han Yan'er chased after the snow fox, and Yang Zhen carried her on his Somersault Cloud as the group followed its trail into the mountains.
• Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow described a legendary man who had stood against heaven and furiously slashed down 360 heavenly tribulations.
• Yang Zhen tested whether he could say the number aloud, repeatedly provoking thunder from the clouds.
• Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow said the swordsman vanished after a 361st tribulation and warned that speaking his name could bring heavenly punishment.
• A vessel bearing the words “Ancient Spirit” emerged from the mist, and Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow discussed the Ancient Spirit Clan’s recent rise in power.

Yang Zhen chased the little fox with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, while Shameless Cat explained the Demon Race’s innate gifts and Yang Zhen joked about the bonds between people. Their pursuit was interrupted when the Ancient Spirit Clan’s enormous flying boat began plunging nose-first toward the mountains, leaving Wang Zhenyu bewildered.

• Yang Zhen caught up with the little fox on his Somersault Cloud, and she sped away using True Essence.
• Shameless Cat explained that the Demon Race could command heaven and earth and make powerful mounts.
• Yang Zhen described love, family, friendship, and shared interests as the strongest bonds, leaving Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er impressed.
• Shameless Cat spotted the little fox disappearing behind a rock and urged Yang Zhen to hurry after her.
• Yang Zhen and his companions saw the Ancient Spirit Clan’s flying boat plunge toward the mountains, while Wang Zhenyu wondered who had brought it down.

Yang Zhen rushed to stop the Ancient Spirit Clan's runaway flying ship from destroying the altar at the heart of the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua. He split the ship in two with physical strength alone, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat realized the Ancient Spirit Clan's flying ship had run out of crystals and was plunging toward a glowing altar.
• Yang Zhen recognized the danger and charged toward the ship, while Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat followed.
• Gong Sanhe warned Yang Zhen not to use True Essence, and Death Shadow told Qianhe that the altar stood within the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua, a Great Restriction of Heaven and Earth.
• Holy Maiden Thousand Spirits confirmed the danger, and Elder Qian ordered the Ancient Spirit Clan to destroy the ship before it hit the altar.
• The flying ship shattered as Yang Zhen struck it with the Great Deficiency Sword, splitting it in two without using True Essence.

Yang Zhen destroyed the Ancient Spirit Clan’s enormous flying boat after it nearly caused a disaster at the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua. He then warned Elder Qian that a powerful Demon Race being, possibly even a Great Emperor, might be sealed beneath the altar.

• Yang Zhen smashed the flying boat apart with the Great Deficiency Sword, stunning the gathered cultivators.
• Yang Zhen approached Elder Qian and demanded wages for preventing the clan’s accident from causing trouble.
• Yang Zhen claimed that a terrifying being was sealed beneath the altar and let the crowd believe he had killed a Great Saint’s incarnation.
• Yang Zhen told Elder Qian that the Ancient Spirit Clan had nearly become sinners against humanity by risking the release of a Great Saint or Great Emperor of the Demon Race.

Yang Zhen accepted Thousand Flower Brew as compensation after helping the Ancient Spirit Clan, then faced the arrival of two sacred lands and other cultivators at the altar believed to conceal a Demon Race expert. As the gathered groups considered spreading word and investigating the altar, an Ancient Life Sect elder challenged Yang Zhen's standing with Gong Sanhe.

• Yang Zhen asked Elder Qian for his wages and received a jar of Thousand Flower Brew from Qianhe.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed finding Flirtatious Chicken before cultivators from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain arrived.
• Qianhe warned the holy lords that the altar was the key to the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua and might suppress a mighty Demon Race expert, while Death Shadow said they had encountered a member of the Demon Race.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord called for the Demon Race's reappearance to be reported, and the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord sent disciples away to spread the news.
• Gong Sanhe asked Yang Zhen what to do, but a white-bearded Ancient Life Sect elder questioned why an unknown young man should represent the sect.

Duan Xingzhi rejected Yang Zhen’s advice and challenged the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord and the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord, turning the disagreement into a confrontation with Gong Sanhe’s faction. After Death Shadow provoked him, Duan Xingzhi attacked Yang Zhen but was blasted away by Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, and Gong Sanhe warned him that he should be glad Yang Zhen had not struck.

• Duan Xingzhi declared that the Ancient Life Sect would not follow Yang Zhen and questioned whether the two holy lords would trust Yang Zhen with their sacred lands’ fate.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord supported Yang Zhen’s decision, while the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord told Duan Xingzhi that the Ancient Life Sect could leave if it would not listen to him.
• Death Shadow mocked Duan Xingzhi, who flew into a rage and charged at him before abruptly turning toward Yang Zhen.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er struck Duan Xingzhi with blue and dark dragon-like waves of Qi, blasting him away.
• Duan Xingzhi ordered the Ancient Life Sect’s disciples to kill Yang Zhen, but Gong Sanhe stopped him and said he should be glad Yang Zhen had not struck.

Duan Xingzhi challenged Yang Zhen, but Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er stepped in to face him. After Yang Zhen mocked Duan Xingzhi and sent the women back to his side, Duan Xingzhi attacked, and Yang Zhen appeared behind him with the Great Deficiency Sword poised to strike.

• Duan Xingzhi approached Yang Zhen and unleashed the presence of a Mahayana Realm Ninth Heaven expert, while Gong Sanhe and Death Shadow discussed Yang Zhen's strength.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er stepped forward together, combining their presence to match and surpass Duan Xingzhi's.
• Duan Xingzhi accused Yang Zhen of hiding behind women, and Yang Zhen proudly defended the tactic and taunted him.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to withdraw, and they returned to his side after putting away their Sun and Moon Twin Shadow Saint Weapons.
• Duan Xingzhi charged at Yang Zhen, who vanished and reappeared behind him, swinging the Great Deficiency Sword as Gong Sanhe called for mercy.

Yang Zhen crushed Duan Xingzhi in a fight, but Duan chose to burn his soul and strike the altar rather than accept defeat. The altar rose from the ground as the entire Land of Nine Dragons Quehua erupted, forcing Yang Zhen to flee with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.

• Yang Zhen shattered Duan Xingzhi's sword and smashed his shoulder, then taunted him while the Ancient Life Sect disciples rushed to attack.
• Gong Sanhe stopped the disciples and pleaded with Yang Zhen to spare Duan Xingzhi, but Yang pointed out that Duan would not have shown him the same mercy.
• Duan Xingzhi admitted Yang was right and said the weak were prey to the strong, then burned his soul and raced toward the altar.
• Duan Xingzhi struck the altar and died as his soul unleashed a threat against everyone nearby.
• The altar rose like a mountain, the surrounding range shook, and pillars of light spread across the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua as Yang Zhen fled with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.

As the Land of Nine Dragons Quehua collapsed under the Great Restriction of Heaven and Earth, Yang Zhen turned back to find Flirtatious Chicken after sending Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er away. He and Shameless Cat reached the altar, still unsure where Flirtatious Chicken was.

• As the land erupted with destruction, Yang Zhen decided to return for Flirtatious Chicken and told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to escape without him.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er each promised to wait five days, and Hua Youyue took Han Yan'er away on a night-blooming cereus.
• Yang Zhen charged back through the fleeing cultivators with Shameless Cat and the Great Deficiency Sword, ignoring their warnings and joking with the cat.
• At the altar, Shameless Cat asked where Flirtatious Chicken might be, and Yang Zhen admitted he had charged in without a plan.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat tried to draw Flirtatious Chicken out by provoking trouble, but instead they encountered a terrifying Demon Beast and fled underground. Meanwhile, matching altars rose in the Eastern Sea Abyss and the Sea of Sin Desert, sending the cultivation world into turmoil.

• Yang Zhen had Shameless Cat shout that Flirtatious Chicken’s mother was calling, then rushed toward a distant roar to stir up trouble and attract Flirtatious Chicken’s attention.
• They found a huge cyan altar rising from the ground and spotted an enormous many-trunked Demon Beast in a nearby valley.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that Demon Beasts could defeat human cultivators far stronger than their apparent realm, and the beast charged at them.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat fled from the Demon Beast, then used the Earth Treasury Technique to plunge underground as it stomped at them.
• An identical altar rose from the Eastern Sea Abyss, while another emerged from the Sea of Sin Desert and unleashed surging True Essence across the Western Region.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat hid from the giant Demon Beast Aguduo as heaven and earth essence surged across the Southern Frontier. When a Demon Race girl discovered Yang Zhen, he tried to pass himself off as one of her kind, but she challenged his story.

• Mountains collapsed across the Southern Frontier as waves of heaven and earth essence surged out.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat hid from Aguduo and discussed whether the powerful beast would make a suitable mount.
• A Demon Race girl arrived and spoke with Aguduo, which was searching for a human by scent.
• Yang Zhen observed that the girl had reached the Heaven Realm despite being only at the Early Mahayana Realm.
• Aguduo smashed the rock hiding Yang Zhen, and the girl identified him as a human.
• Yang Zhen claimed he belonged to the Demon Race, but the girl questioned how he could have lived in human society when her people had been sealed away for twenty thousand years.

Yang Zhen spoke with Jiajia about human life and learned that the Demon Race had emerged after the Heaven and Earth Shackles were broken. As primordial Qi began surging across the world, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat prepared to act amid the upheaval.

• Yang Zhen entertained Jiajia with stories of human society, and she asked about Ferris wheels and spicy strips.
• Jiajia said her mother and the other members of the Demon Race had emerged, then invited Yang Zhen to return with her; he declined.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that those sealed away were the lucky ones, while other races had been scattered or killed by heavenly punishment.
• A lightning bolt struck after Yang Zhen questioned heaven, and Shameless Cat speculated that an ancient Great Tribulation had cleansed living beings.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat sensed primordial Qi surging again, agreed that the next encounter had begun, and prepared to get moving.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat searched the battlefield for Flirtatious Chicken, then discovered that human cultivators were attacking the Beiqi Demon Race’s inheritance ground for the Heart of Dawn. As Duan Sihai confronted the demon Pikachu over the inheritance, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat sneaked underground.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat searched the battlefield for Flirtatious Chicken while humans and the Demon Race fought.
• Yang Zhen noticed that human cultivators were attacking a particular cavern, and Shameless Cat recognized it as the Beiqi Demon Race’s inheritance ground.
• Shameless Cat explained that the Heart of Dawn had helped Great Emperor Dawn break beyond the Emperor Realm and stand against a legendary opponent.
• Pikachu vowed to kill the humans threatening the Beiqi inheritance, and Duan Sihai challenged him to return what the Demon Race had guarded for twenty thousand years.
• As Duan Sihai and Pikachu unleashed their power, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat sneaked underground.

Yang Zhen entered the Demon Race’s inheritance ground to search for the Heart of Heaven and Earth, while powerful fighters clashed on the surface. Deep underground, he followed a little fox and an External Cultivation Sect member toward a magma pool, then kicked at the cultivator as the fox leaped into the lava.

• A peak Spirit Transformation Realm Demon Race elder struck Duan Sihai and warned that the human cultivators could all die there.
• Aguduo appeared and attacked the human cultivators with waves of flame as Yang Zhen burrowed underground with Shameless Cat.
• Yang Zhen reached the enormous cavern of the inheritance ground and spotted a little fox moving farther inside.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat followed an External Cultivation Sect member who was secretly trailing the fox.
• The fox cried out and leaped into a magma pool, and Yang Zhen jumped after her as the External Cultivation Sect member attacked him.
• Yang Zhen shouted for the cultivator to get out of the way and kicked at him with one big foot.

Yang Zhen rescued the little fox from an External Cultivation Sect cultivator and learned that the Beiqi Demon Race planned to unleash a calamity by detonating a sacrificial site. He agreed to save the fox’s sister and find the Heart of Heaven and Earth, then plunged into the lava below.

• Yang Zhen used a Shadow Clone to trick the External Cultivation Sect cultivator and kick him into a red-hot rock.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat recalled that Duan Sihai had falsely claimed to belong to the Ancient Life Sect.
• Shameless Cat learned from the little fox that the Beiqi Demon Race planned to release countless departed souls by detonating their sacrificial site, using the fox’s older sister as a living sacrifice.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that entering the triple-Yin sacrificial site required dividing his Yang spirit into three and that he had only a quarter of an hour.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the lava to break the restriction, save the fox’s sister, and find the Heart of Heaven and Earth.

Yang Zhen found the Beiqi woman Jue’er had sent him to rescue in the Tomb of Departed Souls, but learned she intended to unleash the trapped spirits. After condemning the Beiqi Clan for keeping its ancestors imprisoned, he discovered its fortune was nearly exhausted, and the woman begged him to save her clan.

• Yang Zhen emerged from the magma into the Tomb of Departed Souls and met Jue’er’s sister, who warned that hundreds of saint-grade restrictions made escape impossible.
• The woman revealed her mission was to detonate the tomb and kill the human cultivators who had entered Beiqi, but Yang Zhen questioned whether she had chosen this herself.
• Yang Zhen sensed the departed souls growing violent and accused the Beiqi Clan of exploiting its ancestors by trapping them in the tomb.
• Yang Zhen said the Beiqi Clan’s fortune was nearly exhausted, startling the woman, then asked which way led to the Heart of Heaven and Earth.
• The woman pointed him toward the Heart of Heaven and Earth, then knelt and begged Yang Zhen to save the Beiqi Clan.