Chapter Summaries

Fu Kun’s Dao Resonance improved after he found meaning in Yang Zhen’s words, while Yang Zhen and Han Yan’er’s Dao Rhymes overwhelmed the two Heavenly Cycle Realm experts’ presence. Fu Kun explained his understanding of resilience and resistance, leaving Yang Zhen amazed by how much he had inferred.

• Fu Kun’s Dao Resonance surged, and Bai Shengbo urgently tried to stop him despite the crowd’s confusion.
• Yang Zhen released a Dao Rhyme that pushed aside Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan’s power, bringing sunlight and a sense of renewal to the gathered crowd.
• Han Yan’er’s Dao Rhyme rose beside Yang Zhen’s, revealing a tranquil starry sky and further eclipsing the experts’ Dao Rhymes.
• Fu Kun knelt before Bai Shengbo and said he had understood Yang Zhen’s Dao through the image of a blade of grass springing back after being struck.
• Fu Kun explained that flowers and grass repeatedly resist destruction and return to life, while Yang Zhen privately marveled at Fu Kun’s elaborate interpretation.

Yang Zhen survived Bai Shengbo’s devastating attack and challenged him and Tai Zhongquan to fight together. He used the Earth Treasury Technique to restore the valley, leaving Fu Kun stunned by the power behind his teachings.

• Fu Kun defied Bai Shengbo’s teachings, and Bai Shengbo attacked him before declaring that he would expel him from the Gujin Clan.
• Yang Zhen interrupted Bai Shengbo, who turned on him and struck with a sword technique containing Dao Resonance.
• Tai Zhongquan refused to intervene, and the onlookers assumed Yang Zhen had died in the ruined valley.
• Yang Zhen emerged unharmed, summoned the Great Deficiency Sword, and challenged Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan to attack him together.
• Yang Zhen urged Fu Kun not to waver, then used the Earth Treasury Technique to restore the valley and astonish everyone.

Yang Zhen confronted Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan, then summoned a terrifying Heavenly Punishment that sent the gathered clans fleeing. The chapter ended with Bai Shengbo trying to fight Yang Zhen while Tai Zhongquan escaped.

• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that facing two Heavenly Cycle Realm experts head-on would get him killed, but Yang Zhen taunted Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan to attack.
• Bai Shengbo ordered the Gujin Clan to retreat, and Tai Zhongquan told the Ancient Origin Sacred Land to run when thunder erupted from the clear sky.
• Yellow lightning and the threat of Heavenly Punishment sent the gathered cultivators fleeing, while Yang Zhen mocked Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan for leaving without a fight.
• Bai Shengbo and Tai Zhongquan argued as they fled from Yang Zhen, then Bai Shengbo stopped to fight after Tai Zhongquan agreed to join him.
• Bai Shengbo unleashed his True Essence and divine soul power against Yang Zhen, but Tai Zhongquan fled on his flying sword.

Yang Zhen’s Great Sun Radiance shielded the fleeing cultivators from his heavenly punishment and even delayed their own tribulations, but Tai Zhongquan attacked him with the Great Sun Blazing Yang Bow. The chapter ended with Yang Zhen holding the bow as a devastating arrow descended and both he and Tai Zhongquan faced tribulations.

• Bai Shengbo fled from Yang Zhen, who pursued him as the heavenly punishment gathered overhead.
• Yang Zhen declared that people with no karma against him would be safe, and his Great Sun Radiance protected those caught in the punishment.
• The cultivators realized Yang Zhen’s radiance had delayed their tribulations by years and rushed after him.
• Tai Zhongquan appeared with the Great Sun Blazing Yang Bow and fired a powerful arrow at Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen struck Tai Zhongquan away, picked up the bow, and prepared for his tribulation as the arrow fell from the sky.

Yang Zhen used the Great Sun Blazing Yang Bow against the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast summoned by his tribulation, while Tai Zhongquan was battered by his own beast. The tribulation above Yang Zhen produced three more beasts, and he sent the Evil Shadow Black Taotie charging toward one as the fight continued.

• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er arrived with Shameless Cat and the Guo Hu clan as Yang Zhen struck Tai Zhongquan's Great Sun Blazing Yang Arrow with the Great Deficiency Sword.
• Tai Zhongquan revealed that he had attacked Yang Zhen with the soul-artifact arrow and began recovering while their heavenly tribulations gathered.
• Yang Zhen's tribulation summoned a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, and another appeared to attack Tai Zhongquan.
• Yang Zhen wielded the Great Sun Blazing Yang Bow and fired a powerful arrow at his beast, while Tai Zhongquan was repeatedly battered by his own.
• Three more Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts emerged around Yang Zhen, and he released the Evil Shadow Black Taotie to fight one of them.

Yang Zhen battled three Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts while the Evil Shadow Black Taotie tried to eat one, then charged into the tribulation cloud to reach it. Tai Zhongquan attacked his own beast and was killed, while Yang Zhen was later hurled back out of the cloud.

• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie seized a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast to eat, and Yang Zhen fought the others while trying to reach the tribulation cloud.
• Tai Zhongquan attacked his Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, was badly wounded, and died when it reformed and struck him again.
• Yang Zhen sent the two beasts fighting him flying and plunged into the tribulation cloud after the Evil Shadow Black Taotie.
• The two Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts followed Yang Zhen into the cloud as heavenly power roared overhead.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the tribulation cloud with a pained cry, apparently thrown back out.

Yang Zhen was thrown from the tribulation cloud and confronted a Heart Demon in the form of Flirtatious Chicken as a Golden Crow. As the Golden Crow attacked him with fire, Hua Youyue and Shameless Cat realized Flirtatious Chicken was dead and that Yang Zhen would have to defeat his Heart Demon to give him a chance at nirvana.

• Yang Zhen was blasted out of the tribulation cloud as enormous wings emerged and sent the onlookers fleeing.
• Shameless Cat identified the apparition as a Heart Demon and warned Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er not to interfere.
• The cloud revealed a lightning-made Golden Crow resembling Flirtatious Chicken, and Yang Zhen angrily demanded to know what was happening.
• The Golden Crow attacked Yang Zhen with Golden Crow Fire, while Shameless Cat said Flirtatious Chicken was dead and that the apparition was Yang Zhen's Heart Demon.
• Hua Youyue said Flirtatious Chicken might undergo nirvana, but Shameless Cat warned that Yang Zhen had to cut down his Heart Demon first.

Yang Zhen faced Flirtatious Chicken, whose soul had become Heavenly Punishment and whose attack threatened Yang Zhen’s Dao heart. After everyone believed Yang Zhen would have to kill his friend, he dropped the Great Deficiency Sword and withdrew all his power, then took Flirtatious Chicken’s strike head-on and fell to the ground.

• Shameless Cat told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er that saving Flirtatious Chicken was almost impossible and urged Yang Zhen to kill him if he could not reclaim his soul.
• Yang Zhen gathered his power and faced the giant ferocious bird formed from Flirtatious Chicken’s soul, gripping the Great Deficiency Sword.
• As Flirtatious Chicken charged, Yang Zhen dropped the Great Deficiency Sword and withdrew his presence and power.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er tried to reach Yang Zhen but were blocked by the demonic obstruction.
• Flirtatious Chicken struck Yang Zhen, who fell to the ground, rose, and spat out blood.

Yang Zhen endured Flirtatious Chicken’s Heavenly Punishment head-on, repeatedly taunting him to strike harder despite being gravely wounded. After Yang Zhen survived the devastating attack, Flirtatious Chicken awakened, and a dark golden ember appeared above Yang Zhen’s forehead as Shameless Cat recognized it as a Life Sacrifice.

• Yang Zhen took Flirtatious Chicken’s first Heavenly Punishment strike to protect him, then mocked him and urged him to attack again.
• Flirtatious Chicken unleashed another surge of lightning that buried Yang Zhen beneath the shattered mountain, leaving the crowd believing he was dead.
• Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, Shameless Cat, and the crowd called for Yang Zhen to rise as Flirtatious Chicken’s scarlet eyes began to clear.
• Yang Zhen crawled out of the rubble, badly injured, and challenged Flirtatious Chicken to strike him once more.
• Flirtatious Chicken awakened with golden eyes and surging fire, and a dark golden ember formed above Yang Zhen’s forehead.
• Shameless Cat recognized the ember as a Life Sacrifice.

Yang Zhen recovered from the Heavenly Punishment and refused Flirtatious Chicken’s Life Sacrifice, explaining that accepting it would prevent Flirtatious Chicken from reaching the Great Emperor Realm. He and Flirtatious Chicken charged together toward the tribulation clouds, determined to slay the Heavenly Punishment.

• Flirtatious Chicken awakened and offered Yang Zhen his life spark through Life Sacrifice, then took the Heavenly Punishment in Yang Zhen’s place.
• The crowd, Shameless Cat, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan'er urged Yang Zhen to accept Flirtatious Chicken’s life spark as his wounds worsened and he closed his eyes.
• Yang Zhen recovered, returned Flirtatious Chicken’s life spark, and told him to protect his own life spark.
• Yang Zhen explained that taking Flirtatious Chicken’s life spark would cost him the chance to cultivate to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Yang Zhen asked Flirtatious Chicken to slay the Heavenly Tribulation with him, and the two charged toward the tribulation clouds as Shameless Cat’s sound-and-image stone played a declaration of invincibility.

Yang Zhen, Flirtatious Chicken, and Evil Shadow Black Taotie destroyed the Heavenly Punishment tribulation, but Flirtatious Chicken’s divine soul weakened afterward. Yang Zhen learned that Flirtatious Chicken needed a rare Lightning Parasol Tree in a Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang to undergo nirvana, and set out to find one despite the dangers of the Western Region and the Five Clans of North Isle.

• Yang Zhen, Flirtatious Chicken, and Evil Shadow Black Taotie attacked and dispelled the Heavenly Punishment tribulation cloud.
• Flirtatious Chicken collapsed after the tribulation, and Shameless Cat explained that his divine soul needed a gentle place to anchor itself.
• Hua Youyue placed Flirtatious Chicken in the Three Flowers Sacred Hall so he could recuperate.
• Shameless Cat explained that Flirtatious Chicken’s nirvana required a rare Lightning Parasol Tree in a Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang.
• An old man told Yang Zhen that such a place was known in the Sea of Sin in the Western Region, but warned that the Five Clans of North Isle might stop him from leaving.
• Yang Zhen declared that nobody would stop him from finding a way to bring Flirtatious Chicken back to life.

Visitors from the Sea of Sin challenged North Isle’s younger generation, and the monk Yun La defeated Lin Ding. Yun La visited a teahouse to ask about Yang Zhen and left a message for him, then vanished, saying he would wait in the Western Region.

• The visitors from the Sea of Sin arrived in North Isle and challenged its younger generation, while Yang Zhen remained out of sight.
• Yun La injured Lin Ding with a single move, leaving him recovering and prompting Western Region cultivators to grow more arrogant.
• At a teahouse in Cold City, a bearded man told listeners that Yang Zhen was still in North Isle and had gone looking for something.
• Yun La approached the bearded man, paid him with a cloud crystal, and asked whether Yang Zhen had truly spoken the words about a world in every flower and a Buddha in every leaf.
• The bearded man recognized Yun La, who asked him to pass a message to Yang Zhen and said he would wait for him in the Western Region.
• Yun La disappeared from the teahouse and reflected that the bearded man’s connection with Yang Zhen had begun badly but produced good results.

Yang Zhen worked as a teahouse waiter while trying to understand life so he could help Flirtatious Chicken undergo nirvana. A Buddhist verse from the young monk Yun La gave him sudden insight, but an angry customer interrupted him and overturned a table.

• Big Beard recognized Yang Zhen serving tea in the teahouse but kept his discovery secret and left.
• Yang Zhen discussed life and the danger of undergoing Mortal Transformation with Shameless Cat while watching ordinary people.
• After more than half a month without progress, Yang Zhen recalled Yun La's verse about seeking truth before death and understood it as an expression of the monk's life.
• A Spirit Transformation Realm customer demanded that Yang Zhen pour the tea, and Yang Zhen asked him to speak politely.
• The customer overturned the table, shattering the tea ware.

Yang Zhen revealed himself after a Spirit Transformation Realm expert humiliated him, then unleashed his Dao Rhyme and entered an epiphany. He left the teahouse crowd terrified and forced to lick the spilled tea, which proved to have remarkable effects.

• A Spirit Transformation Realm expert lifted Yang Zhen by the collar and demanded that he lick the spilled tea clean.
• Yang Zhen warned the teahouse crowd that each person would get only one lick, then released an overwhelming wave of Dao Rhyme.
• Yang Zhen's power frightened everyone, and the crowd recognized him before he entered an epiphany.
• The Spirit Transformation Realm expert reluctantly licked the tea, and another cultivator discovered that it loosened his bottleneck.
• The cultivators fought over their turns to lick the tea, and the bearded man shouted that he wanted a lick too.

Yang Zhen’s enlightenment on life caused the cultivators in the teahouse to revere him, and one Spirit Transformation Realm expert became his fervent admirer. After gaining a little understanding of life, Yang Zhen left with Shameless Cat to find the young monk.

• The Spirit Transformation Realm expert defended Yang Zhen and declared that he would follow Yang, while the other cultivators envied his closeness to him.
• Yang Zhen reflected on life and released a radiance that made those around him feel their vitality flourish.
• Shameless Cat and the Spirit Transformation Realm expert argued over whether Shameless Cat was disturbing Yang Zhen’s enlightenment.
• Yang Zhen opened his eyes, learned that the cultivators had licked the teahouse floor clean, and told the expert to treat the senior who had taken an extra lick more politely.
• Yang Zhen said he had gained a little understanding of life and left with Shameless Cat to find the young monk.

Yang Zhen learned that Jade Pool’s Third Holy Maiden had summoned heaven-favored talents, including the monk Yun La, and decided to meet him so he could enter Jade Pool and reach the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang to revive Flirtatious Chicken. Shameless Cat warned him about Jade Pool’s power and judged Yang Zhen only half a heaven-favored person.

• Yang Zhen explained that teahouses were good places to gather information and told Shameless Cat that something was happening on North Isle.
• Yang Zhen revealed that Jade Pool’s Third Holy Maiden had sent holy invitations seeking several heaven-favored talents, and he suspected Yun La represented Jade Pool.
• Shameless Cat said the Third Holy Maiden made him feel compelled not to provoke her and warned Yang Zhen that Jade Pool was more formidable than North Isle’s Ancient Clans.
• Yang Zhen explained that the Land of Seven Yin and Seven Yang was inside Jade Pool and that he needed to enter it to revive Flirtatious Chicken.
• Shameless Cat said Yun La was a heaven-favored person, while Yang Zhen barely counted as half and Little Girl and Little Dao Addict did not qualify.

Yang Zhen used a thatched cottage at Duck Water Ditch to draw Yun La to him and turned the barren area into a busy commercial street. Just as he celebrated the crowds and profits, a thunderous boom suggested someone was causing trouble.

• Yang Zhen told Liu You and the Spirit Transformation Realm expert to spread word that he would wait for Yun La at his thatched cottage and dared Yun La to come fetch him.
• Yang Zhen explained that his cottage concealed an ice palace protected by formations powerful enough to deter even a Heavenly Cycle Realm expert.
• News of Yang Zhen’s location drew crowds to Duck Water Ditch, where he had quickly established a thriving commercial street.
• Yang Zhen joked with Shameless Cat, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan'er about the crowds, fame, and his village’s traffic idols.
• A thunderous boom sounded from the commercial street, and Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat suspected someone was causing trouble.

Yang Zhen rushed to Duck Water Ditch’s commercial street after a Heavenly Cycle Realm expert arrived with forces from the Five Clans. He found Yun La and three other visitors from the Western Region confronting Senior Zhou, who chose to wait and see how Yang Zhen would respond to them.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat charged toward the commercial street as Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er followed, worried that the Five Clans had come to attack.
• Yang Zhen’s group found a crowd gathered around Yun La, who had stopped Senior Zhou from attacking the mortals and destroying the shops.
• Senior Zhou accused Yang Zhen of defying the Five Clans, while a devil woman with Yun La said they had come to see Yang Zhen and would not interfere if Senior Zhou left his state of mind undisturbed.
• Senior Zhou held back from razing the street and decided to watch whether Yang Zhen would fight the four powerful visitors from the Western Region.

Yang Zhen arrived as Yun La and his companions sought Heaven-Favored People, while Senior Zhou tried to convince them that Yang Zhen was no suitable candidate. The five Heaven-Favored talents of North Isle then appeared, bringing the total gathered at Duck Water Ditch to nine as Yang Zhen greeted them with confidence.

• Senior Zhou told Yun La and his companions that Yang Zhen had repeatedly endured Heavenly Punishment and was no Heaven-Favored Person, leaving them astonished by his survival.
• Yang Zhen arrived, joked with Shameless Cat about the crowd, and learned from him that Yun La might possess a power or treasure from High Antiquity.
• Five Heaven-Favored talents from North Isle emerged from the crowd and approached Yun La and his companions.
• Yang Zhen recognized the five as North Isle's Heaven-Favored talents and joked that they were common despite their impressive cultivation and fate.
• The five joined Yun La and his three companions at Duck Water Ditch, bringing nine Heaven-Favored People face-to-face with Yang Zhen, who asked Shameless Cat to make the BGM louder.

Yang Zhen met Yun La, the Witch, Little Dao Addict, and the fatty, whose unusual talents matched his own in startling ways. After recognizing Berserk Loli’s dangerous hidden injuries, he offered to treat her, leaving the Witch urgently asking whether he could heal her.

• Yun La, the Witch, Little Ferocious Beast, and the fatty identified Yang Zhen’s extraordinary talents and asked if he was crazy to cultivate so many things.
• Yang Zhen examined the four and recognized their unusual literary talent, divine soul power, strength, and companion heavenly fires.
• Yun La warned Yang Zhen not to take on more than he could handle, but Yang Zhen insisted his cultivation was fine.
• Little Dao Addict challenged the Witch’s remark about Yang Zhen, and Berserk Loli asked Yang Zhen to compete with her in strength.
• Yang Zhen sensed Berserk Loli’s hidden injuries and offered to treat them before she entered the Heavenly Cycle Realm.
• The Witch seized Yang Zhen’s hand and anxiously asked whether he could really heal Berserk Loli.