Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen considered the mystery of ancient experts waking from long slumber, then cultivated and rapidly approached a breakthrough. In the Demon God Hall, the Central Emperor discussed Yang Zhen and the Demon God Territory’s plans with Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu, ending with the revelation that Demon Puppet Saliva had appeared again.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed the costs of sleeping for tens of thousands of years, while the Golden Crow agreed that Shameless Cat’s slumber had been different.
• Yang Zhen recalled Ling Feng’s connection to ancient presences and wondered whether the cultivation world’s hidden history was linked to him or the blue planet.
• Yang Zhen cultivated in seclusion for two days and advanced to the brink of the Heavenly Cycle Realm, with enough understanding to reach the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
• The Central Emperor told Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu that Yang Zhen might be the Person of the Heavenly Palace because he had comprehended the Heavenly Palace True Rune.
• The Central Emperor presented a jade box to Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu, who recognized its contents as Demon Puppet Saliva and reacted in shock.

The Central Emperor revealed that Demon Puppet Saliva from thirty thousand years ago could revive a Demon Puppet, confirming that the creatures may have evolved and remain a hidden threat. He continued distributing heaven-defying cultivation methods through the Grand Dao Assembly, while Yang Zhen suspected the Demon God Territory was pursuing a dangerous plan.

• The Central Emperor shattered the jade box, and a black Demon Puppet emerged from the Demon Puppet Saliva before his Dao Rhyme destroyed it.
• The Central Emperor told Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu that the Demon Puppets seemed to have evolved and might still endanger the cultivation world.
• Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Shangwu understood that the Central Emperor was using the turmoil of changing heaven and earth to turn heaven's wrath against the Demon Puppets.
• The Central Emperor asked Jueying whether they had acted wrongly, then praised Yang Zhen's ability to control Dao Rhyme and ordered Jueying to invite Master Su.
• Yang Zhen examined a cultivation method in a teahouse and warned Shameless Cat that the Demon God Territory's mass distribution of such methods suggested a major, dangerous scheme.

Yang Zhen sensed a strange presence gathering as he and his companions headed to the Grand Dao Assembly, then released Dao Rhyme among the crowd to investigate. He identified the presence as corpse puppets.

• Han Yan'er woke Yang Zhen and urged him to hurry to the Grand Dao Assembly, and he warned her not to lose her way by following others' Dao.
• Yang Zhen sensed an unfamiliar presence growing stronger as he, Han Yan'er, Hua Youyue, Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the elder approached the crowded Dao grounds.
• Yang Zhen asked Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue to guard him, then released Dao Rhyme to search for the source of the presence.
• The surrounding cultivators gathered angrily around Yang Zhen, but he opened his eyes and claimed he had fallen asleep.
• Hua Youyue asked Yang Zhen what he had discovered, and he said the presence came from corpse puppets.

Yang Zhen and his companions entered a crowded gathering, where he rushed to see a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert. The expert recognized the Shameless Cat’s knowledge of the Heavenly Transformation Chaotic Demon Array, then sent an insolent follower flying for failing to keep a low profile.

• Yang Zhen dismissed his suspicion that a Corpse Puppet was nearby and continued inward with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• The crowd recognized Yang Zhen and made way for him as he greeted them cheerfully.
• A crowd surged toward a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert, and Yang Zhen ran ahead to see him.
• The Shameless Cat explained that the old man’s terrifying presence came from a successful transformation caused by the Heavenly Transformation Chaotic Demon Array.
• The old man praised the Shameless Cat for remembering the array, then knocked a follower aside for insulting him and ordered him to keep a low profile.

Yang Zhen examined the old man's pain from the Heavenly Transformation Chaotic Demon Array while Shameless Cat made the Celestial Phenomenon Realm powerhouse believe they could help him. After Yang Zhen abruptly pulled away, he called the old man stupid, leaving everyone stunned and the old man furious.

• Shameless Cat impressed the old man by hinting that he could free him from the pain caused by the Heavenly Transformation Chaotic Demon Array.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen to examine the old man, and Yang Zhen approached and placed a hand on his vital point.
• Yang Zhen abruptly let go, alarming the crowd, who assumed he had failed to find a solution.
• The old man demanded to know whether Yang Zhen had found the cause, and Yang Zhen suddenly cursed at him for being stupid.
• The old man's face turned ashen as he demanded that Yang Zhen repeat himself.

Yang Zhen diagnosed Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels with less than a century to live because his cultivation had thrown the five elements and yin-yang out of balance. He promised there was a cure, and the chapter ended as he revealed a tiny Yin-Yang Diagram for Five Wheels to place in his Dantian.

• Yang Zhen explained that Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels's cultivation had made his body rigid, leaving him only ninety-six years to live.
• The Clan Preceptor confirmed Yang Zhen's diagnosis, astonishing the Central Emperor and the other experts.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels asked Yang Zhen to cure him and pledged his service for a hundred years in return.
• Yang Zhen explained that Five Wheels could recover by guiding his yin and yang qi properly and cultivating a metal-based method.
• Yang Zhen formed a thumbnail-sized Yin-Yang Diagram and told Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels to open a space in his Dantian for it.

Yang Zhen placed a Yin-Yang Diagram inside Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels to stabilize the dangerous Qi within him. As Five Wheels’ power erupted, five radiant wheels formed overhead, and he realized he had finally succeeded in his cultivation.

• Yang Zhen told Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels the Yin-Yang Diagram would protect his life, despite the crowd’s doubts.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels chose to trust Yang Zhen and let him place the diagram inside his body.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels turned pale and released a violent wave of Qi, forcing the Central Emperor and the others to retreat.
• Yang Zhen asked whether Five Wheels had collected any metal-element Cultivation Methods, prompting golden light and powerful metal-element Qi to surge from him.
• Five streams of light formed into spinning wheels around a radiant Yin-Yang Diagram, and Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels rejoiced that he had finally succeeded.

Yang Zhen’s Yin-Yang Diagram helped Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels manifest a living saintly phenomenon and greatly increase his strength. The Central Emperor honored Yang Zhen by inviting him to sit on the Dao platform at the upcoming Grand Dao Assembly.

• Yang Zhen’s Yin-Yang Diagram united Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels’ Yin, Yang, and Five Elements Qi, causing a powerful celestial phenomenon to form.
• Shameless Cat explained that the phenomenon had developed a spirit because its powers formed a natural whole.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels absorbed the phenomenon and promised to serve Yang Zhen for a hundred years.
• Yang Zhen downplayed the promise, while Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels insisted he would prove useful when needed.
• The Central Emperor praised Yang Zhen and invited him to join the Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts on the Dao platform.

Yang Zhen accepted the Central Emperor’s invitation to join the Dao platform after realizing Han Yan'er wanted him to go. He then asked to bring two family members, leaving the crowd stunned as Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er stepped forward alongside Flirtatious Chicken and Shameless Cat.

• The Central Emperor invited Yang Zhen onto the Dao platform, and the crowd argued over whether a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator belonged there.
• Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels explained that the Grand Dao Assembly could influence the Cultivation World, and Yang Zhen realized the platform would make him famous.
• Yang Zhen saw Han Yan'er's eager gaze and accepted the invitation, saying he did not want to refuse the Central Emperor's kindness.
• Yang Zhen asked whether he could bring two family members, provoking an uproar among the onlookers.
• The crowd parted to reveal Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, with Flirtatious Chicken and Shameless Cat beside them.

Yang Zhen brought Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er onto the Dao platform at the Grand Dao Assembly, ignoring the crowd’s objections and warning them with his Shadow Clones. As Yuan Hao prepared to challenge Han Yan'er to embarrass Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen reassured her that he would stand by her.

• The Central Emperor agreed to let Yang Zhen bring Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er onto the Dao platform, and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken followed them.
• Onlookers questioned Han Yan'er's right to be there, so Yang Zhen offered to punish the critics and then filled the air with Shadow Clones to silence them.
• Yang Zhen noticed a trace of a corpse puppet's presence at the Dao grounds and suspected that the Grand Dao Assembly concealed another purpose.
• Yuan Hao's master suggested that Han Yan'er would fail to impress at the assembly, and Yuan Hao decided to seek a chance to debate the Dao with her and disgrace Yang Zhen.
• Han Yan'er wondered whether she should have joined the platform, but Yang Zhen reassured her and she insisted that she was not afraid.

Yang Zhen encouraged Han Yan'er before the Grand Dao Assembly began, while the Demon God Territory raised a Heaven-Deceiving Curtain over the arena. The Central Emperor released his Dao Rhyme and Dao Resonance for everyone to contemplate, and Yang Zhen eventually joined Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken in feasting.

• Yang Zhen reassured Han Yan'er, helping her regain her confidence as they joined the others on the Dao platform.
• The Demon God Territory activated a Heaven-Deceiving Curtain, which the Central Emperor explained would prevent tribulation from harming the assembly; Yang Zhen sensed it could also unleash devastating heavenly might.
• The Central Emperor released his Dao Rhyme and Dao Resonance, and the crowd settled down to contemplate them.
• Yang Zhen found the gathering dull and went to feast with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken.

At the Grand Dao Assembly, the Central Emperor explained that heaven and earth feared cultivators whose power could surpass its limits, encouraging the crowd to cultivate heaven-defying methods. Yang Zhen sensed a strange force connecting the attendees to the Central Emperor’s Dao Rhyme, and Shameless Cat identified it as Thought Power just as laughter rang out from the heavens.

• Yang Zhen ignored the Central Emperor’s Dao and ate the vermilion fruits while the Central Emperor explained why heaven and earth imposed Heavenly Tribulations on powerful cultivators.
• The Central Emperor released a powerful Dao Rhyme, leading many attendees to begin cultivating heaven-defying methods as Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue suspected Yang Zhen had anticipated the assembly’s purpose.
• Yang Zhen noticed faint wisps rising from the crowd and connecting with the Central Emperor’s Dao Rhyme, while Shameless Cat revealed that the force was Thought Power.
• A deafening burst of laughter suddenly rang out from the heavens before Shameless Cat could explain Thought Power to Yang Zhen.

More than a hundred powerful, intelligent beings resembling Corpse Puppets arrived at the Dao platform, where their leader revealed that the Demon God Territory planned to sacrifice Yang Zhen as a Heaven Seal to destroy the Holy Palace. Yang Zhen ignored the revelation and mocked the power needed for the sacrifice, leaving the leader stunned.

• The Central Emperor ordered the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain lowered as the newcomers descended onto the Dao platform.
• Yang Zhen recognized the newcomers’ Corpse Puppet-like presence and saw that more than a hundred of them had reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
• The Central Emperor greeted the leader, who identified his faction as the Holy Sect and accused the Demon God Territory of targeting it.
• The leader explained that Yang Zhen was meant to sacrifice his divine soul as the Heaven Seal, using his grievance to unleash Ten Thunder Heavenly Punishment against the Holy Sect.
• Yang Zhen asked what kind of lousy thing required a sacrifice to reach that level, and the leader stared at him in disbelief.

Yang Zhen realized the Grand Dao Assembly concealed a trap involving the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain and a blood sacrifice, but he stayed out of the feud between the Demon God Territory and the big dark man. He left the big dark man questioning whether the Central Emperor and the others had deliberately lured him in.

• The crowd and Yuan Hao assumed Yang Zhen had gone mad for focusing on the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain instead of questioning the Demon God Territory.
• Yang Zhen sensed that the crowd’s Thought Power was strengthening the Central Emperor’s Dao Rhyme while the Central Emperor and the others remained silent.
• The big dark man offered to protect Yang Zhen from the Demon God Territory, but Yang Zhen told him to leave him out of their grudge.
• Yang Zhen said the Grand Dao Assembly’s main purpose was likely to draw the big dark man and his allies out, and he called the situation a trap because the Central Emperor and the others knew a Heaven Seal was required.

Yang Zhen questioned the Central Emperor about the Demon God Territory’s plans, then watched the Central Emperor release Emperor Rhyme for the assembly to comprehend. The Holy Palace responded by revealing the Azure Heaven Tyrant Blood method, and Yang Zhen realized that both sides were gathering Thought Power.

• Yang Zhen accused the Central Emperor of bringing him onto the platform to confuse the Holy Palace’s big man and asked what the Demon God Territory intended to do.
• The Central Emperor released Emperor Rhyme, declaring that anyone could slay a Demon Puppet and inviting the assembly to comprehend it.
• The Holy Palace big man ordered the Demon Puppets to unleash their own Dao Rhyme and announced the Azure Heaven Tyrant Blood method.
• The cultivators began cultivating the newly revealed method, while Yang Zhen noticed black threads of Thought Power flowing from them toward the giant beast in the sky.

The Demon God Territory faced the Demon Puppets as they gathered Thought Power and revealed a Half-Step Emperor Method. Feng Wuya arrived, purified the Thought Power, and confronted Mo Wu, who ordered the Demon Puppets to attack.

• The Demon Puppets released the Azure Heaven Tyrant Blood Half-Step Emperor Method, drawing the crowd into frantic cultivation and sending black Thought Power into the air.
• Heavenly Venerable Shangwu prepared to attack, but Old Man Leaping Dragon and Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels urged caution; the Central Emperor warned that the Demon God Territory might fully open the Abyss if the Demon Puppets went too far.
• Heavenly Venerable Shangwu vowed to protect the Demon God Territory and the cultivators below, while Old Man Leaping Dragon recalled the devastation the Demon Puppets had once brought upon the cultivation world.
• Feng Wuya arrived with his companions, and the Demon God Territory’s Emperor Rhyme transformed into a golden-scaled tiger that pierced the Holy Palace’s Emperor Rhyme.
• Feng Wuya purified the black Thought Power and challenged Mo Wu, who ordered more than a hundred Demon Puppets to attack using Literary Talent Qi.

Yang Zhen watched Mo Wu use the Ancient Sacred Script and the cultivators’ Thought Power to strengthen an Emperor Rhyme beast, while Feng Wuya prepared the Demon God Territory for battle. As brainwashed cultivators surged toward the platform, Yang Zhen wondered whether the golden scripture in his head could cleanse their souls.

• Yang Zhen saw the Ancient Sacred Script empower a black Emperor Rhyme beast, and Mo Wu revealed that the Demon God Territory had been outmaneuvered.
• Feng Wuya dispelled the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain’s visibility effect and ordered the Demon God Territory to prepare for battle.
• Feng Wuya called on the Central Emperor to release the abyss and remove the curtain, prompting Mo Wu to warn that everyone present would die.
• Mo Wu’s words stirred the cultivators into a frenzy, and their Thought Power gathered into the Emperor Rhyme beast as it defied the heavens.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that the Thought Power was brainwashing the cultivators, and Yang Zhen considered using the golden scripture in his head to cleanse their souls.

Yang Zhen stepped between the Demon God Territory and the demonized cultivators to stop Feng Wuya from opening the Abyss. He revealed the Tao Te Ching to counter Mo Wu’s Literary Talent Qi, leaving both Feng Wuya and Mo Wu shocked.

• Yang Zhen concluded that no one could escape once the Abyss opened and walked between the two sides to intervene.
• Yang Zhen stopped the charging demonized cultivators with his Shadow Clones and asked Feng Wuya to delay opening the Abyss so he could talk to them.
• The Central Emperor and Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels urged Feng Wuya to let Yang Zhen try, and Feng Wuya gave him less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• Mo Wu mocked Yang Zhen and unleashed a wave of Literary Talent Qi, but Yang Zhen’s golden light swept it away.
• Yang Zhen manifested the three golden characters of “Tao Te Ching,” causing the demonized cultivators to stop and Feng Wuya and Mo Wu to cry that it was impossible.

Mo Wu used the Ancient Demonic Script to drain the souls of thousands of cultivators and turn them into Demon Puppets, forcing Feng Wuya and the venerables to prepare a desperate attack on the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain. Yang Zhen comprehended the script’s connection to the Power of Faith, countered the demonic force with golden characters, and began gathering Thought Power as the chapter ended.

• Mo Wu unleashed the Ancient Demonic Script, drawing Thought Power from the cultivators and transforming thousands into powerful Demon Puppets.
• Heavenly Venerable Shangwu and Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels set their souls ablaze, while Feng Wuya prepared to take down the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain.
• Shameless Cat urged Yang Zhen to act, and Yang Zhen announced that he had understood the Ancient Sacred Script and its relation to the Power of Faith.
• Yang Zhen released golden characters that cut through the black Qi and quieted the afflicted cultivators.
• Golden threads of Thought Power gathered around Yang Zhen, shocking Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels.

Yang Zhen rallied the cultivators’ conviction to oppose Mo Wu and unleashed a golden dragon against the Imperial Flame Beast. As the Demon God Territory’s defenders fought the Demon Puppets, Mo Wu drove the beast toward the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain, threatening to destroy it.

• Mo Wu used the Imperial Flame Beast’s power to weaken the cultivators and declared that Yang Zhen and the others would die.
• Yang Zhen urged the cultivators to chant the Tao Te Ching, gathering their conviction and strengthening his power.
• Yang Zhen invoked “Lin!” to summon a golden dragon that clashed with the Imperial Flame Beast, then attacked Mo Wu with the Great Deficiency Sword.
• Feng Wuya and Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels led the Demon God Territory’s forces in a charge against the Demon Puppets.
• Mo Wu, bloodied and enraged, sent the Imperial Flame Beast charging toward the Heaven-Deceiving Curtain, and Feng Wuya and the others rushed to stop him.