Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen rescued Shi Feifei from a water monkey and brought her into a pool to investigate something valuable beneath it. They discovered more water monkeys below and sensed that something was wrong.

• Yang Zhen found Shi Feifei being pursued by a water monkey after Yan Zixu and the others left to chase a Blood Spirit Ganoderma.
• Yang Zhen kicked the water monkey away, then pulled Shi Feifei into the pool it had been guarding.
• Shi Feifei panicked underwater and clung to Yang Zhen, but he pointed out a light below the pool and told her there was something good there.
• Yang Zhen sensed more than one water monkey beneath the pool, and he and Shi Feifei continued diving.
• Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei saw something that shocked them.

Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei discovered an abandoned underwater palace and entered it, only to be chased by a horde of water monkeys. Trapped in the main hall, Yang Zhen kicked Shi Feifei away and unleashed the Eighth Dragon Elephant.

• Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei found a vast underwater palace and decided to explore it despite the water monkeys inside.
• Yang Zhen led Shi Feifei through the palace as countless water monkeys charged from the main hall, using Skyward Cannon to evade them.
• Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei reached the main hall and struggled to shut its doors against the pursuing monkeys.
• Shi Feifei shielded Yang Zhen from water swords as the monkeys attacked the doors, while Yang Zhen signaled her to move aside.
• Yang Zhen kicked Shi Feifei away, then activated the Eighth Dragon Elephant and blasted the surrounding pool water aside.

Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei escaped the water monkeys and followed a mysterious presence beneath the hall into a freezing, chaotic realm. There, they found a Taiji-like bloom in the sky, which Shi Feifei identified as the Karmic Dao Source.

• Yang Zhen sealed the hall doors with patterns of heaven and earth, stopping the water monkeys from breaking in.
• Yang Zhen sensed a stronger presence beneath a stone pillar, shattered the pillar, and revealed a deep opening.
• Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei descended into the opening and were swept through dark, freezing currents toward the presence.
• A pulling force dragged them into a chaotic realm, where they landed on a strange surface beneath a black-and-white, Taiji-like mass of Qi.
• Shi Feifei exclaimed that the presence was the Karmic Dao Source, and Yang Zhen stared at her in shock.

Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei found the karmic Dao Source, but neither knew how to refine it. Yang Zhen discovered that a heaven-and-earth restriction blocked him from approaching and charged at it again.

• Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei spotted the karmic Dao Source, and Shi Feifei excitedly grabbed Yang Zhen’s hand.
• Yang Zhen learned that Shi Feifei knew no method for refining it, though she had heard that someone attuned to the Great Dao of Karma might have a chance.
• Yang Zhen decided to try eating the karmic Dao Source and leaped toward it despite Shi Feifei’s warning about the danger.
• A powerful heaven-and-earth restriction bounced Yang Zhen away before he could reach the source.
• Yang Zhen blamed the restriction on the man who had endured three hundred and sixty Heavenly Tribulation lightning strikes, then charged at it again.

Yang Zhen broke the restriction protecting the Karmic Dao Source, triggering a catastrophic Heavenly Punishment and swallowing the source as it transformed into a black fruit. As the world collapsed around them, Yang Zhen told Shi Feifei to wait and leaped into the air, leaving Zhou Tong to cry out that he had gone mad.

• Shi Feifei urged Yang Zhen to abandon the Karmic Dao Source, but he decided to try refining it and broke the restriction.
• A chaotic presence descended, the Karmic Dao Source transformed into a black fruit, and Yang Zhen swallowed it as water monkeys charged toward him.
• Tens of thousands of water monkeys prostrated themselves before Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei while Heavenly Punishment raged overhead.
• Yang Zhen and Shi Feifei fled as space and time collapsed around them, bringing Dao Devil, the Azure Lotus Sect master, and other cultivators into view.
• Lightning killed more than a hundred water monkeys, and Yang Zhen told Shi Feifei to wait before leaping into the air.
• Zhou Tong stared in shock and asked Yang Zhen if he had gone mad.

Yang Zhen charged into the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment to save the water monkeys, despite everyone warning him that doing so could cost him his life. He entered the tribulation clouds with the Great Deficiency Sword and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie as the water monkeys bowed to him.

• Yang Zhen rose toward the Heavenly Punishment while Zhou Tong and the Azure Lotus Sect master warned him not to risk his life.
• Yang Zhen told the crowd that the water monkeys were not supposed to die yet and ended his master-disciple relationship with Zhou Tong.
• Yang Zhen declared that every living being deserved compassion, while Shi Feifei and the other cultivators watched in confusion and concern.
• The Dao Devil and the Sword Devil discussed Yang Zhen's courage and the strange circumstances that had brought them there.
• Yang Zhen charged into the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment with the Great Deficiency Sword and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie, and the water monkeys bowed to him.

Yang Zhen fought the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment alone, then awakened the water monkeys and drew their Power of Faith as he charged back into the lightning. The chapter left him confronting another bolt of species-annihilating lightning, connected to the water monkeys by strands of red light.

• Zhou Tong tried to rush to Yang Zhen, but the Azure Lotus Sect master held him back, and the onlookers feared Yang Zhen could not survive the punishment.
• The sea of lightning exploded, and the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment resumed targeting the water monkey race.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the clouds in countless figures and shattered the descending lightning with his Great Deficiency Swords.
• Yang Zhen called on the water monkeys to rise, and a shower of blood fell over them as they raised their middle fingers at heaven.
• Yang Zhen charged toward another bolt of lightning, while strands of red light connected the water monkeys to him and Sword Devil and Dao Devil identified the force as Power of Faith.

Yang Zhen drew the water monkeys’ Power of Faith as he faced the species-exterminating Heavenly Punishment, astonishing the onlookers and prompting Dao Devil and Sword Devil to realize that unenlightened tribes might be its true source. While Evil Shadow Black Taotie swallowed thunder dragons to help him, Yang Zhen discovered that the Power of Faith he had received in the past was still inside him.

• The water monkeys’ prayers sent strands of the Power of Faith into Yang Zhen as he charged into the Heavenly Punishment.
• Dao Devil and Sword Devil concluded that the water monkeys’ gratitude had generated the Power of Faith and speculated that Yang Zhen had opened a new era for the Cultivation World.
• Yang Zhen cursed at the Heavenly Punishment for refusing to pause, but a thunderbolt blasted him from the clouds.
• Yang Zhen ordered Evil Shadow Black Taotie to swallow the lightning, and the creature gulped down numerous thunder dragons.
• Yang Zhen examined the Power of Faith within him and found the streams he had received from people he rescued years earlier.

Yang Zhen endured the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment while comprehending the Power of Faith awakened by the Water Monkeys’ worship. As the black clouds grew violent, a golden light burst through them and Yang Zhen declared that he was done playing with the punishment.

• Yang Zhen discovered the Power of Faith woven through his body and began comprehending it as thunderbolts battered him.
• The Water Monkeys worshipped Yang Zhen more fervently, strengthening their Power of Faith, while Yan Zixu and Shi Feifei watched in shock.
• The Dao Devil and Sword Devil realized Yang Zhen was having an epiphany amid the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment, and a Final Step elder questioned whether they would save him.
• The elder revealed that Chong Quandao was in the Land of Four Severances and said the Species-Annihilating Heavenly Punishment was about to erupt.
• A golden streak burst through the clouds, and Yang Zhen shouted, “I'm not playing with you anymore. Go away!”

Yang Zhen endured the Double Heavenly Punishment while the crowd learned that he had been born rejected by heaven and earth, not made an outcast by a defiant cultivation method. After the thunderclouds shattered and he emerged unharmed, he returned the Water Monkeys’ Power of Faith and wondered how heaven and earth’s cause and effect worked.

• The blood-red sky and gathering punishment led the Dao Devil to identify it as the Double Heavenly Punishment, while the heaven-defying cultivators roared in support of Yang Zhen.
• Zhou Tong attacked Zhong Er for giving Yang Zhen a defiant cultivation method, but the old man stopped him and explained that Yang Zhen’s rejection by heaven and earth had not come from that method.
• The old man’s revelation that Yang Zhen had been born rejected by heaven and earth stunned the crowd, and Zhong Er wept for him.
• Yang Zhen laughed as darkness and chaos swept across the sky, then emerged shining with golden light and surrounded by immense Power of Faith.
• Yang Zhen returned the Power of Faith to the Water Monkeys, told them they could leave, and wondered aloud about the cause and effect of heaven and earth.

Yang Zhen recovered from his injuries after destroying the double Heavenly Punishment, then told the gathered cultivators that kindness had awakened the Power of Faith. He claimed he had returned all of it to the water monkeys, while secretly keeping the Karmic Dao Source, and Shi Feifei suspected the Power of Faith had a deeper purpose.

• Yang Zhen fell from the sky gravely injured, but his wounds healed rapidly as Zhou Tong and the others watched in amazement.
• Zhou Tong asked Yang Zhen how he had awakened the Power of Faith, and Yang Zhen said it came from genuinely looking out for others.
• Yang Zhen told the gathered cultivators that he had returned all the Power of Faith to the water monkeys, leaving them stunned and calling him a fool.
• Shi Feifei realized Yang Zhen had swallowed the Karmic Dao Source and suspected the Power of Faith was not an ordinary power.

Yang Zhen left the cultivators baffled after scattering the Power of Faith, while Shi Feifei publicly called him her friend and his reputation spread across the Great Wilderness Emperor Road. In the Land of Three Desolations, Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken bickered as two mysterious young women arrived and Liu Ning approached them; Shameless Cat warned everyone to wait for Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen told Shi Feifei he had scattered the Power of Faith, and she called him a friend who had shared life-and-death experiences with her.
• Yan Zixu and Zhou Yan recognized Shi Feifei's regard for Yang Zhen, and cultivators dispersed while spreading stories about him across the Great Wilderness Emperor Road.
• In the Land of Three Desolations, Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken argued and tumbled down a mountainside.
• Two beautiful young women appeared on a mountaintop, drawing the attention of experts who wondered where they had come from.
• Shameless Cat called himself a mighty Qilin and threatened the onlookers with Yang Zhen's future arrival.
• Liu Ning of the Three Extremes Palace approached the two women to introduce himself, while Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken speculated about how he would fare talking with Yang Zhen.

Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er joined Liu Ning's group to travel through the Land of Three Desolations and find Yang Zhen, whose skill with Great Restrictions of Heaven and Earth could lead them to him. Liu Ning challenged the women’s unnamed companion by boasting of his own mastery, while Shameless Cat eagerly anticipated their meeting.

• Liu Ning invited Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to join his group, and the others praised his knowledge of the Land of Three Desolations and its restrictions.
• Hua Youyue accepted the invitation, reasoning that joining the group would help them reach the restrictions and find Yang Zhen sooner.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er spoke hopefully about Yang Zhen, and Liu Ning asked to meet the man they admired.
• Liu Ning's companions treated his words as a challenge to Yang Zhen's mastery of restrictions, while the two women only smiled.
• Shameless Cat looked forward to Yang Zhen arriving so he could watch the two men compare their skills.

Yang Zhen ignored the cultivators trailing his group and chose to lead them into the dangerous Land of Four Severances. As the others questioned his confidence, he claimed his greatest strength lay in understanding the profound mysteries of heaven and earth.

• Over a thousand cultivators followed Yang Zhen and his companions from a distance, hoping for a chance to seize their belongings.
• Yang Zhen dismissed the pursuers, and Shi Feifei called him shameless while the others wondered at their easy familiarity.
• Zhou Tong asked where the group would go next, and Yang Zhen decided they would have fun in the Land of Four Severances.
• Yan Zixu, Shi Feifei, and Zhou Tong warned Yang Zhen that the Land of Four Severances was deadly, but he insisted on going.
• Yang Zhen declared that his greatest strength was understanding the profound mysteries of heaven and earth.

Yang Zhen led his companions toward the Land of Four Severances, while a band of Rogue Cultivators followed, hoping he would die in its deadly restrictions. Yang Zhen tricked them into charging through an illusion array and revealed that the apparent entrance was not the way into the Land of Three Desolations.

• Zhou Tong warned Yang Zhen and the others about the dangers of the Land of Four Severances, but he still chose to follow Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen and his companions headed toward the land as a group of Rogue Cultivators followed them from a distance.
• The Rogue Cultivators discussed how Yang Zhen might die in the restrictions and decided not to attack him directly.
• When Yang Zhen's group reached an apparent entrance, the old man and his companions rushed after them and leaped into it.
• Yang Zhen, Zhou Tong, Shi Feifei, and Yan Zixu watched the Rogue Cultivators disappear into an illusion array, and Yang Zhen said it was not the way into the Land of Three Desolations.

Yang Zhen explained that the Land of Three Desolations had six shifting gates and led the group through the Gate of Life. After they entered, the Dao Devil realized the route differed from the one he had taken before.

• Yang Zhen explained that the Land of Three Desolations had six gates, including the Gate of Life and Gate of Death, and that the earlier group had entered the Gate of Cause.
• The Sword Devil and Dao Devil arrived and revealed that the Dao Devil had believed there were only two gates, prompting Yang Zhen and the others to laugh at his lucky passage through the land.
• Yang Zhen explained that a Bagua Disc shaped the shifting restrictions and that the Dao Devil might have passed through either the Gate of Life or the comparatively safe Gate of Effect.
• Yang Zhen led the group into the Land of Three Desolations through the Gate of Life.
• The Dao Devil cried out that the path they entered was not the one he had taken before.

Yang Zhen and the others discovered a world resembling the Savage Wilderness World, where heaven and earth Qi was more than fifty times denser than anything they had encountered. As Sword Devil and Dao Devil searched for its nexus and Yang Zhen began cultivating, the group in the Land of Four Severances waited for him to arrive.

• Dao Devil, Yang Zhen, Sword Devil, and their companions found themselves in a peaceful world that looked like the legendary Savage Wilderness World.
• Shi Feifei and the others sensed that the world’s heaven and earth Qi was more than fifty times as abundant as elsewhere.
• Dao Devil and Sword Devil discussed how refining the world might be possible through a nexus and could change the balance of the Cultivation World.
• Yang Zhen went off to cultivate and entered a state of sudden enlightenment, while Sword Devil and Dao Devil set out in separate directions to search for the nexus.
• In the Land of Four Severances, Liu Ning said he had broken thirty-six of eighty-one restrictions and could clear the rest within five days, then asked when Yang Zhen would arrive.
• Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken grumbled about Yang Zhen’s delay and considered making him die of anger when he finally showed up.

Yang Zhen cultivated while Dao Devil and Sword Devil discovered the world's nine-colored lotus Heaven and Earth Nexus and failed to approach it. A wisp of the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth appeared over Yang Zhen's location, and the two seniors realized he was in danger.

• Yang Zhen continued cultivating in the dense Heaven and Earth origin Qi while the others watched over him.
• Dao Devil found the Heaven and Earth Nexus, a nine-petaled lotus, but its power blasted him away when he tried to refine it.
• Sword Devil charged at the lotus and was struck down by a torrent of Qi of Chaos, concluding that only someone of the Emperor Realm could approach it.
• A wisp of black Qi appeared amid thunder and clouds, prompting Sword Devil and Dao Devil to identify the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• Sword Devil and Dao Devil rushed toward Yang Zhen, then stopped in horror as they looked at the sky.

Yang Zhen broke through to the Saint Venerable Realm and drew down World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, but he fought back with a sword strike and a Dao Rhyme Domain. He plunged into the black lightning as the Karmic Dao Source within him exploded, and a mysterious figure briefly appeared before dispersing.

• Yang Zhen recognized the black lightning as World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment and warned the Sword Devil and the others to stay away.
• Yang Zhen cursed the heavens, while Zhou Tong, the Sword Devil, the Dao Devil, and Shi Feifei reacted with alarm to his defiance.
• The Heavenly Punishment hurled Void Power at Yang Zhen, and he met it with a sword strike that surpassed the power expected of a Saint Venerable.
• Yang Zhen opened a Dao Rhyme Domain that held against the black Heavenly Punishment, astonishing the Sword Devil and the Dao Devil.
• Yang Zhen laughed and plunged into the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment as the Karmic Dao Source inside him exploded, and a figure appeared briefly before dispersing.

Yang Zhen called the Star Spring Sword to his hand as black Heavenly Punishment descended, revealing that he had reached the Saint Venerable Realm and could match the Sword Devil and Dao Devil. He began fighting the punishment while the two devils recalled his claim that they had all been wrong.

• The Sword Devil and Dao Devil recognized a mysterious senior as someone who had once fought an Emperor Realm expert for seven days and seven nights.
• Black Heavenly Punishment swept across the Savage Wilderness World, and the Dao Devil and Sword Devil joined forces to shield everyone from its shockwaves.
• Yang Zhen released the Star Spring Sword, which flew to him when he shouted, "Sword, come!"
• Yang Zhen's Companion Heavenly Fire blazed from his body as the Star Spring Sword empowered him, and the Sword Devil recognized that he had broken through to the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Yang Zhen cleaved through a bolt of black Heavenly Punishment, while the Sword Devil and Dao Devil wondered what he had meant when he said they were all wrong.