Chapter Summaries

The Dao Devil and Sword Devil urged the others to seek an epiphany by facing the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, while Yang Zhen endured repeated lightning strikes in a strange detached state. Each strike condensed his power until it shrank to the size of a peanut, leaving him wondering how he could keep fighting.

• The Sword Devil and Dao Devil discussed how the world's cultivation path might be wrong and urged everyone to risk their lives for an epiphany.
• The Sword Devil told the group to temper their souls with the power spilling from the Heavenly Punishment, and Yan Zixu tried but quickly fell back injured.
• Yang Zhen was struck down by heavenly lightning as the Karmic Dao Source drew out his Qi and Blood, sending him into a detached state where he watched himself fight.
• Yang Zhen repeatedly charged into the thunderclouds and was blasted back, while the Dao Devil and Sword Devil watched helplessly.
• Yang Zhen noticed that each lightning strike condensed his power until it had shrunk to the size of a peanut.

Yang Zhen’s body unleashed a devastating power during the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, while he watched helplessly from outside it. He awoke with most of his powers gone, discovered his golden bead remained, and startled his companions with his newly revealed speed.

• Sword Devil and Dao Devil mistook Yang Zhen’s helpless state for a profound realm of cultivation as Netherworld Karmic Fire consumed his body.
• Yang Zhen’s body raised the World-Ending Heavenly Lotus and the Thirteen Azure Lotuses, unleashing a blast that sent Sword Devil, Dao Devil, and the others flying.
• A vast lotus from the Savage Wilderness World merged with the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, and Yang Zhen later awoke among the ruins after the punishment vanished.
• Yang Zhen found that his powers had disappeared, but his Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Physique and shrunken golden bead remained.
• Yang Zhen used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to reach Shi Feifei and the others, frightening them with the power of his movement.
• Sword Devil and Dao Devil told Yang Zhen to put away his Divine Ability.

Yang Zhen discovered that his supposedly diminished strength let him overpower Dao Devil with a single punch. He then revealed that although he could not sense the Heaven and Earth Nexus, he seemed able to control the Savage Wilderness World.

• Yang Zhen misunderstood Sword Devil and Dao Devil’s warnings and complained that his power had shrunk to a soybean-sized core.
• Dao Devil attacked Yang Zhen at full strength to show him the scale of his new power, and Yang Zhen vanished and punched him back.
• Yang Zhen’s punch shattered the mountaintop and surrounding space, leaving him astonished that he had thrown it.
• Sword Devil and Dao Devil asked whether Yang Zhen could sense the Heaven and Earth Nexus after the Savage Wilderness World advanced.
• Yang Zhen said he could not sense the nexus but seemed able to control the world, shocking Sword Devil.

Yang Zhen discovered that he had refined the Savage Wilderness World and used the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda to take it with him. After reuniting with his companions in the Land of Four Severances, he learned that Liu Ning was breaking through the restrictions toward the Land of Five Desolations.

• Yang Zhen demonstrated that he could control the Savage Wilderness World, then revealed the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda as a vessel for taking the realm away.
• Yang Zhen sensed the realm's hub and drew the Savage Wilderness World into the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda, sending everyone into the Land of Four Severances.
• Yang Zhen confirmed to Sword Devil, Dao Devil, Shi Feifei, and the others that he had succeeded, and joked with Shi Feifei about letting her visit.
• Yang Zhen learned that strange Qi from the Land of Three Desolations had caused the sky's upheaval and that someone was disturbing the restrictions.
• Liu Ning announced that he had broken through all but one layer of restrictions and warned Hua Youyue that Yang Zhen might not arrive in time to enter the Land of Five Desolations.

Yang Zhen sensed familiar people beyond a powerful restriction in the Land of Four Severances and hurried ahead to find them. Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er waited as Liu Ning boasted about his sect’s Heavenly Book rubbing, unaware that Yang Zhen possessed the treasure he sought.

• Yang Zhen sensed cultivators and a powerful restriction nearby, recognized a familiar presence, and rushed ahead using his shrinking-the-ground technique.
• Sword Devil and the others speculated that a woman was waiting for Yang Zhen as they followed more slowly.
• Liu Ning told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er that he had a rubbing of the Heavenly Book: Profound Principles Chapter and might need all his strength to open the restriction.
• Han Yan'er reacted coolly to Liu Ning’s boast, while Shameless Cat realized that Yang Zhen possessed the complete chapter and several other Heavenly Books.
• Hua Youyue assured Liu Ning that Yang Zhen would catch up, and Han Yan'er silenced Shameless Cat before he could reveal Yang Zhen’s secrets.

Yang Zhen reunited with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er in the Land of Four Severances, while Liu Ning grew resentful at their affection for him. Liu Ning challenged Yang Zhen to demonstrate his skill at breaking the restrictions, leaving Yang Zhen to face the task.

• Yang Zhen concealed his cultivation and hurried toward Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er after sensing them and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken nearby.
• Liu Ning watched Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er joyfully welcome Yang Zhen and grew jealous when he realized they had been waiting for him.
• Yang Zhen embraced Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, greeted Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken, and learned that Liu Ning had been trying to break the Land of Four Severances' restrictions.
• Dao Devil and Sword Devil arrived and exchanged greetings with Old Ghost Cai, who discreetly warned Liu Ning that Yang Zhen had powerful allies.
• Yang Zhen praised Liu Ning's efforts with the restrictions, and Liu Ning challenged him to show his own ability at breaking them.

Yang Zhen spun a dramatic tale about surviving the Nine Tribulations Heavenly Restriction to explain how he won Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er’s hearts. He left Liu Ning inspired to approach Shi Feifei, while Old Ghost Cai became obsessed with the supposedly lost treasure Yang Zhen described.

• Yang Zhen teased Liu Ning about being jealous and claimed he could teach him how to win over women.
• Yang Zhen recounted charging into the erupting Nine Tribulations Heavenly Restriction and joking that he asked Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er for their WeChat after surviving.
• Yang Zhen claimed Senior Gu had given him a treasure bearing the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Firmament array, which had saved his life but then broken.
• Old Ghost Cai demanded to know where the treasure was, while Sword Devil and Dao Devil explained its significance.
• Yang Zhen urged Liu Ning to improve himself, and Liu Ning looked at Shi Feifei and began laughing.

Yang Zhen watched Liu Ning attempt to break the Eight Gates Severance Formation, but the restriction erupted and left Liu Ning badly injured. After saving him, Yang Zhen stopped the Three Extremes Palace from leaving and said he would wipe away the restriction.

• Yang Zhen studied the formation himself while Liu Ning attempted to break it, and he rebuked the crowd for relying on Liu Ning.
• The formation erupted with overwhelming heavenly might, injuring the Three Extremes Palace members and sending Liu Ning falling from the sky.
• Yang Zhen used the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda to save Liu Ning, who briefly tried to warn everyone about something inside the pagoda before losing consciousness.
• Sword Devil and Dao Devil warned Yang Zhen that his actions could bring trouble because the Savage Wilderness World was important.
• Old Ghost Cai thanked Yang Zhen and prepared to leave with the Three Extremes Palace, but Yang Zhen stopped him and said they could wipe away the restriction.

Yang Zhen faced the erupted Eight Gates Severance Formation and broke it with a casual wave after a sudden realization about the rules of heaven and earth. A wave of black, freezing air then swept across the Land of Four Severances, leaving Yang Zhen and the others horrified.

• Old Ghost Cai and Liu Ning warned Yang Zhen that the Eight Gates Severance Formation was too dangerous to break, while Sword Devil asked how confident he was.
• Yang Zhen declared himself Yang Qiubai, the Sage of Saunter, drew the Great Deficiency Sword, and walked toward the raging restriction as everyone failed to catch up.
• Yang Zhen realized that the rules of heaven and earth could not restrain beings who held to their own rules, and his power surged as the soybean in his mind shone with golden light.
• Yang Zhen casually said "Disperse" and made the Eight Gates Severance Formation freeze and fall apart.
• Black, intensely chilling air spread across the Land of Four Severances, and Yang Zhen shuddered as Sword Devil, Dao Devil, and the others turned pale with horror.

Yang Zhen and the others confronted a wave of Devil Qi, and Dao Devil revealed the existence of the Devil Domain and its possible connection to the end of the Savage Wilderness era. The danger abruptly cleared when Shameless Cat blasted the Devil Qi away with a thunderous burp.

• Yang Zhen shielded Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue from the cold Devil Qi while Flirtatious Chicken warmed Shameless Cat with Golden Crow Fire.
• Dao Devil explained that the black mist was Devil Qi, and Shameless Cat said devils had been sealed away for tens of thousands of years.
• Sword Devil and Dao Devil linked the vanished Savage Wilderness era to the real Devil Domain, which Dao Devil said was no smaller than the Great Wilderness.
• Dao Devil nearly succumbed to the Devil Qi and warned that its unknown origin could bring chaos to the Cultivation World.
• Shameless Cat suddenly charged into the Devil Qi and scattered it with a roar, then fell back down and admitted he had burped.

Yang Zhen made the Shameless Cat test the surrounding Devil Qi, alarming everyone who feared he might be a Devil Beast. The Shameless Cat survived after swallowing and retching up the Qi, and the group proceeded toward the Land of Five Desolations while worrying about a possible Demonic Sect.

• Yang Zhen dismissed the others’ fears and declared that the Shameless Cat was his brother, then ordered him to breathe in the Devil Qi.
• The Shameless Cat inhaled the Devil Qi, swelled up, and collapsed, prompting Yang Zhen and the others to fear he had died.
• The Shameless Cat sprang up and retched, explaining that the Devil Qi only tasted foul and that he was not a Devil Beast.
• Yang Zhen led the group toward the Land of Five Desolations as Old Ghost Cai and the others watched the Devil Qi warily.
• Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen that a Demonic Sect might be inside the Land of Five Desolations, but Yang Zhen said he sensed no danger and continued onward.

Yang Zhen and his companions learned that people had entered the Land of Five Desolations before, though most had died after failing its test of the mind. At the entrance, Yang Zhen sensed someone had triggered a restriction and led the group inside as the place grew chaotic.

• Dao Devil warned Yang Zhen that words spoken in the Land of Five Desolations could reach heaven and bring trouble.
• Sword Devil explained that people had entered the Land of Five Desolations, but most had died because their states of mind had failed.
• Yang Zhen sensed a powerful presence inside the Land of Five Desolations and realized someone had triggered a restriction.
• Yang Zhen urged everyone to enter before the Land of Five Desolations changed too much, then warned Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to stay close.
• Yang Zhen stepped into the Land of Five Desolations with Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat.

Yang Zhen and his companions discovered that the Land of Five Desolations was a cursed region where time passed faster and spatial power could not be used. They realized it might be a sealed demonic gate, then encountered a mysterious figure and the Saint-Slaying Sword.

• Yang Zhen, Hua Youyue, Sword Devil, and Dao Devil entered the Land of Five Desolations and sensed that its principles and passage of time differed from the outside world.
• Sword Devil spotted a gathering storm and urged everyone to flee, while Shameless Cat explained that an ancient curse had sealed spatial power at the cost of its caster’s future lives in Samsara.
• Shameless Cat suggested the curse might have targeted Devil Cultivators, prompting Sword Devil and Dao Devil to suspect that the Land of Five Desolations was a demonic gate between the Devil Domain and the Cultivation World.
• Sword Devil reassured the group that the curse was likely part of a seal created by Emperor Realm experts and Saint Venerables, and everyone relaxed.
• A blood-red figure appeared in the sky with a terrifying sword, and Yang Zhen identified it as the Saint-Slaying Sword and sensed something was wrong with the figure.

Yang Zhen reunited with Mei Wuhua and discovered that Nine Dragons was battling Devil Venerable Shuya over a grudge spanning tens of thousands of years. Mei Wuhua explained how Empress Fengyu had sacrificed herself to seal Shuya, and the chapter ended with Shuya attacking Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen found Mei Wuhua among the onlookers and learned that Nine Dragons was the bloodied figure wielding the Saint-Slaying Sword.
• Mei Wuhua told Yang Zhen that Nine Dragons was confronting an old enemy and that Empress Fengyu had sealed the Demonic Sect to save him.
• Nine Dragons spoke of their tens-of-thousands-of-years grudge and fought Shuya with a sword and nine dragons.
• Mei Wuhua explained that Empress Fengyu had used three lifetimes of Samsara to seal Devil Venerable Shuya, but only for that lifetime.
• Yang Zhen called out to Nine Dragons, who regained his clarity and promised to slay Shuya before celebrating with Yang Zhen.
• Shuya gathered his power and attacked Yang Zhen, who remarked that the fight had become his business too.

Yang Zhen helped Nine Dragons fight Devil Venerable Shuya, who had hidden inside a mass of Devil Qi. When Shuya finally appeared in human form, Yang Zhen charged at him to test whether the Principle of Heaven and Earth truly accounted for everything.

• Yang Zhen's warning broke Nine Dragons out of his abnormal state, and Nine Dragons struck Shuya's Devil Qi with the Saint-Slaying Sword.
• Nine Dragons explained that Shuya's Devil Qi was only an avatar and taunted him to appear, while Yang Zhen mocked Shuya for refusing to fight directly.
• Shuya transformed the black clouds into countless swords and attacked Yang Zhen, but Nine Dragons shoved him aside and destroyed the attack with his sword.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that the Principle of Heaven and Earth could evolve through the battle, and Hua Youyue confirmed his explanation.
• Shuya condensed the clouds into a handsome human figure, and Yang Zhen charged at him with the Great Deficiency Sword to test the Principle of Heaven and Earth.

Yang Zhen and Nine Dragons fought Devil Venerable Shuya, whose supreme treasure broke Yang Zhen’s Great Deficiency Sword. Yang Zhen revealed a second sword and cut Shuya’s fists, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yang Zhen joked with Shameless Cat while preparing to fight Shuya, and Shuya erupted in rage and attacked him.
• Yang Zhen and Nine Dragons joined forces against Shuya, and all three were knocked back by their clash.
• Yang Zhen charged Shuya again, but Shuya’s supreme treasure shattered the Great Deficiency Sword and sent Yang Zhen flying.
• Shuya prepared another attack with his supreme treasure, but Yang Zhen rushed him and pulled out the Star Spring Sword.
• Yang Zhen slashed Shuya’s fists and sent blood spraying as Nine Dragons watched in shock.

Yang Zhen suspected Devil Venerable Shuya was protecting a hidden treasure while battling Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, Sword Devil, and Dao Devil. He sent Shameless Cat and the others to search for it, then joined the fight by summoning Qiongqi Heavenly Void.

• Shuya summoned a Devil Eye that could control minds, and Sword Devil and Dao Devil joined Nine Dragons Saint Venerable to fight him.
• As the battle shook the sky and shattered space, Yang Zhen wondered why Shuya was risking his life and concluded he must be guarding something valuable.
• Yang Zhen asked Shameless Cat to take Flirtatious Chicken and the others to search for the hidden treasure while he went to fight Shuya.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the air despite Nine Dragons Saint Venerable's warning about the Devil Eye and summoned Qiongqi Heavenly Void.

Yang Zhen used the Qiongqi Heavenly Void to distract Devil Venerable Shuya while the Saint Venerables fought to contain him. Shuya unleashed a Forbidden Technique, leaving Yang Zhen facing a power said to belong only to Emperor Realm experts.

• Yang Zhen summoned the Qiongqi Heavenly Void, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable attacked Shuya to cover for him.
• Shuya empowered the Devil Eye with torrents of Devil Qi, while Nine Dragons, Sword Devil, and Dao Devil tried to hold him back.
• Yang Zhen led the Devil Eye on a futile chase, provoking Shuya as he waited for Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken to find what Shuya guarded.
• Shuya’s rage briefly froze heaven and earth and brought down mountains of Devil Qi, forcing cultivators to flee.
• Shameless Cat recognized Shuya’s move as a Forbidden Technique and vanished, while Shuya promised Yang Zhen he would grant his wish to test heaven and earth’s Principles.

Yang Zhen recognized Shuya’s Forbidden Technique as the true power he had been seeking and plunged into it instead of fleeing. He vanished inside as the Forbidden Technique continued to descend, leaving his companions stunned and the surrounding area on the brink of destruction.

• Shuya unleashed a Forbidden Technique that brought a vast mass of demonic Qi crashing down over everyone.
• Yang Zhen realized the Forbidden Technique wielded the power of heaven and earth that he had long sought.
• The Nine Dragons Saint Venerable and Yang Zhen’s companions urged him to escape, but Yang Zhen charged toward the descending technique.
• Shuya tried to flee when Yang Zhen passed him and headed straight into the Forbidden Technique.
• Yang Zhen vanished inside the technique, and Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat feared he had died.
• The Forbidden Technique’s danger swept over everyone, and they resumed fleeing as the area faced destruction.

Yang Zhen survived Devil Venerable Shuya’s Forbidden Technique and discovered that its power had caused the power of heaven and earth within him to sprout, bringing him close to an Emperor Realm breakthrough. After reuniting with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, he saw Shameless Cat fleeing from Shuya with Flirtatious Chicken following them.

• After Shuya’s Forbidden Technique devastated the area, Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er searched the ruins for Yang Zhen, who had disappeared.
• Yang Zhen escaped into the turbulent currents of the void, then used the Star Spring Sword to return to the Great Wilderness Emperor Road.
• Yang Zhen found a sprout growing from the soybean in his head and realized he had gained the power of heaven and earth, making his future Emperor Realm breakthrough much easier.
• Hua Youyue embraced Yang Zhen, and he soothed Han Yan'er after she scolded him for rushing into the Forbidden Technique.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable and Sword Devil told Yang Zhen that Shuya had vanished, but Shameless Cat appeared fleeing Shuya while Flirtatious Chicken followed behind them.