Chapter Summaries

Devil Venerable Shuya chased Shameless Cat over a secret treasure, but Yang Zhen intervened and fought him after he transformed into a gigantic devil. When Shuya’s punch shattered the Land of Five Desolations, both he and Yang Zhen fled, leaving Yang baffled by Shuya’s sudden retreat.

• Shameless Cat dodged Devil Venerable Shuya’s sword strikes while taunting him and claiming to know about a treasure.
• Shameless Cat called on Yang Zhen to rescue him, and Yang charged in to block Shuya despite the crowd’s urging.
• Devil Venerable Shuya transformed into a gigantic devil shadow after Yang provoked him, while Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken slipped away.
• Shuya punched Yang, and the impact began shattering the Land of Five Desolations and unleashing turbulent Void Power.
• Yang turned to flee, but Devil Venerable Shuya also ran away on all fours, leaving Yang confused.

As the Land of Five Desolations began collapsing, Yang Zhen and the others caught Devil Venerable Shuya and forced him to explain what was happening. Shuya revealed that an Emperor’s Tear lay within the cursed land and that Feng Yu could still live, prompting Nine Dragons Saint Venerable to ask Yang Zhen for help bringing her back.

• Yang Zhen realized the Land of Five Desolations was being destroyed by erupting Principles, then urged everyone to follow Devil Venerable Shuya.
• Yang Zhen ambushed Shuya with Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus, and the cultivators attacked him until Yang Zhen stopped them and demanded an explanation.
• Devil Venerable Shuya said the land was cursed and that its Principles were trying to break the curse.
• Shuya revealed that an Emperor’s Tear was in the land and that Feng Yu still had a chance to live.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable asked Yang Zhen to bring Feng Yu back to life and offered him his own life in return.

As the Land of Five Desolations began collapsing, Devil Venerable Shuya declared that no one could escape, and the panicked cultivators fled. Yang Zhen refused to give up and unleashed the Earth Treasury Forbidden Technique, prompting Liu Ning to realize he intended to revive heaven and earth.

• Devil Venerable Shuya said he had found no way to obtain the Emperor's Tear or escape the destruction of the Land of Five Desolations.
• Cultivators panicked and fled as the Void Power tore through the land, while Devil Venerable Shuya mocked their fear.
• Yang Zhen said he would try to survive and rejected the idea that he planned to revive Feng Yu.
• Yang Zhen unleashed Earth Treasury Qi and drew earth veins beneath his feet.
• Liu Ning recognized the Earth Treasury Forbidden Technique and said Yang Zhen was going to revive heaven and earth.

Liu Ning explained that Yang Zhen could use the Heavenly Book: Earth Treasury Chapter to revive the doomed world, but he lacked the True Essence to do so alone. The others agreed to lend him their power, and the chapter ended with Yang Zhen rushing into the void.

• Liu Ning told the group that Yang Zhen could revive the world with the Heavenly Book: Earth Treasury Chapter, but lacked the power to sustain the feat.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable proposed that everyone transfer their True Essence to Yang Zhen, and Old Ghost Cai, Liu Ning, Mei Wuhua, and Devil Venerable Shuya agreed to help.
• Devil Venerable Shuya said he might be able to stabilize the world if Yang Zhen could slow its destruction for three shichen.
• Yang Zhen formed earth dragons and charged into the void, alarming Liu Ning and the others.

Yang Zhen plunged into the turbulent void currents, leaving the cultivators below fearing he had abandoned them. He emerged alive within the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus, wielding a strange force and leaving everyone stunned as the destructive currents swept across the area.

• Zhou Tong urged the despairing cultivators to keep faith in Yang Zhen, while Dao Devil killed a Great Saint who undermined their morale.
• A young cultivator rallied the others to fight, and the cultivators stood together as the turbulent void currents erupted.
• Flirtatious Chicken unleashed Golden Crow Fire to push back the currents as they threatened to swallow everyone.
• Yang Zhen appeared inside the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus, surrounded by the Qi of heaven and earth and carrying terrifying Earth Treasury Qi.
• Devil Venerable Shuya and the others stared in disbelief, and Yang Zhen sighed that he had accidentally pulled off another huge flex.

Yang Zhen used the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus and Earth Treasury Forbidden Technique to control the destruction and revival of the Land of Five Desolations. As the world began returning to Samsara, Devil Venerable Shuya recognized an old prophecy and desperately demanded to know who Yang Zhen was.

• Yang Zhen gained control over the world’s power and used the primordial Qi of heaven and earth to calm the chaotic void currents and mend the shattered sky.
• The cultivators cheered as heaven and earth began to revive, while Liu Ning concluded that Yang Zhen had not reached the Emperor Realm but was using the Earth Treasury Technique.
• Yang Zhen wondered if he could create heaven and earth, then roared as earthen dragons surged through the sky.
• Devil Venerable Shuya panicked and demanded Yang Zhen’s identity, while Zhou Tong jokingly called Yang Zhen his long-lost uncle.
• Devil Venerable Shuya recalled a prophecy that someone’s return would revive heaven and earth and send the Five Desolations into Samsara, and asked Feng Yu whether the plans had begun thirty thousand years earlier.

Yang Zhen restored the Land of Five Desolations and began summoning the Heavenly Book: Profound Principles Chapter to reshape it. As everyone watched in awe, Han Yan'er asked Hua Youyue to guard her.

• Devil Venerable Shuya dismissed the possibility that Yang Zhen was the person Feng Yu had spoken of, then calmed as Nine Dragons Saint Venerable spoke of restoring the world and bringing Feng Yu back.
• Devil Venerable Shuya said he needed to confirm what Yang Zhen intended before discussing the Emperor's Tear.
• Yang Zhen considered reshaping the newly restored Land of Five Desolations, then summoned the Heavenly Book: Profound Principles Chapter.
• The gathered cultivators marveled at the Heavenly Book, and Liu Ning joked that seeing two Heavenly Books in one day was impossible.
• Han Yan'er stepped beneath Yang Zhen and asked Hua Youyue to guard her, and Hua Youyue agreed.

Han Yan'er entered Dao resonance through Yang Zhen while he attempted to reshape the Land of Five Desolations. Her comprehension summoned a second Heavenly Book, and Yang Zhen began gathering the land’s Primordial Qi with the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice.

• Han Yan'er ignored Liu Ning's warnings and prepared to comprehend Dao Resonance without disturbing Yang Zhen.
• Devil Venerable Shuya recognized that Han Yan'er had achieved Dao Entry through Yang Zhen, and she confirmed it before stepping into the air to meditate.
• Yang Zhen attempted to refine and reshape the Land of Five Desolations, drawing out a presence like that of the Savage Wilderness.
• Han Yan'er unleashed powerful Dao Intent, and an ancient Heavenly Book appeared above her amid a sky of stars.
• Yang Zhen gathered all the Primordial Qi of the Land of Five Desolations with the Desolate Heaven Sacrifice, alarming Liu Ning.

Yang Zhen used the Heavenly Book: Earth Treasury Chapter to refine the Land of Five Desolations and handed the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus to Han Yan'er to refine. As Han Yan'er began refining it, a world-illuminating ray appeared, startling Devil Venerable Shuya and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable.

• Yang Zhen drew the Savage Wilderness presence into the Land of Five Desolations, and Liu Ning realized he intended to refine and transform the world.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Heaven and Earth Azure Lotus and thrust it toward Han Yan'er, entrusting the Land of Five Desolations to her.
• Hua Youyue warned Han Yan'er to be careful, and Han Yan'er gathered the stars' light around the lotus and began refining it.
• Liu Ning was stunned that Yang Zhen had given Han Yan'er a world, then entered sudden enlightenment after Old Ghost Cai reminded him she was not an outsider.
• A rumble shook the sky and a world-illuminating ray blazed across heaven and earth, making Devil Venerable Shuya and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable rise to their feet.

The Great Wilderness revived, awakening powerful beings and flooding the world with primordial Qi as Devil Venerable Shuya escaped. Yang Zhen learned that an Emperor’s Tear had appeared and agreed to try to resurrect Empress Feng Yu.

• The world-illuminating light triggered the Great Wilderness’s revival, awakening powerful beings across the Cultivation World and bringing life-giving rain.
• Devil Venerable Shuya used Heavenly Devil Disintegration to escape, warning that the Devil Cultivators were coming.
• Yang Zhen struggled to withstand the surging power of the world’s revival, and Shameless Cat told him the Emperor’s Tear was about to appear.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable explained that an Emperor’s Tear contained a fallen Emperor’s soul, cultivation, and Dao Intent, and asked Yang Zhen to resurrect Empress Feng Yu.
• Yang Zhen accepted the challenge, then exchanged a knowing look with Hua Youyue.

Yang Zhen learned that comprehending Heavenly Hearing could revive Empress Fengyu from the Emperor’s Tear, though Shameless Cat hinted that the process would bring a surprise. As the world-illuminating light intensified, Fengyu appeared in the air with white hair and robes.

• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable explained why Emperor’s Tears were nearly impossible to use for resurrection, and he and Yang Zhen admitted they did not know how to revive Fengyu.
• Shameless Cat revealed that Heavenly Hearing, which Yang Zhen had sought in the Land of Five Desolations, could revive an Emperor’s Tear.
• Yang Zhen confirmed that the Karmic Dao Source was on him, though the others remained suspicious about who possessed it.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that Heavenly Hearing here was unusual, then asked not to be disturbed as he waited for something to begin.
• Fengyu appeared in the bright world-illuminating light, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable cried out her name.

As the Land of Five Desolations erupted with the power of the Principles, Yang Zhen searched for Hua Youyue and helped stranded cultivators. He reunited with Han Yan'er and the others at the Heavenly Hearing, only to learn that it was the notoriously difficult Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound.

• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable recognized Empress Fengyu's lingering image, while Yang Zhen clarified that she had not yet been resurrected.
• The Land of Five Desolations erupted with Principle power, scattering everyone, and Yang Zhen went searching for Hua Youyue while Han Yan'er continued refining the land.
• Yang Zhen rescued cultivators swept up in the upheaval as he crossed the Land of Five Desolations.
• A heavenly sound rang out, drawing cultivators together, and Han Yan'er found Yang Zhen and led him to Hua Youyue and the others.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable and Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound rarely granted insight, while gathered cultivators debated whether to stay and try to comprehend it.

Yang Zhen entered the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound despite warnings that it could drive him mad or kill him, hoping to help Nine Dragons Saint Venerable resurrect Empress Fengyu. An ancient bell rang across the Land of Five Desolations as Yang Zhen went inside.

• The Shameless Cat explained that the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound could destabilize a person's three souls but might strengthen their divine soul.
• Yang Zhen reassured Nine Dragons Saint Venerable that he would bring Empress Fengyu back to life and walked toward the Heavenly Sound.
• Onlookers recognized Yang Zhen and warned him not to risk his life, while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er trusted that he had a plan.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable urged Yang Zhen not to force himself, but Yang Zhen laughed and leaped into the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound.
• An ancient bell toll rang throughout the Land of Five Desolations.

Yang Zhen endured the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound by drinking, then manifested four lifelike bodies as the three ghosts gathered his soul. When a voice called Feng Yu, he asked Nine Dragons Saint Venerable for her bracelet and began sealing heaven and earth, shaking the Cultivation World.

• Yang Zhen plunged into the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound while Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, Dao Devil, and Sword Devil feared for his survival.
• Flirtatious Chicken tossed Shameless Cat into the air, letting him glimpse Yang Zhen drinking amid the Heavenly Sound.
• Yang Zhen saw a white-haired woman in his drunken haze, then his soul burst across the Land of Five Desolations and startled Han Yan'er.
• Four lifelike Yang Zhens appeared in the sky, and a woman's voice called out Feng Yu.
• Yang Zhen asked Nine Dragons Saint Venerable for Feng Yu's bracelet, then invoked the three ghosts gathering the soul and sealing heaven and earth.
• The Cultivation World shook as oceans burst, mountains crumbled, the land expanded, and countless figures roared toward the sky.

Yang Zhen gathered Empress Fengyu’s soul fragments and brought her back as a soul, but her awakening unleashed the Emperor Technique Heavenly Restriction, Sealing Descent. As the technique trapped everyone and drained vitality, Fengyu pointed at Yang Zhen, who collapsed when his power core cracked and sprouted a green shoot.

• Yang Zhen gathered soul fragments from across the Land of Five Desolations and restored Empress Fengyu’s soul.
• Empress Fengyu opened her eyes, and the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, Shameless Cat, and Hua Youyue reacted with alarm.
• Empress Fengyu unleashed Heavenly Restriction, Sealing Descent, wrecking much of the Land of Five Desolations and trapping Yang Zhen and the others behind a spatial barrier.
• The Nine Dragons Saint Venerable urged Fengyu to awaken fully, and a trace of awareness appeared in her eyes as she looked at Yang Zhen.
• Empress Fengyu pointed at Yang Zhen, and he passed out as his power core cracked and a tender green shoot emerged.

Yang Zhen revived Empress Fengyu but absorbed a massive share of the life force and Emperor Realm power that surged around her, leaving him unconscious. Empress Fengyu awakened, shattered the spatial barrier, and asked who had injured the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable before learning Yang Zhen had saved her.

• A soybean shoot grew inside Yang Zhen’s head, and a large share of the life force surrounding Empress Fengyu surged into him.
• Yang Zhen absorbed the overwhelming power until he passed out, while observers outside the spatial barrier worried about what it would do to him.
• Empress Fengyu fully emerged from her soul state and noticed Yang Zhen’s unusual physique as he lay unconscious.
• The Nine Dragons Saint Venerable greeted Empress Fengyu after she awakened, and she shattered the spatial barrier with a burst of power.
• Empress Fengyu smoothed the chaotic void currents, asked who had injured the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, then glanced at Han Yan'er and asked whether Yang Zhen had saved her.

Empress Fengyu revived, restored the Land of Five Desolations, and gave its origin pearl to Han Yan'er while declaring that the Cultivation World had returned to the era of the Great Wilderness. Yang Zhen woke much sooner than she expected and offered to arrange a place for her to enter seclusion.

• Empress Fengyu revived and thanked Yang Zhen, while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er checked on his unconscious body.
• Empress Fengyu recognized the Three Ghosts Heavenly Sound as a sign that the Cultivation World had returned to the era of the Great Wilderness, shocking Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, Sword Devil, and the others.
• Empress Fengyu restored the spatial barriers of the Land of Five Desolations and entrusted its origin pearl to Han Yan'er.
• Empress Fengyu praised Yang Zhen's talent, said he would wake after about a day, and asked Nine Dragons Saint Venerable for a place to enter seclusion.
• Yang Zhen woke at once, offered to arrange a suitable place, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable guessed that he meant the Three Flowers Holy Land.

After the Great Wilderness merged with the main world, Yang Zhen joked with his companions, promised to marry Hua Youyue, and set off with her and Han Yan'er. Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken emerged after everyone left, anticipating trouble now that Empress Fengyu had returned.

• Yang Zhen wondered whether the world's changes had made it impossible for people to find their homes, and Hua Youyue reassured him that the Three Flowers Holy Land remained untouched.
• Yang Zhen asked Nine Dragons Saint Venerable for support to rebuild the Three Flowers Holy Land and provide a betrothal gift, then announced that he planned to marry Hua Youyue.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable promised Yang Zhen a wedding gift, and Yang Zhen promised a gift for Nine Dragons and Empress Fengyu's wedding.
• Yang Zhen left with Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er while Nine Dragons Saint Venerable followed Empress Fengyu; Sword Devil and Dao Devil agreed to visit the Three Flowers Holy Land after handling their affairs.
• Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken came out after the others departed, and Shameless Cat remarked that Empress Fengyu's return would make things lively.

As the Great Wilderness descended into chaos, Yang Zhen grew uneasy and decided to return to White Cloud Mountain with Han Yan'er. After Yang Zhen questioned whether Han Yan'er was truly herself, Empress Fengyu sensed that a mysterious presence within her had awakened, then prepared to enter seclusion while warning that something might be coming.

• Yang Zhen and the others returned to the Three Flowers Holy Land, where Empress Fengyu and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable settled as the Great Wilderness's newly emerged powers sparked widespread fighting.
• Yang Zhen remembered White Cloud Mountain and decided to check on the Shangyuan Sect, while Hua Youyue stayed behind and Han Yan'er chose to accompany him.
• Yang Zhen asked Han Yan'er who she really was, then accepted her response when she drew Sun Shadow and showed her familiar temper.
• Yang Zhen found that Han Yan'er could easily evade his attempts to grab her as they left for White Cloud Mountain.
• Empress Fengyu told Nine Dragons Saint Venerable that a familiar presence within Han Yan'er had awakened after she refined the Land of Five Desolations, then announced she would enter seclusion.
• Empress Fengyu admitted she could not sense what might be coming, unsettling Nine Dragons Saint Venerable.

Yang Zhen refined Empress Fengyu’s power and teased Han Yan'er before she chased him with her sword. Meanwhile, a terrifying blood-shrouded expert surrounded the Shangyuan Sect and threatened Yang Zhen, leaving the sect bracing for his arrival.

• Yang Zhen used his growing command of spatial barriers to trap a bird and marveled at his progress toward mastering Void Power.
• Han Yan'er revealed a changed, teasing side, summoned the Sun Shadow longsword, and chased Yang Zhen before he caught her in his arms.
• Liu Ruoning confronted a powerful presence that had surrounded White Cloud Mountain for five days, while Shangyuan Sect elders wondered whether Yang Zhen had provoked it.
• The blood-shrouded expert asked whether Yang Zhen was his sect junior brother and declared that Yang Zhen was as good as dead.