Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen hid underground with the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness as the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment struck North Isle. The first thunder dragon vanished when it reached Yang Zhen, but three more charged him, prompting him to summon two Shadow Clones.

• Yang Zhen descended to the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness's hiding place and sat underground as the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment gathered above North Isle.
• Shameless Cat, the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, and the other cultivators watched the black lightning strike without seeing anyone undergoing the tribulation.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness rushed deeper underground to avoid the lightning and warned Yang Zhen that the hiding place could not stop the punishment.
• A thunder dragon burrowed underground toward Yang Zhen and vanished when it reached him, delighting Yang Zhen and stunning the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness.
• Three more thunder dragons attacked Yang Zhen, who split off two Shadow Clones and left the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness amazed.

Yang Zhen faced World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment in a place outside the Main Realm, using his clones to make its lightning vanish while the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness watched. As more lightning engulfed them, Yang Zhen began grilling meat, and the Great Emperor’s angry warning ended when he noticed how good it smelled.

• Yang Zhen split into Shadow Clones, and the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment vanished when it struck each one.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness realized the place outside the Main Realm could help Yang Zhen evade the tribulation.
• Yang Zhen drew a formation and set up a barbecue grill as the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness grew increasingly anxious.
• Yang Zhen put seasoned meat on the grill, provoking a massive surge of World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness rushed toward Yang Zhen and spread his Gang Qi as lightning engulfed them both.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness began scolding Yang Zhen, then stopped to remark that the food smelled good.

Yang Zhen provoked the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment and emerged from the ground to challenge it, revealing himself to the crowd as the one undergoing the tribulation. The crowd scrambled to reclaim their offerings, and Shameless Cat threatened to settle scores with them later.

• Yang Zhen used a formation to transform the lightning while roasting meat for the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness.
• Yang Zhen told the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness that weakened restrictions gave them a chance to escape, and the Great Emperor found he could rise toward the surface.
• Yang Zhen burst out of the ground, taunted the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, and raised his middle finger at the sky.
• The lightning withdrew, and an enormous black Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast appeared in the sky.
• The crowd recognized Yang Zhen and began packing up their offerings, while Shameless Cat demanded someone record them and vowed to settle scores later.

Yang Zhen charged into the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment and survived the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast’s attack, then launched a sword technique against it. As golden Sword-Rays filled the sky, a voice urged him not to die because his meat-roasting skills were valuable.

• The onlookers realized Yang Zhen was undergoing the Heavenly Punishment and watched as the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast attacked him.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the beast’s claw with the Star Spring Sword, and their collision blasted apart the claw and tore through the sky.
• The crowd mourned Yang Zhen’s apparent death until he emerged from the void currents carrying the tip of the beast’s claw.
• Yang Zhen charged at the beast again as it spat black lightning, then vanished and unleashed golden Sword-Rays with Wan Jian Return to the Sect.
• A voice called out to Yang Zhen not to die, saying his skill at roasting meat would otherwise be lost.

The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness emerged with roasted meat while Yang Zhen fought the World-Destroying Ferocious Beast in the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment. After the beast exploded, the Great Emperor rescued Yang Zhen, who survived but failed to break through to the Emperor Realm without the right opportunity.

• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness appeared holding roasted meat, and the crowd realized he was a Great Emperor.
• The Shameless Cat lamented that Yang Zhen's cumin-flavored roasted meat had gone to someone else, then demanded the Great Emperor hand it over.
• The World-Destroying Ferocious Beast burst apart, and the Great Emperor pulled Yang Zhen, barely alive, from the void's turbulent currents.
• The Great Emperor treated Yang Zhen and declared that even the heavens could not take him; Yang Zhen woke to the crowd's cheers.
• The Great Emperor explained that surviving the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment had not given Yang Zhen the opportunity needed to reach the Emperor Realm.

Yang Zhen revealed that he had tried and failed to refine the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment’s ferocious beast, then announced his plan to refine a place of his own. When everyone doubted he could do so before reaching the Emperor Realm, Yang Zhen said he would break through first and called on them to make room.

• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness asked Yang Zhen how he survived the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, and Yang Zhen explained that he had tried to refine its ferocious beast but shattered its form when it refused to submit.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness invited Yang Zhen to stay with him while they prepared to withstand the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, but Yang Zhen said he planned to refine a place of his own.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness and the gathered cultivators laughed at Yang Zhen’s plan because he had not reached the Emperor Realm, while Shameless Cat asked whether he had found an opportunity to break through.
• Yang Zhen said he would make a breakthrough first, and the cultivators challenged him to prove it before they handed over their tributes.
• Yang Zhen grinned and told everyone to open the floor for him.

Yang Zhen began forcing a breakthrough to the Emperor Realm, claiming the end of the world was near and promising the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness a second opportunity. As Yang Zhen breathed in meditation, the surrounding heaven and earth fell into rhythm, leaving the Great Emperor and the other cultivators stunned.

• The cultivators cleared a hundred-li field after the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness warned that Yang Zhen was trying to force his way into the Emperor Realm.
• Yang Zhen told the Shameless Cat that the end of the world was coming soon, then sat down to begin his breakthrough.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness warned Yang Zhen that failure would cost him any future chance to become an Emperor, but offered to keep him alive.
• Yang Zhen told the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness that his breakthrough would bring a second fortuitous opportunity, and the Great Emperor withdrew to watch.
• Yang Zhen's breathing synchronized with the falling snowflakes and set the rhythm of the surrounding heaven and earth, astonishing the Great Emperor and the cultivators.

Yang Zhen experienced a strange vision amid the falling snow, repaired a wound inflicted by a vision of destruction, and emerged with an enigmatic insight. As he urged the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness and the others to seize the coming opportunity, a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast appeared, bringing Dao Severing Heavenly Punishment that Yang Zhen said had come for his life.

• Yang Zhen's breathing stirred the snow and sent a spring breeze through the Far Northern Land, making the onlookers wonder if he was about to become an emperor.
• Yang Zhen saw visions of his lonely childhood and the destruction of the Great Wilderness World, then healed the hole a bolt of black lightning blasted through his chest.
• Yang Zhen emerged from beneath the snow and said that things were only truly good when they were good for everyone.
• Yang Zhen told the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness that the next moment would be important for him and everyone present.
• A Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast burst through the snow overhead, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness recognized the Dao Severing Heavenly Punishment.
• Yang Zhen said the Heavenly Punishment had come for his life, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness demanded to know what he had done to provoke it.

Yang Zhen faced Heavenly Dao Severing after comprehending a Dao Heaven and Earth could not tolerate, and he challenged its Dao Severing Heavenly Fire with his own strange power of Dao Rhyme. The chapter ended with Yang Zhen declaring that his Dao was his will and preparing to pit his will against Heaven and Earth.

• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness and the crowd recognized Heavenly Dao Severing, while an old man explained that it appeared when someone comprehended a Dao Heaven and Earth could not tolerate and would claim a divine soul.
• The Heavenly Dao Severing beast roared and engulfed the area within a hundred miles in black flames, prompting Shameless Cat to try to intervene before the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable stopped him.
• Heavenly Dao Severing struck Yang Zhen and blasted the surrounding ground into a deep pit, but Yang Zhen climbed out unharmed and taunted the beast.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness warned Yang Zhen that the Dao Severing Heavenly Fire would grow more suppressive the more he resisted.
• Yang Zhen advanced toward the fire and unleashed a strange black-flame Dao Rhyme that astonished the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness.
• Yang Zhen declared that his Dao was his will and challenged Heaven and Earth to see whose will was stronger.

Yang Zhen faced the Dao Severing Heavenly Fire as he tried to contend with heaven and earth, while Shameless Cat and the others feared he would be destroyed. After the fire swallowed him, Yang Zhen unexpectedly shouted that it felt great and began singing.

• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen to stop, but the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness said he could no longer turn back without losing his Dao.
• The Dao Severing Heavenly Fire erased a blade of grass, and Yang Zhen walked toward the flames despite the crowd's warnings.
• The heavenly fire engulfed Yang Zhen and swallowed the black flames around him, leaving everyone to believe he had been destroyed.
• Yang Zhen suddenly shouted that it felt great and started humming a shameless little tune.

Yang Zhen emerged unharmed from the Dao Severing Heavenly Fire and appeared to have broken through to the Emperor Realm. He explained that he had relied on his own Dao intent rather than waiting for heaven and earth to grant him an opportunity, then Shameless Cat asked him to demonstrate his new power.

• Yang Zhen bathed in the Dao Severing Heavenly Fire while the World-Destroying Ferocious Beast charged in after him.
• Yang Zhen walked out of the fire, and the World-Destroying Ferocious Beast turned away and vanished into the clouds when he told it to leave.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness congratulated Yang Zhen, who said he had gained insight and believed he had reached the Emperor Realm.
• Yang Zhen explained that his own intent let him break through without relying on an opportunity granted by heaven and earth.
• Shameless Cat jumped onto Yang Zhen's shoulder and excitedly asked him to demonstrate the power he had comprehended.

Yang Zhen learned that Shameless Cat had been pushing him toward a greater purpose: following the path of someone who tried to reach other worlds through the Plane Wellspring. The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness warned Yang Zhen about the dangers and revealed that the previous traveler had failed to complete that path.

• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness declined to return with Yang Zhen and warned him that his aura might attract something dangerous.
• Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that worlds with complete Principles might exist beyond their own, and that the Void Rock Realm supposedly contained a Plane Wellspring leading to them.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness explained that their world's Principles had been damaged in the war between Gods and Devils, leaving its people subject to cycles of life and death.
• Shameless Cat admitted he wanted Yang Zhen to challenge that fate, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness revealed that he wanted Yang Zhen to follow the path of someone who had failed to reach its end.

Yang Zhen learned more about a legendary figure and was warned that he would face the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth and dangerous ghosts. After reuniting with Han Yan'er, he discovered that she sensed a strange presence around him and wondered whether she had remembered a past identity.

• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness told Yang Zhen that a legendary man had faced three hundred and sixty bolts of Heavenly Tribulation and united the Myriad Races.
• Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that his future path would resemble the legendary man's and that he first needed to stay alive; the Great Emperor mentioned the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• Shameless Cat identified ghosts as a danger even Great Emperors found troublesome, and the Great Emperor left to handle private business before meeting Yang Zhen at the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Han Yan'er reunited with Yang Zhen and asked him not to disappear without warning again.
• Han Yan'er told Yang Zhen that the presence around him was strange and urged him to beware of those things; Yang Zhen wondered whether she had remembered being Little Dao Addict.

Yang Zhen learned that Empress Fengyu was entering seclusion after a cultivation problem, then discovered Shameless Cat trying a moon-essence breathing method that he said was a Demon Cultivator’s technique. An explosion shook the Three Flowers Holy Land, and Yang Zhen suspected it was connected to Feng Yu.

• Yang Zhen left the sleeping Han Yan'er to meet Empress Fengyu, who said she planned to enter seclusion after encountering a cultivation problem and asked him not to tell Nine Dragons.
• Yang Zhen worried that the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth was approaching and that he could not protect the people relying on him.
• Yang Zhen followed Shameless Cat to the barren back mountain and watched him absorb the essence of the moon before abruptly falling from a rock.
• Shameless Cat shared the breathing method he had remembered, but Yang Zhen recognized it as a Demon Cultivator’s method and refused to try it.
• An explosion and shock wave erupted from the Three Flowers Holy Land, so Yang Zhen carried Shameless Cat away and suspected the blast involved Feng Yu.

Yang Zhen learned that Empress Fengyu had sealed a Heavenly Yin Evil Soul inside the Emperor's Garden to protect him, putting her life in danger. He refused to let others sacrifice themselves for him and vowed to destroy the threat.

• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable revealed that Feng Yu had come to see Yang Zhen and had gone into seclusion after touching a dangerous power.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable warned Yang Zhen that something had targeted a power he gained after his breakthrough, and Shameless Cat urged him to check on Empress Fengyu.
• Yang Zhen and the others found the Emperor's Garden sealed by the Great Wilderness Heavenly Restriction, which Fengyu had used to trap a Heavenly Yin Evil Soul.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable explained that the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul could seize a person's body and that Fengyu was holding it back with an Emperor Technique.
• Yang Zhen angrily confronted Shameless Cat and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable for keeping the danger from him, then vowed to knock down the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul and the Heavenly Dao Principles.

Yang Zhen broke the Great Wilderness Heavenly Restriction with five punches, despite warnings that brute force would strengthen it, and declared he would protect his companions and Empress Fengyu. After the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment struck and missed him, he demanded that Empress Fengyu release the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul.

• Yang Zhen walked to the Great Wilderness Heavenly Restriction and said he had never been alone, while Han Yan'er and the others affirmed that his companions stood behind him.
• Yang Zhen punched the restriction repeatedly, ignoring warnings that the blows and his blood would make it stronger; Empress Fengyu appeared and told him to stop.
• More than ten thousand people gathered their faith into golden light that shone on Yang Zhen, and Shameless Cat supplied beatboxing when Yang Zhen asked for BGM.
• Yang Zhen broke the restriction with his fifth punch, reached Empress Fengyu, and told her to recover while he handled the threats.
• A bolt of black lightning from the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment missed Yang Zhen, who then asked Empress Fengyu to release the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul.

Yang Zhen entered Empress Fengyu’s private chamber to face the Heavenly Yin Evil Souls and was struck by an attack that invaded his body and threatened his divine soul. He regained awareness with the souls gone, then found Empress Fengyu removing her clothes and warning him not to do anything reckless.

• Yang Zhen learned that Heavenly Yin Threads were damaging Empress Fengyu’s meridians and that Ancient Water of Life’s Origin near the Jade Pool Holy Land could cure her.
• Yang Zhen prepared to leave to find the Ancient Water of Life’s Origin, but Empress Fengyu warned that other Heavenly Yin Evil Souls would attack him if he went too far from the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Empress Fengyu led Yang Zhen to her private chamber, where she had sealed multiple Heavenly Yin Evil Souls.
• Yang Zhen entered the chamber, and an unseen force rushed into his body, robbed him of his Divine Sense, and attacked his divine soul.
• Yang Zhen regained awareness in the chamber after the Heavenly Yin Evil Souls vanished, and Empress Fengyu entered and began taking off her clothes before warning him not to do anything reckless.

Yang Zhen resisted the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul’s illusion of Empress Fengyu, then recognized that Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er were also part of an illusion. Outside the Emperor's Garden, the others heard him shout about a “joker bomb” and wondered what he was doing.

• Yang Zhen broke free of the illusion of Empress Fengyu by striking her with his power, causing the room to vanish.
• Yang Zhen challenged the illusory Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to give him a countersign, then produced a small box and invited them to play a game.
• Empress Fengyu explained to the others that the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul created convincing illusions based on a cultivator's inner world.
• Shameless Cat speculated about Yang Zhen's desires until voices from the Emperor's Garden shouted, “Joker bomb!” and “Can't beat it!”
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er recognized their own voices but, like the others, did not understand what Yang Zhen meant.

Yang Zhen resisted the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul’s illusion, which conjured Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue before turning into Gray Fur, Yang Zhen’s lost friend from the blue planet. The chapter left Yang Zhen stunned by Gray Fur’s sudden appearance as he faced the soul.

• Yang Zhen played Fight the Landlord with illusory versions of Han Yan'er and Hua Youyue while the real women waited outside the Emperor's Garden.
• Yang Zhen emerged from the garden amid a surge of sinister power, realized he was still inside an illusion, and challenged the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul.
• Yang Zhen asked why the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul’s first illusion had been Empress Fengyu, then prepared to attack when it did not answer.
• The Heavenly Yin Evil Soul gathered into the form of Gray Fur, Yang Zhen’s only friend on the blue planet who had died an untimely death.
• Shameless Cat explained that the soul had conjured what it knew best to bewitch Yang Zhen, while wondering what gain Yang Zhen might receive.

Yang Zhen escaped the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul’s illusion after destroying Gray Fur, then revealed that he had gained a mysterious power he called Conqueror’s Haki. He left to retrieve the Ancient Water of Life’s Origin, while Empress Fengyu and the others realized they could not resist his new power.

• Yang Zhen greeted Gray Fur, who leaped onto him and fell asleep, bewildering Shameless Cat and the others.
• Yang Zhen revealed that everyone was still trapped in his illusion and crushed Gray Fur, severing their karmic connection.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that the ordeal was over and hinted that he had gained an Emperor Technique or something similar.
• Yang Zhen asked Empress Fengyu to wait ten days for him to bring back the Ancient Water of Life’s Origin, then vanished into the sky.
• After a quarter of an hour passed, Empress Fengyu identified Yang Zhen’s new power as Conqueror’s Haki and said she could not resist it.