Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen found Empress Fengyu transformed into a powerless old woman, and she revealed that the Gods and Devils had caused the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth. When the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment threatened the Three Flowers Holy Land, Yang Zhen charged into the sky to protect its people.

• Yang Zhen entered the Emperor's Garden and found Empress Fengyu aged and stripped of her cultivation through forced Mortal Transformation.
• Empress Fengyu told Yang Zhen that the Gods and Devils had brought about the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth to make up for the last one.
• Empress Fengyu explained that survivors of the previous tribulation had escaped by becoming or disguising themselves as mortals, or by refining a world of their own.
• The World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment gathered over the Three Flowers Holy Land, and Empress Fengyu blamed herself for endangering its people.
• Yang Zhen told Empress Fengyu that no one would harm his people and charged into the sky as she wondered how he could protect all twenty thousand of them.

Yang Zhen faced the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment as it threatened everyone in the Three Flowers Holy Land, while Great Emperor Aotian tried to shield the land and protect the crowd. After Yang Zhen smashed apart one bolt, a thousand more descended, and he split into more than a thousand identical figures, leaving Great Emperor Aotian stunned.

• Great Emperor Aotian conjured a Heaven and Earth True Rune shield over the Three Flowers Holy Land and warned that Yang Zhen would have to handle the rest.
• Yang Zhen charged into the sky and destroyed the first bolt of black lightning with a single punch.
• A thousand bolts of World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment poured from the clouds, and Great Emperor Aotian urged everyone to flee while he held them off.
• Yang Zhen drew in primordial Qi and split into more than a thousand identical figures, astonishing Great Emperor Aotian.

Yang Zhen faced a black Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast formed from the World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment while Empress Fengyu and the Three Flowers Holy Land watched. He used the Void Heaven Seal to trap the beast, leaving its fate—and the danger to Fengyu—unresolved.

• Yang Zhen smashed more than a thousand bolts of World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment, but the dark clouds absorbed the gathered power and formed a black Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast.
• Empress Fengyu emerged from the Emperor's Garden, and Shameless Cat told Nine Dragons Saint Venerable that Fengyu could be saved if Yang Zhen defeated the beast within a quarter of an hour.
• Yang Zhen charged the beast and was knocked into the Emperor's Garden, but he soon burst from the ruins and revealed the Void Heaven Seal.
• Yang Zhen appeared behind the beast and used the Great Wilderness Heaven Seal and the Heavenly Sound Grand Chant to seal it.

Yang Zhen sealed the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, turned it into a public attraction, and prepared to seek a life from Heaven for Empress Fengyu. As the Three Flowers Holy Land filled with visitors, a powerful presence arrived from the south and Great Emperor Aotian invited the newcomer to meet him.

• Yang Zhen imprisoned the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast beneath layers of restrictions and built a palace around it.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat to publicize the beast as an attraction and asked Great Emperor Aotian to oversee the Three Flowers Holy Land while he sought someone from Heaven.
• Yang Zhen spent the next few days appearing and disappearing as news of the sealed beast spread, drawing visitors and Great Emperors to the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Hua Youyue established a marketplace as cultivators flocked to see the beast and many chose to stay or settle in the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• A fiery red wave of Qi swept in from the south, and Great Emperor Aotian sensed the powerful arrival and invited the newcomer to visit.

Great Emperor Golden Eagle arrived at the Three Flowers Holy Land on a mutated giant snake and invited Great Emperor Aotian back to the Southern Frontier. After the Heaven-Swallowing Hou attacked the snake to protect Shameless Cat, Golden Eagle learned that Aotian had stayed because of Yang Zhen, and Aotian hinted that Yang Zhen could rival Golden Eagle’s legendary feat.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle arrived on a three-clawed mutated giant snake and tried to persuade Great Emperor Aotian to return to the Southern Frontier.
• Shameless Cat mocked Golden Eagle’s snake, and Golden Eagle ordered it to attack the cat with freezing breath.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Hou collided with the snake, knocked it away, and then approached Shameless Cat eagerly.
• Great Emperor Aotian introduced Golden Eagle to Shameless Cat and explained that he had stayed for Yang Zhen, not because of the Heaven-Swallowing Hou.
• When Golden Eagle described his destruction of much of the Southern Frontier as a feat of contending with heaven for his fate, Shameless Cat and Aotian implied that Yang Zhen could do the same.

Great Emperor Golden Eagle came to the Three Flowers Holy Land hoping to meet a legendary senior, while Great Emperor Aotian and Shameless Cat let him believe the senior was someone else. The misunderstanding ended when Aotian revealed that Yang Zhen was the person Golden Eagle had come to see.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle asked Great Emperor Aotian to introduce him to the senior rumored to have made the golden eagle illuminate the sky, and Aotian agreed to lead him over.
• Shameless Cat arrived and offered to take Great Emperor Golden Eagle to the senior, while Aotian avoided correcting Golden Eagle's assumptions.
• People at the Three Flowers Holy Land discussed Golden Eagle's arrival and followed the group to the Emperor's Garden, where Yang Zhen was working.
• Yang Zhen stepped outside, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle politely introduced himself and asked him to announce his visit to the senior inside.
• Yang Zhen asked where the old man had come from, and Great Emperor Aotian revealed that Yang Zhen himself was the senior Golden Eagle wanted to meet.

Yang Zhen prepared to fight heaven for Empress Fengyu’s life, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle learned of the plan and joined the effort. As Flirtatious Chicken’s seclusion caused the mountain to shake, Golden Eagle confronted Yang Zhen about Fengyu’s whereabouts.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle doubted that Yang Zhen was a senior, then realized Yang Zhen had reached the Emperor Realm at an unusually young age.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat to prepare for a fight against heaven to save an Emperor Realm expert, and Shameless Cat hurried to fetch Flirtatious Chicken.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle learned that Yang Zhen was trying to save Empress Fengyu and rushed to join him, saying he had fought heaven for a life before.
• Flirtatious Chicken’s emergence shook the mountain, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle arrived and demanded to know where Feng Yu was.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable called Golden Eagle World-Honored One and explained that Golden Eagle had once helped him and Empress Fengyu survive.

Yang Zhen brought Great Emperor Golden Eagle to Empress Fengyu, hoping the senior could save her from the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul. Great Emperor Golden Eagle recognized the danger and demanded to know who had caused it, but Empress Fengyu said she had accepted it willingly.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle offered to fight Heaven for Empress Fengyu's life, and Yang Zhen agreed to let him try.
• Yang Zhen admitted he was only eighty percent confident of saving Empress Fengyu himself and said he would not gamble with her life.
• Yang Zhen led Great Emperor Golden Eagle and the others to Empress Fengyu in the Emperor's Garden and stepped aside for him to act.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle recognized Empress Fengyu as the World Honored One and discovered that she carried the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle demanded to know who had done this, and Empress Fengyu said she had accepted it willingly.

Yang Zhen prepared to heal Empress Fengyu after forcing Great Emperor Golden Eagle to apologize and admit he had little chance of treating her himself. A spectacular Golden Crow appeared in the sky, then shrank back into Flirtatious Chicken, who spoke haltingly and drove Shameless Cat away.

• Yang Zhen rebuked Great Emperor Golden Eagle for attacking him, and Golden Eagle apologized so Yang Zhen would help Empress Fengyu.
• Yang Zhen said he was eighty percent confident he could heal Empress Fengyu, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle admitted he had less than a ten percent chance and threatened to overturn the Three Flowers Holy Land if Yang failed.
• A fiery blast shook the area as a colossal Golden Crow appeared overhead, stunning everyone.
• The Golden Crow swooped down and shrank into Flirtatious Chicken, who landed on Yang Zhen's shoulder.
• Shameless Cat grabbed Flirtatious Chicken's tail feathers, but Flirtatious Chicken tossed him aside and then told him to go away.

Yang Zhen prepared to contend with heaven for Empress Fengyu’s life, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle doubted he could succeed. As Empress Fengyu and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable declared their trust in Yang Zhen, the procedure began amid a vast crowd in the Three Flowers Holy Land’s back mountain.

• Yang Zhen repeated that he was eighty percent confident he could cure Empress Fengyu, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle warned he would intervene if Yang Zhen faltered.
• Yang Zhen led Empress Fengyu and the others to the crowded back mountain, where cultivators had gathered to witness him contend with heaven for a life.
• Yang Zhen told Empress Fengyu to sit on a large stump, prompting Great Emperor Golden Eagle to protest that her weakened condition made the plan dangerous.
• Empress Fengyu said she believed in Yang Zhen, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable and Great Emperor Aotian also expressed their confidence in him.
• A deafening dragon-like roar sounded as countless heaven and earth patterns lit up around Empress Fengyu and the stump.

Yang Zhen activated his modified Three Talents Essence-Transmuting Heaven-Restoring Formation to save Empress Fengyu, astonishing the gathered Great Emperors with its power and apparent ability to conceal heaven and earth. The attempt turned dangerous when Empress Fengyu’s life force began rapidly slipping away.

• Yang Zhen admitted that he had set up and modified the Three Talents Essence-Transmuting Heaven-Restoring Formation, astonishing Great Emperor Aotian and Great Emperor Golden Eagle with his mastery.
• Great Emperor Aotian explained that the formation was exceptionally difficult to establish, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle questioned why Yang Zhen had changed it.
• Yang Zhen entered the formation, causing its patterns to spin and leading Great Emperor Golden Eagle to suspect it had become a Divine Domain that concealed heaven and earth.
• Empress Fengyu groaned and turned deathly pale as her life force rapidly slipped away, prompting Great Emperor Golden Eagle to cry out for Yang Zhen to stop.

Yang Zhen used the Three Talents Essence-Transmuting Heaven-Restoring Formation and an Immortal Tree to stabilize Empress Fengyu, then unleashed a powerful force and told her that her next fortune was up to her. The chapter ended as the world seemed to turn upside down.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle tried to stop Yang Zhen, but Great Emperor Aotian persuaded him to wait.
• An Immortal Tree grew from the stump beneath Empress Fengyu, easing her pain and restoring her vitality.
• Yang Zhen pressed his hands to the ground and fully activated the Three Talents Essence-Transmuting Heaven-Restoring Formation.
• Empress Fengyu asked Yang Zhen what he was doing, and Yang Zhen said he owed her for what had happened to her.
• Yang Zhen struck the ground with both fists and shouted that Empress Fengyu's next fortune was up to her, turning the world upside down.

Yang Zhen used the Immortal Tree and the Three Talents Origin-Transferring Heaven-Restoring Array to help Empress Fengyu recover while guiding her to comprehend the Power of the Void. As Heavenly Punishment gathered overhead, Yang Zhen charged into the lightning with the Star Spring Sword, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Heavenly Punishment descended as void turbulence surrounded Empress Fengyu, alarming Great Emperor Golden Eagle and the others.
• Yang Zhen appeared with the Star Spring Sword and told Empress Fengyu to gain insight from the void turbulence, the Immortal Tree, and the Three Talents Origin-Transferring Heaven-Restoring Array.
• Shameless Cat recognized Yang Zhen’s plan to help Empress Fengyu comprehend the Power of the Void, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian doubted it was possible.
• The crowd scoffed at Yang Zhen’s plan, and Shameless Cat drew attention to a man who had promised to eat shit if Yang Zhen succeeded.
• As Heavenly Punishment erupted, Yang Zhen laughed, leaped into the sky, and charged into the lightning.

Yang Zhen battered the Heavenly Punishment from inside its thunderclouds while Empress Fengyu broke through during her recovery in the formation. The chapter left Fengyu’s silver phoenix form fading, with Great Emperor Golden Eagle warning that she would die if it vanished.

• Yang Zhen emerged from the thunderclouds, complained that it had tried to devour him, and plunged back in to attack it again.
• The crowd watched Yang Zhen disrupt the Heavenly Punishment and marveled at his power.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle revealed that Empress Fengyu had not comprehended the Power of the Void but had broken through to the Great Emperor Realm Stage.
• A silver phoenix rose from the Three Talents Essence-Transmuting Heaven-Restoring Formation, but its form flickered and looked weak.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle warned that if the phoenix disappeared, the Principle of Heaven and Earth would reduce Empress Fengyu to her original form, leaving her dead.

Empress Fengyu survived the formation and reached the Great Emperor Realm after Flirtatious Chicken gave the silver phoenix his golden blood. She demonstrated the Power of the Void, leaving the others hopeful they might learn it and wondering how Yang Zhen had helped her.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle cut his palm to offer blood for Empress Fengyu, but Shameless Cat told him Yang Zhen had already arranged help.
• Flirtatious Chicken flew beside the silver phoenix and merged a drop of golden blood into its forehead.
• Empress Fengyu emerged from the formation, absorbed the silver phoenix, and ascended to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Empress Fengyu opened a void rift that swallowed more than half of the Heavenly Punishment clouds.
• Empress Fengyu said she did not understand how she had mastered the Power of the Void and credited Yang Zhen, prompting Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian to question how it could have happened.

Yang Zhen explained how Empress Fengyu had gained the Power of the Void, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian sought a chance to learn it. The chapter ended with both Great Emperors asking to join the Three Flowers Holy Land and a crowd turning to Shameless Cat for admission.

• Empress Fengyu asked Yang Zhen how he had helped her master the Power of the Void, and he described using the Immortal Tree, Ancient Water of Life's Origin, and the Three Talents Essence-Transmuting Heaven-Restoring Formation to plant a seed in her Divine Sense space.
• Great Emperor Aotian asked how many seeds Yang Zhen had, but Yang Zhen said he had only produced one and then asked Empress Fengyu how she felt; she said her strength had returned to the peak of the Great Emperor realm.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle offered Yang Zhen half his life in exchange for a seed, then laid out a pile of heavenly materials and earthly treasures when Yang Zhen asked what he could offer.
• Empress Fengyu told Great Emperor Golden Eagle that Yang Zhen would share another seed if he had one, and Great Emperor Aotian and Great Emperor Golden Eagle both asked to join the Three Flowers Holy Land as Yang Zhen's disciples.
• A crowd surrounded Shameless Cat to ask him to accept them, and he grinned when one man asked him to make the decision.

Yang Zhen addressed the crowd gathered at the Three Flowers Holy Land, urging them to face the coming difficulties with courage and perseverance. His odd, cheerful speech roused the assembled people and left the Holy Land erupting with enthusiasm.

• Shameless Cat tried to recruit a boastful cultivator into the Three Flowers Holy Land by reminding him he had vowed to eat shit if Yang Zhen succeeded, and the man fled in panic.
• Hua Youyue and the others checked on Yang Zhen, who said he was only tired, while Nine Dragons Saint Venerable thanked him and urged him to address the crowd.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle encouraged Yang Zhen to win the crowd's support and possibly gain more Power of Faith.
• Yang Zhen stood before the crowd and admitted that he, too, was struggling to understand the coming calamity and could barely look after himself.
• Yang Zhen told everyone to face fear with a smile and persevere, then shouted "Oligei," and the Three Flowers Holy Land erupted.

Yang Zhen’s shout of “Aoligei” unleashed a torrent of faith, inspiring a cultivator to break through to the Emperor Realm and drawing many others into sudden enlightenment. The celebration ended when the Gods and Devils Ruins in the Southern Frontier erupted and a buried Demon God awakened.

• Yang Zhen’s “Aoligei” filled the Three Flowers Holy Land with heavenly sound and golden Power of Faith as cultivators joined the shout.
• Jin Pingmei broke through from Saint Venerable to the Emperor Realm, declared himself Emperor Aoligei, and pledged himself to Yang Zhen.
• A young cultivator entered sudden enlightenment, prompting a crowd to sit down and seek their own insights.
• The Heavenly Sound Grand Chant stopped, and a rumble from the blood-red southern sky startled everyone.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle identified the eruption as the Gods and Devils Ruins in the Southern Frontier and said a buried Demon God had awakened.

Great Emperor Golden Eagle told Yang Zhen that a living being filled with both vitality and death Qi was awakening in the Southern Frontier’s Devil God Ruins. Yang Zhen proposed investigating the Gods and Devils Ruins in the Central Court instead of sending Golden Eagle back south.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle explained that the Demon God's descendants had entered a Southern Frontier Devil God Ruins during the Great Tribulation and vanished.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle revealed that he had sensed a terrifying awakening, containing both vitality and death Qi, inside the Southern Frontier ruins.
• Yang Zhen learned from Great Emperor Aotian that five Devil God Ruins existed across the Great Wilderness World.
• Shameless Cat warned that the Great Tribulation could be worse than the last one because Gods and Devils had appeared.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle decided to return to the Southern Frontier, but Yang Zhen suggested investigating the Central Court ruins instead.

Yang Zhen and his companions returned to the Gods and Devils Ruins after reports of a Demon God phantom and signs of upheaval. The ruins had changed dramatically, and when Corpse Scutigera appeared in the fog, Yang Zhen discovered he could no longer jump.

• Yang Zhen told Great Emperor Golden Eagle about the Demon God phantom, and Golden Eagle agreed to accompany him back to the ruins.
• Yang Zhen set out with Great Emperor Aotian, Great Emperor Golden Eagle, Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and Han Yan'er, leaving Qin Luoyi behind.
• At the Southern Heavenly Gate, Shameless Cat sensed a familiar presence and opened the gate by shouting, “Open sesame?”
• Inside the ruins, the group found thick chaotic mist where the air had once been clear, while Han Yan'er turned pale and nearly stumbled into Yang Zhen.
• Great Emperor Aotian warned the group about Corpse Scutigera, and Shameless Cat leaped onto Yang Zhen's shoulder and urged everyone to flee.
• Yang Zhen grabbed Han Yan'er and tried to jump into the air, but he could not get off the ground.