Chapter 214: with translation of chapter title

"Will Miss Mi Bao, the young lady, return to Fenbao Rock tomorrow?" Hearing this from the head of the treasure‑refining secret workshop, Ming Zun, Chen Zheng felt a slight stir in his heart.

He naturally knew who Miss Mi Bao was; she was the treasure lord's daughter.

However, she had entered a massive sect called Supreme Nine Pure Heavens, and spent her days cultivating within the sect, rarely returning to the cultivation world.

But she was the treasure lord's only child; when the lord abdicated or went into the shadows, she would inherit Fenbao Rock's holdings, essentially the crown prince. Those below dared not slight her.

Each time she returned from Supreme Nine Pure Heavens, a commotion erupted in Fenbao Rock, from the Elder and major officials down to countless artificers, alchemists, servants, and so on, all exerting every effort to please her.

The same this time: everyone in Fenbao Rock, from top to bottom, prepared gifts for her return, each straining to stand out among the many gift‑givers, hoping to win her favor and gain higher status or rewards within Fenbao Rock.

Chen Zheng, however, did not take the matter to heart.

He had infiltrated Fenbao Rock to search for the source of all evil.

Even with the formidable power of the character "Refine", capable of casually forging world‑shaking treasures that surpass everyone, what of it?

He had not the slightest interest in currying favor with that Miss Mi Bao.

Would pleasing her cause her to hand over all of Fenbao Rock's assets and the source of all evil to him for free?

Impossible.

Back to the point: Fenbao Rock is vast, with powerful figures stationed; he cannot rashly wander, and has yet to locate the source of all evil, so the superficial duties must still be performed.

Just a temporary perfunctory effort.

Swish!

Chen Zheng's face suddenly flushed with excitement, his whole visage reddening, and he thumped his chest, assuring, "Ming Zun, rest assured. I already have a clue about forging a treasure as a gift for Miss Mi Bao. I will now commence a closed‑door cultivation to refine it with all my might. When Miss Mi Bao returns tomorrow to inspect the major treasure‑refining secret workshops, I will have completed it and present it to her, winning her favor. I will not disappoint you."

Ming Zun stroked his mustache and smiled, "Xuan Zhen, I trust that with your skill in the art of treasure refining, you will surely bring glory to me. When the time comes, not only will the young lady reward you, but I will also bestow great rewards upon you."

"Fine, I won't disturb your refining. I have already instructed the keeper of the material depot; if you need refining materials, you may fetch them yourself."

With that, Ming Zun prepared to leave.

Chen Zheng was one of the treasure‑refining masters personally selected by him for recruitment into the secret workshop.

There are many treasure‑refining masters in the various secret workshops of Fenbao Rock, mostly hired from outside at high prices, and they are ranked from one to nine stars according to their cultivation level and refining ability.

Chen Zheng, however, is a seventh‑star treasure‑refining master at the "Sixth Tier of Eternal Life Heavenly Position" realm.

He is virtually on the cusp of eight stars, capable of forging the highest‑grade superior Dao artifacts.

This is rare; even though his workshop oversees a hundred thousand treasure‑refining masters, Chen Zheng remains among the strongest, surpassing several other seventh‑star masters.

Thus they are confident in Chen Zheng's refining ability; tomorrow he may truly surprise them, standing out among the many masters and earning Miss Mi Bao's appreciation.

As Chen Zheng's direct superior, he also shares the credit and receives the young lady's heavy reliance.

"Wait a moment."

Chen Zheng called out to the Ming Zun who was about to vanish within the secret workshop, scratched the back of his head, and, sounding a bit embarrassed, said, "The treasure I intend to forge is extremely rare; in case of failure, may I enlist a few treasure‑refining masters as assistants to help?"

"I thought it was a big matter?" Ming Zun chuckled, waved his hand, and a token engraved with the character "Ming" flew toward Chen Zheng, saying, "This token represents me; wield it to command all the treasure‑refining masters in this workshop. You may select as many assistants as you wish."

Ming Zun vanished.

"With this token, my actions become much easier; I should soon locate the Primordial Break Heaven hidden in the other secret workshops," Chen Zheng caught the token, a smile appearing on his face.

He had no intention at all of forging a treasure to present to Miss Mi Bao; whoever wants that broken treasure can refine it.

He also ignored Ming Zun's restriction to select assistants only within this workshop, left the workshop directly, and passed through a spatial node to other factories.

According to the rules, a treasure‑refining master may not freely enter other workshop areas.

But Chen Zheng possessed Ming Zun's authority token, brandishing a tiger‑skin banner, and virtually no one dared to block him.

He swaggered about the various workshops, ostensibly to pick assistants but actually to hunt for the Primordial Break Heaven.

The individual was the Vice Patriarch of the Zuma Divine Cult, who, like Chen Zheng, infiltrated a secret workshop under the guise of a treasure‑refining master, also seeking the source of all evil.

Moreover, this person possessed secret information unknown to Chen Zheng, enabling the pinpointing of the exact location where the source of all evil is hidden within Fenbao Rock.

As long as the Primordial Break Heaven is found, obtaining the source of all evil is almost guaranteed.

Of course, given Chen Zheng's rapport with the Zuma Divine Cult, he would not act against the Primordial Break Heaven; he would even save its holder's life and grant many benefits.

These are matters for later.

The perspective shifts to another duplicate of Chen Zheng that emerged while he was in the Xuanhuang Great World.

Upon arriving at the Star Gate, this duplicate received a grand reception from the Star Lord and the Three Elders of the Star Gate, among other high officials.

Without idle words, the duplicate stated its purpose: to lead them to the Boundless Great World to assault the Boundless Star Palace.

The Star Gate and the Boundless Star Palace have a centuries‑old feud; hearing this thrilling news, they surged forth, riding the sect's supreme Dao artifact alongside Chen Zheng, departing the Xuanhuang Great World.

Chen Zheng moved at incredible speed, leading the entourage across the cosmos; with a thought, countless star systems drifted away, and in merely ten breaths he traversed over eight million light‑years, arriving above the Boundless Great World, which resembled a giant egg.

At that moment, the Boundless Great World was suffused with swirling demonic aura and chilling winds, obscuring even the blazing sunlight.

Because the ground had split into abyssal chasms, countless vicious demons—elephants, foxes, males, great roc, and other monsters—crawled out like ants, pouring incessantly into the great halls of the Boundless Star Palace, turning the once serene, celestial‑infused Boundless Great World into a deep haunted realm.

These monsters originated from the underground of the Boundless Great World, ruled by the Ancient Demon Hall and the eight Great Saints of the Beast Clan; like the Star Gate, they also bear an ancient feud with the Boundless Star Palace, and having been swayed by the Heart Demon Elder, they jointly assault the palace.

In an instant, swords and blades crossed everywhere in the Boundless Star Palace, battle cries thundered, and at every moment demons or palace disciples fell, while rivers of blood streamed across the land.

At the golden focal point at the center of the Boundless Great World, within the endless expanse, two forces clashed fiercely, their momentum terrifyingly immense, interlaced with beams of starlight that pierced heaven and earth, each capable of overturning an entire star system.

The leaders of one side were four true Immortals: Linglong Immortal Sovereign, Heart Demon Elder, Crimson Abyss Demon Lord, and a middle‑aged man of robust build, domineering aura, and a short beard whose bristles resembled arrows.

Chen Zheng knew that the middle‑aged man was named Chi Ren King, the master of the Ancient Demon Hall, a figure of considerable stature, the reincarnation of the Demon Realm's Human‑Demon Lord.

Behind the four great Immortals stood several Void‑born pseudo‑Immortals of the Earth Demon clan, the eight Great Saints of the Beast Clan, and thousands of Supreme Elder‑level strongmen of the third tier or higher of the Eternal Life realm.

The opposing force was larger, composed entirely of Supreme Elder‑level figures, all clad in splendid Star Robes, their presence shaking heaven and earth, most standing upon a Chaos Giant Map—indeed the Primordial Boundless Map Chen Zheng had seen in the Xuanhuang Great World.

The Star‑Robed contingent was led by a youthful man wearing ancient starlight feather garb and a starlight crown, together activating the Chaos Giant Map to battle Linglong Immortal Sovereign and the others.

"Palace Master of the Boundless Star Palace, Star Source! It was he who schemed to kill our master back then and usurped the palace master's seat!"

The Three Elders of the Star Gate, upon seeing the man with the starlight crown, showed fierce hatred in their eyes, itching to rush forward for revenge.

"You cannot intervene in a battle of that caliber," Chen Zheng waved his hand to stop them, continuing, "Go down and kill those disciples and Elders of the Boundless Star Palace. When my strength advances further, I will help you slay the Star Source."

"Thank you, Immortal Sovereign Chen."

The Three Elders of Qunxing pressed down their resentment toward Star Source, bowed deeply to Chen Zheng, and said to the Supreme Elders of Qunxing Gate behind them: "Immortal Venerable Chen is right; Star Source is far beyond our ability to oppose. We should first go kill the others of Wuji Star Palace, reclaim some interest. Everyone, kill with us!"

"Kill, kill all the Wuji Star Palace pups!"

The Star Lords and others sneered, and together with the Three Elders of Qunxing descended onto the Great Wuji World, launching a slaughter against the people of Wuji Star Palace.

Chen Zheng also descended, but not with the crowd from Qunxing Gate; he landed on a huge plaza.

In front of the plaza rose a magnificent hall, surrounded on all sides by thousands of small palaces.

Many of the palaces were fiery red, and the walls of the hall seemed to blaze with endless flames, a scorching aura filling the air.

This is the Pure Yang Hall of Wuji Star Palace, where the Nine Yang Holy Water is stored.

Normally, Wuji Star Palace disciples slay demons to earn contribution points, which they can use at the Pure Yang Hall to exchange with an Elder for Pure Yang Pills.

Normally this place is heavily guarded by many strong protectors, and outsiders cannot approach at all, but now it is in chaos like a pot of porridge, with tens of thousands of demon troops led by a gold‑eyed youth and a stunningly beautiful woman with a fluffy tail, surging toward the Pure Yang Hall and frantically slashing the Wuji Star Palace guards at the hall's entrance; the scene is extremely brutal.

Chen Zheng ignored all sides of the melee, walking straight toward the hall's gate; the divine arts and treasures hurled by both sides could not touch him at all, as if he passed through a sea of flowers without a single petal clinging.

In the blink of an eye, he reached the Pure Yang Hall's entrance and kicked the great gate open.

"Stop right there!"

Just as Chen Zheng was about to step into the Pure Yang Hall, a roar came from behind—it was the gold‑eyed youth from the demon army.

He coldly stared at his back and demanded, "Who are you? Such nerve to slip into the Pure Yang Hall and pluck our demon clan's peaches while we're locked in battle with the Wuji Star Palace!"

Chen Zheng halted, turned back, and casually said, "Even a rag‑feathered bird dares to bark at me? Today your luck is bad—you've met me."

"Who do you call a rag‑feathered bird? I am the Young Master of the Golden Wing Roc lineage; how dare you desecrate me!"

The gold‑eyed youth erupted in fury; behind him, two broad, verdant wings appeared with a flesh‑like yet ethereal sheen, surging with massive mana. With a slight flap, he charged at Chen Zheng with a fierce aura.

But Chen Zheng simply lifted his hand lightly, grabbed the gold‑eyed youth's throat as if the youth had offered himself.

"What?"

This turn of events shocked both humans and demons in the melee, who simultaneously ceased fighting, their gazes all fixed on Chen Zheng.

"Young Master, please release the person in your grasp; he is the legitimate son of my clan's Super Celestial Great Sage, named Yue Xiaosheng."

The fox‑tailed woman leading the demon clan, seeing the gold‑eyed youth captured instantly, hurried to persuade.

She is also a daughter of a demon great sage, the seventh sibling, known as the Seventh Princess of the Fox Clan.

"Indeed, my father is one of the eight great sages of the demon clan; if you dare hurt me, no one in the world can save you!" the gold‑eyed youth recovered his composure, his fierce gaze fixed on Chen Zheng, unafraid.

Boom!

Chen Zheng's face remained expressionless; with one hand he lifted the gold‑eyed youth, while his other hand suddenly thrust forward like a celestial pillar splitting the sky, piercing billions of miles, entering through the golden focal point at the center of the Great Wuji World.

Within one of the worlds inside the focal point, a towering man clad in a golden robe, with pale‑gold pupils and golden wings on his back, god‑like yet demonic, was dueling a Supreme Elder comparable to the Three Ascended Saints; the clash stirred wind and clouds across the heavens. He was the Super Celestial Great Sage spoken of by Yue Xiaosheng and the Seventh Princess.

At that moment, Chen Zheng's massive hand seized the Super Celestial Great Sage's neck, pinching it tightly before retracting.

Only the Supreme Elder remained dumbfounded on the spot, utterly clueless as to what happened—how, in the midst of battle, the Super Celestial Great Sage suddenly vanished?

"Is the Super Celestial Great Sage you mentioned him?"

At the Pure Yang Hall entrance, Chen Zheng roughly pressed the Super Celestial Great Sage before Yue Xiaosheng, forcing father and son to face each other closely to be sure of their identities, lest they kill the wrong person.

"Father… Father…"

Yue Xiaosheng did not mistake him; upon seeing the Super Celestial Great Sage's face, he trembled violently, his lips moving for ages yet unable to utter 'father.'

The Seventh Princess of the Fox Clan, along with many demons and the Wuji Star Palace members, were stunned, staring blankly at the scene, unable to process it.

The Super Celestial Great Sage was even more bewildered, utterly at a loss.

"Who can tell me what's happening?"

"Why did I suddenly fall into the hands of a stranger young man?"

"No, not a stranger."

"This person appears to be Chen Zheng of the Xuanhuang Great World, known as the unblinking killer Chen Old Demon, a supreme being comparable to a true immortal."

"Immortal Venerable Chen, this beast Yue Xiaosheng is not my biological son; my wings are golden, his are green, we share no blood relation…" the Super Celestial Great Sage pleaded with a mournful face.

He now understood why Chen Zheng seized him—it must be because Yue Xiaosheng set him up.

Chen Zheng said plainly, "So what? Does blood relation matter? He already calls you father; aren't you satisfied with a white son? Don't you want to take responsibility, to become a sinner?"

"You…"

The Super Celestial Great Sage was dumbfounded.

"You… you, atone with death."

True fire erupted from Chen Zheng's hand, instantly incinerating both the Super Celestial Great Sage and Yue Xiaosheng, who had found his earlier words reasonable.

The high‑grade and near‑legendary artifacts on their bodies were also melted and absorbed.

Chen Zheng clapped his hands, turned, and entered the Pure Yang Hall.

Only the drenched Seventh Princess of the Fox Clan remained on the spot, along with countless demons and Wuji Star Palace members who were terrified into silence.

Inside the Pure Yang Hall, it was not as small as it seemed from outside; it contained layers upon layers of spaces, each rigged by Wuji Star Palace's strongmen with lethal formations, interlocking one another—pull one strand and the whole body moves.

An ordinary person would become trapped in the formations, but Chen Zheng moved as if walking on flat ground, and in an instant reached the deepest space.

In this space there was no formation, only a vast ocean of Nine Yang Holy Water, exuding an unmatched scorching yang aura.

"Not bad."

Chen Zheng's face showed contentment as he leapt into the Nine Yang Sea, activating the Chain‑script True Fire.

The amount of Nine Yang Holy Water in the sea was at least twenty‑to‑thirty quadrillion, three to four thousand times the stock of the Ascension Gate.

Even the Taiyi Sect's reserve was only two to three hundred trillion, far less than Wuji Star Palace's centuries of accumulation.

Now that's comfortable.

Splash!

Under Chen Zheng's full‑power refining, the Nine Yang Holy Water in the sea boiled violently like magma, and the water level began to drop wildly.

His internal mana also surged dramatically.

Thirty million strands of primordial heavenly dragon force…… fifty million…… eighty million……

The Pure Yang Sea was completely drained by him!

His mana reached ten thousand myriad strands of primordial heavenly dragon force, that is ten thousand trillion horses, the mana only attainable at the peak of the True Immortal Realm.

Yilong's power!

Took off!

"I need to hurry and grasp the time to comprehend the spatial rules of the third layer of Longevity, break through to the Cave Heaven Realm, then I can go out to lend Linglong and my two junior martial brothers a hand, to seize the Hunyuan Wuji Diagram."

Chen Zheng reached out and grabbed, snatching the primordial meteorite from the heads of the Star Gate Sect members fighting outside.

And he sent a voice transmission informing them that he needed to borrow it.

Immediately, he injected tens of trillions of pure yang vital energy into the primordial meteorite, letting the pure yang vital energy burn, activating the temporal law inside.

He also entered the meteorite, adjusting the flow of time so that half an hour outside corresponded to a full hundred years inside.

Meanwhile, using the spatial fragments obtained from killing people, he earnestly comprehended the spatial rules. (End of chapter)