Recaps

Chu Xinghe defeated the Bodhi Realm experts at the training ground, convincing Jianan Bodhi that he was far stronger than they had believed and not a Soulless Ghost. Buddha Mochuan arrived, tested Chu Xinghe with a piercing golden needle, and prompted him to prepare for a fight against an apparent Mystic God.

• Chu Xinghe defeated the Bodhi Realm fighters without getting his clothes dirty, while Jianan Bodhi realized he had held back and that Wrathful-Eyed Bodhi had not earned his points through connections.
• Buddha Mochuan arrived and told Wrathful-Eyed Bodhi that the world held many stronger people than he had imagined.
• Buddha Mochuan pierced Chu Xinghe's chest with a golden needle, but Chu Xinghe's Phoenix Divine Fire rapidly healed the wound.
• Chu Xinghe sensed Buddha Mochuan was a Mystic God and covered himself in Phoenix Fire armor for the coming battle.

Chu Xinghe and Buddha Mochuan tested each other before unleashing their strongest powers in a battle that stunned the Bodhi Realm cultivators. The chapter ended with Mochuan’s vajra smashing Xinghe into the training ground, leaving everyone shocked that he had endured the blow.

• Buddha Mochuan’s arrival drew a crowd, and the Bodhi Realm cultivators watched as he activated his Mystic Light Golden Wheel against Chu Xinghe.
• Mochuan realized that Xinghe had deliberately taken the Taking Refuge Buddha Needle strike, then confiscated the needle, making their probe a draw at best.
• Xinghe surrounded himself with Phoenix Fire and transformed into a Phoenix war god, revealing power he had not used against the Bodhi Realm cultivators.
• Mochuan merged with his Buddha statue, formed a demon-subduing vajra from his Mystic Light Golden Wheel, and attacked Xinghe at tremendous speed, which Xinghe matched.
• Mochuan struck Xinghe’s crossed arms with the vajra and drove him into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that injured nearby Bodhis.

Chu Xinghe fought Buddha Mochuan, whose golden-body path gave him overwhelming close-combat strength, and endured repeated blows while looking for a way to counter him. He spread Phoenix Divine Fire onto Buddha Mochuan, but their battle continued as Mochuan switched to a faster weapon style and Chu Xinghe stopped a blade with his body.

• Buddha Mochuan repeatedly smashed Chu Xinghe into the training ground with his demon-subduing vajra, forcing the Bodhi Realm cultivators to flee.
• Chu Xinghe emerged with only a few scrapes, ignited Phoenix Divine Fire, and traded blows with Buddha Mochuan as Mochuan’s battle shield absorbed his punches.
• Chu Xinghe set Buddha Mochuan’s vajra, hand, and chest alight with Phoenix Divine Fire, which Buddha Mochuan could not extinguish.
• Buddha Mochuan transformed the vajra into two battle blades and attacked Chu Xinghe at greater speed from thousands of directions.
• Buddha Mochuan’s blade struck Chu Xinghe’s shoulder but failed to pierce his flesh, stunning the onlookers and Mochuan.

Chu Xinghe and Buddha Mochuan fought to a near-fatal standstill, but Chu Xinghe admitted defeat to preserve Mochuan’s reputation after secretly threatening him with the Phoenix Divine Fire. Their encounter ended when Little Buddha arrived, and Chu Xinghe realized that Little Buddha was also in the Bodhi Realm and seemed even stronger than he was.

• Buddha Mochuan’s conjured blades wounded Chu Xinghe repeatedly, while Chu Xinghe’s Phoenix Divine Fire burned Mochuan and eventually threatened his heart meridian.
• As Buddha Mochuan’s blades reached Chu Xinghe’s neck, Chu Xinghe admitted defeat, and the watching cultivators declared Mochuan the winner.
• Buddha Mochuan realized the Phoenix Divine Fire would have killed him if he had continued the attack, and he understood that Chu Xinghe had spared his reputation.
• Chu Xinghe explained to himself that he had come to save someone, not kill Buddha Mochuan, and that conceding was the sensible choice.
• Little Buddha entered the training ground, received bows from Mochuan and the assembled cultivators, and approached Chu Xinghe.
• Chu Xinghe sensed that Little Buddha was in the Bodhi Realm and seemed slightly stronger than himself.

Chu Xinghe met Little Buddha, a Bodhi Realm cultivator whose strength overwhelmed him, and learned that the Buddha Domain had been isolated from the Four Continents. Little Buddha brought him before the Buddha Lord and explained the Buddha Domain’s disputed tradition of passing a deceased Buddha Lord’s powers and memories to a chosen successor.

• Chu Xinghe realized Little Buddha could defeat him despite being only in the Bodhi Realm, and Little Buddha asked him to pay for the damage to the training ground.
• Little Buddha led Chu Xinghe and Buddha Mochuan into Mount Sumeru, saying Chu Xinghe’s arrival might let the isolated Buddha Domain see the outside world again.
• At the Buddha Domain’s central training ground, Chu Xinghe recognized the Buddha Lord as a true Main God, while the Buddha Lord and the other Buddhas saluted Little Buddha as an equal.
• Little Buddha explained that he had inherited some of the previous Buddha Lord’s memories and power, rejecting the claim that he was literally reincarnated.
• Chu Xinghe learned that Little Buddha’s blunt denial of reincarnation had left the Buddha Domain divided over whether its successor tradition was inheritance or reincarnation.

Chu Xinghe learned from the Great Buddha Lord that the Buddha Domain had spent generations containing the Star Ghost Clan, with its two Buddha Lords taking turns sacrificing themselves to keep the Star Sea Abyss sealed. The Little Buddha would eventually inherit that duty, leaving Chu Xinghe unsure whether his position was a blessing or a misfortune.

• Chu Xinghe realized the Little Buddha had inherited the memories, power, and Divinity of generations of Buddha Lords, giving him extraordinary combat experience despite his Bodhi Realm cultivation.
• The Great Buddha Lord welcomed Chu Xinghe and explained that the Star Sea Abyss lay beneath the Buddha Domain, where the Star Ghost Clan had found the Ancient God's Right Arm and used it to bring night.
• The Great Buddha Lord revealed that the Star Ghost Clan was trying to open a passage through the Land of Bewildered Spirits, and that starlight reaching the Star Sea Abyss could revive them.
• Chu Xinghe learned that the Buddha Domain had used the Ancient God's Left Arm to suppress the Star Ghosts and prevent them from reaching the outside world.
• The Great Buddha Lord explained that every thousand years one Buddha Lord entered the Star Sea Abyss and died suppressing the Star Ghosts, while the other raised a Little Buddha to take their place.
• Chu Xinghe understood that the Little Buddha would eventually become Great Buddha Lord and face the same sacrifice, and wondered whether the Little Buddha's role was a blessing or a misfortune.

Chu Xinghe learned that the Buddha Domain’s Main Gods sacrificed themselves to suppress the Star Sea Abyss and that the Great Buddha Lord had been preserving Soulless Ghosts while seeking help from the Four Continents. The Great Buddha Lord revealed that he had tested Chu Xinghe and concluded that Chu’s full power surpassed even the Little Buddha’s.

• The Great Buddha Lord and the Little Buddha explained how the Buddha Domain’s Main Gods repeatedly suppressed the Star Sea Abyss, and Chu Xinghe told them about Buddhism in the Four Continents.
• The Little Buddha questioned contradictions in Four Continents Buddhism, while Chu Xinghe admitted he could not answer.
• The Great Buddha Lord explained that Star Ghosts had turned outsiders into Soulless Ghosts, and he had ordered the Buddhas to suppress them rather than kill them so the captives might be revived and the Four Continents would not become enemies.
• Chu Xinghe realized the Great Buddha Lord wanted the Four Continents’ help against the Star Sea Abyss and thanked him for preserving the Soulless Ghosts’ bodies.
• The Great Buddha Lord recounted how he had tested Chu Xinghe through Wrathful-Eyed and Buddha Mochuan, then concluded that Chu’s full combat strength surpassed the Little Buddha’s.

Chu Xinghe rejected the Great Buddha Lord’s attempt to move the Star Sea Abyss war to the Four Continents, arguing that the Buddha Domain should bear responsibility for its own conflict. He agreed to discuss supplying the Buddha Domain, leaving the two sides to negotiate support without making the Four Continents the battlefield.

• The Great Buddha Lord recognized Chu Xinghe’s strength and explained that killing him would be extremely difficult because the Phoenix Divine Fire rapidly healed his injuries.
• The Great Buddha Lord asked the Four Continents to help suppress the Star Sea Abyss, whose Star Ghosts survived by devouring souls and star power.
• Chu Xinghe refused to let the Star Sea Abyss be released into the Four Continents, saying he had no right to make its people bear the costs and casualties of the war.
• The Great Buddha Lord realized Chu Xinghe had seen through his efforts to stir sympathy and lead him into agreeing to the plan.
• Little Buddha teased the Great Buddha Lord for failing to fool Chu Xinghe, and Chu Xinghe proposed discussing supplies for the Buddha Domain.

Chu Xinghe agreed to fund the Buddha Domain’s war effort but refused to commit the Four Continents, then learned that the soulless captives’ souls were likely trapped in the Star Sea Abyss. He agreed to enter the Abyss with Little Buddha when it opened in ten days, and the chapter ended with Little Buddha dragging him to a brothel under the pretense of saving the women there.

• Chu Xinghe offered to cover the Buddha Domain’s war costs while saying the Four Continents’ involvement would be decided later.
• Little Buddha showed Chu Xinghe the Soul Control Grand Array, where Guo Qizhen, Little Ji, Leader Bai, and other soulless captives wandered without their souls.
• Chu Xinghe learned that the captives’ souls were likely in the Star Sea Abyss and agreed to go there with Little Buddha when its entrance opened in ten days.
• Little Buddha explained that the Buddha Light Pagoda was one finger of the Ancient God’s Left Arm and that the Buddha Domain itself had formed around the fallen arm.
• Little Buddha took Chu Xinghe to a brothel and argued that helping its women counted as saving all living beings, then offered to help them on Chu Xinghe’s behalf.

Chu Xinghe learned about the Buddha Domain’s beliefs, scarcity of resources, and cultivation methods while Little Buddha showed him around Sumeru City. Their comparison of strength ended with Chu Xinghe revealing that, at full power, he could defeat Buddha Mochuan seven times in thirty seconds.

• Little Buddha emerged after a night of delivering salvation to all living beings and greeted several locals, while Chu Xinghe realized he had done this many times before.
• Little Buddha explained that Buddhists in the Buddha Domain believed in themselves, drew power from their convictions, and cultivated Mental Power despite the domain’s scarcity of pills and Buddhist treasures.
• Chu Xinghe showed Little Buddha a Nine-Colored Spirit Stone, which Little Buddha absorbed to strengthen his body before explaining the limits of that process.
• Little Buddha asked whether Chu Xinghe was a Body Cultivation practitioner, and Chu Xinghe said his other powers were sealed in the Buddha Domain and that his peak strength was around the Martial God Realm.
• Little Buddha estimated that he had a seventy percent chance of defeating Buddha Mochuan, and Chu Xinghe first claimed similar odds before saying he could beat Buddha Mochuan to death seven times in thirty seconds.

Chu Xinghe explained to Little Buddha that he could kill Buddha Mochuan, a peak Half-Step Mystic God, repeatedly if he fought without restraint, while claiming he was nowhere near the Four Continents’ top hundred. An Ying finally found Chu Xinghe after a disastrous journey through the Buddha Domain, ending up captured in the form of a four-legged horse.

• Chu Xinghe told Little Buddha that he could theoretically kill Buddha Mochuan seven times in three minutes, and said Zheng Yu—not himself—was the Four Continents’ strongest young cultivator.
• Little Buddha struggled to believe that Chu Xinghe was not even among the top hundred and wondered how powerful Zheng Yu must be.
• An Ying found Chu Xinghe and tearfully described how he had transformed into a Bodhi, been attacked, split into two earthworms, and later merged back together.
• An Ying transformed into a four-legged horse to reach Mount Sumeru, but hunters spotted and captured him because horses in the Buddha Domain had six legs.

An Ying reached the Buddha Domain after a disastrous journey in copied forms, while Chu Xinghe promised Little Buddha that the Four Continents would support the Buddha Domain with pills. Chu Xinghe revealed a mountain of expensive pill chests, leaving Little Buddha wondering whether the Vast Heaven Holy Land could win the Buddha Domain over with its generosity.

• An Ying transformed into a rare four-legged horse, was captured, and endured a humiliating ordeal before changing back into Chu Xinghe the next day.
• An Ying recounted his misfortunes to Chu Xinghe and Little Buddha, then refused to explain what had happened and vowed never to transform into certain creatures again.
• Chu Xinghe gave An Ying healing pills, and Little Buddha asked whether the Four Continents could supply pills to the Buddha Domain.
• Little Buddha asked for up to a hundred thousand pills, but Chu Xinghe spoke of shipments measured in cartloads, stunning him with the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s scale of supply.
• Chu Xinghe produced a hundred thousand chests of expensive pills from his spatial ring, prompting Little Buddha to wonder whether Chu Xinghe was trying to bring the Buddha Domain to his side.

Chu Xinghe gave Little Buddha a vast store of pills, spirit stones, and Crimson Crystal as a welcoming gift, astonishing the Buddha Domain and prompting a new plan for joining forces against the Star Sea Abyss. The chapter ended with the Buddha Domain’s cultivators reassured that the Four Continents were not treating them as cannon fodder.

• Little Buddha suspected Chu Xinghe had come to buy secrets or a Divinity, but An Ying insisted the resources were merely a welcoming gift.
• Chu Xinghe explained that the Buddha Domain and the Four Continents could cooperate against the Star Sea Abyss, keeping the main battlefield away from the Four Continents.
• Chu Xinghe added two mountains of ninth-rank spirit stones and Crimson Crystal to the hundred thousand chests of pills he had brought.
• Little Buddha and An Ying argued over the staggering value of Chu Xinghe’s gifts, while An Ying compared them to the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources.
• The Buddha Domain’s cultivators gathered at Mount Sumeru and were astonished by the supplies, which could save lives in a realm where pills and spirit stones were scarce.
• Buddha Domain cultivators who had feared being used as cannon fodder reconsidered when they saw Chu Xinghe’s generous provisions.

Chu Xinghe tried to win the Buddha Domain’s trust by distributing vast amounts of pills, spirit stones, and spirit treasures, turning its experts against accusations that they were being used as cannon fodder. His display of resources showed the Great Buddha Lord that Chu Xinghe could command the Four Continents’ support, leaving the Buddha Domain ready to accept their alliance against the Star Sea Abyss.

• The Buddha Domain’s experts doubted the Four Continents’ intentions and feared they were being sent to fight the Star Sea Abyss as cannon fodder.
• Chu Xinghe presented the experts with mountains of pills and spirit stones, which could strengthen their bodies and help them break through bottlenecks.
• Chu Xinghe promised that the Four Continents would provide regular support and would treat the Buddha Domain as comrades, not cannon fodder.
• Chu Xinghe brought out numerous spirit treasures, and the Buddha Domain’s experts began defending the Four Continents’ sincerity.
• The Great Buddha Lord’s main concern was whether Chu Xinghe could represent the Four Continents, so Chu Xinghe used his immense store of resources to demonstrate his authority and backing.

An Ying realized Chu Xinghe had used his strength and lavish distribution of resources to prove that he could represent the Four Continents and pressure the Buddha Domain into cooperation. The Great Buddha Lord agreed to take the group to the Star Sea Abyss the next morning, where Chu Xinghe immediately asked whether it contained treasures.

• An Ying understood that Chu Xinghe’s victories and concessions on Mount Sumeru had established his authority and earned him the right to represent the Four Continents.
• Chu Xinghe distributed resources and pills throughout Sumeru City while warning the Buddha Domain that the Four Continents would leave if it chose not to cooperate against the Star Ghosts.
• After Chu Xinghe’s show of support, the Great Buddha Lord met with him again and announced that they could depart for the Star Sea Abyss the next morning.
• An Ying questioned why they no longer had to wait ten days, and the Great Buddha Lord and Little Buddha glared at him as Chu Xinghe’s actions had shortened the wait.
• The Great Buddha Lord warned that the Star Sea Abyss was extremely dangerous, and Chu Xinghe clarified that he wanted to know whether it was full of treasures.

Chu Xinghe, the Great Buddha Lord, and Little Buddha discussed the Star Sea Abyss and planned to rescue the prodigies’ souls, while Chu Xinghe privately hoped to find treasures. After Chu Xinghe told An Ying to stay behind, An Ying insisted on joining the dangerous expedition to prove his loyalty and secure his future.

• The Great Buddha Lord explained that the sealed Star Sea Abyss had weakened over time, but its remaining Star Ghosts still posed a grave danger, and the Buddha Domain needed the Four Continents’ support to confront them.
• Chu Xinghe asked whether the Star Sea Abyss contained treasures, confusing the Great Buddha Lord and Little Buddha, who warned him to focus on surviving rather than treasure hunting.
• Chu Xinghe and the others agreed that their main goal would be to find the prodigies’ souls, bring them out, and return them to their bodies.
• Chu Xinghe gave An Ying healing pills, and An Ying recovered from most of his physical injuries.
• Chu Xinghe told An Ying to remain on Mount Sumeru, but An Ying declared that he would accompany the group into the Star Sea Abyss.

Chu Xinghe, An Ying, and Little Buddha entered the Star Sea Abyss through a sealed passage beneath Mount Sumeru. There, they discovered an island of ancient warriors who had sacrificed themselves to seal the Abyss, still surrounded by gleaming treasures.

• Chu Xinghe agreed to let An Ying join the expedition after An Ying insisted that his fate was tied to Chu Xinghe’s.
• The Great Buddha Lord opened the restriction at Mount Sumeru and warned that it would remain open for only five days and nights.
• Little Buddha, An Ying, and Chu Xinghe entered the Star Sea Abyss, where they saw a crescent-shaped projection formed by the Ancient God's Right Arm.
• Little Buddha explained that the Ancient God's Right Arm empowered the Star Ghosts, while the Ancient God's Left Arm had given rise to Mental Power in the Buddha Domain.
• Chu Xinghe, An Ying, and Little Buddha spotted a floating island bearing more than ten thousand ancient warriors from many races, surrounded by treasures, and Chu Xinghe recognized them as those who had sacrificed themselves to seal the Abyss.

Chu Xinghe, Little Buddha, and An Ying encountered the Floating Immortal Island, whose treasures could only be reached by someone with the right fortuitous opportunity. After Chu Xinghe urged the others to abandon it and head for the Star Sea Abyss, the island followed him.

• Little Buddha recognized the Floating Immortal Island and explained that Buddha Lords had searched for it but could never approach or obtain its treasures.
• An Ying proposed that he, Little Buddha, and Chu Xinghe split the island's treasures, but Little Buddha said only someone with the right opportunity could reach it.
• Little Buddha and then An Ying chased the island, but it kept moving away from them.
• Chu Xinghe stopped An Ying from suggesting the island might have appeared for him and insisted they leave it behind to focus on saving people in the Star Sea Abyss.
• Chu Xinghe set off toward the Star Sea Abyss, and the Floating Immortal Island moved after him.

Chu Xinghe ignored the Floating Immortal Island and continued toward the Star Sea Abyss, but the island followed him while Little Buddha and An Ying pursued it. They realized the island had been circling Chu Xinghe all along, and Little Buddha saw that his own claim about the opportunity had prevented him from claiming it if it belonged to Chu Xinghe.

• Chu Xinghe moved toward the Star Sea Abyss, and the Floating Immortal Island moved along with him.
• Little Buddha and An Ying realized that the island had stayed near Chu Xinghe while appearing to evade their pursuit.
• An Ying recalled how Chu Xinghe had agreed that the island belonged to whoever had the fortuitous opportunity, leaving Little Buddha unable to claim it if the opportunity belonged to Chu Xinghe.
• Little Buddha understood that he had trapped himself with his own words and could not shamelessly go back on them.
• An Ying recognized that Chu Xinghe's standing and reliability let him represent the Four Continents, even earning trust from opponents.

The Little Buddha realized that his promise to let whoever found the opportunity claim the Floating Immortal Island meant the Buddha Domain could not challenge Chu Xinghe if he obtained it. When the island chose Chu Xinghe and offered him a trial, he refused and tried to leave.

• The Little Buddha understood that reversing his promise would undermine the Buddha Domain’s credibility and its cooperation with the Four Continents.
• An Ying and the Little Buddha mistook Chu Xinghe’s stunned silence for the calm confidence of a flawless strategist.
• Chu Xinghe wondered whether the Floating Immortal Island was an illusion, since his Misfortune Compass was absent.
• Chu Xinghe turned around, and the Floating Immortal Island followed him and invited him to accept its trial.
• Chu Xinghe refused the trial and said goodbye, leaving the Little Buddha, An Ying, and the Floating Immortal Island stunned.

Chu Xinghe repeatedly refused the Floating Immortal Island’s test and tried to redirect it toward Little Buddha, while its ancient remnant soul ignored his refusals and offered him the inheritance anyway. The chapter ended with Chu Xinghe, Little Buddha, and An Ying stunned when the island canceled the test but still told Chu Xinghe to accept the inheritance.

• The Floating Immortal Island asked Chu Xinghe to accept its test, but Chu Xinghe immediately refused and turned away.
• After the remnant soul asked again, Chu Xinghe loudly refused a second time, then interrupted it when it claimed he was willing.
• Chu Xinghe insisted he was not the island’s fated one and pushed Little Buddha forward as a more suitable candidate.
• The remnant soul said it would not force Chu Xinghe to take the test, prompting Little Buddha to eagerly declare his willingness to be tested.
• The remnant soul told Chu Xinghe to accept the inheritance because the test was canceled, leaving Chu Xinghe, Little Buddha, and An Ying dumbfounded.

Chu Xinghe realized his fortune was acting unchecked because the Misfortune Compass was absent, causing the Floating Immortal Island to treat him as its uniquely destined inheritor. After refusing the trial and watching the sage cancel it, he abruptly agreed to take it, leaving the sage, Little Buddha, and An Ying bewildered.

• Little Buddha was astonished when the sage’s remnant soul accepted Chu Xinghe’s refusal and canceled the inheritance trial.
• Chu Xinghe concluded that his fortune and the absent Misfortune Compass explained why the Floating Immortal Island was treating him with such excessive favor.
• Fearing that the island might hand him its inheritance outright, Chu Xinghe changed his mind and said he was willing to accept the trial.
• The sage’s remnant soul, Little Buddha, and An Ying were dumbfounded by Chu Xinghe’s sudden reversal.
• Little Buddha asked An Ying whether things were always so chaotic in the Four Continents, and An Ying admitted he could not understand Chu Xinghe’s behavior either.

Chu Xinghe tried to reject the Floating Immortal Island’s inheritance by asking to take and fail its test, while Little Buddha and An Ying watched the sage’s remnant soul fawn over him. The remnant soul declared Chu Xinghe had passed after he took one step, leaving Chu Xinghe dumbfounded by a test he had not even known he was taking.

• Chu Xinghe asked the sage’s remnant soul to begin the test so he could fail it and refuse the inheritance.
• Little Buddha tried to reject the inheritance, but the sage’s remnant soul scolded him and disparaged the Buddha Lords of his domain.
• An Ying realized that he had copied Chu Xinghe’s old fortune and misfortune, which explained his repeated revivals and humiliations.
• The sage’s remnant soul told Chu Xinghe to take one step toward him, then announced that Chu Xinghe had passed the test and qualified for the inheritance.
• Chu Xinghe wondered whether the sage’s remnant soul had anticipated his plan to fail, since the step had counted as the test without warning.

The remnant soul of the ancient sages declared Chu Xinghe the destined inheritor despite his easy passage through a contrived trial, while Little Buddha and An Ying realized their good fortune paled beside his. The Floating Immortal Island shrank into a treasure in Chu Xinghe’s hand, and the sages prepared to grant him their inheritance no matter what.

• Little Buddha and An Ying compared their fortune with Chu Xinghe’s and recognized how extraordinary his luck was.
• The remnant soul of the ancient sages claimed Chu Xinghe had passed their trials and proved his character, though Chu Xinghe privately disputed the claim.
• The Floating Immortal Island radiated divine light, shrank to fist size, and flew into Chu Xinghe’s palm.
• The remnant soul explained that the ancient sages had transformed their remains and power into the island after sealing the Star Ghost Clan in the Star Sea Abyss.
• The ancient sages chose Chu Xinghe as their inheritor because they saw his immense fortune and decided to award him the inheritance regardless of his test answers.

Chu Xinghe was named master of the Floating Immortal Island and hoped to avoid disaster by refusing its thousands of ancient sages’ inheritances. The inheritances repeatedly rejected him and returned to the island, leaving Little Buddha excited that he might claim what Chu Xinghe could not, while both men struggled to hide their laughter.

• The Floating Immortal Island shrank and acknowledged Chu Xinghe as its master, granting him access to its treasures and the ancient sages’ inheritances.
• Chu Xinghe reasoned that his power from the absent Misfortune Compass would repel the inheritances, and that refusing them would leave them behind when he took the island away.
• The first wave of inheritances touched Chu Xinghe but failed to bond with him, then returned to the Floating Immortal Island.
• Wave after wave of inheritances failed, and Little Buddha realized he might be able to claim the ones Chu Xinghe could not obtain.
• Little Buddha tried to conceal his delight while asking Chu Xinghe why the inheritances would not accept him, and Chu Xinghe struggled to suppress his own laughter as he replied.