Chapter Summaries

The Little Buddha visited the Vast Heaven Holy Land, declined to claim a share of the Star Horns, and asked for help breaking the Star Sea Abyss’s seal. As the gathered leaders considered a costly way to breach it, the Origin Ancestor announced that he had a solution.

• The Little Buddha told the Grand Elder that the Vast Heaven Holy Land deserved the Star Horns, leaving Chu Xinghe and the other leaders speechless.
• The Little Buddha explained that the Buddha Domain’s army had driven the Star Ghosts back, but their retreat into the Star Sea Abyss let them activate its ancient seal.
• The Grand Elder asked whether the Holy Lord, the Beast God, and the Great Buddha Lord could break the seal together, and the Little Buddha said they could not.
• The Little Buddha warned that sending a Main God through the unstable Star Gate was too dangerous, while Elder He proposed spending vast resources to wear down the seal.
• The Origin Ancestor stepped forward and said he had a way to deal with the Star Sea Abyss’s seal.

Chu Xinghe rejected the Origin Ancestor’s cheap plan to enter the Star Sea Abyss and dismantle its seal from within, insisting that the Vast Heaven Holy Land use Elder He’s costly method. He then pushed for attacks on the Abyss’s most heavily defended points, with the Holy Land paying the full bill, leaving Little Buddha baffled.

• The Origin Ancestor offered to return to the Star Sea Abyss and dismantle its seal from within, but Chu Xinghe forced him back into the World Seal and backed Elder He’s plan to attack from outside.
• Chu Xinghe warned that the Star Ghosts might interfere, so the leaders agreed to stage attacks at more than a dozen locations as feints.
• When Little Buddha listed possible targets, Chu Xinghe chose the Star Sea Abyss’s thickest, most heavily defended areas instead of its weak points.
• Little Buddha warned that attacking those locations would cost several times more and might require resources from the various factions.
• Chu Xinghe declared that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would cover all the costs, and its leaders agreed to follow his plan, leaving Little Buddha confused.

The Buddha Domain doubted Chu Xinghe’s approved battle plan, which targeted the strongest points in the seal and risked Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources. Little Buddha then witnessed the Holy Land’s bizarre willingness to lend out Divinities, including An Ying’s desperate attempts to hand off his Calamity Divinity.

• The Buddhas questioned Chu Xinghe’s plan to attack more than a dozen points, including the strongest ones, but Buddha Mochuan reminded them that Vast Heaven Holy Land would bear its own losses.
• Little Buddha asked Chu Xinghe if he was a spy, and Chu Xinghe claimed he had been trying to wreck the sect since his first trial; Elder He overheard and beat his Fate Divinity, which grew stronger afterward.
• Ouyang Ming greeted Little Buddha while carrying Gu Mingchao’s Flame Divinity, explaining that he had received it from his younger sister and that Gu Mingchao did not mind lending it out.
• Little Buddha was stunned to learn that Divinities were casually passed around in Vast Heaven Holy Land, unlike in the Buddha Domain, where they were treated as precious powers.
• An Ying tried to persuade disciples to borrow his Calamity Divinity, even offering spirit stones, while Little Buddha watched in disbelief.

An Ying tried to lend out his Calamity Divinity, while Little Buddha asked Chu Xinghe to help him deliver all living beings and Ma Liang took him to the Spring Fragrance Pavilion. Meanwhile, the Buddha Domain prepared fifteen equally supplied attack points against the Star Sea Abyss, leaving Luojia baffled when they targeted its strongest defenses.

• An Ying tried to find someone to borrow his Calamity Divinity, but Elder He warned the disciples that only someone with Senior Brother Xinghe's fortune could safely bear it.
• Little Buddha asked Chu Xinghe how to deliver all living beings, and Chu Xinghe sent Ma Liang to show him the Four Continents.
• Ma Liang took Little Buddha to the Spring Fragrance Pavilion, and Little Buddha returned the next day eager to make delivering all living beings his duty.
• The Great Buddha Lord questioned why Chu Xinghe had sent equal resources to all fifteen attack points, and Chu Xinghe explained that matching the main assault would make the feints harder to detect.
• Luojia fortified the Star Sea Abyss's weak points with Star Ghosts and traps, but discovered the Buddha Domain was attacking the seal's strongest defenses instead.

Luojia prepared concealed spatial-rift traps at the Star Sea Abyss’s weakest seal points, expecting the Buddha Domain to attack there, but Chu Xinghe’s plan sent its forces against fifteen of the strongest points instead. Concerned that the slow assault would exhaust their forces and give the Star Ghosts time to recover, Buddha Mochuan persuaded the Great Buddha Lord to let him probe the weakest area.

• Luojia hid spatial rifts behind Star Ghosts at the seal’s weakest points, planning to trap the Buddha Domain when it invaded.
• Luojia learned that the Buddha Domain was attacking fifteen of the strongest defensive points, following Chu Xinghe’s plan, and ordered the Star Ghosts to hold steady.
• The Buddha Domain used formation-breaking wedges to attack the seal, but the effort proceeded so slowly that several Buddhas feared the Star Ghosts would recover first.
• Buddha Mochuan argued that the Buddha Domain should test the weakest area, and the Great Buddha Lord approved a small probe.
• Buddha Mochuan chose three Buddhas and set out that night to attack the Star Sea Abyss’s weakest area.

Buddha Mochuan and the other Buddhas tested a weak point in the seal near Clearwater City and discovered spatial rifts hidden behind it. After similar rifts were found at every other weak point the Buddha Domain had considered attacking, its experts concluded that Chu Xinghe had used his Star Divination Art to foresee the danger.

• Buddha Mochuan led three Buddhas to Clearwater City and used Formation-Breaking Awl to open a gap in the seal.
• Buddha Mochuan and the others entered the gap, where spatial rifts appeared and nearly dragged them into the endless void.
• The Buddhas escaped, but one lost his legs and three lost their Buddhist treasures, then they reported what had happened to the Great Buddha Lord.
• The Great Buddha Lord sent experts to inspect the Buddha Domain’s other possible attack points, and they returned to report spatial rifts at every location.
• The Buddha Domain’s experts realized that Chu Xinghe had avoided the weak points because they concealed deadly spatial rifts.

The Buddha Domain discovered spatial rifts at its planned weak points and realized Chu Xinghe’s careful attack plan had protected them from disaster. To thank him, the Great Buddha Lord ordered ten thousand Mental Souls sent to the Four Continents, arguing that the Buddha Domain’s future no longer depended on preserving them.

• The Buddhas found spatial rifts at the Buddha Domain’s intended attack points and recognized that Chu Xinghe’s plan had kept them from triggering deadly spatial storms.
• Buddha Mochuan admitted Chu Xinghe had saved lives, and the Great Buddha Lord asked how the Buddha Domain should repay him.
• The Buddhas objected when the Great Buddha Lord proposed giving away Mental Souls, explaining that the souls helped children awaken Mental Power and were scarce.
• The Great Buddha Lord explained that the Buddha Domain’s connection with the Four Continents would let its people cultivate Spirit Power, so giving away Mental Souls would not endanger its future.
• The Great Buddha Lord ordered ten thousand Mental Souls sent to the Four Continents as gratitude for Chu Xinghe’s help.

The Great Buddha Lord gave the Vast Heaven Holy Land ten thousand Mental Souls to build future ties, while Chu Xinghe celebrated the steady spin of his Misfortune Compass. The Little Buddha then publicly thanked Chu Xinghe and presented the Mental Souls, causing the compass to stop.

• The Great Buddha Lord explained that giving the Vast Heaven Holy Land ten thousand Mental Souls would secure its help for the Buddha Domain after the war.
• Chu Xinghe relaxed in the Spirit Crane Palace, pleased that his plans were consuming resources and his Misfortune Compass was spinning steadily.
• Senior Brother Shen Chun summoned Chu Xinghe to the Haotian Grand Hall to hear good news.
• The Little Buddha thanked Chu Xinghe on behalf of the Buddha Domain and bowed to him before the gathered leaders.
• The Little Buddha presented ten thousand Mental Souls, and the Misfortune Compass stopped as Chu Xinghe froze in shock.

Little Buddha told the Vast Heaven Holy Land how Chu Xinghe’s plan had protected the Buddha Domain and presented ten thousand Mental Souls as thanks. As the others discovered the Mental Souls’ extraordinary effects and grew excited, Little Buddha watched Chu Xinghe to see whether he would finally lose his composure.

• Little Buddha recounted how Chu Xinghe’s strategy had helped the Buddha Domain counter the Star Ghosts, and the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders praised Xinghe’s foresight.
• Elder He rejected the fate divinity’s claim that Xinghe had acted to drain the sect’s resources, and the grand elder assured Little Buddha that Xinghe’s moves were ordinary for him.
• Little Buddha studied Chu Xinghe’s calm face and slow heartbeat, then announced that the Buddha Domain had brought a gift of thanks.
• Little Buddha opened a chest containing ten thousand Mental Souls, whose Mental Power reached everyone in the hall.
• Elder He identified the Mental Souls as related to Heavenly Spirit Fruit, and the Great Sage explained that they were a Mental Power-based variant with different effects.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders eagerly examined the Mental Souls, while Little Buddha wondered whether Chu Xinghe would remain calm.

Little Buddha presented ten thousand Mental Souls to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, stunning the elders while Chu Xinghe remained unnervingly calm. The Mental Souls promised a new route to cultivation for people unable to use Spirit Power or practice Body Cultivation, though access to Buddha's Blessing Divine Temple remained a major obstacle.

• Little Buddha showed the Mental Souls to the gathered leaders, then secretly checked Chu Xinghe's heartbeat and found it nearly absent except for a single beat.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land's leaders recognized the ten thousand Mental Souls as invaluable treasures that could change the fate of people with poor cultivation talent.
• The chapter explained how Mental Cultivation could help people unable to cultivate Spirit Power or Body Cultivation, since most people possessed Mental Power.
• Little Buddha told Ma Liang that Buddha's Blessing Divine Temple could not be opened to everyone because its power from the Ancient God's Left Arm was limited.
• The leaders considered how news of the Mental Souls would cause a sensation across the Four Continents.

After the discovery of Mental Souls revealed a new path to cultivation, the Great Elder prepared for powerful factions to seek them out. Chu Xinghe told Feng Fei to refuse every offer and declare that the Mental Souls were not for sale, leaving Feng Fei and An Ying bewildered.

• The Great Elder told Feng Fei to prepare courtyards because major figures would soon come seeking Mental Souls.
• News of the Mental Souls spread through the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and Ma Liang teased An Ying about Chu Xinghe's success.
• As factions across the Four Continents learned that Mental Souls could let people begin Mental Cultivation, Chu Xinghe anticipated a flood of offers.
• Chu Xinghe found Feng Fei at the mountain gate and ordered him to tell every visitor that the Mental Souls were not for sale at any price.
• When Feng Fei asked why, Chu Xinghe replied that heavenly secrets must not be divulged.

Chu Xinghe arranged for Feng Fei to handle the Mental Souls, trusting him not to negotiate or sell them. Feng Fei turned away the Four Continents’ leaders, leaving Xinghe convinced that his plan had succeeded.

• Chu Xinghe persuaded the First Elder to put Feng Fei in charge of the Mental Souls instead of Ma Liang, who was occupied with the Star Gate.
• Feng Fei promised Chu Xinghe he would refuse every offer and immediately informed the First Elder of the plan.
• Cheng Xiaotian arrived at the Vast Heaven Holy Land and was pleased to find Feng Fei, rather than Ma Liang, at the gate.
• Feng Fei refused to announce Cheng Xiaotian and declared that the Mental Souls were not for sale.
• Feng Fei turned away the other leaders from the Four Continents, claiming the First Elder and Holy Lord were in seclusion.
• Chu Xinghe watched from the bushes and decided Feng Fei had handled the matter exactly as planned.

Feng Fei barred the Four Continents’ major figures from meeting Vast Heaven Holy Land leaders and declared that the Holy Land would not sell any Mental Souls at any price. Unable to understand the Holy Land’s motives, Cheng Xiaotian stayed as a guest and summoned Zheng Yu to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• Chu Xinghe watched from the bushes and praised Feng Fei for blocking Cheng Xiaotian and the other major figures from entering or meeting anyone.
• Feng Fei arranged excellent hospitality for Cheng Xiaotian but refused his requests to see the Grand Elder, Gu Mingchao, Chu Xinghe, or Ma Liang.
• The major figures tried to negotiate for Mental Souls, which could awaken Mental Cultivation and potentially help powerful cultivators break through their limits.
• Feng Fei told the gathering that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would never sell a single Mental Soul, regardless of the price.
• Cheng Xiaotian decided to stay at the Vast Heaven Holy Land and ordered Zheng Yu to come from Martial Emperor City at once.