Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen and Qing Shuang fought to the brink of death in the collapsing Sinking Sand Valley before negotiating a truce bound by Gu insects, restrictions, and a Great Dao Oath. As they began, Luo Chen revealed that Lian Yinpeng was approaching to take advantage of their injuries.

• Lian Yinpeng fled Sinking Sand Valley when Luo Chen arrived, and Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils and Yuan Tu Sword to slaughter the gathered demon beasts.
• Qing Shuang attacked Luo Chen with Sub-Space Sever, and Luo Chen detonated his sword move to overcome her attack, leaving both of them gravely wounded.
• Qing Shuang pursued Luo Chen through the collapsing valley, and the two fought savagely underground until she bit his neck while he seized her heart.
• Luo Chen persuaded Qing Shuang to stop by reminding her that she needed to survive to search for her sister, Qixia Yuanjun.
• Luo Chen proposed that they plant Same Life, Same Death Gu in each other, impose restrictions, and swear not to attack each other before reaching Spirit Transformation; Qing Shuang agreed.
• Luo Chen noticed that Lian Yinpeng had arrived nearby as they began their agreement.

Luo Chen and Qing Shuang survived their battle and were ambushed by Lian Yinpeng, whom they killed before recovering together. They left the cavern in the Western Desert, still bound by their oath and restrictions but now cooperating as they sought a way back to the Eastern Wasteland.

• Lian Yinpeng found Luo Chen and Qing Shuang buried beneath the sand and mistook their battered bodies for corpses, but Qing Shuang broke his illusion and crushed his head while Luo Chen used a soul technique to help defeat him.
• Luo Chen took pills from Lian Yinpeng's Storage Bag, then persuaded Qing Shuang to remove the residual Mana obstructing his recovery and allowed him to draw the Mixed Poison from her body.
• Luo Chen discovered that Qing Shuang's Nether Soul Pearl was a Spirit Treasure once refined by the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch, and Qing Shuang explained that refining the Accumulation Void Flower had weakened her combat abilities.
• After several days of recovery, Qing Shuang returned an item to Luo Chen, who burned Lian Yinpeng's remains with the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire and revived its spirit.
• Qing Shuang explained Lian Yinpeng's connection to the Golden Winged Great Peng and other Spirit Transformation-level Desolate Beasts, then left the cavern with Luo Chen and discussed their location and return route through the Western Desert.

Luo Chen and Qing Shuang escaped a Buddhist ambush in the Western Desert, where Qing Shuang defeated Zhou Mingxuan and Cihai Master despite her injuries. As they continued toward the Buddha Mother Temple and its Teleportation Array, Mount Wutai forces confronted them again and demanded that Qing Shuang surrender.

• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang evaded a Purple Golden Bowl trap and met Zhou Mingxuan and Cihai Master, who had gathered monks to subdue Qing Shuang.
• Qing Shuang swept the monks into her Universe in the Sleeves, damaged Cihai's Sumeru Bowl, and badly injured Zhou Mingxuan before Luo Chen intervened to prevent further bloodshed.
• Cihai accused Luo Chen of joining forces with a demon and vowed to pursue them, revealing that the Hanging Temple had opened its gates.
• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang used the Star Positioning Disk to head for the Buddha Mother Temple, where Qing Shuang's elder sister had established a Teleportation Array to Cangwu Mountain.
• Three days later, a Buddhist group stopped Luo Chen's flying boat and offered Qing Shuang her life if she became Mount Wutai's Dharma-protecting Spirit Venerable, prompting her to unleash killing intent.

Luo Chen and Qing Shuang fought off a Western Desert coalition, then concealed their auras and traveled to Buddha Mother Temple. There, they encountered Grand Master Xuan Du, the famed Lord of the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land.

• Ci Hai, Ci En, three other Mount Wutai monks, Zhou Mingxuan, and Wu Changge blocked Luo Chen and Qing Shuang, then the five monks attacked Qing Shuang while Wu Changge held Luo Chen back.
• Luo Chen broke through the monks’ array, rescued Qing Shuang, and combined his Fire Phoenix Ignites the Plains spell with her Qing Luan Destroys the Sky spell to drive back their pursuers.
• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang discussed his missing Life Soul, which Qing Shuang believed was likely hidden within the Central Province Dao Sect.
• Luo Chen concealed their auras, and the pair traveled peacefully for half a year before reaching Buddha Mother Temple.
• As Qing Shuang approached the Teleportation Array beneath the Mahamayuri Vidyarajni statue, Luo Chen stopped her, and the novice monk Xuan Du appeared.

Luo Chen and Qing Shuang entered the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land after Law Master Xuan Du invited them to discuss cooperation, but their attempt to subdue him failed. Xuan Du revealed that he had stolen the Pure Land from Hanging Temple to prevent a calamity, then disclosed that Mahakala had fallen into corruption.

• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang learned that Xuan Du would not lend them the Buddhist power needed to activate the Teleportation Array, so they accepted his invitation to the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land.
• Xuan Du opened the hidden Space Spirit Treasure, and Luo Chen and Qing Shuang entered its stable inner realm.
• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang launched a surprise attack on the White-Robed Monk, but Xuan Du resisted Luo Chen's Mirror Flower Water Moon and Qing Shuang's strike with his Primordial Spirit and Great Diamond Physique.
• Xuan Du asked Luo Chen and Qing Shuang to hear his proposal, saying it concerned all living beings and explaining that he had stolen the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land from Hanging Temple.
• Xuan Du told Luo Chen that Mahakala, the Spirit Transformation master of Hanging Temple, had fallen into corruption.

Law Master Xuan Du explained how Mahakala’s failed attempt to enlighten the Golden Winged Great Peng drove him into extremity, spreading its influence through Hanging Temple and the Western Desert. As Xuan Du prepared to break through to the Arhat Realm to stop Mahakala from making the Mountain Sea World an Earthly Buddhist Kingdom, he offered Luo Chen and Qing Shuang help with their hidden dangers in exchange for guarding the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land.

• Law Master Xuan Du recounted Mahakala’s rise, his failure to enlighten the Golden Winged Great Peng, and his gradual descent into extremity after the beast stole the relics of thirty-six eminent monks.
• Xuan Du said Monk Hui Ping had left Hanging Temple after failing to persuade Mahakala, and that he had later taken the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land to prevent Mahakala from using it to bring calamity upon the world.
• Xuan Du explained that Mahakala’s influence had made the monks of Hanging Temple and Mount Wutai increasingly extreme, and asked Luo Chen and Qing Shuang to guard the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land rather than fight him.
• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to discover that Xuan Du was gathering Spiritual Opportunity to break through to the Arhat Realm, and Xuan Du said Mahakala was preparing to turn the Mountain Sea World into an Earthly Buddhist Kingdom.
• Xuan Du offered to return the Teleportation Array and resolve their hidden dangers if they helped him; he warned Qing Shuang that her weak divine soul and rapid cultivation could leave her vulnerable, and offered to strengthen it.
• Qing Shuang angrily rejected Xuan Du’s suggestion that her sister had encouraged her growth at the expense of her future, while Luo Chen asked what Xuan Du could offer him for his comparatively minor hidden dangers.

Law Master Xuan Du offered Luo Chen methods to address his incomplete Life Soul and unruly mixed powers in exchange for helping defend the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land. Luo Chen began cultivating Three Heads Six Arms in the Eight Cold Hells, while enemies gathered beyond the Pure Land.

• Law Master Xuan Du revealed Luo Chen's incomplete Life Soul and offered the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra to help him condense his Primordial Spirit.
• Xuan Du identified the incompatible powers within Luo Chen's body and offered him the Three Heads Six Arms Divine Ability to bring them under control.
• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang agreed to help Xuan Du repel outside enemies and assist his breakthrough into the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Luo Chen entered the Eight Cold Hells, memorized the Three Heads Six Arms method, and used his Attribute Panel to reach Entry Level.
• As the cold forced Luo Chen's powers to surface, he began separating his Mana, Source Power, Mixed Poison, Baleful Qi, Pill Qi, and Demonic Qi.
• Xuan Du sensed Luo Chen's rapid progress and grew alarmed by his immense Baleful Qi and demonic treasure as storm clouds gathered outside the Pure Land.

The Lapis Lazuli Pure Land opened to Monan’s Buddhist powers as Law Master Xuan Du advanced toward Spirit Transformation. Meanwhile, Luo Chen used the abundant spirit qi to form his Three Heads Six Arms Divine Ability, leaving the Eight Cold Minor Hells with a thunderous roar.

• Great Liang’s ruler Xiao Yan and other Monan powers gathered outside the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land, but the entrance repelled cultivators who tried to enter.
• The Great Brahma Son of Heaven entered the Pure Land, followed by Xiao Yan, Ta Po, and the others, and they discovered Xuan Du drawing in spiritual opportunity as he broke through toward Spirit Transformation.
• A voice from beyond the Emerald Screen sent thirty-six powerful monks south to capture the Buddhist betrayer and bring back the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land.
• Luo Chen refined the pure spirit qi Xuan Du supplied and began cultivating Three Heads Six Arms, drawing on his Source Power and other forces to form the Red Head and Yaksa Form.
• Luo Chen completed his three-headed, six-armed form in the Eight Cold Minor Hells and roared, collapsing icebergs, melting ice, and releasing the spiritual energy beneath.

Luo Chen revealed the power of his newly formed Three Heads Six Arms ability, defeated the Tuo Luo Assembly Head, and told the Great Brahma Son of Heaven that the Hanging Temple planned to attack Law Master Xuan Du. After three days of waiting and further testing his strength, Luo Chen sensed the Hanging Temple's arrival.

• Luo Chen emerged from the Stupa Forest in his three-headed, six-armed form and struck the Great Brahma Son of Heaven, Xiao Yan, Ta Po, and the Tuo Luo Assembly Head with three simultaneous attacks.
• Luo Chen used Fire Escape Technique to approach the Tuo Luo Assembly Head, broke his Sandalwood Golden Body, and stopped short of killing him when Master Xuan Du's request to hold back came to mind.
• The Great Brahma Son of Heaven introduced himself, and Luo Chen told him that the Hanging Temple was the enemy threatening Law Master Xuan Du's breakthrough.
• The Great Brahma Son of Heaven chose to stay and observe, while Luo Chen said he would not face the Hanging Temple alone because Demon Emperor Qing Shuang was also nearby.
• Luo Chen studied how Three Heads Six Arms separated his powers and increased his strength while playing chess with the Great Brahma Son of Heaven.
• Three days later, Luo Chen sensed that the Hanging Temple had arrived.

Luo Chen faced the Hanging Temple’s thirty-six eminent monks as they sought to stop Law Master Xuan Du from using the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land to advance. After killing the Tuo Luo Assembly Head, Luo Chen entered the fully formed Thirty-Six Arhat Great Array to test his strength against it.

• The Hanging Temple’s thirty-six eminent monks, led by eight Head Seats, entered the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land to stop Law Master Xuan Du from claiming its Spiritual Opportunity.
• Luo Chen confronted the monks while the Great Brahma Son of Heaven, whose real name was Lian Sheng, chose not to take sides.
• The Hanging Temple monks began forming the Arhat Great Array, and Luo Chen recognized that its power could threaten a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Luo Chen killed the Tuo Luo Assembly Head after sensing his hostile intent behind him, then warned Law Master Xuan Du that he would not hold back.
• Luo Chen’s sword strike failed to harm the monks because the Thirty-Six Arhat Great Array was already ready, and the formation closed around him.
• Luo Chen calmly stepped into the array, intending to test himself against its power.

Luo Chen fought the fully activated Arhat Great Array in his Three Heads Six Arms form, enduring its attacks and countering with his own Divine Abilities and treasures. Just as the formation began to suppress him, a snow-white fist opened a flaw, allowing Luo Chen to break the array as a tall figure emerged from the void and descended onto his shoulder.

• Luo Chen probed the Arhat Great Array and nearly exposed a flaw by forcing its power to shift, but the Eight Institutes Head Seats entered and completed the formation.
• The Head Seats overwhelmed Luo Chen with coordinated attacks, prompting him to reveal his thousand-zhang Three Heads Six Arms form and wield his Yuan Tu Sword, Chaos Heaven Staff, and Life-Stealing Golden Feathers.
• Luo Chen used the Wither Bloom Dao Finger to slow the array, but the Dharma Institute Head Seat and the Medicine King Institute nun countered its effects.
• Luo Chen summoned his Fifth-Rank Divine Fire, the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire, and clashed with the monks' combined Sarira True Fire, which began to overpower him.
• A snow-white fist struck through the void and opened a flaw in the formation; Luo Chen cut through it with the Yuan Tu Sword, breaking the Arhat Great Array.
• The Eight Institutes Head Seats looked on in shock and anger as a tall figure emerged from the void and descended onto Luo Chen's shoulder.

Qing Shuang joined Luo Chen in battle against the Hanging Temple, and together they overwhelmed its monks as Law Master Xuan Du faced Mahakala’s intervention. Xuan Du emerged with Mahakala’s left hand in his chest, then expelled the witnesses and closed the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land to cleanse the Hanging Temple.

• Qing Shuang emerged from seclusion and joined Luo Chen against the monks surrounding them.
• Qing Shuang defeated the white-faced Prajna Hall Head Seat while Luo Chen’s Great Five Elements Sword Formation devastated the Hanging Temple forces.
• Hui Neng broke through Luo Chen’s formation and sent a golden arm toward Law Master Xuan Du, but Luo Chen and Qing Shuang tried to stop it with their combined strength and Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• A burst of demonic energy pierced Xuan Du’s chest, but a Primordial Spirit entered his body and he rose, revealing that Mahakala’s left hand remained embedded in him.
• Law Master Xuan Du expelled Great Brahma Son of Heaven and the other cultivators, closed the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land, and declared that he would cleanse the Hanging Temple.

After Law Master Xuan Du sent Luo Chen and Qing Shuang from the Western Desert to Cangwu Mountain, news spread of the battle and Xuan Du’s challenge to Mahakala. At Cangwu Mountain, Nether Spring accused Luo Chen of betraying Qixia Yuanjun and Qing Shuang, but Qixia’s return and a message from her Divine Thought changed the confrontation.

• Law Master Xuan Du preached about his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, then opened a gate that sent Luo Chen and Qing Shuang to Buddha Mother Temple.
• Luo Chen and Qing Shuang discussed Xuan Du’s unstable realm and their past pact before using the Teleportation Array to return to Cangwu Mountain.
• Qing Shuang damaged the array’s connection to Buddha Mother Temple, and she and Luo Chen emerged in Day Sky Hall, where Nether Spring ordered Luo Chen seized.
• Nether Spring accused Luo Chen of betraying Qing Shuang and Qixia Yuanjun at Soul Severing Cliff, but he revealed that Qixia had returned years earlier.
• Qixia Yuanjun’s Divine Thought appeared and put the assembled Demon Cultivators under pressure, after which Nether Spring told Luo Chen to come with him.

Luo Chen recovered at Cangwu Mountain while cultivating the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra, then learned that Qixia Yuanjun had appointed him master of Truth Crossing Hall. The chapter ended with Luo Chen examining the Demon Cultivator Registry and recognizing several names among the listed demon experts.

• Luo Chen settled in his familiar cave mansion and recovered while Nether Spring delivered intelligence on the Mountain Sea World.
• Luo Chen cultivated the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra to Entry Level, calming and tempering his divine soul.
• Nether Spring and Moon Rogue brought Luo Chen the DuZhen Seal, Hundred Feather Robe, Demon Cultivator Registry, Blood Jade Three Flame Fan, and a Ceasefire Treaty.
• Nether Spring announced that Qixia Yuanjun had appointed Luo Chen master of Truth Crossing Hall and granted him authority over the Demon Cultivator Registry.
• Luo Chen examined the registry and saw Nether Spring, Ox Demon, Bi Zheng, and Juan Kuang among its names.

Luo Chen left Cangwu Mountain and visited Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, whom he had not seen for years. After learning about the Eastern Wasteland’s situation and borrowing her sect’s Nine Heavens Urn, he agreed to test her strength as a newly risen Great Cultivator.

• Luo Chen reviewed the Demon Cultivator Registry and concealed his authority as Truth Crossing Hall Master before leaving Cangwu Mountain with two companions.
• Qing Shuang told Nether Spring that she intended to reach Spirit Transformation by refining the Accumulation Void Flower so she could help her sister ascend to the Upper Realm.
• Luo Chen descended into Joyful Union Domain and reunited with Nine Spirits Yuan Jun at Nine Yuan Peak.
• Nine Spirits Yuan Jun told Luo Chen about the Human-Demon War and the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s control of the Eastern Wasteland, and Luo Chen revealed that the Dao Sect had split and was weakened.
• Nine Spirits Yuan Jun lent Luo Chen the Nine Heavens Urn and its Treasure Controlling Art, then challenged him to test her strength as a Great Cultivator; Luo Chen accepted.

After returning to the Eastern Wasteland, Luo Chen overpowered Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, freed Vast Righteousness Child and Yu Jiaolong from Cangwu Mountain, and brought them toward the Luo Tian Sect. He entered the Azure Sky Domain to enslave the sleeping Di Tu, but another force shattered his Spirit Enslavement Seal.

• Nine Spirits Yuan Jun revealed to Chang Xi that Luo Chen had returned and was now likely the Eastern Wilderness Number One.
• Luo Chen told Yu Jiaolong that he was at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, then welcomed her and Vast Righteousness Child into the Luo Tian Sect as fellow disciples.
• Luo Chen surveyed the war-ravaged Eastern Wasteland and found the Azure Sky Domain still filled with dangerous Golden Wind True Qi.
• Luo Chen entered the forbidden domain and found the sleeping Di Tu absorbing the Metal Element Origin Power left by Ancient Demon Emperor Heaven.
• Luo Chen tried to place a Spirit Enslavement Seal on Di Tu, but a sudden green light shattered it.

Luo Chen discovered Chun Yuan’s weakening Servant Seal on Di Tu and decided to wait for the right moment to replace it, while concluding that he needed a careful plan to retrieve his Life Soul from Heaven Origin Dao Sect. After returning to the Nether Abyss and finding that Luo Tian Sect had not answered his signal, he plunged into the Ming Abyss with Deng Taiyue to investigate, leaving Vast Righteousness Child and Yu Jiaolong behind.

• Luo Chen examined Di Tu’s Servant Seal for three days, learned that it would weaken over time, and resolved to plant his own seal before it vanished.
• Luo Chen reflected on the gap between his divine soul and a Spirit Transformation Great Power, then decided to seek a cautious way to recover his Life Soul without alerting Liancheng.
• Luo Chen returned to the Nether Abyss without visiting Mount Tai Sect, where Deng Taiyue greeted him and asked for help refining the Clarified Butter Pill.
• Luo Chen invited Deng Taiyue to Luo Tian Sect, but after the Black Tortoise failed to answer his signal for three days, he feared something had happened to the sect.
• Luo Chen entered the Ming Abyss to reach Luo Tian Sect, and Deng Taiyue followed him while Vast Righteousness Child and Yu Jiaolong stayed behind.
• Yu Jiaolong suggested that she and Vast Righteousness Child explore Shangyou Immortal City while they waited.

Luo Chen and Deng Taiyue crossed a region of unstable space, while Qing Shuang nurtured the Accumulation Void Flower and began walking the Path of True Spirit. In the Nether Abyss, Wang Yuan and Bai Mei Ling were trapped by seven Ghost Emperors, but an unknown ally intervened as the battle turned against them.

• Luo Chen linked Deng Taiyue to himself with a Magic Power Chain and guided him past newly forming Space Rifts, realizing his heightened perception might have come from Qing Shuang through their Same Life, Same Death Gu.
• Qing Shuang continued nurturing the Accumulation Void Flower in her Qing Luan true form, and a sleeping red-clothed woman recognized that Qing Shuang had begun the Path of True Spirit.
• Wang Yuan and Bai Mei Ling faced seven Ghost Emperors attacking the Black Tortoise, while Yan Qianji planned to devour it and compete for the Ming Water Spring Eye.
• Wang Yuan pierced Yan Qianji's soul with concentrated Divine Adamantine Battle Qi and told Bai Mei Ling to escape, but the other Ghost Emperors attacked her instead.
• An Earthen Yellow Great Seal shielded Bai Mei Ling from the attacks, and seven Azure Great Hand Seals descended upon the Ghost Emperors.

Luo Chen returned to Yanfu Mountain and devastated the Ghost Emperors, while Bai Mei Ling explained that they were racing to claim the Ming Water Spring Eye. Back in the Pill Saint Blessed Land, Li Yingzhang organized a dangerous support force, and the chapter ended with him entrusting Cang Long Immortal with a valuable Storage Bag for the mission.

• Luo Chen struck the seven Ghost Emperors with his Azure Sun Great Handprint, seized Yan Qianji as he tried to escape, and killed him before driving the others away with his Fire Phoenix.
• Luo Chen reunited with Bai Mei Ling and Wang Yuan, then learned from Bai Mei Ling that the Ghost Emperors were threatening the Luo Tian Sect's future by pursuing the Ming Water Spring Eye.
• Li Yingzhang decided to send support to Yanfu Mountain, and Qixia Yuanjun, Canglong, Gu Cai Yi, and Ling Fengzi agreed that the mission was necessary.
• Li Yingzhang chose a force of powerful Golden Core Cultivators, including Gu Cai Yi and Min Longyu, to accompany the sect's elders.
• Li Yingzhang gave Cang Long Immortal a Storage Bag and asked about her experience with the Puppet Arts; she accepted it and promised to use it well.

Luo Tian Sect’s rescue party crossed the Nether Abyss and reached Yanfu Mountain, where Luo Chen reunited with his sect and introduced their ally, Taiyue True Person. With the battle for the Ming Water Spring Eye still underway, Luo Chen led everyone toward the mountain’s ghost-filled summit.

• Min Longyu guided Ling Fengzi, Canglong, and the Luo Tian Sect cultivators across Ming Water aboard the Nether Crossing Boat while lesser ghosts concealed their passage.
• Canglong drove off a gravely wounded Tier 4 Ghost Emperor with her sword, then used Li Yingzhang’s Storage Bag to unleash the White Tiger Puppet and clear a path into Yanfu Mountain.
• Deng Taiyue recalled the Mysterious Yellow Great Seal when the arriving White Tiger Puppet struck it, and Luo Chen assured him that the newcomers were allies.
• Luo Chen reunited with Ling Fengzi, Canglong, and the other Luo Tian Sect cultivators, and introduced Deng Taiyue as the Sect Master of Mount Tai Sect and his friend.
• After learning that Little White had already told Luo Chen about the Ming Water Spring Eye, the group headed up Yanfu Mountain toward the ongoing battle.