Chapter Summaries

Jieyin and Zhunti watched Ksitigarbha confront Ancestor Minghe over the Netherworld Blood Sea, confident in their plans to suppress Minghe and block Empress Pingxin. Ksitigarbha’s mantra broke through Minghe’s domain, but Minghe unleashed the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus against the Buddhist disciples, prompting Ksitigarbha to summon a golden Lotus Platform and prepare to fight back.

• Jieyin assured Zhunti that Ksitigarbha’s two supreme treasures could suppress Ancestor Minghe and that their teacher had made arrangements for Empress Pingxin.
• Ancestor Minghe’s blood-sea pressure overwhelmed the Buddhist monks until Ksitigarbha recited the six-syllable mantra and tore open his domain.
• Minghe realized Ksitigarbha’s Buddhist power threatened him and the Asura race, then decided to attack despite the risk of offending the Buddhist Saints.
• Minghe unleashed the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, burning Buddhist disciples to ash and scattering Ksitigarbha’s Buddhist power.
• Ksitigarbha, enraged by the disciples’ deaths, invoked his Buddhist power and raised a golden Lotus Platform above his head.

Ancestor Minghe’s assault on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was thwarted by the restored Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo. Minghe realized the Two Buddhist Saints were truly intent on subduing the Netherworld Blood Sea.

• Ancestor Minghe recognized that the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit had been restored, and it suppressed the Red Lotus Karma Fire while strengthening the Buddhist disciples.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva faced Minghe calmly, provoking him to draw the Crimson Firmament and Azure Nether swords and unleash his Saint Realm pressure.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva activated the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo, making Minghe and the Asura demon kings lose their strength and fall asleep.
• The Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus briefly cleared Minghe’s mind and helped him resist the bamboo’s power.
• Minghe recognized the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo and concluded that the Two Buddhist Saints had given Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva their supreme treasures to subdue the Netherworld Blood Sea.

Ancestor Minghe resisted Ksitigarbha’s attempt to subdue him and take control of the Asura Race, drawing on the Blood Sea for a desperate counterattack. His power overwhelmed the Buddhist treasures and engulfed Ksitigarbha’s followers, while the Buddhist Saints watched anxiously from the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

• Ancestor Minghe raised Yuantu and Abi and resolved to fight Ksitigarbha to the death rather than surrender the Asura Race.
• Minghe drew vast blood essence from the Blood Sea, and Ksitigarbha remained confident that the Buddhist treasures would suppress him.
• Saint Zhunti declared victory assured, but Jieyin warned that the battle was not over and urged caution.
• Minghe unleashed his full power, dimming the Buddhist treasures and threatening to destroy his cultivation and the Blood Sea rather than submit.
• Minghe sent towering Blood Sea waves surging through the Netherworld, killing or sweeping away Ksitigarbha’s Buddhist followers.

Minghe overwhelmed Ksitigarbha and swallowed the Netherworld Buddhist disciples, while Ksitigarbha fled and then used two Buddhist treasures to resist the Blood Sea. With his Dharma power nearly exhausted, Ksitigarbha struggled to hold out for the Buddhist Saints as Minghe continued attacking.

• Minghe transformed into a vast Blood Sea and pursued Ksitigarbha, who fled into the sky and reclaimed the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo and Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit.
• Minghe exposed Ksitigarbha’s abandonment of the Buddhist disciples, and the remaining disciples cursed Ksitigarbha or gave themselves up to the Blood Sea.
• Ksitigarbha used the two Buddhist treasures to resist the Blood Sea, but their power could not turn the battle around.
• Minghe launched wave after wave against Ksitigarbha’s golden lotus barrier as Ksitigarbha, nearly out of Dharma power, struggled to survive until the Saints arrived.

Ksitigarbha nearly died when Ancestor Minghe overwhelmed his defenses in the Blood Sea, but Ancestor Bodhi arrived in time to save him. With his master’s avatar present, Ksitigarbha accused Minghe and demanded vengeance.

• Ancestor Minghe battered Ksitigarbha’s Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit until Ksitigarbha refused to surrender and his protection shattered.
• A streak of rainbow light drove back the Blood Sea’s waves before they could swallow Ksitigarbha.
• Ksitigarbha spotted Ancestor Bodhi approaching and realized his master had arrived to save him.
• Ancestor Bodhi examined Ksitigarbha and confirmed he had escaped the Blood Sea’s corruption.
• Ksitigarbha accused Ancestor Minghe of attacking him and the Buddha’s sons, then called for vengeance.

Ancestor Bodhi confronted Ancestor Minghe over the Buddhist sect’s losses, but Minghe refused to yield and challenged him to a fight with the Blood Sea at stake. Bodhi rejected Minghe’s attempt to bind the Buddhist sect with a Dao oath, leaving Minghe’s last gambit unsuccessful and the Blood Sea’s fate uncertain.

• Ancestor Bodhi demanded that Ancestor Minghe show himself and beg forgiveness for attacking the Buddhist sect.
• Ancestor Minghe mocked Bodhi and threatened to swallow him and Ksitigarbha in the Blood Sea.
• Ancestor Bodhi erupted in anger, sent a towering crimson wave against the Blood Sea, and challenged Minghe to a duel.
• Ancestor Minghe accepted the fight and offered to submit if he lost, while demanding that the Buddhist sect abandon the Blood Sea forever if Bodhi lost.
• Ancestor Bodhi refused to swear an oath on behalf of the Buddhist sect, recognizing the risk of binding the sect through karma.
• Ancestor Minghe realized Bodhi had avoided his final gambit, leaving the Blood Sea and the Asura Race in grave danger.

Ancestor Minghe accepted Ancestor Bodhi’s challenge and launched a fierce battle above the Blood Sea. After more than a hundred exchanges, both realized the other was far stronger than expected, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Ancestor Minghe emerged from the Blood Sea and accepted Ancestor Bodhi’s challenge to battle.
• Ancestor Bodhi welcomed Minghe’s appearance, believing he had successfully lured him from his lair.
• Ancestor Minghe attacked with Yuantu and Abi, and Ancestor Bodhi blocked the sword qi with his horsetail whisk.
• The two Supreme Saints exchanged more than a hundred attacks, shattering and restoring the surrounding space.
• Ancestor Minghe recognized Ancestor Bodhi’s strength, while Ancestor Bodhi was surprised that Minghe had endured his full assault.

Ancestor Minghe used a burst of overwhelming attacks to draw Ancestor Bodhi into defense, then seized Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and threatened him. He argued that the Buddhist Saints would not dare destroy the Blood Sea because of the karmic consequences, and left Ksitigarbha suffering under his crushing grip.

• Ancestor Minghe renewed his attack on Ancestor Bodhi, whose caution forced him to retreat and defend.
• Ancestor Minghe exploited Bodhi’s hesitation to strike Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, whose depleted mana left him unable to escape.
• Ancestor Bodhi demanded that Minghe spare Ksitigarbha and threatened to destroy the Asura Race.
• Ancestor Minghe mocked Bodhi’s threats, claiming the Buddhist Saints would not risk the Blood Sea’s overwhelming karmic force, and recalled his resentment toward the Western Saints’ rise to power.
• Ancestor Minghe tightened his grip on Ksitigarbha, crushing his golden body and leaving him screaming in pain.

Ancestor Minghe trapped Ancestor Bodhi inside the Blood Sea Grand Formation after Bodhi refused to withdraw the Buddhist sect from the Netherworld Blood Sea. As Bodhi struggled against the formation, Zhunti Bodhisattva arrived from the West.

• Ancestor Minghe demanded that the Buddhist sect withdraw from the Netherworld Blood Sea, but Ancestor Bodhi refused and upheld the Saints' decree.
• Ancestor Minghe fled into the Blood Sea with Ksitigarbha, taunting Bodhi until Bodhi pursued him into the depths.
• Ancestor Minghe sealed the Blood Sea and activated the Blood Sea Grand Formation, trapping Ancestor Bodhi amid its blood mist and demonic sounds.
• Ancestor Bodhi defended himself with his white jade whisk and waited for his true body to arrive as the formation's power pressed in.
• Zhunti Bodhisattva arrived atop a peacock, and his Buddhist light drove back the blood mist and baleful energy.

Saint Zhunti arrived at the Blood Sea and shattered Ancestor Minghe’s formation, freeing Ancestor Bodhi while the Asura Race suffered heavy losses. After Bodhi revealed that Minghe had captured Ksitigarbha, Minghe challenged Buddhism’s claim of sincerity, and Zhunti struck him into the Blood Sea.

• Saint Zhunti arrived on Kong Xuan and used the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree to disperse the blood mist and destroy Minghe’s formation, killing and injuring many Asura soldiers.
• Ancestor Bodhi escaped the formation and told Zhunti that Minghe had captured Ksitigarbha and taken Buddhism’s treasures.
• Minghe confronted Zhunti and accused Buddhism of trying to enslave the Asura Race under the guise of inviting them sincerely.
• Zhunti called Minghe insolent and struck him into the Blood Sea, leaving him badly injured.

Ancestor Minghe and the Asura Race defied Saint Zhunti as he tried to force them into submission, but his overwhelming power nearly brought Minghe to his knees. An unseen force relieved the pressure, and Zhunti suspected Empress Pingxin had intervened, though Hongjun’s order kept him from retreating.

• Ancestor Minghe and the Asuras vowed to die rather than submit to Buddhism, enraging Saint Zhunti.
• Saint Zhunti unleashed his might, forcing the Asuras down and driving Minghe toward his knees despite his resistance.
• Minghe’s swords, Yuantu and Abi, resisted Zhunti’s increased pressure, but Minghe’s strength and consciousness began to fail.
• An unseen force removed the pressure from Minghe, allowing him to recover while Zhunti searched unsuccessfully for whoever had intervened.
• Saint Zhunti suspected Empress Pingxin had acted from the Netherworld, feared her power, but steeled himself to continue because of Teacher Hongjun’s instruction.

Zhunti attacked Ancestor Minghe and declared that he would force him into Buddhism, while the Asura Race faced slaughter. Minghe survived the first strike and defied Zhunti, who then sent the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree's light ribbons to capture him.

• Zhunti offered to spare the Asura Race if Minghe led them into Buddhism, but Minghe spat at him and attacked with his divine swords.
• Zhunti crushed Minghe's sword qi and hurled him into a mountain range, then declared that he would cleanse Minghe's mind and make him a Buddha's son.
• Zhunti slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Asuras, while Ancestor Bodhi watched in pity but stayed silent.
• Minghe burst from the rubble, healed his wounds, and mocked Zhunti despite the damage to his foundation.
• Minghe declared that he had already lived enough and refused to yield, so Zhunti sent ribbons of light from the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree toward him.

Li Tian arrived in the Netherworld and freed Ancestor Minghe from Zhunti’s restraints, then confronted the Buddhist Saint over his presence and authority. Zhunti dismissed Li Tian’s objections and attacked Minghe again, intent on destroying the Blood Sea’s roots.

• Zhunti tried to collect Minghe, but a streak of azure sword light shattered the restraints and freed him.
• Li Tian arrived from the east carrying the Green Ping Sword, and Minghe recognized him as the unseen benefactor who had helped him before.
• Zhunti recognized the Green Ping Sword and mistook Li Tian for Saint Tongtian’s Three Corpses Incarnation, but Li Tian revealed Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal pressure that unsettled him.
• Li Tian challenged Zhunti for breaking the Dao Ancestor’s prohibition, and Zhunti’s claim that the rule only applied to the Earth Immortal Realm also exempted Li Tian.
• Zhunti declared that Minghe and the Asura Race should be converted, then struck at Minghe with a Saintly Dao law to sever the Blood Sea’s roots.

Li Tian fought Zhunti in the Netherworld while the battle’s shockwaves and obscured heavenly secrets alarmed powers across the Primordial Wilderness. In Huoyun Cave, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors considered whether Daoist Qingping could help restore the Human Dao, while Li Tian finally asked his System for help as the fight remained deadlocked.

• Zhunti tried to kill Li Tian with a surprise attack, but Li Tian blocked his strike with the Green Ping Sword, and the two clashed in the Ninth Heaven.
• Li Tian and Zhunti’s battle shook the Netherworld and the Earth Immortal Realm, while divinations failed and the Saints could not see what was happening.
• The Grand Pure Saint sensed a possible calamity, Heavenly Lord Yuanshi avoided involvement, and Nuwa watched the Netherworld without acting.
• Xuanyuan, Shennong, Fuxi, and Da Yu discussed a message from Daoist Qingping offering to join the Human Race in restoring the Human Dao, and agreed to examine his methods and sincerity.
• Li Tian and Zhunti remained evenly matched as Zhunti’s Heavenly Dao power sustained him, and Li Tian asked his System for an idea.

Li Tian drew on the Earthly Dao Authority he had received from Empress Pingxin and turned the battle against Saint Zhunti around. With the fight now favoring him in the Netherworld Underworld, Li Tian pressed Zhunti relentlessly and left him close to defeat.

• Li Tian asked his system how to break Zhunti’s Heavenly Dao-enhanced suppression.
• The system reminded Li Tian that he could draw on the ten percent of Earthly Dao Authority he had received while helping Empress Pingxin reforge the Earthly Dao.
• Li Tian unleashed Earthly Dao Power, equalizing Zhunti’s external support and freeing himself from the Heavenly Dao’s restraints.
• Zhunti realized he had lost his advantage and considered retreating, but Li Tian refused to let him escape.
• Fighting on the Earthly Dao’s home ground, Li Tian overwhelmed Zhunti with sword attacks and drove the Green Ping Sword to within inches of his brow.

Li Tian fought Saint Zhunti with the Green Ping Sword, using Earthly Dao Authority to suppress and humiliate him while avenging the Interception Sect. The chapter ended as Zhunti, driven into a rage, prepared to reveal a hidden trump card, and Li Tian readied his own contingencies.

• Li Tian recalled Zhunti and Jieyin's role in breaking the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and destroying the Interception Sect during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Li Tian attacked Zhunti with the Green Ping Sword, empowered by Earthly Dao Authority.
• Li Tian used only part of his strength to overwhelm Zhunti and deliberately prolonged the fight to humiliate him.
• Zhunti's robes were slashed and his Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree dimmed as he struggled to defend himself.
• Zhunti erupted with golden light and began manifesting his dharma image for a desperate counterattack, while Li Tian remained confident in his hidden strength.

Zhunti revealed the Buddhist Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and clashed with Li Tian in a battle that shook the Primordial Wilderness. As Saints and ancient powers watched, the fight continued, with Heavenly Lord Yuanshi turning his attention to the battlefield.

• Zhunti manifested his towering Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and challenged Li Tian to test it against the Green Ping Sword.
• Li Tian charged Zhunti without hesitation, and their attacks collided with enough force to shake the Primordial Wilderness.
• The battle awakened dormant powers across the Primordial Wilderness, while Jieyin watched and hoped Zhunti's secret technique would defeat Li Tian and win Hongjun's favor.
• Grand Pure Saint recognized the grandeur of Buddhism's foundation, and Heavenly Lord Yuanshi observed the battle from Jade Void Palace.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi saw Zhunti's Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and showed a rare trace of astonishment.

Li Tian continued to suppress Zhunti in the Netherworld, while the Saints and ancient rulers watched and Hongjun decided he could no longer delay seizing the Blood Sea. Zhunti refused to flee despite his worsening position, and Li Tian’s next sword strike closed in.

• The Grand Pure Saint recalled Buddhism’s betrayal of the Chan Teachings and silently watched Li Tian wield the Green Ping Sword, while Nuwa renewed her anger at Zhunti over the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors watched the Hunyuan battle from Huoyun Cave, and Fuxi hoped to learn enough from it to approach Hunyuan.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun concluded Zhunti could not seize the Netherworld Blood Sea alone and resolved to take it himself, even at the cost of his foundation and origin.
• Zhunti’s Sixteen-Foot Golden Body gave him some relief, but Li Tian still suppressed him, leaving Zhunti unable to retreat without losing face.
• Li Tian sent another sword strike at Zhunti, whose sword qi threatened his saintly soul and made him wonder whether Li Tian was favored by the Heavenly Dao or the Earthly Dao.

Li Tian overwhelmed Zhunti and severed one arm of his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, then offered to let him leave the Netherworld. As Zhunti prepared to withdraw, Hongjun secretly contacted him and ordered him to seize the Netherworld Blood Sea, promising to reverse the battle.

• Zhunti struggled against Li Tian's relentless sword attack and regretted underestimating him.
• In Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun decided to use the Heavenly Dao's power to help Zhunti and stop the Earthly Dao's rise.
• Li Tian's Green Ping Sword severed an arm of Zhunti's Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, leaving Zhunti badly wounded.
• Li Tian offered to let Zhunti leave safely if he abandoned Buddhism's scheme against the Blood Sea.
• Zhunti began to accept Li Tian's offer, but Hongjun's voice told him the Blood Sea must be taken and promised Buddhism would flourish.

Zhunti received Hongjun’s help and gained greater control over Heavenly Dao Authority as he fought Li Tian for the Blood Sea. Li Tian resisted Zhunti’s heavenly pressure and recognized Hongjun’s intervention, leaving him to prepare for the threat as Zhunti imagined the Buddhist Sect’s victory.

• Zhunti learned that Hongjun had promised to help him seize the Blood Sea and regained his confidence.
• Li Tian sensed Hongjun’s hidden transmission and realized Zhunti’s growing confidence meant Hongjun had intervened.
• Zhunti’s Heavenly Dao Authority rose to fifteen percent, and he unleashed overwhelming heavenly pressure against Li Tian.
• Li Tian calmly resisted the pressure, while Ancestor Minghe, Ancestor Bodhi, and the other powers were forced to their knees.
• Zhunti assumed he could defeat or convert Li Tian and fantasized about the Buddhist Sect’s rise, while Li Tian recognized that Zhunti was celebrating too soon.