Chapter Summaries

Ancestor Minghe attacked Ksitigarbha and the Buddhist disciples with the Blood Sea’s fiendish aura and Karmic Fire, while Ksitigarbha fought back with Buddhist power and the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit. The recovered treasure weakened Minghe’s flames, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Jieyin told Zhunti that Ksitigarbha had the Stillness Golden Lotus and Nine Revolutions Buddhist Sound Pestle, and said an expert would stop Empress Pingxin if she intervened.
• Ancestor Minghe unleashed the Blood Sea’s killing intent, shaking the Buddhist disciples, but Ksitigarbha’s six true words briefly broke through Minghe’s blood domain.
• Minghe decided to kill Ksitigarbha despite the risk of provoking the Two Buddhist Saints and unleashed the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus against the Buddhist forces.
• Ksitigarbha summoned a golden lotus that weakened the Karmic Fire and protected the disciples.
• Ancestor Minghe recognized the treasure as the restored Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit, stunning the Asura leaders.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva revealed that the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus had been restored, then used the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo to put Ancestor Minghe and his Demon Kings to sleep. Ancestor Minghe resisted with the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus and realized the Buddhist Saints had sent Ksitigarbha to kill him.

• Desire-Color Heaven questioned whether the Golden Lotus had truly regained its twelve grades, and Ancestor Minghe insisted the Buddhist Saints could easily restore it.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva faced Ancestor Minghe’s renewed attack and brought out a Dharma treasure bestowed by his master.
• The Six Roots of Purity Bamboo struck Ancestor Minghe and sent Tianbo Xun and the other Demon Kings into a deep sleep.
• The Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus revived Ancestor Minghe’s consciousness and helped him resist the bamboo’s assault.
• Ancestor Minghe identified the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo and concluded that the Buddhist Saints intended to kill him, not merely force him to surrender territory.

Ancestor Minghe unleashed the Blood Sea to resist Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Buddhist treasures, killing the Buddhist forces that had entered his domain. He then transformed into the Blood Sea and charged at Ksitigarbha, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ancestor Minghe summoned Yuantu and Abi and drew power from the Blood Sea as he prepared to fight Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with everything he had.
• Saint Zhunti believed Ksitigarbha would defeat Minghe, but Jieyin Saint warned him not to assume victory before the battle ended.
• Ancestor Minghe burned his origin blood essence and flooded the Netherworld with blood energy, dimming the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo and the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit.
• The Blood Sea swept away many Buddhist disciples accompanying Ksitigarbha, while Ksitigarbha escaped the waves in a battered state.
• Ancestor Minghe transformed into the Blood Sea and charged directly at Ksitigarbha.

Ksitigarbha tried to escape Ancestor Minghe’s Blood Sea, abandoning his fellow Buddhist disciples and exposing Buddhism’s hypocrisy to them. After using his treasures to hold off the blood tide, he was left nearly powerless, with the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit cracking as Minghe taunted him.

• Ksitigarbha fled through the void and recalled his two Buddhist treasures, leaving the struggling Buddhist disciples behind.
• Ancestor Minghe mocked Ksitigarbha’s abandonment of his followers, and the survivors cursed him, lost faith, or surrendered to the Blood Sea.
• Ksitigarbha used the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo and Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit to resist the Blood Sea, but they only bought him a brief respite.
• Minghe’s waves battered Ksitigarbha until his magic power was nearly depleted, while his treasures failed to reverse the fight.
• After enduring another incense stick’s time, Ksitigarbha put away the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo, and cracks appeared in the Golden Lotus as Minghe taunted him to beg for mercy.

Ksitigarbha refused to submit to Ancestor Minghe, but Ancestor Bodhi arrived in time to save him from the Blood Sea. Ksitigarbha accused Minghe before his master as the Two Saints rushed toward the Netherworld.

• Ksitigarbha rejected Minghe's threats and refused to betray the Buddhist Sect.
• Minghe unleashed a towering Blood Sea wave that shattered Ksitigarbha's golden barrier.
• Ancestor Bodhi arrived and erased the bloodwater before it could harm Ksitigarbha.
• Ancestor Bodhi told Ksitigarbha that the Two Saints knew of the crisis and were on their way.
• Ksitigarbha accused Minghe of attacking the Buddhist disciples and urged Ancestor Bodhi to punish him.
• Ancestor Bodhi's expression darkened as he considered Ksitigarbha's account and the discrepancies his true body had reported.

Ancestor Minghe and Ancestor Bodhi clashed over Buddhism’s bid to subdue the Netherworld Blood Sea, and Minghe tried to bind Bodhi with a public wager. Bodhi avoided the oath, but Minghe emerged to accept his challenge as the Saint’s arrival and a battle became unavoidable.

• Ancestor Bodhi demanded that Ancestor Minghe submit, and Minghe insulted him and threatened to drag him and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva into the Blood Sea.
• Furious at Minghe’s taunts, Ancestor Bodhi attacked the Blood Sea and challenged Minghe to fight him in its center.
• Ancestor Minghe accepted conditionally, wagering that Buddhism would leave the Blood Sea forever if Bodhi lost, but Bodhi refused to swear an oath.
• Ancestor Minghe realized his plan to bind Buddhism through the oath had failed and feared the coming battle could destroy him and the Asura Race.
• Ancestor Minghe split open the Blood Sea, rose on a pillar of blood, and declared that he accepted Ancestor Bodhi’s challenge.

Ancestor Minghe emerged from the Blood Sea and fought Ancestor Bodhi, whose strength proved far greater than he had expected. As the evenly matched battle continued and Buddhist Saints hurried toward them, Minghe began planning a way to end the stalemate quickly.

• Ancestor Bodhi taunted Minghe into leaving the safety of the Blood Sea, then celebrated when Minghe appeared.
• Ancestor Minghe attacked Ancestor Bodhi with Yuantu and Abi, and Bodhi blocked the sword qi with his whisk and Buddhist power.
• The two Supreme Saints exchanged more than a hundred blows, each realizing the other was a formidable opponent.
• Ancestor Bodhi regretted not withdrawing with Ksitigarbha, while Minghe worried that the Buddhist Saints would arrive and tried to devise a quick victory.

Ancestor Minghe used Ancestor Bodhi's defensive hesitation to seize Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and threaten Buddhism. Ancestor Bodhi surrendered and offered to accept any terms Buddhism could agree to in exchange for Ksitigarbha's release.

• Ancestor Minghe feigned a desperate attack, forcing Ancestor Bodhi to retreat and opening a chance to target Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
• Ancestor Minghe seized Ksitigarbha with a blood-red hand while keeping Ancestor Bodhi occupied with his swords.
• Ancestor Bodhi threatened to destroy the Netherworld Blood Sea and the Asura Race if Minghe harmed Ksitigarbha.
• Ancestor Minghe dismissed the threat, argued that Buddhist Saints could not risk the karmic backlash, and crushed Ksitigarbha's body in his grip.
• Ancestor Bodhi stopped gathering Buddhist power, sheathed his swords, and offered to accept any terms Buddhism could agree to if Minghe released Ksitigarbha.

Ancestor Minghe lured Ancestor Bodhi into the Netherworld Blood Sea and trapped him in the Blood Sea Grand Formation while holding Ksitigarbha captive. As Ancestor Bodhi struggled to withstand the formation, Saint Zhunti arrived.

• Ancestor Bodhi refused Ancestor Minghe's demand that the Buddhist sect abandon the Netherworld Blood Sea, and Minghe carried Ksitigarbha into its depths.
• Ancestor Bodhi pursued them into the Blood Sea, where Ancestor Minghe activated the Blood Sea Grand Formation and trapped him.
• Ancestor Bodhi resisted the formation's baleful energy and demonic chants while awaiting his true self, Saint Zhunti.
• Saint Zhunti arrived at the Netherworld Blood Sea amid Saintly phenomena.

Saint Zhunti arrived at the Blood Sea and used the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree to destroy its formation, free Ancestor Bodhi, and devastate the Asura Race. Ancestor Minghe steadied himself and faced Zhunti, while Zhunti demanded to know where Ksitigarbha was.

• Saint Zhunti's arrival lifted Ancestor Bodhi's spirits, while Ancestor Minghe steadied his wavering resolve and refused to consider surrendering to Buddhism.
• Saint Zhunti swept the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree, dispersing the blood mist and killing Asura members as Ancestor Minghe's formation collapsed.
• Ancestor Bodhi escaped the Blood Sea and bowed to Saint Zhunti, who asked where Ksitigarbha was.
• Ancestor Bodhi admitted that Ancestor Minghe had captured Ksitigarbha and taken the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and Six Roots of Purity Bamboo.
• Ancestor Minghe rose above a wave of blood and formally greeted Saint Zhunti, who rebuked him for daring to act as he had.

Zhunti attacked Ancestor Minghe and used Saint's might to force the Asura Race to submit, but an unseen power helped Minghe withstand the pressure. Unable to find the source, Zhunti suspected Empress Pingxin was secretly intervening.

• Zhunti accused Ancestor Minghe of defying Buddhism, then struck him with the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree and injured him.
• Ancestor Minghe denounced Buddhism and swore that he and the Asura Race would rather die than submit.
• Zhunti unleashed his Saint's might, forcing the Asura clansmen to their knees and driving Minghe toward collapse.
• An unseen power supported Minghe, allowing him to recover enough to stand against Zhunti's pressure.
• Zhunti searched the Netherworld Underworld with his Spiritual Sense, found no source, and suspected Empress Pingxin was moving the pieces in secret.

Saint Zhunti attacked Ancestor Minghe after demanding that the Asura Race submit to Buddhism, and Minghe refused to bow. Though badly wounded and facing the slaughter of his people, Minghe stood defiant as Zhunti prepared to strike again.

• Saint Zhunti overcame his fear of Empress Pingxin and offered to spare Minghe and the Asura Race if they joined the Buddhist sect.
• Minghe rejected Zhunti's offer and attacked him with his twin divine swords, but Zhunti blasted him into a distant mountain range.
• Saint Zhunti declared Minghe fallen to evil and massacred hundreds of Asura warriors while Ancestor Bodhi watched helplessly.
• Minghe emerged alive from the rubble, condemned Zhunti as unworthy of being a Saint, and refused to yield despite his failing strength.
• As Zhunti's anger darkened the sky with clouds and lightning, Minghe said he had lived long enough and lamented that a hypocrite would kill him.

Li Tian arrived in the Netherworld and freed Ancestor Minghe from Saint Zhunti’s grasp, then confronted Zhunti over the Dao Ancestor’s decree. Zhunti claimed authority to punish Minghe and the Asura Race, and attacked Minghe again.

• Saint Zhunti trapped Ancestor Minghe with the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree and prepared to take him to the Western Paradise.
• Li Tian’s green sword qi shattered Zhunti’s restraints and freed Minghe.
• Li Tian revealed his Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura, shocking Zhunti, and challenged his claim that Li Tian had violated the Dao Ancestor’s decree.
• Zhunti declared that Minghe and the Asura Race deserved to be taken west and remade, then struck at Minghe with Saintly Power.

Li Tian intercepted Zhunti’s attack and battled him above the Netherworld, while the clash shook the realms and left the heavenly secrets obscured. In Huoyun Cave, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors resolved to meet Daoist Qingping after the fighting and decide whether to stake the Human Race’s future on him.

• Zhunti decided to kill Minghe and Li Tian rather than risk facing his teacher’s wrath, but Li Tian blocked Zhunti’s attack with the Green Ping Sword.
• Li Tian and Zhunti took their battle into the highest heavens, where their powerful treasures and laws shook the Netherworld and affected the Earth Immortal Realm and Immortal Realm.
• The Grand Pure Saint tried to divine the battle’s outcome but found the heavenly secrets obscured, while Heavenly Lord Yuanshi withdrew from divination and Nuwa watched the Netherworld in silence.
• Xuanyuan told the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors that Daoist Qingping had arrived with an Earthly Dao Imperial Edict and offered to help revive the Human Dao.
• Shennong and Fuxi agreed that the Human Race faced dire circumstances, and Emperor Yu confirmed it had reached the edge of the abyss.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors agreed to invite Daoist Qingping to Huoyun Cave after the Netherworld battle and judge whether he was worthy of their trust.

Li Tian used his Earthly Dao Authority in the Netherworld to counter Saint Zhunti’s Heavenly Dao-backed advantage. With the Heavenly Dao’s restraints broken and the Earthly Dao empowering him, Li Tian seized the upper hand and began driving Zhunti back.

• Li Tian and Saint Zhunti fought to a stalemate as Zhunti’s Heavenly Dao Saintly Position kept his strength from waning.
• Li Tian asked the system for a way to break the deadlock, and it told him to invoke his Earthly Dao Authority.
• Li Tian realized he had received ten percent of the Earthly Dao Authority when he helped Empress Pingxin reconstruct the Earthly Dao.
• Li Tian unleashed Earthly Dao Power, shocking Zhunti and making him consider retreating.
• The Earthly Dao shattered the Heavenly Dao’s restraints on Li Tian and empowered his assault with the Green Ping Sword.
• Zhunti suffered under Li Tian’s renewed attacks as the Netherworld’s Earthly Dao power gave Li Tian the advantage.

Li Tian used the Earthly Dao Power to overwhelm Zhunti in their battle, leaving the Heavenly Dao Saint enraged and battered. Zhunti unleashed a surge of power to fight back, but the chapter ended with his chances of turning the battle around in doubt.

• Li Tian seized control of the fight and drove Zhunti back with the Green Ping Sword.
• Li Tian recalled his long-standing grudge against Zhunti and Jieyin for their role in the War of Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Tian reflected on Hongjun’s formidable origins and why attacking the Saints near Purple Heaven Palace had been too dangerous.
• Li Tian continued to suppress Zhunti, damaging his robes and weakening the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree.
• Zhunti, furious at Li Tian’s deliberate humiliation, released a powerful aura and prepared to reveal his trump card.

Li Tian forced Zhunti to reveal Buddhism’s Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, then charged into battle against the Saint’s ultimate technique. As their clash shook the Primordial Wilderness, ancient beings and other Saints watched, while Jieyin hoped Zhunti would win favor from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

• Li Tian kept Zhunti under pressure and remained confident that he could answer the Saint’s hidden trump card.
• Zhunti unveiled Buddhism’s Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, a towering four-faced, eight-armed manifestation that greatly increased his power.
• Li Tian attacked Zhunti’s Golden Body with the Green Ping Sword, and the two fought with overwhelming force.
• Their battle’s shockwaves awakened ancient beings across the Primordial Wilderness and drew their attention westward.
• Jieyin watched the fight and hoped Zhunti would defeat Li Tian, complete their teacher’s assignment, and earn Hongjun’s favor.
• Grand Pure Saint observed the Golden Body and recognized that it contained profound mysteries and its own lineage.

Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, Nuwa, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Hongjun watched Li Tian’s fierce battle with Zhunti from afar. Li Tian continued to suppress Zhunti despite his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, while Hongjun resolved to seize the Blood Sea himself.

• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi watched Li Tian fight Zhunti and grew troubled when he saw the Green Ping Sword.
• Nuwa recalled how Zhunti and Jieyin had deceived her during the Investiture of the Gods and remained eager for revenge.
• Fuxi and the other rulers of Huoyun Cave watched the battle and studied the power of the Saints’ techniques.
• Hongjun decided Zhunti could not complete the task and resolved to seize the Blood Sea to curb the Earthly Dao.
• Zhunti struggled to withstand Li Tian’s increasingly powerful sword attacks and poured his strength into the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree.

Li Tian overwhelmed Zhunti in the Netherworld Blood Sea, severing an arm from his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and offering to let him withdraw. Zhunti nearly accepted, but Hongjun secretly ordered him to keep fighting and promised to help defeat Li Tian.

• Li Tian's sword attacks battered Zhunti's defenses, and Hongjun secretly resolved to intervene and bring the Netherworld Blood Sea under his control.
• Li Tian severed one arm of Zhunti's Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, leaving Zhunti and his manifestation close to collapse.
• Li Tian offered Zhunti a safe retreat, explaining that he wanted to stop Buddhism from taking the Blood Sea rather than kill him.
• Zhunti began preparing to withdraw, but Hongjun sent him a voice transmission ordering him to take the Blood Sea and promising to help him defeat Li Tian.
• Zhunti realized he had no choice but to continue fighting, then steadied his aura after hearing Hongjun's promise of support.

Li Tian recognized Hongjun’s covert support for Zhunti and resisted the surge of Heavenly Dao pressure as Zhunti grew confident in his advantage. Li Tian anticipated that Hongjun’s real scheme was to damage the Netherworld and weaken the Earthly Dao, leaving their confrontation poised for its next move.

• Li Tian realized Hongjun had secretly intervened for Zhunti and prepared for the danger despite his earlier efforts to obscure heavenly secrets and awaken Empress Pingxin’s Earthly Dao Authority.
• Zhunti announced that he had a greater trump card, then received Hongjun’s aid and increased his control of the Heavenly Dao Authority to one and a half percent.
• Zhunti unleashed overwhelming Heavenly Dao pressure, but Li Tian dispersed it while Ancestor Minghe, Ancestor Bodhi, and the other cultivators fell to their knees.
• Zhunti assumed his enhanced strength would let him defeat and convert Li Tian, imagining the Buddhist Sect’s rise and his own eventual triumph.
• Li Tian watched Zhunti celebrate prematurely and deduced that Hongjun intended to use the Netherworld Blood Sea to damage the Netherworld, weaken the Earthly Dao, and restore the Heavenly Dao’s dominance.