Chapter Summaries

Medicine Emperor and her companions crossed into the shattered Sumeru Realm and reached the sealed Buddha Sect Gate. Pu Ku opened it with the Form Seal and Desire Seal, then revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree stood beyond, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Wan stunned by its familiar name.

• Zi Yan warned the group about the Sumeru Realm’s widespread spatial cracks and guided them safely through the broken world.
• Pu Ku explained that the Desire, Form, and Formless Seals were needed to open the Buddha Sect Gate and described his mission to restore the Buddha Sect’s legacy.
• The group crossed a battlefield covered in the bones of Buddha Sect disciples, whose final efforts had sealed away the remaining Demonic Qi.
• Pu Ku placed the Form Seal in the gate, and Xiao Yan used Yao Wan’s Desire Seal to open it.
• Pu Ku said the Bodhi Ancient Tree lay beyond the gate, prompting Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to realize they had encountered it before.

Pu Ku explained that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan had experienced the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s samsara trial and might be connected to the Buddha Sect’s Bodhi Faction. After the gate drew them into a vast plaza, they found the withered Bodhi Ancient Tree and prepared to go their separate ways in the Sumeru Realm.

• Pu Ku told Xiao Yan and Yao Wan about the Bodhi Faction and said their samsara experience gave them an unusual connection to it.
• The gate opened and pulled everyone into a vast plaza inside a different region of the Sumeru Realm.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Pu Ku saw the charred remains of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Yao Wan admitted she wished she could revisit a samsara and see the people she loved again.
• Pu Ku said Great Spirit Mountain sought the Buddha Sect’s remaining inheritances in the Scripture Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan asked Pu Ku to go to the Scripture Pavilion while he and Yao Wan explored elsewhere, and Pu Ku warned them that the Sumeru Realm might still be dangerous.

Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, Zi Yan, and Medicine Emperor traveled deeper into Sumeru Realm to find the Buddha Lord’s former location and fragments of the Disaster Relieving Lotus Body. They reached a ruined hall bearing traces of Flame Demon’s demonic fire, and Xiao Yan vowed to settle that debt.

• After leaving Pu Ku’s group, Yao Wan and Xiao Yan questioned Medicine Emperor about withholding information on the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Medicine Emperor said the memory was missing because the divine soul was incomplete.
• Medicine Emperor revealed that they were seeking the Buddha Lord’s former location, not his Sarira, and said their real goal was to find fragments of the Disaster Relieving Lotus Body.
• Medicine Emperor described the route and the Bodhi Sect’s former practices, then explained that even a small fragment of the shattered Original Fa Body could help Xiao Yan and Yao Wan break through to Heaven Supreme.
• Zi Yan forced open a passage through a Space Crack, and the group crossed into a great hall filled with shattered golden statues and burn marks.
• Medicine Emperor identified the scorch marks as the work of Flame Demon, who had burned Sumeru Realm with demonic fire after Heart Demon infiltrated it, and Xiao Yan vowed to settle the debt.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan discovered that the Buddha Lord appearing from a golden statue was actually a demon in disguise. The demon revealed its power and questioned how Yao Wan and Xiao Yan had recognized it, leaving the group facing a dangerous enemy.

• Yao Wan asked Medicine Emperor about the golden statues, and Xiao Yan cracked one open to reveal Buddha bone within.
• The fragments’ clear qi summoned a Buddha Lord phantom, who sensed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s aura and demanded that the group bow.
• Nalan Yanran warned the others that the Buddha’s demand reminded her of a suspicious story, and Yao Wan attacked the phantom with Calamity Fire.
• Yao Wan’s strike exposed a twisted, filthy shadow inside the Buddha, and Xiao Yan’s Emperor Flame failed to break through its barrier.
• The demon mocked the group and asked how they had seen through its disguise, while Yao Wan explained that the statue’s hints and its demand to bow had given it away.

The Medicine Emperor recognized the Lord of Heart Demons as the culprit behind the Sumeru Realm’s ancient calamity and fought it with the Buddha Lord’s lingering power in Thunder Sound Temple. After Xiao Yan explained that the temple’s protections were inscribed into heaven and earth, the demon shattered them at the cost of weakening itself, then threatened the group as an eclipse appeared.

• The Lord of Heart Demons revealed itself and taunted the group, while the Medicine Emperor recognized it as the demon behind the destruction of the Sumeru Realm tens of thousands of years earlier.
• The demon claimed it had planted an obsession in the Medicine Emperor that drew her back to undo its seal, but she resisted and declared she would eradicate it.
• The Medicine Emperor summoned golden lotuses that resisted the demon’s Demonic Qi, and she warned everyone that the weakened demon could still be dangerous.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Buddha Lord had woven the temple’s protections into heaven and earth, leaving the demon unable to undo them without destroying the Sumeru Realm.
• The furious demon shattered the falling heavenly flowers, weakening itself, then threatened to use the group as Blood Food before the scene changed beneath an eclipse.

Yao Wan found herself in a devastated vision of Dou Qi Continent, where demonic brambles had consumed the land and a transmitted message claimed the Saint King had destroyed the Hun Clan and other clans. She recognized the scene as an illusion meant to break her, shattered it, and opened a door out of the gloom.

• Yao Wan saw bloodstained brambles devouring a ruined world and feared Xiao Yan and the others might be there.
• A transmitted message declared that the Saint King had eradicated the Hun Clan and four other clans, leaving Dou Qi Continent supposedly peaceful.
• Yao Wan followed the message and realized the apocalyptic landscape was an illusion designed to deceive or ensnare her.
• A Demonic Shadow addressed Yao Wan as the Saint King and urged her to amuse herself by tormenting others.
• Yao Wan rejected the illusion and the Demonic Shadow’s reasoning, causing the scene to shatter.
• Yao Wan opened the bright door in the gloom.

Yao Wan found herself in an illusion where she shared a warm evening with her parents and Younger Sister, reliving the family life she had lost. When Mother called her grown up, Yao Wan agreed, but she remained unsure whether to stay another day or leave the illusion.

• Yao Wan recognized that the illusion had brought her into a familiar but long-unseen home.
• Younger Sister asked to wear Yao Wan's black robe, and Yao Wan gave it to her and indulged her playful requests.
• Yao Wan ate dinner with her parents and Younger Sister, but froze when Mother mentioned what they could eat tomorrow.
• Yao Wan wondered whether she could stay one more day, though she knew the illusion might be a trap.
• Mother told Yao Wan that Younger Sister clung to her because Yao Wan now indulged her, then asked if she had grown up; Yao Wan nodded.

Yao Wan told her mother about the life she had lived after leaving home, then admitted she had to return to the people waiting for her. Her mother accepted her decision and told her to say goodbye to her father before leaving.

• Yao Wan reassured her mother about her silver hair and described the peaceful life she had shared with her family.
• Yao Wan recalled the dangers and hardships she chose not to tell her mother about.
• Yao Wan said she had to leave because her companions were waiting for her.
• Yao Wan apologized for leaving and for having worried her mother, then pulled her hand away.
• Yao Wan realized the room was not a heart-demon illusion when her mother responded with warmth and pride.
• Yao Wan's mother told her to say a few words to her father, who waited in the living room with the television on and a cigarette.

Yao Wan said goodbye to her father before joining Xiao Yan and Zi Yan in battle against the Lord of Heart Demons. Zi Yan used her Dragon Phoenix power to counter his devouring attack, but the Demon Emperor struck back and left the three of them struggling against him.

• Yao Wan spoke with her father, who told her to be careful and asked how the man she was with treated her.
• Yao Wan tore through the Lord of Heart Demons' illusion and attacked him alongside Xiao Yan.
• The Lord of Heart Demons unleashed a giant Demonic Shadow mouth to devour the group, and Zi Yan countered it with Swallowing Thousands of Miles Like a Dragon.
• The Demon Emperor summoned a crushing palm, then struck Zi Yan and sent Yao Wan flying as three demons appeared before Xiao Yan and merged into one.

Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Zi Yan fought the Lord of Heart Demons, injuring him but failing to defeat him before he prepared to face their combined attack. At the Scripture Pavilion, Pu Ku heard the disturbance near Thunder Sound Temple and set out to investigate.

• Xiao Yan used Emperor Flame to burn through the Lord of Heart Demons' Demonic Qi, then held him in place as the demon grabbed his throat.
• Zi Yan's thunder distracted the Lord of Heart Demons, allowing Yao Wan to slash off his arm with a blade wreathed in Calamity Fire and Emperor Flame.
• The Lord of Heart Demons weighed retreating against staying to fight as Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Zi Yan gathered their powers to attack.
• The disturbance reached the Scripture Pavilion, where a Buddha Sect disciple recognized that something had happened at Thunder Sound Temple.
• Pu Ku told his fellow disciples to return after collecting the remaining texts and went to investigate the danger.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan Jie defeated the Lord of Heart Demons, and the Buddha Lord awakened from the golden statues to seal the demon and explain his connection to the battle. He thanked them, comforted the Medicine Emperor, and offered the remaining Buddha statues to help Xiao Yan and Yao Wan Jie reach Heaven Supreme.

• Xiao Yan prepared to burn the Lord of Heart Demons' remains, but his Emperor Flame melted the golden statues around the Buddha bones and awakened the Buddha Lord.
• The Buddha Lord thanked Xiao Yan and Yao Wan Jie for defeating the heart demon, then sealed the demon as it refused to admit defeat.
• The Buddha Lord told the Medicine Emperor that her long wait had not been meaningless and eased her guilt over Spirit Mountain's calamity.
• The Buddha Lord revealed that the remaining golden statues could help Xiao Yan and Yao Wan Jie break through to Heaven Supreme.

Buddha Lord used the last of his strength to help Xiao Yan and Yao Wan complete their advancement to Heaven Supreme, while passing the Buddha Sect’s Six Supernatural Powers to Pu Ku. Months later, the Sumeru Realm began to revive, confirming that two new Heaven Supremes had been born.

• Buddha Lord explained that the Flowing Gold would help Xiao Yan and Yao Wan advance to Heaven Supreme and that the Bodhi Trial had prepared them for it.
• Buddha Lord destroyed the heart demon and placed its transformed demon bone into the Flowing Gold as his body began to fade.
• The Flowing Gold surged into Xiao Yan and Yao Wan, supplying the final power they needed to become Heaven Supremes.
• Pu Ku arrived at the treasure hall and received the Buddha Sect’s Six Supernatural Powers from Buddha Lord before paying his respects.
• Pu Ku left the Sumeru Realm, and months later the realm trembled and began to revive as Heaven Supreme was achieved.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan broke through to Heaven Supreme as the Sumeru Realm began to revive, and the Buddha Lord urged them to establish a force there to protect it. After the Buddha Lord departed, news of the continent’s revival spread across the Great Thousand World and attracted attention from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan as well.

• The Buddha Lord explained that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan’s breakthrough had begun reviving the Sumeru Realm and suggested they establish a force there.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan agreed to take responsibility for the Sumeru Realm and protect it from rival Heaven Supremes and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• The Buddha Lord entrusted the revived realm to Xiao Yan and Yao Wan, then dispersed after saying farewell.
• Pu Ku returned to the Great Spirit Mountain group and reported what he had learned, including that the Buddha Lord had passed on teachings important to the Ascetic Faction.
• Pu Ku and the others sensed the Sumeru Realm’s revival and recognized the Heaven Supreme power behind it.
• News of the Sumeru Realm’s revival spread throughout the Great Thousand World, drawing prospectors, powerful experts, and the attention of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.

The Maha Ancient Clan planned to let its vassals fight over Sumeru Realm before claiming it, dismissing the Heaven Supreme who had revived it. After discussing their next duties, Xiao Yan prepared to visit the Fire Spirit Clan, while Yao Wan’s words to her mother showed him how deeply she cared for him.

• The Maha Ancient Clan’s leaders discussed Sumeru Realm’s revival and planned to use their vassals to clear the realm before moving in themselves.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan considered how to bring Azure Profound Continent to Sumeru Realm, expand their forces, and deal with Spirit Mountain.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan he intended to visit the Fire Spirit Clan, and she asked him to return as soon as he could.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had heard and seen Yao Wan tell her mother that she had to go because he was still waiting for her.

Yao Wan arranged for the Medicine Emperor to deliver the remaining Buddha bones to Great Spirit Mountain while she planned to move the Azure Profound Continent and establish the Endless Fire Territory. The continent vanished, shocking Shang Jun, and the chapter ended with a problem arising on the Sumeru Realm's side.

• Yao Wan asked the Medicine Emperor to take the remaining Buddha bones to Great Spirit Mountain.
• Yao Wan planned to move the Azure Profound Continent and create a passage to the Dou Qi Continent, naming the new base the Endless Fire Territory.
• Shang Jun heard that the Azure Profound Continent had disappeared and suspected it had been moved.
• Yao Wan's test of moving the continent appeared successful, but something went wrong on the Sumeru Realm's side.

Yao Wan returned to the Heavenly Tomb Gate after moving the Azure Profound Continent into the Sumeru Realm and found Zi Yan's group fighting the Maha Alliance over the territory. The Maha Alliance's Heaven Supreme vice alliance master, the Xuan Lord, arrived and threatened Zi Yan's group.

• Yao Wan sensed many powerful auras in the Sumeru Realm and flew back toward the Heavenly Tomb Gate.
• Yao Wan found Zi Yan and her companions battling forces led by Venerable Liuli, who claimed the Maha Alliance had a right to the region's strongest spiritual veins.
• Zi Yan refused Venerable Liuli's demands to leave, saying her family also had a Heaven Supreme.
• The Xuan Lord, vice alliance master of the Maha Alliance, appeared and unleashed a spiritual energy wave against Zi Yan's group.

Yao Wan returned as a Heaven Supreme and confronted Xuan Lord for trying to seize her faction’s territory and people. She attacked him and gave Zi Yan’s group permission to fight, then shattered Xuan Lord’s Heavenly Mountain with her Calamity Fire sword.

• Xuan Lord ignored Zi Yan’s refusal and prepared to seize her group, but Zi Yan revealed that Yao Wan had returned.
• Yao Wan broke Xuan Lord’s spatial trap and challenged him for trying to poach her people and take their territory.
• Yao Wan struck Xuan Lord with Calamity Fire, tearing open the continent, and told Zi Yan’s group to beat their opponents to death.
• Xuan Lord defended himself against Yao Wan’s attacks and warned that Heaven Supremes had different levels of strength.
• Yao Wan’s pitch-black sword lights chopped apart Xuan Lord’s Heavenly Mountain, leaving him asking what divine ability her sword used.

Yao Wan fought Xuan Lord over the spiritual-vein convergence point in the Sumeru Realm, countering his wind and earth attacks with her unusual powers. Xuan Lord summoned Silent Extinction King and Lord Qingcheng to help seize the vein, and the three prepared to face her together.

• Xuan Lord attacked Yao Wan with a corrosive wind storm, but her green Calamity Fire formed a giant tree that erased the gale.
• Yao Wan sent radiant beams raining down, and Xuan Lord blocked them with a mountain shield wrapped in wind.
• Xuan Lord called Silent Extinction King and Lord Qingcheng out of hiding and offered to split the spiritual vein among them.
• Silent Extinction King agreed to help, while Lord Qingcheng accepted after admiring Yao Wan.
• Xuan Lord assumed Lord Qingcheng was reluctant to gang up on Yao Wan and looked forward to claiming merit when the Maha Ancient Clan arrived.

Yao Wan faced Silent Extinction King, Xuan Lord, and Lord Qingcheng, catching Silent Extinction King’s deadly technique bare-handed and turning it into a sword of Inversion Rising Light. As the three Heaven Supremes joined forces against her, witnesses across the Sumeru Realm wondered whether she was the Awakening Master who had revived it.

• Silent Extinction King attacked Yao Wan with his Silent Extinction Light, which destroyed the land around them.
• Yao Wan caught the Silent Extinction Light with her bare hand and shaped it into a sword infused with Calamity Fire.
• Yao Wan announced she was returning Silent Extinction King’s attack and unleashed the sword’s Inversion Rising Light.
• Lord Qingcheng, Silent Extinction King, and Xuan Lord summoned their Supreme Dharma Bodies and confronted Yao Wan’s sword energy.
• Powerful figures across the Sumeru Realm recognized the three Heaven Supremes and speculated that Yao Wan was the Awakening Master.

Yao Wan defeated three Heaven Supremes who attacked her after she awakened the Sumeru Realm. She spared their lives, gave them her name, and left them to recover as the Fire Spirit Clan’s Holy Flame Ceremony approached.

• Xuan Lord, Silent Extinction King, and Lord Qingcheng launched their full-power attacks against Yao Wan.
• Yao Wan unleashed Inversion Rising Light, swallowed their attacks, and defeated all three Heaven Supremes in a single strike.
• Yao Wan told the injured Heaven Supremes they would remain unable to move for about a year and ordered them to return home once they recovered.
• Lord Qingcheng asked Yao Wan’s name, and she introduced herself as Mystic Empress, Yao Wan, before departing.
• The Fire Spirit Clan’s once-in-a-century Holy Flame Ceremony was about to begin.