Chapter Summaries

Shi Ji Buddha opened the ancient coffin and devoured Chan Bailian, then pursued Akshobhya Buddha through the Mirror World. Li Qingyun rescued Akshobhya Buddha and escaped Shi Ji Buddha by wielding the power of a second Primordial Great Dao Mark and the ruined ruins.

• Shi Ji Buddha opened the ancient Buddhist coffin, unleashing black-tide Buddha light that blinded Akshobhya Buddha and blackened Chan Bailian.
• Shi Ji Buddha merged with the mummified corpse and devoured Chan Bailian as the black-tide worms consumed her.
• Akshobhya Buddha broke out of the hellish cage, but Shi Ji Buddha caught up and prepared to devour him after Akshobhya Buddha surrendered.
• Li Qingyun appeared and pulled Akshobhya Buddha away, meeting Shi Ji Buddha's palm strike with an azure lotus and escaping through the collapsing Mirror World.
• Shi Ji Buddha pursued them and realized Li Qingyun had obtained a second Primordial Great Dao Mark, allowing him to wield the ruined ruins against the Buddha.

Li Qingyun protected Akshobhya Buddha from Shi Ji Buddha and gave him three days to decide whether to abandon Buddhism and enter the Dao. Akshobhya chose to convert, taking Human Race true blood and becoming Akshobhya Daoist, while forces in the Western Heaven reacted by planning to accelerate the calamity.

• Li Qingyun raised the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to repel Shi Ji Buddha, who withdrew after testing its strength.
• Li Qingyun offered Akshobhya Buddha three days to choose between death, surrender to Shi Ji Buddha, or abandoning Buddhism to enter the Dao.
• After three days, Akshobhya Buddha offered three thousand drops of Western Heaven Blood and asked Li Qingyun to guide his rebirth into the Dao.
• Li Qingyun exchanged the Western Heaven Blood for three thousand drops of Human Race true blood and revealed that he was a Human Race revival ancestor.
• Akshobhya absorbed the Human Race blood, transformed into Akshobhya Daoist, and severed his ties to the Western Heaven Buddhist gate.
• Western Heaven Buddha and Saint figures sensed Akshobhya's defection, blamed Li Qingyun for disturbing the fixed number, and decided to accelerate the calamity and bring Kasyapa Buddha's current-era body into the ruins.

Shi Ji Buddha searched the ruined ruins for a path to the Dark Muddy Barren Marsh while a mysterious figure emerged from a Muddy Field and headed toward Li Qingyun. In Qingya Grotto-heaven, Li Qingyun continued strengthening his Dao, and Akshobhya Daoist’s recultivation reached the Five-Ring Realm.

• Shi Ji Buddha implanted black swastika corpse insects in Void Devourers who had taken refuge and led them into the ruined ruins to search for a hidden path.
• Shi Ji Buddha lost nearly half his Void Devourer disciples exploring dangerous fields and Forbidden Zones, then waited outside a churning Muddy Field.
• A mysterious figure took over a Void Devourer’s body and emerged from the Muddy Field, recognized Shi Ji Buddha, and left to seek his target.
• Li Qingyun meditated in Qingya Grotto-heaven as his Mortal Dao grew stronger, increasing the might of his cultivation.
• Akshobhya Daoist completed six months of recultivation and returned to the Five-Ring Realm, while other factions continued wondering why he had abandoned Buddhism.

Li Qingyun bestowed furnace ash on Cheng Tangyin and surveyed the fate of his descendants before the fake Shen Nong found him. The intruder entered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and tried to claim the Despair Immortal Sword, as Li Qingyun prepared a counterattack.

• Li Qingyun gave Cheng Tangyin furnace ash to suppress the Blackwater contamination and reflected on his diminished human warmth.
• Li Qingyun learned that eight of his nine sons had reincarnated, while Li Qingmin endured through good deeds and a trace of Mortal Dao intent.
• Li Qingyun sensed the fake Shen Nong in the Great Thousand World, then saw him appear outside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and identify him as a Three-Ring Quasi-Saint.
• Akshobhya Daoist told Li Qingyun that the fake Shen Nong's shell belonged to Hua Qianlang and carried Buddhist essence, while Li Qingyun also sensed ties to the Dao gate and Three Pure Ones.
• The fake Shen Nong entered the formation at the southern eye and used a Three Pure Ones sword-recalling incantation to seize the Despair Immortal Sword.
• Li Qingyun secretly ordered the Despair Immortal Sword to strike, hoping to catch the fake Shen Nong off guard.

Li Qingyun and Akshobhya Daoist fought the fake Shen Nong, whose reactions exposed him as a hidden Buddha from beyond the Outer Void. The intruder pushed into the formation’s eye, but another Daoist trapped him in a chaotic domain with the Chaos Banner, and he began trying to transform it into a Buddhist paradise.

• The Despair Immortal Sword attacked fake Shen Nong and knocked off his bamboo hat, revealing Hua Qianlang’s corpse-like shell and a red-flower face.
• Li Qingyun activated the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and its four swords attacked fake Shen Nong as he dodged and used Buddhist light to block a strike.
• Fake Shen Nong halted and disrupted the formation’s sword light, leading Li Qingyun to identify him as Long Ear.
• Fake Shen Nong charged into the formation’s eye, but Akshobhya Daoist confronted him with the Despair Immortal Sword and tried to name him Dingguang Huan.
• Fake Shen Nong struck Akshobhya Daoist aside, then a green-robed Daoist invoked the Chaos Banner and trapped him in a chaotic domain.
• Fake Shen Nong recognized the banner, dismissed it as a counterfeit, and used Buddhist power and celestial musicians to try to turn the domain into the Land of Joyful Buddha.

Li Qingyun shattered the fake Shen Nong’s Joyful Buddha Domain and drove him from the formation, but the enemy used Ancient Saint Shen Nong’s eyeballs to disrupt Li Qingyun and escape. Li Qingyun pursued him, determined to seize the box, while the fake Shen Nong’s freezing technique failed to stop him.

• Li Qingyun used the Dark Tome to break the fake Shen Nong’s Joyful Buddha Domain and expose its demonic nature.
• Li Qingyun’s magical treasures battered the fake Shen Nong’s vessel, but the enemy opened a gray box and used Ancient Saint Shen Nong’s gaze to stall Li Qingyun.
• The fake Shen Nong escaped the formation, and Li Qingyun ordered Akshobhya Daoist to guard the home before pursuing him to recover the box.
• Li Qingyun caught up with the fake Shen Nong, countered his command to freeze with the Dark Tome, and remained unharmed.

Li Qingyun pursued the fake Shen Nong across the Ruins Realm, but the entity escaped by changing hosts and fled toward Shi Ji Buddha. They reached the ominous Muddy Field, where Shi Ji Buddha intervened against Li Qingyun and declared that he would repay his debt for saving Akshobhya Buddha.

• The fake Shen Nong tried to escape Li Qingyun by invading Peng Ye’s grotto-heaven and attempting to seize the young Sky-Devouring Roc quasi-saint as a new host.
• Li Qingyun warned Peng Ye and Uncle Kang to guard their spirit gates, but the fake Shen Nong struck Uncle Kang and parasitized him before Li Qingyun could stop the transfer.
• Peng Ye devoured the abandoned Void Devourer corpse, while Li Qingyun continued after the fake Shen Nong and reflected that the Ruins Realm needed to remain divided among competing factions.
• After days of pursuit, Li Qingyun followed the fake Shen Nong to the Muddy Field, where Shi Ji Buddha waited with several Void Devourer quasi-saints.
• Shi Ji Buddha attacked Li Qingyun’s Chaos Banner and Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda, then said Li Qingyun would repay his debt for saving Akshobhya Buddha.

Li Qingyun struggled to stop fake Shen Nong from escaping into the dangerous muddy field, but a mysterious Black Robed Woman emerged from within and destroyed the saintly thought possessing Shen Nong’s stolen vessel. She opened the gray wooden box, and Shi Ji Buddha rushed into the field to seize it.

• Li Qingyun attacked fake Shen Nong with the Chaos Banner and Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, but Shi Ji Buddha deflected the pagoda and drove Li Qingyun back.
• Fake Shen Nong entered the muddy field with the gray wooden box, while Shi Ji Buddha’s pressure kept Li Qingyun from pursuing.
• A Black Robed Woman confronted fake Shen Nong inside the field, broke through His divine abilities, and destroyed His vessel and the saintly thought within it.
• The Black Robed Woman caught the gray wooden box and reacted emotionally to its contents, whispering, “Shen Nong...”
• Shi Ji Buddha sensed the box’s hundred-herb fragrance, entered the muddy field, and reached to take it from the Black Robed Woman.

Li Qingyun claimed the gray box containing Ancient Saint Shen Nong’s eye and stored it in his Great Dao Universe, while the Empress of Burial warned that the Great Tribulation was near. Two months later, the relic’s influence transformed a mountain range into a secret realm, and the Li family began competing with other clans for access.

• The Empress of Burial gave Li Qingyun the gray box and explained that Shen Nong’s eye could either aid his cultivation or unlock the saint’s final work in the future.
• Li Qingyun preserved the relic and escaped Shi Ji Buddha’s pursuit, while Shi Ji Buddha vowed to recover his remaining relics and overcome him.
• Two months later, Li Qingyun placed the box within the Great Dao Universe, where it crashed into a mountain range on Dao Ancestor Continent and caused plants and spiritual energies to surge.
• Li Qingmin recognized the site’s benefits and ordered the Li family to relocate around the Heavenly Pit and guard it as a secret realm.
• Other powerful clans arrived and pressed for access, so Li Qingmin agreed to hold a contest awarding yearly entry quotas to the nine best-performing families.

Li Qingyun sensed that a Saint had fallen beyond the void, and the disturbance shook the Ruined Realm as the Great Calamity began. The Abyss Clan then learned that Saint Yuan Jing had been killed in an ambush by enemies from the Western Heaven and River Mother, leaving the clan in turmoil and calling for vengeance.

• Li Qingyun considered the upheaval across the Ruined Realm and decided to explore the disorderly Mirror World for a fated opportunity.
• As he prepared to leave, Li Qingyun felt the Dark Tome react and sensed a terrifying event beyond the void, concluding that a Saint might have fallen.
• The Ruined Realm shook, alarming Quasi-Saints, while Guǐ Daoists, Shi Ji Buddha, and Jia You each reacted to the Saint’s fall and the approaching Great Calamity.
• Yuan Guyuan announced that Saint Yuan Jing had been ambushed and killed by villains from the Western Heaven and the River Mother, and ordered the Abyss Clan to return and prepare for vengeance.
• The Abyss Clan descended into panic and outrage, but Yuan Lang was still recovering from defeat by Pujushe, and Yuan Henli remained afraid to leave clan territory after Hong Lian Tian defeated him.

After the Abyss Clan’s Saint fell, the clan was blockaded and Li Xuankun broke away with branch-lineage followers. Li Qingyun set out to investigate a ruined Mirror Field, then encountered Yuan Gumo fleeing Third Master Yuan, who was trying to devour him and claim the vacant Saint seat.

• The Abyss Clan’s disciples mourned their fallen Saint, but their powerful enemies kept them trapped within the clan grounds and killed those who ventured out.
• Li Xuankun rescued branch-lineage disciples in Cosmos No. 97 and formed an independent faction, while Pujushe and Hong Lian Tian left him alone.
• After deducing that upheaval had struck beyond the Void, Li Qingyun left the great formation to investigate the shattered Mirror Field.
• Li Qingyun spotted Yuan Gumo fleeing Third Master Yuan, who had attacked him after Saint Yuan Jing fell.
• Third Master Yuan pursued Yuan Gumo and admitted he wanted to devour him, advance to the Nine-Ring Environment, and Ascend to Void and Enter Sainthood.

Li Qingyun rescued Yuan Gumo from Third Master Yuan’s attempt to devour him, then entered an ancient domain of shattered mirror worlds to search for a trace of fortune. Yuan Gumo escaped into the Mud Temple and offered his eyes to the Mud Granny weirdness in exchange for three days of refuge, while Third Master Yuan set out to report Li Qingyun’s whereabouts.

• Third Master Yuan tore through Yuan Gumo’s defenses and prepared to consume him as blood-food.
• Li Qingyun appeared, forced Third Master Yuan to back down, and let Yuan Gumo flee.
• Li Qingyun entered the ancient mirror domain and began searching its deeper fragments for fortune.
• Third Master Yuan lost Yuan Gumo’s trail near the Mud Temple and decided to tell Jia You and Kun Jiu that Li Qingyun’s true body had left the grand array.
• Yuan Gumo gouged out and offered his eyes to the Mud Granny, asking to hide in the Mud Temple for three days.

Li Qingyun found a mysterious ancient lake in the Mirror Field, where its dark-blue waters awakened as a powerful kun. Daoist Kun recognized the water as Saint Kun Blood, and Li Qingyun prepared to claim the rare treasure.

• Third Master Yuan fled from Jia You after provoking him by criticizing his tolerance of Daoist Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun entered the deep Mirror Field again after resting, following a growing sense that an opportunity lay ahead.
• He found a gray-mist-filled basin whose mist corroded his protective saintly essence as he pushed toward its center.
• Li Qingyun discovered a shallow pool of dark-blue water that transformed into a colossal kun and shattered his seals.
• Daoist Kun identified the pool as Saint Kun Blood and pleaded with Li Qingyun to seize it so he could reshape his body and strengthen his Dao attainment.

Li Qingyun tried to subdue the Saint Kun Blood in the mirror-world lake, but it rejected him and summoned Kun descendants. A mixed-blood Kun clan quasi-saint followed the summons into the field, and Li Qingyun realized someone was approaching his prize.

• Li Qingyun ignored Daoist Kun’s demands and tried to persuade the Saint Kun Blood to merge with him, but it refused and asked him to bring Kun descendants instead.
• Li Qingyun repeatedly attacked the blood with seals, exhausting himself while weakening its spirit; the blood secretly sent a summons only Kun descendants could sense.
• A Kun clan quasi-saint entered the mirror field, intending to suppress Li Qingyun, and sensed the bloodline summons from the Saint Kun Blood.
• Li Qingyun returned to the lake for another attempt, but the Saint Kun Blood suddenly grew excited and shattered his seals.
• Li Qingyun calculated what was happening and realized someone was trying to take his fortuitous encounter.

Li Qingyun absorbed the Gray Mist with the Chaos Banner and fought to claim the Saint Kun Blood while Kun Qi tried to stop him. After Li Qingyun subdued the blood’s spirit, Kun Qi broke free and attacked, but Li Qingyun struck him with the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

• Li Qingyun’s Chaos Banner devoured the Gray Mist, strengthening itself and exposing the Saint Kun Blood.
• Kun Qi arrived, revealed his mixed-blood Kun form, and attacked Li Qingyun, but Li Qingyun trapped him in the Chaos Banner’s formation.
• Li Qingyun sealed the Saint Kun Blood as its spirit resisted, while Kun Qi battered the formation and nearly escaped.
• Li Qingyun struck the spirit with the Primordial Great Dao Mark, dispersing it and leaving the Saint Kun Blood ownerless.
• Kun Qi broke out of the formation and moved to kill Li Qingyun, who hit him in the forehead with the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and left him dazed.

Li Qingyun devoured the Saint Kun Blood in the Kun Lake Mirror World, breaking through from the Three-Ring Realm to the Six-Ring Realm while fighting Kun Qi. He escaped the shattered Mirror Worlds, leaving Kun Qi behind and confident that he could protect himself and the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos.

• Li Qingyun swallowed Saint Kun Blood and immediately advanced to the Four-Ring Realm as Kun Qi charged at him.
• Li Qingyun struck Kun Qi with the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and trapped them in the Chaos Banner while absorbing more blood.
• Li Qingyun broke through to the Five-Ring and then Six-Ring Realm as Kun Qi struggled to escape the banner.
• Li Qingyun and Kun Qi exchanged powerful attacks, shattering the Kun Lake Mirror World and falling into separate chaotic Mirror Worlds.
• Li Qingyun escaped through the Mirror Worlds and warned Kun Qi not to pursue him over the Saint Kun Blood.

Li Qingyun surveyed the clans and realms after a Saint’s fall, judging their leaders and deciding which rising powers he would allow to advance. When four Kun Clan figures arrived demanding an explanation over the Mirror Field and the Primordial Kun Ancestor, Li Qingyun stepped out of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to face them.

• Li Qingyun identified Third Master Yuan as the one behind probes near the formation but spared him for now, then inspected the chaotic Abyss Clan land and criticized its plans to support Yuan Lang and Yuan Henli.
• Li Qingyun assessed the safety of Li Yiyi and Li Changsheng, noted Longevity Heaven’s defeats by Pujushe and Hong Lian Tian, and resolved to stop Veda Heaven from proving Dao unless Shi Ji Buddha protected him.
• Kun Qi arrived with three other Kun Clan figures and accused Li Qingyun of stealing their clan’s opportunity, demanding his true blood.
• Kun Jiu asked Li Qingyun to leave the formation and explain the Mirror Field matter concerning the Primordial Kun Ancestor, while Kun Ba taunted him as a coward.
• Li Qingyun refused to accept that the opportunity belonged to Kun Qi, then stepped out of the formation after Kun Ba provoked him.

Li Qingyun clashed with the Kun clan over the Saint Kun Blood and refused Kun Jiu’s demand to negotiate. As Kun Jiu attacked the Immortal Slaying Great Formation, Li Qingyun launched a sudden strike at him.

• Kun Ba attacked Li Qingyun with his Eight-Ring power, but Li Qingyun met the blow and held his ground.
• Kun Ba acknowledged Li Qingyun’s strength, while Kun Jiu demanded that he discuss the Saint Kun Blood with the Kun clan.
• Li Qingyun rejected their claim and refused to negotiate, prompting Kun Jiu to unleash his Kun waves against Li Qingyun and the formation.
• Li Qingyun retreated into the Immortal Slaying Great Formation and ordered it to rise against the Kun clan.
• The formation’s sword lights met Kun Jiu’s Kun waves, and Li Qingyun sent a purple-and-cyan gleam cutting toward Kun Jiu’s head.

Li Qingyun and Akshobhya Daoist held off Kun Jiu and three other Kun race members in a prolonged battle, while observers speculated about the treasure and Saint Kun Blood at stake. As the fight reached its third day, Shi Ji Buddha arrived at the Ruined Remains with his recovered Nine-Ranked Merit Lotus Platform and set his sights on the combatants as blood food.

• Kun Jiu struck at Li Qingyun’s Immortal Slaying Sword, then was ambushed by the Exquisite Pagoda, and ordered Kun Ba, Kun Qi, and Kun Liu to attack the formation together.
• The four Kun race members partially broke the Immortal Slaying Great Formation, but Li Qingyun and Akshobhya Daoist repaired and sustained it while the Exquisite Pagoda injured the attackers.
• Jia You, Third Master Yuan, and other observers watched the battle, while Third Master Yuan privately regretted his lack of fortune and plotted to devour Yuan Gumo.
• Kun Liu suggested withdrawing, but Kun Jiu and Kun Qi insisted on capturing Li Qingyun for his Saint Kun Blood; after three days, both sides showed signs of exhaustion.
• Shi Ji Buddha recovered his Nine-Ranked Merit Lotus Platform, calculated that the Kun race presented an opportunity, and headed toward the battle intending to consume them.

Li Qingyun and Kun Jiu’s group remained locked in an exhausting battle over the Saint Kun Blood, with neither side willing to yield. As Shi Ji Buddha arrived on a Nine-Ranked Lotus Platform and moved toward the recovering Kun Qi and Kun Liu, the fight took a dangerous turn.

• Li Qingyun kept the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation intact while Kun Jiu urged Kun Liu to endure the battle of attrition.
• Kun Liu, Akshobhya Daoist, and Kun Qi each ran out of strength and withdrew to recover, leaving Kun Jiu facing Li Qingyun.
• Kun Jiu offered to end the conflict if Li Qingyun ceded four portions of the opportunity, but Li Qingyun refused and said the Saint Kun Blood had already become part of his Dao Universe.
• Kun Jiu unleashed another wave of Great Dao's Power, and Li Qingyun barely repelled it with the sword formation.
• Shi Ji Buddha arrived on a Nine-Ranked Lotus Platform and appeared before the recovering Kun Qi and Kun Liu, offering to deliver them from the great calamity.