Chapter Summaries

After learning that Great Crown Prince had killed his mother and elder brother, Three-Eyed Spirit Light went berserk at the Peach Banquet and fought the Heavenly Court’s forces. As Duobao Tathagata headed to the Heavenly Court, Three-Eyed Spirit Light continued battling and still aimed to kill Great Crown Prince.

• Great Crown Prince reported the stolen peach to Haotian and Queen Mother, then led celestial officials to capture Three-Eyed Spirit Light at the Peach Banquet.
• Great Crown Prince told Three-Eyed Spirit Light that he had killed his mother and elder brother, provoking him to attack and wreck the banquet.
• Three-Eyed Spirit Light used his golden spear and treasure pagoda to overwhelm the celestial officials, pierce Great Crown Prince, and force Taibai Jinxing back.
• Duobao Tathagata sensed a grievous blow, suspected someone was plotting against Three-Eyed Spirit Light, and led the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas toward the Heavenly Court.
• Three-Eyed Spirit Light continued fighting the celestial officials and still tried to pierce Great Crown Prince.

Three-Eyed Spirit Light fled to Horse Ear Mountain after escaping the Heavenly Court, only to discover his master, Miaole Heavenly Venerate, had betrayed him and tried to kill him. Miaole Heavenly Venerate destroyed Three-Eyed Spirit Light’s body and primordial spirit, while Taibai Jinxing returned to report to Haotian.

• Three-Eyed Spirit Light escaped the Heavenly Court and returned to the burned ruins of Horse Ear Mountain, grieving for his mother and elder brother.
• Miaole Heavenly Venerate appeared and told Three-Eyed Spirit Light to return to the Heavenly Court and confess, then suddenly attacked him.
• Miaole Heavenly Venerate revealed that he had disowned Three-Eyed Spirit Light and fought him to keep him from exposing the peach theft scheme.
• Three-Eyed Spirit Light fought back with his golden spear and pagoda, but Miaole Heavenly Venerate shattered his body and primordial spirit as the Heavenly Soldiers approached.
• Taibai Jinxing returned to the Heavenly Court and reported the events to Haotian.

Haotian accused the Buddhist Sect of scheming to ruin the Peach Banquet and demanded punishment for Miaole Heavenly Venerate, who had killed Three-Eyed Spirit Light. Duobao Tathagata left after Haotian sentenced Miaole Heavenly Venerate to death on the Platform of the Immortal Executioner.

• Haotian questioned Taibai Jinxing about Three-Eyed Spirit Light's disruption of the Peach Banquet and ordered Miaole Heavenly Venerate brought before him.
• Duobao Tathagata arrived and denied that the Buddhist Sect had arranged the disruption, suggesting Changsheng Heavenly Venerate was behind it.
• Haotian confronted Duobao Tathagata over Three-Eyed Spirit Light's former connection to the Buddhist Sect and accused Miaole Heavenly Venerate of covering up the scheme by killing him.
• Miaole Heavenly Venerate denied responsibility, but Haotian suppressed him and demanded that Duobao Tathagata decide his punishment.
• Duobao Tathagata proposed demoting Miaole Heavenly Venerate to the mortal world, but Haotian ordered him executed on the Platform of the Immortal Executioner, with his primordial spirit reduced to ashes.
• Duobao Tathagata departed with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, knocking Miaole Heavenly Venerate aside when he begged for help.

After Miaole Heavenly Venerate was executed, Great Emperor Fengdu sent a spirit light into reincarnation, setting a new birth in motion. The Buddhist Sect and Heavenly Court remained enemies, while their conflict spread among the human race.

• Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to execute Miaole Heavenly Venerate and erase his primordial spirit, and Taibai carried out the decree.
• Haotian ordered Queen Mother and Taibai Jinxing to reorganize the Peach Banquet and announced that it would proceed as scheduled.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi returned to the Great Thunderclap Monastery, where Duobao Tathagata identified Changsheng Heavenly Venerate as the one behind the plot.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi and the Buddhist leaders discussed their hostility toward Gu Changsheng and the possibility that Heaven's Dao would bring him down.
• Great Emperor Fengdu sent a spirit light connected to Miaojixiang into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• People across the human race began destroying Buddhist teachings or preaching Buddhism while disparaging the Daoist Sect.

Chijingzi visited a scholarly household in Southern Continent of Jambudvipa and named the newborn Huaguang, whom he had been told was destined to become his disciple. After Huaguang displayed extraordinary abilities, Chijingzi returned and took him to Mount Taihua to cultivate.

• Chijingzi arrived as Huaguang was born amid red light and named him, telling the scholar and his wife that he would return the next year to take the child to cultivate.
• The scholar persuaded his wife to accept Huaguang's future as an immortal cultivator rather than insist that he pursue scholarly honors.
• When a venomous snake coiled around Huaguang, he tore it in two with his bare hands.
• Before he turned one, Huaguang recited texts backward fluently, and Chijingzi returned to take him to Mount Taihua.
• Huaguang bid farewell to his parents, and Chijingzi gave the scholar and his wife fire jujubes that improved their health and could extend their lives to a hundred years.

Huaguang trained under Chijingzi on Mount Taihua while the Heavenly Court prepared for its Peach Banquet. Taibai Jinxing sensed something extraordinary about Huaguang but said little to Haotian, who focused on winning Chan Sect’s support against the Buddhist Sect.

• Huaguang left his parents with Chijingzi and trained on Mount Taihua for several years.
• Taibai Jinxing visited Chijingzi to invite him to Haotian’s Peach Banquet and wondered whether he had seen Huaguang before.
• Chijingzi told Grand Unity True Person that Taibai Jinxing had questioned him about Huaguang, and they agreed to respond according to the circumstances.
• Taibai Jinxing invited Chan Sect immortals to the banquet but invited no members of the Buddhist Sect.
• Taibai Jinxing told Haotian that Chijingzi had taken an extraordinary-seeming disciple, then dismissed his own impression as fatigue.
• Haotian sent his officials away and went to Yaochi Holy Land.

Chijingzi brought Huaguang to the Heavenly Court’s Peach Banquet, where Haotian noticed the young disciple and the Buddhist sect arrived despite receiving no invitations. Duobao Tathagata confronted Haotian, leaving the banquet on the brink of conflict.

• Taibai Jinxing wondered whether Chijingzi’s disciple resembled Three-Eyed Spirit Light, while Chijingzi taught Huaguang the Chan Sect’s Jade Purity Immortal Art.
• Gu Changsheng told Kong Xuan his plan, and Kong Xuan left Purple Mansion Continent in the form of a vast cloud.
• Duobao Tathagata learned that the Buddhist sect had received no invitations to the Peach Banquet and decided he had his own arrangements.
• Chijingzi and Huaguang arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Taibai Jinxing watched Huaguang closely and Haotian also noticed him.
• Haotian welcomed the immortals and offered peaches, which Huaguang eagerly ate.
• Duobao Tathagata and the Buddhist assembly arrived uninvited, and Duobao told Haotian he had come to inform him of something.

At the Peach Banquet, Duobao Tathagata accused Great Emperor Fengdu of saving a fragment of Three-Eyed Spirit Light’s soul and claimed Huaguang was his reincarnation. The accusation sparked a confrontation between the Buddhist Sect and Chan Sect, leaving Chijingzi and Pagoda King Buddha facing off in the void beyond the South Heavenly Gate.

• Duobao Tathagata told Haotian that Great Emperor Fengdu had saved a fragment of Three-Eyed Spirit Light’s soul and that it had been reincarnated.
• Duobao Tathagata pointed to Huaguang as the reincarnation, but Chijingzi rejected the claim and accused him of using his disciple to provoke conflict.
• Chijingzi and the Chan Sect immortals challenged the Buddhist Sect, while Haotian and his attendants denied that the Heavenly Court had arranged a trap.
• After Haotian ordered everyone to stop, Chijingzi challenged a Buddha to a duel in the void, and the Buddha accepted.
• Chijingzi and Pagoda King Buddha went beyond the South Heavenly Gate as the immortals gathered to watch.

Chijingzi overwhelmed Pagoda King Buddha in their battle, drawing the Buddhist Sect into the conflict. Ancient Buddha Randeng challenged Chijingzi, but Kong Xuan arrived as the chapter ended.

• Pagoda King Buddha attacked Chijingzi with his pagoda and Brocade Kasaya, but Chijingzi used the Yin Yang Mirror and a treasured sword to break through his defenses.
• Pagoda King Buddha and Chijingzi fought for many rounds as Duobao Tathagata warned Pagoda King Buddha and the Chan Sect immortals prepared to intervene.
• Haotian watched the battle through the Haotian Mirror and identified Huaguang as a Chan Sect disciple when the Great Crown Prince asked about him.
• Chijingzi used the Yin Yang Mirror to suppress Pagoda King Buddha and kicked him spinning through the void.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng appeared and challenged Chijingzi, who mocked him as a castoff disciple of the Chan Sect.
• Kong Xuan arrived, exchanged greetings with the Chan Sect immortals, and left Ancient Buddha Randeng looking displeased.

Kong Xuan and Guang Chengzi confronted Buddhism at the Peach Banquet, where Kong Xuan killed a Bodhisattva and forced the Buddhist delegation to withdraw. After the banquet ended, Kong Xuan returned to Purple Mansion Continent and reported what happened to Gu Changsheng.

• Guang Chengzi arrived at the Heavenly Court, and Ancient Buddha Randeng claimed he would suppress Kong Xuan on the Heavenly Court's behalf, prompting Haotian to deny any involvement.
• A Bodhisattva insulted Kong Xuan for serving as Gu Changsheng's mount, and Kong Xuan declared it an honor before killing the Bodhisattva with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Duobao Tathagata withdrew the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and Kong Xuan and Guang Chengzi departed after the confrontation ended.
• The Peach Banquet continued for several days, and Haotian assigned positions to several Primordial immortals who pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Court.
• Kong Xuan returned to Purple Mansion Continent and recounted the Heavenly Court events to Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng advised Guang Chengzi about his cultivation bottleneck while the Great Crown Prince secretly investigated Huaguang and resolved to avenge an old grudge. After benefiting from a peach and longing to taste another, Huaguang caught a Heavenly Court immortal official spying outside Yunxiao Cave.

• Kong Xuan obeyed Gu Changsheng's decree and returned to his cave abode, while Gu Changsheng prepared for the Buddhist Sect's next move.
• Guang Chengzi visited Gu Changsheng to seek guidance on a cultivation bottleneck, and Gu Changsheng began explaining the matter to him.
• A Heavenly Court immortal official confirmed to the Great Crown Prince that Huaguang had followed Chijingzi to Yunxiao Cave, and the Great Crown Prince ordered him to keep the discovery secret.
• Huaguang cultivated after eating a peach, then asked Chijingzi about getting more; Chijingzi explained that only the Queen Mother's Peach Tree of Immortality bore them and left for Changqing's cave abode.
• Huaguang went to Mount Taihua's back mountain for spirit fruits and overheard a suspicious man say he was waiting for Huaguang.
• Huaguang realized the man was a spy, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded to know who he was.

Huaguang caught True Lord Tai'a trespassing on Mount Taihua and beat him despite his claims of serving the Great Crown Prince. The Great Crown Prince arrived with Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to capture Huaguang, and the chapter ended as True Lord Tai'a attacked while the others rushed forward.

• Huaguang discovered True Lord Tai'a spying on Mount Taihua and beat him after he insulted him.
• True Lord Tai'a transformed into a loach to escape, but Huaguang caught him and continued beating him.
• The Great Crown Prince arrived with Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, revealing that True Lord Tai'a had served as bait to capture Huaguang.
• True Lord Tai'a attacked Huaguang with the Tai'a Sword, and Huaguang blocked him with the Jade Purity Immortal Art.
• The Great Crown Prince ordered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to capture Huaguang, while True Lord Tai'a insisted he could capture him alone.

Huaguang killed True Lord Tai'a and fought the Great Crown Prince and his Heavenly Soldiers at Mount Taihua. As Huaguang broke the Heavenly Might of the Great Crown Prince’s blade, Chijingzi hurried to intervene, while Gu Changsheng foretold that a great event was approaching.

• Huaguang pierced True Lord Tai'a with his spear and destroyed his primordial spirit, killing him.
• Huaguang opened his Heavenly Eye, trapped the Great Crown Prince and his forces, and attacked the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Gu Changsheng told Chijingzi that the Great Crown Prince was fighting Huaguang at Mount Taihua, and Chijingzi rushed there.
• Huaguang killed many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, then blocked the Great Crown Prince as he tried to flee.
• The Great Crown Prince attacked Huaguang with the Heavenly Blade, but Huaguang shattered its Heavenly Might and unleashed red light from his three eyes.

Huaguang slaughtered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and killed the Great Crown Prince despite Chijingzi's intervention. Chijingzi sent Huaguang to Purple Mansion Continent and set off for the Heavenly Court to face the consequences.

• Huaguang attacked the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, killing those who charged him and those who tried to flee.
• The Great Crown Prince fought Huaguang with the Heavenly Blade, but Huaguang overpowered him and pierced him with his spear.
• Chijingzi arrived and tried to stop Huaguang, but the Great Crown Prince provoked him, and Huaguang killed the prince.
• Huaguang vowed to bear responsibility for his actions, and Chijingzi told him to go to Purple Mansion Continent while he headed for the Heavenly Court with the Heavenly Blade.

After Huaguang killed the Heavenly Court's Great Crown Prince, Haotian prepared to attack Mount Taihua while Buddhist leaders anticipated a conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Chan Sect. Chijingzi brought the Crown Prince's relics before Haotian and defended Huaguang, leaving Taibai Jinxing accused of colluding with the Chan Sect as tensions escalated.

• Queen Mother vowed to make whoever killed her Great Crown Prince pay, while Duobao Tathagata and the Buddhists anticipated conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Chan Sect.
• Haotian ordered troops to gather at Mount Taihua and capture Huaguang, but Taibai Jinxing urged him not to make a show of force.
• Chijingzi arrived at the Hall of the Exalted carrying the Great Crown Prince's relics and said the Crown Prince had tried to kill Huaguang.
• Haotian demanded that Chijingzi hand over Huaguang, but Chijingzi insisted the killing was not solely his disciple's fault.
• Haotian ordered his officials to seize Chijingzi, and Taibai Jinxing pleaded with him to reconsider.
• Haotian accused Taibai Jinxing of joining the Chan Sect and colluding with Chijingzi.

After the Great Crown Prince’s death, Haotian tried to arrest Chijingzi, but Guang Chengzi arrived to defend his junior brother and the two prepared to fight the Heavenly Court. Taibai Jinxing sought Taishang Laojun’s help, but Laojun refused to get involved and claimed to be in secluded cultivation.

• Queen Mother confronted Chijingzi over the Great Crown Prince’s death, and Chijingzi said the prince had brought his fate upon himself.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court immortals to seize Chijingzi, who refused to submit and challenged them.
• Guang Chengzi arrived to aid Chijingzi and told Haotian that the Great Crown Prince was at fault.
• Queen Mother ordered the immortals to seize both Chan Sect disciples, and Chijingzi and Guang Chengzi readied their treasures to fight.
• At Taibai Jinxing’s prompting, Haotian sent him to seek Taishang Laojun’s help.
• Taishang Laojun told Golden Horn and Silver Horn Twin Attendants to say he was in secluded cultivation, then ignored Taibai Jinxing’s request to meet.

At the Heavenly Court, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and Nezha avoided choosing sides as Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi fought the Immortal Officials. Huaguang then went to Purple Mansion Continent to report to Gu Changsheng, who already knew about the Great Crown Prince’s death and asked whether Huaguang’s master had gone to the Hall of the Exalted.

• Nezha praised Huaguang for killing the Great Crown Prince, but Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li stopped him from going to help Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi, reminding him of his master’s plan.
• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and Nezha claimed to be in seclusion, while Li ordered the generals to avoid exerting themselves if they were called to fight.
• Taibai Jinxing found Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li in seclusion and led Giant Spirit God, Yudu General, and Yaksa General to the Hall of the Exalted.
• Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi fought the Heavenly Court’s forces as Haotian and Queen Mother watched with anger over the Great Crown Prince’s death.
• Huaguang reached Purple Mansion Continent, where Kong Xuan opened the formation and directed him to Gu Changsheng.
• Gu Changsheng told Huaguang he already knew of the killing and asked whether Huaguang’s master had gone to the Hall of the Exalted with the remains.

Gu Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to the Heavenly Court as Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi fought Haotian’s forces, while the Buddhas watched and waited. Kong Xuan delivered Gu Changsheng’s decree for the Chan Sect disciples to return, then killed an immortal official who attacked him.

• Gu Changsheng assigned Huaguang to Purple Mansion Continent and sent Kong Xuan to inform Haotian of his plans.
• Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi battled the Heavenly Court’s immortal officials as Haotian demanded their capture.
• Great Immortal Zhenyuan chose to remain neutral, while Duobao Tathagata told the Buddhas to wait before departing.
• Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi declared they would level the Heavenly Court as the Tribulation Clouds shook above it.
• Kong Xuan arrived and announced Changsheng Heavenly Venerate’s decree for Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi to return to Purple Mansion Continent.
• An immortal official attacked Kong Xuan, and Kong Xuan killed him with the Five-Colored Divine Light.

Kong Xuan confronted Haotian’s court, then challenged Duobao Tathagata when the Buddhist Sect arrived to intervene. After Kong Xuan killed a Vajra Warrior with his Five-Colored Divine Light, Duobao Tathagata launched his Ten Thousand Buddhas attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Kong Xuan brought Changsheng Heavenly Venerate’s decree to the Hall of the Exalted, and Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi stepped out of the encirclement.
• Duobao Tathagata arrived with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and demanded that Kong Xuan leave.
• Kong Xuan threatened Duobao Tathagata and killed a Vajra Warrior with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Duobao Tathagata declared that he would kill Kong Xuan on Heaven’s behalf and manifested the Ten Thousand Buddhas.
• Countless Buddhas charged toward Kong Xuan as Duobao Tathagata unleashed his attack.

Kong Xuan fought Duobao Tathagata in the Hall of the Exalted, using the Five Elements Law to break his attacks. Grand Unity True Person arrived as several Buddhas charged Kong Xuan, while Kong Xuan continued to face Duobao himself.

• Kong Xuan stopped Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi from joining the fight and used his Five-Colored Divine Light to destroy the Buddhas manifested by Duobao Tathagata's Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage.
• Duobao Tathagata attacked Kong Xuan with a heaven-supporting Buddha Palm, but Kong Xuan shattered it with the Five Elements Law Gu Changsheng had taught him.
• Haotian recognized Kong Xuan's Five Elements Law and remained silent as Duobao Tathagata threatened to kill Kong Xuan.
• Grand Unity True Person of Qianyuan Mountain Golden Light Cave arrived and challenged the Buddhist Sect's attempt to overwhelm Kong Xuan with numbers.
• Several Buddhas charged toward Kong Xuan, who laughed and continued to claim Duobao Tathagata as his opponent.