Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen converted Buddhist Cultivators across the Buddhist Land while the Great Sun Buddha Emperor waited for the Diamond Buddha to be summoned. After ten days, the Diamond Buddha descended into the Boundless Buddhist Sea as Fang Chen's following grew beyond ten billion.

• The Black Flame Saint and the Glazed Sword Sect disciples celebrated Fang Chen's success in converting residents of Heavenly Buddha City and Tianzhu City.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor watched his followers defect and endured the delay as the Buddhist Kingdom gathered strength to summon the Diamond Buddha.
• Fang Chen gained more than a billion followers in the first hour, while the Boundless Buddhist Sea drew the attention of the Human Race.
• Over ten days, Fang Chen traveled across the Buddhist Land and converted Buddhist Cultivators, building a following of more than ten billion.
• The Diamond Buddha descended from a Vortex, and the Buddhist Kingdom's warriors cheered his arrival.

The Great Sun Buddha Emperor took control of the Diamond Buddha and attacked Fang Chen in the Boundless Buddhist Sea. Fang Chen fought back with the Floating Immortal Sword, but the Diamond Buddha repelled him and left a burning palm print on his back.

• The Heavenly Buddha Pagoda descended into the Boundless Buddhist Sea, and the Great Sun Buddha Emperor entered the Diamond Buddha.
• Fang Chen enlarged his body and shattered the Diamond Buddha's Buddha's Palm with the Floating Immortal Sword, whose Runes then entered his body and increased his power.
• Fang Chen used One Sword Samsara to trap the Diamond Buddha's hands, but his sword could not pierce the Diamond Buddha's chest.
• The Diamond Buddha struck Fang Chen and sent him flying into the sea, leaving a red palm print on his lower back and a domineering force inside him.

Fang Chen battled the Diamond Buddha in the Boundless Buddhist Sea, absorbing its power while resisting a growing storm of golden lotus petals. The Diamond Buddha trapped him inside the shrinking Golden Lotus Devouring Sun, whose sharp threads cut his skin and began draining his power.

• Fang Chen merged with the Chaos Giant and shattered the mountain the Diamond Buddha summoned, then struck the Buddha from behind but failed to pierce its defenses.
• The Diamond Buddha chanted the Diamond Sutra and unleashed waves of Golden Lotus Petals, which Fang Chen blocked while absorbing their power and growing stronger.
• The Dragon Subduing Buddha Emperor and the others watched in shock as Fang Chen repelled more than ten thousand petals, while Little Crane encouraged him from afar.
• The Diamond Buddha formed the petals into a Golden Lotus that enclosed Fang Chen and tightened around him.
• Inside the shrinking Golden Lotus, razor-sharp threads cut Fang Chen's skin and began devouring the power in his body.

Fang Chen escaped the Golden Lotus by using the Floating Immortal Sword to devour its energy, emerging much stronger. He began overpowering the Diamond Buddha and ended the chapter launching another heavy attack against it.

• Fang Chen used the Devouring God Art and the Floating Immortal Sword to absorb energy from the Golden Lotus while enduring its crushing pressure.
• The Golden Lotus cracked and exploded, freeing Fang Chen and leaving him stronger than before.
• Fang Chen charged the Diamond Buddha and struck it, sending it flying and carving a shallow mark into its body.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor realized Fang Chen's strength had increased dramatically and feared the battle would turn against him.
• Fang Chen shouted "First Wave!" and brought the Floating Immortal Sword down on the Diamond Buddha.

Fang Chen overwhelmed the Diamond Buddha with his Nine Layer Wave and severed its hands, but Great Sun Buddha Emperor answered by unleashing the Red Cloud Kasaya and beginning the Heavenly Tribulation Curse. Fang Chen charged to strike the Diamond Buddha as the curse gathered in the red clouds.

• Fang Chen battered the Diamond Buddha with successive sword waves, then severed its wrists with the Nine Layer Wave before his momentum and insight faded.
• The Diamond Buddha's hands rejoined its body, while Fang Chen's followers and the Human Race experts celebrated his feat.
• Great Sun Buddha Emperor struggled to control the Diamond Buddha and hurled out the Red Cloud Kasaya, which spread into a vast canopy of red clouds.
• The Diamond Buddha chanted the Heavenly Tribulation Curse, sending golden Runes into the clouds as thunder rolled overhead.
• Fang Chen looked up at the red clouds, then charged toward the Diamond Buddha and slashed at it.

Fang Chen could not hit Diamond Buddha, so he waited for the Great Sun Buddha Emperor’s Heavenly Tribulation Curse to strike. The Red Cloud Kasaya’s lightning hit Fang Chen, but his Devouring God Imprints and Floating Immortal Sword absorbed its power as he pretended to suffer.

• Diamond Buddha evaded Fang Chen’s sword strikes with illusory afterimages and said Fang Chen could not touch his body.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor continued chanting the Heavenly Tribulation Curse while Fang Chen waited and strengthened himself by absorbing golden seawater and Faith Power.
• The Chaos Holy Lord explained that the Great Sun Buddha Emperor was using the Red Cloud Kasaya’s ultimate form to summon Heavenly Thunder, while Yue Fan wondered why Fang Chen did not stop him.
• A vortex opened in the red clouds, and its immense pressure pushed the golden seawater away from Fang Chen.
• Red lightning struck Fang Chen, whose Devouring God Imprints and Floating Immortal Sword absorbed its power as he fell and pretended to cry out in pain.

Fang Chen endured the Heavenly Tribulation Curse and revealed that he had grown stronger, then attacked the Diamond Buddha. He ended the chapter unable to sense the Diamond Buddha inside his Darkness Devouring God Domain.

• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor used the Red Cloud Kasaya’s Ultimate Form to rain Red Lightning down on Fang Chen, while Fang Chen secretly absorbed the Heavenly Thunder and pretended to be badly hurt.
• After the Red Cloud Kasaya ran out of energy, the Great Sun Buddha Emperor attacked Fang Chen with a Golden Lotus Platform, and Fang Chen knocked it away.
• Fang Chen struck the Diamond Buddha with Heaven and Earth Creation, carving a huge wound across its chest, but the Diamond Buddha dodged his follow-up attack.
• Fang Chen’s apparent recovery shocked the onlookers, who suspected he had been acting, while the Great Sun Buddha Emperor realized Fang Chen could absorb energy even within the Boundless Buddhist Sea.
• Fang Chen pursued the Diamond Buddha and unleashed his Darkness Devouring God Domain, but he could not sense the Diamond Buddha within it.

Fang Chen saw through the Great Sun Buddha Emperor’s illusion and struck the Diamond Buddha’s true body with the Floating Immortal Sword, which began devouring his energy. The emperor escaped Fang Chen’s Darkness Devouring God Domain, but lost fragments of the Diamond Buddha and emerged weakened as Fang Chen’s followers cheered.

• Fang Chen realized the Diamond Buddha was an illusion and located the Great Sun Buddha Emperor’s true body beneath the golden sea.
• Fang Chen drove the Floating Immortal Sword into the true Diamond Buddha, and the sword began devouring the emperor’s energy.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor attacked Fang Chen, then became trapped when he tried to pull the sword free.
• The emperor shattered part of the Diamond Buddha to escape the sword, and Fang Chen’s Darkness Devouring God Domain devoured the fragments.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor escaped the domain and healed the Diamond Buddha, but his light dimmed as Fang Chen’s followers cheered.

Fang Chen forced the Great Sun Buddha Emperor to reveal his hidden Demonic Clone and merge it with his Yang Clone, transforming the Diamond Buddha into the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha. The Great Sun Buddha Emperor then set the transformed body ablaze to raise its power and prepared to fight Fang Chen with everything he had.

• Fang Chen suppressed the Diamond Buddha, astonishing the Buddhist Kingdom’s warriors and the Central Barrens’ major powers.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor summoned his hidden Demonic Clone, whose face matched his own, and merged with it inside the Diamond Buddha.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor’s secret Great Sun Yin-Yang Scripture and his separated Yang and Demonic Clones were revealed.
• Fang Chen stored the Diamond Buddha’s remains from his Darkness Devouring God Domain in the Floating Immortal Ring and withdrew the domain.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor transformed the Diamond Buddha into the half-gold, half-black Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha and vowed to kill Fang Chen.
• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor set the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha’s body ablaze to increase its power.

Fang Chen endured the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha’s assault as his followers and Buddhist scriptures drew Faith Power from the Buddha Kingdom’s warriors. He weakened and pinned the Buddha, then trapped it in the Darkness Devouring God Domain, where its power was devoured.

• The Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha battered Fang Chen while the Great Sun Buddha Emperor ordered the Buddhist Kingdom’s warriors to attack Fang Chen’s followers.
• Fang Chen and his followers continued reciting the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, and golden Buddha statues rose from the Boundless Buddhist Sea, chanting other Buddhist scriptures and gathering Faith Power.
• The Buddhist Kingdom’s warriors joined the statues’ chanting, weakening the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha and strengthening Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen struck the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha, pinned it with the Floating Immortal Sword, and trapped it inside the Darkness Devouring God Domain.
• Black Tentacles and a Chaos Devouring God Bee began devouring the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha’s power as the Myna bird cheered Fang Chen on from the Spirit Crane Space.

Fang Chen defeated the Great Sun Buddha Emperor, who escaped aboard the Heavenly Buddha Pagoda after destroying his Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha. The Buddhist Kingdom’s followers and territory shifted toward Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect, leaving the balance of power across the Barbaric Continent transformed.

• The Great Sun Buddha Emperor destroyed the Yin-Yang Diamond Buddha to break Fang Chen’s Darkness Devouring God Domain, then fled into the Heavenly Buddha Pagoda with the Dragon Subduing Buddha Emperor and other Buddhist Cultivators.
• Fang Chen struck the rising Heavenly Buddha Pagoda with the Floating Immortal Sword, damaging it and sending it crashing into the Boundless Buddhist Sea, but the pagoda recovered and escaped.
• Fang Chen stopped reciting the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, reclaimed the Floating Immortal Sword, and watched the golden Buddha statues dissolve into the Boundless Buddhist Sea.
• Fang Chen’s followers celebrated his victory, while Buddhist Cultivators across the Barbaric Continent no longer believed in the Great Sun Buddha Emperor and regarded Fang Chen as the True Buddha.
• The Human Powerhouses of the Central Barrens recognized that the Glazed Sword Sect now controlled the Western Wilderness and nearly a third of the Barbaric Continent.

Fang Chen defeated the Great Sun Buddha Emperor and broke the Buddhist Kingdom’s hold over the Barbaric Continent, shifting the balance of power in the Glazed Sword Sect’s favor. The Great Sun Buddha Emperor escaped with the Heavenly Buddha Pagoda, leaving Ye Mian to consider the danger of his revenge while Buddhist Cultivators gathered to honor Fang Chen.

• Yue Canglan and Human Cultivators celebrated after Fang Chen smashed through the Buddhist Kingdom and weakened a major obstacle to uniting the Human Race.
• Ye Mian despaired that the Buddhist Kingdom had fallen and its cultivators had become Fang Chen’s believers, leaving the Ye Family exposed to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Li Changsheng told Ye Mian that the Great Sun Buddha Emperor had lost his Buddhist Land and protection but remained dangerous because he could now attack the Glazed Sword Sect without restraint.
• Ye Mian took comfort in Li Changsheng’s warning and expected the Great Sun Buddha Emperor to seek revenge on Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen stood in the Boundless Buddhist Sea as Buddhist Cultivators flew to pay their respects and the golden sea began to recede.

After conquering the Buddhist Kingdom, Fang Chen decided to remain in the Buddhist Land and help restore order. A Buddhist Cultivator named Tang Que broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and his recitation of the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture began gathering Faith Power for Fang Chen.

• Little Crane released Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, Myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and Myna bird's Seal began breaking under the Boundless Buddhist Sea's pressure.
• Fang Chen told Ye Qingci that he would stay in the Buddhist Land to settle matters before leaving.
• A Buddhist Cultivator broke through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Fang Chen learned his name was Tang Que and his Buddhist title was Three Burials.
• Fang Chen put the Three Burials Buddha Emperor into the Heaven Refining Furnace and refined a fragment of the Diamond Buddha's remains to stabilize his Cultivation.
• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor recited the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, prompting nearby followers to chant along and sending a tide of Faith Power into Fang Chen.

After the Three Burials Buddha Emperor condensed a Quasi-Emperor Mark, Fang Chen appointed him the Buddhist Kingdom’s new ruler and left him to restore the disorderly Buddhist Land. Fang Chen gave him Spirit Sword Talismans for communication before preparing to enter seclusion.

• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor emerged from the Heaven Refining Furnace after condensing a Quasi-Emperor Mark and thanked Fang Chen.
• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor explained that the Great Sun Buddha Emperor had cultivated the Taiyin Demonic Scripture to create a demonic Clone through mass slaughter.
• Fang Chen appointed the Three Burials Buddha Emperor ruler of the Buddhist Kingdom, and the believers bowed to their new leader.
• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor asked Fang Chen to leave Glazed Sword Sect members to help govern, but Fang Chen said they could not remain in the Buddhist Land.
• Fang Chen gave the Three Burials Buddha Emperor Spirit Sword Talismans and told him to distribute them so the kingdom could communicate while restoring order.

Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect after defeating the Great Sun Buddha Emperor and entrusted the Buddhist Land to the Three Burials Buddha Emperor. The Buddhist Cultivators began restoring order as the Barbaric Continent braced for the Glazed Sword Sect’s possible rise to supremacy.

• Fang Chen left the Three Burials Buddha Emperor in charge of the Buddhist Land and entered seclusion, while Little Crane carried Fang Chen and his companions out of the Boundless Buddhist Sea through the Void.
• The Three Burials Buddha Emperor rallied the Buddhist Cultivators to restore peace and normal life in the Buddhist Land.
• News of the Great Sun Buddha Emperor’s fall spread across the Barbaric Continent, and other factions feared the Glazed Sword Sect would become its supreme power.
• Little Crane brought Fang Chen and his companions back to the Glazed Sword Sect, where the Black Flame Saint, Yun Qianxue, and the others welcomed them.
• Fang Chen told the Black Flame Saint that he had appointed the Three Burials Buddha Emperor ruler of the Buddhist Land and explained that the Boundless Buddhist Sea prevented outsiders from managing its affairs.
• Fang Chen revealed that the Great Sun Buddha Emperor had escaped with the Heavenly Buddha Pagoda and several Supreme Emperor Weapons, but said his greatest gains were defeating him and turning most Buddhist Cultivators into believers.

After driving the Great Sun Buddha Emperor from the Buddhist Land, Fang Chen planned to cultivate in the Ninth Secret Realm with Ye Qingci before confronting the Ye Family. He entered the realm with his companions, but Ye Kong and Chi You were missing when he arrived.

• Black Flame Saint and the others praised Fang Chen for defeating the Great Sun Buddha Emperor, and Fang Chen said he would cultivate with Ye Qingci in the Ninth Secret Realm.
• Fang Chen reflected on how the War Buddha's legacy and the Floating Immortal Sword had helped him defeat the Buddhist Kingdom, and wondered whether an unseen force was aiding him.
• Fang Chen took Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine to the Rainbow Mountain Range.
• Fang Chen had Little Crane take Ye Qingci and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine into the Spirit Crane Space, then activated his Token as Ye Kong, the Myna bird, and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm activated theirs.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird entered the Ninth Secret Realm, but Ye Kong and Chi You were nowhere to be seen.

Fang Chen and Myna bird tried to understand why the Ninth Secret Realm had grouped them together, then brought Ye Qingci and Little Star into it. Ye Qingci was sent away to take her first Trial, while the Realm Master arrived to speak with Fang Chen and examine Little Star.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird speculated about why they had been sent to the same place, and Fang Chen asked Little Crane to release Ye Qingci and Little Star.
• Ye Qingci appeared, adapted to the Ninth Secret Realm’s Spatial Suppression Force, and was pulled into a Space Vortex to face her first Trial after the Realm Master explained the situation to Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen asked Little Star to reveal its full size, and its enormous vines impressed Fang Chen and Myna bird with their strength.
• The Realm Master appeared, said he had come because he was bored alone, and recognized Little Star as a Chaos Demonic Star Vine.

Fang Chen learned that the Chaos Demonic Star Vine could accompany him in the Secret Realm trials, while the Realm Master’s reaction to Little Crane triggered a burst of Flames and restored some of his memories. The Realm Master still could not identify Little Crane, but he allowed her to join Fang Chen in the trials.

• The Realm Master told Fang Chen that an ancient Heavenly Court had possessed a Great Emperor-level Chaos Demonic Star Vine, but the vine could not attempt the stages because it was not a cultivator.
• The Realm Master allowed the Chaos Demonic Star Vine and Little Crane to accompany Fang Chen during his trials.
• The Realm Master stared blankly at Little Crane until she flew onto his head and pecked his skull, jolting him back to his senses.
• Flames erupted from the Realm Master, then faded as his eye Flames turned purple and his body became lustrous; he said he had remembered a few things.
• The Realm Master said he had never seen anyone like Little Crane, then confirmed she could join Fang Chen in the stages.

Fang Chen and Myna bird learned that several checkpoints in the Secret Realm had been destroyed, preventing them from advancing. The Realm Master asked them to investigate the mysterious force blocking the ruins, hoping they could clear it so he could retrieve the Realm Source Pearl and repair the checkpoints.

• The Realm Master told Fang Chen and Myna bird that the Third through Seventh Checkpoints had been destroyed and that they could not skip ahead to the remaining checkpoints.
• Fang Chen and Myna bird prepared to leave, but the Realm Master stopped them and asked for their help repairing the destroyed checkpoints.
• The Realm Master explained that restoring the checkpoints would let the Glazed Sword Sect's cultivators train in the Secret Realm and earn its rewards.
• Fang Chen agreed to hear how the repairs could be made, and the Realm Master revealed that a mysterious force blocked him from entering the damaged area and retrieving the Realm Source Pearl.

Fang Chen and Myna bird investigated the mysterious Red Space where the fourth-stage trial’s Realm Source Pearl was hidden. After Little Crane returned from scouting and reported no signs of life, Fang Chen and his companions entered the space to search for the pearl.

• The Realm Master brought Fang Chen and Myna bird to the Blood-colored Space, where Fang Chen’s Spiritual Sense could not penetrate.
• Fang Chen sent Little Crane inside to test the space, and she vanished from view.
• The Realm Master showed Fang Chen the Realm Source Pearl from the Eighth Layer so he could recognize the fourth-layer pearl.
• Little Crane returned and reported that a mysterious power affected her flight but that she sensed no life inside.
• Fang Chen, Myna bird, and Little Crane crossed into the Red Space and disappeared from the Realm Master’s sight.