Chapter Summaries

Daoist Burning Lamp, Maitreya, and Medicine Master watched the Zhou Dynasty army battle Zen Master Crow Nest and realized Lu Ya was secretly helping them. The Crow Nest began to break apart as Zen Master Crow Nest split into many forms and weakened himself, leaving the Western Sect trio stunned by his blatant sabotage.

• Zhou Qingqing finally brought up the water mirror showing the Zhou Dynasty, and Daoist Burning Lamp recognized Zen Master Crow Nest as one of Lu Ya's Three Corpses incarnations.
• Burning Lamp, Maitreya, and Medicine Master noticed that the Zhou Dynasty army had suffered no deaths and suspected Lu Ya was deliberately holding back.
• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones watched as the Daoism disciples damaged the Crow Nest, while the Western Sect trio remained trapped watching the scene.
• Burning Lamp pointed out that Zen Master Crow Nest had exposed weak points in the Crow Nest so the Zhou Dynasty army could break through.
• Zen Master Crow Nest split into countless forms and lowered his strength to fight the Daoism disciples, prompting Burning Lamp, Maitreya, and Medicine Master to call his actions fake and outrageous.

Ji Chang used the Book of Changes to draw on the Taiwei Enclosure’s stellar Dao, giving the Zhou Dynasty army enough royal majesty to defeat Zen Master Crow Nest. Zhou Qingqing’s Dao-Fusion cultivation was revealed to Maitreya, Medicine Master, and Daoist Burning Lamp, while Lu Ya’s mission ended with another injured avatar.

• Zen Master Crow Nest split into thousands of avatars and deliberately gave the Zhou Dynasty army room to fight back.
• Ji Chang waved the Zhou banner and used the Book of Changes, strengthening the army’s momentum and shifting its formation to match the Taiwei Enclosure’s stars.
• Bai Ze noticed the change, and Zhou Qingqing explained that Ji Chang had drawn on her fused stellar Dao.
• Maitreya, Medicine Master, and Daoist Burning Lamp realized that Zhou Qingqing had reached the Dao-Fusion Realm.
• The Zhou Dynasty army unleashed its royal majesty, and Zen Master Crow Nest fled injured, leaving black feathers behind.

Lu Ya abandoned the West and slipped away from the Zhou Dynasty army, prompting Daoist Zhunti to pursue him through their shared Buddhist karma. Zhunti’s attempt to seize Lu Ya failed when the figures of Lu Ya and his incarnations dissolved into dreamlike shadows.

• Lu Ya arrived at Crow Nest and declared that he would block the Zhou Dynasty army, while Bai Ze recognized his announcement as a secret signal.
• Fire Spirit Holy Mother reminded Lu Ya that Daoism’s eldest senior sister had once saved him, and Lu Ya let the army pass before fleeing as a golden streak.
• Daoist Zhunti sensed Lu Ya’s departure and concluded that he had betrayed the West and rebelled from Buddhism.
• Daoist Zhunti invoked the karmic Buddha Path to seize Lu Ya through Mahavairocana and Zen Master Crow Nest, but all three figures turned into dreamlike bubbles and shadows.

Daoist Zhunti failed to track Lu Ya, while Daoist Burning Lamp and the others learned that Di Jun had arrived on Blue Planet and concealed Lu Ya with his power. The chapter left Lu Ya reunited with Di Jun, who was poised to guide him and might help him regain the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

• Daoist Zhunti gave up searching for Lu Ya after his perception through the Buddha Path and Karma Great Dao failed.
• Daoist Burning Lamp recognized Di Jun in the water mirror, and Maitreya and Medicine Master realized Di Jun's arrival explained Lu Ya's rebellion.
• Daoist Burning Lamp deduced that Di Jun had reached the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm and speculated that Eastern Emperor Taiyi might also have returned.
• Bai Ze explained that Di Jun had attained sainthood through the Divine Path, while the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates heard Qingqing's inner thoughts.
• Qingqing accepted that Di Jun might help Lu Ya return to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm as repayment for his efforts.

Di Jun revealed that Zhou Qingqing’s Investiture of the Gods List had enabled him to become a Divine Path Saint, then used the Divine Path to restore Lu Ya’s Primordial cultivation. The chapter left Lu Ya newly returned to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm, astonishing the Buddhist observers watching through a water mirror.

• Di Jun appeared before Lu Ya on Blue Planet and explained that Zhou Qingqing’s Divine Path methods had made him a Divine Path Saint, allowing him to sever the Buddha Path’s perception.
• Lu Ya thanked Di Jun for protecting him, and Di Jun offered to help him recover from his two-corpse-severed Quasi-Sage realm.
• Di Jun expounded the Divine Path, and Lu Ya’s flesh and blood connected with the divine as Mahavairocana and Zen Master Crow Nest returned to him.
• Lu Ya regained the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm in one stroke.
• Maitreya, Medicine Master, and Daoist Burning Lamp watched Lu Ya’s transformation through a water mirror and were dumbstruck, while Zhou Qingqing and the Heavenly Venerates recognized Di Jun’s achievement.

Lu Ya became a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal after Di Jun guided him through the Divine Path, while Zhou Qingqing watched and celebrated. Di Jun revealed his mission to watch Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s Corpse Liberation Immortal, and Lu Ya joined him in cultivation as the Water Mirror returned to the Zhou Dynasty army.

• Du'e True Person and Bai Ze praised Zhou Qingqing for helping Di Jun and Lu Ya, and she produced spirit fruits and immortal brews to celebrate.
• The Divine Path helped Lu Ya understand the Buddha Path, recognize himself, and return to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Jun and Lu Ya sensed a chill and saw Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s Corpse Liberation Immortal hidden within the Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jun told Lu Ya that Zhou Qingqing had sent him to watch the Corpse Liberation Immortal, and Lu Ya agreed to stay and help.
• Di Jun and Lu Ya began cultivating beside the Corpse Liberation Immortal while Zhou Qingqing wondered what had alarmed them.

Buddha Mother Zhunti rallied the Shang Dynasty with the Amitabha Sutra and planned to return to the Primordial World, while Zhou Qingqing uncovered the Western Sect’s formation plans and helped Du'e True Person break through. Du'e True Person delivered her warning to the Three Pure Ones Hall, where the Heavenly Venerates already had the countermeasure in place.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti gave Di Xin the Amitabha Sutra and urged him, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong to unite the Shang Dynasty and prepare the Myriad Buddhas Nirvana Formation.
• Zhou Qingqing watched the Shang Dynasty’s movements through a new Water Mirror and sent Du'e True Person to warn the Three Pure Ones that the Western Sect planned to use the formation.
• Du'e True Person returned his tempered thoughts to his body, refined his inner demon into a pill, and broke through into the Shangqing Realm.
• Du'e True Person told the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates about Zhou Qingqing’s warning, and Supreme Pure Laozi said Third Martial Uncle had already given the Myriad Immortals Formation to the Golden Turtle Island disciples.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Du'e True Person that he had been responsible for the earlier incident in which Zhou Qingqing struck him unconscious, clearing his senior sister of blame.

Buddha Mother Zhunti sacrificed Di Xin, Yin Jiao, Yin Hong, and the Buddhist kingdom to unleash the Myriad Buddhas Nirvana Formation against the armies besieging Zhaoge. The feudal lords countered with Tongtian’s Myriad Immortals Formation, and Zhunti’s formation began to crack as the battle opened.

• Maitreya, Medicine Master, and Daoist Burning Lamp watched the armies of the four great feudal lords gather outside Zhaoge and realized Western Sect disciples had suffered the greatest losses.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti planted the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree atop Deer Terrace, then had Di Xin, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong enter Nirvana to trigger the Myriad Buddhas Nirvana Formation.
• Di Xin, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong awoke in the Primordial World, learned that they had made the Investiture of the Gods List, and thanked Zhou Qingqing for saving them.
• The feudal lords formed the Myriad Immortals Formation, which Bai Ze recognized as a counter to Zhunti’s formation.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti unleashed the Myriad Buddhas Nirvana Formation, but it began to crack when it collided with the Myriad Immortals Formation.

The Myriad Immortals Formation broke Buddha Mother Zhunti’s Myriad Buddhas Nirvana Formation, prompting Kong Xuan to enter Zhaoge City and challenge Zhunti. Zhunti unleashed his Karma Sarira against him, while Zhou Qingqing left the outcome to Kong Xuan.

• The Myriad Immortals Formation overwhelmed and shattered the Myriad Buddhas Nirvana Formation, leaving Daoist Jieyin to consider another plan to help Daoist Zhunti.
• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze that Kong Xuan would not let Zhunti fall without a fight, and Kong Xuan’s allies supported his decision to confront him.
• Kong Xuan used the Five Elements Grand Escape to leave the Myriad Immortals Formation and enter Zhaoge City, where he rejected Zhunti’s offer of a place beneath him.
• Kong Xuan and Zhunti exchanged taunts before Zhunti attacked with his Karma Sarira, intending to defeat Kong Xuan in one stroke.

Kong Xuan unleashed his Ultimate Five-Colored Divine Light against Buddha Mother Zhunti’s Causal Buddha Path, then revealed a startling new tactic by swallowing Zhunti whole. The battle ended with Zhunti trapped inside Kong Xuan, while Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones reacted to Kong Xuan’s unexpected claim to the title of First Beneath the Saints.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti manifested his Causal Buddha Path through a sarira, spreading karmic threads across the battlefield.
• Kong Xuan revealed his true form and used the Ultimate Five-Colored Divine Light to sweep away Zhunti’s karmic threads.
• Zhunti drew on the power of seven billion awakened figures and manifested the formidable posture of the Buddha Mother.
• Kong Xuan abandoned the Five-Colored Divine Light and used Heavenly Law, Earthly Manifestation to grow enormous.
• Kong Xuan swallowed Buddha Mother Zhunti whole, shocking the spectators and leaving Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones speechless.

Kong Xuan’s gambit left Daoist Zhunti karmically suppressed after he escaped Kong Xuan’s stomach, and Daoist Jieyin tried to free him. Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate strengthened the karmic bond with his Primordial Golden Chapter, leaving Zhunti’s humiliation in place.

• Kong Xuan recovered from his injuries and told Daoist Zhunti that emerging from his stomach had made Kong Xuan the mother of the Buddha Mother through karma.
• Daoist Zhunti realized his karmic shackles prevented him from using his usual powers against Kong Xuan, so he sought help from Daoist Jieyin.
• Daoist Jieyin began using the Buddha Path’s foundational power to remove Zhunti’s karmic suppression, but Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate intervened.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate merged his Primordial Golden Chapter into Zhunti’s karma, strengthening the bond between Zhunti and Kong Xuan.
• Daoist Jieyin tried to destroy the Primordial Golden Chapter with Karma Nirvana, but its inscriptions re-formed along the karmic threads, preventing him from freeing Zhunti.

Zhunti’s attempt to escape his karmic disadvantage failed after Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate used the Primordial Golden Chapter to make his karma with Kong Xuan heavier. Zhou Qingqing explained that Kong Xuan would remain the Mother of Buddhas unless Jieyin could overcome the technique, then pointed to Zhunti’s Buddha Path faith as his next possible advantage.

• Zhunti realized his karma had grown heavier and that Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate had intervened, leaving his Buddha body at a disadvantage against Kong Xuan.
• Zhunti called Kong Xuan the Mother of Buddhas after Kong Xuan swallowed him, stunning the cultivators watching the confrontation.
• Zhou Qingqing explained that Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate had used the Primordial Golden Chapter to increase the karma, making Kong Xuan the Mother of Buddhas unless Jieyin could break through it.
• Burning Lamp, Maitreya, and Medicine Master took comfort in Zhunti’s remaining Buddha Path and believed he could use its faith to regain the advantage.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested that Kong Xuan would now have to withstand the faith of the Buddha Path, leaving the three disciples shocked by her apparent understanding of it.

Daoist Zhunti used the Faith-powered Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel to try to sever his karma with Kong Xuan, but Kong Xuan’s Fate changed when the Greedy Wolf Fate Pattern awakened. Kong Xuan swept away Zhunti’s power of Faith, leaving Zhunti stunned.

• Daoist Jieyin abandoned his attempts to strip away the Primordial Golden Chapter and resolved to let Zhunti use the Buddha Path to sever the karma on Blue Planet.
• Daoist Zhunti turned the Deer Terrace into the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel and sent its Faith-powered attack toward Kong Xuan.
• Zhou Qingqing foresaw that Kong Xuan was about to act, while the Greedy Wolf Fate Star appeared above Southern Earl’s camp.
• The Greedy Wolf Fate Pattern merged into Kong Xuan, awakening his fighting spirit as a result of his karmic connection to Zhunti.
• Kong Xuan swept out the Five-Colored Divine Light fused into a murky gray aura and collapsed the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel’s power of Faith.
• Daoist Zhunti stared in disbelief as Kong Xuan swept away Faith itself.

Kong Xuan overwhelmed Daoist Zhunti with the Five-Colored Divine Light, leaving him close to defeat and possibly destined for the Investiture of the Gods List. Daoist Jieyin then invoked Amitabha Buddha's power and prepared to interfere with Blue Planet's Calamity.

• Kong Xuan used the Five-Colored Divine Light to defeat Zhunti's resistance and collapse the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel.
• Bai Ze praised Kong Xuan, while Di Xin and his son celebrated his victory over Zhunti.
• Supreme Pure Laozi predicted that Daoist Jieyin would intervene to save Zhunti, prompting the Three Pure Ones to prepare to act if Jieyin borrowed Amitabha's power.
• Kong Xuan continued pressing Zhunti, who sensed that he might end up on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Daoist Jieyin invoked Namo Amitabha Buddha, drew on the Buddha Path's origin, and prepared to interfere with the Calamity.

Daoist Jieyin broke away from the Mystic Gate, established the Buddha Path, and became Amitabha Buddha. He then began drawing the Investiture of the Gods Calamity’s qi away from Blue Planet to fulfill his vow and end the calamity, prompting Zhou Qingqing to realize what he intended.

• Zhou Qingqing sensed Daoist Jieyin’s power rising in the west as the Primordial World’s Saints and other beings turned their attention toward it.
• Daoist Jieyin announced that he had returned to the Primordial Saint fruit position, broken away from the Mystic Gate, established the Buddha Path, and transformed the Western Sect into Buddhism as Amitabha Buddha.
• The Three Corpses Star Lords celebrated Amitabha Buddha’s return, while Bai Ze considered whether the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates would intervene if he acted in the calamity.
• Amitabha Buddha declared that he would fulfill his old vow by ending the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• A golden Swastika Symbol appeared outside Blue Planet and began drawing away the calamity qi, and Zhou Qingqing realized Amitabha Buddha was turning it into the Past Glorious Calamity.

Supreme Pure Laozi intervened when Amitabha Buddha used the Buddha Path’s origin to absorb Blue Planet’s Calamity aura. He erased the golden Swastika Symbol and cut off Amitabha Buddha’s borrowed power, while the threat of the Corpse Liberation Immortal remained.

• Supreme Pure Laozi warned Amitabha Buddha not to interfere with the Calamity on Blue Planet and joined forces with Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian.
• Amitabha Buddha manifested a golden Swastika Symbol over Blue Planet, stirring and absorbing the Calamity aura as Buddha Mother Zhunti struggled against Kong Xuan.
• Yang Jiao saw the Fortune of the four feudal lords and the Shang Dynasty withering, while Lu Ya noticed signs that the Corpse Liberation Immortal was preparing to act.
• Supreme Pure Laozi manifested his Boundless Great Dao as a field of white that covered and erased the golden Swastika Symbol.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti lost his smugness when Amitabha Buddha’s connection to the Buddha Path’s origin vanished.

Amitabha Buddha failed to overcome Supreme Pure Laozi, so he called on Dao Ancestor Hongjun for help. Hongjun awakened the Corpse Liberation Immortal, which rescued Buddha Mother Zhunti from Kong Xuan, while Di Jun and Lu Ya prepared to intervene.

• Supreme Pure Laozi broke Amitabha Buddha's golden Swastika divine ability and blocked his attempts to wield the Buddha Path, causing his aura to fall.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that Amitabha Buddha's actions might force the Corpse Liberation Immortal to emerge, and Amitabha contacted Dao Ancestor Hongjun through the Buddha Path.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun decided it was not yet time to return and awakened the Corpse Liberation Immortal to act first.
• The Corpse Liberation Immortal appeared on Blue Planet and crushed Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light, freeing Buddha Mother Zhunti.
• Di Jun and Lu Ya watched the Corpse Liberation Immortal and waited to act, while Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to let them handle it.
• Two golden streaks appeared, and Buddha Mother Zhunti and Amitabha Buddha recognized the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique.

Di Jun and Lu Ya returned to Blue Planet with Primordial Chaos strength, and Corpse Liberation Immortal helped Buddha Mother Zhunti attain the Primordial Saint realm. Zhunti then attacked Kong Xuan, but Lu Ya intervened with the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Lu Ya and Di Jun emerged from golden light, revealing that both had reached the Primordial Chaos realm through different paths.
• Corpse Liberation Immortal struck Buddha Mother Zhunti and helped him attain the Primordial Saint realm, though his newly grown hair fell out afterward.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti tried to capture Kong Xuan, but Lu Ya used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to force him to defend himself.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti revealed that Lu Ya had created Mahavairocana and Zen Master Crow Nest as Three Corpse incarnations and had helped the Zhou Dynasty army overcome them.
• Lu Ya worried that Zhou Qingqing would punish him for the revelation and resolved to fight well so Di Jun and Zhou Qingqing would not jointly beat him.

Lu Ya confronted Buddha Mother Zhunti after revealing himself as an opponent of Buddhism, and the two traded divine mantras. Lu Ya turned Zhunti’s own Buddhist teachings against him, leaving Zhunti bleeding as Amitabha Buddha recognized that they had underestimated Lu Ya.

• Zhou Qingqing watched Lu Ya fight Buddha Mother Zhunti and believed he was striving because he could not refuse her demands.
• Lu Ya declared that he would oppose Zhunti and questioned how he could have remained with Buddhism during the Extinction of Ten Thousand Buddhas.
• Kong Xuan withdrew to the Southern Earl's camp, leaving Lu Ya to face Zhunti after recognizing the gap between himself and a Saint.
• Zhunti chanted the Zhunti Heart Mantra while Lu Ya answered with mantras drawn from the Great Sun Sutra and the Mahaprajnaparamita Heart Sutra.
• The merged divine mantras overwhelmed Zhunti’s heart mantra and struck him, making blood seep from the corner of his mouth.
• Amitabha Buddha realized that he and Zhunti should have been wary of Lu Ya after his departure from Buddhism.

Lu Ya fought Buddha Mother Zhunti, rejecting his offer to withdraw from the struggle after Di Jun ordered him to pursue the Investiture of the Gods List. Lu Ya revealed his Heaven-Slaying Draw Saber Technique and explained that he had used it against the Curse Demon God, as the confrontation with Zhunti continued.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti offered Lu Ya benefits in the next Calamity if he stopped opposing him, and Lu Ya asked what price he would pay.
• Di Jun told Lu Ya to stop joking and try to send Zhunti onto the Investiture of the Gods List; Lu Ya agreed.
• Lu Ya summoned the phantom of his former Fire Demon God self and prepared to attack Zhunti with Solar True Fire and a blade.
• Zhou Qingqing recognized Lu Ya's technique as the Heaven-Slaying Draw Saber Technique, while Di Jun sensed that it resembled the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.
• Lu Ya said he had devised the technique in the Chaos era and had used it against the Curse Demon God.