Chapter Summaries

After Bodhidharma's defeat, Immaculate Holy Mother gained the Calamity's Fortune and attained sainthood, while her junior sisters advanced toward sainthood. On Qixi Festival, she gave Blue Planet a Milky Way and led the others to dance on Spirit Mountain, leaving the Buddhist saints unable to intervene.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti suffered karmic backlash after Bodhidharma fell, and Amitabha Buddha recognized that Daoism's four female disciples had gained the upper hand.
• Bodhidharma's Fortune flowed to the four women, and Immaculate Holy Mother attained the Primordial Saint Dao while Cihang, Wenshu, and Puxian strengthened their foundations.
• Zhou Qingqing noticed that it was Qixi Festival and sent her junior sisters instructions to celebrate on Blue Planet.
• Immaculate Holy Mother swept her whisk to create a radiant Milky Way as a gift to Blue Planet's cultivators.
• Immaculate Holy Mother and her junior sisters took the forms of Zhenzhen, Aiai, and Lianlian and danced on Spirit Mountain, while Buddhism's two saints could not stop them.

After Bodhidharma’s defeat, Amitabha Buddha stopped hiding his power and entered the Dao Creation Realm through the Buddha Path. As Zhou Qingqing continued her counter-invasion of his Dream World, Upper Pure Master Tongtian secretly struck to give her a chance to survive and keep going.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti grieved over Bodhidharma’s defeat, but Amitabha Buddha reassured her that the Calamity still offered opportunities to fight back.
• Amitabha Buddha merged the normal and reversed Swastika Symbols and entered the Dao Creation Realm through the Buddha Path.
• Zhou Qingqing sensed Amitabha Buddha’s breakthrough and concealed her aura with the Chaos Azure Lotus and Chaos Pearl.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate sensed Amitabha Buddha’s change and learned through Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts that Upper Pure Master Tongtian had secretly sent seven sword strikes into the Dream World.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized Tongtian’s ambush had given Zhou Qingqing hope to continue her counter-invasion while he prepared to create his own Dao.

Amitabha Buddha rejected creating another Calamity protagonist through bloodline karma and planned to turn the Eighty-One Tribulations into trials for Daoism’s chosen protagonist. Zhou Qingqing found Sun Wukong and the other Four Monkeys of the World in the Underworld, where they were about to encounter Diting and face further trials.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti proposed using Amitabha Buddha’s bloodline karma to create a new Calamity protagonist, but Amitabha Buddha warned that repeating the tactic would risk exposure.
• Amitabha Buddha decided to personally elevate the Eighty-One Tribulations and challenge the protagonist chosen by Daoism once the protagonists gathered.
• The Three Pure Ones Hall learned that Amitabha Buddha would not create another bloodline protagonist and felt relieved.
• Zhou Qingqing found that Sun Wukong and the monkey troop had failed to clear Havoc in Heaven and were now in the Underworld with the other Four Monkeys of the World.
• Zhou Qingqing saw Diting hiding nearby and anticipated that the monkeys would catch him before undergoing further trials in the Underworld.

Zhou Qingqing discovered that Amitabha Buddha was reshaping Bodhidharma into the Awakened One, or Shakyamuni Tathagata, to challenge Ying Zheng in the Myriad Worlds. Amitabha empowered him with the Heavenly Wheel Saint King, leaving Zhunti confident that the Awakened One could defeat Ying Zheng.

• Zhou Qingqing noticed Amitabha Buddha using his Dao Creation Realm power to bring Bodhidharma back in a new form.
• Amitabha Buddha told Zhunti he would reshape Bodhidharma into the Awakened One and send him against Ying Zheng.
• Zhunti warned that Bodhidharma’s wounds from the Calamity had weakened his Zen Dao and left him inferior to Ying Zheng.
• Amitabha Buddha invoked the large and small wheels, empowering the Awakened One with insights drawn from the Wheel of Destiny and the Primordial World's Reincarnation.
• Zhunti sensed the Awakened One’s growing power and agreed that he could defeat Ying Zheng.

Zhou Qingqing searched the Myriad Worlds for Nuwa and found her projection in the Immortal Sword World, where the original story had been transformed. After sharing news of the Dao Creation Realm and Shakyamuni Tathagata’s hidden bloodline karma, Nuwa inferred that one of the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates had also advanced to that realm.

• Zhou Qingqing decided to seek Nuwa’s help and traveled with Nightmare to the Immortal Sword World.
• Zhou Qingqing found Nuwa, Fuxi, and Shennong in the world core and remarked on how Nuwa had changed the world’s story.
• Fuxi asked Zhou Qingqing for news, and Nuwa joined him in asking what had happened outside.
• Zhou Qingqing told them that Amitabha Buddha had reached the Dao Creation Realm and that Buddha Mother Zhunti had disguised her bloodline karma as Shakyamuni Tathagata’s.
• Nuwa deduced that Zhou Qingqing’s visit meant one of the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates had also entered the Dao Creation Realm.

Zhou Qingqing encouraged Nuwa to challenge Amitabha Buddha and advance the Human Dao by changing the fates of Nuwa Descendants in the Immortal Sword World. Nuwa drew her sword in Nuwa Palace and promised to act, while Shennong received a miraculous pill from Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate.

• Fuxi guessed that Daoism had three Dao Creation experts after Zhou Qingqing told him, "You guess."
• Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate sent Shennong a One Origin Pill, and Shennong gathered disciples to study it.
• Nuwa said she would secretly confront Amitabha Buddha so the Human Dao could contend with the Buddha Path.
• Nuwa explained that she had changed the Immortal Sword World and its Nuwa Descendants, then said her counterpart in Nuwa Palace had drawn her sword.

Fuxi borrowed Zhou Qingqing’s power to use the Book of Changes to seek Shakyamuni Tathagata’s whereabouts. After Fuxi prayed sincerely, he glimpsed the Great Dao of Fate and his Book of Changes gained the power of fortune-telling.

• Nuwa appeared before Zhou Qingqing in her true body, and she and Fuxi planned to find Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Fuxi asked Zhou Qingqing to lend him power for his Book of Changes, and she agreed.
• Fuxi prayed through the Book of Changes, and Zhou Qingqing’s response revealed a lotus disc containing the Great Dao of Fate.
• Fuxi’s Book of Changes gained a new fortune-telling function and displayed the power of the Great Dao.

Fuxi joined forces with Shennong and Di Hong to tell fortunes, and uncovered Buddhism’s plans involving Ying Zheng. Amitabha Buddha was alarmed, and Zhunti volunteered to handle the matter.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Di Hong a Human Sovereign Ring, which strengthened him and resonated with his Human Sovereign Sword.
• Zhou Qingqing invited Di Hong to join Fuxi and Shennong, and the Three Sovereigns lent Fuxi their auras.
• With the Three Sovereigns’ power, Fuxi discerned the thread of Buddhism and the name Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Amitabha Buddha realized Fuxi had discovered the Western Sages’ scheme against Ying Zheng and wondered if the Human Dao had defended itself.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti confidently told Amitabha Buddha to let him handle it.

Fuxi confronted Buddha Mother Zhunti’s karmic threads and began using his deduction abilities with support from the Human Dao. The chapter left him drawing on immense Human Dao power as Nuwa realized how strongly he could influence it.

• Amitabha Buddha allowed his junior brother Buddha Mother Zhunti to attack Fuxi, though he suspected Zhou Qingqing might be connected to Fuxi’s appearance.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti unleashed his karma threads to obstruct Fuxi’s deductions, while Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones watched and supported Fuxi.
• Fuxi recognized the karmic net and declared his confidence that he could break it with everyone’s help.
• Fuxi ignited his Eight Trigrams soul and began deducing with the support of the Human Dao and the Human Race.
• Nuwa sensed the Human Dao tremble and realized Fuxi was already mobilizing power on a scale few Saints could match.

Fuxi used the Three Changes Principle and the Fuxi Zither to break Buddha Mother Zhunti’s Karmic Threads, impressing Nuwa and the Heavenly Venerates. Enraged, Buddha Mother Zhunti entered the fray and reached to tear apart Fuxi’s musical score, but a Primordial Sacred Sword appeared beside it.

• Fuxi saw through the Karmic Threads by comprehending the Three Changes Principle and used the Book of Changes to simplify their complexity.
• Fuxi played his companion Lingbao, the Fuxi Zither, turning divine charms into a musical score that tore open the Heavenly Net and offset Myriad Laws Annihilation.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti was shocked that Fuxi had broken his Dao Integration-level Karmic Threads, while Amitabha Buddha praised Fuxi’s talent and prospects.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti grew furious, vanished from the Land of Ultimate Bliss, and reached to tear apart Fuxi’s musical score.
• A Primordial Sacred Sword appeared beside the score before Buddha Mother Zhunti could finish his motion.

Nuwa used the Primordial Chaos Sacred Sword to drive Buddha Mother Zhunti back and disrupt the path between Shakyamuni Tathagata and Ying Zheng. Amitabha Buddha prepared to confront her, while the Three Pure Ones watched the clash as an opportunity for their third brother to study Primordial Chaos.

• Nuwa pointed the Primordial Chaos Sacred Sword at Buddha Mother Zhunti, whose destruction-focused powers were countered by the sword’s power to create laws.
• The Primordial Chaos Sacred Sword wounded Buddha Mother Zhunti and forced him to retreat to the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
• Amitabha Buddha told Buddha Mother Zhunti to avoid Nuwa and Houtu, then promised to stop Nuwa without revealing his Dao Creation Realm cultivation.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti warned that Nuwa’s intervention could affect the contest between Shakyamuni Tathagata and Ying Zheng, and Amitabha Buddha moved to oppose her.
• Nuwa used the Primordial Chaos Sacred Sword to warp the path to Ying Zheng, while the Three Pure Ones watched and their third brother sensed her sword strikes.

Amitabha Buddha attacked Nuwa with a Finger of Nirvana, but Nuwa cut it apart with a Primordial Sacred Sword carrying her newly comprehended Nuwa Sacred Sword. Recognizing that he had underestimated her, Amitabha Buddha summoned the Jieyin Treasure Banner and prepared to fight seriously.

• Amitabha Buddha struck at Nuwa with a Finger of Nirvana that threatened to shatter space and time.
• Nuwa used insights gained from the Immortal Sword World to unleash her Nuwa Sacred Sword through the Primordial Sacred Sword.
• Nuwa’s sword fused creation and Nirvana, severed Amitabha Buddha’s finger, and restored the surrounding heaven and earth.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti was shocked by Nuwa’s power, while Amitabha Buddha admitted he had underestimated her.
• Amitabha Buddha summoned the Jieyin Treasure Banner to continue the battle.

Amitabha Buddha unleashed the Jieyin Treasure Banner, expecting Nuwa to answer with the Kongtong Seal and the Human Dao’s power. Instead, Nuwa used the pressure of his attack to study the Primordial Chaos divine ability through her Primordial Sacred Sword, leaving the Heavenly Venerates ready to intervene if Amitabha Buddha revealed his full strength.

• Amitabha Buddha brought out the Jieyin Treasure Banner, which displayed the power of Buddhism and the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
• Nuwa thanked Jieyin and traced a new trajectory with the Primordial Sacred Sword, using the banner’s pressure to comprehend Primordial Chaos.
• Amitabha Buddha expected Nuwa to bring out the Kongtong Seal, but neither the seal nor Nuwa’s true body appeared.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti and Amitabha Buddha grew angry when Nuwa continued fighting with only the Primordial Sacred Sword.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate prepared to back Nuwa if Amitabha Buddha revealed his full Dao Creation Realm strength.

Nuwa used the Hongmeng Creation Sword to resist Amitabha Buddha’s Jieyin Treasure Banner, creating Hongmeng worlds through the power of her mind. Amitabha Buddha recognized that her mind-driven divine ability could contend with him and chose to prolong the stalemate before breaking it.

• Nuwa unleashed the Hongmeng Creation Sword, and its Hongmeng worlds repeatedly formed to counter the Jieyin Treasure Banner.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized that Nuwa’s Human Dao mind powered the creation and let her divine ability grow stronger.
• Amitabha Buddha admitted that Nuwa’s mind-driven Hongmeng Creation could contend with him, despite his mastery of the Karma Great Dao.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti asked what they should do, and Amitabha Buddha decided to maintain the stalemate before using his Dao Creation Realm insights to break Nuwa’s sword.

Zhou Qingqing discovered that a fragment of the Chaos Pearl was the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl and needed Nuwa’s Hongmeng Creation power to refine it. She suppressed the power with One Thought Primordial Chaos and gathered it into the Qiankun Cauldron, while Nuwa and Amitabha Buddha remained deadlocked.

• Qingqing used the Great Destiny Technique and learned that she had to refine the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl with Nuwa’s Hongmeng Creation power.
• Qingqing asked Nuwa to direct some of her creation energy toward her while continuing to fight Amitabha Buddha.
• Nuwa manifested Hongmeng Creation power above the Immortal Sword World, and Qingqing prepared to collect it with a cauldron.
• Qingqing used One Thought Primordial Chaos to suppress Nuwa’s creation power and drew it into the Qiankun Cauldron.
• Nuwa told the Three Sovereigns that Qingqing’s spiritual power had surpassed hers in that instant.

Zhou Qingqing began refining the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl and discovered that completing it would require the power of a wheel tied to Shakyamuni Tathagata. As she continued her work, Amitabha Buddha prepared to use the Lotus Great Hand Seal against Nuwa.

• Zhou Qingqing dismissed the praise for using the Human Dao's power and returned to refining the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized the pearl was unusually difficult to refine because its Great Dao of Fate differed from an ordinary Chaos Pearl.
• Zhou Qingqing found that the final stage required the power of a wheel and decided to wait for Ying Zheng to defeat Shakyamuni Tathagata to obtain it.
• Amitabha Buddha emerged from meditation and formed the Lotus Seal, explaining to Buddha Mother Zhunti that its heart chakra could counter Nuwa's idealistic Hongmeng Creation.
• Amitabha Buddha's Lotus Seal expanded into the Lotus Great Hand Seal.

Amitabha Buddha prepared to act against Nuwa with the Lotus Great Hand Seal, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian volunteered to confront him. As Tongtian sent out the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, Bai Ze realized that a major event had begun in the Primordial World.

• Amitabha Buddha used a soundless voice to transform Buddha Mother Zhunti’s sorrow and intended his display of Great Sound, Yet No Sound to help Zhunti regain face.
• Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts predicted that Amitabha Buddha would use the Lotus Seal and the power of the mind against Nuwa, while Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate listened.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian insisted that he should confront Amitabha Buddha because his cultivation was the most suitable, and his brothers agreed.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Tongtian to strike fiercely and prevent Amitabha Buddha from using the Lotus Seal again.
• Bai Ze observed that the Calamity on Blue Planet continued despite its recent stability and that Sun Wukong’s group had nearly finished training in the Heavenly Court and Underworld.
• Four streams of sword light flew out of the Three Pure Ones Hall, and Bai Ze recognized the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and realized something major had happened.

Nuwa used the Kongtong Seal and Human Dao creation to counter Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal, while Fuxi and Zhunti reacted to its hidden sound-based power. Beyond the Three Pure Ones Hall, Bai Ze recognized the battle as resembling conflicts from the Primordial World.

• The Three Sovereigns noticed Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal injure Fuxi with its hidden Great Sound Is Silent technique.
• Fuxi recovered with Creation Sacred Water and recognized that the hand seal used principles resembling Zhou Qingqing’s One Thought Primordial Chaos.
• Nuwa brought forth the Kongtong Seal and formed a Twelve-Petaled Creation Azure Lotus to oppose the Lotus Great Hand Seal.
• Nuwa’s five divine dragons unleashed a soundless roar that struck Zhunti, but Amitabha Buddha shielded him and warned him not to underestimate Nuwa.
• Zhunti realized Amitabha Buddha’s ability contained power comprehended in the Dao Creation Realm and could still erase Hongmeng Creation after suppressing the Kongtong Seal.
• Bai Ze followed the sword light outside the Three Pure Ones Hall and recognized the scene as resembling battles from the Primordial World.

Zhou Qingqing recognized that Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal was too much for Nuwa to withstand, and Master Tongtian entered the battle with his Four Immortal-Slaying Swords. He accused Amitabha Buddha of cheating by using Dao Creation Realm power and his disciple’s golden lotus.

• Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal overpowered Nuwa’s resistance and left her face pale from the strain.
• Zhou Qingqing awoke after completing her Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl and realized Nuwa could no longer contend with Amitabha Buddha.
• Zhou Qingqing sensed that Master Tongtian had sent the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to act against Amitabha Buddha.
• Master Tongtian made his Wine Sword Immortal projection vanish from the Immortal Sword World as Zhou Qingqing recalled his history there.
• The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords appeared, and Master Tongtian accused Amitabha Buddha of using Dao Creation Realm cultivation and his disciple’s golden lotus to cheat.

Master Tongtian sent the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords against Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal while Amitabha and Zhunti debated whether to reveal its hidden Dao Creation power. The seal remained unmoved beneath the swords, confirming that it concealed something extraordinary.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti recognized Master Tongtian’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and Amitabha Buddha took their lack of Dao Creation aura as reassurance.
• Master Tongtian ignored Amitabha Buddha’s arguments and ordered the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to attack the Lotus Great Hand Seal.
• Amitabha Buddha realized he had to either disperse the seal or let its hidden power be exposed, and Buddha Mother Zhunti urged him not to back down.
• Amitabha Buddha agreed to use Dao Creation power rather than let Buddhism lose face.
• The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords struck, but the Lotus Great Hand Seal remained unmoved, confirming that it concealed something powerful.