Chapter Summaries

Upper Pure Master Tongtian confronted Amitabha Buddha and revealed that his Four Immortal-Slaying Swords could form a powerful formation without the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram. Meanwhile, Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts exposed the diagram’s origins, prompting the Three Pure Ones to investigate its possible connection to demonic forces.

• Amitabha Buddha mocked Upper Pure Master Tongtian, who challenged him and warned that he would erase the lotus from his Lotus Great Hand Seal for Dao Venerable Zhou Qingqing’s sake.
• Tongtian’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords joined their sword Dao essence without the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram, astonishing the watching saints.
• Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts revealed that Demon Ancestor Rahu had refined the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram during his battle with Hongjun and that Hongjun later gave it to Tongtian.
• Tongtian placed the diagram in Three Pure Ones Hall, where the Three Pure Ones considered whether it could help them investigate the Dao-Demon Conflict and the reversed Swastika Symbol.
• Tongtian continued relying on his own Formation Dao, which he believed had surpassed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian unveiled a sword that fused Sword Dao and Formation Dao to annihilate all traces of Buddhism and lotuses from Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal. Zhou Qingqing recognized its meaning as Annihilation Forever, and the chapter ended with Tongtian demonstrating the sword’s power before the stunned witnesses.

• Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti realized that Tongtian was merging the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords’ principles into one sword rather than merely creating a formation.
• Zhou Qingqing understood Tongtian’s sword as Annihilation Forever, and Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized that it could pierce through time to erase its target across timelines.
• Tongtian clarified that he only needed to accomplish the annihilation in the current timeline, while the Saints observed his Sword Dao and Formation Dao intertwining through the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Zhou Qingqing explained to Lady Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns that Tongtian’s sword would annihilate the Lotus Great Hand Seal’s Buddhist aura rather than destroy the seal itself.
• Tongtian’s sword caused the newly formed Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to collapse into the Lotus Great Hand Seal, erasing every lotus-related trace and leaving the hand seal intact.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian’s Annihilation Forever destroyed the lotuses in Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal and repeatedly annihilated his hands. Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate struck Buddha Mother Zhunti through karma, while Amitabha Buddha was left with empty hands and Buddhism’s lotuses gone.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian’s sword cut away the lotuses in the Lotus Great Hand Seal without harming his disciple.
• Amitabha Buddha’s hands repeatedly lost their flesh and bones as Tongtian’s sword aura prevented him from forming the Lotus Seal again.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti tried to trace and kill those who mocked Buddhism, but Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate blocked him through karma.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate struck Buddha Mother Zhunti with the Primordial Golden Chapter, hitting the spot where the Overturning Heaven Seal had struck before.
• Amitabha Buddha sighed over his empty hands as Buddha Mother Zhunti fled and Buddhism’s lotuses vanished.

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s attack forced Amitabha Buddha to break the Primordial Golden Chapter with golden Swastika Symbols, abandoning Buddhism’s remaining connection to lotuses. As Master Tongtian prepared to face Amitabha Buddha, Burning Lamp sensed that the Buddha had remembered him and hoped the Three Corpses Star Lords would soon be rescued.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti asked Amitabha Buddha for help, and Amitabha broke Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Primordial Golden Chapter with golden Swastika Symbols.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Supreme Pure Laozi concluded that Amitabha had abandoned Buddhism’s connection to lotuses, while Master Tongtian accepted that Amitabha would temper him in battle.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti told Amitabha that losing the lotuses was not important, while Medicine Master, Maitreya, and Burning Lamp watched the clash from Three Corpses Star.
• Burning Lamp felt that the Buddha had remembered him and predicted that he and the other Three Corpses Star Lords would soon be rescued, though Medicine Master and Maitreya doubted it.

Amitabha Buddha abandoned the Lotus Seal and invoked a transformation of Buddhism’s heart chakra, revealing the Pure Land within the mind. As Master Tongtian prepared to face him, Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched from Purple Cloud Palace and recognized that Tongtian was tempering his sword for the Dao Creation Realm.

• Amitabha Buddha decided to act despite the risks, believing Buddhism’s weakened momentum made it necessary to stop Master Tongtian.
• Amitabha Buddha omitted “Namo” from his invocation, and Zhou Qingqing realized that Fate’s taking refuge had vanished as he prepared to fight seriously.
• The Heavenly Venerates heard Zhou Qingqing’s insight, while Master Tongtian sharpened his resolve to face Amitabha Buddha.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun observed from Purple Cloud Palace, noted that Amitabha Buddha had been restored, and chose not to intervene.
• Amitabha Buddha joined the hand seals in the void and proclaimed that Amitabha and the Pure Land existed within the mind.

Master Tongtian used his Mind-Guided Sword against Amitabha Buddha’s Heart Pure Land, intending to temper his Sword Dao under pressure. As the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords began to buckle, Tongtian answered with a surging sword technique that Shennong recognized as Myriad Swords Return to the Source.

• Guangchengzi realized he could no longer learn from the transformed hand seal and urged Master Tongtian to deal with Amitabha Buddha.
• Nuwa sensed that the Heart Pure Land was connected to the Dream World and began comprehending it as she watched the battle.
• Master Tongtian unleashed his Mind-Guided Sword, but Amitabha Buddha’s Heart Pure Land destroyed its power.
• Tongtian told Amitabha Buddha he was using him as a whetstone to temper a Sword Dao of his own.
• Amitabha Buddha increased the pressure until the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords groaned, but Tongtian stayed hidden and unleashed a flood of sword qi.
• Shennong recognized Tongtian’s multiplying sword qi as Myriad Swords Return to the Source.

Master Tongtian used his clash with Amitabha Buddha to test his sword, then revealed that Myriad Swords Return to the Source had not yet reached its full power. With Zhou Qingqing offering up her swords, he summoned the swords of the Primordial World to return to their source.

• Shennong realized Zhou Qingqing might have witnessed his old encounters with Tongtian, while Tongtian noticed her amusement and continued testing his sword against Amitabha Buddha's Heart Pure Land.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti warned Amitabha Buddha that Tongtian was using him as a whetstone, and Amitabha Buddha resolved to force Tongtian's true body to appear.
• Tongtian said Myriad Swords Return to the Source was incomplete because it lacked enough true swords, stunning the watching cultivators.
• Zhou Qingqing laid out her sword-type treasures, including the Little Vajra Gourd and Green Duckweed Sword, to help Tongtian's technique.
• Tongtian drew inspiration from Nuwa's Primordial Sacred Sword and declared that all swords had sword hearts, then called for all swords to return to the source.

Master Tongtian’s Myriad Swords Return to the Source summoned swords from across the realms, including treasures belonging to Haotian, Old Ancestor Minghe, Xuanming, Di Jun, and Buddhism. After Zhou Qingqing promised to repair or replace any damaged swords, Tongtian put the Buddhist swords at the very front of the gathering.

• Haotian let the Haotian Sword fly away after Yaochi pointed out that other swords, including hers and Princess Longji’s, were already leaving.
• Old Ancestor Minghe sent Primordial Slaughter and Avici after Nether Mosquito and the Seven Little Spiders watched the swords gather.
• Xuanming watched her blood-refined Yellow Springs Sword fly out from beneath the Nine Springs.
• Di Jun’s Demon God Sword left the Main God Space, and Lu Ya worried whether Tongtian would return it safely.
• Di Hong and Nuwa sent their swords from the Immortal Sword World, while Zhou Qingqing offered to repair damaged swords with the Qiankun Cauldron.
• Tongtian sent the swords summoned from Buddhism to the very front of Myriad Swords Return to the Source.

Master Tongtian’s torrent of real swords overwhelmed Amitabha Buddha’s Myriad Buddhas Pay Homage to the Ancestor, but Amitabha then unleashed the Heart Pure Land against it. The Heart Pure Land began crushing the sword torrent as the onlookers feared their own swords would be destroyed.

• Haotian’s sword and many other famous swords joined Master Tongtian’s torrent of Sword Dao, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• Amitabha Buddha used Myriad Buddhas Pay Homage to the Ancestor instead of directly clashing the Heart Pure Land with Tongtian’s sword torrent.
• Tongtian’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords swept through the Buddha phantoms and erased Amitabha’s divine ability.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti recognized that Amitabha had finished testing Tongtian and confirmed the other two of the Three Pure Ones would not intervene.
• Amitabha sent the Heart Pure Land crashing down, shattering acquired swords and crushing the spiritual light of innate swords in Tongtian’s torrent.

Master Tongtian named his newly created Dao the Boundless Heavenly Venerate, unleashing a Sword Dao torrent that surpassed the Dao Integration level. As Amitabha Buddha prepared to face him, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Supreme Pure Laozi protected the Primordial World, while Amitabha hinted that he already knew about the title.

• Master Tongtian and Qingqing realized Amitabha Buddha's Nirvana power had damaged the Faith Swords and threatened weaker swords in the Sword Dao torrent.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate urged Master Tongtian to show Amitabha Buddha that he had surpassed the Dao Integration Realm, and Supreme Pure Laozi said Tongtian's created Dao should have a name.
• Master Tongtian declared his Dao to be the Boundless Heavenly Venerate, causing the Sword Dao torrent to surge beyond its previous limits.
• Nuwa warned that the torrent and Heart Pure Land were straining the Primordial World, but the Heaven-and-Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens appeared to protect it.
• Amitabha Buddha relaxed when the Three Pure Ones made clear that Tongtian would fight him alone, then wondered whether Tongtian believed they had never investigated the Boundless Heavenly Venerate.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian revealed that Boundless Heavenly Venerate was only an amplification for his true technique and prepared to create a Dao while confronting Amitabha Buddha. As observers speculated about his new Great Dao, Qingqing reasoned that it would oppose his brothers’ Daos of Origin and Beginning, guessing that it was the Dao of the End or Termination.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti concluded that Upper Pure Master Tongtian was about to turn the sword Dao torrent against Amitabha Buddha.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian explained that Boundless Heavenly Venerate merely amplified his true Myriad Swords Return to the Source and hinted that he was about to create a Dao.
• Fuxi and Nuwa speculated that Tongtian might create a Great Dao capable of replacing the fleeing One, though Nuwa judged that impossible at his current level.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian considered how to transcend his Heaven-Severing Sword Dao and revealed that he had named a new Great Dao based on reversed thinking.
• Qingqing compared Tongtian’s path with the Great Daos of Origin and Beginning and guessed that he would create the opposing Dao of the End or Termination.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian created the End Great Dao through the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords while battling Amitabha Buddha. The Primordial World's spectators watched in shock as he revealed that his Great Dao could bring time, space, matter, and energy to an end.

• Zhou Qingqing quickly inferred the direction of Upper Pure Master Tongtian's Dao creation, surprising him and drawing teasing looks from Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Amitabha Buddha sensed that his true intent of nirvana had been overwhelmed by a higher power within the Sword Dao Torrent.
• The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords reappeared at the front of the torrent as Upper Pure Master Tongtian used them to cultivate a Great Dao from the many sword daos.
• Zhou Qingqing connected the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords' presence across Primordial World reincarnations with Tongtian's path and its possible place in a greater arrangement.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian named his creation the End Great Dao and declared that it could bring all time, space, matter, and energy to an end.
• The spectators were stunned to learn that the End Great Dao had appeared alongside the Primordial World's original Great Daos.

Master Tongtian entered the Dao Creation Realm by creating the End Great Dao with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, drawing attention from across the Primordial World. Amitabha Buddha challenged Tongtian to show how his new Dao compared with Pangu’s Great Dao of Strength, and Tongtian prepared to end what stood before him.

• Lu Ya, Wangshu, and Houtu witnessed Master Tongtian’s breakthrough and considered what his new Great Dao meant for the Primordial World.
• Hongjun realized that the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords’ destructive nature had helped Tongtian create the End Great Dao, then returned to examining the events of past reincarnations.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti expected Amitabha Buddha to overcome Tongtian, but found his senior brother’s expression difficult to read.
• Amitabha Buddha recalled Pangu creating the Great Dao of Strength and urged Tongtian not to disappoint him.
• Master Tongtian rejected Amitabha Buddha’s challenge and resolved to bring everything before him to an end.

Amitabha Buddha descended in his true body to confront Upper Pure Master Tongtian, but Tongtian's sword strike dispelled his influence over the watching cultivators. After the crowd rallied behind Tongtian, he descended into the void as well, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Amitabha Buddha appeared above the Heart Pure Land, and his Dao Creation Realm pressure made many onlookers feel compelled to bow until Tongtian's pressure blocked it.
• Tongtian used the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and the End Great Dao to break Amitabha Buddha's influence over the watching beings.
• Zhou Qingqing inspired the cultivators to shout, "Welcome Upper Pure Master Tongtian's descent! When the sword emerges, there is no self!"
• Encouraged by the crowd's support, Tongtian circulated his Dao Creation Realm power and descended into the void.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian challenged Amitabha Buddha with his first sword after creating his Dao, wielding the End Great Dao through the gathered Sword Dao. His sword swallowed the Heart Pure Land and Amitabha Buddha, leaving a lone figure in the void.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian descended in his true form and immediately prepared to strike Amitabha Buddha with a sword.
• Zhou Qingqing recognized that Amitabha Buddha was only at the early stage of the Dao Creation Realm and that Master Tongtian's new sword had never been seen before.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized that Master Tongtian had pursued the End Great Dao, giving his divine ability the advantage of surprise.
• Master Tongtian summoned the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and the swords lent by cultivators resonated with the End Great Dao.
• Amitabha Buddha extended the Heart Pure Land, but Master Tongtian's united swords swept into it and made Amitabha Buddha and the Heart Pure Land disappear.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian’s sword destroyed Amitabha Buddha and Heart Pure Land, but Amitabha Buddha revived through the Buddha Path. The chapter ended with Amitabha Buddha praising the sword’s power and comparing it to the beginning of the Immeasurable Calamity.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian’s sword annihilated Amitabha Buddha and Heart Pure Land, leaving the watching beings unsure what had happened.
• Burning Lamp claimed Amitabha Buddha had escaped with a spatial mustard-seed technique, while Medicine Master and Maitreya realized he had been killed and was reviving through the Buddha Path.
• Amitabha Buddha returned without Heart Pure Land and admitted that Tongtian’s sword would have killed him if he were not immortal and indestructible.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti recognized that Tongtian’s sword had destroyed Amitabha Buddha down to his flesh and blood, forcing him to spend the Buddha Path’s origin to revive.
• Amitabha Buddha told Fellow Daoist Tongtian that his sword nearly matched the power at the beginning of the Immeasurable Calamity.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian challenged Amitabha Buddha to stop Nuwa and tell the truth about the Primordial World's Reincarnation, then killed him again with a single sword. Amitabha Buddha revived more quickly, and Master Tongtian realized he could camp his respawn point.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian pressed Amitabha Buddha to explain what he knew about the Reincarnation of the Primordial World and asked whether he would return to the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
• Amitabha Buddha refused to retreat and insisted that Master Tongtian's Sword of Termination could not kill him again.
• Zhou Qingqing sensed gray mist churning in the Dream World as Amitabha Buddha tried to recover memories and prepare stronger divine abilities.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian drew another sword and killed Amitabha Buddha before he could react.
• Amitabha Buddha revived even faster than before, and Master Tongtian realized he could wait by his respawn point.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian killed Amitabha Buddha, who resurrected away from the battlefield and began cautiously drawing back memories from the Dream World. Supreme Pure Laozi explained that Amitabha’s need to reclaim his memories as Jieyin reflected a fundamental difference from Pangu, whose decisive act had set the future in motion.

• Immaculate Holy Mother watched her master kill Amitabha Buddha and thought his attack had been brutal.
• Amitabha Buddha resurrected in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, promised Buddha Mother Zhunti he would not be caught off guard again, and avoided respawning near Master Tongtian.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian searched Qingqing’s memories for the meaning of “Ultimate Class,” then prepared to fight Amitabha Buddha again.
• Amitabha Buddha reappeared with fierce momentum and drew a fragment of his memory out of the Dream World, while Tongtian realized his sword had created an opening.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Amitabha’s cautious recovery as Jieyin differed from Pangu’s unwavering decision to create the Primordial World.

Amitabha Buddha drew power from recovered memories and manifested the Twelve Light Buddhas, a Pure Land system that awed observers across the Primordial World. He revealed that the lights were meant to cage Upper Pure Master Tongtian and challenged him with his Arrow Across the Western Heaven.

• Amitabha Buddha returned with a transformed aura after drawing memory fragments from the Dream World.
• Queen Mother of the West and Duobao recognized that Amitabha Buddha’s radiance contained time and space, and Duobao connected it to his former life as Duobao Tathagata.
• Zhou Qingqing, the Three Pure Ones, and former Buddhist disciples realized Amitabha Buddha had manifested the Twelve Light Buddhas and a true Pure Land system.
• Burning Lamp, Medicine Master, Maitreya, and Buddha Mother Zhunti witnessed Amitabha Buddha’s overwhelming display of power.
• Amitabha Buddha revealed that the Twelve Lights would cage Upper Pure Master Tongtian and challenged him with his Arrow Across the Western Heaven.

Amitabha Buddha challenged Upper Pure Master Tongtian with the Twelve Lights and invited the other two Heavenly Venerates to join, while Ksitigarbha struggled against Xingtian. Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate expected Tongtian to respond with help from their concealed Dao.

• Amitabha Buddha used the Twelve Lights in a way that gave Da Yi new insight into the Arrow Dao.
• Amitabha Buddha told Tongtian that he could not withstand the Twelve Lights alone and urged Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate to join the fight.
• Burning Lamp, Medicine Master, and Maitreya hoped Amitabha Buddha's show of strength would help them leave the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Ksitigarbha tried to persuade Xingtian to watch the battle, but Xingtian attacked him and Ksitigarbha could not sense the fight.
• Qingqing thought Amitabha Buddha's repeated defeats and returns felt like nested dolls, and the two Heavenly Venerates decided their concealed Dao would aid Tongtian instead of appearing themselves.