Chapter Summaries

Upper Pure Master Tongtian faced Amitabha Buddha’s empowered Twelve Lights and admitted his sword could not yet stop them. He then invoked the newly manifested Great Daos of Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, leaving the Primordial World’s living beings amazed at the Three Pure Ones’ achievements.

• Amitabha Buddha used memory fragments to amplify his divine ability and challenged Tongtian to bring in his brothers.
• Tongtian refused to summon his brothers, but said he would partly grant Amitabha Buddha’s request and use their Great Daos.
• Amitabha Buddha suspected that Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate had both created their Daos.
• Tongtian admitted his sword could not defeat the Twelve Lights and chose to use the Great Dao best suited to the battle.
• Tongtian ignited two new Great Daos alongside his End Great Dao, revealing the Daos created by his brothers and stirring the Primordial World’s living beings.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian used his newly created Great Dao to form a circular sword technique that destroyed Amitabha Buddha’s Twelve Lights. Amitabha Buddha accepted defeat and prepared to experience Tongtian’s sword circle firsthand.

• Burning Lamp complained that Supreme Purity Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate had concealed their successful Dao creation.
• Tongtian realized that the Three Pure Ones’ Great Daos formed a cycle and devised a new sword move.
• Tongtian’s sword torrent formed enormous circles and shredded Amitabha Buddha’s Twelve Lights.
• Hongjun praised Tongtian’s circle and showed signs of recovering Heavenly King Yuanshi’s memories.
• Amitabha Buddha chose not to draw in more memory fragments and accepted another defeat so he could experience Tongtian’s circle.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian used the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Sword to cut away Amitabha Buddha’s memories during their battle. Amitabha Buddha returned to the Land of Ultimate Bliss injured and empty-handed, accepted defeat, and gave up on returning to the void for now.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian recalled the power of blackening and combined the Heavenly Demon Method with the End Great Dao to create the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Sword.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian struck Amitabha Buddha with the sword and severed his memories of the battle.
• The beings of the Primordial World waited, but Amitabha Buddha did not return to the battlefield.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti saw Amitabha Buddha return with a dimmed aura and asked what he had gained beneath Master Tongtian’s sword.
• Amitabha Buddha found his memories empty, acknowledged that the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates had created their Dao, and accepted his defeat.

On Three Corpses Star, Medicine Master and Maitreya urged Past Buddha Burning Lamp to accept Buddhism’s limits, while Tongtian began returning the borrowed swords. Qingqing transformed into Zhou Jinjing and restored and improved the swords, leaving Buddhism’s followers with a firsthand glimpse of Daoism’s generosity.

• Medicine Master and Maitreya advised Past Buddha Burning Lamp to stop dwelling on his defeat and focus on maintaining order.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian returned the swords that had flown out from the Primordial World, then asked Qingqing to forge replacements for Buddhism’s swords.
• Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns saw Qingqing transform into Zhou Jinjing, whose merit and golden light made her appear more Buddhist than Buddhism’s leaders.
• Zhou Jinjing restored the borrowed swords in the Qiankun Cauldron, improved undamaged swords, and compensated for those that had been damaged.
• Buddhism’s followers retrieved their returned swords and witnessed the bearing of the Primordial World’s great powers.

After Upper Pure Master Tongtian returned the borrowed swords, Nuwa arrived to reclaim the excessive power Amitabha Buddha had given Shakyamuni Tathagata. The chapter ended with Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti acknowledging that their plan no longer guaranteed victory against Ying Zheng.

• Zhou Qingqing complained that her Green Duckweed Sword had not improved, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian realized its growth depended on her own Dao.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian confirmed that he had returned the borrowed swords and invited Nuwa to seek justice, offering the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords' protection.
• Nuwa appeared on the void battlefield, and Zhou Qingqing realized she could use the opportunity to obtain the power of the wheel needed for her Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl.
• Nuwa thanked Upper Pure Master Tongtian, then used the Primordial Sacred Sword to strip away part of the wheel power Amitabha Buddha had given Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti discussed Nuwa's actions and recognized that their advantage remained, but victory against Ying Zheng was no longer assured.

After Upper Pure Master Tongtian’s sword strike and Nuwa’s response, beings across the Primordial World gained insight into the Sword Dao, and Haotian recognized the path to becoming the Great Heavenly Venerate. Bai Ze named the era Year One of Sword Dao in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

• Cultivators across the Primordial World regretted lacking swords and resolved to cultivate sword-type treasures or a Sword of Wisdom.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian saw that Nuwa had acted on Qingqing’s behalf, nodded to her, and vanished into the void.
• Haotian told Yaochi that sincerity of heart had revealed the path to becoming the Great Heavenly Venerate, and his essence, energy, and spirit began to transform.
• Old Ancestor Minghe explained that Primordial Slaughter and Avici could now manifest an endless Blood River after passing through the Sword Dao torrent.
• Xuanming found that the Yellow Springs Sword had condensed a Yellow Springs Dao Fruit, while Bai Ze’s Sword of Wisdom formed above his Wisdom Lotus.
• Bai Ze decided to record the era as the Year One of Sword Dao in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Zhou Qingqing studied the wheel power Nuwa had brought back and used it to refine the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl, while Nuwa followed her method to gain insight into creation. Once the pearl merged with the Chaos Pearl, Qingqing’s progress reached 50%.

• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Sovereigns examined the wheel power, and Supreme Pure Laozi advised her to understand it after merging it into the Chaos Pearl.
• Zhou Qingqing incorporated the wheel power into her artifact refinement, causing Hongmeng Creation energy to gather into a sphere.
• Nuwa followed Zhou Qingqing’s method with the Primordial Sacred Sword and gained insight into her Dao of Creation.
• Zhou Qingqing completed the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl as an innate supreme treasure.
• The Chaos Pearl merged with the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl, and Zhou Qingqing’s progress rose to 50%.

Qingqing’s Chaos Pearl reached fifty percent completion, impressing Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns with her growing fortune. The Three Pure Ones turned from discussing her progress to planning their next steps, then tried to restore Tongtian’s mental energy in ways that made him realize their “loving family” act was a trap.

• Qingqing’s masters judged the Chaos Pearl’s half-completion a strong foundation for her advancement and for counter-invading the Dream World.
• Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns were stunned that Qingqing possessed half of another Chaos supreme treasure, and Qingqing realized she had become richer than Nuwa.
• Laozi ended the discussion of Qingqing’s inner voice and urged the Three Pure Ones to investigate the Calamity, the World-Destroying Mill, the Immeasurable Calamity, and the remaining Chaos Pearls.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposed restoring Tongtian’s mental energy and reinforcing their Dao foundations, and Laozi offered him a suspicious nine-colored pill.
• Tongtian recognized that his brothers’ proposed treatments had selfish motives, while Bai Ze heard a scream from Three Pure Ones Hall and used his Wisdom Sword to erase the thought.

Buddha Mother Zhunti and Amitabha Buddha recovered from their setback and resolved to keep seeking a path for Buddhism to flourish and for Zhunti to reach the Dao Creation Realm. Zhou Qingqing sent the half-complete Chaos Pearl into Amitabha Buddha’s Dream World, leaving Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns stunned.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti told Amitabha Buddha that Shakyamuni Tathagata could still fight Ying Zheng after Nuwa removed the Hongmeng Creation World blocking him.
• Amitabha Buddha agreed with Buddha Mother Zhunti and promised to find a way to help him enter the Dao Creation Realm while they searched separately for a way to break Buddhism’s deadlock.
• Zhou Qingqing watched Shakyamuni Tathagata and the Dream World while studying the Chaos Pearl, and decided to use it to follow Amitabha Buddha into the Dream World’s sealed memories.
• Zhou Qingqing poured her magical power into the Chaos Pearl, sending it from the Immortal Sword World into Amitabha Buddha’s Dream World.
• Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns were stunned when Zhou Qingqing calmly told them what she had done.

Ying Zheng faced Shakyamuni Tathagata, who had arrived at Epang Palace, while the Human Dao Saints and Three Pure Ones watched. The chapter ended with Shakyamuni Tathagata calmly acknowledging his past as Bodhidharma and claiming to be the former life of every Buddhist Bodhisattva.

• Shakyamuni Tathagata approached Epang Palace, and Qin's ministers rallied together to resist the pressure of his presence.
• Di Hong, Shennong, Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Three Pure Ones observed the confrontation and discussed Ying Zheng's prospects as a future Human Dao Saint.
• Ying Zheng called Shakyamuni Tathagata Bodhidharma and taunted him as a loser from the Calamity.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti explained that Shakyamuni Tathagata would not be swayed by Ying Zheng's provocation or imperial presence.
• Shakyamuni Tathagata acknowledged that he had been Bodhidharma and said he was the former life of every Buddhist Bodhisattva.

Ying Zheng and Shakyamuni Tathagata began a battle while Zhou Qingqing explored the Dream World and watched Amitabha Buddha search through its memories. Amitabha Buddha communed with the greater trend to seek a way out of his predicament, leaving the Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing wondering whether he could find one.

• Ying Zheng accepted Zhou Qingqing's identification of him as Bodhidharma and prepared to fight Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Ying Zheng and Shakyamuni Tathagata began a prolonged contest, while Zhou Qingqing watched and cheered for Ying Zheng.
• Zhou Qingqing followed Amitabha Buddha deeper into the Dream World, where countless memory fragments moved too quickly for her to count.
• Amitabha Buddha sat down to deduce among the memories and raised his aura as he communed with the greater trend.
• The Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing realized Amitabha Buddha was seeking a way to resolve his predicament, but they did not know whether he would succeed.

Zhou Qingqing transformed the power of Amitabha Buddha’s Dream World into food and fed it to the Dream-Eating Tapir and her other creatures. The Dream World’s power began blessing beasts connected to her, and Nether Mosquito received a portion from Zhou Qingqing.

• Zhou Qingqing, unable to follow Amitabha Buddha’s rapidly reviewed memories, decided to feed the Dream World’s power to the Dream-Eating Tapir.
• Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns saw Zhou Qingqing shape dreamlike energy into dango and feed it to the Dream-Eating Tapir, recognizing it as power from Amitabha Buddha’s Dream World.
• Zhou Qingqing planned to turn the remaining Dream World power into food for Nether Mosquito and her other beasts so they could share in it.
• Bai Ze sensed that beasts connected to Zhou Qingqing were undergoing dreamlike transformations and recorded their blessings in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Bai Ze Diagram.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Nether Mosquito material transformed from the Dream World’s power, and Old Ancestor Minghe watched in astonishment as his disciple received it to devour.

The Three Sovereigns watched Zhou Qingqing display power they could barely comprehend, then turned their attention to Ying Zheng's battle with Shakyamuni Tathagata. Shakyamuni invoked the power of Reincarnation and declared that all living beings would return to him, while the Three Pure Ones wondered why Bai Ze had gone to Miro Palace.

• The Three Sovereigns recognized that Zhou Qingqing's serious efforts surpassed their understanding, while Nuwa judged that Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones had influenced one another.
• The Three Sovereigns hoped Ying Zheng would defeat Shakyamuni Tathagata and become a Human Dao Saint.
• Ying Zheng unleashed the power of Epang Palace and the Great Wall against Shakyamuni Tathagata, who summoned expanding wheels behind him.
• Shakyamuni Tathagata declared that humanity's early death was compassion and claimed that all living beings would return to him through the Heavenly Wheel.
• The Heavenly Venerates in the Three Pure Ones Hall wondered why Bai Ze had gone to Miro Palace.

Ying Zheng rejected Shakyamuni Tathagata’s attempt to unite humanity by absorbing it, then summoned the Ancestor Dragon’s power through his dragon robe. As dragons of fortune gathered across the myriad worlds, Azure Dragon and Yang Jiao watched the scene, wondering what Ying Zheng would do next.

• Buddha Mother Zhunti watched Ying Zheng and doubted that he could resist Shakyamuni Tathagata without help from the master of the Human Dao.
• Ying Zheng declared that he sought to unify the realm, not merge humanity into himself, and said he would die alongside his people rather than accept that fate.
• Ying Zheng stood on Epang Palace’s eaves and used the Ancestor Dragon Pearl’s power to summon a divine five-clawed golden dragon.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti recognized Ancestor Dragon’s aura but failed to uncover Zhou Qingqing’s connection to it through karma.
• Yang Jiao sensed dragons of fortune gathering from the myriad worlds and showed the scene to Azure Dragon through a wooden mirror.
• Azure Dragon saw Ying Zheng and Ancestor Dragon’s form, praised Ying Zheng’s spirit, and Yang Jiao asked what he intended to do.

Yang Jiao and Azure Dragon realized that Ying Zheng was using Shakyamuni Tathagata’s divine ability to unite the fortune dragons. The dragons returned to one, revealing Ying Zheng’s stronger Ancestor Dragon as the battle continued.

• Azure Dragon explained that Ying Zheng’s plan resembled the Dragon Clan’s evolution in reverse, using Shakyamuni Tathagata’s divine ability to make the fortune dragons return to one.
• Fairy Qingqing explained Ying Zheng’s plan to the Three Sovereigns, who admired his composure and maneuver.
• Shakyamuni Tathagata’s divine ability reduced the fortune dragons, including the Ancestor Dragon, to dust and mocked Ying Zheng for sending them first.
• Ying Zheng explained that he had sent the fortune dragons ahead so they could return to one, while the Ancestor Dragon’s power was best used in his hands.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti sensed that the fortune dragons had united and reincarnated, with Ying Zheng’s Ancestor Dragon serving as their main body.

Ying Zheng revealed that the dragon of Fortune had returned to him after rebirth through unification, surprising Shakyamuni Tathagata. Azure Dragon broadcast the scene to the Dragon Clan, whose members recognized Ancestor Dragon and gathered to watch.

• Ying Zheng taunted Shakyamuni Tathagata and revealed the divine dragon restored to his imperial robe.
• Shakyamuni Tathagata realized that the Dragon Clan's Fortune had returned to Ying Zheng and that he had helped bring it about.
• Azure Dragon sent the scene through water mirrors powered by the thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• The Dragon Clan recognized the dragon as Ancestor Dragon and speculated that Zhou Qingqing had created the form.
• The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas thanked Azure Dragon and Zhou Qingqing as the dragons watched Ancestor Dragon with confidence.

Ying Zheng faced Shakyamuni Tathagata, who refused to use Return-to-One Rebirth again and instead invoked his Heavenly Wheel to judge Ying Zheng and sever his possibilities. As the spectators anticipated Ying Zheng’s counter, he and Ancestor Dragon formed a Dragon Return with the Great Wall.

• Shakyamuni Tathagata refused Ying Zheng’s provocation and declined to use Return-to-One Rebirth on Ancestor Dragon again.
• Shakyamuni Tathagata invoked Heavenly Wheel Rotation and claimed he had locked onto the dragons of fortune to judge their existences and sever their possibilities.
• Nuwa reassured the others that Ying Zheng and Ancestor Dragon could withstand Shakyamuni Tathagata, while Azure Dragon urged Yang Jiao to study the battle.
• Ying Zheng, Ancestor Dragon, and the Great Wall each formed a circle, creating a Dragon Return rather than a wheel of Reincarnation.

Ying Zheng used the state of return-to-one he shared with Ancestor Dragon to absorb Dragon Return and bring the Great Wall and Epang Palace’s power to bear against Shakyamuni Tathagata. His Comprehensive Coverage began overriding the wheels under Shakyamuni Tathagata’s control, leaving the Dragon Clan impressed and Buddha Mother Zhunti uneasy.

• Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns praised Ying Zheng for gaining insight into wheels through Return-to-One Rebirth, while Buddha Mother Zhunti resented that Amitabha Buddha had gained nothing.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti questioned whether Ying Zheng could achieve anything with the power, then noticed that Ying Zheng and Ancestor Dragon had entered a shared return-to-one state.
• Zhou Qingqing explained that Ying Zheng was skilled at unification and that the state amplified the compatibility between Ying Zheng, the Great Wall, and Epang Palace.
• Ying Zheng declared “Comprehensive coverage,” and the circular wheels centered on him began covering the wheels controlled by Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• The Three Sovereigns recognized that Ying Zheng’s power differed from a Dao-creating divine ability, while Azure Dragon explained how his coverage related to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Houtu watched Ying Zheng and Ancestor Dragon use the Human Dao’s power of Reincarnation against Shakyamuni Tathagata, while Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin observed through spacetime. Their combined technique overwhelmed Tathagata’s wheels, leaving the Dragon Clan cheering and Buddha Mother Zhunti furious.

• Houtu recognized Ying Zheng’s use of the Human Dao’s Reincarnation power and sent Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin to observe him.
• Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin used the Space and Time Great Daos to watch Ying Zheng and Shakyamuni Tathagata’s battle.
• Yellow Dragon sensed a chill while observing Ying Zheng and Ancestor Dragon, then saw them coordinate their attack.
• Ying Zheng and Ancestor Dragon used Comprehensive Coverage to send Shakyamuni Tathagata’s wheels into Reincarnation.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti blamed Houtu for Buddhism’s lost Reincarnation power and resented Ying Zheng’s ability to wield it.

Ying Zheng overwhelmed Shakyamuni Tathagata, but Buddha Mother Zhunti secretly used the Great Karma Technique to give him a chance to turn the battle around. Nuwa chose not to intervene, leaving Ying Zheng to face the danger as preparation for the Immeasurable Calamity.

• Ying Zheng used Reincarnation to send Heavenly Wheel Saint King's many wheels into the Reincarnation passage, and observers believed he was close to defeating Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti decided to imitate Master Tongtian's End Great Dao and made the Great Karma Technique appear on Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Qingqing recognized the Great Karma Technique's fluctuations and considered asking Nuwa and the Three Sovereigns whether they should intervene.
• Nuwa learned that Buddha Mother Zhunti had acted but judged that his power would not require her to draw the Primordial Sacred Sword, so she let Ying Zheng continue fighting.
• Qingqing's view of Fate suggested that the Great Karma Technique would give Shakyamuni Tathagata a way to end the battle by sharing power resembling Master Tongtian's End Great Dao.