Arc 27Stars and the Buddha Path

Zhou Qingqing entered the Dao-Fusion Realm by merging with the stars and uncovered their connection to the Fate Demon God. As Zhunti moved to turn the Shang Dynasty into a Buddhist kingdom, Zhou Qingqing and her allies worked to protect its people and strengthen those who opposed him.

  • Zhou Qingqing reorganized the Ziwei Star Chart Divination, then journeyed to Mount Zhou to seek a breakthrough and created a Pangu disc that helped her reach the fourth level of Primordial Chaos.
  • The Three Pure Ones and Eastern Emperor Taiyi assembled the Heaven-Opening Axe and each gained insight into its Law of Change, while Zhou Qingqing left Mount Zhou to integrate the Stellar Daos.
  • Zhou Qingqing began merging with Celestial Principle and recognized Jidu, Rahu, Gouchen, Heavenly Principles, and Nanji as Fate Stars tied to the Fate Demon God.
  • Zhunti advanced his plans to establish Buddhism on Blue Planet, while Zhou Qingqing warned Nuwa and sent Daoist Duobao to expose the scheme.
  • Zhunti killed Di Yi and tried to convert Bi Gan, but Kong Xuan rescued Bi Gan and refused to join the Buddha Path.
  • Zhou Qingqing sent demon-god essence blood to Kong Xuan and Golden Roc to strengthen them against Zhunti and Burning Lamp.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi arranged for Nine Phoenix to rescue the Ghost Earl’s daughter, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi agreed to send Demon Marshal Ghost Chariot to help her.
Chapters 651–675 Vol. 7 Read

Ch. 651You're Fate, Aren't You?!

Zhou Qingqing used the Lotus Disc of the Chaos Azure Lotus to counter Fate’s interference with the Ziwei Star Chart divination. When Fate threw the divination into chaos, she transformed into Celestial Master Zi, preparing to continue.

  • Zhou Qingqing told Haotian and Yaochi to leave the final step of the Ziwei Star Chart divination to her.
  • Zhou Qingqing used Lotus Divination and the Lotus Disc to counter the fate obstructing Haotian and Yaochi.
  • Bai Ze, Haotian, and Yaochi witnessed countless azure lotuses form a vast thirty-sixth-grade Lotus Disc across the starfield.
  • The repulsive force blocking Haotian and Yaochi vanished, but the stars of the Ziwei Enclosure fell into chaos.
  • Zhou Qingqing transformed into Celestial Master Zi after Fate disrupted the divination.

Ch. 652Isn't It Just Ziwei Star Chart Divination?

Zhou Qingqing transformed into Celestial Master Zi and used the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method to restore the Ziwei Star Chart Divination. The Ziwei Star entered the tribulation as a powerful new figure, while the Three Pure Ones resolved to take their cultivation seriously.

  • Zhou Qingqing changed into her purple battle robe and used her Reincarnation Great Dao to reorganize the chaotic Ziwei Star Chart Divination.
  • Houtu felt her understanding of reincarnation and destiny improve through the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method and resolved to keep working hard.
  • Bai Ze, Haotian, and Yaochi watched Celestial Master Zi restore order and create the Ziwei Star Chart Divination.
  • The Ziwei Star emerged as a dignified imperial figure before transforming into a star and descending to Blue Planet to enter the tribulation.
  • Zhou Qingqing returned to her usual form, and the Three Pure Ones smiled as they prepared to cultivate in earnest.

Ch. 653The Myriad Stars Are All Fate Stars

Northern Earl Chonghou Hu successfully drew down the Ziwei Imperial Star, and Zhou Qingqing realized the Fate Demon God might have fused Fate with every star in the heavens. The Three Pure Ones confirmed her insight and sent her a message to pause while they interrupted their deduction.

  • Northern Earl Chonghou Hu used the Star-Plucking Tower to bring down the Ziwei Imperial Star, which emerged and began absorbing stellar essence.
  • Di Jun and Zhou Qingqing considered whether Ziwei entering the calamity posed a threat, while Zhou Qingqing continued reviewing the situation.
  • Zhou Qingqing connected Immortal Fu Yuan’s Destiny Talismans and Ziwei Star Chart Divination to the stars and suspected that every star was a Fate Star.
  • The Three Pure Ones realized Fate had influenced them to overlook that possibility and concluded that True Fate was hidden among the multitude of stars.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi asked Eastern Emperor Taiyi to send Zhou Qingqing a message and pause their deduction.

Ch. 654I Have a Surefire Winning Method

Zhou Qingqing received a talisman from the Three Pure Ones warning that Fate was hidden among the stars, then devised a way to avoid Fate by absorbing the stars’ Dao rhythms after reaching the Dao-Fusion Realm. She chose to begin by deducing how to break through her current realm while Bai Ze followed her lead.

  • Zhou Qingqing received a talisman from the Three Pure Ones, who revealed that Fate’s hidden pieces were concealed among the stars.
  • Bai Ze asked whether the Three Pure Ones had suggested a solution, and Zhou Qingqing decided she would find one herself.
  • Zhou Qingqing realized she could absorb the Dao rhythms of every star after entering the Dao-Fusion Realm, combining them with the Dao from her Blue Planet to avoid Fate.
  • The Three Pure Ones were pleased by Zhou Qingqing’s idea, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi interpreted their smiles as a sign that she had sent them good news.
  • Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze she would cultivate while traveling through the sea of stars, but first she sat down on Ziwei Star to deduce how to break through the third level of Primordial Chaos.

Ch. 655Returning to Mount Zhou

Zhou Qingqing returned to Mount Zhou, where she watched Four Unlike and Guangchengzi spar before testing the Mount Zhou cultivators through Bai Ze. She found her junior brothers had improved, then revealed that Mount Zhou held an opportunity for her to break through from the Dao-Transformation Realm to the Dao-Fusion Realm, leaving them stunned.

  • Zhou Qingqing brought Bai Ze to Mount Zhou to visit her junior brothers and Four Unlike.
  • Zhou Qingqing watched Four Unlike and Guangchengzi clash with the Qilin Seal and Overturning Heaven Seal.
  • At Zhou Qingqing's urging, Bai Ze used his Sword of Wisdom to test Guangchengzi and Four Unlike, then fought the gathered Mount Zhou cultivators.
  • Zhou Qingqing judged the cultivators' performance and praised their progress with the Five Mountains True Form Diagram.
  • Zhou Qingqing told Guangchengzi and the others that she had come to Mount Zhou to seize an opportunity to enter the Dao-Fusion Realm, stunning them.

Ch. 656Good Brother

Zhou Qingqing’s junior brothers recognized her as a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and joined her before she led them into Mount Zhou. With her Lotus Divination disrupted there, she left the search to her disciples and Bai Ze.

  • Guangchengzi addressed Zhou Qingqing as “Your Majesty,” and the other disciples followed his lead in congratulating her.
  • Upper Pure Master Tongtian secretly summoned Six-Eared Macaque, who hurried to Zhou Qingqing’s location after hearing the disciples praise her.
  • Zhou Qingqing invited Six-Eared Macaque to join the group and enter Mount Zhou with Guangchengzi and the others.
  • Zhou Qingqing had Guangchengzi lead the way with the Overturning Heaven Seal and Six-Eared Macaque guide him, while she rode Four Unlike.
  • After Zhou Qingqing’s Lotus Divination became unreliable inside Mount Zhou, she sent her junior brothers and Bai Ze to search the area for her.

Ch. 657Pangu Doesn't Understand Qingxin

Zhou Qingqing used her cultivation insight to awaken a pillar of light at the center of Mount Zhou and led her junior brothers inside. They each gained answers to their cultivation questions, but Qingqing received no response, and the Three Pure Ones realized Pangu could not hear her inner thoughts.

  • The Three Pure Ones listened as Zhou Qingqing praised her junior brothers’ efforts and resolved to focus on finding the source that could help her improve.
  • Zhou Qingqing manifested her understanding of perfection, which caused a dazzling pillar of light to appear at Mount Zhou’s center.
  • Zhou Qingqing led her junior brothers and Four Unlike into the pillar of light while protecting them with the Chaos Azure Lotus.
  • Inside the pillar, the junior brothers gained insights into their cultivation paths, while Zhou Qingqing noticed that she received no response.
  • The Three Pure Ones concluded that Pangu could not hear Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts.

Ch. 658Three Pure Ones, the Sky Falls

Zhou Qingqing tried to use the Q&A game to learn how to advance from the Dao-Transformation Realm to the Dao-Fusion Realm, and received the cryptic answer “Creation... Pangu...” When materials appeared on Mount Zhou, the Three Pure Ones feared she might actually try to create Pangu, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi remained unaware of their secret.

  • Eastern Emperor Taiyi's divine sense saw the Three Pure Ones press their hands to their foreheads as they reacted to Zhou Qingqing's questions.
  • Zhou Qingqing asked how to break through from the Dao-Transformation Realm to the Dao-Fusion Realm, and a stream of information answered, “Creation... Pangu...”
  • Zhou Qingqing wondered whether the answer meant she should create Pangu, alarming the Three Pure Ones.
  • Zhou Qingqing sensed that something had descended on Mount Zhou and wondered if it was material for creating Pangu.
  • Eastern Emperor Taiyi saw the Three Pure Ones grow grave but dismissed his suspicions and severed his divine avatar.

Ch. 659Scared Half to Death!

Zhou Qingqing used the perfected Pangu Divine Marrow to create a round stone disc, believing it might represent Pangu’s embryonic form. As the disc grew increasingly profound, Bai Ze found it impossible to analyze, while Qingqing regarded it as a simple craftwork.

  • The Three Pure Ones realized the perfected Divine Marrow was meant for Zhou Qingqing to create something rather than refine it, and they wondered what she could make.
  • Zhou Qingqing considered several possibilities before deciding to create an image of Pangu in his embryonic form.
  • Zhou Qingqing unified her Primordial Spirit, body, and soul, then shaped the Divine Marrow into a round stone disc.
  • Guangchengzi, Six-Eared Macaque, and the other cultivators emerged from enlightenment and watched Zhou Qingqing create the disc.
  • Bai Ze sensed overwhelming profundity in the disc, found it beyond analysis, and saw that Zhou Qingqing treated it like a casual craftwork.

Ch. 660Plate It

Zhou Qingqing used her crafted disc of Pangu to link her primordial spirit, body, and mind in a circle, breaking through to the fourth level of Primordial Chaos. The Three Pure Ones applied her insight to their Heaven-Opening Axe deduction, while the Ancestral Witches sensed a threat from the Hall of Yama.

  • Zhou Qingqing carved Dao patterns onto her Pangu disc but realized she still needed to understand its spirit to complete her breakthrough.
  • Zhou Qingqing whipped the disc like a spinning top, and it formed two radiant circles representing the Chaos Azure Lotus and Pangu.
  • Zhou Qingqing gathered her primordial spirit, body, and mind into the circle and broke through to the fourth level of Primordial Chaos.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi directed Tongtian to use formations to link the Heaven-Opening Axe’s three pieces into a circle, accelerating its deduction with Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s treasures.
  • Zhou Qingqing emerged from the circle as her junior brothers congratulated her, and the Pangu disc dissipated.
  • Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches sensed malice coming from the Hall of Yama.

Ch. 661A Change in the Heavens

The Three Pure Ones and Eastern Emperor Taiyi briefly reassembled the Heaven-Opening Axe, allowing the Ancestral Witches to glimpse its power and deepen their understanding of strength. As the Three Pure Ones investigated an aura beyond the three thousand Great Dao laws, they appeared to have discovered something and spoke in unison.

  • Houtu told Xuanming that the malice she sensed likely came from the Heaven-Opening Axe as the Three Pure Ones and Eastern Emperor Taiyi advanced their deductions.
  • The Three Pure Ones linked the three innate supreme treasures and briefly assembled the complete Heaven-Opening Axe.
  • Xuanming and Houtu witnessed the Heaven-Opening Axe's phantom, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches gained insight into the Great Dao of Strength.
  • Houtu realized the Three Pure Ones sought something contained within the Heaven-Opening Axe, beyond merely comprehending its laws.
  • Eastern Emperor Taiyi sensed an aura resembling the Great Dao of Opening but beyond creation, and the Three Pure Ones spoke the same word.

Ch. 662I'm Back!

The Three Pure Ones and Eastern Emperor Taiyi discovered that the Heaven-Opening Axe contained the Great Dao of Change and each received a share, while Zhou Qingqing had already entered the Dao-Fusion Realm. In the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, Jieyin regained Primordial Chaos cultivation through the Buddha Path and sent its method to his junior brother, unaware that a six-eared monkey had noticed his return.

  • The Three Pure Ones and Eastern Emperor Taiyi concluded that the Heaven-Opening Axe contained the supreme Law of Change and each received one-fourth of its insight as the axe reverted to innate supreme treasures.
  • Eastern Emperor Taiyi offered his share of change to Zhou Qingqing, but the Three Pure Ones stopped him and told him she had already advanced through her Law of Creation into the Dao-Fusion Realm.
  • Houtu, Empress Xuanming, and other Saints arrived to learn about the Heaven-Opening Axe's appearance.
  • Jieyin regained the Primordial Chaos Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm through the Buddha Path and decided to establish Buddhism apart from the Three Daos when circumstances allowed.
  • Jieyin sent the Buddha Path's method of attaining the Dao toward Blue Planet for his junior brother, while a six-eared monkey on Mount Zhou told its senior sister that Jieyin had regained Primordial Chaos cultivation.

Ch. 663Thinking He Was Up to It Again

Six-Eared Macaque revealed that Daoist Jieyin had returned to Primordial, prompting Zhou Qingqing to prepare for the West’s coming upheaval. After rewarding her disciples and assigning them their tasks, she returned to the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm with Bai Ze to integrate the Stellar Daos.

  • Six-Eared Macaque revealed that Daoist Jieyin had reattained Primordial, and Zhou Qingqing praised him for uncovering the news.
  • Zhou Qingqing told her junior brothers she would leave Mount Zhou to continue raising her realm, while Guangchengzi promised to oversee their cultivation.
  • Zhou Qingqing rewarded Six-Eared Macaque with a flat peach, and he offered to keep monitoring the West.
  • Zhou Qingqing asked Bai Ze to watch developments on Blue Planet and left Mount Zhou with him.
  • Zhou Qingqing returned to the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm and set out to integrate the Stellar Daos, beginning with Ziwei Enclosure.

Ch. 664No Justice Left!

Zhou Qingqing returned to Celestial Principle Star after attaining the fourth layer of the Primordial Zenith and met Daoist Duobao at the Many-Treasures Pagoda. She transformed several of his acquired treasures into supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures, then ordered Bai Ze to spar with him.

  • Bai Ze and Fairy Qingqing arrived at the Many-Treasures Pagoda, where Daoist Duobao emerged carrying the acquired spiritual treasures he had forged.
  • Daoist Duobao asked Zhou Qingqing to turn some of his treasures from acquired to innate, and she restored several of them in the Qiankun Cauldron.
  • Daoist Duobao recognized that Zhou Qingqing had attained the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, and she announced she had reached the fourth layer of the Primordial Zenith.
  • Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to spar with Daoist Duobao, ending Duobao's relief that the difficult sparring days were over.

Ch. 665Postnatal Supreme Treasure

Zhou Qingqing watched Daoist Duobao spar with Bai Ze while Supreme Pure Laozi worried over her plans and the possible consequences of her Dao-merging. Duobao ultimately defeated Bai Ze by combining the Azure Lotus with his treasures’ light to simulate an acquired supreme treasure.

  • Zhou Qingqing wondered whether Duobao could lure Daoist Jieyin out, but Supreme Pure Laozi doubted Jieyin would leave the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
  • Duobao countered Bai Ze’s divine abilities with spirit treasures, while both fighters mistakenly believed Qingqing had arranged the spar to teach them a lesson.
  • Duobao drew on the Twelve-Grade Azure Lotus and the light of his other treasures to form an illusory Twenty-Four-Grade Treasure Lotus.
  • The simulated supreme treasure overturned the gap between their cultivation, and Duobao defeated Bai Ze.
  • Bai Ze realized Duobao had hidden the imitation treasures connected to Fairy Qingqing.

Ch. 666Harvesting Leeks

Zhou Qingqing praised Daoist Duobao for imitating her lotus divine ability and gave him a wisp of the Thirty-Six-Grade Chaos Azure Lotus’s aura, allowing him to develop a Sixfold Lotus Realm. She then revealed that she had come to Celestial Principle Star to integrate the starry heavens’ Great Dao, and Bai Ze said she meant to thwart the Fate Demon God’s scheme.

  • Daoist Duobao displayed a lotus divine ability that imitated Zhou Qingqing’s Dao Resonance, earning her praise.
  • Zhou Qingqing gave Duobao a wisp of the Thirty-Six-Grade Chaos Azure Lotus’s aura, and he transformed his imitation into a six-layered lotus.
  • Bai Ze admitted his defeat and resolved to improve his Wisdom Lotus, while Zhou Qingqing encouraged him and assured him that he had done well.
  • Duobao asked why Zhou Qingqing had come to Celestial Principle Star, and she said she planned to integrate the Great Dao laws of the stars, beginning there.
  • Bai Ze explained that the stars were Fate Stars and said Zhou Qingqing intended to ruin the Fate Demon God’s scheme.

Ch. 667Fire Spirit Holy Mother

Zhou Qingqing welcomed Fire Spirit Holy Mother and arranged for her to train with the Dragon Clan, challenge Guangchengzi, and pursue a destined opportunity on Blue Planet. She then began merging Celestial Principle into herself, sensing that the Fate Demon God’s hidden Fate Stars could help her advance in the Dao-Fusion Realm.

  • Guangchengzi introduced his disciple Fire Spirit Holy Mother to Zhou Qingqing, who told her to take Guangchengzi’s Cloud-Sweeping Robe and strike him a hundred times with her Primordial Chaos Hammer.
  • Zhou Qingqing offered Fire Spirit Holy Mother several powerful fire divine abilities and urged her to train with the Red Dragon Clan before completing the task and visiting Blue Planet.
  • Fire Spirit Holy Mother eagerly accepted Zhou Qingqing’s plans and asked to witness her martial aunt’s divine abilities before leaving.
  • Zhou Qingqing manifested Celestial Principle and began merging it into herself, while Daoist Duobao explained that she was entering the Dao-Fusion Realm beyond Primordial Chaos.
  • As she fused with Celestial Principle, Zhou Qingqing recognized Jidu, Rahu, Gouchen, Heavenly Principles, and Nanji as Fate Stars tied to the Fate Demon God, and felt her cultivation advance.

Ch. 668Zhunti: Then I'll Begin

Buddha Mother Zhunti taught Lu Ya the Buddhist path and asked him to leave Shang Dynasty to confront the Marquis of the West. With Lu Ya gone, Zhunti began planning to bring Shang Dynasty under his Buddhist faith and act beyond Empress Nuwa’s Human Dao power.

  • Daoist Zhunti told Lu Ya that he had received Buddhist teachings from Jieyin and become Buddha Mother Zhunti, independent of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Daos.
  • Zhunti passed Buddhist teachings to Lu Ya, whose strength began to recover through the power of faith, though Lu Ya secretly remained loyal to the Dao.
  • Zhunti asked Lu Ya to go west and hold off the Marquis of the West’s faction while Zhunti remade Heaven and Earth for Shang Dynasty.
  • Lu Ya readily agreed, citing Zhou Qingqing’s favoritism with the Investiture of the Gods List, and vanished to confront the Daoist disciples.
  • Alone in Shang Dynasty, Zhunti turned his attention toward Golden Turtle Island and began planning to convert the dynasty into his system of faith.

Ch. 669Prince, You've Rendered Meritorious Service!

Bai Ze relayed Lu Ya’s promise to go easy on Daoism during the attack on the Shang Dynasty, while Zhou Qingqing drew the Ways of stars across the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm into herself. The Three Pure Ones and Houtu discussed Qingqing’s achievement and shared insights into the Primordial World’s reincarnation cycle.

  • Lu Ya contacted Bai Ze and promised not to fight Daoism to the death when its disciples attacked the Shang Dynasty, and Bai Ze assured him Zhou Qingqing would remember his service.
  • Bai Ze told Duobao and Fire Spirit Holy Mother that Lu Ya would not be a threat when Fire Spirit went to Blue Planet to undergo her tribulation.
  • Zhou Qingqing drew the Ways of named and nameless stars into herself, and Lingbao Grand Master activated Hook Chen Star in response to her presence.
  • Houtu told the Three Pure Ones that Qingqing’s actions had improved her deduction powers and deepened her insight into the Reincarnation Demon God’s divine abilities.
  • The Three Pure Ones explained that Qingqing had merged with the Dao in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm, and Houtu shared her reincarnation-cycle insights with them.

Ch. 670Buddha Kingdom

Zhou Qingqing sent Fire Spirit Holy Mother to Jianmu and learned that Zhunti had taken over as the Shang Dynasty’s State Preceptor and was using the Buddha Path to scheme. She sent Daoist Duobao to warn Nuwa and made him promise to stay away from the Buddha Path.

  • Bai Ze told Zhou Qingqing that Lu Ya had reported Zhunti’s plans, and she remarked that Lu Ya had volunteered to stage a fake fight.
  • Zhou Qingqing sent Fire Spirit Holy Mother to Jianmu with a lotus, where she joined Houtu and the others discussing Primordial World Reincarnation.
  • Zhou Qingqing realized Zhunti was playing both the State Preceptor and Daji while advancing the Buddha Path, and decided Nuwa needed to be warned.
  • Zhou Qingqing gave Daoist Duobao information about the Buddha Path and ordered him to tell Nuwa about Zhunti’s scheme.
  • Zhou Qingqing warned Daoist Duobao that Fire Spirit Holy Mother would hammer him if he joined the Buddha Path, and he promised to stay away unless Zhou Qingqing told him otherwise.

Ch. 671Blatantly Open

Daoist Duobao reported that Zhunti planned to establish a Buddhist Kingdom, while Nuwa refused to interfere with the Shang Dynasty’s projected fate and backed the future Zhou Dynasty. Zhunti killed Di Yi’s projection, but Di Yi awakened in the Primordial World and became Taiyi True Person’s disciple, leaving Nuwa to recognize Qingqing’s careful arrangements.

  • Daoist Duobao told the Human Dao Saints that Zhunti planned to establish a Buddhist Kingdom, and Nuwa said she would not interfere with the Shang Dynasty but expected a share of Zhou’s fortune.
  • Fuxi decided to pass the Book of Changes to Ji Chang and suggested that Ji Chang might become his disciple.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti killed Di Yi in the Shang Dynasty projection, bypassing the Human Dao’s protection with Buddhist Dharma.
  • Di Yi awoke in the Primordial World and discovered that his name was not on the Investiture of the Gods List.
  • Taiyi True Person offered to take Di Yi as his disciple and send him to Tianyi Star to seek a divine position, and Di Yi accepted.

Ch. 672One Hair Pulled, the Whole Body Moves

Zhou Qingqing warned Bai Ze that his disciple Bi Gan could be drawn into the Investiture of the Gods, and Bai Ze chose to help him survive the coming calamity. When Daoist Zhunti tried to convert Bi Gan and seize his Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, Kong Xuan intervened, leaving the two powers poised to clash.

  • Zhou Qingqing explained that Di Yi’s fate was tied to Tianyi Star and urged Bai Ze to decide whether to protect Bi Gan or let him withdraw from Blue Planet.
  • Bai Ze chose to let Bi Gan remain in the mortal world and sought Kong Xuan, planning to have the Southern Earl’s camp help him.
  • Daoist Zhunti visited Bi Gan in Zhaoge and tried to convert him, but Bi Gan’s Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart dispelled the Buddhist influence.
  • Daoist Zhunti attempted to take Bi Gan’s heart, but Kong Xuan swept Bi Gan away with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
  • Daoist Zhunti confronted Kong Xuan with the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, while Kong Xuan realized Zhunti was no longer a Primordial Saint.

Ch. 673Fated with My Buddha

Kong Xuan used his newly manifested Peacock King form to block Daoist Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree and escape Zhaoge City with Bi Gan. Bai Ze told Bi Gan that the Shang Dynasty was on the verge of becoming a Buddhist kingdom and asked him to help Kong Xuan’s side, while Zhou Qingqing sent Bai Ze a message.

  • Kong Xuan transformed into the Peacock King and used his Five-Colored Divine Light to withstand Daoist Zhunti’s attack.
  • Daoist Zhunti tried to persuade Kong Xuan to join the Buddha Path, but Kong Xuan refused and flew out of Zhaoge City.
  • Kong Xuan rescued Bi Gan, who recognized that Bai Ze had sent him.
  • Bai Ze told Bi Gan that the Shang Dynasty was about to become a Buddhist kingdom and asked him to remain with the Southern Earl and Kong Xuan.
  • Bi Gan agreed to help Kong Xuan repay the kindness of his rescue, and Bai Ze thanked Kong Xuan for saving his disciple.
  • As Bai Ze prepared to leave, Zhou Qingqing sent him a message through the lotus flowers in his Primordial Spirit.

Ch. 674Five Elements and Yin-Yang

Zhou Qingqing used the Qiankun Cauldron and the Law of Creation to make essence blood of the Five Elements Demon God and the Yin-Yang Demon God, then had Bai Ze give it to Kong Xuan and Golden Roc to strengthen them. The Three Pure Ones worried when Qingqing considered making essence blood for other powerful beings, including Pangu, and resolved to stop her from becoming a “system.”

  • Zhou Qingqing judged that Kong Xuan and Golden Roc still lacked the strength to deal with Zhunti and Burning Lamp, and decided to strengthen them with source essence.
  • After recalling the Five Elements and Yin-Yang Demon Gods, Zhou Qingqing used her essence blood, the Qiankun Cauldron, and the Law of Creation to produce two drops of their essence blood.
  • Bai Ze presented the demon-god essence blood to Kong Xuan and Golden Roc on Fairy Qingqing’s behalf, and the brothers accepted it and asked him to convey their thanks.
  • Zhou Qingqing wondered whether she could also create essence blood for other Chaos Demon Gods and Pangu, then considered giving it out like a system.
  • The Three Pure Ones decided they would prevent Zhou Qingqing from abandoning her place as their First Disciple to become a system.

Ch. 675Nine Phoenix and Ghost Chariot

Zhou Qingqing hoped Queen Jiang could be saved from Zhunti’s plans to turn the Blue Planet into a Buddha Kingdom. Supreme Pure Laozi arranged for Nine Phoenix and Ghost Chariot to enter the calamity and rescue her.

  • Zhou Qingqing decided that Queen Jiang was worth saving and hoped the Nine Nether Realm could hinder Zhunti.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi asked Houtu to send Nine Phoenix to Zhaoge to rescue the Ghost Earl’s daughter, and Houtu agreed.
  • Nine Phoenix descended from the Nine Nether Realm to the Blue Planet, while Zhou Qingqing recognized her eldest master’s intervention.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi asked Eastern Emperor Taiyi to bring Demon Marshal Ghost Chariot into the calamity to help Nine Phoenix.
  • Eastern Emperor Taiyi agreed and handed Supreme Pure Laozi a wisp of true solar fire.
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