Arc 35Four Heavens and White Snake

Zhou Qingqing guided the Queen Mother of the West in establishing the Vacuum Homeland and Four Heavens, challenging Buddhism’s rise. Meanwhile, Cihang Daoist confronted Buddha Mother Zhunti’s schemes in the Legend of the White Snake world and left Bai Suzhen and Little Qing at Mount Li.

  • Laozi explained the Dao Creation Realm to the gathered disciples, then showed Qingqing, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian the Great Dao of Origin in his Dao Star.
  • Zhou Qingqing arranged a confrontation between Sun Wukong and Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong, and Sun Wukong defeated them before learning they were his martial uncles.
  • Zhou Qingqing told the four monkeys about Sun Wukong’s origins and assigned them the trial Havoc in the Heavenly Court and Braving the Underworld.
  • Amitabha Buddha freed Buddha Mother Zhunti, and Zhunti tried to recruit the White Lotus Sect before the Queen Mother of the West rejected his offer and resisted his attempt to convert her followers.
  • Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti established the Twenty-Eight Heavens, while Zhou Qingqing and the Queen Mother of the West created the Vacuum Homeland and Four Heavens, drawing cultivators away from Buddhism.
  • Amitabha Buddha sent Zhunti to recruit disciples across the myriad worlds, and Zhou Qingqing placed Daoist Duobao in command of disciples sent to disrupt his projections.
  • Cihang Daoist entered the Legend of the White Snake world, healed Bai Suzhen, and helped her train to confront Fahai, whom Buddha Mother Zhunti had created to establish Gold Mountain Temple.
  • Bai Suzhen defeated Fahai’s defenses and broke free of his Leifeng Pagoda, while Cihang Daoist severed her disordered hands and eyes, then sent Bai Suzhen and Little Qing to Mount Li before pursuing Zhunti.
Chapters 851–875 Vol. 9 Read

Ch. 851Out of the Coffin

After Supreme Pure Laozi explained his newly created Great Dao of Origin, Zhou Qingqing and the other two Masters experienced its power firsthand. Qingqing then left Three Pure Ones Heaven for Blue Planet, while the Two Sages of the West remained trapped in the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.

  • The Three Pure Ones celebrated Supreme Pure Laozi’s Dao creation and Great Master Xuandu’s attainment of Sainthood, then Laozi explained the Dao Creation Realm to the gathered disciples.
  • Laozi brought Qingqing, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian into his Dao Star to show them the Great Dao of Origin.
  • Laozi struck the three with the power of his Great Dao, sending Qingqing flying onto her two Masters and giving them a firsthand sense of the Dao Creation Realm.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Laozi to release the Two Sages of the West from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, but Laozi decided to keep them confined longer.
  • Laozi sent Qingqing to Blue Planet to visit Sun Wukong, while he and his two younger brothers stayed behind to discuss the Dao.
  • Bai Ze, Great Master Xuandu, Daoist Duobao, and Yun Zhongzi awoke from their insights and heard the undignified shouts of Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian.

Ch. 852You Just Keep Messing Around

Zhou Qingqing visited Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong at Kan Source Mountain and warned them that Sun Wukong, now empowered by Shenni's power, would soon arrive. Sun Wukong came with his monkey horde, and the chapter ended as his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils examined the three monkeys.

  • Zhou Qingqing placed supreme-grade Flat Peaches outside Dirty Water Cave, drawing out Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong.
  • Zhou Qingqing told the three monkeys that Sun Wukong had mastered Shenni's power as the protagonist of the Ferocious Beast Calamity, then left to watch their encounter.
  • Sun Wukong arrived at Kan Source Mountain with his monkey horde, drawn by the peaches' fragrance, and restrained the horde's excitement.
  • Sun Wukong looked past the peaches, noticed Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong, and used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to examine them.

Ch. 853Born of the Same Root

Zhou Qingqing arranged a confrontation between Sun Wukong and the other Four Monkeys of the World, then summoned Diting to identify the Intelligent Stone Monkey and test his thought-hearing ability. Diting heard the monkeys’ thoughts, revealed what he learned to Zhou Qingqing, and left with a gift meant to help him attain Dao and become a Saint.

  • Sun Wukong used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to discover that the three monkeys before him shared his origin, and the Six-Eared Macaque declared that the Four Monkeys of the World should fight when they met.
  • The Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong transformed into Sun Wukong and produced Golden-Hooped Staffs of their own, leaving Sun Wukong and his troop stunned.
  • Zhou Qingqing summoned Diting from the Nine Nether Realm and asked him which of the four identical monkeys was the Intelligent Stone Monkey.
  • Diting used his divine ability to hear the monkeys’ thoughts and learned that Zhou Qingqing had arranged the confrontation and that Sun Wukong was her disciple.
  • Zhou Qingqing questioned Diting about what he had heard, then used Genesis to create a gift to help him improve his cultivation before sending him back through the Reincarnation passage.

Ch. 854Defiant Battle

Sun Wukong used the power of defiance and transformed to fight Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong. After their combined attack failed to stop him, he unleashed his strongest strike, Ashes to Ashes, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

  • Sun Wukong’s staff manifested black, purple, and red lotuses, revealing his power of defiance and making Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong return to their original forms.
  • Six-Eared Macaque blocked the black-lotus strike with the As-You-Wish Iron Staff, while Wuzhiqi and Yuan Hong countered the purple- and red-lotus strikes.
  • Sun Wukong grew bored during the prolonged battle and fell asleep, but later awoke and began a true transformation modeled on Zhou Qingqing.
  • Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong joined their strength through Mischief School and manifested Demon King Muddles the World to attack Sun Wukong.
  • Sun Wukong ignored their combined technique and struck with Ashes to Ashes, overwhelming them with force as his Golden Eyes returned.

Ch. 855Monkey Troop Reorganization

Zhou Qingqing revealed Sun Wukong’s origins and the coming calamity, then arranged for Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong to join his troop and pursue the path of Great Sages with him. She gave the four monkeys a new trial: to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Court and brave the Underworld without exposing her involvement.

  • Sun Wukong discovered that the monkeys he had beaten were Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong in disguise, and learned they were his martial uncles.
  • Zhou Qingqing told Sun Wukong about his origins, Buddhism, the coming calamity, and the Great Sages; Sun Wukong resolved to pursue eternal existence by becoming a Great Sage.
  • Zhou Qingqing invited Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong to join Sun Wukong’s troop and become Great Sages alongside him, and Sun Wukong welcomed them.
  • Zhou Qingqing gave the four monkeys Flat Peaches and assigned them a trial in the Heavenly Court and Underworld called Havoc in the Heavenly Court and Braving the Underworld.
  • Sun Wukong declared that he would search the heavens and plunge into the Yellow Springs, while Zhou Qingqing told the three other monkeys to conceal their auras and not use her name.

Ch. 856Truly Leaving the Coffin

Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti emerged from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, learned how much the Primordial World had changed, and began planning to rebuild Buddhism. Zhunti traced the cause of the empty western lands to the White Lotus Sect and arrived intending to bring it into Buddhism.

  • Amitabha Buddha carried the red-furred Buddha Mother Zhunti out of the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin and purified him until he awoke in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
  • Amitabha Buddha told Buddha Mother Zhunti that the Buddha Path would flourish in the coming calamity, while Zhunti discovered that Zhou Qingqing had become the Azure Lotus Dao Ancestor and Creation Dao Venerate.
  • Zhou Qingqing left the Four Monkeys of the World to seek new entertainment, and Sun Wukong asked his three elder brothers about their master before Six-Eared Macaque began a long story.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti volunteered to find disciples and discovered that the western lands outside the Land of Ultimate Bliss were deserted.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti followed the merged karmic threads to the White Lotus Sect and decided that it could solve Buddhism’s lack of followers.

Ch. 857The Queen Mother of the West Belonged in the West

Buddha Mother Zhunti emerged from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin and came to the White Lotus Sect, hoping to recruit its cultivators into Buddhism. After learning that the Queen Mother of the West led the sect, he set out to find her while she remained in seclusion.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti arrived at the White Lotus Sect and Fa Jie recognized him as the Saint who had been punished with the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.
  • The White Lotus Sect’s cultivators gathered, and Buddha Mother Zhunti discovered that many of them were fated with Buddhism, including Fa Jie and several Dragon Kings.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti asked for the sect’s name and leader, then relaxed slightly when the disciples named the Queen Mother of the West as their leader.
  • Fa Jie told Buddha Mother Zhunti that the Queen Mother of the West was in seclusion and could not be reached.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti decided to find the Queen Mother of the West himself, and the Three Pure Ones let him proceed without intervening.

Ch. 858I Stand in the Howling Wind

Buddha Mother Zhunti tried to reach the Queen Mother of the West through karma, but Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Primordial Golden Chapter obstructed him. Inside the Kunlun Mirror, the Queen Mother of the West sensed karmic light arriving from the present.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti released his Karma Sarira to illuminate the White Lotus Sect and impress its disciples.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Primordial Golden Chapter appeared and interfered with Zhunti’s attempt to trace karma to the Queen Mother of the West.
  • Zhunti used essence blood to bypass the obstruction, while Zhou Qingqing laughed at his chanting and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate was satisfied with his prank.
  • The Queen Mother of the West reviewed scenes in the Kunlun Mirror and learned that Fairy Qingqing had altered the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
  • The Queen Mother of the West sensed a ray of karmic light arriving from the present.

Ch. 859To Ask the Primordial World Who Is a Sage

Buddha Mother Zhunti tried to recruit Queen Mother of the West and the White Lotus Sect into Buddhism, but she exposed his failure to recognize the sect’s ties to Zhou Qingqing. Zhunti remained determined to pursue cooperation, leaving Queen Mother of the West to answer his renewed offer.

  • Queen Mother of the West left her mirror realm and confronted Buddha Mother Zhunti outside the White Lotus Sect.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti invited Queen Mother of the West to join Buddhism as a vice sect master and offered the White Lotus Sect a place in his teaching.
  • Queen Mother of the West rejected the invitation, pointing out that Zhunti should have recognized the White Lotus Sect’s connection to her and Zhou Qingqing.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti realized he had deliberately overlooked that connection and searched unsuccessfully for Zhou Qingqing.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti proposed cooperating with Queen Mother of the West even if the White Lotus Sect was tied to Zhou Qingqing.

Ch. 860Whipping a Top

Queen Mother of the West rejected Buddha Mother Zhunti’s attempt to recruit her and defended the White Lotus Sect when he used a conversion ability on its followers. With their confrontation beginning, Zhou Qingqing noted that Zhunti had emerged from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin before reforging his Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, leaving him weakened.

  • Queen Mother of the West refused to negotiate with Buddha Mother Zhunti, declaring that she had nothing to discuss with Buddhism.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti used his lotus-speaking divine ability in an attempt to forcibly convert the White Lotus Sect’s followers.
  • Queen Mother of the West unleashed World-Purifying Light, restoring Fa Jie and the other followers to normal.
  • Queen Mother of the West accused Buddha Mother Zhunti of using a Saint ability against her disciples and prepared to face him.
  • Zhou Qingqing observed that Buddha Mother Zhunti was weakened because his Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree had not yet been reforged.

Ch. 861Done Being Unlucky

Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror and Vacuum Homeland to overpower Buddha Mother Zhunti, who had just emerged from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin. When Amitabha Buddha arrived to intervene, Zhou Qingqing appeared, and he pretended to punish his junior brother while secretly preparing to revive him through the Buddha Path.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti threatened Queen Mother of the West after she refused to join Buddhism, and she mocked his claim of friendship from Purple Cloud Palace.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti attacked with the Empowerment Divine Pestle, but Queen Mother of the West invoked the Buddha Path and expanded her white lotus into the Vacuum Homeland.
  • Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror to trap Buddha Mother Zhunti and whip him around until Amitabha Buddha arrived to help his junior brother.
  • Zhou Qingqing appeared, and Amitabha Buddha recognized that her realm was about equal to his before claiming he would punish Buddha Mother Zhunti for offending the White Lotus Sect.
  • Amitabha Buddha used a Buddhist scripture and gathered divine light to sever Buddha Mother Zhunti, intending to revive him with the Buddha Path, while Zhou Qingqing saw through his plan.

Ch. 862When I Hear You Say

Zhou Qingqing stopped Amitabha Buddha from using the Supernatural Power of Exhaustion of Outflows, and he negotiated Buddha Mother Zhunti’s release by yielding the western lands to Queen Mother of the West and allowing her to draw on the Buddha Path. After the sages departed, Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti used the Buddha Path’s origin to evolve the Three Realms and Twenty-Eight Heavens, which Supreme Pure Laozi recognized as an exquisite cage.

  • Zhou Qingqing blocked Amitabha Buddha’s divine ability, and he offered to stop recruiting in the western lands and let Queen Mother of the West draw on the Buddha Path in exchange for Buddha Mother Zhunti’s release.
  • Queen Mother of the West accepted Amitabha Buddha’s terms, put away the Vacuum Homeland and Kunlun Mirror, and let the two Buddhist sages leave.
  • Amitabha Buddha told Buddha Mother Zhunti that they had lost the initiative while sealed in the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin and that securing the Buddha Path’s foundation mattered more than finding disciples.
  • Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti activated the Buddha Path’s origin to evolve the Three Realms and Twenty-Eight Heavens above the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
  • Zhou Qingqing explained the Buddhist sages’ undertaking to Queen Mother of the West, while Supreme Pure Laozi discerned that the Twenty-Eight Heavens resembled an exquisite cage.

Ch. 863High-Difficulty Instance

Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti established the Twenty-Eight Heavens, while Sun Wukong and the other three monkeys set out to challenge the Blue Planet’s Nine Heavens. Zhou Qingqing then decided to create four additional heavens with Queen Mother of the West, using the Kunlun Mirror and White Lotus.

  • Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti established the Twenty-Eight Heavens, leaving former Buddhist disciples who served the Heavenly Court longing to return to Buddhism.
  • Haotian and Yaochi discussed Buddhism’s rise and prepared for Blue Planet cultivators to challenge Haotian’s position.
  • Sun Wukong led the Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong toward the Nine Heavens on his enlarged As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff.
  • Zhou Qingqing told Queen Mother of the West that Sun Wukong was entering an ultra-high-difficulty instance, then proposed creating four heavens together.
  • Queen Mother of the West brought out the Kunlun Mirror as Zhou Qingqing began creating the Four Heavens, drawing the Three Pure Ones’ interest in her approach.

Ch. 864Taking the Buddha Path Seriously

Bai Ze recorded the western saints’ construction of Buddhism’s Twenty-Eight Heavens and worried that Queen Mother of the West might struggle to restrain them. As the final two heavens remained unfinished, a gigantic White Lotus appeared and flooded heaven and earth with purifying light.

  • The Three Pure Ones stopped listening as Qingqing prepared to teach Queen Mother of the West, and Supreme Pure Laozi returned to discussing the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
  • Bai Ze recorded the western saints’ rise from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin and the construction of their Twenty-Eight Heavens.
  • Bai Ze worried that newly sanctified Queen Mother of the West might not be able to restrain the two western saints.
  • The western saints raised twenty-six heavens, drawing the attention of cultivators across the Primordial World.
  • A tremendous boom sounded, and a gigantic White Lotus emerged, filling heaven and earth with purifying light.

Ch. 865Failed Because the Other Side Had Cheats

The Queen Mother of the West and Zhou Qingqing created four heavens within the Vacuum Homeland, drawing widespread admiration and claiming a share of the Buddha Path’s power. The chapter leaves Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti frustrated as their own Twenty-Eight Heavens lose ground to the women’s creation.

  • The Queen Mother of the West manifested the Vacuum Homeland and Four Heavens in the west, and cultivators recognized the aura of a Saint.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi said the Four Heavens embodied liberation rather than the imprisonment he saw in Buddhism’s Twenty-Eight Heavens.
  • Bai Ze recorded that the Green Lotus Dao Venerable and the Queen Mother of the West had built the Four Heavens within the Vacuum Homeland, preceding Buddhism.
  • Shennong, the Human Sovereign, and Fuxi praised the Four Heavens’ human feeling and credited Zhou Qingqing’s leadership.
  • Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti realized the Four Heavens had siphoned away some of the Buddha Path’s source power, but they could not confront the women.

Ch. 866Zhou Qingqing Was the One Truly Fated with My Buddha

The Queen Mother of the West completed the Esoteric Yidam Mandala Heaven Realm with Zhou Qingqing’s help, merging its Four Heavens into the Vacuum Homeland and claiming part of the Buddha Path’s origins. In the Land of Ultimate Bliss, Amitabha Buddha accepted the setback while Zhunti worried that Zhou Qingqing would draw cultivators away from Buddhism.

  • The Queen Mother of the West completed her Heaven Realm through Supreme Yoga and integrated the remaining Four Heavens into the Vacuum Homeland.
  • The Queen Mother of the West discovered that the Twenty-Eight Heavens were complete and that she had gained more Buddha Path origins.
  • Zhou Qingqing explained her achievement with the words “Buddha Is Dao,” leaving the Queen Mother of the West astonished.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti complained that the Queen Mother of the West and the White Lotus Sect had taken Buddhism’s limelight, while Amitabha Buddha conceded the setback.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti worried that Zhou Qingqing would divert cultivators from Buddhism, and Amitabha Buddha turned his gaze toward Blue Planet.

Ch. 867Turning Hu into Buddha?

Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti planned to recruit disciples from the myriad worlds and the dream world, with Zhunti projecting into the myriad worlds to draw Zhou Qingqing’s attention. Zhou Qingqing sent former Buddhist disciples to hunt the projections, and Supreme Pure Laozi transported Daoist Duobao to join them.

  • Amitabha Buddha told Buddha Mother Zhunti to recruit disciples from the myriad worlds while he sought followers through the dream world.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti projected golden Buddha light into the myriad worlds to recruit disciples and divert Zhou Qingqing and the Queen Mother of the West.
  • Zhou Qingqing told the Queen Mother of the West that her junior brothers and junior sisters would confront Zhunti’s projections instead.
  • The Heavenly Venerates prepared their disciples to enter the myriad worlds, while Supreme Pure Laozi sent Daoist Duobao to the western lands.
  • Zhou Qingqing welcomed Daoist Duobao, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian lamented that Laozi had acted faster than they had.

Ch. 868The Net of Heaven Lets Nothing Escape

Zhou Qingqing received a group of Daoist School disciples sent by the Three Pure Ones and assigned them to disrupt Buddha Mother Zhunti’s recruitment efforts across the Myriad Worlds. She left Daoist Duobao in command and planned to keep watch on Zhunti’s projections from the Dream World.

  • Daoist Duobao and other Daoist School disciples arrived at the White Lotus Sect, where they greeted Zhou Qingqing as their eldest senior sister.
  • Yun Zhongzi tried to leave Three Pure Ones Heaven but was summoned by the Three Pure Ones and ordered to cook for them.
  • Zhou Qingqing told the disciples to hunt down or disrupt Buddha Mother Zhunti’s projections recruiting disciples in the Myriad Worlds.
  • Zhou Qingqing placed Daoist Duobao in command of the mission, and the disciples went to follow his lead.
  • Zhou Qingqing planned to watch Zhunti’s projections from the Dream World, where her Gourd Little King Kong was also present.

Ch. 869We're All Struggling to Stay Alive

Yun Zhongzi learned that Daoism’s core disciples had been sent across the myriad worlds to confront Buddha Mother Zhunti’s projections, while Queen Mother of the West used the Buddha Path and Kunlun Mirror to search for them. The search located Cihang Daoist and a projection in the world of Legend of the White Snake, where Zhou Qingqing suspected Zhunti might recruit Fahai.

  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Yun Zhongzi that Duobao and several other core disciples had been sent into the myriad worlds to fight Buddha Mother Zhunti’s projections.
  • Zhou Qingqing sensed that the Dream World’s gourd remained inactive and decided to check where her junior brothers and sisters had gone.
  • Zhou Qingqing urged Queen Mother of the West to use her Buddha Path power to search for Buddha Mother Zhunti, and Queen Mother of the West revealed traces through the Kunlun Mirror.
  • Amitabha Buddha sensed Queen Mother of the West’s search, then entered the Dream World, believing Zhou Qingqing and Queen Mother of the West were distracted.
  • Queen Mother of the West found Buddha Mother Zhunti’s projection and Cihang Daoist in a world that Zhou Qingqing recognized as Legend of the White Snake.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate heard Zhou Qingqing imagine Cihang using Fahai’s famous incantation and concluded that the world was doomed.

Ch. 870Bai Suzhen

Cihang Daoist descended into a world resembling Blue Planet and used her Willow Pure Dew Vase to search for a way to break its impasse. The willow leaves led her to Bai Suzhen before Xu Xian appeared, leaving her poised to meet the white snake.

  • Cihang Daoist sensed that her cultivation was suppressed after descending into the world and believed clues to her task would be there.
  • In Three Pure Ones Heaven, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate claimed his words had strengthened Cihang's confidence, while Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian listened.
  • Cihang Daoist prayed to her Eldest Senior Sister and used the Willow Pure Dew Vase, Three Lights Divine Water, and Willow Branch to divine the way forward.
  • Cihang recognized that someone in the world possessed an item belonging to her Eldest Senior Sister and recalled a past Blue Planet event involving Junior Brother Yellow Dragon, Houtu's Flying Serpent, and Lady Nuwa.
  • The Willow Branch pointed Cihang toward Bai Suzhen, and she found the white snake before Xu Xian appeared.

Ch. 871Origins

Cihang watched Bai Suzhen undergo heavenly punishment as she tried to transform, while the Three Pure Ones observed her choices. When Xu Xian appeared as a possible rescuer, Cihang decided to save Bai Suzhen herself.

  • Cihang used Golden Light Escape to reach Bai Suzhen, whose accumulated fortune had drawn heavenly punishment as she neared transformation.
  • Bai Suzhen met the lightning punishment head-on and was badly injured.
  • The Three Pure Ones discussed Bai Suzhen’s fortune and the possibility that Xu Xian would save her, while Qingqing watched Cihang consider her choice.
  • Cihang saw the cowherd approach and decided that a mortal could not save Bai Suzhen, so she would intervene herself.

Ch. 872Fate Extinguished

Cihang healed Bai Suzhen with the Three Lights Divine Water and prepared to take her as a disciple, but a Jade Purity talismanic decree assigned Bai Suzhen to Wudang instead. Cihang then told Bai Suzhen that the cowherd boy Xu Xian had once shared immortal fate with her, but that their fate had been extinguished by Cihang’s intervention.

  • Cihang used the Three Lights Divine Water to heal Bai Suzhen, who transformed into a woman and thanked her.
  • The Jade Purity talismanic decree arrived and placed Bai Suzhen under Wudang, whose cultivation methods entered Bai Suzhen’s primordial spirit.
  • Cihang told Bai Suzhen that Xu Xian shared a measure of immortal fate with her, but Cihang’s appearance had extinguished it.
  • Cihang said Xu Xian could temper himself and begin anew with Bai Suzhen if their fate returned, then concealed them from the cowherd boy.

Ch. 873True Water Floods Gold Mountain

Buddha Mother Zhunti found Fahai and made him the founding master of Gold Mountain Temple, while Cihang trained Bai Suzhen to oppose him. The chapter ended as Bai Suzhen raised a vast flood over Gold Mountain Temple and prepared to fight Fahai.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti used reversed karma to summon a man, named him Fahai, and ordered him to establish Gold Mountain Temple.
  • Cihang recognized Gold Mountain Temple as her target and decided to train Bai Suzhen and Green Snake to challenge Fahai.
  • Zhou Qingqing noticed that Cihang was copying the methods she had used to teach her disciples.
  • Bai Suzhen led a flood against Gold Mountain Temple, and Fahai emerged to confront her.
  • Bai Suzhen formed a vast Heavenly Net of water over Gold Mountain Temple as Fahai invoked Buddhist techniques.

Ch. 874Look into My Eyes

Bai Suzhen overwhelmed Fahai in their battle, then broke free of his Karmic Chains by growing large enough to encircle the entire minor world. Buddha Mother Zhunti recognized her immense ties to Nuwa, Houtu, and the Heavenly Dao, accepted defeat in the struggle of lineages, and abandoned Fahai.

  • Fahai used his kasaya, Buddhist light, and the Mighty Heavenly Dragon to defend against Bai Suzhen’s summoned waves.
  • Bai Suzhen’s flood submerged Gold Mountain Temple and shattered Fahai’s divine abilities, but Fahai bound her with Karmic Chains that formed a Leifeng Pagoda.
  • Bai Suzhen reverted to her snake form, grew beyond the minor world, and coiled around it to break the chains’ suppression.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti sensed the powers of Nuwa, Houtu, and the Heavenly Dao in Bai Suzhen and realized he had lost to Cihang Daoist’s lineage.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti gave up on rescuing Fahai and accepted that Gold Mountain Temple would become ruins.

Ch. 875Not Even a Dog Would Be One

After Buddha Mother Zhunti attempted to convert Cihang Daoist to the fruition of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Cihang turned the interference into a transformation of her own power. She sent Bai Suzhen and Little Qing to Mount Li before pursuing Buddha Mother Zhunti through the myriad worlds.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti recited "Namo Guanyin Bodhisattva" as he departed, trying to reshape Cihang Daoist's understanding through the Buddha Path.
  • Bai Suzhen recognized that the disorder in Cihang Daoist's thousand hands and eyes came from outside interference and warned Little Qing against intervening.
  • Cihang Daoist severed her disordered hands and eyes, transformed them into a fish basket, and advanced her cultivation.
  • Cihang Daoist sent Bai Suzhen and Little Qing to Mount Li and left to pursue Buddha Mother Zhunti through the myriad worlds.
  • Bai Suzhen and Little Qing arrived at Mount Li, where a powerful female immortal appeared before them.
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