Arc 38The Seal Dao and Eastern March

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate created the Great Dao of Beginning, while Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Guangchengzi each attained the Dao through their own trials. As Bodhidharma’s Golden Summit Royal Court marched east, the Three Pure Ones’ disciples met its forces at the Central Plains, where the battle began.

  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate created the Great Dao of Beginning and used his insights to help Turtle Spirit Holy Mother combine True Martial and Mystic Heaven.
  • Zhou Qingqing created the Dream-Eating Tapir and watched Bodhidharma develop Mahayana Buddhism, establish the Golden Summit Royal Court, and spread the Buddha Heart Seal.
  • Zhou Qingqing and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate created rival seals for Guangchengzi, whose brick-shaped Dao Seal disrupted Bodhidharma’s cultivation.
  • Turtle Spirit Holy Mother used Tongtian’s river as a sword to break the Northern Abyss’s ice and attain the Dao as the Source of the Dao.
  • Guangchengzi defeated Shakra and Great Brahma’s Buddhist seals, attained Primordial Chaos through the Seal Dao, and received Buddhism’s core seal techniques and an agreement to share faith power.
  • Amitabha Buddha concealed the Buddha Heart Seal’s aura as he approached the Dao Creation Realm, while Master Tongtian resolved to pursue the same breakthrough.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti led the Golden Summit Royal Court east, and Bodhidharma crossed the Yangtze River before four disciples of the Three Pure Ones challenged the army.
  • Wenshu Guangfa Heavenly Venerate struck the fist formation, Cihang Daoist entered the palm formation, and Puxian entered the finger formation as the battle began.
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Ch. 926Beginning

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate demonstrated the Pangu Banner’s mysteries as he created the Great Dao of Beginning and entered the Dao Creation Realm. He ordered Yun Zhongzi to be silent, while Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian understood that he was eager to settle Mystic Heaven and Turtle Spirit’s entanglement.

  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate used the Pangu Banner to demonstrate opening-heaven techniques, and Yun Zhongzi gained insights from his words and displays.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate declared that he would create the Great Dao of Beginning, and the new Dao emerged beneath Supreme Pure Laozi’s Great Dao of Origin.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi concealed the signs of the new Dao’s birth, while Upper Pure Master Tongtian resolved to follow his own Heaven-Severing Sword Dao without a reference.
  • Yun Zhongzi congratulated Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate on creating his Dao, but his master ordered him to be silent.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian recognized that Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate wanted to resolve Mystic Heaven and Turtle Spirit’s entanglement, and credited Qingqing’s urging for hastening his breakthrough.

Ch. 927A Master Is Truly a Master

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed his Dao Creation Realm to Zhou Qingqing and helped Turtle Spirit Holy Mother gain insights that would lead her to sainthood. After hearing Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts about the inverted Swastika Symbol, he abruptly returned to the Three Pure Ones Hall, leaving Yun Zhongzi to guard Turtle Spirit as she prepared to attain the Dao.

  • With Zhou Qingqing’s guidance, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother unleashed a powerful attack on Mystic Heaven, but he easily stopped her weapons and revealed himself as Second Martial Uncle.
  • Zhou Qingqing emerged from the River Map and Luo Scroll, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained that he had recognized Turtle Spirit through their karmic connection after entering the Dao Creation Realm.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate used his insights into the Great Dao of Beginning to unite Turtle Spirit’s True Martial and Mystic Heaven insights, giving her a path toward attaining the Primordial Chaos Dao.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Zhou Qingqing about his breakthrough and the inverted Swastika Symbol, then vanished with Turtle Spirit when her thoughts suggested questions he could not answer.
  • Back in the Three Pure Ones Hall, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Yun Zhongzi that his projection had helped Turtle Spirit and ordered him to guard her while she absorbed her insights and attained the Dao.

Ch. 928Dream-Eating and Watching the Show

Zhou Qingqing created a Dream-Eating Tapir to carry her toward Amitabha Buddha’s Dream World, while the Three Pure Ones watched Bodhidharma begin his ascent to Spirit Mountain on Blue Planet. The chapter leaves Qingqing eager to study the Reversed Swastika Symbol through Bodhidharma’s rise, as Buddha Mother Zhunti welcomed his next move.

  • Zhou Qingqing used the Nightmare Demon God’s Great Dao as a foundation and created the Dream-Eating Tapir, engraving its divine name into the Great Dao.
  • Bai Ze captured the new name, recorded the Dream-Eating Tapir in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and credited its creation to Fairy Qingqing.
  • Zhou Qingqing decorated the Dream-Eating Tapir and rode it toward Amitabha Buddha’s Dream World while planning to watch the events unfold.
  • Zhou Qingqing learned that Bodhidharma had finished facing the wall and was setting foot on Spirit Mountain, and she planned to study the Reversed Swastika Symbol through his growth.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti sensed Bodhidharma’s arrival at Spirit Mountain and smiled, believing he still had a chance to surpass expectations.

Ch. 929Above Heaven and Below Earth, I Alone Am Supreme

Bodhidharma ascended Spirit Mountain and gathered immense Fortune as he declared himself supreme, while Qingqing and the Heavenly Venerates considered the Two Sages of the West’s strategy to disguise him as a non-Buddhist. Bodhidharma’s status as the Calamity’s protagonist began accelerating his strength and comprehension.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti invoked Buddha as Bodhidharma’s vital energy erupted on Spirit Mountain and gathered boundless Fortune.
  • Bodhidharma appeared in a phantom and declared, “Above heaven and below earth, I alone am supreme!”
  • The Heavenly Venerates in Three Pure Ones Hall heard Qingqing’s inner voice and considered whether Bodhidharma belonged to Buddhism.
  • The Heavenly Venerates agreed that the Two Sages of the West had sent Bodhidharma to Spirit Mountain to make others believe he was not a Buddhist disciple.
  • Bodhidharma’s Fortune began to increase his strength and comprehension as he became the Calamity’s protagonist.

Ch. 930Muscle Tendon Classic

Zhou Qingqing observed Bodhidharm’s rise and realized he had altered Daoist cultivation methods to conceal his identity while developing Buddhism on Blue Planet. The Three Pure Ones recognized that the reversed golden Swastika Symbol was influencing both Bodhidharm and the turbulent course of Blue Planet’s dynasties, and they continued watching from beyond it.

  • Zhou Qingqing watched Bodhidharm develop Mahayana Buddhism and suspected he would reveal the Seventy-Two Supreme Skills and the Muscle Tendon Classic.
  • The Three Pure Ones considered Bodhidharm’s methods and understood the significance of his karmic ties to Buddha Mother Zhunti.
  • Bodhidharm revealed the Seventy-Two Supreme Skills and a magically altered Muscle Tendon Classic derived from Daoist cultivation methods.
  • Zhou Qingqing realized the reversed golden Swastika Symbol had boosted Bodhidharm and influenced Blue Planet’s fortunes and dynastic development.
  • The Three Pure Ones agreed that placing the Calamity on Blue Planet let them observe it from a broader perspective, then chose not to look directly at the planet.

Ch. 931Golden Summit Royal Court

Buddha Mother Zhunti decided to establish a Buddhist dynasty on Blue Planet and avoid repeating his mistakes from the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. Bodhidharma founded the Golden Summit Royal Court, setting a new source of turmoil in motion.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti praised Bodhidharma’s remade Muscle Tendon Classic and Seventy-Two Supreme Skills, then resolved to build a dynasty centered on Spirit Mountain.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti reconsidered the threat posed by Zhou Qingqing and planned to spread Buddhist teachings eastward after establishing his royal court.
  • Bodhidharma descended from Spirit Mountain and used the Muscle Tendon Classic and Seventy-Two Supreme Skills to subdue the surrounding forces.
  • Bodhidharma declared the new realm the Golden Summit Royal Court.
  • The Heavenly Venerates in the Three Pure Ones Hall realized that Buddha Mother Zhunti had again fallen into a trap connected to his own disciple.

Ch. 932Buddha Heart Seal Takes Initial Form

Buddha Mother Zhunti watched Bodhidharma establish the Golden Summit Royal Court, enabling the Buddha Heart Seal to spread through the Human Dao. Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned Guangchengzi and ordered him to keep the Buddha Path’s protagonist from surpassing him in the Seal Dao.

  • Bodhidharma established the Golden Summit Royal Court smoothly, and Buddha Mother Zhunti saw its dynastic power as a means to cultivate and spread the Buddha Heart Seal across Blue Planet.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized that Bodhidharma’s Buddha Heart Seal relied on the Seal Dao and decided to intervene.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned Guangchengzi from Mount Zhou to Three Pure Ones Hall.
  • Guangchengzi demonstrated how he had infused the Overturning Heaven Seal with Mount Zhou’s ancient aura, earning his master’s praise.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Guangchengzi that a Buddha Path protagonist was cultivating the Buddha Heart Seal and that Guangchengzi must not let him surpass him in the Seal Dao.

Ch. 933Hearts in Perfect Accord

Zhou Qingqing used hearts in perfect accord to develop a Primordial World Seal for Guangchengzi, prompting Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate to create a seal technique of his own. Qingqing finished her seal with surprising ease, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate also gained insight.

  • Zhou Qingqing noticed Guangchengzi's Fate Star moving toward the Path of Seals and suspected Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate had acted.
  • Zhou Qingqing decided to combine seal techniques she had learned from Second Master with hearts in perfect accord to create a Primordial World Seal for Guangchengzi.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate feared Qingqing's seal might surpass his own and began creating a more powerful seal technique.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian sensed Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate's effort and reflected that Qingqing's talent had outshone her fellow disciples.
  • Zhou Qingqing quickly deduced the Primordial World Seal using her Primordial Grand Seal, hearts in perfect accord, and the Fate Lotus.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate gained insight as well, and Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian sensed his success.

Ch. 934A Great Seal Fell from the Heavens

Zhou Qingqing and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Guangchengzi the Primordial World Seal and Primordial Beginning Heart Seal, and the Three Pure Ones Hall became the setting for the seals’ contest. Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate shielded the hall and explained the demonstration as a lesson, leaving the juniors to study the two seals’ principles.

  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave Guangchengzi the Primordial Beginning Heart Seal after praising his cultivation of the Primordial Grand Seal.
  • Zhou Qingqing’s decree reached the Three Pure Ones Hall and formed the Primordial World Seal, which she had set to activate there.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate shielded the hall and told Yun Zhongzi, Guangchengzi, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to observe the seal’s mysteries.
  • The Primordial World Seal erupted, and Guangchengzi recognized that it embodied the Primordial World of the current dimension.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate set his Primordial Beginning Heart Seal against it and explained that its principle was that his heart was the heart of Heaven.

Ch. 935The Ruse Wasn't Exposed

The Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate demonstrated the Primordial Beginning Heart Seal against Qingqing's Primordial World Seal, secretly relying on the Pangu Banner when his seal fell short. The seals then helped Guangchengzi develop his own Dao Seal, which took the form of a brick.

  • The Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate matched his cultivation to Qingqing's and clashed the Primordial Beginning Heart Seal against the Primordial World Seal.
  • The Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate handed the Primordial World Seal to Guangchengzi and taught him to study both seals for his own Seal Dao.
  • Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian realized the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate had secretly used the Pangu Banner to strengthen his seal.
  • The Primordial Beginning Heart Seal and Primordial World Seal merged with Guangchengzi's other seals, transforming his aura and advancing his Fate Star.
  • Guangchengzi resolved to take the spirit of the Overturning Heaven Seal and forge his own seal in the shape of a brick.

Ch. 936Holy Mother Assistant

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother found a way to use True Martial and Mystic Heaven to forge her own path to the Saint Dao, but the Northern Abyss began freezing and assimilating her. Master Tongtian prepared to guide her toward a better method as her breakthrough began.

  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the others considered how Guangchengzi’s brick-shaped Dao Seal had helped Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and earned him the imagined title Holy Mother Assistant.
  • Turtle Spirit Holy Mother said that Guangchengzi had revealed the key to her breakthrough, and Yun Zhongzi realized she had gained insight from his fusion of the Primordial World Seal and the Primordial Beginning Heart Seal.
  • Turtle Spirit Holy Mother chose to use True Martial and Mystic Heaven to forge her own path, and her Fate Star began to transform into a sea.
  • The Northern Abyss’s freezing force threatened to assimilate Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, making her chances of attaining the Dao extremely low.
  • Master Tongtian rejected lending Turtle Spirit Holy Mother the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and reminded her of his Tongtian River.

Ch. 937The Source of the Dao

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother used Tongtian’s Dao arts to break through the Northern abyss’s Arctic ice and successfully attained sainthood. Tongtian sent a drop of her Source of the Dao to Blue Planet, where it became the Tongtian River.

  • Tongtian urged Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to use his Dao arts and seize a sliver of life from the pressure of the Northern abyss.
  • Turtle Spirit Holy Mother turned the Tongtian River into a longsword and used it to break the Arctic ice.
  • Turtle Spirit Holy Mother swept the sword in seven directions, vaporizing the ice and attaining the Dao as the Source of the Dao.
  • Tongtian sent a drop of Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s Source of the Dao to Blue Planet and named it the Tongtian River.
  • Zhou Qingqing recognized Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s successful breakthrough, and Tongtian noted that the saint-blessed river would be a blessed place for cultivation.

Ch. 938A Brick Blocking the Way Ahead?

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother completed her task by casting a piece of turtle shell bearing the former North Sea Demon God's fate into the Heaven-Reaching River, while Zhou Qingqing anticipated Bodhidharma encountering Guangchengzi’s bricklike Dao Seal. Buddha Mother Zhunti then felt their karmic connection flare and learned that a golden brick had obstructed Bodhidharma’s improving Buddha Heart Seal.

  • The eldest Heavenly Venerate guided Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to cast part of her shell into the Heaven-Reaching River, and she did so with the former North Sea Demon God's fate attached.
  • Zhou Qingqing recognized that the shell could become the river’s missing Old Turtle, and the Heavenly Venerates praised the development.
  • The Heavenly Venerates sent Yun Zhongzi and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to their Dao grounds and told Turtle Spirit to have Bai Ze record the river and Old Turtle.
  • Bai Ze recorded the Heavenly Venerates’ instructions and suspected Guangchengzi remained in Three Pure Ones Hall because he was needed for the conflict with the Buddha Path.
  • Zhou Qingqing imagined Bodhidharma’s improving Buddha Heart Seal running into Guangchengzi’s bricklike Dao Seal, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate welcomed the prospect.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti sensed trouble through his karmic link with Bodhidharma and discovered that a golden brick had blocked the Buddha Heart Seal.

Ch. 939Whose Dao Seal Is a Brick?

Buddha Mother Zhunti blamed Guangchengzi’s brick-shaped Dao Seal for obstructing Bodhidharma’s Buddha Heart Seal and sent Shakra and Great Brahma to challenge Guangchengzi under the pretext of practicing seal arts. As Shakra and Great Brahma prepared to act, Zhou Qingqing wondered whether Bodhidharma might become Shakyamuni in this trajectory.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti learned that Guangchengzi’s brick-shaped Dao Seal had disrupted Bodhidharma’s cultivation and decided not to intervene personally.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti summoned Shakra and Great Brahma and tasked them with using seal arts to affect Guangchengzi’s cultivation.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti taught Shakra and Great Brahma the Bodhi Seal and Supreme Bodhi Seal, warning them to make their challenge look like cultivation.
  • The Three Pure Ones observed Buddha Mother Zhunti’s plan and expected Shakra and Great Brahma’s seal arts to temper Guangchengzi.
  • Zhou Qingqing wondered whether Bodhidharma could become Shakyamuni, also known as Gautama, in this trajectory.

Ch. 940He Used Bricks as City Walls

Buddha Mother Zhunti helped Shakra and Great Brahma master the Supreme Bodhi Seal, but their attack ran into Guangchengzi’s brick city wall and was completely countered. Shakra and Great Brahma were left battered, while Zhunti realized he had overlooked Guangchengzi’s Overturning Heaven Seal.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti used the Causal Buddha Path to guide Shakra and Great Brahma from the Bodhi Seal to the Supreme Bodhi Seal.
  • Shakra and Great Brahma combined their powers to form a jeweled canopy and crystal longsword, summoning a phantom Buddha that declared, “I alone am honored.”
  • The Supreme Bodhi Seal struck Guangchengzi’s bricks, which split apart and formed a city wall bearing the words “Overturning Heaven.”
  • The Overturning Heaven Seal countered the Supreme Bodhi Seal, leaving cracks in Shakra and Great Brahma’s Primordial Spirits.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti saw Shakra and Great Brahma left physically and spiritually listless and realized Guangchengzi’s specialty had defeated them.

Ch. 941Wish

Buddha Mother Zhunti sent Shakra and Great Brahma back to challenge Guangchengzi with a Wish-Granting Seal strengthened by their prayers. Guangchengzi faced the new attack with confidence in the seals taught by his master and senior sister, while the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate believed he could withstand it.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti erased the effects of Guangchengzi's Overturning Heaven Seal from Shakra and Great Brahma, then offered to teach them another seal technique.
  • Shakra and Great Brahma prayed to Buddha Mother Zhunti ten thousand times and gained the power of the Wish-Granting Seal combined with the Fearlessness Mudra.
  • The Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained that the seal's power depended on wishes and karma, while his disciple secretly watched the events unfold.
  • Guangchengzi sensed two Buddha images approaching from the west and recognized their Fearlessness Seal as a threat to his Dao seal.
  • Guangchengzi declared that the seals taught by his senior sister and master could answer his wishes better than Great Zhunti, prompting the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate to feel confident in his disciple.

Ch. 942Deepening His Understanding of Bricks

Guangchengzi faced Shakra and Great Brahma’s renewed Buddhist seal assault and drew on what he had learned at Mount Zhou to deepen his understanding of the Seal Dao. By uniting the Overturning Heaven Seal with his brick seal, he comprehended the Dao.

  • Shakra and Great Brahma cautiously surrounded Guangchengzi’s brick wall with Buddhist seals, putting him under pressure.
  • Guangchengzi recognized that his opponents were trying to shake his Seal Dao insights and resolved to fight back with his senior sister’s and master’s support.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Supreme Pure Laozi, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian agreed to support Guangchengzi as he faced the Buddhist challenge.
  • Remembering his training at Mount Zhou, Guangchengzi realized that his Overturning Heaven Seal and Seal Dao were two sides of one whole.
  • Guangchengzi transformed the city wall back into a single brick and fused it with the spiritual radiance of his Overturning Heaven Seal.
  • Guangchengzi saw a profound spirit condense between the two seals and comprehended the Dao.

Ch. 943Guangcheng Heavenly Venerate's Rapid Ascension

Guangchengzi used his Overturning Heaven Seal to break free of the Buddha seal and faced Shakra and Great Brahma. He destroyed the Buddha statue with a single strike, then announced that he had proven the Primordial Chaos through the Dao of seals and become Guangcheng Heavenly Venerate.

  • Guangchengzi rose from the heaven-pointing, earth-touching Buddha seal, surprising Buddha Mother Zhunti.
  • Shakra and Great Brahma strengthened their Wish-Granting Seal and Fearless Seal with Buddhist arts as Guangchengzi advanced.
  • Guangchengzi gathered all his power into the Overturning Heaven Seal and aimed it at the Buddha statue between Shakra and Great Brahma.
  • Guangchengzi's Dharma form shattered the Buddha statue, while Shakra and Great Brahma's seals forced Guangchengzi himself back.
  • Guangchengzi reclaimed the brick and Dharma form, then declared that he had proven the Primordial Chaos through the Dao of seals and become Guangcheng Heavenly Venerate.

Ch. 944Buddha Seals Had Taken on a Dao Flavor Too?

Guangchengzi shattered the Buddha statue with the Overturning Heaven Seal and attained Primordial Chaos through the Seal Dao, becoming Guangcheng Heavenly Venerate. Buddha Mother Zhunti tried to send him back to the Three Pure Ones Hall, but Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Qingqing alerted him to the deception, leaving him awake to Zhunti’s influence.

  • Guangchengzi became a Primordial Saint through the Seal Dao after breaking Shakra and Great Brahma’s Buddha form with the Overturning Heaven Seal.
  • Shakra and Great Brahma returned to the Land of Ultimate Bliss, where Buddha Mother Zhunti restored them and congratulated Guangchengzi.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti used a divine ability to influence Guangchengzi’s perception and persuade him to leave for the Three Pure Ones Hall.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Qingqing sent voice transmissions that broke Zhunti’s influence and warned Guangchengzi not to be beguiled.
  • Guangchengzi recognized that his master and senior sister had answered his prayers and suppressed his doubts about their timing.

Ch. 945Three Orders, Five Declarations

Guangchengzi used his attainment of Primordial Chaos through the Dao of Seals to demand Buddhism’s seal techniques under the threat implied by his master and eldest senior sister’s “three orders and five declarations.” Amitabha Buddha supplied the techniques, while Shakra and Great Brahma were sent away before Guangchengzi could finish speaking.

  • Guangchengzi pressed his palms together before Buddha Mother Zhunti and invoked the three orders and five declarations from Zhou Qingqing and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti fell silent, realizing Guangchengzi’s words implied a threat and that Buddhism had little left to offer after giving Zhou Qingqing its treasures and fruits.
  • Amitabha Buddha told Buddha Mother Zhunti to give Guangchengzi Buddhism’s hand seals, seal forms, and seal contracts.
  • Guangchengzi absorbed Buddhism’s core seal techniques, including the Supreme Bodhi Seal, and considered demanding further punishment for Buddha Mother Zhunti.
  • Amitabha Buddha returned Shakra and Great Brahma to the Twenty-Eight Heavens before they could hear Guangchengzi’s next words.

Ch. 946Benefiting from It!

Guangchengzi attained sainthood through the Dao of Seals and struck Buddha Mother Zhunti 108 times, securing an agreement that Buddhist disciples would share faith power with him when forming seals. Back in the Three Pure Ones Hall, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate punished Guangchengzi for stopping at 108 strikes and instructed him to help the sect’s Holy Mothers.

  • Guangchengzi struck Buddha Mother Zhunti with the Overturning Heaven Seal 108 times, while Zhunti and Amitabha Buddha accepted the agreement to share faith power with him.
  • Guangchengzi returned to the Three Pure Ones Hall, where Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate praised him for attaining sainthood and venting his anger in the West.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate took back Guangchengzi’s Five Mountains True Form Diagram and ordered him to lift the Overturning Heaven Seal 10,000 times beneath Mount Zhou without Dharma power.
  • Guangchengzi told Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate that seal formulas seemed to manifest on Blue Planet, and his master explained that Guangchengzi had indirectly helped Senior Sister Wudang.
  • Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Guangchengzi to help every senior sister and junior niece in the sect who bore the title Holy Mother, and Guangchengzi committed the instruction to memory.

Ch. 947Winning Theory!

Buddha Mother Zhunti spoke with Amitabha Buddha about their setbacks and the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates and Zhou Qingqing’s actions. Amitabha Buddha remained confident that reflecting the myriad worlds would help him reenter the Dao Creation Realm and safeguard the Buddha Path in the Calamity.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti apologized to Amitabha Buddha for disturbing him while he reflected the myriad worlds.
  • Amitabha Buddha reassured Buddha Mother Zhunti that Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Zhou Qingqing were overlooking the erosion of their rear.
  • Amitabha Buddha said he had concealed the Buddha Heart Seal’s aura again after Guangchengzi attained Primordial Chaos through the Seal Dao.
  • Amitabha Buddha said reflecting the myriad worlds had brought him close to reentering the Dao Creation Realm.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti asked whether the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerates were also seeking a breakthrough, and Amitabha Buddha said they were likely doing so.

Ch. 948No Comment

Zhou Qingqing watched Bodhidharma’s powers and the Golden Summit Royal Court’s eastward advance, while Buddha Mother Zhunti believed his Buddhist faction was poised to conquer the Central Plains. At the Yangtze River, four Primordial Chaos experts confronted the army, and Zhunti realized the Three Pure Ones had anticipated his plans all along.

  • Zhou Qingqing concluded that Bodhidharma could no longer perfect the Buddha Heart Seal, though the reversed golden Swastika Symbol continued strengthening his abilities and the Seventy-Two Supreme Skills.
  • Master Tongtian resolved to pursue the Dao Creation Realm as the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords circled him, while Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate noted that he would need an opportunity to succeed.
  • Buddha Mother Zhunti led the Golden Summit Royal Court east, confident its members’ training and unity would secure victory in the Calamity.
  • Bodhidharma threw reeds onto the Yangtze River, allowing the Golden Summit Royal Court to cross into the Central Plains and declare its ambition to seize fortune from the western dynasties.
  • Cihang Daoist, Wenshu Guangfa Heavenly Venerate, Puxian True Person, and Immaculate Holy Mother appeared before the army, and Zhunti realized the Three Pure Ones had foreseen his plan and that Guangchengzi’s attainment had been intended to stop Bodhidharma.

Ch. 949No Passage Ahead

Immaculate Holy Mother and her three junior sisters confronted the Golden Summit Royal Court, intending to test whether the Four Saints could halt its advance. Bodhidharma rallied the court’s warriors and unleashed their martial arts, formations, and Buddhist power as the confrontation began.

  • Buddha Mother Zhunti saw only four Daoist disciples facing the Golden Summit Royal Court and assumed they could not stop its army.
  • Immaculate Holy Mother led the Four Saint Girl Group in carrying out Wudang’s plan to oppose the court.
  • Immaculate Holy Mother declared that the eastern lands were forbidden to the west, while Zhunti and Bodhidharma dismissed the four women’s challenge.
  • Bodhidharma ordered the Golden Summit Royal Court’s cultivators to attack, and they formed up using martial arts and coordinated formations.
  • The court’s warriors revealed their Seventy-Two Supreme Skills and openly radiated Buddhist light as the confrontation began.

Ch. 950Nothing Shi About It

The Golden Summit Royal Court’s warriors attacked with formations empowered by the transformed Seventy-Two Supreme Skills, and Jade Void disciples Wenshu, Cihang, and Puxian entered the battle. Their masters watched as the disciples combined their own techniques with the Buddha Path and the Supreme Ultimate.

  • Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate understood Qingqing’s joke about there being no Shi, then turned their attention to the martial arts Primordial World.
  • The Golden Summit Royal Court sent its fist, palm, and finger formations forward while Bodhidharma watched from the rear.
  • Wenshu Guangfa Heavenly Venerate struck the fist formation with a technique combining azure lotuses and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, knocking down many warriors before the formation’s Buddha Path power surged.
  • Cihang Daoist entered the palm formation, and Buddha Mother Zhunti watched her fight with confidence in her strength.
  • Puxian entered the finger formation using the Supreme Ultimate Talisman Seal, drawing approval from Supreme Pure Laozi.
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