Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu cultivated the Azure Origin Sword Art, cloud-riding techniques, and other methods before mastering the Vajra King Art and attaining Vajra King Bodhisattva fruition. His breakthrough shook all Six Realms, while Tathagata Buddha suspected the Peacock King had become the new Bodhisattva.

• Ji Shu secluded himself in the Living Spring Land and fused the Azure Origin Sword Art’s essence into his swordsmanship, advancing it to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ji Shu mastered the Cloud Soaring Technique, Mist Riding Technique, and Five Ghosts Moving Technique while roaming the Painted World.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Vajra King Art, formed a third-grade lotus pedestal, and condensed a Buddha statue in his likeness.
• Ji Shu cast aside worldly thoughts, transcended with his Primordial Spirit, and attained Vajra King Bodhisattva fruition, causing signs across the heavens and shaking all Six Realms.
• Tathagata Buddha realized that Vajra King fruition had been attained and suspected the Peacock King, while Immovable Wisdom King began explaining that he had invited Divine Brush Ma Liang two months earlier.

Immovable Wisdom King reported that the Painted World and Peacock King had vanished, so Tathagata Buddha sent him and the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Arhats to investigate. Ji Shu attained Vajra King fruition, then met Zhou Chu, who attacked him before claiming he had come to make friends.

• Immovable Wisdom King told Tathagata Buddha that the Painted World and Peacock King had disappeared, and Buddha ordered him to investigate with the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Arhats.
• Ji Shu attained Vajra King fruition and realized it made him nearly immortal in the world and difficult for ordinary immortals and gods to locate through calculations.
• Xin Shisi Niang told Ji Shu that Zhou Chu had come to meet him because of his deeds at Lan Ruo Temple.
• Zhou Chu split the Inn with a powerful slash at Ji Shu, but Ji Shu's shield of light stopped the blade.
• Zhou Chu withdrew his weapon, laughed, and told Ji Shu he had come to make friends with him.

Ji Shu defeated Zhou Chu, who self-destructed and devastated half the city, then healed Zhi Qiu Yi Ye and left south with him and Xin Shisi Niang. Yang Jian and Lü Dongbin arrived afterward, and Yang Jian revealed that Zhou Chu had been his brother Yang Jiao’s reincarnated body, whose Primordial Spirit had escaped through a Substitute Immortal Lotus Root.

• Ji Shu crushed Zhou Chu’s arms and knocked him unconscious, but Zhou Chu self-destructed, destroying much of the city and killing many people.
• Xin Shisi Niang explained that Zhi Qiu Yi Ye had warned her about Zhou Chu, and she found Zhi Qiu Yi Ye wounded among the ruins.
• Ji Shu healed Zhi Qiu Yi Ye with Supreme Immortal Scripture true qi and treated injured civilians as the group left the city.
• Ji Shu, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, and Xin Shisi Niang traveled south at great speed on their carriage.
• Yang Jian and Lü Dongbin arrived at the ruins, where Yang Jian identified Zhou Chu as his brother Yang Jiao’s reincarnated body and explained how his Primordial Spirit had escaped.

Yang Jian recovered Zhou Chu's Primordial Spirit and vowed to find the person who had destroyed his body, while Ji Shu sent warnings and disguises to protect his allies before traveling south to West Lake. The chapter ended with Zhi Qiu Yi Ye realizing that the beautiful woman in green, Xiao Qing, and her companion were watching Ji Shu.

• Yang Jian found Zhou Chu's barely surviving Primordial Spirit, brought it to Lü Dongbin, and decided to seek the Queen Mother's help rebuilding Zhou Chu's divine body.
• Yang Jian tortured a thug to learn that Zhou Chu had searched for Ji Shu, then concluded that Ji Shu was a false name and vowed to report the matter to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Ji Shu made Human Skin Masks and sent Flying Crane Messages warning Yan Chixia, Old Man Xin, Xin Shisi Niang, and others to hide.
• Ji Shu traveled south with Zhi Qiu Yi Ye and Xin Shisi Niang, then reached West Lake in Lin'an and crossed it by boat.
• After crossing the lake, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye saw a woman in white and Xiao Qing watching Ji Shu and realized they had not been looking at him.

Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing followed Ji Shu to an inn in Qiantang after Bai Suzhen sensed he might be the benefactor foretold by Guanyin Bodhisattva. While Ji Shu secluded himself to create a cultivation method, Bai Suzhen waited to meet him and wondered how their connection could resolve her worldly debt and let her attain the Dao.

• Zhi Qiu Yi Ye noticed two beautiful women following Ji Shu and spoke with them outside the inn rooms.
• Xiao Qing introduced herself and Bai Suzhen, explaining that Ji Shu resembled an old acquaintance of Bai Suzhen's.
• Bai Suzhen asked about Ji Shu and arranged to wait until he emerged from seclusion.
• After entering their room, Bai Suzhen told Xiao Qing that Guanyin Bodhisattva's prophecy and her unusual perception of Ji Shu suggested they were fated to meet.
• Bai Suzhen revealed that her attempt to examine Ji Shu's past life showed only white chaos, and Xiao Qing asked how they could confirm he was the person Bai Suzhen sought.

Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing tried to learn how to repay Ji Shu and discover what he liked, but found that he devoted himself almost entirely to the Dao. They considered offering him books or spell manuals while Bai Suzhen remained focused on overcoming the final hurdle to Achieving Immortality and Enlightenment.

• Bai Suzhen admitted she had no way to identify Ji Shu's unusual constitution or confirm whether he was her benefactor, and Xiao Qing offered to ask Zhi Qiu Yi Ye about his interests.
• Xiao Qing questioned Zhi Qiu Yi Ye and Xin Shisi Niang, hearing extravagant praise of Ji Shu and realizing Xin Shisi Niang had a crush on him.
• Xin Shisi Niang told Xiao Qing that Ji Shu collected martial arts and spells, and warned that he was devoted to seeking the Dao rather than romance.
• Xiao Qing reported her findings to Bai Suzhen, who suggested gathering books for Ji Shu, then proposed giving him spell Secret Manuals instead.

Ji Shu emerged from seclusion with his Supreme Immortal Scripture and Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art greatly strengthened, then learned that Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing had sought him out. Bai Suzhen offered him the space technique Shrink the Ground to an Inch, leaving Ji Shu astonished by the gift.

• Ji Shu completed his cultivation, raising the Supreme Immortal Scripture to the peak of the Primordial Spirit realm and strengthening the Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art.
• Ji Shu left the Painted World and emerged from seclusion, where Xin Shisi Niang and Zhi Qiu Yi Ye greeted him.
• Xiao Qing asked Ji Shu to hear Bai Suzhen out before he left, and Xin Shisi Niang explained who the two women were.
• Ji Shu recognized Bai Suzhen as a peak Primordial Spirit great demon nearing the Dao, while Xiao Qing had only recently formed a Demon Core.
• Xiao Qing gave Ji Shu Bai Suzhen's secret manual, Shrink the Ground to an Inch, and Ji Shu read it with astonishment at its profound spatial art.

Bai Suzhen’s attempt to read Ji Shu’s past life ended in a frightening failure when a voice called her Xiao Bai from within the mist. Unable to find her destined person, she and Xiao Qing joined Ji Shu’s journey, while he continued cultivating Shrink the Ground to an Inch.

• Bai Suzhen tried to calculate Ji Shu’s past life and heard a voice call her Xiao Bai, forcing her to recoil in alarm.
• Bai Suzhen concluded that she and Xiao Qing had probably found the wrong person, but she could not explain the voice or Ji Shu’s obscured past.
• Bai Suzhen asked to travel with Ji Shu, and he agreed to let her and Xiao Qing accompany him.
• Xiao Qing asked to board Ji Shu’s carriage, and Xin Shisi Niang invited both women inside.
• Ji Shu practiced Shrink the Ground to an Inch in the carriage, and its spatial force began strengthening the Myriad Laws Dao Sword.

Ji Shu and his companions encountered Xu Xian on their way out of Qiantang County, but before they could travel far, Fahai attacked Bai Suzhen and captured her with his Purple Gold Bowl. Fahai then turned on Xiao Qing and Xin Shisi Niang, while Ji Shu and the others remained in danger.

• Ji Shu perfected Shrink the Ground to an Inch, and Bai Suzhen briefly noticed the spatial ripples around him.
• Ji Shu recognized Xu Xian and Li Gongfu as the carriage passed them, but decided not to tell Bai Suzhen about Xu Xian.
• Xiao Qing asked Ji Shu about his homeland, and he described a distant place with skyscrapers and rivers of steel.
• Fahai blocked the road and attacked Bai Suzhen, knocking away her sword and capturing her in the Purple Gold Bowl.
• Xiao Qing struck at Fahai but was sent flying, and Fahai warned Xin Shisi Niang that she could not escape his bowl.

Ji Shu confronted Fahai after the monk tried to take him to Golden Mountain Temple, then defeated him in moments and seized his monk’s staff and Purple Gold Bowl. Arhat Subduing the Dragon watched from concealment, confirming that Ji Shu was the person he and Arhat Taming the Tiger had been investigating.

• Fahai urged Ji Shu to abandon the demons and go with him to Golden Mountain Temple, while Xiao Qing warned Ji Shu that Fahai was a hypocrite.
• Ji Shu spotted a hidden monk who was directing Fahai to keep him there and realized that the Buddhist Realm had identified him.
• Ji Shu used Shrink the Ground to an Inch to attack Fahai, take his monk’s staff and Purple Gold Bowl, and slam him into the ground.
• Xiao Qing, Bai Suzhen, and the others were stunned by how easily Ji Shu defeated Fahai.
• Arhat Subduing the Dragon revealed himself as the hidden observer who, with Arhat Taming the Tiger, had investigated Ji Shu and his companions.

Ji Shu rescued Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing, killing Arhat Subduing the Dragon and Fahai before capturing their Primordial Spirits. He questioned Fahai and learned that Players Chen Feng and Hong Xun had revealed his whereabouts, leaving him wondering whether they came from Zhu Xian World or another world.

• Arhat Subduing the Dragon and Fahai captured Bai Suzhen, but Ji Shu attacked and overwhelmed Fahai with two palm strikes.
• Arhat Subduing the Dragon tried to flee, but Ji Shu caught up and killed him with the Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art, then trapped his Primordial Spirit in the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Ji Shu killed Fahai, captured his Primordial Spirit, and freed Bai Suzhen from the Purple Gold Bowl.
• Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing thanked Ji Shu, and Xin Shisi Niang drove the carriage onward with Ji Shu and the others.
• Ji Shu tortured Fahai's Primordial Spirit until he could question him, and Fahai named Player Chen Feng and Hong Xun as the ones who had told him about Ji Shu.

After killing Arhat Subduing the Dragon and Fahai, Ji Shu learned that the Buddhist Realm would hunt him and asked Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing whether they would still follow him. They pledged to stay, and Ji Shu killed Fahai before beginning to cultivate the techniques he had obtained.

• Ji Shu questioned Fahai about the world and learned that his actions had exposed him to the Buddhist Realm.
• Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing chose to remain with Ji Shu despite the danger of opposing the Buddhist Realm.
• Ji Shu obtained more than ten techniques and the Vajra True Body Dharma from Fahai, then killed him with one palm strike.
• Bai Suzhen reflected on Fahai's death while Xiao Qing sat quietly beside Ji Shu, behaving unusually ladylike.
• Ji Shu began cultivating the Wind Summoning Technique to prepare for facing the rulers of the Six Realms.

Ji Shu mastered several immortal techniques and secluded himself by a spiritual lake to cultivate the Vajra True Body Dharma. He attained Vajra Fruition, shaking the Six Realms and prompting the Tathagata Buddha to order Ji Shu captured or recruited.

• Ji Shu mastered the Wind Summoning Technique and several other techniques in moments, then used their power to enhance his horse.
• Ji Shu and his companions settled beside a spiritual lake, where he began cultivating the Vajra True Body Dharma.
• Ji Shu comprehended the Dharma, formed a Vajra Venerable image, and sent its Primordial Spirit into the Ninth Heavens to attain Vajra Fruition.
• The Six Realms trembled at the new Buddha's attainment, and the Tathagata Buddha ordered his followers to capture Ji Shu or recruit him.
• Bai Suzhen, Xiao Qing, and Xin Shisi Niang sensed Ji Shu's attainment and waited for him to emerge from seclusion.
• Ji Shu returned from attaining Vajra Fruition with greater strength and concealment, and considered integrating the Dharma into the Supreme Immortal Scripture.

Ji Shu bewitched Arhat Subduing the Dragon and extracted his dragon-related techniques and the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Method before a question about Buddhist secrets broke the spell. He then mastered the Dragon Concealment Technique, leaving Arhat Subduing the Dragon trapped in the Mystic Fire Mirror and terrified of Ji Shu’s growing power.

• Ji Shu used the Mystic Fire Mirror and his enhanced Mind Bewitching Technique to subdue Arhat Subduing the Dragon and interrogate him.
• Arhat Subduing the Dragon revealed more than a dozen techniques and the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Method, which Ji Shu quickly comprehended.
• When Ji Shu asked about the Buddhist Realm’s core secrets, Arhat Subduing the Dragon awakened and tried to alert the Buddhas, but Ji Shu struck him back into the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Arhat Subduing the Dragon realized Ji Shu had gained another fruition and feared that the Buddhist Realm and Heavenly Court would soon be unable to stop him.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Dragon Concealment Technique, practiced merging with clouds, mist, and wood, and achieved great completion after nine repetitions.

Ji Shu perfected the Dragon-Subduing Arhat arts and attained the Dragon-Subduing Arhat Dao Fruit, alarming the Six Realms and enraging Tathagata Buddha. While Ji Shu continued creating stronger techniques in seclusion, Bai Suzhen discovered that a mortal had stolen the Weaver Girl’s Heavenly Robe.

• Ji Shu mastered more than a dozen dragon-related arts, then cultivated the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon Method and attained the Dragon-Subduing Arhat Dao Fruit.
• The Six Realms reacted to the Buddhist Realm’s growing strength, while Tathagata Buddha ordered the Immovable Wisdom King to investigate the missing Dragon-Subduing Arhat rank.
• The Immovable Wisdom King concealed that he had found the remains of the Arhat Subduing the Dragon and Fahai, and sought reinforcements to capture Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu stayed in seclusion to develop a stronger Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art and refine his Buddhist arts into the Supreme Immortal Scripture.
• Bai Suzhen followed a warning from her Magic Tool and spotted an honest-looking man fleeing with a Heavenly Robe.
• Bai Suzhen found the Weaver Girl unable to return to Heaven without her stolen robe and explained that a man had taken it.

Bai Suzhen helped Weaver Girl after her Heavenly Robe was stolen, then returned to find Ji Shu ready to leave in search of more immortal arts. Bai Suzhen offered to share the spells she had collected during her travels.

• Bai Suzhen gave Weaver Girl a spare set of Xin Shisi Niang’s clothes and learned that Weaver Girl had lost her Heavenly Robe at Fairy Lake.
• Weaver Girl went to search for the thief, and Bai Suzhen told her to come find her in the peach grove if she failed.
• Bai Suzhen worried that the Heavenly Court might side with the Buddhist Realm against Ji Shu and lead to a great battle.
• Bai Suzhen returned to the wooden hut and learned that Ji Shu had emerged from seclusion and planned to leave soon.
• Bai Suzhen asked whether Ji Shu was collecting spells, then offered to give him arts she had gathered outside her sect’s inheritance.

Ji Shu accepted Bai Suzhen’s secret techniques and left the cabin with his companions, letting the Weaver Girl join their carriage after she failed to find the person she sought. On the road, they passed Cowherd and his yellow ox, who pursued them to seize the Weaver Girl, and Bai Suzhen spotted the approaching Ox Demon.

• Bai Suzhen taught Ji Shu more than a dozen techniques, and he mastered each one almost immediately.
• Ji Shu and his companions prepared to leave their cabin, and the Weaver Girl asked to travel with them after failing to find someone.
• Ji Shu let the Weaver Girl board the carriage, while Xiao Qing began befriending her and asking about the Heavenly Court.
• The carriage passed Cowherd, and his yellow ox told him that the Weaver Girl had left with Ji Shu and promised to catch up with them.
• The yellow ox chased the carriage, and Bai Suzhen recognized him as their pursuer while Xiao Qing identified him as an Ox Demon.

Old Yellow Ox blocked Ji Shu’s carriage and fought Bai Suzhen, revealing that he was Golden Bull Star descended to the mortal world. Ji Shu killed him and imprisoned his Primordial Spirit in the Mystic Fire Mirror, then the carriage continued onward.

• Old Yellow Ox arrived ahead of his companions and demanded that Weaver Girl be handed over, threatening Ji Shu and the others.
• Bai Suzhen challenged Old Yellow Ox with her Realgar Sword, and they fought to a standstill.
• Old Yellow Ox revealed he was Golden Bull Star and tried to summon help from the heavens.
• Ji Shu bound Old Yellow Ox with the Great Dragon Binding Spell, killed him, and imprisoned his Primordial Spirit in the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Ji Shu kept Old Yellow Ox’s spear and urn for refining, reassured Bai Suzhen, and told Xin Shisi Niang to continue driving.

Cowherd discovered that Ji Shu had killed Old Yellow Ox, then told Liu Tang where to find Ji Shu. After interrogating Golden Bull Star for Heavenly Court secrets and spells, Ji Shu mastered the Divine Wind Spear Technique and several other techniques as the gods closed in on his location.

• Cowherd found Old Yellow Ox dead, vowed revenge on Ji Shu, and told Liu Tang that Ji Shu had killed the ox.
• Liu Tang recognized Old Yellow Ox as the reincarnated Golden Bull Star and carried the corpse away before reporting Ji Shu's trail near Fairy Lake.
• Immovable Wisdom King ordered the Arhats, Heavenly Court Divine Generals, and heavenly soldiers to capture Ji Shu alive or kill him if he resisted.
• Ji Shu used the Mystic Fire Mirror to bewitch and interrogate Golden Bull Star, learning Heavenly Court spells and details of corruption among its Divine Generals.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Divine Wind Spear Technique to perfect grand mastery, then perfected the Divine Concealment, Eavesdropping, and Thousand Mile Sound Transmission techniques.

Ji Shu cultivated the Divine Ox Heaven-Connecting Method and seized the Golden Bull Star Fruit Position, prompting the Jade Emperor to send Lü Dongbin and other immortals to investigate and capture him. The Heavenly Court learned that Golden Bull Star had likely been killed, and the Jade Emperor's fury left Ji Shu facing a new threat.

• The Weaver Girl suggested Ji Shu join the Heavenly Court, but Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing explained that its rulers would not welcome him, and Ji Shu rejected the idea.
• Ji Shu entered the Painted World and cultivated the Divine Ox Heaven-Connecting Method until he mastered it.
• Ji Shu refined the method into a false Primordial Spirit and merged it with the Golden Bull Star Fruit Position, causing signs of a new Star God to appear across the Six Realms.
• Lü Dongbin reminded the Jade Emperor and the assembled immortals that Golden Bull Star had descended to the mortal realm and still held that Fruit Position.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Lü Dongbin, Zhongliquan, Zhang Guolao, and the others to investigate Golden Bull Star's fate and capture whoever seized his Fruit Position.