Chapter Summaries

Five years after the Dharma Bodies vanished, Great Shang’s authority fractured as the Earthly Buddha Kingdom and overseas forces rose to rival it. The Dharma Bodies returned, and Xu Yue declared himself Human Sovereign after attaining Legend, prompting divine weapons and powerful factions to awaken their own Legends.

• Zhao Qian established the Earthly Buddha Kingdom and advanced rapidly, while Qi Zhengyan attained the Dharma Body and fought to contain him.
• Liu Luo revealed her strength as the Nine Heavens Profound Lady and drove Zhao Qian back, but Maitreya’s wooden fish forced her to retreat; the conflict then settled into a stalemate.
• Over five years, the Earthly Buddha Kingdom took Northern Zhou and the grasslands, while the Demonic Path joined forces with the Twenty-Eight Realms of the Seven Seas, dividing Great Shang’s authority.
• The Dharma Bodies returned, and Han Guang and Recoome both reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Xu Yue announced that he was the Human Sovereign of the era and revealed that he had attained Legend, forcing Zhao Qian into hiding.
• Peerless divine weapons began reviving to Legend, while Sha Wujing, Bodhisattva Fahua Lin, and Bodhisattva Da Miaoxiang were made to awaken as Legends.

Meng Qi sought the demon race’s help in finding the Demon Buddha’s other projections as he prepared for the Legendary realm. Meanwhile, the Golden Emperor’s allies moved against Xu Yue, who held back to avoid provoking the awakening of Creation-level powers.

• Xu Yue assessed the threat posed by Sha Wujing, Bodhisattva Fahua Lin, and Bodhisattva Da Miaoxiang, and avoided acting against them so Meng Qi would not face stronger opponents before reaching the Legendary realm.
• Meng Qi considered using the demon race’s knowledge of Ananda and the Demon Buddha to find other projections that could help him advance.
• Meng Qi met Little Fox in the Investiture of the Gods World, and they agreed to cooperate against Xu Yue.
• Meng Qi joined Little Fox, Tai Li, and other demon race Dharmakayas in entering the Investiture of the Gods World to help free the demon race’s trapped Great Sages.
• The Buddha Kingdom and the True Vacuum Homeland joined forces, and two Legendary Bodhisattvas went to preach outside Great Shang’s capital to pin down Xu Yue.
• Sha Wujing carried Golden Cicada’s remains toward the Journey to the West World.

Meng Qi joined Qingqiu’s plan to rescue the demon race’s sealed Great Sages as the Demon Emperor Hall opened its ability to travel between worlds. He met the powerful Supreme Demon Gods who would take part in the mission, while their rivalries and ambitions threatened to complicate the operation.

• Meng Qi left the Jade Void Palace and followed Qingqiu into the Demon Emperor Hall, where she warned him to conceal his aura around the Supreme Demon Gods.
• Meng Qi learned that the Demon Emperor Hall had opened early and could now carry them between worlds, and that the demon race had assembled powerful experts for the rescue.
• Qingqiu introduced Radiance, a Phoenix descendant near the Legendary realm, who questioned why Qingqiu would risk her life at Spirit Mountain.
• Luojia, Feixiang, and other Supreme Demon Gods arrived, and Feixiang declared that he wanted the Golden Cudgel for himself.
• Meng Qi recognized the gathered experts’ strength and their efforts to connect with their Other Selves as the demon race began entering the struggle of the Final Tribulation.

Meng Qi and the demon gods reached the Golden Cudgel on Spirit Mountain, where Sha Wujing warned them about hidden dangers and the approaching Nine Nether demons. After Sha Wujing left, the Supreme True Buddha attacked, and Xu Yue arrived to borrow Demon Buddha’s power against it.

• Luojia and the other Supreme Demon Gods dismissed the danger of legendary remains until Qingqiu warned them about Ananda’s fate.
• Meng Qi traveled with the demon gods through the Demon Emperor Hall to the Journey to the West World, where Little Fox opened the gate to Spirit Mountain.
• Sha Wujing met the group at the vanished Myriad Buddhas Formation and delivered the Venerable Mother’s warnings about Golden Cicada, Buddha, and the Endless Abyss Sea.
• After Sha Wujing left, the Supreme True Buddha emerged and overwhelmed Meng Qi and the demon gods as they tried to shrink the Golden Cudgel.
• Xu Yue escaped the Imperial Palace formed by Human Emperor’s Remains, appeared on Spirit Mountain, and called on Ananda to help him confront the Supreme True Buddha.
• Ananda used the Reincarnation Seal to suppress and influence the Supreme True Buddha, creating an opening for Xu Yue to act.

Xu Yue used Ananda’s help and the Reincarnation Seal to devour the Supreme True Buddha, while Meng Qi feared Xu Yue was falling into the Demon Buddha’s schemes. The Demon Race’s Great Sages escaped their seal and confronted Xu Yue, whose overwhelming presence met their challenge.

• Ananda used the Reincarnation Seal to suppress the Supreme True Buddha’s critical nodes, giving Xu Yue the chance to seize and devour it.
• Meng Qi watched Xu Yue absorb the Supreme True Buddha and worried that the Demon Buddha was still manipulating him, while feeling powerless to intervene.
• Xu Yue tore apart and absorbed the Supreme True Buddha, alarming the Demon Gods who witnessed his strength.
• Bull Demon King emerged from the seal and announced his return, followed by the Great Sages of the Demon Race.
• The Great Sage of the Chaotic Heavens gave Tai Li the Five Elements Divine Feathers left by Kong Xuan.
• The Great Sages noticed Xu Yue and directed their pressure at him, but he remained unmoved.

Xu Yue drove off the newly freed demon Great Sages after they threatened humanity, forcing them to leave the Golden Cudgel behind. As ancient factions began awakening, he returned to the imperial palace and quietly worked to influence public opinion while preparing for the changing balance of power.

• Little Fox told the freed demon Great Sages about the current age, but they vowed to reclaim the land for the demon race once they recovered.
• Meng Qi challenged the Great Sages’ threats, and Little Fox stood between them and him until Bull Demon King sealed off Qingqiu and the Great Sages prepared to attack.
• Xu Yue’s Sword Intent wounded the Great Sages when they showed killing intent toward Meng Qi, forcing them to retreat and leave the Golden Cudgel behind.
• Meng Qi warned Xu Yue that other ancient powers were beginning to awaken, and Xu Yue returned to the imperial palace with the Buddha Remains from Spirit Mountain.
• Xu Yue resumed browsing the Myriad Worlds Common Knowledge Sphere and steered public opinion as people grew anxious about the emerging ancient factions.

Meng Qi absorbed traces of the Demon Buddha and Primordial Heavenly Venerate, rapidly reaching the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm while Great Shang expanded and built protections against Legends. When Demon Race Legends invaded the Western Desert, the Human Emperor Remnants emerged from a Doomsday Boat to defend Great Shang’s territory.

• Meng Qi returned to Jade Void Palace, absorbed traces of the Demon Buddha and Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and advanced to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• The Earthly Buddha Kingdom, the True Vacuum Homeland, and Great Shang consolidated their territories while Great Shang’s Human Dao aura grew strong enough to restrict legendary powers.
• Three Demon Race Great Sages led an army into the Western Desert and declared the land belonged to the Demon Race.
• A Doomsday Boat descended before the demon army, and three human Legends declared the Western Desert had belonged to Great Shang since ancient times.
• The Human Emperor Remnants emerged from the Doomsday Boat, revealing that their surviving power was far greater than expected.

After the Human Emperor Remnants drove back the demons, Meng Qi renewed his efforts to comprehend his own path and unexpectedly proved his own legend. His unprecedented phenomena drew the attention of the Nine Immortal Mountain, whose inhabitants began preparations to awaken him.

• Shaoxuan delivered Xu Yue’s warning to the demons, and the three legendary demons withdrew with their forces.
• The Human Emperor Remnants’ victory spread through the Myriad Worlds Internet, boosting Great Shang’s prestige and encouraging some humans to return.
• Meng Qi resumed cultivation after seeing the broadcast, then visited old friends for insight into the barrier of My Way is My Way.
• At the Night Emperor Troupe, Meng Qi connected his friends’ advice and suddenly proved his own legend as the Primordial Muscular Heavenly Venerate.
• Meng Qi’s five unprecedented phenomena appeared across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, including Two Worlds Standing Side by Side and Primordial Heaven-Opening.
• At Nine Immortal Mountain, two Daoists recognized the other-shore phenomenon and went to awaken Meng Qi as Heavenly Venerate had instructed.

Meng Qi attained the Legendary realm, discovered that Gu Xiaosang had revived within him, and established a Jade Void Palace in the Real World. As ancient powers began awakening and history accelerated, he arranged for Zhang Yuanshan and Fu Zhenzhen to reach his dojo after their reincarnations ascended, while humanity’s rising experts faced a world increasingly dominated by Legends.

• The Lamp Lighter Divine Envoy received Mother Wusheng’s decree to deal with Gu Xiaosang’s hidden contingency, but found that Meng Qi had already attained the Legendary realm.
• Meng Qi detected Gu Xiaosang’s aura within his true spirit and learned that she had revived through the Chaos Green Lotus as he advanced.
• Meng Qi established Kunlun Mountain and a Jade Void Palace in the Real World, then sensed Zhang Yuanshan and Fu Zhenzhen’s reincarnations in a minor world and arranged for them to arrive at his dojo after ascending.
• Xu Yue revived Gao Lan’s beloved, and Gao Lan withdrew from political ambitions as his cultivation rapidly advanced.
• With the Nine Heavens restored and ancient Legends awakening, Wang Siyuan’s generation prepared to attain the Dharma Body, while some questioned whether the Heaven Ranking still mattered.

Wang Siyuan’s attempt to break the Wang Family free of fate divided the family, and its hidden branch sought Xu Yue’s support against him. When Meng Qi arrived to help Wang Siyuan, the hidden branch unleashed a corpse empowered by the Tendo Monster, revealing a dangerous Demon Buddha contingency.

• Wang Siyuan’s desire to defy Heaven’s decree alarmed the Wang Family’s hidden branch, which feared his failure would doom them all.
• The hidden branch’s Heavenly Immortal ancestor begged Xu Yue to stop Wang Siyuan, and Xu Yue acknowledged the matter without taking a clear side.
• Meng Qi agreed to accompany Wang Siyuan to the ancestral hall and make a single strike, while Wang Siyuan accepted the risk of failure.
• At the appointed time, Meng Qi found a coffin in the ancestral hall, containing the remains of a Wang Family descendant who had cultivated the Calculation Scripture.
• The remains cried “Deva Path!” and erupted with the Tendo Monster’s power, which Meng Qi recognized as a powerful contingency left by the Demon Buddha.

Meng Qi confronted the Underworld’s attempt to seize control of the Wang Family and fought King Yama and the intervening Emperor Fengdu. As their clash escalated, the Demon Lord reached for the Ghost God True Spirit Chart, pursuing another Peerless Divine Weapon after losing the Demon Emperor’s Claw.

• Meng Qi severed the karma connecting the Wang Family remains to the Tendo Monster and realized the Wang Family ancestors had been sacrificed to a single monster.
• Wang Siyuan’s Dharma Body breakthrough triggered the Ghost God True Spirit Chart to emerge, opening a gate to the Ten Yama Halls.
• Meng Qi cut through King Yama’s attack and struck toward his true body after King Yama invoked the Underworld’s Great Emperor.
• Emperor Fengdu sent part of his power into King Yama and clashed directly with Meng Qi, who met him with the Jue Blade.
• The Demon Lord reached from another stretch of void for the Oni-Kami Scroll, seeking leverage and a chance to obtain a Peerless Divine Weapon.

The Demon Lord, Fengdu, Xu Yue, and the Heavenly Emperor converged on the Luoshu, the Oni-Kami Scroll, and the Tendo Monster as Wang Siyuan’s actions awakened the Tendo Monster. The Heavenly Emperor seized Fu Huang’s Body and withdrew, while the others claimed their own prizes and Xu Yue took the wounded Tendo Monster.

• Wang Siyuan sacrificed the Wang Family’s accumulated treasures and destroyed his true spirit, helping awaken the Tendo Monster through the first ancestor’s coffin.
• The Demon Lord abandoned his attempt to take the Oni-Kami Scroll, then lunged for the Luoshu when Wang Siyuan cast it out.
• Fu Huang finalized the outcome of obtaining the Luoshu, but Xu Yue and the Heavenly Emperor struck together, allowing the Heavenly Emperor to take Fu Huang’s Body.
• The Heavenly Emperor wounded the Tendo Monster and returned to the Nine Heavens, while the Demon Lord escaped with the Luoshu and Fengdu seized the Oni-Kami Scroll.
• Xu Yue used the imperial palace and the Human Emperor’s Remains to take and suppress the wounded Tendo Monster.

After helping Wang Siyuan escape the Wang Family’s curse, Meng Qi learned that the Heavenly Emperor had returned through a backup plan hidden in the Time Blade. Xu Yue devoured the suppressed Tendo Monster and began using Great Shang’s Human Path fortune to command the Deva Path, drawing Daoist Lu Ya’s attention and leaving an unknown visitor outside Wuchao.

• Wang Siyuan explained that the Heavenly Emperor’s backup plan had been hidden in the Time Blade and that several factions, including the current emperor, had benefited from his return.
• Meng Qi connected Xu Yue’s possession of the Tendo Monster to his suspicions, then resolved to confront him.
• Xu Yue used the Human Emperor’s Remains and Human Emperor Sword to suppress and devour the weakened Tendo Monster inside the imperial palace.
• Xu Yue announced that Great Shang would build the Heaven Sealing Platform and use Human Path fortune to command the Deva Path, prompting factions across the world to take notice.
• Daoist Lu Ya mocked Xu Yue’s plan from Wuchao, but an unknown figure appeared outside and declared that the Investiture of the Gods was fated to be his.

Lu Ya handed Xu Yue the Investiture of the Gods, and Xu Yue secured the God-Beating Whip from Jiang Xiaobai before advancing the Investiture Platform. The Heavenly Emperor backed Xu Yue’s effort to use humanity to govern Heaven, but rival powers began mobilizing against Great Shang.

• Lu Ya gave Xu Yue the Investiture of the Gods after recognizing the support Xu Yue had gathered from the Azure Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Demon Buddha.
• Xu Yue obtained the God-Beating Whip from Jiang Xiaobai and repaid him by imprinting Legendary-level insights into his primordial spirit, prompting Jiang Xiaobai to enter seclusion.
• The Investiture of the Gods accelerated the formation of the Investiture Platform and strengthened humanity’s accumulated luck.
• Great powers feared Xu Yue would establish a human dynasty capable of governing Heaven and began preparing to oppose him.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s cold snort suppressed the opposition briefly, but the True Vacuum Homeland manifested over the East Sea and the powers renewed their resolve to attack Great Shang.

The True Vacuum Homeland sent four divine envoys to the Jade Void Palace to inspect Meng Qi and his inner cosmos, prompting him to fight back. Meanwhile, Maitreya seized the chance to attack the Heaven Sealing Platform, intent on bringing Great Shang under his Buddha Kingdom.

• The True Vacuum Homeland restrained the Heavenly Emperor but sent its four legendary divine envoys to the Jade Void Palace instead of attacking the Heaven Sealing Platform.
• The Lamp Lighter divine envoy demanded to inspect Meng Qi's palace and inner cosmos, which would expose Gu Xiaosang hidden in his acupoints.
• Meng Qi attacked the Lamp Lighter and used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to send three incarnations against the other divine envoys.
• Maitreya judged that Xu Yue had not yet mastered the Supreme True Buddha and moved to attack the Heaven Sealing Platform while the True Vacuum Homeland occupied Meng Qi.
• Maitreya resolved to crush Great Shang and turn it into his Buddha Kingdom.

Meng Qi joined the Jade Void lineage as its acting sect leader after Guangchengzi drove off the True Vacuum Homeland emissaries. The disciples warned of a mysterious black-blood attack in chaos, and Meng Qi chose to support the Human Sovereign in the coming struggle over Germany’s fortune.

• A Great Creation Power tried to drag Meng Qi into the True Vacuum Homeland, but Guangchengzi used the Heaven-Turning Seal to drive it back and force the emissaries to retreat.
• The Jade Void disciples gathered at the palace, and Guangchengzi welcomed Meng Qi as one of their own and taught him their tradition of siding with their own.
• Nezha, Chijingzi, Yuding, Daoxing, Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun, and the Howling Celestial Dog returned to the Jade Void Palace.
• Chijingzi warned the disciples that a drop of black blood had attacked him in chaos, and the Howling Celestial Dog recalled related unrest in the Nine Nethers.
• The Jade Void disciples made Meng Qi acting sect leader and asked him to choose a side in the struggle for Germany’s fortune.
• Meng Qi chose to support the Human Sovereign, while privately resolving to settle his personal grudge with Xu Yue later.

Meng Qi learned that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had rescued Sha Wujing and assessed which Creation-level powers could join the struggle over the Heaven Sealing Platform. As Maitreya faced Chu Xin and summoned allies, Great Shang’s transformed human fortune protected the battlefield and the Real World.

• Guangchengzi told Meng Qi that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had rescued the Four Divine Envoys and listed the Creation-level powers who might intervene.
• Xu Yue explained that he had rescued Sha Wujing because the Great Sage remained in Laojun's Furnace, and Sha Wujing agreed to wait for his Eldest Senior Brother.
• Great Shang’s human fortune isolated Divine Capital, divided the battlefield, and protected the Real World from the battle of great powers.
• Chu Xin blocked Maitreya while three human Legends held back his attendants, and Maitreya summoned allies with his ultimate divine ability.

The Human Emperor Remnants and other powers clashed over Maitreya’s Earthly Buddha Kingdom and the Heaven Sealing Platform as Meng Qi’s Zhu Xian Sword Array suppressed the Real World’s strongest fighters. Maitreya escaped a mysterious golden hand by sacrificing relics and attendants, then called on Burning Lamp for help.

• The Human Emperor Remnants joined forces against Maitreya, while the demon race led by the Bull Demon King emerged to attack Great Shang.
• Meng Qi deployed the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and their complete formation to suppress everyone within the Real World below the Creation level.
• Nezha confronted the Bull Demon King, while the Peng Demon King and Jiao Demon King restored themselves to the Creation level and helped hold him back.
• Lu Wuming and the Howling Celestial Dog trapped the three Luo Cult emissaries, preventing them from using their Creation-level treasure.
• Maitreya used three relics to force Chu Xin back and opened the Myriad Buddhas Formation, prompting Yuan Hong and the Demon Lord to attack the Heaven Sealing Platform.
• A glazed golden hand devoured much of Maitreya’s formation and threatened his golden body, but he sacrificed three relics and his attendant Bodhisattvas to escape, then called to Burning Lamp for help.

Xu Yue overwhelmed Maitreya with the Supreme True Buddha’s power, then turned the Zhu Xian Sword Array against the Demon Lord and Yuan Hong. Maitreya escaped with Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, the Demon Lord lost a demon body, and Yuan Hong surrendered to serve on the Investiture of the Gods.

• Xu Yue devoured half of Maitreya’s reserves and absorbed the Left and Right Attendant Bodhisattvas, but Maitreya escaped when Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha intervened.
• Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha saved Maitreya, gaining more providential support while further complicating Meng Qi’s position.
• The Myriad Buddhas Formation collapsed, leaving the Demon Lord and Yuan Hong exposed to the Zhu Xian Sword Array.
• Xu Yue used the Human Emperor Sword to erase the Demon Lord’s futures and destroy one of his demon bodies.
• Yuan Hong surrendered to Xu Yue, offered to open his true spirit and serve on the Investiture of the Gods, then imitated a curly-haired baboon.

Xu Yue turned Great Shang’s threatened campaign into a decisive victory by allying with the demon race, accommodating the True Vacuum Homeland, and consolidating control over the Real World. As Great Shang became its undisputed ruler, the Heaven Sealing Platform was completed.

• Meng Qi lifted the Zhu Xian Sword Array’s restrictions and trapped Bull Demon King and the other two Great Sages, but Xu Yue asked him to spare them and offered the demon race positions in Great Shang’s Heavenly Court.
• Bull Demon King accepted Xu Yue’s offer in principle, and the demon race and Great Shang formed an alliance under the witness of the Demon Saint Spear and the Human Emperor Sword.
• Great Shang seized and subdued the Earthly Buddha Kingdom, while the fleeing Maitreya escaped with the remaining believers and a damaged Myriad Buddhas Formation.
• The True Vacuum Homeland withdrew its divine envoys, sought permission to spread its teachings legally, and accepted Xu Yue’s demand that the Twenty-Eight Realms of the Seven Seas join Great Shang.
• Great Shang emerged as the Real World’s undisputed ruler, and the Heaven Sealing Platform was completed amid its rising human Dao fortune.