Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunfan refined the imagery for his cultivation before provoking Luokan, the Ice Plains Wolf God, into a battle. Disguised as Tatus, Xu Yunfan transformed into a Three Heads Six Arms Dharma Image and began overpowering Luokan in the gorge.

• Xu Yunfan envisioned a chaotic Profound Heavens containing a destructive thunder pool and a spark of life born from ruin.
• Luokan arrived in the gorge and accused Tatus of wounding his Shaman Priest and stealing his prey.
• Xu Yunfan concealed his identity, taunted Luokan, and accepted the Wolf God's challenge to fight.
• Xu Yunfan formed a ninety-foot Three Heads Six Arms Dharma Image and met Luokan's charge with Purple Firmament Thunder Seals.
• Xu Yunfan unleashed coordinated attacks that shattered Luokan's Ice Armor and drove the Wolf God backward.

Xu Yunfan tested his strength against Luokan, the Ice Plains Wolf God, and revealed overwhelming power in their battle. After defeating Luokan, Xu Yunfan spared him for Buseus’s sake and warned him to stay out of his territory, while Luokan left in hatred.

• A party of five human adventurers witnessed Xu Yunfan and Luokan fighting near Ice-Crack Canyon, then fled from the Divine War.
• Xu Yunfan assessed Luokan’s abilities and reflected on how Lokman had no intention of blocking his advancement.
• Luokan accused Tatus of hiding his strength, but Xu Yunfan increased his power and broke Luokan’s claw before striking his chest with the Purple Firmament Thunder Seal.
• Xu Yunfan sent Luokan crashing across the ice and warned him that he would destroy his godhead and divine soul if he returned to Xu Yunfan’s territory.
• Luokan struggled to his feet, silently vowed revenge, and prepared to leave.

Xu Yunfan used the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman to draw Buseus, God of Gales, into a confrontation with Lokman, God of Winter, and force a war between their god systems. As their armies clashed across the Northern Plains, Xu Yunfan slipped into the battlefield, ready to pursue his plan.

• Xu Yunfan attached a concealed karmic mark to Luokan's divine blood and waited for Buseus to follow it to him.
• Buseus arrived to confront Tatus over Luokan's injury, and Lokman appeared to defend his subordinate in his territory.
• Under the Eclipse Heaven Restriction's influence, Lokman rejected Buseus's accusations and declared war on the Gale God System.
• Lokman sent the Winter God System's deities and armies toward Buseus's territory, and Buseus answered by summoning his own forces.
• The Winter and Gale forces collided, and Xu Yunfan concealed his aura as he entered the chaotic battlefield.

Xu Yunfan concealed himself during the battle between Lokman and Buseus, then ambushed and killed Luokan, stripping his godhead and absorbing his remnant soul into the Star Spirit Banner. Luokan’s divine fall was revealed across the battlefield, leaving Buseus and the other combatants stunned.

• Lokman and Buseus clashed as their divine powers devastated the battlefield and their followers fought below.
• Xu Yunfan hid near Luokan’s battle while Zhang Ziyang used his probing godhead to identify a brief opening in Luokan’s defenses.
• Xu Yunfan struck Luokan with his Golden Body Dharma Image and used the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman to seize his soul and godhead.
• The Star Spirit Banner swallowed Luokan’s body and remnant soul, refining him into a Banner Spirit and advancing the array to 46 of 365 stars.
• Luokan’s divine fall sent a mournful howl through the divine system network, freezing the battlefield and shocking Buseus.

Xu Yunfan harvested the Winter and Gale God Systems’ mid-level and low-level gods while Lokman kept Buseus occupied, then trapped Buseus inside the Zhou Tian Profound Firmament World Locking Array. Buseus saw Lokman submit to Xu Yunfan and realized the battlefield’s unseen hunter was behind the slaughter.

• Xu Yunfan killed Luokan, and Lokman continued fighting Buseus under the restriction while hoping the Nature Main God was watching.
• The deaths of gods turned the clash between the Winter and Gale God Systems into a full-scale battle, and Xu Yunfan secretly harvested divine souls from the battlefield.
• As Lokman pressed Buseus, Xu Yunfan eliminated more than thirty mid-level and low-level gods and gathered their Immortal Golden Nature.
• Buseus spotted Xu Yunfan disguised as Tatus and tried to flee, but Xu Yunfan activated the Zhou Tian Profound Firmament World Locking Array and blocked him.
• Lokman stopped attacking Buseus and stood beside Xu Yunfan with his head lowered, leaving Buseus horrified by their alliance.

Xu Yunfan defeated Buseus with a torrent of specialized thunder and used a talisman to bind the God of Gales to his will. With Buseus and Lokman under his control, Xu Yunfan prepared to use the three High Gods of the Winter Northern Plains to start a war among divine pantheons.

• Xu Yunfan revealed his true power and summoned billions of varied thunderbolts against Buseus inside the formation.
• Buseus's wind powers were countered by the thunder, leaving him weakened and his Godhead exposed.
• Xu Yunfan pressed a Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman into Buseus's Godhead, giving him control over Buseus's life and death.
• Xu Yunfan chose to keep Buseus alive and controlled rather than absorb him into the Star Spirit Banner.
• Buseus lowered his head and agreed to obey Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan planned to provoke a wider Divine War by manipulating Lokman and Buseus into seeking aid from powerful High Gods. He sent them off with fabricated accusations designed to draw Baal and Orion into the conflict.

• Lokman told Xu Yunfan that Anya ruled the Slumbering Ice Abyss, while Buseus warned that attacking her could attract the Nature Main God's attention.
• Xu Yunfan decided to ignite a larger conflict, both to harvest divine power and to gain strength before Clear Source True Monarch found him.
• Buseus named Orion as the Gale God System's Main God and identified Baal and Sif as powerful High Gods under him.
• After confirming his plan with Zhang Ziyang, Xu Yunfan ordered Lokman to accuse Buseus and an evil god of attacking the Winter God System and to beg the High Gods for reinforcements.
• Xu Yunfan ordered Buseus to accuse Lokman and the evil god of attacking him, threaten Baal and Orion, and warn that the evil god might have stolen thunder authority.

Xu Yunfan ordered Lokman and Buseus to provoke a war between the Nature Pantheon’s factions, using false claims to draw Baal and other High Gods into the conflict. After sending them to carry out the plan, he assessed his gains and hurried to Frost Thunder City to refine them before Clear Source True Monarch could find him.

• Xu Yunfan assured Lokman and Buseus that his array could block most investigations, then ordered Buseus to return to the Storm Divine Kingdom and pretend to be gravely wounded.
• Xu Yunfan questioned Lokman about Anya and decided to leave her undisturbed until the expanding war forced her to act.
• Xu Yunfan ordered Lokman to seek aid from the High Gods he knew and portray the Winter God System as near destruction.
• Xu Yunfan checked the Star Spirit Banner, which had risen to 79 of 365 Star Lords, and refined captured divine remnants to nourish his Immortal Golden Nature.
• Worried that Clear Source True Monarch might discover him, Xu Yunfan hurried toward Frost Thunder City to recover and refine his gains.

Xu Yunfan sought to gather ninety-nine strands of Immortal Golden Nature while accelerating the Divine War across Attila. As the world’s Heavenly Dao began to collapse in response to the conflict, Zhang Ziyang warned that Clear Source True Monarch might be responsible, and Xu Yunfan realized time was running out.

• Xu Yunfan showed Zhang Ziyang his thirty-six strands of Immortal Golden Nature and said he wanted to gather ninety-nine to build an unprecedented Dao foundation.
• Zhang Ziyang recognized that the Star Spirit Banner and Divine Firmament World Refining Cauldron could help Xu Yunfan attempt the feat.
• Xu Yunfan manipulated the escalating battles among the Nature, Light, and Dark pantheons, turning Attila into a continent-wide Divine War.
• Zhang Ziyang sensed that the Heavenly Dao source of Attila was near collapse and warned Xu Yunfan that an outsider, likely Clear Source True Monarch, had provoked the world.
• Xu Yunfan stood at the center of the battlefield’s storm and concluded that little time remained.

Xu Yunfan harvested divine power and Immortal Golden Nature during the battle, then faced the arrival of Clear Source True Monarch and the wrath of the three Main Gods. He detonated the restrictions on three high-level deities and used the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array to resist the Main Gods’ crushing pressure.

• Xu Yunfan used the Divine Firmament World Refining Cauldron to harvest wounded deities, refining their power until he had condensed ninety-three strands of Immortal Golden Nature.
• The heavens ruptured, and Clear Source True Monarch descended, blocked the three Main Gods’ attacks, and confronted Xu Yunfan.
• Xu Yunfan detonated the restrictions on Lokman, Buseus, and Anya, killing them and absorbing their sources of Immortal Golden Nature.
• Main Gods Orion, Ymir, and Solar traced Xu Yunfan through the Heavenly Dao and pressed down on him with their combined authority.
• Xu Yunfan summoned seventy-nine Banner Spirits and unfolded the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array to withstand the Main Gods’ pressure.

Xu Yunfan continued killing gods in the Divine War as Clear Source True Monarch observed and revealed his overwhelming mastery of the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman. The three Main Gods turned their attention toward Clear Source True Monarch, leaving Xu Yunfan with an opening to keep fighting.

• Xu Yunfan captured a Radiance of Dawn mid-level god and killed a Shadow Eater Serpent mid-level god, gaining four strands of Immortal Golden Nature.
• Xu Yunfan refined his accumulated Immortal Golden Nature, turning three of thirteen strands into power as Zhang Ziyang told him that the Main Gods were focused on Clear Source True Monarch.
• Clear Source True Monarch praised Xu Yunfan for harvesting gods and recognized the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit and the Immortal Golden Nature in his dantian.
• Clear Source True Monarch flicked his sleeve and redirected Orion's, Ymir's, and the Lord of the Heavens' wills into one another with his Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman.

As the pantheons descended into a manipulated battle, Xu Yunfan exploited the chaos to gather Golden Nature while Clear Source True Monarch moved against him. Xu Yunfan escaped the True Monarch’s grasp and reached ninety-nine strands, leaving the fight between Clear Source True Monarch and the chief gods raging.

• Clear Source True Monarch’s secret art turned the chief gods against one another, and the pantheons plunged into an all-out melee that accelerated the deaths of deities.
• Xu Yunfan killed Marduk with the Star Spirit Banner and Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman, claiming his ninety-sixth strand of Golden Nature.
• Clear Source True Monarch tried to seize Xu Yunfan and the Star Spirit Banner, but Xu Yunfan used Sword Two: Calamity Annihilation to cut through the frozen space and escape.
• Xu Yunfan revealed that Lu Chunyang was his Pure Yang Ancestor, then used the chaos to hunt deities across the battlefield.
• Xu Yunfan killed Decaying Poison Vine, Holy Shield Guard, and Thorned Earth, reaching ninety-nine strands of Golden Nature.

Xu Yunfan gathered ninety-nine strands of Immortal Golden Nature in Attila, then escaped the battle and returned to the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm to pursue Golden Core. Zhang Ziyang stayed behind to cultivate his Mysterious Spirit Deification Dao amid Attila’s coming turmoil, while Xu Yunfan prepared to activate his earlier arrangements.

• Xu Yunfan’s power and Dao foundation surged as ninety-nine strands of Immortal Golden Nature gathered, and Zhang Ziyang warned him not to continue further.
• The three chief gods attacked Clear Source True Monarch with a Tricolor Divine Punishment Spear, forcing him to focus on defense and release his hold on Xu Yunfan.
• Xu Yunfan urged Zhang Ziyang to escape, but Zhang Ziyang chose to remain in Attila and use its coming conflict to strengthen his incense-and-faith path to godhood.
• Xu Yunfan declared his intention to return to the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm and achieve Golden Core, and Zhang Ziyang praised and blessed him.
• Xu Yunfan crossed the Realm Sea aboard the Void Crossing Boat and safely reached the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm.
• After recovering on a mountaintop, Xu Yunfan decided to activate his earlier arrangements while Clear Source True Monarch remained occupied in Attila.

Xu Yunfan seized control of Han Shi and used his sword intent to draw the Vast Sea Return-to-the-Ruins Dao Fruit. As the Bodhi Zen Pure Land prepared to receive the King of Freedom Buddha Fruit Position, Xu Yunfan appeared at its ritual and invoked the supreme Unyielding Dao Fruit.

• Han Shi cultivated his Wrathful Kill Sword Intent at the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect, unaware that Xu Yunfan still controlled him completely.
• Xu Yunfan took over Han Shi’s body, drew Han Shi’s soul into the Star Spirit Banner, and displayed a stronger Wrathful Kill Sword Intent.
• Xu Yunfan used Han Shi to invoke the Vast Sea Return-to-the-Ruins Dao Fruit, drawing the Dao Fruit’s favor and shaking the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm.
• The Bodhi Zen Pure Land advanced its ritual to receive the King of Freedom Buddha Fruit Position beneath the Bodhi Sacred Tree.
• Xu Yunfan appeared near the ritual, revealed his full aura, and invoked the Divine Vault Jade Purity Nine Heavens Profound Firmament Nexus of Ten Thousand Transformations Unyielding Dao Fruit.

Xu Yunfan drew forth the Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault in the Eastern Wasteland, disrupting Huirui Bodhisattva’s ritual and provoking attacks, while Han Shi manifested the Azure Sea Dao Fruit at the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect. Xu Yunfan then revealed that Wukong was his clone and ordered him to act, leaving the Buddhist ritual on the verge of a sudden upheaval.

• Han Shi manifested the Azure Sea Dao Fruit, drawing attention across the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect and prompting True Monarch Tongxuan to consider interfering before the Pure Yang Ancestor deterred him.
• Xu Yunfan drew forth the Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault during Huirui Bodhisattva’s King Buddha Ritual, disrupting its momentum and enraging Huirui Bodhisattva.
• Huirui Bodhisattva sent a golden palm toward Xu Yunfan, while a Celestial Pivot Peak elder attacked Han Shi to interrupt his attainment of the Golden Core.
• Xu Yunfan controlled Han Shi’s clone to cut apart the elder’s sword light and threaten to kill him after attaining the Golden Core.
• Xu Yunfan considered using the Moon Wheel Treasure Mirror to leave the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm, then commanded Wukong, who realized he was someone else’s clone.
• Wukong rose with his staff as the Buddhist light in his sea of consciousness spun out of control and the Great Might King Battle Sutra’s Sanskrit characters ignited with dark-gold flames.

Xu Yunfan forced Wukong to turn the Bodhi Zen Pure Land’s King Buddha Fruit Position into a battle-focused power, threatening its plan for the Eastern Wasteland. As three Dao Fruits began manifesting at once, Pudu True Monarch suspected Xu Yunfan was behind the upheaval.

• Xu Yunfan used his forced-control imprint to make Wukong channel the Sutra of the Battle-Worthy Tathagata, staining the King of Freedom Buddha Fruit Position with savage battle intent.
• Huirui Bodhisattva tried to suppress Wukong, but dark-gold blood lightning held back his palm as the Bodhi Sacred Tree’s leaves withered and the earthly Buddha kingdom’s projection cracked.
• Wukong declared that his fate would not be controlled by Bodhisattvas and continued to open the King Buddha Fruit Position, forcing Huirui Bodhisattva to prepare to strip it away and suppress him.
• The Azure Sea Dao Fruit’s power descended upon Han Shi, while the Divine Vault’s lightning and stars enveloped Xu Yunfan’s true body, as all three Dao Fruits were attained at once.
• Pudu True Monarch noticed the simultaneous upheaval and suspected Xu Yunfan had arranged both Han Shi’s role and the Innate Stone Fetus’s rebellion.

Xu Yunfan’s plan turned Wukong’s King of Freedom Buddha fruition into the Battle King Buddha fruition, provoking Huirui Bodhisattva and Pudu True Monarch to clash. As Pudu helped shield Xu Yunfan’s ritual, Xu Yunfan still needed more time to complete it.

• Myriad Chariots Sword Sect factions attacked Han Shi, but he turned aside an elder’s sword strike with his colorless sword intent.
• Wukong drew on the Western Journey Ritual’s merit and transformed the King of Freedom Buddha fruition into the Battle King Buddha fruition.
• Huirui Bodhisattva tried to stop Wukong with Glazed Buddha Light, but Pudu True Monarch intervened and blocked it.
• Huirui Bodhisattva attacked Pudu, who defended himself and argued that the Eastern Wasteland Buddhist kingdom was worth preserving against Lu Chunyang’s threat.
• Pudu sent Xu Yunfan a ray of light to help him withstand the Buddhist palm’s remaining force as Xu Yunfan continued his ritual beneath gathering lightning.

Xu Yunfan began attaining the Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault while Pudu True Monarch’s scheme allowed Wukong to become the Battle King Buddha. Clear Source True Monarch returned and recognized Xu Yunfan’s plan, while Huirui Bodhisattva attacked Xu Yunfan as his tribulation began.

• Pudu True Monarch used his essence blood to break the Buddhist kingdom’s defenses, and Wukong claimed the Battle King Buddha Dao Fruit Position.
• Huirui Bodhisattva’s Dharma manifestation shattered as Pudu True Monarch escaped, leaving Xu Yunfan to face the Divine Vault Dao Fruit.
• Clear Source True Monarch returned, deduced Xu Yunfan’s plan to draw the favor of three Dao Fruits, and developed a killing intent toward him.
• Xu Yunfan summoned the Divine Vault Dao Fruit and declared his path as a pillar of Purple Gold Divine Thunder formed around him.
• Huirui Bodhisattva strengthened his Buddha palm and struck the lightning pillar, causing Buddha light and divine thunder to collide across the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm.

Xu Yunfan tried to complete his Golden Core while Wukong and Lu Chunyang bought him time against their enemies. Wukong sacrificed himself in a self-detonation that devastated Huirui Bodhisattva’s defenses, while Han Shi’s advancement continued under Lu Chunyang’s protection.

• Wukong transformed into the Battle King Buddha and held Huirui Bodhisattva back as Xu Yunfan gathered power to form his Golden Core.
• Lu Chunyang blocked the Celestial Pivot Peak elder from attacking Han Shi and declared that Han Shi should be allowed to advance.
• Xu Yunfan focused on the Azure Nine Abyss Dao Fruit as Han Shi was enveloped by its descending pillar of dark light.
• Huirui Bodhisattva overpowered Wukong and prepared a devastating attack on Xu Yunfan.
• Wukong returned to Huirui Bodhisattva, pierced his Dharma form, and detonated his Battle King Buddha Golden Core, badly damaging Huirui’s Golden Body.

Han Shi attained the Azure Vastness Fruit Position and rushed to help Xu Yunfan, whose Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault had manifested. Together, they attacked the badly wounded Huirui Bodhisattva, leaving their decisive clash unresolved.

• Huirui Bodhisattva survived Xu Yunfan's Golden Core incarnation self-destruction as wish power repaired his damaged body.
• Han Shi attained the Azure Vastness Fruit Position and flew toward the Eastern Wasteland.
• Xu Yunfan's Dao Fruit of the Divine Vault manifested, but Huirui Bodhisattva turned his attack toward him.
• Han Shi intercepted Huirui's strike and unleashed the Ten Thousand Chariots Extinguished · Return-to-the-Ruins Tribulation against him.
• Huirui Bodhisattva ignited the Bodhi Sacred Tree's phantom and the Buddhist kingdom's remaining wish power to form the Prajna Sumeru Barrier, which collided with Han Shi's sword attack.