Recaps

Kong Xuan and Qingyuan confronted the Interception Sect disciples who had been bullying Ao Guang, and Kong Xuan overwhelmed wave after wave of their reinforcements. The chapter ended as Zhao Gongming and three other elite Outer Sect disciples arrived, with Lü Yue rushing to them for help.

• Ao Guang recognized the voice of the Interception Sect’s First Disciple, and Kong Xuan arrived after Qingyuan ordered him to kill the corrupt disciples.
• Kong Xuan ate several disciples, shattered the teeth of those who had cursed, and slapped Lü Yue until his face swelled.
• The Ten Heavenly Lords, the four friends from Nine Dragon Island, Luo Xuan, and hundreds of other disciples attacked in succession, but Kong Xuan swept them away with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan kicked Lü Yue and taunted the Interception Sect as the remaining disciples fell silent or fled.
• Zhao Gongming and three other elite Outer Sect disciples arrived, and Lü Yue flew to them to plead for justice.

Kong Xuan overwhelmed Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo, swallowing them and their treasures during a clash on the East Sea. The chapter ended with Turtle Spirit Holy Mother learning that many Interception Sect disciples had also been swallowed by the Peacock.

• Lü Yue told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo how Kong Xuan had attacked him, and Kong Xuan provoked them into fighting.
• Kong Xuan fought Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo with his Three Heads Six Arms Divine Ability and collected their treasures with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan swallowed Zhao Gongming's Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls and then captured Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian stayed on Golden Ao Island, believing Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo could handle the disturbance.
• A subordinate reported that Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiāo, the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Ao Island, and the Four Saints of Nine Dragon Island had all been swallowed by Kong Xuan, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother smashed the chess table in shock.

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian learned that Kong Xuan had defeated Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiāo, and many other East Sea Interception Sect Disciples, then went to confront him. Qingyuan watched in secret and gave Kong Xuan permission to fight them, leaving the Peacock charging at the two Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian heard how Kong Xuan had used his Five-Colored Light to defeat and swallow powerful Interception Sect Disciples, including Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo.
• Wuzhiqi and the others told Yun Zhongzi about the defeats, and Yun Zhongzi joined the crowd gathering on Golden Ao Island’s western shore.
• Yun Zhongzi recognized Qingyuan among the Dragon Palace guests, and Qingyuan silently signaled him not to reveal his presence.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian confronted Kong Xuan and pressed him with their Grand Unity Golden Immortal auras, but he stood firm.
• Kong Xuan asked Qingyuan how to handle the two Inner Sect Disciples, and Qingyuan told him to fight as he wished and promised to support him.
• Kong Xuan drew the Crescent Moon Blade and charged at Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian.

Kong Xuan fought Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian over the captured Interception Sect disciples, but neither side could defeat the other. After the Saint could not be reached, Ao Guang asked the Interception Sect to stop its disciples from slaughtering East Sea aquatic clans, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother attacked him.

• Kong Xuan battled Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian, using his Five-Colored Divine Light to take their weapons, but their true forms and control of the East Sea kept him from escaping or winning.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother introduced herself and invited Kong Xuan to join the Interception Sect, but he refused and insisted the captured disciples would not be released unless she defeated him.
• Wuyun Xian went with several hundred disciples to seek the Saint, but Water-Fire Boy told them the Saint was in Secluded Cultivation, so they returned without help.
• Kong Xuan directed Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to ask Qingyuan why he was holding the disciples, and Qingyuan encouraged Ao Guang to speak for the East Sea aquatic clans.
• Ao Guang asked Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to restrain Interception Sect disciples who had been slaughtering aquatic clans, and she called him a Dead Loach before sending a sword at him.

Qingyuan returned to Golden Ao Island and stopped Turtle Spirit Holy Mother from killing Ao Guang, who had accused her of letting East Sea cultivators harm the common people. Turtle Spirit Holy Mother challenged Qingyuan to a duel, but he defeated and gravely wounded her in a single exchange, leaving the East Sea Jie Sect Disciples stunned.

• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother tried to kill Ao Guang for publicly accusing her, but Qingyuan caught her sword and protected him.
• Ao Guang condemned Turtle Spirit Holy Mother for allowing her disciples to oppress the East Sea aquatic clans, and she charged at him again.
• The Kunlun Mountains cultivators recognized Qingyuan and cheered his return, while Turtle Spirit Holy Mother demanded that he hand Ao Guang over.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother challenged Qingyuan after he refused to yield Ao Guang, then attacked him with the Sun Moon Pearl.
• Qingyuan pierced Turtle Spirit Holy Mother with a storm of swords and a Sword Qi River, gravely wounding her in one exchange.

Qingyuan confronted Turtle Spirit Holy Mother over her abuse of East Sea aquatic clans and nearly killed her before Sect Master Tongtian intervened. He spared her life but sealed her Daoxing and sent her into a Minor World to experience ten million years of reincarnation.

• Wuyun Xian realized Turtle Spirit Holy Mother had been defeated, while Qingyuan offered her Ao Guang as a gift.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother asked to execute Ao Guang, and Qingyuan struck her down and accused her of enabling the Jie Sect Disciples to oppress and exploit the East Sea aquatic clans.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother defended the strong eating the weak, so Qingyuan attacked her and began destroying her body and Primordial Spirit.
• Wuyun Xian tried to stop Qingyuan, but Qingyuan sealed his Daoxing before Sect Master Tongtian appeared and restored Turtle Spirit Holy Mother.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Turtle Spirit Holy Mother to seek Qingyuan's forgiveness, and Qingyuan sealed her powers and sent her into a Minor World to undergo ten million years of reincarnation.

Qingyuan returned to Golden Ao Island, ended the harassment of the East Sea aquatic clans, and reunited with his disciples. Kong Xuan discovered that Winged Immortal was his long-lost younger brother Great Peng Bird, then knelt before Qingyuan to apologize for wrongly blaming him.

• Qingyuan promised Ao Guang that Interception Sect disciples would stop harassing the East Sea aquatic clans, gave him healing pills, and invited him to visit the Dragon Palace.
• Qingyuan reunited with Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, Yuan Hong, and Six-Ear, then told Kong Xuan to regard them as senior brothers.
• Great Peng Bird returned and boasted about his cultivation and Yin-Yang Two Qi, but Kong Xuan mistook him for someone else and beat him.
• Kong Xuan realized Great Peng Bird was his missing blood brother and explained that he had searched for him for tens of thousands of years.
• After learning the truth, Wuzhiqi and the others stopped defending Great Peng Bird, and Kong Xuan knelt before Qingyuan to ask for punishment for blaming him.

Qingyuan forgave Kong Xuan, reunited with the Interception Sect’s disciples, and announced sweeping reforms to curb abuses and restore order on Golden Ao Island. He left Daoist Duobao and Yun Zhongzi in charge of enforcement as the East Sea branch faced a strict new era.

• Qingyuan accepted Kong Xuan as his disciple, while the Great Peng Bird teased Kong Xuan about their new seniority.
• Daoist Duobao and the other Interception Sect disciples arrived, then learned that the formidable Kong Xuan had become Qingyuan’s disciple.
• Qingyuan ordered Kong Xuan to release the captured immortals and return their magic treasures, but Bi Xiao attacked Qingyuan and Kong Xuan imprisoned her, Zhao Gongming, Yun Xiao, and Qiong Xiao.
• Qingyuan announced new rules, punishments, reforms, and hundredfold compensation for traders harmed by the Interception Sect, and said the Immortal Market would suspend business during the changes.
• Qingyuan ordered Yun Zhongzi to census every disciple and gave Daoist Duobao authority to rebuild the Inspection Department and arrest anyone who broke the rules.

Nearly one hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples continued building Qingyuan’s enormous Immortal Market while he cultivated a Thunder Seal at his new Golden Ao Island dojo. After surviving forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning, Qingyuan completed the seal and manifested a wisp of Chaos Divine Thunder.

• The Interception Sect disciples labored for two hundred years on the Immortal Market, grumbling about the work as the Inspection Department’s enforcers kept them in line.
• Qingyuan established a dojo on Golden Ao Island and planted rare spiritual roots in its mountains, where Willow Immortal and his followers cultivated.
• Qingyuan refined a wisp of black lightning into the core of his Thunder Seal, drawing the Great Dao of Thunder and terrifying thunderclouds over Golden Ao Island.
• Forty-nine lightning bolts struck Qingyuan, but his body endured them and his Thunder Seal absorbed the lightning before the storm cleared.
• Qingyuan named the completed seal Three Thousand Thunder Movements and demonstrated his command over lightning, including Divine Firmament Purple Thunder.
• Qingyuan poured his dharma power into one fingertip and manifested a wisp of Chaos Divine Thunder as the void and the elements collapsed around it.

Qingyuan completed the Immortal Market on Golden Ao Island, equipped it with thunder-based punishments, and rewarded the Interception Sect disciples for their work. After giving Kong Xuan a powerful innate treasure, he declared that merit would earn rewards while misconduct would be punished, and presented the Immortal City as the disciples’ new beginning.

• Qingyuan tested Chaos Divine Thunder, then flew to the Immortal Market construction site and took over the remaining work.
• Qingyuan spent forty-nine years completing the Immortal Market, expanded its interior with Mustard Seed Space, and installed Thunder Punishment for serious offenses.
• Qingyuan summoned the Interception Sect disciples and announced rewards for their contributions to building the Immortal Market.
• Qingyuan gave Kong Xuan the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Five-Colored Lightless Great Dao Treasure Bottle, and the system rewarded Qingyuan with ten million years of Daoxing and Earthly Path Strange Treasures.
• Qingyuan explained that Kong Xuan’s merit earned him the treasure, promised rewards for future contributions, and warned the disciples against misconduct.

Qingyuan transformed the Interception Sect with collective training, a points system, and a discipline department while preparing Heavenly Palace Immortal City for its grand opening. Five hundred peaceful years later, guests gathered for the opening, and Qingyuan welcomed Ao Guang before a blood-clouded visitor arrived whom he greeted as his big brother.

• Qingyuan made East Sea disciples memorize the Immortal Market regulations through group rewards and collective punishments, then assigned them work preparing Heavenly Palace Immortal City.
• Qingyuan established the Jie Sect Register, a merit and points system, and the Jie Sect Discipline and Justice Department, bringing order to Golden Ao Island.
• Yun Zhongzi and other disciples promoted Heavenly Palace Immortal City across the East Sea, and after five hundred peaceful years, one hundred thousand disciples welcomed guests to its opening.
• Ao Guang arrived with Dragon Palace subordinates, presented lavish gifts, and thanked Qingyuan for helping restore peace and his position as East Sea Dragon King.
• A blood-colored cloud carrying a violent aura approached, and Qingyuan laughed and welcomed the visitor as his big brother.

Qingyuan welcomed powerful guests to the opening of his Immortal Market, revealing his close ties with Patriarch Minghe and other Primordial great powers. As dignitaries from across the Primordial Wilderness arrived with extravagant gifts, the gathering left the guests increasingly aware of Qingyuan’s vast connections.

• Patriarch Minghe arrived with the Asura Kings, apologized to Yun Zhongzi for his past actions, and gifted Qingyuan treasures including the Blood Scripture.
• Zhen Yuanzi presented ninety-nine Ginseng Fruits and invited Yun Zhongzi to speak with him privately.
• Great Master Xuandu arrived with gifts of numerous precious elixirs and exchanged friendly greetings with Qingyuan.
• Daoist Randeng led the Chan Sect’s delegation, presented spiritual treasures, and privately asked Qingyuan to return the Immortal Gold Divine Materials he had previously given him.
• Nuwa’s attendants and mounts, the Western Teachings, the Three Ancestors of Humanity, and Queen Mother of the West arrived with gifts, while the Western Teachings’ meager offering angered Jie Sect Disciples.

Qingyuan welcomed the True Dragon, Qilin, Phoenix, Demon, and Witch Clans to the opening of his upgraded Immortal Market, impressing the gathered powers with the scale of their arrivals and gifts. The Witch Clan presented several powerful Fierce Beasts, including Chaos, one of the Four Ancient Fiends, as a congratulatory gift.

• Long Si led the True Dragons to the Immortal Market, and Qingyuan stopped him from killing guests who had gossiped about the Dragon Clan; Long Si later asked to speak with Qingyuan privately.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor arrived with the few remaining Qilin and presented gifts.
• Huang Qing led the Phoenixes to the Immortal Market, exchanged greetings with Qingyuan, and asked whether he had composed new music.
• Di Jun arrived with the Demon Race, introduced his ten sons to Qingyuan, and presented lavish gifts.
• Dijiang arrived with the Witch Clan and presented captured Fierce Beasts, including Chaos, one of the Four Ancient Fiends.

Qingyuan hosted the Primordial Wilderness powers at Heavenly Palace Immortal City’s opening before Long Si abducted him to a law-suppressing forbidden land in the Western Land. Long Si demanded that Qingyuan cooperate, leaving Qingyuan wondering what grievance justified the abduction.

• Qingyuan welcomed the Ancestral Witches, and Houtu thanked him for creating the Martial Path that had benefited the Witch-Humans.
• At the Immortal City banquet, Qingyuan screened Painted Skin, gave the guests high-end home theater equipment, and held an auction before the opening celebration ended several days later.
• Di Jun asked Qingyuan to teach his Ten Golden Crows, but Qingyuan refused, and Di Jun accepted his answer before leaving.
• Long Si summoned Qingyuan to a remote island and carried him to a forbidden land where the Dao Ancestor and Demon Ancestor had fought.
• Long Si told Qingyuan that the land isolated the Great Daos and demanded his obedience, claiming Qingyuan was at fault and that Saint Shangqing would not retaliate against him.

Long Si abducted Qingyuan to the Western Land and demanded treasures, believing Qingyuan had stolen an artifact carrying Ancestral Dragon’s aura. Qingyuan overwhelmed the two-corpse Quasi-Saint in battle, but Long Si abandoned his dragon body and fled with his Primordial Spirit.

• Long Si accused Qingyuan of stealing a Dragon Clan treasure and threatened to ruin Interception Sect unless Qingyuan surrendered wealth, spiritual treasures, a Chaos Fierce Beast, and access to the Blood Scripture.
• Qingyuan refused Long Si’s demands and scattered his attack with a slap, then struck him with Martial Path power.
• Long Si revealed his enormous true form and fought Qingyuan, who used his advanced Martial Path and more than ten Innate Spiritual Treasures to grievously injure him.
• Long Si begged Qingyuan to spare him, but Qingyuan continued attacking until Long Si abandoned his dragon body and escaped with his Primordial Spirit.

Qingyuan captured and devoured Long Si’s Primordial Spirit with the Human Lord Banner, then discovered and removed the True Dragon Blood Curses Long Si had planted on him. As Qingyuan left the Forbidden Land, Saint Zhunti intercepted him and drew him into a meeting.

• Long Si abandoned his dragon body and fled as a Primordial Spirit, but Qingyuan trapped him with the Human Lord Banner and devoured him.
• Qingyuan collected Long Si’s treasures, harvested his body, and sent the dragon meat to the Chaos Divine Beast’s egg.
• Qingyuan burned away the battlefield traces, then sensed something wrong and found a True Dragon Blood Curse hidden on his back.
• Qingyuan used Chaos Divine Thunder to purge more than a dozen Dragon Curses before cautiously leaving the Forbidden Land.
• Saint Zhunti intercepted Qingyuan in the Western Land and invited him to talk, so Qingyuan entered Zhunti’s Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus and greeted him.

Qingyuan was pressured by Saint Zhunti to join the Western Teachings and then asked to help the barren Western Lands prosper. After considering the problem, Qingyuan began suggesting that the Western Teachings expand by embracing every path, though Zhunti urged him to give a direct answer.

• Saint Zhunti warmly welcomed Qingyuan and rebuked his own disciples for failing to address him as Senior Brother Qingyuan.
• Zhunti offered Qingyuan the position of Vice Sect Leader of the Western Teachings and invited him to study the Dao as a fellow Daoist, but Qingyuan refused.
• Zhunti asked Qingyuan to help the Western Lands prosper, and Qingyuan agreed to think of a solution.
• While Qingyuan pondered, Zhunti warned his disciples through divine sense not to interfere with his plan.
• Qingyuan asked Zhunti about the Western Teachings' core doctrine, then praised it as a path that embraced all methods and suggested it could absorb the whole Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhunti stopped Qingyuan's flattery and asked him to explain directly how to expand the Western Teachings.

Qingyuan proposed that Zhunti build the Western Teachings around the idea that all beings could become Buddhas, using Mahayana Dharma and a system of Buddhist ranks to attract followers and repay the sect’s debts. Zhunti recognized the plan’s potential, rewarded Qingyuan with Bodhi tea leaves, and asked whether he knew of the Divine Path.

• Qingyuan urged Zhunti to promote the idea that all beings could become Buddhas and to use the power of all beings to fulfill the Forty-eight Great Vows.
• Zhunti experienced a vision of Buddhist auspicious signs as Qingyuan explained Mahayana Dharma, the Sea of Suffering, and the promise of ferrying all beings to the Other Shore.
• Qingyuan outlined Buddha and Bodhisattva ranks, and Zhunti’s disciples became inspired by the prospect of cultivating their own Fruit Positions.
• Zhunti accepted that the Western Teachings could support many Buddhist lineages, then asked Qingyuan how the barren Western Lands could provide the needed resources.
• Qingyuan negotiated for Bodhi tea leaves and accepted two hundred jin from Zhunti, who then asked whether Qingyuan had heard of the Divine Path.

Qingyuan gave Zhunti the Godhood Dharma and advised him on using it to spread Buddhism, prompting Zhunti to adopt the method and call Qingyuan his teacher. The system rewarded Qingyuan for accepting a Heavenly Dao Saint as a registered disciple, and he began assessing his new powers and treasures.

• Zhunti recognized the Godhood Dharma's potential to help the Western Teachings flourish and exchanged his Heart Sutra method with Qingyuan, who accepted it but sealed away the memory.
• Qingyuan urged Zhunti to adapt the Godhood Dharma for Buddhism and suggested spreading miraculous stories and recruiting followers to the Western Lands.
• Zhunti had his disciples photograph him with Qingyuan, and Qingyuan asked Zhunti to sincerely call him Teacher.
• Zhunti bowed and thanked Qingyuan as his teacher, secretly believing the resulting karma would let him take revenge later.
• The system rewarded Qingyuan with cultivation, treasures, and divine abilities, including the Primordial Rule Conceptual Divine Ability and the Hunyuan Mask.

Qingyuan repeatedly used his new rule-based ability to fleece Saint Zhunti, gaining treasures and strengthening his Fortune Aura before returning to the Forbidden Land to investigate the hidden trick in the Zhunti Heart Sutra. He lured Zhunti’s concealed presence into the Human Lord Banner and sprang a trap, ending with chains closing in on the Daoist.

• Qingyuan discovered that his new rule-based ability could strip others of blessings and Fortune Aura, then left after exchanging ideas with Zhunti.
• Zhunti explained to his disciples that Qingyuan had killed a powerful Two-Corpse Severing Quasi-Saint Old Dragon and warned them not to provoke him.
• Qingyuan repeatedly returned to Zhunti and called out his rule-triggering greeting, gaining treasures, cultivation, and stronger blessings until Zhunti fled with his disciples.
• Qingyuan equipped the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk to conceal himself from divination, then prepared to remove the hidden problem in the Zhunti Heart Sutra.
• Qingyuan entered the Human Lord Banner, drew the concealed Zhunti out with the Karma Fire Red Lotus, and activated the banner to imprison him with chains.

Qingyuan trapped Daoist Zhunti’s Separate Thought in the Human Lord Banner and repeatedly used a strange divine ability to drain away its Saintly power. After the Separate Thought lost its Hunyuan Immortal True Intent, Qingyuan destroyed it, successfully slaying a Saint’s Separate Thought.

• Qingyuan explained that layers of isolation kept Daoist Zhunti from sensing the outside world, and Zhunti tried to recruit him into the Western Teachings as its Vice Sect Leader.
• Qingyuan repeatedly vanished and reappeared to shout, “Fellow Daoist, Please Stay Your Steps,” gaining rewards while weakening Zhunti’s blessings and Hunyuan Immortal True Intent.
• After more than twenty attempts, Qingyuan triggered a critical hit that stripped Zhunti’s Separate Thought of its Saintly might and left it unable to escape the rusted iron chains.
• Qingyuan told Zhunti he would spare him if he remained in the Human Lord Banner and taught him the Great Dream Divine Ability.
• As Zhunti questioned whether he was inside the Human Lord Banner, Qingyuan’s blood-red chains tightened and made the Separate Thought dissipate.

Qingyuan destroyed Zhunti’s Separate Thought and discovered that its Sarira had transformed the Human Lord Banner’s ghosts into a White Bone Buddha. After granting the Buddha Hunyuan Annihilation Dao Undying True Meaning, Qingyuan began cultivating in seclusion while Zhunti returned to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss without seeking revenge.

• Qingyuan burned Zhunti’s Sarira with karmic fire, but it absorbed more than a million ghosts, three Grand Unity Golden Immortal ghosts, and Long Si’s Primordial Spirit.
• The Sarira transformed into a White Bone Buddha, and Qingyuan taught it White Bone Meditation, accelerating its cultivation and strengthening its body.
• Qingyuan gave the White Bone Buddha a wisp of Hunyuan Annihilation Dao Undying True Meaning, causing it to collapse and reform with a far more profound aura.
• The White Bone Buddha told Qingyuan that the new true intent made it nearly impossible for anyone beneath a Hunyuan Saint to erase it and could let it reach the Peak Quasi-Saint realm.
• Qingyuan and the White Bone Buddha entered secluded cultivation inside the Human Lord Banner, while Zhunti sensed his Separate Thought’s destruction and flew to Jieyin without pursuing Qingyuan.

Saint Zhunti told Saint Jieyin how Qingyuan had outmaneuvered his attempts to recruit and manipulate him, while still giving the Western Teachings a method for future prosperity. The two Saints accepted that Qingyuan’s plan carried risks they could not avoid, then studied the Godhood Dharma and discovered that it contained the Western Dao.

• Saint Zhunti recounted his dealings with Qingyuan, including how Qingyuan turned his schemes against him and nearly made him lose their contest.
• Saint Jieyin urged Zhunti to eliminate Qingyuan if he could not be recruited, but Zhunti described plans to tie Qingyuan to the future Buddhist system through a Buddha Patriarch image and the Zhunti Heart Sutra.
• Jieyin pointed out that Qingyuan’s plan could leave the Western Teachings unstable, and Zhunti admitted the danger but chose immediate prosperity over waiting for a safer path.
• Jieyin agreed that the Western Teachings could not give up Qingyuan’s method, and the two Saints examined the Godhood Dharma for a way to develop their own Dao.
• Jieyin discovered that the Western Dao was contained in the Godhood Dharma and manifested countless Amitabha Buddhas, each at the Seventh Realm of the Divine Path.

Jieyin created an illusory host of Buddhas and announced the Buddhahood Method to attract followers to the Western Land, while the Demon Race struggled to complete the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array. Zhunti proposed drawing the Witch and Demon Clans into Western Teachings, and a black banner began transforming in a forbidden land.

• Jieyin filled the Ultimate Bliss World with illusory Amitabhas, then entered seclusion with Zhunti to deduce the Buddhahood Method.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to devote its resources to improving the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array so it could break through the Saints’ threshold.
• The Demon Saints and the Witch Clan mocked the Western Teachings’ apparent host of Buddhas, while Di Jun rebuked the demons for insulting Saints.
• Jieyin announced that those who came west could cultivate the Buddhahood Method, drawing a small number of struggling cultivators and races to the Western Land.
• Zhunti suggested that the Two Shakyas guide the Witch and Demon Clans into Western Teachings, but Jieyin questioned whether their senior brothers would agree.
• A black banner in a forbidden land of the Western Land began transforming into a blood-red banner made from bones.

Qingyuan tested his newly strengthened physical body by sparring with White Bone Buddha inside the Human Lord Banner, while Turtle Spirit Holy Mother watched and grappled with how far behind him she had fallen. Qingyuan ended the fight unharmed, having proved that White Bone Buddha could not overcome him with physical attacks alone.

• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother recalled seeing Qingyuan kill a wisp of Saint Zhunti’s Separate Thought and accepted that she could no longer hope to compete with him.
• Qingyuan challenged White Bone Buddha to a spar, and White Bone Buddha’s first attack failed to leave even a mark on him.
• After Qingyuan threatened to seal the Human Lord Banner’s senses and exile White Bone Buddha in an accelerated Minor World, White Bone Buddha attacked in earnest.
• Qingyuan endured White Bone Buddha’s increasingly powerful assaults without injury and used Nirvana Buddha Light to melt some of his bones.
• Qingyuan and White Bone Buddha fought using only their physical bodies until Qingyuan sent him flying and called a halt, leaving White Bone Buddha’s shattered bones to heal.