Recaps

After Saint Houtu made Li Shimin her personal disciple and gave him a Celestial Immortal body, Meng Xiaojiu reunited him with fifteen of the Twenty-Four Meritorious Officials of Lingyan Pavilion in Fengdu City. Li Shimin learned that Wei Zheng had gone to the Heavenly Court and that the mysterious old man had arranged it partly to support Li Shimin’s development, leaving him eager to meet the supreme exalted one.

• Meng Xiaojiu brought Li Shimin to a tavern, where he reunited with Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, and other former officials and generals.
• Cheng Yaojin excitedly blurted out, “Your Majesty, you died too!” and Yuchi Jingde scolded him before Li Shimin brushed off the remark.
• Li Shimin told his companions that Empress Houtu had given him a Ghost Immortal body and accepted him as her personal disciple, and he asked them to address him as General rather than emperor.
• Fang Xuanling and the others explained that they served the Kings of Hell, judges, and the Eighteen Levels of Hell, while King Qin Guang revealed that Wei Zheng had joined the Heavenly Court’s Thunder Department.
• King Qin Guang said the mysterious old man had arranged Wei Zheng’s transfer partly to avoid hindering Li Shimin’s development, and Li Shimin realized the old man knew of him and resolved to pay his respects.

Li Shimin reunited with Li Zhi in the Netherworld and punished him for letting Wu Zetian share power, but Meng Xiaojiu suggested the Western Teachings were behind the threat to the Tang empire. Seven years later, Wu Zetian ascended the throne, and Li Shimin ordered the Netherworld to recruit her victims into a ghost army while vowing revenge on the Western Teachings.

• Li Shimin learned that Li Zhi had ruled alongside Wu Meiniang and lashed him in fury until Fang Xuanling and the others intervened.
• Li Zhi angered Li Shimin again by saying Wu Meiniang might not seize the Li family's empire, but Meng Xiaojiu stopped Li Shimin from striking him further.
• Meng Xiaojiu warned that the Western Teachings were plotting against the Eastern Lands, and Li Shimin assigned Li Zhi to serve as a Ghost General in the seventeenth level of Hell.
• Seven years later, Wu Zetian ascended the throne, prompting Li Shimin to beat Li Zhi and order Wu Zetian's victims to enlist in the Netherworld Heavenly Policy Mansion's ghost army.
• Li Shimin vowed to settle the debt with the Western Teachings for massacring the Li imperial clan and plotting against his family's empire.

Li Shimin learned that Houtu planned to build Other Shore City and Yellow Springs City, form the Yellow Springs Army, and teach a Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method bestowed by Zhang Yifan. The chapter left the Netherworld’s officials eager for Houtu’s sermon and Li Shimin newly aware of Zhang Yifan’s overwhelming power.

• Li Shimin worried that Wu Zetian’s killings would extinguish the Li clan’s mortal bloodline, but King Qin Guang hinted that the family line would survive.
• Meng Xiaojiu summoned Li Shimin, King Qin Guang, and the Netherworld’s leaders to Houtu’s cave mansion, where Houtu announced that Wu Zhou had made the Western Teachings its state religion and appointed Samantabhadra Bodhisattva its Great National Teacher.
• Houtu revealed that a Saint had emerged from the Human Dao and ordered the construction of Other Shore City and Yellow Springs City, along with the formation of the Yellow Springs Army.
• Houtu appointed Li Shimin commander of the Yellow Springs Army and ordered the Netherworld to retain virtuous, talented, brave, and fearless souls from across the mortal realm.
• Houtu announced that she would teach a Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method bestowed by Zhang Yifan, and a Ghost General told the gathering how Zhang Yifan had defeated Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
• Li Shimin confirmed with King Qin Guang that Zhang Yifan was the same powerful figure he had heard about before, and he was overwhelmed with gratitude and admiration.

Saint Houtu built Yellow Springs City and Other Shore City, then taught the Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method to the Netherworld’s leaders. After two years, her students had advanced dramatically, and Great Dao Merit descended upon her.

• Saint Houtu had King Qin Guang, Li Shimin, and the others swear not to reveal the Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method before she promised to lecture after building two cities.
• Saint Houtu announced the founding of Other Shore City and Yellow Springs City, alarming the Asura Clan and awakening a Colorful Skeleton and a black-robed emperor in distant parts of the Netherworld.
• Saint Houtu constructed Yellow Springs City and Other Shore City, linked them with Fengdu City through a formation, and diverted the River of Forgetfulness around them.
• Saint Houtu lectured on the Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method for two years, filling her Cave mansion with Ghost Qi, black lotuses, and traces of Ghost Dao Laws.
• Saint Houtu discovered that Li Shimin had reached Golden Immortal Peak, King Qin Guang Late Quasi-Saint, Meng Xiaojiu Quasi-Saint Peak, and the Five Ghost Emperors Mid Quasi-Saint.
• Great Dao Merit descended upon Saint Houtu while her students remained immersed in enlightenment.

Saint Houtu received Great Dao Merit for explaining the Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method, startling the Primordial Continent and prompting Zhang Yifan to send Ao Bing and Little Cleaver toward the Eastern Tang Dynasty. In Zixiao Palace, Taiqing and the others realized Hongjun was using their battle to comprehend the Great Dao, while Nuwa suspected Houtu had claimed Zhang Yifan’s attention; Taiqing then challenged Hongjun by declaring he would leave.

• Saint Houtu received Great Dao Merit after explaining the Great Dao Ghost Cultivation Method, and powerful figures across the Primordial Continent tried to discover its source.
• Zhang Yifan told Ao Bing that she and Little Cleaver should go to the Eastern Tang Dynasty once they finished planting the vegetables, where their opportunity awaited.
• During a pause in their battle at Zixiao Palace, Taiqing, Nuwa, Sect Master Tongtian, and Primeval Lord of Heaven realized Hongjun had been using the fight to comprehend the Great Dao.
• Nuwa said Hongjun’s unusual aura resembled Ancestor Zhang Yifan’s, which she had sensed after once sleeping beside him.
• Nuwa blamed Houtu for taking Zhang Yifan’s attention while she was trapped in Zixiao Palace, and Taiqing said he was leaving.
• Hongjun asked Taiqing whether he could actually leave Zixiao Palace.

Taiqing, Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Nuwa revealed their Heavenly Dao Realm strength and fought Hongjun in Zixiao Palace, while Houtu advanced rapidly through Great Dao Merit and set plans to strengthen and explore the Netherworld. The chapter left the Netherworld’s leaders preparing for expansion as Houtu disclosed that the realm was nearly as vast as the ancient Primordial Continent.

• Taiqing and the others revealed their Heavenly Dao Realm cultivation and launched a fierce attack on Hongjun, who endured their assault while seeking to obtain their Great Dao Law Power.
• Hongjun chose to keep fighting in Zixiao Palace rather than risk entering Huoyun Cave, where he believed the danger was greater.
• Houtu absorbed Great Dao Merit and reached the great perfection of the Saint Realm, nearing a breakthrough into the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Houtu ended her sermon and ordered Li Shimin to recruit and train the Yellow Springs Army while directing officials to manage and expand the Netherworld’s cities.
• Houtu announced the Netherworld Exploration Plan and explained that the Netherworld was at least as vast as the Primordial Continent before Tongtian shattered it.

After Gao Shi's forces captured Chang'an through tunnels, Li Longji and his allies discussed whether he should claim the throne before defeating Wu Chongxun. Di Renjie advised letting Wu Chongxun become emperor first, leaving everyone stunned.

• Wu Chongxun learned that Chang'an had fallen in one day because Chenxiang had organized hundreds of tunnels for Gao Shi's troops to enter the city.
• Gao Shi, Li Longji, Li Bai, and Chenxiang celebrated the capture and credited Chenxiang's tunnel-warfare plan, inspired by Zhang Yifan's stories.
• Chenxiang asked whether Li Longji should claim the throne before or after defeating Wu Chongxun.
• Li Longji asked Di Renjie for advice, and Di Renjie recommended letting Wu Chongxun ascend the throne first.
• Li Longji, Li Bai, Gao Shi, and Chenxiang stared at Di Renjie in disbelief.

Di Renjie explained why Li Longji should delay claiming the throne and encourage Wu Chongxun to proclaim himself emperor first. Li Longji agreed to use Wu Chongxun’s move to rally the realm against him and expose other rebellious lords.

• Li Bai objected to Di Renjie’s suggestion that Wu Chongxun become emperor, but Gao Shi and Chenxiang calmed him down.
• Di Renjie warned that Li Longji’s premature ascension would invite accusations of disloyalty and unsettle the people while Emperor Wu still lived.
• Di Renjie said Li Longji should wait until the realm’s heroes and people called for him to ascend the throne after Wu Chongxun was defeated.
• Li Bai asked why they should let Wu Chongxun claim the throne first, and Di Renjie explained that doing so would draw opposition and hasten the final battle.
• Di Renjie proposed using Wu Chongxun’s proclamation to justify a campaign and flush out disloyal feudal lords and rebel leaders.
• Li Longji agreed to encourage Wu Chongxun to ascend the throne.

Di Renjie sent Li Bai to kill Wu Zetian, both to clear the way for Wu Chongxun’s succession and to settle Li Bai’s family grudge. Li Bai confronted the dying empress, while Samantabhadra and Wu Chongxun sensed the intrusion and moved to respond.

• Li Longji ordered agents to spread the claim that Wu Chongxun was Wu Zhou’s destined heir.
• Di Renjie asked Li Bai to kill Wu Zetian, and Li Bai agreed despite worrying that Li Longji might resent him.
• Di Renjie explained to Li Yuanfang that he wanted Li Bai to settle his karmic debt and clear the path toward the Great Dao Saint realm.
• After waiting for the succession campaign’s rumors to spread, Li Bai entered Wu Zetian’s sealed sleeping palace in Luoyang.
• Li Bai raised his sword against the weakened Wu Zetian, who greeted him and asked whether Du Fu had come with him.
• Samantabhadra sensed the killing intent in Wu Zetian’s palace, and Wu Chongxun set out to confront the intruder.

Wu Chongxun and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva sensed an intruder in Wu Zetian’s palace and planned to use the incident to turn public opinion against Li Longji. Li Bai confronted Wu Zetian but chose to leave her alive to suffer, and she begged him to kill her.

• Wu Chongxun heard a disturbance in Wu Zetian’s palace and wanted to lead soldiers there, but Samantabhadra Bodhisattva stopped him.
• Wu Chongxun proposed blaming the intruder’s attack on Li Longji, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva activated the formation around the imperial palace.
• Li Bai confronted Wu Zetian over the murder of his family, but stopped his sword when he saw her miserable condition.
• Li Bai decided that leaving Wu Zetian to endure her suffering was a better revenge than killing her, even as she urged him to strike.
• Wu Zetian begged Li Bai to kill her, but he kicked her down and said he preferred her former defiant self.

Li Bai manipulated Wu Chongxun into believing he had defected from Li Longji and persuaded him to kill Wu Zetian. After Wu Chongxun declared his ambition to take the throne, Li Bai secretly recorded the killing and his triumphant outburst.

• Samantabhadra and Wu Chongxun arrived as Wu Zetian begged Li Bai to kill her, and Wu Chongxun accused Li Bai of trespassing.
• Li Bai claimed Li Longji had slighted him and said he had come to avenge his clan, convincing Wu Chongxun that he had turned against Li Longji.
• Li Bai addressed Wu Chongxun as emperor and offered to serve him if he killed Wu Zetian, and Wu Chongxun accepted the offer.
• Samantabhadra said Wu Zhou's destiny had begun shifting toward Wu Chongxun, who then killed Wu Zetian with a single saber strike.
• Wu Chongxun celebrated his expected rise to the throne while Li Bai secretly recorded him and congratulated him as emperor.

After Wu Chongxun seized the throne, Li Longji exposed his crimes and conquered the Eastern Tang with a massive army, ending the Western Teachings’ control of Jambudvipa. Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned Tathagata Buddha from seclusion, and Tathagata emerged with Heavenly Dao-level power.

• Wu Chongxun ascended the throne using a forged edict, but Li Bai escaped and recordings of Wu Chongxun imprisoning and killing Wu Zetian spread across the realm.
• Li Longji declared war on Wu Chongxun, raised more than a billion troops, and brought most of Jambudvipa under his command.
• Li Longji’s forces captured and executed Wu Chongxun, while Chenxiang destroyed Samantabhadra’s physical body.
• Buddha Burning Lamp begged Dao Ancestor Hongjun to summon Tathagata Buddha, and Hongjun agreed.
• Tathagata Buddha opened his eyes in seclusion and revealed that he had reached the Heavenly Dao level.

After proving the Dao of Hunyuan, Tathagata Buddha discovered an ancient palace in the secret realm and began cultivating in its Black-Gold Buddha Dao Law Pillar, but an ancient figure tried to take over his body. A hundred years later, Tathagata remained trapped in the palace as Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned that the Western Teachings were about to fall.

• Tathagata Buddha advanced to the Peak Quasi-Saint in the secret realm, then proved the Dao of Hunyuan fifty years later than his arrival.
• Tathagata followed a mysterious resonance to a ruined palace and entered despite the danger of its saber intent.
• Tathagata found hundreds of complete Heavenly Dao Laws and a Black-Gold Buddha Dao Law Pillar, then merged into the pillar to cultivate.
• A black-gold figure emerged in Tathagata's Purple Mansion and tried to seize his body, prompting the two to battle for a hundred years.
• Tathagata remained trapped in the palace and pillar as Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned that the Western Teachings would be finished if he did not emerge soon.

Tathagata Buddha merged with a black-gold remnant soul that claimed he had once reached the peak of the third rank of the Great Dao level, and advanced to the first heaven of the Heavenly Dao Realm. He returned to Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun urged him to help capture the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.

• The black-gold figure revealed that he considered Tathagata Buddha a projection Dao Body and offered to merge with him, promising protection and a path to the Great Dao level.
• The figure sent Tathagata visions showing that someone had killed him effortlessly despite his former peak Great Dao level, then urged Tathagata to accept the merger before his remnant soul dissipated.
• Tathagata agreed, and the black-gold remnant fused with his primordial spirit, helping his cultivation rise to the peak of the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and then the first heaven of the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Tathagata left the Chaos Limitless Hunyuan Secret Realm and appeared in Zixiao Palace, startling Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa with his new aura.
• Hongjun recognized Tathagata and ordered him to help capture the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.

Tathagata Buddha emerged from Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s secret realm at the peak of the first level of the Heavenly Dao Realm, only to find Hongjun battling the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Haotian. After refusing to join either side, Tathagata fled back to the Primordial Continent, while Hongjun continued fighting.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun rescued the stunned Tathagata Buddha from the chaotic battlefield and praised his rapid rise to the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Tathagata noticed Hongjun’s bruises and learned that someone had beaten him, then saw Taiqing, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, Nuwa, and Haotian fighting him.
• Tathagata realized the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Haotian were all stronger than he was, while they wondered what opportunity had helped him reach the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian called Tathagata Duobao and offered to forgive his betrayal if he helped kill Hongjun, but Tathagata rejected Tongtian’s accusation and defended his past leadership of the Jie Teachings.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun invited Tathagata to join him against the others, but Tathagata fled to return to the Western Teachings, and Hongjun let him go before resuming the battle.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun discovered a Great Dao Saber Intent in the Chaotic Infinity Mystic Realm and began trying to comprehend it, while the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa feared his breakthrough. Tathagata Buddha learned of the upheavals on the Primordial Continent and was stunned by Zhang Yifan’s power.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sent an incarnation into the Chaotic Infinity Mystic Realm and found Great Dao Saber Intent in a ruined palace.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun began comprehending the saber intent, believing it could let him break through to the Great Dao Realm and defeat the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.
• Taiqing warned Tongtian, Nuwa, and Primeval Lord of Heaven to escape Zixiao Palace, but Dao Ancestor Hongjun sealed it with the Zixiao Palace Grand Formation.
• Tathagata Buddha learned that Jieyin, Zhunti, and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe had fallen, while Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi had become a saint and married a dog demon.
• Tathagata Buddha wondered who Zhang Yifan was and how he could be so powerful.

After learning about the Primordial Continent’s upheavals, Tathagata Buddha discovered that the Golden Robe Wearer was the creator and ruler of the eighth Perfect World, while the continent itself seemed to have evolved from the ninth Seed. Black Gold Tathagata revealed his desire to seize the continent and said someone else would come to do it.

• Tathagata Buddha and Black Gold Tathagata discussed the strange events that had reshaped the Primordial Continent and Zhang Yifan’s power.
• Black Gold Tathagata identified the Golden Robe Wearer as the holder of the eighth Seed of the Perfect World and its creator and ruler.
• Black Gold Tathagata explained that he had fallen during the war over the eighth Perfect World and described the extraordinary nature of a mature Perfect World.
• Black Gold Tathagata said the Primordial Continent appeared to have evolved from a Seed of the Perfect World.
• Tathagata Buddha suspected Black Gold Tathagata wanted to seize the continent, and Black Gold Tathagata said someone else would come to do it.

Tathagata Buddha and Black Gold Tathagata broadcast the news that the Primordial Continent had evolved from the ninth Seed of the Perfect World, hoping to draw in other powers and distract Zhang Yifan. The broadcast reached Zhang Yifan, who warned his companions that the continent would likely face visitors from across the myriad worlds within a hundred years.

• Black Gold Tathagata persuaded Tathagata Buddha to broadcast the Primordial Continent's origin throughout the Primordial Universe, arguing that the resulting arrivals would distract Zhang Yifan.
• Guided by Black Gold Tathagata, Tathagata Buddha built and activated a Great Dao-level formation deep in chaos, which exploded and sent the message across the universe along with Black Gold Tathagata's aura and secret code.
• At Zhang Yifan's farmhouse, Yang Jian envied the others who could stay there, and Zhang Yifan sent him to help wash vegetables.
• A terrifying aura froze everyone in the courtyard before Zhang Yifan explained that a force in the depths of chaos had broadcast the continent's location.
• Zhang Yifan warned Suirenshi, Yang Jian, and the others that the heavens and myriad worlds would likely learn of the Primordial Continent and descend upon it within a hundred years.

Zhang Yifan reassured Yang Jian and the others after the Primordial Continent’s existence was exposed, predicting that the Human Dao would rise within twenty or thirty years. At Spirit Mountain, Tathagata returned from seclusion and praised Buddha Burning Lamp for enduring the Western Teachings’ decline.

• Old Ancestor Yang Mei feared that he had exposed the Primordial Continent, but Zhang Yifan told him the news had nothing to do with him and urged everyone not to panic.
• Yang Jian questioned whether the Primordial Continent could advance before its mortal realm was unified, and Zhang Yifan predicted humanity would prosper within twenty or thirty years.
• Zhang Yifan sent Yang Jian and the others to prepare food, then privately worried that Yang Jian would face a great tribulation.
• Tathagata secretly returned to Spirit Mountain, where Buddha Burning Lamp lamented the Western Teachings’ losses in the Eastern Lands.
• Tathagata teased Buddha Burning Lamp for crying, then told him seriously that he had done very well.

Tathagata Buddha comforted Buddha Burning Lamp over the Western Teachings’ losses, then secretly restored his clone to the strength of his true body and revealed that he had reached the Heavenly Dao Realm. After learning about Burning Lamp’s Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms, Black Gold Tathagata urgently asked to see them.

• Tathagata Buddha praised and comforted Buddha Burning Lamp, who broke down crying over the Western Teachings’ losses and his captured true body.
• Burning Lamp offered to hand the Western Teachings back to Tathagata, but Tathagata told him to continue leading openly while he acted from the shadows.
• Tathagata infused Burning Lamp’s clone with power equal to his Saint First Heaven true body.
• Burning Lamp guessed Tathagata had reached the peak of the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Tathagata revealed he had instead broken through to the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Tathagata explained that the Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms were worlds formed from the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, and Black Gold Tathagata urgently asked to see them.

Tathagata Buddha learned from Black Gold Tathagata that Buddha Burning Lamp’s Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms were rare seeds capable of growing into Supreme Worlds, but he chose to leave them with Randeng. He then went to the Judicial Great Emperor’s palace on Western Niuhe Continent, where he confronted Erlang Shen’s claim to control the region.

• Tathagata Buddha asked Buddha Burning Lamp to reveal the Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms, and Randeng summoned them inside a Heavenly Dao-level formation.
• Black Gold Tathagata accidentally released a Great Dao aura, alarming Randeng and revealing that Tathagata carried immense hidden power.
• Black Gold Tathagata identified the Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms as seeds capable of growing into Supreme Worlds, and Tathagata urged Randeng to study and cultivate them.
• Tathagata refused Black Gold Tathagata’s suggestion that he take the kingdoms, leaving them with Randeng and assuring him they could grow to rival the Primordial Continent.
• Tathagata appeared at the Judicial Great Emperor’s palace on Western Niuhe Continent and entered, mocking Erlang Shen’s ambition to control the region.

Yang Jian returned to his palace and was ambushed by his controlled officials, whose attacks somehow pierced his formidable defenses. He escaped the initial killing formation severely wounded, with one arm severed and a sword wound in his abdomen.

• Yang Jian returned from Fengxian County and asked his officials to report on Western Niuhe Continent.
• The Howling Celestial Dog sensed a faint aura of death on the officials and warned Yang Jian.
• A military official cursed Yang Jian and led over a hundred officials in an attack.
• Yang Jian recognized that the officials were controlled and tried to restrain them, but a military official's blade cut through his power and severed his left arm.
• A civil official pierced Yang Jian's abdomen with a sword, and Yang Jian blasted him away before escaping the attackers.
• The Howling Celestial Dog protected the injured Yang Jian as he pulled the sword from his abdomen and realized he might die there.

Yang Jian destroyed the controlled officials in the Judicial Great Emperor’s Divine Palace, only for Tathagata Buddha to reveal himself as the ambusher and challenge him. Tathagata demanded Yang Jian’s surrender, but Yang Jian invoked his authority and prepared to execute him, leaving the two facing off.

• Yang Jian unleashed the Law of Strength and ground the hundred-odd controlled officials to dust.
• Tathagata Buddha appeared and mocked Yang Jian for killing the officials he had promised to spare.
• Yang Jian and the Howling Celestial Dog realized Tathagata’s cultivation had surpassed the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and the Howling Celestial Dog warned Yang Jian to be careful.
• Tathagata demanded that Yang Jian kill himself, while Yang Jian denounced his practice of raising demons and condemned Buddhism.
• Yang Jian summoned his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd, opened his divine eye, and declared that Tathagata had violated heavenly laws and deserved execution.

Yang Jian fought Tathagata Buddha inside the great killing formation, pushing his strength toward the Heavenly Dao Realm while Tathagata tried to consolidate his own breakthrough. After Yang Jian revealed that he could absorb Great Dao Laws, Tathagata summoned the Pillar of Buddhist Dao Law, escalating the battle.

• Yang Jian unleashed the full power of his body and primordial spirit, shocking Tathagata Buddha and Black Gold Tathagata with signs that he might reach the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Yang Jian charged Tathagata Buddha and traded blows with him, but Tathagata sent him flying while using the battle to consolidate his first-level Heavenly Dao Realm power.
• Black Gold Tathagata warned Tathagata Buddha that Yang Jian was nearing a breakthrough, while Tathagata remained confident he could kill him.
• Tathagata Buddha manifested a colossal Buddhist golden body and struck Yang Jian with a world-destroying palm, but Yang Jian punched through it and revealed his power to absorb Great Dao Laws.
• Tathagata Buddha summoned the Pillar of Buddhist Dao Law, terrifying Yang Jian as the battle escalated.

Tathagata Buddha and Yang Jian wielded the Pillars of Buddhist Dao Law and Strength against each other while Buddha Burning Lamp used the Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms to absorb Law Power. Yang Jian was ultimately defeated and faced Tathagata’s killing blow, with his fate left uncertain.

• Tathagata Buddha summoned Buddha Burning Lamp, who opened the Twenty-Four Buddhist Kingdoms and absorbed Law Power to strengthen the worlds and cultivate their Heavenly Daos.
• Yang Jian recognized Zhang Yifan’s foresight and told the Howling Celestial Dog to spread news that Tathagata had emerged from seclusion.
• Yang Jian and Tathagata Buddha each seized a Pillar of Law and fought by swinging them at each other, rapidly deepening their understanding of their respective Laws.
• After millions of clashes, Yang Jian weakened while Tathagata’s Heavenly Dao cultivation continued to rise.
• Tathagata shattered the Pillar of the Law of Strength and Yang Jian’s Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, then swung the Pillar of Buddhist Dao Law at the wounded Yang Jian as Yang Jian wondered if he would die.