Recaps

Yang Jian, Yunxiao, and the Howling Celestial Dog attacked the Western Teachings' Destiny Golden Dragon at the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, repeatedly killing and humiliating it despite its power and ability to revive. They returned to the Jade Emperor's platform triumphant, leaving Saint Zhunti furious and blocked by Sect Master Tongtian.

• Sect Master Tongtian ordered Yang Jian and Yunxiao to slay the Destiny Golden Dragon, while Saint Zhunti claimed it could not die as long as Western Teachings' destiny endured.
• Yang Jian and Yunxiao entered the Sea of Destiny and struck the dragon with the Dog Beating Stick and a hoe, severing its claw and head.
• The revived dragon attacked the Howling Celestial Dog, which knocked it away, smashed it against the Sea of Destiny, and joined Yang Jian and Yunxiao in using it as a jump rope.
• Yang Jian, Yunxiao, and the Howling Celestial Dog repeatedly killed the dragon whenever it revived, while Sect Master Tongtian blocked Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin from intervening.
• The terrified dragon barked on command, and the Howling Celestial Dog urinated into the Sea of Destiny before returning with Yang Jian and Yunxiao to the Jade Emperor's platform.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, the Howling Celestial Dog humiliated the Western Teachings by urinating in their sea of destiny, while the Jade Emperor repeatedly outshone their efforts. The gathering ended with Zhen Yuanzi courting the Western Saints and the Jade Emperor winning over the assembled immortals with lavish gifts.

• The Howling Celestial Dog returned to the Jade Emperor's platform after fouling the Western Teachings' sea of destiny, and Zhunti threatened him before Jieyin stopped Zhunti from throwing the collected urine at the Heavenly Court.
• Zhen Yuanzi offered Life Fruit to Zhunti and Jieyin, then distributed more to the other Saints and Western Teachings leaders while refusing the Jade Emperor.
• Nuwa, Houtu, and Primeval Lord of Heaven put away their Life Fruit to give to Zhang Yifan, prompting the Grand Pure Saint to suspect they knew a secret connected to Tongtian's grandfather.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to distribute Peaches of Immortality, Yellow Middle Plums, and Enlightenment Tea to Heavenly Court officials, drawing envy from the gathering's guests.
• The Jade Emperor taunted Zhen Yuanzi for trying to compete with him in generosity as the Heavenly Court's gifts overshadowed the Western Teachings' gathering.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering in disguise and recognized the Howling Celestial Dog as the resurrected First Qilin. He prompted Ma Liang to request a public sermon, threatening to delay the Jade Emperor’s plans for the Journey to the West Tribulation as the Jade Emperor rose to object.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun observed the gathering and was shocked to discover that the Howling Celestial Dog was First Qilin, resurrected and able to prove the Dao of Hunyuan.
• Hongjun speculated that hidden experts might be interfering with the Primordial Continent, then secretly sent mana toward Ma Liang.
• Ma Liang urged the saints to open an altar and expound the Dao for all living beings, and the gathered experts voiced their support.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin agreed to preach, beginning with the methods of Great Luo and Quasi-Saints.
• The Jade Emperor realized the sermons could delay his plans for thousands of years and stood up, shouting for them to stop.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, Yang Jian invoked the Heavenly Laws and Regulations to accuse Tathagata, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and hundreds of Western Teachings figures of crimes, exposing their actions before the assembled powers. The Jade Emperor’s move stunned Dao Ancestor Hongjun and left the Western Teachings facing public disgrace and possible execution.

• The Jade Emperor stopped Saint Jieyin from preaching and had Yang Jian announce that he would lecture on the Heavenly Laws and Regulations.
• After the crowd mocked Yang Jian, he called on Tathagata, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra to receive a decree and accused them of directing the Lion Camel Country demons to slaughter mortals.
• Yang Jian projected evidence of the demons’ atrocities, but Saint Zhunti destroyed the images to prevent further damage to the Western Teachings’ reputation.
• Yang Jian listed 324 Bodhisattvas and Arhats accused of killing innocents and declared their crimes punishable by execution.
• The named Western Teachings figures collapsed in fear as the Jade Emperor smiled, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun reconsidered his view of him and the other Saints watched with amusement.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, Yang Jian accused the Western Teachings of criminal activity after Manjushri Bodhisattva and Saint Zhunti defended their disciples’ killings as fate. The Jade Emperor declared the Western Teachings a criminal syndicate and ordered the decree announced across the Three Realms, while the Saints’ proposed Dao battle threatened to escalate tensions.

• Manjushri Bodhisattva claimed that the cultivators killed by the Western Teachings had deserved their fates and should be grateful for reincarnation.
• Yang Jian asked Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin whether Manjushri’s defense represented the Western Teachings, then called the sect a criminal syndicate and named them its leaders.
• Saint Zhunti threatened Yang Jian, but Sect Master Tongtian intervened with a sword of Heavenly Dao Laws, and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe proposed settling the dispute through a Dao battle.
• Great Master Guanyin endorsed a contest between the Heavenly Court and the Western Teachings, and Saint Zhunti agreed while the Jade Emperor accused him of changing the subject.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to announce that the Western Teachings were a criminal syndicate and forbade cultivators across the Three Realms from associating with them.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin raged at the decree, while Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi wondered whether he had attached himself to the wrong backers.

The Jade Emperor declared the Western Teachings a criminal organization and said he would publicize the verdict throughout the three realms, shocking the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering. Sect Master Tongtian and the assembled powers praised or feared the Jade Emperor’s political skill, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun chose not to intervene and regarded the conflict as part of his Heaven Sealing Plan.

• The Jade Emperor branded the Western Teachings a criminal organization and announced that the Heavenly Court would inform the three realms.
• Sect Master Tongtian praised the Jade Emperor through voice transmission, and the Jade Emperor claimed he had used only seventy or eighty percent of his strength.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe celebrated the Western Teachings’ humiliation while Junti and Jieyin seethed with anger.
• Saint Nuwa, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and the Grand Pure Saint reconsidered the Jade Emperor’s capabilities and watched him with new interest.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun recognized the Jade Emperor’s political skill, decided not to help Junti and Jieyin, and resolved to use the conflict as part of his Heaven Sealing Plan.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, Saint Zhunti challenged the Jade Emperor to a battle of arts, and Great Master Guanyin named three Heavenly Court opponents. The matchups were set, and Li Er stepped forward to begin the contest.

• Saint Zhunti accused the Jade Emperor of fearing the Western Teachings and challenged him to begin a battle of arts.
• Great Master Guanyin proposed a named challenge, then selected herself, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva to represent the Western Teachings.
• Great Master Guanyin named Taibai Jinxing, Lord of Fire Li Er, and Yang Jian as the Heavenly Court’s challengers, and all three agreed to fight.
• Great Master Guanyin paired Manjushri Bodhisattva against Li Er, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva against Taibai Jinxing, and herself against Yang Jian, with the rule that no one’s primordial spirit could be destroyed.
• Li Er strode forward, planted his spear, and called for the first match to begin.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, Manjushri overwhelmed Li Er after secretly raising his cultivation, but Li Er recalled Zhang Yifan’s Ten Thousand Waves spear technique and turned the duel around. Li Er pierced Manjushri’s chest and shattered his primordial spirit, leaving the Western Teachings stunned.

• Great Master Guanyin set the duel’s rule that neither fighter’s primordial spirit could be extinguished, and the Heavenly Court’s side reluctantly accepted the match.
• The sages prepared the dueling platform, and Li Er stepped forward to fight Manjushri after the Jade Emperor urged him to retreat if necessary.
• Manjushri raised his cultivation to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and battered Li Er, who recalled Zhang Yifan teaching him the Ten Thousand Waves spear technique.
• As Manjushri prepared to finish him, Li Er unleashed the spear Dao’s power and destroyed Manjushri’s Buddhist mountain.
• Li Er thrust with Ten Thousand Waves and pierced Manjushri’s chest, shattering his primordial spirit.

Lord of Fire Li Er burned his soul and body to defeat Manjushri Bodhisattva and reveal the complete Pillar of the Heavenly Dao Law of Spear to the gathered cultivators. After winning the first round, Li Er’s life ended, and the Heavenly Court and assembled immortals bade him farewell.

• Li Er revealed that he was burning his primordial spirit and soul, then used his spear to repel Manjushri Bodhisattva’s attacks.
• Li Er summoned the Heaven and Earth Official Position Altar, which raised his strength to the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Li Er burned his flesh, blood, soul, and Dao Law fragments to fully manifest the Pillar of the Heavenly Dao Law of Spear for everyone to comprehend.
• Li Er seized the law pillar as a spear and killed Manjushri Bodhisattva with Ten Thousand Waves.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe announced Li Er as the winner, and Li Er exchanged farewells with the Jade Emperor and Heavenly Court before his soul burned away completely.

The Grand Pure Saint stole the Pillar of the Heavenly Dao Law of Spear for the Taiqing World, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun seized control of the Heaven and Earth Official Position Altar. The Jade Emperor secretly preserved a wisp of Li Er’s true spirit, and after the Heavenly Court won the first round, Taibai Jinxing faced Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in the second.

• The Grand Pure Saint copied most of Li Er’s manifested spear-law pillar, then cut off a piece when Li Er vanished and completed the pillar in the Taiqing World.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun failed to discover who had leaked the Heaven and Earth Official Position Altar’s secret, then seized seventy percent of the Heavenly Dao’s authority and barred the Heavenly Court from summoning the altar.
• The Nine Golden Crows used Li Er’s jade pendant and a spirit-gathering formation to preserve a tiny flame of his true spirit, while the Jade Emperor learned their plan had succeeded.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe announced the Heavenly Court’s first-round victory, and Taibai Jinxing promised Yang Jian he would not burn his divine soul in the next bout.
• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva tripped Taibai Jinxing as he entered the dueling platform, but Taibai Jinxing tore off his robes and revealed his enormous, powerful physique.

Taibai Jinxing faced Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who used spiritual fruits to raise his cultivation to Half-step Quasi-Saint, but Taibai revealed his hidden mana and axe mastery to fight back. After Taibai split Samantabhadra’s Dharma Idol, Samantabhadra brought out a Nine-Ranked Merit Golden Lotus, and the duel continued with Taibai unsure how to break its defense.

• Taibai Jinxing showed off his powerful physique, while Samantabhadra Bodhisattva consumed spiritual fruits and surged to Half-step Quasi-Saint.
• Taibai used his late Grand Unity Golden Immortal mana alongside his physical strength, then battered Samantabhadra with a Chopping Axe he had mastered by watching Zhang Yifan chop firewood.
• Taibai cleaved Samantabhadra’s Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol in two with an axe strike that startled the Saints with its faint Intent of Sky Splitting.
• Samantabhadra brought out a Nine-Ranked Merit Golden Lotus, and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe ruled that using a borrowed magic treasure did not violate the duel rules.

Taibai Jinxing failed to summon the Heaven and Earth Official Position Altar, but unleashed the terrifying physical power he had cultivated under Elder Zhang Yifan. He struck Samantabhadra Bodhisattva hard enough to crack the Nine-Ranked Merit Golden Lotus’s defenses, leaving Samantabhadra fearing its imminent destruction.

• Taibai Jinxing called on the Heavenly Dao to reveal his Heaven and Earth Official Position Altar, but it did not appear despite his repeated attempts.
• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva mocked Taibai Jinxing and urged him to surrender, while Taibai refused and prepared to fight.
• Taibai Jinxing drew on three years of physical cultivation and pushed his strength from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal peak through the Quasi-Saint Realm to the level of an Ancestral Witch.
• Taibai Jinxing charged Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and struck him with the Chopping Axe, cracking the Nine-Ranked Merit Golden Lotus’s protective light.
• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva realized the Nine-Ranked Merit Golden Lotus might break after only a few more attacks.

Taibai Jinxing overwhelmed Samantabhadra Bodhisattva after revealing that both his body and primordial spirit had reached the Early Quasi-Saint realm. He nearly killed Samantabhadra even after he conceded, then attacked Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and was declared the loser of the second round.

• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva raised his strength to the Early Quasi-Saint realm and used the Nine-Ranked Merit Golden Lotus, but Taibai Jinxing shattered his axe and kept attacking.
• Taibai Jinxing revealed that his body and primordial spirit had both reached the Early Quasi-Saint realm, alarming the spectators and prompting Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin to decide the Merit Golden Lotus could not be lost.
• Taibai Jinxing seized Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's protective light and repeatedly smashed him against the dueling platform before cleaving his body and primordial spirit in two.
• Saint Zhunti admitted that the Saints had taken back the Merit Golden Lotus to protect Buddhism's supreme treasure, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva raged and tried to self-destruct.
• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva conceded, but Taibai Jinxing kept attacking until Netherworld Patriarch Minghe intervened; Taibai then struck at Minghe and was declared the loser of the second round.

Netherworld Patriarch Minghe ruled that Taibai Jinxing personally lost the second round for attacking the referee, but the Heavenly Court faction won because Manjushri Bodhisattva surrendered first. Taibai explained that he had spared Samantabhadra to leave a source of discord within the Western Teachings, and Minghe called Yang Jian and Great Master Guanyin to begin the third round.

• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe faced protests over declaring Taibai Jinxing the loser, then clarified that Taibai lost personally while the Heavenly Court won the round because Manjushri Bodhisattva surrendered.
• The Jade Emperor accepted Minghe's ruling, and Saints Zhunti and Jieyin raised no objections.
• Taibai Jinxing returned to the Heavenly Court platform, where he told Wu Qu Xing Jun that he had spared Samantabhadra to make him a hidden source of conflict within the Western Teachings.
• Yang Jian praised Taibai Jinxing's diplomatic foresight, and Minghe announced Yang Jian and Great Master Guanyin as the contestants for the third round.

Yang Jian faced Great Master Guanyin alone after Dao Ancestor Hongjun threatened the Howling Celestial Dog, and the Jade Emperor ordered him to kill her in one strike. Yang Jian obeyed and killed Great Master Guanyin with the Dog Beating Stick, leaving everyone at the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering stunned.

• Great Master Guanyin demanded that the Howling Celestial Dog be barred from the duel, and Yang Jian refused to fight without him at first.
• The Howling Celestial Dog told Yang Jian that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had recognized him and threatened to kill him if he entered the fight.
• Yang Jian agreed to fight Great Master Guanyin alone, while the Jade Emperor and his allies learned of Hongjun's threat and grew furious.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Yang Jian to kill Great Master Guanyin in one strike, and Yang Jian accepted the decree.
• Yang Jian struck Great Master Guanyin with the Dog Beating Stick, shattered her Buddha hand, and killed her in a single blow.

Yang Jian killed Great Master Guanyin with one strike, shocking the gathered powers and enraging the Western Teachings and Dao Ancestor Hongjun. The Jade Emperor praised Yang Jian, while Hongjun realized he had underestimated him and swore that the Jade Emperor would pay.

• Yang Jian struck Great Master Guanyin down, destroying her body and primordial spirit despite their difference in cultivation.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Saint Zhunti, Saint Jieyin, and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi reacted with fear and disbelief as they recognized Yang Jian's strength.
• Saint Zhunti searched for Great Master Guanyin's primordial spirit, found no trace of it, and mourned her death.
• Yang Jian reported to the Jade Emperor, who praised him as Yunxiao, Taibai Jinxing, Wu Qu Xing Jun, and others celebrated.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized he had failed to save Great Master Guanyin and angrily vowed that the Jade Emperor would pay for defying him.

Yang Jian defeated Great Master Guanyin with a single blow, winning the third round for the Heavenly Court. Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed himself and demanded Yang Jian’s staff, leaving Yang Jian with a bold plan as he asked whether the Dog Beating Stick could kill Hongjun.

• Yang Jian asked Netherworld Patriarch Minghe to announce the result, and Minghe declared him and the Heavenly Court the winners.
• The Heavenly Court gods celebrated Yang Jian’s victory and the rise in their prestige.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared in Yang Jian’s path and demanded that Yang Jian hand over his staff for inspection.
• The Jade Emperor exposed Hongjun’s identity and condemned him for bullying Yang Jian, while the Saints and immortals bowed and the Heavenly Court gods stayed on guard.
• Yang Jian refused to surrender the Dog Beating Stick and asked its Artifact Spirit whether it could kill Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Yang Jian asked the Dog Beating Stick to kill Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s clone, and its Artifact Spirit agreed, saying it could unleash its power at the cost of being unusable for a year. Yang Jian then denounced the figure as an impostor and demanded that he kneel and surrender, leaving the gathered immortals, gods, Buddhas, and Saints stunned.

• Yang Jian asked the Dog Beating Stick whether it could kill the figure before them, and its Artifact Spirit said it could destroy Hongjun’s clone but would be unusable for a year.
• The Dog Beating Stick’s Artifact Spirit scolded Yang Jian for being too weak, then backed down when he threatened to tell its old master.
• When Hongjun’s clone demanded the staff, Yang Jian called him an impostor and condemned him as a petty villain deserving punishment.
• Sect Master Tongtian and First Qilin prepared to intervene, but the Jade Emperor stopped them and urged them to watch Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian proclaimed himself the Heavenly God and Great Heavenly God of Justice, then ordered Hongjun’s clone to kneel and surrender.

Yang Jian attacked Dao Ancestor Hongjun's avatar at the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, mistaking him for an impostor and demanding he surrender. After striking him repeatedly, Yang Jian unleashed the Dog Beating Stick's full power and smashed the avatar into a pile of flesh.

• Yang Jian ordered Hongjun's avatar to kneel and surrender, provoking his killing intent.
• Yang Jian struck Hongjun's avatar on the forehead with the Dog Beating Stick, drawing blood and stunning the gathered immortals, gods, and Saints.
• As Hongjun's avatar laughed wildly, Yang Jian hit him three more times and again demanded his surrender.
• Hongjun's avatar's Dao heart shattered, and his destructive aura spread across the Primordial Continent.
• Yang Jian commanded the Dog Beating Stick to use all its power and smashed Hongjun's avatar into a pile of flesh.

Yang Jian and the Dog Beating Stick's Artifact Spirit destroyed Dao Ancestor Hongjun's avatar, leaving the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering's assembled saints and immortals in shock. Yang Jian pretended he had only killed an impostor, and the chapter ended with everyone stunned by his convincing act.

• Yang Jian urged the Dog Beating Stick's Artifact Spirit to strike first, and the Artifact Spirit used his power to smash Dao Ancestor Hongjun's avatar to dust.
• The heavenly thunder, rain, snow, and dark clouds vanished, but the saints, immortals, gods, and Buddhas at the gathering stood frozen in disbelief.
• Yang Jian asked why everyone was staring, and his voice frightened several hundred weaker immortals, gods, and Buddhas to death.
• Yang Jian declared that he revered Dao Ancestor Hongjun and angrily insisted he had killed a villain impersonating him.
• Saint Zhunti, Saint Jieyin, the Grand Pure Saint, the Jade Emperor, and Sect Master Tongtian stared at Yang Jian, stunned by his act.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, Yang Jian convinced the gathered Saints and immortals that the man he had struck was an impostor posing as Dao Ancestor Hongjun. The Jade Emperor and the leaders of the major factions ordered searches for the supposed fraud, while the Dog Beating Stick's Artifact Spirit laughed at the deception.

• Yang Jian argued that he was far too weak to harm Dao Ancestor Hongjun and claimed the apparent Dao Ancestor had used the Way of Disguise.
• The Saints and gathered immortals accepted Yang Jian's explanation and agreed that the man on the platform had been an impostor.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Heavenly Court officials across the Three Realms to search for suspicious individuals skilled in disguise.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven ordered the Chan Teachings to investigate suspicious people throughout the Primordial Three Realms.
• Saint Zhunti ordered Buddha Burning Lamp and the Western Teachings to investigate cultivators, especially those following sinister and demonic paths.
• The Dog Beating Stick's Artifact Spirit laughed as it imagined Dao Ancestor Hongjun's reaction.

After Yang Jian killed the apparent Dao Ancestor Hongjun on the dueling platform, the Jade Emperor and the saints set out for Zixiao Palace to investigate. The chapter ended with Yang Jian rejoining the Heavenly Court procession, prepared to keep up the act while the Dog Beating Stick protected his primordial spirit.

• The Jade Emperor ordered the Heavenly Court gods to accompany him to Zixiao Palace, and Grand Pure Saint, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Saint Nuwa, Saint Jieyin, Saint Zhunti, Sect Master Tongtian, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi agreed to go.
• Saint Jieyin asked the mighty figures at Spiritual Mountain to wait for the saints’ return before hearing them expound the Dao.
• Yang Jian and the Howling Celestial Dog boarded the Eight Sceneries Imperial Carriage, where Yang Jian and the Jade Emperor agreed that Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog and Dragon Ancestor Big Goldfish should leave for safety.
• Yang Jian explained to the Jade Emperor that he had used the Dog Beating Stick to kill the apparent Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and the Jade Emperor warned him to be cautious at Zixiao Palace.
• The Artifact Spirit of the Dog Beating Stick assured Yang Jian and the Jade Emperor that it would conceal Yang Jian’s primordial spirit from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Yang Jian left the carriage and rejoined the Heavenly Court gods as they traveled toward Zixiao Palace beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun hid his fury after Yang Jian killed his avatar and then described the incident to him in Zixiao Palace. The Saints accepted Hongjun’s claim that the slain Daoist was an impostor, and Hongjun rewarded Yang Jian with an innate spiritual treasure.

• Hongjun learned that his avatar had been killed by Yang Jian, but refrained from returning to the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering because the Heavenly Dao had reacted in fear.
• The Saints, the Jade Emperor, and the gods went to Zixiao Palace to report that someone had impersonated Hongjun.
• Yang Jian recounted killing the Daoist and repeatedly insulted him, while Hongjun concealed his anger and agreed that the slain figure had been an impostor.
• The Jade Emperor and Nuwa praised Yang Jian for preventing disaster, and Hongjun declared that he deserved a reward.
• Hongjun gave Yang Jian an innate spiritual treasure, which Yang Jian accepted with apparent delight.

Yang Jian concealed the Dog Beating Stick’s true nature, revealed that his body and primordial spirit were both at Mid Quasi-Saint strength, and justified how he had killed Great Master Guanyin. After the gathering broke up, Dao Ancestor Hongjun privately raged and a trace of demonic qi appeared in his Dao heart, while Primeval Lord of Heaven returned to Fengxian County and Grand Pure Saint grew more suspicious of Third Brother’s mysterious grandfather.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun inspected Yang Jian’s Dog Beating Stick but failed to detect that it was a Great Dao Artifact, then questioned how Yang Jian had killed Great Master Guanyin.
• Yang Jian revealed his Mid Quasi-Saint physical strength, demonstrated the combined power of his body and primordial spirit, and convinced the gathered experts that he could unleash late Quasi-Saint-level power.
• After dismissing the others, Dao Ancestor Hongjun vented his fury by destroying several universes, unknowingly allowing a wisp of demonic qi to flash across his Dao heart.
• Outside Zixiao Palace, Primeval Lord of Heaven thanked the Jade Emperor, and Yang Jian’s allies departed the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering as the Jade Emperor returned to the Heavenly Court.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven warned Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin that he would destroy Spiritual Mountain if they harmed Yang Jian, then refused Grand Pure Saint’s questions about Third Brother’s grandfather.
• Grand Pure Saint left to accelerate his plans, while Primeval Lord of Heaven’s avatar returned to Fengxian County.

Zhang Yifan prepared to attend the Fengxian County Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering Dharma Assembly, hoping to meet Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong and find a path to cultivation. He set off for Fengxian County in a sedan chair carried by Primeval Lord of Heaven and Matchmaker Emperor Xin.

• Zhang Yifan dressed in fine clothes, and Ao Bing praised his transformed appearance.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven, Suirenshi, Matchmaker Emperor Xin, and Kitchen God Zhang Ziguo argued over who would carry Zhang Yifan's sedan chair, then drew lots.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Matchmaker Emperor Xin won the lots and prepared to carry Zhang Yifan.
• Zhang Yifan approved the preparations, took his seat in the bamboo sedan chair, and set off toward Fengxian County while humming.