Recaps

Zhang Yifan attended a Dharma gathering in Fengxian County, where the crowd learned about his legendary past as the Sword Maniac. Tang Sanzang and his disciples arrived, and the gathering began as Zhang Yifan considered asking Sun Wukong for cultivation techniques.

• County Marquis Shangguan and the local gentry welcomed Zhang Yifan and seated him in a place of honor.
• A local man recounted that Zhang Yifan had once saved his kidnapped son by killing more than a thousand bandits alone, earning the title Sword Maniac and the top spot on the Western Niuhe Continent's martial arts leaderboard.
• Zhang Yifan's attendants were astonished to hear of his mortal-era exploits while they waited for Tang Sanzang to arrive.
• Tang Sanzang arrived with Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, whose appearances frightened people in the crowd.
• County Marquis Shangguan welcomed Tang Sanzang's party, and Sun Wukong took the seat beside Zhang Yifan, who hoped to obtain cultivation techniques from him.
• Tang Sanzang opened the Dharma gathering by announcing that he would pray for blessings and dispel calamities for Fengxian County.

Tang Sanzang preached in Fengxian County and tried to win the people over to Buddhism with miraculous displays, while Matchmaker Emperor Xin and Suirenshi secretly disrupted his sermon. Tang Sanzang then called on Zhang Yifan to explain what a Buddha was, and Zhang Yifan answered that a Buddha was originally the Dao.

• Tang Sanzang had Sun Wukong spread his sermon across Fengxian County, where Buddhist light, chants, and golden lotuses awed the crowd.
• Matchmaker Emperor Xin dispelled the Buddhist effects, and Suirenshi joined him in secretly disrupting them despite Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing searching for the culprits.
• After the sermon, County Marquis Shangguan and some local gentry publicly declared their willingness to convert to Buddhism.
• Tang Sanzang called on Zhang Yifan to say what he believed a Buddha was, and Zhang Yifan replied that a Buddha was originally the Dao.

At Fengxian County’s Buddhist assembly, Zhang Yifan challenged Tang Sanzang by claiming Buddha was only one branch of the Dao and did not save those in love. He invoked Tang Sanzang’s trial in the Western Liang Women’s Country, leaving Tang unable to refute his charge that Buddha had not saved him or the queen.

• Zhang Yifan declared that Buddha was originally Dao and described Buddhism as a small branch among the Great Dao’s three thousand paths.
• Tang Sanzang tried to defend Buddhism, but Zhang redirected the debate from whether Buddha saved all living beings to whether Buddha saved Tang himself.
• Zhang asked Tang about the Queen of the Western Liang Women’s Country, making Tang tremble and break into a cold sweat.
• Zhang loudly declared that Buddha did not save Tang or the queen, and Tang remained speechless.
• Zhang concluded that Buddha saved all living beings except those in love.

At the Fengxian County Dharma assembly, Zhang Yifan sang “Daughter’s Love,” forcing Tang Sanzang and the crowd to relive his love for the Queen of the Women’s Country. Tang Sanzang’s Buddha Heart cracked as Zhang Yifan challenged his choice to leave her, and the chapter ended with more cracks spreading through it.

• Zhang Yifan argued that taking refuge in Buddhism meant leaving worldly ties, then pointed to Tang Sanzang’s love for the Queen of the Women’s Country.
• Zhang Yifan played the guzheng and sang “Daughter’s Love,” using the Great Dao of music to show the crowd Tang Sanzang’s memories of the Queen.
• Tang Sanzang and the people of Fengxian County relived the couple’s love and parting, and Tang Sanzang wept as a crack appeared in his Buddha Heart.
• The citizens grew resolute against taking refuge in Buddhism, while Tang Sanzang insisted that he had overcome the trial and remained a Buddhist disciple.
• Zhang Yifan said Tang Sanzang had missed an entire lifetime and declared that he would marry the queen before obtaining the scriptures, causing several more cracks to spread across Tang Sanzang’s Buddha Heart.

At the Fengxian County Dharma assembly, Zhang Yifan’s words nearly shattered Tang Sanzang’s Buddha Heart and turned the crowd against Buddhism. He argued that the Western Teachings used the tale of a demon becoming a Buddha to draw believers, then revealed that Tang Sanzang and his disciples had each been chosen as models for the Primordial Three Realms.

• Zhang Yifan’s declaration made Tang Sanzang laugh wildly and caused more cracks to spread across his Buddha Heart.
• Zhu Bajie tried to attack Zhang Yifan but was forced to his knees by his Great Dao Pressure, while Sha Wujing used Buddha power to steady Tang Sanzang.
• Zhang Yifan questioned why ordinary devout believers did not become Buddhas, then explained that the Western Teachings spread the demon’s conversion as a model to attract worship and incense offerings.
• The people of Fengxian County recognized that their devotion had not brought them Buddhahood, alarming Tang Sanzang and his disciples about their trial.
• Zhang Yifan told Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and the White Dragon Horse that they had each been selected as models for the Primordial Three Realms, leaving them stunned and curious.

Zhang Yifan exposed how the Western Teachings used the scripture-seeking group as examples to influence the people of Fengxian County. When Tang Sanzang ordered Sha Wujing to secretly make Zhang Yifan suffer, Sha Wujing’s attack rebounded and left him with diarrhea in public, prompting the county to erupt in laughter.

• Zhang Yifan agreed that Tang Sanzang and his disciples were examples of steadfast devotion, then asked why the Western Teachings had chosen their particular identities.
• Tang Sanzang secretly told Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing to silence Zhang Yifan or give him diarrhea, but Zhu Bajie refused to act.
• Sha Wujing sent a magical attack toward Zhang Yifan’s lower abdomen while Tang Sanzang distracted him.
• The attack rebounded into Sha Wujing with multiplied force, and he began farting loudly on the platform.
• Sha Wujing realized he had diarrhea, and Zhang Yifan pointed out that he should change his pants.
• The people of Fengxian County and the gathered immortals laughed at Sha Wujing’s public humiliation.

At the Fengxian County Dharma assembly, Zhang Yifan’s mockery turned Sha Wujing’s public diarrhea into a humiliating spectacle. Sha Wujing’s Buddha Heart shattered, while two Western Teachings arhats arrived and realized the crowd’s laughter was ridicule.

• Over a hundred thousand Fengxian County citizens laughed at Sha Wujing after he had diarrhea on the Dharma Platform.
• Zhang Yifan called Sha Wujing “Diarrhea Arhat,” provoking more laughter and causing Sha Wujing to spit blood and deny having diarrhea.
• Zhang Yifan and the other guests moved their chairs away from the Dharma Platform, and the local elders followed, making Sha Wujing’s humiliation worse.
• Sha Wujing’s Buddha Heart cracked and then shattered as Tang Sanzang blamed him for the failed attempt to upset Zhang Yifan’s stomach.
• Sha Wujing blamed Tang Sanzang, while Sun Wukong held back laughter and Zhu Bajie felt relieved he had not joined the scheme.
• Two Western Teachings arhats arrived, saw the mockery, and realized the assembly’s laughter was not praise but ridicule.

At the Fengxian County assembly, Tang Sanzang tried to recover the Western Teachings’ reputation after Sha Wujing’s embarrassing diarrhea, but Zhang Yifan turned the pilgrimage party’s pasts into an argument that Buddhism had recruited them to undermine rival powers. Tang Sanzang dismissed the claims as fiction, yet realized Zhang Yifan had planted suspicion among the great powers of the three realms.

• Tang Sanzang reframed Sha Wujing’s diarrhea as proof that ordinary people could become Buddhas, briefly winning the Fengxian County crowd back to Buddhism.
• Suirenshi secretly prompted a man to revive the jokes about the “Diarrhea Buddha,” making the crowd laugh and undoing Tang Sanzang’s recovery.
• Zhang Yifan explained that Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Little White Dragon had been chosen as examples meant to entice demons, Heavenly Court officials, and other cultivators to join the Western Teachings.
• Zhang Yifan described Tang Sanzang as proof that even disgraced followers could attain Buddha fruit positions under Buddhism, while Tang Sanzang called the account one-sided fiction.
• Zhang Yifan pointed out that the great powers might believe his claims regardless, and Tang Sanzang realized the speech had already made them wary of the Western Teachings.

Tang Sanzang challenged Zhang Yifan to another debate on Buddhist teachings, wagering that Zhang would enter Buddhism if he lost and that Tang would marry if he did. Tang accepted the terms with confidence, and the contest was about to begin.

• After realizing Zhang Yifan had undermined the Western Teachings, Tang Sanzang proposed another discussion of Buddhist teachings to recover the Dharma assembly.
• Zhang Yifan agreed, and Tang Sanzang wagered that Zhang would shave his head and take refuge in Buddhism if he lost.
• Zhang Yifan rejected Tang Sanzang’s offer to become his disciple and instead demanded that Tang marry in his cassock if Tang lost.
• Suirenshi and the Fengxian County citizens taunted Tang Sanzang for hesitating, so he agreed to the marriage wager and declared confidence in his Buddhist knowledge.
• Zhang Yifan announced that the debate would begin.

At the Fengxian County Dharma Assembly, Zhang Yifan challenged Tang Sanzang with a Buddhist koan about whether the banner or the wind was moving. Zhang Yifan answered that the heart was moving, causing Tang Sanzang to lose the debate and shatter his Buddha Heart; Zhang then asked whether Tang Sanzang had been tempted by the prospect of taking a wife.

• Zhang Yifan proposed debating whether the banner or the wind was moving, and Tang Sanzang struggled to answer.
• A man in the crowd argued that the banner was moving, while a scholarly-looking man insisted that the wind was moving.
• Tang Sanzang claimed both the banner and the wind were moving, but Zhang Yifan rejected his answer.
• Zhang Yifan declared that the heart was moving, and Tang Sanzang realized he had lost the debate.
• Tang Sanzang spat blood as his Buddha Heart shattered and his Buddhist radiance dissipated.
• Zhang Yifan asked Tang Sanzang whether he had been tempted by taking a wife.

Tang Sanzang admitted he wanted to marry the King of the Women's Country after Zhang Yifan shattered his Buddha Heart. When Sha Wujing threatened him, Tang Sanzang killed him, and Zhang Yifan's rebuke made the Heavenly Dao immediately clear the storm and snow.

• Tang Sanzang confessed that his heart had been moved and declared that he wanted to marry, shocking his disciples, the assembly, and the Western Teachings' Arhats.
• Tang Sanzang said that he could remain a Buddha even if he married and had children, while Sha Wujing warned that the Saints would punish him.
• Tang Sanzang recalled Sha Wujing eating his past lives and killed him with a single palm strike, destroying his soul and spirit.
• Thunder, lightning, heavy rain, and snow descended over the Dharma assembly after Sha Wujing died.
• Zhang Yifan cursed the weather and released Great Dao Pressure, causing the Heavenly Dao to disperse the storm and restore the sunlight.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven sensed the Heavenly Dao's fear of Zhang Yifan and resolved to follow him for the rest of his life.

At the Fengxian County Dharma Assembly, Tang Sanzang’s violent rejection of Buddhist restraint turned the people against the Western Teachings, and Zhang Yifan urged them to demand a life of dignity as humans. Their cries awakened the Human Dao, shattered most of Hongjun’s shackles on the Earthly Dao, and left the powerful figures of the Primordial Continent shocked.

• Tang Sanzang killed Sha Wujing with a slap, and the people of Fengxian County lost their remaining faith in the Western Teachings.
• Tang Sanzang thanked Zhang Yifan for helping him return to his natural human emotions, which Zhang called a return to the Human Dao.
• Zhang Yifan challenged the people of Fengxian County to reject humble submission to Buddhas and demand a life lived with dignity and abundance.
• Hundreds of thousands of people joined Zhang Yifan’s call for the Human Dao to rise, and their words manifested as law, breaking eighty percent of Hongjun’s shackles on the Earthly Dao.
• The Human Dao awakened, startling the great powers across the Primordial Continent and bringing tears of joy to Suirenshi and the Three Human Emperors.
• Zhang Yifan urged Tang Sanzang and the people to spread the Human Dao’s spark across the Primordial Continent and tear down temples.

After the Fengxian County Dharma Assembly halted the Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang left for Women's Country, and Sun Wukong asked Zhang Yifan to remove his golden hoop. Zhang Yifan revealed he knew Sun Wukong was real and requested a thousand years of magical power in return, then reached for the hoop to test his supposed invincibility.

• Tang Sanzang thanked Zhang Yifan, said he was leaving to marry in Women's Country, and warned that the Western Teachings would pursue them.
• Zhu Bajie and the White Dragon Horse followed Tang Sanzang, while Sun Wukong stayed behind to ask Zhang Yifan for help removing his golden hoop.
• Sun Wukong revealed that Tathagata had imprisoned the real Wukong and arranged for Six-Eared Macaque to kill a fake Sun Wukong.
• Zhang Yifan said he could not remove an immortal artifact as a mortal, then asked Sun Wukong for five hundred years of magical power.
• Sun Wukong agreed to give Zhang Yifan a thousand years of magical power, and Zhang Yifan reached for the golden hoop.

Zhang Yifan broke Sun Wukong’s golden circlet with a pinch, and Sun Wukong convinced him that his strength surpassed that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Zhang Yifan tested his power on a transformed Earth Immortal monkey and began to believe he really was extraordinary.

• Sun Wukong asked Zhang Yifan to remove his golden circlet, and Zhang Yifan accidentally crushed a piece of it with a pinch.
• Sun Wukong explained that even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could not forcibly remove or destroy the circlet, leading Zhang Yifan to question whether he was secretly powerful.
• Sun Wukong claimed Zhang Yifan could kill a Grand Unity Golden Immortal with one slap, and Zhang Yifan asked to punch him to test the claim.
• Sun Wukong transformed a hair into an Earth Immortal-level monkey for Zhang Yifan to strike.
• Zhang Yifan’s punch erased the transformed monkey, and he wondered aloud if he was actually awesome.

Zhang Yifan freed Sun Wukong from the golden circlet and prepared for the Western Teachings’ coming retaliation. Sun Wukong learned that Primeval Lord of Heaven served Zhang Yifan and received Saint’s Power to protect Tang Sanzang, while the Western Teachings discovered that Guanyin had perished.

• Zhang Yifan shattered Sun Wukong’s golden circlet, and Sun Wukong gave him a thousand years of magical power before leaving for Women's Country.
• Zhang Yifan warned Primeval Lord of Heaven and the others that the Western Teachings would soon strike and told them to prepare at his home.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven intercepted Sun Wukong, revealed his identity, and granted him Saint’s Power to protect Tang Sanzang for three days.
• Dragon Subduing Arhat and Tiger Subduing Arhat asked Samantabhadra Bodhisattva where Guanyin was, and he told them she had perished, body and soul destroyed.

Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing Arhats reported that the Fengxian County Dharma assembly had collapsed, Tang Sanzang had abandoned the Journey to the West and gone to marry the Queen of the Women's Country, and the people had rejected Buddhism. The gathered powers learned that an unknown mortal named Zhang Yifan had shattered Tang Sanzang's Buddha Heart, leaving Saint Zhunti furious and unable to deduce who he was.

• Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing Arhats returned to the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering and revealed that Great Master Guanyin had died, Manjushri Bodhisattva had died, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva had been crippled.
• Dragon Subduing Arhat told Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin that a mortal had defeated Tang Sanzang in a debate on Buddhist teachings and shattered his Buddha Heart.
• Dragon Subduing Arhat reported that Sha Wujing had publicly suffered diarrhea, earned the name Diarrhea Arhat, and had his Buddha Heart shattered before Tang Sanzang killed him.
• Dragon Subduing Arhat revealed that Tang Sanzang had abandoned the pilgrimage and gone to marry the Queen of the Women's Country.
• Dragon Subduing Arhat reported that Fengxian County's people were smashing Buddha statues and temples and refusing to follow Buddhism, prompting Saint Zhunti to spit blood in anger.
• Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing Arhats named the mortal as Zhang Yifan and said he had no cultivation, while Saint Zhunti failed to find any trace of him and threatened to kill him.

At the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering, Saint Zhunti cursed Zhang Yifan and was struck by scarlet lightning from the Heavenly Dao, splitting apart and losing much of his cultivation. When he accused the Heavenly Dao, it struck him again, leaving him resurrected at the initial stage of Saint First Heaven.

• Saint Zhunti cursed Zhang Yifan and threatened to kill him for opposing the Western Teachings.
• The Heavenly Dao struck Saint Zhunti with scarlet lightning, splitting him apart and reducing his cultivation from peak Saint Third Heaven to peak Saint First Heaven.
• Saint Jieyin and the other powerful figures watched as Saint Zhunti reappeared, weakened and bewildered.
• Saint Zhunti accused the Heavenly Dao of injustice, and another bolt of lightning struck him, splitting him apart again.
• Saint Zhunti reappeared once more, with his realm reduced to the initial stage of Saint First Heaven.

The Heavenly Dao punished Saint Zhunti for the Journey to the West Tribulation’s repeated failures, stripping away a third of the Western Teachings’ destiny and reducing Zhunti’s cultivation. After the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering ended, Zhunti sent forces to kill Tang Sanzang and investigate Zhang Yifan, while he and Saint Jieyin went to question Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

• The Heavenly Dao explained that the Journey to the West Tribulation had failed twice and punished Saint Zhunti twice, stripping thirty percent of the Western Teachings’ destiny.
• The Western Teachings’ Destiny Golden Dragon and sea of destiny shrank by one-third, and Saint Zhunti’s cultivation fell to the early Saint realm.
• Saint Jieyin ended the Spiritual Mountain Grand Gathering and gave each departing guest a wisp of saintly divine intent; the Grand Pure Saint and other powers turned toward Fengxian County.
• Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi gave Saint Zhunti two Ginseng Fruits before returning to Wuzhuang Temple, while Netherworld Patriarch Minghe returned to the Netherworld Blood River.
• Saint Zhunti ordered Dragon Subduing Arhat and Tiger Subduing Arhat to lead the Eighteen Arhats to kill Tang Sanzang and, if necessary, Zhu Bajie, the White Dragon Horse, and the Queen of the Women's Country.
• Saint Zhunti sent Buddha Burning Lamp to investigate Zhang Yifan and capture him if possible, then went with Saint Jieyin to ask Dao Ancestor Hongjun about the Journey to the West Tribulation.

After Zhang Yifan warned his family that Western Teachings figures might retaliate, Huoyun Cave, the Heavenly Court, and the Netherworld Underworld prepared to support Tang Sanzang’s wedding and publicly make their positions known. The Jade Emperor also chose a title and a representative to send to Zhang Yifan’s farmhouse, while the major powers set their preparations in motion.

• Zhang Yifan sent word for his family to return home, while Suirenshi and Cangjie met at Huoyun Cave and celebrated the Human Dao’s growing strength.
• Suirenshi told the Three Human Emperors that Zhang Yifan’s words had stirred the Human Dao, and Cangjie reported Li Er’s, Taibai Jinxing’s, and Yang Jian’s victories at Spiritual Mountain.
• Cangjie revealed that Saint Zhunti had been struck down twice by the Heavenly Dao after insulting Zhang Yifan, prompting the Three Human Emperors to send a grand wedding gift to Tang Sanzang.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to organize a lavish wedding gift and agreed to name Zhang Yifan Heavenly Emperor’s Imperial Tutor, with Yang Chan sent to his farmhouse.
• Saint Houtu ordered King Qin Guang and Meng Xiaojiu to send a congratulatory gift to Women’s Country and announced that the Netherworld Underworld would reemerge.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Nuwa, and other major powers also sent people to deliver wedding gifts.

Tang Sanzang returned to the Women's Country and told the queen he wanted to marry her, despite having only a few days left. The queen and her people prepared a grand wedding and vowed to resist the Western Teachings, while Dragon Subduing Arhat and Tiger Subduing Arhat arrived with the Eighteen Arhats.

• Tang Sanzang entered the queen’s chambers and reunited with the Queen of the Women's Country, who had spent a year grieving his absence.
• Tang Sanzang told the queen he would not leave again and wanted to marry her, and she agreed despite fearing the Western Teachings would kill him.
• Tang Sanzang said he had only three or four days left, so the queen chose to hold their grand wedding the day after tomorrow.
• The Queen of the Women's Country announced the wedding to her officials, who pledged to stand with her and defend the kingdom.
• The women of the Women's Country prepared the palace and streets for the wedding, while Dragon Subduing Arhat and Tiger Subduing Arhat arrived with the Eighteen Arhats.

The Eighteen Arhats interrupted Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Women's Country’s wedding, slaughtering soldiers and officials who defended the ceremony. After the wedding was completed and the Arhats threatened the citizens, Sun Wukong intervened and killed Dragon Subduing Arhat, leaving the other Arhats facing his wrath.

• The Eighteen Arhats arrived at the royal palace and demanded that Tang Sanzang cancel the wedding and return to Spirit Mountain.
• A female general led the Women's Country’s soldiers against the Arhats, but Dragon Subduing Arhat killed many of them and wounded the rest.
• The civil officials stood against the Arhats while Tang Sanzang and the Queen continued their wedding, and more officials died defending them.
• The Women's Country’s citizens formed a barrier against the Arhats, and Tang Sanzang and the Queen completed their wedding ceremony.
• The Eighteen Arhats prepared to attack the citizens, but Sun Wukong blocked their strikes and revealed his quasi-Saint power.
• Sun Wukong killed Dragon Subduing Arhat with the Golden Cudgel and challenged the remaining Arhats to kneel or fight.

Sun Wukong fought the Western Teachings’ Arhats at the Women’s Country while Tang Sanzang and the Queen helped protect the people. Just as the Queen was about to execute Tiger Subduing Arhat, a powerful figure arrived and Sun Wukong identified him as Buddha of the East.

• Tiger Subduing Arhat urged Zhu Bajie and Little White Dragon to stop Sun Wukong, but they refused to join the fight and protected civilians instead.
• Sun Wukong battled the Arhats’ formation for hours, then killed most of them after one Arhat’s death broke the formation.
• Tiger Subduing Arhat and two Arhats fled, but Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and the Queen of the Women’s Country stopped and subdued them.
• The Queen attacked Tiger Subduing Arhat with her sword, revealing that she had Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength.
• A towering pressure stopped the Queen and pinned Sun Wukong down as Buddha of the East descended.

Maitreya Buddha tried to kill Tang Sanzang and rescue Tiger Subduing Arhat and two other arhats, but envoys from Huoyun Cave, Heaven, and the Underworld intervened. With Suirenshi holding Maitreya Buddha back, the Queen of the Women's Country executed the three arhats, and Suirenshi prepared to confront Maitreya Buddha.

• Maitreya Buddha struck Tang Sanzang, but Cangjie used powerful characters to protect him and help him and the others escape.
• Cangjie arrived as the Three Human Emperors' envoy, and Taibai Jinxing arrived with the Jade Emperor's wedding gifts; both warned Maitreya Buddha against harming Tang Sanzang.
• Meng Xiaojiu arrived with the Ten Kings of Hell, restored the souls of thousands of slain Women's Country soldiers, and ordered the Queen of the Women's Country to execute the three arhats.
• Cangjie, Taibai Jinxing, and Meng Xiaojiu each warned Maitreya Buddha that interfering would make him an enemy of their respective realms and powers.
• Suirenshi trapped Maitreya Buddha in flames while the Queen of the Women's Country beheaded Tiger Subduing Arhat and killed the other two arhats, ordering their corpses displayed above the gates.
• Maitreya Buddha raged over the executions, and Suirenshi declared that he would kill Maitreya Buddha for insulting the Three Human Emperors.

Suirenshi challenged Maitreya Buddha to avenge the Three Human Emperors, and the two fought in the chaos. After Maitreya Buddha badly injured Suirenshi, Suirenshi revealed the Human Race's Primordial Fire and set him ablaze, leaving the watching experts stunned.

• Suirenshi announced that he would kill Maitreya Buddha and asked Cangjie, Taibai Jinxing, and the others to guard Women's Country.
• Suirenshi and Maitreya Buddha entered the chaos to fight while the mighty beings followed and watched.
• Maitreya Buddha struck Suirenshi with his Quasi-Saint Peak power, badly injuring him and then pursuing him with a golden-lotus sword attack.
• Suirenshi snapped his fingers and commanded the Human Race's Primordial Fire to burn Maitreya Buddha's enormous Dharma Idol.
• Maitreya Buddha screamed and failed to extinguish the flames as the watching experts stared in shock.

Suirenshi used the Human Race's Primordial Fire and fire dragons to overwhelm Maitreya Buddha, while powerful observers recognized the Human Race's strength. Maitreya Buddha failed to flee into the Primordial Continent after an unknown figure kicked him back into the chaos, and Saint Zhunti arrived as Maitreya called for help.

• Suirenshi ignited Maitreya Buddha with the Human Race's Primordial Fire, leaving him screaming in agony as powers across the Primordial Continent watched in shock.
• Suirenshi transformed into a fire god and summoned thousands of spiked fire dragons, which pierced and coiled around Maitreya Buddha's Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol.
• Maitreya Buddha tried to flee toward the Primordial Continent, but Suirenshi detonated the fire dragons and blasted holes through his Dharma Idol.
• As Maitreya Buddha neared the continent, a black shadow kicked him back into the depths of chaos, then vanished before Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi could identify it.
• Saint Zhunti's voice and power swept through the chaos, and Maitreya Buddha called out for him to save him.