Chapter Summaries

Guangchengzi sacrificed Chijingzi and detonated the Fan Tian Yin to survive Xuanyuan’s attack, but Chijingzi’s true spirit was drawn into the Investiture of the Gods. The remaining Golden Immortals of Chan Teachings turned against Guangchengzi as Xuanyuan, Kong Xuan, and Yunxiao’s sisters prepared to attack him again.

• Chijingzi gave Guangchengzi a moment to reconnect with the Fan Tian Yin, and Guangchengzi detonated the treasure to escape Xuanyuan’s sword strike.
• The explosion severely wounded Kong Xuan and destroyed Guangchengzi’s arm, while Chijingzi’s sacrifice weakened Xuanyuan’s Human Emperor Sword Qi.
• The Investiture of the Gods drew Chijingzi’s true spirit into its scroll, making him the first high-ranking member of Chan Teachings to enter it through the war.
• Guangchengzi defended sacrificing Chijingzi as necessary for Chan Teachings, shocking and alienating True Man Taiyi, True Man Yu Ding, Daoxing Tianzun, and the other Golden Immortals.
• Xuanyuan vowed to slay Guangchengzi, Kong Xuan renewed his challenge, and Yunxiao and her sisters restored the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.

Xuanyuan and the others cornered Guangchengzi in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation after he sacrificed Chijingzi to save himself. As Xuanyuan moved to kill him, the demonic energy Venerable Yuanshi had left inside Guangchengzi erupted, unleashing power beyond that of an ordinary Heavenly Dao Saint.

• Guangchengzi admitted he had sacrificed Chijingzi for his own survival, claiming the death served the Chan Teachings, and his fellow disciples turned against him.
• Kong Xuan, Bixiao, and Xuanyuan condemned Guangchengzi as Yunxiao sealed the formation and Xuanyuan struck him with the Human Emperor Sword.
• Kong Xuan bound Guangchengzi with Five-Colored Divine Light while the Three Xiao Sisters crushed him with the formation, leaving him wounded and unable to recover.
• Xuanyuan raised his sword to execute Guangchengzi, who begged for his life and invoked Venerable Yuanshi.
• The demonic energy Venerable Yuanshi had left in Guangchengzi erupted, and his power surged beyond that of an ordinary Heavenly Dao Saint.

Daoist Duobao went to confront Guangchengzi after the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s power overwhelmed the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. As Guangchengzi’s attack on Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan was stopped by a mysterious voice, the story left the speaker’s identity unrevealed.

• Daoist Randeng watched Chijingzi die and enter the Investiture of the Gods while Ji Fa worried that Guangchengzi might fall.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin watched the battle and welcomed the Chan Teachings’ turmoil as an opportunity for the Western Lands.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Daoist Duobao that the power corrupting Guangchengzi came from the Primordial Heavenly Demon, who had seized Venerable Yuanshi’s Saint position and Dao Fruit.
• Duobao volunteered to aid the Sect of Interception’s disciples, and Tongtian sent him to battle Guangchengzi.
• Guangchengzi’s demonic power suppressed Xuanyuan, Kong Xuan, and the Yunxiao sisters, but a mysterious voice halted his attack on Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan.

Daoist Duobao appeared in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation as a newly ascended Saint, stunning the watching powers and giving the Sect of Interception three Saints. He faced the demon-possessed Guangchengzi and began their contest.

• Daoist Duobao emerged inside the formation, and his Saintly pressure suppressed the demonic aura surrounding Guangchengzi.
• Randeng and the other onlookers recognized Duobao as the newly ascended Saint, while Xuanyuan, Kong Xuan, and the San Xiao sisters welcomed him.
• The remaining Golden Immortals of the Chan Teachings despaired at the arrival of a true Saint.
• Duobao asked Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan to step back, then challenged Guangchengzi to settle the conflict between their sects.
• Guangchengzi broke free of Duobao's pressure and mocked him for relying on Primordial Violet Qi to attain Sagehood.
• Duobao calmly raised his hand and prepared to make his move against Guangchengzi.

Duobao effortlessly overwhelmed the Primordial Heavenly Demon-possessed Guangchengzi and prepared to erase him, but Daoist Randeng intervened at the last moment. Randeng had entered the formation to protect an important piece from the Heavenly Demon’s anger.

• Guangchengzi attacked Duobao with a demonic claw, but Duobao stopped it with one finger and shattered it.
• Duobao subdued Guangchengzi by controlling the laws within the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and suppressed the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s source demonic qi.
• Duobao prepared to erase Guangchengzi and send him to the Investiture of the Gods, but a new Dao resonance disrupted his control.
• In the Western Qi camp, Daoist Randeng decided Guangchengzi could not die at Duobao’s hands because the Primordial Heavenly Demon would blame him.
• Daoist Randeng appeared inside the formation and blocked Duobao’s attack.

Randeng intervened to save Guangchengzi, but Duobao effortlessly overcame his attacks and refused to let him leave the formation. Duobao summoned more than a thousand powerful magic treasures, leaving Randeng stunned as the confrontation continued.

• Randeng entered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and blocked Duobao from striking Guangchengzi, arguing that he had to protect the Chan Teachings’ foremost disciple.
• Duobao rejected Randeng’s warning about entering the calamity, while Xuanyuan, Kong Xuan, and Bixiao challenged Randeng’s attempt to interfere.
• Randeng attacked Duobao with the ancient lamp’s flames and reached for Guangchengzi, but Duobao erased the flames and knocked his hand away with Saint power.
• Randeng gathered his strength to fight despite knowing Duobao was stronger, and Duobao summoned more than a thousand powerful magic treasures, stunning him.

Duobao overwhelmed Randeng with a formation of magic treasures, but the Two Saints of the West intervened to rescue the Chan Teachings disciples. Duobao weighed whether to resist their interference and held back, leaving the outcome dependent on Qin Mu’s decision.

• Duobao unleashed wave after wave of magic treasures, breaking Randeng’s defenses and nearly shattering his ancient lamp.
• The observers on both sides reacted to Randeng’s defeat, while Tongtian praised Duobao and the Sect of Interception celebrated.
• Randeng heard a private assurance that help was coming and used his remaining mana to hold out against Duobao’s final attack.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sent Buddhist power from afar to interfere with the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and asked Duobao to spare Guangchengzi and Randeng.
• Duobao considered blocking the rescue and killing them, but decided not to escalate matters before Qin Mu gave word.

Duobao spared Randeng and Guangchengzi after Jieyin and Zhunti intervened, then expelled the Chan Teachings and Western Lands forces from the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. As Western Qi’s leaders struggled to face their defeat, a mysterious figure emerged from a rift and froze everyone in the camp.

• Duobao accepted Jieyin and Zhunti’s plea to spare Randeng and Guangchengzi, but warned the Chan Teachings and Western Teachings not to target the Sect of Interception again.
• Duobao swept Randeng, Guangchengzi, and the Chan Teachings Golden Immortals out of the formation, and Randeng fled toward the Western Qi camp.
• Randeng, Ji Fa, and the Chan Teachings Golden Immortals confronted their defeat in the command tent while Guangchengzi suffered from his injuries.
• Jieyin and Zhunti appeared and lamented that Duobao’s sainthood had left the Sect of Interception with three Saints.
• A terrifying aura suppressed the Western Qi camp, and an unknown figure stepped through a rift and immobilized everyone present.

A mysterious figure called the Dark Night Monarch appeared in Ji Fa’s tent and overwhelmed everyone with his power. Ji Fa recognized him as one of the Fifty Monarchs, an existence from the end of the previous epoch.

• The Dark Night Monarch’s arrival immobilized everyone and nearly dispersed Jieyin and Zhunti’s Saint avatars.
• Guangchengzi challenged the Dark Night Monarch, who broke him with a single look and left him terrified.
• The Dark Night Monarch introduced himself, while Randeng, Jieyin, and Zhunti could not identify him.
• Ji Fa and Daji reacted with terror, and Ji Fa identified the Dark Night Monarch as one of the Fifty Monarchs who destroyed The End and commanded eternal stillness.
• The Dark Night Monarch said Ji Fa was a survivor from the previous epoch and expressed interest that he remembered the name.

The Dark Night Monarch revealed that the Primordial Wilderness was a bubble that would be destroyed in cycles, and that he and other survivors were Epoch Masters. After learning that Yuanshi had offered them as tools, Zhunti considered submitting to the Monarch as a way to help the Western Teachings rise and survive the coming destruction.

• The Dark Night Monarch revealed that Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox had survived from the previous epoch, and explained that the Primordial Wilderness would eventually be destroyed.
• The Dark Night Monarch explained that Epoch Masters survived past epochs, that the Fifty Monarchs stood among their strongest, and that Yuanshi had allied with him.
• The Dark Night Monarch told Jieyin and Zhunti that Yuanshi had presented them as tools for clearing away his troubles.
• Zhunti asked why the Dark Night Monarch had revealed these secrets, and the Monarch said he enjoyed watching Saints despair as their worldviews collapsed.
• The Dark Night Monarch demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti become his dogs, and Zhunti bowed as he considered the chance to gain power and help the Western Teachings survive the coming destruction.

The Dark Night Monarch forced Jieyin and Zhunti to serve him and ordered them to kill Ancestor Minghe to provoke Qin Mu and test his response. He gave them an Epoch Anchor to suppress Minghe’s Heavenly Dao power for one hour, and Zhunti accepted the mission.

• The Dark Night Monarch named Qin Mu as his target and demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti act as his blades to expose Qin Mu’s strength.
• The Dark Night Monarch empowered Guangchengzi with dark energy, turning him into a powerful puppet of darkness.
• The Dark Night Monarch ordered Jieyin and Zhunti to go to the Nether Blood Sea and kill Ancestor Minghe.
• The Dark Night Monarch explained that killing Minghe would pressure Qin Mu and disrupt the Nether Underworld, then threatened the two Saints when Zhunti questioned the mission.
• The Dark Night Monarch gave Jieyin and Zhunti an Epoch Anchor that could create a Land of Daofall in the Nether Blood Sea for one hour.
• Zhunti took the Epoch Anchor and vowed that they would carry out the Dark Night Monarch’s command.

Zhunti and Jieyin accepted the Dark Night Monarch’s mission to kill Minghe, hoping to gain access to the secrets of the Epoch Lord and immortality. They confronted Minghe in the Nether Blood Sea, where he mocked their accusations and challenged their hypocrisy.

• Zhunti and Jieyin took the Epoch Anchor from the Dark Night Monarch and agreed to kill Minghe in exchange for a chance at epochal inheritance.
• Minghe fed the Western Teachings’ seized Buddhist relics and artifacts to the Blood Sea, strengthening its origin and bringing forth new Asura Clan members.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at the Blood Sea and met Minghe’s Saintly pressure with their own.
• Zhunti accused Minghe of raiding Mount Sumeru and came to settle their karmic debt.
• Minghe mocked the two Saints and accused the Western Teachings of hypocrisy for scheming against the Underworld before Zhunti angrily reacted.

Saint Jieyin and Zhunti attacked Ancestor Minghe in the Blood Sea, but his formation repelled their initial assault. Zhunti then unleashed the Epoch Anchor, whose wave of finality spread across the Blood Sea and the surrounding Nether realm, leaving Minghe’s fate unresolved.

• Saint Jieyin struck Minghe with a golden Buddhist palm, and Minghe used the Blood Sea Formation to destroy it.
• Minghe unleashed countless blood dragons, while Zhunti repeatedly swept them away with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Jieyin and Zhunti realized they could not defeat Minghe through conventional attacks and agreed to use another method.
• Zhunti revealed the Epoch Anchor and poured his Saint power into it.
• Zhunti sent the Epoch Anchor into the Blood Sea, releasing a wave of darkness that swept through the sea and the surrounding Nether realm.

Zhunti and Jieyin used the Epoch Anchor to turn the Blood Sea into a Land of Daofall, suppressing Minghe and nearly killing him. Empress Pingxin sensed the Blood Sea had been cut off from her power and sent divine sense to Jin'ao Island.

• Zhunti and Jieyin's Epoch Anchor silenced the Blood Sea, erased the Asura Clan, and severed Minghe's connection to the Blood Sea and Heavenly Dao.
• Zhunti and Jieyin attacked Minghe with their corrupted treasures, breaking his defenses and smashing him into the Blood Sea.
• Minghe tried to contact Empress Pingxin for help but could not reach her through the dark power.
• Minghe sent a desperate message to Qin Mu, while his divine sense was corroded as it passed through the Land of Daofall.
• Empress Pingxin sensed the Blood Sea had been isolated and sent a strand of divine sense toward Jin'ao Island.

Qin Mu sensed Minghe’s desperate plea and tore into the Land of Daofall to confront Jieyin and Zhunti. The chapter ended with him facing the two Saints after finding Minghe near death.

• Qin Mu sensed the Epoch Anchor’s power and received urgent messages from Empress Pingxin and Minghe.
• Qin Mu left Penglai Island alone and forced a passage through space-time to the Nether Blood Sea.
• Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to kill the badly wounded Minghe and erase his Saint Dao Fruit.
• Qin Mu tore open the Land of Daofall and appeared before Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Qin Mu looked at Minghe, then challenged Jieyin and Zhunti for harming one of his people.

Qin Mu tore open the Epoch Anchor’s darkness to reach the trapped Minghe, while Dark Night Monarch urged Jieyin and Zhunti to finish killing him before Qin Mu could enter. The rift began closing as the two Saints resumed their attack.

• Qin Mu tore a rift through the darkness surrounding the Land of Daofall, startling Jieyin and Zhunti and giving Minghe hope of rescue.
• Minghe called to Qin Mu for help and accused Jieyin and Zhunti of ambushing him.
• Qin Mu noticed the rift healing and sensed that the darkness held power beyond the Heavenly Dao.
• Dark Night Monarch dismissed Qin Mu’s breach and ordered Jieyin and Zhunti to keep killing Minghe or face death themselves.
• Jieyin and Zhunti renewed their attack on Minghe, and the dark power forcibly shut the rift before Qin Mu could enter.

Qin Mu discovered that an ancient force called the Epoch Anchor had sealed the Land of Daofall and attacked it with his Grass Sword divine ability. As the barrier began to crack and Minghe remained trapped with Jieyin and Zhunti, Jieyin rushed to finish him before Qin Mu could break in.

• Zhunti trapped Minghe beneath the dark barrier and struck at him with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree while Qin Mu was shut outside.
• Qin Mu sensed that the barrier cut off space, time, karma, and the Heavenly Dao, and suspected a powerful being behind the Two Saints of the West.
• Qin Mu swung a blade of grass at the barrier, creating a vast fissure that began consuming the Epoch Anchor's dark power.
• The sword light pierced into the Land of Daofall and split the Blood Sea, narrowly missing Zhunti.
• Jieyin warned Zhunti that Qin Mu could destroy the formation and poured Quintessential Blood into the Twelfth-Rank Black-Gold Lotus Platform to suppress Minghe quickly.

Jieyin and Zhunti trapped Minghe in the Land of Daofall after the Dark Night Monarch reinforced the Epoch Anchor and cut him off from his Senior Brother. Facing certain defeat, Minghe began burning his Saint Origin to detonate the Blood Sea, forcing the two Saints to combine their power to suppress him.

• Jieyin unleashed the Black-Gold Lotus Platform against Minghe as the Dark Night Monarch noticed Qin Mu's sword had shaken the Epoch Anchor.
• The Dark Night Monarch strengthened the Epoch Anchor, sealed the Land of Daofall, and declared that no one could enter for an hour.
• Zhunti mocked Minghe, who realized his Senior Brother could no longer reach him.
• Minghe abandoned his defenses and began burning his Saint Origin to detonate the Blood Sea and take Jieyin and Zhunti with him.
• Jieyin and Zhunti combined their Saint power to manifest Jieyin's Buddha Realm and suppress Minghe.

Jieyin and Zhunti overwhelmed Minghe with Jieyin's Buddha Realm, refining his Saint Dao Fruit and True Spirit until he fell. Heaven-Crying Blood Rain revealed the first Heavenly Dao Saint's death, and Tongtian and Qin Mu's Emperor Venerate Clone realized the Two Saints of the West were responsible.

• Jieyin and Zhunti used the Buddha Realm to engulf the Blood Sea and suppress Minghe's desperate counterattack.
• Jieyin's Buddha Realm refined Minghe until his Saint Dao Fruit exploded and his True Spirit was completely destroyed.
• The Heavenly Dao mourned Minghe's death with blood rain across the Great Desolation, shocking its powerful beings.
• Tongtian recognized that Jieyin and Zhunti had killed Minghe and stopped himself from rushing to the Western Lands as he worried about Qin Mu.
• Qin Mu's Emperor Venerate Clone learned of Minghe's fall, condemned the Two Saints of the West, and stirred the Heavenly Court's Fortune Golden Dragon to roar.

Qin Mu broke the Dark Sky with a single punch after Jieyin and Zhunti killed Minghe, then confronted the two Saints over his death. He summoned the Destruction Divine Spear, leaving Jieyin and Zhunti facing a weapon made to slay Saints.

• Hongjun observed the Dark Night Monarch's power in the Blood Sea and chose not to intervene.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon celebrated Minghe's death and hoped the killing would provoke Qin Mu.
• Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to withdraw their Buddha Kingdom after suppressing the Blood Sea, but cracks spread across the Dark Sky.
• Qin Mu shattered the Dark Sky, confronted Jieyin and Zhunti, and sealed the surrounding time and space.
• Qin Mu summoned the Destruction Divine Spear, and Zhunti urged Jieyin to fight him.