Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu’s attempt to send Gu Yang home triggered his drug-fueled obsession with obtaining the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and Gu Yang raced to Fire Scale Mountain without a plan. There, he provoked the mountain’s guardians and faced two powerful fire dragons.

• Lin Zhu found Gu Yang exhausted and urged him to continue collecting Demonic Beasts, but Gu Yang broke down and cried that he wanted to go home.
• Lin Zhu told Gu Yang to go home and rest, but Gu Yang took it as being fired and insisted that he would obtain the Immortal Slaughtering Sword for their master.
• Gu Yang shook off Lin Zhu and flew toward Fire Scale Mountain, while Lin Zhu realized the Good and Evil Five Poisons Powder had affected him more severely than expected.
• Gu Yang reached Fire Scale Mountain and attacked the crater of its tallest volcano without scouting the area.
• Two fire dragons at Grand Luo Golden Immortal Completion emerged from the volcano and confronted Gu Yang.

Gu Yang fought the fire dragons guarding the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and obtained it, but Lin Zhu took the sword and left him behind. After the drug wore off, Gu Yang realized Lin Zhu had tricked him again, while Lin Zhu returned to the Heavenly Court with the sword and his other gains.

• Gu Yang battled the two fire dragons on Fire Scale Mountain while Lin Zhu watched and declined to interfere when Gu Yang refused his help.
• Gu Yang fell into the lava, resurfaced with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and defeated the fire dragons by piercing their cores.
• Lin Zhu praised Gu Yang, took the sword, promised to return, and flew toward the Heavenly Court without him.
• Gu Yang waited alone for a day and a night until the effects of the Good and Evil Five Poisons Powder passed, then realized Lin Zhu had tricked him into doing the work.
• Lin Zhu headed back to the Heavenly Court with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and the pills and medicines he had acquired.

Lin Zhu returned to Star Dou Palace with a vast haul of pills, celebrated his reunion with Fairy Nishang, and resolved to give Gu Yang even more chances to work for him. His peaceful interlude ended when he learned that Tantuo Ksitigarbha had escaped the Ninth Heaven Prison after breaking through to Half-step Quasi-Saint, apparently with help from Treasure Maiden.

• Lin Zhu reviewed his Grand Luo Golden Immortal Completion cultivation and treasures, then examined the enormous trove of pills Gu Yang had obtained for him.
• Lin Zhu returned to Star Dou Palace, where Fairy Nishang recognized his South Sea haul and joined him in the inner hall for several days and nights.
• Lin Zhu told Fairy Nishang that he felt guilty toward Gu Yang, then decided to repay him by giving him more work opportunities.
• Bi Fang reported that Tantuo Ksitigarbha had escaped the Ninth Heaven Prison, and the Archaic Sky Eagle said Treasure Maiden had visited shortly before the prisoner broke through to Half-step Quasi-Saint and tore through the prison Restrictions.
• Lin Zhu suspected Treasure Maiden had supplied Tantuo Ksitigarbha with a powerful treasure or secret art that enabled the breakthrough.

After Tantuo Ksitigarbha escaped the Ninth Heaven Prison and injured Nezha, Lin Zhu received a system mission to reform his enforcement brigade and capture the fugitives. The Jade Emperor revealed that a Saint’s Oral Decree had compelled him to let the escape happen, drawing Lin Zhu’s sharp interest.

• Bi Fang reported that Tantuo Ksitigarbha had injured Nezha and several prison guards while escaping with the Dance of the Heavenly Maiden.
• Lin Zhu received a system mission to strengthen the Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade and personally arrest Tantuo Ksitigarbha and the Dance of the Heavenly Maiden.
• Lin Zhu frightened the gathered Immortals into fleeing the Lingxiao Palace, leaving the Jade Emperor alone to apologize and explain himself.
• The Jade Emperor admitted that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Buddha Tathagata, and a Saint were bound by a secret agreement concerning Tantuo Ksitigarbha.
• The Jade Emperor said Treasure Maiden had presented a Saint’s Oral Decree, and Lin Zhu showed keen interest in the revelation.

Lin Zhu prepared to retaliate against Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s faction but went to the Heavenly Court first after Fairy Nishang warned him to learn why the Jade Emperor had stayed silent. The Jade Emperor revealed that Saint Zhunti had ordered the prison break and pleaded with Lin Zhu not to confront Ksitigarbha, while Lin Zhu remained intent on handling the matter himself.

• Lin Zhu ordered Archaic Sky Eagle to assemble the Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade and gave Bi Fang three Yellow Center Plums to protect Fairy Nishang.
• Fairy Nishang urged Lin Zhu to question the Jade Emperor before mobilizing his forces, and Lin Zhu changed course for the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Zhu arrived at Lingxiao Palace, where the Jade Emperor admitted that Saint Zhunti had issued the decree behind the prison break.
• Lin Zhu recorded his grudge against Saint Zhunti, and the Jade Emperor warned him that a secret agreement among Saints prevented the Heavenly Court from intervening.
• The Jade Emperor clung to Lin Zhu’s thigh and begged him not to confront Ksitigarbha, but Lin Zhu said he knew what he was doing.

Lin Zhu left the Jade Emperor and prepared to strengthen his Three Realms Law Enforcers with a vast supply of pills before confronting Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s faction over Tantuo Ksitigarbha. As Lin Zhu headed for the Ninth Heaven Prison, the Jade Emperor resolved to support him secretly, while news of the prison break and Lin Zhu’s return spread through the Heavenly Court.

• Lin Zhu convinced the Jade Emperor that he could confront Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with help from the Bodhisattva’s other enemies, and the Jade Emperor decided to assist him behind the scenes.
• Lin Zhu reflected on the Saint Agreement and his own limited power, then resolved to retaliate for the attack on his prison and injured subordinates.
• Lin Zhu carried a huge vat and barrel of precious pills toward the Ninth Heaven Prison to arm his Three Realms Law Enforcers.
• Fairies and passing immortals gawked at Lin Zhu and his pills, and rumors of his return spread throughout the Heavenly Court.
• After hearing that Tantuo Ksitigarbha had escaped following the prison break, immortals debated the danger of Lin Zhu’s coming conflict with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Lin Zhu rallied the Three Realms Law Enforcers after the Ninth Heaven Prison was raided, promising to lead them against Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s forces despite warnings about the Netherworld’s danger. He rejected the idea that his authority was limited to the Heavenly Court’s territory and left the Enforcers ready for revenge.

• Lin Zhu ignored the Immortals warning him not to provoke Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and carried a vat of pills toward the Ninth Heaven Prison.
• Bi Fang and the other Law Enforcers knelt before Lin Zhu, apologized for allowing Tantuo Ksitigarbha to escape, and asked him to punish them.
• Lin Zhu reassured the Enforcers that their safety mattered more than their lost face, then vowed to avenge the prison raid and injured comrades.
• The Law Enforcers rallied behind Lin Zhu’s plan to march into the Netherworld, while watching Immortals condemned the decision as reckless.
• Lin Zhu challenged an official who urged caution, rejecting the claim that the Law Enforcers had to retreat whenever they left the Heavenly Court’s jurisdiction.

Lin Zhu answered warnings against confronting the Underworld by distributing a mountain of pills to strengthen the Three Realms Law Enforcers for revenge. He restored the Archaic Sky Eagle and Abyssal Golden Turtle to the Late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, but their celebration stopped when Nine Phoenix appeared.

• Lin Zhu dumped barrels and vats of precious pills onto the plaza and announced that he would give them to the Three Realms Law Enforcers, even shielding them from the tribulations caused by breakthroughs.
• Bi Fang and the other Enforcers initially refused the reward out of guilt, but Lin Zhu ordered them to grow stronger and seek revenge, and they began taking pills and cultivating.
• Lin Zhu gave the Archaic Sky Eagle and Abyssal Golden Turtle Demon King Pills, and both recovered their strength and advanced to the Late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Nine Phoenix appeared and silenced the two Demon Kings with a single cold remark, leaving them terrified as their Demonic Energy receded.

Lin Zhu captured the Three Realms Law Enforcers’ mass tribulations with the Dou Ri Luo Net and Nine Phoenix’s flames, helping his troops advance while forging the unstable Heavenly Thunder Profound Fire Ball. He prepared to use it against Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s forces as the Enforcers assembled for their expedition to the Netherworld.

• The Archaic Sky Eagle and Abyssal Golden Turtle begged Nine Phoenix for mercy, then enthusiastically pledged loyalty to Lin Zhu.
• Lin Zhu stored the three Nine Revolutions Grand Luo Golden Pills and planned to place the remaining pills in the Ninth Heaven Prison’s stores.
• As the Enforcers’ large-scale tribulations began, Lin Zhu used the Dou Ri Luo Net and Nine Phoenix’s flames to compress the thunderclouds into a Heavenly Thunder Profound Fire Ball.
• The Enforcers completed their tribulations with their power greatly increased, while onlookers doubted they could challenge Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the Netherworld.
• Lin Zhu decided to use the unstable thunderfire pearl against Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Treasure Maiden, and Tantuo Ksitigarbha, then ordered the Enforcers to assemble.

Lin Zhu led an elite force toward the Netherworld to confront Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, while Western Heaven used his absence to prepare the Water and Land Dharma Assembly and choose a Scripture Seeker. On the way, Lin Zhu met the unawakened Chen Xuanzang, gave him a mysterious pill, and left him with a warning about gods, Buddhas, demons, and monsters.

• Lin Zhu ordered the Ninth Heaven Prison Enforcers to march openly toward the Netherworld, while he raced ahead alone to confront Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
• Buddha Tathagata learned that Lin Zhu was pursuing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and struck Li Jing down when he proposed a response.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva persuaded Buddha Tathagata to use the opportunity to hold a Water and Land Dharma Assembly in Chang'an and select the Scripture Seeker, and he sent her to the Great Tang Kingdom.
• Lin Zhu detected the system mission concerning Chen Xuanzang and stopped over Southern Jambudvipa to meet the novice monk.
• Lin Zhu gave Chen Xuanzang the Mortal Frenzy Pill and told him to act according to his heart, warning that gods, Buddhas, demons, and monsters could be paper tigers.

Lin Zhu collected Merit of Faith and traveled to the Blood Sea to meet Patriarch Styx as the Asura Clan reeled from an attack by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s forces. The chapter ended with Patriarch Styx confronting Lin Zhu and asking why he had come.

• Chen Xuanzang received Lin Zhu’s Mortal Frenzy Pill, then angrily broke his own hand while cursing the Five Directions Attendants.
• Lin Zhu received 50,000 Merit of Faith for delivering the pill and absorbed nearly 48,547 more from his temples in Southern Jambudvipa.
• Lin Zhu sensed that the Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade had not yet reached the Underworld, so he traveled ahead to meet Ancestor Minghe.
• Ancestor Minghe and the Asura Clan mourned the death of a princess and two demonic envoys in an attack by Diting, which left him weighing whether to withdraw and seal the Blood Sea.
• Lin Zhu announced his arrival, and Patriarch Styx chose to welcome him personally despite the Asura Clan’s surprise.
• Patriarch Styx emerged from the Blood Sea to confront Lin Zhu, who casually met his gaze.

Lin Zhu confronted Patriarch Styx over the Asura Clan’s losses to Ksitigarbha and threatened to join forces with him against the Blood Sea. He then laid out a legal plan to target Treasure Maiden and Tantuo Ksitigarbha, leaving Patriarch Styx under pressure to choose whether to cooperate.

• Lin Zhu offered to help Patriarch Styx fight Ksitigarbha, but Patriarch Styx mocked him and threatened to destroy him.
• Lin Zhu accused Patriarch Styx of hiding while Ksitigarbha’s forces attacked the Asura Clan, then explained that Ksitigarbha’s timing suggested a larger plan.
• Patriarch Styx recognized Lin Zhu’s scheme to use the Asura Clan against Ksitigarbha and ordered him to leave the Blood Sea.
• Lin Zhu threatened to cooperate with Ksitigarbha against the Blood Sea, prompting Patriarch Styx to seal the entrance and unleash his fury.
• Lin Zhu warned that the Heavenly Court and Ksitigarbha could destroy the Blood Sea if Patriarch Styx attacked him, forcing Patriarch Styx to restrain himself.
• Lin Zhu said he could not lawfully kill Ksitigarbha without evidence, but declared that Treasure Maiden and Tantuo Ksitigarbha had committed provable crimes and must die.

Lin Zhu forced Patriarch Styx to consider cooperation by threatening to ally with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva against the Minghe Blood Sea. After Lin Zhu explained that Western Heaven’s ambitions made conflict inevitable, Patriarch Styx accepted that they would cooperate, each hoping to use the other against Ksitigarbha.

• Lin Zhu told Patriarch Styx he could offer the Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in exchange for punishing Treasure Maiden and Tantuo Ksitigarbha, turning the Blood Sea into a target.
• Patriarch Styx tried to resist, but Lin Zhu threatened to leave and negotiate with Ksitigarbha, so Styx repeatedly called him back and agreed to talk.
• Lin Zhu argued that Western Heaven sought control of the Netherworld and that Ksitigarbha’s vow made the Minghe Blood Sea and Asura Clan obstacles that would inevitably be attacked.
• Patriarch Styx recognized that Ksitigarbha’s prison break was likely a test before fiercer assaults and that the old balance could not hold.
• Patriarch Styx decided to cooperate with Lin Zhu, hoping to draw the Heavenly Court into the conflict and shift pressure onto Ksitigarbha.

Patriarch Styx opened the Blood Sea barrier, and Lin Zhu led the Asura army and the Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade toward Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s dojo. As the Netherworld panicked at their approach, Great Emperor Fengdu sent the Ghost Emperors to awaken a powerful figure from the Netherworld’s depths, while the Jade Emperor watched in silence.

• Patriarch Styx tore open the Blood Sea’s ancient barrier, allowing the Asura army to flood into the Netherworld alongside Lin Zhu’s Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade.
• Nine Phoenix shielded the brigade from the Blood Sea’s pressure, then identified Vishnu as a Half-step Quasi-Saint she could fight without being killed.
• Lin Zhu ordered the forces to advance toward Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s dojo, keeping his brigade behind the Asuras and away from the Underworld’s officials and facilities.
• Great Emperor Fengdu saw Lin Zhu’s forces through the Netherworld Mirror and ordered the Eastern Ghost Emperor and the others to awaken the mysterious being in the Netherworld’s deepest reaches.
• Lin Zhu focused on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s dojo and the criminals Treasure Maiden and Tantuo Ksitigarbha, while the Jade Emperor monitored the invasion from Lingxiao Palace.

Lin Zhu led Patriarch Styx and the Heavenly Court forces to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Five Turbid Worlds, where he planned to use a powerful thunder-fire bead to break through the hostile realm. After Lin Zhu challenged Ksitigarbha to come out and “play marbles,” Diting answered on Ksitigarbha’s behalf and demanded that the attackers withdraw.

• Patriarch Styx explained that the Five Turbid Worlds were chaotic ruins beyond the protection of the Three Realms’ laws and weakened cultivators’ powers.
• Lin Zhu revealed a marble made from compressed heavenly tribulation and witch-fire power, which Patriarch Styx recognized as an extraordinarily destructive weapon.
• Lin Zhu approached the Five Turbid Worlds and shouted for Ksitigarbha to come out and play marbles.
• Inside the realm, Ksitigarbha’s forces watched the allied army while Ksitigarbha remained seated and unmoved.
• Diting invoked Ksitigarbha’s vow not to wage war and demanded that Lin Zhu and Patriarch Styx withdraw, while Treasure Maiden echoed him with resentment toward Lin Zhu.

Lin Zhu blasted open the Five Turbid Worlds’ barrier with the Heavenly Thunder Profound Fire Ball, briefly disrupting Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s forces before Ksitigarbha repaired the barrier and sent his army out to attack. Patriarch Styx was stunned by Lin Zhu’s power as the enemy forces advanced toward them.

• Lin Zhu hurled the Heavenly Thunder Profound Fire Ball at the Five Turbid Worlds, tearing a huge hole in its boundary and flooding the realm with destructive light and thunder.
• The light and blast injured Diting, threw the Asura Monks into chaos, and briefly stirred signs of awakening among the monks and Six Paths Ksitigarbha Clones.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva opened his eyes and repaired the barrier with a wave of his hand, restoring darkness and suppressing the signs of unrest.
• Diting received Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s permission to lead the Six Emissaries, the Six Paths Ksitigarbha Clones, and the Asura Monks out to attack Lin Zhu and Patriarch Styx.
• Patriarch Styx reconsidered Lin Zhu after seeing his attack breach the barrier and wondered how someone with Perfected Grand Luo cultivation could wield such power.

Lin Zhu abruptly attacked Ksitigarbha’s army and captured Tantuo Ksitigarbha along with several dozen Ksitigarbha Clones, turning the standoff into a chaotic chase. As Diting struck at the fleeing Lin Zhu, Patriarch Styx intervened to protect his ally.

• Patriarch Styx and Ksitigarbha’s army brought their forces to an all-out standoff outside the Netherworld, with Lin Zhu’s brigade between them.
• Lin Zhu transformed into a golden rainbow, seized Tantuo Ksitigarbha and several dozen Ksitigarbha Clones with Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, and fled toward the Blood Sea.
• Diting and the Six Emissaries pursued Lin Zhu while Patriarch Styx’s forces stood stunned, prompting Lin Zhu to call for Patriarch Styx to join the fight.
• Lin Zhu used Buddha Kingdom in the Palm to crush weaker Ksitigarbha Clones and weaken Tantuo Ksitigarbha as he evaded his pursuers.
• Diting launched a devastating claw strike at Lin Zhu, and Patriarch Styx moved to stop it and defend his ally.

Lin Zhu escaped to Patriarch Styx’s camp with Tantuo Ksitigarbha and dozens of other Ksitigarbhas imprisoned in his palm. He executed them with the God-Slaying Spear before both armies, while Diting and the Six Emissaries could only watch, and the spear’s killing intent began to transform Lin Zhu.

• Patriarch Styx used the Yuantu and Abi Swords to destroy Diting’s attack and hurl Diting into a distant mountain.
• Lin Zhu reached the Blood Sea camp with Tantuo Ksitigarbha and dozens of Ksitigarbhas imprisoned in Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
• Lin Zhu defended his actions as lawful enforcement and sentenced the captives to death with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Patriarch Styx and the Asura leaders blocked Diting and the Six Emissaries as Lin Zhu’s spear annihilated the captives, including Tantuo Ksitigarbha.
• The God-Slaying Spear produced a Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone, and its killing intent caused Lin Zhu to take on an increasingly fearsome, demonic aspect.

Lin Zhu and Patriarch Styx launched an all-out assault on Ksitigarbha’s forces after Lin Zhu targeted Treasure Maiden and the Blood Sea army charged. As the battle spread across the void, Lin Zhu urged Patriarch Styx to stop dueling Diting and the Great Compassionate Heavenly Maiden and attack the enemy’s formations; Patriarch Styx finally unleashed his Blood God Son Clones.

• Lin Zhu threatened Treasure Maiden, while Patriarch Styx resolved to exploit Ksitigarbha’s losses and launch a fierce assault.
• Patriarch Styx led the Blood Sea army in a charge against Ksitigarbha’s forces, and Diting ordered his troops to hold formation.
• Lin Zhu told the Three Realms Law Enforcers to conserve their strength and target Treasure Maiden, while he considered using the Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone against Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
• Patriarch Styx fought Diting and the Great Compassionate Heavenly Maiden as the armies clashed across the battlefield.
• Lin Zhu urged Patriarch Styx to attack the Ksitigarbha Clones and disrupt their formations, and Patriarch Styx answered by summoning four hundred and eighty million Blood God Son Clones.

Lin Zhu warned Patriarch Styx that Ksitigarbha was preparing a dangerous scheme, prompting them to unleash the Blood River Great Array against the Buddha Light barrier. As the array bore down on the Five Turbid Worlds, Lin Zhu accused Ksitigarbha’s forces of abusing compassion to seize authority and disrupt the Underworld.

• The Ksitigarbha Clones and Asura Monks invoked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s blessing, strengthening their Buddha Light barrier against the 480 million Blood God Son clones.
• Lin Zhu sensed danger, urged Patriarch Styx to end the battle quickly, and joined him in committing to an all-out attack.
• Patriarch Styx gathered the Asura Clan and Blood God Son clones into the Blood River Great Array, which advanced toward the Five Turbid Worlds.
• Diting sent an urgent plea to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for help while Lin Zhu taunted him over their past conflict.
• Lin Zhu and Patriarch Styx defended their assault as enforcement of the Heavenly Edicts, and Lin Zhu ordered the Three Realms Enforcement Officers Brigade to retreat.
• Lin Zhu rejected Diting and the others’ appeals to compassion and accused Ksitigarbha of stealing souls, building power, and defying the Heavenly Court.