Chapter Summaries

Meng Qi appraised Yellow Springs' hand bones and Ze Luoju's treasures, then sold several items to Qu Jiuniang and exchanged Merit Points for information about An Guoxie's caches and a mysterious token. He learned that the token activated the Gate of All Phenomena, but its purpose remained unknown.

• Meng Qi learned the hand bones were Yellow Springs' remains and asked the Lord of Six Paths Samsara about sharing them and borrowing Dharma Body-level items.
• Meng Qi decided to share the hand bones with his companions and appraised Ze Luoju's secret treasures.
• Meng Qi negotiated with Qu Jiuniang and sold her the Evil Ghost Claiming Life Stone for two thousand eight hundred Merit Points.
• Meng Qi exchanged Ze Luoju's saber, unused treasures, and Worry-Free Flowers, bringing his balance to twelve thousand six hundred and forty-five Merit Points.
• Meng Qi sold An Guoxie's keys and token information to Qu Jiuniang, then learned that the strange token activated the Gate of All Phenomena.

Meng Qi exchanged for the Sticking to Karma saber art, completed Seven Strikes of Violet Thunder, and acquired a powerful Saber Sword Combination move along with healing medicine and a Daoist robe. After reading a letter from his affiliated team, he asked Qu Jiuniang about the Conferred Gods mission.

• Meng Qi chose to have Sticking to Karma infused into him and gained insight into how the technique used an opponent's karma against them.
• Meng Qi filled in the remaining strikes of Seven Strikes of Violet Thunder and exchanged for the Sunfall Saber Sword Combination move.
• Qu Jiuniang recommended the Fire-Spitting Xuan-Absorbing Pill and a Qingyuan Daoist robe, and Meng Qi exchanged for both.
• Meng Qi read Yuan Yang's letter about the affiliated team's progress and its planned gathering in Jiangdong six months later.
• After returning to Biyou Palace with Qu Jiuniang, Meng Qi seriously asked her about the Conferred Gods.

Meng Qi learned about the Investiture of the Gods World, then cultivated near Bomi while waiting for Jiang Zhiwei. After they reunited, they used Ze Luoju’s token to open the Gate of All Phenomena and found it led to another world.

• Qu Jiuniang told Meng Qi that the Investiture of the Gods World held dangerous Daoist sects, strange arts, and Secret Treasures, including an imitation of the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book that had harmed True Lord Xuan Tan.
• Meng Qi returned to Bomi and used Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to cultivate his Dharma Image, making rapid progress.
• Jiang Zhiwei arrived two months later, and Meng Qi invited her to explore the Gate of All Phenomena with Ze Luoju’s token.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei traveled to Fish Sea, found the hidden chamber beneath the courtyard on Guangling Street, and opened the Gate of All Phenomena.
• The gate led into a volcanic world where Jiang Zhiwei found signs that someone had dug Sun God Stone from the magma, and they spotted a Mechanical Iron Bird outside.

Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei explored a world where mechanical inventions and the art of mechanisms were far more advanced than in their own era, then traveled toward Yongzhou City with Xie Xian and Ouyang Zheng. As they rode an Ink Carriage, a severe man carrying a Sword Box appeared, and Meng Qi sensed that trouble was near.

• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei descended from Fire Mist Mountain and learned from an old farmer that Xie Xian had improved the village's Mechanical Oxen and was preparing for the Prefecture City Talent Examination.
• Xie Xian explained that an evil demon had emerged from Fire Mist Mountain two years earlier, killed people, and stolen Sun God Stone before a Celestial Master and a Sect Master drove it away.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei joined Xie Xian and Daoist Ouyang on a carriage to Yongzhou City, where they exchanged silver for tickets on an Ink Carriage.
• The Ink Carriage raced along the road on mechanical legs, and Jiang Zhiwei explained that the world's lost mechanical arts had once existed in their own world as well.
• A cold man carrying a Sword Box walked through the Ink Carriage, and Meng Qi sensed killing intent in his tangled karma.

Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei learned about the Mohist Palace, the Immortal Sects, and the lost paths of cultivation while traveling in an Ink Carriage. When a sealed Sword Pellet broke free and attacked the passengers, Meng Qi shattered its attack with a casual flick.

• Meng Qi drew information from Xie Xian and Ouyang Zheng about the Mohist Palace, the Immortal Sects, and the paths of mechanics, talisman practitioners, and Sword Immortals.
• Ouyang Zheng described ancient Qi Practitioners and said the inheritance of martial artists and Qi Practitioners had been severed after the Demonic chaos on Earth.
• Chang Huan and Daoist Lin boarded the Ink Carriage, and the Sword Box man revealed a sealed Sword Pellet he had found in the South Sea.
• The Sword Pellet burst through its talisman seals and struck at Chang Huan before turning toward the passengers near the window.
• Meng Qi flicked the red light apart, and the Sword Pellet fell to the ground as the carriage passengers stared in shock.

Meng Qi revealed his physical strength by deflecting a flying sword, then posed as an Ancient Qi Practitioner and accepted Chang Huan’s invitation to Yongzhou. As the Ink Palace and Myriad Phenomena Sect moved to investigate him and Jiang Zhiwei, Meng Qi gave her a Samsara Talisman in case they needed to escape.

• Meng Qi flicked away the Feixia Sect nun’s flying sword with one finger, then introduced himself and Jiang Zhiwei as South Sea islanders who had inherited an Ancient Qi Practitioner’s legacy.
• Chang Huan invited Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei to stay at the Yongzhou Post Station, while Ouyang Zheng went to report to the Myriad Phenomena Temple and Xie Xian went to the Ink Palace.
• Meng Qi gave Jiang Zhiwei a Samsara Talisman and explained that the local sects might know about the Gate of All Phenomena or move against them.
• The martial artists who had followed them debated whether to approach Meng Qi for the Qi Practitioner method, deciding to wait for the sects to verify his claim.
• An Ink Palace senior figure sent Chang Huan with a Mechanical Dragon to test Meng Qi, while Master Guo prepared to report to the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s leader and investigate him.

Meng Qi demonstrated the power of an ancient qi refiner to Zhu Kui and Guo Feihu, summoning wind, clouds, thunder, rain, and clear skies through his Inner Landscape. He ended by challenging Zhu Kui to attack him.

• Zhu Kui arrived at the Post Station aboard the Mo Palace’s mechanical flood dragon, and Guo Feihu came to visit as well.
• Meng Qi told Zhu Kui that he and Jiang Zhiwei had found an ancient qi-refiner inheritance on an island in the South Sea.
• Guo Feihu suggested that Meng Qi or Jiang Zhiwei manifest an Inner Landscape to prove they were qi refiners, and Zhu Kui agreed to judge their strength.
• Meng Qi explained that the human body was a world and demonstrated his Inner Landscape by changing the weather across Yongzhou.
• After clearing the storm and revealing his overwhelming power, Meng Qi invited Zhu Kui to attack him instead.

Meng Qi challenged Zhu Kui and overwhelmed the Vermilion Dragon, demonstrating the power of his physical cultivation to the watching martial artists. The Ink Palace considered recruiting him while the Myriad Phenomena Sect investigated his origins and an ancient sealed door remained unopened.

• Meng Qi challenged Zhu Kui to a fight, and Guo Feihu set up a formation to contain the damage.
• Meng Qi endured the Vermilion Dragon's flames and scarlet pearl, then avoided its tail strike and grabbed it with both hands.
• Meng Qi used Dharma Heaven Manifestation Earth to enlarge himself and slam the Vermilion Dragon into the ground, breaking the formation before Guo Feihu stopped the fight.
• Zhu Kui said he would report Meng Qi to the Ink Palace, while martial artists rushed in to beg Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei for instruction; Meng Qi left, telling Jiang Zhiwei that the Dao could not be lightly transmitted.
• Leaders in the Ink Palace discussed recruiting Meng Qi and wondered whether he and Jiang Zhiwei had come from outside, while a white-haired Daoist at the Myriad Phenomena Sect left an ancient, dangerous door unopened.

Daoist Yunhe confronted Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei about arriving through the Gate of All Phenomena and revealed that the Myriad Phenomena Sect lived in a grotto-heaven cut off from the outside world. He asked whether the Demon Buddha’s upheaval had ended, leaving them to answer a question that could determine what he learned about the world beyond.

• A martial artist leader knelt before Su and appealed to the suffering of martial artists, and the other four joined her while Su and Jiang remained silent.
• Daoist Yunhe summoned the Primordial Unity Pure Qi Divine Talisman and left the Myriad Phenomena Sect to visit his grand-nephew Guo.
• Yunhe arrived at Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei’s room at night, and Meng Qi sensed that the Daoist’s overwhelming pressure rivaled that of the Imperial Advisor of the Bomi Kingdom.
• Yunhe asked whether Meng Qi and Jiang had entered through the Gate of All Phenomena, then explained that the Myriad Phenomena Sect occupied a grotto-heaven isolated from the outside world.
• Yunhe revealed that the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Venerable had left through the sect’s Gate of All Phenomena and never returned, and that the sect had destroyed another gate after learning of the Demon Buddha’s calamity.
• Yunhe asked Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei whether the Demon Buddha’s upheaval had ended.

Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei told True Person Yunhe about the world beyond the Cave Heaven, including Buddha’s intervention and the decline of qi refinement. Yunhe proposed opening trade with the outside world, and the pair left for Yingmo while he prepared the Myriad Phenomena Sect to make contact.

• Jiang Zhiwei and Meng Qi explained that Buddha had subdued the Demon Buddha and that the outside world’s vital energy and qi-refinement path had declined.
• Meng Qi described the Dharmakaya experts and Shaolin’s history, prompting Yunhe to connect Lotus Platform Mountain with Shaohua Mountain and Ananda’s death.
• Yunhe proposed sending disciples and a messenger to Jiangdong to establish trade, and Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei agreed.
• Meng Qi asked to leave a qi-refinement lineage in the Cave Heaven, and Yunhe approved.
• Guo Feihu questioned the risks of contacting the outside world, while Yunhe said he wanted to investigate the Immortal Venerable’s tomb and what it suppressed.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei left for Yingmo before dawn, leaving a note for Chang Huan.

Fang Huayin and Wan Yu continued following Mr. Su and Miss Jiang’s mysterious carriage, and Fang Huayin proved her resolve when they were attacked by bandits. The carriage’s feats spread through the jianghu, and it arrived at a gathering of warriors, leaving them eager to uncover its secret.

• Fang Huayin chose to keep following the carriage after Wang Dong, Mo Yan, and Lu Fengming turned back, while Wan Yu stayed with her.
• When bandits attacked, Fang Huayin and Wan Yu fought despite their exhaustion, and Mr. Su guided Fang Huayin’s sword strike so she could defeat them.
• Rumors about the mysterious carriage spread, and Mr. Su and Miss Jiang defeated a mechanism master and an Evil Path Sword Cultivator who ambushed them.
• Wang Dong and the others gathered with jianghu warriors to discuss the carriage, which appeared at the estate surrounded by golden, black, and white lights.

Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei unveiled a new Martial Path to the martial artists, and Fang Huayin chose to follow Meng Qi as his registered disciple. After reaching the Second Heaven of the Outer Scenery realm, Meng Qi sought rare materials and negotiated a trade with the Mohist Palace.

• Meng Qi taught the crowd new methods of physical cultivation through the carriage, and the martial artists recognized him as an immortal who had opened the Martial Path for them.
• Fang Huayin and Wan Yu were offered glory and status, but Fang Huayin chose to pursue the Martial Path’s mysteries and crossed the clouds to join the carriage.
• Meng Qi accepted Fang Huayin as a registered disciple and gave her a cultivation book written with Jiang Zhiwei.
• Meng Qi reached the Second Heaven of the Outer Scenery realm, then discussed obtaining rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with Jiang Zhiwei.
• At the Mohist Palace, the Divine Master agreed to trade grotto-heaven materials and offered two secret devices if Meng Qi found ten-thousand-year-old Qinghua Spirit Wood.

Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei arranged a partnership with the Myriad Phenomena Sect and brought Mingxu and Mingguang out through the Gate of All Phenomena. In Fish Sea, they learned that Buddha's Palm was expected to appear nearby within half a year, then Meng Qi encountered the current Xuan Nü, who seemed bound to him by bad karma.

• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei negotiated with the Divine Master to trade for Qinghua Spirit Wood and agreed to seek it through their own connections first.
• True Person Yunhe sent Mingxu and Mingguang with Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei on a journey to broaden their horizons, and gave the pair Mysterious Substitute Talismans.
• After the group entered Fish Sea, Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei sensed that the city was unusually tense and asked Xie Jiugui what had happened.
• Xie Jiugui said the Wang Clan had announced that Buddha's Palm would appear near Fish Sea and Tahan within half a year, drawing Outer Scenery Experts from many factions.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei decided not to compete for Buddha's Palm, and Meng Qi planned to escort the two Daoists through Yumen Pass before returning in disguise.
• A woman emerged from a blue sedan, restrained Meng Qi with her aura, and revealed herself as the current Xuan Nü, claiming that fate had brought them together.

Meng Qi used his incomplete Entangle Karma to frighten Xuan Nü into letting him and his companions leave, then arranged for Ming Xu and Ming Guang to seek help from their sect. When Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei emerged from hiding, they found Fish Sea City being evacuated as Outer Scenery experts gathered for a possible battle.

• Xuan Nü trapped Meng Qi, Jiang Zhiwei, Ming Xu, and Ming Guang in her immortal realm and tried to persuade Meng Qi to join her lineage.
• Jiang Zhiwei drew the White Rainbow Piercing Sun Sword, and Meng Qi used Entangle Karma to threaten Xuan Nü with the consequences of igniting her tangled karma.
• Xuan Nü lowered her hand and let Meng Qi lead the group away, but Meng Qi hurried them through the crowds in fear that the Joyful Bodhisattva might arrive.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei hid in a populated courtyard, then sent Ming Xu and Ming Guang through the Gate of All Phenomena to ask their Sect Leader True Person to prepare to attack if Meng Qi opened the gate.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei left the courtyard disguised and found Fish Sea City being evacuated as Outer Scenery experts from the Snow Mountain Sect and Asura Temple gathered.
• The Asura Temple expert flew toward Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei and ordered the people from the Central Plains to leave Fish Sea.

Disguised as Shen Bao, Meng Qi deliberately fought Lou Jia to divert Xuan Nü and Joyful Bodhisattva’s search, then met Qian Kai and agreed to hear about a Buddha-light site. At the tavern, Meng Qi recognized Zhou Qiushan’s appearance as matching the Tithe-Blessing Heavenly Official described by Qi Zhengyan, leaving him unsure whether the meeting was a trap.

• Meng Qi provoked Lou Jia into a sword fight, and Xue Lengzhao stopped them before the evacuation was complete.
• Jiang Zhiwei explained that Lou Jia cultivated the Aspect of Wrath, and Meng Qi revealed that his conspicuous fight was meant to mislead his pursuers.
• Qian Kai invited Meng Qi to join him and Zhou Qiushan in investigating a place where Buddha light appeared, saying he had found a black Prayer Bead there.
• Meng Qi recognized Zhou Qiushan’s features as identical to Qi Zhengyan’s description of the Tithe-Blessing Heavenly Official.
• Zhou Qiushan said they had invited a Peak Expert from Bomi to join them.

Meng Qi met Lu Jiang, whose fear of him reinforced the party’s belief that Shen Bao was a formidable expert, but Meng Qi refused to join their search for the Buddha’s Palm. After sharing intelligence with Jiang Zhiwei, he found Old Cao’s Hotel wrecked and Xie Jiugui missing, then entered the Gate of All Phenomena to speak with True Person Yunhe as Buddhist light surged again nearby.

• Qian Kai and Zhou Qiushan introduced Lu Jiang as a powerful ally, but Lu Jiang recognized Meng Qi as the terrifying Shen Bao and was overcome with fear.
• Meng Qi considered the risks of joining the search for the Buddha’s Palm and left without agreeing to accompany Qian Kai, Zhou Qiushan, and Lu Jiang.
• Meng Qi told Jiang Zhiwei about the meeting and warned her that Zhou Qiushan was likely Mythos’s Tithe-Blessing Heavenly Official; he planned to consult Immortal Trace and speak with True Person Yunhe.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei found Old Cao’s Hotel shattered and discovered that Xie Jiugui had disappeared.
• Meng Qi entered the Gate of All Phenomena while Jiang Zhiwei kept watch, and a new surge of golden Buddhist light appeared in the distance.

As Buddhist light rose near Tahan, powerful experts converged while Jiang Zhiwei stayed behind and spoke with Xue Lengzhao, whose traumatic past left her terrified of Ten Hearts Beloved. Meng Qi arranged to cooperate with True Person Yunhe over Buddha’s Palm, while other masters declined to pursue it; the chapter ended with Ten Hearts Beloved confronting Jiang Zhiwei and Xue Lengzhao.

• Outer Scenery Experts revealed their Dharma Bodies and raced toward the Buddhist light, while Jiang Zhiwei watched from Fish Sea City and reflected on her temptation to pursue Heaven Severing Seven Swords.
• Xue Lengzhao told Jiang Zhiwei that she had learned to judge her limits after Ten Hearts Beloved captured and abused her, and she admitted she still feared him.
• Meng Qi described Buddha’s Palm’s appearance to True Person Yunhe, and they agreed to watch for an opportunity and share the spoils if Yunhe had to intervene.
• Ten Hearts Beloved arrived, weakened Xue Lengzhao with his presence, and told Jiang Zhiwei that her beauty and Yin essence interested him as she grasped her sword.
• Su Wuming refused to get involved with Buddha’s Palm, and Master Lu likewise chose to stay away.

Shaolin's Kong Wen set out with Kong Jian and Wu Jing to pursue the Divine Palm, while Ten Hearts Beloved attacked Jiang Zhiwei and overwhelmed her with his Joyful Temple techniques. Meng Qi emerged through the Myriad Phenomena Gate and killed Ten Hearts Beloved with a saber, leaving Xue Lengzhao stunned.

• Kong Wen ordered Kong Hui to guard the Ananda Saber and departed with Kong Jian and Wu Jing to seek the General Outline of the Divine Palm.
• A man reported to the master inside the coffin that the target had set out, and the master told him to proceed according to plan.
• Ten Hearts Beloved used his Bewitching Zen Chants on Jiang Zhiwei and Xue Lengzhao, but Jiang Zhiwei struck him with Sword Comes Without Self.
• Jiang Zhiwei used Severing the Future to counter Ten Hearts Beloved's All-Permeating Palm and Great Vow Power, though his attacks injured her.
• Ten Hearts Beloved controlled Xue Lengzhao and made her turn against Jiang Zhiwei, who threw the Myriad Phenomena Gate at him.
• Meng Qi appeared through the gate and killed Ten Hearts Beloved with his saber, leaving Xue Lengzhao staring at the corpse.

Meng Qi killed Ten Hearts Beloved with help from True Person Yunhe, then discovered a map linking the monk to the recent Buddhist light and left Fish Sea to investigate Immortal Trace. He reached Flowing Sand Collection at dawn and found it eerily deserted, with the inn empty and no sign of life.

• Xue Lengzhao overcame her fear of Ten Hearts Beloved after learning Meng Qi had killed him, while Jiang Zhiwei explained what had happened.
• Meng Qi searched Ten Hearts Beloved's belongings, found the Nine-Eyed Samsara Pearl and an Abyssal Profound Stone, and agreed to give most of the other loot to True Person Yunhe.
• Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei found a map marking the sites of earlier Buddhist light and a red circle around the place where the light had just appeared.
• Xue Lengzhao warned Meng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei to leave Fish Sea soon, and Jiang Zhiwei chose to wait for her sect's orders.
• Meng Qi asked Jiang Zhiwei to arrange for True Person Yunhe to come out, then disguised himself as Great Sun Rogue Expert Shen Bao and traveled toward Flowing Sand Collection.
• Meng Qi arrived at Flowing Sand Collection at dawn and found it silent and apparently deserted, including the inn where Jiuniang had been.

Meng Qi investigated the deserted Flowing Sand Collection and encountered Ji Shan, who accused him of suspiciously avoiding the divine palm and demanded he go before the Dharma King. Meng Qi refused and fought Ji Shan, while Prince Liang Zhao Qian and Wei Gao watched; the clash ended with Meng Qi’s sword light appearing like a blazing sun.

• Meng Qi found no signs of a struggle at the First House of the Vast Sea and sensed sinister Yin energy around Flowing Sand Collection.
• Ji Shan confronted Meng Qi and ordered him to accompany him to see the Dharma King and explain his movements.
• Prince Liang Zhao Qian and Wei Gao arrived from Yumen Pass and stopped to observe the deserted settlement.
• Ji Shan accused Meng Qi of fleeing Fish Sea and Tahan after gaining a benefit, and Meng Qi refused to go with him.
• Meng Qi and Ji Shan drew their weapons and began fighting, as Zhao Qian and Wei Gao watched from a distance.
• Meng Qi’s sword light burst through the flames in every direction, appearing like a great sun.