Arc 55The Demonic Road

Ning Chen embraced his demonic nature, fought his way through divine and imperial powers, and continued killing monks across the Western Buddhist Realm. After escaping Kunpeng with Cihang Bodhisattva’s help, he refused to return to Buddha Mountain, and the Western Buddha resolved to kill him.

  • Ning Chen awakened his demonic body to save Demonic Moon, but she died in his arms at Wei City, and he absorbed her to become a complete demon.
  • Ning Chen defeated Yun Manlu, devoured the Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden, and slaughtered divine forces before impersonating Flowing Stream to infiltrate the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple.
  • Ning Chen destroyed the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple, entered the Great Yu Dynasty, killed the Confucian Sect Dragon Head, and escaped the Divine Prison with its prisoners.
  • Ning Chen led the Hundred Great Sinners against the imperial city, helped the Dragon Vein escape the Great Yu Emperor’s suppression, and fled after confronting the Confucian Sect Dragon Head.
  • Ning Chen traveled west with Little Gourd and the Giant Dragon, then began killing Buddhist monks and freeing wronged souls after the old monk refused to help him reach Spirit Transformation.
  • Cihang Bodhisattva pursued Ning Chen across the seas, but Kunpeng swallowed them before either could land a decisive attack.
  • Trapped inside Kunpeng, Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva agreed to a truce, and she helped him cultivate until Heaven’s Wrath opened a way out.
  • Ning Chen escaped Kunpeng, refused to return to Buddha Mountain, and continued through the Buddhist Realm as the Western Buddha decided he could not be allowed to live.
Chapters 1351–1375 Vol. 14 Read

Ch. 1351True, False

Ning Chen prepared to leave Wei City after his sword cultivation advanced, receiving gifts and a letter from its residents before setting out with Yun Manlu. Meanwhile, Rising Sun God confronted the Water Cloud Empress over the destruction of the Red Flame Clan and accused Yun Manlu, though the Empress denied she could be responsible.

  • Ning Chen told Yun Manlu he would leave Wei City and declined her suggestion that he serve the Water Cloud Empress in the Northern Divine Realm.
  • Teacher gave Ning Chen a letter to deliver to the Confucian leader of the Great Yu Divine Dynasty if he faced danger, and the young man in green gave him a Soul Binding Rope.
  • The woman brought Ning Chen a rust-covered broken sword from Brother Li, and Ning Chen spent his final days in Wei City observing ordinary life.
  • Ning Chen left Wei City, and Yun Manlu appeared and joined him on the road.
  • Rising Sun God arrived at the Water Cloud Imperial Palace and accused one of the Empress's followers of destroying the Red Flame Clan.
  • The Water Cloud Empress denied responsibility and said Yun Manlu was in the Central Heaven Realm, far from the southern frontier.

Ch. 1352Hall of Gods

The Rising Sun God confronted the Water Cloud Empress over the Red Flame Clan’s destruction, while the Hall of Gods investigated a mysterious human ascendant and Elder Lijian’s death. After defeating a demonic ambush, Ning Chen sought pure demonic energy and reached Tearless Demonic City with Yun Manlu, where he prepared to enter the Abyss of Gods and Demons alone.

  • The Rising Sun God clashed briefly with the Water Cloud Empress, then left without resolving his accusations about the Red Flame Clan.
  • The Hall of Gods discussed the Rising Sun God’s interest in a human ascendant and learned that Elder Lijian had been killed near Wei City, so one of its members volunteered to investigate.
  • Ning Chen and Yun Manlu fought off hundreds of demons, and Ning Chen absorbed their demonic energy for his own use.
  • Yun Manlu told Ning Chen about the dangerous Abyss of Gods and Demons and agreed to lead him to its Southern Border entrance.
  • Yun Manlu brought Ning Chen to Tearless Demonic City, and Ning Chen told her to wait while he entered alone.

Ch. 1353Abyss of Gods and Demons

Ning Chen and Yun Manlu entered the Abyss of Gods and Demons to gather demonic energy, but escaped when the Great Dao began cleansing the collapsing realm. After months of searching the Southern Border, Ning Chen still lacked the living demonic energy needed to awaken his demonic body, while the Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden arrived in the region searching for him.

  • Ning Chen and Yun Manlu crossed the storms at Tearless Demonic City and entered the Abyss of Gods and Demons so Ning Chen could devour its demonic energy.
  • Yun Manlu prepared to strike Ning Chen, but the Great Dao’s cleansing began before she could act, and she dragged him toward an exit as the Abyss collapsed.
  • Yun Manlu used a black furnace to resist the cleansing, and Ning Chen carried her through the destruction by cleaving a path out with his sword.
  • Ning Chen and Yun Manlu escaped above Tearless Demonic City, then traveled for months to sites of gathered demonic energy, but Ning Chen’s demonic body remained unawakened because the energy lacked vitality.
  • The Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden arrived in the Southern Border and wondered where Little Phoenix was.

Ch. 1354Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden

Ning Chen and Yun Manlu searched Yuan Chi Mountain for demonic qi to help him reach the Imperial Dao Supreme Being Realm, then traveled to Vermilion Bird Ancient City to investigate the Hall of Gods. There, a mysterious woman in a green dress recognized Ning Chen and approached him, leaving him wary.

  • Ning Chen exhausted the demonic qi in Demonic Cloud Ravine without breaking through, so Yun Manlu led him to Yuan Chi Mountain.
  • Yun Manlu defeated an Ancient Ferocious Beast, and Ning Chen extracted and crushed its demonic pearl to absorb its vital demonic qi.
  • Ning Chen and Yun Manlu discussed the danger of confronting the Hall of Gods and headed to Vermilion Bird Ancient City to investigate.
  • Ning Chen and Yun Manlu rented rooms at an inn, and Ning Chen went to admire the city lights by the river.
  • A woman in a green dress approached Ning Chen, said she was curious about him, and left after revealing that she knew his surname.

Ch. 1355Water Cloud Clan

Ning Chen fought a Vermilion Bird Divine Temple assassin in a deadly weapons-only duel while a Water Cloud Clan woman confronted Yun Manlu and invited Ning Chen to the Northern Territory. After defeating the assassin, Ning Chen learned the woman was also named Yun Manlu, and she confirmed she belonged to the Water Cloud Clan.

  • The Vermilion Bird Divine Temple learned that Ning Chen had appeared and ordered an assassin to eliminate him, while also ordering Yun Manlu to be watched.
  • The long-robed assassin found Ning Chen at the inn, and they agreed to settle their fight through techniques without using cultivation.
  • Ning Chen and the assassin exchanged severe wounds until Ning Chen defeated him and dragged his unconscious body away.
  • A woman in green from the Water Cloud Clan froze Yun Manlu after declaring that she had come to take Ning Chen back to the Northern Territory.
  • The woman in green waited for Ning Chen to finish fighting, then invited him to visit the Northern Territory, and revealed her name as Yun Manlu.

Ch. 1356Demonic Woman, Demonic Moon

The Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden exposed the Demonic Emissary’s identity, and Ning Chen joined the ensuing battle to protect her. After Yun Manlu’s Frost Spear pierced the Demonic Emissary, she revealed her name as Demonic Moon and began a forbidden blood sacrifice.

  • Yun Manlu revealed that the woman beside Ning Chen was a demon, and the Demonic Emissary broke free from frozen space to confront her.
  • The Demonic Emissary and Yun Manlu clashed while Ning Chen and the long-robed man watched from Vermilion Bird City.
  • Ning Chen joined the fight, summoned tens of thousands of swords, and told the Demonic Emissary that he had known her identity and did not care that she was a demon.
  • Yun Manlu unleashed Nine Falling Frost Heavens, forcing Ning Chen to flee with the Demonic Emissary before a Frost Spear pierced her chest.
  • The Demonic Emissary told Ning Chen her name was Demonic Moon, then began the Demon Realm’s Millennium Forbidden Technique by offering her blood to the Demon God.

Ch. 1357What If I Become the Enemy of the World?

Ning Chen refused to let Yun Manlu take Demonic Moon and awakened his demonic and phoenix bodies to fight off the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple. He formed the Ultimate Dao as a blood-red sword light pierced the skies, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • Yun Manlu and the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple's Ninth Elder moved to seize Ning Chen and kill Demonic Moon, but Yun Manlu agreed to leave Ning Chen to his own clan's Empress.
  • Demonic Moon began a forbidden technique that used her life and soul to secure Ning Chen's escape, but Ning Chen persuaded her to trust him and stop.
  • Ning Chen awakened his demonic body and phoenix body, then fused their powers with his human body and three swords to unleash the Demonic Phoenix Tribulation.
  • The Ninth Elder and the divine temple experts joined forces to block Ning Chen's attack while Yun Manlu struck at him with her Frost Spear.
  • Ning Chen blocked Yun Manlu's spear with the Heavenly Tome of Creation and formed the Ultimate Dao from his human, divine, and demonic powers.

Ch. 1358After I Die

Ning Chen completed his Extreme Dao, slaughtered the Divine Temple’s generals, and defeated the Ninth Elder before escaping the divine city with Demonic Moon. In a remote mountain range, Demonic Moon’s injuries worsened, and she asked Ning Chen to devour her after she died.

  • Ning Chen fused his three bodies, completed his Extreme Dao, and killed the Divine Temple’s generals amid the Imperial Dao Great Tribulation.
  • Ning Chen used the tribulation to overwhelm the Ninth Elder, pierced him through the back, and devoured his divine source.
  • Ning Chen escaped north as Yun Manlu pursued him, then hid with Demonic Moon in a vast mountain range.
  • Ning Chen called on Little Gourd to save Demonic Moon, and Little Gourd gave her his spirit blood.
  • Demonic Moon briefly regained her strength, looked over the Divine Realm, and asked Ning Chen to devour her after she died.

Ch. 1359Demon

Demonic Moon returned to Wei City with Ning Chen, where she died after asking to see the city once more. Ning Chen absorbed her and fully entered the demonic path, then attacked Yun Manlu as the people of Wei City and distant gods watched.

  • Demonic Moon told Ning Chen that an ancient forbidden art had fatally wounded her Three Souls and Seven Spirits, and asked him to take her back to Wei City.
  • Ning Chen carried Demonic Moon to Wei City on a Fire Phoenix, while Yun Manlu followed them through the void.
  • At the city gates, Demonic Moon died in Ning Chen’s arms, telling him she had no regrets.
  • Ning Chen absorbed Demonic Moon and became a complete demon, suppressing his humanity and divinity despite Teacher’s warning.
  • Ning Chen confronted Yun Manlu and attacked her with a demonic sword; she turned and blocked the strike with a Frost Spear.

Ch. 1360Godslaying

Ning Chen fought Yun Manlu outside Wei City, using the Heavenly Tome of Creation, the Wind-Forest Secret Art, and the Black Phoenix Origin to overcome their difference in cultivation. He unleashed the Self-Severing Enlightenment Art and shattered her Dao Realm Green Lotus, while the Water Cloud Empress sensed the attack and rose in fury.

  • Ning Chen wounded Yun Manlu and pressed his attack, forcing her to reveal her full divine power.
  • Ning Chen used the Heavenly Tome of Creation's Scrolls of Earth, Heaven, Moon, and Nothingness to attack and restrain Yun Manlu, but she broke free and defended herself with the Unraveling Lotus Guard.
  • Ning Chen used the Wind-Forest Secret Art's Wind, Fire, and Mountain arts to strike Yun Manlu, while his Sacred Imperial Law blocked her counterattack.
  • Ning Chen's Black Phoenix Origin began devouring Yun Manlu's divine power, but she summoned the Dao Realm Green Lotus and erased the space where he had stood.
  • Ning Chen revealed the Self-Severing Enlightenment Art and struck with the Enlighten Me Dao Sword, splitting Yun Manlu's Dao Realm Green Lotus and dimming her eyes.
  • The Water Cloud Empress sensed Yun Manlu's Dao Realm breaking and rose from her couch, her killing intent surging.

Ch. 1361Hall of Gods

Ning Chen entered devilhood after killing Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden, and the Divine Realm’s rulers sent Azure Face and an army of divine generals to stop him. Ning Chen overwhelmed the attackers and absorbed their divine essence as the man in white descended to confront him.

  • Ning Chen devoured Water Cloud Heavenly Maiden despite Teacher’s demand that he stop, then left, while Li Blacksmith concluded that he had chosen devilhood willingly.
  • Teacher departed to deal with the devilish calamity, and the worried young man in blue went after him.
  • At a gathering in the Hall of Gods, Vermilion Bird Divine Lord ordered Azure Face to confront Ning Chen and Flowing Stream to accompany him.
  • Three days later, Azure Face attacked Ning Chen beneath a vast force of chariots, but Ning Chen struck him back and unleashed his devil sword against the approaching divine generals.
  • Ning Chen’s Cycle of Rebirth Hell swallowed the battlefield, killing and devouring thousands of divine generals as their essence strengthened him.
  • The man in white descended from his Bronze Chariot after watching Ning Chen slaughter the army.

Ch. 1362Gods, Devils

Ning Chen defeated Flowing Stream Divine Monarch and Qingmian, then killed Flowing Stream and disguised himself to infiltrate the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple. There, he learned that the Kirin Divine Lord was emerging from seclusion to slay gods.

  • Ning Chen overwhelmed Flowing Stream Divine Monarch and Qingmian with the power gathered inside Senluo Hell.
  • A giant hand rescued Qingmian as Ning Chen cut off its arm, while Flowing Stream escaped aboard the Bronze Chariot.
  • Ning Chen caught Flowing Stream, killed him, and took his appearance and clothing to impersonate him.
  • Ning Chen entered the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple and told its gods that the mission was complete.
  • The Vermilion Bird Divine Lord announced that the Kirin Divine Lord was emerging from seclusion to slay gods.

Ch. 1363Divine Palace Crisis

Ning Chen took advantage of the Vermilion Bird Divine Lord’s departure to secretly kill the Divine Monarchs of the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple, devouring their cultivation. After his killings were exposed, he faced the last two survivors, the Purple Rhyme Divine Monarch and Changbai Divine Monarch, as Cycle of Rebirth Hell appeared around him.

  • The Vermilion Bird Divine Lord revealed that the Kirin Divine Lord planned to slay the Rising Sun God and left for the Central Heaven Realm, entrusting the southern territory to the other experts.
  • After the Vermilion Bird Divine Lord departed, Ning Chen killed the Blazing Flame Divine Monarch by surprise and devoured his cultivation, then concealed the death from the divine servants.
  • Ning Chen killed the Heavenly Rainbow Divine Monarch and, over the following month, secretly slew the Divine Monarchs in the surrounding halls, devouring their cultivation.
  • When the seventh Divine Monarch broke through a divine restriction in an attempt to flee, Ning Chen captured and devoured his divine soul, alerting the Purple Rhyme Divine Monarch and Changbai Divine Monarch.
  • Ning Chen revealed himself to the final two Divine Monarchs and challenged them to attack together; as they moved against him, he unleashed Cycle of Rebirth Hell.

Ch. 1364Uprooting the Weeds

Ning Chen destroyed the Vermilion Bird Divine Temple, killed its Divine Monarch defenders, and absorbed the Vermilion Bird into his phoenix fire. As he entered the Great Yu Dynasty, the Confucian Sect Dragon Head sent Teacher to kill him with the Pardoning Edict.

  • Ning Chen defeated Purple Rhyme and Changbai, drawing strength from the blood of those killed in the battle.
  • Ning Chen awakened the Vermilion Bird statue, overcame the Vermilion Bird, and absorbed it into his phoenix fire before leaving the ruined temple.
  • The Vermilion Bird Divine Lord discovered the temple's destruction and followed Ning Chen's demonic energy toward the Great Yu Dynasty.
  • The Confucian Sect Dragon Head interpreted a divination as a warning that demons would descend when the dragon was about to perish, and the Great Yu Emperor considered its meaning.
  • The Confucian Sect Dragon Head ordered Teacher to kill Ning Chen and gave him the Pardoning Edict.
  • Ning Chen entered an ancient city in the Great Yu Dynasty, where frightened pedestrians moved aside.

Ch. 1365Confucianism and Daoism

Ning Chen fought the Teacher through the streets of an ancient city and was ultimately captured by the Confucian Sect. The Teacher then escorted Ning Chen to the Great Yu Emperor, whose purpose for summoning him remained unknown.

  • Ning Chen walked through the ancient city, repelled the four divine generals, and destroyed their sacrificial Demon Slaying Sword.
  • The Teacher confronted Ning Chen, and their battle ended with the Teacher binding him with golden chains and taking him away.
  • At Dragon Garden, the Teacher pleaded with the Confucian Sect Dragon Head to spare Ning Chen, explaining that he had chosen demonhood while retaining his reason.
  • A scholar delivered the Emperor's order for the Confucian Sect to send Ning Chen to the Sacred Hall, and the Dragon Head sent the Teacher to carry it out.
  • The Teacher freed Ning Chen from the dungeon runes and escorted him to the imperial palace, where the Great Yu Emperor awaited him in the Sacred Hall.

Ch. 1366Great Yu Emperor

Ning Chen was sentenced to the Extreme Lightning Punishment, but a purple-robed young man secretly gave him a cyan pearl and urged him to kill the Confucian Sect Dragon Head. At the execution, Ning Chen survived the lightning, broke his restraints, and struck down the Dragon Head, while the Great Yu Emperor watched with a cold smile.

  • Teacher brought Ning Chen before the Great Yu Emperor, who condemned him to the Divine Prison and ordered his execution at noon.
  • A purple-robed young man gave Ning Chen a cyan pearl to survive the Extreme Lightning Punishment and asked him to kill the Confucian Sect Dragon Head.
  • Ning Chen persuaded more than a hundred prisoners to swear submission in exchange for his help escaping.
  • At the execution platform, Ning Chen endured the first lightning strike and used the second to shatter the restraints in his body.
  • Ning Chen escaped his chains, appeared before the Confucian Sect Dragon Head, and killed him with a demonic sword.

Ch. 1367Confucian Traitor

Ning Chen killed the Confucian Sect Dragon Head, freed more than a hundred prisoners from the Divine Prison, and escaped while they wreaked havoc in the Great Yu Imperial Palace. Three days later, as the Dragon Head’s funeral took place, Ning Chen reunited with the escaped criminals outside the imperial city.

  • Ning Chen killed the Confucian Sect Dragon Head, then broke the Divine Prison’s formations with the Green Cauldron and freed its prisoners before escaping.
  • The freed criminals attacked and badly damaged the Great Yu Imperial Palace, then withdrew as the palace guards mobilized.
  • Ning Chen fought the enraged Teacher near Dragon Garden, wounded him, and escaped through a sea of phoenix fire.
  • Ning Chen investigated the abandoned Dragon Garden and suspected the Great Yu Emperor had arranged the Dragon Head’s death.
  • Three days later, the Teacher questioned the Great Yu Emperor during the Dragon Head’s funeral, while Ning Chen appeared before the escaped criminals outside the imperial city.

Ch. 1368When the dragon is about to perish, demons will descend

Ning Chen unleashed the escaped sinners and demons across the Great Yu imperial city to draw out the dynasty’s fortune and awaken its Dragon Vein. After helping the Dragon Vein break free and striking down the Great Yu Emperor, Ning Chen was asked by the revived Confucian Sect Dragon Head to spare him in exchange for a favor.

  • Ning Chen and more than a thousand demons joined the Hundred Great Sinners in attacking the imperial city while Teacher confronted Ning Chen in battle.
  • As the city’s formations collapsed, Ning Chen descended into a fissure with Teacher and attacked the Great Yu Divine Dynasty’s Dragon Vein.
  • Ning Chen helped the awakened Dragon Vein escape the Great Yu Emperor’s suppression, then summoned his forces and trapped the battlefield in a vortex.
  • Ning Chen told the Dragon Vein it could gain its freedom by killing the Great Yu Emperor, and the Dragon Vein stopped resisting him.
  • The Confucian Sect Dragon Head emerged from his coffin as Ning Chen struck the Great Yu Emperor’s throat, then asked Ning Chen to spare him in return for a favor.

Ch. 1369Fifth Realm

Ning Chen defeated the Confucian Sect Dragon Head’s attempt to reclaim Great Yu’s fortune and escaped with the Hundred Great Sinners, while the Dragon Head’s conspiracy was revealed to Teacher. Ning Chen then headed west with Little Gourd, refined the dynasty’s Dragon Qi, and left a homeless ghost behind at a ruined temple, where a monk destroyed her.

  • Ning Chen fought the Fifth Realm Confucian Sect Dragon Head, then escaped with the Hundred Great Sinners after demanding that the Dragon Head remember his promise.
  • The Confucian Sect Dragon Head admitted to Teacher that he had arranged the plot against the emperor, and the white-robed scholar confessed to being the traitor.
  • Teacher returned his Iron Certificate of Amnesty and left Dragon Garden with the Sword of Enforcement.
  • Ning Chen made the Giant Dragon swear loyalty, entrusted it to Little Gourd, and set out west with them.
  • At a ruined temple, Ning Chen restored the white-clad ghost’s appearance and sheltered Little Gourd from her, then shielded her from the morning sun before leaving.
  • A monk in green robes tracked the ghost to the temple and destroyed her with Buddhist power.

Ch. 1370Buddha and Demon

Ning Chen sought Buddhist help to achieve Spirit Transformation, but after the old monk rejected him for being a demon, he killed the monk and committed to slaughtering blue-robed monks. Months later, as rumors of ghosts spread, Ning Chen killed another monk and freed the souls trapped in his alms bowl while a girl watched nearby.

  • Ning Chen killed a blue-robed monk who was destroying a group of wronged souls, then entered a mountain temple to ask its old monk for help with Spirit Transformation.
  • When the old monk insisted that Ning Chen was a demon and turned him away, Ning Chen killed him before the Buddha statue.
  • Ning Chen told Little Gourd he would no longer hesitate to follow the method of killing ten thousand monks to become a demon, then began hunting blue-robed monks and saving ghosts and monsters.
  • Months later, a girl went into a dark forest to disprove rumors about ghosts and witnessed a green-robed monk destroy wronged souls and capture their lingering power in his alms bowl.
  • Ning Chen arrived and killed the green-robed monk, then crushed the alms bowl and freed the souls as the girl watched.

Ch. 1371Yan Jun

Ning Chen continued killing blue-robed monks across the Western Buddhist Realm, defying the Western Buddha and later facing Cihang Bodhisattva’s attempt to capture him. Meanwhile, Underworld King Yama forced her way through the Divine Court and continued westward; the chapter ended as Cihang Bodhisattva unleashed a towering wave against Ning Chen.

  • Ning Chen killed a blue-robed monk in a city, and the Western Buddha confronted him but could not stop him from leaving.
  • Ah Ling witnessed Ning Chen’s encounter with the Western Buddha and followed him out of the city.
  • Underworld King Yama arrived at the Divine Court in an Immortal Palanquin, defeated War General Qing Jian, and compelled the Divine Court Master to let her pass.
  • Ning Chen continued slaughtering blue-robed monks as demons and other creatures spread through the Western Buddhist Realm.
  • Cihang Bodhisattva found Ning Chen outside a bloodied temple and pursued him with the Great Divine Ability of Boundless Buddhist Dharma.
  • Ning Chen refused to return to Buddha Mountain, and Cihang Bodhisattva sent a towering wave crashing down on him.

Ch. 1372Struggle for Survival

Ning Chen fought Cihang Bodhisattva across the Western Buddhist Realm, struggling against her overwhelming Fifth Realm power and revealing that his ice-and-fire abilities could hinder Buddhist holy power. After wounding her and being trapped by her blood-based attacks, he drew on the divine dynasty’s fortune and fled.

  • Cihang Bodhisattva pursued Ning Chen with the White Jade Purifying Vase and Willow Branch, badly wounding him before his demonic body healed.
  • Ning Chen counterattacked with sword techniques and the Heavenly Tome, but Cihang Bodhisattva blocked his attacks and destroyed the mountains he raised around her.
  • Ning Chen transformed into a Fire Phoenix to escape, but Cihang Bodhisattva sealed the surrounding void and forced him back into human form.
  • Ning Chen’s frost power weakened Cihang Bodhisattva’s Buddhist holy power, and he opened the Two-Form Grand Array to resist her attacks.
  • Ning Chen’s swords struck Cihang Bodhisattva’s palm and drew blood, but her blood spread into a sea that summoned bloody hands and a giant Asura, threatening to collapse his array.
  • Ning Chen restored his strength with the divine dynasty’s fortune and turned to flee from Cihang Bodhisattva.

Ch. 1373The Bodhisattva's Heart

Ning Chen fled Cihang Bodhisattva across the northern seas until a giant sea creature swallowed them both before their agreed duel could begin. Meanwhile, Ghost Maiden reunited with the Underworld King Yama, whose return awakened the underworld’s battle souls, and Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion returned to the Divine Realm after ten thousand years.

  • Ning Chen fled Cihang Bodhisattva for more than two months across the seas, repeatedly using the Green Cauldron to withstand her Immortal Bracelet.
  • Cihang Bodhisattva offered to settle their pursuit with one unavoidable strike, and Ning Chen agreed to face it.
  • A gigantic black sea creature swallowed Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva before either could deliver their decisive attack.
  • The Underworld King Yama arrived too late to find them and watched Ghost Maiden return her soul to Yama, restoring Yama’s full power.
  • The underworld’s undying battle souls welcomed King Yama back and began to return to life as Divine-Demonic experts sensed her aura.
  • Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion emerged from the void and returned to the Divine Realm after ten thousand years.

Ch. 1374Kunpeng

After Kunpeng swallowed Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva, they joined forces to summon Heaven’s Wrath from outside its stomach. Ning Chen opened a crack in Kunpeng’s inner world and rushed toward the exit with Cihang Bodhisattva.

  • Kunpeng swallowed Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva, trapping them in its stomach, where Cihang Bodhisattva said they could not escape by force.
  • Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva agreed to a temporary truce, and she agreed to help him reach Spirit Transformation so they could summon Heaven’s Wrath.
  • Cihang Bodhisattva used the White Jade Purifying Vase’s stored origin of heaven and earth to help Ning Chen cultivate inside Kunpeng.
  • Ning Chen and Cihang Bodhisattva summoned Heaven’s Wrath, and the lightning drove Kunpeng to the sea’s surface, where Western Buddha struck it down with a giant palm.
  • Ning Chen sensed a crack form in Kunpeng’s inner world, widened it with the Human Sword, and called to Cihang Bodhisattva as he rushed toward the opening.

Ch. 1375Chaos True Essence

Ning Chen completed his transformation into Chaos True Essence and fought Cihang Bodhisattva until her depleted cultivation forced her to abandon the attempt to capture him. After returning the injured Kunpeng to the sea, Ning Chen resumed his journey through the Buddhist Realm, while the Western Buddha resolved that he must die.

  • Ning Chen emerged from the Kunpeng with Cihang Bodhisattva's help, transformed his power into Chaos True Essence, and refused to return to Buddha Mountain.
  • Ning Chen fought Cihang Bodhisattva with his human, phoenix, and demon bodies until she admitted she could no longer capture him and departed after warning him that Buddha Mountain would pursue him.
  • Ning Chen promised to spare the wounded Kunpeng and carried it back to the sea, where it recovered enough to swim away.
  • Ning Chen told Little Gourd he was going to kill monks and continued through the Buddhist Realm in his demonic form.
  • The Western Buddha learned that Cihang Bodhisattva had failed and decided that Ning Chen could not be allowed to live.
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