Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che earned entry to the Great Sun Furnace after clearing the Arhat Formation without reaching Grandmaster, then climbed toward the volcano’s crater to temper his body in magma. Meanwhile, Deva Chief Puguan and the other chiefs debated how to find the prophesied Heaven-Chosen Warrior and prepare for the Black Demon Calamity, agreeing to pursue two plans at once.

• Jiang Che emerged from the Arhat Formation, drawing Master Kurong’s and Fahui’s admiration, while Fawu introduced himself and invited Jiang Che to visit the Yaksha Realm.
• Jiang Che learned he could remain inside the volcano as long as he wished, arranged lodging with Fahui, and told Master Kurong he intended to complete the Bodhi Immaculate Art’s fourth layer.
• Puguan told the seven other chiefs that the recovered guardian spirit beast had white fur and white eyes, and recounted Jiang Che’s report of a village struck by a dreadful plague.
• The chiefs debated how to find the Heaven-Chosen Warrior, then agreed to both recruit unusually fast Bodhi Immaculate Art cultivators and invite young Grandmasters to attempt the Sumeru Sacred Realm Trial; Puguan also called for warnings about the Black Demon Calamity.
• Jiang Che entered the volcano and passed Grandmaster cultivators who were meditating on its slopes, continuing toward the crater despite their surprise and warnings.
• Jiang Che told a late-stage Grandmaster Old Monk that he intended to use magma to temper his body, then continued toward the crater as the other cultivators returned to their practice.

Jiang Che cultivated for a month inside a volcano, bringing the fourth layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art to Perfection and gaining immense physical strength and Karma Fire power. As he left the summit, the Deva chiefs discussed their preparations for the Black Demon Calamity, unaware that they had underestimated Jiang Che’s potential.

• Jiang Che entered the volcano’s magma and cultivated through its heat, awakening a cooling protection from the Bodhi Immaculate Art as his body regenerated.
• After a month, Jiang Che emerged with the fourth layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art at Perfection, a transformed physique, and Karma Fire power fused throughout his body.
• The ascetic cultivators at the summit were astonished to see Jiang Che return, and he identified himself as being from the Great Chu Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect before leaving.
• The Deva chiefs reviewed the response to the Bodhi Immaculate Art campaign and named Fayuan and Moyunzi as possible Chosen Ones among the young Grandmasters gathered for training.
• Puguan reported that an eight-year-old child in Xiye Kingdom had reached Perfection at the first layer in less than a month, and the chiefs arranged to bring him to the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Puguan dismissed Jiang Che as a likely savior because he judged his aptitude to be mediocre and his strength to come from acquired opportunities, though he said Jiang Che could join the training group after reaching Grandmaster Realm.

Jiang Che traveled by fishing ship toward the deepest sea so he could continue cultivating, while teaching Lily Great Chu martial arts along the way. As the ship reached the ink-black waters, a sailor spotted something ahead and Old Bart froze in shock.

• Jiang Che showed Master Kurong that he had reached Perfection Realm in the fourth level, then accepted a protective jade talisman before heading to the coast.
• Jiang Che hired Captain Old Bart to take him to the deepest sea, and Weapon Dissolution revealed that the talisman could create a powerful defensive shield.
• Jiang Che met Lily and, after discovering her good martial bones, taught her his improved White Cloud Fist; she sensed Qi-Blood and called him Teacher.
• Harold drove off an Iron-Bone Fish Monster with elemental magic, while Lily began improving rapidly under Jiang Che's guidance.
• On the fifth day, Old Bart said the ship was nearing the deepest waters, but a lookout spotted something beneath the distant sea and Old Bart froze in shock.

Jiang Che defeated the Octopus Sea Monster, revealed his power to Lily and the fishermen, and continued alone into the deep sea to cultivate. As he prepared to retreat from the crushing pressure, the True Myriad Phenomena Eye warned him of a colossal sea monster stronger than Gu Canghai approaching the Great Grandmaster realm.

• Jiang Che shattered the Octopus Sea Monster's Dharma Image at its weak point and killed it with a Karma Fire-infused Star-Burial punch.
• Jiang Che revealed his identity to Lily, gave her martial knowledge and spiritual nourishment, then said farewell and dove into the sea.
• Jiang Che ate several sea monsters while descending, recovered after accidentally eating a poisonous fish, and transformed with Thunder Source Dharma Orb to withstand the seafloor's pressure.
• Jiang Che began cultivating the fifth-layer Bodhi Immaculate Art in a seafloor cave, but stopped when the pressure began cracking his bones.
• As Jiang Che started to rise, the True Myriad Phenomena Eye warned him of a colossal ray-like sea monster whose aura was stronger than Gu Canghai's.

Jiang Che’s Law Seed shattered under the pressure of the seabed, and he lost consciousness as its power flooded his body. A month later, plague-born White-Haired Ones were appearing across the lands, and the Deva Chiefs feared that one would eventually become a Black Demon General and bring the Lord of the Black Abyss into the world.

• Jiang Che fled the Bat-Spray Sea Monster into a seafloor cave, where his Law Seed shattered and its power overwhelmed him.
• A plague survivor in a Western Great Chu village transformed into a White-Haired Monster and attacked his neighbor.
• The Yun Prefecture governor learned the plague had returned in worse form and traveled to seek help from the Haotian Sword Sect.
• A Giant Spirit Soldier mutated into a white-furred monster, killed the soldiers around him, and devoured their bodies.
• The Deva Chiefs learned that plague and White-Haired Ones had spread across the lands, and Gandharva Chief recited the prophecy linking them to the Lord of the Black Abyss.
• Puguan ordered the nations warned, doubled resources for the training camp, and told Mahoraga Chief to devote everything to cultivating the gifted child.

After spending a year unconscious on the seafloor, Jiang Che awakened with a perfected True Body and an unprecedented Pseudo-Divine State linked to a God Cell. He discovered that the world above had been devastated by the White-Haired Ones and shot toward the surface to learn what had happened.

• A year after Jiang Che’s Law Seed shattered, Yan Juque fought a powerful White-Haired One leader in ruined Yun Prefecture City until Bai Han killed it and sent him back to the Wutian Sword Sect for treatment.
• Fang Zhenge, Suying, and Luo Qinghan cleared White-Haired Ones from Ling Prefecture Capital and wondered where Jiang Che had gone.
• The Deva Realm Chiefs learned that more than half of their Buddhist Kingdom had fallen, while Fayuan and Moyunzi had failed the Sumeru Sacred Realm and nine-year-old Moke advanced rapidly.
• Jiang Che awoke on the seafloor, found that his body had absorbed his Law Power and True Essence into every cell, and reached the Perfection Realm of the fifth layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art.
• Jiang Che discovered he had entered the Grandmaster realm’s Pseudo-Divine State and gained a God Cell that could unleash tremendous power, though using it dimmed the cell.
• Jiang Che sensed the devastation above with his amplified Divine Sense and launched himself toward the surface to discover what had happened.

Jiang Che returned to the Buddhist Kingdom after awakening beneath the sea and rescued Fahui’s group from a horde of White-Haired Ones. He reunited with Master Kurong, revealed that he had perfected the fifth layer of the Bodhi Immaculate Art, and set out to attempt the Sumeru Sacred Realm Trial with Huiming following.

• Jiang Che used Karma Fire, Star-Burial spheres, and the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss to destroy the White-Haired Ones and their near-Grandmaster leader, then joined Fahui’s group on their way to the Deva Realm.
• Master Kurong prepared to return to the Prajna Zen Sect with Huiming to aid it against the Black Demon Calamity, believing Jiang Che had died in the deep sea.
• Jiang Che arrived at Master Kurong’s courtyard and revealed that he had reached the fifth layer Great Perfection Realm of the Bodhi Immaculate Art.
• Huiming was stunned by Jiang Che’s overwhelming aura, while Master Kurong agreed to accompany him to attempt the Sumeru Sacred Realm Trial.
• Master Kurong left with Jiang Che, and Huiming set aside the sect’s summons and hurried after them.

Jiang Che revealed that he had reached Great Perfection in the fifth level of the Bodhi Immaculate Art and went to challenge the Sumeru Sacred Realm. As he entered the Stone Pagoda, Lily recognized her teacher and watched with pride.

• Puguan learned that Jiang Che had arrived to challenge the Sumeru Sacred Realm and was stunned when Jiang Che revealed his powerful aura and flawless Primordial State.
• Puguan led Jiang Che to the sacred realm, while Moke watched them leave and then followed.
• Lily heard that Jiang Che was attempting the trial, recognized him as her teacher, and brought her squad to the plaza.
• Jiang Che greeted Lily through a voice transmission, and she proudly told her squad that he was her teacher.
• Puguan explained the twelve heavens and gave Jiang Che a Teleportation Jade Talisman before Jiang Che entered the Stone Pagoda.

Jiang Che fought his way through the Sumeru Sacred Realm, defeating its gatekeepers and surpassing Fayuan’s record by reaching the Ninth Heaven. After using the God Cell to overcome the Ninth Heaven’s powerful Vajra Remains, he recovered and entered the Tenth Layer.

• Jiang Che shattered the First Heaven’s Vajra Remains Dharma Image with a punch, then defeated the gatekeepers of the Second through Sixth Heavens in single blows.
• Jiang Che fought the stronger Seventh Heaven gatekeeper with repeated punches until its Dharma Image collapsed, then advanced to the Eighth Heaven.
• Outside the tower, the crowd watched Jiang Che pass the Seventh Heaven and surpass Fayuan’s record as the highest achiever, while Moyunzi watched with interest and the chiefs discussed Jiang Che’s strength.
• Jiang Che quickly defeated the Eighth Heaven gatekeeper, then battled the three-headed, six-armed Vajra Remains of the Ninth Heaven using his laws, True Essence, Prison-Suppressing Force Field, Star Leap, and Star-Burial spheres.
• Jiang Che awakened the God Cell to shatter the Ninth Heaven gatekeeper’s Dharma Image, suffered a severe chest wound from the backlash, and healed it rapidly through Fleshly Sainthood.
• Jiang Che rested until his body and God Cell recovered, then entered the Tenth Layer.

Jiang Che defeated the Great Grandmaster guardian on the tenth floor and, after recovering for a day, defeated the stronger guardian on the eleventh floor. He stopped before the twelfth floor to recover and wait for Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Wood to become available again.

• The crowd watched Jiang Che challenge the tenth floor, where the Jet-Black Vajra nearly killed him with its attacks and Dharma Image Domain.
• Jiang Che used True Nirvana-Entering Might and Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Wood to recover, then defeated the Jet-Black Vajra and opened the gate to the Eleventh Heaven.
• Jiang Che chose not to enter the next floor, while the crowd outside celebrated his victory and debated whether he could clear the final two floors.
• After a day of recovery, Jiang Che entered the Eleventh Heaven and fought the Pure Gold Giant Buddha, whose attacks brought him near death.
• Jiang Che used his revived strength and the power of the God Cell to shatter the Buddha's Dharma Image Core, then stopped before the twelfth floor to recover and wait for his skill's cooldown.

Jiang Che repeatedly challenged the Twelfth Heaven, using teleportation to retreat to the Eleventh Heaven and recover while his body grew stronger. After finally defeating the Grey-Robed Old Monk with the power of his God Cell, he watched the monk vanish and a golden sphere enter his brow before losing consciousness.

• Jiang Che carved a teleportation coordinate outside the Twelfth Heaven’s gate, then entered and was nearly killed by the Grey-Robed Old Monk’s overwhelming attack.
• Jiang Che used Vajra Demon-Repelling Seal and Vajra Indestructible Shield to escape back to the Eleventh Heaven, while the crowd outside realized he could retry without losing his progress.
• Jiang Che returned to the Twelfth Heaven after recovering and again fled after the Grey-Robed Old Monk nearly defeated him, accumulating strength through True Nirvana-Entering Might.
• Jiang Che challenged the Grey-Robed Old Monk again, endured a prolonged fight, and used Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Wood to recover after reaching near death.
• Jiang Che fused the God Cell’s power with his vastly strengthened body and struck down the Grey-Robed Old Monk, who dissolved into dust.
• A golden sphere emerged from the dust and entered Jiang Che’s brow, causing him to lose consciousness.

After clearing the Sumeru Sacred Realm, Jiang Che learned that the World Will had chosen him to fight the Black Demon Calamity, but Kanan discovered that Jiang Che’s power came from beyond this world. Jiang Che gained two God Cells, helped prepare the Buddhist Kingdom and Great Chu to resist the calamity, and left for Great Chu with Master Kurong and Huiming.

• Kanan explained that the World Will summoned Chosen Ones to fight the Black Demon Calamity and gave Jiang Che Primordial Power, which his God Cell devoured and split into two.
• Kanan recognized that Jiang Che’s power did not belong to this world and vanished, leaving Jiang Che with questions about his origins and a resolve to protect the world.
• Jiang Che emerged from the tower to a cheering crowd, was recognized as the Chosen One, and learned that Lily and her family had survived with help from his teachings.
• Jiang Che and the Buddhist Kingdom’s chiefs agreed to target the Black Demon Generals, while the Prajna Zen Sect received recognition as a Buddhist holy land outside the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Jiang Che strengthened Lily’s cultivation and gave her a thread of God Cell power, then worked with Moyunzi to develop a technique that could help ordinary fighters defeat White-Haired Ones.
• Jiang Che, Master Kurong, and Huiming set out for Great Chu after bidding farewell to the Buddhist Kingdom’s chiefs, Fayuan, Moyunzi, Lily, and the others.

Moke vanished from the Buddhist Kingdom, while Jiang Che returned toward the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect and found it under siege by a Quasi-Black Demon General. After Gu Canghai fled and Lei Wanjun prepared to sacrifice himself, a powerful figure raced toward the sect.

• Moke disappeared from the Deva Realm, and the Buddhist Kingdom's leaders failed to trace him before sealing information about him.
• Jiang Che, Master Kurong, and Huiming traveled toward Great Chu, and Jiang Che destroyed White-Haired Ones they encountered along the way.
• Jiang Che learned that a vast White-Haired Ones army and a Quasi-Black Demon General were attacking the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect.
• The Quasi-Black Demon General defeated the sect's Grandmasters and copied Gu Canghai's Great Yin-Yang Palm Seal, forcing Gu Canghai to flee.
• Lei Wanjun prepared to sacrifice himself against the Quasi-Black Demon General, but a figure with an even greater aura raced toward the sect.

Jiang Che returned to the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect and rescued it from a White-Haired Ones attack, then learned that Black Beasts were accelerating the demons’ evolution and vowed to hunt emerging Black Demon Generals. The next morning, he entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower and swiftly cleared its floors through the ninety-ninth, stepping into the final floor.

• Jiang Che killed the Quasi-Black Demon General with one finger and erased the army of White-Haired Ones with a sword strike, then reunited with his family and was hailed by the sect.
• At a meeting, Jiang Che explained that he had gained Primordial Power from the Sumeru Sacred Realm Trial and learned that Black Beasts were feeding the White-Haired Ones and speeding their evolution.
• Jiang Che announced that he would patrol the world and destroy Black Demon Generals before they could become vessels for the Lord of the Black Abyss.
• The next morning, Jiang Che entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower and defeated its gatekeepers with his pressure-manipulating finger technique, reaching the ninety-ninth floor.
• Jiang Che destroyed the Black Dragon Remnant Soul on the ninety-ninth floor and stepped through the teleportation array to the One Hundredth Floor.

Jiang Che cleared the Demon-Suppressing Tower, received the Founder’s Origin Power and Martial Saint cultivation method, and returned home to study his gains. After finding a possible link between the method, the Titan God Clan, and the Tower of Origin, he went to meet Lei Wanjun, who had requested an important discussion.

• Jiang Che defeated the Founder’s Divine Soul on the One Hundredth Floor, learned of the Black Demon Calamity, and received the Founder’s Origin Power and Martial Saint cultivation method.
• The God Cells devoured the Origin Power, and one split into two, leaving Jiang Che with three enhanced God Cells and an aura that shook the tower.
• Jiang Che emerged from the tower, reassured the Vein Masters that he remained a disciple of the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, and spent several days with his family at Crimson Firmament Peak.
• Jiang Che found that his God Cells continued strengthening his body even though his martial cultivation realms could not advance, then studied the Founder’s method and suspected its Source of Titans was connected to the Titan God Clan and the Tower of Origin.
• Jiang Che accepted Lei Wanjun’s request for a meeting and flew to Heaven-Slaying Peak.

Jiang Che declined the Sect Master position and accepted the title of Chief Elder, while endorsing Ye Wuchen as the new Sect Master. After the succession ceremony, Moke appeared among the White-Haired Ones and revealed his overwhelming authority over them, ordering a Quasi-Black Demon General to accompany him.

• Lei Wanjun offered Jiang Che the Sect Master position, but Jiang Che refused and nominated Ye Wuchen, accepting instead the title of Chief Elder with authority to appoint or dismiss the Sect Master.
• Lei Wanjun told Jiang Che that a life-or-death battle with the world's strongest could open the Heavenly Gate, and Jiang Che resolved to seek out Helian Zong.
• Ye Wuchen agreed to become Sect Master, and the next morning the sect formally appointed him and Jiang Che, with the disciples and elders bowing to them.
• Jiang Dawu, Madam Zhou, Jiang Ling, Fang Zhenge, Suying, Luo Qinghan, Song Yuan, and Bao Da watched Jiang Che receive the sect's reverence.
• Moke approached a gathering of White-Haired Ones and a Quasi-Black Demon General, who recognized his aura and bowed before him.
• Moke ordered the Quasi-Black Demon General to accompany him, then rode away on its shoulder.

Jiang Che empowered Luo Lie to the Grandmaster Realm, secured Crimson Firmament Peak with his clone, and searched the realm for Quasi-Black Demon Generals while sharing a defensive cultivation method and a life-saving talisman with Yan Juque. After finding and killing three targets, Jiang Che disguised himself as a refugee and followed hunters through an array-hidden passage into a mysterious valley.

• Jiang Che empowered Luo Lie to the Grandmaster Realm and ordered him to guard Crimson Firmament Peak and protect his family, while relying on his clone as the true defense.
• Jiang Che departed on the Cloud-Hidden Sky Wolf, killed three Quasi-Black Demon Generals during his search, and worried about how many more remained across the world.
• Jiang Che visited Yan Juque at the Haotian Sword Sect, gave him a cultivation method to resist the White-Haired Ones and a powerful jade talisman, then purged the area around the sect.
• Jiang Che detected a formation concealing a valley, disguised himself as the refugee Chen Qing, and persuaded Li Dashan and the hunters to take him inside.
• Li Dashan covered Jiang Che's eyes and opened a passage through the stone wall with a crystalline key, leading the group into the hidden valley.

Jiang Che entered a hidden valley where refugees lived under the protection of supposed immortals, then discovered that the valley’s preacher was Zhao Xisheng, a former fellow disciple from White Cloud Martial Hall. The revelation left him shocked as he prepared to learn what Zhao Xisheng was doing there.

• Li Dashan led Jiang Che into a hidden Marketplace and explained that immortals had sheltered refugees from the White-Haired Calamity in the valley.
• Jiang Che registered as Chen Qing, passed a test for evil taint, and received a teacher’s identity token after showing he could read and write.
• Jiang Che examined the valley’s unusual stone currency and found that its sealed energy resembled power from a Martial Saint manual and could repel White-Haired Ones.
• Jiang Che began teaching children at the academy and used a restrained show of pressure to quiet his unruly class.
• Jiang Che attended the immortal’s lecture and recognized the preacher as Zhao Xisheng, his former fellow disciple from White Cloud Martial Hall in Abyss-Facing City.

Moke sent ten powerful Quasi-Black Demon Generals to find Primordial Power, while Jiang Che investigated Immortal Mountain and reunited with Zhao Xisheng. Jiang Che remained trapped in the valley when the defenses sealed, and the chapter ended as a powerful attacker struck the Mountain-Protecting Great Array.

• Moke ordered ten Quasi-Black Demon Generals, including the Heavenly Human Realm Shiyuan, to collect Primordial Power so his true body could enter the world.
• Jiang Che listened to Zhao Xisheng's lecture and sensed an energy resembling the power of his God Cells.
• Jiang Che followed Zhao Xisheng, revealed their past at White Cloud Martial Hall, and learned about Zhao Xisheng's Spirit Vein and immortal cultivation.
• Zhao Xisheng found that Jiang Che had no Spirit Vein and promised to protect him within Immortal Mountain's valley.
• Jiang Che learned that Immortal Mountain had sealed its passage because a powerful Quasi-Black Demon General was approaching, but he stayed rather than risk exposing the refugees to the White-Haired Ones.
• Two days later, a powerful attack shook the Mountain-Protecting Great Array, and Jiang Che suspected that a Quasi-Black Demon General had arrived.

Xuanxiaozi and the Immortal Mountain immortals failed to defeat a Quasi-Black Demon General, then abandoned Zhao Xisheng and the valley’s refugees to save themselves. As Jiang Che approached Zhao Xisheng to reveal himself, the outer great array shattered under the White-Haired Ones’ assault.

• Xuanxiaozi and the immortals attacked the Quasi-Black Demon General with their weapons, but it endured their attacks and badly wounded two of them before they retreated behind the great array.
• The Quasi-Black Demon General summoned thousands of White-Haired Ones, who battered the outer great array until it was close to collapse.
• Xuanxiaozi ordered Zhao Xisheng to reinforce the array while he and the other immortals fled, then admitted they would seal the inner array and leave Zhao behind as bait.
• Jiang Che realized the array would soon fail and decided to reveal himself to Zhao Xisheng so he could leave and kill the monster.
• As Jiang Che approached Zhao Xisheng, the outer great array shattered, leaving the valley unprotected.