Chapter Summaries

Yu Ci used Xuan Huang to disrupt the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s control of the Law of Life and Death, then exploited the warped Heaven and Earth Law System to shift himself across the True World. He emerged on the coast, about forty million miles from his intended destination, while the law’s will attacked him as a great devil.

• The Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva sent demonic and ghostly phantoms to probe and erode the outer layer of Yu Ci’s Great Sun manifestation.
• Yu Ci ordered Xuan Huang to strike at the Law of Life and Death, cutting its derivative branches and killing countless heavenly demons in the Huayang Demon Kingdom.
• Yu Ci collapsed his Great Sun manifestation and rode the warped Heaven and Earth Law System into a vortex, vanishing from both the Huayang Demon Kingdom and the Realm of Truth.
• The Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva sensed that Yu Ci had shifted one hundred seventy million miles away and was left shocked.
• Yu Ci emerged amid a storm on the coast, used celestial star positioning and the Divine Lord Network to locate himself, and discovered he was about forty million miles off course.

Yu Ci arrived at Lan Hai Mountain after teleporting across the True Realm and assessed the region’s unusual law system. The Heart-Knocking Bell and the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect intervened in his conflict with the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, who retreated and showed restraint.

• Yu Ci identified his location as Black Iron Beach at Lan Hai Mountain and noted its resources and proximity to the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect.
• Yu Ci examined the region’s distorted Heaven and Earth Law System and understood that it resulted from a clash with the Outer Domain of the Nine Heavens.
• Yu Ci considered how to sever or compromise his karmic connection to the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, since their conflict could not be resolved by either side yielding.
• The Eight Sceneries Palace rang the Heart-Knocking Bell, smoothing the effects of Yu Ci’s teleportation and interfering with his connection to the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva as a warning.
• The Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect sent a delicate chime that Yu Ci recognized as a greeting and threat, while the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva retreated and displayed restraint.

Yu Ci rejected the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s proposed truce and decided to use the pause in conflict to strengthen his position. He delegated plans to You Rui, then set out to repair the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, though the scarce materials and lengthy preparation posed obstacles.

• The Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva offered Yu Ci a truce if he kept quiet and left Madame Yellow Springs alone, but Yu Ci recognized the deal as temporary and unreliable.
• Yu Ci asked Zhao Xiangshan for advice, and Zhao Xiangshan recommended waiting until a decisive moment to disrupt the opposing plan.
• Yu Ci instructed You Rui to help Madam Xia and Zhai Que'er without letting either faction succeed, keep Little Five close, consult Yuanjun Pingzhi, and locate Island Master Ye.
• Yu Ci warned You Rui to be cautious of Murong Qingyan, who secretly served several factions and acted as a broker.
• Yu Ci decided to repair the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror so he could bring Madam Huanyong fully under his control, but he lacked enough Star-Refined Bronze and learned that preparing it could take about a century.

Yu Ci traveled to the Lan Hai Mountain region to look for Star-Refined Bronze and learned that the Golden Banner Sect was pressuring the Lingchen Sect over mining areas and properties at Ju Jing Workshop. As he flew toward the market, he considered whether to pay closer attention to the Golden Banner Sect.

• Yu Ci declined the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s invitation and traveled to a coastal cliff in the Lan Hai Mountain region.
• Yu Ci observed fish herders gathering seabed ores and reflected on how Madame Yellow Springs’s knowledge and methods shaped her cultivation.
• Two Golden Banner Sect disciples warned Yu Ci away from their mining area, then gave him directions to Ju Jing Workshop after he mentioned his ties to Xu Yang of the Hundred Refinements Gate.
• Yu Ci learned that the Golden Banner Sect and allied small sects had seized several Lingchen Sect mining areas and were trying to take its properties at Ju Jing Workshop.
• Yu Ci flew toward Ju Jing Workshop, hoping to find Star-Refined Bronze and deciding that the Golden Banner Sect might warrant his attention.

Yu Ci and Bao Yun visited Ju Jing Workshop, where Yu Ci bought rare crafting materials and obtained a VIP plaque to enter the Three Treasures Hall’s headquarters. As they left, he spotted someone familiar and asked whether Lan Hai Mountain also practiced Buddhism.

• Yu Ci and Bao Yun descended into Ju Jing Workshop and browsed its specialized shops while he considered Bao Yun’s unusual connection to the Heaven and Earth Law Will.
• Yu Ci presented a list of materials for the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror at a Three Treasures Hall branch, then bought many choice ores and refined goods.
• The branch manager mistook Yu Ci’s purchases for a sample survey and offered him a VIP plaque to enter the marketplace headquarters.
• Yu Ci learned that several heavenly minerals, including star-refined bronze, were stored at the headquarters and accepted the plaque.
• As Yu Ci left the shop, he noticed a familiar figure outside and asked the manager whether Lan Hai Mountain believed in Buddhism.

Yu Ci entered Ju Jing Workshop’s core area to investigate the source of the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm shards while concealing his purpose behind a purchase of rare ores. He learned that Master Liu Shande’s family handled Dark Tide Sand refining and weapon-crafting, and wondered whether the Sage Wisdom Walker was heading to Liu’s shop.

• Yu Ci recognized the Sage Wisdom Walker in Ju Jing Workshop and inferred that the Buddhist cultivator was tracking Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm shards.
• Yu Ci let a shop assistant guide him and Bao Yun into the workshop’s core area, where Manager Chu began discussing their requested heavenly ores.
• Manager Chu was interrupted with news that a batch of Dark Tide Sand from Qingtan had arrived, and Yu Ci used the opportunity to ask about its source and processing.
• Manager Chu explained that Master Liu Shande’s family had refined Dark Tide Sand for generations and that Liu ran a shop nearby that produced magic tools.
• Yu Ci recalled that Liu Shande had been under You Rui’s watch and wondered whether the Sage Wisdom Walker was going to his shop.

Yu Ci questioned Liu Shande while watching him refine Dark Tide Sand, learning that Yang Ming collected mutated materials. After buying the available minerals from the Three Treasures Hall, Yu Ci asked about Yang Ming and learned that he belonged to a collateral branch of the Yang family connected to the Siming Sect.

• Yu Ci appeased Liu Shande after criticizing the Liu family's work and persuaded him to let Yu Ci watch him refine Dark Tide Sand.
• Yu Ci learned that the Three Treasures Hall lacked Starlight Stone and Star-refined Bronze, and Manager Chu managed to obtain only six liang of Star-refined Bronze.
• As Liu Shande refined the Dark Tide Sand, Yu Ci questioned him and learned that Yang Ming had collected mutated materials for over a century.
• Yu Ci returned to the Three Treasures Hall, collected the minerals, and asked Manager Chu about Yang Ming.
• Manager Chu explained that Yang Ming was a down-and-out member of a collateral Yang family branch, and Yu Ci recognized the name Yang De.

Yu Ci visited Ju Jing Workshop to seek Starlight Stone and drew the attention of the Golden Banner Sect, then made arrangements to investigate Yang Ming and Yang De. While he examined Bao Yun’s foundation, she fled to the coast, where they spotted a powerful woman identified as Di Tianluo facing a hostile challenge.

• Yu Ci met Chen En of the Golden Banner Sect, who offered to discuss selling the sect’s stored Starlight Stone, but Bao Yun’s performance let Yu Ci postpone the meeting.
• Yu Ci arranged for his believers to monitor Yang Ming and contact Yang De before examining the Star-Refining bronze and Bao Yun’s foundation.
• Bao Yun grew uneasy about Yu Ci’s examination, slipped away, and led him to hide among rocks overlooking the sea.
• Yu Ci and Bao Yun saw a radiant, slender woman standing on the ocean and recognized her as somehow familiar.
• A voice threatened Di Tianluo, but she ignored the challenge, leaving onlookers to identify her as the Great Sun King of the Light Demon Sect.

Di Tianluo ambushed the Demonic Sect cultivators plotting to kill her and demonstrated her mastery of Aurora Yuan Magnetism. When a hidden figure reclaimed the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle, she recognized him as Dong Cangzi and mocked his title, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Yu Ci watched as Di Tianluo faced a Demonic Sect cultivator who had summoned accomplices to set up an ambush at sea.
• Di Tianluo drew tribulation lightning from the sky, used it to destroy the hidden formation disks, and killed the cultivators concealed in the water.
• Di Tianluo exposed the howling cultivator hiding among the clouds, and he brandished the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle against her.
• Yu Ci learned from Little Five that Shadow Ghost had taken the bottle years earlier.
• Di Tianluo killed the howling cultivator with lightning and fire, but a man named Dong Cangzi rose from the sea and took the bottle.
• Di Tianluo addressed Dong Cangzi as Senior Brother Dong Cangzi of the 'Double Flat Sun,' provoking laughter from those watching nearby.

Di Tianluo challenged Dong Cangzi over the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle and used her unusual methods to plant a demonic seed in him. As Dong Cangzi tried to refine it, she revealed a painting of Linggang Mountain, and Yu Ci recognized its sword intent as connected to Shadow Ghost and the source of the Boundary River.

• Di Tianluo mocked Dong Cangzi’s past defeat and demanded that he return the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle.
• Dong Cangzi spread his Corrosive Domain, but Di Tianluo used her law-based transformation to evade his grasp and plant a demonic seed in him.
• Dong Cangzi sensed the seed and began Inner Demon Refinement, risking a backlash that could stain Di Tianluo with demonic influence.
• A scroll of Linggang Mountain appeared behind Di Tianluo and disrupted Dong Cangzi’s concentration.
• Yu Ci recognized the painting’s powerful sword intent and connected it to Shadow Ghost, the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle, and the source of the Boundary River.

Di Tianluo used a Heaven-made scroll filled with the sword intents of more than twenty Sword Immortals to kill Dong Cangzi, absorbing his power and beginning a tribulation. As Yu Ci sensed the upheaval in Heaven and Earth, he gained a clearer view of the True Realm’s law system and understood why so many Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm Shards gathered near Lan Hai Mountain.

• Yu Ci recognized that Di Tianluo’s scroll contained the resonant sword intents of more than twenty Sword Immortals, captured from a moment in time.
• The scroll’s sword intent disrupted Dong Cangzi’s Inner Demon Refinement, allowing his demon seed to consume him and turn him to ash.
• Di Tianluo absorbed Dong Cangzi’s vitality, spiritual qi, and divine intent, then triggered a tribulation to cross into a higher realm.
• Yu Ci and Bao Yun stayed near the sea as others fled, while Yu Ci sensed the changing laws caused by Di Tianluo’s tribulation.
• Yu Ci observed the True Realm’s law system in a relatively static state and recognized its warped hollows and ridges.
• Yu Ci realized that the law-system lowland around Lan Hai Mountain drew Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm Shards toward it.

Yu Ci confronted Shadow Ghost about its involvement with Di Tianluo and learned that it wanted to become the Karmaless Sword Immortal by gaining freedom from its current bonds. Shadow Ghost explained that Heart Refining Dharma Fire was its greatest obstacle, leaving Yu Ci to consider how its plan compared with the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s pursuit of reincarnation.

• Yu Ci mapped how the True Realm’s law system directed Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm Shards toward Lan Hai Mountain and identified the routes the shards could take.
• Shadow Ghost interrupted Yu Ci as he prepared to deal with Di Tianluo, and Yu Ci demanded an explanation for its schemes.
• Yu Ci recalled Shadow Ghost’s old ambition to take Qu Wujie’s place as the Karmaless Sword Immortal and their agreement to help each other.
• Shadow Ghost admitted that Di Tianluo had been a catalyst and that it had taught her to activate the Spirit Outline Scroll and cross the tribulation barrier.
• Yu Ci connected Shadow Ghost’s plan to the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s apparent pursuit of reincarnation.
• Shadow Ghost explained that it needed freedom from Yu Ci’s control and that the laws of Heart Refining Dharma Fire had trapped it more deeply than its other bonds.

Yu Ci learned that the Shadow Ghost was helping provoke conflict among the Northern Demonic Sects to loosen its Heart Refining Dharma Fire bindings and advance the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s plans for reshaping the Three Realms. As the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect launched a demonic tribulation against Di Tianluo, the Shadow Ghost said she had her own means of protection.

• Yu Ci consulted Zhao Xiangshan and concluded that the Shadow Ghost’s plans aligned with the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s effort to connect the Three Realms and reshape the Heaven and Earth Law System.
• The Shadow Ghost explained that it was exposing the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s actions to destabilize the Northern Demonic Sect and create opportunities to break free of the Heart Refining Dharma Fire’s bindings.
• Yu Ci accepted that the Shadow Ghost’s interference did not conflict with his own aims and considered whether he could trade Di Tianluo for star-refining bronze.
• The Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect sent a dry-voiced incantation into the tribulation clouds, opening a path for demonic shadows and Outer Realm Calamity Demon-level entities to attack Di Tianluo.
• Yu Ci asked whether the Shadow Ghost would intervene, and it replied that Di Tianluo was an inducement rather than bait and that she had her own reliance.

Di Tianluo’s conviction awakened a hidden power that annihilated the Outer Realm Calamity Demons attacking her and revealed her connection to the Primordial Demon Lord. The chapter leaves her explaining that decades of disciplined study and unwavering ambition had enabled her to resonate with his Dao.

• Di Tianluo remained focused as calamity demons and tribulation lightning converged on her during her breakthrough.
• A power concealed in Di Tianluo’s soul awakened, overwhelming three Outer Realm Calamity Demons and sending terror through the demonic tide.
• Di Tianluo’s backlash reached the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect expert, who recognized her power as Fundamental Empowerment, while Yu Ci and Shadow Ghost also reacted.
• Di Tianluo revealed that her power came from the Primordial Demon Lord and explained that her steadfast pursuit of freedom had earned her resonance with him.
• Di Tianluo recalled spending thirty years studying the heavenly demon rites and descending to the eighth level beneath the Earth Fire Demon Palace, forging her heart core and divine ability.

Di Tianluo drew on the Primordial Demon Lord’s power to survive her tribulation, defeat three Outer Realm Calamity Demons, and break through to longevity. Huai Chen then attacked her with curse arts, and as he closed in, he sensed the danger of her fundamental empowerment.

• Di Tianluo’s tribulation barrier shattered, allowing the Primordial Demon Lord’s will to empower her against the lightning.
• The empowered Di Tianluo destabilized the three Outer Realm Calamity Demons, slew them, and absorbed their vital energy to complete her breakthrough.
• A Demonic Sect Eastern Branch expert attacked Di Tianluo with a giant spirit palm, but she dispersed into the tribulation clouds to evade him.
• Yu Ci identified the attacker as Huai Chen, a curse-using wizard who had defected from Flying Soul City.
• Huai Chen located Di Tianluo with curse arts and began rebuilding a law cage around her as he hurried toward her, wary of her fundamental empowerment.

Di Tianluo wounded Huai Chen with a sunlit strike, escaped with the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle, and revealed the power of her Fundamental Empowerment. Yu Ci and the Shadow Ghost considered what her empowerment might mean, including the possibility that she was a Demonic Son.

• Huai Chen pursued Di Tianluo above the tribulation clouds and formed a spatial curse to trap her.
• Di Tianluo fled toward dawn and used the rising sun to strike Huai Chen, breaking his spell and injuring his body and spirit.
• Di Tianluo withdrew her demonic corruption, departed through the sunlight, and took the Magnetic Light Myriad Transformations Bottle.
• Huai Chen recovered enough to rage that Di Tianluo risked demonic corruption by returning before several years of seclusion.
• Yu Ci noted that Di Tianluo had killed Dong Cangzi, defeated Huai Chen, advanced to the Six Desire Heavenly Demon, and declared her Fundamental Empowerment.
• The Shadow Ghost feared that Di Tianluo’s empowerment might come from the Primordial Demon Lord, while Yu Ci asked why she had been chosen.

Yu Ci and Shadow Ghost assessed the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s likely response to Di Tianluo’s upheaval, while Yu Ci pursued a lead on the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm Shards. At Yang Ming’s shop, Walker Sage Wisdom arrived seeking Buddhist affinity, and the chapter ended as Chi Rui and Protector Chen En entered amid growing suspicion.

• Shadow Ghost explained how he had hidden his divine intent in Qu Wujie’s painting and admitted that Di Tianluo’s actions had exceeded his expectations.
• Yu Ci told Shadow Ghost that the Primordial Demon Lord seemed to be an observer seeking upheaval, and Shadow Ghost challenged Yu Ci to examine his own desires for change or stability.
• Zhao Xiangshan warned Yu Ci that the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect might act against the Witch God, possibly using him as a sacrifice.
• Yu Ci and Bao Yun visited Yang Ming’s shop to investigate a lead on the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm Shards, where Walker Sage Wisdom arrived seeking Buddhist affinity.
• Walker Sage Wisdom entered the shop’s storeroom to search Yang Ming’s treasured possessions, while Chi Rui arrived to investigate the watched visitors and Protector Chen En followed him inside.

Yu Ci investigated fragments of the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm hidden in ore while Chen En and Chi Rui tried to assess him and the Sage Wisdom Walker. After Yu Ci bought Starlight Stone and other ores, Chen En stopped him to discuss the stone, but a bell interrupted them.

• Chen En warned Chi Rui not to provoke the Sage Wisdom Walker, then used him as a shield while visiting Yang Ming’s shop.
• Yu Ci and the Sage Wisdom Walker discussed Buddhist karma as Chen En listened, unsettled by the depth of their exchange.
• Yang Ming showed Yu Ci a bowl of Dark Tide Sand, and Chi Rui linked its origin to the battle between the Tai Xuan Demon Mother and the Rakshasa Ghost King.
• Yu Ci secretly refined Dharma Realm shards from the sand, then concluded that the Sage Wisdom Walker tracked them through karma or Buddhist affinity.
• Yu Ci bought Starlight Stone fragments and other ores, and Chen En stopped him outside to propose a discussion about the stone.
• A bell sounded as Yu Ci began to respond to Chen En.

Yu Ci used the Mystic Ascent Reflection Inner Illumination Curse to protect Ju Jing Workshop’s cultivators from the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s demonic sound, then confronted the sect’s representatives alongside the gathered powers. The chapter left Yu Ci facing Huai Chen as he challenged the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s actions.

• Chen En left Yu Ci after receiving a message, while the Nine Ghost Heart Bells’ demonic sound disoriented people throughout Ju Jing Workshop.
• Yu Ci returned to the shop with Bao Yun, where he found the clerk mentally shaken, and Sage Wisdom Walker emerged with Yang Ming and Chi Rui.
• Sage Wisdom Walker agreed to accompany Yu Ci, and Yu Ci cast the Mystic Ascent Reflection Inner Illumination Curse across Ju Jing Workshop, protecting 27,552 cultivators beneath the Void Treading realm.
• Yu Ci and Sage Wisdom Walker surfaced, where representatives of the Golden Banner Sect, Lingchen Sect, Three Treasures Hall, and Hundred Refinements Gate gathered to assess him.
• Yu Ci invoked his authority as Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and revealed that he had escaped powerful enemies at Huayang Cave using Great Translocation.
• Huai Chen appeared with two Six Desire Heavenly Demon juniors and challenged Yu Ci, who mocked him for being manipulated and changing allegiances.

Yu Ci subdued Huai Chen and ended the heart-bell assault, then used the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s sea blockade to take charge of resolving the crisis around Ju Jing Workshop. He secured agreement from the other factions to set aside their territorial disputes and appeal to the Xiyu Alliance, while Chen Qiaoran worried that Yu Ci’s maneuvering threatened the Golden Banner Sect’s secret objectives.

• Yu Ci provoked Huai Chen by exposing his weakened state, forcing Huai Chen to abandon his aggression and explain that the Eastern Branch was searching Ju Jing Workshop for Dong Cangzi’s killer.
• Yu Ci traced the heart-bell demonic sound to its source, and Huai Chen withdrew after receiving an order to hand over command as Zhai Meng arrived and silenced the attack.
• Zhai Meng apologized to Yu Ci, then sealed the sea around the region until Dong Cangzi’s killer was found and warned that anyone crossing his boundary would be treated as an accomplice.
• Star Mover True Monarch proposed that Yu Ci arbitrate the dispute over Dong Cangzi and the local mines and marketplace shares, and Xu Kui and True Person Sun agreed.
• Yu Ci postponed disputes over mines and shares, called for the Xiyu Alliance to decide whether to fight or negotiate with the Demonic Sect, and won agreement from the gathered factions.