Chapter Summaries

Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva agreed to accelerate the Sorcerer God sacrifice and prepare for rebirth as the conflict with the Boundless Void Divine Lord intensified. As the demonic patterns around Su Shuanghe took shape, Li Bocai’s conversation with Wan Tengshan and Peng Suo was cut short.

• The Rakshasa Ghost King confirmed that the Boundless Void Divine Lord would attack through Yu Qing Xuan’s Sky Mending Net and that the Blood Prison Ghost Manor would follow its original plan through Sky Rift Valley.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva saw the shamanic fetus drawing vitality from Miaoxiang and recognized that Su Shuanghe’s stimulation could awaken the Sorcerer God’s spirituality.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King urged Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva to reincarnate and begin the plan, and she agreed.
• Wan Tengshan worried over Sword Discussion Pavilion’s cooperation with the Demon Sect, while Li Bocai told him to keep following their chosen path.
• Li Bocai remarked that Peng Suo and Patriarch Longchuan were pure sword cultivators, but his words stopped as the demonic patterns around Su Shuanghe took shape.

Wan Tengshan and Li Bocai watched Su Shuanghe undergo a demonic-pattern sacrifice that sent Sorcerer God essence into the void and triggered a planned collision between the Outer Domain of the Nine Heavens and the true world. The boundary shattered, devastating the sea around Lan Hai Mountain as Shenghui escaped and cultivators began suffering the effects of the merging law systems.

• Wan Tengshan watched demonic patterns dissolve Su Shuanghe, while Li Bocai identified spiritual obscurity as the foundation of the ritual and urged him to wait.
• The water world trembled as the altar transferred Sorcerer God essence and spiritual energy into the void, causing upheaval across connected worlds.
• Shenghui saw strange light and spreading darkness above Lan Hai Mountain, then warned nearby cultivators to dive into the sea as Ju Jing Workshop’s defenses activated.
• Darkness swept across the sea, destroying Ju Jing Workshop, nearby cultivators, and part of the Lan Hai Mountain range while Shenghui escaped its path.
• The Outer Domain of the Nine Heavens broke through the boundary and shattered Yu Qing Xuan’s Sky Mending Net as the two worlds’ law systems began merging.
• Cultivators hiding underwater experienced conflicting sensations from the changing laws, while demonic shadows filled the depths of the void.

As the Azure Sky Domain connected to the Outer Domain of the Nine Heavens, demons began contaminating the land while the realms’ laws fused. Heavenly Venerate Boyang and Lianshan recognized the Rakshasa Ghost King’s involvement and realized the expanded battlefield would favor the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

• Sheng Hui sensed an Inverting Wind carrying mind demons into the Azure Sky Domain and understood that it would gradually turn the region into a haven for the demonic path.
• Heavenly Venerate Boyang arrived outside Lan Hai Mountain and summoned Lianshan, and the two identified the Rakshasa Ghost King as the likely force behind the realms’ connection.
• Heavenly Venerate Boyang and Lianshan discussed how the breach was expanding but would meet resistance from inland defenses, while remaining difficult to seal.
• At dawn, Lianshan called the upheaval the beginning of troubled times, while Heavenly Venerate Boyang described it as the opening of a vast battlefield.
• Heavenly Venerate Boyang explained that the fused laws allowed Earth Immortals to fight with greater strength, and Lianshan recognized that the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons held the greatest reserves of such masters.

As the inner and outer domains began to connect, the great powers feared that Heavenly Demons would eventually swarm into the True Realm. The Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect revealed that it had moved its main altar with the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s aid, while the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master urged the sects to establish a new order and advocated reviving the Thirty-Six Heavens of Shangqing as a shared system.

• Lianshan and another Earth Immortal discussed how the domain junction could draw vast numbers of Heavenly Demons to the True Realm over time.
• Great powers gathered at Lan Hai Mountain and debated whether the Demonic Sect or the Boundless Void Divine Lord was behind the connection between the inner and outer domains.
• The Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect’s main altar vanished in a distortion at sea, showing that it had used the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s power to establish a separate heaven and earth.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master told Lianshan that the True Realm’s failing law system required the sects to prepare a new order, with Eight Sceneries Palace as a suitable leader.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master rejected Eight Sceneries Palace’s Thirty-Six Heavens system and proposed restoring the Thirty-Six Heavens of Shangqing as a system jointly created and shared by the sects.

Azure Wave Water Mansion Master used the debate over the Thirty-Six Heavens of Shangqing to challenge Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s claim to be Shangqing’s successor and implicate Yu Qing Xuan in his rise. He left the gathering with his accusation hanging over them, arguing that neither Zhu Tai Yi nor Shangqing Sect had ever made Yuanxu a true heir.

• Lianshan recognized that Azure Wave Water Mansion Master was attacking Shangqing Sect’s role in the Thirty-Six Heavens system to serve his own interests.
• Azure Wave Water Mansion Master called Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu a fraud who had falsely claimed Shangqing’s legacy, and Lianshan warned him not to jump to conclusions about the Later Sage.
• Azure Wave Water Mansion Master pointed to Yu Qing Xuan’s injuries and history with Shangqing as reasons she might have helped Yuanxu claim the Later Sage title.
• Azure Wave Water Mansion Master recounted Yuanxu’s movements around the time Zhu Tai Yi died and suggested Yu Qing Xuan had trained him to seize the Taixiao Divine Court.
• Azure Wave Water Mansion Master argued that Zhu Tai Yi had never accepted Yuanxu as a Shangqing disciple, leaving his claim to Shangqing’s Dao lineage in doubt.

The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master accused Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu of having an unexplained connection to the Siding Institute and used the Xiyu Alliance’s procedures to demand an investigation. The gathering’s masters were stunned when an unfamiliar Earth Immortal endorsed the proposal, apparently the City Lord.

• You Can challenged the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master, who cited the Siding Institute’s Shangqing scriptures as evidence of a surviving orthodox lineage.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master questioned how Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu had become close to the Siding Institute and why one of its travelers practiced the demonic Heavenly Serpent Method.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master announced that his troops would detain the travelers and demanded that the alliance investigate the Siding Institute and Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master asked Heavenly Venerate Boyang to convene a high-level Xiyu Alliance meeting to establish procedures for the investigation.
• An unfamiliar Earth Immortal approved the proposal, and Heavenly Venerate Boyang recognized the voice as the City Lord.

The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master and You Can disrupted the Xiyu Alliance’s efforts to reach a consensus, while Lian Shan suspected the Rakshasa Ghost King was manipulating events to weaken the Eight Sceneries Palace. Lian Shan then went to Heavenly Pole Peak, where Xiao Sen discussed how to understand the Divine Path system.

• Heavenly Venerate Boyang questioned You Can about his past dealings with the Rakshasa Ghost King, and You Can agreed to explain them at the meeting.
• Lian Shan warned Heavenly Venerate Boyang to be cautious, then withdrew from the alliance discussion and ordered his disciple to gather records about You Can and the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master.
• Lian Shan arranged surveillance of the Siding Institute and blamed the Rakshasa Ghost King for stirring conflict around the Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Yun Xing summoned Lian Shan to Heavenly Pole Peak on behalf of Xiao Sen, and Lian Shan went to see the Sect Master Saint.
• Xiao Sen told Lian Shan that understanding the Divine Path required looking outward from within, then asked Yun Xing whether he understood.

Eight Sceneries Palace’s leaders decided to have Xin Yi become a Divine Lord and claim the Four Directions Eight Heavens as the price of a deal with Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu. Meanwhile, Xiao Jiu watched tensions rise at Xi Yu Lake as Yu Ci stopped responding and Siding Institute came under attack.

• Yun Xing explained how Divine Lords sought the center of heaven and earth, and Xiao Sen and Lianshan discussed Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s prospects and the risks of his temperament.
• Xin Yi proposed that Eight Sceneries Palace create its own Divine Lord, offering himself for the role and arguing that Yuanxu should be made to choose between a deal and the sect’s actions.
• Xiao Sen approved Xin Yi’s plan and marked Eight Sceneries Palace’s traditional sphere of influence as the site for the Three Pure Realms and Great Luo Heaven.
• Xin Yi sat beneath the Purple Extreme Yellow Diagram as clear light rose from him, while Xiao Sen, Lianshan, and Yun Xing watched in silence.
• At Xi Yu Lake, Xiao Jiu spoke with cultivators amid rumors about the Later Sage and Yuanxu, while Siding Institute struggled to repel an Azure Wave Water Mansion attack.
• Xiao Jiu grew anxious because Yu Ci had not responded to Xiao Wu’s reports for half a day, though the Inner Void remained and Senior Brother Shadow Ghost still managed their side.

A void clash near Lan Hai Mountain destabilized storage artifacts and Yi Shui Ju, while the cultivators on Xi Yu Lake sought protection through blessings. Baiyi identified the forces behind the upheaval before a mighty will descended upon the lake.

• Xiao Jiu and the others saw the Three Origins Secret Array react as void turbulence shattered storage artifacts and destroyed Yi Shui Ju.
• Xiao Wu and Xuan Huang explained they had been caught in the aftermath of a void divine ability, while Xuan Huang briefly eased the array's pressure on the cultivators.
• Wu Jing urged the lake cultivators to call on the Outer Path Deity, and their prayers brought blessings that steadied the crowd and formed a stable region.
• Baiyi said Palace Master Yu and the Boundless Void Divine Lord were likely fighting with sealing and void abilities, prompting Xuan Huang and the others to regard Baiyi and Crimson Yin with suspicion.
• A vast, oppressive will descended over Xi Yu Lake as the boat shook violently.

The Boundless Void Divine Lord and the Rakshasa Ghost King joined forces to overwhelm Yu Qing Xuan and the other Earth Immortals in the Realm of Truth. Ye Bin’s sword strike gave Yu Qing Xuan a brief chance to reclaim control, but the group remained trapped in the black tide as an unknown clear light began pushing through it.

• Baiyi explained that the Boundless Void Divine Lord had tracked Yu Qing Xuan through the Sky Mending Net and intercepted her in the Realm of Truth.
• The Boundless Void Divine Lord attacked Yu Qing Xuan, and the Rakshasa Ghost King matched his rhythm, shattering the standoff among the Earth Immortals.
• The two attackers separated Yu Qing Xuan from Heavenly Venerable Shao and overwhelmed Madam Huanyong, forcing her to retreat toward the Cang River.
• Ye Bin struck across the sky, disrupting the attackers’ joint rhythm and helping Yu Qing Xuan establish a law domain of her own.
• Yu Qing Xuan, Ye Bin, and Heavenly Venerable Shao remained surrounded by the black tide as a stream of clear light repeatedly emerged through it.

The Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva began using her connection to the Candle Dragon King and the witch-fetus in Miao Xiang to build the foundation of her Dao. As the Boundless Void Divine Lord pressed down on the Taixiao Divine Court, the Candle Dragon King struggled against the Bodhisattva’s influence, while she focused on controlling the converging powers within Miao Xiang.

• Yu Qing Xuan connected to the tree sprout and escaped the Realm of Truth with Ye Bin, while Heavenly Venerable Shao remained untraceable.
• The Boundless Void Divine Lord used the tree sprout’s residual laws to press a vast black tide down upon the Four Directions Eight Heavens and the Taixiao Divine Court.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King urged the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva to seize her opportunity, and the Bodhisattva divided her attention between Miao Xiang and the Candle Dragon King.
• The Candle Dragon King discovered that the Bodhisattva’s influence had infiltrated his bloodline through the Future Star Tribulation Scripture and used his divine abilities to try to escape it.
• Miao Xiang’s witch-fetus awakened as divine scripts formed a revolving wheel on her abdomen, while Bai Lian protected her and the Bodhi tree’s life force flowed into her.
• The Bodhisattva’s system, the watery world’s laws, and the Candle Dragon King’s innate ability converged through the divine wheel, and she focused her mind on controlling their conflicts.

Bi Chao carried out Rakshasa Ghost King's decree, sacrificing Heavenly Delusion City's believers to manifest Li Huantian and then leaving the city with its remaining people. The blood sacrifice added a new system component to Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva's already overloaded foundation, and she began to lose control as the Boundless Void Divine Lord withdrew.

• Bi Chao ordered the blood sacrifice in Heavenly Delusion City, where believers offered their lives and a close friend ascended toward Li Huantian.
• The sacrifice consumed Rakshasa Sect's hundred thousand most devout believers, and Rakshasa Ghost King abandoned Heavenly Delusion City and its remaining people to Bi Chao.
• The sacrifice opened a link between Blood Prison Ghost Manor and the true world, unleashing a devastating tsunami across the Eastern Sea.
• The resulting bloodline entered Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva's system, pushing her control to the brink while the Boundless Void Divine Lord's black tide retreated.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva called for Bai Lian, realized she had been betrayed, and lost control of the divine wheel forming on Miaoxiang's abdomen.

Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva realized Madame Yellow Springs had turned the chaotic systems into the foundation for a new world, while the Rakshasa Ghost King explained why he had chosen to cooperate with her. After escaping the witch fetus through a prepared passage, Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva vowed to destroy Madame Yellow Springs.

• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva saw that a lotus-seed core remained untouched by the chaos and was steadily absorbing fragments of laws into an ordered structure.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva recognized the core as Madame Yellow Springs, who was using the fragments to fill out the foundation of a new world.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King told Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva that he had chosen Madame Yellow Springs because her established foundation made the outcome secure, while Black Heaven had missed her chances.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva used the Ten Directions Ci Guang Buddha demon spirit to break free from the witch fetus and flee through a passageway around the Boundless Void Divine Lord's black tide.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva's will erupted across the Realm of Truth and declared that she and Madame Yellow Springs could not coexist.

Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva rebuilt her body in the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace and considered her defeat and the identity of the current Boundless Void Divine Lord. At Xi Yu Lake, Baiyi revealed that she intended to take Crimson Yin away, prompting Shadow Ghost and the others to prepare for a confrontation.

• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva returned to the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace, where the Ten Directions Demon Spirit received her as she restored her body.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva reflected that the Boundless Void Divine Lord had likely been replaced and learned that Fah Hui had reached the Northern Wastes and might come to her aid.
• Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva recognized the courtyard where Madame Yellow Springs had performed the soul-rending incarnation and considered using her name to complicate matters for her enemies.
• At Xi Yu Lake, Xiao Jiu questioned Baiyi about Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva’s defeat and the conflict involving the Rakshasa Ghost King.
• Shadow Ghost prepared Xiao Wu and Xuanhuang to defend Xiao Jiu and the others, but Baiyi said she would only take Crimson Yin away and linked arms with her.

Zhao Xiangshan and the shadow ghost planned how to keep Baiyi from taking Crimson Yin while protecting Yu Ci, as the conflict across the True Realm continued to escalate. A strange star appeared in the Inner Void and the Realm of Truth, prompting Buddhist practitioners to sense its significance, and a monk in the Northern Wilderness announced that an old friend had arrived.

• Zhao Xiangshan warned Xiao Jiu that Crimson Yin’s connection to Yu Ci could make intimacy dangerous, and the shadow ghost suspected Baiyi was a clone of the Rakshasa Ghost King.
• The shadow ghost assigned Yu Qing Xuan to watch Madame Yellow Springs and asked Ye Bin to help bring Xiao Wu, Xiao Jiu, and the others back while preventing Baiyi from taking Crimson Yin.
• The shadow ghost sent Zhao Xiangshan to stir the Xiyu Alliance against the Rakshasa Ghost King and force the opposing factions to reveal themselves.
• A mysterious star crossed the Inner Void and briefly appeared in the Realm of Truth before vanishing.
• Sheng Hui sensed the star’s unusual nature, while a monk in the Northern Wilderness welcomed an old friend and asked Uncle Shifang not to refuse a meeting.

Yu Ci examined the Ten Directions Ci Guang Buddha’s vow and concluded that its restriction was a hidden “heart lock” embedded in spiritual dimness. He planned to make the lock perceptible, while investigating how the Heart Refining Dharma Fire and Equality Bead related to it.

• Yu Ci reviewed the vow’s three requirements and recognized that the Six Paths manifestation had already largely occurred, leaving the Sand of the Ganges refurnacing as the hardest task.
• Yu Ci reconsidered Xin Yi’s theory and concluded that the vow’s hidden restriction ultimately acted upon spiritual dimness, making it a heart lock rather than a simple external restraint.
• Yu Ci decided to use the inner void, and potentially the True Script Dao Rhyme, to express the heart lock through principle and give it a perceivable external form.
• Yu Ci analyzed how the Equality Bead could replace the spiritual dimness of refined dharma artifacts and linked its power to the shattered Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm.
• Yu Ci concluded that the Heart Refining Dharma Fire had transformed the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm and was more closely connected to him than the Equality Bead.

Yu Ci investigated the Heart Refining Dharma Fire and traced its obscured workings to the Buddha Bone Furnace before carrying the furnace to the Gouchen Emperor’s Command for examination. Meanwhile, news spread through the Western Buddhist realm after a young monk’s remains vanished, leaving the chapter with the Pure Land’s assembly chanting in response.

• Yu Ci tested the Heart Refining Dharma Fire on Ancestor Yang’s sleeve and arm, discovering that it revealed the Dao body’s structure but not the hidden workings of the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm Shard.
• Yu Ci concluded that the Buddha Bone Furnace and its stored karmic force were connected to the obscured information, then carried the furnace toward the Gouchen Emperor’s Command.
• Yu Ci entered the star palace, addressed the Emperor, and let the Gouchen position’s chill restrain the Buddha Bone Furnace while he waited.
• In a western border city, residents found a young monk dead in meditation, and his remains became transparent before the Protectorate Temple took them away.
• A streak of pure light rose from the Protectorate Temple as its monks chanted, transmitting a message throughout the Buddhist realm.
• At the Utterly Western Lapis Lazuli Pure Land, a million monks and holy figures chanted together, shaking the Western world.

The Xiyu Alliance convened to debate the Taixiao Divine Court and Lord You Can’s ties to the Rakshasa Ghost King’s lineage. The meeting split into opposing camps, and Heavenly Monarch Jingde sought support for a proposal to let Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu answer the accusations, but no one stepped forward.

• The twenty-seven sect leaders’ projections gathered on the islet in Xi Yu Lake, with You Can and the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master drawing attention as opposing forces.
• Yang Zhu and You Can traded threats before Heavenly Monarch Jingde opened the meeting and announced the agenda concerning Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and Lord You Can.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master expanded his accusation to claim Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu had colluded with demonic sects, and Yang Zhu and Ji Zhou called for Yuanxu to be invited to answer.
• The Azure Wave Water Mansion Master argued that their proposal lacked the support required by alliance rules, while Di Bai remained silent and signaled Xiangshan Sect’s break with Yang Zhu and Ji Zhou’s faction.
• Heavenly Monarch Jingde cited the absence and disqualification of several sects, then invited the remaining leaders to support the temporary proposal, but no one moved to relieve his predicament.

The Xiyu Alliance’s leaders debated Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and the alliance’s response to mounting threats, but Madam Xia’s accusation against You Can and Liu Taiheng’s proposal redirected the meeting. Liu Taiheng urged the sects to reorganize their territories around the Taixiao Divine Court, while Madam Xia challenged his motives and past decisions.

• Wang Taiheng and the Hundred Refinements Gate, Chongbai Palace, and Chunyang Sect backed Yang Zhu’s motion, allowing Heavenly Monarch Jingde to summon Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu to present his defense.
• Madam Xia entered the meeting and accused You Can of selling the Ancestral Witch to the Rakshasa Ghost King, prompting You Can to challenge her right to speak.
• Liu Taiheng criticized the alliance’s internal disputes and proposed naming the Shangqing Sect and Azure Wave Water Mansion heaven-tier sects while reorganizing the alliance around the Taixiao Divine Court.
• Madam Xia questioned why the Azure Wave Water Mansion faced little fighting in the south and accused Liu Taiheng of having previously relocated Feiyu Fortress to the Five Chain Lake.

Madam Xia challenged Liu Taiheng over the Xiyu Alliance’s plans for the Four Directions Eight Heavens, but the debate was interrupted by upheavals across the True Realm and the Buddhist Kingdom’s Zen Chant. She revealed that the Shaman Sect was linking its forces to help the Ancestral Shaman withstand the Rakshasa Ghost King’s assault, then pressed the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master to join the effort.

• Madam Xia questioned Liu Taiheng about Eight Sceneries Palace’s intentions for the Four Directions Eight Heavens, and Liu Taiheng argued that Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu might not yield Taixiao Divine Court’s core lands.
• The Buddhist Kingdom’s Zen Chant appeared across the True Realm, and further tremors struck the sect leaders’ true bodies.
• Madam Xia shifted the debate to the Rakshasa Ghost King and the Boundless Void Divine Lord attacking Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu, but another tremor revealed that the Three Origins Secret Array beneath Xi Yu Lake was affected.
• Madam Xia disclosed that Murong Qingyan and You Rui were connecting the Water World to Flying Soul City through the Shaman Sect, and she said she had ordered the sect’s branches to unite against the calamity.
• Xu Yang offered the Xu family’s help, while Ji Zhou and Yang Zhu pledged support from Haoran Sect and Siming Sect.
• Madam Xia urged the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master to help the Shaman Sect and suggested Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu could reward him with a position guarding the Southern Heavens.