Chapter Summaries

Su Chen attended Huijing’s sermon, where Ming Chi and Ming Hao were selected as Dharma Protector Buddhas, then used a hidden data seed to spy on Ming Chi entering the Offering Pagoda. The Remnant Spirit sensed that the Body of Greed, Anger, and Delusion was nearby, while Su Chen remained concealed and watched Huijing explain the pagoda’s importance.

• Huijing delivered a three-day sermon on the Dharma of Affinity, and Ming Chi and Ming Hao were named Dharma Protector Buddhas.
• Su Chen congratulated Ming Chi and secretly planted a data seed on him before Huijing led Ming Chi and Ming Hao away.
• Su Chen returned to his quarters, concealed the area with Rune Arrays, and questioned the Remnant Spirit about locating the Body of Greed, Anger, and Delusion.
• The Remnant Spirit said the target was nearby and proposed using Nine Eyes’ Universe-Peering Method with nine creatures’ eyes and fifty thousand portions of Faith Spirit.
• Su Chen used the Data Core to view the scene captured by his data seed and saw Huijing lead Ming Chi and Ming Hao into the Offering Pagoda.

Su Chen watched Ming Chi receive a Buddha Sarira and learned that the Buddha Land planned to make him a Dharma Protector Buddha. He discovered that Ming Chi was secretly working with Old Gou and suspected he was an Incarnation, leaving Su Chen considering how to use him.

• Huijing offered Ming Chi and Ming Hao four vacant Spirits of Radiant Moon, and they each chose a Buddha Sarira to begin the compatibility process.
• Huijing told Ming Chi that he had selected him to repay his master’s debt and urged him to bring back heads from the Bronze Church after advancing.
• Su Chen traced Ming Chi’s route through five Rune Arrays but found no safe way to reach the Buddha Sarira or Spirits of Radiant Moon.
• After returning to his quarters, Ming Chi used a luminous mist to sever the Data Core’s connection, then revealed his plan to become a Dharma Protector Buddha and informed Old Gou through a stored withered branch.
• Su Chen recognized the mist as a Bright Sun-level method and suspected Ming Chi was an Incarnation created by Old Gou, whom he considered using for his own purposes.

Su Chen sought star beasts for the Feeding the Eagle Rite and visited the Merit Pool, where the Buddha Spirit noticed his gains and directed him to Delusion-Breaking Forest. Back in his true body, Su Chen asked the Stupa Pagoda administrator to help reveal that the Great Strange God had incarnated as a human, but the administrator doubted his motives.

• Su Chen summoned the Buddha Spirit and exchanged nine portions of merit for eighteen star beasts to use in the Feeding the Eagle Rite.
• Su Chen donated 1,500 portions of Faith Spirit at the Merit Pool and learned that the Buddha Spirit guarded it.
• The Buddha Spirit invited Su Chen to visit Delusion-Breaking Forest, while Su Chen concluded the Merit Pool was too dangerous to investigate further.
• Su Chen returned to his true body and entered the Stupa Pagoda, where the administrator asked how he had merged with the Spirit of the Bright Sun.
• Su Chen asked the administrator to send Tao Muzhi to expose the Great Strange God's human incarnation to Abyssless, and the administrator questioned his goodwill.

Su Chen discovered that the Spirit of Radiant Moon was hidden beyond the ninety-eighth step and learned that Ming Chi might be Eternity reincarnated as an Incarnation. As Eternity made plans to manipulate the World Honored One, a mysterious message appeared in Ming Chi’s residence, leaving him uncertain who it addressed.

• Su Chen arranged for Tao Muzhi to seek out Chang Gexiao and prepared star beasts by removing and regrowing their eyes while keeping them under observation.
• Su Chen watched Huijing lead Ming Chi and Ming Hao beyond the ninety-eighth step, where nine Spirits of Radiant Moon appeared and selected the two men.
• Su Chen suspected Ming Chi was Eternity, who had become an Incarnation, and considered the risks of acting against him.
• Eternity planned to use news about the Bronze Church and Black and White Flowing Light to push the World Honored One into action.
• A message appeared in Ming Chi’s residence instructing someone to meet at the Great Power Star Gate node in seven days, and Eternity concluded it was probably meant for Ming Chi.

Eternity ignored Su Chen’s attempt to lure him out, so Su Chen prepared a more direct plan while the World Honored One and his allies pursued Qin Jianzhi. Huijing received reports about the Bronze Church and prepared to meet Chang Gexiao and Tao Muzhi, giving Su Chen a chance to infiltrate Buddha Land’s Offering Pagoda.

• Eternity erased Su Chen’s message and continued fusing with the Buddha Sarira, while Su Chen concluded that he would not take the bait.
• The World Honored One coordinated with Mech Sovereign, the Dao Lord, and Great Heaven to pursue and capture Qin Jianzhi alive.
• Huijing learned that the Bronze Church refused to negotiate over Uncle-Master Formless and then agreed to receive Chang Gexiao and Tao Muzhi.
• Su Chen used the Data Core to conceal himself and slipped out of his temple while Huijing was occupied.
• Su Chen reached the Offering Pagoda and began using the Infinite Neural Core to infiltrate its Moon Radiance Rune Array.

Su Chen entered the Offering Pagoda, used the Nine-Profession Wonder Tree to collect its seventy-one Buddha Sariras, and raced to escape before his concealment failed. Meanwhile, Tao Muzhi accused Ming Chi of being parasitized by the Strange God, provoking Huijing’s fury, and the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit sensed a disturbance as Su Chen fled.

• Su Chen followed the glowing path through the tower gates and reached the Offering Pagoda.
• Huijing questioned Chang Gexiao and Tao Muzhi, who warned that the Strange God had infiltrated Buddha Land through a secret replacement method.
• Tao Muzhi identified Ming Chi as a suspect, and Huijing angrily rebuked him.
• Su Chen discovered that the Buddha Sariras were linked, then used the Nine-Profession Wonder Tree to take all seventy-one without alerting them.
• Su Chen waited for a safe path and raced out of the tower as the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit awoke to the disturbance.

Su Chen escaped the Jade Steps as the Buddha Spirit sealed the Offering Pagoda after discovering that seventy-one Buddha Sarira had been stolen. Huijing suspected the thief was an insider with Final Ruins methods and began to wonder whether Ming Chi was involved.

• Su Chen escaped the Jade Steps before the Buddha Spirit sealed the area and closed the upper entrances.
• Huijing accused Tao Muzhi of spreading rumors about Ming Chi, while Chang Gexiao defended his disciple and agreed that Tao Muzhi would atone in the Buddha Land for one hundred years if his claim proved false.
• The Buddha Spirit summoned Huijing to the Offering Pagoda, where Huijing found the Buddha Niches empty and learned that all seventy-one Buddha Sarira had been stolen.
• The Buddha Spirit said the thief had triggered no Rune Arrays and had drawn no resistance from the Sarira, suggesting the use of Bright Sun methods.
• Huijing concluded that the thief was one of them and suspected Ming Chi, whose possible possession of Final Ruins methods fit the evidence.

Huijing sealed off key areas of Buddha Land after seventy-one Buddha Sariras vanished, while Su Chen kept his Ming Chi disguise and returned to his main body. After absorbing the Sariras into eighty Flesh Imprints, Su Chen went to Meteorfall Mountain and asked Yuan Shuo to test his strength.

• Huijing and the Buddha Spirit sealed important locations and exits, and Huijing told the monks the lockdown followed an incident in the Delusion-Breaking Forest.
• Su Chen watched Huijing question Ming Chi but let him go, then returned to his residence and switched back to his main body in the Bronze Church.
• Huijing refused to let Chang Gexiao and Tao Muzhi leave Buddha Land while the Sarira investigation continued.
• Su Chen absorbed all seventy-one Buddha Sariras, reaching eighty Flesh Imprints in his basic state and estimating that his peak strength could approach six hundred.
• Su Chen visited Meteorfall Mountain, where Yuan Shuo asked whether he had been discovered; Su Chen said he had not and challenged Yuan Shuo to test his skills.

Su Chen sparred with Yuan Shuo to test how his amplified body compared with a Bright Sun, breaking free of Yuan Shuo’s powerful restraints before exhausting his strongest transformation. After returning to his residence, Su Chen checked on the Buddha Land and found it still had not investigated Ming Chi or the stolen sarira.

• Su Chen told Yuan Shuo he wanted to test his own strength against a Bright Sun, so Yuan Shuo brought him to a virtual space for a spar.
• Su Chen released his Flesh Imprint and charged Yuan Shuo, who froze him by modifying the local rules, but Su Chen broke free through sheer strength.
• Yuan Shuo compressed Su Chen into a two-dimensional plane with Manual Dimensional Reduction, but Su Chen used his Flesh Aberration Avatar to restore his shape and grow into a giant.
• Su Chen’s transformation quickly drained the Longevity Root’s stored energy, and he returned to normal; Yuan Shuo judged that his physical strength still could not match a Bright Sun’s full range of powers.
• Su Chen returned to his residence and found that Huijing and the Buddha Land had still not pursued Ming Chi or investigated the sarira theft.

Su Chen learned that Huijing suspected Ming Chi of being parasitized by a Strange God but chose to monitor him rather than capture him, while Ming Chi quietly prepared to leave Buddha Land. To avoid Huijing’s surveillance, Su Chen had the Remnant Spirit create a portable Eye of Nine Eyes, leaving him ready to search for the Body of Greed, Anger, and Delusion.

• Ming Chi and Ming Hao advanced to Buddhahood, and Huijing told them to wait before confronting the Bronze Church.
• The Six-Armed Buddha Spirit detected that Ming Chi was blocking its probe, and Huijing revealed that Tao Muzhi and Chang Gexiao had identified him as being parasitized by a Strange God.
• Huijing decided to leave Ming Chi under observation and watch for whoever was manipulating him, while Ming Chi secretly contacted Old Gou about their plan.
• Su Chen discovered that Huijing was monitoring all of Spirit Mountain and decided against using the Nine Eyes' Universe-Peering Method there.
• Su Chen compelled the Remnant Spirit to perform the Nine Eyes ritual and created an Eye of Nine Eyes that could locate the Body of Greed, Anger, and Delusion.

Su Chen used the Eye of Nine Eyes, disguised by Yuan Shuo as a prayer bead, to locate the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion sealed within Spirit Mountain. After the trapped being mistook him for Nine Eyes and begged for help, Su Chen entered Delusion-Breaking Forest and discovered that its trials also helped wear away the sealed body’s demonic thoughts.

• Su Chen asked Yuan Shuo to transform the Eye of Nine Eyes into an undetectable prayer bead, and Yuan Shuo preserved its power while changing its essence.
• Su Chen activated the prayer bead in Buddha Land and was drawn through Delusion-Breaking Forest to the chained Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion inside Spirit Mountain.
• The sealed being called Su Chen “Nine Eyes” and asked for help, but the chains flared and pulled Su Chen’s consciousness away; the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit sensed the body stirring and decided the World Honored One must return.
• Su Chen’s prayer bead shattered, and he went to Delusion-Breaking Forest to investigate the sealed body and the forest’s purpose.
• The forest showed Su Chen an illusion of being chosen as a future Dharma-protecting Buddha, but he recognized it as an inner demon and realized the trials helped wear away the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion’s demonic thoughts.
• The illusion collapsed, and a Buddha Phantom appeared before Su Chen, awarding him one thousand portions of Faith Spirit.

Huijing uncovered evidence linking Ming Chi to Old Gou while learning that Reward and Punishment Envoys were rallying over Tao Muzhi’s disappearance. Su Chen then considered how to exploit Buddha Land’s distraction to seize the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion, and settled on using a prisoner exchange involving Formless and Old Yuan to draw the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit away.

• Huijing secretly detained Ming Chi after finding a Deadwood Branch among the items he had smuggled out, and postponed his departure until Ming Hao could accompany him.
• Two monks told Huijing that Reward and Punishment Envoys were gathering to demand answers about Tao Muzhi, whose prestige among them had grown through his past actions.
• Chang Gexiao told Tao Muzhi that he would not reassure the Reward and Punishment Envoys, since their confrontation with Buddha Land could establish their authority, while Tao Muzhi feared people would die.
• Su Chen read reports of the growing movement and assessed how to obtain the Spirit of Radiant Moon and the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion without giving Buddha Land a chance to stop him.
• Su Chen decided to arrange a prisoner exchange for Formless and have Old Yuan accompany him, hoping the exchange would occupy the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit while Su Chen attacked the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion.

Su Chen arranged for the Bronze Church to trade Formless back to the Buddha Land quickly, with the exchange held on Buddha Land territory and escorted by powerful allies. As the Buddha Land prepared to negotiate, unrest over Tao Muzhi and a hidden plot involving the World Honored One threatened to complicate matters.

• Su Chen visited Chu Lingyuan and proposed exchanging Formless for Faith Spirits, instructing him to conclude the deal quickly and hold it in the Buddha Land.
• Su Chen assigned the Xuantian Ancient King and either the Vast Sea Emperor or Star Vault Ancient King to escort Formless, while Chu Lingyuan remained behind as liaison.
• Su Chen questioned the Stupa Pagoda custodian about the Reward and Punishment Envoys demanding answers over Tao Muzhi, and learned that factions were inflaming the dispute while Chang Gexiao refused to confirm Tao Muzhi was safe.
• Old Gou infused the black-and-white flowing light with his blood, preparing it to destabilize and consume the World Honored One if he tried to use it.
• Huijing learned that the Bronze Church wanted seventy thousand Faith Spirits for Formless and demanded the transaction take place in the Buddha Land; he set a forty-thousand-Faith-Spirit limit and reacted angrily to the proposed location.

Huijing weighed the risks of trading Formless in the Buddha Land while the Five Pillars captured Qin Jianzhi and received alarming news about the Buddha Land. As Reward and Punishment Envoys rallied to confront the Buddha Land, Su Chen learned their ranks secretly numbered fifty-seven million, leaving the brewing confrontation far larger than expected.

• Huijing lowered the proposed trade limit to four hundred thousand and ordered the Heavenly Sound Department to build support for the Void Cycle while blaming Soaring Heavens and the Bronze Church for Formless's capture.
• The Five Pillars debated where to study the captured Qin Jianzhi, then the World Honored One received news that the Buddha Sarira had been stolen, a Strange God-parasitized person had become a Buddha, and the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion had stirred.
• The World Honored One considered returning to the Buddha Land but stayed with the Five Pillars after they declined to leave with him.
• A petition by Reward and Punishment Envoys to confront the Buddha Land rapidly gained support, and Chang Gexiao called for Reward and Punishment Ambassadors and Morning Star envoys to discuss Strange God parasitization.
• Su Chen learned from the administrator that at least five million envoys might head to the Buddha Land and that the Stupa Pagoda had secretly gathered fifty-seven million Reward and Punishment Envoys.

Su Chen agreed to support the Reward and Punishment Envoys as public anger against Buddha Land grew, while Chang Gexiao and Tao Muzhi were released into a hostile public debate. As Su Chen prepared to send Xuantian Ancient King to a meeting and pursue the exchange for Formless, he received a potentially useful piece of intelligence.

• Su Chen told the Administrator he would find a way to support the Reward and Punishment Envoys without exposing himself, while the Administrator warned him about the danger to their reputation.
• Huijing confronted Chang Gexiao for stirring up the Reward and Punishment Envoys, but Chang Gexiao accused Buddha Land of hiding the truth about Strange God parasitism.
• Huijing expelled Chang Gexiao and Tao Muzhi from Buddha Land, and Buddha Land issued a statement claiming Chang Gexiao had been free to contact the outside world.
• The public rejected Buddha Land's statement and accused it of lying, leaving Huijing furious as the Buddha Spirit assured him that Buddha Land remained secure.
• Su Chen noted Buddha Land's growing troubles and prepared to have Xuantian Ancient King attend the Reward and Punishment Ambassador meeting while negotiations for Formless continued.
• Su Chen saw a notice that Shadowflash Form, Emperor of Flesh and Blood, Emberless Flame, and Mortal Realm Eye had brought him useful intelligence.

Su Chen learned that Old Gou had split the Finality Heart, both blocking other Final Ruins from seeking the Black and White Flowing Light and enabling Kind Father to nurture a new life-form bound for Abyssless. As a mass of Reward and Punishment Envoys gathered outside Buddha Land, the Xuantian Ancient King and Su Chen made a dramatic display of Bronze Church power, and the chapter left Buddha Land facing the spectacle.

• Su Chen spent five hundred drops of Divine Blood to learn that Old Gou had cut the Finality Heart in two and that Kind Father planned to nurture a new life-form to seek his lost origin in Abyssless.
• Su Chen connected Old Gou's actions to a plot to corrupt the World Honored One and decided he would later warn the other Bright Suns about Kind Father's plan.
• The Star Vault Ancient King and the Xuantian Ancient King discussed the dispute surrounding Buddha Land and arrived to find millions of Reward and Punishment Envoys gathered outside its gates.
• The Xuantian Ancient King bypassed Buddha Land's welcoming monks and unleashed a vast azure-red display that condensed into the Primordial Scarlet Meteor Mountain Lord.
• The Reward and Punishment Envoys and Buddha Land's monks reacted to the display as Su Chen watched from within it.

As the Bronze Church’s display of power unsettled the Buddha Land, Huijing exposed Ming Chi as Wuliang, a Strange God who had infiltrated the monastery, and learned that another Strange God might be hiding there. Yuan Shuo met with the Reward and Punishment Envoys, where they discussed a new, concealed method of Strange God parasitism.

• The Six-Armed Buddha Spirit appeared over Spirit Mountain as Huijing and the monks prepared for the Bronze Church’s arrival.
• Ming Chi proposed striking the Bronze Church, but Huijing confronted him as Wuliang and revealed that the Buddha Sarira had been stolen.
• Wuliang denied stealing the Buddha Sarira and offered to find the culprit in exchange for Huijing forming a Nether Pact with him.
• Huijing sealed Wuliang and sent Ming Hao to greet Yuan Shuo, who instead led Profound Heaven and Star Vault to meet the Reward and Punishment Envoys.
• Chang Gexiao told Yuan Shuo and the envoys that Great Strange Gods could now replace people through a concealed parasitic method, which might explain Ming Xiao’s case.

Su Chen used the commotion surrounding the trade at Buddha Land to transform and break through the Jade Steps’ defenses. As Yuan Shuo fought Huijing and the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit, Huijing recognized the giant’s identity and realized Su Chen was behind the disturbance.

• Chang Gexiao and the others discussed pressuring Buddha Land to surrender a specimen of someone parasitized by a Strange God, while Huijing refused to hand over Wuliang.
• Yuan Shuo and Star Vault Ancient King entered Buddha Land to trade 380,000 Faith Spirits for Formless, while Su Chen quietly climbed the Jade Steps.
• Su Chen activated his Flesh Imprint and aberrant Flesh Dharma Aspect, then smashed through the sealed entrance near the ninety-eighth step.
• As the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit reacted to the disturbance, Yuan Shuo attacked Huijing and the energy clash shook Spirit Mountain.
• Huijing saw the fading flesh giant and recognized it as Su Chen, connecting him to the Buddha Sarira theft and the events surrounding the trade.

Su Chen broke through Buddha Land’s defenses and seized the nine Spirits of Radiant Moon while Old Yuan and the Buddha Spirit clashed. As Su Chen tried to escape the Jade Steps, Ming Hao attacked and was crushed by Su Chen’s overwhelming strength.

• Huijing recognized Su Chen in Buddha Land and realized the Bronze Church’s trading visit had been coordinated with his attack.
• Outside Buddha Land, the Pillar representatives discussed forming a governing body for the Reward and Punishment Envoys, then learned that a battle had erupted on Spirit Mountain.
• Su Chen broke the sealing Rune Array and seized the nine Spirits of Radiant Moon, using an invisible force to draw them into an unknown space.
• The Buddha Spirit attacked Su Chen, while Old Yuan used the Data Core to transform into a spear and strike at the Six-Armed Buddha Spirit.
• Su Chen leaped down from the Jade Steps and smashed Ming Hao’s golden dragon and Buddhist tower before striking Ming Hao into a cloud of golden blood mist.

Su Chen fought through Buddha Land and struck the ground beneath the Delusion-Breaking Forest just as the World Honored One returned. His blow awakened the World Honored One’s sealed Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion, which began absorbing Faith Power as Spirit Mountain shook apart.

• Su Chen slapped Ming Hao to death, while Huijing and the Buddha Spirit tried to contain him and delay him until the World Honored One arrived.
• Yuan Shuo prepared to help the Star Vault Ancient King escape, but Su Chen pushed deeper into the Delusion-Breaking Forest instead of fleeing.
• Su Chen’s Longevity Root was drained by Flesh Liberation, then regenerated through the Immortal’s Endless Immortality as he gathered strength for a final blow.
• The World Honored One left the Dust Star Sea with the Longevity Old Man after learning Buddha Land was under attack, while the Mech Sovereign, Dao Lord, and Great Heaven stayed behind with Qin Jianzhi.
• The World Honored One returned to find Su Chen’s attack shattering the ground beneath the Delusion-Breaking Forest, and the Body of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion awakened and absorbed Buddha Land’s Faith Power.
• Spirit Mountain shook and split as the World Honored One raged at Su Chen and the Longevity Old Man realized what had been awakened.