Chapter Summaries

Ren learned that the Immortal-Trapping Alliance planned to ambush his master, Yuding Zhenren, at Severed Phoenix Mountain and mobilized forces to intervene. He also questioned the Flowing Sand Alliance Lord about Bai Ze and the surviving Demon Race clans, then ordered the lord held under guard.

• The Flowing Sand Alliance Lord avoided execution by revealing that the Immortal-Trapping Alliance planned to besiege Yuding Zhenren at Severed Phoenix Mountain.
• Ren ordered Huanglong to return to Kunlun for reinforcements and instructed Jin Ling to bring Daoist Randeng to him as an offering against Buddhism.
• After Yunxiao explained Severed Phoenix Mountain’s history, Ren sent Yang Jian to prepare the legions and march there.
• The Flowing Sand Alliance Lord told Ren that Bai Ze had taken Qingqiu clansmen and might be gathering surviving Demon Race clans to manage his forces.
• The Flowing Sand Alliance Lord offered to lead Ren to Qingqiu Mountain and mentioned its three Quasi-Saint guardians and a guarded treasure, so Ren ordered soldiers to keep him safely under guard.

Ren led six hundred thousand troops toward Severed Phoenix Mountain after learning that his master, Yuding Zhenren, might be in danger. Meanwhile, Yuding faced several hundred Buddhist fighters who raised the Vast Sea Formation against him.

• Ren considered the Six-Tailed Fox's warning about the Demon Race and recognized how much he still did not know about its surviving clans and Bai Ze.
• Wen Zhong organized fortified cities and prepared to train the Heavenly Court's forces as a logistical base.
• Ren departed with the Ziwei Legion and Tianpeng's Heavenly River Navy to find Yuding Zhenren at Severed Phoenix Mountain.
• Wen Zhong remained behind with Yang Jian and the Meishan Brothers to reorganize and train the legions.
• Yuding confronted several hundred fighters who said they had come to kill him, and they joined their powers to raise the Vast Sea Formation.
• Yuding drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword and attacked as his opponents invoked the formation's Seas Turn to Mulberry Fields technique.

Yuding Zhenren defeated the Vast Sea Formation and confronted Yang Jiao, who tried to keep him from reaching Mount Putuo. Yang Jiao then trapped Yuding at Severed Phoenix Mountain in a Five-Element Formation fueled by Kui Water Essence, which weakened his Sword Aura.

• Yuding Zhenren destroyed the Vast Sea Formation, killing several hundred people and leaving its strongest defender gravely wounded.
• The surviving Great Principle Golden Immortal tried to self-destruct, but Yuding escaped before the blast destroyed the surrounding mountains.
• Yang Jiao appeared and told Yuding that Cihang had become Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and should be left alone.
• Yuding refused to abandon his plan to kill Cihang for betraying the Expounding Sect, so Yang Jiao ordered the monks to form a Five-Element Formation.
• Yang Jiao revealed that Severed Phoenix Mountain contained abundant Kui Water Essence, which altered the formation’s Five Elements and weakened Yuding’s Sword Aura.

Yuding Zhenren fought Mahavairocana Buddha, also known as Lu Ya of the Golden Crows, at Severed Phoenix Mountain while Yang Jiao’s allies used Kui Water to restrain Yuding. Lu Ya unleashed the Rising Sun, and Yuding countered with Heavenly Dipper Sword Aura, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Yang Jiao explained that Severed Phoenix Mountain’s Kui Water and Phoenix-heated rocks weakened Yuding Zhenren’s Sword Aura, but Yuding concentrated his power and struck at him.
• Lu Ya of the Golden Crows intervened to protect Yang Jiao, and his Solar True Flame clashed with Yuding’s Sword Aura.
• Yuding and Mahavairocana Buddha fought while the Five-Element Formation’s practitioners sent a tsunami of Kui Water against Yuding.
• Mahavairocana Buddha used the Nine Transformations of Blazing Yang, summoning the Rising Sun, and Yuding answered with Heavenly Dipper Sword Aura.
• The Rising Sun and Heavenly Dipper Sword Aura collided, filling the sky with dense black holes.

Yuding Zhenren and Mahavairocana Buddha fought while Yang Jiao’s Five-Element Formation attacked Yuding from below. Their final techniques collided in a devastating blast that wounded both fighters and devastated the surrounding area.

• Yang Jiao sent a tsunami of Kui Water at Yuding, who cut through it with Sword Aura and attacked the formation.
• Mahavairocana Buddha struck Yuding with Blazing Sun Scorching Heat, sending him flying and drawing blood.
• Yuding insulted Mahavairocana Buddha and attacked with the Immortal-Slaying Sword as Kui Water surged beneath him.
• Mahavairocana Buddha charged as a blazing sun, and Yuding answered with Heavenly Dipper Sword—Nine Swords as One.
• The techniques collided, tearing space and damaging the land while shockwaves devastated the formation’s fighters.
• Yuding fell to one knee, while Mahavairocana Buddha was pierced by Sword Aura and struggled to believe he had been wounded.

Yuding defeated Lu Ya but was left badly wounded, and Yang Jiao tried to seize the chance to kill him. Ren arrived with Heavenly forces, broke the Five-Element Formation, and prepared to take over the fight while Yuding recovered.

• Yuding defeated Lu Ya and explained that Lu Ya’s divided focus across three inheritances had made him vulnerable, while he wanted Lu Ya to grow stronger as an opponent for his Sword Dao.
• Yang Jiao gathered the remaining fighters to form the Five-Element Formation and attack the injured Yuding, while Lu Ya mocked Yuding’s impending death.
• Ren arrived with Tianpeng, Nezha, and a large force of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, then used Nine Secrets Unified—Nirvana Destruction Senjutsu to destroy the Kui Water and shatter the formation’s shield.
• Ren helped Yuding up, learned that his master would recover from his injuries, and told him to rest while Ren handled the rest.

Ren and his allies fought Yang Jiao and the wounded Lu Ya on Severed Phoenix Mountain, while Ren sought revenge against both. The battle escalated as Ren clashed with Yang Jiao and the Heavenly River Navy confronted Lu Ya, ending with the Green Bull charging after Lu Ya’s Moon Wheel.

• Ren ordered Tianpeng to use the Weak Water against Lu Ya and declared that he would kill Yang Jiao himself.
• Ren attacked Yang Jiao, who unleashed the Five-Element Formation’s Kui Water and formed a massive Buddha Palm.
• Ren countered Yang Jiao’s attack with his Astral Sword Dao—Violet Myrtle Sword, and the two continued fighting.
• Tianpeng formed the Heavenly River Navy’s ranks and sent Weak Water against Lu Ya, who froze it with his Moon Wheel.
• The Green Bull recognized Lu Ya’s Moon Wheel and charged at him with a Skyward Fist.

Green Bull badly injured Lu Ya with his Skyward Fist, but Lu Ya called for Yang Jiao to summon the Immortal-Trapping Alliance. A bronze Heavenly Gate appeared, drawing Ren and Green Bull’s attention as they recognized its power to traverse space.

• Green Bull shattered Lu Ya’s Moon Essence Wheel and struck the Myriad Demon Tower, leaving Lu Ya wounded and coveting the tower.
• Green Bull struck Lu Ya a second time, sending him and the Myriad Demon Tower into the Kui Water and forcing Ren and Yang Jiao to evade the resulting surge.
• Lu Ya emerged from the water, furious, and ordered Yang Jiao to summon the others or he would withdraw from Buddhism.
• Ren ordered the Ziwei Legion to form the Astral Formation, while Tianpeng prepared a Weak Water defense.
• Yang Jiao summoned the Immortal-Trapping Alliance, and a bronze Heavenly Gate appeared in the sky.
• Green Bull and Ren recognized the gate as the Heavenly Gate, the Gate of the Mysterious Female, which allowed its bearer to traverse space across the Primordial World.

Ren and his forces fought the Immortal-Trapping Alliance after General Dixuan led its army through the Heavenly Gate. The battle spread across the sky and sea, and Ren’s Interception Immortals joined the fight against the alliance’s powerful fighters.

• Dixuan arrived through the Heavenly Gate, condemned Yang Jiao’s failure to kill Yuding, and ordered his troops to attack Ren.
• Ren rallied the Ziwei Legion and Heavenly River Navy, and both armies charged into battle under the commands of Nezha and Marshal Tianpeng.
• The armies clashed in their formations, suffering heavy losses as a war drum strengthened the Heavenly troops’ battle intent.
• Dixuan ordered his Primordial Unity Golden Immortal fighters to break through the ranks, and Ren called for the Interception Immortals to stop them.
• The Interception Immortals charged into battle, and one of them crushed an alliance fighter with a divine ability.

The Interception Immortals and the Immortal-Trapping Alliance fought a bloody battle as their Quasi-Saints joined the fray. Ren faced Yang Jiao, and their clash drew the attention of powerful figures across the Primordial World.

• The Interception Immortals attacked the alliance, and both sides suffered heavy casualties as their strongest fighters entered the battle.
• Dixuan charged Yuding, who recovered with a Divine Pill and fought him with the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Green Bull attacked Lu Ya to reclaim the Myriad Demon Tower and Moon Essence Wheel, while Lu Ya used a pill to strengthen himself.
• Ren confronted Yang Jiao, who revealed his inherited strength and the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique before attacking with the Seven-Treasure Buddhist Staff.
• Ren and Yang Jiao exchanged powerful attacks, their battle drawing the attention of numerous Great Powers.

As the armies’ slaughter drew attention across the Primordial World, Ren struggled against Yang Jiao’s superior Seven-Treasure Buddhist Staff. Obsessive Thought Laozi sent Ren a Spirit Treasure, and a mysterious blood-red battle halberd appeared before him as the fight continued.

• Zhenyuan the Great, Minghe, the Jade Emperor, and the Supreme Elder Lord watched the battlefield and reacted to the escalating war.
• The Jade Emperor ordered resources sent to revive the Interception Immortals, while Kinkaku delivered pills from the Supreme Elder Lord.
• Duobao criticized Ren’s Replica Qingping Sword, and Obsessive Thought Laozi sent a Spirit Treasure toward him as timely aid.
• Ren’s Green Duckweed Sword clashed with Yang Jiao’s Seven-Treasure Buddhist Staff, and Ren’s hand was injured by the exchange.
• Yang Jiao taunted Ren and attacked with the Seven-Treasure Buddhist Staff, so Ren put away his sword and prepared a Reincarnation Fist.
• A streak of black fire brought a blood-red battle halberd to Ren, who reached out and gripped it.

Ren received and refined the Great Wilderness Blood Halberd from Obsessive Thought Laozi, then resumed his battle with Yang Jiao as the wider war descended into large-scale slaughter. The fighting continued across the battlefield and into the Sky Ranking, where other powerful combatants clashed.

• Ren refined the Great Wilderness Blood Halberd, a weapon once wielded by War Demon, and learned it had been gifted by Obsessive Thought Laozi.
• Ren and Yang Jiao charged at each other again, clashing the halberd against Yang Jiao's Buddhist staff.
• Yang Jiao unleashed the Innate Five Elements, while Ren countered with techniques from the Overlord Halberd Technique and his Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ren and Yang Jiao fought across the ocean, earth, lava, and Sky Ranking, shattering the surrounding landscape.
• Dixuan and Yuding battled in the Heavenly Dipper Layers as Green Bull and Lu Ya fought, with Lu Ya revealing an array of Spirit Treasures inherited from Dijun and Xihe.

Lu Ya and Green Bull fought as armies from both sides slaughtered one another, while Ren battled Yang Jiao. Ren used his Double Pupils and Wu Shi Bell to immobilize Yang Jiao, then launched a powerful halberd strike.

• Lu Ya wielded Dijun's Heavenly Demon Sword against Green Bull, who answered with Skyward Fist and Skyward Halberd as their armies fought a bloody battle.
• Tianpeng and Nezha charged into the enemy ranks, while Intercepting Sect immortals fought to the death and sometimes self-destructed against their foes.
• Ren and Yang Jiao exchanged attacks until Ren's Double Pupils cut down several fighters and wounded Yang Jiao's arm.
• Ren summoned the Wu Shi Bell, freezing Yang Jiao in place, then brought down the Great Wilderness Blood Halberd with Overlord Halberd Technique—Killing God Shattering.

Ren destroyed the Five-Element Formation and killed the Buddhas maintaining it before fighting the wounded Yang Jiao. After Ren gained the upper hand, Yang Jiao began falling into demonic corruption, and Ren attacked him with the Great Dao Treasure Vase.

• Ren recovered from the Kui Water tsunami with the Zhe Secret, then shattered the Five-Element Formation with the Overlord Halberd Technique and killed its Buddhist maintainers.
• Yang Jiao charged at Ren in fury, and Ren used the Imitation Chaos Bell before clashing with Yang Jiao's Seven-Treasure Buddhist Staff.
• Yang Jiao was badly wounded and could not believe that Ren, a peak Golden Immortal, had beaten him despite his own Grand Unity Heavenly Immortal cultivation.
• Yang Jiao released black aura and began falling into demonic corruption, while Ren summoned the Great Dao Treasure Vase with the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Ren forced Yang Jiao’s Buddhist and demonic thoughts into conflict, and Yang Jiao self-destructed with devastating force. The revelation of Buddhism’s vulnerability spread across the Primordial World, while the Jade Emperor prepared to use a dangerous secret art to revive Yao Ji.

• Ren used the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar to provoke Yang Jiao’s conflicting thoughts, and Yang Jiao self-destructed after Ren fled.
• The Jade Emperor learned Yang Jiao’s death had scattered Yao Ji’s Origin and resolved to use a forbidden secret art to restore her True Spirit.
• Yang Jian accepted Yang Jiao’s death and blamed Buddhism rather than Ren, while Yun Zhongzi and Jin Ling recognized Buddhism’s weakness.
• Zhenyuan the Great and Minghe identified the flaw in Buddhism’s fusion of the Immortal Dao and Devil Dao, and Minghe vowed to prepare the Asura armies to fight Buddhism.
• The chapter ended at Spirit Mountain before the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool.

After Yang Jiao’s self-destruction exposed Buddhism’s weakness, Maitreya Buddha grieved and prepared to purge his Buddha-nature while vowing to kill Ren. Sensing danger at Severed Phoenix Mountain, Ren ordered the allied forces to retreat, and the chapter ended as the mountain collapsed and torrents of deadly divine waters engulfed the pursuing Immortal-Trapping Alliance.

• Maitreya Buddha mourned Yang Jiao and vowed to kill Ren, while Liuli Buddha urged him to protect Buddhism by purging his weakness.
• Ren sensed danger where Yang Jiao had self-destructed and ordered the Ziwei Legion, Tianpeng’s troops, and the Interception Immortals to retreat.
• Ren used Scatter Stars into Soldiers to cover the allied armies’ withdrawal and then used the Five-Element Formation to delay the pursuing enemy.
• Severed Phoenix Mountain shattered, releasing enormous waves of Kui Water, Weak Water, Heavy Water, and other dangerous waters.
• The pursuing Immortal-Trapping Alliance charged directly into the surging waters.

Severed Phoenix Mountain erupted into a sea of divine water, revealing Chaos Water that Ren and Tianpeng coveted. After the water killed the Immortal-Trapping Alliance survivors who tried to seize it, Ren and Tianpeng attempted to draw it out with the Heavenly River Navy, but the water resisted their control as powerful rivals were expected to arrive.

• A column of divine water burst from Severed Phoenix Mountain, wiping out the million-strong army and forcing Yuding and Dixuan to halt their battle.
• The eruption subsided into a vast sea, and Ren recognized the Chaos Water emerging from the mountain as a Supreme Treasure.
• Ren urged everyone to collect the Chaos Water, but he stopped Tianpeng from rushing in and warned that the sea might be dangerous.
• Several surviving Great Luo Immortals of the Immortal-Trapping Alliance entered the water and were killed by its divine-water dragon.
• Ren ordered Tianpeng to use the Heavenly River Navy's water array, but their attempts to control the sea and draw out the Chaos Water moved slowly.

Ren struggled to collect the Chaos Water beneath Severed Phoenix Mountain as Great Powers across the Primordial World prepared to claim it. Maitreya Buddha chose to turn demonic, Duobao was released, and Ren’s call for Green Bull to return coincided with the Wu Clan approaching Lu Ya.

• Zhenyuan the Great left Wuzhuang Temple to rush toward Ren and the Chaos Water.
• Maitreya Buddha decided to release his Demon Thought and become Buddhism’s Mara Buddha so he could fight for the Chaos Water, while Liuli Buddha warned him against it.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother planned to seek the Chaos Water, and the Supreme Elder Lord released Duobao from the Supreme Clear Heaven.
• Duobao flew toward the Lower Realm as Ren’s attempts to collect the Chaos Water failed, and a creature formed from the divine water knocked away his Spirit Treasures.
• Ren called for Green Bull to stop fighting Lu Ya and return to help, then sensed the Wu Clan approaching; Green Bull sealed away Lu Ya’s Sun-Moon Chakram and Myriad Demon Tower.

Ren and his allies collected more than half of the Chaos Water after Green Bull drove away Lu Ya and smashed the water creatures guarding it. When Zhenyuan the Great arrived and began gathering the remaining water, Ren ordered his forces to withdraw before the other Veteran Quasi-Saints arrived.

• Lu Ya fled, leaving his Spirit Treasures behind, as the Wu Clan's pursuers approached.
• Green Bull discovered that he could break apart the divine-water creatures, allowing Ren and Tianpeng to collect the Chaos Water they released.
• Dixuan and Yuding returned, helped collect Chaos Water, and joined Ren's group in taking more than half of what had flowed out.
• Zhenyuan the Great arrived and collected a large amount of Chaos Water with Heaven in the Sleeve.
• Ren decided to stop collecting and withdraw, and Yuding agreed that Ren's army should avoid the approaching Quasi-Saints.
• Nezha, Tianpeng, and the Intercepting Sect immortals led the surviving troops back toward the encampment with their fallen comrades.

Ren left the Chaos Water pit while Yuding, Green Bull, Dixuan, and other Quasi-Saints stayed to investigate its dangers and the hidden opportunity. As Ren hurried back with Nezha and Tianpeng, Xingtian attacked Lu Ya, leaving Lu Ya wounded and terrified.

• Yuding and Green Bull chose to remain at the pit, and Zhenyuan the Great warned that its depths carried a terrifying aura.
• Ren watched the gathering Quasi-Saints through the Mystic Light Mirror, and Nezha explained that many had survived from earlier eras of the Primordial World.
• Ren, Nezha, and Tianpeng hurried toward their encampment as the Quasi-Saints continued gathering around the pit.
• Yuding asked Zhenyuan the Great about the newcomers, and Zhenyuan identified some as Purple Cloud Guests, former Demon Court members, and members of the Hundred Races.
• Xingtian attacked Lu Ya with a Fiendish Qi-filled axe strike, splitting Lu Ya’s sea of fire and injuring him despite his defensive Spirit Treasure.