Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Round and Round, Finally Entering Spirit Mountain”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao and Meng Qi continue taunting Benbo’erba, with Ji Hao jokingly pretending that his destructive side has resurfaced.
• Ji Hao battles Benbo’erba and quickly gains the upper hand. Using thunder-based techniques, the Battle Saint Method, and the Heaven-Overturning Seal, he destroys the Demon King’s defenses and severely injures his Divine Soul.
• Benbo’erba attempts a desperate mutual-kill attack with his Exterior Divine Soul, but Ji Hao’s innate primordial spirit easily withstands it. Ji Hao then uses his original sword technique, “One Sword Across the Ages,” to sever a spatial node and collapse the surrounding Void, killing Benbo’erba.
• Jiang Zhiwei becomes fascinated by Ji Hao’s swordsmanship and challenges him to a duel after they return to reality. Ji Hao accepts, while Meng Qi humorously complains that Ji Hao is showing off.
• The group continues westward, defeating or bypassing numerous Demon Kings. Ji Hao and Jiang Zhiwei also cooperate to kill a powerful great bird that, in the original timeline, would have killed Zhang Yuanshan and his wife.
• As monsters begin searching the entire region for the group, their routes become increasingly restricted. Meng Qi reveals the Little Jade Buddha’s connection to Spirit Mountain’s pure land and argues that entering the Great Leiyin Temple may offer their best chance of survival.
• Though Luo Shengyi objects because of the temple’s dangers, Jiang Zhiwei supports the plan, noting that the heavily searched temple may paradoxically be the safest place because the monsters would not expect them to return.
• The group infiltrates the ruined temple, captures a small monster, and learns that the Great Leiyin Temple plaque has been discarded as useless because the monsters cannot read the writing on it.
• Meng Qi places the Little Jade Buddha on the plaque, then realizes that Spirit Mountain must be accessed through the heart. By pressing the Buddha against his chest and using his spiritual senses, he activates the plaque.
• A Buddhist gate appears, the Little Jade Buddha shatters, and the group enters Spirit Mountain’s pure land. Meng Qi takes the plaque with him, anticipating that it may be useful.
• Inside Spirit Mountain, the group finds themselves at the foot of an immense, mysterious mountain. They decide to climb it.
• They soon reach a vast river at the broken Cloud-Rising Crossing. Ordinary wood sinks immediately, but the Great Leiyin Temple plaque floats, suggesting it may ferry the group across.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao demonstrates overwhelming combat power, defeating an Exterior-level Demon King while still in the Opening Aperture stage. His precise sword technique reveals exceptional understanding of spatial laws and combat timing.
• Ji Hao continues to enjoy teasing Meng Qi, showing a playful side beneath his ancient and formidable identity. He also displays growing insight into destiny and the influence of the “will of Heaven.”
• Meng Qi becomes more decisive and strategically mature. Rather than relying on luck or hiding indefinitely, he chooses to pursue the dangerous but meaningful opportunity within Spirit Mountain.
• Meng Qi also displays increasing understanding of Buddhist principles, correctly interpreting that the gateway must be activated through the “heart” rather than through a simple physical ritual.
• Jiang Zhiwei remains fearless and battle-focused. She recognizes Ji Hao’s swordsmanship and immediately seeks a future duel, reflecting her sincere devotion to the sword.
• Qi Zhengyan quietly supports the decision to enter Spirit Mountain. Ji Hao notices that Qi may have already obtained the Demon Lord’s inheritance earlier than in the original timeline, suggesting that events are diverging.
• Luo Shengyi acts as the cautious voice of the group, objecting to the danger of returning to the temple, though he ultimately follows the majority.
• The group as a whole becomes more willing to trust one another and accept calculated risks under Meng Qi and Ji Hao’s leadership.

Significant Themes

• Fate and the will of Heaven: The group repeatedly finds itself drawn back toward Spirit Mountain despite attempts to avoid it. Ji Hao suggests that destiny cannot be resisted, while Meng Qi struggles with the possibility that events are being guided by Ananda or another hidden power.
• Risk versus survival: Hiding might preserve them temporarily, but Spirit Mountain offers a genuine chance of escape. The group chooses meaningful danger over passive waiting for death.
• Buddhist symbolism and inner nature: The gateway to Spirit Mountain is opened through the heart, reinforcing the idea that Buddha-nature and Spirit Mountain exist within oneself.
• Power through precision rather than force: Ji Hao’s “One Sword Across the Ages” succeeds not through overwhelming strength, but by identifying and severing the precise weakness in the structure of space.
• Changing timelines and altered destiny: The great bird dies before reenacting its original role, and Qi Zhengyan appears to have gained the Demon Lord’s inheritance early. These changes suggest that the present events are no longer following the original story.
• Comedic relief amid danger: Meng Qi and Ji Hao’s banter, especially their jokes about eating Benbo’erba and crafting monster-skin goods, contrasts with the chapter’s high stakes.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao and Meng Qi maintain a teasing, almost brotherly relationship, with Ji Hao deliberately provoking Meng Qi and Meng Qi responding with exaggerated complaints.
• Ji Hao and Jiang Zhiwei develop mutual respect through combat. Their cooperation in killing the great bird demonstrates effective teamwork, while Jiang’s challenge establishes a future rivalry based on swordsmanship.
• Meng Qi consults Ji Hao about whether to enter Spirit Mountain, and Ji Hao’s meaningful response reinforces the sense that both understand the mission’s deeper destiny.
• Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan work together to capture and interrogate the small monster inside the temple.
• The group debates whether to enter the temple, revealing differing temperaments: Luo Shengyi is cautious, Jiang Zhiwei is adventurous, Meng Qi is determined, and Qi Zhengyan is quietly resolute.
• Upon reaching Spirit Mountain, the companions rely primarily on Meng Qi and Ji Hao for knowledge and direction, while remaining alert to the unknown dangers ahead.

Ji Hao and his companions crossed the river, shed their mortal bodies, and entered the ruined battlefield around Spirit Mountain, where they awakened the White Dragon Horse and fought its overwhelming Celestial Immortal power. The chapter ended with the dragon’s instinctive defense shattering Meng Qi’s Golden Bell Shield as Jiang Zhiwei lay injured and the group struggled to survive.

• Ji Hao opened all nine apertures and attained unity of heaven and man as the group rode a floating plaque across the river, shedding their mortal bodies.
• Meng Qi and his companions passed through a stone gate and found Spirit Mountain engulfed in spatial fissures, storms, and echoes of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s furious roar.
• Ji Hao recognized that the Ruyi Jingu Bang was protecting something amid the ruined battlefield, and the group cautiously followed a narrow path through the danger.
• The group awakened the White Dragon Horse, and Ji Hao, Jiang Zhiwei, and their companions attacked it with their strongest techniques.
• The White Dragon Horse unleashed its ancient dragon cry and broke through the group’s attacks; Jiang Zhiwei fell injured, and its defensive ripples shattered Meng Qi’s Golden Bell Shield.

Ji Hao and his companions survived Spirit Mountain’s deadly trials, but Luo Shengyi died and only six returned. After recovering and sharing their rewards, Ji Hao accepted an invitation to join the Traces of Immortals and followed the Empyrean Goddess of Bixia to Biyou Palace.

• Ji Hao and Meng Qi escaped White Dragon Horse’s roar, which gravely injured the group and killed Luo Shengyi.
• Meng Qi chanted the Rebirth Mantra, freeing the Arhat, and found a green lamp in the ruined Mahavira Hall.
• At sunrise on the ninth day, the survivors completed the mission, received their rewards, and agreed to undertake the Zhenwu’s Suspected Tomb mission together three months later.
• The companions divided their Karma Points and exchanged for treasures before returning to their respective homes.
• A feather-robed figure invited Ji Hao to join the Traces of Immortals, and Ji Hao accepted after identifying the organization.
• The Empyrean Goddess of Bixia led Ji Hao through a hidden gateway to Biyou Palace.

Ji Hao joined the Traces of Immortals as a provisional member and chose the title Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, gaining the Slaying Immortal Sword Scripture’s Exterior techniques. As he studied the inheritance, he unified its path with his Buddhist and demonic transformations, leaving his internal world at the threshold of the Dao.

• The Empyrean Goddess of Bixia explained the Traces of Immortals’ rules, missions, membership requirements, and the karmic risks of inheriting a title.
• Ji Hao signed the provisional membership contract and chose the title Heavenly Venerable Lingbao from the available inheritances.
• The Empyrean Goddess of Bixia gave Ji Hao the three Exterior killing moves Heaven Tilting, Heaven Punishment, and Killing Intent from the Slaying Immortal Sword Scripture.
• Ji Hao comprehended the sword techniques’ power to sever body, soul, will, and fundamental imprints, then settled in the hidden realm to study Lingbao’s inheritance.
• Ji Hao transformed his internal world from a Buddhist realm into a world-destroying demonic one, then reached Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s nature as the path from nonexistence to existence.

Ji Hao accepted a mission to beat He Jiu, but their battle in Xingyun Manor became the opening for Ji Hao to break through to the Exterior realm and endure four heavenly calamities. After displaying his Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation and escaping an attack by Exterior experts, he left the story at a new Human Ranking announcement in the Divine Capital.

• Ji Hao completed his preparations, accepted a mission to beat He Jiu, and went to Xingyun Manor disguised as Shi Zhixuan.
• Ji Hao fought He Jiu and drew Wang Siyuan into the battle, then broke through his mysterious gate as the three calamities of lightning, fire, and wind descended.
• Ji Hao manifested his Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation and faced a fourth calamity, shocking the martial artists who compared his achievement to the ancient Human Emperor.
• Exterior experts tried to kill Ji Hao, but he halted their attacks with his power over heaven and earth and escaped using a gold-and-black Manji seal.
• In the Divine Capital, a scholar posted the latest Human Ranking, and onlookers discussed an evil-path expert taking first place after decades.

Ji Hao’s rise to the Exterior stage made him the first-ranked name on the Human Ranking only briefly, and his cultivation advanced rapidly as he refined his new domain. He entered his fourth reincarnation mission alone after the Lord of Six Paths of Samsara split his team, but could not find the cookware he wanted in the weapons catalogue.

• The martial world learned that Ji Hao had defeated He Jiu and Wang Siyuan at Xingyun Manor, fought Exterior experts alongside the Daluo Demonic Maiden, and left the Human Ranking after entering the Exterior stage.
• Ji Hao cultivated his Lingbao Domain, used resources to refine his acupoints, and advanced to the second heaven of the Exterior stage.
• In Tusita Palace, Daoist Celestial Worthy created a Chaos Golden Elixir and sent a newly formed universe into the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
• The Lord of Six Paths of Samsara summoned Ji Hao for his fourth reincarnation mission and announced that Exterior-stage members would undertake missions separately from the rest of the team.
• Ji Hao searched the weapons catalogue for a Precious Weapon Divine Pot but found only ordinary weapons and complained about the selection.

Ji Hao entered a Fragment of Time to stop the Demon Race from obtaining an immortal’s Divine Treasury and began fighting the Exterior demon guarding its summoning altar. After crippling the White Dragon-Winged Lion King, Ji Hao started testing his newly awakened control over time.

• Ji Hao exchanged 7,800 Karma Points for the Xuanhuang Qi Pot, then received a mission to prevent the Demon Race from obtaining the Divine Treasury.
• Ji Hao arrived in the Fragment of Time and learned that the Divine Treasury had appeared at the Celestial Pillar, drawing human factions and demons to the Celestial Mountain Range.
• Ji Hao used Yuxu Divine Calculation to locate Falling Heaven Peak, where factions were fighting over an altar meant to summon the Heavenly Court Fragment.
• Ji Hao attacked the Demon Race’s group and struck the white-browed Exterior demon, the White Dragon-Winged Lion King, despite its counterattacks and binding chains.
• Ji Hao used Scar of the Heavens to sever most of the White Dragon-Winged Lion King’s horn, then began testing his control over time with Demon Buddha’s Single Thought-heaven and earth fall silent.

Ji Hao killed the White Dragon-Winged Lion, devoured its Dharma Manifestation, and then fought the demon’s Grandmaster father. After seizing control of the dragon’s domain, Ji Hao entered a nearby Heavenly Court Fragment ahead of his opponents.

• Ji Hao killed the White Dragon-Winged Lion with a Heaven-Flipping Seal and cooked its flesh, absorbing its Dharma Manifestation and Dao insights.
• Ji Hao encountered Confucian scholars, then kept the lion’s chains for Qi Zhengyan and set aside the remaining ingredients for Little Glutton.
• The White Dragon-Winged Lion’s father arrived and attacked Ji Hao, who fought back with his Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation.
• Ji Hao sensed a nearby Heavenly Court Fragment and used his domain of “being” to plunder the white dragon’s Heavenly Dragon Wind and Cloud Domain.
• Ji Hao struck the white dragon with the Slaying Immortal Sword and entered the Heavenly Court Fragment, where he found a half-collapsed palace and a fallen plaque.

Chapter Summary

Plot and Major Events

• Ji Hao arrives at True Lord Hall, apparently associated with Yang Jian/Erlang Zhenjun, and receives a mysterious gift.
• He uses the Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation to absorb the laws and energy of a Heavenly Court fragment. This causes the fragment’s Dao principles to clash with the surrounding world’s laws, triggering its collapse.
• As the fragment is destroyed, Ji Hao absorbs its power, advances through the First Heavenly Ladder, and reaches the Fourth Layer of the Exterior realm. His body, Divine Soul, and Dharma Manifestation merge more completely, granting him stronger supernatural abilities.
• After returning to the Six Paths of Samsara Realm, Ji Hao distributes gifts to his companions:
  • Ruan Yushu receives purified meat from an Exterior-level dragon demon.
  • Qi Zhengyan receives a dragon horn suitable for strengthening his Dragon Pattern Sword.
  • Jiang Zhiwei receives the sword art Slaying Immortal.
  • Zhang Yuanshan receives Taiji Fist.
  • Fu Zhenzhen receives a Flame of Life.
  • Meng Qi receives a prank gift—a coin taken from his own purse—followed by the powerful supernatural ability Dragon Chant Tiger Roar Vajra Body.
• Meng Qi initially feels insulted because the ability may reinforce his old nickname, “Mang King Kong,” but ultimately decides to cultivate it because of its excellent defensive and offensive benefits.
• Ji Hao spends three months cultivating and greatly improves his mastery of the Exterior chapter of the Eight-Nine Xuan Gong, learning twelve transformations and integrating it with his Formless Twins. He also develops several sword, movement, and transformation techniques.
• He upgrades the Heavenly Blade using Earth Turbid Qi, Marrow-Origin Mother Gold, and energy from the Heavenly Court fragment. It becomes a mid-grade Precious Weapon capable of cutting almost anything, disrupting Divine Souls, weakening an opponent’s control over Heaven and Earth, and borrowing natural power.
• Ji Hao then encounters the Empyrean Goddess of Bixia, revealed to be Qu Jiuniang. She recruits him for a temporary mission involving the Tathagata Palm, a supreme Buddhist art.
• Ji Hao joins Bixia, Guangcheng Heavenly Venerable, and Yunzhongzi in opposition to Mythology’s five reincarnators. Their strongest enemy is Xi, an expert close to crossing the Second Heavenly Ladder.
• The chapter ends when Bixia reveals that the object sought is the First Form of the Tathagata Palm, causing Ji Hao to recognize the enormous significance of the mission.

Character Development

• Ji Hao advances from the extraordinary realm into the Exterior immortal realm, gaining a major increase in strength and a deeper unity between body, soul, and Dharma Manifestation.
• He becomes more generous and established as a leader by rewarding his companions with valuable resources and techniques.
• His combat style expands through mastery of the Eight-Nine Xuan Gong, transformations, sword intents, movement arts, and enhanced weaponry.
• Meng Qi remains comedic and prideful, especially regarding his “Mad Saber” identity, but demonstrates practical judgment by choosing to cultivate the technique despite his embarrassment.
• Ruan Yushu, Qi Zhengyan, Jiang Zhiwei, Zhang Yuanshan, and Fu Zhenzhen each gain resources tailored to their individual paths.
• Qu Jiuniang/Bixia is shown to be direct, strategically minded, and anxious about gathering enough strength for the dangerous Tathagata Palm mission.

Major Themes

• Power through absorption and transformation: Ji Hao turns the destruction of the Heavenly Court fragment into personal cultivation gains, demonstrating his unusual ability to assimilate laws and energy.
• Friendship and mutual support: The gift-giving scene emphasizes the companions’ bonds and Ji Hao’s willingness to help each person develop.
• Humor amid serious cultivation: Meng Qi’s prank gift and anger over his nickname provide comic relief while also highlighting the group’s familiarity and affection.
• Competition over supreme inheritances: The Tathagata Palm represents a treasure capable of shaping entire sects and determining the balance of power among major factions.
• Preparation and escalating conflict: Ji Hao’s cultivation, weapon upgrade, and new techniques prepare him for a much larger confrontation between Traces of Immortals and Mythology.
• The relationship between destruction and opportunity: The collapse of the Heavenly Court fragment is catastrophic for others but becomes the source of Ji Hao’s breakthrough and improved equipment.

Ji Hao and the Empyrean Goddess of Bixia set out to retrieve the First Form of the Tathagata Palm, but Solar True Lord Xi ambushed them and clashed with Ji Hao in a battle of the Five Primordials and Five Virtues against the Four Zhuxian Swords. After their techniques created a spreading region of extreme disorder, the chapter shifted to Bixia explaining the mission and its rival teams before she and Ji Hao headed for Changchun Taoist Temple.

• The Empyrean Goddess of Bixia and Ji Hao left the Traces of Immortals and encountered Solar True Lord Xi, who attacked them without warning.
• Ji Hao countered Xi’s Five Primordials and Five Virtues with his Eight-Nine Xuan Gong, Lingbao Dharma Manifestation, and Four Zhuxian Swords.
• Xi and Ji Hao exchanged devastating attacks, each pursuing the opposing principles of primordial beginning and ultimate end.
• Their techniques collided and formed a spreading zone of disorder, prompting the Empyrean Goddess of Bixia to flee as Heaven and Earth reacted against it.
• Bixia explained that the First Form of the Tathagata Palm was in a Demon Realm fragment and named the Mythology and Traces of Immortals teams competing to retrieve it.
• Bixia and Ji Hao headed for Changchun Taoist Temple to seek the Fortune-Suppressing Cauldron, and Ji Hao revealed that he had reached Exterior Level Four.

Ji Hao and Empyrean Goddess of Bixia fought Mythology’s Star Lords over the Fortune-Suppressing Cauldron, then entered the Demon Realm passage with Meng Qi’s group to hunt demons and destroy the passage. A strange disturbance separated Ji Hao from Empyrean Goddess of Bixia, leaving him alone before the sealed Primal Demon as its demonic power erupted.

• Ji Hao and Empyrean Goddess of Bixia arrived at Changchun Taoist Temple, where Queen Mother of the West took the Fortune-Suppressing Cauldron and confronted Empyrean Goddess of Bixia and Wuqu Star Lord.
• Ji Hao defeated Beidou Star Lord after breaking his attacks, destroying his Xuanhuang Merit Pagoda, and striking him with Heavenly Emperor Treading on Time.
• Ji Hao met Empyrean Goddess of Bixia, Meng Qi, and their companions at Jitian Peak, then led them into the Demon Realm passage.
• Empyrean Goddess of Bixia split the group to search for demons and demon crystals, and Ji Hao gave Meng Qi’s group a stone containing one Heaven-Flipping Seal strike.
• A burst of demonic energy and blood rain separated Ji Hao from Empyrean Goddess of Bixia and transported him to the core of the Buddhist seal.
• Ji Hao used the Yuanxin Seal and the Heavenly Blade to dispel the concealment, provoking the Primal Demon to unleash black hurricanes and demonic roars.

Chapter Summary: “Demon Realm’s Destruction, the Jiemie Sword Emerges!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao confronts the weakened but extremely dangerous Primal Demon in a corrupted fragment of the Demon Realm.
• The Primal Demon attacks through pervasive demonic qi, but Ji Hao withstands it with his sabre, sword, and powerful Heavenly Venerable Dharma Manifestation.
• Ji Hao’s attacks—especially the Zhuxian Sword Qi and the Lingbao Domain of “Being”—disrupt the Primal Demon’s control over time, his past and future imprints, and his ability to draw on the power of Heaven and Earth.
• Ji Hao invokes “Destruction,” causing the End-of-Days power to consume demonic qi, Buddhist light, and Origin Qi. He also reverses demonic energy into Buddhist light, suppressing the Primal Demon’s evil nature.
• The seemingly separate Zen Master Jiuzhen is revealed to be the Buddhist side of the Primal Demon’s body. Jiuzhen explains that he had entered the Demon Realm to destroy the Primal Demon but became trapped and mutually entangled with him for over a thousand years.
• Meng Qi gives Jiuzhen the Green Lantern Before the Buddha, allowing the Zen Master to finally purify and eliminate the Primal Demon.
• Jiuzhen rewards Ji Hao and Meng Qi by transferring his understanding of the Tathagata Palm through a cracked Bodhi Seed.
• Ji Hao helps Jiuzhen’s fragmented True Spirit escape by destroying and reforging the Demon Realm fragment. Using the transformed Yuanshi Dharma Manifestation and Pangu Banner, he splits Chaos and recreates Heaven, Earth, Yin, Yang, and the elemental forces.
• From the destruction and rebirth of the world, Ji Hao forges the Jiemie Sword, a Dharma Body-level supreme treasure embodying world destruction.
• The Jiemie Sword merges with Ji Hao’s Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation, allowing him to advance to the peak of the fourth level of Exterior.
• Jiuzhen is reborn as a pure, benevolent Arhat-like figure and enters Samsara.
• Afterward, Ji Hao invites Meng Qi to join Traces of Immortals. Meng Qi accepts, gaining protection against the Mythology Organization and access to stronger cultivation resources.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao: Demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, combining sabre and sword techniques, the Zhuxian Sword Formula, Buddhist and demonic principles, and the power of destruction. He shows increasing mastery over transformation, creation, and destruction, ultimately forging the Jiemie Sword and reaching the peak of Exterior Level Four.
• Primal Demon: Revealed to be a crippled, half-Buddhist, half-demonic existence whose survival is tied to the Demon Realm. His demonic nature is finally purified and destroyed.
• Zen Master Jiuzhen: Revealed as the Buddhist consciousness suppressing the Primal Demon from within. His thousand-year sacrifice and endurance are rewarded when he finally eradicates the demon and prepares to enter Samsara.
• Meng Qi: Acts decisively by surrendering the Green Lantern to save everyone. He gains the true meaning of the Tathagata Palm and accepts Ji Hao’s invitation to join Traces of Immortals.
• Empyrean Goddess of Bixia: Supports Ji Hao in battle and helps stabilize the situation, though her attacks are far less effective against the Primal Demon than Ji Hao’s specialized techniques.

Significant Themes

• Destruction and creation as one cycle: Ji Hao’s destruction of the Demon Realm becomes the foundation for a new world and the forging of the Jiemie Sword.
• The conflict between Buddha and demon: The Primal Demon and Jiuzhen represent opposing natures sharing one body. Ji Hao’s ability to convert demonic qi into Buddhist light becomes the key to victory.
• Sacrifice and redemption: Jiuzhen’s thousand-year struggle and eventual purification show how endurance, compassion, and self-sacrifice can overcome corruption.
• Power through comprehension: Ji Hao’s advancement comes not merely from force but from understanding the principles of destruction, creation, time, Buddhism, and the Three Pure Ones.
• Alliance and mutual protection: Meng Qi’s recruitment into Traces of Immortals reflects the importance of forming alliances against larger organizations such as Mythology.

Important Character Interactions

• Ji Hao taunts and challenges the Primal Demon, refusing to acknowledge him as a true threat.
• Ji Hao and Empyrean Goddess of Bixia fight together, combining his destructive sword techniques with her mountain-summoning attacks.
• Ji Hao speaks with Jiuzhen after the demon is suppressed and learns the truth behind the Zen Master’s condition.
• Meng Qi willingly gives Jiuzhen the Green Lantern, enabling the final purification.
• Jiuzhen grants Ji Hao and Meng Qi his Tathagata Palm insights in gratitude.
• Ji Hao helps Jiuzhen escape into Samsara and encourages him to seek greater cultivation in his next life.
• Ji Hao recruits Meng Qi into Traces of Immortals, while Bixia jokingly interacts with Meng Qi and Ji Hao comments on Meng Qi’s increasingly playful personality.

After acquiring the Four Zhuxian Swords Formula, Ji Hao entered a Fragment of Time as Master Tongtian and faced Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and Laozi at Jiepai Pass. His Zhuxian Sword Array withstood both sages, but his battle with Laozi continued as Laozi summoned three Daoist incarnations.

• Ji Hao claimed the Four Zhuxian Swords Formula at the Traces of Immortals, then rested and awoke in the world of Investiture of the Gods as Master Tongtian.
• Ji Hao challenged Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi over the Explanation Sect’s treatment of the Interception Sect and refused to remove the Zhuxian Sword Array.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi entered the array, but its sword qi cut down one of his golden lotuses before he withdrew.
• Laozi arrived at Jiepai Pass and entered the array after Ji Hao refused to take the matter to Zixiao Palace.
• Ji Hao and Laozi fought as their battle shattered the laws of heaven and earth, and Laozi used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to summon Shangqing Daoist, Yuqing Daoist, and Taiqing Daoist.

Ji Hao transformed the Zhuxian Sword Array into an End of Days Sword and destroyed the Primordial World, breaking through to Exterior Level Five and absorbing the Great Dao Golden Pill. The story then shifted to the Divine Capital, where Zhao Heng and Meng Qi arrived at a Daoist temple.

• Laozi, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, Daoist Zhunti, and Amitabha Buddha entered the four gates and used their treasures to contain the Zhuxian Sword Array.
• Ji Hao summoned three Dao bodies that merged into the four swords, then unleashed a sword strike that erased the Primordial World, its Saints, and all living beings.
• In the resulting nothingness, Ji Hao broke through to Exterior Level Five and absorbed the Great Dao Golden Pill into his Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation.
• In the Divine Capital, onlookers identified a speeding carriage as belonging to the Fifth Imperial Prince, Zhao Heng.
• Zhao Heng and the young monk Meng Qi arrived at a Daoist temple, where Hu Dou had driven them.

Ji Hao and the Traces of Immortals identified the Nanzhou Yu Family as a Luo Sect target and attacked its procession to capture the Holy Emperor Demon Decree. The battle exposed Gu Xiaosang among the Yu Family, but Divine Lord Xiaotian struck the Yu Family head with a secret treasure and triggered the Divine Capital Formation, leaving the fighting factions in danger of being trapped.

• Heavenly Venerable Guangcheng revealed that he had stolen one half of the escorted cargo, and Ji Hao recognized the object as a Human Dao Secret Treasure tied to the Divine Capital Zhao Clan.
• True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao reported that the Yu Family carried the Luo Sect’s aura, and Ji Hao said the family was meeting the Su Family on Vermilion Bird Avenue.
• Meng Qi encountered the Yu Family procession as True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao, Ji Hao, and Empyrean Goddess Doumu launched an attack and killed several Exterior guards.
• Empyrean Goddess Doumu confronted Gu Xiaosang, whose appearance revealed that the Yu Family concealed the Luo Sect and that the procession carried the Holy Emperor Demon Decree.
• Divine Lord Xiaotian ambushed Ji Hao and the Yu Family head with a talismanic nail, wounded the head, triggered the Divine Capital Formation, and fled.

Ji Hao and his allies escaped the Divine Capital after battling Sima Shi and Zhao Wuyan, while the old emperor’s formation helped Zhao Wuyan attempt to attain a Dharma Body. The Mythology's Heavenly Emperor then attacked the old emperor and the imperial palace, and Ji Hao triggered the Three Calamities against Zhao Wuyan as his breakthrough reached its climax.

• Ji Hao struck Divine Lord Xiaotian with the Soul-Scattering Bell, but Sima Shi intervened and let Xiaotian escape while Ji Hao and Empyrean Goddess Doumu fought the half-step Dharma Body experts.
• Heavenly Venerable Guangcheng and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao helped Doumu’s group break free, and Ji Hao’s party escaped after the Luo Sect surrendered part of a Holy Demon Legacy Decree.
• At the Qionghua Banquet, the old emperor trapped the young talents in a formation while Zhao Wuyan merged his Son of Heaven Manifestation and tried to attain a Dharma Body.
• The Mythology's Heavenly Emperor appeared, aged the old emperor with a saber strike, and attacked the imperial palace as Cui Qingyu and the Dharma King of True Emptiness entered the battle.
• Zhao Wuyan completed his breakthrough, and Ji Hao unleashed the Three Calamities of Wind, Fire, and Lightning as a killing blow.

Ji Hao witnessed Meng Qi’s tribulation and breakthrough, then united the Buddhist, demonic, and Daoist teachings to reach the seventh heaven as a grandmaster and begin comprehending the Fruit of All Causes. After sealing the Great Dao Golden Pill and taking the Golden Divine Cow as a new identity, he arrived at Biyou Palace, where the Daoist Celestial Worthy summoned him inside.

• Ji Hao and True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao departed after Zhao Wuyan died in the combined heavenly tribulation and human calamity, while the “Heavenly Emperor” abandoned the divine weapons and vanished.
• Ji Hao watched Meng Qi split chaos with his saber and form the Immortal Yuanshi Dharma Manifestation.
• In the Journey to the West World, Ji Hao united the three teachings through his Formless Lingbao Dharma Manifestation and ascended to the seventh heaven, attaining the grandmaster realm.
• Ji Hao sealed the Great Dao Golden Pill, roasted a sleeping great demon with a Nine-Headed Fire Dragon, and chose the Golden Divine Cow for his new identity.
• Ji Hao reached Biyou Palace, where the Daoist Celestial Worthy waited with the Seven-Star Sword and led him inside.

Ji Hao and the Wang Family learned from the Luo River Diagram that the General Outline of the Tathagata Palm would emerge near Fish Sea and Tanhan within six months. The Wang Family publicized the news, setting off a worldwide rush toward a coming contest among Dharma Body experts, while Ji Hao and Meng Qi each considered their next moves.

• At the Traces of Immortals gathering, the Daoist Celestial Worthy announced that the Tathagata Palm had emerged as a subject of concern, and Ji Hao recalled the Luo River Diagram's strange manifestation two months earlier.
• The Luo River Diagram shone over the Wang Clan of Jiangdong, and Ji Hao helped protect the clan while Wang Siyuan and the other Exterior experts investigated its message.
• After half a month, Wang Siyuan confirmed that the General Outline of the Tathagata Palm would emerge around Fish Sea and Tanhan within six months, and Ji Hao sent the news to the Traces of Immortals.
• Wang Siyuan chose to spread the prediction, while Ji Hao resolved to visit the Pure Land and considered using Meng Qi's remaining Samsara Talisman to rescue the real Abbot Kongwen.
• Meng Qi learned about the coming Tathagata Palm and decided not to compete for it, choosing instead to investigate a secret realm in the Duo'ercha World.
• The Wang Family's announcement spread throughout the world, drawing the attention of Buddhist temples and major powers and prompting people to expect a battle of Dharma Bodies.

Wang Quan broke through to Immortal King and sent his sword back to defend the Nine Heavens, while Ji Hao remained gravely wounded after fighting the Red-Haired Supreme. At Emperor Pass, Anlan and five other Immortal Kings overwhelmed the Heavenly Abyss’s defenses, leaving the defenders preparing for a desperate last stand as Anlan advanced.

• Wang Quan endured heaven and earth’s tribulation, became an Immortal King, and sent the Bright Immortal Sword bearing part of his divine soul toward the Nine Heavens.
• Ji Hao explained the cost of suppressing the Red-Haired Supreme and gave Wang Quan a Thunder Talisman so he could summon Ji Hao’s dharma body in an emergency.
• Anlan’s forces exposed the false oath that had followed the surrender of Huang, then attacked the Heavenly Abyss as the Original Imperial City appeared to resist them.
• Anlan held the Original Imperial City aloft while the Vermilion Bird King used the city and the Heavenly Abyss to oppose him; five Immortal King decrees joined Anlan’s assault and sealed the abyss’s laws.
• As Anlan’s chariot began advancing across the Heavenly Abyss, the elders and commanders at Emperor Pass resolved to fight despite knowing they could not match an Immortal King.

Ji Hao defeated an Asura king while the rising Buddhist light drew powerful figures to Fish Sea, then joined the Traces of Immortals to coordinate their response to the Tathagata Palm and Mythology. The chapter left Meng Qi about to reveal what he had discovered concerning Abbot Kongwen.

• Ji Hao used his Only I Am Supreme Buddha Dharma Manifestation to subdue an Asura king and turn him into a monk within his inner pure land.
• Buddhist light rose near Tanhan, drawing experts from major sects to Fish Sea, but it faded and left a huge Swastika Symbol behind.
• Ji Hao learned through the Traces of Immortals' tokens that Chunyangzi, Drunkard Xie, had vanished after Xi of Mythology wounded him, while Qu Jiuniang was missing but still alive.
• At Biyou Palace, the Traces of Immortals members revealed their identities, including Chonghe as Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and Su Meng as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.
• Chonghe planned to cooperate with Sword Maniac, Vast Purple Qi, and Daoist Shoujing to obtain the General Outline of the Tathagata Palm, while Meng Qi reported an ambush beneath Quicksand Market.
• After the other members left, Meng Qi told Ji Hao and Yan Wuwo that he had discovered something concerning Abbot Kongwen.