Chapter Summaries

Willow God killed the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi after they begged or threatened her, while the Zhuyan survived by undergoing nirvana and agreeing to join Stone Village. Meng Chuan invited Little Red Bird to stay as well, but it refused, unwilling to become Little Nonpoint’s playmate or nursemaid.

• Little Nonpoint accused the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow of trying to fool him, and Meng Chuan explained that the sparrow was cunning and underhanded.
• The Sky-Swallowing Sparrow offered treasures and services to stay alive, while Qiongqi defiantly threatened Willow God and the injured Zhuyan accepted its fate.
• After Meng Chuan warned Willow God to protect the beasts’ Primordial Treasure Bones, she killed the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi with her branches.
• The Zhuyan underwent nirvana and became a tiny golden monkey after promising to join Stone Village.
• Meng Chuan invited Little Red Bird to stay in Stone Village, but it refused because it did not want to serve as Little Nonpoint’s playmate or nursemaid.

Stone Village gained two supreme Treasure Techniques from the corpses of Sky-Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi, then opened the Mountain Treasure to uncover the Supreme Hall’s lost Legacy. Meng Chuan gave Willow God the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Technique and revealed that he already knew it.

• Willow God healed Little Red Bird and let it leave, then Stone Village recovered the original Treasure Bones of Sky-Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi from their corpses.
• Willow God brought out the Mountain Treasure, and Meng Chuan opened it by sending six Treasure Techniques into its faces.
• Meng Chuan explained that the Mountain Treasure held the Supreme Hall’s core Legacy, including the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Technique and several renowned Treasure Techniques.
• Meng Chuan soothed Little Nonpoint after the Heavenly Art overwhelmed him and told him to study it when he was older.
• Meng Chuan gave Willow God the hide bearing the Heavenly Art and said he already knew the technique.

Meng Chuan and Willow God uncovered the Grass Character Sword Art and returned to Stone Village, where he told Little Nonpoint exaggerated tales of Willow God’s past. Willow God then asked about the missing Transcendence Chapter and learned its key was tied to Little Nonpoint and the black cauldron.

• Willow God carried Meng Chuan, Little Nonpoint, and the Supreme Hall's inheritance beyond the Outer Regions, where Meng Chuan activated the final beast hide and revealed the Grass Character Sword Art.
• Willow God remembered the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and the fallen comrades and battles of the Immortal Ancient Era, while Meng Chuan urged her to recover quietly before confronting the Foreign Realm.
• Meng Chuan told Little Nonpoint increasingly grand stories about the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit, and Willow God left in embarrassment after realizing he was describing her.
• Back in Stone Village, Willow God asked Meng Chuan why she could not find the Transcendence Chapter of the Original True Explanation among the inheritances.
• Meng Chuan gave Willow God the white cubic bone and explained that the missing key required mastery of the Divine Guidance Chapter and was being kept for Little Nonpoint; Willow God then realized he had been calling her own technique the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit's.

Meng Chuan helped Stone Village thrive, then recruited Yao Chen to refine its Treasure Medicine. When Meng Qi revealed that Lamp-Burning Buddha had emerged and threatened his path, Meng Chuan asked what had happened, but Meng Qi refused to explain.

• Meng Chuan purified the True Blood of the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi, while Stone Village's people grew stronger and Shi Yunfeng began to recover.
• Meng Chuan stopped Stone Village's people from poorly brewing Treasure Medicine and asked Yao Chen to refine their Fierce Beast ingredients.
• Meng Qi told Meng Chuan that Sha Wujing and Lamp-Burning Buddha had emerged, and that he could not stand against the new threat.
• Meng Chuan sent Yao Chen the ingredients and instructed him to make gentle medicine suitable for most people.
• Yao Chen began refining the Treasure Medicine while thinking about Little Yan's coming battle with Hun Tiandi.
• Meng Chuan asked Meng Qi to explain what had happened, but Meng Qi refused to tell him.

Meng Chuan learned that Lamp-Burning Buddha had awakened and intended to contest Meng Qi’s path to the Cause of All Fruits just as Meng Qi prepared to achieve Self-Proven Legend. Recognizing that Meng Qi could not face the threat alone, Meng Chuan announced he was going to Lifetime World to help.

• Meng Chuan heard Meng Qi’s account and learned that Meng Qi had met the conditions for Self-Proven Legend.
• Lamp-Burning Buddha’s Glazed Immortal Lamp illuminated the worlds, revealing that he had begun Awakening and was targeting Meng Qi’s Cause of All Fruits.
• Meng Chuan considered which Other Shore Beings might be behind Lamp-Burning Buddha’s move and concluded that events had become unpredictable.
• Meng Chuan warned Meng Qi that he was coming to Lifetime World and told him to welcome him on his knees.
• Meng Chuan prepared to act as Meng Qi’s savior because the gap between Heavenly Immortal and Legend left Meng Qi unable to defeat Lamp-Burning Buddha alone.

Meng Chuan left Stone Village for the Lifetime World after arranging for a Kunpeng Ling body to stay with Little Nonpoint. He met Meng Qi at Yuxu Palace, where he revealed that his reason for coming in person involved his Primordial Beginning Dao Fruit and Primordial Beginning Body.

• Meng Chuan told Little Nonpoint and Shi Yunfeng he was leaving to visit a dying friend, then decided to leave a Ling body behind to keep Little Nonpoint company.
• Meng Chuan entrusted Stone Village to Willow God and left the Kunpeng Ling body there in his place.
• Meng Chuan departed the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and appeared at Yuxu Palace on Mount Kunlun in the Lifetime World.
• Meng Qi greeted Meng Chuan while livestreaming and considered suppressing him, but decided against it because Meng Chuan's apparent weakness was an illusion.
• Meng Chuan explained that his Other Selves could no longer draw on his True Self's power without the Chat Group, then said his body was the reason he had come in person: his Primordial Beginning Dao Fruit and Primordial Beginning Body.

Meng Chuan appeared before Meng Qi in the form of Primordial Beginning, drawing attention away from him while the two traded jokes and discussed the Lifetime World's early-changing events. After outlining the threats posed by Wusheng Laomu, the revived Buddhas, and Lamp-Burning Buddha, Meng Chuan proposed to deal with the Buddhist Sect by attacking directly.

• Meng Chuan appeared as Primordial Beginning and explained that his presence would draw potential enemies' attention away from Meng Qi.
• Meng Chuan and Meng Qi joked over tea while Yao Chen, Zhang Sanfeng, Ji Ning, and Luo Feng watched the livestream.
• Meng Qi reported that two Divine Envoys of Wusheng Laomu had emerged at the Legendary Realm and that Demon Race Great Sages had escaped Spirit Mountain with his help.
• Meng Qi told Meng Chuan that the Supreme True Buddha had devoured some of the myriad Buddhas' remains and that other figures had revived in secret.
• Meng Chuan considered the threats from Lamp-Burning Buddha and the Buddhist Sect, then proposed punching straight through them.

Meng Qi and Meng Chuan discussed Meng Qi’s meticulous plan before Meng Qi’s friends arrived at Yuxu Palace. While waiting, Meng Chuan learned that people believed he might succeed the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable as Master of Tusita Palace, leaving him surprised by the prospect.

• Meng Chuan questioned Meng Qi’s plan, and Meng Qi praised it as foolproof while privately recognizing it could not help them against stronger foes.
• Meng Qi ended his livestream and learned that his friends had come to Yuxu Palace, apparently concerned about the pressures facing him.
• Meng Qi went to greet his friends, while Big Green Root entered the room and recognized Meng Chuan as a master from Tusita Palace.
• Big Green Root told Meng Chuan that outsiders believed the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable favored him and that he had a strong chance of succeeding as Master of Tusita Palace.
• Meng Chuan was shocked to learn that he was already considered next in line to take charge of Tusita Palace.

Meng Chuan gathered with Meng Qi’s old friends at Yuxu Palace, where Qi Zhengyan arrived and thanked Meng Chuan for helping him in the past. Meng Qi brushed off their concern about the pressure of his coming role, confident that someone had his back.

• Meng Chuan considered why the Three Pure Ones would tolerate his presence while pursuing the Dao Fruit.
• Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu, Chonghe, Lu Da, and the others joined Meng Qi and Meng Chuan at Yuxu Palace.
• Meng Qi wished Qi Zhengyan were there, and Big Green Root announced that the Demon Emperor had arrived.
• Qi Zhengyan greeted Meng Chuan and thanked him for his help in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space.
• Meng Qi realized Meng Chuan may have arranged the gathering, then assured his friends that he felt no pressure.

Meng Qi revealed that he could attain Self-Proven Legend on his own, reassuring his friends even as they worried about the awakened Divine Envoys and Lamp-Burning Buddha. Meanwhile, the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy met with the Night Emperor and announced he would search Meng Qi's Yuxu Palace.

• Ruan Yushu served a feast while Meng Chuan regretted not having encouraged Meng Qi to pursue her earlier.
• Qi Zhengyan warned that the Curtain-Raising Divine Envoy and Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy had awakened and Lamp-Burning Buddha could force himself to act.
• Meng Qi told his friends he had understood the Self as Self and could attain Self-Proven Legend whenever he chose.
• Meng Qi explained that understanding oneself was central to the Self as Self, and Meng Chuan reminded everyone that each person had to rely on themselves.
• The Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy met the Night Emperor in the Luo Sect's Vacuum Hometown and said he would search Meng Qi's Yuxu Palace.

The Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy went to Kunlun Mountain to search Yuxu Palace for a contingency left by the Former Holy Maiden, believing Su Meng was still far from attaining Legend. Meng Chuan let Meng Qi go out to meet her, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• The Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy dismissed the Night Emperor's warning that Su Meng might have attained Legend and traveled to Kunlun Mountain.
• The Moonlight Bodhisattva prepared to intervene but stopped after receiving a message from the Medicine Buddha.
• The Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy announced across the Real World that she had come to visit Primordial Emperor Su Meng.
• Inside Yuxu Palace, Meng Chuan told Meng Qi to hear the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy out rather than attack her immediately.
• Meng Qi went out to meet the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy while Meng Chuan waited for news of the confrontation to spread.

Meng Qi refused to let the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy search Yuxu Palace and provoked him into a confrontation. As the Divine Envoy prepared to attack, Meng Chuan rose to face him, promising to return before his tea cooled.

• Meng Qi met the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy outside Yuxu Palace, where the Envoy praised him as the strongest Heavenly Immortal of the age but dismissed him as an ant.
• The Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy demanded to search Yuxu Palace for something left behind by the Luo Sect's Former Holy Maiden, and Meng Qi refused.
• Meng Qi mocked and insulted the Divine Envoy until the Legendary Great Power's expression darkened and thunder and fierce winds stirred.
• Zhang Yuanshan recognized Meng Qi's familiar gift for verbal sparring, while Qi Zhengyan poured tea for Meng Chuan as they watched.
• Meng Chuan rose and went outside, telling Qi Zhengyan to keep pouring because he would subdue the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy before the tea cooled.

Meng Chuan appeared in time to stop the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy from striking Meng Qi and forced the envoy to sacrifice his arm and future cultivation path. He returned to Yuxu Palace with Meng Qi, where the tea was still warm.

• The Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy attacked Meng Qi with a vast palm as powerful observers watched.
• Meng Qi silently called for Meng Chuan, who appeared and blocked the envoy’s attack.
• Meng Chuan questioned the envoy and challenged him to visit the Vacuum Hometown, making clear he was serious.
• Meng Chuan demanded proof of the envoy’s fate or a sacrifice, and the envoy burned away his own arm.
• Meng Chuan let the grievously weakened envoy leave and returned to Yuxu Palace with Meng Qi.

Meng Chuan’s appearance and defeat of the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy sent shockwaves through the worlds, drawing attention from Gao Lan and the Demon Race’s Great Sages. The Great Sages chose to hold back as they watched events in the West, while Meng Qi lamented that his cousin had made him the backdrop to a legendary story.

• Gao Lan and two Legends of the Human Emperor’s surviving clan discussed Meng Chuan’s immense power, and Gao Lan joked that Meng Qi had found himself an illegitimate father.
• The Great Sages of the Demon Race discussed Meng Chuan and agreed to restrain their forces after the Great Sage Equal to Heaven warned them not to act rashly.
• The Great Sages decided to recover their strength and watch events in the West, where Lamp-Burning Buddha’s Return was expected.
• Meng Qi scolded Meng Chuan for helping create the tale of a cup of tea subduing a Legend and worried that the story would make him famous as the defeated backdrop.

Meng Chuan and Meng Qi discussed the forces that would obstruct Meng Qi’s attempt to attain Self-Proven Legend and the danger posed by Lamp-Burning Buddha. When Meng Chuan spotted two Luo Sect envoys searching Fusang Ancient City for clues about Gu Xiaosang, Meng Qi set off to investigate, expecting Meng Chuan to send him ahead again.

• Meng Chuan and Meng Qi bantered about Gu Xiaosang, and Meng Chuan knocked Meng Qi down when he mocked him.
• Meng Qi realized that Lamp-Burning Buddha would have emerged to block his path to Self-Proven Legend even if he had not delayed his progress.
• Meng Chuan warned that Meng Qi could be in grave danger if Lamp-Burning Buddha awakened at Perfected Creation.
• Meng Chuan spotted the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy and Curtain-Raising Divine Envoy heading to Fusang Ancient City, and deduced they were seeking clues about the Luo Sect’s previous Holy Maiden.
• Meng Qi decided to go to Fusang Ancient City, while Meng Chuan praised him and promised to make sure nothing happened to him.

Meng Chuan visited the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable in the Tusita Palace and asked whether Meng Qi could survive Lamp-Burning Buddha’s attack. The Heavenly Venerable’s cryptic answer left Meng Chuan believing the Dao would provide a way to protect Meng Qi.

• Meng Chuan watched Meng Qi charge toward the Fusang Ancient Tree as Lamp-Burning Buddha’s Immortal Light blazed in the west.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn welcomed Meng Chuan into the Tusita Palace and led him to the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable.
• Meng Chuan asked the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable whether Meng Qi could survive if he intervened.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable said the Dao always left a way and that Heaven followed its course, giving Meng Chuan hope that help would come.

Meng Qi began returning to his Xiantian nature and met Primordial Beginning as he prepared to attain Legend, but Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha intervened to obstruct him. The Overlord's Absolute Blade appeared with a jade-like hand wielding it, stopping the Buddha's attempt to seize Meng Qi.

• The Fusang Ancient Tree Domain appeared, and Meng Qi taunted the Lamp-Bearing Divine Envoy, who refrained from attacking him.
• Meng Qi separated his acquired memories and experience from his Xiantian nature while keeping both connected, then encountered Primordial Beginning in the primordial chaos.
• Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha manifested across the worlds and urged Meng Qi to enter his Pure Land, claiming he would help him attain Legend.
• When Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha reached to seize Meng Qi, the Overlord's Absolute Blade blocked his hand, and its wielder challenged him to invite them into the Pure Land instead.

Meng Chuan confronted Lamp-Burning Buddha, who trapped him in a Causal Universe while three Luo Sect divine envoys blocked his escape. Unable to interfere with the Real World, Meng Chuan watched as Lamp-Burning Buddha proceeded to bring the Primordial Emperor into his Pure Land.

• Meng Chuan rejected Lamp-Burning Buddha’s offer to let him have his way in exchange for a debt of Karma, and Lamp-Burning Buddha exiled him to the Causal Universe.
• Lamp-Burning Buddha summoned three Luo Sect divine envoys, including one who retained Creation Realm strength, to keep Meng Chuan occupied.
• The divine envoys revealed that their formation prevented Meng Chuan’s True Body, avatars, and other selves from interfering with the outside world.
• Lamp-Burning Buddha left to pursue his plan to bring the Primordial Emperor into his Pure Land, while Meng Chuan remained trapped.

Meng Qi overcame the final disturbance and achieved Self-Proven Legend as Meng Chuan confronted Lamp-Burning Buddha. Meng Chuan entered the Ancient Buddha Pure Land and began fighting Lamp-Burning Buddha as the Real World shook.

• Meng Qi saw the Primordial Beginning Daoist in his innate nature, then contacted Meng Chuan through the Chat Panel when a powerful throb threatened to disrupt his breakthrough.
• Meng Chuan told Meng Qi that the Luo Sect and Lamp-Burning Buddha had trapped him, but then appeared beside Meng Qi’s body with the awakened Absolute Blade.
• Meng Qi took the Primordial Beginning Daoist’s seat, united with him, and rose toward Legend as Immortal Realm Across the Sky appeared.
• Meng Chuan challenged Lamp-Burning Buddha, whose Pure Land turned back the first strike of Absolute Blade.
• After Meng Qi achieved Self-Proven Legend, Meng Chuan entered the Ancient Buddha Pure Land, where Lamp-Burning Buddha attacked him with its laws, karmic powers, and palm.
• Meng Chuan answered with a punch that shook the Pure Land, and two Great Suns appeared over the Real World as the battle between man and Buddha began.

Meng Chuan fought Lamp-Burning Buddha inside the Ancient Buddha Pure Land, overcoming his Karma-based defenses with a succession of supreme arts. The battle ended with Meng Chuan piercing Lamp-Burning Buddha’s Golden Body, prompting the Ancient Buddha to recognize the Cause of All Fruits.

• Meng Chuan closed in on Lamp-Burning Buddha and battered his defenses with his fists, forcing him to rely on a Pagoda and Karma-granted attacks.
• Meng Chuan invoked the Human Emperor Golden Book and Daode Dharma Body, then used Tathagata’s Palm to challenge Lamp-Burning Buddha’s own Tathagata’s Palm.
• As Meng Qi manifested the Great Dao Gate above the Real World, Meng Chuan deployed Zhu Xian’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords against Lamp-Burning Buddha.
• Lamp-Burning Buddha used his Great Dao of Karma to hide from Meng Chuan and formed a supposedly perfect defense.
• Meng Chuan’s sword energy pierced Lamp-Burning Buddha’s Pagoda light and Golden Body, and Lamp-Burning Buddha exclaimed that he had used the Cause of All Fruits.