Chapter Summaries

Jie Yin presented the Chaos Ancient Buddha with a Great Thousand World from Yuanshi, and the Ancient Buddha invaded it to harvest its inhabitants for blood essence. Jie Yin and Zhun Ti suspected Yuanshi intended to use the Ancient Buddha against Qin Mu, though Jie Yin hinted that there was more to the plan.

• Jie Yin gave the World Pearl to the Chaos Ancient Buddha, claiming Yuanshi had offered a world to restore his strength.
• The Chaos Ancient Buddha crushed the pearl, entered the sealed world, and declared he would sacrifice its inhabitants to heal his injuries.
• The Ancient Buddha descended over the world, crushing mountains and forcing its people to their knees beneath his immense pressure.
• Zhun Ti mocked the inhabitants for mistaking the Ancient Buddha for a savior, while Jie Yin questioned Yuanshi's motives.
• Zhun Ti proposed that Yuanshi wanted the Ancient Buddha to fight Qin Mu, and Jie Yin agreed before hinting that Yuanshi had another purpose.

Jie Yin and Zhun Ti suspected Yuanshi was using the Chaos Ancient Buddha’s hunger to weaken him, while planning to profit from the conflict. The Ancient Buddha devoured every living being in a Great Thousand World and returned to Mount Sumeru with half his injuries healed and half-step immortal strength.

• Jie Yin told Zhun Ti that Yuanshi was feeding the Ancient Buddha a slow poison by making him consume mortal blood essence.
• The Ancient Buddha revealed his contempt for the Great Thousand World’s inhabitants and began slaughtering them to restore his golden body.
• The Ancient Buddha crushed the world and devoured the life essence and souls of its ten billion inhabitants.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti watched the destruction through a spatial fissure and recoiled at the Ancient Buddha’s brutality.
• The Ancient Buddha returned to Mount Sumeru with his cracks healed and his strength restored to the half-step immortal level.

Chaos Ancient Buddha regained fifty percent of his combat power after Primordial Heavenly Demon supplied him with a world to consume, then emerged from beneath Mount Sumeru and shook the Primordial World. Hongjun recognized the danger, while other powerful beings prepared for the coming conflict with Qin Mu and the approaching appearance of the Immortal Seed.

• Ancient Buddha celebrated his recovery and ordered Jie Yin and Zhun Ti to prepare to follow him into the primordial skies.
• Ancient Buddha emerged from beneath Mount Sumeru, destroying the mountain as his golden manifestation unleashed overwhelming pressure across the Primordial World.
• Hongjun discovered that Ancient Buddha had regained fifty percent of his Dao Fruit by slaughtering a Great Thousand World and worried that only he or Qin Mu could stop him.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei realized Primordial Heavenly Demon had supplied Ancient Buddha with a world, but chose not to intervene.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon revealed that the world's flesh and blood had also planted demonic obstructions in Ancient Buddha, hoping he and Qin Mu would grievously wound each other.
• Lu Ya, Ancestor Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, Kunpeng, and other mighty beings sensed Ancient Buddha's power as Lu Ya decided to hasten his preparations for the Immortal Seed.

The Chaos Ancient Buddha emerged from the West and marched on the Underworld, intending to cripple Qin Mu by attacking the foundation of his power. Di Zun remained confident in Qin Mu’s strength, while Huang Tian heard the Human Emperors’ offer to send aid and prepared to respond.

• The Chaos Ancient Buddha consumed the blood of a Great Thousand World, recovered half his fighting strength, and set out to attack the Underworld rather than Biyou Palace.
• The Chaos Ancient Buddha’s passage shook the Primordial Land as he advanced toward the Netherworld Blood Sea and the Underworld.
• Haotian warned Di Zun that the Ancient Buddha was heading for the Underworld, but Di Zun calmly assured him Qin Mu could withstand the threat.
• Fuxi told Huang Tian that his divination foretold disaster in the Underworld, and Xuanyuan and Shennong offered to lead forces there to aid Qin Mu.
• Huang Tian raised his hand to calm the Human Emperors as they gathered in Fire Cloud Cave.

Ancient Buddha attacked the Netherworld Realm, prompting Sect Master Tongtian to prepare the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to protect Qin Mu. Qin Mu’s sword-intent message stopped Tongtian just as the Clarify Teachings and Primordial Heavenly Demon anticipated the clash’s outcome.

• Ancient Buddha struck at Ghost Gate Pass with a giant golden palm, driving Ancestor Minghe into hiding beneath the Blood Sea.
• The Myriad Immortals Formation activated at Penglai, and Daoist Duobao and the other disciples urged Sect Master Tongtian to rescue Qin Mu.
• Sect Master Tongtian summoned the four swords and ordered the Jie Teachings immortals to enter the Nine Netherworlds, but Qin Mu’s divine consciousness halted him.
• Guangchengzi and Randeng Daoren celebrated the attack, while Primordial Heavenly Demon planned to devour the survivors’ Dao fruits.
• Daoist Lu Ya and Demon Master Kunpeng watched the battle’s approach from afar.

Qin Mu emerged from seclusion to confront the Chaos Ancient Buddha, who had attacked Ghost Gate Pass and threatened the Underworld. After reassuring Xi He and Empress Pingxin, Qin Mu faced the Buddha’s assault and summoned his Life-Bound Divine Sword.

• The Chaos Ancient Buddha struck at Ghost Gate Pass and demanded that Qin Mu come out and die.
• Xi He and Empress Pingxin warned Qin Mu about the Ancient Buddha’s strength and offered to use the Underworld’s defenses or summon help.
• Qin Mu reassured them that he could handle the enemy alone, then teleported to Ghost Gate Pass.
• The Chaos Ancient Buddha withdrew his blocked palm, taunted Qin Mu, and unleashed eight fiendish Ultimate Dao artifacts.
• Qin Mu dismissed the Buddha’s claim to half-step immortality and drew on the power of his Life-Bound Divine Sword.

Qin Mu revealed the chaos spiritual treasure Great Dao Grass Sword and used it to sever the Ancient Buddha’s connection to his body’s origin, devastating his strength. As the Ancient Buddha fled and challenged him, Qin Mu began a second strike, leaving their battle unresolved.

• The Great Dao Grass Sword appeared in Qin Mu’s hand, and its aura shocked Sect Master Tongtian and the Ancient Buddha.
• Qin Mu used the first of the Nine Swords of Fate-Slaying, Sever Karma, to cut through the Ancient Buddha’s defenses and sever his power from his body’s origin.
• Zhun Ti, Jie Yin, and Primordial Heavenly Demon watched the strike through the Heavenly Mechanism Water Mirror and reacted with shock and fear.
• The Ancient Buddha realized Qin Mu had reached half-step immortality and retreated while threatening to show his power.
• Qin Mu dismissed the Ancient Buddha’s words and brought down the Grass Sword with his second sword, Sever Fortune.

Qin Mu revealed that he had reached half-step immortality without controlling the Heavenly Dao, shocking Hongjun and the other ancient powers. After Qin Mu wounded the Chaos Ancient Buddha, the Buddha trapped him inside his own Buddhist world and attacked with World-Annihilating Heavenly Dao Chains.

• Qin Mu's sword severed the Chaos Ancient Buddha's accumulated fortune and badly wounded him, revealing Qin Mu's half-step immortality.
• Hongjun realized Qin Mu had reached half-step immortality without taking control of the Heavenly Dao, while Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, the Primordial Heavenly Demon, and Lu Ya feared his strength.
• Qin Mu mocked the wounded Chaos Ancient Buddha, who burned his Buddhist blood and shattered the Thirty-Six-Colored Epoch Buddha Embryo.
• The Chaos Ancient Buddha opened his life-bound Buddhist world, replaced its laws with his own Heavenly Dao, and drew Qin Mu inside.
• The Chaos Ancient Buddha sent World-Annihilating Heavenly Dao Chains to bind Qin Mu, who calmly asked, "That's it?"

Chaos Ancient Buddha trapped Qin Mu inside the Buddha Kingdom Realm and attacked him with its full Heavenly Dao power, but Qin Mu used the Grass Sword to strike the Buddha’s soul. Chaos Ancient Buddha screamed as the realm’s sky split apart.

• Chaos Ancient Buddha invoked the Buddha Kingdom Realm’s laws to suppress Qin Mu and tried to refine him with golden suns and Heavenly Dao Chains.
• Xi He worried about Qin Mu, while Empress Pingxin reassured her that his Life-bound Dao Fruit would protect him.
• Sect Master Tongtian sensed Qin Mu’s confidence and told his disciples not to intervene.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti believed Chaos Ancient Buddha had secured victory by trapping Qin Mu in his world.
• Qin Mu used the Grass Sword’s Soul-Slaying strike to pierce Chaos Ancient Buddha’s face, shatter the Buddha Kingdom Realm’s sky, and make the ancient Buddha howl in agony.

Qin Mu devastated the Chaos Ancient Buddha’s Buddha World with three strikes of the Grass Sword, shattering its heavenly dao suns and piercing the Ancient Buddha’s soul. As the Buddha World collapsed, the Ancient Buddha offered treasures and the Immortal Seed’s secret to survive, but Qin Mu rejected his bargain and raised his sword for the final strike.

• Qin Mu’s sword shattered the Ancient Buddha’s soul, heavenly dao suns, and Dharma-Protecting Vajra phantoms, leaving the Ancient Buddha grievously wounded.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin watched the Buddha Kingdom crack apart and regretted backing the Ancient Buddha against Qin Mu.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon raged at the Ancient Buddha’s defeat and secretly prepared to flee using the Myriad Demons Formation.
• Hongjun recognized Qin Mu’s sword as a Great Dao killing art and reflected that Tongtian had taken in a remarkable disciple.
• The Ancient Buddha offered Qin Mu his Ultimate Dao Divine Powers, Chaos Secret Treasures, and the secret of the Immortal Seed, but Qin Mu refused and aimed the Grass Sword at his brow.

Chaos Ancient Buddha sacrificed his golden body and Dao Fruit to reforge the Former Era’s Heavenly Dao and trap Qin Mu beneath its power. As the Heavenly Dao Dharma Form struck, Qin Mu remained calm and questioned whether the old Buddha understood who ruled the current era.

• Chaos Ancient Buddha crushed the Epoch Buddha Embryo and turned his golden body into Buddha blood to summon the Former Era’s Heavenly Dao.
• Empress Pingxin and Xi He recognized the danger and prepared to use the Netherworld’s Earthly Dao to break the blood barrier.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin rejoiced at the patriarch’s desperate counterattack, while Primordial Heavenly Demon welcomed the chance for Qin Mu and Ancient Buddha to destroy each other.
• Ancient Buddha formed a million-zhang Heavenly Dao Dharma Form and ordered its three thousand laws to suppress and kill Qin Mu.
• Qin Mu calmly raised the Grass Sword and mocked Ancient Buddha for using a Former Era’s Heavenly Dao against the reigning Primordial Grand Unity.

Qin Mu confronted Chaos Ancient Buddha’s former-era Heavenly Dao and used his ultimate dao of force to overpower its laws. After severing the Heavenly Dao Dharma Form’s arm, he struck the giant eye with Heavenly Dao Slash, shattering its divine shield as the battle continued.

• Qin Mu denounced Chaos Ancient Buddha as a discarded Heavenly Dao of a former era and advanced against its descending palm.
• Qin Mu used the fifth Fate-Slaying Sword, Ten Thousand Laws Annihilation, to cut through the blood palm and sever the Heavenly Dao Dharma Form’s arm.
• Chaos Ancient Buddha cried out in disbelief as Qin Mu appeared before the Dharma Form and prepared his next attack.
• Qin Mu unleashed the sixth Fate-Slaying Sword, Heavenly Dao Slash, toward the giant eye of Heavenly Dao.
• Chaos Ancient Buddha formed a shield from three thousand laws, but Qin Mu’s sword shattered it.

Qin Mu defeated the Chaos Ancient Buddha, cutting apart his manifestation of Heavenly Dao and erasing his final remnant soul. After claiming the Buddha Śarīra, Qin Mu reunited with Xi He and Empress Pingxin, while the Ancient Buddha’s warning about other slumbering overlords remained.

• Qin Mu destroyed the Chaos Ancient Buddha’s body, soul, and summoned manifestation of Heavenly Dao with his sword.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti accepted that the Western Teachings had lost, while the Primordial Heavenly Demon feared Qin Mu’s power.
• The Chaos Ancient Buddha warned Qin Mu that other overlords slept in the ruins of the Former Era, but Qin Mu killed him with the Grass Sword.
• The Ancient Buddha’s death brought golden spiritual rain to the Primordial World, and Qin Mu claimed the Chaos Buddha Śarīra.
• Xi He checked that Qin Mu was unharmed, and Empress Pingxin praised his mastery before he dismissed the fallen Buddha as a dead man from a former dynasty.

Qin Mu killed Chaos Ancient Buddha, an ancient overlord, with the Grass Sword, shaking the Primordial World and frightening powerful figures across the realms. As Qin Mu remained untroubled, the surviving forces withdrew or resolved to avoid provoking him ahead of the coming struggle for the Immortal Seed.

• Golden sweet dew fell across the Primordial World after Chaos Ancient Buddha died, while cultivators felt the weight of his complete destruction.
• Xi He warned Qin Mu that the Western Teachings and other ancient powers might react, and Empress Pingxin cautioned him about sleeping titans emerging for the Immortal Seed.
• Qin Mu dismissed the threat of any contingencies and said he would destroy anyone who attacked the Interception Sect or the Human Race.
• Ancestor Minghe feared Qin Mu's strength and ordered the Asura Race to keep its distance from Interception Sect disciples.
• Netherworld soldiers and ghost fiends worshiped Qin Mu as Emperor Fengdu, while Nuwa, Kunpeng, and Lu Ya each retreated from worldly affairs.

After killing Chaos Ancient Buddha, Qin Mu returned toward Penglai while Primordial Heavenly Demon plotted to turn former-era titans against him and the Interception Sect. On Shouyang Mountain, Taishang Laojun failed to divine how Qin Mu had reached half-step immortality, leaving his fate obscured by chaos.

• Qin Mu said farewell to Xi He and Empress Pingxin, then left the Netherworld for Penglai Immortal Island.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon berated Randeng Daoren, Guangchengzi, and the surviving Clarify Teachings disciples over Chaos Ancient Buddha’s defeat.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon explained that the Heavenly Dao fluctuations had awakened former-era titans and ordered Randeng Daoren to spread word that Qin Mu held clues to the Immortal Seed.
• Taishang Laojun studied the Taiji Diagram on Shouyang Mountain but could not understand Qin Mu’s path to half-step immortality or divine his fate.

After Qin Mu killed the Ancient Buddha of the West, Taishang Laojun ordered Ren Teachings to close Shouyang Mountain’s gates and avoid the coming conflict. Biyou Palace celebrated Qin Mu’s victory, and the chapter ended as he returned to the island and was greeted by Bixiao.

• Taishang Laojun told Grand Master Xuan Du that the great tribulation had escaped the Heavenly Dao’s control and ordered Ren Teachings to close Shouyang Mountain’s gates.
• Tens of thousands of Jie Sect Disciples celebrated Qin Mu’s victory at Biyou Palace, while Daoist Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Bixiao, Yunxiao, and others praised him.
• Sect Master Tongtian ordered the immortal treasury opened and declared a seven-day feast to celebrate Qin Mu’s victory.
• Old Dragon King Ao Guang brought treasures from the Four Seas Dragon Race to congratulate the Interception Sect.
• Qin Mu returned to Penglai Immortal Island, and Bixiao spotted him at the entrance to Biyou Palace.

Qin Mu returned to the Interception Sect after killing the Ancient Buddha, where Sect Master Tongtian and the disciples celebrated his victory. On Mount Sumeru, Zhunti and Jieyin mourned the Western Teachings’ collapse and feared both Qin Mu and the powerful beings awakening in Chaos.

• Qin Mu returned to Biyou Palace, where Daoist Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and the other disciples welcomed him triumphantly.
• Qin Mu reported his success to Sect Master Tongtian, who praised him and celebrated with him and the disciples.
• The Ancient Buddha’s death left Mount Sumeru’s sacred manifestations collapsed and the Buddhist monks and Vajra Guardians despondent.
• Jieyin explained that the Ancient Buddha’s karmic debt had fallen upon the Western Teachings, and Heavenly Dao tribulation gathered as Zhunti’s Dao fruit cracked.
• Zhunti feared Qin Mu would attack Mount Sumeru, while Jieyin warned that ancient overlords in the Chaos Ruins would soon awaken.

After Qin Mu returned to the Interception Sect, he warned Sect Master Tongtian that Primordial Heavenly Demon was plotting to make the awakened Previous Era Overlords target their sect over the Immortal Seed. Qin Mu proposed turning the scheme into a larger performance, but had not yet revealed his plan.

• Jie Yin ordered the Western Teachings to seal Mount Sumeru with the Myriad Buddhas' Extinction Formation, sacrificing the western lands' spiritual energy to protect the sect.
• Qin Mu emerged from the Netherworld and wounded the divine senses of Hongjun, Empress Nuwa, Primordial Heavenly Demon, and other powerful figures with a glance and sword intent before flying toward the East Sea.
• Qin Mu returned to Penglai Immortal Island, where the Interception Sect welcomed him with a victory banquet.
• Qin Mu privately told Sect Master Tongtian that Yuanshi had manipulated Jie Yin and Zhun Ti into using Chaos Ancient Buddha to test him and provoke the Previous Era Overlords.
• Qin Mu explained that Primordial Heavenly Demon intended to paint him and the Interception Sect as threats to those seeking the Immortal Seed, then proposed making the scheme an even bigger performance.

Qin Mu proposed that the Interception Sect open a western branch to expand its fortune, and Sect Master Tongtian chose Duobao to lead it. Duobao accepted the mission and received the Chaos Buddha Śarīra to help restore the Western Continent, leaving the branch’s founding ready to begin.

• Qin Mu explained that the Interception Sect’s fortune could not support two Saints and proposed opening another sect seat to gather new fortune.
• Qin Mu pointed out that the Western Continent had become a power vacuum after the Chaos Ancient Buddha’s death and suggested establishing the branch near Mount Sumeru.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to send Duobao west, and Qin Mu summoned him from the victory banquet.
• Qin Mu and Sect Master Tongtian explained the plan to Duobao, who vowed to establish the Interception Sect’s second sanctuary despite the dangers.
• Qin Mu gave Duobao the Chaos Buddha Śarīra to stabilize the Western Continent’s earth veins and restore its spiritual qi.

Qin Mu gave Daoist Duobao the Chaos Buddha Śarīra and devised a plan for the Interception Sect to build a network of diverse Dao lineages in the West and gather its fortune. Duobao assembled a force to establish the sect’s western cultivation seat, and Qin Mu conjured more than a hundred spiritual treasure flying ships for their journey.

• Qin Mu gave Daoist Duobao the Chaos Buddha Śarīra to support his mission in the West.
• Qin Mu told Duobao to establish the Interception Sect’s western cultivation seat as a home for many different philosophies and Dao lineages.
• Sect Master Tongtian authorized Duobao to take ten inner disciples and three thousand outer disciples west.
• Duobao announced the mission at Myriad Immortals Plaza, recruited volunteers, and selected his expedition force, including Zhao Gongming, Saint Mother Jinling, and Saint Mother Wudang.
• Qin Mu urged the departing disciples to follow Duobao’s commands and conjured more than a hundred flying ships, each a houtian spiritual treasure.