Arc 85Chapters 2101–2125
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Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian learned that Yin God Su Yan was asleep and received Venerable Jiaye’s protection while dividing the gold essence stone. As Xu Taiping fed the Lotus Eye, it detected something seriously wrong with a piece of gold essence stone.
Xu Taiping used Origin-Returning Golden Flame to test a Gold Essence Stone after the Lotus Eye sensed primordial chaos metal essence inside it. The stone began feeding the flame, but the chapter ended before Xu Taiping could see whether the rare material would emerge.
Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye's power to find primordial chaos metal essence among Gold Essence Stones, learning that he needed many pieces to forge a Great Dao Divine Weapon. The Lotus Eye then revealed that it needed the divine sheddings of two Yin Gods to reach its next stage, pointing out that Xu Taiping was about to hunt Yin God Huangpao at Moon-Breaking Cave.
Xu Taiping learned that the Lotus Eye wanted Yellow Robe’s Divine Shedding but refused to risk waking Su Yan, then discussed the vast amount of gold essence stone needed for advancement. Abbot Jiaye explained that Heaven Shocking Realm cultivators could use Gold Essence Coins to cultivate without drawing on the Lower Realm’s spiritual energy.
Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Xuanzhi heard Abbot Jiaye explain that Jiaye Hall could not be completed without its former main beam, now inside Moon-Breaking Cave in the Wilderness. After Abbot Jiaye offered to draw out Yin God Huangpao and promised lavish gifts whether the mission succeeded or failed, Xu Taiping was left to decide whether they would accept the dangerous commission.
Abbot Jiaye introduced the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin, which could grant a treasure suited to a supplicant’s wishes in exchange for merit. Dongfang Yuejian tried it and saw a vision of the Confucian Sect’s ancestral sage wielding the Spring and Autumn Brush, leaving her to identify the legendary treasure.
Dongfang Yuejian received the Spring and Autumn Brush from the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin, and Xu Taiping, Master Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian accepted Abbot Jiaye’s commission to retrieve Jiaye Temple’s divine wood from Moon-Breaking Cave. After a month of preparation, Abbot Jiaye went ahead to lure Huangpao out, but Xu Taiping’s Lotus Eye activated as the others prepared to enter the cave.
Xu Taiping used Xuanzhi’s Bodhi Leaves to hide himself, Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian after the Lotus Eye’s great deductive power warned him of danger. A Great Sage Realm demon bone and the Two-Headed Evil Flood Dragon arrived with Xunqi and Madam Lu, who began searching for them.
Xu Taiping used his Lotus Eye's lesser deductive power to find a safe route through the Demon Bone Chenghuang's formation while Madam Lu sealed the area in frost. He told Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi to follow his commands, leaving them a possible way out of the trap.
Madam Lu and Xunqi watched Xu Taiping and his companions attempt to break Chenghuang’s formation, which required them to step on eighty-one Formation Nodes. After the trio made more than twenty steps and then stopped, Xunqi insisted they were stuck, while he and Madam Lu planned to pursue them if they escaped.
Xu Taiping, Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian escaped Xunqi of Ningchan Cave’s formation and hid near Moon-Breaking Cave, where they waited for Abbot Jiaye’s signal. With Xuanzhi’s Bodhi Leaf power exhausted and the Blade of Guicang unable to reliably conceal them, they feared being forced to fight Xunqi and Madam Lu.
Xu Taiping used the Great Deductive Power to learn the appearances and names of the Yin God and Demon Bones inside Moon-Breaking Cave, giving Dongfang Yuejian a way to make them serve her temporarily. Meanwhile, Xunqi and Madam Lu entered the cave to retrieve the Divine Wood, confident the cave's inhabitants would leave them alone.
Xu Taiping, Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian entered Moon-Breaking Cave to confront Madam Lu after Xu Taiping negotiated passage with Yuyangzi’s two-headed flood dragon. Inside, Xu Taiping encountered a boar-like Demon Bone guarding the passage.
Dongfang Yuejian used the White Marsh Diagram to seize control of the Demon Bones in Moon-Breaking Cave and ordered them to attack Xunqi and Madam Lu. As Pingpeng reached Huangpao’s Dao Field, Xunqi mistook it for a harmless messenger, leaving the attack’s outcome unresolved.
Xunqi of Ningchan Cave’s plan to take the Divine Wood went awry when Pingpeng’s Demon Bone attacked him and the cave’s other guardians awakened. Madam Lu fought off the Demon Bones while Xunqi used a White Candle to clear a path, and she resumed trying to free the Divine Wood.
Xu Taiping and his companions interrupted Madam Lu’s attempt to seize the Divine Wood, and Xu Taiping pulled it free and sent it into the Dragon-Slaying Stele. As the Yin God attacked Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian, Xu Taiping transformed into the Dragon Clan’s legendary True Dragon Divine Being Body and prepared to strike.
Xu Taiping and his companions escaped Moon-Breaking Cave after he smashed the Yin God’s arms and Xuanzhi used Abbot Jiaye’s complete Body-Protecting Golden Light to shield them. Xu Taiping transformed into a true dragon and fled, but Yin God Huangpao caught up and immobilized him with his Dharma Form Heaven and Earth.
Xu Taiping escaped Yin God Huangpao with help from Abbot Jiaye and the Buddha Fate Power of Ancient Buddha Kasyapa, while Huangpao turned his rage on Xunqi and Madam Lu. Eight months later, as Jiaye Hall neared completion, Abbot Jiaye asked Xu Taiping to shoulder its great beam.
Xu Taiping used his Dragon Whale Physique to shoulder Jiaye Temple’s main beam into place, awakening the Thousand Buddha Kingdom and bringing Buddha Fate Empowerment to those present. As the empowerment granted Xu Taiping a dangerous surge of Qi and Blood and True Essence, a golden Buddha Hand appeared and pressed against his forehead.
After Ancient Buddha Kasyapa bestowed the Dhyana Seal and Fearless Seal on Xu Taiping, his Lotus Eye divined a disaster in which looking at the darkened sky caused Primordial Spirits to explode. When the vision came true, Xu Taiping covered Dongfang Yuejian’s eyes and warned everyone not to look up, as a mysterious voice threatened them.
Abbot Jiaye unleashed the Thousand Buddha Kingdom’s power to smash Yin God Huangpao’s Dharma Aspect, but Xu Taiping suspected the attack would only mark the beginning of a greater disaster. After Huangpao taunted Jiaye about a secret of Jiaye Hall, Jiaye destroyed his Dharma Aspect with a second palm strike, leaving Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi believing the threat had been repelled.
Yin God Huangpao exposed Abbot Jiaye’s confinement to Jiaye Hall and the irresistible appeal of his flesh and blood, drawing a host of Yin Gods toward the temple. With Abbot Jiaye preparing to defend the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, Xu Taiping revealed that he intended to break through from the Heaven Gazing Realm to the Heaven Shocking Realm to help him.
Xu Taiping revealed that he planned to break through two realms from the Ultimate Realm to gain Ultimate Dao power and help Jiaye Temple face the approaching Yin Gods. Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi chose to stay and fight beside him, and Abbot Jiaye offered them the temple’s highest merit honors before the battle began.
Abbot Jiaye repelled the approaching Yin Gods while Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Xuanzhi drew treasures from Jiaye Temple’s Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin. Xu Taiping received a conical hat that might help him withstand tribulation lightning, and he began to suspect it was made from dragon-blood bamboo.
Xu Taiping prepared to break through into the Heaven Shocking Realm while Abbot Jiaye and the others secured the Thousand Buddha Kingdom against the attacking Yin Gods. The chapter ended as Xu Taiping began mobilizing his True Essence and qi and blood inside the Demon-Suppressing Coffin.