Chapter Summaries

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.

• Venerable Jiaye confirmed that Yin God Su Yan was in deep sleep and enclosed him beneath a barrier formed by Buddhism’s Eight Treasures Glazed Canopy.
• Venerable Jiaye offered to teach Xuanzhi the Buddhist Visualization Method after he reached the Arhat Realm, and Xu Taiping gave Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi permission to divide the gold essence stone.
• Xu Taiping set aside about a thousand jin of gold essence stone for the Lotus Eye and fed it a large piece.
• After digesting the stone, the Lotus Eye warned Xu Taiping that another piece of gold essence stone he had put down was seriously wrong.

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.

• The Lotus Eye told Xu Taiping that the Gold Essence Stone contained primordial chaos metal essence and urged him to burn it with Golden Flame.
• Xu Taiping began condensing Golden Flame, drawing the attention of Abbot Jiaye, Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian.
• Dongfang Yuejian recognized the possibility that the stone held primordial chaos metal essence, while Abbot Jiaye stopped her from approaching the dangerous flame.
• Xu Taiping quickly formed Golden Flame and explained that his Mysterious Origin Avatar Art helped him control and fuse different kinds of true essence.
• Xu Taiping placed the Gold Essence Stone into the flame, which surged higher as the stone fed it.

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 realized Abbot Jiaye's Golden Flame method could help him refine Origin-Returning True Flame despite his limited true essence.
• Xu Taiping's Golden Flame shattered a Gold Essence Stone and revealed a piece of primordial chaos metal essence, which the Lotus Eye identified.
• Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian searched more Gold Essence Stones and found three additional pieces between them, while the Lotus Eye's power left it weakened.
• Abbot Jiaye said Xu Taiping would need around a hundred pieces of that quality to forge a Great Dao Divine Weapon, and Dongfang Yuejian suggested attending Chenglong Heaven's annual Gold-Seeking Assembly.
• The Lotus Eye told Xu Taiping it needed the divine sheddings of two Yin Gods to reach its second divine-rank stage, then reminded him of the coming hunt for 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.

• The Lotus Eye asked Xu Taiping to help obtain Yellow Robe’s Divine Shedding, but Xu Taiping refused to risk waking Su Yan and promised to help if he gained the strength.
• The Lotus Eye said it would sleep for up to two months, while Xu Taiping retained access to its deductive powers.
• Dongfang Yuejian estimated that Xu Taiping’s gold essence stone weighed around nine thousand jin and said she had been advised to gather 108,000 jin before entering the Upper Realm.
• Venerable Jiaye told Xu Taiping that Heaven Shocking Realm cultivators in the Lower Realm could not draw in its spiritual energy and faced punishment if they did.
• Abbot Jiaye explained that Heaven Shocking Realm cultivators could absorb divine power from Gold Essence Coins, which came from a deity’s blood and did not trigger punishment from the Shangqing Realm.

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 explained the origins of gold essence stone and discussed the uncertain origins of other divine weapon ores with Dongfang Yuejian and Xu Taiping.
• Abbot Jiaye asked Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi to retrieve Jiaye Hall's former main beam from Moon-Breaking Cave on Twin-Fork Ridge.
• Dongfang Yuejian warned that Moon-Breaking Cave was Yin God Huangpao's Dao Field, and Abbot Jiaye said he would lure Huangpao away while they retrieved the beam.
• Dongfang Yuejian asked Xu Taiping to decide whether they would accept the commission, and Xu Taiping asked Abbot Jiaye what reward they would receive.
• Abbot Jiaye promised each of them a lavish gift whether they succeeded or failed, and Xu Taiping recalled that the reward had already tempted him.

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.

• Abbot Jiaye showed Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Xuanzhi the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin and explained how merit allowed them to make wishes for treasures.
• Abbot Jiaye filled the basin with water from the Thousand Buddha Kingdom’s Glazed Spring and offered to let them make a wish, though they could not yet take a treasure away.
• Xu Taiping encouraged Dongfang Yuejian to try the basin, and she wished for a treasure that could unleash One Stroke Opens Heaven.
• The water boiled and revealed a vision of an old man using a Rune Brush to end a bloody battle by writing “cease war.”
• Dongfang Yuejian recognized the old man as the Confucian Sect’s ancestral sage and identified his brush as the Spring and Autumn Brush.

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.

• Dongfang Yuejian explained that the Old Master had ended the Spring and Autumn turmoil with the Spring and Autumn Brush and borne the wars’ karma through lifetimes of reincarnation.
• Abbot Jiaye confirmed that the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin had bestowed the Spring and Autumn Brush upon Dongfang Yuejian, who accepted it as her reward.
• Xu Taiping, Master Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian agreed to help Abbot Jiaye retrieve Jiaye Temple’s divine wood from Moon-Breaking Cave.
• Abbot Jiaye offered to restore their treasures with the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin, and Xu Taiping and Master Xuanzhi hoped to replenish the Blade of Guicang and Purple Gold Bowl.
• A month later at Twin-Fork Ridge, Abbot Jiaye left to lure Huangpao away while Xu Taiping warned Master Xuanzhi to be cautious.
• As Xu Taiping watched Abbot Jiaye depart, his Lotus Eye heated up and sent a Divine Soul Mark into his mind.

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 told Xuanzhi to conceal their forms and auras with the Bodhi Leaves, and Xuanzhi hid the group beneath the bell-shaped rock.
• A Great Sage Realm demon bone burst from a snowy hillside, and Dongfang Yuejian explained that its power exceeded that of an ordinary Great Sage Realm martial artist.
• A Two-Headed Evil Flood Dragon emerged nearby, and Xu Taiping suspected Madam Lu had come with it.
• Madam Lu appeared atop the flood dragon while Xunqi appeared atop the demon bone, and Xuanzhi used the Purple Gold Bowl to hear them searching for the group.

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 sealed the area within three thousand zhang in frost as Xunqi of Ningchan Cave used the Purple Gold Bowl to locate Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi.
• Dongfang Yuejian sheltered the group with the Ten-Crow Umbrella, while Master Xuanzhi used alms-gathered millet to strengthen the Bodhi Leaves concealing them.
• Xu Taiping used his Lotus Eye and lesser deductive power as the Demon Bone Chenghuang unleashed its power to move mountains and fill seas, creating a spreading formation of green light clusters.
• Dongfang Yuejian warned Master Xuanzhi that moving recklessly would trigger the formation and explained that its pattern followed the Five Directions, Five Elements, Yin-Yang images of heaven and earth.
• Master Xuanzhi prepared to cast the Seven-Character Great Light Mantra, but Xu Taiping told him to wait and revealed that he had found a winding route through the formation.

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.

• Madam Lu asked Xunqi whether Chenghuang’s divine power could be overcome, and he claimed Dongfang Yuejian knew too little of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Arts to break the formation.
• Green light swelled at three Formation Nodes, revealing that Xu Taiping and his companions had stepped on three correct nodes.
• More Formation Nodes lit up as the trio advanced over twenty steps, alarming Madam Lu, but Xunqi argued that they had stopped because the remaining nodes were harder to calculate.
• Madam Lu asked whether they could interfere from outside, and Xunqi explained that Chenghuang’s formation prevented even Chenghuang from readily changing positions.
• Xunqi said they could still pursue the trio if they identified which way the three left, since they would not leave Moon-Breaking Cave that night.
• Madam Lu watched the formation and took some comfort when Xu Taiping and his companions made no further progress.

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.

• Xunqi of Ningchan Cave and Ghost Servant Madam Lu watched Xu Taiping and the others struggle through the formation and discussed capturing them and dividing their gains.
• Xu Taiping and the others suddenly crossed the remaining Formation Nodes, escaped the formation, and fled more than ten li before hiding in a ruined temple.
• Xunqi of Ningchan Cave was stunned that they had passed eighty-one steps, and Madam Lu demanded an explanation.
• Xunqi proposed taking the Divine Wood from Moon-Breaking Cave to force Xu Taiping and the others to reveal themselves.
• Xu Taiping told Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian they had to wait for Abbot Jiaye’s message before entering Moon-Breaking Cave.
• Xuanzhi warned that his Bodhi Leaf’s power was spent, and Xu Taiping explained that the Blade of Guicang’s Divine Concealment was weakened against those who already knew of it.

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, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi learned from the Purple Gold Bowl that Xunqi and Madam Lu had entered Moon-Breaking Cave to retrieve the Divine Wood.
• Xu Taiping opened the Great Deductive Power's Divine Soul Mark and saw images of the cave's Yin God and Demon Bones, as well as Dongfang Yuejian painting.
• Xu Taiping gave Dongfang Yuejian a Jade Slip containing the images and names, and she said she could use the White Marsh Diagram to make the cave's inhabitants serve her temporarily.
• Madam Lu asked Xunqi whether the Yin God and Demon Bones would attack them, and Xunqi confidently assured her they would not before striding into Moon-Breaking Cave.

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.

• Xu Taiping used the Blade of Guicang to conceal the trio’s forms and auras while limiting the divine power’s range to conserve Divine Soul Power.
• Abbot Jiaye warned Xu Taiping that Xunqi of Ningchan Cave and Madam Lu had entered Moon-Breaking Cave, but Xu Taiping assured him that the group was prepared.
• At the cave entrance, Xu Taiping stopped Xuanzhi from attacking Yuyangzi’s two-headed flood dragon and persuaded it to let them pass so they could deal with Madam Lu.
• Xu Taiping entered Moon-Breaking Cave and saw bones scattered through a foul, winding passage.
• Xu Taiping approached a huge, boar-like Demon Bone sitting with a rust-covered saber across its legs, then beckoned Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian forward.

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.

• Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian confirmed that the pig-like Demon Bone matched the one shown in his Divine Soul Mark.
• Dongfang Yuejian called Pingpeng’s demon name and, after it charged at her, repeated her command and successfully froze it.
• Dongfang Yuejian ordered Pingpeng to intercept and kill Xunqi and Madam Lu, then commanded more Demon Bones to join the assault.
• At Huangpao’s Dao Field, Xunqi offered Madam Lu the Divine Wood, which she wanted to awaken Divine Lord Su Yan.
• Pingpeng entered the Dao Field, and Xunqi mistook it for a Demon Bone reporting on the passage.

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.

• Pingpeng’s Demon Bone suddenly attacked Xunqi of Ningchan Cave, awakening the Demon Bones and Yin Gods in Huangpao’s Dao Field.
• Xunqi tried to flee toward the passage, but an eagle-like Demon Bone flew past him and tore Madam Lu apart as she worked on the Divine Wood’s chains.
• Madam Lu re-formed and used Su Yan’s divine power to destroy the heads of the Demon Bones closing in on her.
• Xunqi, attacked from both sides, ignited a White Candle whose vast righteous qi destroyed most of the approaching Demon Bones.
• Madam Lu let Xunqi’s deception go for the moment and pressed her hands against the Divine Wood again.

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 led a formation of Demon Bones to attack Xunqi as Madam Lu broke the final chain securing the Divine Wood.
• Dongfang Yuejian commanded the Demon Bones to attack Madam Lu, while the Yin God struck Xunqi and blasted one of his arms into Blood Mist.
• Xu Taiping rushed to the Divine Wood, and Master Xuanzhi planted the Dragon-Slaying Stele as Dongfang Yuejian held back Madam Lu.
• Xu Taiping used his Dragon Whale Physique to wrench the Divine Wood from the ground and hurled it into the Dragon-Slaying Stele.
• The Yin God attacked Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian, prompting Xu Taiping to transform into the True Dragon Divine Being Body and swing at its palm.

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 shattered the Yin God’s arms with his Mountain-Setting punch, then transformed into his wilderness lion body and carried Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian toward the passage.
• Dongfang Yuejian ordered the Demon Bones to attack everyone else in the cave, while Xuanzhi’s chanting enveloped Xu Taiping in Body-Protecting Golden Light.
• Xu Taiping asked Abbot Jiaye to protect them at the entrance, ate an Earth Fruit Seed, transformed into a silver-scaled true dragon, and sped through the passage with Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian.
• Yin God Huangpao blocked Xunqi and Madam Lu from following, then struck them with a divine soul assault as he pursued Xu Taiping.
• Yin God Huangpao manifested a gigantic Dharma Form Heaven and Earth above Xu Taiping and froze him in place.

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.

• Yin God Huangpao seized Xu Taiping, but Abbot Jiaye arrived and severed Huangpao's hand with Buddha Light.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Dharma Aspect summoned golden lotuses and beams of Buddha Light that carried Xu Taiping out of Twin-Fork Ridge and into the Thousand Buddha Kingdom.
• Yin God Huangpao returned to Moon-Breaking Cave and repeatedly tortured Xunqi and Madam Lu, rejecting Xunqi's plan to use him against Jiaye.
• Eight months later, Xu Taiping, Xuanzhi, Dongfang Yuejian, and Abbot Jiaye saw that Jiaye Hall was nearly restored.
• Abbot Jiaye asked Xu Taiping to shoulder Jiaye Hall's 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.

• Xu Taiping grew to a hundred feet tall, lifted the Divine Wood main beam, and fitted it into Jiaye Hall.
• The Ancient Bell rang, awakening the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, melting its snow, and filling the ruins with new life.
• Dongfang Yuejian’s Primordial Spirit gained another halo, while Xuanzhi received Buddhist chants and recovered complete inheritances for the Buddhist teachings he had learned.
• Xu Taiping’s empowerment became a massive surge of Origin Qi and Blood and True Essence, worrying Dongfang Yuejian because it could cause his Golden Core and Heart Aperture to burst.
• The Ancient Bell rang again, and a golden Buddha Hand formed from the Buddha Light and pressed Xu Taiping’s 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.

• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa gave Xu Taiping the Dhyana Seal and Fearless Seal, which he could unleash using Buddha Fate Power.
• Xu Taiping’s Lotus Eye produced a vision of Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi looking at a dark sky before their Primordial Spirits exploded.
• Xu Taiping dismissed his unease, but the courtyard suddenly went dark just as it had in the vision.
• Xu Taiping covered Dongfang Yuejian’s eyes and shouted for everyone not to look up at the sky.
• A mysterious voice from above acknowledged Xu Taiping had sensed its divine power and declared that none of them would escape death.