Chapter Summaries

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.

• Abbot Jiaye blocked Yin God Huangpao’s attack with two Buddha Hands, while Xu Taiping and the others avoided looking at Huangpao’s sleeve, which could make their Primordial Spirits detonate.
• Abbot Jiaye formed the Vajra Demon-Subduing Seal from the Thousand Buddha Kingdom’s Buddha Fate Power, tearing apart Huangpao’s sleeve and piercing his Dharma Aspect.
• Xu Taiping felt that repelling Huangpao would begin rather than end the disaster and considered using the Lotus Eye’s Great Deductive Power.
• Yin God Huangpao laughed and said he had learned a secret of Jiaye Hall, while Abbot Jiaye gathered power for another strike.
• Abbot Jiaye’s second Vajra Demon-Subduing Seal shattered Huangpao’s Dharma Aspect and flattened the mountains beneath it, delighting Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi.

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.

• Yin God Huangpao revealed that Abbot Jiaye could not leave Jiaye Hall for three days and that his flesh and blood would attract the Wilderness’s Yin Gods.
• Xu Taiping noticed Abbot Jiaye bleeding, and Abbot Jiaye urged him, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi to flee as black clouds gathered around the temple.
• Xu Taiping identified Xunqi of Ningchan Cave as the one who had discovered Abbot Jiaye’s weaknesses.
• Abbot Jiaye said he could use the Eight Treasures Glazed Canopy to hold off the attackers for one or two days, while Master Xuanzhi’s Seven-Character Great Light Mantra would not be enough against them.
• Xu Taiping told Abbot Jiaye that one or two days would be enough for his breakthrough, then clarified to Dongfang Yuejian that he planned to advance straight from the Heaven Gazing Realm to the Heaven Shocking Realm.

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.

• Xu Taiping confirmed that he intended to break through from the Ultimate Realm to the Heaven Questioning and Heaven Shocking Realms in one day, despite Dongfang Yuejian warning of the risks.
• Abbot Jiaye agreed that Xu Taiping’s breakthrough could save Jiaye Temple, and Xu Taiping explained that it could grant him Ultimate Dao power.
• Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi chose to stay and help Jiaye Temple, and Abbot Jiaye promised to place their names at the top of the temple’s merit board.
• Xuanzhi explained that the merit board would grant them Buddha Fate Power, which could improve their luck and help Xu Taiping use his Buddhist hand seals.
• Yin Gods gathered in black clouds above Jiaye Temple, and Abbot Jiaye brought out the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin so the three could retrieve their treasures before the battle.

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.

• Abbot Jiaye summoned a jeweled canopy with Buddha fate power and knocked back the Yin Gods at the Thousand Buddha Kingdom’s borders.
• Dongfang Yuejian drew the Spring and Autumn Brush and learned it could greatly reduce the divine soul power needed for One Stroke Opens Heaven.
• Xuanzhi received the Eight-Tone Withered Wood Fish, which could accelerate Buddhist cultivation and amplify Buddhist spells and divine abilities.
• Abbot Jiaye warned Xu Taiping that his next breakthrough would require him to withstand at least two rounds of tribulation lightning.
• Xu Taiping asked the Wish-Fulfilling Treasure Basin for a treasure to help him face tribulation and received a bamboo conical hat.
• Xu Taiping saw an image of dragon blood pouring over a bamboo grove and wondered if the hat 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.

• Xu Taiping attuned to the dragon-blood bamboo hat and learned that it could resist most spells and divine abilities.
• Abbot Jiaye raised the Seven-Treasure Canopy of the Huayan Pure Land to shield the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, then gave Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian All Beings Equal Bracelets.
• Abbot Jiaye warned that the canopy would weaken over time, while the Yin Gods and their Ghost Servants and Demon Bones began attacking it.
• Xu Taiping gave Abbot Jiaye three soldier-grade Thunder Sound Banners, and Dongfang Yuejian offered to amplify their formation with her power of one stroke opens heaven.
• Xu Taiping entered Jiaye Hall, switched places with his Origin Beginning Clone, shut himself inside the Demon-Suppressing Coffin, and began his breakthrough by mobilizing his True Essence and qi and blood.

At the Old Dragon Court, Ningchan Cave’s Elder Lu rejected Jade Balance Mountain’s request to spare Xu Taiping, revealing that other factions wanted his life. A Spirit Mirror then showed Xu Taiping and his companions trapped in Moon-Breaking Cave by Yin God Huangpao, leaving Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan alarmed by the danger.

• Lü Hu arrived at the teahouse and learned that Heavenly Lord Shihu of Jade Balance Mountain was asking Ningchan Cave to protect Xu Taiping.
• Elder Lu agreed to clear Jade Balance Mountain’s grievances with Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan but insisted Ningchan Cave would still pursue Xu Taiping and his companions.
• Elder Lu showed Xu Taiping shattering a Yin God’s arms with his true dragon divine being body and warned that other Upper Realm factions would pay for his life.
• Xiahou You argued that the image did not prove Xu Taiping had been captured, but Elder Lu showed another image of a yellow-robed Dharma Aspect gripping the silver dragon carrying Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian.
• Xiahou Qingyuan recognized Moon-Breaking Cave as Yin God Huangpao’s Dao Field.

Buddha Child Yelai arrived at the Old Dragon Court and announced that Buddhism had sent him to retrieve Xu Taiping from the Wilderness. He challenged Elder Lu of Ningchan Cave’s account of Xu’s capture, prompting Elder Lu to attack him.

• Elder Lu told Heavenly Lord Shihu that Xu Taiping and his companions were imprisoned in Moon-Breaking Cave and demanded more for their release, but Shihu refused to raise his offer.
• Yelai arrived, identified himself as a monk from Vairocana Chan Temple, and confirmed he was the temple’s Buddha Child.
• Yelai told Xiahou You that Buddhism had sent him to bring Xu Taiping back, since Xu was the temple’s Heavenly Dharma Protector.
• Yelai presented a Moonshadow Stone and said it showed Xu Taiping, Master Xuanzhi, and their companions encountering danger in Moon-Breaking Cave, contradicting Elder Lu’s footage.
• Elder Lu unleashed his killing intent and thrust a finger at Yelai’s brow, while Heavenly Lord Shihu intervened too late.

Yelai challenged Ningchan Cave’s account of Xu Taiping’s fate, and Xiahou You used a Moonshadow Stone to reveal what was happening in Moon-Breaking Cave. The projection showed Xunqi and Madam Lu under attack, exposing that Ningchan Cave’s people were trapped there too, though Lü Hu continued to insist it was a trap for Xu Taiping.

• Yelai blocked Elder Lu’s attack with his protective golden light and gained a Heaven Shocking Realm aura from a beam of Buddha Light.
• Xiahou You accused Ningchan Cave of falsifying footage about Xu Taiping, while Elder Lu insisted Xunqi’s transmission was genuine.
• Yelai urged Xiahou You to activate the Moonshadow Stone, and its projection showed Xunqi and Madam Lu inside Moon-Breaking Cave.
• The projection showed Demon Bones attacking Xunqi and Madam Lu, revealing that Ningchan Cave’s people were trapped in the cave.
• Lü Hu dismissed the evidence as a plan to lure Xu Taiping into the cave.

Xu Taiping and his companions turned Ningchan Cave’s scheme against Mr. Xunqi, while Dongfang Yuejian used the White Marsh Diagram to control the Demon Bones. After receiving a new vision of Yin Gods surrounding Jiaye Temple, Elder Lu returned to Xiahou You’s table claiming to have news from Wilderness Heaven, but Xiahou You distrusted him.

• Dongfang Yuejian used the White Marsh Diagram to direct Moon-Breaking Cave’s Demon Bones against Mr. Xunqi and Madam Lu, exposing Ningchan Cave’s deception.
• Xiahou You pointed out that Xu Taiping’s group had anticipated Mr. Xunqi’s scheme and used Yin God Huangpao to trap him.
• Elder Lu received a message from Mr. Xunqi showing countless Yin Gods surrounding Jiaye Temple and believed the vision was real.
• Elder Lu, eager to erase Ningchan Cave’s humiliation, returned to Xiahou You’s table and offered to show news from Wilderness Heaven.
• Xiahou You rejected Elder Lu’s offer, suspecting another Ningchan Cave trick.

Purple-Robed Elder Lu revealed that countless Yin Gods had surrounded Jiaye Temple and offered the chance to attack it to the highest bidder. As Yelai watched, a vision showed Abbot Jiaye summoning the Seven-Treasure Canopy, which began repelling the Yin Gods.

• Purple-Robed Elder Lu showed the teahouse cultivators a Jade Slip image of countless Yin Gods surrounding the Thousand Buddha Kingdom and Jiaye Temple.
• Yelai realized the Yin Gods had been drawn by Abbot Jiaye’s newly born body, while Yin God Huangpao threatened to overwhelm the temple and its defenders.
• Elder Lu announced to the Five Heavens that Ningchan Cave would sell access to the True Dragon Divine Being Body or Jiaye Temple’s Buddha Fate Power to the highest bidder.
• Yelai’s Moonshadow Stone cracked, flew into the air, and burst apart, revealing a new vision of Jiaye Temple protected by a vast canopy of Buddha Fate Power.
• Yelai recognized the canopy as the Seven-Treasure Canopy of the Huayan Pure Land, which sent the attacking Yin Gods flying.

A Moonshadow Stone formed a crescent above Jiaye Temple, letting a Half-Immortal in the Upper Realm observe the Wilderness. Abbot Jiaye warned that Xu Taiping’s breakthrough and what followed might draw the Half-Immortal’s attention, though no one knew whether that would bring fortune or disaster.

• Master Xuanzhi told Abbot Jiaye that he had entrusted the Moonshadow Stone’s Mother Stone to Buddha Child Yelai before leaving Youyun Heaven.
• Abbot Jiaye explained that a Half-Immortal was using the crescent Moonshadow Stone to watch the temple from the Upper Realm.
• Dongfang Yuejian recognized the danger of a Half-Immortal and was frightened, while Master Xuanzhi asked whether they could shatter the crescent.
• Abbot Jiaye said the crescent held only a strand of Divine Intent, which their current cultivation could not destroy.
• Abbot Jiaye warned that Xu Taiping’s breakthrough and subsequent actions might attract the Half-Immortal’s attention, with uncertain consequences.

At Jiaye Temple, Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi left to confront a Demon Bone while Xu Taiping prepared to break through. In Old Dragon Court, cultivators confirmed the Moonshadow Stone showed events happening in real time, and the projection revealed a Demon Bone smashing through the temple’s barrier as Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian rushed to meet it.

• Dongfang Yuejian, Abbot Jiaye, and Master Xuanzhi agreed to defend the temple and protect Xu Taiping while he broke through.
• A captured evil cultivator warned Abbot Jiaye that a Demon Bone formed from a Primordial Antiquity Savage Ape was attacking outside the temple, so Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi flew to confront it.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu and others confirmed that Yelai’s Moonshadow Stone projection showed events in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom of Wilderness Heaven in real time.
• Lü Hu attacked the projection with Gang Wind, but the image remained intact, proving it was not an illusion.
• The projection’s sound was partly erased and its image briefly vanished before returning to show a huge Demon Bone breaking through Jiaye Temple’s barrier.
• Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian rushed into the courtyard as Elder Lu and Lü Hu predicted that they and Xu Taiping could not stop the Demon Bones.

Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian fought a powerful Demon Bone, which redirected Dongfang Yuejian’s sword attack and nearly crushed Xuanzhi. With Dongfang Yuejian’s aid, Xuanzhi unleashed the Six Vajra Forms and destroyed the Demon Bone, leaving the onlookers stunned by the Buddhist disciples’ power.

• Xuanzhi struck the Demon Bone while Dongfang Yuejian summoned a Mountain Character talisman, but the creature broke free and shattered it.
• The Demon Bone shattered Xuanzhi’s protective golden light and redirected Dongfang Yuejian’s Flying Sword toward him, forcing him to block it with his Vajra Dharma Aspect.
• Dongfang Yuejian strengthened Xuanzhi’s Vajra Dharma Aspect with a golden Kasaya and a rune, allowing it to withstand the Demon Bone’s stomp.
• Xuanzhi used the Mountain-Collapsing Form of the Six Vajra Forms to knock the Demon Bone down.
• Xuanzhi followed with the Deliverance Form, destroying the Demon Bone with a thousand-arm strike and burning away its remains with golden Buddhist flames.
• The spectators in the First-Rank Pavilion’s teahouse watched in shock and wondered when Buddhist disciples had gained such deadly techniques.

Xuanzhi trapped three coordinated Demon Bones with a golden ring, then Dongfang Yuejian destroyed them with her Immortal Swords. The onlookers debated whether Xuanzhi had recovered long-lost Buddhist techniques and wondered how much Xu Taiping had improved inside Jiaye Temple.

• Three Demon Bones attacked Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian in a coordinated assault, prompting Xiahou You to fear they were in serious danger.
• Xuanzhi used the Vajra Demon-Subduing Circle to bind all three Demon Bones at once.
• Xiahou Qingyuan identified Xuanzhi's technique as the long-lost Vajra Demon-Subduing Circle, while Lü Hu argued that the Demon Bones would eventually break free.
• At Xuanzhi's request, Dongfang Yuejian summoned four Immortal Swords and shredded the trapped Demon Bones into powder.
• Cultivators mocked Lü Hu and Elder Lu, then wondered how much Xu Taiping's combat strength had increased.

As the Demon-Bone Chenghuang and dozens of Demon Bones besieged Jiaye Temple, Xuanzhi's complete Golden Light Mantra held back their assault only briefly. Dongfang Yuejian's ordinary rune brush shattered, but she revealed a vastly more powerful brush whose rank surpassed Immortal Rank, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian killed several more Demon Bones while cultivators watched their progress at Jiaye Temple.
• The Demon-Bone Chenghuang arrived with dozens of Demon Bones and unleashed its innate demonic power against Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian.
• Xuanzhi used the complete Golden Light Mantra to shield the temple gate, but the Chenghuang's power began devouring his golden light.
• Dongfang Yuejian's rune brush shattered as she prepared to use One Stroke Opens Heaven, prompting Lü Hu to criticize her.
• Dongfang Yuejian revealed a dazzling rune brush whose invisible force halted more than thirty Demon Bones, and the onlookers realized its rank exceeded Immortal Rank.

Dongfang Yuejian used the Spring and Autumn Brush to summon the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and destroy the Demon Bones threatening Jiaye Temple. As cultivators began discussing the treasures within the temple, a seven-colored pillar revealed that someone inside was preparing to break through, and Xiahou You wondered if it was Xu Taiping.

• Dongfang Yuejian's Rune Brush unleashed vast Confucian righteous qi, and she summoned the four swords of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and the Immortal-Slaying Gate.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu identified the Rune Brush as the Confucian Ancestral Sage's Spring and Autumn Brush.
• Dongfang Yuejian ordered Master Xuanzhi to lower the golden light barrier, then used the sword formation to annihilate the torrent of strange colors and the dozens of Demon Bones.
• Cultivators reacted to the Spring and Autumn Brush and began calling for others to join them in seeking opportunities at Jiaye Temple.
• A seven-colored pillar burst from Jiaye Temple's main hall, and Xiahou Qingyuan said it showed someone was preparing to break through from the Heaven Gazing Realm to the Heaven Questioning Realm.
• Xiahou You wondered whether Xu Taiping was the one breaking through.

As Yin Gods broke through the Thousand Buddha Kingdom’s Pure Domain Canopy and Demon Bones assaulted Jiaye Temple, Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian struggled to defend the gates. Xu Taiping’s breakthrough then engulfed the entire temple in five-colored qi, and onlookers realized he was reaching the Heaven Questioning Realm in the Ultimate Realm.

• Cultivators speculated that Xu Taiping was breaking through instead of helping defend Jiaye Temple, while Xiahou You insisted he was not selfish.
• The Yin Gods attacked the Pure Domain Canopy together, forcing it to shrink and allowing dozens of Demon Bones to reach Jiaye Temple.
• Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi fought the Demon Bones, with Xuanzhi using the power of all beings are equal to suppress them.
• Xiahou Qingyuan warned that Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian would exhaust themselves if the battle continued.
• Xu Taiping’s five-colored qi pillar expanded to engulf all of Jiaye Temple, and the onlookers exclaimed that he was breaking through to the Heaven Questioning Realm in the Ultimate Realm.

As Xu Taiping’s breakthrough to the Heaven Questioning Realm in the Ultimate Realm state shook the projection, spectators accused him of abandoning Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian for personal gain. Xiahou Qingyuan explained the breakthrough’s benefits, while Yelai defended Xu Taiping; the chapter ended as Otherworldly Heavenly Demons appeared above Jiaye Temple.

• Xiahou You learned from Xiahou Qingyuan that Xu Taiping’s breakthrough phenomena surpassed his own and suggested Xu Taiping had suppressed his qi and blood and True Essence for at least ten years.
• Xiahou Qingyuan explained that an Ultimate Realm breakthrough could ease later advances and let its cultivator evade detection for half an hour, while Lü Hu revealed the secret to Spirit Mirror viewers.
• Spectators condemned Xu Taiping for supposedly leaving Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian alone, but Yelai insisted his Uncle Taiping was not selfish.
• Otherworldly Heavenly Demons appeared in the sky above Jiaye Temple, startling Xiahou You.

As Otherworldly Heavenly Demons descended above Jiaye Temple during Xu Taiping’s breakthrough, Abbot Jiaye destroyed them with his Golden Body Dharma Aspect while onlookers accused Xu Taiping of exploiting him. Xu Taiping then completed a Heaven Questioning Realm breakthrough, and the chapter ended as a new surge of energy suggested he might reach the Heaven Shocking Realm in the same day.

• Otherworldly Heavenly Demons appeared above Jiaye Hall, and cultivators watching the projection accused Xu Taiping of leaving Abbot Jiaye and the others to face the danger for him.
• Abbot Jiaye summoned the Golden Body of Ancient Buddha Kasyapa and shattered the demons with Buddha Seals and a lightning strike from his vajra.
• The energy pillar around Jiaye Hall turned golden, signaling that Xu Taiping had broken through to the Heaven Questioning Realm, while Xiahou You struggled with mixed feelings and Yelai continued to trust him.
• As the Pure Domain Canopy shrank under the Yin Gods’ attacks, onlookers blamed Xu Taiping, and Ningchan Cave’s elders mocked him when a wave of energy spread from Jiaye Hall.
• A multicolored pillar of energy rose from Jiaye Hall, and Xiahou Qingyuan wondered whether Xu Taiping was attempting to break through two realms in one day and reach the Heaven Shocking Realm.

As Xu Taiping attempted to break through to the Heaven Shocking Realm in the Ultimate Realm, Xiahou Qingyuan and Heavenly Lord Shihu explained the deadly dangers awaiting him and the reason he had chosen to risk his life. A hundred-zhang Sky Demon and a host of powerful demons descended on Jiaye Temple, where Ancient Buddha Kasyapa met them in battle.

• Xiahou Qingyuan and Heavenly Lord Shihu explained that Xu Taiping was attempting an exceptionally rare Ultimate Realm breakthrough and warned that powerful demons and deadly tribulation lightning awaited him.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu predicted that a hundred-zhang Sky Demon and at least a dozen nine-zhang Sky Demons would appear, while the tribulation lightning could kill a Dao Integration Realm cultivator.
• Xiahou Qingyuan told Xiahou You that Xu Taiping was risking his life to give Jiaye Temple, Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian a chance to survive by seeking ultimate dao power.
• Dozens of rifts opened above Jiaye Temple, and a hundred-zhang Sky Demon descended with a host of powerful demons.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa raised his Golden Body Dharma Aspect's arm and struck at the invading demons.