Chapter Summaries

Tongtian sensed the Great Dao of Artifacts within Gu Changqing’s cave and suspected that Gu had deliberately surrendered the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe as part of a deeper plan. Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhunti discussed scheming against Luohu.

• Tongtian sensed artifact-forging laws and phantom treasures circulating inside Gu Changqing’s cave abode.
• Tongtian suspected Gu Changqing had mastered the Great Dao of Artifacts and might have planned for Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos to take the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Tongtian decided to trust Gu Changqing and left after his worries about the Interception Sect eased.
• At Vulture Peak, Zhunti told Jieyin that the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe had entered the Profound Gate’s possession and proposed devising a scheme against Luohu.

Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to hunt Luohu, who had secretly submitted to Gu Changqing and was hiding on Golden Ao Island. Using a Buddhist search art, they detected Luohu’s heart-demon thoughts somewhere in the Primordial World, but had not yet reached him.

• Zhunti argued that Luohu’s schemes and alliance with Gu Changqing threatened the Buddhist School, making it wiser to strike before he regained his strength.
• Jieyin agreed with Zhunti that they should eliminate Luohu.
• Zhunti explained that Luohu’s heart-demon laws left traces among the thoughts of living beings, which the Buddhist School could track.
• Jieyin cast a supreme heaven-searching art across the Primordial World to seek Luohu’s heart-demon thoughts.
• Jieyin and Zhunti detected a faint, sinister trace of heart-demon thought in a remote corner and declared that they had found Luohu.

Demon Ancestor Luohu quietly cultivated in his hidden sanctuary outside Golden Ao Island, reflecting on why he had accepted Gu Changqing’s rule. A mysterious visitor then spoke to him, interrupting his solitude.

• Luohu cultivated in his concealed space, slowly restoring his Devil Dao foundations after his Dao body had been reconstructed.
• Luohu reflected that Gu Changqing’s overwhelming strength and the trust between him, Nuwa, and Houtu had convinced him to serve the Interception Sect.
• An unseen visitor addressed Luohu, remarking on how leisurely he seemed.

Zhunti confronted Luohu in his secluded realm near Golden Ao Island and revealed that he had come to kill him. Luohu recognized Zhunti’s genuine killing intent and became vigilant as the confrontation turned dangerous.

• Zhunti entered Luohu’s hidden realm, and Luohu recognized him.
• Luohu mocked Zhunti’s past defeats and ordered him to leave his secluded cultivation.
• Zhunti challenged Luohu, asking whether he thought Zhunti would hesitate to strike there.
• Luohu sensed Zhunti’s killing intent and grew wary.
• Zhunti declared that he had come to annihilate Luohu.

Zhunti revealed that he had come to kill Luohu so the Buddhist School could sever its karmic ties to the Western World. Luohu refused to retreat, and Zhunti unleashed his Sage-level power as their confrontation began.

• Zhunti abandoned his teasing demeanor and filled the dark space with Buddhist light and overwhelming killing intent.
• Luohu recognized that the Buddhist School wanted him dead because his surviving karma remained tied to the Western World's spirit veins.
• Zhunti admitted that he intended to destroy Luohu and sever that karmic connection for the Buddhist School's security.
• Luohu accepted that he could not match Zhunti directly but resolved to fight rather than retreat.
• Zhunti swept his sleeve and unleashed a savage aura, bringing their confrontation to the brink of battle.

Luohu fought Zhunti with heart-demon arts and other devil- dao techniques, but Zhunti steadily wore down the Demon Ancestor. As Luohu neared defeat, Gu Changqing awoke in his cave abode on Golden Ao Island.

• Luohu unleashed heart-demon phantoms and devil-dao techniques to distract Zhunti and buy time to escape.
• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and Buddhist laws to break Luohu's attacks and seal off his escape routes.
• Zhunti mocked Luohu and gradually drained his strength, leaving the Demon Ancestor unable to keep up.
• Zhunti struck Luohu with a golden palm, forcing him back as he spat out demonic blood.
• Gu Changqing opened his eyes inside his cave abode on Golden Ao Island.

Gu Changqing sensed Zhunti attacking Luohu in his sanctuary and secretly sent a streak of divine radiance to help. As Zhunti pressed Luohu toward defeat, a familiar aura descended into the battle, leaving Luohu startled.

• Gu Changqing sensed Zhunti infiltrating Luohu's sanctuary and recognized the Buddhist School's attempt to exploit the Profound Gate's attack on the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing flicked a finger and sent a mysterious streak of divine radiance toward Luohu's sanctuary before returning to rest.
• Zhunti intensified his assault with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, steadily wearing down Luohu's demonic qi and damaging his body.
• Luohu struggled against Zhunti's superior cultivation and wondered why Gu Changqing had not intervened.
• A familiar aura suddenly descended, and Luohu's expression changed in surprise.

Gu Changqing secretly sent Luohu a surge of wine intent, restoring his confidence and power as he faced Zhunti. Luohu launched a full attack, but Zhunti countered it and struck with a palm intended to kill him.

• A streak of divine radiance from Gu Changqing entered Luohu’s sea of consciousness, and Luohu recognized its wine intent.
• Luohu’s confidence returned, and his demonic qi and imposing presence rapidly rose.
• Luohu attacked Zhunti with heart-demon phantoms and chains of devil-dao laws.
• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to destroy much of Luohu’s attack.
• Zhunti unleashed a killing palm strike against Luohu.

Zhunti killed Luohu with a Sage's palm strike, believing the Demon Ancestor and the Devil Dao had been erased despite his unease. Meanwhile, Gu Changqing arrived at Vulture Peak, throwing the Buddhist School into turmoil.

• Zhunti sensed that Luohu's calm acceptance of death was suspicious, but his unleashed palm strike could not be recalled.
• Zhunti's palm shattered Luohu's rebuilt Dao body, and the Devil Dao's chains and heart-demon phantoms dissipated.
• Zhunti searched the void with his divine sense, found no trace of Luohu, and concluded that the Demon Ancestor was gone for good.
• Gu Changqing arrived at Vulture Peak with the aura of a Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal, disrupting the ten thousand Buddhas and the Buddhist chants.

After Zhunti told Jieyin that he had slain Luohu, peace returned to Vulture Peak, but a sudden demonic attack killed dozens of Buddhist School disciples. Jieyin recognized the heart-demon laws on the scene as Luohu’s Devil Dao, leaving him to confront the apparent return of the threat he thought was gone.

• Zhunti sent Jieyin word that Luohu’s Dao Body and Devil Dao laws had been destroyed, and Jieyin felt relieved.
• Buddhist School disciples resumed cultivation across Vulture Peak as order gradually returned under Zhunti’s leadership.
• A dark purple gleam plunged into the plaza and killed dozens of disciples, annihilating their Primordial Spirits.
• The surviving disciples panicked as demonic qi spread from the corpses, while Jieyin sensed no attacker’s approach.
• Jieyin recognized the demonic aura as Luohu’s Devil Dao and heart-demon laws.

Jieyin confronted a mysterious Devil Dao presence as black mist spread across Vulture Peak and overwhelmed the Buddhist School’s defenses. He dispelled the mist with his chants, but just as he relaxed, the figure hovering above the mountain fully appeared.

• Jieyin sensed a Devil Dao aura over Vulture Peak despite Zhunti’s claim that Luohu had been destroyed.
• Jieyin demanded that the intruder identify himself, but the figure shrouded in dark purple mist remained silent.
• Black mist emerged throughout Vulture Peak, eroding Buddha light and draining a disciple’s magic power.
• Jieyin chanted Buddhist incantations and used golden Buddha light to dispel the black mist.
• As Jieyin relaxed after clearing the mist, the mysterious figure finally manifested in full.

Luohu appeared alive above Vulture Peak and accused Jieyin of trying to destroy him and sever the Devil Dao lineage. As Buddhist disciples reacted in alarm, Zhunti, flying toward Western Spirit Mountain, suddenly sensed something that shocked him.

• Luohu appeared above Vulture Peak, and Jieyin recognized him as the Demon Ancestor who was supposed to have been killed.
• Luohu mocked Jieyin and accused him of conspiring with Zhunti to destroy him and his Devil Dao lineage.
• Buddhist School disciples debated Luohu's claims and wondered how he dared attack Vulture Peak alone.
• Jieyin remained silent, watching Luohu with shock, anger, and wariness.
• Zhunti flew toward Western Spirit Mountain, then froze and cried out in disbelief.

After learning that Luohu had survived their encounter, Zhunti raced back to Vulture Peak, where Luohu had attacked the Buddhist School and confronted Jieyin. Jieyin demanded to know Luohu’s intentions as the mountain remained shrouded in demonic qi.

• Jieyin sent Zhunti word that Luohu had invaded Vulture Peak, killed dozens of disciples, and spread black mist across the mountain.
• Zhunti realized Luohu had faked his death with a decoy and rushed toward Vulture Peak, suspecting Gu Changqing had helped him survive.
• At Vulture Peak, the disciples feared Luohu as Jieyin dispersed most of the black mist but could not remove the lingering demonic qi.
• Jieyin confronted Luohu and asked what he intended to do.

Luohu attacked the Buddhist School disciples at Vulture Peak to demand blood for blood, prompting Jieyin to strike him down. Luohu reappeared after his body was destroyed, leaving Jieyin to realize that he had undergone an unknown transformation.

• Luohu unleashed Devil Dao laws on Vulture Peak and killed a young Buddhist School disciple by devouring his body and primordial spirit.
• Jieyin erupted in fury and struck Luohu with a massive golden swastika rune.
• Jieyin's blow shattered Luohu's body and dispersed his demonic qi, but Jieyin found no trace of him afterward.
• Luohu manifested again ten thousand miles away with a colder expression and a hint of mockery.
• Jieyin recognized that Luohu had undergone an unknown transformation.

Luohu survived Jieyin’s devastating attack and revealed Myriad Demons Incarnations, filling the skies over Vulture Peak with hundreds of millions of seemingly complete copies of himself. Zhunti returned to find the demonic army and froze in horror.

• Jieyin watched Luohu return unharmed after his body, blood, and laws had been destroyed, leaving him unable to understand how Luohu could revive.
• Luohu mocked Jieyin’s shock and released immense waves of demonic qi that formed hundreds of millions of identical incarnations.
• Jieyin sensed that every incarnation possessed Luohu’s full aura, Heart-Demon Laws, Devil Dao foundation, and immortal body, and feared they could not be destroyed.
• Zhunti arrived at Vulture Peak, saw the countless Luohu incarnations, and froze in midair, unable to speak clearly.

Luohu returned unharmed after Zhunti destroyed his body and manifested hundreds of millions of identical figures above Vulture Peak, leaving the Buddhist School helpless. He revealed that Changqing had taught him the Great Heart-Demon Art, shocking everyone who heard him.

• Luohu reappeared intact after Zhunti's attack and filled the sky above Vulture Peak with hundreds of millions of figures.
• Jieyin and Zhunti realized they could not kill Luohu, while the Buddhist School disciples stood frozen in fear.
• Living beings across the Western World gathered at a distance and recognized Luohu, wondering how he had returned and why the Buddhist School could not stop him.
• Zhunti asked Luohu how he had survived after Zhunti had killed him.
• Luohu credited Changqing with teaching him the Great Heart-Demon Art, stunning those gathered at Vulture Peak.

Luohu revealed that Gu Changqing had secretly taught him the Great Heart-Demon Art, leaving Jieyin and Zhunti shaken by Luohu’s apparent immortality. Luohu then prepared to settle the score with the Buddhist School at Vulture Peak, summoning the God-Slaying Spear.

• Luohu revealed that Gu Changqing had taught him the Great Heart-Demon Art, shocking Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Zhunti realized Gu Changqing had helped Luohu without appearing in the Void Rift and cursed him in helpless fury.
• Luohu took pleasure in the Sages’ reaction and reflected that the Great Heart-Demon Art could renew itself through the thoughts of all living beings.
• Luohu surrounded Vulture Peak with demonic qi and declared that it was time to settle the matter with Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Luohu manifested the God-Slaying Spear, and the Buddhist School Disciples trembled in dread.

Luohu brought the God-Slaying Spear to Vulture Peak and attacked the Buddhist School disciples, while Jieyin and Zhunti struggled to stop him. Jieyin destroyed Luohu’s incarnation, but Luohu reappeared and slaughtered over a hundred disciples, leaving the battle poised to intensify.

• Luohu revealed the God-Slaying Spear, deepening Jieyin and Zhunti’s alarm over his attack on Vulture Peak.
• Luohu challenged Jieyin and Zhunti over whether the Buddhist School disciples were their foundation, then charged toward the crowded peak.
• Jieyin struck Luohu with a powerful palm, destroying his current incarnation.
• Luohu reappeared among the Buddhist School disciples on Vulture Peak’s eastern side and swept through them with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Luohu killed over a hundred disciples, while Jieyin and Zhunti watched in fury.

Luohu slaughtered Buddhist School disciples across Vulture Peak while Jieyin and Zhunti failed to stop his endlessly reborn incarnations. With the mountain reduced to a blood-soaked ruin and the disciples nearly wiped out, Jieyin finally shouted at Luohu and demanded to know what he wanted.

• Luohu used the God-Slaying Spear to kill Buddhist School disciples throughout Vulture Peak, while his incarnations appeared wherever Jieyin and Zhunti struck him down.
• Jieyin attacked Luohu with Buddhist magic, and Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to block him, but Luohu kept returning through the Great Heart-Demon Art.
• Luohu killed so many disciples that Vulture Peak became a blood-soaked ruin, with two or three in every ten of the Buddhist School's tens of millions of disciples reduced to ashes.
• Jieyin shouted for Luohu to stop, then demanded to know what he wanted.

Luohu stopped the slaughter on Vulture Peak after Jieyin asked what he wanted. Luohu demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti bow before him and admit their wrongs in public, leaving the two sages reeling as onlookers erupted in shock.

• Jieyin shouted for Luohu to stop, and the slaughter across Vulture Peak briefly ceased.
• Cultivators watching from afar realized Jieyin was asking Luohu for terms because the Buddhist School faced annihilation.
• Luohu appeared before Jieyin and Zhunti and reminded them that Zhunti had provoked him by invading his refuge in the Void Rift.
• Luohu demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti bow to him and admit their wrongs in front of everyone if they wanted him to stop killing.
• The watching cultivators erupted at Luohu's demand, while Jieyin and Zhunti were struck with humiliation and shock.