Arc 65The Cognitive Veil

Golden Toad Child awakened Youlunna, created the Lotus World Macrocosm, and led the Buddha Civilization into Beyond Transcendence to aid Jiang Yuu against the Defiled World. After Jiang Yuu died and returned to seal the First King, Golden Toad Child forged a Cognitive Veil that saved the Pure World but left its survivors without memories of the invasion.

  • Golden Toad Child became an Emperor, met Jiang Yuu in the River of Time, and learned that Youlunna needed his help to awaken.
  • Golden Toad Child reached the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World, ended the war between primordial beings and later-born inhabitants, and awakened Youlunna.
  • Golden Toad Child created the Lotus World Macrocosm and attained Transcendence, then organized the Buddha Civilization and led it into Beyond Transcendence.
  • Golden Toad Child joined Jiang Yuu at Yuanshi Divine Mountain, where Jiang Yuu entrusted him with protecting the last pure land and explained the fight against the Defiled Kings.
  • Jiang Yuu died, then returned as the White Gold Moon to kill the First King and seal his head, but the First King's body broke through the defenses and the Defiled World invaded the Multiverse.
  • Jiang Yuu struck down the three remaining Defiled Kings and told Golden Toad Child to forge a cognitive veil that would separate the Defiled World from the Pure World.
  • Golden Toad Child used the Platinum Holy Sword, the seven dead Defiled Kings, and Jiang Yuu's will to form the Cognitive Veil, saving the Pure World's survivors as their memories of the invasion faded.
  • Golden Toad Child warned that the Veil could cut off the Pure World's future, and Jiang Yuu offered to lift its restrictions for those who firmly sought Transcendence at a cost they would have to bear.
Chapters 1601–1625 Vol. 17 Read

Ch. 1601At the Dawn of Creation, Living Beings Were Born

As Jiang Yuu’s strength faded, the Defiled World waited to strike until a divine voice rang out from deep within Yuanshi Divine Mountain. The chapter then recounts how Youlunna created the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World, where Primordial Ancient Gods emerged before ordinary life, and leaves her preparing to create a different kind of living being.

  • For a hundred years, the Defiled World’s forces held back from Jiang Yuu, but they began to advance as the flames in his eyes nearly died out.
  • A deafening bell rang from deep within Yuanshi Divine Mountain, followed by a divine voice proclaiming, “Deliver all living beings!”
  • Six hundred million years earlier, Youlunna planted a seed of life in True Nothingness, and it grew into the Mortal World Tree, the foundation of the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World.
  • Primordial Ancient Gods were born from the Mortal World Tree and drew nourishment from the future laws of the world.
  • Youlunna spared the Primordial Ancient Gods, then created the orders of spacetime, order, matter, and energy as the Mortal World Tree became the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World.
  • Youlunna found that the Primordial Ancient Gods could not serve as ordinary inhabitants of the worlds, so she decided to create another kind of living being.

Ch. 1602Primordial God

Youlunna’s attempt to reform the Primordial Ancient Gods and transcend the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World was derailed when civil war ended in Primordial Moon Goddess Anlun’s defeat. As Nalun oppressed mortals and crushed their rebellions, she finally resolved to destroy the world.

  • Youlunna intervened to reform the Primordial Ancient Gods, guiding them through mortal civilizations, where Primordial Moon Goddess Anlun became the most promising successor to her divine identity.
  • Youlunna began her transcendence, replacing her Creator identity with the God Above Gods and entrusting Anlun with her role as a god.
  • Primordial Goddess of Night Nalun and her followers waged war against Anlun’s faction, eventually defeating Anlun and dividing her into three new moons and Moon Gods.
  • The war’s devastation and Nalun’s betrayal halted Youlunna’s transcendence and left her asleep in a state of half-step transcendence.
  • Nalun branded Anlun’s former followers as Demon Gods and oppressed mortals, who repeatedly rebelled using authority and power gained from dead Primordial Ancient Gods.
  • After the mortals were defeated again, Nalun lost patience with their continued resistance and decided to destroy the world.

Ch. 1603A turning point

After Youlunna’s residual will awakened, the mortal worlds gained Heroes and began resisting Nalun and the primordial gods, interrupting Youlunna’s path to transcendence. Meanwhile, Golden Toad Child completed the Monster Race’s atonement and stepped beyond the Golden Toad Cosmos after receiving the unseen Monarch’s approval.

  • Nalun ordered the Primordial Ancient Gods to destroy the mortal worlds, and mortals came to call them Primordial Demon Gods as civilizations fell.
  • The Goddesses of the Three Moons and other sympathetic primordial beings secretly aided mortals through organizations such as the Myriad Worlds Discussion Council.
  • After half the living beings had been destroyed, part of Youlunna’s residual will awakened and helped Heroes rise to fight the primordial gods.
  • A Hero wielding the authority of the fallen Primordial God of Radiance emerged, bringing the war to a stalemate and halting Nalun’s campaign.
  • In the distant Golden Toad Cosmos, Golden Toad Child presented a scroll documenting the Monster Race’s atonement and received the unseen Monarch’s approval.
  • Golden Toad Child broke through the Golden Toad Cosmos’s barrier and stepped beyond it.

Ch. 1604The Governing Principle of Ascending to Emperor

Golden Toad Child led the Buddha Race out of the Golden Toad Cosmos prison and began ascending to Emperor upon entering the Endless Planes. The True Kings accepted decrees from the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven and Empress of Life Youlunna, clearing the final obstacle and establishing Golden Toad Child as the rightful master of the Endless Planes.

  • Golden Toad Child shattered the Golden Toad Cosmos barrier and led billions of Buddhist followers out into the Endless Planes.
  • A nearby True King saw the Buddha Race emerge and feared that the release of the imprisoned sinful monsters would bring turmoil.
  • Golden Toad Child felt an unseen force begin his ascension to Emperor as soon as he entered the Endless Planes.
  • True Kings from across the Endless Planes gathered, and ancient envoys announced that the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven had decreed that anyone who left the Golden Toad Cosmos would become Emperor.
  • Another envoy announced that Empress of Life Youlunna had decreed Golden Toad Child would become master of the Endless Planes, and the True Kings pledged their obedience.
  • Golden Toad Child accepted their acclaim, and the final obstacle to his ascension disappeared as the governing principle for ascending to Emperor took effect.

Ch. 1605Golden Toad Buddha Emperor

Golden Toad Child became the Golden Toad Buddha Emperor, established a Buddhist Court to integrate the Golden Toad Cosmos with the Endless Planes, and then set out to investigate transcendence. In the Multiverse, he met Luna Anwyn, learned about the Lord of Heaven, and agreed to look for Youlunna after visiting the four Lands of Being.

  • Golden Toad Child became an emperor of the Endless Planes, visited the Little Mountains and Seas, and left a lotus pond as his symbol.
  • He returned to the present, declared himself the Golden Toad Buddha Emperor, and established a Buddhist Court to help unite the Golden Toad Cosmos's people with the Endless Planes.
  • After tens of thousands of years, Golden Toad Child left the Endless Planes to seek transcendence, traveling first to the Multiverse.
  • Golden Toad Child met Luna Anwyn at a great port in Star Civilization's capital, learned she was a blood descendant of the Lord of Heaven, and asked her about him.
  • Luna Anwyn asked Golden Toad Child to search True Nothingness for Youlunna, who had been missing for more than two hundred million years.

Ch. 1606Thank goodness you appeared

Golden Toad Child traveled the Multiverse’s River of Time and met Jiang Yuu in the Golden Hall, where Jiang Yuu asked him to help the sleeping Youlunna resume her Path of Transcendence. The chapter ended with Jiang Yuu expressing hope that Golden Toad Child could transcend.

  • Golden Toad Child agreed to Luna Anwyn's request but entered the Multiverse’s River of Time to explore its history.
  • Golden Toad Child reached the era of Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor and entered Sevenfold Heaven Mountain to see him in the Golden Hall.
  • Jiang Yuu’s historical trace came alive, stopped time, and greeted Golden Toad Child.
  • Golden Toad Child bowed to Jiang Yuu, who praised his character and lineage from Monster Emperor Jueming.
  • Jiang Yuu told Golden Toad Child that Youlunna had fallen into slumber after a setback on her Path of Transcendence and asked him to help her awaken.
  • Jiang Yuu said Golden Toad Child had the makings of one who could transcend.

Ch. 1607Guidance

Jiang Yuu encouraged Golden Toad Child to pursue Transcendence and taught him about the path ahead, while keeping the crisis in Beyond Transcendence from him. After exploring the River of Time and visiting the Boundless Mountains and Seas, Golden Toad Child set out for the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World created by Youlunna.

  • Jiang Yuu affirmed that Golden Toad Child could pursue Transcendence and guided him in the Golden Hall before sending him onward.
  • Golden Toad Child crossed the River of Time, studied the inscriptions and the Multiverse’s creation, then declined the Pan-Human Civilization Alliance’s teleportation gate and crossed True Nothingness in the flesh.
  • Luna Anwyn realized she had not told Golden Toad Child about the Defiled World and wondered whether the Lord of Heaven had arranged it.
  • Golden Toad Child reached the Boundless Mountains and Seas, revealed his Golden Toad Monster Emperor ancestry, and explained that he had atoned for his ancestors’ sins.
  • Golden Toad Child visited the Golden Toad Clan, studied the birth of the Boundless Mountains and Seas, and left for the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World created by Youlunna.

Ch. 1608Youlunna awakens

Golden Toad Child investigated why Youlunna had fallen into slumber and found that her transcendence was interrupted when her chosen successor was killed, while Nalun prolonged her sleep by starting a war. He destroyed the violent primordial beings, ended the war, and helped cleanse the resentment of the dead, allowing Youlunna to awaken fully.

  • Golden Toad Child entered the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World and discovered that war between primordial beings and beings born after creation was killing its inhabitants and worlds.
  • He traveled to the end of the River of Time and learned that Youlunna’s chosen successor had been killed and Primordial Goddess of Darkness Nalun had fueled the war that kept Youlunna asleep.
  • Golden Toad Child reached Youlunna in the heart of the Mortal World Tree, awakened her briefly, and promised to remove the primordial beings responsible for the slaughter.
  • Golden Toad Child slew the evil primordial beings, stopped the war, and spent ten thousand years delivering the dead and cleansing their resentment.
  • An immense aura of life spread through the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World, and Youlunna awakened completely.

Ch. 1609Seeing the truth

Youlunna awoke after the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World’s deterioration stopped and thanked Golden Toad Child for helping her recover. She shared her world-creation experience with him and revealed that the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven and the Emperor of Humanity were resisting the great enemies of the Defiled World in Beyond Transcendence.

  • Youlunna appeared before Golden Toad Child, thanked him for his help, and agreed they should address each other as peers.
  • Golden Toad Child reassured Youlunna that the Pan-Human Civilization Alliance and Star Civilization remained dominant in the Multiverse.
  • Youlunna described how she created the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World and recounted her failed attempt at transcendence to help Golden Toad Child on his own path.
  • Youlunna told Golden Toad Child that the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven and the Emperor of Humanity were fighting the great enemies of the Defiled World in Beyond Transcendence.
  • Golden Toad Child froze in surprise at the revelation.

Ch. 1610Order of Fate

Golden Toad Child learned that the sovereigns in Beyond Transcendence were fighting enemies from the Defiled World and resolved to prepare for his own transcendence. After studying the Sacred River Heavenly Land, he discovered his world would be born from fate and a lotus, then traveled to the Dimension of Truth to meet the King of Glory.

  • Youlunna told Golden Toad Child about the enemies in Beyond Transcendence and advised him to prepare carefully before creating a world.
  • Golden Toad Child encouraged Youlunna after her failed attempt at transcendence, and she resolved to continue while concealing part of her humanity.
  • Youlunna urged Golden Toad Child to study the Sacred River Heavenly Land, and he left the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World to visit it.
  • Golden Toad Child observed the Sacred River Heavenly Land's birth and decided his world would be born from fate in the form of a lotus.
  • Golden Toad Child traveled through the River of Time and the Dimension of Truth, then bowed before the King of Glory in a mysterious library.

Ch. 1611Golden Toad Creates a World

Golden Toad Child learned why Jiang Yuu had delayed telling him about the enemies from the Defiled World, then began creating a Land of Being through the World-Creation Path of Transcendence. He named it the Lotus World Macrocosm and set out to create its living beings.

  • Jiang Yuu explained that Golden Toad Child's path resembled his own and that Golden Toad Child was ready to begin creating a world.
  • Golden Toad Child asked about the war in Beyond Transcendence, and Jiang Yuu assured him that they were holding on until he arrived.
  • Golden Toad Child entered true nothingness and created a lotus bud, which bloomed into a newborn Land of Being filled with macrocosms.
  • Golden Toad Child established fate as the first order of creation, then divided the primordial lotus into the Sun of Great Vows and the Eternal Buddha Land so living beings could determine their own fates.
  • Golden Toad Child named his creation the Lotus World Macrocosm and began creating living beings in its ordinary macrocosms.

Ch. 1612Golden Toad's Transcendence, the Path of Radiant Transcendence

Golden Toad Child completed the Path of Radiant Transcendence and learned that the Transcendence Ones were guarding the Pure Land against the Defiled World. He went to check on Youlunna, who was nearing Transcendence, but their plans were interrupted when the Law of Humanity shattered again.

  • Golden Toad Child created life across the macrocosms, established the Five Eternal Races, and eventually attained Transcendence through the Path of Radiant Transcendence.
  • In the Land of Truth and Absurdity, Golden Toad Child learned that Yuanshi had created the Multiverse, the Emperor of Humanity had opened the Boundless Mountains and Seas, and the Lord of Heaven was holding back the Defiled World.
  • Golden Toad Child worried about Youlunna’s progress and went to the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World to check on her before returning to his own affairs.
  • Golden Toad Child found that Youlunna was smoothly pursuing the Path of Life Transcendence and nearing completion.
  • Youlunna asked Golden Toad Child to wait so they could take their civilizations to Beyond Transcendence together, but the Law of Humanity shattered again across four Lands of Being.

Ch. 1613The armies of the Buddhist Kingdom

Golden Toad Child returned to the Endless Planes, organized the Buddha Race into a disciplined civilization, and prepared to ascend to Beyond Transcendence. After carrying Youlunna’s message to Luna Anwyn, he found the Multiverse transformed, with the Star Civilization weakened and transcendent forces rising.

  • Golden Toad Child told Youlunna that the laws of humanity and bloodline awakening had collapsed, then agreed to go to Beyond Transcendence and support the others.
  • Youlunna asked Golden Toad Child to tell Luna Anwyn to gather the Star Civilization and Pan-Human Civilization armies and eliminate destabilizing forces in the Multiverse.
  • Golden Toad Child returned to the Endless Planes, gathered the Buddha Race at Spirit Mountain, and announced that he would take their civilization with him into transcendence.
  • Golden Toad Child spent thirty thousand years establishing administrative institutions and disciplined armies, turning the Buddha Race into an organized nation.
  • Golden Toad Child visited the Multiverse and relayed Youlunna’s instructions to Luna Anwyn, but found that the Pan-Human Civilization had fragmented and the Star Civilization had lost much of its power.
  • Golden Toad Child saw that transcendent forces were rising across the Multiverse as spiritual energy revived, while Luna Anwyn struggled to maintain the Star Civilization’s control of the central region.

Ch. 1614The Buddha Emperor transcended

Golden Toad Child restored Star Civilization’s authority, then led the Buddha Race beyond transcendence after warning them that they would join the war against the Defiled World. The Buddha Civilization arrived in Beyond Transcendence, where Golden Toad Child sensed the Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor’s aura.

  • Golden Toad Child helped Luna Anwyn reunite Star Civilization and eliminate threats before returning to the Endless Planes.
  • Golden Toad Child gathered the Buddha Race at Spirit Mountain and explained that transcendence meant supporting the Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor against the Defiled World.
  • Some members withdrew from the journey, so Golden Toad Child erased their memories and sent them home while the rest chose to follow him.
  • Golden Toad Child raised Spirit Mountain and the Buddha Civilization through the dimensions into Beyond Transcendence.
  • The Buddha Race arrived on a vast Divine Mountain beneath a Golden Sun that strengthened them, and Golden Toad Child sensed the Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor at its summit.

Ch. 1615Sights Along the Way

Golden Toad Child led the Buddha Emperor and his followers up Yuanshi Divine Mountain toward Sacred Emperor Yuliel, discovering that the mountain and the Golden Sun were incarnations left by dead Transcendence Ones. As the army passed abandoned cities, tombs, and depleted worlds, it reached the summit and the final battlefield.

  • Golden Toad Child rang the Buddha Emperor Divine Bell and led the Buddhist followers toward the summit, drawing the attention of the Defiled Kings battling Yuliel.
  • The Buddha Race army passed deserted Angel Civilization cities, and Golden Toad Child sensed that Yuliel's presence had weakened to a candlelike flame.
  • Golden Toad Child recognized Yuanshi Divine Mountain and the Golden Sun as incarnations of dead Transcendence Ones, and the army learned that Yuliel had been fighting the Defiled World alone.
  • The army crossed the Tomb of the Stars, where gravestones honored fallen Superhuman Civilization warriors and later Angel Civilization tributes marked their sacrifice.
  • Golden Toad Child examined the white wells and learned that they contained worlds whose inhabitants had lost much of their legacy and their path to ascension when the Angel Civilization departed.
  • The silent, shaken Buddha Race army climbed to the summit and arrived at the final battlefield.

Ch. 1616His majesty never fell!

Buddha Emperor Golden Toad Child arrived at the summit of Yuanshi Divine Mountain, where Jiang Yuu held back the Defiled World Army despite his failing strength. The Sacred Emperor awakened to greet him, and Golden Toad Child realized Jiang Yuu had sustained himself only to wait for his arrival.

  • Golden Toad Child led the Buddhist Kingdom armies into the battlefield, where four Kings of the Defiled World faced them and seven enormous Defiled Kings lay dead.
  • The Buddhist troops wondered whether the Sacred Emperor had killed the seven Defiled Kings, while Golden Toad Child ordered his army to remain ready and watch the enemy.
  • Golden Toad Child walked to the Grand Cemetery to pay his respects to Jiang Yuu.
  • Jiang Yuu straightened and greeted Golden Toad Child, causing the Defiled World forces to recoil.
  • Golden Toad Child saw Jiang Yuu's withered, aged appearance and understood that he had spent his last strength waiting for him, then wept and apologized for arriving late.

Ch. 1617Don't cry, don't cry

Jiang Yuu welcomed Golden Toad Child and entrusted him with protecting the last pure land and carrying on the fight against the Defiled World. With enemies watching, Jiang Yuu began recounting the ancient history of Beyond Transcendence.

  • Jiang Yuu comforted the weeping Golden Toad Child and said his arrival had come just in time.
  • The Buddha Emperor saw that Jiang Yuu was near death and that the emperor’s kin and civilization had perished.
  • Jiang Yuu told Golden Toad Child to take his place and protect the last pure land defended by His Majesty Yuanshi and the Emperor of Humanity.
  • Golden Toad Child accepted the mission and became resolute despite the Defiled World’s hostile gaze.
  • Jiang Yuu began explaining the history of fighting the Defiled World, starting with the ancient age when the nine great pure lands stretched across Beyond Transcendence.

Ch. 1618An orderly succession

Jiang Yuu prepared Golden Toad Child to take over the fight against the Defiled Kings, explaining how he had killed eight of their twelve and warning him about the four remaining enemies. As Jiang Yuu's strength faded, he left Golden Toad Child with the burden of defending the world until Youlunna arrived.

  • Jiang Yuu recalled how the Emperor of Humanity had entrusted him with the hopes of all living beings and then passed that responsibility to Golden Toad Child.
  • Jiang Yuu explained that the Defiled Kings were Transcendence Grade enemies who had to be killed to pacify the Defiled World.
  • Jiang Yuu told Golden Toad Child that he had slain eight of the twelve Defiled Kings, leaving four alive.
  • Jiang Yuu described the remaining Kings' abilities and advised Golden Toad Child to use the blessings of the Golden Great Sun and Yuanshi Divine Mountain until Youlunna arrived.
  • Jiang Yuu admitted that he could not fathom the First King's true capabilities as his own aura continued to weaken.

Ch. 1619Becoming the Platinum Moon

After Jiang Yuu died, the Defiled Kings launched a renewed assault on Yuanshi Divine Mountain, and Golden Toad Child led the Buddhist armies in its defense. As the Kings overwhelmed him and the Pure Land seemed close to falling, Jiang Yuu’s corpse transformed into a radiant White Gold Moon.

  • Jiang Yuu died standing before the Grand Cemetery, and Golden Toad Child and the Buddhist armies mourned him.
  • The four Defiled Kings agreed to attack Yuanshi Divine Mountain and sent their Heaven’s Wills and armies against the Pure Land.
  • Golden Toad Child ordered the Buddhist armies to take up the Angel Civilization’s defensive positions and confronted the four Kings with his golden Buddhist bell.
  • The four Defiled Kings joined forces, shattered Golden Toad Child’s defenses, and struck him down as their attacks devastated the Buddhist armies.
  • As Golden Toad Child prepared to risk his life, Jiang Yuu’s corpse shone with platinum light and rose as a White Gold Moon.

Ch. 1620Holiness Sealing!

Jiang Yuu returned with Holiness Heaven's Will and attacked the King of the First World, then sacrificed himself to separate and seal the King’s head. The First King resisted by transforming his head into a black-and-red moon.

  • Jiang Yuu emerged from the White Gold Moon and drove back the Defiled Kings’ attacks on Buddha Emperor Golden Toad Child.
  • Jiang Yuu caught the King of the First World off guard, knocked him into Yuanshi Divine Mountain, and held him down.
  • The King of the First World unleashed his full power and threatened to erase Jiang Yuu and slaughter those he protected.
  • Jiang Yuu burned his life and severed the King’s connection to the Defiled World, then cut off his head.
  • Jiang Yuu asked Yuanshi Divine Mountain to suppress the First King’s body and the Golden Great Sun to seal the connection to the Supreme Firmament.
  • Jiang Yuu transformed into the White Gold Moon to seal the First King’s head, which changed into a black-and-red moon and struggled to break free.

Ch. 1621The Defiled World invaded

Jiang Yuu sealed the First King's head inside White Gold Moon, but the First King ordered the Defiled World to invade every Pure Land. His headless body broke through Yuanshi Divine Mountain's defenses, leaving the way open for the Defiled World Army to reach the Well of Yuanshi.

  • Jiang Yuu used a renewed surge of will to sever the First King's connection to his body and seal his head inside White Gold Moon.
  • The First King proclaimed that the Defiled World should lift its restrictions and attack every Pure Land, sending its inhabitants into a frenzy.
  • Golden Toad Child held back the Defiled World Army with his Buddhist bell, but the First King's headless body emerged from Yuanshi Divine Mountain and shattered the bell with a punch.
  • The First King's body annihilated the Buddhist Kingdom's armies and sent Golden Toad Child and the three Kings of the Defiled World flying.
  • The Defiled World Army crossed the summit's defenses and rushed toward the Well of Yuanshi as gray mist corrupted it again.

Ch. 1622The Defiled World cataclysm, all worlds plunged into darkness!

The Defiled World’s gray mist invaded the Well of Yuanshi, contaminating the Multiverse and the other Lands of Being while its armies slaughtered their inhabitants. On Yuanshi Divine Mountain, the wounded Buddha Emperor mourned his failure to stop the cataclysm and appealed to the Sacred Emperor.

  • The Defiled World’s Heaven’s Will and gray mist poured into the Multiverse, overwhelming its primal will and contaminating its worlds.
  • Defiled World armies destroyed civilizations across the Multiverse, including the Centaur Khanate, a Level Nine Civilization, the High Elf realm, and the Sea Folk domains.
  • The gray mist spread through the other five Lands of Being, overwhelming their inhabitants and defeating their guardians.
  • Youlunna emerged when the invasion interrupted her progress toward Transcendence and fought to suppress the Defiled World creatures in the Everlasting Leaf Mortal World.
  • The wounded Buddha Emperor fell on Yuanshi Divine Mountain and lamented to the Sacred Emperor that he had failed to protect the mortal realm.

Ch. 1623Forging a Cognitive Veil

As the Defiled World overran the six Lands of Being, Buddha Emperor Golden Toad Child was overwhelmed by despair and prepared to die defending the pure land. Jiang Yuu revealed a way to save the living by creating a cognitive veil that would separate the Pure World from the Defiled World.

  • The First King's headless body advanced toward the Well of Yuanshi while three Defiled Kings attacked Golden Toad Child.
  • Golden Toad Child's Buddha Emperor's Golden Bell shattered, and he sat chanting Buddhist verses as the Defiled Kings closed in.
  • Jiang Yuu's Platinum Holy Sword struck down the three Defiled Kings and urged Golden Toad Child not to give up.
  • Jiang Yuu explained that a cognitive barrier could divide one existence into worlds unseen by each other.
  • Jiang Yuu proposed forging a cognitive veil to trap the Defiled World inside the contaminated world while the Pure World's living beings survived outside it.

Ch. 1624Cognitive Barrier

Buddha Emperor Golden Toad Child used Jiang Yuu’s power and the bodies of the seven Defiled Kings to forge a cognitive barrier separating the Pure World from the Defiled World. The survivors found their world restored, but their memories of the invasion and the dead began to fade.

  • Golden Toad Child explained that he could not separate the Defiled Kings from the Pure World without Jiang Yuu’s help, and Jiang Yuu told him to wield the Platinum Holy Sword and use his will to forge the veil.
  • Golden Toad Child drew the Platinum Holy Sword and swung it at the Defiled World’s gray mist and Heaven’s Will, dividing Yuanshi Divine Mountain into pure and defiled worlds.
  • Golden Toad Child refined the bodies of the seven Defiled Kings into a cognitive barrier, with the Platinum Holy Sword as its framework and Jiang Yuu’s will as its highest cognitive height.
  • Living beings across countless worlds discovered that the gray mist and monsters had vanished, and they rejoiced that they had survived.
  • As the survivors began rebuilding, their memories of the invasion, the monsters, and their lost loved ones gradually faded.

Ch. 1625Transcendence must be sought within the Veil

Buddha Emperor Golden Toad Child recognized that the Cognitive Veil preserved the living but would drain Transcendent power from the Pure World, forcing future generations to seek it within the Veil. After Jiang Yuu agreed to let those with firm wills encounter Transcendence, Golden Toad Child realized that confronting the Veil’s contaminating nature would require a sacrifice.

  • People across countless worlds recorded their memories on immovable objects before the Cognitive Barrier erased them, leaving these records as keys to reaching Beyond the Veil.
  • The Cognitive Veil separated the Pure World from the Defiled World, where the creatures’ confusion sparked a vast slaughter among them.
  • Buddha Emperor Golden Toad Child sensed that Transcendent power was shifting inside the Veil and warned that the Pure World would lose its future without access to it.
  • Jiang Yuu told Golden Toad Child that he would lift cognitive restrictions for future beings who firmly sought Transcendence within the Veil, at the cost they would have to bear.
  • Golden Toad Child raised the danger of defiled erosion, then recognized a possible solution through sacrifice and told Jiang Yuu, “I understand.”
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