Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua searched Tongtian Peak for the grand formation’s eye but found no trace of it, even after Di Ting searched the surrounding area. He realized the formation eye was at Chao Tian Que, where inverted Buddhist pagodas connected the peak’s summit and base, and the group prepared to investigate.

• Xiao Hua persuaded Di Ting and Tun Tian Beast to inspect Tongtian Peak, but Di Ting found no formation eye on the peak.
• Xiao Hua searched beneath and inside Tongtian Peak and found neither the formation nor Innate Heavy Water.
• Di Ting searched the surrounding area twice and reported no unusual traces, leaving Xiao Hua puzzled about where the formation eye lay.
• Xiao Hua connected the golden light he had seen in the heavenly formation to Chao Tian Que’s yellow sand and concluded the formation eye was there.
• Xiao Hua explained that the inverted Buddhist pagodas at Chao Tian Que likely linked Tongtian Peak’s summit and base, and Di Ting and Tun Tian Beast recognized the possibility.

Xiao Hua and the two beasts entered the flooded Chao Tian Que and found the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda, where they suspected Dragon God Venerable had been suppressed. They reached the pagoda’s summit and prepared to enter the inverted space, which Xiao Hua believed might be the summit of Tongtian Peak.

• Xiao Hua told the Tun Tian Beast he believed Dragon God Venerable had created the formation and admitted he wanted to escape and ask why Dragon God Venerable had used them as bait.
• The Tun Tian Beast opened a passage beneath the innate heavy water at Chao Tian Que, and Xiao Hua entered first, finding the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda and its inverted counterpart.
• Di Ting revealed he had been searching for traces of his Buddha Lord, and Xiao Hua realized Namo Maitreya Buddha had fallen into reincarnation while Di Ting still sought him.
• Di Ting formed a lotus path up the pagoda, and the Tun Tian Beast and Tun Tian followed him toward the summit.
• Xiao Hua found little water-elemental Primordial Qi around the pagoda and joined the others at the summit, where they prepared to enter the inverted space he suspected was Tongtian Peak.

Xiao Hua investigated the inverted space in Chao Tian Que with Di Ting and the Tun Tian Beast, but they found no visible changes inside the pagoda. After Xiao Hua linked the newly intensified Buddhist aura to the missing Pangu Axe and the Buddha Lord’s remains, the Tun Tian Beast demanded that they meet whoever was inside the pagoda.

• Tun Tian and the Tun Tian Beast entered the inverted space, and Xiao Hua and Di Ting followed after them.
• Xiao Hua searched the space and found nothing unusual, while Tun Tian reported that the Buddhist pagoda was empty.
• The Tun Tian Beast said Chao Tian Que had not previously carried such a strong aura of Namo Maitreya Buddha.
• Xiao Hua reasoned that the missing Pangu Axe had stopped suppressing the aura of the Buddha Lord’s remains and suspected the Dragon God Venerable had taken it.
• Di Ting threatened Xiao Hua and ordered him to leave, but the Tun Tian Beast swallowed Di Ting’s attack and insisted they meet whoever was inside the pagoda.

Xiao Hua discovered that the apparent Buddhist pagoda concealed a fused Confucianist imperial artifact, and he joined Tun Tian Beast in confronting Diting. With Heavenly Human’s intervention helping Tun Tian Beast break Diting’s defenses, the battle intensified as Diting unleashed a blood-colored Buddha phantom.

• Xiao Hua searched the pagoda and used the Eye of Delusion Breaking to reveal a tangible pagoda hidden within the illusion, identifying it as a Confucianist imperial artifact fused with the outer pagoda.
• Xiao Hua said the outer pagoda might need to be broken to reveal the inner one, provoking Diting and declaring that he would help Tun Tian Beast destroy it.
• Diting and Tun Tian Beast fought with Buddhist lotuses and spatial ripples as Xiao Hua summoned Heavenly Human White Bone.
• Heavenly Human’s lightning destroyed many of Diting’s Buddhist lotuses, allowing Tun Tian Beast to devour the rest and sever Diting’s connection to the pagoda.
• Diting revealed his battered body and unleashed a blood-colored Buddha phantom, then clashed with Tun Tian Beast amid violent explosions.

Xiao Hua killed Truth Listener with Demon Blade Shi and learned that the Dragon God Venerable was inside the Buddhist pagoda, using Maitreya Buddha’s remains as a decoy. He left the Tun Tian Beast hoping to reach the Dragon God Venerable, while Tun Tian failed to break the pagoda with the Nine-toothed Rake.

• Truth Listener trapped Bone Tempering Xiao Hua’s Heavenly Human White Bone and attacked the weakened Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua revealed his ruse and cut Truth Listener in two with Demon Blade Shi.
• Xiao Hua’s demon heads devoured Truth Listener’s Buddhist light and flesh, and he collected a blood-red diamond formed from its remains.
• Xiao Hua told the Tun Tian Beast that Maitreya Buddha had reincarnated as his nephew and that the Dragon God Venerable was inside the Buddhist pagoda.
• The Tun Tian Beast admitted that its injuries were fatal and asked whether Xiao Hua had taken the Pangu Axe; Xiao Hua said he had not taken it himself.
• Xiao Hua sent Tun Tian to strike the Buddhist pagoda with the Nine-toothed Rake, but the pagoda’s Buddhist light repelled it.
• The Tun Tian Beast advised Xiao Hua to find the Pangu Axe, while Xiao Hua worried that searching for it and returning would take too long to prevent the innate heavy water from flooding the Primordial Continent.

Xiao Hua realized that the pagoda in the inverted space was only a reflection and that the true pagoda concealed the remains of Dragon God Venerable and Namo Maitreya Buddha. After Xiao Hua and his avatars failed to destroy it by force, Buddha Bodhi used the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda to break the true pagoda, and the Buddhist light began tearing down the reflected pagoda as well.

• Xiao Hua concluded that the two pagodas were linked, with the pagoda in their space serving as the true pagoda and the other as its reflection.
• Xiao Hua and his avatars attacked the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda together, but its Buddhist light and power of faith repelled them.
• The Tun Tian Beast warned Xiao Hua that only the Pangu Axe could destroy the pagoda by force.
• Buddha Bodhi proposed using the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda to break the formation, and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua connected the plan to Jiang Liuer's previous life.
• Buddha Bodhi brought out the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda and used it to collapse the true pagoda, after which the Buddhist light passed through the spatial barrier to destroy the reflected pagoda.

Xiao Hua and his companions uncovered the Heaven and Earth Pagoda and learned that Jiang Liuer had left his reincarnation merit there as an Ancient Cai Li. The chapter ended with the artifact revealing a Buddha realm that sank into the seventh level, while Tun Tian Beast implied the treasure belonged to Buddha Bodhi.

• Xiao Hua had Buddha Bodhi withdraw the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda and led the group into the inverted space, where they found the Heaven and Earth Pagoda.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua used the Nine Provinces Ding and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua used the Mountain River Seal to open the pagoda's ninth level.
• Tun Tian Beast identified the lingering aura of the Pangu Axe and said it had once been stored there to suppress a Buddhist artifact below.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua opened the eighth level, revealing Namo Maitreya Buddha's Ancient Cai Li and the merit Jiang Liuer had left behind.
• Xiao Hua realized Jiang Liuer had reincarnated without merit or karmic power, while the Buddha Halls revealed within the eighth level sank into the seventh level.
• Tun Tian Beast suggested the Ancient Cai Li was meant for Buddha Bodhi since Di Ting was absent.

Xiao Hua failed to move Cai Li, which Buddha Bodhi needed to enter the pagoda, and began chanting with its Buddha silhouette. Xiao Hua’s heart demon then drove him into the demonic path, forcing his avatars to face his conflict between saving Jiang Liuer’s cultivation and protecting the Primordial Continent.

• Xiao Hua tried his divine sense, Buddhist light, the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda, and the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha Edict, but could not move Cai Li.
• Buddha Bodhi joined the Cai Li Buddha silhouette in chanting the Baye Linglong Scripture, and their Buddhist light began to merge.
• Xiao Hua’s chest mark unleashed demonic qi, transforming him into Demon God Xiao Hua as the avatars realized he had entered the demonic path.
• Demon Spirit Xiao Hua explained that Xiao Hua’s heart demon had grown from his fear of blocking Jiang Liuer’s path to cultivation by surrendering Cai Li.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua, green-robed Xiao Hua, and Phoenix Body Xiao Hua recognized the painful choice between Jiang Liuer and the Primordial Continent’s hundreds of millions of lives, then left the decision to Xiao Hua.

Demon God Xiao Hua killed Buddha Bodhi as Bodhi sacrificed himself to let Xiao Hua take Caili and save the Primordial Continent. A Void Passage then carried away Bodhi’s remains and Caili, revealed to have been opened by the Tun Tian Beast.

• Xiao Hua’s avatars and Tun Tian withdrew or stood aside as Buddha Bodhi continued reciting the Baye Linglong Scripture to merge Caili with himself.
• Demon God Xiao Hua sealed the eighth level of the Heaven and Earth Pagoda with eighty-one demonic sigils and demanded that Buddha Bodhi stop; Bodhi refused, vowing to give everything back to Jiang Liuer.
• Demon God Xiao Hua struck Buddha Bodhi down with Demon Blade Shi while Bodhi made no attempt to fight back.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua explained that Bodhi had sacrificed himself for the Primordial Continent, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua wept for him.
• A Void Passage opened amid the demonic qi and carried away Buddha Bodhi’s remains and Caili; the avatars saw the Tun Tian Beast with faint Buddha light in its mouth.

Demon God Xiao Hua battled the Tun Tian Beast, but a mysterious Devil Race mastermind intervened and transformed him into a vessel for the Huayue Tiantian Demon. The Tun Tian Beast recognized the entity as a threat and revealed Buddhist light within its body as the chapter ended.

• The Tun Tian Beast shattered Demon God Xiao Hua’s demonic attacks with its barks, but Demon Blade Shi severed part of its tail and later wounded its head.
• The Tun Tian Beast’s furious cries collapsed Demon God Xiao Hua’s demonic body, and its attack knocked Demon Spirit Xiao Hua and the Bone Dragon Spear away.
• Dragon patterns, Buddhist light, and demonic qi formed a huge pupil in the spatial barrier, revealing the Devil Race mastermind behind Chao Tian Que.
• A Demonic Pillar emerged from the pupil and enveloped Demon God Xiao Hua, overpowering the Tun Tian Beast’s attempts to stop it.
• The Huayue Tiantian Demon rose within Xiao Hua’s body, declared that it had waited hundreds of millions of years for a suitable vessel, and said the Dragon God had died through his own selfish desires.
• The Tun Tian Beast questioned the Huayue Tiantian Demon about Namo Maitreya Buddha, then expanded and revealed purple Buddhist lotuses beneath its demon qi.

The Huayue Tiantian Demon devoured the Tun Tian Beast and tried to corrupt Buddha Bodhi while revealing its plan to become a Demon God. Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua then trapped it in the Shenhua Continent, where Xiao Hua’s incarnations joined forces to suppress it.

• The Huayue Tiantian Demon killed the Tun Tian Beast, swallowed its blood crystal, and watched the Rank Nine Buddhist Lotus transform Cai Li into a Maitreya Buddha resembling Jiang Liuer.
• The Huayue Tiantian Demon revealed that the Baye Linglong Scripture would help it refine Maitreya Buddha’s Cai Li and become a Demon God, then spread demonic blotches across Buddha Bodhi.
• Buddha Bodhi prayed for Buddhist and demonic things to return to their rightful realms, manifesting forty-four Buddhist lotuses and a Buddhist Kingdom, but the Huayue Tiantian Demon mocked his incomplete attainment.
• The thirteen statues of the Great Gods formed a star array around the Huayue Tiantian Demon, and Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua revealed that he had lured it into the Shenhua Continent.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua and Demon Spirit Xiao Hua rushed into the Shenhua Continent as Buddha Bodhi, Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua attacked and began suppressing the demon.

Xiao Hua’s avatars fought to capture Huayue Tiantian Demon inside Shenhua Continent, but his attempt to exploit the space’s hidden power threatened the continent’s inhabitants. Jade Slip Xiao Hua arrived, sealed the space, and declared that the heavenly demons would remain there.

• Buddha Bodhi’s newly strengthened Buddhist light swept across the devilish body, destroying devils and melting devilish qi.
• Huayue Tiantian Demon pursued the Zizaitian Heavenly Demon into Shenhua Continent, where Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua bound him and attacked his countless avatars.
• Demon Spirit Xiao Hua devoured many of Huayue Tiantian Demon’s avatars, but Huayue Tiantian Demon began eroding his devilish formation and reaching toward the Zizaitian Heavenly Demon’s essence.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua unleashed Thunder Water and Sun True Fire to protect Demon Spirit Xiao Hua, while Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua resumed killing Huayue Tiantian Demon’s avatars.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua trapped an invisible avatar, but several wisps tried to escape through the passage into Shenhua Continent before Jade Slip Xiao Hua arrived and sealed the entire space.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua explained that Buddha and devil coexisted and declared that all the heavenly demons would remain in Shenhua Continent.

Jade Slip Xiao Hua decided to open Shenhua Continent to outsiders and use the Heavenly Demons as a whetstone for his disciples. After the Huayue Tiantian Demon was defeated, Buddha Bodhi explained how a misunderstanding between him and Jade Slip Xiao Hua had created the demon’s opening, and Xiao Hua agreed that Buddha Bodhi’s powers and belongings would ultimately be returned to Jiang Liuer.

• Jade Slip Xiao Hua loosened the seal on Shenhua Continent, arguing that outsiders could enter without realizing it was under their control.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua explained that the continent’s distorted faith power had attracted the Heavenly Demons and ordered Demon Spirit Xiao Hua to kill the Huayue Tiantian Demon.
• Demon Spirit Xiao Hua swallowed the demonic pearl, while Xiao Hua’s consciousness returned and the demonic qi around his body withdrew.
• Xiao Hua apologized to Buddha Bodhi, who said that both of them had resolved the heart knots behind their conflict.
• Buddha Bodhi explained that Jade Slip Xiao Hua had mistakenly believed he wanted to take Jiang Liuer’s Buddhist destiny, and that Jade Slip Xiao Hua’s demonic blade had severed his worldly ties.
• Buddha Bodhi vowed to return everything to Jiang Liuer when the opportunity came, and Xiao Hua affirmed that he agreed.

Xiao Hua explained how he uncovered Huayue Tiantian Demon’s scheme to exploit Dragon Clan and Buddhist faith on the Primordial Continent. After the demon’s defeat, he focused on opening the seventh level of the Heaven and Earth Pagoda to discover what Maitreya Buddha’s relic had been suppressing.

• Xiao Hua recounted how doubts about Buddha Bodhi, the Stone Giants’ divided faith, and events in Chao Tian Que led him to suspect Huayue Tiantian Demon was a third power manipulating Dragon Clan and Buddhist forces.
• Xiao Hua told his avatars that becoming true cultivators required first becoming true people, while Dragon Vein Xiao Hua and green-robed Xiao Hua traded remarks about their foundations.
• Xiao Hua urged Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua to investigate Confucian abilities that might help them escape the turbulent current of time, and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua agreed to improve the Teleportation Array with the others.
• Xiao Hua summoned Tun Tian into the Heaven and Earth Pagoda and promised him a share of the merit for helping save the Primordial Continent’s living beings.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua used the Nine Provinces Ding to open the Heaven and Earth Pagoda’s seventh level, and the tower transformed into a white camellia flower.

Xiao Hua discovered Wind Origin and Lightning Origin within the Heaven and Earth Pagoda and absorbed them, though Wind Origin caused strange distortions in his space. He left the fourth level unopened, suspecting Water Origin remained there.

• Buddha Bodhi claimed the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree from the pagoda’s seventh level, while Xiao Hua warned him to be ready for danger from below.
• Xiao Hua opened the sixth level and found Wind Origin, which he and Bone Tempering Xiao Hua absorbed with the Big Dipper Divine Fist.
• Wind Origin distorted the view of Shenhua Continent, though Jade Slip Xiao Hua and green-robed Xiao Hua found no other apparent changes.
• Xiao Hua opened the fifth level and discovered Lightning Origin, realizing it had killed skeleton collectors beneath the lava and guessing Water Origin lay in the fourth level.
• Buddha Bodhi failed to activate the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree against the surging lightning, so Xiao Hua and Bone Tempering Xiao Hua began absorbing Lightning Origin together.

Xiao Hua’s space transformed after absorbing the origin of lightning, splitting into several distinct realms and revealing new powers over space. He discovered that Heavenly Demons had entered an unformed realm and returned from the space as his incarnations gathered, suggesting Dragon Vein Xiao Hua might now be able to enter Shenhua Continent.

• The origin of lightning fell into Xiao Hua’s space, where wind and lightning stretched and reshaped it into Shenhua Continent and six surrounding spaces.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua comprehended the spatial fluctuations as treasures and Creation Sect disciples shifted between spaces, then realized he could create and destroy spaces with a force of destruction.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua discovered Zizaitian Heavenly Demon and Huayue Tiantian Demon in an unformed space and decided they could test the Creation Sect disciples.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua sensed a mysterious connection to a newly born space, while Xiao Guo reported that spirit herbs had disappeared; Jade Slip Xiao Hua assured them the changes were under control.
• Jade Slip Xiao Hua told the gathered incarnations they could explore the transformed space after leaving Chao Tian Que and guessed Dragon Vein Xiao Hua could now enter Shenhua Continent.

Xiao Hua and his clones explored the Heaven and Earth Pagoda’s upper levels, discovering that its third level held a dragon skeleton whose power produced Innate Heavy Water from Taiwei Azure Light. The skeleton’s aura overwhelmed them, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua recognized it as possibly Ao Sheng before attempting to collect it.

• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua entered a newly formed higher-grade space above Shenhua Continent, then used dragon qi to briefly enter Shenhua Continent before retreating as the space began to collapse around him.
• Xiao Hua told his clones that each might eventually gain a separate space of his own, then Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua opened the pagoda’s fourth level and revealed an Innate Jellyfish that emitted Taiwei Azure Light.
• Xiao Hua collected the Innate Jellyfish while his clones discussed their remaining needs, including the Water Origin, Innate Wood Mother, and Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua opened the third level, revealing a golden dragon skeleton that transformed Taiwei Azure Light into Innate Heavy Water and released an overwhelming dragon might.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua identified the skeleton as possibly Ao Sheng, and Xiao Hua ordered him to collect it; Dragon Vein Xiao Hua and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua forced the azalea open slightly as Dragon Vein Xiao Hua thrust his horn into the gap.

Xiao Hua and his companions removed the Dragon God Dragon Bone and collected the Innate Heavy Water from the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, averting the catastrophe threatening the Primordial Continent. They then discovered that the pagoda’s final level might contain a dangerous entity and that the pagoda could not be removed without consequences, leaving their escape from Chao Tian Que uncertain.

• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua used nine drops of Xiao Hua’s essence blood to obtain the Dragon God Dragon Bone, then entered Shenhua Continent to recover.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua opened the pagoda’s second level and confirmed it held vast amounts of Innate Heavy Water, which Xiao Hua began collecting in Dragon Vein Xiao Hua’s barren space.
• Tuntian thanked Xiao Hua on behalf of the exotic beasts, and Xiao Hua summoned Creation Sect disciples to help collect the water.
• After more than a month, the disciples cleared the second level and revealed a formation resembling the Vast Sky Formation, convincing Xiao Hua that the Primordial Continent’s catastrophe had been averted.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua warned that the final level might hold a dangerous entity and that the Heaven and Earth Pagoda could not be taken away; he also said the Vast Sky Formation might prevent them from leaving.

Xiao Hua opened the final layer of the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, but Devouring Heaven used a child pagoda and Dragon Crystal to attack him in defense of Maitreya Buddha. Xiao Hua revealed that the deaths were an illusion, then examined the Dragon Crystal, which transformed and vanished.

• Xiao Hua ordered Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua to open the pagoda’s final layer, releasing ghost souls from the purple Mandala Flowers.
• Devouring Heaven imprisoned Xiao Hua and his avatars with the Heaven and Earth Child Pagoda, then used the Dragon Crystal to transform it into a dragon that appeared to kill them.
• Devouring Heaven tried to repay his betrayal by taking his own life, but the Nine-toothed Rake passed through him.
• Xiao Hua and his avatars reappeared unharmed, and Devouring Heaven explained that he had acted to protect Maitreya Buddha.
• Xiao Hua asked Devouring Heaven to produce the Dragon Crystal, which took Ao Sheng’s form before vanishing in a flash of golden light.

Xiao Hua exposed Tun Tian’s role in the Huayue Tiantian Demon’s schemes and took the Heaven and Earth Child Pagoda from him. Rather than kill Tun Tian for his attack, Xiao Hua ordered him to leave the Primordial Continent and protect Maitreya Buddha, a punishment Tun Tian joyfully accepted.

• Xiao Hua revealed that the Netherworld Realm was an illusion and explained how he had deduced Tun Tian was the Huayue Tiantian Demon’s pawn.
• Tun Tian confessed that he had used the Heaven and Earth Child Pagoda to place the Pangu Axe, and Xiao Hua’s group found no demon avatar in the pagoda or Tun Tian.
• Xiao Hua questioned Tun Tian about his remorse, then acknowledged that Tun Tian had tried to kill himself after attacking him.
• Xiao Hua spared Tun Tian but told him to leave the Primordial Continent and protect the reincarnated Maitreya Buddha as atonement.
• Buddha Bodhi explained that Maitreya Buddha needed protection while regaining his Buddhist fruition, and Tun Tian gratefully accepted the task.