Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua collected the ghosts trapped in the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua removed the pagoda to break the world-destroying grand formation. After escaping the collapsing spaces, Xiao Hua drained the Primordial Heavy Water into an abyss and reunited with the Primordial Chaos Five Juniors, learning that the continent had suffered heavy losses but could recover.

• Xiao Hua stored Tun Tian in the Kunlun Mirror and warned him to keep his origins secret in Xiao Hua’s realm.
• Xiao Hua used Netherworld Primordial Force to collect the countless ghosts within the purple Mandala Flower, while Jade Slip Xiao Hua discovered the ghosts entered a Yin aspect linked to Shenhua Continent’s space.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua used the Nine Provinces Ding to remove the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, breaking the grand formation and triggering the collapse of both spaces.
• Xiao Hua escaped through the Kunlun Mirror as a black hole began destroying the spaces, then found himself above Chao Tian Que.
• Xiao Hua descended into the new abyss and absorbed the Primordial Heavy Water that flowed into it from across the Primordial Continent.
• Xiao Hua met the battered Primordial Chaos Five Juniors and learned that many strange beasts had died, though the continent’s abundant Primordial Qi promised its eventual renewal.

Xiao Hua released the Primordial Chaos Five Juniors from their promise to follow him and passed them Primordial Chaos Records before leaving. He and his incarnations then collected the broken Tongtian Peak, recovered, and departed toward the Teleportation Array as the lava beneath the Primordial Continent began to rise again.

• Xiao Hua told the Ink Jade Kirin that he would not take the Primordial Chaos Five Juniors with him and urged them to treat weaker creatures kindly.
• Xiao Hua passed the five juniors Primordial Chaos Records, then left while they began to comprehend them.
• Xiao Hua returned to Tongtian Peak and, with Dragon Vein Xiao Hua and Buddha Bodhi leading the effort, joined his incarnations to collect the broken peak into space.
• After recovering for several months, Xiao Hua and his incarnations collected the remaining half of Tongtian Peak and left for the Teleportation Array.
• Xiao Hua left Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua to modify the Teleportation Array and brought the other incarnations to the lava region, where he saw renewed heat rising beneath the surface.

Xiao Hua and his avatars witnessed the Primordial Continent recover as magma eruptions and sweet rain countered the innate heavy water and revived the land. After the disaster subsided, Xiao Hua returned most of the rescued Primordial Chaos Beasts to their habitats and helped the continent begin a new age of growth.

• Xiao Hua and his avatars found seeds and life force surviving in places the innate heavy water had not reached, and decided to keep a few pairs of each kind of Primordial Chaos Beast while returning the rest.
• Xiao Hua and his avatars investigated magma eruptions, and Xiao Hua recognized the resulting ash as material that would make fertile soil.
• Xiao Hua and Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua used the Thunder Roar Technique to bring sweet rain to the Primordial Continent, where rain, magma, and rising mountains reshaped the land.
• After the skies cleared and Bone Tempering Xiao Hua confirmed the underground magma had mostly stabilized, Xiao Hua released the Primordial Chaos Beasts into their former habitats while keeping a few pairs in his space.
• Xiao Hua's avatars scattered grain and spirit seeds across the continent, and several months later vegetation had spread across the land and mountains.

Xiao Hua and his companions settled the Primordial Chaos Beasts and prepared a mountain refuge for the Incense-Passing Cult disciples. After Xiao Hua released the disciples and activated a protective formation, a strange celestial spectacle appeared and imprisoned everyone.

• Xiao Hua told his companions that the Incense-Passing Cult disciples still needed a place to live, and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua reported that his mission had succeeded.
• Xiao Hua gave his avatars proper names, including Thunderclap True Person and Wu, then traveled with his companions to a mountain range suited for the disciples.
• Thunderclap True Person and the others helped establish a vast formation to protect the settlement from nearby Zhangthorn Beasts, though they could not activate it themselves.
• Xiao Hua released the Incense-Passing Cult disciples, supplied them with cultivation resources, created a tiger-tally token, and activated the protective formation with lightning.
• As Thunderclap True Person teased Xiao Hua about leaving an unforgettable impression on the disciples, celestial music, flowers, dragons, phoenixes, and golden threads appeared and immobilized everyone.

Xiao Hua gained the merit of opening heaven and multiplying life on the Primordial Continent, but sensed that something precious had been left behind as he prepared to leave. His transmission to Cangxian Continent succeeded, and long afterward Di Shitian and three unconscious humans emerged from the spatial fissure into the ruined array.

• Xiao Hua explained that the human race’s incense-fire merit had earned him the merit of opening heaven and the beginning of divine sparks, though he felt he had lost something precious.
• Wu sensed a faint divine thought marker that might belong to Great Snow Mountain, so Xiao Hua and his companions attempted to leave through the Teleportation Array.
• The first transmission collapsed after striking something, and Xiao Hua recalled a vision of a thin figure with a sword embryo, a black dog, and a yellow marten, suspecting the figure had been himself before obtaining the Xiaoyu Continent.
• Xiao Hua used nine more dragon crystals to activate the array and departed for Cangxian Continent, leaving the formation cracked and the spatial fissure open.
• After an immense span of time, Di Shitian, Yue Mingxin, Yang Haoya, and Huan Wuxin were forced from the fissure, destroying the array; Di Shitian awakened days later and found herself beside scorching lava and a strange beast.

Di Shitian left Yue Mingxin and the others behind, while the triangular monster disturbed the Time Light Knot before vanishing with its distorted space. In a snowy wilderness, Chunzang continued seeking scriptures on foot with Yuan Tongtian and the East Sea’s Tenth Prince following him, and the dragon horse complained about carrying the scriptures.

• Di Shitian decided not to kill Yue Mingxin, Huan Wuxin, and Yang Haoya yet and departed, leaving them to awaken days later in an unknown continent.
• The triangular monster appeared near the Time Light Knot, disrupted its temporal phantoms, and then disappeared as the knot returned to normal.
• A transmission phantom emerged from the Time Light Knot and followed the triangular monster’s trail into a spatial collapse, after which the distorted space receded.
• Chunzang trudged through deep snow while Yuan Tongtian guarded him and the dragon horse carried heavy cases of scripture books.
• The East Sea’s Tenth Prince complained that Chunzang walked instead of riding him and had loaded the scriptures onto his back instead of using his Dragon Pouch.

Chun Zang and his disciples argued as they traveled through the snow with the Great Ascension Buddhist scriptures. When a disguised Demon Race phantom beast attacked Chun Zang, Zhen Kong killed it, and Chun Zang questioned whether the creature had truly been a demon.

• Zhen Feng argued with Zhen Han and Zhen Kong, and Chun Zang reminded Zhen Feng that protecting the scriptures mattered more than carrying him.
• Chun Zang drank from a stream and spotted a shivering spirit rat on a snowy peak, then tried to rescue it.
• The spirit rat transformed into a huge Demon Race shadow, but Zhen Kong struck it down with his demon staff.
• Zhen Feng and Zhen Han blamed the attack on opposing factions, while Chun Zang rebuked Zhen Kong for killing the creature.
• Zhen Kong explained that a phantom beast had appeared when Chun Zang lowered his head, and told him to ask his other disciples if he doubted it.

Chun Zang rebuked Xuan Kong for killing the spirit mouse, but relented after Zhen Han offered him a peach and allowed Xuan Kong to stay. The chapter recounted how Yuan Tongtian’s unexpected arrival overturned the powers’ plans for Chun Zang’s disciples, leaving Xuan Kong established as eldest senior brother and his origins unknown.

• Chun Zang confronted Xuan Kong over killing the spirit mouse and warned him that another act of violence would end their journey together.
• Zhen Han offered Chun Zang a peach, and Chun Zang softened and let Xuan Kong stay, while Xuan Kong refused to reveal why he had protected Chun Zang for two hundred years.
• Zhen Han reflected on how Yuan Tongtian had unexpectedly taken the eldest disciple position and how the Immortal Palace and Buddhist authorities could not discover his origins.
• The Immortal Palace and Buddhism learned that the Demon Race had not arranged its disciple, while Yuan Tongtian had already joined Chun Zang and disrupted their plans.
• The Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One approved Yuan Tongtian’s place, and Yuan Tongtian, known by his Buddhist name Xuan Kong, remained Chun Zang’s eldest senior brother.

The Immortal Palace and Buddhist sect accepted Ao Feng, who appeared as Dragon Horse Zhen Feng, as the final disciple on Chunzang’s scripture journey. After Chunzang clashed with Zhen Kong over killing demons, Zhen Han and Zhen Feng tried to reconcile them, but Chunzang remained troubled by the truth behind his journey and his own hopes.

• The Buddhist sect yielded a disciple’s place to Dragon Island, and the East Sea Dragon Palace sent Ao Feng to join Chunzang’s party as Dragon Horse Zhen Feng.
• At Thunder Sound Temple, Zhen Han realized that the scriptures could only be carried by dragons with Celestial Dragon bloodline, securing merit for Zhen Feng.
• Zhen Han reflected that Chunzang’s origins were unknown and that rumors claiming his flesh could grant immortality had drawn demons to attack him.
• After Chunzang and Zhen Kong fell out again, Zhen Han offered Chunzang a peach while Zhen Feng defended Zhen Kong and urged Chunzang not to send him away.
• Chunzang’s anger eased as he ate the peach, but he saw no regret in Zhen Kong and wondered whether anyone could understand his hopes.

Chun Zang and his disciples reached the path up Great Snow Mountain after more than ten days of walking through relentless snow. As a vast Buddhist manifestation enveloped the mountain, Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva believed Chun Zang was the reincarnated Buddha Lord and that Little Linglong Temple would awaken him.

• Chun Zang set out again, while Zhen Han made Dragon Horse Zhen Feng carry the peach tree and Zhen Kong urged the group onward.
• After more than ten days in heavy snow, Chun Zang and his disciples reached the faint path leading up Great Snow Mountain.
• Chun Zang chose to climb the mountain on foot despite Dragon Horse Zhen Feng's complaints and the danger to him.
• Thunder and strange vortices filled the sky, then green light and golden radiance transformed into a vast Buddhist kingdom over Great Snow Mountain.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva recognized Chun Zang as the reincarnated Buddha Lord and concluded that Little Linglong Temple would awaken him.

Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva arrived at Little Linglong Temple and disguised himself as an old monk to meet Chun Zang and his disciples. After testing Chun Zang through a conversation about a dry water jar and a relic, he invited Chun Zang to take the first step toward seeing the Buddha.

• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva entered Little Linglong Temple, disguised himself as an old monk, and waited for Chun Zang and his disciples.
• Zhen Kong and the others arrived, and Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva pretended to fear them while Chun Zang offered him shelter.
• Chun Zang swept the courtyard and discovered that the temple's water jar was empty.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva asked how a relic that could not drink or listen should be guided, and Chun Zang answered that it should be taught and transformed.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva invited Chun Zang to take the first step toward glimpsing the Buddha.

Chun Zang entered Little Linglong Temple’s main hall and learned that he was the reincarnated Namo Maitreya, the Future Buddha. As the revelation’s auspicious signs faded, a crack split the Buddha statue, and Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva realized the Buddha position might have changed hands.

• Zhen Kong entered the mysterious hall first, found nothing unusual, and invited Chun Zang inside.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva revealed that Chun Zang was Namo Maitreya, the Future Buddha, and had come to welcome him back to his position.
• Chun Zang recognized the Maitreya statue and smiled, causing Buddha lotuses, heavenly flowers, and celestial maidens to appear.
• When no further sign appeared, Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva inspected the side halls and heard a crack split the Maitreya statue’s head.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva stared at the fissure and exclaimed that the Buddha position had changed hands.

Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Chun Zang reacted to signs that Namo Maitreya’s Buddha position might have changed hands when a powerful Great Demon attacked Little Linglong Temple. Zhen Kong tried to fight the newcomer but was badly wounded, and the chapter ended as the demon revealed that Samantabhadra Bodhisattva had fallen for a trap.

• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva suspected that Chun Zang had taken Namo Maitreya’s Buddha position after the Future Buddha’s golden body cracked.
• A Great Demon broke through the Buddhist light above Great Snow Mountain and attacked Little Linglong Temple, wounding the Six-Tusked White Elephant despite its counterattack.
• Zhen Kong charged at the demon, but its five-colored light shattered his demon staff and severely injured him.
• The Great Demon mocked Zhen Kong’s Fire Ape Dharma Body, bound him with black threads, and revealed that it had spared him because he was a puppet.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva freed Zhen Kong with his jade ruyi and tried to take him away, but the Great Demon laughed and said Samantabhadra had fallen for its trap.

Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva fought a demon that had trapped Chun Zang inside a five-colored shell, then negotiated for the monk’s release. When the demon demanded Zhen Kong in exchange, Chun Zang offered himself instead, and Samantabhadra urged him to remember his vow and duty.

• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva battled the demon’s five-colored shell, but it teleported above Little Linglong Temple and trapped Chun Zang.
• The demon demanded Chun Zang’s flesh for immortality, then agreed to release him in exchange for Zhen Kong, whom it blamed for killing its great-grandson.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva brought Zhen Kong forward and left the choice to Chun Zang.
• Chun Zang offered to go with the demon so Zhen Kong would not die in his place.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva pleaded with Chun Zang to remember his responsibility and vow at Jiangchao Temple in Changsheng Town.

Chun Zang refused to let Zhen Kong die in his place, but a demon seized them both as Myriad Thunders Paying Homage erupted over Great Snow Mountain. The upheaval halted the demon and revealed that Namo Maitreya Buddha's Buddha position had changed hands, ending with a tall figure arriving through the lightning.

• Chun Zang told Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva that he would trade his life for Zhen Kong and urged the others to deliver the scriptures without him.
• The demon seized Zhen Kong and Chun Zang, but Myriad Thunders Paying Homage imprisoned Great Snow Mountain and shattered the demon's halos and clouds.
• Power of faith gathered around the Buddha image, and Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva realized Namo Maitreya Buddha's Buddha position had changed hands.
• A dark green radiance and Buddha-light pillars opened a teleportation passage, but Heaven and Earth Will and lightning collapsed it.
• A Buddha statue golden body appeared within the lightning, and a tall figure emerged behind it, saying the power of faith had enabled the teleportation.

Xiao Hua returned to Great Snow Mountain just as Seeking Scriptures in the Pure Land began, rescued Chun Zang, and confronted the Five-Colored Demon Race. Chun Zang sensed a deep familiarity and safety in Xiao Hua, while Bodhi refused the Buddha fruition and clarified that he was not Maitreya Buddha.

• Xiao Hua confirmed that he had returned to the Great Snow Mountain where Seeking Scriptures in the Pure Land had only just begun, then swept away the strange phenomena surrounding Little Linglong Temple.
• Bodhi blocked the descending Buddha fruition with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva mistook him for Maitreya Buddha before Bodhi corrected him.
• Xiao Hua recognized that Chun Zang had missed his chance to obtain the Baye Linglong Scripture and decided he could still restore it so Chun Zang could attain fruition.
• The Five-Colored Demon Race threatened Xiao Hua and refused to release the fire ape, but Xiao Hua confined the demon and freed Chun Zang from its binding light threads.
• Xiao Hua asked Chun Zang to stay beside him, and Chun Zang felt an inexplicable familiarity and warmth upon seeing Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua arrived at Great Snow Mountain, rescued Yuan Tongtian, and summoned Tun Tian to protect Chun Zang by fighting the Five-Colored Demon Race. He lent Yuan Tongtian the As-You-Wish Staff, and together Yuan Tongtian and Tun Tian broke through the demon’s defenses and began crushing its shell.

• Xiao Hua reassured Chun Zang, seized the five-colored halo restraining Yuan Tongtian, and healed Yuan Tongtian with a pill.
• Xiao Hua summoned Tun Tian with the Kunlun Mirror, and Tun Tian recognized Chun Zang as his Buddha Lord and agreed to protect him.
• Xiao Hua released the Five-Colored Demon Race and challenged it to defeat his juniors if it wanted to escape.
• Tun Tian fought the demon but struggled against its sturdy shell and mysterious halo, so Xiao Hua lent Yuan Tongtian the As-You-Wish Staff.
• Yuan Tongtian and Tun Tian attacked together, shattered the demon’s halo, cracked its shell, and struck its exposed flesh with bone spurs and lightning.

Xiao Hua killed the five-colored shellfish demon and promised Yuan Tongtian he could have the As-You-Wish Staff after Seeking Scriptures in the Pure Land ended. Heaven Swallowing offered to become Chun Zang’s disciple and escort him, while Buddha Bodhi approached Chun Zang to settle their karma.

• Xiao Hua restrained the shellfish demon, then Heaven Swallowing killed it with the Heaven-Swallowing Nine-toothed Rake.
• Xiao Hua gave Yuan Tongtian a ball of five-colored light and agreed to keep the As-You-Wish Staff for him until he returned from Thunder Sound Temple.
• Yuan Tongtian told Xiao Hua that two hundred and eighteen years had passed since Chun Zang left Changsheng Town and that they had already obtained the Great Ascension Buddhist scriptures.
• Xiao Hua invited Heaven Swallowing to protect Chun Zang, and Heaven Swallowing bowed to Chun Zang and offered to become his disciple.
• Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva deferred the decision to Buddha Bodhi, who began walking toward Chun Zang to settle his karma.

Chun Zang refused Buddha Bodhi’s attempt to return his past-life merit and Buddhist fruition, choosing to continue spreading the scriptures instead. Xiao Hua intervened to stop the descending Buddhist light, but Chun Zang reaffirmed his choice and said he had no regrets.

• Buddha Bodhi tried to return Chun Zang’s past-life merit and Buddhist fruition, but Chun Zang rejected them and said he would spread the Dharma through the scriptures.
• Dragon Horse Zhen Feng and Zhen Han complained that Chun Zang had refused the fruition they had expected him to accept.
• Xiao Hua summoned the power of the stars and moon and used his enormous Dharma Body to hold back the Buddhist light descending toward Buddha Bodhi.
• Xiao Hua urged Chun Zang to accept fruition without worrying about the Immortal Palace, Thunder Sound Temple, or the scripture journey.
• Chun Zang told Xiao Hua that he sincerely wanted to finish Seeking Scriptures in the Pure Land and had made his decision with no regrets.

Xiao Hua allowed Buddha Bodhi to attain the fruition of Maitreya Buddha, while Chunzang accepted the outcome without regret. After Maitreya Buddha departed, Tuntian became Chunzang’s disciple, and Xiao Hua sent them onward toward their Pure Land scripture-seeking journey.

• Chunzang refused to challenge Buddha Bodhi for the chance to become Maitreya Buddha, and Xiao Hua stopped blocking the Buddhist light.
• Buddha Bodhi overcame the strange devilish tribulation, attained Buddha fruition as Maitreya Buddha World Honored One, and concealed his original appearance.
• Maitreya Buddha blessed Chunzang and departed for Thunder Sound Temple with Namo Great Practice Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
• Tuntian asked whether he could still take a master, and Xiao Hua pointed out that neither Bodhisattva nor Maitreya Buddha had forbidden it.
• Tuntian bowed to Chunzang as his master, and Xiao Hua explained that Tuntian sought to atone for past deeds by helping Chunzang seek scriptures.