Recaps

Xiao Hua and his allies faced overlapping ascension trials as demonic forces threatened them, and the group entered their respective realms. Xiao Hua reached the Immortal Realm after surviving an attack at the closing gate, while later chapters reflected on the novel, its cultivation systems, and the women in his life.

• Xiao Hua and his allies completed the Nine Provinces Great Formation as Maitreya Buddha World Honored One’s Buddhist light spread toward Yilin Continent and a golden swastika formed above Thunder Sound Temple.
• Ascension signs appeared across the realms, so Xiao Hua’s avatars separated for their trials while Xiao Hua and Thunderclap True Person flew toward the West Sea.
• Xiao Hua and Thunderclap True Person endured successive Immortal Realm lightning trials, learning that the lightning forged immortal spirit qi as they fought primal spirits and other attacks.
• Feng Wu, Huang Tong, Ao Jia, True Person Da, Wenqu, and the Lord of Shangqing Palace faced their own trials, while Maitreya Buddha World Honored One resisted the Pure Land’s tribulation.
• Extraterrestrial demons invaded the tribulation sites and killed the Lord of Shangqing Palace, but Demon Venerable Slayer trapped and devoured the attackers as Maitreya Buddha World Honored One’s Buddha heart drove the rest away.
• The ascenders entered their respective realms, while Xiao Hua delayed his own ascent to secure the Kunlun Mirror and Haotian Mirror and open a passage to the Myriad Monster Realm for the Dao cultivators.
• Nine-colored lightning struck Xiao Hua as he entered the Immortal Realm, but a silver figure resembling Xu Zhi dispelled it before the realm barrier knocked Xiao Hua unconscious.
• At the closing Immortal Realm Gate, Xiao Hua’s scattered infants struck down a disguised attacker, while later chapters examined the novel’s cultivation systems, storytelling, and Xiao Hua’s relationships.