Chapter Summaries

Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One told Xiao Hua that an unknown visitor from the Sacred Light Realm had altered cause and effect in the Three Great Continents. He and Maitreya Buddha World Honored One had arranged for Maitreya to act as bait, while Xiao Hua learned why Maitreya had left Thunder Sound Temple.

• Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One listed those whose cause and effect he could not see clearly and explained that an unseen force had emerged after Ancestor Hongmeng appeared.
• Xiao Hua admitted that Chun Zang, Yuan Tongtian, Six-Eared Macaque, Bodhi, and the Creation Sect disciples were connected to him, but Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One said Xiao Hua could not alter Buddhist cause and effect.
• Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One identified the cause-and-effect-changing visitor as someone from the Sacred Light Realm, a faith-based upper realm and enemy of the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One suspected an angel had infiltrated Thunder Sound Temple through Buddhist passages and revealed that Maitreya Buddha World Honored One was being used as bait.
• Maitreya Buddha World Honored One explained that he had agreed to leave Thunder Sound Temple to help test the suspicion and to go out and preach.

Xiao Hua confronted the Buddha Lords about the Other Shore, the Sacred Light Realm, and the coming World-Ending Mayflies, then explained the danger they posed. Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One began to connect Jiang Liuer and Ananda’s westward journey to Mount Sumeru and the structure of the Buddha Kingdom.

• Rāgaratna Tathagata and Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One explained that the Other Shore was a sacred artifact of the Sacred Light Realm, and Xiao Hua revealed that he possessed it.
• Thunder Sound Temple’s Buddha light and killing aura surrounded Xiao Hua, but Maitreya Buddha World Honored One’s intervention led Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One to stand down and trust Maitreya’s judgment.
• Xiao Hua asked about the Four Great Continents and the immortal formation, then revealed that World-Ending Mayflies threatened the Three Great Continents and explained their origins and the division of the continents.
• Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One said he had begun to understand why Chunzang and Ananda insisted on traveling west, and Xiao Hua asked what they sought.
• Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One brought up Mount Sumeru, and Maitreya Buddha World Honored One explained the Buddha Kingdom’s worlds, Mount Sumeru, and the Buddha roots needed to form a transformed realm.

Xiao Hua learned that Jiang Liuer might be Shakyamuni Buddha and confronted the Buddhist leaders about threats to his junior, while warning that the World-Ending Mayflies endangered the realm. Leaving Thunder Sound Temple without a way to stop the disaster, Xiao Hua faced his growing despair and realized his ascension was imminent, entangled with the world-ending tribulation.

• Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One identified the realm as a Buddhist Kingdom with Four Great Continents and Mount Sumeru, and suggested Jiang Liuer might be Shakyamuni Buddha.
• Xiao Hua warned Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One and Rāgaratna Tathagata not to interfere with Jiang Liuer, then questioned whether he could be an angel of the Sacred Light Realm.
• Xiao Hua reminded the Buddha Lords that the World-Ending Mayflies threatened all life and urged them to find a way to break the immortal array.
• After leaving Thunder Sound Temple with Maitreya Buddha World Honored One, Xiao Hua admitted he had no clear path to find a way to break the array, and they vowed to fight to the last moment.
• Xiao Hua stood lost on Great Snow Mountain until Princess Zixia comforted him and promised to stay with him even if the world ended.
• Xiao Hua realized his ascension was near and that his ascension tribulation had become entangled with the world-ending tribulation, leaving him guilty that he could not remain with Princess Zixia.

Xiao Hua recovered his resolve while traveling with Princess Zixia and collected millions of incomplete souls from the seas. After deciding to strike the World-Ending Mayflies before they could grow into a greater threat, he watched Princess Zixia summon an Immortal Palace Inspector.

• Princess Zixia comforted Xiao Hua as they shared peaches and spirit wine during their journey.
• Xiao Hua regained his strength and decided to visit Cangxian Continent after the Nine Provinces Great Formation was established.
• Xiao Hua crossed the seas and gathered over a hundred million incomplete souls of victims killed by the World-Ending Strange Insects.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia discussed how the mayflies were spreading and agreed to attack them while their numbers remained limited.
• Princess Zixia sent a phoenix hairpin flying, and an Immortal Palace Inspector descended before Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia set the Three Great Continents’ forces in motion against the World-Ending Mayflies and travel toward Xiao Kingdom. As they encounter a Mayfly assault on the Duanmu Family, they recognize its patriarch, Duanmu Tianzhi.

• Princess Zixia relayed Xiao Hua’s decree to begin fighting the World-Ending Mayflies in each alliance’s defensive region, and Zhang Hao departed to inform the Immortal Emperor.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia headed toward Gun Province to check on the people of Xiao Kingdom, with Princess Zixia guiding him because he could not find directions.
• The Immortal Emperor issued a decree announcing the Mayfly disaster across Cangxian Continent, and Princess Zixia warned Xiao Hua that the Creation Sect might face hostility after the war.
• Xiao Hua promised to protect the Creation Sect’s disciples and then sensed a mass assault by World-Ending Mayflies ahead.
• Princess Zixia identified the attacked group as the Duanmu Family and confirmed that its patriarch was Duanmu Tianzhi, formerly named Duanmu Tianjiao.

Xiao Hua learned about the Duanmu Family’s standing before rushing to aid its forces, which were being overwhelmed by World-Ending Mayflies. Duanmu Tianzhi and Duanmu Jishi were killed by a far stronger mayfly, and Xiao Hua and his allies joined the battle as the insects began regenerating.

• Princess Zixia explained how Quasi-Saint and Virtual Saint Literary Stars differed from true Literary Stars, and Xiao Hua questioned the shortcuts used to attain them.
• Xiao Hua sensed Duanmu Tianzhi was in danger, sent Princess Zixia into Shenhua Continent, and teleported toward the besieged valley.
• Duanmu Jishi used the Candle Dragon God Demon Puppet to defeat a thousand-zhang mayfly, but a much larger mayfly appeared and killed him and Duanmu Tianzhi.
• Xiao Hua arrived, summoned Thunderclap True Person, True Person, and Creation Sect disciples, and attacked the mayflies surrounding the Duanmu Family forces.
• Thunderclap True Person destroyed a several-thousand-zhang mayfly with a medicinal pill and used his sword gourd to kill smaller insects, but their corpses regenerated and grew new skulls.

Xiao Hua and his allies helped the Duanmu Family survive a devastating Mayfly attack, then he told his Creation Sect disciples they could choose whether to join future battles. He and Princess Zixia realized the Strange Insect Kings might be far more common and dangerous than they had expected, leaving the Three Great Continents facing a worsening crisis.

• Thunderclap True Person and the True Person discovered that the Mayflies could only be destroyed by bursting them apart with true qi, while Xiao Hua found their slain bodies yielded no souls.
• Xiao Hua and the Creation Sect disciples fought the Mayflies for more than ten days, but half the Duanmu Family disciples and twenty percent of the Creation Sect forces perished.
• Duanmu Qingyu and Duanmu Liangsheng thanked Xiao Hua for saving their family, and Xiao Hua accepted the Candle Dragon God Demon Puppet before leading his forces away.
• Xiao Hua told the Creation Sect disciples about the danger and gave them the choice to fight future battles or remain on Shenhua Continent; he then collected them into the Kunlun Immortal Realm.
• Princess Zixia urged Xiao Hua to consider the Duanmu Family's hidden strength, while Xiao Hua warned that Strange Insect Kings might be common and nearly impossible to defeat without his pills.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia considered why ordinary people seemed to suffer fewer reported Mayfly attacks, and Xiao Hua realized their deaths might simply go unnoticed.

Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia discussed the hidden foundations of the Four Great Families and Xiao Hua’s wish to protect ordinary people, then traveled toward Xiao Kingdom while he shared fragments of his childhood memories. When they reached Xiao Kingdom, Thunderclap True Person went to confront the woman pursuing him, while Princess Qingqing took command of the defense against the World-Ending Mayflies.

• Princess Zixia explained that the Four Great Families’ true foundations were unknown and that their apparent strongholds were only decoys.
• Xiao Hua told Princess Zixia he wanted ordinary people to live happily without needing to know his name, and revealed that a soul search had left his childhood memories fragmented.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia set out in the Heavenly Steed Flying Carriage, and Xiao Hua gathered wandering souls while recounting his memories.
• As World-Ending Mayflies attacked Xiao Kingdom, Xiao Hua summoned Thunderclap True Person, who flew off to deal with the woman pursuing him despite Xiao Hua’s warning not to kill her.
• Princess Qingqing appeared with Yu Xiajing and organized the Creation Sect disciples into layered formations that restored order and blocked the mayflies.

Thunderclap True Person rescued Princess Qingqing from a Mayfly attack and, after she begged him to kill her, realized that her death would make his heart ache. Princess Qingqing confessed her love and asked to stay with him, while Princess Zixia agreed to respect his choice but warned Qingqing against plotting against the Creation Sect.

• A Mayfly attacked Princess Qingqing, but Thunderclap True Person struck it with thunder and pulled her to safety.
• Princess Qingqing told Thunderclap True Person she had lost her place in the Immortal Palace and begged him to accept her; he repeatedly struck her away and eventually grabbed her by the neck.
• When Princess Qingqing's blood and tears reached Thunderclap True Person, he stopped choking her and admitted that killing her would make his heart ache.
• Xiao Hua arrived with Princess Zixia and congratulated Thunderclap True Person on beginning to understand love.
• Princess Qingqing told Princess Zixia that her love for Thunderclap True Person was sincere and asked to stay with him; Princess Zixia agreed to respect his choice but warned her not to threaten the Creation Sect.

Xiao Hua defended Xiao Kingdom from the World-Ending Mayflies, arranged for most of its people to shelter in the Kunlun Immortal Realm, and prepared to meet Ancestor Hongmeng over a supposed way to reach the Myriad Monster Realm. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua heading toward the East Sea as urgent reports from the West Sea reached the Dragon Palace.

• Thunderclap True Person agreed to take Princess Qingqing with him to fight the Mayflies in the West Sea, while Princess Zixia used the Profound Origin Water Control Banner to protect part of Xiao Kingdom.
• Xiao Hua tested Little Gold, the Ice Worm King, Little Lei, and Little Silver against the Mayflies, but none could annihilate them; Xiao Hua and Thunderclap True Person then helped the Creation Sect disciples defeat the swarm.
• Qingqing advised Xiao Hua to address the people of Xiao Kingdom himself, and Xiao Hua showed them a projection of the Kunlun Immortal Realm and urged them to evacuate there.
• Lan Dianzi delivered a jade slip from True Lord Qingxu containing Ancestor Hongmeng's invitation and claims about a passage to the Myriad Monster Realm; Xiao Hua suspected a trap but decided to investigate and use the meeting to test Lan Dianzi.
• Thunderclap True Person collected about eighty percent of Xiao Kingdom's people in the Kunlun Mirror, and Xiao Hua ordered Fu Zhiwen to prepare to catch the remaining plotters.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia traveled toward the East Sea, while repeated urgent messages from the West Sea arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Ao Xi received reports of Jiang Hong’s actions in the West Sea and accused Xiao Hua of plotting to seize power, but Xiao Hua visited the East Sea Dragon Palace to explain the World-Ending Mayflies’ origins and their slim chance of survival. He then traveled to the West Sea, where he rebuked Jiang Hong’s harsh methods while acknowledging her efforts against the insects.

• Ao Xi read reports that Jiang Hong had executed Jing Qing and Ao Xuan, killed the Sage River Dragon race, and taken control of West Sea patrols, and he blamed Xiao Hua for the upheaval.
• Ao Xi arranged a welcome for Xiao Hua, who said he only needed the East Sea Dragon Palace’s teleportation array and then explained the World-Ending Mayflies, the hidden immortal formation, and the Three Great Continents’ ten-percent chance of victory.
• Ao Xi gave Xiao Hua reports about the West Sea, but Xiao Hua declined to intervene in the Dragon Palaces’ disputes and instead emphasized that everyone should focus on fighting the mayflies.
• Xiao Hua reached the West Sea Dragon Palace and left without discussing Jiang Hong’s actions in front of the assembled dragons.
• Princess Zixia gave Jiang Hong the Coral Beads and urged her to act less recklessly, and Xiao Hua praised Jiang Hong while warning her against unnecessary killing.

Xiao Hua reunited with Little White Dragon, learned that he had recovered his memories and knew of a one-way route from the Myriad Monster Realm to Xiaoyu Continent, and worried that the World-Ending Mayflies might follow it. At the Yuanxi Reef Plain, Xiao Hua welcomed the Creation Sect disciples, revealed the Mayflies’ origins, and learned that they were prepared to fight for the Three Great Continents and the Creation Sect.

• Jiang Hong told Xiao Hua that Little White Dragon had returned and passed him jade slips, and Xiao Hua instructed her to support Ao Zhan’s rise among the Long Clan.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia reached the Yuanxi Reef Plain, where Ao Xiu, Kun Juan, and another sea race woman mistook Xiao Hua for Little White Dragon before Little White Dragon appeared.
• Little White Dragon told Xiao Hua that the Multicolored Sea God Conch had removed his restriction and that his recovered memories revealed a one-way spatial route from the Myriad Monster Realm to Xiaoyu Continent.
• Xiao Hua and Princess Zixia worried that the route might let the World-Ending Mayflies reach the Myriad Monster Realm, then continued to the Yuanxi Reef Plain.
• Xiao Hua installed the King of Fortune in the Creation Dao Palace and met the relocated Creation Sect disciples, who affirmed their loyalty and readiness to fight the Mayflies.
• Xiao Hua explained the Mayflies’ origins and the danger facing the Three Great Continents, and Liu Yi told him that even disciples raised in the Kunlun Immortal Realm were willing to fight for the Creation Sect.

Xiao Hua rewarded Creation Sect disciples and prepared to meet Ancestor Hongmeng, while Immortal Emperor Gouchen organized the Nine Provinces Great Formation against the World-Ending Mayflies. Xiao Hua met Hongmeng in the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons and learned that the Dragon Saint would help locate the hidden passage only if another Demon Race member joined them.

• Xiao Hua created Creation Immortal Crystals as battle rewards for Creation Sect disciples and ordered Liu Yi to invite Ancestor Hongmeng to Yuanxi Reef Plain.
• Xiao Hua and Tianren discussed preparing for Hongmeng's possible schemes, and Tianren revealed that the Myriad Annihilation Heaven Dou lacked its outer shell.
• Immortal Emperor Gouchen and Kong Qing prepared the Confucian cultivators to activate the Nine Provinces Great Formation across Cangxian Continent.
• Ancestor Hongmeng invited Xiao Hua alone to the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons, and Xiao Hua traveled there through the West Sea Dragon Palace.
• Hongmeng said he had found traces of a hidden passage to the Myriad Monster Realm with the Dragon Saint's help, but the Dragon Saint demanded that another Demon Race member join them.

Xiao Hua questioned Ancestor Hongmeng about the spatial passage and agreed to search for it, while remaining wary of Hongmeng’s motives and refusing to help him plan to kill the two demon Great Sages. The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon and the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider arrived at the storm-lashed mountain, where the Dragon Saint greeted Xiao Hua directly.

• Xiao Hua deduced that Ancestor Hongmeng had invited him only after seeking the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon and learning the spatial passage required the Dragon Saint’s help.
• Ancestor Hongmeng explained that the passage might offer an escape from the Three Great Continents and admitted he wanted to save Chengtian Hall’s disciples.
• Xiao Hua examined Hongmeng’s complete jade slip, then rejected Hongmeng’s plan to ambush and kill the two demon Great Sages.
• Xiao Hua and Ancestor Hongmeng waited in silence as days of torrential rain caused floods and landslides around the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon arrived with the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider, cleared the storm with his power, and greeted Xiao Hua while ignoring Ancestor Hongmeng’s courtesy.

Xiao Hua joined Ancestor Hongmeng and the two Demon Race Great Sages to investigate a suspected Void Passage in the Pingyi Demon Realm. After the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider opened a route through the shifting spatial restrictions, the group entered a strange nexus where their divine senses were severely limited.

• Xiao Hua greeted the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider and asked whether it knew how to defeat the World-Ending Mayflies, but the Spider Saint admitted it had no method.
• Ancestor Hongmeng led Xiao Hua, the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon, and the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider to the Pingyi Demon Realm, where they found a pool above a dangerous nexus of spatial fissures.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon opened the entrance to the Void Passage, and Ancestor Hongmeng, Xiao Hua, and the two Great Sages entered despite the passage having changed since Hongmeng's earlier visit.
• The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider sensed the shifting space with its tentacles, broke through an innate restriction, and led the group into a concealed spatial nexus.
• Xiao Hua found that his divine sense could extend only a short distance inside the nexus, while the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider pointed out a weak transmission passage and warned that its destination was unknown.

Xiao Hua, Ancestor Hongmeng, and the two Demon Race Great Sages searched a spatial hub for a passage to the Myriad Monster Realm. The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider found a likely route through a devil-qi-filled rift, and the group followed it into a passage that split into several forks.

• The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider failed to identify a route until the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon lent him a blood-colored dragon crystal, which he used to probe the spatial rifts with spider silk.
• The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider announced he had found the passage to the Myriad Monster Realm and led the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon toward a rift filled with devil qi.
• Xiao Hua entered the rift first, while Ancestor Hongmeng followed only after confirming the Demon Race Great Sages had moved ahead without ambushing Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua and Ancestor Hongmeng pursued the two Great Sages through a winding passage as devil qi devoured their divine sense and Ancestor Hongmeng questioned whether to continue.
• The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider reached several forks and charged into one of them without explanation.

Xiao Hua followed Ancestor Hongmeng, the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon, and the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider through a passage that led to the Myriad Monster Realm, only to be lured into an ambush. After fighting off their attacks, he accused the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon of involvement in Biqingyu’s tragedy, but the Dragon denied it.

• Xiao Hua and Ancestor Hongmeng followed the two Demon Race Great Sages through devilish passages and discovered that the route led to the Myriad Monster Realm rather than the Devil Realm.
• The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider opened a gateway through a spatial barrier, and Ancestor Hongmeng entered first, followed by Xiao Hua.
• Ancestor Hongmeng pretended to warn Xiao Hua of an ambush, then attacked him from behind while the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon struck from the front.
• Xiao Hua’s phantom evaded Ancestor Hongmeng’s attack, and his counterstrike injured Ancestor Hongmeng before Xiao Hua’s fist clashed with the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon’s claw.
• The Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider blocked the gateway with webs and tentacles as the passage closed, trapping Xiao Hua in the realm-edge space with his attackers.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon and Ancestor Hongmeng explained their plot to kill Xiao Hua, and Xiao Hua accused the Dragon of masterminding the tragedy of Biqingyu, which he denied.

Xiao Hua confronted the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon, Ancestor Hongmeng, and the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider with his theory that they had joined forces to kill him for power and territory. Ancestor Hongmeng admitted their alliance, and Xiao Hua ended by suggesting that his Innate Dao Body might be an even greater prize for Spider Saint than Xiao Hua’s Nascent Soul.

• Xiao Hua recounted why he suspected Dragon Saint of coveting True Person’s dragon body and noted that Peng Saint had also suspected him.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon blamed Ao Yi for arranging the attack on Ao Sheng, while Xiao Hua said Ao Jia had warned him to beware of Dragon Saint.
• Xiao Hua accused Dragon Saint of seeking control of the West Sea Dragon Palace and conspiring with Ancestor Hongmeng to eliminate him; Ancestor Hongmeng admitted their plan and described their intended gains.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon said Spider Saint wanted Xiao Hua’s Great Vehicle Nascent Soul, and Ancestor Hongmeng revealed that he possessed an Innate Dao Body.
• Xiao Hua suggested that Ancestor Hongmeng’s Innate Dao Body could be an even better meal for Spider Saint.

Xiao Hua revealed that he had seen through the three enemies’ ambush and explained how he detected the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider’s spatial maze. Ancestor Hongmeng’s trap cut Xiao Hua off from the Kunlun Immortal Realm, but Xiao Hua remained confident as the three enemies prepared to attack.

• Ancestor Hongmeng revealed that the strange space blocked Xiao Hua from sensing the Kunlun Immortal Realm, though Xiao Hua found he could still use spells and artifacts.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon asked how Xiao Hua had anticipated the ambush, and Xiao Hua said he had suspected a conspiracy after the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider entered the spatial passage.
• Xiao Hua explained that he had detected the Spider Saint’s hidden silk aura and recognized that the passage did not lead to the Myriad Monster Realm.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon threatened to have the Spider Saint devour Xiao Hua’s Nascent Soul and soul, while Xiao Hua declared that none of the three could defeat him.

Xiao Hua revealed that Demon Venerable Slayer and Wu Daoist, two powerful Creation Sect masters, had accompanied him into the space where Ancestor Hongmeng planned to ambush him. As Xiao Hua sealed Ancestor Hongmeng away, Demon Venerable Slayer broke through the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon’s barrier and attacked him.

• Xiao Hua summoned Demon Venerable Slayer and revealed that he was the Ninth Master of the Creation Sect, shocking Ancestor Hongmeng, the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon, and the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider.
• Xiao Hua summoned Wu Daoist, who identified himself as the Sixth Master of the Creation Sect and confronted the Netherworld Demon Dragon Spider.
• Xiao Hua sealed Ancestor Hongmeng inside a thunderous hand, while Demon Venerable Slayer faced the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon.
• The Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon trapped Demon Venerable Slayer in a barrier and shattered it with dragon qi and devil qi.
• Demon Venerable Slayer broke free, charged at the Black Armored Five-Horned Dragon, and drew the dragon’s devil qi into his own body.