Chapter Summaries

Lianshan Xin won Chen Jichuan’s allegiance by promising him protection and authority to declare war on Taotie, Divine Dragon Island, and the Dragon Clan in Spirit Mountain’s name. He then approached Xie Tianxia, declared her Samantabhadra’s reincarnation, and began gathering Spirit Mountain’s former bodhisattvas.

• Lianshan Xin persuaded Maitreya that he could help him inherit Spirit Mountain, though Maitreya warned that its hidden reserves made it difficult to seize.
• Chen Jichuan told Lianshan Xin that Shakyamuni had sent him to stay safe from the Dao Court Ancestor, then pledged himself to Lianshan Xin after learning his Dao Embryo incarnation was held by a Dao Integration expert.
• Lianshan Xin authorized Chen Jichuan to represent Spirit Mountain in declaring war on Taotie, Divine Dragon Island, and the Dragon Clan, and gave him a Buddhist Edict.
• Chen Jichuan told Chen Zishi that he would support whichever side prevailed and resolved to act as Spirit Mountain’s vanguard against the Dragon Palace.
• Lianshan Xin visited Xie Tianxia in a dream, identified her as Samantabhadra’s reincarnation, and proposed assembling the Five Great Bodhisattvas and the Eight Ministries Heavenly Dragons.

Xie Tianxia accepted that refining the Buddha Embryo had drawn her into a conflict with Spirit Mountain and agreed to help Lianshan Xin establish a Lesser Thunderclap Monastery on Divine Dragon Island. Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui reached the Dharma Form Realm, while the Sisters' Mutual Aid Society's president revealed her plan to use the Heaven-Seizing Fist on Qilin.

• Lianshan Xin explained that Spirit Mountain would see Xie Tianxia as a threat after she refined the Buddha Embryo, and Xie Tianxia decided she had to choose a side.
• Lianshan Xin proposed building a Lesser Thunderclap Monastery on Divine Dragon Island, recruiting the Five Great Bodhisattvas, and using Taotie as a sacrifice; Xie Tianxia agreed to help subdue him.
• Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui completed their Dharma Forms and entered the Dharma Form Realm, and the Unborn Venerable Mother advised them about their cultivation paths.
• The Unborn Venerable Mother sent Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui back to Divine Dragon Island, where Piao Zhenghuan brought Qi Shiyun to meet the Sisters' Mutual Aid Society's president.
• The Society President told Piao Zhenghuan that she intended to use the Heaven-Seizing Fist on Qilin to seize half of his cultivation and free the sisters from oppression.

Qi Shiyun learned the Sisters' Mutual Aid Society president's Heaven-Seizing Fist while agreeing to help her target Xie Ciyuan, who was Qilin's karmic tribulation reincarnation. After gaining initial mastery, Qi Shiyun told Lianshan Xin to try using the technique in reverse against the president so he could raise his cultivation.

• Piao Zhenghuan warned the Society President that using the Heaven-Seizing Fist again could worsen the backlash she had suffered from the Divine Dragon Island Master.
• The Society President invited Qi Shiyun into the Sisters' Mutual Aid Society and offered to teach her the Heaven-Seizing Fist, explaining its risks and its need for a suitable target.
• The Society President confirmed that Xie Ciyuan was Qilin's karmic tribulation reincarnation and proposed that Qi Shiyun use him to seize half of Qilin's cultivation, but Qi Shiyun urged the Society President to do it herself.
• Qi Shiyun agreed to help the Society President act under her identity in exchange for heavenly treasures, then learned the Heaven-Seizing Fist overnight.
• Qi Shiyun told Lianshan Xin about the technique and proposed that he reverse-cultivate it on the Society President, and he agreed to try.

Lianshan Xin mastered the basics of the Heaven-Seizing Fist and joined Qi Shiyun's plan to use Yang Society President to advance his cultivation. When Taotie's Incarnation attacked him at the Chen Family estate, Lianshan Xin killed it with the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and Dragon Subduers Immortal Art, leaving Chen Jichuan convinced he had witnessed a Bodhisattva's divine power.

• Lianshan Xin mastered the basics of the Heaven-Seizing Fist in half an hour, surprising Qi Shiyun and Maitreya.
• Qi Shiyun warned Lianshan Xin that Yang Society President's Heaven-Seizing Scripture might drain hidden cultivation, and they planned to keep him disguised as Xie Ciyuan while pretending to pursue her.
• Taotie told Deputy Island Master Yang to manipulate Chen Jichuan into turning the Dao Court against itself and allowed Yang's second sister to scheme for Qilin's cultivation.
• Taotie sent an Incarnation to the Chen Family estate to eat, where it insulted Lianshan Xin and provoked him into attacking.
• Lianshan Xin killed Taotie's Incarnation with the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and Dragon Subduers Immortal Art, and Chen Jichuan praised him as a Bodhisattva.

After Lianshan Xin killed Taotie’s incarnation, Chen Jichuan reassured him that Taotie would not attack Divine Dragon Island’s deputy, while Taotie summoned Chen and demanded he arrange a match between Xie Ciyuan and Gong Yuyi. Taotie then had Yang Society President use the Heaven-Seizing Fist to investigate Xie Ciyuan’s past life, and the karmic backlash revealed that Qilin had been appointed the Dragon Palace’s successor.

• Lianshan Xin told Chen Jichuan that Taotie’s incarnation had been unable to resist his Golden Lotus Grown in a Sea of Fire, and Chen explained the tacit arrangement that kept Taotie from attacking his family directly.
• Lianshan Xin told Chen Jichuan to stop concealing his identity as Xie Ciyuan and said he had already arranged his plans, including having half of Divine Dragon Island on his side.
• Taotie summoned Chen Jichuan and offered to help recover his stolen Dao Embryo incarnation if Chen arranged a match between Xie Ciyuan and Gong Yuyi.
• Taotie told Yang Society President to investigate Xie Ciyuan’s past life with the Heaven-Seizing Fist, and she suffered karmic backlash while hearing fragments identifying him as a dragon descendant and successor.
• Taotie concluded that Qilin had been appointed the Dragon Palace’s successor and vowed that he deserved to die.

Yang Society President and Taotie uncovered clues to Xie Ciyuan’s identity and plotted to seize his cultivation, while the Heavenly Queen revealed herself to Yang Zhenhai and began restoring his power. Lianshan Xin confirmed that Yang Society President had correctly traced his extraordinary past life and realized she could not be allowed to live.

• Yang Society President identified Xie Ciyuan as Qilin and interpreted the sun as his ambition to become the Dragon Clan’s center, while Taotie ordered Yang Zhenhai to ensure Xie Ciyuan married the Dingyuan Marquis’s daughter.
• Yang Society President told Yang Zhenhai she planned to take half of Qilin’s cultivation and asked him to keep Taotie occupied; she also admitted she had been deceived by a mysterious expert.
• The Heavenly Queen emerged from her disguise as Dingyuan Marquis Gong Wensheng, revealed her Taotie Dharma Form to Yang Zhenhai, and claimed him as an heir to the Empress’s cause.
• The Heavenly Queen and Jiang Ping'an swallowed Yang Zhenhai into the Taotie Dharma Form so Jiang Ping'an could help restore him to the Celestial Phenomena Realm.
• Maitreya told Lianshan Xin that Yang Society President had traced his previous life, and Lianshan Xin confirmed he had been Maodu, a glorious dragon descendant and successor.
• Lianshan Xin concluded that Yang Society President knew too much and said he could not let her live.

Lianshan Xin learned that the Dragon Subjugation Lineage’s Old Ancestor, Mao Fulong, had been a feared Dao Lord known as the Supreme True Demon. He left the chapter facing the prospect that the Old Ancestor’s enemies and their descendants would target the lineage after the Spiritual Energy Revival, prompting him to consider advancing to the Dharma Form Realm.

• Lianshan Xin and Maitreya speculated that Maodu might have created the Dragon Subduers Immortal Art and could be the Dragon Subjugation Lineage’s Old Ancestor.
• Qi Shiyun could not remember the Old Ancestor’s name, while Xie Tianxia identified him as Mao Fulong and dismissed Lianshan Xin’s claim that he might be Maodu.
• He Miaojun recalled that Mao Fulong had also been called the Supreme True Demon and had tried to make dragons like ordinary people, earning the enmity of the entire world.
• He Miaojun explained that Mao Fulong’s enemies might return after the Spiritual Energy Revival and seek revenge on the Dragon Subjugation Lineage.
• Lianshan Xin decided he needed to advance to the Dharma Form Realm and began considering what Dharma Form to condense.

Lianshan Xin asked He Miaojun what Dharma Form to condense, and she urged him to choose one that could support his ambitions rather than imitate Shakyamuni Buddha. Her advice led him to consider creating a world of his own, and he decided on a path for his Dharma Form.

• He Miaojun warned Lianshan Xin that the great sun Dharma Form would lead toward the Great Sun Tathagata, and she urged him to choose a goal beyond becoming another Shakyamuni Buddha.
• Lianshan Xin suppressed Maitreya in the little black box after Maitreya objected to He Miaojun's remarks about Shakyamuni.
• He Miaojun explained that Dharma Forms shaped future Dao lineages and said Thousand Faces had condensed the legendary all beings form, though he had failed to develop its potential.
• Lianshan Xin told He Miaojun that his strongest techniques were Dragon Subduers Immortal Art and Golden Lotus Grown in a Sea of Fire, and she advised him to combine their qualities with his spatial ability.
• He Miaojun urged Lianshan Xin to lay the foundation for creating his own world while still in the Dharma Form Realm, and he decided which Dharma Form to pursue.

Lianshan Xin explored the connection between Heaven-Seizing Fist and time, then combined it with Netherworld Ghostfire and discovered it was an incomplete Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist. Maitreya identified the technique as the Lord of the Netherworld’s signature fist, leaving Lianshan Xin wondering whether he might be that ancient deity.

• Lianshan Xin discussed time and Heaven-Seizing Fist with He Miaojun, who warned him that those who toyed with time would be toyed with in turn.
• Thousand Faces warned Lianshan Xin not to condense the all beings form because Jiang Ping'an stood above it, while Maitreya explained that Shakyamuni’s perfected self form surpassed the other Buddhist forms.
• Jiang Ping'an revealed that he had condensed the all beings form, planned to perfect it, and asked the Heavenly Queen for three days to win half of Divine Dragon Island’s people to her side.
• Lianshan Xin learned that Yang Society President wanted him engaged in two days and began cultivating Heaven-Seizing Fist, which he found paired perfectly with Netherworld Ghostfire.
• Lianshan Xin struck Chen Zishi with the combined technique, revealing an image of Chen Jichuan splitting off his Buddhist incarnation and prompting Maitreya to identify the fist as the incomplete Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.
• Maitreya said the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist belonged to the Lord of the Netherworld and asked whether Lianshan Xin could be that ancient deity.

While practicing the Heaven-Seizing Fist, Lianshan Xin brought a mysterious girl out of reincarnation and learned that she was Netherworld’s successor, not Netherworld herself. He named her Pingxin and invited her to live in the Little Black Box.

• Lianshan Xin and Maitreya discussed whether the Myriad-Gods Aspect could surpass the Self Aspect, and Lianshan Xin said he would keep developing his own Dharma Form.
• Chen Jichuan recognized that Society President Yang had likely inherited the Heaven-Seizing Fist but only learned its surface, and he declined Lianshan Xin’s offer to pass it on.
• After practicing the Heaven-Seizing Fist for four hours, Lianshan Xin made an illusory millstone solidify and drew a shadowy figure into his body.
• Maitreya warned that the figure was Netherworld returning from reincarnation, but the little girl revealed that Netherworld had died while creating a new life for reincarnation.
• The little girl explained that she was Netherworld’s successor and thanked Lianshan Xin for freeing her; Lianshan Xin named her Pingxin and invited her to live in the Little Black Box.

Lianshan Xin welcomed Pingxin into the Little Black Box and discovered that her Reincarnation Great Dao, together with Maitreya’s space-related Divine Ability, could awaken and transform it. As Lianshan Xin prepared to face Yang Society President, the Heavenly Queen and Jiang Buping advanced their plans on Divine Dragon Island, where Xie Ciyuan and Gong Yuyi’s wedding began.

• Loli Pingxin agreed to live in the Little Black Box and told Lianshan Xin that practicing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist would help her grow stronger.
• Lianshan Xin promised Pingxin she would reach the Dao Lord realm within a thousand years, then claimed he had created the New World and divided the Little Black Box into separate rooms for her and Maitreya.
• Pingxin meditated inside the Little Black Box, and her Reincarnation Great Dao began to transform it; Maitreya then activated One Dream, Three Thousand Worlds, causing time and space to resonate and the box to expand.
• Lianshan Xin concluded that the Little Black Box had awakened as the New World he once created, placed Maitreya inside it, and began practicing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist while Yang Society President trained too.
• The Heavenly Queen coordinated plans with Ping'an to move against Taotie alongside Lianshan Xin’s planned attack on Yang Society President, while Jiang Buping pursued strength on Divine Dragon Island to help Jiang Bufan.
• Two days later, Xie Ciyuan and Gong Yuyi’s wedding began as scheduled.

On the eve of his betrothal to Qi Shiyun, Lianshan Xin discussed the Heaven-Seizing Fist and his path to the Dharma Form Realm with the Heavenly Queen. When Yang Society President tried to drug and control him, he turned the tables and began absorbing her cultivation.

• Lianshan Xin told Qi Shiyun that he had punched Pingxin into existence and explained that the Heavenly Queen had learned the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist from him.
• The Heavenly Queen promised to help Lianshan Xin reach the Dharma Form Realm by refining Yang Society President and adding the Dragon Pearl’s power.
• Qi Shiyun warned Lianshan Xin that Yang Society President might not provide enough cultivation, but he chose not to rely on Maitreya for more.
• Yang Society President visited Lianshan Xin with drugged Daughter’s Red and tried to make him sign a contract under her control.
• Lianshan Xin resisted her influence, signed his own name, and confronted Yang Society President with help from Shi Ping'an, the Heavenly Queen, and Granny Ruan.
• Lianshan Xin activated the Heaven-Seizing Scripture and began devouring half of Yang Society President’s cultivation.

Lianshan Xin began condensing a new Black Hole Dharma Form that touched upon space-time, while the Heavenly Queen and her allies used Yang Society President’s power to assist him. The attempt left the Dharma Form only about twenty percent complete, so the Heavenly Queen proposed targeting Divine Dragon Island’s experts to help him advance.

• Lianshan Xin’s unformed Dharma Form began drawing in Yang Society President’s cultivation and even threatened Jiang Ping'an’s Divine Soul, prompting Jiang Ping'an to withdraw from her body.
• The Heavenly Queen explained that the Nine Heavens had gathered to help Lianshan Xin reach the Dharma Form Realm, then sealed Yang Society President’s acupoints when she tried to gather power.
• Lianshan Xin awoke, named his new Dharma Form the Black Hole Dharma Form, and told the Heavenly Queen that it was a space-time-type Dharma Form he planned to develop toward a greater goal.
• The Heavenly Queen agreed to give Lianshan Xin three years to condense the Dharma Form, then converted Yang Society President’s remaining power, blood essence, and vital energy into a sphere and fed it into the black hole.
• The sphere added only a faint thread of light, leaving Lianshan Xin about twenty percent of the way to completion, so the Heavenly Queen proposed using Divine Dragon Island’s experts and manpower to help him.
• Lianshan Xin was moved by the Heavenly Queen’s support and asked to acknowledge her as his adoptive mother, leaving her dumbfounded.

Lianshan Xin declined the Heavenly Queen’s offer to become her adoptive son and discussed his Cosmic Dharma Form with He Miaojun. He Miaojun led him to Kuang Mountain’s Library Pavilion, where an unofficial biography revealed the Dao Court Ancestor’s Spirit Invitation Technique could summon even dead Dao Lords, prompting Lianshan Xin to seek it out.

• The Heavenly Queen refused to adopt Lianshan Xin, explaining that his status and future prospects could make their relationship awkward, while Granny Ruan joked about adopting him before taking her leave.
• The Heavenly Queen left Lianshan Xin to contemplate his black hole Dharma Form and instructed him to join the guests later for a performance for Taotie.
• Lianshan Xin told He Miaojun that he had rejected the Heavenly Queen to honor his only mother, then explained his Cosmic Dharma Form and its potential for Dao Integration.
• He Miaojun advised Lianshan Xin that the Dao Court’s Spirit Invitation Technique could summon deities and Dao Lords, whether living or dead.
• He Miaojun took Lianshan Xin to the Library Pavilion and showed him an unofficial biography describing how the Dao Court Ancestor beat up gods, immortals, and Buddhas after they refused his invitations.

Lianshan Xin obtained Jiang Buping’s Spirit Invitation Technique by trading the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, then used Maitreya to rapidly cultivate it. As Lianshan Xin reached minor attainment, Taotie summoned Yinglong’s remnant soul for the coming Betrothal Ceremony, stirring an ancient conflict between Dao Lords.

• Lianshan Xin asked Jiang Buping to teach him the Spirit Invitation Technique and secured the art by offering the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.
• Lianshan Xin struggled to master the Spirit Invitation Technique, then made Maitreya possess him and cultivate it through their shared effort.
• Taotie learned from “Deputy Island Master Yang Zhenhai” that Nine Heavens Sect and the Four Great Celestial Dragon Families were making secret moves around Xie Ciyuan and Gong Yuyi’s Betrothal Ceremony.
• Taotie used the Spirit Invitation Technique to summon Yinglong’s remnant soul, while an enormous corpse beneath Divine Dragon Island began to stir.
• Lianshan Xin reached minor attainment in the Spirit Invitation Technique and sensed that he had summoned more of Maitreya’s power.

Lianshan Xin and the Heavenly Queen prepared to confront Taotie, who summoned Yinglong’s Remnant Soul and rallied Chen Jichuan to his side. As both camps readied their hidden forces, Maitreya finished practicing the Spirit Invitation Technique and joined Lianshan Xin for the coming battle.

• Lianshan Xin learned that Taotie had summoned Yinglong’s Remnant Soul, while Maitreya said he could command Lianshan Xin’s Dharma Form against Taotie.
• Ao Su warned Taotie that Yang Zhenhai had been replaced, and Jiang Ping'an abandoned that identity on the Heavenly Queen’s orders.
• The Heavenly Queen confirmed that Xie Tianxia and Maitreya would support the planned fight against Taotie, while Lianshan Xin noticed that Chen Jichuan was absent.
• Chen Jichuan reported to Taotie, who claimed the supposed Maitreya was Thousand Faces possessed by Qilin and offered to return Chen Jichuan’s Dao Embryo Incarnation in exchange for his help.
• Taotie ordered Chen Jichuan to muster the Chen Family Forces and attack the other Three Great Celestial Dragons Families, while Lianshan Xin and Maitreya prepared to join forces against Divine Dragon Island.

Taotie attacked Dragon Guarding Mountain Manor, where the Nine Heavens confronted him and Xie Guanhai revealed himself as the force behind the compromised defenses. As Xie Tianxia was delayed by a female Bodhisattva, Taotie sent Lianshan Xin underground to face an ancient dragon corpse that recognized Maitreya.

• Thousand Faces warned Lianshan Xin that Chen Jichuan was attacking the Zhou Family, while Zhou Shixiong and Wei Wanran left the manor to defend their families despite Lianshan Xin's warnings.
• Taotie turned Wei Wanran and Zhou Shixiong into blood food, then advanced on Dragon Guarding Mountain Manor as the Heavenly Diviner foretold good fortune for Tian Ji and Lianshan Xin.
• The Heavenly Queen ordered the Nine Heavens to fight Taotie, but the manor's defenses collapsed when Xie Guanhai appeared and revealed he had misled Xie Wu about the formation.
• Xie Guanhai joined the battle against the Heavenly Queen, while Xie Tianxia lost contact with Qi Shiyun and Lianshan Xin after a female Bodhisattva blocked her from intervening.
• Taotie sent Lianshan Xin beneath Divine Dragon Island, where a coiled corpse roared in recognition of Maitreya.

Lianshan Xin and Maitreya exploited Taotie’s Spirit Invitation Technique to summon Yinglong’s remnant soul into Lianshan Xin, turning the dragon’s power against Taotie. The chapter ended as Lianshan Xin attacked Taotie with the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade.

• Taotie used the Spirit Invitation Technique to summon Yinglong, his grandfather, and Yinglong mistook Maitreya’s aura for Qilin’s.
• Yinglong agreed to stay neutral between Taotie and Qilin, but Taotie tried to control him with the Spirit Invitation Technique.
• Lianshan Xin attempted to summon Yinglong into his own body, but Maitreya explained that Lianshan Xin lacked the necessary karmic connection.
• Maitreya took control of Lianshan Xin and summoned more than half of Yinglong’s remnant soul into him, shocking Taotie and enraging Yinglong.
• Lianshan Xin drew the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and attacked Taotie, who still carried part of Yinglong’s remnant soul.

Lianshan Xin fought Taotie by exploiting its attempt to devour him, combining the Dragon Subduers Immortal Art, Netherworld Ghostfire, and borrowed techniques to wound it. When Taotie began recovering, Lianshan Xin fed its body and Yinglong’s remnant soul into his Black Hole Dharma Form, which transformed into a new form amid an explosive breakthrough.

• Lianshan Xin stabbed Taotie’s open mouth with the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and used One Dream, Three Thousand Worlds to pierce through its Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
• Lianshan Xin struck Taotie repeatedly with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, disrupting its control over Yinglong’s remnant soul, then broke through its defenses with Corpse Mountain and Sea of Blood.
• Lianshan Xin misled Taotie with a false Heavenly Demon Eighteen Slashes attack, sent Netherworld Ghostfire into its wound, and used the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade’s Golden Lotus Grown in a Sea of Fire to blast it.
• Lianshan Jingcheng told Lianshan Xin he planned to form the Medicine King Buddha Dharma Form, while He Miaojun warned that Taotie’s Dao Integration Realm body and soul would recover quickly.
• Lianshan Xin refused Maitreya’s offer to take over and expanded his Black Hole Dharma Form as Taotie unleashed its Devouring Dao.
• Maitreya cast Yinglong’s remnant soul into Lianshan Xin’s Black Hole, and Lianshan Xin used Taotie’s body as fuel until the Dharma Form collapsed inward and erupted into a new form over Taotie’s corpse.

Xie Guanhai burned his remaining lifespan to attack Divine Dragon Island, while Xie Tianxia faced Spirit Mountain and the Dragon Palace’s plans. After Lianshan Xin killed Taotie and Jiang Ping'an completed the All Beings Dao, Xie Guanhai escaped with a Nine Cauldron, intending to cultivate the Human Emperor Dao.

• Xie Guanhai used the Immortal-Felling Bow and a Buddhist treasure to overwhelm the Heavenly Queen, while his star arrows killed Divine Dragon Island’s fighters and gathered their bodies as medicine.
• The Heavenly Queen intercepted and refined Xie Guanhai’s human medicine, but Xie Guanhai continued attacking her as Spirit Mountain’s aid countered her cultivation method.
• Xie Tianxia defeated a successor of Samantabhadra, then confronted three Bodhisattvas and the Dragon Palace’s Eldest Crown Prince as Spirit Mountain revealed its alliance with the Dragon Clan.
• Xie Tianxia summoned the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade and accidentally helped Lianshan Xin sever a Divine Dragon’s head just after his White Hole Dharma Form took shape.
• Jiang Ping'an completed the All Beings Dao and advanced to the Celestial Phenomena Realm after Divine Dragon Island fell and Taotie died.
• Xie Guanhai escaped Lianshan Xin, the Heavenly Queen, and Jiang Ping'an inside a Nine Cauldron, and the Heavenly Queen realized he intended to cultivate the Human Emperor Dao.