Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun refined the Great Zhou Heavenly Jade while the Guanlong Demon Chaos ended and tensions surfaced between the Celestial Master Mansion and the Vajra Division. He advised Meng Shaojie to pursue Historical Studies, leaving Meng with a possible new cultivation path and a mysterious treasure to present.

• Lei Jun practiced summoning and observing through the Great Zhou Heavenly Jade as news arrived that Tang Xiaotang, Longjia Shangren, and other human forces had driven the demons back across the Great River.
• Xiao Xueting wounded Snow Country Bear King, helping end the Guanlong Demon Chaos, while Tang Xiaotang later injured Sangjie Shangren and Zhang Jingzhen negotiated with the Vajra Division on the Celestial Master Mansion's behalf.
• Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun discussed the Vajra Division, the Empress's mediation, and the rising younger generation of cultivators.
• Meng Shaojie told Xiao Chunhui about the Pale Universe, Ketu, and Rahu, and Xiao Chunhui encouraged him to explore the opportunity while giving him an envelope containing the word "History."
• Lei Jun told Ketu that Historical Studies suited him and gave him instructions for presenting a spiritual item related to the ancient Talisman School's inheritance.

Meng Shaojie received guidance from Xiao Chunhui, left his study-companion post in the Eastern Palace, and delivered a spiritual artifact to Lei Jun, who also tracked Kang Ming through a trade. Back at Dragon Tiger Mountain, Lei Jun rejoined his companions as they assessed new threats, and Wang Guiyuan took part in the Ordinance Conferment Ceremony.

• Xiao Chunhui gave Meng Shaojie historical-study notes and permission to explore the Academy's collection, and Meng Shaojie asked Crown Prince Zhang Hui for leave from the Eastern Palace.
• Zhang Hui agreed to Meng Shaojie's request, then discussed with Ye Song how Meng had served as a smokescreen; Zhang Hui revealed he had reached the Sixth Heaven Realm.
• Lei Jun retrieved a white-jade Hu Tablet from Meng Shaojie's drop-off point and later obtained Kang Ming's whereabouts and Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman through a trade involving a Nine-Patterned Yuan Blossom.
• Xu Yuanzhen returned with Withered Leaves taken from the escaped Thousand Leaf Butterfly King, then sparred with Tang Xiaotang before leaving to investigate the Mysterious Person's former Cave Abode in Wushan.
• At Dragon Tiger Mountain's Ordinance Conferment Ceremony, Yuan Mobai, Tang Xiaotang, and Shangguan Ning served as the Three Masters, Lei Jun served as Talisman Protector Master, and Wang Guiyuan participated as a Transmission Disciple.

Wang Guiyuan received his ordination, while the Celestial Master Mansion spent several years recovering and watching political and demonic powers shift. After emerging from seclusion, Lei Jun learned that Kang Ming had earned a chance to enter the Yellow Heaven Altar and joined a mission to find it overseas, leaving Xu Yuanzhen to pursue the same lead separately.

• Wang Guiyuan completed the talisman ordination ceremony, received his official Dharma position, and prepared to focus on cultivation.
• Xu Yuanzhen investigated Wushan and the Western Regions, concluding that the Sumeru Vajra Division had successors from other worlds, while the Tang court watched its growing influence.
• Lei Jun cultivated in seclusion for nearly three years, then emerged at age forty-four and caught up on changes in the court, the demons, and the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed the Yellow Heaven Path, and Lei Jun supported Kang Ming's bid to enter the Yellow Heaven Altar despite the old enmity between their sects.
• Lei Jun arranged opportunities that helped Kang Ming complete his Sixth Heaven cultivation and win Zhao Zongjie's approval to visit the Yellow Heaven Altar.
• After Lei Jun located the Yellow Heaven Path's overseas destination, the Tang court assembled an expedition; Xu Yuanzhen agreed to travel separately and visit Changjie Island afterward.

Lei Jun joined Chu Yu, Shangguan Sheng, and Elder Miaoyi in a covert assault on the Yellow Heaven Path, while Xu Yuanzhen investigated a second island. Their attack exposed Green Stone Island as a decoy and revealed the traitorous Pure Yang Palace elder Zhou Peng; amid the chaos, Lei Jun slipped away to the Wave-Chasing Cave, where he discovered Kang Ming and another Dan Ding Sect cultivator.

• Xu Yuanzhen split from the group to investigate Nine Fang Island after Lei Jun received two Supreme Good Fortune Signs pointing to opportunities near Green Stone Island and Nine Fang Island.
• Chu Yu exposed Green Stone Island's concealment with her arrows, and she, Lei Jun, Shangguan Sheng, and Elder Miaoyi broke through its Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars formation.
• Lei Jun and the others discovered that Green Stone Island's altar was a trap, while Xu Yuanzhen engaged the enemy near Nine Fang Island.
• Chu Yu spotted Zhou Peng beneath the volcano, and his emergence triggered an eruption that shattered Green Stone Island and threw the battle into chaos.
• Lei Jun killed a fleeing Yellow Heaven Path elder, then secretly entered the Wave-Chasing Cave after locating Kang Ming there.
• Lei Jun discovered another Upper Three Heavens cultivator in the cave, whose presence resembled that of a Dan Ding Sect cultivator.

Lei Jun infiltrated the Wave-Chasing Cave, stopped Wen Zhaoqian from possessing Kang Ming, and found the Easy Reversal of Heaven and Earth Qi. After restoring Kang Ming and uncovering clues about Pure Yang Palace’s traitors, Lei Jun joined the battle at sea and defeated Qi Shuo.

• Lei Jun entered the Wave-Chasing Cave and discovered Wen Zhaoqian attempting to possess the restrained Kang Ming.
• Kang Ming used the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book and a Seven Stars Evil Breaking Talisman to resist Wen Zhaoqian, but Wen Zhaoqian’s soul arts overwhelmed him.
• Lei Jun entered Kang Ming’s soul, shattered Wen Zhaoqian’s Nascent Soul with the Celestial Master Seal and Yin Thunder, then used Wen Zhaoqian’s damaged Golden Core to help Kang Ming recover.
• Lei Jun found the Easy Reversal of Heaven and Earth Qi beneath the altar and learned from Wen Zhaoqian’s memories that Gu Han had led the Pure Yang Palace traitors.
• Lei Jun pursued Qi Shuo, who was helping Yellow Heaven Path survivors escape, and fought him with his talisman arrays and Dipper Mother Spirit Officer form.
• Lei Jun overpowered Qi Shuo’s Yin Fire Tiger and smashed Qi Shuo and the reefs beneath him with a final blow.

Lei Jun helped destroy the Yellow Heaven Path’s overseas stronghold, killed Qi Shuo, and learned that Zhou Peng’s allies included supposedly dead members of the Mount Shu Sect. As the Yellow Heaven Path fell into disarray and Kang Ming survived with a newly formed Golden Core, Lei Jun absorbed the Easy Reversal of Heaven and Earth Qi and achieved the Two Forms Immortal Body.

• Lei Jun defeated and killed Qi Shuo while Shangguan Sheng’s army dealt with the remaining Yellow Heaven Path elders, and the destruction of the Yellow Heaven Altar sealed the disciples’ ability to draw talismans.
• Kang Ming recovered from Wen Zhaoqian’s possession attempt, discovered he had gained a Golden Core, and left the sea to assess the Yellow Heaven Path’s scattered inland strongholds.
• Liu Dongzhuo, a Mount Shu elder presumed dead, attacked Chu Yu and Elder Miaoyi to help Zhou Peng escape, but Chu Yu identified him and continued pursuing Zhou Peng.
• Xu Yuanzhen confirmed that impostors had replaced Peaceful Path Taoist and others, destroyed the Yellow Heaven Altar, and left Lei Jun a cache of Dragon-Shaped Rain Cape.
• News of Qi Shuo’s collusion and the altar’s destruction shattered the Yellow Heaven Path’s unity, prompting many disciples to surrender as Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed the conspirators’ links to Pure Yang Palace and Mount Shu.
• Lei Jun harmonized the Easy Reversal of Heaven and Earth Qi with his cultivation and transformed his constitution into the Two Forms Immortal Body.

Lei Jun advanced his thunder cultivation after awakening the Two Forms Immortal Body, then learned that Feng Yi had survived and that the Yellow Heaven Path had raised a new Altar under Zhao Zongjie's sacrifice. Kang Ming chose to reconnect with Yu Shao while secretly cultivating Dan Ding methods, and Lei Jun tracked Yu Shao to Western Sichuan.

• Lei Jun used his Two Forms Immortal Body to begin cultivating the Yang Thunder Dragon alongside his Yin Thunder and Life Star God, gaining a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Book · Three.
• Xu Yuanzhen reported that the counterfeit she had pursued was Feng Yi, who was alive but was not the masked man she sought.
• Chu Yu and the Tang Imperial Court killed Zhou Peng, while Gu Han and the other missing figures remained unlocated.
• The Yellow Heaven Path's new Altar restored its disciples' ability to draw talismans, and Zhao Zongjie's disciple Yu Shao inherited the Altar and his master's standing.
• Kang Ming contacted Yu Shao but continued cultivating through Wen Zhaoqian's Dan Ding inheritance, while Lei Jun traced Yu Shao's transmission to Western Sichuan.
• Lei Jun traveled to Western Sichuan and approached a range of snowy mountains after searching for Yu Shao.

Lei Jun discovered the new Yellow Heaven Path Altar in Western Sichuan, secretly assisted it, and learned that Guo Ling and Yu Shao were tied to the group’s plans. As Zhang Jingzhen joined an investigation into the three Taoist lineages’ hidden connections, Lei Jun followed events toward the southwest, where the Light Sphere offered him two opportunities with different risks.

• Lei Jun watched Guo Ling’s Nascent Soul leave the snowy mountains, then entered the new Yellow Heaven Path Altar and secretly altered and surveyed it.
• Lei Jun found Yu Shao presiding over the Altar and suspected that Gu Han and Guo Ling had arranged for him to join Yellow Heaven Path.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Zhang Jingzhen had joined Chu Yu and other investigators, and that Mount Shu was examining possible links between Liu Dongzhuo, Chen Donglou, and the wider conspiracy.
• Lei Jun traveled south in secret as Zhang Jingzhen’s group split between Snowy Dragon Mountain and Nanzhao Stone Forest.
• The Light Sphere offered Lei Jun a Third Grade Opportunity at Nanzhao Stone Forest with later karmic entanglements, or a Fifth Grade Opportunity north of Snowy Dragon Mountain with danger already present.

Lei Jun investigated Nanzhao Stone Forest and deduced that someone had thoroughly erased traces of an earlier search, while Wei Qiyue and Chu Yu were ambushed by Chen Donglou and Gu Han at Snowy Dragon Mountain. In the stone forest, Zhang Jingzhen found Chen Yi and tried to take his half of the ancient Memorial, but a mysterious Golden Hall disrupted the fragments and sent them flying apart.

• Lei Jun chose Nanzhao Stone Forest and discovered signs that someone had searched it extensively and concealed all traces.
• Wei Qiyue and Chu Yu reached Snowy Dragon Mountain, where Chen Donglou's Seven Stars Sword and Gu Han's soul arts ambushed them.
• Lei Jun used the Mystic Void Mirror to observe Zhang Jingzhen after hearing a battle erupt in the stone forest.
• Zhang Jingzhen found Chen Yi, Mo Chen, and several Pure Yang Palace fugitives, and attacked to claim Chen Yi's half of the ancient Memorial.
• Chen Yi's Golden Hall vision disrupted the merging Memorials, and the resulting blast sent both fragments flying while injuring Chen Yi and leaving Zhang Jingzhen unable to move.

Lei Jun found half of an ancient Heavenly Palace Memorial and overheard Mo Chen and Liao Jie plotting to establish a Human Realm Dao Kingdom. He alerted the Tang Court, helping Shangguan Sheng and Shen Qubing capture Liao Jie while he restrained Mo Chen, and the group left the stone forest to report the conspiracy.

• Chen Yi escaped after Zhang Jingzhen reclaimed her half of the memorial, and Lei Jun found the other half, the Heavenly Palace Memorial Upper Section.
• Lei Jun hid as Mo Chen and Liao Jie discussed their plan to establish a Human Realm Dao Kingdom and recover Zhang Jingzhen’s memorial fragment.
• Lei Jun secretly sent their conversation to the Tang Court, bringing Shangguan Sheng and Shen Qubing to confront them.
• Shen Qubing and Shangguan Sheng captured Liao Jie, while Lei Jun trapped Mo Chen with Profound Thunder; Yue Xiling and Zhang Jingzhen arrived as well.
• The group agreed to report the conspiracy to their sects and the court, and Zhang Jingzhen offered to hand her Heavenly Palace Chapter Table to the court.

Lei Jun followed a fortune south to Ancient Wood Mountain, where he uncovered Chen Donglou’s history and found a trace of the Ziwei Sword. When Wang Dongchu arrived to claim it, Lei Jun used his newly refined Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo to destroy Wang Dongchu’s Immortal Soul.

• Lei Jun chose to travel south with Shangguan Sheng and Shen Qubing to assist Shangguan Yunbo, while Chu Yu and Zhang Jingzhen escorted the captives north.
• Lei Jun reached Ancient Wood Mountain and entered a vast mist barrier as Wang Dongchu and Shangguan Yunbo battled nearby.
• Lei Jun found a purple Immortal Seed beneath the Ancient God Tree and discovered through its visions that Chen Donglou had entered the Earth Sea, fought a Nine Li expert, and left behind the Ziwei Sword Trace before dying.
• Wang Dongchu arrived with Chen Donglou’s Seven Stars Sword, and Lei Jun trapped the swords with Profound Thunder before striking them with the Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo.
• Lei Jun’s bamboo staff shattered Wang Dongchu’s Immortal Soul, killing the Mount Shu elder.

Lei Jun subdued Wang Dongchu, seized the Seven Stars Swords and Purple Light Immortal Seed, and returned north as Mount Shu erupted into a battle between the Human Realm Dao Kingdom and its opponents. After the fighting devastated Mount Shu and exposed its deep divisions, Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, studied the Seven Stars Swords, and used them to kill Wang Dongchu while making the death appear to be Chen Donglou’s work.

• Lei Jun shattered Wang Dongchu’s Immortal Soul, suppressed its fragments with Profound Thunder, and stored the Seven Stars Swords and Purple Light Immortal Seed.
• Shangguan Yunbo searched Ancient Wood Mountain for Wang Dongchu, while Lei Jun concealed that he had imprisoned him in the True One Altar Grotto-heaven.
• Reports revealed that Wei Qiyue, Fu Dongsen, Hong Jie, Wang Dongchu, and other Mount Shu figures belonged to the Human Realm Dao Kingdom, prompting Shangguan Yunbo’s group to return north.
• Fu Dongsen and his allies fled Xiao Ding with the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and Pure Azure Mansion, leaving Mount Shu devastated as Fang Jingsheng pursued them.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, reported the crisis, contacted Xu Yuanzhen, and studied the Seven Stars Swords before traveling to Qian Mountain.
• Lei Jun released Wang Dongchu’s suppressed soul and killed him with the Seven Stars Swords, leaving an inscription that attributed the execution to Chen Donglou.

Disguised as Chen Donglou, Lei Jun unsettled the Mount Shu survivors before returning to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where the reunited Memorial revealed a rare opportunity for Natural Level enlightenment. As the major powers began pursuing Chen Yi and Lei Jun continued cultivating, a purple Thunder Dragon emerged from his Dharma Talisman.

• Lei Jun used the Immortal Seed Purple Light, Chen Donglou's Seven Stars Sword, and the Thousand Leaf Butterfly King's leaf to impersonate Chen Donglou, then left a message challenging Fu Dongsen to meet.
• Fu Dongsen, Hong Jie, and the gravely wounded Wei Qiyue debated whether Chen Donglou had truly returned and decided against meeting him until they could avoid further risks.
• Xu Yuanzhen and Lei Jun joined the two halves of the Memorial at Dragon Tiger Mountain, where they perceived the real Starry River and discovered a possible opportunity to reach Natural Level enlightenment.
• Zhang Jingzhen revealed that Chen Yi possessed a special Golden Hall, prompting Xu Yuanzhen to publicize the secret and draw the Tang Imperial Court and other major powers' attention to him.
• Lei Jun watched Kang Ming earn Guo Ling's trust while secretly building strength, then focused on his own cultivation as time passed.
• A purple Dharma Talisman above Lei Jun rang with a dragon's roar, and a gigantic purple Thunder Dragon emerged from it.

Lei Jun mastered the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor Dharma Image and created the Profound Sky Thunder Ancestor Dharma Image, then continued refining his talismans and cultivation as events unfolded across the Southern Wilderness. The chapter ended with Tang Xiaotang emerging from seclusion and challenging Xu Yuanzhen to another contest of divine realms.

• Lei Jun condensed the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor Dharma Image and formed his own Profound Sky Thunder Ancestor Dharma Image, giving him all Three Great Dharma Images while still in the Seventh Heaven Realm.
• Lei Jun added his Five Thunder Talisman and Yin Five Thunder Orthodox Method Talisman to the Celestial Master Mansion’s scriptures, then studied how to imitate Chen Donglou’s sword arts and abilities.
• Wei Ancheng returned to the Southern Wilderness and clashed with Xing Feng over the Blood River Sect’s leadership as the Nine Li Secret Realm reopened and connected to the Earth Sea.
• Yuan Mobai investigated the Nine Li People’s return and shared updates with Lei Jun, while Xu Yuanzhen brought back Grand Righteous Cloud Radiance and Chu Kun left the mountain with talismans from Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun continued cultivating and teaching Zhuo Baojie, who qualified for the coming ordinance conferment, while Zhang Jingzhen sounded him out about taking another disciple.
• Tang Xiaotang emerged from seclusion before the New Year and challenged Xu Yuanzhen to trade blows between their Divine Court Outer Scene and Terminus Deep Space.

Tang Xiaotang tested her Pure Yang Dharma Realm against Xu Yuanzhen’s Terminus Deep Space, then caught up with Lei Jun and prepared for the Ordinance Conferment Ceremony. After the ceremony, Lei Jun received a Primal Heaven Mother Crystal from Chu Kun, and a new Three Sign Fortune urged him to travel to Northern Light Mountain with Xu Yuanzhen.

• Tang Xiaotang’s Pure Yang Dharma Realm clashed with Xu Yuanzhen’s Terminus Deep Space, and Tang Xiaotang pondered what she had learned from the spar.
• Tang Xiaotang learned about Lei Jun’s Two Forms Immortal Body and the restored Heavenly Palace Chapter Table, showed him her new Pure Yang Talisman, and borrowed his Easy Reversal of Heaven and Earth Qi.
• Shangguan Ning hosted the Ordinance Conferment Ceremony, where Zhuo Baojie received his ordinances and became eligible to enter the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven.
• Chu Kun gave Lei Jun a Primal Heaven Mother Crystal that could help Kang Ming advance toward the Nascent Soul realm and considered whether to take an elder’s post.
• As spring arrived, Xu Yuanzhen decided to visit Zhongnan Mountain, and Lei Jun’s Light Sphere offered an auspicious opportunity to travel with her to Northern Light Mountain.

Lei Jun discovered that Northern Light Mountain concealed an octagonal prison of Eight Scenery Wind containing Wang Xuan, while Pure Yang Palace and the Western Vajra Lineage traveled to Zhongnan Mountain. As Jiang Yu fought Guo Ling and Zheng Dongying at the prison, Chen Donglou appeared and beheaded Zheng Dongying with one sword.

• Lei Jun secretly traveled to Northern Light Mountain, where he detected unusual Earth Vein energy after Xu Yuanzhen went to Pure Yang Palace.
• Lu Jinduan and Jiang Yu escorted Sangjie Shangren, Suo Yang, and Longjia Shangren of the Western Vajra Lineage toward Pure Yang Palace.
• Lei Jun found a prison made of Eight Scenery Wind inside the mountain and began cutting through it, revealing Wang Xuan trapped within and defying Rong Guangchen's attempt to recruit him into the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Guo Ling and Zheng Dongying arrived to inspect the mountain, and Jiang Yu confronted them, fighting Guo Ling while Zheng Dongying tried to persuade her to join their cause.
• Chen Donglou emerged from the mountain's interior and killed Zheng Dongying with a single sword stroke.

Lei Jun disguised himself as Chen Donglou, killed Zheng Dongying, rescued Wang Xuan, and seized the Eight Scenery Wind. News that Rong Guangchen had rejuvenated through a Heavenly Palace Talisman Edict spread across the Great Tang, where the Empress ordered Xiao Xueting to give the Twenty-Eight Constellation Rhymes to Meng Shaojie to pass along.

• Lei Jun used the Kaiyang Sword while disguised as Chen Donglou to kill Zheng Dongying and frighten Jiang Yu and Guo Ling into standing down.
• Lei Jun sent a sword letter toward Fu Dongsen, then left Jiang Yu to detain Guo Ling and question him.
• Lei Jun broke the Eight Scenery Wind prison, freed Wang Xuan's Nascent Soul, and took the Eight Scenery Wind for himself.
• Lu Jinduan arrived and brought Jiang Yu, Guo Ling, and Wang Xuan into Pure Yang Palace's custody as Wang Xuan accused Rong Guangchen of imprisoning him.
• Lei Jun learned from Xu Yuanzhen that Rong Guangchen had rejuvenated after receiving a Talisman Edict, likely from the Heavenly Palace.
• After news of Rong Guangchen's defection spread, the Empress ordered Xiao Xueting to give the Twenty-Eight Constellation Rhymes to Meng Shaojie to pass along.

The Tang court and other powers reacted to the Human Realm Dao Kingdom, Rong Guangchen’s defection, and the unrest in the Southern Wilderness as Lei Jun studied the Twenty-Eight Constellation Rhymes and prepared to meet Yuan Mobai. On his way to Gao Wei Mountain, Lei Jun received four travel fortunes, including a Lowest Auspicious Sign warning of certain death if he passed through Dunjian Valley.

• Xiao Xueting reported Chen Yi’s uncertain whereabouts to Empress Zhang Wantong, who said she already knew where he was.
• Meng Shaojie delivered the Twenty-Eight Constellation Rhymes from Xiao Chunhui to Lei Jun, who studied the ancient inheritance and gave it to Chu Kun for cultivation.
• Lei Jun told Chu Kun he planned to travel south to meet Yuan Mobai, while Chu Kun returned to the mountain to ponder the upheavals affecting Great Tang.
• Sangjie Shangren and Longjia Shangren decided to investigate the White Lotus Sect in the Southern Wilderness while the Western Buddhist School cautiously watched the Human Realm Dao Kingdom and other powers.
• Ye Feishan reported the latest developments to Ye Moquan, who emphasized protecting the clan’s people and advised caution concerning Chen Yi.
• As Lei Jun traveled toward Gao Wei Mountain, his Light Sphere revealed four route fortunes, with Dunjian Valley offering a Fifth Grade Opportunity but carrying a warning of Ten Deaths No Life.

Lei Jun killed Tian Linlong after discovering that the Gu Master had fled the Nine Li Black Mist, and he obtained the Secret Treasure Rosary from him. Meanwhile, the Western Buddhist School tried to lure Yuan Mobai toward dangerous Youning Lake, while Sangjie Shangren tracked the rosary’s traces toward Dunjian Valley.

• Lei Jun warned Yuan Mobai about danger around Yutian Dong, Youning Lake, and Dunjian Valley, and they changed their meeting place to Green Fruit Cavern.
• After Yuan Mobai encountered Nine Li People in the spreading Black Mist, Lei Jun discovered Tian Linlong nearby and overheard him report that someone from the Tang Court had fought Future Maitreya at Yutian Dong.
• Lei Jun killed Tian Linlong, destroyed his Gu Insects, and recovered the Buddhist Secret Treasure Rosary from his belongings.
• Shangguan Yunbo caught up with Future Maitreya, while Longjia Shangren and Sangjie Shangren discussed the Buddhist Treasure and planned to draw Yuan Mobai toward Youning Lake.
• Yuan Mobai grew wary of Longjia Shangren’s invitation after hearing that it involved Youning Lake and suspected traces of the Yellow Heaven Path; Lei Jun recognized the danger and proposed using the rosary to test the Western Buddhist School’s interest.
• Sangjie Shangren tracked traces of the Secret Treasure Rosary toward Dunjian Valley.

Lei Jun lured Sangjie Shangren into Dunjian Valley, where the monk died after encountering the Four-Eyed Python Emperor and Wei Ancheng. Meanwhile, Yuan Mobai and Longjia Shangren joined the Tang forces in battling Future Maitreya, who escaped after revealing mastery of several Buddhist lineages.

• Sangjie Shangren followed traces of Buddhist and Shamanic Gu auras into Dunjian Valley while Lei Jun watched from outside and hoped the monk would find a Fifth Grade Opportunity.
• Yuan Mobai and Longjia Shangren joined Shangguan Yunbo and Prince Xiang Zhang Luo in attacking Future Maitreya, who revealed mastery of Buddhist Precepts, Chan Martial, and the Wisdom Fist Seal before escaping.
• A massive upheaval shook Dunjian Valley, prompting Longjia Shangren, Zhang Luo, Yuan Mobai, and other monks to investigate and search for Sangjie Shangren.
• The group found Sangjie Shangren dead; the Four-Eyed Python Emperor had pursued him, and Wei Ancheng had struck the fatal blow.
• Lei Jun learned of Sangjie Shangren's death from Yuan Mobai and welcomed the resulting enmity between the Western Buddhist School, the Four-Eyed Python Emperor, and Wei Ancheng.