Chapter Summaries

Wang Ba visited the Still Cave to collect Spirit Materials and create cultivation methods for the Primordial Gods and Devils’ reincarnation bodies, then hurried toward the Ruins of Zhangshi to prepare for Buddha Lord Tianshang’s threat. As he arrived, Buddha Lord Tianshang ambushed him and declared that Wang Ba was the Supreme True Buddha’s greatest future threat.

• Wang Ba met the Lord of the Still Cave and learned that the reincarnation bodies had advanced with the help of pill refiners from the Ruins of Zhangshi.
• Wang Ba asked to borrow Spirit Materials, and the Lord of the Still Cave gave him half while Wang Ba tailored cultivation methods for the reincarnation bodies.
• Before Wang Ba left, the Lord of the Still Cave gave him a scale that would summon help if Buddha Lord Tianshang attacked.
• Wang Ba headed for the Ruins of Zhangshi, pondering Xiahou Heavenly Demon’s plans and whether Shen Fu was the Supreme True Buddha’s Buddha Son.
• As Wang Ba examined the Ruins of Zhangshi with the Laowen Sect’s Horn, Buddha Lord Tianshang ambushed him and knocked back his transformed Azure Fox tails.
• Wang Ba activated a teleportation treasure and the Lord of the Still Cave’s scale as Buddha Lord Tianshang identified him as the Supreme True Buddha’s greatest future threat.

Wang Ba fought Buddha Lord Tianshang, who knocked his True Spirit out of his body, but a horn’s call drew it away before Tianshang could seize him. After Tianshang fled from a giant phantom in the Ruins of Zhangshi, Celestial Lord Chao and the Lord of the Still Cave found Wang Ba’s empty body and failed to summon his True Spirit; the Ruins’ consciousness then discovered that the True Spirit it thought it had sheltered was missing.

• Buddha Lord Tianshang trapped Wang Ba in a Buddha Kingdom, and Wang Ba used replicated bodies and his staffs to counter the attack while the Wu Ape King struck the illusion with two memorial tablets.
• Tianshang revealed that the Buddha Kingdom was an illusion, overwhelmed Wang Ba’s defenses, and knocked his True Spirit out of his body.
• A horn call pulled Wang Ba’s True Spirit away just as Tianshang tried to capture it, and a giant phantom emerged from the Ruins of Zhangshi to attack Tianshang.
• Tianshang fled through a rift, and the giant phantom returned to the Ruins of Zhangshi as Celestial Lord Chao and the Lord of the Still Cave arrived to find Wang Ba’s body vacant.
• Celestial Lord Chao failed to recall Wang Ba’s True Spirit, while the Ruins’ consciousness realized the True Spirit it believed it had taken in was gone.

After Buddha Lord Tianshang struck Wang Ba’s True Spirit from his body, the horn drew him into the Boundary Sea’s origin, where he feared his spirit would be erased. He struggled toward the surface but collapsed as a mysterious hand reached for him, while the Lord of the Still Cave entered the source to search and found no sign of him.

• Wang Ba realized that the horn had carried his True Spirit into the Boundary Sea’s origin, where countless other True Spirits drifted.
• Wang Ba concluded that he was dead and feared his True Spirit would be consumed rather than reincarnated.
• Wang Ba swam toward the surface despite his fading memories and strength, then collapsed after breaking through the water as a jade-white hand reached toward him.
• The Lord of the Still Cave split off a True Spirit and asked Celestial Lord Chao to guard his body while he searched the Boundary Sea’s source.
• The Lord of the Still Cave searched the source but found no trace of Wang Ba.

Celestial Lord Chao and Gai True Person mourned Taiyi’s death and planned to attack the Supreme True Buddha after Buddha Lord Tianshang ascended. Wang Ba regained consciousness as a fish in Li Yuehua’s bamboo basket, where she recognized him and asked about Lingxiao and Wuhen.

• Celestial Lord Chao told Gai True Person that Taiyi had fallen to Tianshang, and Gai True Person concluded that Tianshang was preparing to ascend.
• Celestial Lord Chao and Gai True Person agreed to join Xiahou Heavenly Demon and other allies to destroy the Supreme True Buddha when Tianshang ascended.
• The Wu Ape King guarded Wang Ba and carried his body toward the Ruins of Zhangshi, while Celestial Lord Chao took back the Silkworm Dragon Staff and departed.
• Wang Ba regained consciousness and realized that someone had rescued him from the Boundary Sea’s source.
• Li Yuehua revealed herself as the woman carrying Wang Ba in a bamboo basket, asked about Lingxiao and Wuhen, and mistook him for a fish.

Wang Ba found himself as a True Spirit fish in the Boundary Sea origin, where Li Yuehua served a mysterious master and gathered fish for a banquet. After Li Yuehua secretly saved him from being fed to hound beasts, she explained how she had arrived there and hinted that her master ruled the Third Boundary Sea, leading Wang Ba to suspect the banquet guests were Immortals from the Second Boundary Sea.

• Wang Ba realized he had become a True Spirit fish in the Boundary Sea origin and sensed the life memories of a Mahayana fish and a Tribulation Crossing fish.
• Li Yuehua gathered seven True Spirit fish for a banquet, while Wang Ba overheard that honored guests prized the fish for their life and cultivation experiences.
• A female official ordered Wang Ba fed to the hound beasts, but Li Yuehua persuaded her to leave him behind and carried him away.
• Li Yuehua told Wang Ba that she had ascended as a True Spirit after the World Eater destroyed her body, and that the master had helped her take form.
• Li Yuehua hinted that her master reigned supreme in the Third Boundary Sea, and Wang Ba concluded that the master was its lord and the banquet guests were Immortals from the Second Boundary Sea.

Wang Ba learned from Li Yuehua that several ways existed to leave the Boundary Sea Origin, and she gave him a True Spirit Pill before taking him to a pool. As Li Yuehua left him there, Wang Ba absorbed the experiences of fallen True Spirits and gained insights into Buddhist rules, then noticed that a banquet had begun nearby.

• Li Yuehua gave Wang Ba a True Spirit Pill, which restored his bodily senses and cleared his fading memories.
• Wang Ba used written characters to ask Li Yuehua about leaving the Boundary Sea Origin, and she explained three possible methods and promised to ask her master for help.
• Li Yuehua told Wang Ba about Wuhen and Qin Lingxiao, then moved him into a pool before hurrying away to attend to her duties.
• Wang Ba encountered the memories of fallen True Spirits and contemplated cause and effect, reincarnation, and good and evil.
• Wang Ba heard maids approaching a waterside pavilion and realized that the banquet had begun.

Wang Ba listened beneath Taiyuan’s pavilion as Taiyuan resisted the Immortal guests’ requests to enter the Third Boundary Sea, then offered them True Spirit fish, Origin Water, and a chance to study its rules. As Wang Ba swam away to avoid being caught, Taiyuan looked down toward the water and narrowed his eyes.

• Wang Ba disguised himself as a dead True Spirit fish and swam closer to the pavilion to overhear the banquet.
• Taiyuan refused to let the guests enter the Third Boundary Sea, but agreed to let them take some True Spirit fish when they claimed they only wanted to eat them.
• An Immortal from the Yin Palace presented Taiyuan with a Golden Immortal’s handwritten original, and Taiyuan accepted it and said he would visit the Yin Palace for eight or nine hundred years.
• Taiyuan offered the guests some Origin Water and explained that the Third Boundary Sea’s rules were manifested across the sky for them to contemplate.
• Wang Ba memorized Taiyuan’s explanations while swimming beneath the pavilion, then retreated when Taiyuan offered to provide each guest with Origin Water.
• A middle-aged figure in a crane-feather cloak drew aside the pavilion’s gauze curtain and looked down at the water.

Wang Ba studied the Boundary Sea Laws in the firmament, gradually transformed his True Spirit, and learned to take human form. While exploring the memories of a Seven-Colored True Spirit Fish, he discovered that Buddha Lord Tianshang’s ascension was a trap set to eliminate surviving Mahayana cultivators.

• Li Yuehua told Wang Ba that Taiyuan had left and gave him more Elixir Pellets, while warning him to hide and avoid being seen.
• Wang Ba comprehended the Boundary Sea Laws in the stars, which consumed his True Spirit and enabled him to speak.
• Li Yuehua continued supplying Wang Ba with pills and explained that Court Lady Cui had arranged for the maids to study the Ghost Immortal Dao.
• Wang Ba leaped through a golden gate-like vision in the firmament and took human form, then returned to the water when he sensed the transformation was draining his True Spirit.
• Wang Ba encountered a Seven-Colored True Spirit Fish and learned from its memories that the Supreme True Buddha had destroyed its World Domain and that Buddha Lord Tianshang planned to ascend.
• Wang Ba connected the fish’s memories with what Celestial Lord Chao had told him and realized Buddha Lord Tianshang’s ascension was bait to draw in and kill surviving Mahayana cultivators.

Wang Ba discovered that Buddha Lord Tianshang and the Supreme True Buddha planned to make the entire Third Boundary Sea the foundation of a Buddha Kingdom, threatening to trap its inhabitants and prevent ascension. After learning this from Boundary Sea Anecdotes, he made a great vow to stop the demon Buddhas, declaring he would not become an immortal until they were gone.

• Wang Ba realized Buddha Lord Tianshang was using his planned ascension to lure Mahayana cultivators into a trap and feared Celestial Lord Chao and the Four Great Realms were in danger.
• Wang Ba failed to find a way out and persuaded Li Yuehua to help him investigate Taiyuan's unattended Origin Study.
• Wang Ba entered the study using origin water to bypass its restrictions and found Boundary Sea Anecdotes, which revealed the powers and realms of the Second Boundary Sea.
• Wang Ba read Tibo's account and learned that the Supreme True Buddha's goal was to unite the Three Great Dharma Realms and create a Buddha Kingdom across the Third Boundary Sea.
• Wang Ba concluded that stopping the demon Buddhas would earn him supreme merit and vowed to free all living beings of the Third Boundary Sea from their depredations before becoming an immortal.

Wang Ba recovered in the Boundary Sea Origin, studied its rules, and searched Taiyuan’s pavilion for a way to return to his physical body. As the Origin Water nourished him and repeated exposure to a mysterious book strengthened his True Spirit, he began to transform into a dragon-like fish and sensed his body below.

• Wang Ba suspected Taiyuan had left a way for him to escape and nearly destroyed his True Spirit by briefly glimpsing a book sealed in a case.
• Wang Ba discovered that the Origin Water nourished him after his vow, so he memorized the rules above while continuing to search Gleanings from the Boundary Sea for a way out.
• Li Yuehua brought Wang Ba more pills, learned she had become a grandmother, and advised him to take some Origin Water if he returned to his body.
• Wang Ba read about wars in the Second Boundary Sea and concluded that even reaching it offered no escape from conflict and ambition.
• Wang Ba repeatedly opened the mysterious book, finding that the cycles of depletion and recovery rapidly strengthened his True Spirit.
• Wang Ba noticed his fish form had grown long and slender, resembling a dragon, and sensed his physical body beneath the Origin Water.

Wang Ba’s True Spirit continued to strengthen in the Boundary Sea Origin until it transformed into a dragon, allowing him to sense his physical body and prepare to return. As he left, he warned Li Yuehua of an approaching calamity, while an unseen figure revealed that the book had been written in a Golden Immortal’s calligraphy.

• Wang Ba realized his True Spirit had grown powerful enough to sense his physical body, and he continued studying the Boundary Sea’s rules and books while training in the Origin Water.
• Wang Ba explored the space from above and discovered that half of the Boundary Sea Origin was an empty abyss, then devised plans to alter divine beasts and other rule-based beings.
• Wang Ba’s True Spirit completed its transformation into a dragon, triggering a brief storm of stars and lightning that startled Li Yuehua and the others.
• Wang Ba told Li Yuehua that he would soon return to the Boundary Sea because he sensed a great calamity approaching, and he promised to find a way to free her.
• Wang Ba bowed to Li Yuehua and the Waterside Pavilion before diving into the Origin Water, while an unseen figure examined the Immortal True Scripture and remarked that Golden Immortal calligraphy had nurtured his True Spirit.

After returning from the Boundary Sea Origin, Wang Ba learned that a black monster had been abducting cultivators near the Ruins of Zhangshi and used the Origin Water he brought back to advance his Primordial Spirit and Dao Domain. As he broke through, the monster attacked again, and an azure light shot from his cave abode toward it.

• Wang Ba awoke in the Yinxu Daoist Grounds and learned from the Wu Ape King that more than two hundred years had passed since Buddha Lord Tianshang attacked him.
• Yin Tianzhi told Wang Ba that a black monster had abducted cultivators and defeated Cheng Lianzi, forcing the people of the Ruins of Zhangshi to remain behind their formation.
• Wang Ba sent Yin Tianzhi and the Wu Ape King to gather news and warn the Four Great Realms not to interfere with Buddha Lord Tianshang's apparent plans to ascend.
• Wang Ba used the Origin Water from the Boundary Sea Origin to nourish the Plague Immortal, Fugui, his Primordial Spirit, and his Dao Domain, pushing his cultivation toward a breakthrough.
• A consciousness in the deep sea sensed Wang Ba's Origin Water and suspected he had visited the Boundary Sea Origin, but fear of the powerful figure behind him kept it from acting.
• As Wang Ba's breakthrough sent black-and-yellow light across the Ruins of Zhangshi, the black monster attacked the formation and abducted a cultivator, prompting an azure light to fly from Wang Ba's cave toward it.

Wang Ba captured Jiu Futu and the Zhebi Corpse after the Nine-Tailed Fox Azure Fox defeated the corpse, then compelled Jiu Futu to serve him. After feeding the Zhebi Corpse the remaining Origin Water, Wang Ba sensed that Yin Tianzhi had reached the Cloud-Heaven Realm and vanished toward the Four Great Realms at Sea-Cutting Cliff.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox Azure Fox pursued the Zhebi Corpse, but it escaped through Death Qi before Wang Ba tracked it to Jiu Futu's hiding place.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Azure Fox smashed the continent land and pinned the Zhebi Corpse, while Wang Ba recognized Jiu Futu and questioned him about cultivating the corpse in the Extreme Azure Abyss.
• Jiu Futu offered Wang Ba his storage Dao treasure and tried to use the Zhebi Corpse to attack him, but Wang Ba shrank the monster into his palm and effortlessly subdued it.
• Wang Ba gave Jiu Futu the choice to serve him or die, marked him with a divine pattern, and returned with him and the Zhebi Corpse to the Ruins of Zhangshi.
• Wang Ba handed Jiu Futu to Cheng Lianzi, fed the Zhebi Corpse the remaining half of the Origin Water, and sensed that Yin Tianzhi had reached the Cloud-Heaven Realm.

Wang Ba reached the Four Great Realms of Sea-Cutting Cliff and learned that Gai True Person, Bai Liaochan, and other Mahayana cultivators had gone to the Supreme True Buddha, where Buddha Lord Tianshang’s imminent ascension was likely a trap. He hurried toward them while arranging for Buddha Lord Kongchanzi to provide support, as the ambushers prepared to strike during the ascension.

• Wang Ba and Yin Tianzhi found the three realms sealed behind a formation, and Zhang Bokai initially mistook Wang Ba for a disguised demon monk and attacked him.
• Wang Ba blocked the formation’s Mahayana-level Sword Light, convinced Zhang Bokai of his identity, and learned that Gai True Person and Bai Liaochan had gone to the Supreme True Buddha.
• Zhang Bokai revealed that five Mahayana cultivators were lying in ambush near Buddha Lord Tianshang, who was expected to ascend within days, while Buddha Lord Kongchanzi had declined to join them.
• Wang Ba urged Zhang Bokai to summon Kongchanzi and used the Cloud-Heaven Realm’s teleportation array to set out for the Supreme True Buddha.
• At the Reclining Buddha, Gai True Person, Celestial Lord Chao, Madam Hua, Fellow Daoist Jiao, Bai Liaochan, and other cultivators prepared to attack when Buddha Lord Tianshang empowered the Buddha Son.

Buddha Lord Tianshang began his ascension while the Future Buddha Son Zhiyuan received his legacy, but Gai True Person and the other Mahayana cultivators attacked and killed Zhiyuan. The assault proved to be part of Buddha Lord Tianshang’s trap, and he reappeared above the Buddha Kingdom to reveal that he had been waiting for them.

• Buddha Lord Tianshang began the empowerment ceremony for the Future Buddha Son as Gai True Person and the other hidden cultivators prepared to attack during his ascension.
• Pu Yan questioned why the West Great Bodhisattva had not been chosen as successor, and his master warned him to keep quiet.
• A hornless Flood Dragon charged into the Buddha Kingdom, but Zhiyuan struck it back before Gai True Person, Madam Hua, Celestial Lord Chao, and others launched their assault.
• Celestial Lord Chao’s attack and Gai True Person’s sword strike killed Zhiyuan, whose corpse leaked Demonic Qi.
• Gai True Person received Zhang Bokai’s warning that Tianshang’s ascension was a trap, and Buddha Lord Tianshang reappeared, saying he had been waiting for them.

Gai True Person and the other Mahayana cultivators were trapped in Buddha Lord Tianshang’s Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom, where Tianshang sacrificed his own Great Bodhisattvas to empower it. Bai Liaochan’s awakened Exiled Immortal past briefly struck back, but four Buddha Lords overwhelmed the group before a blue-robed figure appeared and plunged the area into darkness.

• Gai True Person learned from Bokai that Buddha Lord Tianshang’s ascension had been a trap, and he and the other Mahayana cultivators tried to escape the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom.
• Buddha Lord Tianshang blocked their escape and began closing the Buddha Kingdom, draining the cultivators while the Four Directional Great Bodhisattvas, the Lord of the Six Paths, Sun Truth, and Moon Truth were purified and destroyed.
• Gai True Person called on Bai Liaochan, whose awakened past-life identity as an Exiled Immortal opened the Buddha Kingdom and wounded Buddha Lord Tianshang with a Geng Metal Sword Light.
• Buddha Lord Tianshang summoned three former Buddha Lords, and their combined power halted Bai Liaochan’s attacks and resumed the Buddha Kingdom’s closure.
• Gai True Person urged the others to hold on until Xiahou Heavenly Demon could help, but a Pale-Golden Sword-Ray appeared and a blue-robed figure told the five Mahayana cultivators not to resist before the area fell into darkness.

Wang Ba rescued Celestial Lord Chao, Gai True Person, and the others from Buddha Lord Tianshang’s lotus Buddha Kingdom, only for Tianshang to trap them again using the Three Great Dharma Realms. Wang Ba unleashed the Primal Chaos Azure Fox to break free, but the chapter ended as ten Buddha figures surrounded them and Tianshang declared that their ten lifetimes of concealment and endurance were over.

• Wang Ba appeared inside the lotus Buddha Kingdom and used the Dao of Cause and Effect to bring Celestial Lord Chao, Gai True Person, Madam Hua, Bai Liaochan, and the bald-headed man surnamed Jiao out to safety.
• Wang Ba and the others tried to flee, but Buddha Lord Tianshang severed their cause and effect and drew them back into the lotus Buddha Kingdom with the Seated Buddha, Standing Buddha, and Reclining Buddha.
• Wang Ba summoned the Primal Chaos Azure Fox, which burst out of the lotus Buddha Kingdom with the other cultivators sheltered in its claws.
• Wang Ba ordered Iron Pillar to break through the Three Great Buddha Statues, and the Primal Chaos Azure Fox tore through the surrounding void.
• The Three Great Buddha Statues reached for the Primal Chaos Azure Fox as ten Buddha figures appeared, and Buddha Lord Tianshang said their ten lifetimes of concealment and endurance had come to an end.

Wang Ba and Buddha Lord Tianshang clashed inside the eight Dharma Realms, where Tianshang used the Buddha statues to capture the fleeing cultivators and overwhelm the chaos azure fox. Wang Ba was pulled into the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom, leaving the battle and the fate of his companions unresolved.

• The eight Buddha statues attacked the chaos azure fox from three directions, and its Chaos Divine Light failed to damage their hands.
• Buddha Lord Tianshang used the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom’s suction to pull Gai True Person, Madam Hua, the burly bald man surnamed Jiao, and other Hinayana cultivators inside.
• Wang Ba summoned the pink rabbit, identified its plague toxin to Buddha Lord Tianshang, and drew Pu Yan into his sleeve.
• Celestial Lord Chao rode the Myriad Beasts lion toward Wang Ba, while Buddha Lord Tianshang’s Buddha hand struck Wang Ba and shattered his apparent body.
• The Buddha hands closed around the chaos azure fox, and the suction pulled Wang Ba into the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom.

Wang Ba confronted Buddha Lord Tianshang and threatened to unleash the ninth-tier Plague Demon, but Tianshang attacked despite the lives at stake. Wang Ba revealed that the plague toxin was infecting the Dharma Realm itself, and as Tianshang’s attack stalled, Kongchanzi opened a passage into the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom.

• Wang Ba warned Buddha Lord Tianshang that the Plague Demon’s toxin had spread through the living beings in the space, but Tianshang countered by showing Gai True Person, Bai Liaochan, Madam Hua, and the others trapped in the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom.
• When Wang Ba refused to be swayed by the prisoners’ danger, Buddha Lord Tianshang struck; the Chaos Azure Fox, Celestial Lord Chao, and the Ten-Thousand-Headed Fierce Lion intercepted the attack, but its shock waves killed countless beings and destroyed the surrounding temples.
• Buddha Lord Tianshang declared that eliminating the Mahayana cultivators was worth sacrificing his Buddhist subjects, then attacked again as Wang Ba condemned his pursuit of his own Dao.
• Wang Ba revealed that the Plague Demon’s toxin was infecting the Three Great Dharma Realms, forcing Buddha Lord Tianshang to halt his attack and realize the threat to the realms’ foundations.
• A hollow opened in the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom, and Buddha Lord Tianshang recognized the True Emptiness Staff; Kongchanzi’s voice called for the trapped cultivators to come out.

Kongchanzi and the Mahayana Cultivators escaped the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom while Wang Ba negotiated with Buddha Lord Tianshang, who offered to spare the others if Wang Ba stayed behind. Wang Ba refused Tianshang's invitation to join the Supreme True Buddha, then escaped through karmic rules and reunited with Kongchanzi, leaving Tianshang to realize that Wang Ba and True Person Taiyi shared one karma.

• Kongchanzi entered the Lotus Flower Buddha Kingdom with the True Emptiness Staff, evaded attacks from Buddha Lord Tianshang and the former Buddha Lords, and helped Celestial Lord Chao and the four Mahayana Cultivators escape.
• Wang Ba used the Pink Rabbit's Plague Demon power to pressure Tianshang into sparing the others, and Tianshang let Celestial Lord Chao and the four Mahayana Cultivators leave while keeping Wang Ba behind.
• Tianshang invited Wang Ba to join the Supreme True Buddha and explained his plan to unite the Three Great Dharma Realms and create a Sukhavati Pure Land.
• Wang Ba rejected Tianshang's invitation, and Tianshang attacked him and demanded that he hand over the Plague Demon.
• Wang Ba vanished using karmic rules and reappeared beside Kongchanzi as True Person Taiyi; Kongchanzi activated a teleportation array, and Tianshang realized that Wang Ba and Taiyi were one in karma.