Recaps

Hun Xiu defeated Haotian, Nuwa, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Shakyamuni, taking half of each of their divine souls and sparing them with a warning. Haotian went into seclusion and entrusted the Heavenly Court to the Queen Mother, who eagerly claimed the throne, while Hun Xiu returned to Yao Ji.

• Hun Xiu stopped his foot before crushing Haotian and the others, then extracted half of each of their divine souls and warned them not to provoke him again.
• After Hun Xiu left, the injured Haotian, Nuwa, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Shakyamuni blamed Haotian for leading them into the fight and departed, wary of Hun Xiu.
• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court, where the Queen Mother was shocked by his injuries, and he later announced that he would enter seclusion and leave its affairs to her.
• The Queen Mother sat on Haotian's throne and delighted in the authority she had long desired.
• Hun Xiu returned safely to Yao Ji at Soul Manor, boasted of his strength, and exchanged teasing remarks with her.

Hun Xiu told Yao Ji that he had defeated Haotian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni, but she doubted his claim. Meanwhile, the Queen Mother summoned the Five Extremes War Gods and six Golden Crows to seize Yao Ji’s family, and the Golden Crows realized the Five Extremes War Gods were being deployed.

• Hun Xiu told Yao Ji that he had defeated Haotian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni without killing them, but she struggled to believe him.
• The Queen Mother resolved to prove her ability to rule while Haotian was in seclusion and ordered the Five Extremes War Gods to assemble.
• The Queen Mother summoned the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Golden Crows, along with the Little Golden Crow, to take down Yao Ji’s family.
• The Five Extremes War Gods arrived at the Jade Pool, and the Sky War God asked where Haotian was.
• The Queen Mother said Haotian had entrusted the Three Realms to her during his seclusion, and the Sky War God accepted her authority.
• The Six Great Golden Crows arrived and were surprised to see the Five Extremes War Gods gathered there.

The Queen Mother sent the Five Extremes War Gods and Six Great Golden Crows to capture Yao Ji, who surrendered to protect her children and was suppressed beneath Peach Mountain. After learning that Yao Ji's husband Hun Xiu was absent and her children were unharmed, the Queen Mother ordered the Five Extremes War Gods to execute them.

• The Five Extremes War Gods questioned the Six Great Golden Crows about Hun Xiu, then descended with them to Soul Manor and found Yao Ji with her three children.
• Yao Ji agreed to return to the Heavenly Court if the Five Extremes War Gods spared her children, gave Hun Jian her Celestial Eye, and left after shielding the siblings behind a barrier.
• The Queen Mother accused Yao Ji of breaking heavenly law, and when Yao Ji challenged her, the Queen Mother suppressed her beneath Peach Mountain.
• The Five Extremes War Gods told the Queen Mother they had not seen Hun Xiu and had spared the children as promised, so the Queen Mother ordered them to execute the three siblings.
• Little Golden Crow asked the Queen Mother to spare Aunt Yao Ji's sons.

Hun Xiu freed Yao Ji from Peach Mountain and left a decoy in her place, while the Five Extremes War Gods tried to kill her children. Hun Xiu secretly rescued the three siblings, and Queen Mother ordered the Six Great Golden Crows and one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to search the Three Realms for them.

• Little Golden Crow asked Queen Mother to spare Yao Ji's children, but she insisted they had to die for violating Heavenly Laws.
• Hun Xiu appeared before Yao Ji beneath Peach Mountain, broke her restraints, and created a false Yao Ji to take her place.
• Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan left Soul Manor to seek masters and grow stronger so they could rescue their mother.
• The Five Extremes War Gods found the siblings and announced Queen Mother's order to kill them, but Hun Xiu secretly whisked them away before the attack landed.
• The Five Extremes War Gods reported their failure, and Queen Mother ordered the Six Great Golden Crows to lead one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in a search for the siblings.
• The siblings found themselves in a safe, unfamiliar place, and Hun Jian tentatively called out to ask whether their father had rescued them, but received no answer.

Hun Xiu secretly protected Hun Jian and his siblings as they grew into disciples of True Person Yuding and followed their destined adventures. After Haotian learned that the Queen Mother had imprisoned Yao Ji, he punished her and tried to free Yao Ji, but neither he nor the Queen Mother could break the chains.

• Hun Xiu kept Yao Ji from revealing themselves to Hun Jian and his siblings, saying they needed trials to grow.
• Hun Jian and his siblings became disciples of True Person Yuding, met Nezha, stirred up the East Sea, and obtained the Lotus Lantern while the Heavenly Court pursued them.
• After recovering, Haotian learned that the Queen Mother had captured Yao Ji, struck the Queen Mother, and ordered her imprisoned in the Cold Palace.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court to stop pursuing Hun Jian and tried several times to break the chains binding Yao Ji, but failed.
• Haotian told the Queen Mother that Hun Xiu had defeated him, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni, and urged her to release Yao Ji.
• At Peach Mountain, the Queen Mother tried to break Yao Ji's chains but failed and told Haotian she could not do it.

Haotian and the Queen Mother failed to free Yao Ji, while Haotian suspected an unseen power was manipulating events. When Hun Jian and his siblings tried to rescue their mother, a phantom of Haotian appeared from Peach Mountain and defeated them, leaving the real Haotian trapped and framed.

• The Queen Mother failed to break Yao Ji’s Heavenly Dao chains, and she and Haotian left Peach Mountain without freeing her.
• Haotian learned that Hun Xiu had vanished and that Hun Jian and his siblings were following the expected course, so he waited for the hidden force behind events to reveal itself.
• True Person Yuding told Hun Jian and his siblings that the Heavenly Court had withdrawn its warrant, but the three resolved to split Peach Mountain and rescue their mother.
• Hun Jian and his siblings failed to damage Peach Mountain, and a powerful phantom resembling Haotian emerged, suppressed them, and claimed to be the Jade Emperor.
• The phantom vanished, and Hun Jian and his siblings left to grow stronger while the real Haotian regained his freedom and called for the hidden power to appear.

Haotian discovered Hun Xiu was behind the events unfolding in the Three Realms and chose not to oppose him, while Hun Jian and his siblings trained and later distinguished themselves in the Mystic Sect war. In the High Cloud Palace, Haotian offered them a reward, but Hun Jian asked him to release Yao Ji, a request Haotian could not fulfill.

• Hun Xiu appeared before Haotian, claimed he was following the script Haotian had laid out, and warned him not to approach Peach Mountain.
• Haotian told Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni that Hun Xiu was guiding the story, and they agreed to let events proceed.
• Hun Jian and his siblings returned to True Person Yuding after failing to break open Peach Mountain, then chose to cultivate in seclusion.
• Hun Xiu told Yao Ji that their children needed hardship and strength of their own, while promising that nothing would happen to them.
• The Heavenly Court and the Mystic Sect joined forces in the Investiture of the Gods, where Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan performed well.
• Haotian offered the siblings a reward, but when Hun Jian asked him to release Yao Ji, Haotian told him to choose something else.

Hun Xiu appeared before Haotian and announced that he intended to interfere in the Journey to the West. After Haotian told Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni, Shakyamuni concluded that none of them could change Hun Xiu’s decision.

• Hun Jian and his siblings left the High Cloud Palace, and Hun Xiu appeared there under a suppressive divine power.
• Hun Xiu revealed that he knew about the planned Journey to the West and said he wanted to interfere in it.
• Haotian agreed to discuss Hun Xiu’s request with Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni, then summoned them to the High Cloud Palace.
• Haotian told the others that Hun Xiu planned to interfere, and they reacted with shock before Primeval Lord of Heaven questioned how Hun Xiu had learned of their secret plan.
• Haotian said Hun Xiu might know everything they discussed, and the others turned to Shakyamuni for a decision.
• Shakyamuni realized their choices could not affect Hun Xiu’s decision and concluded that they had no choice but to accept their fate.

Hun Xiu forced the rulers of the Three Realms to accept changes to the Journey to the West, while Hun Jian failed to break Peach Mountain and free his mother. Years later, as Sun Wukong’s staged rise unfolded, Curtain Roller arrived at Hun Jian’s Soul Manor with an imperial decree.

• Hun Xiu appeared before Haotian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni, then ordered Hun Jian and Hun Jiao to replace Tianpeng and Curtain Roller on the Journey to the West, using their mother’s release as leverage.
• Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan attacked Peach Mountain together, but it remained unharmed; True Person Yuding explained that only power beyond the Dao could split it, and Hun Jian collapsed in despair.
• True Person Yuding impersonated Subhuti, taught Sun Wukong, and expelled him, while the leaders of the Three Realms secretly arranged the monkey’s rise and havoc in Heaven.
• Nezha told Hun Jian at Soul Manor that Sun Wukong had wreaked havoc in Heaven, and Hun Jian questioned why Haotian had not stopped him.
• Curtain Roller arrived at Soul Manor carrying an imperial decree, surprising Nezha and prompting him to wonder what Haotian had planned for Hun Jian.

Hun Jian accepted Haotian’s decree to capture Sun Wukong after learning it might give him a chance to save his mother, then overwhelmed the monkey demon at Flower and Fruit Mountain. True Person Yuding arrived to prevent his disciples from killing each other, but found Hun Jian already fighting Sun Wukong and feared he might kill him.

• Curtain-Raising General told Hun Jian that capturing Sun Wukong could earn him an opportunity to save his mother, so Hun Jian accepted Haotian’s decree.
• Hun Jian brought Hun Jiao and Hun Chan to the Heavenly Court, where Haotian promised that success would give them a chance to rescue their mother.
• Hun Jian went alone to Flower and Fruit Mountain and easily blocked Sun Wukong’s attacks before forcing him to his knees with a powerful strike.
• True Person Yuding rushed to Flower and Fruit Mountain to stop Hun Jian and Sun Wukong, but encountered Hun Jiao and Hun Chan and learned Hun Jian was already below.
• True Person Yuding feared Hun Jian might have killed Sun Wukong and hurried to find out how the battle was going.

Hun Jian defeated Sun Wukong, then learned from True Person Yuding that Sun Wukong was his junior disciple and delivered him to the Heavenly Court. After Sun Wukong escaped the Eight Trigrams Furnace with new strength, he headed to the High Cloud Palace and struck Shakyamuni, who stood unharmed.

• Hun Jian defeated Sun Wukong, but True Person Yuding stopped him from killing the monkey and revealed that Sun Wukong was his disciple too.
• Hun Jian sealed Sun Wukong’s mana and delivered him to Jade Emperor Haotian, who handed him over to the Grand Supreme Elder.
• Hun Jian and True Person Yuding suspected the Buddhist Sect had arranged Sun Wukong’s Havoc in Heaven as part of a larger scheme.
• The Grand Supreme Elder put Sun Wukong in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, where he gained Fiery Golden Eyes and a body of bronze walls and iron bones after forty-nine heavenly days.
• Sun Wukong fought his way toward the High Cloud Palace and hit Shakyamuni on the head with his Golden Cudgel, but Shakyamuni was unharmed.

After Shakyamuni suppressed Sun Wukong beneath Five Elements Mountain, he prepared the Six-Eared Macaque to replace him. Five hundred years later, Sun Wukong joined the Journey to the West party, and the chapter ended when the real Sun Wukong and his impostor confronted each other.

• Sun Wukong spat on Shakyamuni, who suppressed him beneath Five Elements Mountain and vowed to make him pay.
• Shakyamuni named the Six-Eared Macaque Sun Wukong and trained him to replace the real Sun Wukong.
• During Sun Wukong’s five-hundred-year imprisonment, Hun Jian and his siblings failed to free their mother, while True Person Yuding visited Sun Wukong.
• Haotian promised to release Hun Jian and his siblings’ mother if they protected Tang Xuanzang and helped obtain the scriptures, so they joined the Journey to the West party and rescued Sun Wukong.
• Shakyamuni sent the Six-Eared Macaque, disguised as Sun Wukong, to replace him, and the two appeared together before Tang Xuanzang and his companions.
• The two Sun Wukongs fought, while Tang Xuanzang asked Hun Jian and his siblings which one was real.

Hun Jian led the two indistinguishable Sun Wukongs to Jade Spring Mountain, believing True Person Yuding could identify the real one. When they arrived at Golden Radiance Cave, Yuding’s calligraphy reading “Real” and “Fake” unsettled the counterfeit, who began to suspect that Yuding was a hidden expert.

• Hun Jian’s Celestial Eye and the Jade Emperor Haotian’s Monster-Revealing Mirror both failed to distinguish the two Sun Wukongs.
• The two Sun Wukongs visited several powerful figures, none of whom identified the real one, and then decided to seek Shakyamuni at Spirit Mountain.
• Hun Jian redirected them to Jade Spring Mountain, saying his Master could reveal which Sun Wukong was real.
• The real Sun Wukong recognized Subhuti as his Master and eagerly agreed to go, while the counterfeit accepted with confidence.
• At Golden Radiance Cave, True Person Yuding dropped a sheet bearing the words “Real” and “Fake,” making the counterfeit wonder whether Yuding was secretly powerful.

True Person Yuding exposed the fake Sun Wukong after he called him “Master,” and Hun Jian defeated the impostor when he tried to flee. The fake Sun Wukong remained defiant and insisted his name was Sun Wukong as Hun Jian tried to learn who was behind him.

• Hun Jian told True Person Yuding what had happened, and True Person Yuding realized one of the two Sun Wukongs was an impostor.
• True Person Yuding identified the fake Sun Wukong because he called him “Master” instead of “True Person.”
• Sun Wukong fought the fake Sun Wukong out of Golden Radiance Cave, but Hun Jian blocked the impostor’s escape and defeated him.
• Sun Wukong tried to kill the fake Sun Wukong, but Hun Jian stopped him so he could question the prisoner.
• Hun Jian asked who was behind the fake Sun Wukong and what his name was, but the impostor insisted his name was Sun Wukong.

The fake Sun Wukong was rescued by Shakyamuni, and the Journey to the West eventually reached Spirit Mountain. When Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan went to collect Jade Emperor Haotian’s promised reward, he claimed Hun Xiu had secretly suppressed their mother, Yao Ji, provoking Hun Jian to attack him.

• Hun Chan suggested that the fake Sun Wukong might genuinely be named Sun Wukong, but Shakyamuni intervened and rescued him from Hun Jian and the others.
• Shakyamuni returned the failed fake Sun Wukong to his rear garden and gave him another chance to try again.
• Hun Jian and his companions completed the journey to Spirit Mountain, then Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan went to the High Cloud Palace to demand that Jade Emperor Haotian fulfill his promise.
• Jade Emperor Haotian revealed that Hun Xiu was stronger than him and claimed that Hun Xiu, not Haotian, had suppressed Yao Ji.
• Hun Jian accused Haotian of slandering his father and thrust his blade at him.

Haotian defeated Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan until Hun Xiu secretly empowered Hun Jian’s final slash, exposing Haotian’s vulnerability. Hun Xiu and Yao Ji reunited with their children, and the siblings learned that Yao Ji’s imprisonment at Peach Mountain had been an illusion arranged by Hun Xiu as a trial.

• Haotian blocked Hun Jian’s attacks, then fought the three siblings and overwhelmed them, taking the Lotus Lantern.
• Hun Jian struck Haotian with a suddenly empowered slash, and Haotian realized Hun Xiu was nearby.
• Hun Xiu and Yao Ji appeared, and Yao Ji embraced Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan after their long separation.
• Hun Xiu sent Haotian flying repeatedly, then reunited with his children and praised their growth.
• Hun Xiu told the siblings that Yao Ji had never been imprisoned and that Peach Mountain had been an illusion created to temper them.

Shakyamuni sent the Six-Eared Macaque to challenge Sun Wukong again, hoping to replace the Intelligent Stone Monkey. When Shakyamuni secretly tipped the evenly matched fight in the Macaque’s favor, Hun Jian and his siblings rushed to the Lower Realm to help Sun Wukong.

• Shakyamuni warned the Six-Eared Macaque that he had to defeat Sun Wukong or face death, then sent him to Chang'an.
• The Six-Eared Macaque and Sun Wukong fought above Chang'an while Tang Xuanzang watched, unable to intervene without his recovered magical power.
• Hun Xiu explained to Hun Jian and his siblings that the opponent was the Six-Eared Macaque, who was backed by Shakyamuni and meant to replace Sun Wukong.
• Shakyamuni secretly empowered the Six-Eared Macaque, who struck Sun Wukong out of the sky and sent him crashing into a street in Chang'an.
• Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan rushed to the Lower Realm after learning that Sun Wukong had been knocked down, while Hun Xiu assured Yao Ji that Shakyamuni would not dare attack them.

Hun Jian and his siblings saved Sun Wukong from Six-Eared Macaque, who was defeated and abandoned by Buddha Shakyamuni. Hun Jian spared Six-Eared Macaque, but when he returned to Spirit Mountain, Shakyamuni killed him, and the Heavenly Dao sent down merit as Journey to the West ended.

• Hun Jian and his siblings stopped Six-Eared Macaque from killing Sun Wukong, and Hun Chan healed Sun Wukong with the Lotus Lantern.
• Hun Jian defeated Six-Eared Macaque, exposed his identity, and gave him time to call for Shakyamuni, who ignored his plea.
• Six-Eared Macaque realized Shakyamuni had abandoned him, but Hun Jian spared him because he had committed no evil; Six-Eared Macaque thanked Hun Jian and left.
• Hun Jian explained Six-Eared Macaque's story to Sun Wukong, who accepted why his Senior Disciple Brother had let him go.
• Six-Eared Macaque returned to Spirit Mountain and apologized to Shakyamuni, who killed him with a palm strike.
• The Heavenly Dao trembled, vast merit power descended, and Journey to the West came to an end.

After the Journey to the West merit descended, Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan received the largest share and went into seclusion to refine it. Shakyamuni learned Hun Xiu had redirected the Buddhist Sect’s merit, while Nuwa discovered Hun Xiu had severed her connection to the Lotus Lantern and was summoned to Soul Manor.

• Hun Xiu explained that Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan had not yet refined their merit and would grow powerful once they did.
• Shakyamuni asked Haotian why the Buddhist Sect had received no merit, and Haotian revealed Hun Xiu had infused it into the Scripture Pilgrims.
• Shakyamuni accepted that he could not challenge Hun Xiu, then recruited Sun Wukong into the Buddhist Sect as the Victorious Fighting Buddha while Tang Xuanzang became the Chandana Merit Buddha.
• Hun Xiu erased Nuwa’s imprint from the Lotus Lantern and had Hun Chan take it into seclusion to refine it.
• Nuwa traced the severed connection to Soul Manor, realized Hun Xiu had taken control of the Lotus Lantern, and went to leave before Hun Xiu invited her down.
• Nuwa met Hun Xiu at Soul Manor and claimed she had only been passing through.

Hun Xiu left the Lotus Lantern world to test whether Hun Jian and the others could stand on their own, then arrived in the Journey to the West Sequel world and offered to help Wutian unify the Three Realms. Wutian, unable to judge Hun Xiu's strength, prepared to test him.

• Hun Xiu told Nuwa he would compensate her for the Lotus Lantern, then treated her to tea that strengthened her Nascent Soul and offered her some to take away.
• After seeing Nuwa off, Hun Xiu vanished from the Three Realms, and Haotian sensed his aura had disappeared but remained unsure whether he had truly left.
• Hun Xiu departed the Lotus Lantern world because he wanted to see if Hun Jian and the others could stand on their own after emerging from seclusion.
• Hun Xiu arrived in the Journey to the West Sequel world, where Wutian was still in the Netherworld, and appeared in Wutian's hall.
• Hun Xiu offered to help Wutian unify the Three Realms, and Wutian questioned whether he could overcome Tathagata Buddha before deciding to test him.

Hun Xiu faced Wutian in the Netherworld's grand hall and proved far stronger than Wutian expected. After Hun Xiu destroyed the World-Destroying Black Lotus, Wutian realized his confidence had come from his overwhelming strength.

• Wutian tested Hun Xiu with black mist, but Hun Xiu dissipated it effortlessly and taunted him into using his real power.
• Wutian summoned the World-Destroying Black Lotus, which restrained Hun Xiu and locked his Nascent Soul.
• Wutian mocked Hun Xiu and sent black flames from the lotus to burn him, but Hun Xiu broke free unharmed.
• Hun Xiu crushed the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and the backlash made Wutian spit blood.
• Wutian stared at Hun Xiu in shock and realized he had mistaken genuine strength for a bluff.

Hun Xiu tested Wutian’s strength and agreed to become his ally, then investigated the powers of the Three Realms and suspected Wutian’s rise was part of a larger conspiracy. Wutian learned that Tathagata did not know Hun Xiu, while Tathagata remained committed to a plan he believed had a ninety percent chance of success.

• Hun Xiu and Wutian clashed in the Netherworld Hall, and Hun Xiu defeated Wutian’s disciples and forced Wutian to his knees before Wutian accepted him as an ally.
• Hun Xiu told Wutian to call his name at a critical moment, then left the Netherworld as Wutian ordered Black Lotus Emissary to investigate him.
• Hun Xiu visited Tathagata, Haotian, and Zhenyuanzi, concluded that Wutian’s brief rule over the Three Realms was part of a conspiracy, and found that many powers stood at the world’s summit.
• Black Lotus Emissary reported that no one named Hun Xiu existed in the Three Realms, so Wutian went to Spirit Mountain and asked Tathagata about him.
• Tathagata said he did not know Hun Xiu, and Wutian left after reminding him of their game.
• Randeng Ancient Buddha questioned Tathagata about the plan, but Tathagata refused to abandon it and claimed it had a ninety percent chance of success.

Hun Xiu learned that Wutian’s takeover of the Three Realms was part of a contest with Tathagata and offered Wutian a way to secure permanent rule, but Wutian refused to kill the Gods and Buddhas. After Wutian’s plan unfolded and the Gods and Buddhas were imprisoned in the Ashura Realm, Hun Xiu attacked Haotian, who revealed his power by vanishing before the strike landed.

• Hun Xiu overheard Tathagata, Wutian, and Randeng discussing the coming contest and realized Wutian was expected to lose without his intervention.
• Wutian conquered the Three Realms, imprisoned the Gods and Buddhas in the Ashura Realm, and used Demons disguised as Gods to maintain order while beginning the search for the Reincarnated Demonic Eye and seventeen Sarira.
• Hun Xiu urged Wutian to kill the Gods and Buddhas so Tathagata could not reclaim the Three Realms, but Wutian refused and questioned Hun Xiu’s loyalties.
• Hun Xiu overwhelmed Wutian with his aura, said he supported him because he preferred him to Tathagata, and promised to help if Wutian called his true name.
• Hun Xiu entered the Ashura Realm and struck at Haotian with a powerful palm, prompting Haotian to vanish before the blow hit.

Hun Xiu exposed Haotian’s secret alliance with the Buddhist Sect and sealed his Nascent Soul, prompting Haotian to send Nezha to warn Qiao Ling’er. After Qiao Ling’er became Tathagata again, Tathagata killed Haotian and claimed the throne of the Three Realms for himself.

• Haotian revealed his magical power when Hun Xiu attacked, and Hun Xiu exposed his staged calamity with the Buddhist Sect.
• Hun Xiu sealed Haotian’s Nascent Soul, leaving him powerless, and Wutian worried that Hun Xiu might be stronger than he was.
• Haotian asked Nezha to escape the Ashura Realm and warn Tathagata’s reincarnation that Wutian had broken their arrangement.
• Nezha escaped and told Qiao Ling’er the warning, prompting Qiao Ling’er to become Tathagata again and send Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Nezha to find Zhenyuanzi and the seventeen Sarira.
• Tathagata visited the Ashura Realm, confirmed Haotian was powerless, and killed him by snapping his neck and crushing his Nascent Soul.

Tathagata killed Haotian, forced the Heavenly Court immortals to submit, and tried to blame Wutian for the murder. As Tathagata pursued the seventeen Sarira, Hun Xiu urged Wutian to abandon their rules and seize the Sarira Sun Wukong had found, and Wutian resolved to show no mercy.

• Tathagata killed Haotian and demanded that the sealed Heavenly Court immortals either submit or die, and they all submitted under pressure.
• Haotian's death brought bloody rain and lightning across the Three Realms, and Zhenyuanzi told Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Zhu Bajie that the Jade Emperor had fallen.
• Nezha left to attend to other matters while Zhenyuanzi, Sun Wukong, and Zhu Bajie set out to search for the remaining Sarira.
• Tathagata altered the memories of the Buddhas and immortals, then accused Wutian of killing Haotian when Wutian confronted him in the Ashura Realm.
• Wutian returned to Spirit Mountain and asked Hun Xiu whether he could defeat Tathagata after the Sarira were fused; Hun Xiu told him to seize the Sarira Sun Wukong had found.
• Wutian accepted Hun Xiu's advice and declared that, since Tathagata had shown no mercy, he would be ruthless in return.