Recaps

Hun Xiu reassured Zixia that Qingxia was safe, then released Sun Wukong and ordered him to capture Tang Xuanzang and arrange a marriage proposal to Niu Xiangxiang. Sun Wukong agreed, but asked whether Hun Xiu’s sister-in-law knew he planned to take a concubine.

• Zixia asked Hun Xiu whether Qingxia had harmed him, and he said he had taught Qingxia a small lesson and warned her to leave Zixia alone.
• Hun Xiu settled Zixia in Silk Web Cave, then released Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong chose not to flee and flattered Hun Xiu, who praised his obedient attitude.
• Hun Xiu questioned Sun Wukong about rumors that he planned to use Tang Xuanzang as a betrothal gift to marry Niu Xiangxiang; Sun Wukong denied the plan.
• Hun Xiu ordered Sun Wukong to capture Tang Xuanzang and propose marriage to Niu Xiangxiang at Mount Jilei.
• Sun Wukong agreed to carry out Hun Xiu’s order, then asked whether his sister-in-law knew Hun Xiu wanted to take a concubine.

Sun Wukong returned to Tang Xuanzang and, fed up with his chatter, beat him unconscious while Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing thought he was dead. After beating Tang Xuanzang again when he woke, Sun Wukong took him to Mount Jilei, leaving Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing behind.

• Hun Xiu let Sun Wukong leave, then secretly followed him as he flew away on his Somersault Cloud.
• Sun Wukong appeared before Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing in a burst of yellow wind.
• Tang Xuanzang questioned Sun Wukong about Guanyin, so Sun Wukong slapped him and then beat him unconscious.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing thought Tang Xuanzang was dead and prepared to divide the luggage and go home.
• Tang Xuanzang woke and said he was still alive, so Sun Wukong beat him unconscious again.
• Sun Wukong carried Tang Xuanzang to Mount Jilei while Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing watched.

After Sun Wukong carried Tang Xuanzang away, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing discussed why they had let him go and decided they needed to head to Mount Jilei. Sha Wujing offered to join Zhu Bajie on the mission to save their Master.

• Sha Wujing asked Zhu Bajie why he had let Sun Wukong carry away Tang Xuanzang, and Zhu Bajie explained that Sun Wukong was too strong to stop.
• Sha Wujing offered to help Zhu Bajie fight Sun Wukong, but Zhu Bajie called him deadweight.
• Zhu Bajie began dividing the luggage and suggested they go their separate ways, until Sha Wujing reminded him that Guanyin Bodhisattva would hold them accountable.
• Zhu Bajie took up his Nine-Toothed Rake and announced that he was going to Mount Jilei to save Tang Xuanzang for the Journey to the West.
• Sha Wujing picked up his Crescent Shovel and asked Zhu Bajie to take him along.

Sun Wukong brought the captured Tang Xuanzang to Mount Jilei as a betrothal gift so Hun Xiu could marry Niu Xiangxiang. After Niu Xiangxiang admired Sun Wukong, she saw Hun Xiu and drooled uncontrollably, leaving her choice of groom uncertain.

• Zhu Bajie persuaded the tearful Sha Wujing to join him on the journey to Mount Jilei to rescue Tang Xuanzang.
• Hun Xiu met Sun Wukong at Mount Jilei and praised him for capturing Tang Xuanzang as the betrothal gift.
• The Demon King welcomed Sun Wukong, learned that Hun Xiu was meant to marry Niu Xiangxiang, and agreed to summon her.
• Niu Xiangxiang entered the hall, admired Sun Wukong, and mistook his lowered gaze for shyness.
• Niu Xiangxiang saw Hun Xiu and began drooling so much that her handkerchief could not contain it.

Niu Xiangxiang accepted Hun Xiu’s proposal, and Demon King began preparing a grand wedding at Mount Jilei. Meanwhile, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing arrived to rescue Tang Xuanzang, but Zhu Bajie planned to stall while Sha Wujing believed they would act at night.

• Niu Xiangxiang fell for Hun Xiu at first sight and accepted his proposal after Demon King introduced them.
• Demon King ordered wedding preparations and sent invitations to the demons of the Demon Realm.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing snuck into Mount Jilei and spent their time eating and drinking while Tang Xuanzang remained a captive.
• Sha Wujing reminded Zhu Bajie that they had come to rescue Tang Xuanzang, but Zhu Bajie argued that confronting the demons in daylight would be dangerous.
• Sha Wujing asked whether they would rescue Tang Xuanzang that night, and Zhu Bajie pretended to agree while intending to keep delaying.

Hun Xiu teased Sun Wukong about Niu Xiangxiang and exposed his secret name for Princess Iron Fan, Sweetie, while Demon King remained unaware of the truth. The chapter left Sun Wukong hiding the secret as Demon King asked whether they could hear something.

• Sun Wukong offered to deal with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, but Hun Xiu dismissed them as no threat.
• Hun Xiu told Sun Wukong that he liked Niu Xiangxiang, and Sun Wukong showed no jealousy.
• Hun Xiu asked whether Sun Wukong's lack of interest in Niu Xiangxiang came from his love for Sweetie, shocking Sun Wukong.
• Demon King asked about Sweetie, and Hun Xiu claimed she was one of Sun Wukong's women.
• Demon King suggested Sun Wukong bring Sweetie to meet them, while Sun Wukong realized Demon King had already met her as Princess Iron Fan.
• Demon King asked Hun Xiu and Sun Wukong whether they could hear something.

Demon King discovered that Princess Iron Fan had overheard him insulting her and learned he had forgotten to tell her about Niu Xiangxiang’s marriage plans. Princess Iron Fan then met Hun Xiu, became captivated by his looks, and invited him to try her dumplings, leaving Hun Xiu uneasy about her boldness in front of Demon King.

• Demon King mistook Princess Iron Fan’s voice for a sound he had imagined, then turned around and found her standing behind him.
• Princess Iron Fan grabbed Demon King’s ear for insulting her, then confronted him for failing to tell her about Niu Xiangxiang’s marriage plans.
• Princess Iron Fan asked where her brother-in-law was and learned that Hun Xiu, not Sun Wukong, was the intended groom.
• Princess Iron Fan admired Hun Xiu’s looks, touched his face, and asked him to call her sister-in-law.
• Princess Iron Fan asked Hun Xiu whether he liked dumplings, and Hun Xiu worried about her flirtation in front of Demon King.

Hun Xiu, Demon King, and Princess Iron Fan exchanged awkward jokes about her cooking while Sun Wukong recalled Guanyin hunting him and Demon King vowed to help him take revenge. That night, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing tried to rescue Tang Xuanzang but ran into Sun Wukong, and Zhu Bajie urged Sha Wujing to hold him off.

• Demon King and Princess Iron Fan invited Hun Xiu to try her dumplings and noodles, leaving him to wonder whether they were hinting at something.
• Sun Wukong told Demon King that Guanyin had hunted him, and Demon King promised they would settle the score after eating Tang Xuanzang and growing stronger.
• At midnight, Sha Wujing woke Zhu Bajie and insisted they go rescue Tang Xuanzang, so Zhu Bajie reluctantly followed him out.
• Sun Wukong blocked Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, and Zhu Bajie tried to send Sha Wujing ahead to hold him off.

Zhu Bajie ran off after tricking Sha Wujing into holding Sun Wukong back, but Sun Wukong swiftly defeated Sha Wujing and pinned him down. Zhu Bajie's escape ended when Demon King blocked his path and announced he meant to slaughter and eat him.

• Sha Wujing urged Zhu Bajie to hold Sun Wukong back, but Zhu Bajie tricked Sha Wujing into taking that role and ran to save Tang Xuanzang.
• Sun Wukong approached Sha Wujing, easily knocked him down with the Golden Cudgel, and held the staff to his throat.
• Zhu Bajie abandoned any plan to save Tang Xuanzang and fled, blaming Sha Wujing for exposing him.
• Demon King appeared before Zhu Bajie and said he had come to slaughter a pig and eat pork.

Demon King defeated Zhu Bajie after enjoying his flattery, while Sha Wujing mistook a sudden crash for the arrival of his Peerless Hero. The chapter ended with Sha Wujing seeing Zhu Bajie sprawled on the ground and asking if he was all right.

• Demon King told Zhu Bajie to attack, but Zhu Bajie tried to avoid fighting by praising him.
• Demon King enjoyed Zhu Bajie's flattery, then refused to let him leave and attacked him.
• Demon King knocked Zhu Bajie's Nine-Toothed Rake away, sent him crashing to the ground, and held his trident to Zhu Bajie's throat.
• Sha Wujing heard the crash and wondered whether his Peerless Hero had arrived.
• Sun Wukong told Sha Wujing that Zhu Bajie could barely save himself, and Sha Wujing saw Zhu Bajie lying on the ground.
• Sha Wujing called out to Zhu Bajie and asked whether he was all right.

Zhu Bajie failed to rescue Sha Wujing, and the Demon King captured them both. Sun Wukong worried that the Buddhist Sect would defeat them when they tried to eat Tang Sanzang the next day, leaving the Demon King and Sun Wukong facing the battle with most demons having fled Mount Jilei.

• Sha Wujing mistook Zhu Bajie's humiliating arrival for a rescue, but Zhu Bajie could not explain what had happened.
• The Demon King revealed that he had sent Zhu Bajie crashing onto Sha Wujing and captured both disciples.
• Sun Wukong warned that the Buddhist Sect posed a far greater threat than Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, and hoped Hun Xiu would help in the coming battle.
• The next day, most demons left Mount Jilei to avoid being caught in the fight over Tang Sanzang.
• The Demon King and Sun Wukong remained determined to eat Tang Sanzang's Flesh despite the Buddhist Sect's expected intervention.

Demon King learned that Demon King Jiao had arrived, not that the Buddhist Sect had attacked. Demon King Jiao reunited with his sworn brothers and revealed that their other brothers were coming to join them.

• A bull-headed demon privately told Demon King that Demon King Jiao had arrived, and Sun Wukong feared the Buddhist Sect had attacked.
• Demon King reassured the hall that the Buddhist Sect had not come and announced that Second Brother had arrived.
• Demon King and Sun Wukong warmly greeted Demon King Jiao, who said he had come to share in Tang Sanzang's Flesh.
• Demon King introduced Hun Xiu to Demon King Jiao, who was struck by Hun Xiu's handsome appearance.
• Demon King Jiao told Demon King and Sun Wukong that their other sworn brothers were on the way, prompting Demon King to celebrate the Seven Great Sages' reunion.

The Seven Great Sages gathered at Mount Jilei and prepared to cook Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing in a boiling oil cauldron while the Buddhist Sect waited and the Heavenly Court and Daoist Sects watched. As Demon King invited Tang Xuanzang to speak his last words, the monk began an endless stream of questions that irritated the assembled Demon Kings.

• Roc Demon King, Lion Camel King, Macaque King, and Gibbon King arrived, reuniting the Seven Great Sages as the Demon Realm celebrated.
• The Buddhist Sect sent Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin to Mount Jilei, while the Heavenly Court and Daoist Sects chose to watch the conflict unfold.
• The Seven Great Sages tied Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Tang Xuanzang to stone pillars and heated oil in a cauldron.
• Zhu Bajie panicked, wet himself, and begged Demon King and Sun Wukong to spare him, but Sun Wukong threatened to cut out his tongue.
• Demon King asked Tang Xuanzang for his last words, and Tang Xuanzang launched into incessant questions about why the demons wanted to eat him and how they would cook him.

Sun Wukong and the Demon Kings prepared to throw Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing into an oil cauldron, but the Buddhist Sect arrived before Sha Wujing was thrown in. Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin overwhelmed the lesser demons and confronted Demon King, demanding that he answer for his crimes.

• Sun Wukong suggested killing Tang Xuanzang to stop his constant talking, and Tang Xuanzang quickly fell silent.
• As the Demon Kings prepared the oil cauldron, Sha Wujing complained that he had not been allowed to say his last words, so Demon King ordered the little demons to throw him in first.
• Just as the little demons lifted Sha Wujing toward the cauldron, Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin appeared in a blaze of Buddhist light.
• Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin recited a Buddhist Chant that knocked nearly all the little demons unconscious, leaving the Seven Great Sages standing.
• Demon King challenged the newcomers over their treatment of his demons, and Randeng demanded to know whether Demon King knew his crime.

Demon King and the other Seven Great Sages defied Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin, refusing to back down even as they faced likely defeat. Randeng unleashed a gigantic lightning-wreathed hand against them, and its oppressive force slowed their movements as it descended.

• Demon King openly challenged Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin, and the other Demon Kings joined him in mocking the Buddhist figures.
• Randeng decided to punish the Seven Great Sages and declared that he would grant their wish to die.
• The Seven Great Sages transformed into their true forms and charged at Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin.
• Randeng summoned a gigantic hand wrapped in lightning, whose overwhelming pressure slowed the Seven Great Sages as it descended.

Randeng crushed the Seven Great Sages beneath his giant hand but spared their lives while Hun Xiu watched. Hun Xiu then asked Randeng to end the matter, surprising Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang.

• Randeng's descending hand left the Seven Great Sages unable to move, while Maitreya and Guanyin watched Hun Xiu for signs he might intervene.
• Randeng slammed the Seven Great Sages into the ground, flattening more than half of Mount Jilei and leaving them barely alive in a crater.
• Randeng spared the Seven Great Sages because Hun Xiu was present and might still act.
• Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang hurried into the crater to check on the injured Demon Kings.
• Hun Xiu asked Randeng to let the matter end, and Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang looked at him in surprise.

Hun Xiu intervened after Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin injured Sun Wukong, and the three Buddhist experts bowed to him in fear. He let them leave and reminded them to take Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, leaving Randeng to cautiously ask permission.

• Princess Iron Fan warned Hun Xiu not to interfere, while Sun Wukong believed Hun Xiu would resolve the crisis.
• Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin descended before Hun Xiu and respectfully greeted him as Senior.
• Hun Xiu asked them to give him face, and Randeng promised the Buddhist Sect would comply.
• Hun Xiu told the three experts to leave, and they turned to flee.
• Hun Xiu called them back and pointed out Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, so Randeng asked whether they could take them along.

Hun Xiu let Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin take Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing away, leaving Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang to question what they had witnessed. They concluded Hun Xiu was no ordinary man, but a powerful figure whose depth they had failed to perceive.

• Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin panicked over Hun Xiu's silence until he told them to take Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing or leave them to be eaten.
• Randeng, Maitreya, and Guanyin thanked Hun Xiu, gathered the three travelers, and hurried away, fearing he might change his mind.
• Hun Xiu wondered why they had left so quickly, while Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang recovered from their shock and questioned whether the encounter had been real.
• Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang pinched themselves, realized the events had not been a dream, and reconsidered Hun Xiu's strength.
• Princess Iron Fan and Niu Xiangxiang decided Hun Xiu's authority came not just from his appearance but from his unfathomable power, which they had mistaken for ordinariness.

Hun Xiu returned to the present without changing its timeline, while the Buddhist Sect arranged for Demon King to capture White Crystal and torment Joker. To save White Crystal, Joker put on the Golden Fillet and began transforming into Sun Wukong as Demon King attacked.

• Hun Xiu left the independent past world and returned to the present, which remained unchanged.
• Demon King captured White Crystal and beat the powerless Joker, threatening to abuse White Crystal in front of him.
• Joker defied Demon King and said he would become Sun Wukong to rescue White Crystal.
• Joker put on the Golden Fillet, releasing yellow sand and a terrifying demonic aura as Demon King hurled a trident at him.

Joker transformed into Sun Wukong and confronted Demon King, who had tried to pin him down with a trident. Sun Wukong tore off Demon King's arm, roasted and ate it, leaving Demon King enraged and the fight poised to continue.

• Demon King's trident neared Joker, but a monkey-furred hand caught it, and Sun Wukong emerged from the demonic aura.
• Demon King refused to believe Joker had transformed and attacked Sun Wukong with his Great Strength Demon King Fist.
• Sun Wukong pierced Demon King's enlarged fist with the trident and twisted it until the arm was torn off.
• Sun Wukong roasted Demon King's arm with Samadhi True Fire, ate the meat, and offered some to Demon King.
• Demon King recognized Sun Wukong and grew furious as Sun Wukong continued provoking him.

Sun Wukong overwhelmed Demon King in their fight, returning his trident before defeating him with the Golden Cudgel. With Demon King lying exhausted in a crater, Sun Wukong offered him a chance to say his last words.

• Sun Wukong advanced on the injured Demon King and beat him back with Demon King's trident.
• Sun Wukong threw the trident to Demon King, who caught it and charged at him.
• Sun Wukong summoned the Golden Cudgel and struck Demon King, sending him crashing to the ground.
• Sun Wukong battered Demon King into a crater until he could no longer stand.
• Sun Wukong walked up to the exhausted Demon King and asked whether he had any last words.

Demon King called for Guanyin Bodhisattva, who arrived and demanded that Sun Wukong spare him because he had joined the Buddhist Sect. Sun Wukong attacked Guanyin, but her chanting stopped him midair and left him clutching his head in pain.

• Demon King revealed his supposed final move by calling for a Bodhisattva to save him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared in dazzling Buddhist light, and Sun Wukong recognized her.
• Guanyin asked Sun Wukong to spare Demon King because he had converted to the Buddhist Sect.
• Sun Wukong refused to give Guanyin face and surged with demon aura as he prepared to attack.
• Sun Wukong charged Guanyin with his Golden Cudgel, but her chanting halted him and caused him to clutch his head in agony.

Guanyin used the Golden Fillet to force Sun Wukong to submit, but he killed the wounded Demon King while she was distracted. Enraged, Guanyin summoned a nearly identical monkey to replace him, and the two Sun Wukongs began fighting.

• Guanyin chanted the Golden Fillet’s spell until Sun Wukong begged her to stop and agreed to obey.
• Sun Wukong struck the wounded Demon King with his Golden Cudgel and killed him before Guanyin could intervene.
• Sun Wukong mocked Guanyin, who declared that he would die for defying her.
• Guanyin summoned a lookalike monkey and promised him Sun Wukong’s place on the Journey to the West if he killed the original.
• The two monkeys claimed to be Sun Wukong and clashed with their Golden Cudgels.

Hun Xiu intervened in the battle between Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque after Guanyin used the Golden Fillet Spell to leave Sun Wukong helpless. Hun Xiu stopped the Six-Eared Macaque’s attack, then revealed that his weapon was the As-You-Wish Iron Rod and sent him flying again.

• Guanyin and the Buddhist Sect planned to replace the disobedient Sun Wukong with the obedient Six-Eared Macaque, while the Jade Emperor said the Heavenly Court could not interfere with the Heavenly Dao’s arrangement.
• Guanyin chanted the Golden Fillet Spell, causing Sun Wukong intense pain and making him drop his Golden Cudgel.
• The Six-Eared Macaque tried to kill Sun Wukong, but Hun Xiu appeared and caught the descending staff, declaring that he would protect Sun Wukong.
• Hun Xiu sent the Six-Eared Macaque flying, took the staff, and revealed it was the As-You-Wish Iron Rod.
• Hun Xiu tossed the As-You-Wish Iron Rod back, but it blasted the Six-Eared Macaque away when he tried to catch it, leaving him injured.

Hun Xiu freed Sun Wukong from the Golden Fillet, forced Guanyin to let the two monkeys settle their dispute, and stopped Tathagata from interfering. The chapter left Tathagata pinned beneath Hun Xiu’s foot after Hun Xiu shattered his attack and overwhelmed him.

• Hun Xiu removed Sun Wukong’s Golden Fillet and put it on the Six-Eared Macaque, then used the Golden Fillet Spell to make him suffer.
• Hun Xiu told Guanyin not to interfere, and she agreed to let Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque decide who was the real Sun Wukong by fighting.
• The Six-Eared Macaque and Sun Wukong resumed their battle, but Tathagata sent a golden hand to suppress Sun Wukong.
• Hun Xiu shattered Tathagata’s golden hand with a snort, forcing Tathagata to fall from the void and cough up blood.
• Hun Xiu pressed Tathagata to his knees with his aura and trampled him to the ground.