Recaps

Hun Xiu seized the merit of the completed Journey to the West, defeated Hongjun and the Saints, and drew the Three Realms into a renamed Investiture of the Gods List. He then saved Yao Ji and built a family with her, leaving the Jade Emperor and his allies defeated at his feet in Chaos.

• Hun Xiu claimed all the merit from the completed Journey to the West and declared himself ruler of the Three Realms.
• Cihang and Duobao turned against Tathagata, and Duobao killed him before Hun Xiu gathered True Spirits into the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hun Xiu defeated Ancestral Dragon and Mahavairocana Tathagata, then summoned four Saints to fight the original Saints.
• Hongjun devoured several Saints, but Hun Xiu bound him and drew the Saints, Heavenly Dao, Chaos, and the Three Realms into the Investiture of the Gods List, which he renamed Journey to the West.
• Hun Xiu rescued Yao Ji, restored her heart, and settled with her at Guanjiang Estuary, where they raised Hun Jiao, Hun Jian, and Hun Chan.
• The Jade Emperor sent Great Golden Crow, Tianpeng, and other Heavenly forces to seize Yao Ji, but Hun Xiu repeatedly overwhelmed them and warned the Jade Emperor to stop pursuing his family.
• Hun Xiu confronted Haotian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni in Chaos, defeated them, and raised his foot over the trapped group.

Hun Xiu guided Hun Jian and his siblings through the Journey to the West, then left their world to help Wutian challenge Tathagata. After Tathagata killed Haotian and seized the Heavenly Court, Wutian prepared to fight back with Hun Xiu’s support.

• Hun Xiu rescued Yao Ji from Peach Mountain and let Hun Jian and his siblings endure trials while they sought to grow strong enough to save her.
• Hun Xiu made Haotian accept Hun Jian and Hun Jiao as replacements for Tianpeng and Curtain Roller on the Journey to the West, with their mother’s release as leverage.
• Hun Jian defeated Sun Wukong during the Havoc in Heaven, and later joined the pilgrimage with his siblings after Haotian promised to release Yao Ji if they helped obtain the scriptures.
• Hun Jian defeated the Six-Eared Macaque but spared him, and Shakyamuni killed the abandoned impostor as the Journey to the West ended.
• Hun Xiu revealed that Yao Ji had never been imprisoned and that Peach Mountain had been an illusion, then left the Lotus Lantern world to test whether his children could stand on their own.
• Hun Xiu defeated Wutian and became his ally, then learned that Wutian’s rise was part of a contest with Tathagata and promised to help him at a critical moment.
• Hun Xiu exposed Haotian’s staged calamity, sealed his Nascent Soul, and watched as Tathagata killed Haotian and took control of the Heavenly Court.
• Tathagata blamed Wutian for Haotian’s death, while Hun Xiu urged Wutian to seize the Sarira and Wutian vowed to answer Tathagata without mercy.

Hun Xiu helped Wutian seize control of the Three Realms, then left the Journey to the West Sequel world and arrived at Five Peaks Mountain. There he met Spring Thirteenth Mother and Joker as they searched for Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong’s reincarnation.

• Wutian defeated Zhenyuanzi’s defenses at Five Villages Temple, stole the Book of Earth, and traded it for three Sarira before Hun Xiu transformed them into Demonic Beads.
• Wutian fought Tathagata at Spirit Mountain, absorbed him, and was sealed inside their shared body after Sun Wukong sacrificed himself to help Tathagata regain control.
• Tathagata withheld the Book of Earth from Zhenyuanzi, but Hun Xiu intervened and made him return it before freeing Wutian from the Five Elements Mountain in Tathagata’s spiritual world.
• Hun Xiu helped Wutian imprison Tathagata and take control of the Three Realms, then accepted the Black Lotus and departed for another world.
• Hun Xiu arrived at Five Peaks Mountain, where Spring Thirteenth Mother mistook him for a lecher before learning he was also seeking Tang Sanzang’s Flesh.
• Joker and the Axe Gang encountered Hun Xiu, who defeated Joker and made him agree to obey, while Spring Thirteenth Mother searched the bandits for three moles.
• Hun Xiu questioned whether Sun Wukong had arrived and suggested Patriarch Bodhi might have deceived Spring Thirteenth Mother about the prophecy.

Hun Xiu disrupted the Buddhist Sect’s plans by claiming the treasures meant for Sun Wukong and traveling five hundred years into the past. He defeated Tathagata, seized control of Sun Wukong’s fate, and began a life with Fairy Zixia, who shared her body with Qingxia.

• White Crystal arrived at Five Peaks Mountain to seek Tang Sanzang’s Flesh or Sun Wukong’s reincarnation, but Hun Xiu’s aura forced her to kneel and left Patriarch Bodhi unable to divine what had changed.
• Hun Xiu revealed that Joker was Sun Wukong’s reincarnation and that Fairy Zixia would awaken his memories and powers, while Spring Thirteenth Mother learned that she would give birth to Tang Xuanzang’s reincarnation.
• Demon King attacked Joker at Five Peaks Mountain, but Guanyin intervened before he could kill him, and Hun Xiu later took Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal to Silk Web Cave.
• Hun Xiu forced Guanyin to hand over the Tightening Hoop, Golden Cudgel, and Moonlight Box, then used the Moonlight Box to travel five hundred years into the past.
• Hun Xiu drew Fairy Zixia’s Violet-Green Sword and defeated Tathagata, who returned to Spirit Mountain injured and ordered the Buddhist Sect not to provoke him.
• At Water Curtain Cave, Hun Xiu sealed Sun Wukong’s magical power and refused Guanyin’s demand to take him, then revealed that he was Joker from the future and showed her the Moonlight Box.
• Guanyin reported Hun Xiu’s actions to Randeng and Maitreya, who told her that Tathagata had already warned the Buddhist Sect against him.
• Qingxia confronted Hun Xiu after waking in the shared body she had with Zixia, but he explained their arrangement and carried her away, and Zixia woke beside him the next day and looked at him affectionately.