Chapter Summaries

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.

Hun Xiu crushed Tathagata’s resistance and sent him back to Western Heaven Spirit Mountain, leaving the Three Realms witnesses stunned. The Six-Eared Macaque and Guanyin begged for mercy, then fled after Hun Xiu warned them to leave Sun Wukong alone.

• Hun Xiu pinned Tathagata beneath his foot as Tathagata failed to break free and begged for his life.
• Hun Xiu rejected Tathagata’s plea and kicked him back to Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.
• The Six-Eared Macaque dropped his As-You-Wish Iron Rod, knelt before Hun Xiu, and gave up on replacing Sun Wukong.
• Guanyin knelt and begged Hun Xiu to spare her.
• Hun Xiu ordered Guanyin and the Six-Eared Macaque to leave and warned them not to cause Sun Wukong trouble again, and they fled.

After defeating Tathagata, Hun Xiu left that world and entered a new one, where Heavenly Emperor Fuxi noticed his presence and tried to investigate him. Hun Xiu blocked the Fuxi Mirror’s scrutiny and recognized Fuxi as the one watching him.

• Tathagata warned the Buddhist Sect not to provoke Hun Xiu again, then fainted from his injuries.
• The Buddhist Sect resumed the Journey to the West Tribulation with the Six-Eared Macaque taking Sun Wukong’s place.
• Hun Xiu stored the previous world in his scroll and traveled through Chaos to a new cultivation world.
• Heavenly Emperor Fuxi sensed a powerful divine consciousness sweep across the Six Realms and asked Fei Peng whether he had noticed it.
• Heavenly Emperor Fuxi used the Fuxi Mirror to glimpse Hun Xiu, but Hun Xiu noticed him and the mirror could no longer reveal the man.
• Hun Xiu stood above the mortal realm and identified Heavenly Emperor Fuxi as the one who had spied on him.

Heavenly Emperor Fuxi sent Fei Peng out of the God Realm to search the Six Realms for Hun Xiu, an opponent who might match him. Fei Peng bade farewell to Xi Yao and departed, leaving the gods worried about who would guard the God-Demon Well.

• Fuxi told Fei Peng that he had found him a worthy opponent and imprinted Hun Xiu’s appearance in Fei Peng’s mind.
• Fuxi gave Fei Peng permission to leave the God Realm, assuring him that he would protect it from the demon race.
• Fei Peng told Xi Yao he was leaving to find Hun Xiu, and Xi Yao embraced him and wished him well.
• Fei Peng departed the God Realm, startling the gods who feared for the God-Demon Well.
• Fuxi dismissed the gods’ concerns, and they suspected Fei Peng had left with his approval to carry out an important task.

Hun Xiu stopped Fei Peng from challenging him, then sent him to the Demon Realm to find a worthy opponent. Fei Peng fought Chonglou while Heavenly Emperor Fuxi watched through the Fuxi Mirror and wondered whether the mysterious person was in the Demon Realm.

• Hun Xiu appeared before Fei Peng and drew him into a realm of Chaos.
• Hun Xiu sealed the space around Fei Peng, proving that Fei Peng was no match for him.
• Hun Xiu told Fei Peng to reassure Heavenly Emperor Fuxi and suggested he challenge Chonglou in the Demon Realm.
• Fei Peng entered the Demon Realm, fought his way into its main hall, and clashed with Chonglou.
• Heavenly Emperor Fuxi saw Fei Peng fighting Chonglou through the Fuxi Mirror and suspected the mysterious person might be in the Demon Realm.

Fei Peng and Chonglou became battle companions, but Fuxi grew suspicious of their repeated fights and banished Fei Peng from the God Realm. Hun Xiu appeared before Fuxi and overwhelmed him, then traveled to the Human Realm, where he claimed the demonic sword forged by Longyang and promised to reunite it with its brother.

• Fuxi searched the Demon Realm for Hun Xiu while Fei Peng and Chonglou fought until exhaustion, became friends, and agreed to battle again.
• Fei Peng returned to the God Realm, reported Hun Xiu's overwhelming strength to Fuxi, and told Xi Yao about his battles with Chonglou.
• Fei Peng and Chonglou fought repeatedly until Fuxi's suspicions grew; Fuxi had Fei Peng captured and banished, while the Demon Suppressing Sword fell from the God Realm and Chonglou escaped.
• Hun Xiu appeared in Fuxi's hall, pressed Fuxi to his knees, identified himself as an existence from beyond the Six Realms, and then departed.
• Hun Xiu traveled to the Human Realm, witnessed Long Kui leap into Longyang's unfinished demonic sword, took the sword, and promised to let it see its brother again.

Hun Xiu traded the Demon Sword to Jing Tian for a jade pendant and restored Jing Tian’s memories of his sister Long Kui. The next day, Hun Xiu visited Tang Family Fortress to ask Tang Kun for a piece of jade.

• During a meteor shower, Jing Tian received a jade pendant, but Hun Xiu appeared and took it from him.
• Hun Xiu offered Jing Tian the Demon Sword in exchange for the pendant, and Mao Mao and Xu Biping failed to lift the sword while Jing Tian held it easily.
• Hun Xiu summoned Long Kui from the Demon Sword, and she embraced Jing Tian as her brother, frightening Mao Mao and Xu Biping unconscious.
• Hun Xiu restored Jing Tian’s memories of Long Yang, and Jing Tian reunited with Long Kui and thanked Hun Xiu.
• Jing Tian traded the Demon Sword for the jade pendant, and Hun Xiu promised to grant Jing Tian one request in the future.
• Hun Xiu visited Tang Family Fortress and asked Tang Kun for a piece of jade.

Hun Xiu obtained Tang Xuejian’s half of the jade pendant by agreeing to marry her, then confronted Li Xiaoyao, who had traveled from the future to retrieve it. After easily defeating Li Xiaoyao’s attack and proving he knew about the coming calamity, Hun Xiu took him to Shu Mountain and captured the Evil Energy inside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

• Tang Kun recognized Hun Xiu’s jade pendant as the match to Tang Xuejian’s and summoned his granddaughter.
• Tang Kun proposed that Hun Xiu marry Tang Xuejian in exchange for the pendant, and Hun Xiu accepted.
• Hun Xiu and Tang Xuejian married, while Li Xiaoyao searched for the jade and learned it was with Tang Xuejian’s new husband.
• Li Xiaoyao confronted Hun Xiu at Tang Family Fortress, but Hun Xiu neutralized his Sword Control Technique and revealed that he knew about the future calamity.
• Hun Xiu transported Li Xiaoyao to Shu Mountain and drew the Evil Energy out of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda into his palm.

Hun Xiu captured Evil Sword Immortal, sent him back to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, and effortlessly defeated the poisoned people threatening Yuzhou City. After Tang Xuejian told Tang Kun what Hun Xiu had done, Tang Kun suspected that Hun Xiu might be from Shu Mountain.

• Hun Xiu subdued Evil Sword Immortal, who begged for mercy, then returned him to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Qing Wei and the other elders found Evil Sword Immortal still inside the pagoda and decided Chang Qing should search for a celestial being who could help destroy him.
• Poisoned people surrounded Hun Xiu and Tang Xuejian in Yuzhou City, but Hun Xiu brought them all down with a wave of his hand.
• At dawn, the poisoned citizens returned to normal, while Luo Rulie discovered that the group he had sent out had vanished.
• Tang Xuejian recounted Hun Xiu's feat to Tang Kun, who believed her and wondered whether Hun Xiu came from Shu Mountain.

Hun Xiu accused Tang Yi of helping Luo Rulie create the poisoned people, while Tang Yi denied the charge and tried to attack him. After Hun Xiu initially claimed his words were evidence, he detailed Tang Yi’s alleged alliance with Luo Rulie and offered to bring them face-to-face, leaving Tang Yi cornered.

• Tang Kun asked Hun Xiu whether he had any leads on the culprit behind the Poisoned People Incident, and Hun Xiu looked toward Tang Yi.
• Tang Yi denied being the culprit, but Hun Xiu said he had worked with someone else to create the poisoned people using his knowledge of poison.
• Tang Yi tried to attack Hun Xiu, and Tang Kun forced him back and demanded that he explain himself.
• Tang Kun asked Hun Xiu for evidence, and Hun Xiu first insisted that his own words were evidence, drawing ridicule from Tang Yi and confusion from the Tang family.
• Hun Xiu named Luo Rulie of Thunderbolt Hall as Tang Yi’s partner and accused them of plotting to take control of Yuzhou City and the Tang Family Fortress.
• Hun Xiu offered to arrange a face-to-face confrontation with Luo Rulie, while Tang Yi continued to call the accusation slander.

Hun Xiu denied having evidence against Tang Yi but pulled Luo Rulie from Thunderbolt Hall as a witness to the Poisoned People Incident. Luo Rulie’s fear gave way to arrogance after Tang Yi called Hun Xiu a mere live-in son-in-law, and he continued denying involvement.

• Tang Yi denied involvement in the Poisoned People Incident and bet that Hun Xiu had no evidence.
• Hun Xiu admitted he had no evidence, then used his power to bring Luo Rulie from Thunderbolt Hall to Tang Family Fortress.
• Luo Rulie recognized Tang Yi and tried to leave, but Hun Xiu stopped him and questioned him about the poisoned people.
• Luo Rulie panicked under Hun Xiu’s gaze and fell to his knees, bewildering everyone in the hall.
• Tang Yi called Hun Xiu a live-in son-in-law, prompting Luo Rulie to stand, dismiss Hun Xiu, and deny knowing who was behind the incident.

Hun Xiu forced Luo Rulie and Tang Yi to kneel, punished Tang Yi for insulting him, and exposed Tang Yi’s role in the Poisoned People Incident. After Tang Kun left Hun Xiu to decide their fate, Hun Xiu offered Tang Yi a chance to live by killing Luo Rulie.

• Hun Xiu’s pressure forced Luo Rulie to kneel, then made Tang Yi kneel when he insulted Hun Xiu as a live-in son-in-law.
• Hun Xiu struck Tang Yi with invisible slaps and clarified that he was a guest of the Tang Family, not its live-in son-in-law.
• Hun Xiu demanded an account of the Poisoned People Incident, and Luo Rulie confessed his cooperation with Tang Yi.
• Tang Kun learned of Tang Yi’s role, slapped him, and left Hun Xiu to decide whether Tang Yi lived or died.
• Hun Xiu told Tang Yi he could live and remain part of the Tang family if he killed Luo Rulie, and Tang Yi asked whether Hun Xiu was serious.

Long Kui defeated Xu Changqing after he accused her of being a demon, while Demon Lord Chonglou seized the Demon Suppressing Sword from Shu Mountain. Chonglou left the elders to deal with escaped demons and headed for Yuzhou City to meet Fei Peng’s reincarnation.

• Xu Changqing drew his sword against Long Kui, but she blocked his attack and wounded him with a crimson arrow.
• Long Kui spared Xu Changqing, and Jing Tian hurried to check on his sister.
• Demon Lord Chonglou appeared above Shu Mountain’s Demon Suppressing Pagoda and demanded the Demon Suppressing Sword to restore Fei Peng’s memories.
• Chonglou overwhelmed Qing Wei, Cang Gu, and the other Shu Mountain elders, then summoned the sword from the pagoda.
• The Demon Suppressing Sword’s escape damaged the pagoda’s formations and allowed several demons to flee, while the Heavenly Demon Sovereign failed to stop it.
• Chonglou took the sword and departed for Yuzhou City to find Fei Peng’s reincarnation.

Demon Lord Chonglou mistook Jing Tian for his old rival Fei Peng and challenged him, while Long Kui fought Chonglou and was wounded. Chonglou left after realizing Jing Tian had not recovered his former strength, and Hun Xiu healed Xu Changqing and revealed he knew why Xu Changqing had come to Yuzhou City.

• Demon Lord Chonglou recognized Jing Tian as Fei Peng and demanded that he fight, so Long Kui stepped in to protect her brother.
• Long Kui battled Chonglou for a hundred exchanges, then summoned the Demon Sword and fused with it, but Chonglou overpowered her and made her spit blood.
• Jing Tian drew the Demon Suppressing Sword to defend Long Kui, but his strike showed none of Fei Peng's old power, disappointing Chonglou.
• Demon Lord Chonglou told Jing Tian to keep the Demon Suppressing Sword and recover his memories, then left Yuzhou City; Jing Tian and Long Kui departed together.
• Hun Xiu healed the injured Xu Changqing and identified him as Shu Mountain's foremost disciple and future Sect Leader.
• Hun Xiu asked Xu Changqing whether Qing Wei had sent him to Yuzhou City to find a heavenly being, and Xu Changqing was startled that Hun Xiu knew.

Hun Xiu told Xu Changqing that Jing Tian was the Tianren he had sought, then disappeared. Jing Tian tried to sell the Demon Suppressing Sword to Xu Changqing for money, but after rejecting his one- and two-coin offers, Jing Tian took the sword to Tang Family Fortress to sell it to Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu told Xu Changqing that Jing Tian was the Tianren, explaining that reincarnation could change a person's character, and then vanished.
• Jing Tian suppressed his desire to become stronger and focused on living as an ordinary man while Long Kui returned to the Demon Sword to heal.
• Xu Changqing found Jing Tian and recognized the Demon Suppressing Sword, then offered one copper coin and two copper coins for it before Jing Tian ushered him out of Yong'an Pawnshop.
• Jing Tian decided Xu Changqing could not afford the sword and carried it to Tang Family Fortress to sell it to Hun Xiu.
• Tang Family Fortress guards mistook Jing Tian for an attacker but verified that he had come to do business; Jing Tian then offered Hun Xiu the Demon Suppressing Sword for one copper coin.

Hun Xiu teased Jing Tian with increasingly low offers for the Demon Suppressing Sword, then revealed its history and told Jing Tian that he was Fei Peng’s reincarnation. Jing Tian took the sword back and connected Hun Xiu’s mention of Demon Lord Chonglou to the Red-Haired Monster who had given it to him.

• Hun Xiu offered Jing Tian one, then two, then three wen for the Demon Suppressing Sword, while Jing Tian mistook the offers for jokes about its value.
• Hun Xiu drew the Demon Suppressing Sword, suppressed its Sword Momentum, and explained that it had belonged to Fei Peng and was forged by Heavenly Emperor Fuxi.
• Jing Tian asked whether he was connected to Fei Peng, and Hun Xiu revealed that Jing Tian was Fei Peng’s reincarnation.
• Hun Xiu returned the Demon Suppressing Sword to Jing Tian and said he would not buy it.
• Hun Xiu said Demon Lord Chonglou had given Jing Tian the sword, and Jing Tian suspected Chonglou was the Red-Haired Monster.