Recaps

Hun Xiu seized the merit of the Journey to the West, defeated the powers who opposed him, and absorbed them into the renamed Journey to the West. He then made a family with Yao Ji and defeated the Jade Emperor and his allies, leaving the Queen Mother in charge of Heaven while he returned to Soul Manor.

• Hun Xiu took all the merit after the Journey to the West and killed Tathagata, drawing his True Spirit and those of other powerful figures into the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hun Xiu sent Ancestral Dragon and Eastern Sovereign Taiyi back to their own times, then summoned four Saints from the list and confronted Hongjun and the other Saints.
• Hongjun devoured several Saints, but Hun Xiu bound him and pulled him into the list along with the Saints, Heavenly Dao, Chaos, and the Three Realms, renaming it Journey to the West.
• Hun Xiu saved Yao Ji from the ruined temple, restored her heart, and built a life with her at Guanjiang Estuary, where they had Hun Jiao, Hun Jian, and Hun Chan.
• The Jade Emperor sent Great Golden Crow, Tianpeng, and other Heavenly forces to capture Yao Ji and her family, but Hun Xiu repeatedly defeated them and warned the Jade Emperor to stop pursuing them.
• Hun Xiu confronted the Jade Emperor in the Jade Pool, rejected a Great Emperor's position, demanded the throne, and destroyed the pool before leaving.
• Haotian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Nuwa, and Shakyamuni attacked Hun Xiu in Chaos, but he defeated them, took half of each of their divine souls, and warned them not to provoke him again.
• Haotian returned to Heaven and entered seclusion, leaving the Queen Mother on the throne, while Hun Xiu returned safely to Yao Ji at Soul Manor.

Hun Xiu guided Hun Jian and his siblings through the Journey to the West, then left their world and allied with Wutian as he challenged Tathagata. The arc ended with Wutian and Zhenyuanzi battling over the Sarira, leaving Five Villages Temple and Mount Wanshou destroyed.

• The Queen Mother imprisoned Yao Ji beneath Peach Mountain and ordered the Five Extremes War Gods to kill her children, but Hun Xiu secretly rescued Hun Jian, Hun Jiao, and Hun Chan and let them endure trials.
• Hun Jian and his siblings trained under True Person Yuding, joined the Investiture of the Gods, and later defeated Sun Wukong before the monkey was imprisoned beneath Five Elements Mountain.
• Hun Jian and his siblings joined Tang Xuanzang’s pilgrimage, exposed the Six-Eared Macaque, and completed the Journey to the West, after which Hun Xiu reunited them with Yao Ji and revealed Peach Mountain had been an illusion.
• Hun Xiu left the Lotus Lantern world and allied with Wutian, proving his strength by breaking the World-Destroying Black Lotus and defeating Wutian’s disciples.
• Wutian conquered the Three Realms and imprisoned the Gods and Buddhas, while Hun Xiu urged him to oppose Tathagata and exposed Haotian’s staged calamity.
• Tathagata killed Haotian, seized the Heavenly Court, and sent Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Nezha to search for the Sarira.
• Wutian demanded the Sarira from Zhenyuanzi, and their battle destroyed Five Villages Temple and Mount Wanshou as Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie escaped.

Hun Xiu helped Wutian defeat Tathagata and claim the Three Realms, then left the Journey to the West Sequel world for A Chinese Odyssey. At Five Peaks Mountain, Hun Xiu encountered Spring Thirteenth Mother, Joker, and White Crystal, while Patriarch Bodhi discovered that a mysterious force was disrupting his plans.

• Zhenyuanzi traded three Sariras for the Book of Earth, but Wutian kept the book, and Hun Xiu transformed the Sariras into Demonic Beads that strengthened Wutian.
• Wutian fought Tathagata, Zhenyuanzi, and Sun Wukong at Spirit Mountain, while Hun Xiu secretly made the Black Lotus absorb the gods’ attacks and restore Wutian.
• Sun Wukong used the fourteen Sariras to help Tathagata seal Wutian, and Tathagata took control of the Three Realms and named Sun Wukong as his choice for Jade Emperor.
• Hun Xiu helped Zhenyuanzi reclaim the Book of Earth from Tathagata, then entered Tathagata’s spiritual world and freed Wutian from the Five Elements Mountain.
• Hun Xiu suppressed Tathagata, and Wutian took his place as ruler of the Three Realms and planned to revive Axiu before giving Hun Xiu the Black Lotus.
• Hun Xiu traveled to A Chinese Odyssey and met Spring Thirteenth Mother at Five Peaks Mountain, where he encountered the Axe Gang and Joker.
• Hun Xiu subdued Joker and agreed to spare the Axe Gang if Joker obeyed him, while Spring Thirteenth Mother continued searching for Sun Wukong’s reincarnation.
• White Crystal confronted Spring Thirteenth Mother, but Hun Xiu forced her to kneel with his aura, and Patriarch Bodhi’s attempt to divine the changes was blocked before Hun Xiu appeared before him.

Hun Xiu intervened in the Buddhist Sect’s plans, protected Joker and Spring Thirteenth Mother, and traveled five hundred years into the past to meet Fairy Zixia. After defeating Tathagata and taking control of Sun Wukong’s fate, Hun Xiu settled Zixia in Silk Web Cave and ordered Sun Wukong to pursue Tang Xuanzang and Niu Xiangxiang.

• Hun Xiu told Spring Thirteenth Mother that she was carrying Tang Xuanzang’s reincarnation, then protected Joker from Demon King with Guanyin’s intervention.
• Hun Xiu took Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal to Silk Web Cave, confronted Guanyin, and claimed the Tightening Hoop, Golden Cudgel, and Moonlight Box.
• Hun Xiu gave Joker the Golden Fillet and Golden Cudgel, while an unseen force protected Spring Thirteenth Mother from Demon King and Guanyin.
• Hun Xiu used the Moonlight Box to travel five hundred years into the past, drew Fairy Zixia’s Violet-Green Sword, and made her his destined partner.
• Hun Xiu defeated Tathagata, who returned to Spirit Mountain injured and ordered the Buddhist Sect not to provoke him.
• Hun Xiu restrained Sun Wukong at Silk Web Cave, defeated Guanyin again, and revealed that he had come from five hundred years in the future.
• Hun Xiu explained to Qingxia that she and Zixia shared one body, then settled Zixia in Silk Web Cave.
• Hun Xiu released Sun Wukong and ordered him to capture Tang Xuanzang and propose marriage to Niu Xiangxiang at Mount Jilei.