Chapter Summaries

Tathagata presented a puppet-like Sun Wukong, created from the Bone-Less Sarira, and arranged for him to become the Jade Emperor. With the Book of Earth still in Tathagata’s possession, Zhenyuanzi confronted him in the Great Hero Hall and demanded its return.

• Tathagata revealed Sun Wukong, whom the immortals and Buddhas welcomed back, while Zhenyuanzi recognized that he was controlled by Tathagata.
• Tathagata arranged for Sun Wukong to become the Jade Emperor as the Three Realms returned to normal.
• Zhenyuanzi repeatedly asked Tathagata to return the Book of Earth, but Tathagata kept delaying.
• Zhenyuanzi stormed into the Great Hero Hall and demanded the Book of Earth, while Tathagata insisted he would send it back in a few days.
• Tathagata grew angry when Zhenyuanzi refused to leave without the book, and Zhenyuanzi insisted that Tathagata return it immediately.

Tathagata kept the Book of Earth and humiliated Zhenyuanzi, who swallowed his anger because he could not challenge the ruler of the Three Realms. Hun Xiu appeared and offered to help Zhenyuanzi oppose Tathagata, urging him to stand his ground.

• Tathagata refused to return the Book of Earth and ordered Zhenyuanzi to wait until he was in a good mood.
• Zhenyuanzi left the Great Hero Hall and returned to Five Villages Temple, seething over Tathagata's insults.
• Hun Xiu appeared in Zhenyuanzi's room and offered to help him reclaim the Book of Earth.
• Zhenyuanzi recognized Hun Xiu as an unfathomable expert and asked why he was helping.
• Hun Xiu urged Zhenyuanzi to confront Tathagata, and Zhenyuanzi grew angry as he recalled Tathagata's behavior.

Zhenyuanzi confronted Tathagata at Spirit Mountain and demanded the return of his Book of Earth, emboldened by Hun Xiu's backing. Tathagata refused and threatened Zhenyuanzi, leaving them on the verge of a fight in the Great Hero Hall.

• Hun Xiu encouraged Zhenyuanzi, who headed to Spirit Mountain to reclaim the Book of Earth.
• Zhenyuanzi demanded the Book of Earth from Tathagata, but rejected Tathagata's promise to return it later.
• Tathagata said Zhenyuanzi's forceful attitude had changed his mind and that he would not return the Book of Earth for now.
• Zhenyuanzi mocked Tathagata and insisted he was courting death by keeping the book.
• Tathagata refused to return the Book of Earth and warned that Zhenyuanzi was the one courting death as an oppressive aura filled the hall.

Tathagata overpowered Zhenyuanzi and demanded his submission, but Zhenyuanzi refused and accepted death. An unseen force dissolved Tathagata’s attacks, revealing a hidden presence in the Great Hero Hall.

• Tathagata’s pressure forced Zhenyuanzi to his knees, and Tathagata offered to spare him if he submitted.
• Zhenyuanzi refused to become Tathagata’s servant and declared that he would die with his pride intact.
• Tathagata formed his Tathagata Divine Palm and struck at Zhenyuanzi, but an invisible force dissolved the attack.
• Tathagata searched the Great Hero Hall, found no one besides himself and Zhenyuanzi, and launched a second palm strike.
• The second strike also vanished near Zhenyuanzi, confirming to Tathagata that a third person was hidden in the hall.

Hun Xiu stopped Tathagata from killing Zhenyuanzi and revealed himself as the ally helping him recover the Book of Earth. Recognizing Hun Xiu’s name and sensing his unfathomable strength, Tathagata prepared to hand over the Book of Earth.

• Tathagata searched the Great Hero Hall for the hidden expert and demanded that Zhenyuanzi reveal who had brought him.
• Tathagata attacked Zhenyuanzi at close range, but Hun Xiu caught his wrist and dispelled the attack.
• Hun Xiu freed Zhenyuanzi from Tathagata’s oppressive force, and Zhenyuanzi thanked him.
• Hun Xiu told Tathagata his name and explained that he would not let Zhenyuanzi die before helping him recover the Book of Earth.
• Tathagata remembered that Wutian had mentioned Hun Xiu and, recognizing Hun Xiu’s formidable presence, decided to give him the Book of Earth.

Hun Xiu revealed that he had come to help Wutian take control of the Three Realms, not merely to help Zhenyuanzi retrieve the Book of Earth. Tathagata confronted Hun Xiu and asked what would happen if he refused.

• Tathagata erased his Soul Imprint and returned the Book of Earth to Zhenyuanzi.
• Zhenyuanzi confirmed the book was genuine, accepted it, and asked Hun Xiu if they should leave.
• Hun Xiu said Zhenyuanzi could leave, but he had other matters to attend to.
• Hun Xiu explained that he had promised to help someone unify the Three Realms and now intended to fulfill that promise.
• Zhenyuanzi guessed that Hun Xiu meant Wutian, and Hun Xiu confirmed it.
• Hun Xiu told Tathagata that he would have to accept this grievance, and Tathagata asked what if he refused.

Hun Xiu freed Wutian from the Five Elements Mountain in Tathagata’s spiritual world and brought the two rivals face to face. Wutian asked Hun Xiu not to interfere, leaving him to confront Tathagata alone as their battle loomed.

• Hun Xiu revealed that he had persuaded Wutian to stop resisting Tathagata and bound Tathagata before sending him into a stupor.
• Hun Xiu entered Tathagata’s spiritual world and destroyed the Five Elements Mountain suppressing Wutian.
• Hun Xiu freed Wutian, who thanked him for keeping his promise.
• Tathagata appeared in the spiritual world, and Wutian asked Hun Xiu to let him handle their conflict alone.
• Tathagata claimed he would suppress Wutian again, while Wutian challenged his confidence before their fight began.

Wutian called on Hun Xiu to help defeat Tathagata, who was captured and suppressed beneath a Five Elements Mountain in Wutian’s spiritual world. Wutian returned to the Great Hero Hall and took Tathagata’s place, intending to rule the Three Realms and revive Axiu.

• Wutian mocked Tathagata’s certainty and asked Hun Xiu to join the fight against him.
• Hun Xiu seized Tathagata and suppressed him beneath a Five Elements Mountain in the spiritual world.
• Wutian refused to release Tathagata and left him imprisoned as the spiritual world became Wutian’s.
• Wutian returned to the Great Hero Hall, shocking Zhenyuanzi, and took Tathagata’s place.
• Wutian ruled the Three Realms and planned to revive Axiu.

Hun Xiu sealed the world of Journey to the West Sequel in a scroll and traveled to A Chinese Odyssey, where he unexpectedly kissed Spring Thirteenth Mother. The Axe Gang bandits fled to report his arrival to Joker, leaving Hun Xiu and Spring Thirteenth Mother facing each other.

• Wutian gave Hun Xiu the Black Lotus, and Hun Xiu accepted it before leaving the world.
• Hun Xiu used a scroll to absorb the world of Journey to the West Sequel, then traveled through Chaos to a world he identified as A Chinese Odyssey.
• Hun Xiu arrived at Five Peaks Mountain as Spring Thirteenth Mother disciplined the Axe Gang bandits.
• Second Boss and the other bandits noticed Hun Xiu and reacted to his appearance, but Spring Thirteenth Mother turned and unexpectedly kissed him.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother pushed Hun Xiu away and called him a pervert, while the distracted bandits lost their coins and escaped to tell Joker about him.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother stayed behind and cautiously assessed Hun Xiu, suspecting he was no ordinary mortal.

Hun Xiu met Spring Thirteenth Mother at Five Peaks Mountain, where both were waiting for Tang Sanzang to appear. Spring Thirteenth Mother believed Hun Xiu was a dragon hiding his identity, and the two agreed to cooperate in getting Tang Sanzang’s Flesh.

• Spring Thirteenth Mother accused Hun Xiu of being a lecher after recalling that she had kissed him, then questioned why he had appeared at Five Peaks Mountain.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother explained that Patriarch Bodhi had told her Sun Wukong’s reincarnation and Tang Sanzang would appear at Five Peaks Mountain, so she had come to eat Tang Sanzang’s Flesh.
• Hun Xiu said he was more or less there for Tang Sanzang’s Flesh, and Spring Thirteenth Mother invited him to cooperate.
• Hun Xiu introduced himself as the Little White Dragon Who Crosses Rivers Without Oars, Relying Entirely on Waves—Hun Xiu, then clarified that he was not from the Dragon Clan.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother introduced herself and privately decided Hun Xiu was a dragon concealing his identity.

Joker, blinded by the Seven Injuries Fist, attacked Blind Man after mistaking him for Second Boss, then tried to beat Second Boss as well. He ended the incident convinced he had defended his handsome face, while Second Boss escaped harm by dodging and letting Joker attack weeds.

• Joker asked Second Boss how a handsome man at Five Peaks Mountain compared with him, and Second Boss said Joker could not compare.
• Joker mistook Blind Man for Second Boss and beat him for supposedly saying Joker was not handsome.
• Blind Man revealed his identity and begged Joker to stop, and Joker finally withdrew when Blind Man threatened to soil himself.
• Joker called for Second Boss, who dodged his punches and let Joker mistake weeds for him.
• Joker battered the weeds and declared that this would be the fate of anyone who called him unattractive.

Joker tried to protect his reputation when Spring Thirteenth Mother and Hun Xiu arrived, but his fear and blindness left him stumbling around. Hun Xiu returned Joker's axe to him, and Joker froze when Hun Xiu introduced himself by name.

• Spring Thirteenth Mother and Hun Xiu entered, and the Axe Gang bandits hid behind Joker.
• Joker denied being afraid of Spring Thirteenth Mother, then charged at her with an axe and fell before reaching her.
• Joker crawled around searching for his axe while Hun Xiu picked it up and approached him.
• Hun Xiu blocked Joker's path and placed the axe back in his hand.
• Joker asked Hun Xiu's name, then froze when Hun Xiu introduced himself as Hun Xiu.

Joker recognized Hun Xiu as the man rumored to be handsome and attacked him, but his axe shattered against Hun Xiu’s body. Hun Xiu threw Joker aside and confronted him again after Joker tried to act friendly, leaving Joker wary and backing away.

• Joker confirmed Hun Xiu’s name and attacked him to defend his reputation as the most handsome man, but the axe broke on Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu grabbed Joker, threw him away, and dispelled the Seven Injuries Fist’s force from his body.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother checked on Hun Xiu, who reassured her that he was fine and super hard.
• Joker recovered, saw Hun Xiu’s face clearly, and admitted that he was extremely handsome.
• Hun Xiu appeared before Joker at high speed, proved he was human by pointing out his shadow, and warned him that his attack would not be forgotten.
• Joker tried to treat Hun Xiu like an old friend, but Hun Xiu’s warning made him back away again.

Hun Xiu made Joker and the Axe Gang submit, then Spring Thirteenth Mother searched their feet for Sun Wukong’s three moles but found none. Hun Xiu revealed that Patriarch Bodhi had taught Sun Wukong, but left Spring Thirteenth Mother with only the cryptic answer that heaven’s secrets could not be revealed.

• Hun Xiu agreed to spare Joker and the Axe Gang in exchange for Joker obeying him from then on.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother ordered the bandits to expose their feet and searched for three moles, even shaving the hair off their leader’s foot, but found nothing.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother dismissed Joker and the bandits, then Hun Xiu tried to reassure her that Sun Wukong might not have arrived yet or might not have had three moles.
• Hun Xiu suggested Patriarch Bodhi could have deceived Spring Thirteenth Mother, and she learned from him that Patriarch Bodhi had taught Sun Wukong’s magic and divine abilities.
• When Spring Thirteenth Mother asked how he knew, Hun Xiu leaned close and told her that heaven’s secrets could not be revealed.

Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal nearly fought over Sun Wukong’s reincarnation until Hun Xiu stopped them and forced White Crystal to kneel. Hun Xiu then confronted Patriarch Bodhi, who recognized him as the cause of the changes at Five Peaks Mountain but could not see through him.

• White Crystal arrived at Five Peaks Mountain, where she and Spring Thirteenth Mother argued over whether she had come for Tang Sanzang’s Flesh or Sun Wukong’s reincarnation.
• White Crystal and Spring Thirteenth Mother prepared to fight, but Hun Xiu appeared and interrupted them.
• White Crystal called Hun Xiu Spring Thirteenth Mother’s pretty boy, and Hun Xiu’s terrifying aura forced her to kneel before he left.
• White Crystal asked Spring Thirteenth Mother who Hun Xiu was, but Spring Thirteenth Mother refused to answer directly.
• Patriarch Bodhi tried to divine why events at Five Peaks Mountain had changed, but a mysterious force blocked him.
• Hun Xiu appeared before Patriarch Bodhi and introduced himself, while Patriarch Bodhi found him unfathomable.

Hun Xiu told Patriarch Bodhi he had no interest in merit or the Journey to the West, while Patriarch Bodhi decided the Daoist Sects would let him interfere. At Five Peaks Mountain, Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal mistook Joker for Sun Wukong’s reincarnation, then discovered he was only a lookalike as Hun Xiu returned.

• Hun Xiu told Patriarch Bodhi to ignore him unless provoked, and Patriarch Bodhi left, relieved that someone might disrupt the Buddhist Sect’s rise.
• Hun Xiu found White Crystal still kneeling because her legs were too weak to stand, helped her up, and left her with Spring Thirteenth Mother.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal ordered the Axe Gang to check travelers’ feet for three moles, searching for Sun Wukong’s reincarnation.
• Joker shaved his beard and pursued White Crystal, but she slapped him twice while mistaking him for Sun Wukong.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal checked Joker’s feet, found no moles, and realized he was only Sun Wukong’s lookalike; Joker fled when they did not respond to his advances.
• Hun Xiu returned and said Joker looked more like a monkey.

Hun Xiu revealed that Joker was Sun Wukong’s reincarnation and that Fairy Zixia, Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal’s master, was destined to give him the three moles that would restore his memories, but she was dead. He told Spring Thirteenth Mother he knew where Tang Xuanzang’s reincarnation was; after spending the night with her, he revealed that he had conceived Tang Xuanzang inside her, leaving her shocked to learn she would be the monk’s mother.

• Hun Xiu told Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal that Joker was Sun Wukong’s reincarnation, but he lacked Sun Wukong’s memories and would gain the three moles only through Fairy Zixia, who was their dead master, Pansidaxian.
• Hun Xiu told Spring Thirteenth Mother that he knew where Tang Xuanzang’s reincarnation was and invited her to visit him alone that night; White Crystal left, hoping to start a romance with Joker.
• At Mount Luojia, Guanyin Bodhisattva sensed that events had gone off course but decided the Buddhist Sect’s rise could not be stopped, and she set out to send Demon King to speed things along.
• Spring Thirteenth Mother visited Hun Xiu, and they spent the night together; afterward, she pressed him to reveal Tang Xuanzang’s whereabouts.
• Hun Xiu told Spring Thirteenth Mother that Tang Xuanzang’s reincarnation had been conceived inside her, and she would soon become his mother.

Hun Xiu told Spring Thirteenth Mother that her child would be Tang Xuanzang's reincarnation, and she left in shock as her belly began to swell. Demon King headed to Five Peaks Mountain to avenge Sun Wukong's supposed affair with his second sister-in-law, while Joker realized he might be the cause.

• Hun Xiu told Spring Thirteenth Mother that her child would become Tang Xuanzang's reincarnation, and she left his room in a daze as her belly swelled.
• Demon King learned that Sun Wukong had reincarnated and left Mount Jilei for Five Peaks Mountain, vowing to kill him for seducing his second sister-in-law.
• White Crystal sensed a powerful demon approaching Five Peaks Mountain and brought Joker to meet Spring Thirteenth Mother and Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu identified the approaching demon as Demon King and said he had come to settle a score with Joker.
• Joker asked whether he had cuckolded Demon King.

Joker learned that Demon King had come after him as Sun Wukong, whom Demon King blamed for seducing his sister and second wife. Hun Xiu promised to protect Joker, but when Demon King attacked, Hun Xiu retreated with Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal, leaving Joker alone before the furious Demon King.

• Joker guessed that Demon King was seeking revenge for Sun Wukong’s affair with Demon King’s family, and Hun Xiu confirmed it.
• Joker begged Hun Xiu for help, and Hun Xiu promised Demon King would not be able to harm him.
• Demon King arrived at Five Peaks Mountain in a cloud of demonic energy and recognized Joker as Sun Wukong.
• Demon King recalled Sun Wukong’s past betrayals and swung his trident at Joker.
• Hun Xiu took Spring Thirteenth Mother and White Crystal aside, leaving Joker to face Demon King alone.

Joker was about to be killed by Demon King when Guanyin intervened, forcing Demon King back and saving him. Joker did not regain his powers and fled, while Hun Xiu noticed Guanyin’s presence.

• Joker faced Demon King's trident alone as Hun Xiu's retreat left him unable to escape.
• White Crystal urged Hun Xiu to save Joker, and Hun Xiu explained that Joker was Sun Wukong with his memories and powers sealed.
• Guanyin, worried that Demon King would kill Joker and derail the Journey to the West, intervened as the trident was about to strike.
• Guanyin's attack sent Demon King staggering back, and Joker opened his eyes, checked that he was alive, and ran away.
• White Crystal asked whether Joker had regained his powers, and Hun Xiu said he had not.
• Hun Xiu looked toward Guanyin's hiding place, and Guanyin wondered whether he had discovered her.