Chapter Summaries

Li Wuyang and Xuan reached the Reincarnation Hall’s core and fought the Lord of Finality’s incarnation to protect the Heart of Reincarnation. With aid from the Heart and the Primordial World’s Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao, they drove back the corruption, and the Reincarnation Hall’s inheritance opened to them.

• Li Wuyang reunited with Xuan in the Sea of Destined Stars as the Lord of Finality began corrupting the Reincarnation Hall.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan crossed the Trial Bridge, resisted its fate-bound illusions, and opened the core hall’s gates with their artifacts.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan attacked the Lord of Finality’s incarnation as it tried to seize the Heart of Reincarnation, but its power overwhelmed their first strikes.
• Li Wuyang unleashed a supreme slash while Xuan strengthened her purifying moonlight, and the Heart of Reincarnation and the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao lent them their power.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan drove back the Lord of Finality’s incarnation, preserved the Heart of Reincarnation, and gained access to the hall’s inheritance.

After defeating the Lord of Finality's avatar, Li Wuyang and Xuan received the Heart of Reincarnation's inheritance and accepted responsibility for governing reincarnation. As they began refining their new authority, the Finality Council accelerated its Return to the Void Plan.

• Li Wuyang and Xuan recovered beside the Reincarnation Pool after their victory over the Lord of Finality's avatar.
• The Heart of Reincarnation gave them an inheritance that revealed the deeper nature of reincarnation and the Reincarnation Suppressing World Scripture.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan agreed to inherit the Reincarnation Hall and protect the balance of All Heavens.
• The Heart of Reincarnation placed a Core Imprint of Reincarnation Origin in each of them, raising Li Wuyang to the late-stage Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and strengthening Xuan.
• The Finality Council ordered the Return to the Void Plan accelerated, while Primordial Father welcomed Li Wuyang and Xuan's new power.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan began refining their authority and stabilizing their cultivation in the Reincarnation Hall.

After taking control of the Reincarnation Authority, Li Wuyang rushed to save the Great Azure Wood World from Finality while Xuan went ahead to the Primordial World. Li Wuyang destroyed the attackers, then sensed that Xuan had been trapped there and hurried to her aid.

• Li Wuyang and Xuan studied the All Heavens Reincarnation Network Diagram and decided to travel to the Primordial World to investigate its corruption and a resonance linked to Adele’s arrangements.
• When Finality began annihilating the Great Azure Wood World, Li Wuyang sent Xuan ahead to the Primordial World and teleported to intervene.
• Li Wuyang used the Reincarnation Authority to protect the world’s remaining true spirit imprints, mend its laws, and halt the Annihilation Altar.
• Li Wuyang killed the three Finality Emissaries with a Reincarnation Slash that severed their connection to the Lord of Finality and their world-destruction karma.
• After stabilizing the Great Azure Wood World, Li Wuyang sensed that a Heavenly Dao Seal mixed with Finality’s power had trapped Xuan in the Primordial World, and rushed to her location.

After Li Wuyang revealed his growing command of Reincarnation Authority, the Jade Emperor trapped Xuan at Moonfall Cliff and ordered Heavenly forces to “reinforce” her. Li Wuyang sensed her danger and rushed to save her, but Grand Supreme Elder Laozi blocked his way, bringing them to the brink of battle.

• The Jade Emperor and Yang Jian watched Li Wuyang’s battle through the Haotian Mirror, and the Jade Emperor revealed his plan to trap Xuan at Moonfall Cliff.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Yang Jian and other Heavenly Court forces to go to Moonfall Cliff under the pretense of rescuing Xuan and protecting the Moon God Ruins.
• Ancestor Ming River ordered the Asura Clan to wait for a chance to seize Li Wuyang or Xuan, while Tathagata Buddha observed events from Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Xuan resisted the Heavenly Dao chains, demonic patterns, and nirvana aura at Moonfall Cliff as hostile factions approached and she searched for a way to use the sealed Moon God's Rebellious Bone.
• Li Wuyang sensed Xuan’s peril and sped toward the Primordial World, but Grand Supreme Elder Laozi appeared to stop him.
• Li Wuyang attacked Laozi with the Blade of Fate Severing, and Laozi blocked the strike with the Taiji Diagram as a battle began to loom.

Li Wuyang carved out a temporary Reincarnation Territory to get past Grand Supreme Elder Laozi and raced to Moonfall Cliff, where Xuan was trapped by the Heavenly Court’s forces. He severed the seal, helped Xuan escape and reclaim the Moon God's Rebellious Bone, then openly challenged the Jade Emperor and the Finality Council before they vanished to plan their next move.

• Li Wuyang marked out a Reincarnation Territory that suppressed Grand Supreme Elder Laozi’s Dao Domain, prompting Laozi to withdraw and let him pass.
• At Moonfall Cliff, Nezha and several thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals encircled Xuan while pretending to help her escape.
• As Finality’s aura and the Heavenly Dao Chains threatened Xuan, Li Wuyang arrived and struck the karmic thread holding the seal in place, repelling Nezha when he tried to stop him.
• Xuan summoned the Moon God's Rebellious Bone, broke free of the formation, and advanced to the late-stage Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Li Wuyang declared that he had claimed the Reincarnation Hall and warned the Jade Emperor against further schemes; Nezha withdrew with his forces.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan left to find a secluded place for her to stabilize her realm and for them to plan their next steps.

Li Wuyang and Xuan hid on Flower Fruit Mountain, where they planned their response to Heavenly Court and The Finality Council and used the Reincarnation Mirror to survey the Primordial World. They discovered a larger annihilation ritual taking shape and received a message from Sun Wukong, leaving them poised to meet him.

• Li Wuyang and Xuan reached Flower Fruit Mountain and concealed themselves in a secluded valley behind Water Curtain Cave.
• Li Wuyang outlined plans to refine Reincarnation Authority, establish a foothold, and seek allies, identifying Sun Wukong as a possible partner.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan used the Reincarnation Mirror to observe Moonfall Cliff, Heavenly Court, Spirit Mountain, and other factions; they saw signs of surveillance, unrest, and The Finality Council cleaning up after the battle.
• The Reincarnation Mirror revealed The Finality Council preparing a powerful annihilation ritual in the Chaos Sea, using collapsing worlds to empower an Emissary of Annihilation.
• As Li Wuyang suggested speaking with Sun Wukong, one of Sun Wukong's hairs passed through their concealment and delivered a message.

Li Wuyang and Xuan secretly met Sun Wukong, who revealed the schemes of the Heavenly Court, Buddhist sect, and Finality Council and offered to help them. After they agreed to free him and his companions if they succeeded, Sun Wukong warned them about hidden Annihilation Altars, the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, and Golden Cicada, leaving them to plan their next move.

• Sun Wukong sent Li Wuyang and Xuan a monkey hair with instructions to enter Water Curtain Cave through a brief opening in the waterfall.
• Sun Wukong told Li Wuyang and Xuan that the Jade Emperor, Tathagata, and the Finality Council each sought control of Reincarnation, and he explained that he wanted to escape his own restraints.
• Sun Wukong offered secret help in exchange for Li Wuyang and Xuan promising to free him, Tang Sanzang, Bajie, and Sha Wujing from their restraints.
• Sun Wukong warned Li Wuyang and Xuan of possible Annihilation Altars, the Jade Emperor's plan to use the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, and his suspicions about Golden Cicada.
• Sun Wukong vanished, and Li Wuyang and Xuan resolved to find a way to break the formation's encirclement and verify his information.

Li Wuyang and Xuan escaped the Jade Emperor’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars by combining Chaos and Taiyin power, while their suspicions about Golden Cicada deepened. Their escape prompted the Jade Emperor and The Finality Council to intensify their plans, with Golden Cicada at the center of the looming threat.

• Li Wuyang and Xuan concluded that the Jade Emperor had sealed East Victory Divine Continent with the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and discussed Sun Wukong’s warning about Golden Cicada.
• Li Wuyang failed to sense Tang Sanzang’s karma at Spirit Mountain, finding it hidden behind a powerful Buddha Light Barrier.
• Xuan located a Taiyin Cold Spring beneath Flower Fruit Mountain, and Li Wuyang found an Earth Vein Node they could use to disrupt the formation.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan combined Chaos and Taiyin power to distort the formation and escape East Victory Divine Continent.
• The Jade Emperor ordered patrols strengthened and Sandalwood Merit Buddha monitored, while the Emissary of Annihilation ordered Faceless and Nether Spring to target the Flowing Sand River and Flaming Mountain.

Li Wuyang and Xuan investigated the Flowing Sand River’s connection to The Finality Council and sought Zhen Yuanzi’s knowledge at Wuzhuang Temple. After learning the river’s annihilation aura was tied to Sha Wujing’s punishment and a hidden passage linked to Spirit Mountain, they headed there, unaware that Zhen Yuanzi saw Golden Cicada facing a dark vortex beneath the river.

• Li Wuyang and Xuan decided to investigate the Flowing Sand River, suspecting Sha Wujing’s punishment had concealed a mark or purpose tied to The Finality Council.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan disguised themselves as wandering cultivators and visited Zhen Yuanzi at Wuzhuang Temple.
• Zhen Yuanzi revealed that the Glazed Goblet had contained Annihilation Nectar, which contaminated Sha Wujing, and that the Evil-Slaying Sword used against him had become tainted with Buddha-nature.
• Zhen Yuanzi gave Li Wuyang and Xuan Ginseng Fruits and a map marking suspected concentrations of annihilation aura and a hidden earth-vein passage connecting the riverbed to Spirit Mountain.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan suspected Golden Cicada and set off for the Flowing Sand River to investigate the passage.
• After they left, Zhen Yuanzi saw Golden Cicada facing a black vortex beneath the river as a pair of indifferent eyes opened within it.

Li Wuyang and Xuan discovered that Sha Wujing was resisting a Finality Council summoning ritual beneath the Flowing Sand River, but Golden Cicada revealed himself as the conspirator behind it. They attacked him and the altar to stop the passage, and a fierce battle began.

• Li Wuyang and Xuan investigated the Flowing Sand River and found Sha Wujing using his body to resist a damaged restriction while Finality believers prepared a descent passage around the Heart of Annihilation.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan entered the altar chamber by a hidden waterway and overheard Golden Cicada cooperating with the Emissary of Annihilation in exchange for liberation from Buddhism.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan revealed themselves as Golden Cicada began the final ritual, with Li Wuyang attacking Golden Cicada and Xuan targeting the altar.
• The Emissary of Annihilation and the Finality believers attacked Li Wuyang and Xuan as Golden Cicada turned to face them and urged them to join Finality.
• Li Wuyang and Xuan launched their full assault, beginning a fierce battle beneath the Flowing Sand River.

Li Wuyang and Xuan fought Golden Cicada, who revealed his reasons for joining Finality and unleashed his Annihilation Buddha-Demon Form. As the Annihilation Dharma King descended through the Heart of Annihilation, Sun Wukong arrived and struck at its projection.

• Li Wuyang attacked Golden Cicada, but Golden Cicada blocked his blade with Annihilation Zen Intent and wounded Xuan when she intervened.
• Golden Cicada argued that Buddhism and the western journey had trapped living beings, and claimed Spiritual Mountain, the Heavenly Court, and the Dao Ancestor had permitted Finality's scheme.
• Xuan joined Li Wuyang, and their combined attacks damaged Golden Cicada's Buddha-Demon Form.
• The Emissary of Annihilation reached the Heart of Annihilation, sacrificed himself and the Finality followers, and summoned the Annihilation Dharma King Projection.
• Li Wuyang prepared to draw on the Reincarnation Hall's Origin Power as the projection descended, but Sun Wukong arrived and smashed at it with his golden staff.

Sun Wukong, Li Wuyang, and Xuan fought the Annihilation Dharma King Projection and Golden Cicada at the altar beneath the Flowing Sand River. Golden Cicada sacrificed himself to destroy the Heart of Annihilation and the projection, while Sha Wujing revealed that the Annihilation Council had a greater scheme involving Flaming Mountain before collapsing.

• Sun Wukong arrived and struck the Annihilation Dharma King Projection, then confronted Golden Cicada over his betrayal and his plan to destroy the world.
• Li Wuyang and Sun Wukong attacked the projection while Xuan tried to restrain Golden Cicada, who broke through her barriers and moved toward the Heart of Annihilation.
• Golden Cicada was struck by a beam from the Heart of Annihilation, and the projection began using him as a sacrifice to restore its power.
• Golden Cicada admitted he had been wrong and destroyed his Dao Foundation, engulfing the Heart of Annihilation, the altar, and the projection in golden-gray flames.
• Sun Wukong caught Golden Cicada's cracked relic as Sha Wujing emerged from the ruins and warned that the Annihilation Council had a greater scheme in the Primordial World, with Flaming Mountain as its key.