Recaps

Sun Wukong and Zixia crossed into a Parallel Primordial World to find Xieyue Sanxing Cave and learn the truth about Bodhi Patriarch. Bodhi Patriarch began teaching them the Dao while hinting at Pangu’s hidden scheme and a fate they could not change.

• Sun Wukong and Zixia searched Xiniu Hezhou for Xieyue Sanxing Cave for three months but found no trace of it.
• A mysterious woodcutter revealed himself as an incarnation of Pangu and directed them toward the cave through the River of Time.
• Sun Wukong and Zixia crossed into a Parallel Primordial World and found Xieyue Sanxing Cave within the mist.
• Bodhi Patriarch welcomed Sun Wukong and Zixia, showed them visions of creation and the heavenly realms, and explained the paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
• Bodhi Patriarch offered to impart the Dao to them, telling Sun Wukong to guard his Original Mind and Zixia to follow the Great Dao.

Nuwa told Li Fan that Pangu’s return through the Immeasurable Kalpa might be part of a scheme spanning the Prehistoric Universe. Li Fan sealed Grand Unity Heaven, dismissed the need to join the game, and ended the chapter ready to watch Pangu and the Chaos Demon Gods while keeping his allies united.

• Nuwa secretly reached Grand Unity Palace and warned Li Fan that Dao Demon God Puti was connected to Pangu’s return through the Immeasurable Kalpa.
• Li Fan sealed Grand Unity Heaven after hearing Nuwa’s theory that Pangu had orchestrated the coming tribulation and return.
• Li Fan said he would avoid Pangu’s game, warned Nuwa not to spread the secret, and wondered whether Pangu had another agenda.
• Goddess Taiyuan and Nuwa playfully grabbed Empress Ziguang, prompting Li Fan and Goddess Wangshu to tell them to behave.
• Goddess Wangshu urged everyone to monitor the Chaos Demon Gods and Pangu’s return, while Li Fan resolved to face the crisis together and leave if necessary.

Haotian began arranging the Journey to the West by recalling Heavenly Court forces, while the Buddhist Sect discovered that the Spirit-Illumined Stone Monkey and Golden Cicada had vanished. The Daoist Sect chose Marshal Tianpeng for the pilgrimage tribulation and armed him with a Nine-Toothed Rake, setting him on his path into the coming events.

• Haotian ordered Li Jing, Nezha, Yang Jian, and other generals to return to the Heavenly Court and guard the Three Realms' barrier.
• Tathagata discovered that the Spirit-Illumined Stone Monkey had disappeared and that Golden Cicada, or Tang Sanzang, was also missing or altered.
• Xuandu selected Marshal Tianpeng as a candidate for the Journey to the West tribulation and summoned him to Doushuai Palace.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord gave Tianpeng a Nine-Toothed Rake forged from Innate iron essence and Heavenly River Weak Water, charging him to enter the tribulation and guard his Original Mind.
• Tianpeng accepted the divine weapon and left Doushuai Palace as Grand Master Xuandu remarked that it had begun.

Tianpeng and Curtain General were forced into Reincarnation and later became Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha, joining Tang Sanzang and Six-Eared Macaque on their westward journey. When Withered Bones Demons attacked during a meal stop, Tang Sanzang destroyed their Bone Giant leader with one punch.

• Tianpeng became Pig Demon Zhu Bajie and Curtain General became Monk Sha after the Great Emperor sent them into Reincarnation.
• Tang Sanzang and Six-Eared Macaque found Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha, reformed them, and assembled their group with a Flood Dragon as their mount.
• Tang Sanzang used Six-Eared Macaque's Iron Rod to pound dough while the disciples prepared a meal and bickered.
• Six-Eared Macaque sensed Withered Bones Demons nearby, and several attacked the group as the mountain filled with deathly resentment.
• Six-Eared Macaque and Zhu Bajie fought the demons while Tang Sanzang identified them as deliberately cultivated creatures; a powerful Bone Giant then emerged.
• Tang Sanzang struck the Bone Giant's core skeleton and killed it with one punch, leaving the group ready to eat.

Creation Demoness persuaded Puti to send Sun Wukong and Zixia into the Three Realms, where they declared their intent to challenge Haotian and recruit Yang Jian and Nezha. As the Heavenly Court, Buddhist sect, and other powers watched, Sun Wukong and Zixia set off for Guanjiang Kou to seek Yang Jian.

• Creation Demoness asked Puti to send Sun Wukong into the Journey to the West, and Puti agreed that Sun Wukong and Zixia should leave Mount Fangcun.
• Puti used the Fangcun Tribulation-Crossing Art to transport Sun Wukong and Zixia to the chaotic region between the Western Continent and Southern Jambudvipa Continent.
• Tathagata and Guanyin Bodhisattva decided the Buddhist sect should observe Sun Wukong and Zixia rather than act rashly.
• Sun Wukong proclaimed that he would claim the title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven, while Zixia vowed to fight beside him and proposed recruiting Yang Jian and Nezha.
• Haotian learned of their plan and angrily denounced their challenge as his remaining immortal generals stayed silent.
• Sun Wukong took Zixia to Guanjiang Kou to seek Yang Jian, drawing the attention of powers across the Three Realms.

Zixia, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha formed an alliance to challenge the Heavenly Court, while Haotian and Tathagata prepared their forces. The allies gathered at Flower Fruit Mountain as the Heavenly Court’s army advanced and the Buddhist sect waited to see how the battle unfolded.

• Zixia and Sun Wukong asked Yang Jian to join their rebellion, and Yang Jian agreed to go with them after Nezha arrived and pledged his support.
• Haotian learned that Yang Jian and Nezha had joined Sun Wukong, then ordered Li Jing to lead one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers toward Flower Fruit Mountain and summoned aid from Spirit Mountain.
• Tathagata sent Guanyin to observe the battle and ordered Manjushri, Puxian, five hundred Arhats, and three thousand Jedi to stand ready.
• Sun Wukong, Zixia, Yang Jian, and Nezha returned to Flower Fruit Mountain, where Sun Wukong declared he would fight his way to Lingxiao Palace.

Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, and Zixia prepared to defend Flower Fruit Mountain as Li Jing led one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers against them. Sun Wukong routed the front ranks and Giant Spirit God before Bishamon Tian stopped his cudgel, and Guanyin arrived as the battle escalated.

• Sun Wukong rallied the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain while Zixia warned that Haotian would likely seek help from the Buddhist sect.
• Li Jing surrounded Flower Fruit Mountain with one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and ordered a nervous soldier to fight, but Sun Wukong’s Dharma Form swept the front ranks away with one strike.
• Giant Spirit God charged at Sun Wukong and was smashed into the southern formation by the Sea-Calming Cudgel: Myriad Demons Pay Homage.
• Sun Wukong struck at the northern formation, but Bishamon Tian blocked Dinghai Shenzhen with the Hun Yuan Pearl Umbrella and knocked Sun Wukong back.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived and warned Sun Wukong to consider the consequences, but he declared he would not hold back.

Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha fought the Buddhist forces at Flower Fruit Mountain until Zixia lent them the power of Fate, pushing their strength beyond the limits of Grand Unity Golden Immortals. With the battle turning against the Buddhas, the Jade Emperor and Tathagata recognized the threat, while Li Fan watched without surprise.

• Guanyin repelled Sun Wukong's attack and froze his monkey phantoms, but Yang Jian urged him to rise as the Western Buddhist forces arrived.
• Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian joined forces against the Buddhist army, but they were surrounded and began to lose ground.
• Zixia appeared and empowered Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha with the power of Fate, healing them and vastly increasing their strength.
• Sun Wukong shattered Manjushri and Puxian's formation, Nezha struck at Maitreya's Human Seed Bag, and Yang Jian split Medicine Master Buddha's radiance.
• The Jade Emperor and Tathagata grew alarmed at the power of Fate, while Li Fan remained unsurprised by Zixia's intervention.

Grand Supreme Elder Lord stopped the Buddhists from fighting Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha, then brought them and Zixia to Doushuai Palace. He made them drink a dangerous Heaven-Mending Soup to strengthen them for the battles ahead.

• Tang Sanzang and the Six-Eared Macaque defeated the demons at Lion Camel Ridge while Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha watched, and the demons fled.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord arrived at the battlefield of Equal Heaven, protected Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha, and collected many Buddhist treasures with his Vajra.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord ended the battle and took Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, and Zixia to Doushuai Palace.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord filled the Eight Trigrams Furnace with rare materials and Dao Ancestor essence blood, then refined them into Heaven-Mending Soup for the group.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord explained how the soup could strengthen Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha, then forced the three to drink it as Zixia watched.
• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha struggled to absorb the soup's violent power while Grand Supreme Elder Lord warned that more battles with Buddhism lay ahead.

Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha gained strength from the Elder Lord’s medicine, while Haotian realized the Elder Lord meant to use them to disrupt the Buddhist Sect’s Journey to the West plans. Sun Wukong then feasted on the Immortal Peaches as the Elder Lord and Haotian arranged to charge the expenses to Li Fan.

• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha thanked the Elder Lord for the medicine that greatly increased their power, and he hinted that they would bear great responsibilities.
• Haotian inferred that the Elder Lord planned for the three to replace Tang Sanzang’s intended disciples in the Journey to the West, then ordered the Heavenly Realm not to obstruct them.
• Sun Wukong and Zixia wandered into an Immortal Peach Garden, where Sun Wukong began eating and discarding peaches while the Heavenly Realm watched.
• The Elder Lord recorded the stolen peaches and other heavenly treasures as expenses for the Journey to the West, Heavenly Court body-tempering, and Three Realms stability.
• Haotian ordered the accounts combined and sent to Grand Unity Heaven, leaving Li Fan to discover that Sun Wukong’s spending had been charged to him.

Nüyi confronted Haotian over the Heavenly Court’s disputed expenses, and Li Fan forced Haotian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord to accept responsibility for the improper charges. The dispute exposed tensions among the Three Realms, while Grand Supreme Elder Lord planned to send Sun Wukong to collect the Buddhist Sect’s share of the debt.

• Nüyi, Nuwa, and the other leaders agreed that Nüyi would challenge Haotian over the account books while Li Fan and others followed.
• Nüyi brought Taibai Jinxing to Lingxiao Palace and demanded that the Heavenly Court account for expenses charged to Grand Unity Palace.
• Li Fan arrived and declared that Grand Unity Palace would pay only its proper share, warning against attempts to use the accounts to test it or disrupt the Three Realms Structure.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord admitted that he had approved the discrepancies, and Li Fan ordered him and Haotian to ensure there would be no repeat.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord privately resolved to have Sun Wukong collect the Buddhist Sect’s share, while Sun Wukong continued eating immortal peaches and Zixia wondered what would come next.
• Nuwa enjoyed the spirit wine in Grand Unity Palace and expected the Buddhist Sect to respond.

Li Fan bestowed the name Ruyi Golden Cudgel on Sun Wukong’s innate treasure, making it his life-bound weapon. Sun Wukong later erupted in rage over the slaughter of the Flower Fruit Mountain monkeys and attacked the Heavenly Court, while Haotian regarded the rebellion as another debt Wukong would owe.

• Li Fan freed the Seven Fairy Maidens from Sun Wukong’s immobilizing spell and revealed that the Divine Iron had been forged by the Heavenly Emperor to suppress the East Sea’s Eye.
• Zixia explained the treasure’s origin, and Li Fan named it the Ruyi Golden Cudgel; it recognized Sun Wukong as its master, and he thanked the Heavenly Emperor.
• Li Fan warned Sun Wukong not to disappoint the treasure, while the goddesses discussed the monkey’s dangerous future and Li Fan said there would be an end if he overturned heaven and earth.
• After Li Fan left, Sun Wukong’s fury over the dead monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain erupted, and he swore to overturn Lingxiao Palace and avenge them.
• Sun Wukong rampaged through the Pantaohui, the Immortal Peach Garden, Yaochi, and the South Heaven Gate, defeating Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and declaring that he would defy heaven and change fate.
• Haotian watched the rebellion without concern, believing Sun Wukong’s chaos would only make him more indebted to the Heavenly Court.

After Sun Wukong destroyed the Prehistoric Heavenly Court, the Three Realms fell into chaos, and he faced the blame for the suffering that followed. He resolved to shoulder the disaster and repair the damage, while Zixia called him the only light in Heaven and Earth.

• Sun Wukong found Haotian gone and destroyed Lingxiao Palace and the Small Heavenly Realm, bringing the Prehistoric Heavenly Court to an end.
• The End of Dharma Era began, throwing the Three Realms into disorder and causing widespread death and devastation.
• Survivors accused Sun Wukong of causing the disaster, and he accepted responsibility rather than defend himself.
• Sun Wukong vowed to bear the consequences and heal the wounds of the Three Realms.
• Zixia approached Sun Wukong and told him she believed he was the only light in Heaven and Earth.

After the Heavenly Realm collapsed into the Primordial World, Li Fan, Goddess Wangshu, and Empress Ziguang guided the Taiyang, Taiyin, and Ziwei stars through the River of Time to advance into Hunyuan Stars. Their new power restored the Star Tracks and suppressed threats across the orthodox and parallel Primordial Worlds, leaving the Three Realms protected beneath their light.

• Haotian withdrew from the collapsing Heavenly Court as Tang Sanzang, Six-Eared Macaque, Zhu Bajie, and the others reached Western Spirit Mountain and received the True Scriptures from Tathagata.
• Half of the Heavenly Realm fell into the Western Primordial World, destroying lands and ending the Journey to the West route, while Sun Wukong failed to stop its descent.
• Li Fan agreed with Goddess Wangshu and Empress Ziguang to advance the Taiyang, Taiyin, and Ziwei stars into Hunyuan Stars so they would not fall.
• Li Fan, Goddess Wangshu, and Empress Ziguang guided the three stars through the River of Time, where each transformed into a Hunyuan Star.
• The three Hunyuan Stars sent their power across the River of Time, stabilizing the orthodox world and suppressing parallel Primordial Worlds and their would-be invaders.
• The Star Tracks returned to order, the Star Sky regained its brilliance, and the Hunyuan starlight sheltered all spirits across All Heavens.

Li Fan, Wangshu, and Ziguang established the Three Great Hunyuan Stars across the River of Time, extending their protection into the Parallel Prehistoric World. When they identified the Yin Yang Demon God as a threat, they joined forces with the Creation Demoness to attack him.

• The beings of the Three Realms praised Li Fan, Wangshu, and Ziguang after the Three Great Hunyuan Stars rose.
• Goddess Taiyuan explained that the Hunyuan Stars had taken root in the River of Time and projected the Star Dao into countless parallel worlds.
• Li Fan warned Wangshu and Ziguang that the Yin Yang Demon God was exploiting imbalances in the Parallel Prehistoric World, and the three used their star power to suppress the disorder.
• The Yin Yang Demon God emerged from a Space-Time Rift and tried to flee as the Creation Demoness sealed his retreat and asked Li Fan to cooperate.
• Li Fan agreed, and the Three Great Hunyuan Stars joined the Creation Demoness in a pincer attack on the Yin Yang Demon God.

Li Fan and the Creation Demoness joined forces with the Three Hunyuan Star Powers to defeat and kill Yin Yang Demon God, then divided his Yin Yang Great Dao Origin. Li Fan warned the watching Chaos Demon Gods that he would punish anyone who disrupted Primordial Order.

• Yin Yang Demon God fought back with his Yin Yang Great Dao, but the Creation Demoness and the Three Hunyuan Star Powers broke through his defenses and suppressed him.
• Yin Yang Demon God unleashed his Chaos Tribulation and later tried to destroy his enemies by burning his origin, but Li Fan and the Three Hunyuan Star Powers crushed his attacks.
• Li Fan shattered Yin Yang Demon God's Dharma Form, and the Creation Demoness pierced his Soul Origin with the Creation Demon Slaying Blade, killing him.
• The Creation Demoness gave Li Fan Yin Yang Great Dao Origin, which she had divided so she received forty percent and the three of them received sixty percent.
• Li Fan declared that the remaining Chaos Demon Gods would be punished if they disrupted Primordial Order, and none dared challenge him.

After Li Fan returned victorious from the River of Time, the surviving figures of the Primordial World faced their changed lives while Buddhism spread its farcical Eight Proper Scriptures and secretly kept the Wordless True Scripture. The Heavenly Emperor reached Grand Unity Palace and celebrated the end of the catastrophe with Nuwa and the others.

• Sun Wukong withdrew to Flower Fruit Mountain, grieving his dead monkey clan and drinking alone until Zixia left him.
• Tang Sanzang and his disciples spread the Eight Proper Scriptures, which were Confucian classics, while Tathagata secretly retained the wordless scripture for Buddhism to interpret as it pleased.
• Zhu Bajie returned to Gaozhuang and found only unfamiliar generations, while Sha Wujing secluded himself and Six-Eared Macaque entered closed-door cultivation.
• The Five Heavenly Realms celebrated Li Fan's return, and Nuwa welcomed him alongside Wangshu, Ziguang, and Taiyuan before he teased her about his remaining immortal brew.

Karma Demon God joined the Buddha Sect as its Third Sect Master to gain protection, while the Buddha Sect sought his strength for the coming calamity. Li Fan prepared to confront the Time Demon God and entered the River of Time, where Luohu also plotted to act during the Buddha and Demon conflict.

• Karma Demon God approached Zhunti and Jieyin, agreed to join the Buddha Sect, and was named its Third Sect Master.
• Li Fan and Goddess of Creation Wangshu recognized that Karma Demon God's alliance would add new variables to the Calamity of Buddha and Demon.
• Li Fan announced that he would confront the Time Demon God, while Wangshu stayed behind to guard the myriad worlds.
• Karma Demon God secretly planned to use the Buddha Sect's protection while keeping a way to withdraw if danger arose.
• The Three Pure Ones anticipated the coming calamity and worried over the fate of their respective traditions.
• Li Fan entered the River of Time to search for the Time Demon God, while Luohu plotted to make his move amid the future clash of Buddha and Demon.

Li Fan confronted the Time Demon God in the River of Time, where the demon revealed that his existence was Pangu’s greatest tribulation and unleashed a time-looping catastrophe to block Pangu’s return. As the River of Time collapsed into chaos, Luohu slipped away to advance his own plans, while Li Fan worried about how Pangu’s struggle could threaten the three Supreme Stars.

• Li Fan encountered Luohu in the River of Time and prepared to settle accounts with him before a strange Time Dao aura emerged.
• The Time Demon God explained that he had died long ago but remained in the River of Time to obstruct Pangu’s return and Dao proving.
• The Time Demon God sacrificed himself to the Great Dao, triggering a tempest that shattered the order of time and space.
• Luohu admired the Time Demon God’s resolve, then concealed himself and escaped amid the chaos to pursue his plans for the Calamity of Buddha and Demon.
• Li Fan considered the time loop and Pangu’s tribulation, then focused on protecting the three Supreme Stars within the River of Time.

Li Fan returned from the River of Time and prepared Grand Unity Heaven for the Immeasurable Kalpa, while the Buddha-Devil Calamity erupted across the Primordial World. As demons, dragons, mortals, and cultivators fell into chaos, Luohu revealed that he had laid plans for his return, and Devil Ancestor Wutian was about to descend.

• Li Fan told the nine goddesses about the Time Loop and decided to protect the Primordial World while secretly preparing for the Immeasurable Kalpa.
• Wang Mang broke free, reached the Western Continent, and unleashed a battle between Buddha Light and Demonic Energy that drove the Buddha-Devil Calamity out of control.
• Ancient demons arose across the Northern Continent, while the Dragon Clan stopped suppressing the East Sea races and conflict spread through the Four Seas.
• Li Shimin faced political upheaval in Chang'an as mortal unrest and the Calamity Qi fueled chaos across the Human Realm.
• Righteous sects fortified themselves, heretical paths seized resources, and independent cultivators and Evil Cultivators fought amid the world’s upheaval.
• Luohu revealed his plan to return from the future and reclaim the Demonic Dao as Devil Ancestor Wutian prepared to descend.

Wutian conquered Spirit Mountain, defeated Tathagata, and declared Buddha and devil united under his rule after the World-Destroying Black Lotus rose to ninth grade. Li Fan suspected Luohu had changed the future and chose to watch how the Demonic Sect’s influence reshaped the Prehistoric Universe.

• Wutian led the Demonic Sect’s army against Spirit Mountain and broke through its defenses as the Buddhas gathered to resist.
• Tathagata and Wutian clashed, while Ancient Buddha Randeng entered Nirvana and fled into reincarnation.
• Wutian overwhelmed Tathagata, severed his Buddhist roots, and cast his broken body into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Wutian proclaimed himself Buddha Ancestor and united Buddha and devil, gaining Heavenly Dao merit that raised the World-Destroying Black Lotus to ninth grade.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Lingbao Tianzun, Ancestor Dragon, and Yuanfeng reacted to Wutian’s victory, while Li Fan suspected Luohu had altered the future and decided to observe.

Wutian’s decree made demonic cultivation dominant across the Three Realms, where a mortal cultivator reached Nascent Soul through reckless shortcuts within a hundred days. Wutian accepted the resulting chaos as proof of his rule, while Li Fan judged it a passing disturbance that the Heavenly Dao would eventually set right.

• Wutian abolished the Buddhist sect’s precepts and spread demonic cultivation throughout the Three Realms.
• A mortal demonic cultivator advanced rapidly by taking an old cultivator’s power, refining pills in an iron wok, and ambushing the Son of Destiny and a demonic beast.
• He formed a Golden Core through reckless cultivation, borrowed and gathered spirit stones, and looted the Demonic Sect’s internal battlefield.
• He seized Liu Ruyan and pursued dual cultivation, then formed a huge Nascent Soul in an abyss while fleeing Nascent Soul cultivators, reaching his hundred-day goal.
• Wutian perceived the disorder and chose not to restrain the demonic cultivators, seeing their chaos as evidence of his authority.
• Li Fan observed the Three Realms from Grand Unity Palace and dismissed the upheaval as a temporary wave in the calamity.

Tang Sanzang set out to return the infant Tathagata to the Buddha Ancestor’s throne and recruited a broken, grief-stricken Sun Wukong from Flower Fruit Mountain. With Sun Wukong restored to his battle attire, the villain-led Westward Journey began.

• Tang Sanzang carried the infant Tathagata out of Chang'an, and the child’s sleeping divine power brought them to Flower Fruit Mountain in moments.
• Tang Sanzang and Tathagata found Sun Wukong alone in Water Curtain Cave, drinking among the ruins of his home.
• Sun Wukong rejected the journey at first, grieving that it could not bring back his dead monkeys.
• Tang Sanzang told Sun Wukong the journey would send Buddha back to his throne and give Sun Wukong an ending amid the coming Buddha-Devil Calamity.
• Sun Wukong took up the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, regained his battle armor, and agreed to escort Tathagata to the Western Heaven.

Nuwa and Li Fan sent Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ao Lie to join Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang, entrusting them with protecting humanity and completing the twelve Human Dao Saints. The group began its perilous Westward Journey as the Immeasurable Kalpa threatened the Three Realms.

• Nuwa told Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ao Lie that they were chosen to fill the three vacant places among the twelve Human Dao Saints and ordered them to protect humanity during the Westward Journey.
• Nuwa gave Yang Jian the Fire of Human Dao and commanded the three to keep their mission secret, while Li Fan blessed them against Calamity Qi.
• Li Fan transported Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ao Lie to the road west of Flower Fruit Mountain, where they joined Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang.
• The assembled group set out together, with Yang Jian promising to sweep away demonic threats and Sun Wukong welcoming the new companions.
• Li Fan, Nuwa, Wangshu, Goddess Taiyuan, and Empress Ziguang discussed the journey's stakes and agreed to guard the Grand Unity Palace rather than interfere with the group's trials.

Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian turned the Westward Journey into a treasure-hunting rampage, leaving Tang Monk struggling far behind on foot. The chapter ended with Nezha reminding them that they had forgotten Tang Monk while they were busy killing monsters and collecting their treasures.

• Nezha offered to raise Little Tathagata, while Sun Wukong and Yang Jian doubted that he could care for a baby responsibly.
• After a month on the road, Sun Wukong found himself mediating between Nezha and Yang Jian as their detours left Tang Monk walking without Ao Lie as his horse.
• Sun Wukong and Yang Jian compared their monster kills, and Nezha surprised them by saying he had killed eighty-one demons across the Northern Continent.
• Nezha killed a distant monster despite Yang Jian's warning that it might be a Heavenly Court immortal's mount, while Yang Jian eyed its Beast Bone Pendant.
• Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian began crushing demon caves and taking monsters' treasures, leaving demons and Devil Race members helpless against them.
• Nezha pointed out that the trio had left Tang Monk far behind, and Tang Monk continued trudging along the road while silently trying not to get angry.