Recaps

Sun Wukong’s rebellion destroyed the Heavenly Court and helped plunge the Three Realms into chaos, while Li Fan confronted threats tied to Pangu’s return and the Buddha-Devil Calamity. Tang Sanzang later brought the infant Tathagata back to Sun Wukong, and the group resumed the Westward Journey with Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ao Lie as new companions.

• Sun Wukong and Zixia found Bodhi Patriarch’s Xieyue Sanxing Cave in a Parallel Primordial World, where Bodhi offered to teach them the Dao.
• Li Fan heard Nuwa’s warning that Puti and Pangu’s return were connected, sealed Grand Unity Heaven, and prepared to face the coming crisis.
• Tang Sanzang and Six-Eared Macaque assembled Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha as disciples, while Grand Supreme Elder Lord sent Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha into the Journey to the West’s conflict with Buddhism.
• Sun Wukong led a rebellion against Heaven, destroyed Lingxiao Palace, and accepted responsibility when the End of Dharma Era devastated the Three Realms.
• Li Fan, Goddess Wangshu, and Empress Ziguang transformed the Taiyang, Taiyin, and Ziwei stars into Hunyuan Stars, then joined the Creation Demoness to defeat Yin Yang Demon God.
• Wutian conquered Spirit Mountain, cast Tathagata into reincarnation, and spread demonic cultivation, while Li Fan watched the Buddha-Devil Calamity unfold.
• Tang Sanzang brought the infant Tathagata to Sun Wukong, who agreed to escort him west, and Nuwa sent Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ao Lie to join them.
• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha hunted demons and took their treasures as Tang Sanzang trudged behind them without Ao Lie as his horse.

As the Immeasurable Kalpa dismantled the Primordial World, Li Fan and the great powers fought to preserve it while ancient forces and schemes resurfaced. Hongjun claimed authority over the saints, but Nuwa’s defiance left his victory incomplete.

• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha challenged Wutian at Spirit Mountain, and Wutian detonated the World-Destroying Black Lotus after Li Fan’s blessings enabled Haotian to wound him.
• Luohu returned to the Primordial World, and Haotian became the Eighth Saint before joining the other saints in battle against him.
• The Three Pure Ones scattered their disciples as the Immeasurable Kalpa began, while Li Fan and his allies transformed the Primordial Purple Lotus and Sea-Calming Pearl into Chaos Supreme Treasures.
• Shichen sacrificed himself to hinder Pangu’s return, and Li Fan calmed the River of Time before confronting Pangu’s apparent defeat and possible reincarnation.
• The Primordial World endured the frozen Dharma-Ending Age as Xuanming attained the Hunyuan Great Dao of bitter winter, while Li Fan later severed the Return to Ruins’ false Dao distortions.
• Li Fan guided the Primordial World through Chaos, where the Life Heavenly Maiden forged the Three Talents Life Dao Disk from the merged treasures and revealed that Hongjun’s Ninth Saint position had long been planned.
• Hongjun declared himself the Ninth Saint and claimed authority over the heavens, prompting Taiyi and the other saints to resist as Hongjun restricted the eight Sages and left Haotian to supervise them.
• Nuwa ignored Hongjun’s restrictions and departed, while Wangshu told Li Fan that Hongjun had won only half.