Chapter Summaries

Xiong Ba brought the newly recruited Black Bear Demon to the Artifact Refining Hall to have his weapon reforged, then explained Yanhuang Hall’s hierarchy and taught him its inherited cultivation technique. The Black Bear Demon began cultivating the Heaven-Reaching Profound Technique, transforming his Demonic Power into purer Magic Power.

• Striped Tiger told Xiong Ba that he had broken through and planned to reforge his tiger claws, and the two joined Xiong Ba in taking the Black Bear Demon to the Artifact Refining Hall.
• Qian Wu accepted the Black Cherry Spear and agreed to reforge it into a High-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure within a month, while Striped Tiger registered his tiger claws for refinement.
• Xiong Ba explained Yanhuang Hall’s leadership and strength to the Black Bear Demon, describing its Hall Master, Guardian Elders, Seven Great Elders, Vice Hall Masters, and more than fourteen thousand members.
• Xiong Ba transmitted the Heaven-Reaching Profound Technique and the Thirty-Six Heavenly Constellations Great Divine Ability to the Black Bear Demon.
• The Black Bear Demon began comprehending the technique, and his Demonic Power started transforming into pure Daoist Magic Power.

Guanyin reported to Tathagata that four powerful Great Luo Golden Immortals had captured Little White Dragon, and Tathagata sent her, Manjushri, Puxian, and the Eighteen Arhats to retrieve him. At Eagle Sorrow Gorge, negotiations with Bo Saixi failed, and the two sides began fighting.

• Guanyin told Tathagata that four Great Luo Golden Immortals had captured Little White Dragon and that she could not defeat them.
• Unable to divine who was behind the attackers, Tathagata ordered Guanyin to investigate with the Eighteen Arhats, then sent Manjushri and Puxian with her.
• Guanyin and her group found Yanhuang Hall's formation around Eagle Sorrow Gorge, where Jian Sansi's guards told them Little White Dragon was imprisoned.
• Guanyin demanded Little White Dragon's release, but Bo Saixi refused, and the two sides abandoned negotiations.
• Manjushri and Puxian attacked Bo Saixi's group, while Tang Chen summoned his upgraded Clear Sky Hammer to fight Manjushri.

Yanhuang Hall’s forces fought Guanyin, Bodhisattva Puxian, and the Eighteen Arhats as Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu displayed their formidable powers. Guanyin and Puxian were forced to flee, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao continued fighting the Arhats.

• Qian Daoliu attacked Bodhisattva Puxian with the Sky-Measuring Sword while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao charged the Eighteen Arhats.
• Guanyin threw her Mutton-fat Jade Bottle at Bo Saixi, but Bo Saixi deflected it and cracked the treasure.
• Bo Saixi overwhelmed Guanyin with Layered Wave Palm and Summoning Wind and Rain, forcing Guanyin to retreat.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel Domain to weaken Bodhisattva Puxian and severely injured him with the Sky-Measuring Sword and Angel True Body.
• Bodhisattva Puxian fled after realizing he could not defeat Qian Daoliu.

Tang Chen, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao overwhelmed Bodhisattva Manjushri and the Eighteen Arhats at Eagle Sorrow Gorge. Manjushri remained out of Tang Chen’s hammer’s reach while the surviving arhats fled toward Spirit Mountain, pursued by Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

• Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer overwhelmed Manjushri’s sword strike, forcing Manjushri to dodge as the hammer pursued him through the sky.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao shattered the Arhat Formation and killed Sitting Deer Arhat, Alms Bowl Arhat, Happy Arhat, and Reaching Hand Arhat with their Clear Sky Hammers.
• Subduing Tiger Arhat urged a retreat, and Dragon Subduing Arhat ordered the remaining arhats to flee toward Spirit Mountain.
• Tang Xiao killed Cloth Bag Arhat and struck down Meditating Arhat, whose Sarira self-destructed but failed to harm Tang Xiao through his armor.
• Tang Xiao pursued the fleeing arhats, badly wounding Long Eyebrow Arhat, while Tang Hao killed Gatekeeping Arhat and Ear Cleaning Arhat.

Tang Chen severely wounded Manjushri, who escaped by burning his blood essence, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao killed the remaining Eighteen Arhats. The group regrouped at Eagle Sorrow Gorge, reviewed their mistakes, and prepared for further attacks from the Western Buddhist faction.

• Tang Chen expanded his Martial Soul Avatar and used Size as Desired to smash Manjushri’s Dharma Idol, but Manjushri escaped with Blood Escape after being severely wounded.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao caught and killed the last four fleeing Arhats, completing the destruction of the Eighteen Arhats.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao returned to Eagle Sorrow Gorge and told Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Qian Daoliu that their mission was complete.
• Tang Chen and the others discussed their lack of combat experience and the dangers posed by their enemies’ divine abilities and Spirit Treasures.
• Tang Chen ordered everyone to stop holding back in future battles and said they would return to rest before assigning more guards and patrols.

After Yanhuang Hall defeated Spirit Mountain’s forces at Eagle Sorrow Gorge, Tathagata and the Jade Emperor investigated the unknown group and weighed what its strength meant for their factions. The Jade Emperor became interested in subduing Yanhuang Hall for the Heavenly Court.

• Tang Chen and the other four returned to their quarters to review the battle’s shortcomings.
• Tathagata learned that the Eighteen Arhats had died and discovered through divination that Guanyin, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra had been injured.
• Tathagata healed Manjushri, who explained that a Late Great Luo Golden Immortal with powerful divine abilities and a high-grade innate spirit treasure had defeated him.
• Manjushri told Tathagata that the attackers were not using the Three Pure Ones’ Magic Power and that their force included thirty Taiyi Golden Immortals.
• Thousand-Mile Eye reported the Eagle Sorrow Gorge battle to the Jade Emperor, and Wind-Hearing Ear identified the victors as Yanhuang Hall, with five Great Luo Golden Immortals and three hundred Taiyi Golden Immortals nearby.
• The Jade Emperor considered subduing Yanhuang Hall so he could strengthen his authority over the Three Realms.

Huang Tian continued refining the Huang Tian Realm’s Heavenly Dao laws while Yanhuang Hall drew attention after its members defeated three Buddhist Quasi-Saints. The realm rose to a high-grade Great Thousand World, and Huang Tian advanced to the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, leaving him with command of the Chaos Great Dao.

• Zhen Yuanzi watched the battle and worried that Buddhism might break its promise to provide the Three Lights Divine Water in exchange for his sworn brotherhood with Sun Wukong.
• Huang Tian’s realm grew stronger over three thousand years, enabling Yanhuang Hall members to advance and equipping them with High-grade Innate Spirit Treasure weapons and armor.
• Huang Tian noticed Quasi-Saints observing Yanhuang Hall but remained confident in his faction’s strength and concealed leaders.
• After three hundred thousand years passed inside the Huang Tian Realm, it ascended from a mid-grade to a high-grade Great Thousand World.
• The realm’s power transformed Huang Tian and carried him into the River of Time, where he attained the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and command of the Chaos Great Dao.

After Huang Tian became a Saint, Qian Renxue asked to leave the Huang Tian Realm and enjoy herself instead of continuing to cultivate. He agreed, then promised to give her and his other women Primordial Violet Qi so they could become Saints and eventually have children with him.

• Qian Renxue sensed that the Huang Tian Realm had advanced and asked Huang Tian whether he had become a Saint; he confirmed it and urged her to cultivate.
• Qian Renxue said she was bored and wanted to go out, and Huang Tian warned her about the powerful Saints beyond the realm before agreeing to let the women have fun.
• Huang Tian recalled that he and his wives had been unable to conceive because of the gap in their strength, even after Zhu Zhuqing joined them and remained unpregnant for six months.
• Huang Tian said he would go out with the women but asked them to focus on cultivation if they still could not conceive.
• Huang Tian offered Qian Renxue Primordial Violet Qi and said he could help her become a Saint within ten thousand years.

Huang Tian and Qian Renxue emerged from seclusion to find Western Heaven Spirit Mountain confronting Yanhuang Hall over the Little White Dragon. Tang Hao revealed Yanhuang Hall’s overwhelming forces and treasures, then threatened to turn Eagle Sorrow Gorge into a battlefield, endangering the upcoming Journey to the West.

• Qian Renxue declined Huang Tian’s suggestion to return to cultivation, and Huang Tian sensed that Western Heaven Spirit Mountain had attacked.
• Huang Tian brought Qian Renxue to Eagle Sorrow Gorge, where Tathagata Buddha and Dipankara Buddha faced Yanhuang Hall with six Quasi-Saints and five hundred Arhats.
• Tathagata Buddha offered a low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure in exchange for the Little White Dragon, but Tang Hao mocked the offer and Yanhuang Hall displayed its High-grade Innate Spirit Treasures.
• Tathagata Buddha warned that displaying so many treasures would attract attacks, but Tang Hao welcomed the chance to fight and establish Yanhuang Hall’s strength.
• Guanyin recognized that Tang Hao intended to provoke prolonged battles that would block the scripture-seeking party, and Spirit Mountain’s forces realized Tang Sanzang could be killed if the fighting began.

Tang Hao negotiated with Tathagata for Little White Dragon’s release, using threats of war to secure Buddhist treasures after the Hall Master advised him. Tathagata took Little White Dragon back to Spirit Mountain, while both sides departed with a warning of future conflict.

• Tang Hao demanded Buddhism’s Ninth-grade Golden Lotus, Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and Bodhi Tree, but Tathagata refused and offered three Third-grade Golden Lotuses and three Bodhi Seeds instead.
• Tang Hao rejected the offer and threatened to slaughter Little White Dragon, prompting Dipankara Ancient Buddha and Bodhisattva Puxian to urge Tathagata to attack.
• Tang Chen warned Yanhuang Hall to prepare for battle, but Tang Hao reminded Tathagata that an attack could cost him his five hundred Arhats.
• Tathagata resumed negotiations and agreed to give three Third-grade Golden Lotuses, three Third-grade White Lotuses, and three Bodhi Seeds for Little White Dragon.
• Bo Saixi freed Little White Dragon from the ice, and Tathagata captured him in his Buddha Kingdom in the Palm before warning Tang Hao they should not meet again.

After Tathagata paid Yanhuang Hall with lotus platforms and Bodhi Seeds, he warned Buddhism against provoking its powerful members and sent Guanyin to inspect the Journey to the West route. Huang Tian accepted the compensation and planned to cultivate the treasures while his followers trained in the accelerated Huang Tian Realm.

• Tathagata returned to Spirit Mountain with Buddhism's members after handing Yanhuang Hall three Golden Lotuses, three White Lotuses, and three Bodhi Seeds as compensation.
• Tathagata rebuked Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta for questioning his decision, and Dipankara Ancient Buddha warned that Yanhuang Hall's strength could threaten Buddhism.
• Tathagata ordered Bodhisattva Guanyin to check the Journey to the West route, and Guanyin left the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Huang Tian accepted the compensation from Tang Hao, then sent Yanhuang Hall's members into the Huang Tian Realm to cultivate under accelerated time.
• Huang Tian explained to Qian Renxue how Buddhism cultivated lotus platforms and warned her that ninth-grade Golden Lotuses could attract powerful enemies, but promised to protect her and her sisters.

Huang Tian cultivated merit lotus platforms, mastered the Law of Purification, and watched Yanhuang Hall grow stronger. He learned that the Huang Tian Realm could not advance further unless he strengthened the Huang Tian Immortal Estate to a Chaos Spirit Treasure, so he chose to pursue that path rather than expose the realm to the Chaos Sea.

• Huang Tian infused merit into the Golden Lotus, raising it to the fourth grade, and explained its potential to Qian Renxue before she returned to cultivate.
• Huang Tian planted a Bodhi Seed with Three Lights Divine Water, prompting Yanhuang Hall members within a hundred li to gain insight and break through.
• Huang Tian cultivated three Golden Lotuses and three White Lotuses for ten thousand years, producing six ninth-grade lotus platforms and mastering the Law of Purification.
• Huang Tian condensed a jade talisman that could purify attacks and dangers below the Saint level, then checked the cultivation progress of Yanhuang Hall's members and his five women.
• Huang Tian learned that the Huang Tian Immortal Estate could no longer contain the Huang Tian Realm's growth and decided to strengthen it rather than release the realm into the Chaos Sea.

Guanyin discovered that the Black Bear Demon had been taken from Black Wind Cave by Xiong Ba of Yanhuang Hall, threatening the Journey to the West tribulations and her share of Heavenly Dao Merit. Tathagata sent her to watch Yanhuang Hall, where she waited in disguise near Black Wind Mountain without realizing its members were cultivating in the Huang Tian Realm.

• Guanyin searched Black Wind Cave and learned that a supposed Black Bear Tribe chieftain had defeated and taken the Black Bear Demon.
• Guanyin reported the disappearance to Tathagata, who divined that Xiong Ba had taken the demon to Yanhuang Hall.
• Tathagata explained that Yanhuang Hall might be backed by a newly ascended saint and ordered Guanyin to monitor the area.
• Guanyin disguised herself as a young monk and hid in Guanyin Zen Temple near Black Wind Mountain.
• After a day without seeing anyone from Yanhuang Hall, Guanyin wondered where they had gone, unaware they were cultivating in the Huang Tian Realm.

Huang Tian Immortal Estate advanced into a low-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, but the Heaven Concealing Formation hid its location from the Heavenly Dao. Its emergence sent the Primordial Wilderness into a treasure hunt and widespread disorder, which the Heavenly Court moved to suppress.

• Tang Chen led more than fourteen thousand three hundred Quasi-Saints of Yanhuang Hall in activating the Heaven Concealing Formation while Huang Tian Immortal Estate advanced.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun failed to locate the Chaos Spirit Treasure, while Sect Master Tongtian welcomed Hongjun’s setback and renewed his resolve to avenge his sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Old Man of the South Pole and the remaining Chan School disciples to search for the treasure, and the other Saints also sent people to seek it.
• Cultivators searching for the treasure instead found other opportunities, sparking deadly conflicts and disrupting Buddhism’s and the Heavenly Court’s plans along the Journey to the West route.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing and Nezha to lead heavenly forces into the lower realm to restore order.
• At Guanyin Zen Temple, Li Jing captured a Taiyi Golden Immortal independent cultivator who had set the temple ablaze, then ordered Lord of Fire Virtue to collect the Samadhi True Fire.

After restoring order in the Earth Immortal Realm, Huang Tian took Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Zhu Zhuqing out for an outing. He led them east to visit Great Sage Sun, his childhood idol, who was about to emerge after five hundred years of imprisonment.

• Guanyin watched Yanhuang Hall after Heavenly Court forces subdued the slaughter and treasure plundering across the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tian planned ways to replenish the Huang Tian Realm’s depleted origin and sent Yanhuang Hall members to teach cultivation to the myriad races.
• Huang Tian agreed to take Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Zhu Zhuqing out to the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tian stored the Huang Tian Immortal Estate and its formation before telling the women they were going to see Great Sage Sun.
• Huang Tian and the five women flew east on a cloud, admiring the Earth Immortal Realm’s scenery along the way.

Huang Tian and his companions reached Five Elements Mountain, where Qian Renxue destroyed the Buddhist talisman and freed Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong emerged weakened after five hundred years of imprisonment, and Qian Renxue offered to restore his damaged foundation.

• Huang Tian moved human villages into the Huang Tian Realm and arranged for an incarnation to teach their people cultivation.
• Huang Tian and his companions arrived at Five Elements Mountain, where Golden-Headed Jiedi ordered them to turn back.
• Qian Renxue killed the Five Jiedi with Sacred Light, and the Six Ding and Six Jia stepped aside.
• Qian Renxue destroyed the Buddhist talisman and split Five Elements Mountain, freeing Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong explained that his cultivation had regressed to the Golden Immortal realm and that he lacked the strength to take revenge on Buddhism.
• Qian Renxue offered to repair Sun Wukong's damaged foundation with her Holy Purification Technique.

Huang Tian and his wives defended Great Sage Sun from Tathagata Buddha and Dipankara Ancient Buddha while Qian Renxue restored his Supreme Foundation. After their forces were overwhelmed, both Buddhas fled, leaving their followers dead.

• Qian Renxue used purifying light to cleanse Great Sage Sun’s Supreme Foundation and began repairing it.
• Tathagata Buddha arrived with Dipankara Ancient Buddha, five hundred Arhats, and three thousand bhikshus to demand Great Sage Sun’s return, but Huang Tian refused and ordered Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong to attack.
• Bibi Dong wounded Tathagata with a spatial blade, while Liu Erlong’s flames overwhelmed Dipankara’s Spirit Coffin Lamp and cracked his Twenty-Four Heavens.
• Dipankara Ancient Buddha fled with Near at Hand, Yet Worlds Away, and Huang Tian stopped Liu Erlong from pursuing him and ordered her to kill the assembled followers.
• Liu Erlong burned all five hundred Arhats and three thousand bhikshus, while Tathagata Buddha escaped after using Buddha Kingdom in the Palm and Earth-Traveling Golden Light.

After Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong defeated the Buddhist forces, Huang Tian urged his companions to retreat rather than challenge Saints before reaching Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. In the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor assessed the newcomers’ threat, sent Grand White Golden Star to question Tathagata about the Journey to the West, and stopped spying on Huang Tian’s group.

• Huang Tian collected and devoured the Buddhist treasures, while Liu Erlong lamented that Dipamkara had escaped before she could fight him properly.
• Bibi Dong and Huang Tian reminded Liu Erlong that their enemies had fled because they were outmatched, and Huang Tian warned that only Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals could face Saints without fear.
• The Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Court officials watched the battle through the Haotian Mirror and discussed how Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong had defeated Tathagata and Dipamkara and destroyed the Buddhist forces.
• The Jade Emperor concluded that Huang Tian’s group intended to undermine Western Buddhism and gain merit, then ordered Grand White Golden Star to ask Tathagata whether the Journey to the West could continue.
• After noticing Huang Tian’s knowing smile in the Haotian Mirror, the Jade Emperor put the mirror away to avoid provoking the six powerful newcomers.

After Qian Renxue restored his Supreme Foundation, Great Sage Sun broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Learning that Buddhism would try to control him through the Monkey Offspring of Flower and Fruit Mountain, he agreed to move them into Huang Tian’s Great Thousand World, and the group arrived at the mountain.

• Qian Renxue withdrew the Light of Purification, and Great Sage Sun used the restored foundation and Huang Tian’s Innate Spiritual Energy to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Great Sage Sun thanked Huang Tian and the women, then said he planned to return to Flower and Fruit Mountain and guard the Monkey Offspring there.
• Huang Tian warned Great Sage Sun that Buddhism could use the Monkey Offspring to force him to protect the scripture-seeking monk, and offered to shelter them in his Great Thousand World.
• Great Sage Sun accepted Huang Tian’s offer, and Huang Tian used the Star Shifting Great Divine Ability to take everyone to Flower and Fruit Mountain.
• Huang Tian introduced his five wives to Great Sage Sun, who greeted them and was astonished by their Quasi-Saint Great Perfection cultivation.

Huang Tian rescued the Monkey Offspring from Flower and Fruit Mountain and brought them into his realm, while Great Sage Sun prepared to confront Tathagata’s Buddhist forces. A battle broke out between the two groups, and Zhao Wuji killed Joyful Buddha as Bibi Dong attacked the distracted Tathagata.

• Huang Tian moved several thousand Monkey Offspring into the Huang Tian Realm and assigned Tang Chen to teach them cultivation.
• Tathagata arrived at Flower and Fruit Mountain with twelve other Quasi-Saints and demanded that Huang Tian hand over Sun Wukong and compensate Buddhism.
• Huang Tian summoned Tang Chen, Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Zhao Wuji to help the Yanhuang Hall members face the Buddhist force.
• Zhao Wuji tore through Joyful Buddha’s cassock, shattered his Golden Body, and killed him after Huang Tian moved Aolai Kingdom into his realm to protect its people.
• Tathagata looked away from his fight with Bibi Dong after hearing Joyful Buddha’s final cry, and Bibi Dong struck at him with her Abyssal Slash of Space Tear.