Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie fought the Golden Hou King after the monarch demanded the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and he used Time Lag to land a powerful blow. The Golden Hou King sent his Black Armor Knights to ravage the Beastman Continent, while Xiao Xie opened the Gate of Death and charged at him again.

• The Golden Hou King attacked Xiao Xie, who used Time Lag to dodge and strike the monarch's head with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• The Golden Hou King flew hundreds of miles but recovered and ordered the Black Armor Knights to attack across the Beastman Continent.
• The First Elder of the elves, the Fox Emperor, and others pursued the Black Armor Knights, while the Dragon Emperor and five Dragon Race powerhouses chased Mitchell.
• The Golden Hou King threatened to destroy Xiao Xie's supposed homeland, but Xiao Xie said he only wanted to beat the monarch and opened the Gate of Death.
• Xiao Xie charged at the Golden-haired Hou, and the Golden Hou King swung a claw at him.

Xiao Xie drove the Golden Hou King into retreat with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, then turned his attention to the Black Armor Knights still attacking the Beastman Continent. In the fighting near the Spirit Fox Empire, Vivia protected Vivian from a blade strike by transferring the damage to a nearby Magical Beast.

• Xiao Xie used Time Lag to evade the Golden Hou King and repeatedly struck him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, but could not pierce his defenses.
• After the Golden Hou King mocked Xiao Xie, Xiao Xie enlarged the staff inside his rear passage, prompting the Golden Hou King to flee through the Space Channel with the two Female Kui and his mount.
• The Golden Hou King returned to the Undead Plane and destroyed the Space Channel, abandoning the Black Armor Knights who continued slaughtering people across the Beastman Continent.
• More than twenty Black Armor Knights attacked the Spirit Fox Empire, and god-level experts from the Sunset Mountain Range rushed to fight them.
• Vivia shoved Vivian out of the path of a blade strike and used the Curse Fruit's power to transfer the damage to a Magical Beast, leaving herself unharmed.

After the battle, Xiao Xie gained a huge haul from the fallen Black Armor Knights and Bone Proud while the Beastman Continent began rebuilding. Three months later, Vivian struggled with feeling weaker than Vivia, who noticed her sister’s distraction and asked what was wrong.

• Xiao Xie rescued Vivian and Vivia, then helped Vivia kill twenty Black Armor Knights and claim their corpses for puppets.
• The Dragon Emperor and others captured the weakened Underworld God, whom the enraged powers of the Beastman Continent tore apart.
• Xiao Xie entered the Worship Space and recycled the godheads and items from the battle, gaining nearly eight hundred million Godhead Points.
• Over the next three months, the Four Great Empires rebuilt, while Green Jade Town quickly returned to normal.
• Vivian brooded over Vivia’s new strength and her own role changing from protector to protected.
• Vivia found Vivian distracted, sat beside her, and asked what was bothering her.

Xiao Xie accepted the Four Great Empires’ support to establish the Flame Dragon Empire, transforming its vast territory and gathering humans from across their lands. After months of preparation and migration, he proclaimed himself the first Flame Emperor and founded the new empire.

• Vivia reassured Vivian that she would always be her younger sister, easing Vivian’s worries.
• The Fox Emperor and the other rulers invited Xiao Xie to join their alliance and establish a Fifth Great Empire, and Xiao Xie decided to consider their offer.
• A month later, the Four Great Empires ceded border territories to form Xiao Xie’s empire, and he used Wood Clones and Five Elements Immortal Arts to transform the land.
• The Fox Emperor and the other rulers arranged for humans in their empires to migrate to Xiao Xie’s territory.
• After three months of migration, Xiao Xie declared the Flame Dragon Empire established and became its first Flame Emperor as the citizens celebrated.

After establishing the Flame Dragon Empire and gaining a vast number of Worship Points, Xiao Xie used a World Travel Ticket to enter the world of 'Journey to the West'. He arrived in Aolai Kingdom and headed for Flower Fruit Mountain to discover when he had arrived.

• Xiao Xie established the Flame Dragon Empire, and Vivian, Vivia, and the others moved Anya Tavern to its capital.
• Xiao Xie won a World Travel Ticket to the world of 'Saint Seiya' but chose to visit 'Journey to the West' first.
• Xiao Xie reviewed his Attribute Panel, noted his gains in Worship Points and Godhead Points, and decided to save his Worship Points for a later drawing.
• Xiao Xie tore the World Travel Ticket to 'Journey to the West' and traveled to Aolai Kingdom.
• Xiao Xie used Sword Flight to reach Flower Fruit Mountain and planned to determine the time period by investigating it.

Xiao Xie reached Flower Fruit Mountain, rescued the monkey demons from the World-Mixing Demon King, and learned that Son Goku was close to returning from his training. After celebrating with the monkeys, Xiao Xie left rather than linger at Son Goku’s home.

• Xiao Xie saw the World-Mixing Demon King and his demons cornering the monkey demons, then killed them with a fire dragon and healed the survivors.
• The Long-Armed Ape thanked Xiao Xie and invited him and Xiao Xiao to Water Curtain Cave for a feast.
• The monkeys celebrated the World-Mixing Demon King’s death, and Xiao Xie learned that nineteen years had passed since Son Goku left to seek a master.
• Xiao Xie realized Son Goku would return in less than a year and left Flower Fruit Mountain to avoid drawing attention from the gods and Buddhas.

Xiao Xie traveled to the Western Niu He Continent under the guise of the Sand Demon King and set out to establish a force to help him find treasures. He left the former Hundred Poisons Cave in control of his new demon followers as Raging Sand Grotto-Heaven.

• Xiao Xie left a Wood Clone in Aolai Kingdom to watch Flower Fruit Mountain and traveled west while keeping his distance from Son Goku.
• Xiao Xie took on his Sand Demon King identity and chose a mountain range occupied by Hundred Poisons Great King as the base for his force.
• Xiao Xie killed one gatekeeping minor demon and defeated Hundred Poisons Great King with the God Demon Sword.
• Xiao Xie took Hundred Poisons Great King’s corpse, renamed the territory Raging Sand Grotto-Heaven, and ordered the surviving demons to accept him as their new king.
• The minor demons knelt and greeted Xiao Xie as the Sand Demon King.

After conquering the Demon Kings around the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Range, Xiao Xie consolidated his territory and equipped a hundred thousand direct troops with Immortal Artifact armor and weapons. A Green Bull Demon serving the Bull Demon King arrived to meet him, leaving Xiao Xie wondering why the powerful Great Strength Bull Demon King had sent for him.

• Xiao Xie subdued or killed the powerful Demon Kings within ten thousand li, gaining over a hundred Demon Kings and several hundred thousand Demon Soldiers under his command.
• Xiao Xie halted his expansion and spent three months forging a hundred thousand sets of Immortal Artifact armor and weapons for his elite Demon Soldiers.
• Xiao Xie gave his direct troops combat cultivation techniques and battle formations, and refined healing immortal pills to win the loyalty of his Demon Kings.
• A Leopard Head Little Demon told Xiao Xie that a Green Bull Demon serving the Great Strength Bull Demon King had come to see him, and Xiao Xie ordered that the visitor be brought in.
• The Green Bull Demon saw the Immortal Artifact-equipped Demon Soldiers guarding the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Range and dropped his contempt for the Sand Demon King.

Xiao Xie accepted the Bull Demon King's invitation to his wedding banquet and arrived at Accumulation Thunder Mountain with an imposing display, presenting two Peaches of Immortality as a gift. The Bull Demon King welcomed him personally, and his view of Xiao Xie began to shift after hearing what his invitation messenger had witnessed at the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Range.

• The Green Bull Demon invited Xiao Xie to the Bull Demon King's wedding, and Xiao Xie promised to attend.
• On the eighth day of the eighth month, Xiao Xie traveled to Accumulation Thunder Mountain, where tens of thousands of demon kings and hundreds of thousands of little demons had gathered.
• Xiao Xie arrived in a sandstorm, offered the Bull Demon King two Peaches of Immortality, and was personally escorted to a seat at the summit banquet.
• The gathered demons admired Xiao Xie's power and speculated about how he had obtained the Peaches of Immortality.
• The Bull Demon King had initially considered Xiao Xie a rising junior, but his attitude began to change after his messenger reported what he had seen at the Heavenly Mystery Mountain Range.

At the Bull Demon King's wedding feast, Xiao Xie met the assembled demon kings and recognized three powerful arrivals as the Golden Winged Great Peng King and his two brothers. He suspected the Bodhisattvas had sent their mounts to oppose the Bull Demon King's ambitions while concealing their own role, and the three monsters arrived at Accumulation Thunder Mountain.

• The Bull Demon King introduced Xiao Xie, the Sand Demon King, to the gathered demon kings, including several members of the Seven Great Sages.
• The Bull Demon King led the wedding banquet as the demon kings drank together.
• A black cloud appeared over Accumulation Thunder Mountain, bringing a powerful pressure that frightened the lesser demons.
• Xiao Xie used his Tenseigan to identify the arrivals as the Golden Winged Great Peng King, the Green-haired Lion Monster, and the Six-tusked White Elephant Monster.
• Xiao Xie reasoned that the Bodhisattvas had secretly sent their mounts to become demons and obstruct the Bull Demon King's expansion while gaining religious followers.

Bull Demon King proposed forming a Demon Alliance at his wedding, while Golden Winged Great Peng King tried to sabotage the plan on Buddha’s orders. The two clashed over who deserved to lead the alliance, and their battle began.

• Xiao Xie reasoned that Buddhism had likely ensnared the other Six Great Sages and used Son Goku to suppress demon kings.
• Bull Demon King warned Golden Winged Great Peng King that trouble at his wedding would be met with force, as Jiao Demon King and the other five Demon Kings showed their support.
• Golden Winged Great Peng King accused Bull Demon King of seeking to unify the Western Niu He Continent for his own ambitions.
• Bull Demon King declared that he wanted to establish a Demon Alliance so demon kings could unite against the Heavenly Court and Vulture Peak.
• Golden Winged Great Peng King challenged Bull Demon King for the alliance leadership, and the two exchanged blows with their weapons.

Bull Demon King and Golden Winged Great Peng King fought to a stalemate before Golden Winged Great Peng King withdrew with Green-haired Lion Monster and Six-tusked White Elephant Monster. Bull Demon King chose not to pursue them, and after the disruption, most Demon Kings left Accumulation Thunder Mountain rather than accept his leadership.

• Xiao Xie watched the battle and judged that he could match Bull Demon King and the others, or kill them with Time Lag.
• As Bull Demon King and Golden Winged Great Peng King fought evenly, Jiao Demon King and the other Demon Kings considered taking advantage of the clash.
• Golden Winged Great Peng King sensed the danger, told Green-haired Lion Monster and Six-tusked White Elephant Monster to leave, and fled with them.
• Peng Demon King urged Bull Demon King to pursue the three monsters, but Bull Demon King refused because the fight would weaken the demon race.
• After Golden Winged Great Peng King’s departure disrupted Bull Demon King’s plans, Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord and many other Demon Kings left Accumulation Thunder Mountain.

Xiao Xie followed Son Goku to the East Sea Dragon Palace, planning to steal its treasures while the Dragon King attended to him. He found the Treasure Vault and watched the guards open its doors.

• The Bull Demon King formed the Demon Alliance with the assembled Demon Kings and then married Princess Iron Fan.
• Two months later, Xiao Xie learned that Son Goku had taken weapons from Aolai Kingdom and hurried there, hoping to loot the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Son Goku used the Water Avoidance Spell to reach the Dragon Palace, and Xiao Xie followed him under the Invisibility Technique.
• Ao Guang welcomed Son Goku and sent Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals to fetch weapons from the Treasure Vault.
• Xiao Xie followed the Dragon King's soldiers to the vault, where two Catfish Monsters checked their token and opened the doors.

Xiao Xie waited until Son Goku had left the East Sea Dragon Palace, then used the Eying Branch to steal the vault’s precious treasures and framed Son Goku. Ao Guang learned the vault had been robbed, but the chapter ended before the thief was identified.

• Xiao Xie followed the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals into the Treasure Vault and waited while they repeatedly searched for weapons for Son Goku.
• Xiao Xie felt the Dragon Palace shake when Son Goku obtained the Ruyi Jingu Bang, then watched Ao Guang take an Immortal-Artifact-grade cloak.
• Xiao Xie used the Eying Branch to bypass the treasures’ barriers, stole the precious treasures, left the words “Son Goku was here,” and escaped with the Instantaneous Technique.
• The West Blue Dragon King urged Ao Guang to report Son Goku to the Jade Emperor, and Ao Guang agreed.
• A Shrimp Soldier reported that the Treasure Vault had been robbed, and Ao Guang demanded to know who had done it.

After stealing treasures from the Dragon Palace, Xiao Xie refined its Dragon Balls into pills and advanced to Late-Stage Golden Immortal. He learned that Son Goku had joined the Seven Great Sages and anticipated that Venus would soon lure him to the Heavenly Court.

• Ao Guang learned that Son Goku had left his name in the Dragon Palace treasure vault and vowed to fight him to the death.
• Xiao Xie refined thirteen Dragon Balls and medicinal herbs into ten pills, then swallowed them to raise his cultivation to Late-Stage Golden Immortal.
• Xiao Xiao told Xiao Xie he had spent a year in seclusion, and he left the Worship Space after celebrating his breakthrough.
• A Leopard Head Little Demon told Xiao Xie that the Bull Demon King, Jiao Demon King, Peng Demon King, Lion Camel King, Macaque King, King Yu Rong, and the Handsome Monkey King had sworn brotherhood as the Seven Great Sages.
• Xiao Xie learned that Son Goku had joined the Seven Great Sages and expected Venus to soon recruit him to serve in the Heavenly Court.

Xiao Xie followed Venus and Son Goku into the Heavenly Court, then secretly explored its palace and Imperial Kitchen. After feasting with Xiao Xiao, he had the Heavenly chefs prepare thousands of dishes to take away and continued scouting for a future treasure theft.

• Xiao Xie hid at Flower Fruit Mountain and watched Venus persuade Son Goku to leave for the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Xie followed Son Goku and Venus through South Tianmen, then separated from them to investigate the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Xie entered the Imperial Kitchen and used an illusion technique to control the Gods of Cooking.
• The Gods of Cooking prepared thousands of dishes for Xiao Xie and Xiao Xiao, then made several thousand more for Xiao Xie to pack away.
• Xiao Xie left the Imperial Kitchen and secretly explored the Heavenly Palace for a future visit to steal treasures.

Xiao Xie explored the Heavenly Court and then disguised himself as a Pikachu to enter the Moon Palace, intending to stay there while waiting for Son Goku’s arrival. Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit accepted him as a harmless little creature, and Chang'e destroyed the letter attached to him.

• Xiao Xie finished scouting the Heavenly Court and planned to blame his future thefts on Son Goku.
• Xiao Xie chose the Moon Palace as a place to stay and transformed into a Pikachu to avoid detection.
• Xiao Xie slipped past Wu Gang and entered the Moon Palace, where the Jade Rabbit discovered him.
• Xiao Xie charmed the Jade Rabbit and met Chang'e, who mistook him for a cute creature without human form.
• Chang'e removed the bamboo tube tied to Xiao Xie's leg, read its letter from an admirer, and reduced the letter and tube to powder.

Xiao Xie left the Moon Palace and followed the Heavenly Court’s army to Flower Fruit Mountain, where Nezha deliberately let Son Goku win. Li Jing retreated to seek reinforcements while Son Goku celebrated, unaware of Nezha’s deception.

• Chang'e kept Pikachu in the Moon Palace for half a month, and Xiao Xie left while she slept to attend to his important matters.
• After Son Goku returned to Flower Fruit Mountain and raised the banner of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Jade Emperor sent Li Jing, Nezha, and the Heavenly army to capture him.
• The Bull Demon King and the other five great demon kings learned of the expedition but chose not to help Son Goku.
• Nezha deliberately held back during his fight with Son Goku and pretended to be injured so Li Jing’s forces would retreat.
• Li Jing led the Heavenly army back to the Heavenly Court, and Son Goku celebrated his victory while Xiao Xie warned inwardly that trouble was ahead.

Son Goku received the empty title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven and was appointed to manage the Peach of Immortality Garden, where Xiao Xie secretly waited for a chance to steal peaches and implicate him. After inspecting the garden cautiously for three days, Son Goku began to earn the workers’ trust, leaving Xiao Xie poised to act.

• The Jade Emperor granted Son Goku the title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven and had a residence built beside the Peach of Immortality Garden.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Son Goku to manage the Peach of Immortality Garden, and Son Goku eagerly accepted because he coveted its peaches.
• Son Goku entered the garden with the Earth God and learned about its three kinds of Peach of Immortality Trees, but left without stealing any peaches.
• Xiao Xie decided to wait until Son Goku stole peaches so he could steal them too and shift suspicion onto him.
• Son Goku inspected the garden each day for three days, gradually causing the Earth God and the workers to lower their guard.

Xiao Xie stole most of the ripe Peaches of Immortality while Son Goku slept, then returned to Heavenly Mystery Mountain and held a feast for his demon kings. He left his followers celebrating with peaches and Jade Nectar.

• Son Goku sent the Earth God and the others away, ate ripe peaches, replaced some with fakes, and fell asleep in the garden.
• Xiao Xie stole more than half the ripe peaches, replaced them with fake ones, and secretly left the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Xie returned to Heavenly Mystery Mountain, where his little demons welcomed him after more than twenty years away.
• Xiao Xie summoned his one hundred and eight demon kings and hosted a Heavenly Immortal Feast with peaches and Jade Nectar.
• Xiao Xie distributed different peaches according to the demon kings’ ranks and rewarded the watching little demons with ten jars of Jade Nectar.