Chapter Summaries

After the Celestial Immortal Banquet, Xiao Xie left Tianji Mountain to seek ownerless treasures and found Washing Dirt Spring. He entered the bathing grounds and secretly watched the Seven Fairies, who had not noticed him.

• Xiao Xie sent a Wood Clone to guard Tianji Mountain and traveled across the Western Niu He Continent in search of ownerless treasures.
• Xiao Xie learned from the local earth gods where Pan Si Ridge was and found Washing Dirt Spring nearby.
• Xiao Xie used the Eying Branch to pass through the spring's barrier, then climbed over its enclosing wall.
• Xiao Xie heard laughter, turned invisible, and saw that the Seven Fairies were bathing in the pool.
• The Purple-Clothed Fairy stretched by the pool and remarked that bathing in Washing Dirt Spring was more comfortable than life in the Heavenly Court.

Xiao Xie transformed into a goldfish and played a catching game with the Seven Fairies while they secretly stayed in the Mortal Realm. After several days, the fairies had to return to the Heavenly Palace, and Xiao Xie saw them off.

• The Seven Fairies discussed the upcoming Peach of Immortality Feast and teased one another while relaxing in the Hot Spring.
• Xiao Xie turned into a golden goldfish and slipped into the bath to avoid suffering internal injuries from holding himself back.
• The Purple-Clothed Fairy proposed a contest to catch Xiao Xie, and the sisters agreed that the winner could make the others grant one request but could not use Magic Power.
• Xiao Xie easily evaded the Seven Fairies as they chased him around the pool for several days.
• The Seven Fairies prepared to return to the Heavenly Palace, and Xiao Xie swam over to the Purple-Clothed Fairy's hand to see her off.

Xiao Xie entered the spring’s hidden cave, collected the Sun True Fire and Sun Shooting Arrow from a dead Golden Crow, then spent half a month refining its corpse. The chapter ended with a golden-haired man appearing before him, radiating the power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

• Xiao Xie swam through the spring source and found a Golden Crow corpse behind a golden barrier.
• Xiao Xie collected the Sun True Fire and stored it in the Worship Space.
• Xiao Xie pulled the Sun Shooting Arrow from the Golden Crow and paired it with his Houyi Sun-Shooting Bow.
• Xiao Xie began refining the Golden Crow’s corpse into a Six Paths Avatar.
• After half a month, a golden-haired man with the aura of a Great Luo Golden Immortal appeared before Xiao Xie.

Xiao Xie gave the Golden Crow Clone the Sun True Fire, and the clone named himself Daoist Chongyang before setting out on his own. Xiao Xie returned to the Moon Palace as Pikachu, where Chang'e welcomed him back and offered him Hundred Flowers Honey.

• Xiao Xie gave the Golden Crow Clone the Sun True Fire and explained that the clone retained the Golden Crow's abilities.
• The Golden Crow Clone named himself Daoist Chongyang, concealed his Rinne Sharingan with golden flames, and left to explore the world.
• Xiao Xie left the barrier behind and used the Instantaneous Technique to return to the Moon Palace, choosing to wait there for the Peach of Immortality Feast.
• Chang'e caught Xiao Xie in his Pikachu form, reproached him for disappearing, and then welcomed him back with relief.
• Chang'e offered Pikachu some Hundred Flowers Honey, while Jade Rabbit resented that he got a treat she could not have.

Xiao Xie accompanied Chang'e to the disrupted Peach of Immortality Feast, then took advantage of the Heavenly Court's weakened defenses to infiltrate its treasure vault. He controlled the two Heaven-Supporting Warriors guarding the entrance, leaving him poised to enter.

• Jade Rabbit grew jealous of Chang'e's attention to Xiao Xie, but Xiao Xie beckoned her over so Chang'e would feed her Hundred Flowers Honey too.
• Chang'e arrived at the Peach of Immortality Feast with Xiao Xie and Jade Rabbit and found the banquet wrecked; witnesses and magical investigators identified Son Goku as the culprit.
• The Jade Emperor sent a host of Heavenly forces, including one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers, to Flower Fruit Mountain to capture Son Goku.
• Chang'e returned to the Moon Palace, while Xiao Xie left a Wood Clone with her and took his true body to steal treasures from the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Xie used genjutsu to control the two Heaven-Supporting Warriors guarding the Heavenly Court Treasure Vault.

Xiao Xie stole the treasures from the Heavenly Court Treasure Vault, including the Sun Shooting Bow and three other powerful Acquired Spiritual Treasures, then framed Son Goku for the theft. He headed to Flower Fruit Mountain to watch Son Goku battle the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

• Xiao Xie used illusionary control over the two Heaven-Supporting Warriors to enter the Heavenly Court Treasure Vault and found the Sun Shooting Bow resonating with his Sun Shooting Arrow.
• Xiao Xie took the Sun Shooting Bow and emptied the vault, leaving a message claiming Son Goku had been there before escaping with the Instantaneous Technique.
• Xiao Xie identified the Four Directions Dragon Mark, Profound Crystal Armor, and Demon Refining Banner among his most valuable new treasures.
• Xiao Xie altered the Heaven-Supporting Warriors' memories so they would believe Son Goku had stolen the treasures, leaving him to take the blame.
• Xiao Xie left the Worship Space and headed to Flower Fruit Mountain, where Son Goku was fighting the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

Xiao Xie watched Son Goku battle Yang Jian and realized the immortal pills had pushed Son Goku into the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm before his cultivation could stabilize. As the two fighters reached a stalemate, a streak of silver light struck Son Goku and made him stagger.

• Son Goku’s sudden breakthrough let him overwhelm the Heavenly Court’s troops, so the Jade Emperor sent Venus to invite Yang Jian to fight him.
• Xiao Xie watched the battle among nearby demon kings and sensed that Son Goku’s powerful aura was unstable.
• Xiao Xie deduced that Son Goku had learned the Eight Nine Mysterious Art from Bodhi Ancestor and that the stolen Peaches of Immortality and Nine Revolutions Golden Pills had caused his rapid breakthrough.
• Yang Jian and Son Goku fought to a stalemate despite Yang Jian’s slightly stronger cultivation.
• A streak of silver light struck Son Goku on the head and knocked him staggering.

Son Goku was captured by Erlang Shen with Lord Lao’s help, while Xiao Xie and the other Demon Kings withdrew. Meanwhile, the Golden Winged Great Peng King and his allies attacked the Lion Camel King as part of Vulture Peak’s preparations for the Journey to the West, and the two sides began fighting.

• Howling Celestial Dog bit Son Goku, and Yang Jian subdued him with the Diamond Cutter’s aid from Lord Lao.
• Xiao Xie recognized the Diamond Cutter and considered how he might steal it during the Journey to the West.
• The Bull Demon King abandoned his plan to rescue Son Goku after Lord Lao intervened, and Xiao Xie and the other Demon Kings left.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King, the Green-haired Lion Monster, and the White Elephant Demon confronted the Lion Camel King at Lion Camel Mountain.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King revealed that they had trapped the Lion Camel King and attacked him after he drew his Ancient Moon Broadsword.

Xiao Xie and the Golden Crow Clone ambushed the demon kings at Lion Camel Mountain, killing the Golden Winged Great Peng King, Lion Camel King, Green-haired Lion Monster, and White Elephant Demon. They destroyed the mountain and fled to the Raging Sand Grotto-Heaven, leaving no witnesses or evidence behind.

• Lion Camel King fought the Golden Winged Great Peng King while Green-haired Lion Monster and White Elephant Demon joined the attack.
• Lion Camel King summoned three mountains, but the Golden Winged Great Peng King seized his opening and severed his right arm.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng King beheaded Lion Camel King, but Xiao Xie killed him with a Sun Shooting Arrow at the same moment.
• The Golden Crow Clone burned Green-haired Lion Monster and White Elephant Demon to ashes with Sun True Fire.
• Xiao Xie stored the Golden Winged Great Peng King and Lion Camel King's bodies, then had the Golden Crow Clone burn Lion Camel Mountain and its demons.
• Xiao Xie and the Golden Crow Clone escaped to the Raging Sand Grotto-Heaven, and Xiao Xie explained how the barrier had concealed their ambush.

After destroying the Lion Camel King’s allies, Xiao Xie turned their corpses into Six Paths Avatars and extracted the yin and yang qi from the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle to cultivate a new divine ability. Meanwhile, Son Goku remained imprisoned in Lord Lao’s Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the other Great Sages faced attacks from unknown demons.

• Xiao Xie learned the locations of the demons’ hidden treasure vaults and sent the Golden Crow Clone to plunder the treasures left by the Green-haired Lion Monster and the White Elephant Demon.
• Xiao Xie refined the Lion Camel King into the Hell Path Avatar and the Golden Winged Great Peng King into the Animal Path Avatar, then equipped his three avatars and sent them out to train.
• Xiao Xie decomposed the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle, began refining its yin and yang qi, and planned to let it merge with his body into a natal divine ability.
• With Son Goku imprisoned in Lord Lao’s Eight Trigrams Furnace, attacks struck the other Great Sages; the Jiao Demon King barely escaped, while four others vanished and were feared to be in grave danger.

Buddhism investigated the disappearance of the Golden Winged Great Peng King and the other demons, while Chang'e took Xiao Xie and Jade Rabbit from the Moon Palace to visit Yang Chan on Mount Hua. Yang Chan became attached to Xiao Xie and persuaded Chang'e to leave him in her care for a while.

• The Bull Demon King withdrew his forces after the four great demon sages disappeared, and Buddhism discovered that Lion Camel Mountain had vanished, leaving a huge pit.
• Chang'e offered to take Xiao Xie to the Human World, and he agreed to go with her and Jade Rabbit.
• Chang'e left a clone in the Moon Palace and brought Xiao Xie and Jade Rabbit to Mount Hua to visit Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan noticed Xiao Xie and eagerly cuddled him despite his protests.
• Chang'e agreed to let Yang Chan take care of Xiao Xie temporarily, leaving him dreading the days ahead.

While Chang'e and Yang Chan toured a Mortal Realm marketplace with Xiao Xie and Jade Rabbit, Nine-Headed Insect abducted them to his cave and demanded they become his wives. As Yang Chan faced the powerful demon with the Precious Lotus Lamp, Xiao Xie secretly appeared in midair, poised to intervene.

• Yang Chan took Chang'e, Xiao Xie, and Jade Rabbit to explore a marketplace near Mount Hua.
• Nine-Headed Insect spotted Chang'e and Yang Chan, then swept them away with a demonic gale to Nine-Headed Cave.
• Yang Chan shielded Chang'e and herself with the Precious Lotus Lamp, but Nine-Headed Insect demanded to marry them.
• Yang Chan attacked Nine-Headed Insect with the lamp's seven-colored light, which only forced him back several steps.
• Xiao Xie left a clone in Yang Chan's arms and concealed his true body as he appeared in midair.

Xiao Xie rescued Yang Chan and Chang'e from the Nine-Headed Insect and escorted them to Mount Hua. After declining Yang Chan's invitation to stay, he left to attend to urgent business.

• Xiao Xie used the Sun Shooting Bow to destroy the Nine-Headed Bird's nine heads after it killed his wooden-block substitute.
• Xiao Xie stored the Nine-Headed Bird's corpse and introduced himself to Yang Chan and Chang'e, who recognized the bow as Houyi's.
• Xiao Xie offered to escort Yang Chan and Chang'e home, and Yang Chan directed him to Mount Hua.
• Xiao Xie flew Yang Chan and Chang'e to Mount Hua on the Hidden Edge Sword.
• Xiao Xie declined Yang Chan's offer of tea and took his leave after Chang'e urged her to let him go.

Xiao Xie refined Nine-Headed Insect into a powerful Preta Path Avatar, then returned to Mount Hua and learned that his Wood Clone had endured days of being dressed up as Pikachu by Yang Chan. He let Yang Chan continue because he planned to steal the Precious Lotus Lamp's wick and felt he owed her some compensation.

• Yang Chan gave Xiao Xie a sachet before he left, while Chang'e teased her after he flew away.
• Xiao Xie entered the Worship Space and chose to refine Nine-Headed Insect, a nine-headed bird and Great Luo Golden Immortal, into a Preta Path Avatar.
• Xiao Xie completed the Nine Heads Clone after eight days; it could absorb energy attacks up to the early Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and he sent it off to wander.
• Xiao Xie returned to Mount Hua and dispelled his Wood Clone, learning that Yang Chan had made Pikachu wear dresses, rouge, and learn to dance.
• Yang Chan brought more dresses for Pikachu, and Xiao Xie resigned himself to wearing one because he planned to steal the Precious Lotus Lamp's wick and wanted to make it up to her.

Xiao Xie ate the Precious Lotus Lamp's wick, absorbed its ten thousand years of Magic Power, and reached the peak of the Initial Stage Great Luo Golden Immortal. Meanwhile, the Lion Camel Clone found the injured Macaque King at Cold Stone Cave and revealed himself as the Lion Camel King.

• Xiao Xie secretly pulled out and swallowed the Precious Lotus Lamp's wick, waking Yang Chan and Chang'e as its Magic Power surged through him.
• Xiao Xie spent five days refining the wick's Magic Power and broke through to the peak of the Initial Stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Yang Chan confronted Xiao Xie about stealing the wick, then realized he could speak and began kneading him while Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit teased him.
• The Lion Camel Clone tracked the Macaque King to Cold Stone Cave on Luo Yu Mountain and entered the cave.
• The injured Macaque King sensed the intruder and drew the Emerald Light Two Instruments Lamp, then relaxed when the Lion Camel King identified himself as his fourth brother.

The Lion Camel Clone killed the wounded Macaque King and took the Emerald Light Two Instruments Lamp, an Innate Spiritual Treasure. He gave it to Xiao Xie, who now possessed it alongside the Sun Shooting Bow.

• The Lion Camel Clone told the Macaque King that several of the Seven Great Sages had been ambushed and that other brothers were missing.
• As the Macaque King began to suspect Vulture Peak, the Lion Camel Clone struck him from behind and killed him, taking the Emerald Light Two Instruments Lamp.
• The Lion Camel Clone contacted Xiao Xie and handed him the lamp, explaining how he had obtained it.
• Xiao Xie stored the Emerald Light Two Instruments Lamp and recognized that he now owned two powerful Innate Spiritual Treasures.

After Chang'e returned to the Moon Palace with Xiao Xie and Jade Rabbit, Son Goku emerged from Lord Lao’s Eight Trigrams Furnace and attacked the Heavenly Palace. Many Treasures Tathagata confronted him in the Hall of Miraculous Mist, where Son Goku defended his bid to take the Jade Emperor’s position.

• Xiao Xie praised the Lion Camel Clone, then left with the Emerald Light Two Instruments Lamp.
• After Chang'e had spent two months at Mount Hua, she took Xiao Xie and Jade Rabbit back to the Moon Palace.
• Lord Lao’s Gold and Silver Attendants opened the furnace after forty-nine days, and Son Goku leaped out with his eyes reddened by smoke.
• Son Goku kicked over the Eight Trigrams Furnace and attacked Lord Lao, who swept him out of Dou Shuai Palace.
• Son Goku fought his way into the Hall of Miraculous Mist and claimed the Jade Emperor’s throne.
• Many Treasures Tathagata challenged Son Goku’s right to rule, and Son Goku boasted of his Seventy-Two Transformations and Somersault Cloud.

Son Goku accepted Tathagata’s wager and was trapped beneath Five Finger Mountain, while Xiao Xie watched from the Moon Palace. Elsewhere, the Golden Crow Clone claimed and refined Lord Lao’s fire brick into a powerful weapon, and the Great Peng Clone traveled to Southern Jambu Continent to avoid Buddhist recognition.

• Son Goku agreed to Tathagata’s wager and leapt into his palm, unaware that Buddha Kingdom in the Palm would trap him.
• Xiao Xie stopped watching Son Goku and heard the crash that signaled his likely suppression beneath Five Finger Mountain.
• The Golden Crow Clone caught the fire brick falling from heaven, and Lord Lao let him keep it as a favor to Daoist Lu Ya.
• The Golden Crow Clone named the treasure Flame Brick, refined it, and infused it with Six Ding Divine Fire and Sun True Fire.
• The Great Peng Clone headed to Southern Jambu Continent to avoid being recognized by people of Buddhism.

The Great Peng Clone encountered the Six-Eared Macaque fighting the White Python Demon at White Python Mountain and captured him after a brief clash. He contacted Xiao Xie, who arrived at the scene, and the Great Peng Clone snapped the Six-Eared Macaque’s neck.

• The Great Peng Clone heard fighting at White Python Mountain and spotted the Six-Eared Macaque battling the White Python Demon over the Golden Scale Immortal Root.
• The Six-Eared Macaque avoided the White Python Demon’s poisonous gas and killed him with the As-You-Wish Iron Rod.
• The Six-Eared Macaque sensed the Great Peng Clone and tried to flee, but the Great Peng Clone caught and knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Xie appeared beside the Great Peng Clone and recognized the Six-Eared Macaque.
• The Great Peng Clone explained why he had contacted Xiao Xie, then snapped the Six-Eared Macaque’s neck.

After examining the Six-Eared Macaque’s memories, Xiao Xie learned the Seventy-Two Transformations of Disha and Somersault Cloud, then refined the macaque into a Human Path support avatar. The Six Ears Clone found the Golden Scale Immortal Root, which the Six-Eared Macaque had sought from the White Python Demon.

• Xiao Xie stored the Six-Eared Macaque’s corpse and entered the Worship Space while the Great Peng Clone departed.
• Xiao Xie examined the Six-Eared Macaque’s memories and learned that jealousy of Son Goku had driven the macaque’s hatred and his desire to replace him.
• Xiao Xie learned the Seventy-Two Transformations of Disha and the Somersault Cloud cultivation method, comparing the Disha spells with the Thirty-Six Transformations of Tiangang.
• Xiao Xie refined the Six-Eared Macaque’s corpse into a Human Path avatar focused on support and brought him out of the Worship Space.
• The Six Ears Clone searched the White Python Demon’s corpse and found the Golden Scale Immortal Root that the Six-Eared Macaque had fought to obtain.