Chapter Summaries

After Buddha Ancestor Wu Tian withdrew, Sun Wukong spared the Bull Demon King and led the group to extinguish Flaming Mountain with the Banana Leaf Fan. The group rejected the locals’ Belief Power and continued west, while Buddha Ancestor Wu Tian watched from Mount Ling and wondered whether Hongjun’s schemes and the Chaos Demon Gods could threaten someone.

• Buddha Ancestor Wu Tian disappeared after telling Sun Wukong that he would wait at Mount Ling.
• Sun Wukong let the weakened Bull Demon King flee, warning him not to cause trouble again.
• Tang Sanzang urged the group to uphold their vows and continue west despite the mysteries surrounding the Tribulation.
• Sun Wukong used the Banana Leaf Fan to extinguish Flaming Mountain, and the grateful locals’ Belief Power gathered around the group.
• Sun Wukong rejected Zhu Bajie’s suggestion to make use of the Belief Power, and the group continued west as it dispersed.
• Buddha Ancestor Wu Tian watched from Mount Ling and wondered whether Hongjun’s schemes and a handful of Chaos Demon Gods could threaten someone.

Wu Tian arrived at the Purple Heaven Realm and found Hongjun and the Chaos Demon Gods trapping the Twelve Ancestral Witches and other Primordial World powers. As the witches rallied at the sound of Wu Tian’s arrival, Hongjun confronted him and brought Jieyin, Zhunti, and two other figures to face him.

• Wu Tian reached the Purple Heaven Realm and saw that the Ancestral Witches’ axe strike had badly damaged it while a battle continued inside.
• Hongjun and the Chaos Demon Gods used the realm to separate and imprison the Primordial World group, hoping to reclaim lost Dao laws by refining them.
• Houtu sensed Wu Tian’s arrival, and the other Ancestral Witches rallied and renewed their attacks.
• Hongjun emerged to challenge Wu Tian and asked whether he had left the Primordial World vulnerable to Luohu and the Faith Demon God.
• Wu Tian mocked Hongjun over Luohu’s hatred of him, and Hongjun’s expression changed before Jieyin, Zhunti, and two other figures arrived.

Wu Tian resisted the Time Demon God and Space Demon God, then stopped Hongjun from breaking through after Hongjun recognized his own flawed beliefs. Empress Pingxin freed the captives in the Purple Heaven Realm, and Dijiang rallied the Ancestral Witches to fight.

• The Time Demon God and Space Demon God attacked Wu Tian with their Time Law and Space Law, but his divine glow restored his body and left them astonished.
• Hongjun questioned whether Wu Tian had devoured the Heavenly Dao, and Wu Tian said he had reached the Heavenly Dao Realm through cultivation.
• Wu Tian criticized Hongjun's reliance on shortcuts, prompting Hongjun to recognize that his own beliefs had held him back and begin seeking enlightenment.
• Wu Tian called for Empress Pingxin, whose power raised purple pillars that pierced the Purple Heaven Realm's Chaos Fetal Membrane and freed the captives from its suppression.
• Dijiang ordered the Ancestral Witches to form their array, and their auras joined as pillars of Baleful Qi rose around them.

Wu Tian fought Hongjun’s allies while the Twelve Ancestral Witches completed the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array. As Hongjun tried to flee, Empress Pingxin blocked his escape, and Wu Tian revealed the Pangu True Body once more.

• Hongjun ordered the Twelve Ancestral Witches stopped as they began forming the array, while the Time Demon God, Space Demon God, Jieyin, Zhunti, and others attacked.
• Wu Tian shattered the Time and Space Demon Gods’ laws with his fists, while Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West fought Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Tongtian, and Zhen Yuanzi battled the figures emerging from the Purple Cloud Realm, and Taiyi sent the Chaos Bell to Wu Tian.
• The Chaos Bell halted the Time and Space Demon Gods’ attacks, and Wu Tian caught it and struck at them.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches completed the array and summoned Pangu’s true body, which descended upon Wu Tian as Hongjun tried to escape.
• Empress Pingxin’s Purple Samsara Lotus blocked Hongjun’s path, and Wu Tian expanded and revealed the Pangu True Body.

Wu Tian revealed his Pangu True Body and battled the Time Demon God and Space Demon God as the Violet Firmament Realm neared collapse. Empress Pingxin stabilized the realm, and Wu Tian summoned the God-Slaying Spear to seize the two Demon Gods' origins, leaving them fused together to resist his attack.

• Wu Tian merged with the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, transforming into a colossal Pangu True Body that shocked the Time Demon God and Space Demon God.
• The Time Demon God and Space Demon God revealed their true forms and attacked Wu Tian with their space-time laws, but Wu Tian remained steady amid the clash.
• Empress Pingxin descended and stabilized the crumbling Violet Firmament Realm with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, explaining that it belonged to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Wu Tian declared that he would take the Demon Gods' origins to strengthen Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin, then summoned the God-Slaying Spear from the Chaos Pearl.
• Wu Tian thrust the God-Slaying Spear at the two Demon Gods, who fused together and combined their laws of time and space to withstand his attack.

The Time Demon God and Space Demon God merged and trapped Wu Tian in the River of Time and Space, while Empress Pingxin protected the Primordial Wilderness group in the Purple Heaven Realm. As Wu Tian remained locked in place, his Chaos Bell cracked open the frozen expanse and let his God-Slaying Spear fly toward the river’s depths.

• Di Jun led Taiyi toward the Purple Heaven Realm and warned Tongtian and the others not to interfere in Wu Tian’s fight.
• Empress Pingxin pulled Tongtian, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others into the Purple Heaven Realm, while the merged Demon Gods’ power destroyed their own allies in Chaos.
• Jieyin and Zhunti chose to surrender to Empress Pingxin, who suppressed them inside the Twenty-Four-Petaled Samsara Lotus.
• Hongjun hesitated over whether to submit as the fighting continued around him.
• Wu Tian rang the Chaos Bell to crack the frozen space and time, then sent his God-Slaying Spear into the depths of the River of Time and Space.

Wu Tian used the God-Slaying Spear, Chaos Bell, and Pangu Hall to overpower the Time Demon God and Space Demon God. He began extracting the Time Demon God's temporal origin and sent it to Zhu Jiuyin so he could become the new Time Demon God.

• Wu Tian entered the river of time and space and strengthened the God-Slaying Spear's attack on the two Demon Gods' origins.
• Wu Tian emerged with the defeated Time Demon God and Space Demon God, then attacked them with the spear and Chaos Bell.
• Wu Tian separated the two Demon Gods, suppressed the Space Demon God with Pangu Hall, and trapped the Time Demon God with the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation.
• The Space Demon God warned that the Demon Gods would return while the laws of time and space remained, but Wu Tian continued extracting their origins.
• Wu Tian sent the Time Demon God's temporal origin to Zhu Jiuyin and urged him to refine it and take the Time Demon God's place.

Wu Tian helped Zhu Jiuyin seize the Time Demon God's source and master the Time Law. After absorbing the defeated demon's remaining power and transforming into a Chaos Demon God, Zhu Jiuyin declared himself the new Time Demon God.

• Zhu Jiuyin refined the Time Law source with power from the other Ancestral Witches, while the Time Demon God tried to detonate himself.
• Wu Tian used the God-Slaying Spear to pin the Time Demon God's true spirit, stop the detonation, and send his source to Zhu Jiuyin.
• Zhu Jiuyin comprehended the true Time Law, causing the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array to dissolve and the Ancestral Witches to leave Wu Tian's acupoints.
• Zhu Jiuyin devoured the Time Demon God's remaining source and used the Time Law to dissolve his true body.
• Wu Tian supplied Zhu Jiuyin with Primordial Chaos Qi until his transformation stabilized, and Zhu Jiuyin proclaimed himself the Time Demon God.

Zhu Jiuyin became the Time Demon God with Pangu Hall’s help, and Wu Tian used the same method to make Dijiang the Space Demon God. Afterward, Wu Tian appeared before Hongjun and wondered whether to let him live again.

• Pangu Hall completed Zhu Jiuyin’s true spirit, allowing him to command Time Law, and Zhu Jiuyin entered Wu Tian’s acupoint to cultivate.
• Taiyi envied Zhu Jiuyin’s transformation and planned to ask Wu Tian for a chance to become a Chaos Demon God.
• Wu Tian began draining the Space Demon God’s essence despite the captive’s pleas to surrender, then brought Dijiang forward to refine it.
• Wu Tian helped Dijiang absorb the Space Demon God’s essence, and Dijiang became the Space Demon God.
• Wu Tian put away his treasures and appeared before Hongjun, wondering whether to let him live again.

Wu Tian prepared to kill Hongjun, who accused him of being just as selfish, but Di Jun argued that Wu Tian had fought to save the Primordial Wilderness while Hongjun had driven it toward ruin. The chapter ended with Taiyi urging Wu Tian to kill Hongjun but preserve a wisp of his true spirit so Hongjun could witness them face the Immeasurable Tribulation and save the Primordial Wilderness.

• Hongjun accepted that he could not escape and accused Wu Tian of stealing the Primordial Wilderness's origin just as he had.
• The Ancestral Witches rejected Hongjun's accusation, and Di Jun stepped forward to answer him.
• Di Jun contrasted Hongjun's schemes and efforts to push the Primordial Wilderness toward the Immeasurable Tribulation with Wu Tian's plans to preserve it and give its people a chance to survive.
• Di Jun declared that Wu Tian's followers could create a new Primordial World even if the old one shattered, and Zhu Rong agreed.
• Taiyi challenged Hongjun's worthiness to compare himself to Wu Tian and asked Wu Tian to preserve a wisp of Hongjun's true spirit in the Chaos Bell.

Hongjun accepted that Wu Tian had changed countless fates despite the Heavenly Dao’s unchanging greater trend, then tried to destroy himself rather than face capture. Wu Tian stopped him, took his origin, and began having the Origin Realm devour the Purple Firmament Palace as everyone prepared for the Immeasurable Tribulation.

• Hongjun acknowledged that he and Wu Tian were different and praised Pangu’s measures before deciding to self-destruct.
• Taiyi warned everyone, but Empress Pingxin’s Six Paths of Reincarnation and Wu Tian’s Chaos Bell suppressed Hongjun.
• Wu Tian stabbed Hongjun with the God-Slaying Spear and extracted his origin, then distributed it among the assembled cultivators.
• Di Jun and Taiyi urged Wu Tian to keep Hongjun’s origin, but Wu Tian sent it to everyone and said the Origin Realm would shelter them during the Immeasurable Tribulation.
• Wu Tian summoned the Origin Realm, which expanded through Chaos and began devouring the Purple Firmament Palace.

Wu Tian devoured the Purple Firmament Realm and destroyed Hongjun’s true spirit, then prepared to return to the Primordial World while his allies chose their next paths. He gave Tongtian the God-Slaying Spear’s imprint, leaving Tongtian shocked and asking what it meant.

• Wu Tian merged the Purple Firmament Realm into the Origin Realm while Empress Pingxin helped stabilize it through the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Hongjun’s true spirit shattered, and Wu Tian gathered its fragments, erased his imprint, and sealed the final fragment inside the Chaos Bell for Taiyi.
• Wu Tian announced his plan to return to the Primordial World and refine it, and Empress Pingxin agreed to accompany him.
• Zhu Rong and the Ancestral Witches chose to remain in Chaos to seek greater strength, and Tongtian decided to join them.
• Wu Tian sent Tongtian the God-Slaying Spear’s imprint, prompting Tongtian to ask what the gift meant.

Wu Tian gave the God-Slaying Spear to Tongtian, believing the killing treasure suited his temperament and would serve him well in Chaos. Tongtian accepted it and vowed to prove himself worthy of it.

• Wu Tian offered the God-Slaying Spear to Tongtian, explaining that he would soon return to the Primordial Wilderness and that Tongtian was best suited to wield it.
• Taiyi nearly objected on his brother's behalf, but Di Jun supported Wu Tian's choice and stopped Taiyi from disrupting their fellowship.
• Wu Tian joked that Taiyi could give Tongtian the Chaos Bell in exchange for the spear, but Taiyi refused to part with his treasure.
• Tongtian accepted the God-Slaying Spear after Wu Tian reassured it that it could continue advancing by fighting alongside Tongtian in Chaos.
• Tongtian branded the spear with his divine sense, and it entered his body as he vowed not to let it be buried in obscurity.

Wu Tian escaped the gathering after Di Jun congratulated him, then met Empress Pingxin in Chaos and gave her the Innate Five Elements Flag to strengthen her Purple Samsara Lotus. The others stayed behind and agreed to follow Di Jun’s plans for the war in Chaos.

• Di Jun changed the subject by congratulating Wu Tian, who used the moment to bid everyone farewell and vanish into Chaos.
• Empress Pingxin told the group to contact her through the Purple Samsara Lotus if danger arose, then left after Wu Tian.
• Houtu and the Ancestral Witches agreed to follow Di Jun, who prepared to discuss their strategy for the war in Chaos.
• Empress Pingxin caught up with Wu Tian and teased him for leaving, while he insisted he was worried about the Primordial Wilderness.
• Wu Tian gave Empress Pingxin the Innate Five Elements Flag, hoping she could merge it with the Purple Samsara Lotus to restore its thirty-sixth-grade form or strengthen reincarnation.

After reaching the Little Thunderclap Monastery, Tang Sanzang recognized the Yellow Brow Great King beneath his Maitreya disguise and attacked him without hesitation. As the Yellow Brow Great King claimed he had come on Maitreya’s orders to discuss Buddhism’s future, Tang Sanzang ordered his companions to join the fight and press on toward Mount Ling.

• The Scripture Seeking Group reached the Lion-Camel Kingdom after enduring eighteen more trials, and Zhu Bajie began eagerly killing weaker demons along the way.
• At the Little Thunderclap Monastery, Sun Wukong suspected the disguised Maitreya had plans of his own, while Tang Sanzang recognized the hall’s ruler as a demon.
• Tang Sanzang struck the disguised Yellow Brow Great King, overpowering his Golden Cymbals and forcing him to reveal his true form.
• The Yellow Brow Great King claimed Maitreya had sent him to discuss Buddhism’s future, but Tang Sanzang continued attacking because he saw the demon’s sins.
• Tang Sanzang ordered Sun Wukong and the others to join him as the group prepared to carve a bloody path to Mount Ling.

Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong killed Yellow Brow Great King despite his claims that the Future Buddha had sent him, then reached Lion and Camel Ridge and confronted its horrific demon kingdom. Tang Sanzang marched toward the three demon kings despite Zhu Bajie warning that they were connected to powerful Buddhist figures.

• Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng attacked Yellow Brow Great King and the demons in his hall.
• Sun Wukong broke free of the Golden Cymbals’ restraint, then killed Yellow Brow Great King after he called him Monkey Sun.
• Tang Sanzang delivered the dead demons, while the Human Seed Bag and Golden Cymbals flew away after Yellow Brow Great King died.
• The master and disciples reached Lion and Camel Ridge and saw that its three demon kings enslaved and preyed upon the Human Clan.
• Zhu Bajie warned that the Green Lion Spirit, White Elephant Spirit, and Golden-Winged Great Peng were tied to powerful Buddhist figures, but Tang Sanzang strode toward them, declaring, “Why spare such monstrous sins?”

Sun Wukong smashed through the Green Lion Spirit’s Buddha Kingdom in the Palm and crushed his Law, Heaven and Earth form with the Golden Cudgel. The Green Lion Spirit’s primordial spirit and Dao foundation were destroyed, leaving him barely alive in the wreckage of Lion and Camel Ridge.

• Sun Wukong broke the Green Lion Spirit’s Buddha Kingdom in the Palm and shattered Lion and Camel Ridge, which the Green Lion Spirit had used as a shield.
• Sun Wukong poured his Quasi-Saint mana into the Golden Cudgel and brought it down on the Green Lion Spirit’s nine-headed dharma form.
• The Green Lion Spirit’s dharma form exploded, and Sun Wukong’s strike shattered his primordial spirit and destroyed his Dao foundation.
• The Green Lion Spirit called for Buddha Ancestor Wu Tian, but Wu Tian only watched from Mount Ling and did not intervene.
• Sun Wukong landed beside the pit where the Green Lion Spirit lay barely alive and mocked him for falling before Sun Wukong had even tried.

After Sun Wukong killed the Green Lion Spirit, Tang Sanzang and his companions defeated the fleeing White Elephant Spirit. With all three demons of Lion and Camel Ridge dead, a white lotus platform formed from Belief Power emerged from the Green Lion Spirit’s corpse.

• The Green Lion Spirit died from his injuries after Sun Wukong struck him down.
• The White Elephant Spirit tried to escape through a spatial passage, but Tang Sanzang intercepted him.
• Tang Sanzang blocked the White Elephant Spirit’s stomp with his staff and shattered his leg.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng ambushed the White Elephant Spirit, wounding him and destroying his internal organs.
• Tang Sanzang killed the White Elephant Spirit with a staff strike that crushed his head and primordial spirit.
• A white lotus platform formed from Belief Power and floated out of the Green Lion Spirit’s corpse.

Sun Wukong and his companions attacked a lotus platform that was draining the people of Lion and Camel Ridge, but it escaped through a spatial crack. Kong Xuan’s power sent the Innate Yin and Yang Qi into Sun Wukong’s primordial spirit, leaving him to realize that Kong Xuan had killed Great Peng and saved the origin for him.

• The lotus platform gathered the Green Lion Spirit’s and White Elephant Spirit’s true spirits, then drained living beings across Lion and Camel Ridge to strengthen itself.
• Sun Wukong hesitated to strike as the platform’s power killed the people, but Tang Sanzang urged him to continue and attacked alongside Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and the Little White Dragon.
• The lotus platform opened a spatial crack and fled while trying to seize the Innate Yin and Yang Qi, but Kong Xuan’s power blocked it.
• Kong Xuan sent the Innate Yin and Yang Qi into Sun Wukong’s primordial spirit and revealed that he had killed Great Peng and left the origin for Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong realized Kong Xuan had acted to spare him a difficult choice, while the lotus platform escaped under the others’ attacks.

After Kong Xuan’s gift of the Innate Yin and Yang Qi, Sun Wukong harmonized his fierce power and loosened the barrier on his path to becoming a Quasi-Saint. He awoke stronger, learned how Kong Xuan had killed Great Peng, and faced Tang Sanzang’s question about what to do with the ruined Lion and Camel Ridge.

• Tang Sanzang tried to stop the spatial crack from closing so the fiends could not escape, but Sun Wukong assured him they could deal with them when they stormed Mount Ling.
• Sun Wukong sat down to cultivate the Innate Yin and Yang Qi while Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and the others guarded him.
• Sun Wukong absorbed the origin into his mana, balancing hardness and softness and loosening the barrier on his path to becoming a Quasi-Saint.
• Zhu Bajie asked why Kong Xuan had given Sun Wukong the precious Qi, but Sun Wukong asked instead how Great Peng had become its origin.
• Zhu Bajie recounted Kong Xuan killing Great Peng, and Sun Wukong clasped his hands toward the void before Tang Sanzang asked what to do with Lion and Camel Ridge.