Chapter Summaries

Wang Xuan faced pressure from Five Tribulations Mountain, but Elder Qingkong intervened when a Super Peerless tried to force him to apologize. Wu Lindo then arrived and punished Wu Linkong for his schemes against Wang Xuan and Qingkong.

• Wang Xuan discussed Hell with the Mysterious Mobile Phone, which warned him that a person with Wind-Following Ear was intercepting Primordial Spirit transmissions.
• A Middle-aged Woman from Five Tribulations Mountain trapped Wang Xuan in an enclosed space and demanded that he break his own hand and publicly apologize to Wu Linkong.
• Wang Xuan rejected the demand and made his defiance audible outside the barrier, prompting the Middle-aged Woman to attack him.
• Elder Qingkong broke through the barrier and blasted apart the Middle-aged Woman’s arm and shoulder before declaring that she would stand by Wang Xuan.
• Wu Lindo arrived, struck Wu Linkong for insulting Qingkong, and revealed that Wu Linkong had tried to undermine Wang Xuan to advance his own plans.
• Wu Lindo continued punishing Wu Linkong, blasting apart his limbs and accusing him of rebelling against Five Tribulations Mountain.

Wu Lindao punished Wu Linkong for betraying Five Tribulations Mountain and then encouraged the gathered prodigies, while Wang Xuan considered a future trip to hell. The chapter ended with An Jingqi inviting Wang Xuan to join a team going there and Mysterious Mobile Phone warning of an uncertain message tied to his fate.

• Wu Lindao nearly killed Wu Linkong for exploiting Five Tribulations Mountain, then spared him after he pleaded on behalf of their ancestors.
• Wu Lindao warned Wu Linkong's branch against further schemes and warmly welcomed Kong Xuan, hoping to bring powerful outsiders into Five Tribulations Mountain.
• Wang Xuan agreed with Mysterious Mobile Phone that they would visit hell later, while Wu Lindao encouraged the prodigies and Ling Qingxuan discussed forming a team to go there.
• Ling Qingxuan denied caring about Sun Wukong but insisted that anyone seeking entry to Suspended Ridge must defeat and capture him alive.
• Wu Lindao gave the gathered geniuses an extended Primordial Spirit Atlas, and An Jingqi invited Wang Xuan to join a trip to hell.
• Mysterious Mobile Phone warned Wang Xuan that someone connected to his fate would soon send either good or bad news.

Wang Xuan learned that someone from his past might be in danger, then joined a group planning to enter Hell after more than a century of preparation. After the gathering ended, he returned to Black Peacock Sacred Mountain and entered seclusion, leaving to cross several hundred star fields through a golden vortex.

• The Mysterious Mobile Phone told Wang Xuan that Karma Threads had stirred and an outcome would emerge within three to five days, prompting him to hurry back after the gathering.
• An Jingqi invited Wang Xuan, Wu Tian, and Lu Renjia to join a team for Hell, though they would not set out for at least a hundred years and would need to reach Heavenly Grade first.
• Ling Qingxuan said she wanted to find Sun Wukong, while Wang Xuan avoided promising to help her capture him.
• Wang Xuan and his Primordial Body exchanged scriptures in secret, and he gained insight into nurturing his Imperial Dao Texture from a page of golden paper.
• The gathering ended, and the Black Peacock Clan returned to Black Peacock Sacred Mountain, where Qingkong told Wang Xuan he could train there instead of going to Five Tribulations Mountain.
• Wang Xuan distributed great medicines to his companions, entered seclusion, and stepped through a golden vortex that carried him across several hundred star fields.

Wang Xuan learned that the person whose fate intersected with his had been spotted by an escort ship of the Primordial Mothership and was using his appearance. He tracked the person to a distant star domain, where a woman began an extraordinary breakthrough into the realm of an Otherworldly Immortal.

• Wang Xuan questioned the Mysterious Mobile Phone about fate, and it revealed that it had identified a suspicious person through an escort ship's photographs and observations.
• The Mysterious Mobile Phone showed Wang Xuan images of someone wearing his true appearance and explained that the person had unusual signs and was nearing a breakthrough.
• Wang Xuan searched a nearby planet for clues, found a wanted poster for Sun Wukong, and heard the Mysterious Mobile Phone claim that another old acquaintance's fate was nearby.
• Four days later, a vast supernatural phenomenon spread through the starry sky as a woman began her breakthrough, and Wang Xuan approached under concealment with the Dao Control Banner for protection.
• The woman sat amid interweaving rules and forming Imperial Dao Texture, laughing as blood ran down her face.

Wang Xuan witnessed Shang Yi seal the Ascension Banner’s vengeful spirit after learning how her revived civilization betrayed and killed her. Recognizing Shang Yi as his old enemy disguised in his likeness, Wang Xuan prepared to disrupt his rise as auspicious qi gathered around him.

• A blood-tear-streaked woman attacked Shang Yi, who used a lake of supernatural blood and sacrificed captives to suppress her Blood Grudge.
• The woman’s memories revealed that the civilization she had restored betrayed her, killed her, and forged her into the Ascension Banner.
• The woman struck Shang Yi with a devastating claw before the banner sealed her away, leaving him wounded but alive.
• Wang Xuan recognized Shang Yi, recalled their deadly history, and realized Shang Yi was impersonating him.
• Wang Xuan resolved to break Shang Yi’s momentum with the Dao Control Banner as auspicious purple qi gathered around Shang Yi.

Shang Yi attempted to become an Anomalous Being while wearing Wang Xuan’s face, drawing the attention of powerful factions who mistook him for a wanted man’s descendant. After destroying them and changing back to his true appearance, he resumed his breakthrough, unaware that Wang Xuan was waiting to strike.

• Wang Xuan resolved to stop Shang Yi from becoming an Anomalous Being because Shang Yi had taken his appearance and might target his old acquaintances.
• The Paper Saint Hall and Tattoo Palace attacked Shang Yi, believing his face identified him as a descendant of Wang Yusheng.
• Shang Yi used the Ascension Banner to destroy the attacking warships and strongholds, then left to continue his breakthrough elsewhere.
• Shang Yi discarded Wang Xuan’s face, regained his true appearance, and began drawing down a vast sea of purple qi as he prepared to advance.
• Wang Xuan gripped the Dao Control Banner and waited for Shang Yi to enter the moment of vulnerability before becoming an Anomalous Being.

Wang Xuan ambushed Shang Yi as he approached the Anomalous Being Domain, but the Ascension Banner prevented the killing blow. Shang Yi survived and began transforming in a way that suggested the Ancient Number One Person might be returning through his body.

• Wang Xuan detected Shang Yi’s impending breakthrough and waited until his Transcendent Travel began before striking with the Dao Control Banner and Imperial Dao Spear.
• The Ascension Banner shielded Shang Yi, but Wang Xuan tore open his skullcap and injured his Primordial Spirit before retreating.
• Shang Yi recovered amid the purple qi and resumed his attempt to become an Anomalous Being, vowing to destroy his attacker afterward.
• Shang Yi’s body began changing as extreme yin and extreme yang alternated, and his face and physique transformed beyond his control.
• Wang Xuan suspected Shang Yi’s changing face belonged to the Ancient Number One Person, while Shang Yi recognized it and feared that the ancient figure had returned.

Shang Yi’s body began reviving Ancient Number One Person as the two spiritual forces fought for control, while the Ascension Banner’s Woman in Red resisted its artifact spirit to help him. Shang Yi attacked the emerging true spirit, determined to kill his ancient rival again.

• Shang Yi’s flesh and blood generated spiritual power, transforming his appearance as Ancient Number One Person began to revive within his body.
• Wang Xuan recognized the resurrection and guessed that Number One Person had used the Yin Yang Scripture, an Inner Scenery Realm, and other methods to survive.
• Shang Yi tried to activate the Ascension Banner against the new spiritual power, but the Woman in Red resisted its artifact spirit and prevented it from unleashing its full might.
• The Woman in Red broke free of the banner’s restraints and fought to help Number One Person escape the darkness.
• Shang Yi discovered Number One Person’s true spirit rising from beneath the life soil and realized that the purple auspicious light heralded his rival’s return.
• Shang Yi wielded a giant sword as the Sword Madman and struck at the true spirit, vowing to kill Number One Person again.

The Number One Person rebuilt his Primordial Spirit from the purple qi, his Imperial Dao Bones, and hidden fragments, then mourned the lost people of his homeland. He faced Shang Yi again and questioned whether Shang Yi alone was worthy of fighting him.

• Shang Yi attacked the true spirit in the Land of Fate while purple qi formed armor around it and the Number One Person's flesh gathered spiritual power.
• The Number One Person's Imperial Dao Bones blocked Shang Yi's sword light, and hidden Primordial Spirit fragments emerged from their patterns.
• The fragments reunited with the true spirit, restoring the Number One Person's Primordial Spirit and reviving his bearing.
• The Number One Person looked toward the Mother Universe and grieved for his vanished friends, family, and loved ones.
• Shang Yi confronted the Number One Person over their ancient feud, and the Number One Person asked whether Shang Yi alone was qualified to face him.

Yun Shuhe reclaimed his body and confronted Shang Yi, overpowering him despite Shang Yi’s attempts to provoke him and summon help from the future. As Shang Yi’s Primordial Spirit began to collapse, Yun Shuhe reached for his memories of the people lost in the ancient era.

• Shang Yi taunted Yun Shuhe about his dead friends and confidante, but Yun Shuhe attacked and drove Shang Yi out of his body.
• Yun Shuhe purified his body and struck Shang Yi with powerful punches, shattering many of his sword lights and wounding his Primordial Spirit.
• The Woman in Red kept the Ascension Banner from answering Shang Yi’s summons, while the Mysterious Mobile Phone told Wang Xuan to watch rather than intervene.
• Shang Yi recounted how he had killed Yun Shuhe’s friends and confidante, but Yun Shuhe remembered them and declared that they lived on through him.
• Shang Yi used the Time Wishing Scripture to summon his Future Self, but Yun Shuhe’s Black and White Light destroyed the phantom and overwhelmed Shang Yi.
• As Shang Yi’s Primordial Spirit repeatedly fractured, Yun Shuhe reached toward him to extract memories of their lost acquaintances.

Yun Shuhe killed Shang Yi, became an Otherworldly, and began helping the Woman in Red while he and Wang Xuan exchanged scriptures and news of the Mother Universe. Yun Shuhe set out to search for old acquaintances, while Wang Xuan headed into the stars and learned that Zhu Bajie had threatened Great Sage Sun Wukong.

• Shang Yi revived with a talisman, but Yun Shuhe shattered his Primordial Spirit and Wang Xuan destroyed what remained with the Dao Control Banner.
• Wang Xuan and Yun Shuhe recognized their shared origins, and Yun Shuhe tried to help the Woman in Red escape the Ascension Banner.
• Yun Shuhe refined the Ascension Banner, became an Otherworldly, and shared the ultimate-yin and ultimate-yang scriptures with the Woman in Red and Wang Xuan.
• Wang Xuan told Yun Shuhe that many Supernatural Practitioners from the Mother Universe had arrived, and Yun Shuhe left to search for old friends and descendants.
• Wang Xuan set out in another direction and learned from the Mysterious Mobile Phone that Zhu Bajie had declared he would blow up Great Sage Sun Wukong.

Wang Xuan learned that the Flowing Clouds Starfield had become a prosperous hub backed by powerful, mysterious factions, and traveled there to investigate. He arrived at Spiritual Elegance Star, where the existence of Gao Family Estate deepened his suspicions about the mysterious Zhu Bajie.

• Wang Xuan wondered whether Zhu Bajie was an old acquaintance and learned from the Mysterious Mobile Phone that the Flowing Clouds Starfield was a thriving center for Supernatural Practitioners.
• The Mysterious Mobile Phone explained that powerful lineages and possible forces from Beyond the World had helped the starfield prosper and described Spiritual Elegance Star's controversial Immortal Selection Festival.
• Wang Xuan traveled to Spiritual Elegance Star in disguise and learned that Li Lin and Ling Qingxuan had been connected to the festival's rankings.
• The Mysterious Mobile Phone directed Wang Xuan to Gao Family Estate near Liuhua City and warned him that Steward Gao was powerful.
• Wang Xuan entered Liuhua City and wondered who Zhu Bajie really was.

Wang Xuan investigated Gao Family Estate after learning that Zhu Bajie, who had challenged Sun Wukong online, might be an old acquaintance from the Mother Universe. He entered the estate and was greeted by a young man and a familiar figure who rushed in asking whether he was Old Wang.

• Wang Xuan gathered information about Gao Family Estate from Liuhua City locals and found Zhu Bajie's boastful challenge to Sun Wukong on a True Immortal forum.
• At the Scripture Repository Hall, Wang Xuan learned that Anomalous Being scriptures were prohibitively expensive and that True Saint Scripture Fragments required negotiations by powerful figures.
• The Mysterious Mobile Phone urged Wang Xuan to visit hell for a True Saint Scripture Scroll, but Wang Xuan decided to investigate Gao Family Estate first.
• The Mysterious Mobile Phone opened a golden vortex through the estate's formation, and Wang Xuan entered despite being spotted by its divine mirrors.
• A young man welcomed Wang Xuan as Sun Wukong, then a familiar figure rushed in tearfully asking whether he was Old Wang.

Wang Xuan reunited with Zhong Cheng at Gao Hong’s manor, where he learned that Zhong Cheng had been brought from the Mother Universe by Gu Jin and that Demon Heaven Palace’s leaders knew of his origins. Chang Qing sought Wang Xuan’s support in his rivalry with Chang Ming, while Chang Ming planned to recruit the man he suspected was Sun Wukong and prepared a gathering on the Liuhua River.

• Wang Xuan met the youthful Zhong Cheng, who mistook him for someone else and warned him that people had searched his soul.
• Chang Qing explained that Gao Hong had discovered Zhong Cheng’s connection to Gu Jin, reported it to Demon Heaven Palace, and married Zhong Cheng to his daughter.
• Chang Qing told Wang Xuan that he was competing with Chang Ming for standing and resources, with both sides preparing teams to enter hell.
• Gao Hong returned and said he backed Chang Qing, while Zhong Cheng accused him of searching his soul before the marriage.
• Chang Ming learned that the suspected Sun Wukong had arrived at Gao Hong’s manor and decided to invite him to a gathering on the Liuhua River, while keeping Ling Qingxuan as a possible weapon.

Wang Xuan reunited with Zhong Cheng at Gao Family Estate, then erased Zhong Cheng’s memories of the meeting to protect him. After Chang Ming summoned Wang Xuan to Liuhua River and threatened Zhong Cheng to recruit him, Wang Xuan secretly asked whether he could act without endangering his friends, and his Great Sage Qi Tian heart neared release.

• Steward Gao arranged for Wang Xuan and Zhong Cheng to meet alone, and Wang Xuan revealed his true identity to his old friend.
• Wang Xuan had the Dao Control Banner reconstruct Zhong Cheng’s memories before leaving Gao Family Estate.
• Chang Ming invited Wang Xuan to Liuhua River, where Wang Xuan rejected his offer to join forces.
• Chang Ming secretly sought help from Ling Qingxuan and then threatened Zhong Cheng with trouble if Wang Xuan refused to support him.
• Wang Xuan secretly asked Chang Qing and Zhong Cheng whether he could act without causing them harm as his Great Sage Qi Tian heart neared unsealing.

Wang Xuan was targeted by Chang Ming and survived two attacks from the Anomalous Immortal Bow by sacrificing monkey fur to stop its arrows and faking his death. He returned to Liuhua River disguised as Sun Wukong, ready to strike back at Chang Ming.

• Chang Ming threatened Wang Xuan and arranged for Mo Lin to kill him after Wang Xuan left the river.
• Mo Lin fired the Anomalous Immortal Bow at Wang Xuan twice as he fled through space, and he used bloodstained monkey fur to destroy both arrows before faking his death and disappearing.
• Mo Lin reported that Wu was dead, and Ling Qingxuan concluded that he was likely Sun Wukong, though she doubted Chang Ming had actually killed him.
• Wang Xuan reflected on the danger of the bow, changed his appearance into Sun Wukong, and secretly returned to Liuhua River with an Immortal Iron Rod to attack Chang Ming.

Wang Xuan attacked Mo Lin to take the Anomalous Immortal Bow, then learned she had spared Wu and was trapped serving Chang Ming. He killed Chang Ming and several of his allies, seized the bow, and publicly declared that he had acted to avenge his friend.

• Wang Xuan ambushed Mo Lin in her residence, destroyed her defenses, and badly injured her before she told him she had spared Wu.
• Mo Lin explained that she belonged to Divine Roam and that Chang Ming had refined the Anomalous Immortal Bow, which would alert him if it moved.
• Wang Xuan had Mo Lin carry the bow to Chang Ming on the Liuhua River while he approached separately and assassinated Chang Ming with his iron rod.
• Wang Xuan took the bow from Mo Lin, erased its Spirit Imprint, and used it to kill a Heavenly Grade expert who rushed to attack him.
• Chang Ming revived through a talisman, but Wang Xuan killed him again, wounded a Super Peerless with the bow, and destroyed another attacking prodigy.
• Wang Xuan announced himself as Great Sage Sun Wukong and publicly claimed he had come after Chang Ming for targeting his friend Wu.

Wang Xuan, posing as Sun Wukong of Flower-Fruit Mountain, fought the Demon Heaven Palace after accusing Chang Ming of killing his friend Wu. He killed Chang Ming for the third and final time and stood ready to face the Palace’s forces, while Ling Qingxuan delayed intervening.

• Wang Xuan declared his connection to Flower-Fruit Mountain and challenged He Qing’s accusations, refusing to put down the Anomalous Immortal Bow.
• Chang Ming revived, and Wang Xuan attacked him while He Qing and the other prodigies tried to intervene.
• Wang Xuan fired arrows that badly wounded He Qing and killed a prodigy, then used a Soul-Returning Flower petal to restore his spiritual strength.
• Wang Xuan caught up with Chang Ming and smashed him apart, but Chang Ming revived again as He Qing called for the Demon Heaven Palace’s forces to surround and kill Sun Wukong.
• Ling Qingxuan ordered her people to wait for her and let the Demon Heaven Palace fight first, while Wang Xuan seized Chang Ming’s failing talisman and destroyed him completely.
• Wang Xuan taunted He Qing and claimed that Flower-Fruit Mountain feared no one as he prepared to face the Demon Heaven Palace’s army.

Wang Xuan, posing as Sun Wukong of the True Saint Dojo Flower-Fruit Mountain, fought his way out of Demon Heaven Palace’s siege by killing He Qing and several top Prodigies. He escaped into the night, leaving the name of Flower-Fruit Mountain and his own legend to spread across the stars.

• News of Chang Ming’s death spread across the cosmos, and Ling Qingxuan learned that Sun Wukong had killed him after an ambush.
• He Qing sent Demon Heaven Palace’s death warriors, demon soldiers, and generals to stop Wang Xuan from escaping.
• Wang Xuan killed a one-horned thunder beast and a Chongming Bird, then used the Anomalous Immortal Bow to destroy He Qing’s forces and kill He Qing.
• Though Wang Xuan appeared exhausted, he used the second petal of the Soul-Returning Flower to recover and shot dead three limit-breaking Prodigies who attacked him.
• Wang Xuan rode the Anomalous Immortal Bow into the night sky as the crowd called for the Ancestor of the Otherworldly.

Wang Xuan escaped Spiritual Elegance Star, ambushed Ling Qingxuan during a chance encounter, then raided Demon Heaven Palace’s outpost on Divine Mist Star. After hiding and studying the Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang Scriptures, he broke through the limits for the second time in the True Immortal Domain.

• Demon Heaven Palace called its Anomalous Being patriarch to Spiritual Elegance Star and ordered the starfield’s routes and Teleportation Arrays sealed.
• Wang Xuan searched captured demon generals, learned of Chang Ming’s outpost on Divine Mist Star, and headed there by way of a lunar Teleportation Array.
• Ling Qingxuan arrived with a group of experts to pursue Wang Xuan, but he struck her head with the Bow-Club and fled before her companions could react.
• Wang Xuan used the Mysterious Mobile Phone to reach Divine Mist Star, looted Chang Ming’s outpost, and escaped as Demon Heaven Palace ordered the region sealed.
• Wang Xuan hid inside a dead star and studied the Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang Scriptures, then emerged from seclusion half a month later after breaking through the limits for the second time in the True Immortal Domain.