Chapter Summaries

Demon Ancestor Rahu appointed Demon Lord Chonglou to the position of Heavenly Dao Saint and ordered the Demonic Sect to stabilize its forces. Later, Qingxu Daode Zhenjun discovered Flower Fruit Mountain in the East Sea and received Ling Xiao’s command to protect it.

• Demon Ancestor Rahu named Demon Lord Chonglou the Demonic Sect’s candidate for Heavenly Dao Saint and bestowed Heavenly Dao Luck and demonic Dao order upon him.
• Demon Lord Chonglou promised to eliminate Sect Master Tongtian and give his foundations to Wutian and Gusu, while they agreed to handle the Demonic Sect’s affairs.
• After the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation celebration ended, Qingxu Daode Zhenjun traveled to his sanctuary on Long Isle in the East Sea.
• Qingxu Daode Zhenjun noticed that a nearby island covered in peach trees had escaped the East Sea’s destruction and sensed Five Elements laws around its central mountain.
• Ling Xiao identified the island as Flower Fruit Mountain and ordered Qingxu Daode Zhenjun to protect its living beings.

Ling Xiao gave Wangshu the Primordial Chaos Pearl to help her advance her cultivation, and the two turned their attention to cultivating before their Heavenly Wedding Ceremony. Meanwhile, Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De, Perfected Lord Jade Tripod, Juliusun, and Bhaisajyaguru Buddha watched Flower-Fruit Mountain, where an unusual change began to appear.

• Ling Xiao asked Wangshu whether she was nervous about their upcoming Heavenly Wedding Ceremony, and the two flirted before discussing her cultivation and the dangers of the Immeasurable End-of-Dharma Tribulation.
• Ling Xiao gave Wangshu the Primordial Chaos Pearl and advised her to refine it as her natal supreme treasure and use it to nourish the Taiyin Divine Staff.
• Wangshu drew the Primordial Chaos Pearl into her Primordial Spirit True Spirit and thanked Ling Xiao, who then led her to the Pure Life Dao Palace to cultivate.
• On Changzhou Island, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha complained to Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De that he had spent nearly five years watching Flower-Fruit Mountain without seeing anything unusual.
• Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De urged Bhaisajyaguru Buddha to be patient, and Perfected Lord Jade Tripod noticed that Flower-Fruit Mountain was showing an abnormality involving the Laws of the Five Elements.

Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De and the others discovered that Flower-Fruit Mountain’s central peak was the Five-Colored Stone Nuwa had left behind, from which the Lingming Stone Monkey was born. As the newborn monkey joined the Monkey Descendants, the visitors stopped it from eating peaches and drinking Monkey Wine, frightening it into protecting its troop from them.

• Juliusun sensed that Flower-Fruit Mountain’s changes were stirring the remnants of the Lich Tribulation, and he urged the others to investigate.
• The four visitors found a multicolored jade stone where the mountain had stood, and Perfected Lord Jade Tripod realized it was the Five-Colored Stone Nuwa had left behind, transformed into a stone womb.
• The jade stone shattered, and the Lingming Stone Monkey emerged; Bhaisajyaguru Buddha identified it as one of the Four Monkeys of Chaos, while Purple Firmament Divine Lightning stopped him from revealing more.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey learned its name, joined the Monkey Descendants, and was welcomed as their Great King.
• When the Lingming Stone Monkey reached for peaches and Monkey Wine, Juliusun warned it, and Bhaisajyaguru Buddha knocked over the wine and destroyed the peaches.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey cried for the visitors not to come closer and shielded the Monkey Descendants behind itself.

The four great beings encountered the newly born Lingming Stone Monkey, cared for him, and revealed the wider world to him. When he asked to become their disciple, they explained that heavenly fate barred them from accepting him, and Ling Xiao secretly told Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De where the monkey was destined to go.

• Juliusun and the others restrained their auras after seeing the Lingming Stone Monkey protect the apes, and Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De explained why he had been concerned for him.
• Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De gave the Lingming Stone Monkey Jade Nectar, while Bhaisajyaguru Buddha supplied Innate Spiritual Fruits and a Daoist robe and warned him not to overindulge.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod imparted knowledge that let the Lingming Stone Monkey recognize the four visitors, and the monkey thanked them and asked them to accept him as a disciple.
• Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De told the Lingming Stone Monkey that neither the Elucidation Sect nor the Western Sect could take him because he lacked a destined connection to them.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod praised the monkey’s rebellious spirit and advised him to respect heaven and earth while resisting fate.
• Ling Xiao spoke privately to Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De, revealing that the Lingming Stone Monkey had a destined path.

Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De guided the Lingming Stone Monkey toward Mount Lingtai Fangcun to seek a master, while Perfected Lord Jade Tripod offered further advice. After the immortals departed, the monkey learned about Water Curtain Cave and its former king, the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey, then prepared to cross the East Sea.

• Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De relayed Ling Xiao's decree and directed the Lingming Stone Monkey to Mount Lingtai Fangcun, where a powerful recluse might take him as a disciple.
• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha described the secluded master of Mount Lingtai Fangcun, and Perfected Lord Jade Tripod advised the monkey on etiquette and invited him to visit Kunlun Mountain after his training.
• Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De warned the monkey not to harm innocents, then departed with the other immortals on Auspicious Clouds.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey promised to return to Flower-Fruit Mountain after attaining righteous fruition and followed an old monkey to Water Curtain Cave.
• The old monkey told the Lingming Stone Monkey that the cave's former king, the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey, had left two years earlier to seek a way to advance his cultivation.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey claimed the title Handsome Monkey King of Water Curtain Cave and led the Monkey Descendants to gather materials for a raft to cross the East Sea.

Ling Xiao heard Tian Boxun’s report on the Journey to the West Tribulation and Tongtian’s new Sect of Interception. Tian Boxun revealed that he and the Three Pure Ones had made Our Lady of Golden Spirit a Lone Star of Misfortune, leaving Tongtian as the only one who could save her by spending Supreme Pure Origin.

• Tian Boxun told Ling Xiao that the Lingming Stone Monkey had been born and was destined to take part in the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Ling Xiao explained that the Lingming Stone Monkey might gain the origins and fortune tied to the other Mixed-World Monkeys.
• Tian Boxun reported that Tongtian had built an imitation Biyou Palace and attracted many disciples seeking to learn from him.
• Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun discussed how the Heavenly Court and Western Sect might later recruit Tongtian’s disciples.
• Tian Boxun revealed that he had altered Our Lady of Golden Spirit’s fate so only Tongtian could save her by expending Supreme Pure Origin.
• Ling Xiao concluded that Grand Pure Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun were also scheming to obtain Tongtian’s Supreme Pure Origin.

Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun discussed the scheme to use Our Lady of Golden Spirit’s reincarnations to ensnare Sect Master Tongtian, then set out for Mount Lingtai Fangcun to witness the Lingming Stone Monkey’s apprenticeship. They encountered the monkey traveling across the East Sea, resolved to reach Patriarch Bodhi, and his determination remained firm.

• Tian Boxun explained how Our Lady of Golden Spirit’s repeated misfortunes would draw Sect Master Tongtian into their scheme.
• Ling Xiao instructed Tian Boxun to care for the souls harmed by Our Lady of Golden Spirit and ensure their affairs were handled fairly.
• Ling Xiao declined to visit Our Lady of Golden Spirit and invited Tian Boxun to accompany him to Mount Lingtai Fangcun for the Lingming Stone Monkey’s apprenticeship.
• Ling Xiao planned to speak with Patriarch Bodhi and encourage him to pursue the seat of a Heavenly Dao Sage.
• Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun left Penglai Immortal Island and saw the Lingming Stone Monkey traveling by raft across the East Sea, determined to reach Mount Lingtai Fangcun.

Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun discussed the Human Clan’s rising sages, including the newborn Kong Qiu, while traveling to Mount Lingtai Fangcun. There, Ling Xiao teased Patriarch Bodhi about joining the Journey to the West Tribulation and threatened to find another master for the Lingming Stone Monkey, leaving Bodhi under pressure to volunteer.

• Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun observed the Great Qin Empire’s flourishing schools of thought and discussed Grand Pure Laozi’s reincarnated Divine Sense spreading Daoist doctrines.
• Tian Boxun told Ling Xiao that Kong Qiu had been born near Qufu amid auspicious signs and was already extraordinarily strong, and Ling Xiao predicted that he would surpass Laozi’s reincarnated Divine Sense.
• Ling Xiao told Tian Boxun that Ancestor Kunpeng’s promised opportunity to attain the Primordial Golden Immortal of Grand Dao depended on a Human Clan sage.
• Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun arrived at Mount Lingtai Fangcun, where Patriarch Bodhi greeted them and lamented that he had become involved in the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Ling Xiao threatened to find another master for the Lingming Stone Monkey and give Demon Lord Chonglou’s Sage position to someone else, prompting Tian Boxun to suggest that he could take the role and probe Patriarch Bodhi.

Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun offered Patriarch Bodhi the position of Heavenly Dao Sage, and Bodhi eagerly accepted after briefly wavering over the risks. He agreed to take the Lingming Stone Monkey as his disciple and prepared to discuss the Dao with his guests before the monkey arrived.

• Patriarch Bodhi panicked and then excitedly accepted Ling Xiao’s offer of the Heavenly Dao Sage position, inviting Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun into his abode.
• Tian Boxun warned Bodhi that the Sage position carried heavy burdens, including confronting the Demonic Sect and becoming entangled in the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Bodhi agreed to take the Lingming Stone Monkey under his tutelage and asked Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun to ensure the monkey became his disciple.
• Ling Xiao accepted Bodhi’s request, offered him Enlightenment Tea, and confirmed that Bodhi would be responsible for the monkey’s future trouble.
• Bodhi toasted Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun, saying he would use the years before the monkey arrived to discuss the Dao and practice being a master.

Demon Lord Chonglou, Demon Buddha Wutian, and Demon Venerable Fenqing Gusu assigned the newly arrived demon generals and planned to use a mysterious girl against the Sect of Interception. Gusu revealed that the girl was tied up in a village and marked by Geng Metal Sword Dao laws and dense calamity qi, leaving Chonglou and Wutian to guess her identity.

• Demon Lord Chonglou discussed confronting the Sect of Interception with Wutian and Gusu, while Gusu proposed that a familiar figure could help them scheme against the Sect of Interception.
• Demon Lord Chonglou claimed Demon Envoy Xifeng and Demoness Shuibi, Wutian selected the Black Robe Guardian, Demon Scorpion, and Ying Yao, and Gusu named four other demon generals Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang Slaves.
• Demon Lord Chonglou ordered the selected demon generals to train at the Demon-Cleansing Well under Azure Cang Demon Emperor and the guidance of Wutian and Gusu.
• Gusu led Chonglou and Wutian to a village filled with calamity qi, where villagers had tied a girl to a pillar and were preparing to burn her alive.
• Gusu pointed out that the girl possessed Geng Metal Sword Dao laws and dense calamity qi, and urged Chonglou and Wutian to guess her special identity.

Jin Ling was about to be burned alive by villagers who blamed her for the deaths around her, while Demon Lord Chonglou and the others learned that she was the reincarnated Our Lady of Golden Spirit. Chonglou intervened in disguise, leaving Jin Ling with a chance to live as his plans for her began.

• The villagers accused Jin Ling of bringing misfortune and tied her to a pillar to burn her alive as a sacrifice.
• Jin Ling struggled against her restraints and pleaded that the deaths were not her fault, but the villagers ignored her.
• In the Void Palace, Wutian and Gusu discussed Jin Ling's baleful aura and the danger of her becoming entangled with the Demonic Sect.
• Demon Lord Chonglou concluded that Haotian, Ling Xiao, and others had arranged Jin Ling's reincarnation to use her to obtain Tongtian's Supreme Pure Origin.
• Demon Lord Chonglou transformed into Gusu's appearance and planned to pass Demonic Dao arts to Jin Ling, while Gusu was to guide her toward joining the Sect of Interception.
• Demon Lord Chonglou descended before Jin Ling and declared that no one could harm her.

Demon Lord Chonglou passed Demonic Dao arts to Jin Ling, but her uncontrolled powers killed the villagers, driving her to set herself on fire. Chonglou and his companions watched from the Hall of Void as he considered how Jin Ling might later reconnect with Tongtian.

• Chonglou killed the village chief and freed Jin Ling, then offered her Demonic Dao arts.
• Jin Ling accepted the black lotus to save her friend from Chonglou, who passed the arts to her and vanished.
• The villagers cursed Jin Ling, and her uncontrolled Geng Metal Sword Dao and Demonic Dao powers killed them all, including her friend.
• Overwhelmed by guilt, Jin Ling bound herself with a Spirit-Binding Lock and set herself on fire to atone.
• Back in the Hall of Void, Chonglou refused to intervene and said he was interested in how Jin Ling would meet Tongtian and restore their master-disciple bond.

Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun told Patriarch Bodhi how Jin Ling had become a demonic cultivator and sacrificed herself, while Ling Xiao explained his scheme involving her and the Demonic Sect. The Lingming Stone Monkey reached Mount Lingtai Fangcun seeking a master, and Patriarch Bodhi prepared to accept him and test his character.

• Tian Boxun told Ling Xiao that Jin Ling had cultivated demonic Dao arts, incurred karmic sin, and immolated herself to atone.
• Ling Xiao showed Patriarch Bodhi what had happened to Jin Ling and explained that she was part of his scheme against the Demonic Sect and a tribulation for Tongtian.
• Patriarch Bodhi agreed to attend Ling Xiao's Heavenly Wedding Ceremony and accepted responsibility for guiding the Lingming Stone Monkey's cultivation.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey reached Mount Lingtai Fangcun, identified himself and his guides, and respectfully asked to meet a master.
• Patriarch Bodhi sent Yan Qing and Jing Ming to bring the monkey inside and ordered them to have him chop firewood and boil water to temper his character.

The Lingming Stone Monkey arrived at Mount Lingtai Fangcun and convinced Patriarch Bodhi to accept him as a disciple. Bodhi assigned him humble chores for ten years and named him Sun Wukong.

• Jing Ming and Yan Qing escorted the Lingming Stone Monkey into the great hall to meet Patriarch Bodhi.
• The Lingming Stone Monkey explained his journey and presented gifts from Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and the Qingque Yanfa Patrol Officer to prove his story.
• Jing Ming confirmed that the Cosmic Bag contained the gifts, and Patriarch Bodhi accepted the Lingming Stone Monkey despite testing him with stern words.
• Patriarch Bodhi told the Lingming Stone Monkey to chop firewood, fetch water, and feed the animals, and the Lingming Stone Monkey readily agreed.
• Patriarch Bodhi gave the Lingming Stone Monkey the surname Sun and the Daoist name Wukong, and Sun Wukong eagerly thanked his master.

Sun Wukong began learning by listening to Patriarch Bodhi’s teachings, while Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun visited Bodhi and invited him to Ling Xiao and Wangshu’s wedding. Months later, Sun Wukong learned Bodhi was safe but occupied with guests and a trip to the Heavenly Court, and returned to his chores.

• Patriarch Bodhi allowed Sun Wukong to listen to teachings in the great hall while withholding direct instruction in a cultivation method.
• Tian Boxun and Ling Xiao praised Sun Wukong’s comprehension and discussed his potential to attain the Quasi-Sage Dao.
• Patriarch Bodhi met Ling Xiao and Tian Boxun, who joked about his nature and invited him to Ling Xiao and Wangshu’s Heavenly Wedding Ceremony.
• Yan Qing and Jing Ming made Sun Wukong chop firewood and carry water for months while Patriarch Bodhi received guests.
• Sun Wukong asked Yan Qing and Jing Ming about Patriarch Bodhi, learned he was safe and would soon go to the Heavenly Court, then returned to work.

The Heavenly Court prepared for the wedding of Ling Xiao and Wangshu, with Dao Ancestor Hongjun set to preside over the ceremony. As the festivities approached, Yun Xiao remained consumed by her unrequited love for Ling Xiao, and Our Lady of Wudang warned she might be imprisoned if she disrupted the wedding.

• Fairy maidens and palace maids discussed the wedding preparations, including the Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure carriage and Wangshu's wedding gown.
• Tu Shan Youyue reminded the workers to keep preparing Primordial Chaos Divine Mountain and flew toward the Primordial Chaos Dao Palace.
• Doumu Yuanjun and Our Lady of Wudang found Yun Xiao, Our Lady of Fire Spirit, Qiong Xiao, and Fairy Caiyun in the void and ordered them back to their duties.
• Fairy Caiyun left to create Auspicious Clouds, while Qiong Xiao and Our Lady of Fire Spirit urged Yun Xiao to let go of Ling Xiao.
• Our Lady of Wudang warned Yun Xiao that she would imprison her beyond the starry sky if she caused trouble at the Heavenly Wedding Ceremony.

Yun Xiao asked Our Lady of Wudang to sever her love for Ling Xiao, then destroyed the desire that the Heart-Piercing Lock drew from her. With her feelings gone, she returned to arranging the formation for Ling Xiao and Wangshu’s Heavenly Wedding Ceremony.

• Yun Xiao accepted that she could not win Ling Xiao’s love and asked Our Lady of Wudang to cut away her thought of desire.
• Our Lady of Wudang brought Yun Xiao and the others into the starry sky and used the Heart-Piercing Lock to draw out Yun Xiao’s desire.
• Yun Xiao shattered the extracted desire with the Hun Yuan Golden Dou, and Heavenly Dao merit descended upon the women.
• Qiong Xiao mourned Yun Xiao’s lost love, but Yun Xiao denied ever coveting Ling Xiao and spoke of him with reverence.
• Yun Xiao declared that romantic love could not shake her Dao Heart and flew back to Grand Dao Heaven to arrange the wedding formation.

As Ling Xiao prepared to fetch Wangshu for their Heavenly Wedding Ceremony, the great beings gathered and discussed the guests and arrangements. At the South Heaven Gate, Demon Lord Chonglou and the Demonic Sect arrived as Kunpeng, Taibai Jinxing, and others waited to receive them.

• Haotian told Ling Xiao that he had made Yun Xiao sever her thoughts of love and desire, and Ling Xiao toasted him for resolving the problem.
• Primal Lord of Heaven said the wedding guests were arriving and that Ling Xiao would ride the Qiankun Xuanqiong Chariot to fetch Wangshu.
• Tai Xuan led the group toward the Primordial Chaos Dao Palace, while Ling Xiao and Bai Ze remained at Lingxiao Palace amid an immense wedding procession.
• Demon Lord Jidu arrived at the South Heaven Gate to keep Demon Lord Chonglou and the Demonic Sect from causing trouble, and Kunpeng and Tai Xuan assured him they would respond if needed.
• Demon Lord Chonglou and the others descended before the South Heaven Gate.

Demon Lord Jidu outmaneuvered Demon Lord Chonglou over the Netherworld Demonic Lotus and joined the gathering for Ling Xiao and Wangshu’s Heavenly Wedding Ceremony. At the Primordial Chaos Dao Palace, the assembled powers saw Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Demon Ancestor Luohu arrive, while Sect Master Tongtian endured his diminished standing.

• Demon Lord Chonglou presented a ninth-grade Netherworld Demonic Lotus as his wedding gift and taunted Demon Lord Jidu for lacking a worthy offering.
• Demon Lord Jidu shamelessly declared the lotus fated for him, and Venus Tai Bai seized it for Ling Xiao’s treasure vault.
• Tai Xuan promised to help Jidu obtain the lotus if Jidu modeled himself after Demon Ancestor Luohu, and Jidu resolved to become Luohu’s second coming.
• Ancestor Kunpeng led the assembled guests to the Primordial Chaos Dao Palace, where Sect Master Tongtian sat near the bottom of the gathering.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Demon Ancestor Luohu arrived, and the guests greeted Hongjun more deferentially than Luohu.

Zhen Yuanzi and Daoist Hongyun began the Heavenly Wedding Ceremony, praising Ling Xiao before all present. Ling Xiao departed for Penglai Immortal Island in a grand procession to welcome the Lunar Goddess.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Demon Ancestor Luohu not to disrupt the ceremony, and Luohu took his seat with the Demonic Sect.
• Haotian told Zhen Yuanzi and Daoist Hongyun to begin as the auspicious hour arrived.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Daoist Hongyun praised Ling Xiao and announced the start of the wedding ceremony.
• The assembly bowed to Ling Xiao as he donned his wedding robes and boarded the Qiankun Xuanqiong Chariot.
• Bai Ze led the divine beasts pulling Ling Xiao's chariot, while Yang Jian organized the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and Qing Zhi directed the immortal musicians.
• Ling Xiao's procession set off for Penglai Immortal Island as Grand Pure Laozi marveled at the spectacle.