Chapter Summaries

At the Primordial Chaos Dao Palace, Tongtian struggled to hide his resentment as others celebrated Ling Xiao and Wangshu’s wedding. Yun Xiao watched the procession with confusing sadness despite having severed her emotional desires, while Hongjun stopped Luohu from exploiting her feelings.

• Tongtian resented the lavish gifts and honors given to Ling Xiao and Wangshu, then noticed Yun Xiao watching their wedding procession with reverence.
• Dingguang Immortal blamed Tongtian for the Sect of Interception’s decline and for Yun Xiao’s tragedy, while Perfected Immortal Taiyi mocked him.
• Guangchengzi intervened as Tongtian grew angry, apologized on behalf of the others, and persuaded him to let the insults pass.
• Yun Xiao wondered why the wedding made her feel close to tears, and Wudang questioned whether severing Yun Xiao’s emotional desires had been the right choice.
• Luohu considered using Yun Xiao in schemes against the Heavenly Court and the Mystic Sect, but Hongjun warned him that the Deities and immortal officials could not be used as pawns.
• After Luohu backed down, Hongjun proposed that they continue watching Ling Xiao fetch his bride.

Ling Xiao and Wangshu held their grand Heavenly Wedding, departing Penglai Immortal Island for Grand Dao Heaven as the Primordial Three Realms watched. Their vows left the gathered immortals celebrating, while Hongjun and Luohu exchanged playful boasts and Tongtian remained sullen.

• Ling Xiao arrived at Penglai Immortal Island, where Pingxin welcomed him and directed him to the waiting Wangshu.
• Ling Xiao entered the Pure Life Dao Palace and admired Wangshu in her Rainbow Skirt Heavenly Garment before taking her hand.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu departed on the Qiankun Xuanqiong Chariot for Grand Dao Heaven, exchanging vows of enduring devotion.
• Nuwa praised Wangshu's beauty in Tai Chu Dao Palace, and Grand Pure Laozi teased her about yielding her title as the foremost Female Immortal.
• Hongjun and Luohu joked about their disciples while Tongtian drank alone, excluded from the celebration.

Patriarch Bodhi arrived at the Primordial Chaos Dao Palace and won Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s approval as a candidate for Heavenly Dao Sage. The gathering’s attention then shifted to Ling Xiao’s Qiankun Xuanqiong Chariot entering the Thirty-three Heavens.

• Demon Lord Jidu defended his submission to the Heavenly Court, and Patriarch Bodhi praised him before the assembled great beings.
• Sage Zhunti introduced Patriarch Bodhi to Zhen Yuanzi, and Bodhi greeted Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the other Sages.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun advised Bodhi to cultivate and visit the Great Qin Empire, while considering him the best choice for the vacant Heavenly Dao Sage position.
• Tongtian recognized Bodhi as the Ox-Horse Daoist who had advised him in the Heavenly Prison, and the Bull Demon King mocked Tongtian for being played.
• Demon Lord Jidu invited Bodhi to discuss the Demonic Dao, but Zhen Yuanzi intervened; Jidu then pointed out that Ling Xiao’s Qiankun Xuanqiong Chariot had entered the Thirty-three Heavens.

Ling Xiao and Wangshu completed their Heavenly Marriage before Dao Ancestor Hongjun as beings across the Primordial Wilderness celebrated. Their wedding strengthened the world, while Tongtian watched in despair and regretted ignoring Yuanshi Tianzun's warning.

• Ling Xiao and Wangshu summoned their Great Dao Laws, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the Creation Jade Disc and the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity to witness and empower their bond.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu performed the wedding bows, and hundreds of millions of living beings congratulated them and offered providence, faith, and merit.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu invited all races to celebrate, and the united joy of the beings strengthened the Way of Humanity and benefited the Primordial World.
• Yun Xiao felt an unexplained sense of loss, while Qiong Xiao, Our Lady of Wudang, and others regretted that she could never be with Ling Xiao.
• Tongtian despaired over his weakness and feared losing his disciples, then remembered Yuanshi Tianzun's warning and regretted not taking it seriously.

Ling Xiao and Wangshu celebrated their Heavenly Wedding Ceremony, while Demon Ancestor Luohu recognized Ling Xiao as a threat and Qingfeng and Mingyue learned that Sun Wukong had become Patriarch Bodhi’s disciple. After the hundred-year celebration ended, Ling Xiao and Wangshu entered their bridal chamber, and the chapter hinted that Tongtian had suffered a great disaster.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu reflected on Ling Xiao’s power and feared that his return to the Primordial Wilderness had been a mistake.
• Ling Xiao toasted Luohu, while Luohu accused him of plotting against the Demonic Sect and Dao Ancestor Hongjun defended him.
• Yan Qing told Qingfeng and Mingyue that Sun Wukong had become Patriarch Bodhi’s disciple and was still chopping firewood and carrying water on Mount Lingtai Fangcun.
• The Heavenly Wedding Ceremony lasted a hundred years, after which the guests departed and Ling Xiao and Wangshu entered the bridal chamber.
• Tongtian brought great disaster upon himself during the hundred years of celebration.

Tongtian recognized Jin Ling as the reincarnated Our Lady of Golden Spirit and struggled with the trap her misfortune posed before accepting her as his personal disciple. He made her the new First Seat of the Sect of Interception, while Jin Ling began to sense that she had forgotten something.

• Jin Ling knelt at Mount Cangwu and asked to join the Sect of Interception despite her misfortune and demonic aura.
• Tongtian recognized Jin Ling as Our Lady of Golden Spirit and realized that accepting her could resolve her fate but might be part of Ling Xiao's scheme.
• After Jin Ling called him Master, Tongtian flew down to meet her and questioned Xuan Daozi about whether he objected to taking her as a disciple.
• Jin Ling gave her name and begged Tongtian to accept her, and he named her his personal disciple and the new First Seat of the Sect of Interception.
• Xuan Daozi told Jin Ling to thank Tongtian, and she felt pain as forgotten memories seemed close to awakening.

Tongtian took Jin Ling to Biyou Palace, cleansed her tainted aura, and taught her the Shangqing Dao Arts while suppressing the danger surrounding her. After discovering an unexpected bond with Jin Ling and sensing that he had fallen into another scheme, Tongtian feared he had become prey in a game he could no longer control.

• Tongtian brought Jin Ling to Biyou Palace and told her to focus on cultivating until she reached the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm.
• Tongtian used his Supreme Pure Origin to suppress Jin Ling’s inauspicious aura and discovered that Demon Lord Chonglou’s Demonic Dao Law remained entwined with her origin.
• Tongtian warned Jin Ling not to cultivate any Demonic Dao Arts that appeared in her mind, then taught her the Shangqing Dao Arts.
• After several days of treatment, Tongtian was drained of strength, and Jin Ling worried that she had harmed him.
• Tongtian sensed a new bond between himself and Jin Ling that resembled a marriage bond between Dao companions, and feared Ling Xiao or Demon Lord Chonglou had schemed against him.
• Tongtian regretted expelling Ling Xiao and sensed that the Tribulation Inauspicious Rule had made him its prey.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Grand Pure Laozi celebrated their scheme to take Sect Master Tongtian’s Supreme Pure Origin, while Tian Boxun proposed worsening the bond between Tongtian and Jin Ling. Nearly ten years later, Jin Ling reached the early stage of Golden Immortal of Grand Dao, and Tongtian struggled with his growing feelings for his disciple.

• Yuanshi Tianzun said the plan to make Jin Ling Tongtian’s disciple had succeeded and revealed that he was using Tongtian’s stolen Supreme Pure Origin to advance his One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones method.
• Tian Boxun suggested having Lady Chengtian Xiaofa Dahua Miaohe Yuanjun deepen Jin Ling’s feelings for Tongtian, while Grand Pure Laozi and Primal Lord of Heaven discussed the consequences.
• The three conspirators drank tea and celebrated as nearly ten years passed, during which Jin Ling cultivated quietly in Biyou Palace.
• Jin Ling told Tongtian she had reached the early stage of Golden Immortal of Grand Dao and embraced him, while Tongtian hesitated to pull away and struggled with his feelings for her.

Patriarch Bodhi taught Sun Wukong powerful Dao arts and sent him away from Mount Lingtai Fangcun to make his own path. Sun Wukong set out for Kunlun Mountain, while Patriarch Bodhi reflected on the Heavenly Court’s coming scheme against him.

• Patriarch Bodhi taught Sun Wukong the Great Celestial Immortal Art, the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, the Somersault Cloud, and the Thirty-Six Heavenly and Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations.
• Patriarch Bodhi told Sun Wukong to leave Mount Lingtai Fangcun and return only after reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm or nearing the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Sun Wukong wept, bowed farewell to Patriarch Bodhi with three Avatars, and left the mountain.
• Sun Wukong decided to visit Perfected Lord Jade Tripod at Kunlun Mountain and rode the Somersault Cloud there.
• Patriarch Bodhi watched Sun Wukong depart and recognized that Tian Boxun’s script for Havoc in Heaven meant the Heavenly Court would soon scheme against him.

Sun Wukong visited Perfected Lord Jade Tripod and received generous gifts and instruction from the Elucidation Sect seniors. Perfected Being Yellow Dragon then urged him to seek a fated treasure in the East Sea Dragon Palace, unaware that the seniors expected the attempt to place him in serious danger.

• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod welcomed Sun Wukong and encouraged him to act according to his true nature.
• The Antarctic Immortal gave Sun Wukong two jars of Jade Nectar, and White Crane Boy gifted him a protective Natal Feather.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod gave Sun Wukong a jade slip containing insights into the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• Perfected Being Yellow Dragon told Sun Wukong that an acquired merit spiritual treasure in the East Sea Dragon Palace might be fated for him and challenged him to obtain it.
• Perfected Being Yellow Dragon and the other seniors privately anticipated that Sun Wukong's attempt would provoke the Dragon Clan or Heavenly Court.

Sun Wukong set out for the East Sea Dragon Palace to seek an acquired merit spiritual treasure, while Ling Xiao and Wangshu returned to Penglai Immortal Island before Ling Xiao went to observe the planned commotion with Azure Dragon. Sun Wukong arrived at the palace and was confronted by Ao Lie, who insulted him as part of the staged performance.

• Perfected Being Yellow Dragon declined to introduce Sun Wukong to the East Sea Dragon Clan, and the Antarctic Immortal and Perfected Lord Jade Tripod urged him to make his own way.
• Sun Wukong accepted their challenge, left the hall, and flew toward the East Sea Dragon Palace on his Somersault Cloud.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu returned to Penglai Immortal Island, where Wangshu entered the Primordial Chaos Pearl to cultivate.
• Ling Xiao went to the East Sea Dragon Palace, told Ao Guang to leave no flaws in the planned show, and then joined Azure Dragon to watch from the shadows.
• Ao Lie greeted the arriving Sun Wukong with insults, calling him a nobody who had come to the palace to scam food and drink.

Sun Wukong and Ao Lie fought fiercely in the East Sea while Ling Xiao and Azure Dragon arranged for Ao Lie to die in a battle that would earn him a divine title. Ling Xiao intensified Sun Wukong’s violence and urged Ao Lie to fight despite the risk of death, and Ao Lie eagerly accepted the chance to become a Heavenly Court Deity.

• Sun Wukong traded insults with Ao Lie, prompting the furious dragon prince to attack him in the East Sea.
• Sun Wukong used Law, Heaven, and Earth to grow into a giant demon ape, and he and Ao Lie wounded each other in their first clash.
• Ling Xiao told Azure Dragon that Ao Lie could take Ao Bing’s place in the Investiture of the Gods and receive the title Eightfold Heavenly Dragon.
• Azure Dragon approved the plan, accepting that Ao Lie would endure severe suffering in exchange for a promising future.
• Ling Xiao used the Law of Karma to make Sun Wukong more violent and told Ao Lie that he could become a Heavenly Court Deity if he fought Sun Wukong, even if he died.
• Ao Lie eagerly accepted the prospect of dying in battle to become a Heavenly Court Deity.

Ao Lie followed Ling Xiao’s plan to provoke Sun Wukong into killing him, using threats against Flower-Fruit Mountain and Patriarch Bodhi until Sun Wukong lost control. Ao Lie’s Dragon Pearl escaped to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where his Primordial Spirit asked Ao Guang to frame Sun Wukong, while Sun Wukong finally realized the danger of what he had done.

• Ao Lie burned his Dragon Yuan and attacked Sun Wukong with a suicidal, injury-for-injury fighting style.
• Ao Lie threatened the Monkey Descendants of Flower-Fruit Mountain and Patriarch Bodhi, provoking Sun Wukong into a rage.
• Sun Wukong injured Ao Lie, snapped off his horns, and ripped out his Dragon Tendon after Ao Lie tore his storage pouch.
• Sun Wukong used Ao Lie’s treasured sword to strip away his flesh and bones, while Ao Lie’s Dragon Pearl escaped into the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Lie’s Primordial Spirit asked Ao Guang to frame Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong belatedly understood the danger he was in.

Sun Wukong entered the East Sea Dragon Palace after killing Ao Lie and confronted Ao Guang over whether he would be punished. Ao Guang intimidated him by threatening his Sect, then hinted that he might spare him, leaving Sun Wukong uncertain of the Dragon King’s intentions.

• Sun Wukong admitted that he had killed Ao Lie after the prince threatened his Monkey Descendants and Sect, and demanded to speak with Ao Guang.
• The Turtle Prime Minister invited Sun Wukong into the Dragon Palace, and Sun Wukong accepted despite suspecting he might be walking into danger.
• Ao Guang tested Sun Wukong with his Quasi-Sage aura, then questioned whether he would accept punishment for killing Ao Lie.
• Sun Wukong defended himself and challenged Ao Guang to take the dispute before the Heavenly Court if he meant to condemn him.
• Ao Guang threatened to hunt down Sun Wukong’s Sect or kill him to see whether it would come to his rescue, then suggested that he might spare Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong accepted Ao Guang’s offer to claim the Sea-Calming Divine Needle and awakened it as the Ruyi Jingu Bang. After Ao Guang brought him before Ao Run, the West Sea Dragon King attacked him over Ao Lie’s death, leaving Sun Wukong unable to fight back.

• Ao Guang revealed that he knew Sun Wukong had come for the Sea-Calming Divine Needle and offered it to him while warning that he might later report or hunt him.
• Ao Guang led Sun Wukong to the sea eye, where Sun Wukong touched the Sea-Calming Divine Needle despite Ao Guang refusing responsibility if its removal caused disaster.
• Sun Wukong claimed the treasure, which transformed into the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and celebrated its power.
• Ao Guang reminded Sun Wukong that he owed the dragon race a life for killing Ao Lie, then led him to meet Ao Run.
• Ao Run attacked Sun Wukong and seized him by the throat, while Ao Guang ordered Ao Run to release him because he had promised not to pursue Sun Wukong’s crimes in the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Sun Wukong survived the Dragon Kings’ assault and left the East Sea Dragon Palace with three treasures, while the Dragon Kings prepared to blame him for a list of fabricated crimes. Ling Xiao explained that Sun Wukong would take the Heavenly Court’s accumulated bad debts and grow stronger through the resulting battles.

• Ao Guang stopped Ao Run from tormenting Sun Wukong further, while Ao Lie insisted he would never forget Sun Wukong’s killing of Ao Lie.
• Ao Guang gave Sun Wukong the Golden Chain Mail, Phoenix-Winged Golden Crown, and Lotus-Root Silk Cloud-Walking Boots, and Sun Wukong eagerly put them on.
• Ao Guang warned Sun Wukong that he still bore the karmic sin of killing Ao Lie, then watched him leave the East Sea Dragon Palace on his Somersault Cloud.
• Ao Qin fabricated a story claiming Sun Wukong stole treasures, killed Ao Lie, attacked the Dragon Kings, and threatened the dragon clan.
• Ling Xiao and the Azure Dragon arrived, and Ling Xiao explained that Sun Wukong’s growing strength would help clear the Heavenly Court’s accumulated bad debts.

Ling Xiao directed Ao Guang to seek Heavenly Court justice against Sun Wukong and arranged for Ao Lie’s remains to be restored, while Sun Wukong grew gloomy over the trouble he had caused. After hearing Ao Guang’s account, Yang Jian, Wen Zhong, and Li Jing prepared to lead the Heavenly Court’s forces against Flower-Fruit Mountain.

• Ling Xiao told Ao Guang to take Ao Lie’s remains to the Heavenly Court and instructed Azure Dragon to restore Ao Lie’s origin and nurture him into an Eightfold Heavenly Dragon.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, strengthened its spiritual veins, taught the Monkey Descendants, and displayed Ao Lie’s Dragon Bone and dragon tendon.
• Sun Wukong offered to make a flag from the Dragon Bone and a belt from the dragon tendon, then became bitter at the thought of his teacher and drank gloomily.
• Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings reached the Heavenly Court and told Yang Jian, Wen Zhong, and Li Jing that Sun Wukong had attacked the East Sea Dragon Palace and killed Ao Lie.
• Li Jing was astonished to learn that Sun Wukong had been blamed for the attack, while Yang Jian ordered the group to report to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother before departing for Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Yang Jian and the Four Seas Dragon Kings plotted to provoke Sun Wukong into rebelling against the Heavenly Court, while Sun Wukong learned that an army was coming to capture him. He protected the Monkey Descendants and went out to confront the arriving forces above Flower-Fruit Mountain.

• Yang Jian instructed his allies to let the Giant Spirit God and Four Heavenly Kings test Sun Wukong first, while Ao Guang agreed to help provoke him.
• Yang Jian proposed killing some Monkey Descendants and arranging favorable reincarnations for them, and Ao Guang assigned Evil Dragon Ao Yuan to handle the Netherworld.
• Sun Wukong sensed the approaching army and accused the Four Seas Dragon Kings of seeking Heavenly Court's help to capture him.
• The Monkey Descendants urged Sun Wukong to flee, but he sealed and protected the Water Curtain Cave before going out to face the army.
• Sun Wukong rose above Flower-Fruit Mountain beneath a banner made from Ao Run's son's Dragon Bone, displeasing Ao Run as the Heavenly Court forces arrived.

Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings accused Sun Wukong of crimes he denied, while the Heavenly Court forces attacked him and threatened the Monkey Descendants on Flower-Fruit Mountain. Sun Wukong fought back and sent clones to hold off his opponents, but Three-Headed Flood Dragon and the others were closing in on Water Curtain Cave.

• Ao Run agreed with Ao Guang’s plan to frame Sun Wukong and gain Heavenly Dao merit by intensifying the dragon race’s grievance.
• Li Jing, Wen Zhong, Ao Run, and Ao Guang accused Sun Wukong of stealing treasures, killing Ao Lie, and humiliating the dragon race and Heavenly Court, while Sun Wukong explained that Ao Lie had provoked him and the treasures had been given to him.
• Yang Jian threatened the Monkey Descendants, prompting Sun Wukong to charge the Dragon Kings with his Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• Giant Spirit God and the Four Heavenly Kings attacked Sun Wukong, but he held his own despite taking several hits.
• Yang Jian ordered Three-Headed Flood Dragon, Howling Celestial Dog, Golden-Winged Great Peng, and the Six Monsters of Mount Mei to capture the Monkey Descendants in Water Curtain Cave.
• Sun Wukong created countless clones to restrain Giant Spirit God and the Four Heavenly Kings, then tried to repel the forces approaching Water Curtain Cave.

Sun Wukong broke through to the middle stage of Golden Immortal of Grand Dao while trying to defend the Monkey Descendants, but Yang Jian's forces overwhelmed him. Yang Jian sent Nezha to continue the fight, leaving Sun Wukong to face the Demonic Child's full power.

• Li Jing used the Seven Treasure Exquisite Pagoda to rescue the wounded Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, who then seized the Monkey Descendants in Water Curtain Cave.
• Yang Jian ordered the Four Heavenly Kings and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon to attack, and Heavenly Soldiers and Generals killed nearly a hundred Monkey Descendants before Sun Wukong could stop them.
• Sun Wukong unleashed his Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation and Divine Eye of Piercing Delusion, then broke through to the middle stage of Golden Immortal of Grand Dao and knocked the Four Heavenly Kings and Giant Spirit God from the clouds.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon and Howling Celestial Dog blocked Sun Wukong and battered him while Yang Jian and Ao Guang reflected on his tribulations.
• Yang Jian called on Nezha to fight Sun Wukong, and Nezha strode forward in his three-headed, six-armed Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation.