Chapter Summaries

Tongtian and Jin Ling consummated their relationship, locking their marriage destiny, while the Sages watched and discussed Jin Ling’s sealed origins and the threat facing Mount Cangwu. The scene then shifted to the capital of the Great Qin Empire as Haotian prepared to watch the coming pilgrimage tribulation.

• Jin Ling told Tongtian she had begun to comprehend the Geng Metal Sword Dao and asked him to teach her the zither.
• Jin Ling embraced Tongtian and kissed him, and he ultimately gave in as their marriage destiny became fixed.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Grand Pure Laozi discussed how Jin Ling’s union with Tongtian would lift the seal on her origins and risk turning her against her master.
• Yuanshi Tianzun said he might go to Mount Cangwu to reclaim the Supreme Pure Origin before the Demonic Sect could take it.
• Ling Xiao and Haotian anticipated the Demonic Sect’s move, and Haotian changed the Haotian Mirror’s view to the capital of the Great Qin Empire.

At Qin Capital, Sun Wukong and his fellow Scripture Seekers gathered with the Hundred Schools of Thought as the First Emperor Ying Zheng prepared to send them on their journey. Ying Zheng charged them with traveling to the Southern Continent to quell the Demonic Sect and spread their teachings, and the assembly faced his call to action.

• Sun Wukong reunited with Bian Zhuang, Golden Cicada, Ao Moang, and Curtain-Lifting, then learned how powerful his fellow Scripture Seekers had become.
• Sun Wukong and Bian Zhuang quarreled until Ao Moang intervened, while Curtain-Lifting remarked on Ao Moang's seniority.
• Ying Zheng arrived at Qin Capital with his officials, and the Scripture Seekers and Hundred Schools of Thought paid their respects.
• Ying Zheng explained that the Demonic Sect had occupied the Southern Continent and commanded the assembly to journey there, quell the demonic calamity, and spread their teachings.

Ying Zheng sent Golden Cicada, his disciples, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and Great Qin’s soldiers on the Journey to the West, hoping to earn merit toward becoming a Human Dao Sage. The expedition departed for the Southern Continent as Ying Zheng and Yinglong watched, while the true contest remained uncertain.

• Ying Zheng thanked the assembled disciples and ordered Duanshi and Ao Jiuyou to escort the Scripture Seeker with one hundred thousand Great Qin Elite Soldiers.
• Golden Cicada prepared to leave with his four disciples and the sages of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and Ying Zheng gave him the Primordial Dragon Sword to aid the journey and help him claim merit.
• Ying Zheng revealed that he sought the position of Human Dao Sage and hoped the Journey to the West Tribulation would bring him closer to that goal.
• Sun Wukong pulled Bian Zhuang along as the expedition set out for the Southern Continent.
• Ying Zheng and the Great Qin ministers watched the travelers recede into the distance, while Yinglong said the tribulation was an open contest whose true stakes involved only a handful of people.

Demon Lord Chonglou, Demon Buddha Wutian, and Demon Venerable Fenqing planned how the Demonic Sect would confront the Scripture Seekers, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the Great Qin Elite Soldiers during the Journey to the West Tribulation. They sent the Azure Cang Demon Emperor to oversee the Myriad Demon Kingdom and discussed how Jin Ling’s impending fall into the demonic path could be used against Tongtian.

• Wutian warned that the Scripture Seekers, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the Great Qin Elite Soldiers were heading toward Burial Heaven Peak, and Gusu proposed setting up trials to stop them.
• Chonglou ordered Ying Yao to use the Six-Eared Macaque and the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey, who were bound by Dao Heart Demonic Seeds, to test the approaching forces.
• Gusu argued that a Quasi-Sage should oversee the Myriad Demon Kingdom, so Chonglou sent the Azure Cang Demon Emperor to take charge there.
• Chonglou asked about Tongtian and Jin Ling, and Gusu said Jin Ling and Tongtian had become Dao companions and Jin Ling was nearing the initial-stage Quasi-Sage realm.
• Gusu revealed that Jin Ling might soon fall into the demonic path, giving the Demonic Sect another powerful expert to use against its enemies.

Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey and Six-Eared Macaque secretly plotted to escape the Dao Heart Demonic Seeds and strike at Azure Cang Demon Emperor, but Ying Yao interrupted them and ordered them to prepare for his arrival. The chapter ended with Ying Yao accepting Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey’s proposal while claiming the credit for herself.

• Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey asked Six-Eared Macaque for secrets and heavenly omens, and Six-Eared Macaque told him about Azure Cang Demon Emperor and the Scripture Seeker.
• Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey resolved to sacrifice himself so Six-Eared Macaque could break free of his restraints and attack Ying Yao and Azure Cang Demon Emperor.
• Six-Eared Macaque explained that they planned to transfer his Dao Heart Demonic Seed to Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey by combining their shared Chaos Demon Ape origin.
• Ying Yao arrived, whipped both monkeys, and ordered them to devise a plan for Azure Cang Demon Emperor’s arrival without disrupting preparations against the Scripture Seeker.
• Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey suggested gathering the Myriad Demon Kingdom’s forces to greet Azure Cang Demon Emperor, and Ying Yao approved while claiming the idea as her own.

Golden Cicada’s forces reached the Myriad Demon Kingdom, where Zou Yan confirmed that the Six-Eared Macaque and Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey had been controlled by a Dao Heart Demonic Seed. Sun Wukong proposed splitting the forces to clear the kingdom and besiege Demon Ape Mountain, while the monkeys secretly prepared to turn against their captors; Azure Cang Demon Emperor grew overconfident as the attack approached.

• Sun Wukong reported that the Myriad Demon Kingdom’s demons had gathered at Demon Ape Mountain, and Golden Cicada suspected the Six-Eared Macaque and Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey had been forced into evil.
• Zou Yan confirmed that Demon Venerable Fenqing and Gusu had controlled the two monkeys with a Dao Heart Demonic Seed.
• Sun Wukong proposed that Great Qin’s forces and the Hundred Schools of Thought clear the kingdom while Golden Cicada and other powerful figures attacked Demon Ape Mountain.
• Zou Yan, Duanshi, and their forces swept across the kingdom as Golden Cicada, Confucius, and others advanced toward Demon Ape Mountain.
• The Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey secretly signaled his intent to turn the tables, while Azure Cang Demon Emperor ordered the Six-Eared Macaque to fight beside him and assigned Sun Wukong to the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey.
• The Six-Eared Macaque flattered Azure Cang Demon Emperor, making the overconfident Demon Emperor even more certain of victory.

Confucius led the Scripture Seekers and the Hundred Schools of Thought in a mass assault on Demon Ape Mountain, where Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque fought the Azure Cang Demon Emperor. After Ying Yao fell and the Six-Eared Macaque crippled the Demon Emperor, Sun Wukong moved in for the finishing blow.

• Confucius persuaded Sun Wukong and the others to swarm Demon Ape Mountain, and the Witch Clan disciples charged in with them.
• Sun Wukong attacked the Azure Cang Demon Emperor while Bian Zhuang, Ao Moang, and Sha Wujing joined the fight against Ying Yao.
• The Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey struck Ying Yao down with the Heaven-Supporting White Jade Pillar, killing her and destroying her Primordial Spirit True Spirit.
• The Six-Eared Macaque transferred his Dao Heart Demonic Seed to the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey, received the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey's origin, and rose to the early Quasi-Sage stage.
• The Six-Eared Macaque struck the Azure Cang Demon Emperor with both staffs, shattered his demonic fan, and severely injured him.
• Sun Wukong charged at the weakened Azure Cang Demon Emperor with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Sun Wukong and the Buddhist forces killed Azure Cang Demon Emperor and crushed the Demonic Sect at Demon Ape Mountain. Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey received the Red-Bottomed Macaque's origin and recovered, gaining immense power and an embryonic understanding of the Qiankun Law.

• Confucius sealed Demon Ape Mountain, allowing Sun Wukong to break Azure Cang Demon Emperor's defenses and kill him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• The Buddhist disciples slaughtered the demons and other sinners across Demon Ape Mountain.
• Six-Eared Macaque reassured Sun Wukong that Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey's apparent death was the beginning of an opportunity, and Zou Yan explained that he was destined to receive the Red-Bottomed Macaque's origin.
• Sun Wukong accepted the transfer of the Red-Bottomed Macaque's origin to Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey and said he would even share his own origin to revive him.
• The Red-Bottomed Macaque's origin and creation energy restored Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey and began restoring his own origin as well.
• Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey rose to the peak of the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm and revealed an embryonic comprehension of the Qiankun Law.

The Demonic Sect planned to corrupt Jin Ling and seize Mount Cangwu as she prepared to break through to the Quasi-Sage realm. Meanwhile, Ling Xiao appointed the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey as the Myriad Realms Balance Great Sage, and the Heavenly Court watched as Jin Ling’s breakthrough approached.

• Wutian reported that the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey and Six-Eared Macaque had betrayed the Demonic Sect, while the Scripture Seeker and Hundred Schools of Thought took control of the Myriad Demon Kingdom.
• Demon Lord Chonglou ordered the Demonic Sect to make Jin Ling fall into the demonic path, seize Mount Cangwu, and kill Tongtian, then led Wutian and Gusu there.
• Jin Ling began preparing to break through to the Quasi-Sage realm using the Geng Metal Sword Dao, despite an instinct warning her not to proceed.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and the other Sages watched Mount Cangwu through the Haotian Mirror, while Ling Xiao decided not to summon the Heavenly Court’s Deities and immortal officials to watch.
• Ling Xiao appointed the Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey as the Myriad Realms Balance Great Sage, serving under Perfected Lord Qingxu Dao De.

Jin Ling broke through to the early Quasi-Sage realm, but the Dao Heart Demonic Seed surfaced and revealed that the Heavenly Court had schemed against her and Tongtian. As Demon Lord Chonglou, Wutian, and Gusu attacked Mount Cangwu, Wutian killed the Sect of Interception disciples who fled, leaving Tongtian with fewer than a hundred followers.

• Jin Ling entered the early Quasi-Sage realm, and the Heart Demon seized part of her consciousness as she recalled her past with Tongtian.
• Our Lady of Golden Spirit recognized the Heavenly Court's scheme and warned Tongtian that he could not imprison the Dao Heart Demonic Seed because of what had happened to Bi Xiao.
• Demon Lord Chonglou, Wutian, and Gusu arrived at Mount Cangwu and tore apart Biyou Palace as Jin Ling ran into Tongtian's arms.
• Most Sect of Interception disciples fled Mount Cangwu, while Xuanjizi and fewer than a hundred others stayed behind.
• Wutian chanted Buddhist scriptures and turned the fleeing disciples to dust, gathering their pure origin despite Tongtian's protest.

Wutian and Gusu’s plot drove Jin Ling to kill Tongtian, but Tongtian embraced her and ended her life before she could suffer further. Tongtian prepared to die beside her, while Ling Xiao offered to save them and the others turned him down, leaving the purge of the Demonic Sect poised to begin.

• Wutian harvested the life essence of the Sect of Interception’s immortals as Gusu used the Heart Demon to control Jin Ling and make her stab Tongtian.
• Jin Ling wept as she confessed her remorse to Tongtian, and the two accepted that they would die together.
• Yun Xiao refused Qiong Xiao’s request to beg Ling Xiao for mercy and planned to bury Tongtian and Jin Ling on Mount Cangwu.
• Tongtian destroyed Jin Ling’s Primordial Spirit True Spirit, then placed her body in a coffin and dug a grave for them both.
• Ling Xiao offered to save Tongtian and restore Jin Ling, but Yuanshi Tianzun refused and declared Mount Cangwu Tongtian’s mausoleum.
• Haotian proposed sending the Scripture Seeker and the Hundred Schools of Thought to wipe out the Demonic Sect at Burial Heaven Peak.

Ling Xiao arrived at Demon Ape Mountain and announced that the final battle against the Demonic Sect would begin ahead of schedule. He left the Scripture Seeker and the Hundred Schools of Thought to march on Burial Heaven Peak, promising to watch from the shadows as Demon Ancestor Luohu faced their assault.

• Ling Xiao descended on Demon Ape Mountain with Venus Tai Bai and Demon Lord Jidu, and the gathered cultivators paid their respects.
• Venus Tai Bai proclaimed the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother's decree, naming Arm-Crossing Ape Monkey the Myriad Realms Balance Great Sage and placing him under the Qingque Yanfa Patrol Officer.
• Ling Xiao ordered the Scripture Seeker and the Hundred Schools of Thought to advance on Burial Heaven Peak and destroy the Demonic Sect.
• Golden Cicada eagerly agreed to the campaign, while Bian Zhuang explained his master's ruthless nature to the surprised Sun Wukong.
• Demon Lord Jidu offered to stay with the Scripture Seeker and the Hundred Schools of Thought, and Ling Xiao assured him that he would watch over the battle and prevent Demon Ancestor Luohu from causing trouble.

Tongtian fought Wutian and Gusu on Mount Cangwu, determined to die after losing Ling'er. He killed Gusu and then destroyed himself, leaving the survivors to mourn beside Ling'er's grave.

• Tongtian burned his life essence and sword Dao laws as he challenged Wutian, Gusu, and Demon Lord Chonglou to fight.
• Xuan Daozi told the Sect of Interception disciples that they had no way to escape and that their inheritance might end with them.
• Tongtian battled Wutian and Gusu, then targeted Gusu with his final strike and asked Yuanshi Tianzun to stop Demon Lord Chonglou in exchange for thirty percent of the Supreme Pure Origin.
• Yuanshi Tianzun blocked Demon Lord Chonglou and revealed that the Heavenly Court and other forces were moving against the Demonic Sect.
• Tongtian drove the Saint Slaying Sword into Gusu's head, destroying her Primordial Spirit True Spirit, then detonated the Saint Slaying Sword and Illusion Heaven Demonic Mirror.
• Tongtian perished beside Ling'er's grave, while Yun Xiao, Our Lady of Wudang, and the others wept.

After Tongtian died, Yuanshi Tianzun and his allies pressed their assault on the Demonic Sect, killing Wutian and preparing to use him as fuel for Red Cloud Daoist’s cultivation. Demon Lord Chonglou realized the Demonic Sect’s defeat might be inevitable as the battle continued and Yuanshi Tianzun pursued greater power.

• Yun Xiao, Zhao Gongming, and the other Sect of Interception disciples mourned Tongtian, while Yuanshi Tianzun stripped Supreme Pure Origin from his corpse.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sent his three early Saint avatars to fight Demon Lord Chonglou and began cultivating toward the middle stage of the Heavenly Dao Sage realm.
• Red Cloud Daoist destroyed Gusu’s corpse and declared that he would use Chonglou and Wutian to advance his cultivation.
• Patriarch Bodhi killed Wutian with the Emptiness-Understanding Great Dao, and Red Cloud Daoist’s Forbidden Divine Wheel devoured Wutian’s corpse.
• Demon Lord Chonglou, overwhelmed and unable to intervene, regretted his plans and wondered whether the Demonic Sect’s defeat was inevitable.

Ling Xiao confronted Demon Ancestor Luohu at Burial Heaven Peak, unsettling Luohu by pointing out that Hongjun would never spare him if he lost. As the two watched the battle approach, the Scripture Seeker and the Hundred Schools of Thought fought the Demonic Sect, and Sun Wukong felt close to reaching the Quasi-Sage realm.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu challenged Ling Xiao, but Ling Xiao cited his treasures and reminded Luohu that Hongjun would kill him regardless of the battle’s outcome.
• Ling Xiao invited Luohu to drink Enlightenment Tea and watch the fighting, while privately planning for Demon Lord Jidu to take control of the Demonic Sect and anticipating revealing the World-Ending Millstone.
• The Scripture Seeker and the sages and disciples of the Hundred Schools of Thought advanced toward Burial Heaven Peak through heavy fighting.
• Duanshi and Ao Jiuyou led Great Qin’s hundred thousand elite soldiers into battle, and Zhanhuang Demon Emperor and Demon Emperor Xuanxiao burned their essence blood and origins to attack the Scripture Seeker’s forces.
• Confucius and Zhuangzi engaged Zhanhuang Demon Emperor while Zou Yan and Mozi surrounded Demon Emperor Xuanxiao; Sun Wukong fought with growing power and declared that he felt close to the Quasi-Sage realm.

Confucius and Zhuangzi joined forces with other allies to defeat the Demonic Sect’s remaining demon emperors, leaving Demon Ancestor Luohu facing Ling Xiao. Luohu asked to flee into Hundun or be spared if he won, but Ling Xiao refused to let him escape, and Luohu chose to fight rather than keep pleading.

• Demon Lord Jidu absorbed the battlefield’s Killing Intent into the Ancestral Demon Tower while waiting for Ling Xiao to slay Demon Ancestor Luohu.
• Confucius and Zhuangzi trapped Zhanhuang Demon Emperor, and Confucius killed him with a decisive attack.
• Yin-Yang Sage Lord Zou Yan and Mozi destroyed Demon Emperor Xuanxiao, leaving Luohu and Demon Lord Chonglou as the Demonic Sect’s remaining pillars.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu asked Ling Xiao to let him lead the Demonic Sect’s remnants into Hundun, but Ling Xiao refused and insisted he repay his karma.
• Luohu asked for a chance to survive if he defeated Ling Xiao, but Ling Xiao said Luohu’s survival would depend on his own victory.
• Luohu abandoned his pleas, summoned the Heaven Suppressing Demon Coffin, and prepared to fight while lamenting that he could not save Demon Lord Chonglou.

Tongtian and Jin Ling were buried together, and Duobao sent the remaining disciples of the Sect of Interception to establish the Supreme Pure Sword Sect in the North Sea. As Yuanshi Tianzun approached the mid-stage Heavenly Dao Sage realm, Red Cloud Daoist and Patriarch Bodhi anticipated what would follow.

• Zhao Gongming and the others placed Tongtian beside Jin Ling in a jade coffin and buried them together on Mount Cangwu.
• Duobao told Xuan Daozi and the other surviving disciples that the Sect of Interception would end, and advised them to found the Supreme Pure Sword Sect without mentioning Tongtian or their former sect.
• Xuan Daozi led the remaining disciples toward the North Sea to establish their new sect in seclusion.
• Red Cloud Daoist said Yuanshi Tianzun was nearing the mid-stage Heavenly Dao Sage realm and that Demon Lord Chonglou was nearing death; Patriarch Bodhi expected to attain Sagehood after the Demonic Sect was exterminated.
• Yuanshi Tianzun proclaimed that he would attain the mid-stage Heavenly Dao Sage realm as his Sage might swept across the Primordial World.

Yuanshi Tianzun broke through to the mid-stage Heavenly Dao Sage realm and killed Demon Lord Chonglou, whose origin and corpse were consumed by the Forbidden Divine Wheel to help Red Cloud Daoist attain the Dao. Yuanshi Tianzun then recognized the Flame Wave Blood Blade as destined for his disciple-grandson Nezha.

• Yuanshi Tianzun advanced to the mid-stage Heavenly Dao Sage realm while Ling Xiao held back Demon Ancestor Luohu.
• Yuanshi Tianzun rejected Demon Lord Chonglou's plea for mercy and attacked him with the Pangu Banner.
• Yuanshi Tianzun overpowered Chonglou, while Red Cloud Daoist used the Forbidden Divine Wheel to collect his scattered origin.
• Yuanshi Tianzun killed Chonglou and erased his mark from the River of Life, despite Chonglou's attempt to self-destruct.
• Red Cloud Daoist devoured Chonglou's corpse with the Forbidden Divine Wheel, and Yuanshi Tianzun declared the Flame Wave Blood Blade destined for Nezha.

After Demon Lord Chonglou’s death, Patriarch Bodhi set out to pursue Sainthood, while Red Cloud Daoist and others departed Mount Cangwu. At Burial Heaven Peak, Sun Wukong lamented that Patriarch Bodhi had concealed his strength, and Xuandu anticipated competing for a Human Dao Saint’s position after the Journey to the West Tribulation ended.

• Yuanshi Tianzun praised Red Cloud Daoist’s choice to support Ling Xiao and said Patriarch Bodhi could claim the Heavenly Dao Sage position left by Demon Lord Chonglou.
• Patriarch Bodhi left for Mount Lingtai Fangcun to unite Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism and pursue Sainthood, while Red Cloud Daoist departed for the Solar Star.
• Yuanshi Tianzun declared the area around Mount Cangwu forbidden, and Yun Xiao, Our Lady of Wudang, and the others left.
• At Burial Heaven Peak, Sun Wukong complained that Patriarch Bodhi had let him endure many tribulations despite being capable of attaining Sainthood, and Bian Zhuang teased him.
• Xuandu rebuked Bian Zhuang, then told Golden Cicada he had come to watch Great Emperor of East Pole Qinghua battle Senior Demon Ancestor and expected to contend for a Human Dao Saint’s position.

Ling Xiao and Demon Ancestor Luohu went Outside the Chaos to settle their battle while Hongjun and the other powerful beings watched. Wangshu arrived at the peak of the Primordial Golden Immortal of Grand Dao, and Luohu charged at Ling Xiao, beginning their fight.

• Ling Xiao invited Demon Ancestor Luohu to fight Outside the Chaos, and Luohu accepted to avoid Hongjun's interference.
• Haotian, Yaochi, Hongjun, and other powerful beings went Outside the Chaos to watch Ling Xiao face Luohu.
• Hongjun and Yuanshi Tianzun expressed confidence in Ling Xiao, while Zhunti worried that Luohu's greater realm would give him an advantage.
• Wangshu arrived and revealed that she had reached the peak of the Primordial Golden Immortal of Grand Dao, saying she had come to watch her husband defeat Luohu.
• Luohu lamented his defeat by Hongjun and blamed the unfair Great Dao before activating the Heaven-Suppressing Dao Coffin and charging at Ling Xiao.