Recaps

Sect Master Tongtian uncovered that the Venerable Lord was Ancestor Hong Yun, whose memories revealed how Dao Ancestor Hongjun had deceived and imprisoned him after he attained sainthood through a mysterious bead. After Hong Yun restored a fragment of Tongtian’s own erased memories, he vanished, leaving Tongtian wondering what had happened.

• Sect Master Tongtian dismantled the Venerable Lord’s talisman formations and recognized him as Ancestor Hong Yun.
• Tongtian recalled secretly saving a wisp of Hong Yun’s true spirit after Zhunti and Jieyin had schemed against him.
• Hong Yun explained that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had altered Tongtian’s memories, then restored a hidden memory fragment.
• Tongtian remembered that Hong Yun had swallowed a mysterious bead and attained sainthood through Body Attains Sainthood.
• Hongjun had convinced Hong Yun that he was suffering demonic possession, then sealed and suppressed him.
• Hong Yun disappeared, and Tongtian called for him without receiving a response.

Sect Master Tongtian ambushed Dao Ancestor Hongjun while they fought inside a hidden Small World, then completed his formation task and won a Reincarnation Bead. He rejoined Jiang Liuer and the disciples, and the group settled into a restaurant for a meal before a sudden boom interrupted them.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared before Sect Master Tongtian, claimed the Small World was a prison for a sealed demon, and attacked him.
• Their clash exposed and damaged the Small World's formations, so Hongjun restored it while Tongtian struck him from behind with the Power of Ten Thousand Worlds.
• Tongtian stopped Hongjun's incarnation from self-destructing and later returned to the street, where the master and disciples knew nothing of the fight.
• The system announced that Tongtian had completed the formation task, and he drew a Reincarnation Bead that could recreate Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water.
• Tongtian led Jiang Liuer and the disciples into a restaurant, ordered the best dishes, and tipped the waiter generously.
• A sudden boom sounded just as the food and wine were served.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted the young lord of Huoyun City and discovered that his golden pagoda was a powerful treasure from beyond the realm. After overcoming the young lord’s attacks, Sect Master Tongtian invaded his Violet Palace, where the young lord’s flames failed to stop him.

• The young lord of Huoyun City arrived with armed men and ordered Sect Master Tongtian to kneel, but Sect Master Tongtian caught a spear thrust at him.
• The young lord summoned a golden pagoda, which Sect Master Tongtian caught and recognized as a treasure from beyond the realm.
• The young lord transformed the pagoda into a golden dragon, but Sect Master Tongtian pierced it, swallowed it, and restored it with a Magic Incantation for rebirth.
• The young lord summoned a thirty-six-ranked black lotus, but it vanished after a clash that left Sect Master Tongtian unharmed.
• Sect Master Tongtian appeared behind the young lord and entered his Violet Palace, where the young lord’s flames could not harm him.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that the young lord of Huoyun City held the Innate Fire Seed tied to the Flaming Mountain and fought off the City Lord’s guards. After the Lord of Huoyun City arrived and heard Tongtian’s account, a murderous streak of light suddenly flew toward them.

• The young lord’s flames went out, and the Innate Fire Seed appeared in Sect Master Tongtian’s Violet Palace, completing the system’s task and revealing the young lord’s connection to the Flaming Mountain.
• The City Lord’s Estate sounded its horn, and its guards surrounded the restaurant while demanding that Sect Master Tongtian release the young lord.
• Sect Master Tongtian used Supreme True Words to force the guards to their knees, but the Man in Black Armor shot him with ten arrows and destroyed his sacred body.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s primordial spirit absorbed the black energy and flames, then devoured the Man in Black Armor before restoring his body and sending the other guards back to the estate.
• The Lord of Huoyun City arrived, and Sect Master Tongtian explained that his group had defended itself after the young lord’s men attacked them.
• A cold streak of light filled with killing intent shot toward Sect Master Tongtian and the Lord of Huoyun City.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted Thousand-Eyed Ancestor of Mount Suihan, who demanded the release of his disciple, the Young City Lord of Huoyun City. Thousand-Eyed Ancestor’s eye formation blinded Tongtian and disrupted his divine soul, leaving him separated from his companions and seeking recovery when an elderly woman approached.

• Thousand-Eyed Ancestor of Mount Suihan appeared in Huoyun City and demanded that Sect Master Tongtian release the Young City Lord.
• The Young City Lord warned his master that Tongtian had come for the Innate Fire Seed.
• Thousand-Eyed Ancestor used thousands of eyes to attack Tongtian, severely impairing his vision and divine soul.
• Sect Master Tongtian fled by somersault but realized Jiang Liuer and the others had not escaped with him, then sent clones to investigate their fate and nearby locations.
• Sect Master Tongtian rested and took Spiritual Elixirs until an elderly woman approached and asked whether he could see.

Pilánpo Bodhisattva healed Sect Master Tongtian and negotiated for Old Ancestor Thousand Eyes, but the demon arrived and attacked her. She subdued him and prepared to decide his fate, while Sect Master Tongtian still wanted his eyes.

• Pilánpo Bodhisattva healed Sect Master Tongtian and asked to take Old Ancestor Thousand Eyes, but Sect Master Tongtian demanded the demon's powerful eyesight as compensation.
• Pilánpo Bodhisattva refused to surrender her life for the demon and offered to leave him a fragment of his true spirit instead.
• Old Ancestor Thousand Eyes appeared and attacked Pilánpo Bodhisattva with his eye formation, then transformed into a giant centipede.
• Pilánpo Bodhisattva erased the eye formation and trapped the Centipede Demon in a golden net, forcing him back into human form.
• Old Ancestor Thousand Eyes begged for his life, and Pilánpo Bodhisattva looked toward Sect Master Tongtian.

Sect Master Tongtian captured Old Ancestor Thousand Eyes, rescued Jiang Liuer and his disciples, and returned with them to Huoyun City. After a system quest prompted him to investigate Xu Laifu’s identity, he chose to stay in the city with the group for a few more days.

• Sect Master Tongtian studied Old Ancestor Thousand Eyes' destructive eyes, copied their structure, and created creatures with similarly powerful eyes before leaving Pilánpo Bodhisattva.
• Sect Master Tongtian found Jiang Liuer and the others bound in a cave on Suihan Mountain, freed them, and watched Marshal Tian Peng and Jiang Liuer kill demons as the rest fled.
• Sect Master Tongtian took the group back to Huoyun City, where the system offered him a quest to investigate Xu Laifu's identity or continue traveling.
• Sect Master Tongtian chose to investigate Xu Laifu and received Unlimited Golden Pills and the Unlimited Compendium.
• Jiang Liuer and the others asked to rest in Huoyun City, and Sect Master Tongtian agreed to stay a few more days while warning them to stay safe.

Sect Master Tongtian settled the group into an inn in Huoyun City, then went to find Xu Laifu, whose identity and background he needed to uncover for a system task. At a teahouse, he discussed the changing times with Xu Laifu and three old shopkeepers, and the water in their cups flowed back into his teapot.

• A group of wealthy, powerful young men offered precious ores for a room, and Sect Master Tongtian accepted the trade.
• Sect Master Tongtian spied on the newcomers with his divine ability, but their leader noticed and unsettled him with his sharp gaze.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent Jiang Liuer and the others into Huoyun City to explore while he searched for Xu Laifu.
• Sect Master Tongtian found Xu Laifu at a teahouse, where Xu Laifu introduced him to three old shopkeepers and invited him to share their table.
• The shopkeepers asked Sect Master Tongtian about changing business customs, and he compared the changing world to water flowing onward.
• After Sect Master Tongtian finished speaking, the water in the cups flowed backward into his teapot.

A mysterious girl confronted Xu Laifu, revealing him as a powerful enemy with a hidden teahouse full of victims. Sect Master Tongtian captured one of Xu Laifu’s ancient clones, and the girl offered him a Reincarnation Bead in exchange for taking the traitor away.

• A beautiful girl arrived at the teahouse, recognized Xu Laifu, and accused him of facing retribution for his past deeds.
• Xu Laifu attacked the girl, but her starlight form enveloped him in shrinking metal armor before he broke free and revealed the teahouse as a vast Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Xu Laifu had stripped the primordial spirits from hundreds of millions of visitors and left their bodies as living corpses.
• Sect Master Tongtian subdued Xu Laifu, then realized he had captured only an ancient clone.
• The girl offered Sect Master Tongtian a Reincarnation Bead in exchange for Xu Laifu, whom she identified as a traitor she had pursued across spacetime dimensions.

Sect Master Tongtian bargained with White Emperor for Xu Laifu’s identity, then saved her from an attack by Xu Laifu’s true self. White Emperor injured Xu Laifu, and Sect Master Tongtian captured him, deciphered his divine soul, and completed his mission.

• Sect Master Tongtian told White Emperor he wanted to know Xu Laifu’s identity and claimed he hoped to make her his cultivation partner.
• White Emperor gave Sect Master Tongtian the Reincarnation Bead, but he sensed danger and carried her away from a devastating beam of light.
• Xu Laifu revealed that the captive was only his clone, then attacked Sect Master Tongtian and cut off his head.
• White Emperor confronted Xu Laifu over his betrayal of Emperor Venerable and struck him with her white Solar Disc’s power.
• Sect Master Tongtian seized Xu Laifu as he tried to escape, shattered his bones, and extracted his divine soul memories.
• Sect Master Tongtian completed his mission and learned that Xu Laifu’s origins were far more complicated than White Emperor understood.

Sect Master Tongtian warned the young White Emperor about the danger of taking someone back and created a counterfeit to help protect her. After rejoining his companions in Huoyun City, he sensed danger and decided to leave that evening, but a dispute over rare horns at the market threatened to delay them.

• Sect Master Tongtian told the young White Emperor she could face danger if she took the true body back, then created a counterfeit to assist her.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Laifu Inn and found Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon safe.
• The group visited Huoyun City's southern market, where Sect Master Tongtian explained that the nearby sea belonged to a connected Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian examined several Sky Bull Horns and asked the stall owner their price.
• A proud young man with a closed Heaven's Eye arrived with a group and claimed he would take all the horns.

Sect Master Tongtian took control of a three-eyed young man’s primordial spirit, making him kill the companions around him, then calmly faced the young man’s retaliation. The young man’s scale attack failed to harm Sect Master Tongtian, leaving the giant stunned.

• Sect Master Tongtian collected the ox horns and entered the three-eyed young man’s Violet Palace, where he took control of the young man’s primordial spirit.
• The young man killed the people beside him, regained control, and accused Sect Master Tongtian of making him lose his mind.
• Sect Master Tongtian calmly exposed the young man’s attempt to shift the blame, convincing the onlookers that the young man had acted on his own.
• The young man transformed into a ten-zhang giant covered in sharp scales and launched them at Sect Master Tongtian.
• Sect Master Tongtian vanished the scales from his body without a scratch, leaving the giant dumbfounded.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated the giant disciple with ease, but Old Ancestor Jiuyou appeared and challenged him with power that could alter the laws of spacetime. Their clash shook Huoyun City and opened Spacetime Rifts, leaving Sect Master Tongtian to contain the creatures spilling out.

• Sect Master Tongtian caught the giant disciple’s broadsword between two fingers, released it, and sent the disciple tumbling down to the mortal world.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed his Golden-haired Monkey form and stood over the fallen disciple as a voice demanded to know who had bullied its disciple.
• Old Ancestor Jiuyou sent a blue pillar of Nine Nether Power at Sect Master Tongtian, who swallowed it before flying into the highest heavens to confront him.
• Old Ancestor Jiuyou identified himself as ruler of the Netherworld and struck at Sect Master Tongtian with a punch that altered the laws of spacetime.
• Sect Master Tongtian seized Old Ancestor Jiuyou’s wrist, and their collision shook Huoyun City and opened Spacetime Rifts.
• Sect Master Tongtian trapped the vicious creatures emerging from the rifts in a formation.

Sect Master Tongtian battled Old Ancestor Jiuyou while protecting Huoyun City from Foreign Realm Creatures, then continued onward with Jiang Liuer and his four disciples. At dawn, they stopped for breakfast and heard that the Divine Sacrifice Ceremony would soon be held during the Kindling Festival.

• Jiang Liuer and his disciples watched the battle anxiously, while Jiang Liuer calmly trusted Wukong to handle it.
• Sect Master Tongtian formed a stronger formation to block the Foreign Realm Creatures and transformed into a Golden Great Buddha to attack Old Ancestor Jiuyou.
• Old Ancestor Jiuyou transformed into a skeleton-covered monster, but Sect Master Tongtian pierced its canopy and struck its head with a spiked club.
• Jiang Liuer used his Dharma Manifestation to intercept the monster's remains, and Sect Master Tongtian destroyed Old Ancestor Jiuyou's body as its True Spirit escaped.
• Sect Master Tongtian captured the bound young man's escaping True Spirit, then led Jiang Liuer and his four disciples onward through the city.
• At dawn, Sect Master Tongtian and his companions ate at a breakfast shop and heard that the Divine Sacrifice Ceremony would soon grant the Fire God's Blessing to its recipients.

Sect Master Tongtian and his group toured the sea aboard a passenger ship and encountered the Fire Worship Cult’s fleet. After Jiang Liuer questioned whether their world was real, Tongtian diverted a runaway warship, which then smashed into the fleet’s flagship.

• Sect Master Tongtian and his group boarded a large ship to tour the sea.
• Tourists identified a fleet of fiery-red ships as belonging to the Fire Worship Cult, a force from Fire God Star that worshipped Zhu Rong.
• Jiang Liuer asked Sect Master Tongtian whether their world was real and what the true world might be like.
• A runaway Fire Worship Cult ship bore down on the passenger ship, and Sect Master Tongtian redirected it with a wave of his hand.
• The redirected ship crashed into the fleet’s flagship and shattered, while the flagship only swayed slightly.

Jiang Liuer sent the slain Fire Worship Cult disciples’ corpses and souls into his Solar Disc, then effortlessly survived the cult warriors’ arrows and killed their leader. The Fire Worship Cult’s Saint Son confronted him with a powerful bell, whose shock waves tore open Spacetime Rifts and unleashed Foreign Realm Creatures.

• After the fiery-red armored warriors were killed, Jiang Liuer chanted scriptures and drew their corpses and souls into the Solar Disc behind his head.
• A burly Fire Worship Cult warrior fired an arrow at Jiang Liuer, but it vanished into his body without harming him.
• The warrior shot ten more arrows, which also disappeared, and Jiang Liuer destroyed him and his soul with golden light.
• Jiang Liuer challenged the remaining Fire Worship Cult members, while his four disciples looked away in embarrassment.
• The Fire Worship Cult’s Saint Son appeared with a great bell and unleashed shock waves that tore open Spacetime Rifts, releasing Foreign Realm Creatures.

Jiang Liuer absorbed the Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son's attacks and revealed overwhelming power, leaving the Saint Son unable to control his golden bell. Sect Master Tongtian introduced Jiang Liuer as Holy Monk Tang Sanzang and sought to turn their confrontation into an alliance.

• Foreign Realm Creatures swarmed Jiang Liuer, but he absorbed them and grew more radiant while the Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son watched in alarm.
• The Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son used pills and burned his vital essence to unleash the golden bell's full power against Jiang Liuer.
• Jiang Liuer transformed into a golden giant Buddha and devoured the bell's shock waves, which the Saint Son could no longer stop.
• The Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son asked Jiang Liuer for his name and tried to make peace, but Jiang Liuer ignored him as he absorbed the attack.
• Sect Master Tongtian introduced Jiang Liuer as Holy Monk Tang Sanzang from the Eastern Lands of Great Tang, and the Saint Son apologized for their awkward meeting.

The Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son apologized to Jiang Liuer and invited the party aboard his fleet, but Sun Wukong declined and continued the journey west by their original route. After the fleet departed, Sun Wukong publicly acknowledged Little White Dragon as Tang Sanzang's disciple, and the party later encountered fragrant, flower-covered islands.

• The Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son withdrew his golden bell, apologized to Jiang Liuer, and gave him a box of minerals.
• The Saint Son invited the party to travel west aboard his ship, but Sun Wukong refused the shortcut and said they would follow their original route.
• Sun Wukong introduced himself and his junior brothers to the Saint Son, publicly naming Little White Dragon as Bai Wulong and Tang Sanzang's disciple.
• The Fire Worship Cult's fleet continued west, while Sun Wukong's party discussed the encounter as their ship sailed on.
• The party saw flower-covered islands, and someone explained that the flowers used their fragrances to lure creatures and feed.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions explored islands covered in predatory flowers before visiting a Grotto of Melting Gold, where a hidden formation made visitors compulsively spend their money. After choosing to investigate the formation, Sect Master Tongtian sensed something was wrong, and an unfamiliar voice addressed the group.

• An old man told Marshal Tian Peng that strange flowers had appeared on the islands a century earlier, hunted people, and spread across the islands.
• Sect Master Tongtian used his divine ability to gather the flowers’ fragrance into a bead, surprising the tourists aboard the ship.
• The group landed on an island filled with games and attractions, where Jiang Liuer, Little White Dragon, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian explored while Sect Master Tongtian studied the formations.
• Sect Master Tongtian chose the system’s option to find and replace the formation core, receiving a Myriad Worlds Dao Canon and an Indestructible Golden Core.
• Marshal Tian Peng told Sect Master Tongtian that the visitors seemed unusually obsessed, and a hoarse, feminine voice asked whether they were the Holy Monk from the Eastern Lands of Great Tang.

Nameless One introduced himself as the owner of the island and invited Jiang Liuer and the others to a feast. After Sect Master Tongtian accepted at Jiang Liuer’s direction, Jiang Liuer eagerly drank the wine while Marshal Tian Peng joked about his master finding them a mistress.

• Nameless One appeared before Jiang Liuer and the others, introduced himself, and claimed the island as his property.
• Sect Master Tongtian initially declined Nameless One’s offer of hospitality, but Marshal Tian Peng argued that they should accept his sincere invitation.
• Sect Master Tongtian left the decision to Jiang Liuer, who agreed to attend the feast.
• Nameless One led the group to a secluded building and served a lavish meal and fine wine.
• Jiang Liuer gulped down the jade liquor, while Marshal Tian Peng joked with Sect Master Tongtian, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon about his master finding them a mistress.

Nameless One hosted Sect Master Tongtian and his disciples, and their discussion of Guanyin’s golden body gave way to a feast of wine. As the others collapsed drunk, Sect Master Tongtian discovered the wine used the same intoxicating component as the flowers from the Flower Islands, while Nameless One remained sober and revealed a suspicious side.

• Nameless One served wine and explained that his earnings went toward building a golden body for Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South Sea.
• Sect Master Tongtian suggested enshrining Sakyamuni Buddha or Tathagata Buddha Ancestor instead, and Jiang Liuer said that offerings could add to Guanyin’s karmic burdens.
• Nameless One questioned the monks’ claims about golden-body offerings, then continued pouring wine as they drank and became tipsy.
• Sect Master Tongtian secretly extracted the wine’s intoxicating component and recognized it as identical to the fragrant component from the Flower Islands.
• Marshal Tian Peng drunkenly praised Sect Master Tongtian’s past achievements, while Nameless One pretended to be drunk despite his clear eyes.
• After the disciples and Sect Master Tongtian collapsed, Nameless One stood up and a woman praised the effectiveness of Thousand Day Drunk as maids and singing girls gathered around.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Nameless One had tricked the Spider Demons into a formation designed to drain them and create a powerful bead. After Tongtian secretly altered the formation to target Nameless One, the demons realized the danger too late and unleashed a strange power.

• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the women as Spider Demons and overheard Nameless One instructing them to remove the Karmic Force from Tang Sanzang before eating his flesh.
• Nameless One assigned the Spider Demons positions in a formation that would condense their essence, energy, and spirit into a bead.
• Sect Master Tongtian secretly altered the formation so it would drain Nameless One at its center.
• When the formation first drew out their primordial energy, Nameless One reassured the Spider Demons that the extraction was temporary, and they believed him.
• The formation resumed draining the demons, trapping them as they tried to escape.
• The hoarse-voiced female demon and the pleasant-sounding female demon chanted strange incantations, opened eyes in their brows, and released a devastating pressure.

Old Ancestor Green Robe tried to drain the female demons and attack Tang Sanzang, but Tang Sanzang absorbed his attacks and grew stronger. The female demons begged the Holy Monk to kill Old Ancestor Green Robe.

• The female demons threatened to self-destruct, but Old Ancestor Green Robe sped up his formation to stop them.
• Old Ancestor Green Robe's vital essence flowed into Tang Sanzang, and the Primordial Pearl disappeared into him when Old Ancestor Green Robe attacked.
• Tang Sanzang woke, slapped Old Ancestor Green Robe, and dismissed his Golden Silkworm Gu, which vanished into him and multiplied his pressure.
• Old Ancestor Green Robe realized Tang Sanzang's flesh was deadly, and the female demons begged the Holy Monk to destroy him.

Jiang Liuer defeated and killed Old Ancestor Green Robe, while Sect Master Tongtian confronted the trapped Spider Demons over their attempt to eat Tang Sanzang. The Spider Demons pleaded for their lives, but Sect Master Tongtian demanded a valuable bargain, leaving them searching for something to offer.

• Old Ancestor Green Robe questioned Jiang Liuer’s identity, but Jiang Liuer beat him into a pond and pulled him out.
• Jiang Liuer killed Old Ancestor Green Robe with a fist strike, allowing his true spirit to escape.
• Jiang Liuer drank heavenly nectar and fell asleep while Sect Master Tongtian approached the Spider Demons trapped in the formation.
• The sweet-voiced and hoarse-voiced Spider Demons explained that they had sought Tang Monk’s flesh to escape an approaching heavenly tribulation.
• Sect Master Tongtian rejected the Spider Demons’ pleas for sympathy and demanded that they offer a valuable bargaining chip for their lives.

Sect Master Tongtian followed the Spider Demons to an underground lake and discovered a huge supercomputer, which he repaired, studied, and took core components from. After rewarding the demons by turning them into immortals and giving them tasks, he returned to the palace, where the group learned their ship would not leave until after the Kindling Festival in three days.

• The Spider Demons told Sect Master Tongtian about strange objects beneath an underground lake, and he followed them there after placing the four master and disciples in his Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian repaired and activated the underwater supercomputer, then studied its gibberish display and used its residual aura to create strange lifeforms.
• Sect Master Tongtian shut down the supercomputer, took its core components, and left the cave with the Spider Demons.
• Sect Master Tongtian gave the Spider Demons tasks, broke through their cultivation bottlenecks, and transformed them into immortals.
• Sect Master Tongtian and the others returned to the palace and learned from the captain that the ship would depart in three days, after the Kindling Festival.