Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian visited the Demon God Hall seeking knowledge about breaking through the True Self realm, where Xu Fu told him of a rumored scripture at Spirit Mountain. While searching the hall, Tongtian discovered and secretly took a manual describing how to refine the dangerous magical treasure Nie, written by an unknown Nir Daoist.

• Sect Master Tongtian asked Xu Fu whether the Demon God Hall held books on breaking through the True Self realm, and Xu Fu directed him to Spirit Mountain and its rumored Wordless True Scripture.
• Xu Fu recognized Sect Master Tongtian despite his disguise and revealed that his information channels had disclosed Tongtian’s true identity.
• Sect Master Tongtian searched the hall’s book piles and found a coverless classic glowing purple.
• Sect Master Tongtian read the classic’s elaborate method for refining Nie, which required 108,000 materials and 108,000 years.
• Sect Master Tongtian took the manual and suspected that Nie would bring disastrous consequences to a Great Dao Domain.

Sect Master Tongtian spoke with a ragged old man who explained how the Primordial World's increasingly frequent tribulations threatened the Great Dao Domains and praised Tongtian for accepting the burden of destroying a dangerous book. As Tongtian suspected the old man was Daoist Hongyun, the old man revealed how Zhunti had betrayed Hongyun after taking his meditation cushion and becoming a Saint.

• A ragged old man appeared beside Sect Master Tongtian and asked why he had destroyed a book, and Tongtian said its existence could cause instability despite the Karma he would bear.
• The old man called Tongtian a powerful Calamity Responder and described the Primordial World's Dragon-Phoenix, Witch-Demon, Investiture of the Gods, and Journey to the West Tribulations.
• The old man warned that the shrinking intervals between tribulations pointed to a serious problem across the Great Dao Domains and criticized Daoist Hongjun for creating too many powerhouses and draining the Primordial World's energy.
• Tongtian recalled that Daoist Hongyun had given his meditation cushion to Zhunti, who received Primordial Violet Qi and later became a Saint.
• The old man recounted that Zhunti attacked Hongyun while Hongyun was close to sainthood, destroying his body and Dao, but Hongyun's true spirit escaped with the aid of an opportunity.

Ge Hong warned Sect Master Tongtian that he would be the Calamity Responder for an approaching immeasurable tribulation, but Xu Fu dismissed Ge Hong as a troublemaking swindler. Xu Fu then led Tongtian to meet a young woman, whom Tongtian recognized after taking out a token.

• Sect Master Tongtian examined the old man and learned that he was Ge Hong, not Daoist Hongyun, though Ge Hong said Hong Yun had reached the Saint Lord realm.
• Ge Hong warned Tongtian that an immeasurable tribulation would engulf the Primordial Tribulation Realm and named Tongtian its Calamity Responder.
• Xu Fu arrived, threatened Ge Hong for spreading claims that had caused trouble before, and apologized to Tongtian for him.
• Tongtian told Xu Fu that Ge Hong's warning sounded plausible, then asked why Xu Fu had come.
• Xu Fu led Tongtian to a palace to meet a young woman, and Tongtian recognized who she was after taking out a token.

Sect Master Tongtian met Afang, a disciple of Elder Wei who had been waiting for him as her predicted opportunity, and learned she had lost contact with her master and the rest of the squad. After she joined him, Ao Tian and Lei Ze confronted them, and Ao Tian's lightning attack only strengthened Sect Master Tongtian.

• Sect Master Tongtian confirmed that Afang was Elder Wei's disciple and learned she had been waiting ten years for her opportunity to arrive.
• Afang told Sect Master Tongtian that her master had sent her to follow his arrangements, and he agreed to keep her by his side while the mission remained unfinished.
• Sect Master Tongtian failed to locate Elder Wei and the others through deduction, leaving their fate uncertain.
• Ao Tian confronted Afang, while Lei Ze mocked him for claiming the situation would be easy.
• Ao Tian attacked Sect Master Tongtian with lightning, but the strike left him unharmed and increased his strength; Sect Master Tongtian insulted Ao Tian without retaliating.

Ao Tian attacked Sect Master Tongtian with Dragon Breath, a bloody beam, and a saber, but each attack only increased Sect Master Tongtian’s power. Trapped and facing Divine Travel Annihilation, Ao Tian offered to serve him for a hundred years, then traded insults with Lei Ze.

• Ao Tian transformed into a divine dragon and attacked Sect Master Tongtian with Dragon Breath and a bloody beam, but both were absorbed and strengthened him.
• Ao Tian used Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth and struck with his saber, but Sect Master Tongtian caught it in a Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus.
• Sect Master Tongtian trapped Ao Tian, restored him to human form, and offered him a choice between freedom and Divine Travel Annihilation.
• Ao Tian offered to obey Sect Master Tongtian for a hundred years and swore an oath, securing his release.
• Lei Ze mocked Ao Tian over his agreement and threatened consequences for his status and engagement, but Ao Tian retorted by insulting Lei Ze’s bloodline.

Ao Tian used Sect Master Tongtian’s God-Slaying Spear to kill Lei Ze and his companions, then received the spear as compensation for his destroyed saber. After studying alchemy with Tongtian for ten years in the Demon God Hall, Ao Tian returned to the Dragon Domain while Afang accompanied Tongtian to the Primordial region.

• Lei Ze attacked Ao Tian with lightning, but Tongtian gave Ao Tian the God-Slaying Spear, which devoured the attack.
• Ao Tian used the spear to kill Lei Ze, devour his primordial spirit and body, and kill Lei Ze’s companions.
• Tongtian gave Ao Tian the God-Slaying Spear, and Afang explained that the Demon God Hall did not restrict fighting unless its guards intervened.
• Tongtian spent more than three months studying materials before teaching Afang, Ao Tian, and Xu Fu alchemy for ten years.
• Ao Tian learned fewer than a hundred kinds of pills, Xu Fu learned more than three hundred, and Afang learned more than three thousand.
• Tongtian left the Demon God Hall with Afang and Ao Tian; Ao Tian returned to the Dragon Domain, while Afang went with Tongtian to the Primordial region.

Sun Wukong trained a hundred thousand monkeys on Flower-Fruit Mountain, and their combat practice sent killing intent into the heavens. At court, officials raised concerns about his growing power, but Jiang Ziya deferred action and returned the discussion to the Spacetime Rift.

• Sun Wukong finished teaching the monkeys and began their monthly matches in the martial arena, unleashing a surge of killing intent.
• Mo Lihong reported to Jiang Ziya that Sun Wukong's training had repeatedly sent killing intent toward Heaven, while Grand Supreme Elder Lord said it had reached the Thirty-Three Heavens years earlier.
• Mo Qing and other officials warned that Sun Wukong had gathered a hundred thousand troops, ruled the Human Realm's Demon Race, and claimed the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Jiang Ziya chose to observe Sun Wukong rather than act against him, disappointing the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord proposed using the Five-Colored Stone to repair the Spacetime Rifts, and Boyi Kao suggested the Elder Lord should handle the matter.

The Jade Emperor agreed to speak with Nuwa after the Four Heavenly Kings and the Heavenly Emperors argued over who should approach her. Sun Wukong’s Dharma teaching then shook the Hall of Supreme Harmony and damaged the Foundation of the Heavenly Veins of the Nine Heavens, prompting officials to demand punishment.

• Great Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Gouchen challenged Grand Supreme Elder Lord’s suggestion that he speak with Nuwa, while the Four Heavenly Kings backed the Elder Lord.
• The Jade Emperor ended the dispute by saying he would speak with Nuwa himself.
• Sun Wukong’s monkeys and their descendants taught the Dharma and formed an array, sending power into the Nine Heavens and shaking the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
• Mo Lihong reported the cause of the tremor, and Mo Lishou warned that cracks in the Foundation of the Heavenly Veins could eventually bring down the Nine Heavens.
• The Four Heavenly Kings called for Sun Wukong to be punished, while Grand Supreme Elder Lord urged caution and implied that the Jade Emperor feared offending Tongtian.

Jiang Ziya’s schemes left the Heavenly Court divided over how to punish Sun Wukong, and Li Jing went to Flower-Fruit Mountain to investigate. As Li Jing and Nezha arrived above the mountain, Sun Wukong calmly prepared for the tribulation he knew was coming.

• Mo Lihong and the Four Heavenly Kings argued that the Jade Emperor had to punish Sun Wukong, while Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Gouchen defended him.
• The Jade Emperor sent Li Jing with heavenly soldiers and generals to Flower-Fruit Mountain to learn whether Sun Wukong had acted deliberately.
• Sun Wukong continued drilling the monkeys and reassured them that he would protect them as ominous clouds gathered overhead.
• Nezha observed Sun Wukong’s killing intent beside Li Jing, while the narration revealed how Lord of the Beginning and Daoist Jieyin had schemed around Nezha’s birth and the saints’ alliances.

Nezha attacked Sun Wukong, but Wukong defeated him and protected Flower-Fruit Mountain from a Golden Alms Bowl. Li Jing realized that the heavenly general wielding the bowl—and possibly the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo—were spies for the Western Teachings.

• Nezha hurled his Universe Ring at Sun Wukong and attacked him despite Li Jing's attempt to mediate.
• Sun Wukong used his Heavenly Law Manifestation and Sea-Supporting Purple Gold Beam to shatter the Universe Ring and injure Nezha.
• A heavenly general used a Golden Alms Bowl to attack Sun Wukong, and its chanting harmed the monkeys on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong activated a protective formation around Flower-Fruit Mountain and swung his staff at the heavenly general, who hid behind Li Jing.
• Li Jing suspected that the heavenly general was a Western Teachings spy and recognized that the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo were likely pawns of Amitabha Buddha.

Sun Wukong thwarted a Heavenly General’s attempt to strike him with the Golden Alms Bowl, then clashed with Nezha after Li Jing demanded he answer for damage to the Foundation of the Heavenly Veins. The chapter ended with Li Jing using his pagoda to block Sun Wukong’s staff and protect Nezha.

• As the Golden Alms Bowl flew toward Sun Wukong, a hand emerged from the eye between his brows and punched it aside.
• The Golden Alms Bowl struck the fleeing Heavenly General, obliterating his body and soul, before returning to Sun Wukong’s brow.
• Li Jing identified himself and demanded that Sun Wukong go to the Heaven Court to explain the damage to the Foundation of the Heavenly Veins, but Sun Wukong denied causing it.
• Nezha insulted Sun Wukong and thrust at him with the Fire-Tipped Spear, but Sun Wukong knocked the spear away and swung his staff at Nezha.
• Li Jing brought out his pagoda and intercepted Sun Wukong’s staff, producing a tremendous clash that blasted apart the dark clouds.

Sun Wukong battered Li Jing’s Nine Heavens Linglong Pagoda until it shattered, leaving the heavenly generals exposed and unconscious soldiers scattered in the void. Nezha suspected a conspiracy involving Sun Wukong, Bodhi, and Tongtian, while Sun Wukong sensed that Nezha knew the secret behind the Journey to the West but restrained his urge to kill him.

• Li Jing shielded the heavenly soldiers and generals inside the Nine Heavens Linglong Pagoda as Sun Wukong attacked it with his enormous staff.
• Nezha realized Sun Wukong’s strength exceeded that of an ordinary Demon King and suspected his presence at Flower-Fruit Mountain was part of a conspiracy.
• Sun Wukong shattered the pagoda, knocking the heavenly soldiers unconscious and leaving Li Jing and the conscious generals exposed.
• Sun Wukong noticed Nezha’s knowing expression and developed a killing intent toward him.
• Sun Wukong remembered Tongtian’s warning that Nezha and Li Jing could not die without bringing great Karma to the Journey to the West, so he told them all to get lost.

After Sun Wukong drove Li Jing and the Heavenly Court forces from Flower-Fruit Mountain, Nezha and Li Jing clashed over who was responsible for the failed mission. In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Grand Supreme Elder Lord pushed for a new attack on Sun Wukong, deepening divisions within the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor agreed to his proposal to avert internal conflict.

• Sun Wukong swept Li Jing, Nezha, and the heavenly forces into the sky, then returned to training his monkeys.
• Li Jing healed the injured soldiers and returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony with Nezha to report their failure to the Jade Emperor.
• Nezha blamed Li Jing's hesitation and argued that the Heavenly Court should kill Sun Wukong, while Li Jing faulted Nezha for escalating the confrontation.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord and King of Increasing Growth Mo called for Sun Wukong to be punished, but Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Gouchen challenged Grand Supreme Elder Lord's authority.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord offered to lead the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo to Flower-Fruit Mountain, and the Jade Emperor agreed to avoid a dispute within the Heavenly Court.

Jiang Ziya agreed to confront Grand Supreme Elder Lord, while Sun Wukong fought the Heavenly Court forces sent to Flower-Fruit Mountain. After destroying the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo, Sun Wukong faced Grand Supreme Elder Lord, whose Eight Trigrams Diagram met his great rod in a draw.

• Jiang Ziya dismissed the court session and told Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Gouchen that Taishang and Yuanshi had been persuaded to compete again.
• Sun Wukong sent his monkeys into hiding when Grand Supreme Elder Lord, the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo, Nezha, and Heavenly troops arrived at Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong smashed Mo Lihong with his great rod, and talismans on the rod devoured Mo Lihong's escaping spiritual essence.
• Sun Wukong shattered the other three members of the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo, whose spiritual essences fled west.
• Sun Wukong struck at Grand Supreme Elder Lord, who blocked the great rod with the Eight Trigrams Diagram, leaving both weapons unharmed.

Sun Wukong fought Nezha and was swallowed by a black vortex, leaving his primordial spirit completely gone. Sect Master Tongtian took control of Sun Wukong’s body and continued the Journey to the West, arriving at the Hall of Supreme Harmony under escort.

• Sun Wukong shattered Grand Supreme Elder Lord’s treasures and destroyed his body, but Nezha stabbed him with a black sword and severed him.
• Nezha’s black sword transformed into a vortex that swallowed Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Sect Master Tongtian discovered Sun Wukong had died, entered the vortex, and used his Supreme Art of Creation to restore the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals from their remnant souls.
• Sect Master Tongtian chose to control Sun Wukong’s body and received the Heart of Darkness and Dark Sacred Canon from the system.
• The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals escorted Sun Wukong to the South Heaven Gate, where Yang Jian ordered them to take him to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Nezha brought Sun Wukong before the Heavenly Court, where officials debated whether to punish him or recruit him. Shen Jiang proposed making him Bimawen for a three-year observation period, and Sun Wukong accepted the appointment.

• Nezha presented Sun Wukong to the Jade Emperor, while Li Jing felt uneasy and the assembled officials discussed Sun Wukong’s strength.
• Grand White Golden Star argued that the Heavenly Court should recruit Sun Wukong to limit future losses, but Nezha warned that leniency would undermine its authority.
• Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Gouchen supported recruiting Sun Wukong, who asked what position he would receive.
• Shen Jiang proposed appointing Sun Wukong Bimawen, in charge of the one hundred thousand Heavenly Horses, while the court observed him.
• The Jade Emperor set the observation period at three years, Sun Wukong agreed, and Jiang Ziya issued the decree appointing him Bimawen.

Marshal Tian Peng reported that unkillable monsters had emerged from a Spacetime Rift in the Forest of Ten Thousand Realms, and Sun Wukong tried refining them into a pill. The chapter ended with Wukong offering the resulting Purple Qi Coming East Pill to Nezha to test after Nezha doubted its effects.

• Jiang Ziya ordered Marshal Tian Peng to work closely with Sun Wukong, and Tian Peng reported that unkillable creatures had appeared in a Spacetime Rift beside the Celestial River.
• Marshal Tian Peng showed the monsters to the assembly, where the experts failed to kill them and learned that they could multiply when attacked.
• Sun Wukong put the monsters into an Alchemy Furnace and refined them with numerous materials while trading insults with Nezha.
• Sun Wukong produced a Purple Qi Coming East Pill and claimed it could increase cultivation by a thousand years.
• Nezha questioned the pill's effects, and Sun Wukong offered it to him to test.

Nezha swallowed Sun Wukong’s Purple Qi Coming East Pill and broke through to the Saint Venerable Realm, while Grand White Golden Star proposed letting Sun Wukong use Tushita Palace’s Pill Room. Kong Xuan arrived to assist with the Spacetime Rift, confronted the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo, and slapped Grand Supreme Elder Lord before the Jade Emperor defended his actions.

• Nezha swallowed the Purple Qi Coming East Pill and immediately broke through from the Saint Lord Realm to the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian warned Nezha that the experiment might cause the thing inside his body to revive, and Grand White Golden Star suggested that Sun Wukong use Tushita Palace’s Pill Room.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony and challenged Sect Master Tongtian, while Nezha rebuked the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo for their conduct and their ties to the Western Teachings.
• Daoist Kong Xuan arrived under his master’s orders to help handle the Spacetime Rift and warned the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo not to claim affiliation with the Interception Sect.
• Kong Xuan slapped Grand Supreme Elder Lord and threatened to destroy him if he stirred up trouble in the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor approved of Kong Xuan’s actions.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord left for Lihen Heaven, and Kong Xuan’s intervention prompted a challenge about the Interception Sect’s right to interfere in Heavenly Court affairs.

Kong Xuan and Sect Master Tongtian investigated Spacetime Rifts across the Heavenly Realm and sealed several of them. Their visit to Tushita Palace uncovered Grand Supreme Elder Lord’s scheme to divert pills made with materials from the Heavenly Court treasury, and Kong Xuan exposed the evidence before Grand Supreme Elder Lord tried to escape.

• Kong Xuan slapped Mo Qing, warned the Four Heavenly Kings of Mo, and then asked Jiang Ziya where the Spacetime Rifts were located.
• Kong Xuan captured monsters from the rift in the Forest of Ten Thousand Realms and sealed it with a formation that would last a hundred years.
• Kong Xuan and Sect Master Tongtian sealed two more rifts in the Nine Heavens and traveled to Tushita Palace in Lihen Heaven.
• After a white-robed child tried to bar their way, Sect Master Tongtian entered Tushita Palace and broke its inner formation.
• Grand White Golden Star presented records showing that Grand Supreme Elder Lord supplied the Heavenly Court far fewer pills than his Pill Room produced.
• Kong Xuan revealed images showing that Grand Supreme Elder Lord had made over fifteen million pills in three years with Heavenly Court materials, and a punch left him unable to move as he tried to flee.

Sect Master Tongtian exposed Grand Supreme Elder Lord as a Dark World aberrant who had sent most of the Heavenly Court’s pills through Spacetime Rifts. After Daoist Kong Xuan stopped a Dark World invader from escaping Nezha, Jiang Ziya took control of Tushita Palace and the Heavenly Court’s pill production.

• Nezha confronted Grand Supreme Elder Lord over the missing pills, and Sect Master Tongtian used the Great Art of Soul Shifting to reveal that they had been sent to the Dark World.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained that the Dark World had supplied the coordinates for Spacetime Rifts and that its inhabitants could replace people in the Bright World.
• A black shadow burst from Nezha and tried to escape through a Spacetime Rift, but Daoist Kong Xuan sealed the rift and destroyed it with the Seven-Colored Divine Light.
• Sect Master Tongtian said Nezha had been possessed while unconscious, and Grand White Golden Star explained the threat posed by Dark World infiltrators.
• Jiang Ziya ordered that Sun Wukong take control of Tushita Palace and that he himself refine pills for the Heavenly Court.