Chapter Summaries

After the group ate the Ginseng Fruits at Wuzhuang Temple, two attendants attacked them with explosive pearls, and Zhen Yuanzi accused them of destroying his orchard. Jiang Liuer ordered Sun Wukong to leave, but Zhen Yuanzi saw through the act and trapped the group beneath the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of the Nine Heavens.

• Sect Master Tongtian gave everyone more Ginseng Fruits after Marshal Tian Peng asked for another.
• Two young attendants accused the group of stripping the orchard and uprooting the Ginseng Fruit Tree, then attacked them with explosive pearls.
• Sect Master Tongtian seized the pearls, contained their explosions in his Small World, and drove the attendants away.
• The group left Wuzhuang Temple, but Zhen Yuanzi intercepted them and accused Sun Wukong of destroying the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Jiang Liuer pretended to cast Sun Wukong out, but Zhen Yuanzi recognized the ruse and trapped everyone beneath the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of the Nine Heavens.

Tang Sanzang drove Sun Wukong away during the confrontation at Wuzhuang Temple, then Zhen Yuanzi captured Tang Sanzang. Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain and reunited with his powerful, rapidly growing community of disciples and followers.

• Sect Master Tongtian and Zhen Yuanzi clashed, and Jiang Liuer struck Zhen Yuanzi hard enough to send him flying.
• Tang Sanzang identified himself, defended Jiang Liuer, and ordered Sun Wukong to leave; Zhen Yuanzi then captured Tang Sanzang and let Marshal Tian Peng and General Juanlian go.
• Marshal Tian Peng set off to find Sun Wukong and bring him back, while Sect Master Tongtian returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Sect Master Tongtian met Flower-Fruit Mountain’s disciples and followers in the Small World and learned that their community had grown to more than a hundred million, including many powerful cultivators.
• Mountain Piercer and Fish Dragon Son welcomed Sect Master Tongtian, who learned about his twelve direct disciples and the mountain’s many other high-ranking fighters.

Sect Master Tongtian investigated a rune-covered box found beneath Flower-Fruit Mountain and traced it to a vanished palace from the Formless Tribulation Realm. Reconstructing the palace and its occupant, he discovered that the ancient giant who looked exactly like Hongjun was the real Dao Ancestor Hongjun, leaving him to suspect that the current Hongjun was an impostor from another realm.

• Earth Dragon Son gave Sect Master Tongtian a heavy box engraved with runes from the Formless Tribulation Realm.
• Earth Dragon Son led Sect Master Tongtian and Mountain Piercer Son to an underground cave where a palace had once stood.
• Sect Master Tongtian used divine abilities to reconstruct the palace and the life-forms whose traces remained there.
• Sect Master Tongtian discovered that the palace had been formed from the skull of a colossal giant who looked exactly like Hongjun.
• Sect Master Tongtian deciphered the giant's primordial spirit and learned that he was the real Dao Ancestor Hongjun from the distant past.
• Sect Master Tongtian concluded that the present Hongjun was an imitation and recalled his journey to the future with a grave expression.

Sect Master Tongtian returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain and refused Zhu Bajie’s request to rejoin the Journey to the West unless Jiang Liuer came to ask him himself. At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhu Bajie, General Juanlian, and White Dragon Horse saw new Ginseng Fruit Trees emerge from the ground, bearing fruit like the original.

• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain and found Zhu Bajie sleeping in the mountain’s prison.
• Zhu Bajie urged Sect Master Tongtian to return, but he refused unless Jiang Liuer came to ask him himself, then sent Zhu Bajie back to Wuzhuang Temple.
• Zhu Bajie told General Juanlian and White Dragon Horse that he had failed to bring Great Sage Sun back, leaving them despairing about the Journey to the West.
• White Dragon Horse decided to try persuading Great Sage Sun himself, but dazzling light suddenly burst from beneath Wuzhuang Temple.
• Cracks opened in the ground, and trees emerged, blossomed, and bore fruit resembling the Ginseng Fruit.

Marshal Tian Peng and General Juanlian entered Wuzhuang Temple after the Ginseng Fruit Trees restored themselves, but three identical dark figures appeared and attacked Zhen Yuanzi. Jiang Liuer and his disciples were sent beyond Longevity Mountain, then continued westward while Zhen Yuanzi’s fate remained unclear.

• Marshal Tian Peng told the white-clothed boy that the Ginseng Fruit Trees had restored themselves, and the boy let him and General Juanlian enter Wuzhuang Temple to retrieve Jiang Liuer.
• Zhen Yuanzi questioned Marshal Tian Peng about the trees, but three identical figures appeared before Jiang Liuer and his disciples could leave.
• A dark light killed the two white-clothed Daoist boys and seized their souls despite Zhen Yuanzi’s efforts to protect them.
• Zhen Yuanzi attacked the three figures with the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of the Nine Heavens, but they appeared behind him and lunged into his phantom form.
• Zhen Yuanzi sent Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and the White Dragon Horse beyond Longevity Mountain, and Jiang Liuer continued westward with his disciples.

Jiang Liuer and his disciples were lured back to Wuzhuang Temple, where they discovered that Longevity Mountain’s inhabitants were skeletons and the temple lay in ruins. After the three black figures revealed their connection to the Formless Tribulation Realm and attacked, Jiang Liuer revealed his Great Buddha Golden Body and fought back.

• A white-robed attendant accused Jiang Liuer and his disciples of leaving before restoring the Ginseng Fruit Tree, then led them back to Wuzhuang Temple despite Jiang Liuer’s doubts.
• As they crossed Longevity Mountain, Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian saw its residents as skeletons with tormented primordial spirits.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, the three attendants revealed themselves as black-clad figures who had lured the group into a ruined temple and named the Formless Tribulation Realm.
• The black figures trapped Jiang Liuer and his disciples in black vortices, but Jiang Liuer broke free by manifesting his Great Buddha Golden Body.
• The black figures became armored giants and attacked with strange weapons, while Jiang Liuer countered them with swastikas as their clash shook heaven and earth.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated three black shadows from the Formless Tribulation Realm, then continued west with Jiang Liuer and the others after checking on Zhen Yuanzi. Near Huoyun Cave, he carried the disguised Red Boy, who made himself heavier to cause trouble.

• The three black shadows merged into a three-headed, six-armed form, but Sect Master Tongtian struck it apart with the Golden Great Rod and drove the shadows into a Spacetime Rift.
• The illusions around Wuzhuang Temple vanished, and Sect Master Tongtian found Zhen Yuanzi and Jiang Liuer drinking tea and playing chess; he warned that the Formless Tribulation Realm remained a threat.
• The four masters and disciples and White Dragon Horse left Longevity Mountain and continued westward, while Jiang Liuer worried that the intruders might have harmed Zhen Yuanzi.
• Near Huoyun Cave, the group found Red Boy pretending to be a lost, injured child, and Sect Master Tongtian carried him along the mountain path.
• Red Boy used a mountain-moving divine ability to make himself heavier, while Sect Master Tongtian recognized his trick and kept carrying him.

Sect Master Tongtian secretly helped Jiang Liuer and his disciples while they were captive in Huoyun Cave, then discovered that Red Boy had been hiding a terrifying power. As Red Boy confronted him, Sect Master Tongtian tried to claim he was Red Boy’s father.

• Sect Master Tongtian entered Huoyun Cave as a fly and found Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian tied up and being interrogated by Red Boy.
• Jiang Liuer explained that Red Boy was innately immune to his abilities, while Marshal Tian Peng joked about the demons eating him and was whipped by a little demon.
• Sect Master Tongtian used his power to kill the little demon with its own whip, then knocked out the demons who came to investigate.
• Red Boy appeared and confronted Sect Master Tongtian, whose Wisdom Eyes revealed that Red Boy had concealed an aura far beyond the Primordial Tribulation Realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian claimed that he had fathered Red Boy with Princess Rakshasa and urged him to call him Dad.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Red Boy and Princess Iron Fan came from the Rakshasa Tribulation Realm, then chose to help Red Boy uncover his origins rather than kill them. Red Boy transformed into a Female War God and clashed with Tongtian in a battle that left both weapons damaged.

• Red Boy bound Sect Master Tongtian with scarlet aura and attacked him for insulting his mother.
• Tongtian analyzed Red Boy's aura and saw that Red Boy and Princess Iron Fan came from the Rakshasa Tribulation Realm.
• The system offered Tongtian a choice between helping Red Boy uncover his origins or killing Red Boy and Princess Iron Fan, and Tongtian chose to help Red Boy.
• Tongtian broke free and slapped Red Boy, who transformed into a Female War God and attacked him with a blood-red weapon.
• Tongtian summoned the Golden Great Rod, and the two weapons clashed repeatedly, damaging both and shaking Heaven and Earth.

Sect Master Tongtian captured Red Boy’s blood-red vital energy and learned that it represented her purity. He agreed to return it after meeting her mother and uncovering the truth about her origins, then left the bound Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian behind in Huoyun Cave.

• Sect Master Tongtian stopped Red Boy’s attack, absorbed her blood-red energy, and learned that it represented an unmarried woman’s purity.
• Red Boy offered to release Jiang Liuer and his companions in exchange for her vital energy, but Sect Master Tongtian demanded an explanation of her origins.
• Red Boy admitted that her vital energy represented her purity and agreed to go with Sect Master Tongtian to meet her mother.
• Sect Master Tongtian left Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian restrained in Huoyun Cave while he and Red Boy departed.
• Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian speculated about why Sect Master Tongtian had left with Red Boy, and Jiang Liuer suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Bull Demon King confronted Jiang Liuer and his disciples, but Jiang Liuer revealed overwhelming power and struck Bull Demon King down a cultivation realm. Bull Demon King demanded Jiang Liuer’s name as he shrank to match his size, while Jiang Liuer rebuked him for changing his attitude.

• Bull Demon King appeared before Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, and General Juanlian, accusing them of spouting nonsense and attacking them with icy breath and sword-light.
• Jiang Liuer broke free, transformed into a Golden Great Buddha, and blocked Bull Demon King’s attacks with his Nine-Ringed Monk’s Staff.
• Jiang Liuer smashed Bull Demon King’s head, cracking it open and causing his Violet Palace vital energy to leak out.
• Bull Demon King’s cultivation fell from the Saint Lord Realm, and he shrank his Dharma Body to Jiang Liuer’s size.
• Bull Demon King roared and demanded Jiang Liuer’s name, while Jiang Liuer scolded him for changing his attitude.

Jiang Liuer fought the Bull Demon King, while Sect Master Tongtian and Red Boy went to Princess Rakshasa’s cave, where Sun Wukong’s power overwhelmed her guards. The guards warned him not to cause trouble, insisting that Princess Rakshasa could defeat him.

• The Bull Demon King tore open a space-time rift and summoned Foreign Realm Creatures, but Jiang Liuer’s golden light devoured them.
• Jiang Liuer and the Bull Demon King clashed their staffs, shattering both weapons.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Red Boy arrived at Princess Rakshasa’s cave and learned that she had gone to find Red Boy’s father.
• Sect Master Tongtian swallowed the tall guard’s flying sword, then shattered the guards’ Heaven and Earth Net and injured them.
• The tall guard warned Sun Wukong not to cause trouble, claiming Princess Rakshasa could defeat him.

Sect Master Tongtian captured Red Boy, but Princess Iron Fan arrived and confronted him. After she stabbed Tongtian and Red Boy attacked, she blew Tongtian away with her fan, then promised to repair Red Boy’s broken spear.

• Sect Master Tongtian sent the women to Zhuaguo Country and dragged Red Boy away by his hair.
• Princess Iron Fan appeared, seized Sect Master Tongtian, and stabbed him in the chest with her Blood-red Dagger.
• Sect Master Tongtian sealed Princess Iron Fan’s aura and held her hand while they argued and waited for an opening.
• Red Boy attacked with his Blood-colored Spear, but Sect Master Tongtian twisted it out of shape.
• Princess Iron Fan used her fan to blow Sect Master Tongtian away while Red Boy cried over his broken spear.
• Princess Iron Fan promised to restore the spear, and Red Boy demanded that she repair it immediately.

Princess Iron Fan brought Red Boy to confront Sect Master Tongtian, who restored Red Boy’s Blood-colored Spear and asked about her origins. Princess Iron Fan offered to become his Dao Companion in exchange for the spear, but his question provoked her, and Bull Demon King arrived as Tongtian counted down.

• Princess Iron Fan took Red Boy to find Sect Master Tongtian and threatened him unless he restored Red Boy’s weapon.
• Sect Master Tongtian produced a Blood-colored Spear that Red Boy recognized as restored, then reclaimed it when Red Boy mocked his trustworthiness.
• Princess Iron Fan offered to become Sect Master Tongtian’s Dao Companion for a hundred years if he asked his question and returned the spear.
• Red Boy protested and said she would rather become his Dao Companion herself, while Princess Iron Fan reacted with disbelief.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked about Red Boy’s true origins, and Princess Iron Fan grew hostile as he began a ten-count.
• Bull Demon King appeared and accused Sun Wukong of coveting his woman.

Bull Demon King confronted Sect Master Tongtian over Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy, then attacked him after learning how powerful he had become. Sect Master Tongtian absorbed Bull Demon King’s devastating punch, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Bull Demon King appeared before Princess Iron Fan, Red Boy, and Sect Master Tongtian, then greeted Red Boy warmly while confronting Sect Master Tongtian.
• Princess Iron Fan explained that her marriage to Bull Demon King had only ever been an agreement in name, and Red Boy affirmed that Bull Demon King was her only father.
• Bull Demon King lamented the difference between his humble origins and Sect Master Tongtian’s advantages, then declared Sect Master Tongtian unworthy of being his brother.
• Bull Demon King attacked Sect Master Tongtian, who easily freed himself and revealed his superior strength.
• Bull Demon King transformed with Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth and launched a massive punch, but Sect Master Tongtian absorbed its force when it struck him.

Sect Master Tongtian and the Bull Demon King fought for forty-nine days, and their clashes tore open spatial rifts that let powerful Foreign Realm Creatures invade the Primordial Tribulation Realm. The battle ended with the Bull Demon King revealing that he had fought with a clone and warning Sect Master Tongtian to leave with his master and junior brother.

• The Bull Demon King broke Sect Master Tongtian's energy-draining grip with blood-colored talismans, then struck back with a fist covered in golden talismans.
• Sect Master Tongtian and the Bull Demon King fought repeatedly, tearing open spatial rifts and allowing Foreign Realm Creatures to enter the Primordial Tribulation Realm.
• Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy left her Small World as the two fighters continued battling for forty-nine days, nearly destroying it.
• The cultivators of the Infinite Primordial World watched and debated the battle while Foreign Realm Creatures invaded and began controlling and replacing beings.
• Sect Master Tongtian and the Bull Demon King finally separated, and the Bull Demon King revealed that his fighter had been a clone.
• The Bull Demon King told Sect Master Tongtian to leave with his master and junior brother and continue westward, but Sect Master Tongtian laughed at his warning.

Sect Master Tongtian fought Bull Demon King and copied his primordial spirit while beating him down. Third Prince Nezha arrived to intervene, but Sect Master Tongtian challenged his authority, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Bull Demon King transformed into his colossal green ox form and attacked Sect Master Tongtian.
• Sect Master Tongtian struck Bull Demon King with the Golden Great Rod, piercing his forehead and breaking off both horns.
• Sect Master Tongtian continued attacking until Bull Demon King collapsed, secretly taking control of and copying his primordial spirit.
• Third Prince Nezha arrived and asked Sect Master Tongtian to stop, explaining that Bull Demon King was Taishang Laozi's former mount.
• Sect Master Tongtian accused Third Prince Nezha of arriving only to plead for Bull Demon King, and Third Prince Nezha demanded to know what he would do about it.

Third Prince Nezha attacked Sect Master Tongtian, who shattered him into a blood-colored light sphere and discovered a powerful life growing inside. To prevent the danger it might bring, Sect Master Tongtian created a stronger, identical life and began testing its contact with Nezha’s sphere.

• Third Prince Nezha challenged Sect Master Tongtian, whose sharp perception revealed that Nezha seemed changed.
• Sect Master Tongtian swallowed Nezha’s Fire-Tipped Spear and struck him with two golden-lit punches.
• Third Prince Nezha’s body exploded into a ten-li blood-colored light sphere, and Sect Master Tongtian sensed a life pulsing inside it.
• Sect Master Tongtian used the Search Heaven Sweep Earth Divine Ability to examine the sphere’s past and learned of the life within.
• Sect Master Tongtian shaped an identical life with the Wind of Creation and the Great Art of Soul Shifting, producing a sphere with a thousand times stronger pulse.
• Sect Master Tongtian brought his sphere beside Nezha’s and tested it with light contacts, provoking a violent reaction from Nezha’s sphere.

Sect Master Tongtian killed Bull Demon King and merged Nezha’s blood-red orb with one he controlled, restoring Nezha to life. He reunited Nezha with Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy, whose determination to avenge his father led Sect Master Tongtian to demand that Princess Iron Fan reveal Red Boy’s true origins.

• Sect Master Tongtian killed Bull Demon King after Bull Demon King shot him from behind, then swallowed the bull demon’s remaining true spirit.
• Nezha’s blood-red orb collided with Sect Master Tongtian’s orb, and Sect Master Tongtian restored Nezha after the orbs merged.
• Sect Master Tongtian reunited with Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy at Bull Demon King’s cave, where they were preparing to leave.
• Red Boy vowed to avenge Bull Demon King by learning from Sect Master Tongtian and becoming his Dao Companion.
• Sect Master Tongtian said Red Boy could become his Dao Companion after Princess Iron Fan revealed his true origins, but Red Boy fiercely rejected the idea.

Sect Master Tongtian trapped Princess Iron Fan and her daughter, but Princess Iron Fan’s independent shadow emerged and attacked him. As the shadow tried to seize his body, Tongtian transformed into a rapidly shifting shadow that devoured its aura, leaving Princess Iron Fan’s shadow frightened and retreating toward her host.

• Sect Master Tongtian immobilized Princess Iron Fan and her daughter in a golden net.
• Princess Iron Fan’s shadow appeared independently and revealed its connection to the Shadow Tribulation Realm.
• The shadow infected Sect Master Tongtian with a chilling aura that breached the talisman formation protecting his Violet Palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian transformed into a black Buddha shadow, which devoured the aura inside him.
• The black shadow changed through countless forms, and Princess Iron Fan’s shadow retreated toward Princess Iron Fan.