Chapter Summaries

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.

Sect Master Tongtian led the group back toward the flower islands, where the system rewarded him with the Sea of Ten Thousand Flowers and a Myriad Realms Flower Ball despite his choosing to leave. He studied the islands’ dangerous flower-creatures, then freed Little White Dragon from an enormous flower with a snap of his fingers.

• Sect Master Tongtian chose the system’s second option, but the system gave him the rewards for finding the Flower Fairy instead.
• Sect Master Tongtian persuaded the four master-and-disciple pairings to explore a nearby Flower Island, and they abandoned their borrowed boat on shore.
• Sect Master Tongtian plucked purple flowers and analyzed the different insects they became, deepening his understanding of life forms.
• An enormous flower trapped Little White Dragon, and Marshal Tian Peng and General Juanlian failed to break it open.
• Sect Master Tongtian snapped his fingers, making the flower release Little White Dragon, who asked how he had done it.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions reached the heart of Flower Island, where an enormous flower tree awakened and produced strange visions. As they watched, the Dragon Emperor arrived in a Nine Dragon Chariot and demanded that they kneel.

• Sect Master Tongtian led the group through Flower Island, whose flowers’ fragrances no longer caused hallucinations on the island.
• The group reached a colossal flower tree, and Jiang Liuer said his dreams had shown him even larger flower plants.
• Jiang Liuer suggested the tree was either bound to the island or had its own reason for staying there, while Sect Master Tongtian wondered whether it was connected to the Flower Fairy.
• The tree’s flowers closed and fell, then lantern-like purple fruit appeared as warm fragrances formed dancing women in the air.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Liuer sensed someone approaching, and a Nine Dragon Chariot carrying the Dragon Emperor descended beside the tree.
• A golden-armored man demanded that Sect Master Tongtian and the others kneel before His Majesty the Dragon Emperor.

Sect Master Tongtian struck the Golden Great Chariot with the Golden Great Rod, destroying most of its occupants while the Dragon Emperor and two others survived. As Marshal Tian Peng fought four Golden Armored Guards, Jiang Liuer watched the Dragon Emperor thoughtfully.

• Marshal Tian Peng cursed the Dragon Emperor, and the Golden Armored man ordered the Golden Armored Guards to attack him.
• Marshal Tian Peng met the four Golden Armored Guards’ formation with his Nine-Toothed Rake while Sect Master Tongtian gathered the damaged flowers into his Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian brought down the Golden Great Rod, smashing through the Golden Great Chariot’s formation barrier and reducing many of its occupants to dust.
• The Dragon Emperor and two companions survived the strike as Marshal Tian Peng continued fighting the four Golden Armored Guards.
• Little White Dragon and General Juanlian marveled at Sect Master Tongtian’s strength, while Jiang Liuer studied the Dragon Emperor and the Dragon Emperor’s companion threatened him.

Sect Master Tongtian fought two golden-armored men, destroying the first man’s Golden War God and seeing Jiang Liuer devour his primordial spirit. After exposing his feigned suffering from the second man’s nine dragons, Sect Master Tongtian killed him and stood atop the Dragon Emperor’s chariot.

• The first golden-armored man transformed into a Three Heads Six Arms Golden War God and attacked Sect Master Tongtian with twelve magical treasures.
• Sect Master Tongtian swung the Golden Great Rod, destroyed the Spacetime Rift and Golden War God, and Jiang Liuer devoured the man’s fleeing primordial spirit.
• The long-haired golden-armored man sent nine fiery dragons at Sect Master Tongtian, who pretended to scream as the flames engulfed him.
• The Dragon Emperor restored the fallen guards and dancing women, while Sect Master Tongtian recognized him as a formidable opponent.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed his act and pierced the long-haired golden-armored man with the Golden Great Rod, destroying his body and primordial spirit before taking his place atop the dragon chariot.

Sect Master Tongtian fought His Majesty the Dragon Emperor, whose transformations included a giant, a dragon, and a fiendgod, and killed him with the Blade of Ten Thousand Worlds. Jiang Liuer swallowed the Dragon Emperor’s primordial spirit, and Sect Master Tongtian then examined the mysterious fruits growing nearby.

• Sect Master Tongtian attacked His Majesty the Dragon Emperor with the Golden Great Rod, which transformed into golden arrows and wounded him.
• His Majesty the Dragon Emperor transformed into a dragon, but Sect Master Tongtian reformed the arrows into the Golden Great Rod and struck him down.
• His Majesty the Dragon Emperor transformed into a fiendgod and summoned annihilation creatures, which Jiang Liuer swallowed.
• Sect Master Tongtian dodged the fiendgod’s strange weapon and stabbed him with the Blade of Ten Thousand Worlds.
• Jiang Liuer swallowed the Dragon Emperor’s fleeing primordial spirit, while Sect Master Tongtian inspected the life-filled fruits growing on the branches.