Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian halted the formation awakened by the giant tree, but sensed a greater danger hidden in its trunk. After he cut into it, Tang Sanzang stabbed the writhing creature inside with his Nine-Ringed Monk's Staff, and its violent reaction left the danger escalating.

• Sect Master Tongtian immobilized the guards and women, then sensed a powerful life force inside the giant tree's trunk.
• The tree shook and released flying beasts that formed a killing formation, but Sect Master Tongtian disrupted the chant activating it and put the formation to sleep.
• Sect Master Tongtian cut open the trunk and revealed a thick, pink, wormlike creature inside.
• Tang Sanzang stabbed the creature with his Nine-Ringed Monk's Staff, spraying pink liquid and causing the creature and tree to convulse wildly.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions faced the pink body hidden inside the Flower Fairy’s trunk as it finally revealed itself as a powerful little girl. After she effortlessly subdued Marshal Tian Peng, Sect Master Tongtian tried to learn her name and whether they had offended her.

• Sect Master Tongtian used the Blade of Ten Thousand Worlds to form a killing formation and destroy the monsters emerging from the Flower Fairy’s fruits, though the danger remained.
• Jiang Liuer transformed into a golden Buddha and attacked the pink body, then tore it apart with his hands.
• A streak of pink light entered Jiang Liuer’s face, and a little girl appeared and announced that she was the Flower Fairy.
• Marshal Tian Peng insulted the little girl, who slapped him and stopped his giant charge with one finger before sending him flying.
• Sect Master Tongtian restored Marshal Tian Peng to his original form and asked the little girl her name and whether they had disturbed her cultivation.

Sect Master Tongtian confirmed that the little girl on Flower Island was the Flower Fairy, completing a system mission and winning a war chariot in a Lucky Wheel draw. After returning to Huoyun City, he chose to seek the Fire God’s kindling at the Kindling Festival, which began amid a sudden commotion.

• Sect Master Tongtian confirmed the little girl’s identity as the Flower Fairy and completed his system mission, then drew a war chariot as his reward.
• The Flower Fairy punched Sect Master Tongtian, but he restrained her and led his group back to their ship.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his companions abandoned their plans to visit other Flower Islands and returned to Huoyun City.
• As the Kindling Festival approached, more visitors arrived in Huoyun City, and Sect Master Tongtian’s group accepted food from their neighbors.
• Sect Master Tongtian chose the system mission to obtain kindling bestowed by the Fire God when the Kindling Festival began at midnight.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his companions reached the street as the festival started, and a commotion erupted ahead.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions watched a street magician prepare to produce a Jiaoren, then clashed with hecklers who attacked them. After subduing a hidden Dao Venerable, Sect Master Tongtian discovered the man belonged to the task force he had sent to this world from the future.

• Sect Master Tongtian led his companions into the crowd to watch a magician perform a trick involving creating objects from an empty box.
• The magician announced he would produce a Jiaoren, and a bearded man mocked his claim.
• Sect Master Tongtian slapped the bearded man after he tried to hit him, leaving him dazed.
• The bearded man's companions attacked, and Sect Master Tongtian sensed and subdued a Dao Venerable among them.
• Sect Master Tongtian read the Dao Venerable's primordial spirit and learned he was part of the task force sent from the future.

Jiang Liuer suspected that Great Sage Sun had staged his apparent death, then watched a magic performance reveal the mermaid Shuisheng. When a black-robed woman trapped Shuisheng in a golden net, Shuisheng broke free and opened a Spacetime Rift that released annihilation creatures.

• Sect Master Tongtian let a Dao Venerable powerhouse stab him, and Jiang Liuer’s divination suggested that Great Sage Sun had fallen.
• Jiang Liuer stopped Marshal Tian Peng and the others from pursuing the Dao Venerable powerhouse, then stayed to watch the magic show.
• The young magician revealed Shuisheng, who said her family’s contract with him had ended and leaped into the pond to return to her world.
• A black-robed woman caught Shuisheng in a golden net and demanded that she surrender, but Shuisheng shattered the net with her glowing scales.
• Shuisheng transformed into a Female War God and opened a Spacetime Rift, from which annihilation creatures poured out.

Shuisheng’s battle with Black Night escalated as her attacks failed to overcome Black Night’s superior strength, until Shuisheng landed a surprise punch and the two began fighting at close range. Sect Master Tongtian contained the strange creatures and destructive shockwaves, while the battle ended in a dazzling burst of light.

• Sect Master Tongtian trapped the annihilation creatures within a barrier to keep them from harming the world’s living beings.
• Shuisheng summoned a cross-shaped blade and a crushing vortex, but Black Night seized the blade and effortlessly destroyed the attack.
• Black Night urged Shuisheng to cooperate, but Shuisheng refused and struck her with a seemingly ordinary punch that caught her off guard.
• Black Night grabbed Shuisheng’s fist and tried to slap her, but Shuisheng seized her wrist and rammed their heads together.
• Sect Master Tongtian contained the shockwave as Shuisheng and Black Night fought fiercely, driving the street’s onlookers away.
• A dazzling mass of light erupted from the place where Shuisheng and Black Night were locked in battle.

After the Jiaoren Princess’s battle with a black-robed woman shattered the souls of the people on the street, Sect Master Tongtian restored them with Buddha Light in exchange for a Jiaozhu. The group reached the Kindling Festival, where Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Liuer suspected the gathering of powerful, concealed experts pointed to a hidden purpose.

• The Jiaoren Princess asked Sect Master Tongtian to restore the souls shattered during her fight, offering him a Jiaozhu as payment.
• Sect Master Tongtian used Buddha Light to restore the people across the city, then identified the Jiaoren as the Princess of the South Sea Jiaoren clan.
• The group continued to the Kindling Festival venue, which was a Small World capable of holding hundreds of millions of people.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed Holy Monks and other powerful figures in the private boxes and reconsidered how easy it would be to obtain a Supreme Fire Seed.
• Jiang Liuer and Sect Master Tongtian suspected the experts had gathered for a hidden purpose, just as a bell rang out.

Sect Master Tongtian investigated the Kindling Festival crowd and learned that the Supreme Fire Seed had drawn powerful competitors from other domains. As the festival’s spell-combat contest began, he spotted the Fire Worship Cult’s Saint Son watching him.

• Lord of Huoyun City opened the Kindling Festival, promised richer rewards than before, and left the Supreme Fire Seed unexplained.
• Sect Master Tongtian used his abilities to investigate the crowd and found more than ten powerful people beyond his control, whom he suspected had come from other domains to claim the Supreme Fire Seed.
• Jiang Liuer spoke with Sect Master Tongtian as Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon identified the dancers as Spider Demons from the city lord’s manor.
• Festival attendees discussed the Supreme Fire Seed’s uses, and Marshal Tian Peng pointed out the Fire Worship Cult’s Saint Son.
• The Fire Worship Cult’s Saint Son met Sect Master Tongtian’s gaze, smiled meaningfully, and nodded.

Sect Master Tongtian worried that the Infinite Primordial World's growing population of powerful cultivators would exhaust its resources, and reflected on Saint Tianhai's future plan to merge it with other domains. As the group considered leaving the Fire Worship Cult, Jiang Liuer addressed them as monks from the Eastern Lands of Great Tang.

• Sect Master Tongtian recognized that the Fire Worship Cult's Saint Son was accompanied by two more Saint Venerables and worried about the strain so many powerful cultivators could place on the Infinite Primordial World's resources.
• Sect Master Tongtian recalled that Saint Tianhai would eventually connect the Infinite Primordial World with countless Great Dao Domains to create the Supreme Primordial World, and suspected the plan had been driven by an urgent crisis.
• Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon advised Sect Master Tongtian to avoid trouble and leave with their group.
• Sect Master Tongtian told the three to protect Master and leave first while he stayed behind.
• Jiang Liuer sighed, shook his head, and asked whether they were bald monks from the Eastern Lands of Great Tang.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted a young man with Double Pupils who attacked him and endangered the crowd at the Kindling Festival. Lord of Huoyun City intervened, trapping both fighters and revealing overwhelming strength; the chapter ended with his flames burning away their Dharma Manifestations of Heaven and Earth.

• The young man’s Double Pupils disoriented three disciples, but Jiang Liuer remained unaffected, and Sect Master Tongtian confronted him.
• The young man unleashed golden rune swords, and Sect Master Tongtian protected the crowd before counterattacking with the Blades of Ten Thousand Worlds.
• Lord of Huoyun City trapped Sect Master Tongtian and the young man in a vast golden cage, forcing them to join forces against him.
• Sect Master Tongtian and the young man attacked Lord of Huoyun City, who transformed into a golden demon god wielding six powerful treasures.
• Lord of Huoyun City surrounded them with flames that burned through their Dharma Manifestations of Heaven and Earth, shocking both men.

Sect Master Tongtian and Misty Saint Venerable stopped fighting after Huoyun City’s lord revealed himself as Huoyun Evil God and urged them to focus on the Kindling Festival. The competition began, and Tongtian and Misty Saint Venerable agreed to work together to seek final victory.

• Sect Master Tongtian struck Huoyun City’s lord with a golden swastika, revealing a universe within his body.
• Misty Saint Venerable identified Huoyun City’s lord as the legendary Huoyun Evil God, who confirmed that he was an incarnation and that his true body was in the Second Space.
• Huoyun Evil God ended the fight and advised Sect Master Tongtian and Misty Saint Venerable to pursue the Supreme Fire Seed instead of continuing their dispute.
• The Kindling Festival competition began, and Sect Master Tongtian learned that Misty Saint Venerable came from the Misty Domain and ranked among its ten strongest experts.
• Misty Saint Venerable gave Sect Master Tongtian a token for assistance, and Tongtian gave him a bottle of pills.
• Misty Saint Venerable proposed that they work together to win the competition.

Sect Master Tongtian, Misty Saint Venerable, and Jiang Liuer teamed up for the Kindling Festival, winning round after round and drawing attention as dark horses. As they faced a pair of Saint Venerable twin demons, Jiang Liuer claimed the twins shared a ten-lifetime predestined relationship with Sect Master Tongtian and said Nuwa might know why.

• Misty Saint Venerable proposed teaming up with Sect Master Tongtian, and Jiang Liuer joined them after suggesting their combined abilities would improve their chances.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his teammates defeated two powerful groups of opponents, won two of their first three matches, and advanced with a bye.
• Jiang Liuer defeated every opponent in their second-round matches, while the team continued winning through the following rounds.
• In the third-to-last round, the team faced twin demon spirits who had both reached the Saint Venerable realm.
• Jiang Liuer told Sect Master Tongtian that the twins had a ten-lifetime predestined relationship with him and suggested Nuwa might explain how a Five-Colored Stone could share such a bond.

Sect Master Tongtian, Jiang Liuer, and Misty Saint Venerable defeated the three beauties and then overcame another team through Tongtian's quick tactics. Their team advanced to the final round, where the three Supreme Fire Seeds would be decided.

• Jiang Liuer warned Sect Master Tongtian that Sun Wukong might have a past life and that his ten-lifetime karmic bond needed to be settled.
• The three beauties rang golden bells and attacked, but Sect Master Tongtian blocked their strange power while Jiang Liuer and Misty Saint Venerable broke their formation.
• The three women merged into a Female War God and defeated Jiang Liuer and Misty Saint Venerable, but Sun Wukong subdued her and secured their team's victory.
• Sect Master Tongtian's group faced three opponents again, and Tongtian used black mist and a sudden force to knock all three off the platform.
• Sect Master Tongtian's team advanced to the final round alongside two other teams, with the three Supreme Fire Seeds awaiting the winners.

Sect Master Tongtian, Misty Saint Venerable, and Jiang Liuer won the final tournament battles and received the Supreme Fire Seeds from Huoyun Evil God. Huoyun Evil God then announced an added segment and began speaking about his only daughter.

• Sect Master Tongtian, Misty Saint Venerable, and Jiang Liuer defeated their first opponents with a single collision of battle formations.
• Sect Master Tongtian tricked their second opponents into countering a formation he was no longer using, then bound and scorched them with the Heaven and Earth Net and blazing flames until they conceded.
• Huoyun Evil God awarded the three winners boxes containing beads with seven-colored flames, confirming they held Supreme Fire Seeds.
• Huoyun Evil God announced a last-minute segment and revealed that he had an only daughter.

Huoyun Evil God tried to arrange a marriage between his daughter and Jiang Liuer, then tested Jiang Liuer’s claim that he was immune to all Dao arts. Jiang Liuer also proved immune to magic treasures, leaving Huoyun Evil God and Misty Saint Venerable stunned.

• Huoyun Evil God announced that his daughter had chosen Jiang Liuer as her husband and used a feminine force to bind him.
• Jiang Liuer broke free and said he was completely immune to all Dao arts, then endured Huoyun Evil God’s spells unharmed.
• Huoyun Evil God praised Jiang Liuer as worthy of his daughter, but Jiang Liuer insisted he was devoted to becoming the Buddha Ancestor.
• Huoyun Evil God tied Jiang Liuer with a rule-changing treasure, but Jiang Liuer casually removed it and took it for himself.
• Huoyun Evil God attacked Jiang Liuer with more magic treasures, which all ended up in Jiang Liuer’s hands as Misty Saint Venerable watched in shock.

Misty Saint Venerable realized Tang Sanzang’s immunity to Dao arts and magical treasures made him a formidable anomaly, while Huoyun Evil God remained determined to make him his son-in-law. Huoyun Evil God’s daughter appeared and bewitched the crowd, but Sect Master Tongtian’s accidental sigh freed some of them; she then told Tang Sanzang to consider arranging her future.

• Misty Saint Venerable recognized Tang Sanzang’s immunity and abandoned his disdain for cultivators of the Primordial Tribulation Realm.
• Huoyun Evil God declared that he was determined to have Tang Sanzang as his son-in-law, but Huoyun Evil God’s daughter appeared and challenged Tang Sanzang’s claim that he was unworthy of her.
• Huoyun Evil God’s daughter’s innate charm bewitched the people at the venue, and Sect Master Tongtian realized that her beauty was accompanied by an invisible gas.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s sigh unintentionally awakened Misty Saint Venerable, who thanked him, while other people resented being interrupted.
• Huoyun Evil God’s daughter glared at Sect Master Tongtian, and he praised her as worthy of anyone before she told Tang Sanzang to consider arranging her future.

Jiang Liuer refused Miss Huoyun’s proposal, but she began following his group west despite his rejection. As they reached the Women's Country, Miss Huoyun revealed a hostile reaction to the place, and Sect Master Tongtian suspected her presence would complicate their next tribulation.

• Jiang Liuer rejected Miss Huoyun’s offer to marry him, and she threatened that people might lose their heads if he refused.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed that Miss Huoyun could travel west with them, but she insisted it was her own choice and followed the group with two maids.
• Jiang Liuer’s group continued west, subduing demons and resting along the way as they passed many of the eighty-one tribulations.
• Sect Master Tongtian saw the words Women's Country carved on a distant peak, and Jiang Liuer felt his heart tremble.
• Miss Huoyun showed killing intent toward the Women's Country, and Sect Master Tongtian questioned her about her apparent grudge.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions reached Women's Country, where women could become pregnant by drinking the river water. After learning that the men had already drunk from it, they entered the city and stayed at an inn.

• Sect Master Tongtian’s group arrived outside Women's Country and drew curious stares from its residents.
• Marshal Tian Peng wondered aloud how the country had survived without men, and Sect Master Tongtian asked a young woman how its people conceived.
• The young woman explained that women became pregnant after drinking the river water and said the court could provide medicine to dispel a pregnancy.
• Jiang Liuer and the others realized they had already drunk the water, while Sect Master Tongtian considered the possibility that they could become pregnant.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his companions entered the city and found an inn.

After water from the Mother-Child River left Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon with swollen, mysterious bellies, the group went to the Women's Country royal court seeking help. There, Huoyun Jiuxiao claimed Jiang Liuer was her fiancé, leaving him unable to deny the betrothal without drawing the Empress's suspicion.

• Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon developed enormous swollen bellies after drinking from the Mother-Child River, while Sect Master Tongtian and Huoyun Jiuxiao's companions remained unaffected.
• Marshal Tian Peng's belly moved, but Sect Master Tongtian could neither see what was inside nor remove it, so he decided they needed help from the royal court.
• A female official invited the group to the palace and said only the Imperial Preceptor could resolve their condition.
• Jiang Liuer met the Empress of the Women's Country and appeared nervous, while Sect Master Tongtian thought he had fallen for her at first sight.
• Huoyun Jiuxiao introduced herself as Jiang Liuer's fiancée, and Jiang Liuer denied agreeing to marry her.
• Sect Master Tongtian confirmed that Huoyun Evil God had asked to betroth Huoyun Jiuxiao to Jiang Liuer, leaving the Empress suspicious of Jiang Liuer.

Sect Master Tongtian defended Jiang Liuer and exposed Huoyun Jiuxiao’s false accusation as the Empress of Women's Country grew concerned for the monk. The antidote’s effects then left Jiang Liuer with a living fetus in his swollen belly, while his disciples recovered.

• Sect Master Tongtian told the Empress of Women's Country that Miss Huoyun had come along of her own accord, and the Empress ordered the State Preceptor to give Jiang Liuer and his companions antidote pills.
• The pills caused Jiang Liuer severe stomach cramps, and the Empress hurried to his side with obvious concern as they gazed at each other.
• Miss Huoyun accused Jiang Liuer of abandoning her, and her tearful performance made the Empress hesitate to comfort him.
• Sect Master Tongtian applauded and called out Huoyun Jiuxiao’s acting, prompting her to unleash a powerful pressure in the court.
• Jiang Liuer collapsed as his belly swelled, while his three disciples’ bellies flattened and their pain disappeared.
• Sect Master Tongtian saw a living fetus inside Jiang Liuer and realized the monk might be about to give birth.