Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liuer endured a mysterious pregnancy as Huoyun Jiuxiao ambushed Sect Master Tongtian, who counterattacked and drove her away. Sect Master Tongtian restored the people killed in the attack and delivered the baby from Jiang Liuer's swollen belly.

• Her Majesty the Empress worried over Jiang Liuer as he assured her his ordeal was a tribulation, while Huoyun Jiuxiao transformed and launched a killing formation at Sect Master Tongtian.
• Huoyun Jiuxiao destroyed Sect Master Tongtian's sacred body and attacked his primordial spirit, while Jiang Liuer and his disciples were too weakened to help.
• Sect Master Tongtian swallowed Huoyun Jiuxiao's artifacts with his primordial spirit and ambushed her with a black spear, destroying her sacred body.
• Huoyun Jiuxiao's primordial spirit became a sea of blood-red flames that killed the officials and guards, but Sect Master Tongtian dispersed the flames and drove her true spirit into Infinite Deep Space.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Women's Country, restored the dead officials and guards, and cut open Jiang Liuer's belly to deliver a handsome baby resembling him.

Jiang Liuer and Sect Master Tongtian welcomed a chubby baby whose uncanny charm made everyone adore him, and Jiang Liuer agreed to leave the child in Women's Country while he continued his Journey to the West. Her Majesty the Empress promised to care for him and declared that he would become the country's future ruler, leaving everyone stunned.

• The newborn bit Sect Master Tongtian, who unexpectedly told him to call him Godfather, and the baby clearly did so.
• Jiang Liuer took the child and accepted him as his son, while Sect Master Tongtian warned that the boy would bring great Karma.
• The three disciples and Her Majesty the Empress were charmed by the child, who called the Empress Mother when she held him.
• Her Majesty the Empress offered to raise the child in Women's Country, and Jiang Liuer agreed, naming Flower-Fruit Mountain as a fallback if he did not return.
• Her Majesty the Empress announced that the boy would become Women's Country's future ruler, astonishing the officials and the travelers.

Her Majesty the Empress learned that Mother-Child River would soon lose its ability to cause pregnancy, threatening Women's Country's future. Sect Master Tongtian proposed using the Spiritual Qi Pool beneath the city to support a new reproduction formation, but after failing to seal the rift connected to another domain, he suggested relocating the pool's spiritual energy.

• Her Majesty the Empress told Sect Master Tongtian that Mother-Child River's source had stopped producing water and its remaining reserves would soon run out.
• Sect Master Tongtian offered to create a formation that would allow Women's Country to reproduce normally while ensuring every child was a daughter, using the Spiritual Qi Pool beneath the city as its power source.
• Her Majesty the Empress asked Sect Master Tongtian to seal the entrance to the other domain so Women's Country could use the pool's energy for a hundred thousand years.
• Sect Master Tongtian brought the court officials underground to see the Spacetime Rift, then watched as the vortex swallowed his formation and barrier.
• Sect Master Tongtian proposed moving the spiritual energy to a protected location and showed Her Majesty the Empress the place he had chosen.

Sect Master Tongtian searched for a place to move Women's Country's Spiritual Qi Pool, while Her Majesty the Empress weighed the danger of entering the forbidden Ancestral Land. He relocated the spiritual qi to a safer site and declined the Empress's mysterious family heirloom, leaving its contents unknown.

• Her Majesty the Empress revealed that the only suitable site for the Spiritual Qi Pool was Women's Country's forbidden Ancestral Land, and Sect Master Tongtian offered to find another place.
• Her Majesty the Empress said she would enter the Ancestral Land if necessary to save Women's Country, but Sect Master Tongtian found no other site suitable for both the pool and the formation.
• Her Majesty the Empress asked Sect Master Tongtian to move the Spiritual Qi Pool to one of three safer locations, and he spent three days and nights establishing a new pool there.
• Her Majesty the Empress gave Sect Master Tongtian a pitch-black family heirloom box that no one in her family had been able to open.
• Sect Master Tongtian failed to see through the box and returned it to Her Majesty the Empress, saying she should keep her family heirloom.

Sect Master Tongtian opened the treasure box given by Her Majesty the Empress and found a mysterious black ring inside. That night, a powerful shadow entered his dream and asked to see the ring, leaving him trapped and unable to summon the box.

• Her Majesty the Empress gave Sect Master Tongtian the box, explaining that her mother had reserved it as payment for a benefactor who could help the Women's Country.
• The box opened in Sect Master Tongtian's hands and released dazzling light across the Women's Country before revealing a pitch-black ring.
• Her Majesty the Empress admitted she knew little about the ring and hosted a lavish feast for Holy Monk and his companions.
• Later that night, a mysterious black shadow appeared beside Sect Master Tongtian's bed and weakened and restrained him with her aura.
• The shadow praised Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong and said she had come to see the ring, while Sect Master Tongtian realized he was dreaming after failing to summon the box.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that the ring and his encounter with Her Majesty the Empress had been real, then fought off a disguised attacker who tried to steal the ring. After identifying the creature as Tai Sui from the Tai Sui Tribulation Realm, he sensed another danger but reacted too late.

• Sect Master Tongtian dispelled the shadow around Her Majesty the Empress and realized someone had controlled her mind and sent her into his room.
• Sect Master Tongtian woke from what he thought was a dream, only to find the same black ring on his finger.
• Marshal Tian Peng attacked Sect Master Tongtian and demanded the ring, but Sect Master Tongtian tore away his human disguise.
• The black liquid creature invaded Sect Master Tongtian’s body, where he broke it into particles and analyzed its scattered true spirits.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the creature as Tai Sui from the Tai Sui Tribulation Realm, then sensed danger and turned incorporeal too late.

Sect Master Tongtian fought a powerful White-Clad Man who had come seeking his daughter’s true spirit, learned much from the man’s memories, and restored his daughter before letting her go. After leaving the Women's Country with Jiang Liuer and the others, the group reached the Western Ox Continent and neared Spirit Mountain.

• The White-Clad Man appeared and demanded that Sect Master Tongtian hand over his daughter’s true spirit.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed his identity and battled the White-Clad Man, eventually using the Power of Ten Thousand Worlds to read his memories.
• The White-Clad Man’s true spirit escaped, and Sect Master Tongtian used the Supreme Art of Creation to reconstruct the man’s daughter and release her.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Liuer prepared to leave the Women's Country, while the child Jiang Liuer had fathered stayed with Her Majesty the Empress.
• Jiang Liuer and the others continued their journey and arrived in the Western Ox Continent near Spirit Mountain.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions reached Lion Camel Ridge and discovered that its bustling city was populated entirely by walking corpses controlled by Great King Yellow Elephant. After revealing the city’s true, ruined appearance, a powerful elephant demon trapped them in a barrier and attacked.

• The group arrived at Lion Camel Ridge and entered a prosperous city whose residents seemed unnaturally stiff.
• Sect Master Tongtian examined several pedestrians and discovered that all the city’s residents were dead and controlled by Great King Yellow Elephant.
• At the inn, Sect Master Tongtian exposed the illusion, turning the food into insects and the courtyard into ruins.
• A tall demon appeared, sealed the group inside a barrier, and identified Sect Master Tongtian as Sun Wukong and Jiang Liuer as the Tang Monk.
• Marshal Tian Peng attacked the demon with his Nine-Toothed Rake, but the demon repelled him with a breath and used golden runes to draw the group toward a vortex.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated Yellow-Tusked Old Elephant at Lion Camel Ridge and learned that the Outer Realm Forces controlled the region and had infiltrated Spirit Mountain. The system offered him a choice between destroying Lion Camel Ridge and facing the danger there or going to Spirit Mountain, and he rejected the latter as contrary to his principles.

• Yellow-Tusked Old Elephant revealed his enormous Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, and he and Sect Master Tongtian fought until both were forced apart.
• Yellow-Tusked Old Elephant mocked Sect Master Tongtian, who snapped his fingers and shattered the demon's body before absorbing the information from his fleeing primordial spirit.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that the Outer Realm Forces controlled Lion Camel Ridge and had severely infiltrated Spirit Mountain.
• The system offered Sect Master Tongtian rewards for either destroying Lion Camel Ridge and capturing the three demon kings' primordial spirits or leaving for Spirit Mountain.
• Sect Master Tongtian ruled out going to Spirit Mountain, while recognizing the grave danger posed by the stronger Green-Maned Lion Monster and Golden-Winged Great Peng.

Sect Master Tongtian received the Power of Myriad Phenomena and the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena before fighting the Green-Maned Lion Monster and the Golden-Winged Great Peng. After disguising a counterattack as his own defeat, he killed the Green-Maned Lion Monster, leaving the Golden-Winged Great Peng horrified.

• Sect Master Tongtian accepted the danger of the fight and claimed a reward that gave him the Power of Myriad Phenomena and the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena.
• The Green-Maned Lion Monster and the Golden-Winged Great Peng manifested and attacked Sect Master Tongtian, but their opening beams canceled one another out.
• The three fought amid magical treasures and invading Foreign Realm Creatures, which their Dharma Manifestations devoured.
• Sect Master Tongtian transformed into the Golden-haired Monkey and struck the Golden-Winged Great Peng with the Golden Great Rod, then appeared to be destroyed by the Great Peng's spear.
• The Golden-Maned Lion Monster turned to speak to the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Sect Master Tongtian secretly killed him, making the Great Peng realize the apparent defeat had been a trick.

Sect Master Tongtian seized the Golden-Winged Great Peng’s soul and read his memories, but the Great Peng trapped him in a mysterious Time Prison. While Sect Master Tongtian experimented with his abilities inside, Jiang Liuer and the others remained imprisoned as the Golden-Winged Great Peng planned to eat Tang Sanzang.

• Sect Master Tongtian killed the Green-Maned Lion Monster, then seized control of the Golden-Winged Great Peng’s soul and read it.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng trapped Sect Master Tongtian in a cavern-like space sealed by indestructible golden webs.
• Sect Master Tongtian tested his divine abilities, Dao techniques, and treasures while searching for a way out of the strange space.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng captured Jiang Liuer and the others and imprisoned them in a cage in his palace.
• After forty-nine days, the Golden-Winged Great Peng told them that only he could release Sect Master Tongtian from the Time Prison and threatened to cook Tang Sanzang in a few days.

Golden-Winged Great Peng decided to eat Jiang Liuer, but the monk survived a blow from a giant saber without injury. He then met Li Wugou, the daughter of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and sister of Third Prince Nezha, whose touch proved Jiang Liuer was not entirely unharmed.

• Tang Sanzang reassured General Juanlian, Marshal Tian Peng, and Little White Dragon while they worried about Senior Disciple Brother's imprisonment.
• Two days later, Golden-Winged Great Peng ordered Jiang Liuer to be prepared and placed on a chopping block to be killed and eaten.
• Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon each pleaded for the demons to kill them instead of their master.
• Jiang Liuer told his disciples that he could not be killed, and the executioner's saber shattered when it struck his neck.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng summoned a young girl who plucked several of Jiang Liuer's eyelashes, showing he was not completely impervious to harm.
• The young girl introduced herself as Li Wugou, daughter of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and sister of Third Prince Nezha.

Li Wugou tore out and crushed Jiang Liuer’s heart and head, but he showed no signs of dying. Sect Master Tongtian then appeared, killed Golden-Winged Great Peng, and faced Li Wugou as she asked whether he had killed her master.

• Li Wugou identified herself as Li Jing’s youngest daughter and Nezha’s younger sister, then tore out Jiang Liuer’s heart.
• Jiang Liuer remained alive after Li Wugou crushed his heart and head, leaving her and the others baffled.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng urged Li Wugou to destroy Jiang Liuer’s head, primordial spirit, and true spirit, but no spirit appeared.
• Sect Master Tongtian appeared and repeatedly smashed Golden-Winged Great Peng into the ground before swallowing his primordial spirit.
• The Lion Camel Ridge lackeys fled, and Li Wugou stared at Sect Master Tongtian and asked whether he had killed her master.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted Li Wugou, who revealed that she was an illegitimate daughter of Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing and transformed into a strange rat-and-qilin hybrid. He realized her power and unusual aura likely came from an extraterrestrial race, and their fight continued as she lunged at him.

• Li Wugou admitted that she had killed Sect Master Tongtian's master and attacked him by grabbing one of his hearts.
• Sect Master Tongtian crushed both of Li Wugou's hands, and she threatened him with the power of her father, Li Jing, and her elder brother, Nezha.
• Sect Master Tongtian called Li Wugou a bastard, and she changed into a white, scaled creature with a rat's head, horns, and blood-red eyes.
• Sect Master Tongtian recalled that Li Jing secretly carried Qilin blood from Ancestor Yuan Qilin and concluded that Li Wugou was his hidden illegitimate daughter.
• Li Wugou lunged at Sect Master Tongtian, who sensed that her strange aura came from an existence beyond the Primordial Tribulation Realm.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated Li Wugou, sealed her primordial-spirit pearl, and sent her away before Jiang Liuer and his disciples left the demon kings’ lairs. Tongtian restored the ruined city and its dead inhabitants, but a sudden explosion interrupted them.

• Li Wugou attacked Sect Master Tongtian, but he survived her assaults and captured her primordial-spirit pearl after she was destroyed.
• Li Wugou’s pearl fused with Tongtian’s true spirit and took control of him, but he separated and sealed it, then placed a copy inside her recovered body and sent her away.
• Jiang Liuer freed himself from his restraints, took the Golden-Winged Great Peng’s throne, and led the group away from the demon kings’ lairs.
• Tongtian restored the city’s ruins, bones, and primordial spirits, bringing the city and its inhabitants back to life.
• A sudden explosion rang out as Jiang Liuer and his disciples stood in the restored city.

Sect Master Tongtian and his disciples witnessed a destructive vision in the sky, then continued their pilgrimage and reached Spirit Mountain. Along the way, Tongtian received a mysterious treasure box, while the chapter revealed why Jiang Liuer and the others viewed the Western Teachings differently.

• Sect Master Tongtian and his disciples saw a mushroom-cloud-like vision that Tongtian recognized as a sign of the Primordial World's future apocalypse.
• Sect Master Tongtian used his system reward to draw a Myriad Manifestations Treasure Box.
• At Tongtian River, the old turtle asked Tang Monk to learn his final destination from Buddha Ancestor, and Tang Monk drunkenly promised to ask.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his group crossed Tongtian River and Lingyun Ferry, then arrived at Spirit Mountain.
• Sect Master Tongtian reflected that the pilgrimage's destination had shifted from Nirvana Mountain to Spirit Mountain after his involvement with Sun Wukong.
• The chapter revealed that Jiang Liuer's past as Golden Cicada made him resent the Western Teachings, where Amitabha Buddha and Juliusun had once consumed his flesh.

Jiang Liuer and his companions met Manjushri Bodhisattva at Spirit Mountain, where Manjushri confronted Sect Master Tongtian over the death of his mount. Sect Master Tongtian revealed his overwhelming strength, and their clash drew the attention of Spirit Mountain.

• Manjushri Bodhisattva ordered Jiang Liuer and his companions to meet Buddha Ancestor at Sumeru Palace, while Jiang Liuer wondered why Manjushri seemed hostile.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized Manjushri’s anger over the death of Green Lion Roar, and Jiang Liuer asked Manjushri what grievance he had against them.
• Sect Master Tongtian declared that he had killed Guanyin Bodhisattva and Amitabha Buddha, stunning his junior brothers and prompting Manjushri to doubt his claim.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva attacked Sect Master Tongtian with a powerful golden palm, but Sect Master Tongtian took the blow without injury.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva used Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, and Sect Master Tongtian transformed into a giant golden macaque and struck him with the Golden Great Rod.
• The two clashed with their weapons, drawing countless onlookers across Spirit Mountain, who questioned why Sun Wukong dared fight Manjushri.

Sect Master Tongtian killed Manjushri Bodhisattva at Spirit Mountain, prompting a funeral bell and celestial signs that a powerful Sage had fallen. As the Western Teachings surrounded Tongtian and his companions, Jiang Liuer and his three disciples revealed their Dharma Manifestations, while Little White Dragon discovered he had attained sainthood and cast off his old insecurity.

• Sect Master Tongtian smashed Manjushri Bodhisattva's body and primordial spirit, leaving only a strand of true spirit as a funeral bell rang and blood-red rain fell across the Infinite Primordial World.
• Cultivators across the world speculated about the fallen Sage, while Spirit Mountain's formations concealed the identity of the dead.
• Great Sun Tathagata led the Western Teachings in surrounding Sect Master Tongtian and his group and launching an indiscriminate attack.
• Jiang Liuer, Marshal Tian Peng, General Juanlian, and Little White Dragon manifested their Dharma Manifestations to face Spirit Mountain's forces.
• Little White Dragon realized that his new Dharma Manifestation meant he had attained a Sage position without a lightning tribulation, and he shed his former inferiority complex.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated Great Sun Tathagata and killed Guanyin at Spirit Mountain, while its Buddhas and Bodhisattvas wavered over whether to fight or flee. Amitabha Buddha’s chant rallied them into a killing formation, and Sect Master Tongtian struck Puxian Bodhisattva with the Golden Great Rod.

• Sect Master Tongtian caught Great Sun Tathagata’s golden palm attack unharmed, then pierced him with the Golden Great Rod and swallowed his fleeing primordial spirit.
• Funeral bells rang and blood rain fell as another Saint died, leaving Spirit Mountain’s Buddhas and Bodhisattvas afraid to confront Sect Master Tongtian.
• Sect Master Tongtian evaded Guanyin’s sneak attack, shattered her golden body, and crushed her primordial spirit.
• Amitabha Buddha’s chanting prompted Spirit Mountain’s central figures to form a killing formation and launch a ferocious attack.
• Sect Master Tongtian swung the Golden Great Rod at Puxian Bodhisattva and shattered his golden body.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated Spirit Mountain’s Hinayana leaders and exposed Amitabha Buddha’s claim that his shattered body had only been an incarnation. He then helped Jiang Liuer’s group obtain the Wordless True Scripture and left the old turtle to begin a new life in the East Sea.

• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva recognized Sect Master Tongtian within Sun Wukong and remained calm, trusting their connection and his loyalty to Houtu.
• Sect Master Tongtian killed Puxian Bodhisattva and smashed Amitabha Buddha’s golden body and Meritorious Golden Lotuses.
• Amitabha Buddha claimed he had been in seclusion and that the destroyed body was only an incarnation, then urged the group to take their scriptures and leave.
• Jiang Liuer chose the Wordless True Scripture, and the group took it from the repository beside Sumeru Palace.
• At Tongtian River, Sect Master Tongtian sent the old turtle to the East Sea to become an honorary disciple of Golden Ao Island and named him True Person Longevity.