Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing launched a New Year heavenly horse championship to fill the vacant Bimawen position, drawing participants and bettors from the Primordial World and the Blue Planet. A mortal named Bole won by betting on the black horse that crossed the course on a hidden glass path.

• Zhou Qingqing announced a heavenly horse race and betting event, with Zhao Gongming overseeing bets and the Star Lord of the Heavenly Pivot posting the odds.
• Haotian, Yaochi, Yang Jian, Nezha, Lu Ya, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Tang Sanzang, Little White Dragon, Zhu Bajie, Gao Cuilan, and Amitabha Buddha placed bets on different horses.
• The race began, and the heavenly horses struggled through obstacles, with several falling or being disqualified as spectators followed the results.
• Amitabha Buddha's white horse advanced to the lead, but the bodhi tree it used to cross the void snapped and sent it falling.
• An ordinary black horse walked across a transparent glass path through the void and reached the finish, and the crowd learned that the mortal Bole had bet on it.

Bole became Keeper of the Heavenly Stables, while Zhao Gongming profited from the Heavenly Horse Championship and reached the Half-Saint realm. After losing his bet, Amitabha Buddha secretly targeted Sun Wukong beneath the five divine mountains, and the chapter left Burning Lamp wondering whether the Buddha would succeed in the Calamity.

• Zhou Qingqing appointed Bole Keeper of the Heavenly Stables and tasked him with organizing a larger competition for the New Year.
• Zhao Gongming paid out the championship bets, made a large profit, and advanced to the Half-Saint realm.
• Zhou Qingqing saw that Amitabha Buddha had lost his entire bet, and Amitabha Buddha vowed to regain his dignity by seeking Sun Wukong.
• Zhou Qingqing discovered Sun Wukong pinned beneath five divine mountains in the Underworld, and Amitabha Buddha secretly used the Earth-Splitting Chisel to send his Six-Character True Words toward the mountains.
• Past Buddha Burning Lamp feared Amitabha Buddha might strip away his Pure Land World, then realized he had never created one.
• Burning Lamp Buddha asked Medicine Master and Maitreya whether they hoped Amitabha Buddha would win or lose the Calamity, and they fell silent.

Sun Wukong tried to escape the Five Directional Divine Mountains while Amitabha Buddha watched for signs of a system Zhou Qingqing might have given him. His first attempts failed, but he created a troop from his body hair, leaving Amitabha Buddha surprised.

• Sun Wukong remained trapped beneath the Five Directional Divine Mountains while Six Ears, Yuan Hong, and Wuzhiqi trained elsewhere in the Underworld.
• Amitabha Buddha used the Earth-Splitting Chisel to conceal his actions, and Zhou Qingqing chose not to give Sun Wukong a system.
• Sun Wukong tried to lift the mountains with his As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff, then used Heavenly Law, Earthly Manifestation and transformed into a Black Tortoise, but none of these attempts worked.
• Sun Wukong plucked three hairs that became a shovel, a drill, and an axe, then blew on his body hair to create a troop of monkeys and tools.
• Amitabha Buddha watched in surprise as Sun Wukong revealed that his entire body seemed covered in life-saving hairs.

Amitabha Buddha strengthened the Six-Character True Words with Past Buddha Burning Lamp’s power to keep Sun Wukong trapped beneath the five divine mountains. He then sent Ksitigarbha to pull Tang Taizong out of the Underworld, while Zhou Qingqing remained determined to help Sun Wukong without giving him a system.

• Sun Wukong used his Golden Eyes to spot Amitabha Buddha’s Six-Character True Words across the five divine mountains.
• Amitabha Buddha called on Past Buddha Burning Lamp, whose lamplight strengthened the Six-Character True Words and made Sun Wukong’s trial harder.
• The Three Pure Ones considered how Tang Sanzang might later help Sun Wukong, while Zhou Qingqing resolved to use other methods instead of giving him a system.
• Amitabha Buddha noticed Tang Taizong entering the Underworld and asked Ksitigarbha to return him to the human world.
• Ksitigarbha agreed and sent Dao essence through his Blue Planet projection to retrieve Tang Taizong.

Zhou Qingqing used Shenni’s power and Fate to transform Burning Lamp’s light into Violet Fairy, who appeared to help Sun Wukong break free from the Six-Character True Words. The seal remained intact, but Violet Fairy’s arrival inspired Wukong and disrupted Amitabha Buddha’s plans.

• Sun Wukong sent his monkey doubles to strike the Six-Character True Words with the As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff infused with Shenni’s power.
• The staff failed to break the seal, but its power reached Burning Lamp’s radiance and awakened it into Violet Fairy.
• Violet Fairy offered to help Sun Wukong, then attacked the Six-Character True Words with the Violet-Cyan Sword and was injured by the rebound.
• Burning Lamp told Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata and Maitreya Buddha that his light had become a woman who was fighting Buddhism’s seal.
• Amitabha Buddha realized Violet Fairy’s appearance had become a new source of hope for Sun Wukong and threatened to disrupt his plan.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that Zhou Qingqing had used Fate, aided by the Chaos Pearl, to bring Violet Fairy into being.

Nandi confronted the Violet Fairy as she tried to break the Six-Character True Words, but Sun Wukong intervened from beneath the five divine mountains. Sun Wukong awakened his chaos demon ape power and shattered Nandi, though Nandi locked the Violet Fairy’s primordial spirit before he fell.

• Amitabha Buddha sent Nandi to take the Violet Fairy away and prevent her from breaking the Six-Character True Words.
• Nandi attacked the Violet Fairy, but Sun Wukong used the monkeys and the As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff to drive him back.
• Nandi used Ten Thousand Buddhas Soul Lock to immobilize the Violet Fairy’s primordial spirit.
• Sun Wukong awakened the chaos demon ape’s power and shattered Nandi with the As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff.
• Nandi locked the Violet Fairy’s primordial spirit with his remaining power, while Amitabha Buddha expected Zhou Qingqing to intervene.

Violet Fairy entered Sun Wukong's heart as light and awakened him, allowing him to break the Six-Character True Words and escape the Five Directional Divine Mountains. With Violet Fairy beside him, Sun Wukong set out to rescue his brothers, while Diting failed to escape the Six-Eared Macaque.

• Violet Fairy transformed into light, entered Sun Wukong's heart, and helped him regain his senses.
• Sun Wukong summoned his staff and shattered the Six-Character True Words, freeing himself from beneath the Five Directional Divine Mountains.
• Amitabha Buddha blamed the Coffin Lamp's power and Past Buddha Burning Lamp for helping Sun Wukong break free.
• Amitabha Buddha told Shiva that Nandi had died in the Calamity, while Xingtian continued beating Ksitigarbha in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm.
• Violet Fairy called Sun Wukong her Supreme Treasure, and he said he would take her to rescue his brothers.
• Diting tried to flee the Six-Eared Macaque, but the Macaque detected where he intended to go.

Violet Fairy discovered a mysterious woman inside Sun Wukong's heart and learned that she was his master, Qingqing. The Three Pure Ones wondered whether Qingqing could see them in her own heart.

• Violet Fairy entered Sun Wukong's heart and found a terrifying presence that appeared to be a woman.
• Violet Fairy asked Sun Wukong about the presence, and he said it was his master, whose name could not be revealed while traveling.
• Six-Eared Macaque and Diting felt relieved when Sun Wukong explained the mystery.
• Violet Fairy realized Sun Wukong could only perceive Qingqing as a vague female shape and worried that her image had been tarnished.
• Qingqing wondered whether her three masters were shadowy figures in her heart, and the Three Pure Ones grew curious about whether she could see them.

Sun Wukong’s group joined forces with Wuzhiqi and Gonggong in the Underworld, then Gonggong sent them back to the mortal world after Diting warned that the Calamity was ready to advance.

• Qingqing thought Monkey Brother, Violet Fairy, and Kuafu’s projection were playing out a touching scene of brotherhood and love.
• Monkey Brother and Violet Fairy went to meet Yuan Hong while the other disciples moved toward Wuzhiqi and Gonggong.
• Wuzhiqi tried to bid Gonggong farewell, but Gonggong stopped him.
• Violet Fairy entered Sun Wukong’s heart, and the group formed a World-Mixing Grand Formation to manifest the Chaotic Demon Ape.
• Gonggong fought the group and blasted them out of the Underworld after Diting said the Calamity was ready to develop.
• Qingqing considered learning Diting’s ability to hear thoughts, then decided it would not let her hear her masters’ thoughts.

After returning from the Underworld, the Tang Emperor ordered Tang Sanzang to lead a Water and Land Dharma Assembly that would gather worthy people to spread the Dharma beyond the Tang Empire. Amitabha Buddha realized that this plan had overturned the original course of events, leaving the Tang Dynasty without temples or the usual Buddhist preparations for Tang Sanzang’s journey.

• The Tang Emperor decided to hold a Water and Land Dharma Assembly and summoned Tang Sanzang to direct it.
• Tang Sanzang agreed to lead the assembly and asked the Tang Emperor to announce it widely so they could gather worthy candidates.
• Amitabha Buddha learned of the assembly and recognized that its purpose was the opposite of the original plan to obtain scriptures from the Western Heaven.
• Amitabha Buddha noted that Guanyin Bodhisattva had not delivered Tang Sanzang the robes, Purple-Gold Alms Bowl, or Nine-Ring Staff, and that the Tang Dynasty had no temples.

Amitabha Buddha decided to raise the difficulty of the Calamity after the scripture-seeking party left the Tang Dynasty, while its protagonists began gathering for the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. New rules blocked Sun Wukong’s allies from interfering, leaving the Calamity to him and its other protagonists.

• Amitabha Buddha judged the Calamity’s trials insufficient and planned to make them harder after the party left the Tang Dynasty.
• After hearing about the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, Ao Lie flew toward Chang’an, Sha Wujin decided to go there, and Zhu Bajie left Gao Cuilan to attend.
• Sun Wukong told Violet Fairy and his fellow monkeys that he was leaving Flower-Fruit Mountain to train and take on his role in the Calamity.
• The Six-Eared Macaque, Yuan Hong, and Wuzhiqi sensed new rules that prevented them from joining the Calamity, and they resolved to focus on breaking through their realms.
• The Three Pure Ones learned that Qingqing suspected Amitabha Buddha had made the new rules to stop her from bringing others into the Calamity.

Amitabha Buddha sealed the Journey to the West Calamity against outside help and decided to unleash all twenty early tribulations at once. He summoned Shiva and ordered her to go to Blue Planet, leaving the Scripture Seeking Team to face the trials without help from beings of their world.

• Amitabha Buddha sealed the Calamity so no beings from the world could help the Scripture Seeking Team.
• The Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing did not respond to the new rule, and they suspected Qingqing might change her approach to helping the group.
• Amitabha Buddha decided to unleash all twenty early tribulations from the original trajectory at once, including the Four Saints Test the Zen Mind and the Five Manor Temple tribulation.
• Amitabha Buddha summoned Shiva and assigned her a mission on Blue Planet.
• Shiva recalled that Nandi had died on Blue Planet and realized the stakes of her own mission were much greater.

Amitabha Buddha sent Shiva to Blue Planet to arrange the first twenty tribulations, and Shiva attacked Five Manor Temple. Zhen Yuanzi discovered he could not project himself onto Blue Planet during the Calamity, then received a warning from Dao Venerable Zhou Qingqing and saw a troubling fragment of his future.

• Amitabha Buddha gave Shiva resources, authority, and personnel to arrange the first twenty tribulations.
• Shiva descended on Blue Planet at Mount Longevity and attacked Five Manor Temple with his trident.
• Zhen Yuanzi awoke after his Blue Planet projection was destroyed, but found that he could no longer project himself there during the Calamity.
• Dao Venerable Zhou Qingqing warned Zhen Yuanzi not to project himself onto Blue Planet because he would be eliminated unless he joined Buddhism.
• Zhen Yuanzi used Surveying Mountains and Rivers to inspect his Fate and saw a fragment in which he helped Buddhism rise and the Ginseng Fruit Tree was pushed over.

Zhen Yuanzi brought Ginseng Fruit to Miro Palace to thank Zhou Qingqing, while Shiva entered the Tang Empire and intervened at Tang Sanzang’s Water and Land Dharma Assembly. The Tang Emperor and the people of Chang'an watched as Shiva urged the court to seek Buddhist scriptures.

• Zhen Yuanzi brought all the Ginseng Fruit to Miro Palace and learned from Bai Ze that Zhou Qingqing was not there.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Bai Ze to distribute the fruit among the disciples and reserve thirty-six for the Heavenly Venerates and Zhou Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing watched Shiva take over Five Manor Temple and suspected he planned to imitate Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Shiva observed the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, recognized Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujin, and Little White Dragon as his opponents, and stepped forward.
• Shiva addressed Tang Sanzang and the Tang Emperor, claiming that Buddhist scriptures could help the Tang Empire and urging the Emperor not to stray from the path.

Shiva demonstrated Mahayana Buddhism at the Dharma assembly by creating a divine eagle and feeding it his own flesh. Ao Lie’s emotion-gathering power surged as the crowd reacted, while Shiva restored his body and strengthened the eagle with the power of vows.

• The Tang Emperor allowed Shiva to demonstrate his Buddhist teachings at the Dharma assembly, and Tang Sanzang hoped the companions could withstand the challenge.
• Shiva chose Ao Lie as his opponent and created a majestic divine eagle through Buddhist sutras.
• Ao Lie sensed the crowd’s intense emotions and gained confidence from the goodwill of his future teammates.
• Shiva fed his own flesh to the eagle, making clear that it would fight Ao Lie to the death.
• Shiva declared that he had never regretted his sacrifice, restored his body, and added the power of vows to the eagle.

At the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, Little White Dragon Ao Lie faced Shiva’s powerful Divine Eagle and used a dazzling series of dragon transformations to win the crowd’s support and gather emotion points. He spent the points on new draws, obtaining the Seven-Star Karma Ancestor Dragon Ball, Karmic Judgment Light, and Heaven’s Punishment, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Chang'an’s crowd admired Shiva’s Divine Eagle after it ate Shiva’s flesh, while Ao Lie received emotion points from his companions’ concern.
• Ao Lie divided his points among the prize pools and prepared to face the Divine Eagle, which Amitabha Buddha believed had been empowered by Shiva’s flesh and vows.
• The Divine Eagle spread its wings at the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, and Ao Lie transformed through several dragon forms, exciting the crowd and drawing their cheers.
• Ao Lie’s companions expressed anticipation and fighting spirit, encouraging him as he continued to collect emotion points.
• Ao Lie spent his new points and drew the Seven-Star Karma Ancestor Dragon Ball, Karmic Judgment Light, and the spirit treasure Heaven’s Punishment.

Ao Lie transformed into a Karmic Dragon and combined karma with slaughter to create a new divine ability. His Rebirth Slash wounded Shiva’s divine eagle, causing it to collapse before the crowd in Chang’an.

• Ao Lie used his rewards to transform into a Karmic Dragon, surprising Shiva and drawing the Tang Emperor’s attention.
• Ao Lie struck Shiva’s divine eagle with Heaven’s Punishment and Karmic Judgment Light, but the eagle endured the attack after devouring Shiva’s flesh and blood.
• Ao Lie added the slaughter Dao rhythm of the Primordial Blood Spirit Dragon to Heaven’s Punishment, forming a new divine ability.
• Zhou Qingqing named the new ability Rebirth Slash, and Ao Lie used it to wound the divine eagle’s origin.
• The weakened divine eagle collapsed, reigniting the enthusiasm of the spectators in Chang’an.

Little White Dragon Ao Lie summoned a plump Divine Dragon that destroyed the Divine Eagle, prompting Shiva to yield the trial to him. The Yoga God then asked to face the three remaining members of the Scripture Seeking Team and offer them an item.

• Shiva fed his flesh and blood to the Divine Eagle, restoring it and making it stronger.
• Ao Lie fused the seven Dragon Pearls and summoned a plump Divine Dragon instead of Yinglong, which crushed the Divine Eagle.
• Shiva bowed to the Tang Emperor and asked to continue displaying Mahayana Buddhism, and the Tang Emperor granted him the opportunity.
• Ao Lie dismissed the Divine Dragon and let the trial continue, while the Yoga God offered to face the three remaining members of the Scripture Seeking Team and give them an item.

Upper Pure Master Tongtian sent Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui to observe the battle at the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, where Shiva was about to fight three opponents. Zhou Qingqing granted Ma Sui a temporary Omnipotent Simulation System, drawing Amitabha Buddha’s attention as the battle began.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian recognized that the battle could reveal the Tightening Hoop Spell’s secrets and summoned Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui to watch.
• Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui arrived at the Water-Land Dharma Assembly and, unsure what his master expected, prayed to Zhou Qingqing by praising her power and abilities.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to reward Ma Sui’s devotion with a temporary system, and Ma Sui accepted the Omnipotent Simulation System without hesitation.
• Amitabha Buddha noticed the familiar aura around Ma Sui and began watching him, while the Three Pure Ones concluded that his distraction had disturbed his Dao Creation state of mind.

Shiva’s Transformation Body placed three powerful hoops on Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujin, while Golden Hoop Immortal Ma Sui studied their workings through Zhou Qingqing’s Omni-Simulation System. As the three protagonists endured the Tightening Hoop Spell, Zhu Bajie discovered that resisting it could strengthen his system’s resistance, leaving the struggle ongoing.

• Ma Sui activated the Omni-Simulation System and used it to reproduce Shiva’s three hoops and the protagonists’ reactions so he could study and improve his own hoop methods.
• Shiva’s Transformation Body sent hoops onto Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujin, then recited the Tightening Hoop Spell to torment them.
• Ma Sui used the simulation to examine the hoops’ effects and experience the spell and its impact through the three protagonists.
• Zhu Bajie found that the Golden Fillet immobilized him and disrupted his thoughts, preventing him from rolling to activate his Diligence Makes Up for Clumsiness System.
• Zhu Bajie realized that resisting the spell counted as effort, and his system awarded him a small increase in Tightening Hoop resistance.