Chapter Summaries

After Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon left, Sun Wukong learned that he was in a parallel world derived from the timeline where he became the Victorious Fighting Buddha and realized Zixia had regained her memories as Bai Jingjing’s master. The Heavenly Venerates reflected on the tangled history between Sun Wukong, Bai Jingjing, and Zixia, but had no advice to offer.

• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon left, and Sun Wukong sensed that Zixia had vanished from within his heart.
• Sun Wukong received information about the parallel world and recognized that it had developed from the timeline where he became the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
• Sun Wukong concluded that Bai Jingjing had sent Zixia memories of their past, restoring Zixia’s memories of being Bai Jingjing’s master.
• Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts recounted how Supreme Treasure, Bai Jingjing, and Zixia had become entangled through love and missed chances in the original timeline.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed the complicated feelings between Bai Jingjing and Zixia but could offer no guidance, while Supreme Pure Laozi chose to watch.

The Three Pure Ones discussed Little White Dragon Ao Lie’s attempt to awaken the emotionless Bone Dragon by channeling dragon blood, might, and roars into its Reverse Scale. Ao Lie’s attack aimed to make the Bone Dragon feel pain and reconnect with the Dragon Clan, leaving his breakthrough still in progress.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian and Supreme Pure Laozi agreed that Little White Dragon needed to understand emotions to reach the Bone Dragon.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate said Ao Lie could pour his emotions into the Bone Dragon and use his refined Dragon Clan bloodline to his advantage.
• Qingqing explained that Ao Lie was targeting the Bone Dragon’s Reverse Scale with dragon blood, might, and roars to ignite its last trace of vitality.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian reasoned that Ao Lie’s attack might awaken primitive emotions in the Bone Dragon and make it recognize pain as proof of life.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian suggested that Ao Lie could also awaken the Bone Dragon by stirring its passion for restoring the Dragon Clan’s glory.

On White Tiger Ridge, Ao Lie tried to make the Bone Dragon feel his resolve, but Zhou Qingqing doubted that his approach could stir its emotions. Ao Lie then transformed himself into a Bone Dragon, earning rare praise from Amitabha Buddha, though Amitabha doubted the act would restore the Bone Dragon’s emotions.

• Zhou Qingqing watched Ao Lie confront the Bone Dragon and thought his attempt to affect it emotionally was misguided.
• Amitabha Buddha judged that Ao Lie’s determination and willingness to endure pain could not move the Bone Dragon.
• Ao Lie used reversed power to strip away his flesh and transform his body into a skeleton.
• Ao Lie’s life force became Soul Fire as he completed his transformation into a Bone Dragon.
• Amitabha Buddha praised Ao Lie’s idea but said it was not enough to bring the Bone Dragon’s emotions back from Nirvana.

Little White Dragon summoned the Divine Dragon and wished for Anavatapta to witness a true dragon’s might. Yinglong restored Anavatapta’s connection to his dragon nature and made him the first Netherworld Bone Dragon, leaving Amitabha Buddha unable to stop the change.

• Little White Dragon gathered seven Dragon Balls and summoned the Divine Dragon after Anavatapta’s emotions and true name were stirred by the True Dragon Resonance.
• Little White Dragon wished for Anavatapta to witness the power of a true dragon rather than asking first for his own recovery.
• Yinglong answered the wish, declaring that Anavatapta could retain his dragonhood through future tribulations and become the Netherworld Bone Dragon lineage.
• Yinglong demonstrated a true dragon’s power to Anavatapta, who abandoned his Buddhist identity and called himself a bone dragon.
• Amitabha Buddha accepted that he could no longer stop Little White Dragon and realized Anavatapta could enter the Nine Nether Realm.

Little White Dragon Ao Lie cleared the White Tiger Ridge trial first after summoning Yellow Dragon True Person, who defeated the bone dragon and made it a Netherworld Bone Dragon. Realizing he might rank first, Ao Lie flew to help Tang Sanzang with his own opponent.

• Little White Dragon thanked his ancestor after Yellow Dragon True Person transformed the bone dragon into a Netherworld Bone Dragon and sent it to the Underworld.
• Yellow Dragon True Person praised Ao Lie, then questioned why he had made such a limited wish.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained that Yellow Dragon True Person’s repeated descents and growing power made his exuberance understandable.
• Ao Lie saw that his completion time had stopped first in the Ranking System and realized he had cleared the trial ahead of everyone.
• Ao Lie flew onward to help Tang Sanzang, while the Preaching Squad members recognized that he had finished first.

Little White Dragon Ao Lie reached Tang Sanzang and found him fighting Chaos Withered Bone. After deflecting a hidden bone spike, Ao Lie faced the old man, who abandoned his plan for revenge after learning the Dragon King was still alive.

• Little White Dragon Ao Lie sensed powerful magical fluctuations and found Tang Sanzang looking bedraggled beside an old man named Chaos Withered Bone.
• Chaos Withered Bone noticed Ao Lie and mocked him for breaking through his companions.
• Ao Lie stepped forward to help Tang Sanzang, then raised his defenses as Chaos Withered Bone sent a bone spike at him.
• Ao Lie traced patterns with his dragon claw and knocked the bone spike away.
• Chaos Withered Bone praised Ao Lie’s skill and dropped his revenge plan after revealing that the Dragon King was still alive.

Tang Sanzang reversed the Burial Spirit Scripture and used it to make Chaos Withered Bone generate countless Bone Spirits. He then directed the original scripture scrolls at the new creatures, marking them with the character for burial.

• Chaos Withered Bone mocked Tang Sanzang’s soul coffin and revealed that his World-Suppressing Bone Dao drew its power from the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.
• Tang Sanzang recited the reversed Burial Spirit Scripture and touched Chaos Withered Bone, causing death qi and spiritual qi to mix across his bones.
• Bone buds and sacs rapidly formed on Chaos Withered Bone, producing Bone Guards, Chaos Bone Demons, and Yin Bones.
• The newly born Bone Spirits pledged loyalty to Chaos Withered Bone and proclaimed him immortal.
• Tang Sanzang sent his two scripture scrolls toward the Bone Spirits, and the character for burial appeared across them in batches.

Tang Sanzang confronted Chaos Withered Bone by burying the spirits created from the reversed Burial Spirit Scripture, despite Chaos Withered Bone claiming the attempt would gain him nothing. The burial succeeded without erasing Chaos Withered Bone’s origin, leaving Little White Dragon Ao Lie wondering whether Amitabha Buddha had noticed the Burial System activating.

• Chaos Withered Bone tried to stop Tang Sanzang and challenged him for avoiding a direct confrontation.
• Tang Sanzang said he would bury spirits regardless of their size, and Little White Dragon Ao Lie and Zhou Qingqing approved of his resolve.
• Chaos Withered Bone argued that the burial spirits shared his origin and burying them would yield nothing.
• Little White Dragon Ao Lie realized Chaos Withered Bone did not fully understand the Burial System and had moved to stop Tang Sanzang out of fear.
• Burial characters erupted within the bone spirits, and the spirits vanished while Chaos Withered Bone’s aura steadied.
• Little White Dragon Ao Lie wondered whether Amitabha Buddha had noticed the Burial System, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate looked pleased.

Tang Sanzang buried bone spirits at White Tiger Ridge to accumulate System notifications and treasure chest chances, while his Lucky Grand Wheel kept returning empty results. He continued avoiding the Chaos Withered Bone and focused on burial instead of fighting it.

• The Heavenly Venerates in Three Pure Ones Hall wondered whether “King of Guanzhong Is Here” referred to the historical King of Guanzhong, then focused on listening to their disciple’s thoughts.
• Tang Sanzang moved through White Tiger Ridge, mechanically burying bone spirits as System notifications accumulated and gave him more chances to open treasure chests.
• Tang Sanzang remained untroubled by his repeated “Thank You for Participating” results because he could keep using the Lucky Grand Wheel.
• The Heavenly Venerates discussed Tang Sanzang’s bad luck and recalled their disciple’s painful past with scratch cards.
• The Chaos Withered Bone watched Tang Sanzang avoid it and bury bone spirits instead of following through on his boasts about fighting it.

Tang Sanzang drew Ma Yuan’s experience card, then invoked Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s power and Heaven-Suppressing Coffin to defeat the Chaos Withered Bone. He buried the defeated enemy with his own scriptures, and the Ranking System confirmed the mission was complete.

• Amitabha Buddha recognized that Tang Sanzang had summoned Ma Yuan, a former Buddhist Patriarch, and thought the draw was despicable.
• Tang Sanzang used Ma Yuan’s Bone Dao knowledge to form a bone claw, but the Chaos Withered Bone tore it apart.
• Tang Sanzang drew Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s card and manifested the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, frightening the Chaos Withered Bone.
• The Heaven-Suppressing Coffin’s aura broke the Chaos Withered Bone’s World-Suppressing Bone Dao, and Tang Sanzang buried him with two scrolls of scripture.
• Little White Dragon Ao Lie checked the Ranking System and saw that Tang Sanzang’s mission was complete.

After completing their trials, Tang Sanzang received the Eternal Heaven Scripture and formed it into a third set of Dharma robes. He and Ao Lie set out to find Sun Wukong, but the confused Monkey appeared before his trial timer ended, and a mysterious force began pulling Tang Sanzang and Ao Lie away.

• Tang Sanzang received the Eternal Heaven Scripture as his burial mission reward, and it became another set of Dharma robes.
• Tang Sanzang and Ao Lie confirmed that they had completed their trials and decided to return to find Sun Wukong.
• Tang Sanzang and Ao Lie sensed Sun Wukong approaching and saw him appear with a vacant look and his As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff.
• Tang Sanzang and Ao Lie realized Sun Wukong was deeply confused over Bai Jingjing, then felt a mysterious force begin pulling them away.

Tang Sanzang used the Eternal Heaven Scripture to protect himself and Little White Dragon Ao Lie from Amitabha Buddha’s attack, which tried to draw them into a parallel world. Amitabha Buddha’s attempt failed, leaving the pair safe but the Calamity still unresolved.

• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie were pulled from White Tiger Ridge into a gray, unreal expanse that eroded their minds.
• The Heavenly Venerates in Three Pure Ones Hall realized Amitabha Buddha was trying to use them to activate a parallel world called Love-Crazed Great Sage.
• Tang Sanzang resisted the attack by activating the Eternal Heaven Scripture, whose power anchored his existence and shielded him.
• Tang Sanzang extended the scripture’s golden protection to Little White Dragon Ao Lie, restoring his sanity.
• Amitabha Buddha sensed that Tang Sanzang had overcome the tribulation with the scripture and accepted that his surprise attack had failed.

Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie watched Sun Wukong repeat a time loop while trying to save Bai Jingjing, but the Eternal Heaven Scripture could not intervene. They saw that Sun Wukong had transformed the Somersault Cloud to cross time and reach Bai Jingjing, yet something still prevented him from saving her.

• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie used the Eternal Heaven Scripture to observe Sun Wukong trapped in a repeating cycle with the Moonlight Treasure Box.
• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie learned that Sun Wukong was trying to find Bai Jingjing, the young woman from White Tiger Ridge.
• Little White Dragon Ao Lie suggested that Tang Sanzang use the Eternal Heaven Scripture to help Sun Wukong, but its golden light had no effect.
• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie noticed that Sun Wukong had returned to a timeline where he could reach Bai Jingjing.
• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie realized that Sun Wukong had used the Somersault Cloud to cross time, making the Moonlight Treasure Box only a catalyst.
• The Heavenly Venerates acknowledged Sun Wukong's transformed Somersault Cloud, while Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie saw that he still needed to discover why saving Bai Jingjing had failed.

Sun Wukong destroyed the Moonlight Treasure Box, believing he could reach his goal without it. The destruction revealed an earlier scene in Silken Web Cave, where Bai Jingjing was about to take her own life, but Little White Dragon Ao Lie sensed that Sun Wukong had failed to transcend time and space.

• Sun Wukong refused to strike Bai Jingjing and instead shattered the Moonlight Treasure Box, explaining that its existence had caused the world's variables.
• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie saw a new scene in Silken Web Cave, where a woman's voice claimed that she and Supreme Treasure had a child, angering Bai Jingjing.
• Tang Sanzang realized this scene showed the Moonlight Treasure Box's first use and noted that Sun Wukong had only one chance left to save Bai Jingjing.
• Bai Jingjing prepared to cut her own throat as Little White Dragon Ao Lie sensed that Sun Wukong's Somersault Cloud was absent and that he had failed to transcend the box's time travel.

Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie failed to stop Bai Jingjing from trying to kill herself, but Sun Wukong’s hidden hair clone appeared and knocked her sword away. The clone invoked its power as an executioner and sentenced Bai Jingjing to lifelong solitude.

• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie combined the Eternal Heaven Scripture and time power to stop Bai Jingjing, but their attack failed.
• Bai Jingjing’s sword struck only her hair, which revealed Sun Wukong’s golden hair hidden on her by a previous attempt.
• Sun Wukong’s hair transformed into a monkey clone, and Bai Jingjing furiously attacked it.
• The clone summoned the As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff and reversed Bai Jingjing’s attacks.
• The clone called itself an executioner, knocked the sword from Bai Jingjing’s hand, and declared that she would be executed for slitting her throat.

Sun Xingzhe judged Bai Jingjing for attempting suicide, and she responded by deciding to punish herself with the White Bone Whip. The chapter left Bai Jingjing preparing to experience the whip’s cold bite, while the Three Pure Ones realized its effects might not be what she expected.

• The Heavenly Venerates in Three Pure Ones Hall listened to Qingqing’s song and watched Sun Xingzhe judge Bai Jingjing.
• Sun Xingzhe considered suicide a crime and said his judgment was meant to help Bai Jingjing.
• Bai Jingjing said she would judge herself and summoned the White Bone Whip made from the bones of ninety-nine heartless men.
• Bai Jingjing said the whip could no longer kill and intended to use it on herself to feel its biting cold.
• The Three Pure Ones realized the White Bone Whip’s effect on Bai Jingjing might differ from what she expected.

Bai Jingjing’s attempt to punish herself with the White Bone Whip summoned rosy skeletons and a projection of Shi Ji, whose vows compelled her to destroy Buddhism. As Shi Ji raised Tai’a to kill Bai Jingjing, the woman regretted never telling Sun Wukong how she truly felt.

• Bai Jingjing abandoned her plan to slit her throat and struck herself with the White Bone Whip, causing rosy skeletons to swarm her.
• Zhou Qingqing realized Amitabha Buddha was using Bai Jingjing and the rosy skeletons to test Shi Ji’s vow against Sun Wukong.
• Shi Ji sensed the danger in the Primordial World’s Nine Nether Realm, but Upper Pure Master Tongtian told her to let the Calamity proceed.
• A projection of Shi Ji appeared before Bai Jingjing and recited vows to kill sentient beings, cut afflictions, destroy Buddhist gates, and eradicate the Buddha Path.
• Tang Sanzang recognized Shi Ji as an Earth Dao Saint, while Little White Dragon Ao Lie warned that Bai Jingjing was in danger.
• Shi Ji drew Tai’a and prepared to strike, and Bai Jingjing accepted her fate while regretting that she had never spoken sweetly to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong transformed his remaining hair into countless clones to protect Bai Jingjing from Lady Shi Ji’s sword, using the Way of the Heavenly Venerate to create a true Life-Saving Hair. Shi Ji returned to normal and offered to help him, while the clone unexpectedly spoke.

• Amitabha Buddha watched Lady Shi Ji’s projection attack Bai Jingjing and expected the incident to drive a wedge between Daoism and the Preaching Squad.
• As Lady Shi Ji drew her sword, Sun Wukong created countless clones from his single remaining hair, and they gathered before the Tai'a Sword to shield Bai Jingjing.
• The Heavenly Venerates recognized that Sun Wukong was strengthening his clones through the Way of the Heavenly Venerate to produce a true Life-Saving Hair.
• The clones returned to a golden hair that stopped Lady Shi Ji’s sword and halted her killing intent, restoring her to normal.
• Shi Ji realized she had been manipulated, transformed the hair back into Sun Wukong’s form, and offered to help him; then the clone spoke.

Sun Wukong’s avatar asked Lady Shi Ji to take Bai Jingjing as her disciple, and Shi Ji removed Bai Jingjing from the vortex to cultivate the White Bone Dao. The avatar died after fulfilling its purpose, while the unresolved matter between Sun Wukong and Violet Fairy remained.

• Sun Wukong’s avatar asked Lady Shi Ji to rescue Bai Jingjing, who realized she was in a different world and accepted Shi Ji’s offer to take her as a disciple.
• Lady Shi Ji destroyed Bai Jingjing’s White Bone Whip and took her away to practice the White Bone Dao.
• Bai Jingjing warned Sun Wukong’s avatar that their matter was not settled, then departed with Shi Ji.
• Tang Sanzang told Little White Dragon Ao Lie that Sun Wukong’s avatar had died after Bai Jingjing left.
• The Heavenly Venerates discussed the avatar’s sacrifice and the remaining challenge of reconciling Sun Wukong with Violet Fairy.

Sun Wukong used the Somersault Cloud to reach Violet Fairy and keep the steel fork from killing her, but the A Chinese Odyssey world's will began trying to take over his inner world. The Heavenly Venerates believed his other attachments might help him resist.

• Sun Wukong found Violet Fairy and saw that a steel fork was about to pierce her.
• Sun Wukong's life-saving hair could not stop the fork, so he used the Somersault Cloud to transcend time and space and hold Violet Fairy safe.
• Amitabha Buddha expected the A Chinese Odyssey world to force Sun Wukong toward its tragic ending, since the Moonlight Treasure Box was gone.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained that the world's will began replacing Sun Wukong when he held Zixia.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian predicted Sun Wukong would be separated from the Preaching Squad, while Supreme Pure Laozi argued that other people in Sun Wukong's heart might protect him.