Recaps

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.

At the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, Sha Wujin endured the Banning Hoop’s effects and used his Endless Extraction System to extract a Law-Locking Hoop fragment. Amitabha Buddha watched Ma Sui grow excited as he absorbed the experience, leaving Amitabha Buddha baffled by the scene.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Supreme Pure Laozi discussed whether Sha Wujin would find a way to use his system.
• Sha Wujin realized the Banning Hoop suppressed laws and Dao Resonances but had not suppressed his Endless Extraction System.
• Sha Wujin selected the Banning Hoop as his extraction target and obtained a Law-Locking Hoop fragment.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian claimed credit for Sha Wujin’s extraction, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Supreme Pure Laozi challenged him.
• Zhou Qingqing thought Ma Sui could learn from Zhu Bajie’s and Sha Wujin’s experiences through his Omni-Simulation System.
• Amitabha Buddha noticed Ma Sui growing excited while the protagonists suffered under the Tightening Hoop Spell and wondered what was wrong with the scene.

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Cihang Daoist into her past to settle the karma from her Buddhist deeds, hoping it would help her break through her cultivation bottleneck. Cihang recognized her past self on a Blue Planet and began watching the events unfold.

• After Qingqing recalled that Cihang had kept two circlets, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned Cihang to the Three Pure Ones Hall.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate lectured Cihang for neglecting her cultivation and for the trouble her past karma was causing during the Calamity.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate reversed karma and sent Cihang to witness her past, while Amitabha Buddha recognized the Three Pure Ones’ plan.
• Cihang arrived on a Blue Planet and saw her Buddhist self carrying the Willow Pure Dew Vase and a circlet, then realized she was witnessing the events of Four Saints Test the Zen Mind.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate declared that Cihang would settle her own mistakes rather than leave him to bear the blame.

Cihang Daoist reversed causality at the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, where she found her counterpart preaching Mahayana Buddhism as Guanyin Bodhisattva. After dismissing Guanyin with a willow branch containing Yang Mei’s origin, Cihang redirected Tang Sanzang toward spreading Daoism, while Amitabha Buddha grew irritated.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate showed Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian the scene of Cihang’s causality reversal.
• Cihang Daoist saw her counterpart, Guanyin Bodhisattva, preaching Mahayana Buddhism at the Water-Land Dharma Assembly in Chang'an.
• Cihang drew out the willow from her Willow Pure Dew Vase, making Guanyin disappear before Tang Sanzang and the Tang Emperor.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Master Tongtian recognized the willow as containing Yang Mei’s origin, and Amitabha Buddha realized it had thrown Guanyin beyond space.
• Cihang told Tang Sanzang to abandon Buddhism, study Daoist teachings, and spread them westward.
• Amitabha Buddha exerted his power to make Cihang leave the Water-Land Dharma Assembly sooner.

Cihang Daoist reached the three hoop episodes in the karmic threads and thwarted Amitabha Buddha’s schemes by using Daoist methods. She ended with all three hoops in her hands, having removed them from Sun Wukong, the black bear, and Red Boy.

• Cihang Daoist arrived as Guanyin Bodhisattva planned to give Tang Sanzang the Tightening Hoop and Spell for Sun Wukong, and she resolved not to harm her senior sister’s disciple.
• When the Willow Branch failed to shift her out of the scene, Cihang Daoist merged Jade Void arts with Guanyin’s Wondrous Dharma and seized the Flower-Inlaid Golden Hat before Sun Wukong could put it on.
• Cihang Daoist used the Willow Branch as a sword to flick the Golden Hoop off the great black bear.
• Cihang Daoist used feeling as the foundation for Taishang’s forgetting of feelings and removed the Banning Hoop from Red Boy.
• Cihang Daoist gathered all three hoops, leaving Amitabha Buddha astonished by the result.

Cihang Daoist returned to the Three Pure Ones Hall after retrieving the three hoops and, with the Three Pure Ones’ guidance, stabilized her realms and attained the Dao of Primordial Chaos. She announced her new title as Cihang Universal Salvation Heavenly Venerate, while Amitabha Buddha witnessed the rise of another Heavenly Venerate.

• Amitabha Buddha tried to sever the Journey to the West karma, but the Taiji Diagram appeared as the karma entered Nirvana.
• Cihang Daoist returned to the Three Pure Ones Hall and thanked Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Supreme Pure Laozi, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian for helping her repair the damage she had caused.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian praised Cihang Daoist’s Yang Mei Sword Drawn from Its Sheath, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized that her three realms had stabilized.
• Cihang Daoist combined her Shangqing Realm, Jade Pure Realm, and Supreme Purity Realm methods and attained the Dao of Primordial Chaos.
• Cihang Daoist announced her title, Cihang Universal Salvation Heavenly Venerate, and her Three Lights Divine Water healed the injured Buddhas and Ksitigarbha.
• Amitabha Buddha watched Cihang Daoist’s ascension and reflected on how few beings had attained the Dao of Primordial Chaos in the Primordial World.

Amitabha Buddha gave Cihang Universal Salvation Heavenly Venerate Buddhism’s Perfect Freedom Buddha Fruit to keep her from affecting the spell battle on Blue Planet, and she accepted it at her eldest martial uncle’s command. She became Cihang Universal Salvation Perfect Freedom Heavenly Venerate and was told to return to her dojo, while Qingqing’s thoughts darkened Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s mood again.

• Amitabha Buddha stripped away Buddhism’s teachings concerning Guanyin and sent Cihang its Perfect Freedom Buddha Fruit to protect the Blue Planet spell battle.
• The Primordial World’s Saints and Buddhist disciples saw the Buddha Fruit appear and wondered whether Amitabha Buddha was trying to draw Cihang into Buddhism or force the fruit upon her.
• Cihang initially rejected the Buddha Fruit, but her eldest martial uncle told her to accept it, and she absorbed it.
• Cihang announced her new title, Cihang Universal Salvation Perfect Freedom Heavenly Venerate, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate told her to return to her dojo and cultivate.
• Qingqing realized Cihang had settled the karma of the headband and wondered whether Eldest Master had met Red Boy, causing Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian to notice Eldest Brother’s expression darken again.

Shiva used the Tightening Hoop Spell against Sun Wukong, whose resistance was tested by a manifestation of his own future as the Victorious Fighting Buddha. Sun Wukong recognized that the hoop remained part of the Buddha’s restraint and prepared to fight it.

• Supreme Pure Laozi accepted Qingqing’s private thoughts, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate concluded that she had quickly changed his elder brother’s mood.
• The Three Pure Ones reflected on Cihang converting her Buddhist fruition into Dao fruition and becoming a saint.
• Shiva chanted the Tightening Hoop Spell at the assembly, and Sun Wukong faced its effects while Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin resisted it with the system’s help.
• Sun Wukong saw a Buddha manifestation of himself wearing the Tightening Hoop and carrying an As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff.
• Sun Wukong shattered the Buddha’s golden flower crown, saw the Tightening Hoop underneath, and realized the hoop remained a link meant to tame him.

Zhou Qingqing watched Sun Wukong battle Victorious Fighting Buddha, whose tightening hoop revealed that Buddhism still sought to control him. Sun Wukong rejected the fate Victorious Fighting Buddha predicted and prepared to bring forth Sun Xingzhe, wielding Punishment Through Rebellion against Buddhism.

• Zhou Qingqing used magic to see Sun Wukong fighting Victorious Fighting Buddha, and Sun Wukong knocked off the golden flower cap to expose the tightening hoop.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha urged Sun Wukong to convert to Buddhism, claiming that casting off the hoop would make him an ordinary monkey and that every path led to the same fate.
• Sun Wukong acknowledged that his fate might be to wear the tightening hoop but said his master had taught him that he could choose another ending.
• Sun Wukong realized he had another title, Sun Xingzhe, and declared that he would punish Buddhism for trying to sentence him with the tightening hoop.

Sun Wukong used the power of Executioner to defeat Victorious Fighting Buddha, forcing him to manifest the Boneless Sarira. The Sarira revived Victorious Fighting Buddha and strengthened him, and he continued trying to persuade Sun Xingzhe to return to Buddhism.

• Victorious Fighting Buddha transformed into a tiger, but Sun Wukong used Heavenly Law, Earthly Manifestation to stomp him and force him back into Buddha form.
• Sun Wukong unleashed Shenni's power as Executioner and overcame Victorious Fighting Buddha's Buddha-nature with the Golden-Hooped Staff.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha fell in realm and turned into the Boneless Sarira, revealing a special branch of the Sarira Great Dao.
• The Boneless Sarira ignited with flames and revived Victorious Fighting Buddha, whose aura grew stronger after his defeat.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha praised Sun Xingzhe and offered him a future in Buddhism, while Sun Xingzhe criticized Buddhism for lacking someone like him.

Sun Wukong the Executioner overcame the Victorious Fighting Buddha’s Boneless Sarira by drawing on his darkened self and defeated him. At the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, Sun Wukong resisted the Tightening Hoop Spell and struck at the Yoga God, astonishing Amitabha Buddha with his doubled protagonist halo.

• The Victorious Fighting Buddha used the Boneless Sarira to strengthen his Buddhist nature and suppress Sun Wukong the Executioner.
• Sun Wukong the Executioner reasoned that the Victorious Fighting Buddha was obstructing his path, then summoned his darkened self to counter the Sarira’s power.
• Sun Wukong the Executioner defeated the Victorious Fighting Buddha, who accepted his punishment as the Boneless Sarira dissolved.
• At the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, the Yoga God intensified the Tightening Hoop Spell while Sun Wukong appeared to suffer unbearable pain.
• Sun Wukong broke free of the spell, changed his attire, and struck at the Yoga God with his staff.
• Amitabha Buddha watched Sun Wukong resist the trial without a cheat and saw his protagonist halo double.