Recaps

Tang Sanzang buried Mount Longevity and gained the Burial Spirit Scripture, but the Preaching Squad became trapped in the chaotic remains of Universe in the Sleeve. Sun Wukong led them out safely, only for Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse to rise and confront them at Five Manor Temple.

• Tang Sanzang buried Mount Longevity, earning Spiritual Radiance and insight into the Burial Spirit Scripture.
• After Mount Longevity’s destruction threw Universe in the Sleeve into chaos, Sun Wukong told the Preaching Squad to follow his movements, breathing, and rhythm exactly.
• Sun Wukong guided the Preaching Squad through the traps and out of Universe in the Sleeve, impressing Zhen Yuanzi.
• Amitabha Buddha realized the Preaching Squad had escaped using the growing cheat Zhou Qingqing had given them.
• At Five Manor Temple, Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse stood up holding the broken Ginseng Fruit Tree and accused the Preaching Squad of disrespecting him.

At Five Manor Temple, Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse overwhelmed the Preaching Squad until Sha Wujin realized his Endless Extraction System could target it. He extracted a drop of Zhen Yuanzi’s essence blood and asked the others to cover him while he made an opening to defeat the corpse.

• Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse battered the Preaching Squad and drove its members into the walls of Five Manor Temple.
• Sha Wujin realized that the Endless Extraction System could target Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse.
• Sha Wujin extracted a drop of Zhen Yuanzi’s essence blood with the system.
• Sha Wujin told the Preaching Squad to cover him while he created an opportunity to defeat Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse.

Sha Wujin extracted five drops of Saint blood essence from Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse and shared them with the Preaching Squad, strengthening the group while weakening the corpse. The squad’s attacks began to pierce the corpse, and Shiva realized his control over it had been compromised.

• Amitabha Buddha recognized that Sha Wujin could extract origin power and deduced the Preaching Squad members’ strengthening abilities.
• Zhen Yuanzi sensed that Sha Wujin had extracted blood essence from his Saint projection, weakening the corpse and strengthening the squad.
• Shiva mistook the corpse’s sluggishness for resistance caused by his cultivation, then increased his mana to regain control.
• The Preaching Squad synchronized their movements and blocked the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s strike, their renewed strength evident to Shiva.
• Sha Wujin confirmed that extracting Zhen Yuanzi’s blood essence had made the corpse vulnerable and planned to extract more after recovering his mana.

Shiva absorbed the Dream World Demon Gods into his trident and used it to fully control Zhen Yuanzi’s remains, making him a Half-Saint-level threat. The Preaching Squad recognized Shiva in the dancing corpse, but his transformed divine abilities made the fight harder, while Zhou Qingqing believed they could still clear the stage.

• Zhen Yuanzi, Amitabha Buddha, and the Three Pure Ones sensed that Sha Wujin had extracted and shared Earth Immortal authority among the Preaching Squad.
• Shiva summoned his trident and drew the Dream World Demon Gods into it as a source of power.
• Shiva drove the trident into Zhen Yuanzi’s remains and regained complete control of the corpse.
• Sha Wujin recognized Shiva when Zhen Yuanzi’s remains began dancing, and the Preaching Squad identified him as the Dance King and Beast Lord.
• Shiva manifested a third eye and destructive aura, forcing the Preaching Squad to face his transformed abilities.
• Zhou Qingqing watched the fight and believed the Preaching Squad would clear the stage once they realized the method.

The Preaching Squad protected Sha Wujin while he extracted power from Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse, but Shiva eventually realized Sha Wujin was behind the changes and moved to attack him. Sha Wujin gave the extracted Future Mythic Essence to Sun Wukong, who entered the future myth of Great Sage Equaling Heaven as his Golden-Hooped Staff began to grow.

• The Preaching Squad coordinated to shield Sha Wujin and distract Shiva while Sha Wujin continued extracting from Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse.
• The Preaching Squad fought Shiva with all their strength, and Sun Wukong endured his attacks to keep Shiva focused on them.
• Shiva noticed the others were protecting Sha Wujin, realized Sha Wujin had been extracting Zhen Yuanzi’s origin, and prepared to eliminate him.
• Sha Wujin extracted Future Mythic Essence and handed it to Sun Wukong, who refined it and entered a future myth.
• Sun Wukong gained the Great Sage Equaling Heaven future and felt the Time Great Dao’s laws as his Golden-Hooped Staff began to grow.

Sun Wukong’s staff strike crossed into Shiva’s mythology, where he destroyed Mount Kailash and caused Shiva and Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse projection to vanish. Zhen Yuanzi then traveled to that mythology, brought back the Wish-Fulfilling Tree and Immortal Nectar, and returned to Blue Planet to restore the Ginseng Fruit Tree and host a feast.

• Amitabha Buddha and Zhou Qingqing saw Sun Wukong’s strike enter Shiva’s mythology, where people began praising the Divine Monkey.
• Sun Wukong declared himself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and struck Mount Kailash, as pilgrims praised him and his title.
• After the strike, Shiva vanished from that mythology and Zhen Yuanzi’s corpse disappeared from Five Manor Temple.
• Zhen Yuanzi realized the Preaching Squad had resolved the threat, then traveled to Shiva’s mythology and took the Wish-Fulfilling Tree and Immortal Nectar.
• Zhen Yuanzi returned to Five Manor Temple, transformed the tree and nectar into a Ginseng Fruit Tree, and invited everyone to a feast.

After the Five Manor Temple ordeal, the Preaching Squad debated how their contributions should be ranked, and Sun Wukong insisted Sha Wujin deserved the top-tier rating. Zhen Yuanzi accepted Sun Wukong's explanation and clarified that their sworn brotherhood had nothing to do with rankings.

• Zhen Yuanzi celebrated becoming Sun Wukong's genuine sworn brother and noticed Zhu Bajie and Little White Dragon Ao Lie react strangely during the feast.
• Sha Wujin argued that Sun Wukong should rank first because Zhen Yuanzi had sworn brotherhood with him.
• Sun Wukong explained that Sha Wujin's efforts had enabled his final strike and earned Sha Wujin the top-tier rating.
• Zhen Yuanzi said his brotherhood with Sun Wukong was based on temperament, not contributions, and observed that the others seemed to accept the ranking.
• Sha Wujin calmed down and apologized after accepting the explanation.

At Five Manor Temple, Zhen Yuanzi heard the Preaching Squad’s Dao Scriptures and advanced his Universe in the Sleeve toward a Primordial Chaos-level divine ability. Meanwhile, Amitabha Buddha began planning new trials for the squad, and Violet Fairy sensed that something might target her.

• Sha Wujin accepted his first-place ranking reward as the banquet at Five Manor Temple drew to a close.
• Zhen Yuanzi invited Tang Sanzang’s group to explain the Dao they planned to spread, and their scriptures stirred his Dao heart.
• Zhen Yuanzi realized his Universe in the Sleeve had focused too much on outward forms, and the ability evolved into Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve.
• The Heavenly Venerates in Three Pure Ones Hall recognized Qingqing’s influence in the scriptures and welcomed Zhen Yuanzi’s progress.
• Amitabha Buddha watched the celebration and began designing hardships for Sun Wukong, while Violet Fairy felt uneasy about being targeted.
• The Heavenly Venerates heard Violet Fairy’s concern and suspected Bai Jingjing would appear in Three Strikes Against the White-Boned Demon.

As the Preaching Squad reached White Tiger Ridge, Amitabha Buddha arranged for two White Tiger Star Lords to descend to the Blue Planet and obstruct them. Sun Wukong tried to strike the tigers, but Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin stopped him after recognizing them as Heavenly Court colleagues.

• The Three Pure Ones realized Amitabha Buddha was using western fortune to send the White Tiger Star Lords down, and Zhou Qingqing allowed them to come.
• Amitabha Buddha watched two streaks of starlight descend toward the Blue Planet.
• Ao Lie transformed back into his dragon form near White Tiger Ridge and said the carriage could go no farther.
• Sun Wukong used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to spot two tigers and prepared to attack them with his staff.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin blocked Sun Wukong's staff and identified the tigers as the White Tiger Star Lords.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin stayed behind on White Tiger Ridge to face Lu Wu and the Enlightened Beast, the White Tiger Star Lords, while the rest of the Preaching Squad continued onward. The pair used their battle to test their growing extermination techniques, and the fight began with both sides striking at once.

• Ao Lie recognized the titles identifying the miniature tigers as the White Tiger Star Lords of Western and Eastern Kunlun.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin volunteered to hold off the white tigers so Tang Sanzang, Ao Lie, and the others could proceed.
• Lu Wu and the Enlightened Beast abandoned their miniature forms, and Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin attacked them together.
• The Three Pure Ones observed that the White Tiger Star Lords could teach the Zhu-Sha Duo about killing intent and temper their confidence after their encounter with Zhen Yuanzi’s divine ability.
• Zhu Bajie imbued his Nine-Toothed Rake with thunderous force and earth dragons, while Sha Wujin wielded his Moonlight Shovel with the will of heaven.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin’s extermination intent joined their attacks, and the White Tiger Star Lords faced them with claws bared.

Lu Wu and the Enlightened Beast overwhelmed Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin on White Tiger Ridge, using their White Tiger powers to defeat the pair despite their defenses. Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, and Little White Dragon Ao Lie continued onward, trusting that their senior brothers would be fine.

• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin sensed danger in Lu Wu and the Enlightened Beast's claws and retreated before the hidden killing intent could strike them.
• Lu Wu revealed nine tails and the Enlightened Beast revealed nine heads, then attacked the Zhu-Sha Duo with the power of great dao laws.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin changed forms and raised their strongest defenses, but Lu Wu and the Enlightened Beast broke through them and injured the pair.
• Amitabha Buddha accepted that the White Tiger Star Lords had not completely annihilated Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujin because they were Daoist disciples.
• Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang considered turning back after hearing ominous sounds, but Little White Dragon Ao Lie reassured them and led them onward.

Amitabha Buddha brought Bai Jingjing to White Tiger Ridge to confront the Preaching Squad and divide its members. Sun Wukong recognized her demonic nature but could not raise his Golden-Hooped Staff, and Bai Jingjing called him a heartless man, leaving him confused.

• Amitabha Buddha summoned the White Tiger Star Lord and planned to break up the Preaching Squad member by member.
• Tang Sanzang and the others encountered a young woman on White Tiger Ridge, but Little White Dragon Ao Lie detected no emotions from her.
• Sun Wukong used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to see that the young woman was a demon surrounded by bones and demonic energy.
• Sun Wukong tried to strike her with his Golden-Hooped Staff, but the weapon would not move as she stared at him without killing intent.
• Bai Jingjing called Sun Wukong a heartless man, while Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie realized she had come for him.

Amitabha Buddha sent Bai Jingjing from another worldline to confront Sun Wukong, and she claimed to have once blessed his love for Zixia. The chapter left Bai Jingjing inside Sun Wukong’s heart, where she intended to see whether Zixia was still there and pursue her own feelings.

• Bai Jingjing confronted Sun Wukong, who did not recognize her, and asked what had happened to Zixia.
• Bai Jingjing accused Sun Wukong of abandoning Zixia, while Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie listened in confusion.
• Sun Wukong said Zixia had never left his heart, and Bai Jingjing revealed that Zixia was her master.
• Sun Wukong asked Zixia whether she knew Bai Jingjing, and Zixia said she did not.
• Bai Jingjing shrank into a streak of light and entered Sun Wukong’s heart to look for Zixia.

Bai Jingjing invaded Sun Wukong’s heart through the power of a parallel world, causing him intense pain while the Three Pure Ones and Amitabha Buddha watched from afar. Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie were injured by the leaking heart-images, leaving Sun Wukong to confront the invasion himself.

• Bai Jingjing entered Sun Wukong’s heart, and the parallel-world invasion made his expression contort with pain.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed Tang Sanzang’s harsh treatment of Sun Wukong in the original timeline and sent pressure toward Tang Sanzang and Buddhism.
• Amitabha Buddha sensed the Three Pure Ones’ power and briefly manifested reversed Swastika Symbols beneath White Tiger Ridge before withdrawing them.
• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie tried to help Sun Wukong, but his heart-images destabilized their primordial spirits and injured them.

Sun Wukong’s heart was invaded by memories and emotions from a parallel world, and he sent Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie away so they would not be caught in his mindscape. He realized Violet Fairy had entered that world too and prepared to enter it himself.

• Sun Wukong felt pain in his chest and saw visions of Flower-Fruit Mountain, his love for Violet Fairy, his engagement to Bai Jingjing, and Bai Jingjing’s repeated deaths.
• Sun Wukong used the three-colored lotuses and his power of reversal to pull his mindscape’s influence away from Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie.
• Sun Wukong told Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie to continue across White Tiger Ridge without him, and they left trusting him to handle the danger.
• Sun Wukong entered his inner world and discovered that Zixia had vanished from his heart.
• Sun Wukong concluded that Zixia had entered the parallel world of the heart and decided to enter it himself to break the tribulation.

Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie encountered an old woman who claimed to be searching for her daughter, but she was an emotionless bone being targeting Ao Lie. After she stabbed him, Tang Sanzang realized the Emotion Collection System could not detect her killing intent.

• Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie continued across White Tiger Ridge, expecting another opponent to block their way.
• They met a frail old woman who said she was looking for her daughter, and they agreed to escort her back toward home.
• Ao Lie stayed near the old woman to protect Tang Sanzang, while Tang Sanzang secretly prepared to defend himself.
• The old woman’s eyes turned empty, and she drove a bone blade into Ao Lie instead of attacking Tang Sanzang.
• Tang Sanzang recognized that the old woman had discarded all emotion, and Ao Lie understood that her absolute rationality had fooled his Emotion Collection System.

Amitabha Buddha's emotionless bone dragon ambushed Little White Dragon Ao Lie and trapped him in a domain that shared damage with him. Tang Sanzang left Ao Lie to fight the dragon alone and continued onward, where an old man appeared ahead.

• Amitabha Buddha's bone dragon pierced Little White Dragon Ao Lie with its claw, but Ao Lie used his Ice Soul Heart Dragon pearl to protect his heart.
• Tang Sanzang attacked the old woman with his sutra scrolls, but the bone dragon's domain shared his attacks' damage with Ao Lie.
• The old woman's bones assembled into a dragon that coiled around Ao Lie, and he told Tang Sanzang not to intervene.
• Tang Sanzang trusted Ao Lie to handle the fight and continued along the road without looking back.
• After leaving the Dragon Clan's domain, Tang Sanzang saw an old man ahead.

Tang Sanzang confronted an old man searching White Bone Ridge for his missing wife and daughter, but the man seemed genuinely distressed rather than like a demon in disguise. Tang Sanzang remained uncertain whether to let him pass, and the chapter ended before he answered the old man's plea.

• Tang Sanzang learned that the old man was searching for his missing wife and daughter.
• The Three Pure Ones Hall Venerates noted that the old man's backstory repeated the earlier family's and wondered how Tang Sanzang would judge him.
• The old man demanded that Tang Sanzang stop blocking him and insisted he could search White Tiger Ridge alone.
• Tang Sanzang sensed warnings but could not tell whether the old man was an ordinary person, and he stayed silent.

Amitabha Buddha drew on his memories of the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin to resist Tang Sanzang’s Funeral Great Dao. Tang Sanzang’s funeral power failed to bury him, and Amitabha Buddha recovered and accused him of being ruthless.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate considered the idea of using idealism as an excuse for killing a convenient method.
• Amitabha Buddha used what he had learned from his time in the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin to counter Tang Sanzang’s Funeral Great Dao.
• Tang Sanzang drew the character for “funeral” on Amitabha Buddha, but the old man remained in the world and could not be buried.
• Amitabha Buddha’s eyes cleared and his collapsed body returned to normal.
• Amitabha Buddha told Tang Sanzang that he was ruthless and that he would have died without his own strength.

The Preaching Squads struggled against the opponents Amitabha Buddha had prepared for them, while Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon Ao Lie each searched for a way to overcome their enemies. They remained battered but alive, with Tang Sanzang considering how to strengthen his burial and Ao Lie trying to stir emotions in the emotionless bone dragon.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate disrupted Amitabha Buddha's attempt to review the situation, while Zhou Qingqing observed the struggling Preaching Squads.
• Tang Sanzang realized his Funeral Great Dao could not bury the Chaos Withered Bone and decided he needed to increase the force of his burial.
• Zhou Qingqing noted that Tang Sanzang could use the Burial Spirit Scripture, treasure chests, and Lucky Grand Wheel to create an opportunity for a greater burial.
• Little White Dragon Ao Lie continued fighting the emotionless bone dragon despite his severe wounds and resolved to make it experience emotional fluctuations.
• Little White Dragon Ao Lie kept his pain to himself so the other members of the Preaching Squad would not worry about him.

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.