Chapter Summaries

Su Yang summoned Desolate Heavenly Emperor, who faced Ancestor Minghe and Demon Master Kunpeng with the Hand of the Heavens. When Minghe attacked with Yuantu and Abi, Desolate Heavenly Emperor countered with Emperor Slayer and the Grass Extinguishing Sword Art, driving Minghe back.

• Ancestor Minghe and Demon Master Kunpeng broke through the Buddhas’ encirclement and charged at Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Su Yang activated the Desolate Heavenly Emperor Summoning Card, bringing him to the battlefield as Minghe and Kunpeng attacked.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor unleashed the Hand of the Heavens, forcing Minghe and Kunpeng to confront his overwhelming power.
• Ancestor Minghe summoned Yuantu and Abi, channeling the Blood Sea’s power into a World-Destroying strike.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor drew Emperor Slayer and used the Grass Extinguishing Sword Art, sending Minghe retreating hundreds of thousands of miles.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor overwhelmed Ancestor Minghe and Demon Master Kunpeng in Great Luo Heaven, revealing power beyond the Saints. The battle paused as Minghe summoned the Blood Sea’s countless Blood God Sons, while Kunpeng chose not to risk another attack.

• Ancestor Minghe failed to injure Desolate Heavenly Emperor with Yuantu and Abi, and wondered how an unknown figure could wield power beyond the Saints.
• Ancestor Minghe called on Demon Master Kunpeng to help him, but Desolate Heavenly Emperor struck through his attacks and battered the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus, wounding Minghe.
• Demon Master Kunpeng charged Desolate Heavenly Emperor in his true form, but one punch sent him crashing beneath the Nine Heavens; Kunpeng quickly rose, still ready to fight.
• Ancestor Minghe summoned ten trillion Blood God Sons and drew power from the Blood Sea as Desolate Heavenly Emperor watched without intervening.
• Demon Master Kunpeng hesitated to join Minghe again, deciding that risking his only life against Desolate Heavenly Emperor was not worth it.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor overwhelmed Ancestor Minghe with the Desolate Sword Art, but Zhenyuanzi intervened to save Minghe because Hong Yun’s soul remained within the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus. Minghe revealed that Hong Yun had been reborn through the lotus, though he was no longer the same person.

• Ancestor Minghe unleashed his hundred trillion Blood God Sons and a Blood Sea attack against Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor answered with the Desolate Sword Art, annihilating Minghe’s Blood God Sons and sending the sword strike toward him.
• Ancestor Minghe summoned the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus to defend himself from the continuing sword strike.
• Zhenyuanzi appeared with an ancient book and blocked Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s attack, explaining that he had saved Minghe because Hong Yun’s soul remained within him.
• Ancestor Minghe revealed that Hong Yun’s soul had reassembled inside the black lotus and enabled his rebirth, though he was no longer the Hong Yun of the past.

Zhenyuanzi preserved Hong Yun’s last Remnant Soul in a Black Lotus seed while Kunpeng avoided a fight as a new tribulation approached. Su Yang seized the Eastern Emperor Bell and faced a host of attackers, leaving Ruthless Great Emperor advancing on the Grand Unity Golden Immortal who struck him.

• Ancestor Minghe gave Zhenyuanzi the Black Lotus seed containing Hong Yun’s last Remnant Soul, and Zhenyuanzi vowed to revive him.
• Zhenyuanzi challenged Demon Master Kunpeng to settle their unresolved matter, but Kunpeng sensed a coming great tribulation and held back.
• Su Yang secretly took the Eastern Emperor Bell into System Space, prompting the gathered experts to unite against him.
• Su Yang used the Nine-Leaf Sword and Grass Extinguishing Sword Art to defeat a Grand Unity Golden Immortal who attacked him.
• Ruthless Great Emperor approached the attacker with a blade of frozen light and Blood Lotuses blooming beneath her steps.

Ruthless Great Emperor swiftly killed a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal who had threatened Su Yang, prompting Desolate Heavenly Emperor to confront the immortals who had attacked his lord. As the Heavenly Dao gathered thunder and karma fire against him, Sect Master Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa took their places at his side, but Desolate Heavenly Emperor insisted he needed no help.

• Ruthless Great Emperor cut down a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal with a single strike after he threatened Su Yang.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor declared that the immortals had acted impolitely toward his lord and unleashed his power, drawing the attention of the Saints and the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao opened its eye and gathered four kinds of divine thunder and dark-gold karma fire against Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Sect Master Tongtian moved to Desolate Heavenly Emperor's side, and Houtu and Nuwa soon joined him.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor gathered the Supreme Laws into his palm and told his allies there was no need to help, but Sect Master Tongtian warned that facing four Saints alone would be difficult.

The Desolate Heavenly Emperor attacked the four Heavenly Dao Sages alone while Nuwa and Houtu stood with Su Yang, and Tongtian offered to help. The battle shook the Primordial World, and after Grand Pure Laozi contained its destruction, the four Sages joined forces and drove the Emperor back hundreds of thousands of miles.

• Houtu declared that she would hold Daoist Jieyin back, and Nuwa and Houtu stood beside Su Yang in support of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Tongtian offered to hold two Sages back, but the Desolate Heavenly Emperor refused and charged the four Sages with his bare hands.
• The Desolate Heavenly Emperor withstood Primordial Lord of Heaven's Pangu Banner and counterattacked with his physical strength and Thunder Emperor's Divine Art.
• The Desolate Heavenly Emperor attacked Daoist Jieyin, while Grand Pure Laozi used the Tai Chi Totem to shield the Primordial World from the battle's aftershocks.
• Daoist Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin, and Primordial Lord of Heaven joined forces against the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and forced him back hundreds of thousands of miles.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor fought the Saints and Heavenly Dao’s impending punishment while Su Yang revealed that his incarnation technique allowed him to coexist as one body across the battlefield. Though Primordial Lord of Heaven injured his shoulder and dispelled his Hand of the Heavens, Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s battle intent kept rising as the confrontation continued.

• Desolate Heavenly Emperor dodged the Western Sages’ attacks and continued fighting Primordial Lord of Heaven’s Pangu Banner while calmly facing their siege.
• Su Yang told Nuwa, Houtu, and Tongtian that Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s incarnation technique enabled him to be everywhere at once and withstand multiple powerful opponents alone.
• Tongtian noticed the Heavenly Dao’s Eye gathering above the battlefield as Grand Pure Laozi waited nearby, ready to join the fight.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven struck Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s shoulder with the Pangu Banner, and the Western Sages attacked his wound.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor unleashed the Hand of the Heavens, but Primordial Lord of Heaven dispelled it with the Pangu Banner.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s aura and battle intent grew stronger despite his injury, prompting Primordial Lord of Heaven to call him conceited.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor revealed that he had not yet used his full strength and challenged the Four Saints in the Chaos, where he unleashed the Great Law of Self-Transformation. The technique summoned dozens of figures radiating the power of legendary apex beings, leaving Nuwa and Sect Master Tongtian stunned.

• Desolate Heavenly Emperor recovered from his injuries and gathered countless Dao Fruits as he prepared to reveal his true power.
• Su Yang urged Desolate Heavenly Emperor to take the fight outside the Primordial World, and Desolate Heavenly Emperor entered the Chaos with the Four Saints in pursuit.
• Su Yang and the others followed to watch the battle, while Duan De sensed a memory stirring; Su Yang recognized it as Cao Yusheng's imprint and protected Duan De from the Chaos.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor announced the Great Law of Self-Transformation and summoned dozens of powerful figures from across the ages.
• Empress Nuwa and Sect Master Tongtian watched the figures appear and were left deeply shocked by the technique.

The Desolate Heavenly Emperor used the Great Law of Self-Transformation to create incarnations of ancient powers and Saints, though they were weaker than their originals. He attacked the Saints with his incarnations and fought Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Laozi, leaving the battle in a stalemate.

• Su Yang questioned why the Desolate Heavenly Emperor's incarnations were so weak, while Nuwa and Tongtian stared in shock at the technique.
• The observers recognized incarnations resembling ancient quasi-Saints, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages of the West, and Haotian Shangdi, but found that none had reached Saint-level power.
• The Desolate Heavenly Emperor sent thirty-seven incarnations against Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin and launched a Supreme Treasure Art at Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Laozi.
• The Desolate Heavenly Emperor fought Primordial Lord of Heaven with his sword arts, while Grand Pure Laozi used the Tai Chi Diagram to defend and counterattack.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven created a Great Thousand Worlds with the Pangu Banner, but the Desolate Heavenly Emperor destroyed it with a single sword strike.
• Grand Pure Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven held their ground against the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, and the battle remained unresolved.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor fought the four Sages of the Primordial World, while Su Yang’s incarnations held back Zhunti and Jieyin. Just as Desolate Heavenly Emperor was about to strike Primordial Lord of Heaven, Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared and ordered him to submit to the Primordial World’s Heavenly Dao.

• Desolate Heavenly Emperor struggled to gain an advantage against Grand Pure Laozi’s Tai Chi Diagram and Primordial Lord of Heaven’s Pangu Banner.
• Thirty-seven incarnations of Su Yang entangled Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin, preventing the Two Sages of the West from joining the fight.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven created a Great Thousand World with the Pangu Banner and sent it crashing toward Desolate Heavenly Emperor, who shattered it with the Emperor Slaying Sword.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor launched a powerful sword strike at Primordial Lord of Heaven, but a vast purple aura dissolved the attack and chaotic currents.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, revealed his identity, and told Desolate Heavenly Emperor to put away his sword and obey the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor unleashed Sword-Holding Kill against Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but Hongjun effortlessly dispelled it with a tap of his Bamboo Staff. Desolate Heavenly Emperor abandoned the fight and returned to Su Yang, while Primordial Lord of Heaven began asking Hongjun about the Eastern Emperor Bell.

• Desolate Heavenly Emperor attacked Hongjun with Sword-Holding Kill, stunning the gathered powers with its might.
• Hongjun tapped the void with his Bamboo Staff and erased the sword attack and its aftershocks.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor recognized Hongjun's overwhelming strength and chose not to continue fighting, mindful of his limited time and his promise to secure a thread of life for Su Yang.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor vowed to defeat Hongjun when they met again, then turned and walked toward Su Yang.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven stepped forward and began asking Hongjun about the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun ruled that the Eastern Emperor Bell belonged to Su Yang and warned the Saints not to covet it. After the other powerful figures withdrew, Su Yang remained the sole victor with the supreme treasure in his possession.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven accepted Hongjun’s refusal to give him another treasure, while Grand Pure Laozi asked Hongjun for guidance.
• The Two Sages of the West asked Hongjun to grant them the Eastern Emperor Bell, but Desolate Heavenly Emperor prepared to defend Su Yang’s claim.
• Hongjun declared that the bell had returned to Su Yang and forbade anyone from coveting it, then secretly gave Grand Pure Laozi an important mission.
• Hongjun warned Empress Nuwa and Sect Master Tongtian to uphold Heaven’s order, and the two bowed in acknowledgment.
• Jieyin and Zhunti abandoned their bid for the bell and departed for the Deep Chaos in the West, while Primordial Lord of Heaven also withdrew.
• The remaining Saints and quasi-saints dispersed, leaving Su Yang with the Eastern Emperor Bell as the sole victor.

Su Yang accepted Grand Pure Laozi’s invitation to Eight Views Palace while Great Sun Tathagata and Guanyin Bodhisattva advanced their plans for Spiritual Stone Monkey. Guided by an old ape and accommodated by Dragon King Ao Guang, Sun Wukong obtained the Ruyi Jingu Bang and new clothes, unaware that his actions followed a larger scheme.

• Su Yang agreed to accompany Grand Pure Laozi to Eight Views Palace after Empress Nuwa assured him that Laozi did not seek the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Great Sun Tathagata ordered Guanyin Bodhisattva to arrange covert support for Spiritual Stone Monkey’s planned disturbance in the underworld while Empress Houtu was occupied.
• Spiritual Stone Monkey returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, and an old ape directed him to seek a weapon at the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Sun Wukong entered the Dragon Palace, where Dragon King Ao Guang let him pass and offered him weapons.
• Sun Wukong shrank the Sea-Calming Divine Needle into the Ruyi Jingu Bang, then accepted new clothes from Ao Guang before departing.

Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain as the Handsome Monkey King, but Black and White Impermanence took his soul to the underworld. Meanwhile, Su Yang and the others left Eight Views Palace after Grand Pure Laozi warned Houtu to return, only to be confronted by Daoist Jieyin, who demanded the Eastern Emperor Bell.

• The Dragon King activated a jade talisman to send a message to an expert from the Buddhist Teachings, settling his promise concerning Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain with new clothes and the Golden Cudgel, accepted the title Handsome Monkey King, and fell asleep.
• Black and White Impermanence found Sun Wukong's soul outside his body, bound it, and brought it before King Yama, who lamented the underworld's subjection to the Buddhist Teachings.
• Grand Pure Laozi gave Su Yang a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, then sent Houtu and the others out of Eight Views Palace after sensing trouble in the Primordial World.
• Sect Master Tongtian urged everyone to return to the Primordial World, but Daoist Jieyin appeared and demanded that Su Yang surrender the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Sect Master Tongtian warned Daoist Jieyin that the Teacher had already decreed the Eastern Emperor Bell belonged to Su Yang.

Su Yang exposed Jieyin’s diversion and learned that the Buddhist Teachings had attacked the netherworld while Zhunti concealed the disturbance. After seeing the devastation, Houtu planned to strike Sun Wukong, but Su Yang proposed using the Monkey’s coming rampage to defeat the West’s scripture plan with a justified intervention.

• Jieyin claimed he had come to collect the Eastern Emperor Bell, but Su Yang accused him of stalling while Zhunti plotted in the netherworld.
• Su Yang revealed that Zhunti had sealed the world’s aura and hidden the Buddhist Teachings’ incursion; Tongtian fought Jieyin while Houtu hurried back, and Nuwa carried Su Yang and the others after her.
• Houtu found the netherworld devastated, with its soldiers dead and Great Emperor Fengdu and Lord of Mount Tai gravely wounded; King Yama reported that the Buddhist forces had withdrawn.
• Furious, Houtu prepared to erase Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang, but Su Yang stopped her and proposed waiting for Sun Wukong to disrupt the Heavenly Court before Houtu suppressed him and ruined the West’s plan.
• Houtu asked why she should not capture Sun Wukong and the scripture pilgrim immediately, and Su Yang warned that the West would have prepared for such a move.

Su Yang persuaded Houtu not to confront the West rashly, but the Great Sun Tathagata revealed that the Buddhist scheme had already damaged the underworld and was aimed next at the Heavenly Court. The Jade Emperor prepared to use the Spiritual Stone Monkey’s arrival to advance his secret agreement with the West.

• Houtu accepted Su Yang’s counsel and told King Yama to report the underworld’s troubles to the Heavenly Court while she prepared to oppose the West’s plan.
• Houtu pledged to act alongside Su Yang to stop the Western Teachings and Buddhist Teachings from securing their intended prosperity.
• The Golden Winged Great Roc told the Great Sun Tathagata that the Stone Monkey had altered the Book of Life and Death and that the underworld’s leaders had been wounded.
• The Great Sun Tathagata revealed his plan to use the monkey’s coming havoc in the Heavenly Palace to strike and gain Buddhist influence, backed by a secret agreement with the Jade Emperor.
• King Lingguan reported the monkey’s deeds to the Jade Emperor, who summoned King Yama and the East Sea Dragon King as the immortals suspected the West’s scheme was underway.

The Jade Emperor sent Taibai Jinxing to summon the Spiritual Stone Monkey to Heaven and offer him an official position. Su Yang and his companions returned to Qingshan City after more than thirty years had passed there, where the residents recognized him and welcomed his return.

• King Yama and the East Sea Dragon King appealed to the Jade Emperor over the Spiritual Stone Monkey's actions, but no immortal volunteered to capture him.
• Taibai Jinxing proposed summoning the monkey and giving him an Immortal Position, and the Jade Emperor approved the plan.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to go to Flower-Fruit Mountain and summon the monkey to Heaven.
• Su Yang and his companions found Qingshan City restored, and Footprint Emperor explained that time had flowed differently while they were away.
• Su Yang told the group that roughly thirty years had passed in the outside world during their stay at Eight Views Palace.
• An elderly farmer recognized Su Yang, and Qingshan City's residents gathered to welcome him back to the inn where he had once lectured.

Su Yang returned to Qingshan City after thirty-seven years and learned that the Heavenly Court had taken Ziwei away from Dong Yong. Angered, he decided to go to the Heavenly Court with Ruthless Great Emperor and demand an explanation.

• The people of Qingshan City welcomed Su Yang back and crowded into his inn to hear his stories.
• Su Yang asked what had happened in the city, and the patrons told him that a flame-riding young man had taken Dong Yong's wife away years earlier.
• Su Yang realized that Ziwei, one of the Seven Fairies, had been taken back to the Heavenly Court while he was away.
• Su Yang dismissed the crowd after promising to begin a new story in a few days.
• Su Yang told Ruthless Great Emperor to prepare their things so they could go to the Heavenly Court and demand an explanation.

Su Yang and Ruthless Great Emperor settled their disagreement and agreed to face the Heavenly Court together to rescue Dong Yong’s wife. Outside the inn, Footprint Emperor discussed the unreachable Immortal Emperor realm and suspected the battered Corpse Immortal Emperor was tied to a realm Above the Heavens.

• Su Yang offered Ruthless Great Emperor Xiao Nannan’s portion of the source-origin Dao Fruit and asked her to stay behind, but she insisted on going with him.
• Su Yang admitted he wanted to protect Ruthless Great Emperor, and they agreed to enter the Heavenly Court together while she promised to be careful.
• Footprint Emperor explained how difficult it was to advance from Immortal King giant to Quasi-Immortal Emperor and recalled his failed expedition into the Sea of Worlds.
• Footprint Emperor said the battered Corpse Immortal Emperor might be the first being in their world to prove the Immortal Emperor status and could be connected to Above the Heavens.
• Willow Deity and Xiao Jiu fell silent at the mention of Above the Heavens, leaving Duan De, Black Emperor, and Ji Ziyue confused.

Duan De concealed his awakening memories while Su Yang approached the Heavenly Court with Ruthless Great Emperor and Footprint Emperor to claim Princess Ziwei from Haotian. After King Guangmu let them pass, he hurried to warn the Jade Emperor as the Heavenly Court’s plans faced disruption.

• Duan De recalled fragments of his past lives as the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerate and Nether Venerable, then hid his reaction from Black Emperor.
• Su Yang, Ruthless Great Emperor, and Footprint Emperor arrived at the South Heaven Gate with the Corpse Immortal Emperor following in secret.
• King Guangmu respectfully asked Su Yang why he had come, and Su Yang said he intended to see Haotian and claim someone.
• King Guangmu realized Su Yang had come for Princess Ziwei and asked him to leave room for the Great Heavenly Venerate.
• Su Yang warned that Haotian should let Princess Ziwei go, then entered the Heavenly Court with Ruthless Great Emperor and Footprint Emperor.
• King Guangmu ordered the guards to remain at the gate and flew to report Su Yang’s arrival to the Jade Emperor.