Chapter Summaries

Su Yang revealed that he had entered the Mythical Human-Immortal Realm and described how his True Self Universe could eventually rival the Primordial World. He promised to help his companions advance and prepared to lecture the Three Realms on the Mythical Primordial World, drawing powerful figures to Qingshan City.

• Su Yang told Empress Nuwa, Empress Houtu, Ruthless Great Emperor, and the others that he had entered the Human-Immortal Realm, and Ruthless Great Emperor and Willow Deity recognized the significance of his breakthrough.
• Su Yang explained that his True Self Universe was not yet as vast as the Primordial World but could match it at the peak of the Human-Immortal Realm and surpass the Chaos World in the Earth-Immortal Realm.
• Su Yang assured Sect Master Tongtian and the others that he could help them reach the Heavenly Immortal level, but said they would need their own opportunities and insight to advance further.
• Su Yang explained that he could not teach them the Supreme Jade Emperor Heart Seal Marvelous Scripture because of its immense karma and its creator, a Mythical Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Su Yang announced that he would lecture on the Mythical Primordial World, and Footprint Emperor spread the news throughout the Three Realms and Six Paths.
• Great Divine Ability Users, quasi-sages, and Heavenly Dao Sages began gathering at the inn in Qingshan City to hear Su Yang's lecture.

Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin set out for Qingshan City to hear Su Yang’s story, while Great Sun Tathagata sent Guanyin to monitor Tang Sanzang and meet him near Eagle Sorrow Ravine. At Five Finger Mountain, Tang Sanzang reached Sun Wukong and unleashed his power against the mountain, leaving Wukong shocked by his strength and reckless approach.

• Daoist Jieyin persuaded Daoist Zhunti that visiting Qingshan City to hear Su Yang’s story would show courtesy, and the Two Sages of the West departed together.
• Guanyin reported Tang Sanzang’s extraordinary cultivation and Great Power Heavenly Dragon ability to Great Sun Tathagata, who ordered her to keep the matter secret and seek the Saint’s instructions.
• Great Sun Tathagata sent Guanyin to Eagle Sorrow Ravine to await Tang Sanzang and the coming arrival of the Third Prince of the Western Sea, Little White Dragon.
• As Tang Sanzang approached Five Finger Mountain, Sun Wukong used his Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze but could not see through the monk’s cultivation, then called out to him as his master.
• Tang Sanzang struck Five Finger Mountain with his palm, and Sun Wukong told him that removing the Buddhist seal would set him free.
• Tang Sanzang invoked Great Power Heavenly Dragon and struck the mountain with tremendous Dharma power, making it tremble as Sun Wukong doubted that he needed protection.

Tang Sanzang freed Sun Wukong from Five Finger Mountain and set off west with him, revealing that he intended to kill Tathagata and rule the Western Heaven. Sun Wukong followed, shaken by his master's heretical plans.

• Tang Sanzang repeatedly struck Five Finger Mountain and attacked Guanyin Bodhisattva when she tried to stop him.
• Tang Sanzang dismissed Guanyin’s warning about the deaths caused by his attack, then broke the Buddhist seal and freed Sun Wukong.
• Tang Sanzang claimed Sun Wukong as his disciple and left with him, while Guanyin departed to report his strange behavior to the Great Sun Tathagata.
• Tang Sanzang offered Sun Wukong roasted horse meat and wine, then asked about his imprisonment and learned he was born from Nuwa’s Heavenly-Replenishing Stone.
• Tang Sanzang told Sun Wukong they were traveling west to kill Tathagata, seize Guanyin, and rule the Western Heaven, then warned him not to repeat it.

Su Yang began a lecture on Mythical Grand Unities, revealing that the Mythical Primordial World’s Empress Nuwa was one of them. Nuwa, Sect Master Tongtian, Empress Houtu, and Zhenyuanzi remained unfazed by the revelation.

• Great Divine Ability Users and quasi-Saints gathered at the inn, including the Two Sages of the West, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, and Grand Pure Laozi.
• Su Yang welcomed the assembled guests and said he would explain which figures in the Mythical Primordial World qualified as Mythical Grand Unities.
• Su Yang used his magical power to bring everyone into his True Self Universe and explained that Mythical Grand Unities had countless incarnations across the Myriad Worlds.
• Su Yang identified the first Mythical Grand Unity as Empress Nuwa, whose incarnations included creators, rulers, and deities across different worlds.
• The assembled experts were shocked by Su Yang’s claim, but Empress Nuwa, Sect Master Tongtian, Empress Houtu, and Zhenyuanzi remained calm.

Su Yang explained that Mythical Nuwa was a Mythical Grand Unity who could create countless worlds with a thought, and revealed that the Primordial World's powerful figures bore names inherited from their Mythical counterparts. The Sages were left shaken and questioning their own identities.

• Su Yang said Mythical Nuwa was one of four Supreme Gods and that legends claimed she created the Mythical Primordial World.
• Su Yang described how Nuwa projected herself into the Myriad Worlds and casually created boundless universes with a thought.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven asked whether the Mythical Primordial World contained the names of the Primordial World's Great Divine Ability Users.
• Su Yang confirmed that the names of the Three Pure Sages, the Two Sages of the West, Empress Houtu, and other powerful figures appeared in the Mythical Primordial World.
• Su Yang explained that their names had been inherited from Mythical Grand Unities, whose projections and incarnations existed throughout the Myriad Worlds.
• Grand Pure Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Daoist Zhunti, and Daoist Jieyin reacted with shock and doubt about their own identities.

Su Yang suppressed a quarrel in the Qingshan City inn and revealed that he had entered the Mythical Human-Immortal realm, possibly creating the vast True Self Universe around them. He resumed explaining the Mythical Primordial World, identifying Tongtian and the other Three Pure Ones as Mythical Grand Unities and describing Primordial Lord of Heaven’s rank.

• Great Divine Ability Users argued over whether they were projections of Mythical Grand Unities, and Su Yang used his aura to immobilize them.
• Grand Pure Laozi suspected Su Yang had reached the Mythical Human-Immortal realm and that the surrounding universe was Su Yang’s True Self World.
• The Great Divine Ability Users apologized, and Su Yang warned them not to fight in his inn unless they could defeat him.
• Su Yang struck a palm that created a domain of nothingness in the True Self Universe, stunning the assembled powerhouses.
• Su Yang said Tongtian and the other Three Pure Ones were Mythical Grand Unities, with Primordial Lord of Heaven leading them in the Mythical Primordial World but generally ranking second across the Myriad Worlds.

Su Yang’s account of the Mythical Primordial World continued as the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods advanced to destroy it and reclaim their lost treasures. Meanwhile, Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong reached Eagle Sorrow Ravine, where Tang Sanzang stopped to admire its clear water.

• Su Yang addressed Grand Pure Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven by name while describing the Mythical Primordial World’s secrets.
• Ancestor Yang Mei and Beast Emperor Shen Ni led the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods toward the Primordial World, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun worried that Su Yang might not be able to save it.
• Ancestor Yang Mei urged the Demon Gods to advance early so they could reclaim their treasures, and he resolved to search for the World-Destroying Millstone.
• Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong arrived at Eagle Sorrow Ravine, where Tang Sanzang admired the clear water and said he wanted to bathe.

Tang Sanzang rested at Eagle Sorrow Ravine, where he attacked the Little White Dragon before Guanyin Bodhisattva explained the dragon was meant to become his mount. Tang Sanzang captured him and insisted he would ride the dragon in his true form, while Guanyin worried that this irreverent scripture seeker would damage Buddhism’s plans.

• Tang Sanzang sent Sun Wukong to a village for food and wine, then plunged into the waters of Eagle Sorrow Ravine.
• Sun Wukong wondered why Tang Sanzang differed so greatly from the man Mister Su had described, while Tang Sanzang sensed a disturbance beneath the water.
• The Little White Dragon emerged, and Tang Sanzang prepared to kill and eat him until Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived and explained the dragon was the West Sea Dragon King's Third Prince, sent to serve as Tang Sanzang’s mount.
• Tang Sanzang seized Little White Dragon and declared that he would keep his true form and carry him westward.
• Sun Wukong returned with a rooster, a goose, and wine; Tang Sanzang drank, and Guanyin worried that his habits would undermine Buddhism’s plans.

Su Yang unlocked the Mythical Primordial World Purple Prize Pool and drew an Innate Peach, whose power raised his cultivation to the peak of the Eighth Grade of the Human Immortal Realm. He realized the Mythical Primordial World lay beyond the Chaos World and left the System Space with his aura completely concealed.

• Su Yang spent ten million points to unlock the Purple Prize Pool and discovered that each draw cost five million points.
• Su Yang drew one Innate Peach and ate it, unleashing immense energy within his body.
• Su Yang refined the peach’s power with the Supreme Jade Emperor Heart Seal Marvelous Scripture, which also reshaped and strengthened his True Self Universe and body.
• Su Yang’s cultivation surged from the First Grade to the peak of the Eighth Grade of the Human Immortal Realm, forming two thousand three hundred Great Dao Laws.
• Su Yang realized that the Mythical Primordial World existed beyond the Chaos World and that he had begun transcending chaos.
• Su Yang restrained his aura, exited the System Space, and appeared to be an ordinary mortal.

Su Yang arrived in the Primordial World with more than two thousand Great Dao Laws and resolved to travel to the Mythical Primordial World after dealing with its coming calamity. Meanwhile, the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods investigated an anomaly in the Primordial World but could not determine what had caused it.

• Su Yang sensed the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao pressure and considered whether the Storyteller System would still work in the Mythical Primordial World.
• Su Yang decided that he would leave for the Mythical Primordial World once he had dealt with the Primordial World's calamity.
• Ancestor Yang Mei and the other Chaos Demon Gods discussed the powerful aura that had swept through the Primordial World.
• Destiny Demon God reported that the fates of many lifeforms had shifted, and Karma Demon God confirmed that an anomaly had occurred without disturbing his karmic law.
• Time Demon God questioned whether anyone could have altered destiny and karma, leaving the Demon Gods uncertain about the anomaly's cause.

The Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods concealed their auras and infiltrated the Primordial World, intending to reclaim their lost treasures before destroying it. Ancestor Yang Mei’s knowledge of the World-Destroying Millstone made him the focus of the Karma Demon God’s attention.

• The Time Demon God urged the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods to enter the Primordial World and uncover the mysteries behind its changes.
• Ancestor Yang Mei wondered how Sect Master Tongtian, a Heavenly Dao Sage, had defeated Beast Emperor Shen Ni, a Three Corpses Sage.
• The Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods secretly entered the Primordial World while the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun were distracted.
• The Destiny Demon God, Karma Demon God, Life Demon God, and Destruction Demon God discussed the world’s beauty and their intention to destroy it after reclaiming their treasures.
• The Karma Demon God asked Ancestor Yang Mei about the World-Destroying Millstone, and the other Demon Gods grew eager to learn where the Chaos Supreme Treasure was.

Ancestor Yang Mei warned the Chaos Demon Gods that a mysterious being controlling the World-Destroying Millstone could obstruct their plan to destroy the Primordial World, though the others doubted him. In Qingshan City, Su Yang offered to sever Nuwa’s old karma and restore her to Sainthood, while she weighed her position against Houtu’s growing strength.

• Ancestor Yang Mei said Karma Demon God would struggle to reclaim the World-Destroying Millstone alone because a terrifying power existed within the Primordial World.
• Time Demon God, Destiny Demon God, and Karma Demon God rejected Yang Mei’s warning and argued that the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods could destroy the Primordial World with their combined strength.
• Ancestor Yang Mei identified the mysterious being who controlled the World-Destroying Millstone as their likely obstacle and urged the Chaos Demon Gods to recover the source treasure Pangu had taken, noting that only three hundred years remained.
• In an inn in Qingshan City, Empress Nuwa and the others were shaken by Su Yang’s transformed Mortal Body and their inability to sense his aura.
• Su Yang asked Nuwa whether she had made up her mind and offered to sever her old karma and restore her to the position of a Saint.
• Empress Nuwa reflected on Houtu’s advancement beyond her and on the limits imposed on Heavenly Dao Sages in the Primordial World.

Empress Nuwa chose to sever one blade of herself and cultivate anew, and Su Yang brought her into his True Self Universe to help. After gaining Mythical Nuwa’s approval and a technique leading to the Celestial Immortal realm, Nuwa began transforming her power into a Mythical Primordial World, with Su Yang assisting her.

• Empress Nuwa agreed to sever one blade of herself and follow the Sacrificing Dao Method.
• Su Yang brought Empress Nuwa into his True Self Universe and explained that he could use its power to help her cultivation.
• Su Yang summoned Mythical Nuwa and declared his feelings for her Primordial World projection and his wish to ascend alongside her; Mythical Nuwa approved.
• Mythical Nuwa left Su Yang a technique leading directly to the Celestial Immortal realm, and Su Yang imprinted it into Empress Nuwa’s consciousness.
• Su Yang guided Empress Nuwa as she severed one blade of herself and transformed her power into a Mythical Primordial World, then seized the Primordial Violet Qi that emerged.

Empress Nuwa self-severed a blade and entered the Mythical Human-Immortal Realm, then learned Su Yang had reached the peak of Grade Eight. The story left Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong traveling west with the Little White Dragon as their mount and guardian.

• With Su Yang's support, Empress Nuwa self-severed a blade and converted her power, breaking through to the Grade One Human-Immortal Realm.
• Empress Nuwa's aura swept toward Su Yang, but it failed to affect him, and she asked about his cultivation.
• Su Yang revealed that he had reached the peak of Grade Eight in the Human-Immortal Realm, leaving Empress Nuwa astonished.
• After subduing the Little White Dragon at Eagle Sorrow Ravine, Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong continued west toward the Western Ox Continent, untroubled by demons along the way.

Tang Sanzang and his companions took shelter at a grand temple, where the monks eyed his priceless kasaya. As Sun Wukong wrestled with his lack of freedom and considered seeking Su Yang’s help, a furtive old monk waited for a chance to steal Tang Sanzang’s robe.

• Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and Little White Dragon arrived at a temple and were invited inside by novice monks who noticed Tang Sanzang’s valuable kasaya.
• Sun Wukong told Little White Dragon that Tang Sanzang’s cultivation might be at least that of a fifth-grade Grand Unity Golden Immortal, leaving Little White Dragon astonished.
• Tang Sanzang bowed before Guanyin’s statue and ignored the nearby statue of the Great Sun Tathagata, while Sun Wukong recalled Tang Sanzang’s ambitions for Spirit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong lay awake, feeling bound by the Buddhist school, and considered traveling to Qingshan City to ask Su Yang for help but feared bringing trouble to him.
• An old monk watched Tang Sanzang meditate through the night and wondered how he could steal the kasaya.

Tang Sanzang foiled the abbot’s attempt to drug him and steal his kasaya, then ordered him to bring food and wine. A golden flash drew Black Wind Great King and his demon sons to the temple, where they confronted the abbot, who revealed the treasure was not with him.

• The abbot blew Soul-Confusing Powder into Tang Sanzang’s room, but Tang Sanzang pretended to be unconscious and caught him trying to steal the kasaya and Nine-Ringed Monk’s Staff.
• Tang Sanzang forced the abbot to give him roast chicken and liquor, then kicked him from the room.
• Black Wind Great King saw golden light above the temple and led his sons there to seize what he believed was a treasure.
• The abbot planned to steal Tang Sanzang’s kasaya by setting the temple on fire after he fell asleep.
• Black Wind Great King and his demons stormed the temple, and the frightened abbot told them the treasure was not in his possession.

Tang Sanzang confronted Black Wind Great King, who had come to steal his jeweled kasaya, and defeated him with overwhelming power. He ordered Sun Wukong and Little White Dragon to prepare the demon as food for refugees, then spared the temple abbot and commanded him to spread Tang Sanzang’s name.

• Black Wind Great King threatened the old monk into leading him to Tang Sanzang’s jeweled kasaya in exchange for a gemstone.
• Tang Sanzang confronted Black Wind Great King as he lunged for the kasaya, caught his attack, and subdued him with the Great Power Heavenly Dragon.
• Tang Sanzang summoned Sun Wukong and Little White Dragon, ordered them to prepare Black Wind Great King as bear-paw food, and told them to send leftovers to the refugees.
• Tang Sanzang spared the old monk for abandoning his plan to burn the temple, then ordered him to spread Tang Sanzang’s name through nearby villages and towns.

Tang Sanzang continued westward, while the Destruction Demon God arrived at Spirit Mountain to reclaim his Sword of Destruction. He demanded the Buddhist sect let him shatter the mountain, leaving the Buddhas facing his overwhelming power.

• Tang Sanzang and his disciples resumed their journey west after the Black Bear Demon’s disturbance.
• The Destruction Demon God appeared at Spirit Mountain and challenged Great Sun Tathagata, who could not withstand his attack without injury.
• Great Sun Tathagata identified the intruder as one of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, alarming the Buddhas who gathered to confront him.
• The Destruction Demon God said he had come to retrieve the Sword of Destruction, which Pangu had taken and which lay beneath Spirit Mountain.
• The Destruction Demon God demanded that the Buddhas let him shatter Spirit Mountain, then unleashed his aura when they hesitated.

The Destruction Demon God demanded the Sword of Destruction beneath Spirit Mountain and overwhelmed the Buddhist defenders, forcing Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin to negotiate. He explained that the sword had gathered the Aura of Destruction beneath the West and caused its calamities, then began walking toward Spirit Mountain and warned the Buddhists to evacuate before he reached its summit.

• The Destruction Demon God unleashed his Aura of Destruction at Spirit Mountain, nearly annihilating Dīpaṃkara Buddha and Buddha of Joy.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin arrived and tried to persuade the Destruction Demon God to cooperate, but he dismissed them as pawns of Pangu's Will.
• The Destruction Demon God said he sought only the Sword of Destruction and would leave the West after retrieving it.
• He revealed that the sword lay beneath Spirit Mountain and that its accumulated Aura of Destruction had contributed to the West's barrenness and Demon Ancestor Rahu's downfall.
• The Destruction Demon God walked toward Spirit Mountain and gave the Buddhists until he reached its summit to evacuate their disciples.

The Destruction Demon God destroyed Spirit Mountain’s ruins, reclaimed his empowered Sword of Destruction, and tested it with a slash that alarmed the Heavenly Court. The Slaughter Demon God then appeared before the Heavenly Court to retrieve an object taken by Pangu, and the Jade Emperor began asking about the sword aura in the West.

• Daoist Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin, and Buddhism’s other leaders moved Spirit Mountain’s palaces and pavilions before the Destruction Demon God annihilated the sacred site.
• The Destruction Demon God pulled his Sword of Destruction from beneath the earth and discovered that it had absorbed Western baleful aura and karmic force.
• The Destruction Demon God swung the sword toward the sky, and the resulting power drew the Jade Emperor’s attention from the Heavenly Court.
• The Slaughter Demon God appeared outside the Heavenly Court, where Grand Supreme Elder and Taiyi Heavenly Lord of Salvation recognized him.
• The Slaughter Demon God said he had come to retrieve an object Pangu had taken, and the Jade Emperor asked whether it was connected to the sword aura in the West.