Chapter Summaries

Tang Sanzang learned from Steward Gao about Zhu Bajie and sent Sun Wukong to capture him. At Yun Zhan Cave, Sun Wukong discovered heaps of human remains, smashed the cave gate, and faced Zhu Bajie as the demon rushed out.

• Steward Gao doubted that Tang Sanzang's small gourd held hundreds of jin of wine until he failed to lift it and watched Tang Sanzang float it into his hand.
• Steward Gao explained that Zhu Bajie had married Gao Cuilan after disguising himself as a man, then revealed his demon form at the wedding.
• Tang Sanzang ordered Sun Wukong to capture Zhu Bajie and bring him back to Gao Village, reassuring Steward Gao that his disciple had once been the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Sun Wukong reached Yun Zhan Cave and found countless human bones piled outside, realizing that Zhu Bajie had slaughtered many people.
• Sun Wukong smashed the cave gate with his cudgel, waking Zhu Bajie, who grabbed his Nine-toothed Rake and charged outside to confront him.

Sun Wukong defeated Zhu Bajie at Yun Zhan Cave and brought him to Tang Sanzang, where Zhu Bajie faced judgment for the bones surrounding his lair. Tang Sanzang was asked how to deal with the captured demon pig.

• Zhu Bajie attacked Sun Wukong with his Nine-toothed Rake, but Sun Wukong overwhelmed him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang and struck him into a mountain.
• Sun Wukong confronted Zhu Bajie about the human bones, and Zhu Bajie claimed his victims had come after him for a bounty or his inner core.
• Sun Wukong recognized Zhu Bajie as a former Heavenly Official and said he would take him to Tang Sanzang to explain himself.
• Tang Sanzang waited calmly in Gao Village while Steward Gao worried that Sun Wukong had been killed by Zhu Bajie.
• Sun Wukong returned with Zhu Bajie restrained and asked Tang Sanzang how they should deal with him.

Tang Sanzang confronted Steward Gao about the deaths connected to Zhu Bajie and learned how his scheme had lured thousands of cultivators to their deaths. Tang Sanzang judged both Steward Gao and Zhu Bajie responsible, then prepared to execute the bound pig demon, who begged for mercy.

• Tang Sanzang questioned Steward Gao about how many cultivators he had sent after Zhu Bajie and threatened to leave when Steward Gao withheld the truth.
• Steward Gao confessed that he had spread rumors about Zhu Bajie's demon core and offered rewards, leading tens of thousands of people to die at Yun Zhan Cave over eight years.
• Little White Dragon argued that Steward Gao's actions had been driven by fear for his daughter, while Tang Sanzang said he still bore responsibility for the deaths.
• Tang Sanzang told the bound Zhu Bajie that he would be suppressed and executed because the cultivators had died because of him and he had devoured them.
• Zhu Bajie knelt and begged Tang Sanzang for mercy, making Tang Sanzang suspect that something was amiss.

Zhu Bajie revealed that he had once been Marshal Tianpeng, and Steward Gao decided to press Gao Cuilan into marrying him for the family's advancement. Zhu Bajie hesitated over the coerced match, while Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and Little White Dragon waited outside Gao Village the next morning for him.

• Zhu Bajie begged Tang Sanzang for mercy and explained that Guanyin had sent him to join the journey west; Tang Sanzang agreed to set his past crimes aside until the pilgrimage ended.
• The Gao family learned Zhu Bajie had been Marshal Tianpeng, and Steward Gao resolved to marry him to Gao Cuilan for the family's benefit.
• Gao Cuilan protested her father's plan, but Steward Gao urged her to accept Zhu Bajie, and she finally yielded before collapsing in grief.
• Zhu Bajie hid in Gao Cuilan's room with Steward Gao's help, then hesitated when Sun Wukong questioned whether he should accept a marriage arranged through manipulation.
• The next morning, Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and Little White Dragon waited on the road outside Gao Village, and Sun Wukong wondered how long they had to wait for Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie left Gao Village to join Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and Little White Dragon on their westward pilgrimage, torn between his mission and his feelings for Gao Cuilan. As the group departed, Steward Gao revealed that his daughter had learned a Qi cultivation method from Zhu Bajie.

• Zhu Bajie admitted that guilt over his past kept him from accepting Gao Cuilan, then decided to leave Gao Village and fulfill his pilgrimage mission.
• Zhu Bajie remembered promising to return and marry Gao Cuilan if she was willing to wait, and said he would help her cultivate if he came back.
• The people of Gao Village gathered to stop the group, and Steward Gao offered Tang Sanzang fifty taels of gold, which Tang Sanzang refused.
• Gao Cuilan gave Zhu Bajie a basket of food for the journey, and he left without telling her to wait for him.
• After Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Little White Dragon, and Zhu Bajie had gone, Steward Gao asked Gao Cuilan to tell him the Qi cultivation method Zhu Bajie had taught her.

Gao Cuilan refused Steward Gao’s demand for a cultivation technique, while Steward Gao secretly grew resentful. At an inn in Qingshan City, Fire Demon God Fentian arrived seeking Water Demon God Luo Yao and was met with her attack for disturbing Su Yang’s territory.

• Gao Cuilan told Steward Gao he could not have the cultivation technique and walked away, while he silently developed resentment toward her.
• Su Yang played mahjong at an inn in Qingshan City as Water Demon God Luo Yao served him and the others watched.
• Space Demon God Ancestor Yang Mei identified a passing aura as Fire Demon God Fentian, who had followed Luo Yao’s trail, and Su Yang chose to welcome him rather than drive him away.
• Fentian entered the inn, saw Luo Yao serving Su Yang, and angrily released waves of heat.
• Luo Yao countered Fentian’s heat with the Water Law and attacked him, declaring that no one could act recklessly in Mister Su’s territory.

Water Demon God Luo Yao attacked Fire Demon God Fentian with her full strength, and their battle destroyed Qingshan City. The Primordial World's powerful figures recognized the fighters as Chaos Demon Gods and wondered why the Heavenly Dao had not reacted to their arrival.

• Luo Yao's True Water struck Fentian and sent him flying, enraging him as his flames overwhelmed Qingshan City.
• Fentian's power turned Qingshan City into ruins, leaving Footprint Emperor unable to intervene and filling Luo Yao with guilt over the city's people.
• Luo Yao unleashed her full power against Fentian, and their water-and-fire clash reduced the area around Qingshan City to dust.
• Great Divine Ability Users and Quasi-Saints connected the battle to the recent appearances of Destruction Demon God and Slaughter Demon God and questioned why the Heavenly Dao had shown no response.
• The Quasi-Saints suspected that the combatants in Qingshan City were Water Demon God Luo Yao and Fire Demon God Fentian.

Water Demon God Luo Yao fought Fire Demon God Fentian outside Qingshan City, and Fentian realized she had regained her Chaos Spirit Treasure and returned to her peak. Meanwhile, Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed their battle and received Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin, who sought answers about the Chaos Demon Gods appearing in the Primordial World.

• Onlookers speculated that Luo Yao was the Water Demon God and that she might have submitted to Su Yang, while they watched her battle with Fentian.
• Luo Yao overwhelmed Fentian with her seemingly endless power, and he realized she had recovered her Chaos Spirit Treasure while he had lost his Origin Treasure.
• Fentian gathered all his power to fight Luo Yao, understanding that she intended to kill him.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed the battle and identified Luo Yao's opponent as a Chaos Demon God, but wondered why the Demon Gods were fighting.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin arrived at Yuqing Palace and asked Primordial Lord of Heaven to investigate the Chaos Demon Gods appearing in the Primordial World, including the Destruction Demon God at Spirit Mountain.

Primordial Lord of Heaven told Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin that Su Yang had revealed the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods intended to destroy the Primordial World. He disclosed that they would attack in three hundred years, but Su Yang had promised to help protect the world.

• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin warned Primordial Lord of Heaven that the Chaos Demon Gods threatened the Primordial World and asked why they had returned.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven said the demons had come to destroy the Primordial World, according to information from Mister Su.
• He explained that the Chaos Demon Gods would not pose an immediate threat but had declared they would attack in three hundred years.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin worried that they had too little time to escape the Primordial World's destruction.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven revealed that Mister Su had promised Dao Ancestor Hongjun he would help when calamity came and would prevent the Primordial World from being destroyed.

Water Demon God Luo Yao fought Fire Demon God Fentian after he destroyed Qingshan City, while Su Yang and his allies considered how to end the battle. Su Yang rejected Ancestor Yang Mei’s offer to intervene and went to the inn’s entrance, suggesting that he might act himself despite the risk of revealing his plans.

• Daoist Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized the Demon Gods’ battle had spared the Primordial World’s foundation and left its defense to Su Yang.
• Luo Yao accused Fentian of destroying Qingshan City and killing its mortals, then continued attacking him with her Chaos Spirit Treasure.
• Fentian questioned why Luo Yao cared about mortals and defended himself with the Fire Law as she pressed her assault.
• Su Yang’s companions discussed restoring the dead citizens and stopping the battle, and Ancestor Yang Mei offered to suppress Fentian.
• Su Yang declined Yang Mei’s offer, rose, and went to the inn’s entrance, saying that fighting at full strength could expose some of his arrangements.

Empress Nuwa intervened in the battle between Water Demon God Luo Yao and Fire Demon God Fentian, effortlessly halting and erasing Luo Yao’s attack. Her display of power left Fentian and observers throughout the Primordial World questioning how strong she had become.

• Su Yang asked Empress Nuwa to subdue Fentian and bring him back, and she agreed to use the Fire Demon God to test her strength.
• Empress Nuwa appeared between Luo Yao and Fentian and froze Luo Yao’s torrents of Profound Water and True Water with a glance.
• Nuwa erased the divine water with a wave and considered absorbing its Law origin into her True Self Universe to study the Great Dao of Water.
• Fentian was stunned and frightened by Nuwa’s power, while Nuwa turned her attention toward the Great Dao of Fire he controlled.
• Great Divine Ability Users across the Primordial World debated Nuwa’s realm and compared her strength with Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Ancestor Yang Mei.
• As the observers questioned whether Nuwa had entered the Realm of Sacrificing the Dao, one wondered if she had achieved her power without entering it.

Empress Nuwa halted the Water Demon God's devastating attack with a glance, making observers suspect that Su Yang had helped her reach the Mythical Realm rather than the Realm of Sacrificing the Dao. The chapter leaves the Primordial World’s powerful figures in awe of Nuwa and wondering what Su Yang’s cultivation method could mean for his followers.

• A Quasi-Saint questioned whether Empress Nuwa had entered the Realm of Sacrificing the Dao, since no sign of slashing oneself with a single strike had appeared in the Primordial World.
• A powerhouse suggested that Su Yang might have helped Nuwa cultivate a method unique to the Mythical Primordial World.
• The Primordial Lord of Heaven watched Nuwa appear between the Water Demon God and the Fire Demon God as the Water Demon God unleashed a powerful attack.
• Nuwa stopped the Water Demon God's boundless Profound Water and True Water with a glance, leaving the Water Demon God and the Primordial Lord of Heaven stunned.
• Grand Pure Laozi concluded that Nuwa's power surpassed the Realm of Sacrificing the Dao and suspected she had entered the Mythical Realm.
• The mighty figures of the Primordial World speculated that Nuwa might now be its supreme existence and wondered whether Su Yang's followers could also reach the Mythical Realm.

Empress Nuwa used her Mythical Human-Immortal power to defeat and capture Fire Demon God Fentian outside Qingshan City. After she brought him to the inn, Fentian recognized Ancestor Yang Mei and demanded to know why the Space Demon God was associating with Primordial World lifeforms.

• Powerful beings speculated about Su Yang's hidden strength and considered following him after Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa received his opportunities.
• Fentian attacked Nuwa with karmic flames, but she absorbed them into her palm without harm.
• Fentian tried to escape through a rift in the void, but Nuwa sealed the area and immobilized him.
• Nuwa pulled Fentian to the inn and bound him with the Power of the Great Dao.
• Fentian saw Ancestor Yang Mei at the inn and challenged him about becoming involved with Primordial World lifeforms.

Su Yang and the Chaos Demon Gods discussed how the Great Dao restrained them, even at the peak of the Great Dao Sage realm. Su Yang revealed the vast number of Laws he controlled but admitted he still fell short of the ruler of the Chaos World, leaving him focused on comprehending more Great Dao Laws.

• Fentian asked whether Yang Mei had abandoned the plan to destroy the Primordial World and warned of the Great Dao's punishment.
• Yang Mei explained that Chaos Demon Gods were born from the Power of the Great Dao and could not escape its innate suppression.
• Su Yang condensed tens of thousands of Great Dao Laws in his palm, astonishing Fentian, Luo Yao, and Yang Mei.
• Yang Mei and Luo Yao praised Su Yang and predicted he would reach a higher realm.
• Su Yang said he was still an eighth-rank Mythical Human-Immortal, with fewer Great Dao Laws than the Chaos World’s ruler, and resolved to comprehend more.

Su Yang offered to remove the restraints binding Yang Mei and Luo Yao after mastering enough Great Dao Laws, and the two agreed to wait. Meanwhile, Chongming and the other Chaos Demon Gods sensed the overwhelming power surrounding the inn and were left wondering who could wield it.

• Su Yang promised Yang Mei and Luo Yao that he would eventually remove the power shackling them, and both Demon Gods bowed and agreed to wait.
• Fentian reacted with disbelief at Su Yang's ambition to master the Three Thousand Great Daos and at Yang Mei and Luo Yao treating him with such respect.
• In the North Continent of Julu, Chongming sensed the clash between Luo Yao and Fentian while watching for the Demon God weapon buried beneath the city.
• Chongming witnessed Nuwa freeze Luo Yao's attack, capture Fentian, and take him into an ordinary inn.
• A powerful presence sealed Chongming's divine sense and warned him and the accompanying Demon Gods, leaving them immobilized and shaken.
• Chongming questioned what terrifying figure was hiding in the Primordial World, while Life Demon God recovered from the damage to her mind and spirit.

Life Demon God Qingxiao, Earth Demon God Chongming, and Reincarnation Demon God Dima decided to abandon the plan to destroy the Primordial World after sensing a hidden expert whose power terrified them. Chongming began retrieving the Book of Earth Names carefully, while the three planned to withdraw after reclaiming their treasures.

• Qingxiao, Chongming, and Dima discussed the unknown expert in the Primordial World and feared the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods could not oppose them.
• Chongming decided to retrieve the Book of Earth Names and then leave the Primordial World.
• Qingxiao agreed to withdraw, warning that even Yang Mei and the other supreme Chaos Demon Gods might not survive confronting the hidden expert.
• Dima agreed to leave after reclaiming the Tombstone of Reincarnation, despite expecting backlash from the Power of the Great Dao.
• Chongming used the Law of Earth to extract soil and support the city so he could retrieve his treasure without collapsing it.

Earth Demon God Chongming recovered the Chaos Spirit Treasure Pangu had taken from him, and he traveled with Life Demon God Qingxiao and Reincarnation Demon God Dima to find Qingxiao’s hidden treasure. The three arrived above a demon-filled mountain range in the North Continent of Julu, where their aura overwhelmed the weaker demons below.

• Earth Demon God Chongming retrieved his Chaos Spirit Treasure from the core of the Primordial World.
• Life Demon God Qingxiao and Reincarnation Demon God Dima considered searching for their own treasures, and Qingxiao identified a mountain range in the North Continent of Julu as the hiding place of hers.
• Earth Demon God Chongming, Life Demon God Qingxiao, and Reincarnation Demon God Dima set off for the mountain range.
• The three Chaos Demon Gods arrived above the mountains, and their pressure terrified the demons living there, most of whom had not reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Life Demon God Qingxiao, Earth Demon God Chongming, and Reincarnation Demon God Dima searched beneath a mountain range and began awakening the Tree of Life. As they descended toward it, the chapter recounted Qingxiao’s healing abilities and the immense strength of Pangu and the Chaos Demon Gods.

• Chongming, Dima, and Qingxiao identified the mountain range as the place where the Tree of Life was buried.
• Chongming used the Law of Earth to open a passage through the mountain range, and Qingxiao sensed the Tree of Life beneath the earth.
• Qingxiao infused the Tree of Life with Life Energy, causing it to slowly awaken as the three demon gods descended toward it.
• The chapter described how Qingxiao used the Tree of Life to recover from fatal injuries while remaining a formidable fighter.
• The chapter recounted Pangu’s battle against the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods and his creation of the Primordial World.

Life Demon God Qingxiao, Earth Demon God Chongming, and Reincarnation Demon God Dima reached the hidden place where Pangu had buried their treasures. Qingxiao began restoring the withered Tree of Life, but Dima sensed a surge of power nearby.

• Chongming, Qingxiao, and Dima arrived at a hidden grotto deep beneath the Primordial World.
• Qingxiao found the Tree of Life withered after being deprived of the Law of Life for ages.
• Chongming explained how the Book of Earth Names had survived underground, while Dima said the Tombstone of Reincarnation might be in the Netherworld.
• Qingxiao poured her life force and Law of Life into the Tree of Life, causing it to begin reviving.
• Chongming questioned why Dima looked envious of Qingxiao's ability to restore her treasure, and Dima gave no answer.
• Dima sensed a surge of power in the distance as Qingxiao continued restoring the tree.

Pangu appeared before Life Demon God Qingxiao, Earth Demon God Chongming, and Reincarnation Demon God Dima as a body formed from preserved remnants of his power. He asked them to lend him their strength so he could recover the power scattered outside that belonged to him, then raised an isolation barrier whose creation weakened him.

• Qingxiao, Chongming, and Dima recognized Pangu’s figure, and Dima concluded it was a remnant rather than the true Pangu.
• Pangu recalled how a mysterious Power of the Great Dao had helped him resist the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods, and explained that he had preserved a strand of his origin before creating the world.
• Pangu admitted that he had absorbed the Tree of Life’s vitality and the Creation Demon God’s Fortune to form his current body.
• Pangu asked the three Demon Gods to lend him their strength so he could recover the power of his origin scattered outside the Primordial World.
• Pangu formed an isolation barrier around them, and his aura weakened as the barrier took shape.