Chapter Summaries

Tongtian, Zhunti, and Jieyin each fought one of the Three Phase Gods in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm. Tongtian and Zhunti gained the upper hand but could not finish their opponents, while Jieyin confronted Brahma using his dream-world powers.

• Tongtian trapped Shiva in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and clashed with his World-Ending Divine Fire.
• Shiva tried to destroy one of the formation's swords, but Tongtian blocked his trident and fought him directly.
• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to sweep away Vishnu's divine skills and suppress him, though he could not defeat him.
• Vishnu contacted Brahma for help, but Brahma revealed that Jieyin had already come to confront him with dream-world techniques.
• Zhunti continued attacking Vishnu with a Great Luo Buddha Hand as the battle between the three pairs continued.

The Asura Clan seized the chance to attack the Deva Clan while the Three Phase Gods were occupied, and Styx decided to recruit them. Kali, Shakti’s wrath incarnation, descended to aid the gods, but Styx and Ancestor Dragon blocked her, leaving the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm stunned by their arrival.

• The Asura King rallied tens of millions of Asura warriors to attack Mount Sumeru and asked Zhunti and Tongtian to protect his clan.
• Indra led the Deva gods out to fight the advancing Asuras.
• Styx decided to absorb the realm’s Asura Clan, while Ancestor Dragon warned him that a powerful being had appeared.
• Kali descended from the shattered heavens and attacked Zhunti with the aim of helping Vishnu defeat him.
• Styx intercepted Kali with his killing swords, and Ancestor Dragon joined him, shocking the gods of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.

Kali fought Styx and Ancestor Dragon while the other battles threw the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm into chaos. Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Brahman Incarnation appeared, and Brahman accepted Hongjun’s request on the condition that no more Primal God-level deities crossed into his realm.

• Kali attacked Styx and Ancestor Dragon, while the other visitors and the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm’s gods fought across the battlefield.
• Agni and Varuna urged Indra to seek help from other divine realms, but Indra hesitated over the cost of revealing his realm.
• The mysterious visitors and their opponents stopped fighting as Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared before Tongtian and the others.
• Elephant Head God Ganesha revealed himself as Brahman Incarnation, whose presence made the beings of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm bow in worship.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun offered to withdraw if Brahman accepted their request, and Brahman agreed after concluding that he could not defeat their hidden allies.
• Brahman demanded that Hongjun keep his promise and prevent any more Primal God-level deities from entering the realm.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun and the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm agreed to a truce, while Styx stayed behind to lead the Asura Clan. Back in the Prehistoric World, Cangyuan prepared to begin the Journey to the West plan as the Saints learned that thirteen Outer God Main Gods had been captured.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun agreed that neither side would cross worlds or attack the other’s preachers with Saint-level beings, and Styx handed Tongtian his Spiritual Treasures to safeguard.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun brought Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Ancestor Dragon back to the Prehistoric World, while Styx declared the Asura Teach and claimed the underground Seven Realms for the Asura Clan.
• The Brahman Incarnation told the Three Phase Gods that the other world had several beings as powerful as him and that Primal God-level beings must not interfere with its preachers.
• At Mount Buzhou Peak, Cangyuan told Hongjun that the Journey to the West for Buddhism plan could begin, and Ying Zheng revealed that Zhao Gongming had imprisoned thirteen Outer God Main Gods in the Heavenly Court Prison.
• The Saints discussed the threat posed by the Realm of the Gods’ thirty-six Divine Domains and questioned whether the Prehistoric World could withstand them if they united.

Cangyuan reassured the Saints that Pangu remained the Primordial World's ultimate safeguard and proposed interrogating captured Outer Gods for intelligence about the other Divine Domains. After arranging a search for powerful beings' remains and origins to develop his Thirty-Six Worlds, he went to the Heavenly Court Prison.

• Cangyuan proposed using captured Outer Gods to learn about the strength of the other Divine Domains, and the Saints agreed to leave the inquiry to him.
• Ancestor Dragon called for using soul-searching on the prisoners, and Yuan Feng mocked him, sparking an argument that Cangyuan broke up.
• Cangyuan assured Zhunti and Jieyin that the Western Land would benefit from the Calamity and that Zhenyuanzi was restoring its earth veins.
• Cangyuan asked Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, Wangshu, and other ancient beings to search for the remains of Innate Gods and Demons, and told Taotie to find his three brothers.
• Cangyuan asked Primordial Lord of Heaven to obtain origin essence and Vital Blood from the Four Spirits of Heaven, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun went to discuss the Dao with Demon Ancestor Luohu.
• After making his arrangements to develop his Thirty-Six Worlds, Cangyuan went to the Heavenly Court Prison.

Cangyuan visited the Heavenly Prison to question the captured Outer Gods and learn about their divine domains. He uncovered how the Realm of the Gods was formed and asked whether the domains held beings as powerful as the Three Phase Gods, leaving that question unanswered.

• Zhao Gongming guarded the captured Outer Gods in the Fifteenth Heavenly Prison while Thor and Uriel argued over their confiscated artifacts.
• Zhao Gongming stopped the quarrel and beat the Outer Gods when they threatened to fight.
• Cangyuan arrived, declined Zhao Gongming’s offer to search their souls, and used his Saintly power to make the prisoners answer his questions.
• Poseidon, Thor, Uriel, and the other prisoners named the divine domains they came from, allowing Cangyuan to identify their mythological systems.
• Poseidon, Thor, and Uriel told Cangyuan that the Primal Gods had ended the divine wars, the domains had established diplomatic relations, and the Eight God Kings controlled the Realm of the Gods.
• Cangyuan asked whether the divine domains had beings comparable to or stronger than the Three Phase Gods.

Cangyuan questioned Poseidon and Thor about the strongest beings in the Olympus and Asgard Divine Realms and learned how their power ranked against the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm. Thor revealed that an irresistible force had reversed Ragnarök, revived the dead gods, and drawn the entire Nine Realms into the Great Collision of Divine Realms.

• Cangyuan had Poseidon list the Olympus Divine Realm’s primal gods, Supreme Gods, and other powerful beings, including Chaos, Chronos, and Ananke.
• Poseidon explained that the Realm of the Gods ranked Supreme Gods above Super Primal Gods and primal gods, and Cangyuan compared those tiers to levels in the Prehistoric World.
• Cangyuan questioned Thor, who identified the Norns as a Supreme God and described Surtr, Ymir, Audhumla, and Buri as powerful beings of Asgard.
• Thor revealed that Asgard should have been destroyed during Ragnarök, but an irresistible force revived its dead gods and pulled the entire Nine Realms into the Great Collision of Divine Realms.

Cangyuan learned about the eight Divine Realms and their Supreme Gods, then warned the Prehistoric World to remain cautious. The Earth Path manifested over the Western Ox Continent and sent a strand of Earth Path Primordial Violet Qi.

• Cangyuan questioned whether the Will of the Great Dao had orchestrated the collision of the Divine Realms and gathered information about the eight realms.
• Cangyuan learned that Takama-ga-hara had three early-stage primal gods, while the Heaven Divine Realm relied on Yahweh, a powerful Supreme God, and Michael, a top-tier God King.
• Cangyuan released his mind control over the imprisoned Outer Gods and left the heavenly prison with Zhao Gongming.
• Poseidon identified Cangyuan as a likely Primal God, and Thor worried that he had revealed too much.
• Chuan Yue sent the gathered intelligence to the Saints, who judged that the Prehistoric World should avoid contact with other Divine Domains for now.
• The Earth Path manifested over the Western Ox Continent and sent a strand of Earth Path Primordial Violet Qi.

Zhenyuanzi repaired the West’s earth veins, attained the Earth Path Saint Fruit Position, and left for Beyond the Heavens to establish the Earth Immortal Realm. Meanwhile, Hongjun visited the Chaotic Heavenly Demon Realm to call on Luohu, who wondered what his old rival wanted.

• Zhenyuanzi received Heavenly Dao Merit for restoring the West’s earth veins and attained the Earth Path Saint Fruit Position.
• Zhenyuanzi announced that he would guard the Primordial Land’s earth veins and establish the Earth Immortal Realm beyond the heavens.
• Zhenyuanzi left Wuzhuang Temple with the Ginseng Fruit Tree, leaving Qingfeng and Mingyue behind to manage the temple.
• Cangyuan noted that Queen Mother of the West had also attained the Dao in his Inner World, then returned to Penglai Immortal Island.
• Hongjun arrived outside the Chaotic Heavenly Demon Realm and called Luohu an old friend.
• Luohu, recalling his recent setbacks, decided Hongjun could not kill him without risking the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Hongjun defeated Luohu and took his Vital Blood and Heavenly Demon Origin, then returned to the Prehistoric World and gathered Innate Gods and Demons’ remains for Cangyuan’s World Incarnations. Cangyuan received thirteen sets of Vital Blood and origin essence, enough to refine incarnations tied to the Great Dao.

• Luohu challenged Hongjun after attaining the Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, but Hongjun defeated him and extracted his Vital Blood and Heavenly Demon Origin.
• Hongjun told Luohu about the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm and reminded him that he was still a person of the Prehistoric World.
• Hongjun returned to Zixiao Palace and retrieved the frozen Dao Bodies of Yellow Springs, Reincarnation, and Five Elements, intending to use them for thirty-six avatars.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven delivered the Vital Blood and origins of the Four Spirits of Heaven to Cangyuan.
• Hongjun, Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, and Taotie supplied more Innate Gods and Demons’ Vital Blood and origins, bringing Cangyuan’s total to thirteen sets.

Cangyuan entered seclusion to refine his World Incarnation while slowing time with the Chaos Bell. Meanwhile, Stone Monkey reached Square Inch Mountain, met Six-Eared Macaque and Yuan Hong, and became their sworn younger brother before learning they had a second brother.

• Cangyuan used the materials from the Innate Gods and Demons to refine his World Incarnation and used the Chaos Bell to slow the passage of time.
• Stone Monkey arrived at Square Inch Mountain and ran toward two immortals he saw landing nearby.
• Stone Monkey met Six-Eared Macaque and Yuan Hong, who told him he was already a Golden Immortal and invited him to travel with them.
• Yuan Hong proposed that the three monkeys become sworn brothers, and they made an oath together in the peach grove.
• Stone Monkey asked about their second brother, and Yuan Hong jokingly claimed they had eaten him before Six-Eared explained the truth.

Stone Monkey joined Six-Eared and Yuan Hong in seeking the Dao at Fangcun Mountain, where the three endured a punishing test to reach Patriarch Bodhi and Cangyuan. Cangyuan and Subhuti agreed to teach Stone Monkey together, while Cangyuan took Six-Eared and Yuan Hong as disciples.

• Six-Eared and Yuan Hong brought Stone Monkey through the boundary gate to Fangcun Mountain and explained that the three thousand Chaos Stone platforms tested their resolve.
• Cangyuan chose to teach Stone Monkey alongside Subhuti, rather than claim him alone or refuse Subhuti's request.
• After two and a half months, the three monkeys crawled past the platforms and asked the two immortals to accept them as disciples.
• Cangyuan accepted Six-Eared and Yuan Hong, while Subhuti and Cangyuan jointly accepted Stone Monkey as their disciple.

Cangyuan arranged Sun Wukong's names with Patriarch Bodhi and planned a powerful team to spread Buddhism beyond the Prehistoric World. As three young visitors secretly climbed into his courtyard, Cangyuan caught them and asked what they wanted.

• Cangyuan suggested Gu Yue Fangyuan as a secondary name for the Stone Monkey, while Patriarch Bodhi named him Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong accepted both names and began cultivating under Patriarch Bodhi on Fangcun Mountain.
• Cangyuan planned a Pilgrimage and Preaching Squad with Six-Eared Macaque, Yuan Hong, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, Ao Bing, and Jin Chanzi.
• Cangyuan sent Saintly Sense to Zhunti and Jieyin, urging them to properly train Jin Chanzi for the mission.
• Three figures climbed over Cangyuan's courtyard wall at night, and Cangyuan appeared behind them and asked why they had come.

Cangyuan revealed that Sun Wukong, Six-Eared Macaque, and Yuan Hong were among the protagonists of the Calamity, then persuaded them to unify their origins. After their origins fused, all three became Lesser Chaos Demon Apes, making it possible to use the formation that could synthesize a Chaos Demon Ape.

• Sun Wukong, Six-Eared Macaque, and Yuan Hong secretly visited Cangyuan after realizing he had signaled them to come.
• Cangyuan told the three that they were Calamity protagonists and reassured Sun Wukong that protagonists did not always meet certain death.
• Cangyuan explained that the three shared an origin divided from one supreme existence and offered to reunify their origins; Sun Wukong eagerly agreed.
• Cangyuan divided Sun Wukong's origin among the three and fused portions of their origins into each other's bodies.
• Sun Wukong, Six-Eared Macaque, and Yuan Hong each became a Lesser Chaos Demon Ape, completing the conditions needed to synthesize a Chaos Demon Ape.

After the Immortal Qin’s departure, Huhai’s misrule led to Great Qin’s fall and centuries of dynastic upheaval across the Nine Provinces. Meanwhile, Cangyuan condensed thirteen new World Incarnations, bringing his total to twenty-four.

• Huhai conspired with ministers to weaken Fusu, inherited the throne after Fusu died, and ruled Great Qin corruptly until rebellions erupted.
• Chen Sheng and Wu Guang sparked uprisings, and Xiang Yu later destroyed the Qin army at Julu before Liu Bang defeated him and founded the Great Han.
• The Great Han lasted more than three thousand years before collapsing, while the Nine Provinces continued cycling between unity and division.
• Cangyuan created thirteen World Incarnations from new laws and Innate Gods and Demons’ vital blood, raising his total to twenty-four.
• Cangyuan’s five existing incarnations stood at Saint Nine Heavens, while his other twenty were Ultimate Saints who could reach Sainthood after his next breakthrough.

The God Kings learned that the Primordial Divine Realm was far stronger than Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm and agreed to recall their expeditionary armies, but Supreme Chaos could no longer locate them. As Zeus and Odin sought divine powers who could trace the Primordial World, Zhiming sensed two Hunyuan Taichu Great Luo Golden Immortals searching for it and wondered who they were.

• Zeus and Indra warned the God Kings that the Primordial Divine Realm had overwhelming strength, so the Eight God Kings agreed to recall their expeditionary armies.
• Zeus contacted Supreme Chaos, who found that the expeditionary army's mark and its Destiny and space-time Karma threads had vanished.
• Odin proposed searching for a passage from Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm to the Primordial Divine Realm, but Indra said even the Three Phase Gods and Great Brahman had failed to find one.
• Zeus decided to ask Ananke to locate the Primordial Divine Realm, while Odin said he would ask the Norns to act.
• Zhiming sensed two beings at the Hunyuan Taichu Great Luo Golden Immortal level tracing the Primordial World's location and wondered whether Chaos held others besides him, Shichen, and Yangmei.

Zhiming disrupted Ananke and the Norns’ attempt to trace the Primordial World through Styx, while the God Kings decided to wait for another chance to reach it. In the Primordial World, a Heavenly Secrets heir recognized the infant Li Shimin as destined to save the people.

• Zhiming used the Great Destiny Technique to ruin Ananke and the Norns’ reverse-inference of the Primordial World, then escaped into the Main Vein of the River of Time.
• Zeus and Odin concluded that the missing expeditionary gods might be captives and decided to wait for the Primordial Divine Realm to return.
• Amaterasu suggested capturing Styx to find the entrance to the Primordial Divine Realm, but backed down after learning he was a Primal God.
• Indra ordered increased surveillance of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, with the Three Phase Gods taking turns patrolling it.
• In the Primordial World, a Heavenly Secrets heir visited the Li Clan after strange omens accompanied the birth of Li Yuan’s son.
• The heir predicted the child would save the world and bring peace, and Li Yuan named him Li Shimin.

Li Shimin rose from a prodigious child to the Great Tang’s most powerful general, helping his father overthrow the Sui and reunify the realm. When Li Yuan faced the choice of crown prince, Li Jiancheng yielded the position to Li Shimin, and Li Yuan appointed him heir.

• Li Shimin showed extraordinary talent from childhood, later saving Yang Guang at Yanmen Pass and urging Li Yuan to rebel against the Sui.
• Li Yuan raised troops, and Li Shimin helped capture West River Commandery, defeat Song Laosheng at Huoyi, and take Chang'an.
• After Yang Guang died, Li Yuan founded the Great Tang, while Li Shimin won campaigns across the realm and received the title General of Heavenly Strategy.
• As Li Yuan hesitated over the crown prince, Li Jiancheng felt threatened by Li Shimin’s fortune and voluntarily offered to yield the position to him.
• Li Shimin promised to protect Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuan named Li Shimin crown prince and assigned him to oversee the state and govern affairs.

As Li Shimin’s reign began, rising Karmic Tribulation Energy signaled the coming Journey to the West Calamity. Cangyuan prepared Sun Wukong, Six-Eared Macaque, and Yuan Hong for their destiny, while Saints and other figures awaited Heaven’s will.

• Li Shimin ascended the throne, and the growing Karmic Tribulation Energy frightened cultivators across the Primordial World.
• Cangyuan sensed that the time had come, then met with Sun Wukong, Six-Eared Macaque, and Yuan Hong at Square Inch Mountain.
• Cangyuan told the three monkeys that their mission of destiny had arrived, but told Sun Wukong to wait for its formal announcement.
• Cangyuan and the Heavenly Dao temporarily allied to take fortune from the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.
• At Two Worlds Mountain, Eagle Sorrow Stream, and Golden Mountain Temple, a silver-armored general, a dragon carrying a woman, and a hostile young monk awaited events.

The Heavenly Dao issued an edict to form a scripture-seeking and scripture-delivering team that would travel to the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, and the Saints considered who should join. Most sect leaders declined to compete for the opportunity, while the chapter ended by establishing Chang'an as the planned starting point of Journey to the West.

• The Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared and proclaimed an edict ordering a team to obtain scriptures from Mount Wuyi's Buddhism and spread the Dao in the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm.
• Jieyin stopped Zhunti from asking for more disciples, reminding him that Jin Chanzi had already been selected and that the West would profit from the calamity.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven decided not to send his disciples because they were too weak to handle the dangers and he wished to protect his sect's reputation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi declined to involve the Ren Sect because Grand Master Xuandu was its only suitable disciple and Laozi was nearing Dao Integration.
• Sect Master Tongtian left the arrangements to Cangyuan, confident that Cangyuan would provide for the Jie Sect.
• The chapter stated that the Heavenly Dao's planned starting point for Journey to the West was Chang'an.