Recaps

Jieyin and Zhunti set the Journey to the West in motion, while Sun Wukong was born, sought immortality, and learned the Dao from Patriarch Bodhi. As Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches completed the transfer of Pangu’s Will, Sun Wukong’s Havoc in Heaven approached and Yang Jian set out to capture him.

• Jieyin and Zhunti chose the Spiritual Stone Monkey as the final Protector, secured the Witch Clan’s agreement, and shifted their plan for his Heavenly Court rampage after Zhou Ming rejected their Underworld scheme.
• Haotian agreed to let Buddhism stage the Havoc in Heaven in exchange for merit, while the Heavenly Court and the sects arranged their Journey to the West duties.
• Minghe began cultivating Zhou Ming’s Method of Shattering Three Corpses, while Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches used the Three Treasures of Heaven-Opening to transfer Pangu’s Will from Buzhou Mountain into the Pangu Realm.
• Sun Wukong was born on Flower-Fruit Mountain, learned that he would die without cultivation, and set sail to seek a master as the Five Directions Jiedi watched over him.
• Sun Wukong reached Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, met Patriarch Bodhi, received the name Sun Wukong, and learned the Great Dao of longevity and the transformations.
• Patriarch Bodhi sent Sun Wukong away after he mastered the transformations, and Jieyin and Zhunti alerted Tathagata and the other powers to begin the Journey to the West plan.
• Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches completed the transfer of Pangu’s Will, and Houtu reported that Sun Wukong had eaten the immortal peaches and Taishang Laojun’s golden pills.
• Haotian sent Yang Jian to capture Sun Wukong, and Yang Jian refused Yang Chan’s request to accompany him before flying toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Sun Wukong’s rebellion ends beneath Five-Finger Mountain, while Zhou Ming learns that Luohu survives beneath Spirit Mountain and helps settle the Western Sages’ debts. Wu completes the Martial Dao and claims the Human Dao Authority, leaving the Saints to face a Human Race increasingly independent of them.

• Yang Jian subdued Sun Wukong with Taishang Laojun’s help, but Sun Wukong escaped the Eight Trigrams Furnace and rampaged through the Heavenly Court until Tathagata trapped him beneath Five-Finger Mountain.
• Zhou Ming sent Five-Colored Stones through the Demon Realm seal, encountered Luohu, and learned that the Heavenly Dao had saved him beneath Spirit Mountain.
• Jieyin and Zhunti divided the Journey to the West merit and, with Zhou Ming’s Golden Light of Merit, cleared their final karma with the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhou Ming let Buddhism keep Sun Wukong on the condition that they allow him to follow his own path, while Nuwa and Venerable Lord Yuanshi settled their outstanding karma.
• Zhou Ming told Houtu that Luohu remained sealed beneath Spirit Mountain, and Minghe later went to Pingxin to pursue the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.
• Wu emerged from seclusion in Huoyun Cave as a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin and explained the Martial Dao, prompting Fuxi, Shennong, and Sui Ren Shi to begin cultivating inner worlds.
• Wu entered the Human Dao Origin with the Kongtong Seal and began merging with it, attaining Hunyuan and taking control of the Human Dao Authority.
• Jieyin and Zhunti resolved to repay Hongyun before their deadline, while the Saints accepted the Human Dao’s return and considered how to preserve themselves and seek transcendence.

Zhou Ming’s allies prepared to break free of the Heavenly Dao as Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao struggled for control. Haotian, Yaochi, and Duobao received a way to rebuild their Dao foundations, while Tongtian attained Hunyuan and passed the method to his former disciple.

• Zhou Ming chose Wang Shu, West Queen Mother, Candle Dragon, and Taiyi for four chances to attain Hunyuan through the Earth and Human Daos.
• Tathagata’s Three Corpses repelled each other during his attempt to prove his Dao, and Haotian later suffered the same failure.
• The five Saints learned from Hongyun that mismatched treasures caused the Three Corpses’ flaw, then agreed to sever their Saint positions and seek merit from Pingxin.
• Pingxin agreed to lend Jieyin and Zhunti merit in exchange for Buddhism following the Witch Clan, while Haotian failed to find the Dao Ancestor at Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun secretly gave Haotian and Yaochi the Method of Shattering Three Corpses and asked them to pass a message to Zhou Ming, who realized Hongjun’s struggle with the Heavenly Dao was going badly.
• Hongjun guided Haotian and Yaochi in shattering their Three Corpses, while Zhou Ming chose to wait until Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao were weakened before acting.
• Minghe proved his Dao with Pingxin’s help, and Tongtian emerged from seclusion as a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Tongtian visited Spirit Mountain, reconciled with Duobao, and gave him the Method of Shattering Three Corpses while refusing to restore Jie Sect.

The former Sages severed their Heavenly Dao positions while Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao fought, but the Heavenly Dao manipulated Hongjun, Destiny, and Karma to complete itself. Zhou Ming gathered the Witch Clan and their allies to prepare an assault as the Demon Realm seal broke.

• Tongtian gave the Method of Shattering Three Corpses to Jie Sect disciples and the Western Sect Sages, then reconciled with Taiqing and Yuanshi and directed them to seek Zhou Ming’s help.
• Taiqing, Yuanshi, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti renounced their Saint positions and joined the Witch Clan, while Hongjun’s struggle with the Heavenly Dao occupied its attention.
• Zhou Ming brought allies back from the Pangu Realm as Haotian, Yaochi, Wang Shu, Taiyi, West Queen Mother, and Candle Dragon advanced their cultivation.
• Hongjun and the remnant souls of Destiny and Karma attacked the Heavenly Dao, but it revealed that it had manipulated them to complete itself and then destroyed the two Demon Gods.
• The Heavenly Dao seized Hongjun’s body, and Hongjun sent Haotian to deliver Zhou Ming the locations of the Heavenly Dao Space and Zixiao Palace.
• Zhou Ming questioned Hongjun’s remnant Divine Thought, learned how the Heavenly Dao had defeated him, and erased his imprint before ordering Haotian and Yaochi to summon the Heavenly Court’s senior immortals.
• Zhou Ming assigned his allies to fight the Heavenly Dao and Luohu’s demon army, then the seal beneath Spirit Mountain shattered and released a surge of demonic energy.