Chapter Summaries

Wang Xian stopped Sun Wukong from killing White Bone Demon and revealed that he knew she was Empress Houtu, who was seeking the Earth Book so she could leave the underworld. He agreed to help her obtain it in exchange for her help repairing Blue Star’s Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the group reached Wuzhuang Temple, where Wang Xian asked to see the Earth Book.

• Wang Xian used Space Power and Time Power to stop Sun Wukong from attacking White Bone Demon, then identified her as Empress Houtu.
• White Bone Demon recognized Wang Xian as a powerful figure after he denied being Daoist Shi Chen and Big Qing revealed Saintly intent.
• Wang Xian deduced that Empress Houtu sought the Earth Book to transfer the Six Paths of Reincarnation she bore and gain freedom from the underworld.
• Wang Xian and Empress Houtu agreed that he would help her obtain the Earth Book and she would help repair Blue Star’s Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Wang Xian’s group arrived at Wuzhuang Temple and learned from Qingfeng that Zhen Yuanzi was away but the Earth Book remained there.
• Wang Xian asked Qingfeng to let the group see the Earth Book’s true form.

Wang Xian seized the Earth Book and tried to take the Ginseng Fruit Tree, but Zhen Yuanzi stopped him. Wang Xian left with a branch and the method for Sleeve Universe, while Zhen Yuanzi discovered Innate Stones in Wang Xian’s gift and negotiated with two unexpected visitors.

• Wang Xian took the Earth Book from Wuzhuang Temple’s main hall, while Sun Wukong and the others subdued Qingfeng and Bright Moon; White Bone Demon carried the Earth Book away to Empress Houtu.
• Wang Xian harvested and ate a Ginseng Fruit, then tried to uproot the Ginseng Fruit Tree, but Zhen Yuanzi appeared and stopped him.
• Wang Xian resisted Zhen Yuanzi’s Sleeve Universe and demanded its cultivation method; Zhen Yuanzi gave him a jade slip, and they agreed that Wang Xian could take one branch from the tree.
• Wang Xian gave Zhen Yuanzi a storage bag and left Wuzhuang Temple with his companions; Zhen Yuanzi opened the bag and found Innate Stones inside.
• Two figures appeared before Zhen Yuanzi, who asked for half of the Innate Stones, and they agreed.

Wang Xian reached Shituo Ridge and found the remains of an entire kingdom, with the victims’ Souls trapped and unable to reincarnate. He sealed the ridge, summoned Xuan Ming and Xuan Yue to guide the Souls toward Reincarnation, and began punishing the demons; the three leaders were left immobilized as their minions were killed.

• Zhen Yuanzi gave two Supreme Experts half of Wang Xian’s Innate Stones, then secretly poured the rest beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree, which absorbed some of them.
• Wang Xian continued west, spared the three demons of Chechi Kingdom and gave them Immortal Palace tokens, then spoke privately with the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, who seemed to know his identity.
• Wang Xian reached Shituo Ridge and found its mountains covered with the corpses of an entire kingdom, while the victims’ Souls remained trapped there.
• Wang Xian ordered Big Qing to seal Shituo Ridge and bring two Spirit Mountain powerhouses inside, then summoned Xuan Ming and Xuan Yue to recite the Duren Sutra and purify the trapped Souls.
• Wang Xian ordered Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, White Dragon Horse, and Sha Wujing to torture and kill the lesser demons while he extracted their Souls; Big Qing immobilized the three chief demons.

Wang Xian punished the demons and Bodhisattvas responsible for the slaughter at Shituo Ridge, while Big Qing defeated Tathagata before the watching Three Realms. After sending the Human souls to the Underworld and condemning the perpetrators to ten thousand years of torment, Wang Xian and his companions continued westward.

• After Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and White Dragon Horse killed every other demon around Shituo Ridge, Wang Xian confronted the Azure Lion Spirit, White Elephant Spirit, Golden-Winged Great Peng, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
• When Samantabhadra Bodhisattva called for help, Big Qing fought Tathagata and drove him out of the Buddhist light, revealing his Saint-level strength to the Three Realms.
• Wang Xian livestreamed the demons' and Bodhisattvas' torment, extracted the Golden-Winged Great Peng's soul, and burned it with Soul Fire as the Human souls watched.
• Wang Xian opened a passage to the Underworld and infused the Human souls with power from the demon souls before sending them to reincarnate.
• Wang Xian pinned the five perpetrators' souls above Shituo Ridge and condemned them to burn for ten thousand years, then burned the Human corpses and buried the ridge.
• Wang Xian, Big Qing, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, White Dragon Horse, and Sha Wujing continued west, and Wang Xian increasingly punished the wicked demons they encountered.

Wang Xian exposed the Six-Eared Macaque and accepted it as his second disciple before continuing the journey west. In Tianzhu Kingdom, he uncovered the Jade Rabbit Spirit’s disguise and captured her, intending to make her a pet for Nangong Wu, while the rabbit accused him of having improper motives.

• Wang Xian identified the false Sun Wukong as the Six-Eared Macaque, and Big Qing’s power revealed its true form.
• Wang Xian discovered that a Saint had sealed the Six-Eared Macaque’s innate hearing and declared it his second disciple.
• Wang Xian and his companions traveled to Tianzhu Kingdom, where Wang Xian caught the embroidered ball and met the princess, who was the Jade Rabbit Spirit in disguise.
• Wang Xian seized the Jade Rabbit Spirit as she tried to flee, assured the king that his real daughter was safe, and sent his disciples to find her.
• Wang Xian considered giving the Lunar Jade Rabbit to Nangong Wu as a pet, but the rabbit accused him of having improper thoughts and mentioned Marshal Tianpeng.

Wang Xian completed the Journey to the West quest at Spirit Mountain and received a Ninth Grade Merit Golden Lotus, only to discover that Tathagata possessed another one. As Tathagata attacked Big Qing and claimed he was no longer a Saint, Big Qing challenged the meaning of the accusation.

• Wang Xian returned the princess to the King of Tianzhu Kingdom, then encountered Chang'e and sent her with Third Holy Mother Yang Chan to his Inner World.
• Yang Jian and Third Holy Mother Yang Chan asked Wang Xian about their mother Yao Ji, and he let them enter his Inner World to seek out another version of her.
• Wang Xian reached Spirit Mountain, collected the true scriptures from Tathagata, and received the Ninth Grade Merit Golden Lotus as a quest reward.
• A second Ninth Grade Merit Golden Lotus flew out of Tathagata, and Wang Xian tried to take it while Big Qing stood between them.
• Tathagata attacked Big Qing, then declared that Big Qing was not a Saint; Big Qing replied that he had never claimed to be one.

Wang Xian helped Old Mother Lishan erase Tathagata’s soul imprint from a Merit Golden Lotus, then forced Tathagata to surrender the merit from the Journey to the West, raising the lotus to eleven grades. After Tathagata pointed him toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation as a source of more merit, Wang Xian chose to pursue the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus first.

• Tathagata attacked Big Qing, but Old Mother Lishan erased his soul imprint from one golden lotus and revealed her saint-level aura.
• Tathagata gained strength from Spirit Mountain’s great array and wounded Big Qing, so Wang Xian kicked Tathagata and sent Big Qing into the Inner World.
• Wang Xian demanded Tathagata’s merit, and Tathagata traded the Journey to the West’s merit for one hundred Innate Stones.
• Tathagata poured the merit into Wang Xian’s merged golden lotus, transforming it from tenth grade to eleventh grade.
• Tathagata told Wang Xian that the Six Paths of Reincarnation held enough merit for a twelfth-grade lotus, hoping to lure him into danger.
• Wang Xian delayed going to the Six Paths of Reincarnation and set out to take the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus from Wutian Buddha at the end of the Abyss of Weak Water.

Wang Xian discovered the Arm-Through-the-Heavens Ape Monkey, made him his third disciple Xiao Tong, and brought the monkey’s companion, the Queen of Ten Thousand Demons, along. At Wutian Buddha’s lair, Wang Xian learned the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus had fallen to eighth-grade, but he still wanted it.

• Wang Xian found the Temple of the Divine Monkey General and had Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque capture the Arm-Through-the-Heavens Ape Monkey.
• Wang Xian named the monkey Xiao Tong and let him bring his friend, the Queen of Ten Thousand Demons, before the group left for the Abyss of Weak Water.
• Wang Xian’s group crossed the Weak Water with Zhu Bajie leading and reached Wutian Buddha’s lair, where Big Qing defeated Black Robe and the surrounding demons without killing them.
• Wang Xian asked about the black lotus and learned from its voice that it was once the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus but had fallen to eighth-grade.
• Wang Xian said he still wanted the black lotus.

Wang Xian obtained the World-Ending Black Lotus and a branch of the Immortal Peach Tree, then witnessed Empress Houtu emerge as the Earthly Dao and clash with the Heavenly Dao. After the battle ended without a victor, he went to meet Houtu, who thanked him for helping her regain her freedom.

• Wang Xian persuaded Wutian to give him the eighth-grade World-Ending Black Lotus and left him a gift in return.
• Wang Xian received a branch from the Heavenly Court's mother tree of the Immortal Peach Trees and gave the Jade Emperor an Innate Stone, warning him about dangers beyond the world barrier.
• Wang Xian saw Empress Houtu confront the Eye of the Heavenly Dao after she became the Earthly Dao.
• The World-Ending Black Lotus absorbed the Heavenly Dao's World-Ending Thunder during the seven-day battle and rose from the eighth grade to the ninth grade.
• After the battle ended in a draw, Wang Xian visited Empress Houtu, who thanked him for helping her regain her freedom.

Wang Xian left the Journey to the West World after arranging to return for Empress Houtu in three months, then returned to Blue Star and prepared to enter the Investiture of the Gods dungeon. He accepted the Mythical Grade Choice mission for the Shang faction and set out with Nangong Wu to find out how far the war had progressed.

• Empress Houtu agreed to help Nie Xiaoqian restore the Six Paths of Reincarnation in three months, but she and the World-Ending Black Lotus explained that the Merit Golden Lotus needed its lost origin to regain its twelfth grade.
• Wang Xian left Tang Sanzang, White Dragon Horse, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing in the Journey to the West World, then returned to Blue Star with the World-Ending Black Lotus and the Merit Golden Lotus.
• Wang Xian returned to the Immortal Palace territory, reunited with Nangong Wu and the others, and learned that Yang Jian had been taken away, Chang'e had gone to the moon, and Yang Chan had entered seclusion after merging with her counterpart.
• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu entered the Investiture of the Gods dungeon, where Wang Xian received the Choice mission and chose to join the Shang faction to pursue the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
• After the mission difficulty changed to Mythical Grade, Wang Xian and Nangong Wu decided to head to Shang's imperial city and learn how far the Great War of Investiture of the Gods had progressed.

Wang Xian and Nangong Wu investigated the Nuwa Temple incident and discovered that a figure surrounded by Buddhist light had altered Nuwa’s appearance, implicating one of the Two Sages of the West. They entered Dixin’s palace as trusted retainers just as Su Daji arrived, and they considered intervening in Empress Jiang’s coming tragedy.

• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu visited Nuwa Temple and used Time Power to rewind the scene of Dixin offering incense.
• They saw Nuwa’s statue transform into a stunning beauty, then recorded a blurry, Buddhist-light-covered figure taking action with an Imprint Stone.
• Wang Xian chose to hide the evidence so he could pursue the instance’s mission rewards without drawing Hongjun’s attention.
• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu secured positions as palace retainers, with Nangong Wu disguised as a man.
• Su Hu brought Su Daji to the palace, where Dixin approved her dance and took her as a royal consort.
• Nangong Wu asked whether they should prevent Empress Jiang’s coming tragedy, and Wang Xian agreed they could intervene in small ways.

Wang Xian and Nangong Wu were unmasked by Yun Zhongzi’s wooden sword, and Di Xin later learned that Su Daji was a demon but chose to protect her. Su Jin gave Su Daji a Nine-tailed Demon Fox Bloodline, leaving Di Xin startled by her transformation into a huge nine-tailed fox.

• Di Xin showed Wang Xian and Nangong Wu Yun Zhongzi’s Ku Song Ju Que Sword, whose light dispelled their disguises, but he let them explain themselves and asked about Wang Xian’s familiar feeling.
• Di Xin collected dresses from Nangong Wu, while Wang Xian and Nangong Wu later stopped disguising themselves and Nangong Wu planned to protect Empress Jiang.
• After Su Daji fell ill and Du Yuanxian reported her demonic aura, Di Xin asked Wang Xian whether humans and demons could coexist, then declared that no one could harm his beloved consort.
• Di Xin asked Su Daji to reveal her fox tail, and Wang Xian summoned Su Jin, who agreed to help strengthen Su Daji.
• Su Jin gave Su Daji a drop of her essence blood, transforming her into a pink-and-white nine-tailed fox; Di Xin stared in shock and turned to Wang Xian.

Wang Xian prevented Li Jing from killing Nezha and took the child as his disciple, then sought Empress Pingxin’s help recovering Nezha’s memories. After driving off True Man Taiyi, Wang Xian settled in Chentang Pass to raise and teach Nezha.

• Su Daji transformed into a nine-tailed demon fox after absorbing the Nine-grade Demon Fox Bloodline, and her changes altered events in Chaoge as Di Xin’s consorts joined the Foxfolk Race.
• Wang Xian, Nangong Wu, and Su Jin traveled to Chentang Pass and arrived as Li Jing prepared to strike the newborn Nezha.
• Wang Xian stopped Li Jing, explained that Nezha was a prodigy, and used his mana to shape the Merit Power around him into an Innate Merit Spiritual Treasure body.
• Wang Xian visited Empress Pingxin, who gave him Three Lives Water that could restore Nezha’s memories of being Lingzhuzi.
• Wang Xian returned to find Su Jin and Nangong Wu confronting True Man Taiyi, then punched him into a blood mist and watched his soul flee.
• Nezha recognized Wang Xian as his master, and Wang Xian stayed in Chentang Pass to teach him, with Nangong Wu handling most of his lessons.

Wang Xian protected Chentang Pass from the Chan Sect’s attack and drove Burning Lamp Daoist and the Twelve Golden Immortals away. Afterward, Nangong Wu suggested that magical treasures might be the key to understanding the immortals’ strength, leaving Wang Xian to consider how that idea applied to players.

• Wang Xian had forged the Fire-Tipped Spear, Hun Tian Ling, and Wind Fire Wheels for Nezha, and Su Jin and Nangong Wu’s watch prevented Nezha from harming the East Sea dragons.
• Burning Lamp Daoist and the Twelve Golden Immortals arrived above Chentang Pass, and Wang Xian struck the clouds with a fiery energy ball before enduring Burning Lamp Daoist’s attack.
• True Man Taiyi attacked Wang Xian with the Nine Fire Dragon Coils, and Wang Xian used Water Curtain Heavenly Splendor to shield Chentang Pass from the Nine Heavens Fiery Divine Dragons.
• Li Jing denounced True Man Taiyi for endangering the city, and Burning Lamp Daoist withdrew with the Twelve Golden Immortals after sensing danger from Wang Xian.
• Wang Xian told Su Jin that the Chan Sect figures were tied to his Mythical Grade quest, then discussed Nangong Wu’s idea that magical treasures determined much of the immortals’ combat strength.

Wang Xian withdrew from Chentang Pass to Chaoge, where he prepared Great Shang for Ji Chang’s rebellion and tried to recruit Jiang Ziya. As Western Qi’s war grew and Shen Gongbao began gathering extraordinary allies for Di Xin, Wang Xian watched the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation unfold.

• Wang Xian brought Li Jing’s family from Chentang Pass to Chaoge, then learned that Yin Jiao and Yin Hong had become disciples of Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi.
• Di Xin summoned Wang Xian after Ji Chang rebelled in Western Qi; Wang Xian reassured the court and asked Bi Gan to find Jiang Ziya.
• Bi Gan discovered that Jiang Ziya had already become Western Qi’s prime minister, frustrating Wang Xian’s plan to recruit him.
• Shen Gongbao tried to buy Xiao Yu, the Lunar Jade Rabbit, and Wang Xian threatened him for targeting her and saying, “Fellow Daoist, please stay!”
• Ji Chang died, Bo Yikao briefly became King of Zhou and then died, and Ji Fa took the throne as Western Qi’s forces captured Great Shang territory.
• Di Xin dispatched troops against Western Qi, while Shen Gongbao set out to seek extraordinary people for Great Shang.

Wang Xian sent Sun Wukong, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Tong ahead to Golden Rooster Ridge, then traveled there secretly with Di Xin. At the battlefield, Huang Tianhua chose Great Shang over his master, True Lord Qingxu Daode, and Empress Shi Ji intervened to save him from a sneak attack.

• Wang Xian introduced Sun Wukong, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Tong to Di Xin and sent them to Golden Rooster Ridge with a jade token.
• Wang Xian and Di Xin used a spatial gate to reach Golden Rooster Ridge and watched the standoff between Great Shang and Western Qi.
• Huang Tianhua faced his master, True Lord Qingxu Daode, and refused to abandon Great Shang, declaring that he could no longer serve his master.
• True Lord Qingxu Daode attacked Huang Tianhua from behind, but Empress Shi Ji appeared and blocked the strike.
• True Lord Qingxu Daode threatened Empress Shi Ji for interfering, and she mocked him for attacking a junior by surprise.

Empress Shi Ji fought True Lord Qingxu Daode until the Three Xiao Sisters intervened, but the Chan Sect’s Golden Immortals overwhelmed them and damaged Yunxiao’s Primordial Golden Dou. Yunxiao withdrew with the injured women, leaving Di Xin to ask Wang Xian what Great Shang’s army should do.

• True Lord Qingxu Daode used the Five Fire Seven Bird Fan and Primordial Chaos Banner to defeat Empress Shi Ji and moved to finish her off.
• The Three Xiao Sisters appeared, and the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors saved Empress Shi Ji from the flames.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao were injured after True Lord Qingxu Daode and the other Chan Sect Golden Immortals joined forces against them.
• Yunxiao attacked with the Primordial Golden Dou, but the twelve Golden Immortals and their allies damaged it and drove her back.
• Yunxiao retreated with Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Empress Shi Ji, while Di Xin asked Wang Xian what Great Shang’s army should do.

Wang Xian persuaded Di Xin and Huang Feihu to disregard the truce and launch a night raid on the Western Qi camp. With Jiang Ziya and the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals absent, Great Shang routed Western Qi, leaving the surviving rebels fleeing toward their territory.

• Wang Xian assured Di Xin that his three monkey disciples could contend with the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals, and said Daji had grown powerful enough to defeat them too.
• Wang Xian brought Di Xin to Great Shang’s military camp, where Huang Feihu agreed to attack Western Qi despite its truce banner.
• Wang Xian persuaded Huang Feihu to wait until night and ambush Western Qi while its troops rested, and the generals planned the raid.
• Great Shang’s army charged the Western Qi camp after dark, catching its lax guards and sleeping soldiers off guard and plunging the camp into chaos.
• Wang Xian told Di Xin that Jiang Ziya and the Chan Sect immortals had left to seek reinforcements, while the Three Xiao Sisters would deal with them.
• By morning, Western Qi had lost nearly two hundred thousand soldiers and the survivors had fled, while the exhausted Great Shang troops returned to camp for a hot meal.

After Great Shang’s victory over Western Qi, Wang Xian ordered Huang Feihu to retreat to Tong Pass to protect the army from the Chan Sect’s magic, while Western Qi found the three abandoned passes empty. At a banquet in Tong Pass, Wang Xian asked Yunxiao to dissolve her contract with Nangong Wu, and Yunxiao reacted with suspicion.

• Di Xin celebrated Great Shang’s raid on Western Qi, then Huang Feihu led the army to Tong Pass, gathering the soldiers from Sishui Pass, Jiepai Pass, and Chuyun Pass along the way.
• Wang Xian explained to Huang Feihu that he had ordered the retreat to shield Great Shang’s soldiers from the Chan Sect’s revenge and magic, though he admitted he had forgotten to explain sooner.
• Jiang Ziya and the Chan Sect’s experts found Western Qi’s camp devastated, then discovered Sishui Pass, Jiepai Pass, and Chuyun Pass deserted as they advanced toward Tong Pass.
• Jie Sect disciples gathered in Tong Pass and guided Great Shang’s soldiers, while Di Xin welcomed them at a banquet.
• Bixiao confronted Wang Xian for staring at Yunxiao, and Wang Xian asked Yunxiao to dissolve her contract with Nangong Wu in exchange for compensation.
• Yunxiao demanded to know how Wang Xian knew about the secret contract, while Qiongxiao stopped Bixiao from revealing that it could help Yunxiao become a Saint.

Wang Xian confronted Yunxiao and demanded that she dissolve her contract with Nangong Wu, offering Innate Stones and other compensation, but she refused because she hoped to change the fate of the Jie Sect. Wang Xian fought her in the Void Turbulence and seized her wrist after she struck him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Wang Xian demanded that Yunxiao dissolve her contract with Nangong Wu, and Zhao Gongming angrily challenged Di Xin when Yunxiao refused.
• Wang Xian sent Yunxiao into the Void Turbulence, then Zhao Gongming was swallowed by a black hole when he tried to capture Wang Xian.
• Wang Xian explained that Nangong Wu was his wife and revealed that he was the person afflicted by the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book, but Yunxiao still refused to dissolve the contract.
• Wang Xian offered Yunxiao Innate Stones that could help her family and fellow disciples attain sainthood, but she returned them because she wanted to change the outcome of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Wang Xian attacked Yunxiao with the Heavenly Dragon Spear, displaced her Primordial Golden Dou with Space Power, and struck her neck with the spear, but Yunxiao escaped and counterattacked.
• Yunxiao's palm barely hurt Wang Xian, and he disappeared and seized her wrist as she ordered him to let go.