Chapter Summaries

Duke returned to Seven Absolutes City, refined the Scorpion Demon’s tail into a short sword for Snake Princess, and later watched Tang Monk’s party pass through the Women’s Kingdom and reach the Flaming Mountains. Son Goku’s feud with Princess Iron Fan sparked a battle that ended with Bull Demon King surrendering, the Banana Fan extinguishing the flames, and Old Bull entering the Heavenly Court’s ranks.

• Duke returned to Seven Absolutes City and refined the Scorpion Demon’s tail into a short sword, which Snake Princess eagerly claimed.
• Son Goku had the Golden-Hooped Rod reforged, then killed the Six-Eared Macaque after Tathagata Buddha exposed him.
• Bull Demon King visited Duke, learned that Tang Monk’s party was nearing the Flaming Mountains, and hurried back to Pipa Cave to warn Princess Iron Fan.
• Son Goku angered Princess Iron Fan, who used the Banana Fan to send him away; after he entered her stomach in disguise, Bull Demon King fought him and later battled Son Goku and Zhu Bajie.
• Heavenly Court immortals and Buddhist forces surrounded Bull Demon King, and Third Prince Nezha eventually forced him to surrender.
• Princess Iron Fan used the Banana Fan to extinguish the Flaming Mountains, while Bull Demon King received a minor Heavenly Court post and Son Goku lost his friendship with him and his other brothers.

Tang Monk and his companions reached Seven Absolutes Mountain and learned that its demon-run city kept demons and humans living under the same laws. They headed toward Seven Absolutes City, while Tang Monk defended its City Lord and Son Goku remained wary.

• Son Goku, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, Tang Monk, and White Dragon Horse arrived at Seven Absolutes Mountain and examined a stele describing its little-traveled paths.
• The companions noticed that passing travelers showed no fear of them, so Son Goku stopped a carter and asked why.
• Tang Monk apologized after the carter cursed Son Goku for dragging him from his carriage.
• The carter explained that demons in the region obeyed the law and worked or bought food like humans under the protection of Seven Absolutes City's City Lord.
• Tang Monk praised the City Lord and insisted they should visit, while Son Goku and Zhu Bajie warned that the demon might want to eat him.

Tang Monk and his disciples entered Seven Absolutes City, where humans and demons lived under shared laws, and found that the handsome monk received hospitality while his ugly disciples went hungry. Son Goku used transformed Monkey Hair as silver to treat Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing to a feast, leaving the group in the woodshed as the deception was set to expire the next day.

• Tang Monk and his disciples saw humans and demons working together on Seven Absolutes Mountain’s road, but an innkeeper fed only Tang Monk because of his looks and refused the others.
• The group reached Seven Absolutes City, registered as outsiders, and Tang Monk praised its laws while Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing marveled at the city’s human-demon bustle.
• A female demon innkeeper offered herself to Tang Monk, who barred his door, while Son Goku listened and left him to handle it alone.
• Zhu Bajie led Son Goku and Sha Wujing out to find food, but demon soldiers drove them away for trying to perform without a stall permit.
• Son Goku turned a Monkey Hair into silver and took Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing to a restaurant, where Zhu Bajie ate two tables’ worth of food and pocketed the change.
• Back in the woodshed, Son Goku realized the transformed silver would last only until the next day, but he was unconcerned about the deception being discovered.

Tang Monk and his disciples were arrested in Seven Absolutes City after Son Goku used an illusion to avoid paying for food, and Tang Monk accepted the city’s labor punishment. As the group returned to prison, Son Goku and Zhu Bajie decided to sneak out with Sha Monk and appeal to the city lord for special treatment.

• Tang Monk was refused a meeting with the city lord, copied the city’s rules, and praised its peaceful coexistence between humans and demons.
• Demon soldiers arrested the four monks after records and a Monkey Hair connected them to an unpaid meal, and Tang Monk accepted responsibility for his disciples.
• Tang Monk and his disciples were sentenced to road repairs; Tang Monk stopped Son Goku from retaliating and made him endure the punishment.
• Tang Monk continued working despite his exhaustion, while Son Goku and the other disciples secretly took on the hardest labor to help him.
• After the group returned to prison, Son Goku persuaded Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk to sneak out with him and seek the city lord’s favor.

Son Goku and his junior brothers confronted Snake Princess in Seven Absolutes Palace to seek Tang Monk’s release, but their argument escalated until Duke stopped Monkey from attacking her. The pilgrims returned to their roadwork, and Son Goku left Sha Monk to watch Tang Monk while he went away.

• Son Goku, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk infiltrated Seven Absolutes Palace and learned that Snake Princess handled Seven Absolutes City’s affairs.
• Snake Princess refused to release Tang Monk early, insisted that everyone obey the city’s rules, and showed Son Goku Bull Demon King’s IOUs.
• Son Goku fought the demon soldiers and tried to seize Snake Princess, but Duke appeared and threw him back.
• Duke ordered the three pilgrims to return to repairing the road, and Tang Monk continued his labor the next day without an added punishment.
• Son Goku regretted letting Tang Monk suffer and told Sha Monk to watch over him while he went away.

Son Goku sought help from Guanyin and the Heavenly Court to free Tang Monk from forced roadwork in Seven Absolutes City, but both sides let the crisis play out. Duke routed the Heavenly Court’s ten thousand soldiers, leaving Zhu Bajie back under the little demon’s supervision.

• Son Goku asked Guanyin to save Tang Monk, but she said he had to endure the trial and admitted she did not know Duke’s origins.
• Son Goku went to the Heavenly Court, where the Jade Emperor sent Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and ten thousand soldiers toward Seven Absolutes Mountain.
• Tang Monk continued working despite his exhaustion and rejected Zhu Bajie’s attempt to stop him when the Heavenly Court arrived.
• Duke broke the Heavenly Soldiers’ formation and scattered their forces, forcing King Li and Son Goku to retreat.
• Zhu Bajie watched the army flee, then placated the little demon he had kicked by handing over a whip and some silver.

After the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Sect realized Duke had no powerful patron, they joined forces to attack Seven Absolutes Mountain with two hundred thousand troops. Duke faced their army alone, shrugged off its first attacks, and Erlang Shen prepared to challenge him.

• After Son Goku and the Buddhist forces failed to defeat Duke, Tang Monk was sentenced to five years of road repairs, while Buddha and Guanyin wondered why the supposed powerhouse behind Duke had not intervened.
• Buddha and the Jade Emperor discovered that Duke had no powerful patron and agreed to treat him as a dangerous wild demon.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li to lead two hundred thousand troops against Seven Absolutes Mountain, and Buddha sent Guanyin and Son Goku to support them.
• Snake Princess activated the Five Elements Grand Formation and urged Duke to explain the attack, but he told her to guard the mountain while he went to meet the army.
• Duke summoned immense demon clouds and walked through heavenly thunder, mystical fire, and golden arrows without injury.
• Erlang Shen offered to withdraw the formation and test Duke himself, and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li agreed.

Duke fought Erlang Shen and then faced an escalating group of Heavenly Court warriors, displaying overwhelming martial skill and transformations unknown in the world. As the Jade Emperor, Buddha, and cultivators across the Three Realms watched, Duke remained locked in battle with Son Goku, Erlang Shen, and Nezha.

• Erlang Shen battled Duke, but Duke matched his Heavenly Phenomenon Transformation and startled him by transforming into an Aerodactyl and then a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
• The Howling Celestial Dog bit Duke's calf and broke its fangs, then Duke kicked it out of the Heavenly Net and Earthly Web Formation.
• Erlang Shen and the Six Sages of Meishan attacked Duke while the Grass-Headed Gods activated their formation, but Duke overwhelmed them with his spear.
• Third Prince Nezha joined Erlang Shen against Duke, and Son Goku then entered the battle as well.
• Duke fought Son Goku, Erlang Shen, and Nezha at once, while the Jade Emperor, Grand Supreme Elder Lord, Buddha, and observers across the Three Realms watched in amazement.

Duke unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light, defeating the Heavenly Court’s army and capturing Guanyin Bodhisattva and several major gods. As the prisoners discussed the divine ability, Son Goku recognized its connection to the Peacock.

• Duke’s allies reacted to the heavenly assault, while the Flood Dragon Demon King and Roc Demon King prepared to act and the Bull Demon King stayed behind.
• Duke overwhelmed Son Goku, Erlang Shen, Nezha, and the heavenly generals until war drums from Seven Absolutes City awakened his power.
• Duke summoned a phoenix phantom and its flames, then used the Five-Colored Divine Light to make two hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals vanish.
• Duke released the unconscious soldiers, detained King Li, Erlang Shen, Nezha, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Twenty-Eight Constellations, and the Nine Luminaries Star Officials, and brought Guanyin Bodhisattva to Seven Absolutes Mountain.
• Third Prince Nezha explained that the Five-Colored Divine Light belonged to Peacock Great Bright King Bodhisattva, and Son Goku reacted with alarm at the mention of Peacock.

Son Goku realized Duke’s Five-Colored Divine Light connected him to the Peacock Great Bright King, prompting the Buddhist Sect to respond to the Heavenly Court’s demand. The Peacock Great Bright King reached Seven Absolutes Mountain to acknowledge Duke as kin, but Duke was left wondering how they should address each other and whether the Southern Mountain Phoenix was male or female.

• Son Goku told Third Prince Nezha that the bird demon had once spared him and his junior brothers for Peacock’s sake, and Nezha suspected Duke was related to the Peacock Great Bright King.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva, Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk repaired the road while demons and humans worshipped Guanyin.
• The Jade Emperor ordered the Buddhist Sect to subdue Duke, so Buddha sent the Peacock Great Bright King toward Seven Absolutes Mountain with Maitreya Buddha and a large Buddhist entourage.
• The Peacock Great Bright King set out to acknowledge Duke as his younger brother, while the Golden-Winged Great Roc was held back by Azure Lion and White Elephant.
• Duke welcomed Roc Demon King as a friend, then went to meet the Peacock Great Bright King outside his mountain-protecting formation.
• The Peacock Great Bright King asked Duke how he should address him, and Duke wondered whether the Southern Mountain Phoenix was male or female.

Duke fought Peacock Great Bright King after the two misunderstood their family relationship, and he overwhelmed him with their shared powers and his own greater abilities. After Maitreya Buddha’s attack exposed Duke’s extraordinary Buddhist cultivation, Maitreya withdrew, and Duke swept Peacock Great Bright King away with the Five-Colored Divine Light.

• Peacock Great Bright King called Duke his younger brother and proposed that their three brothers visit their mother, while Duke realized they were talking about different generations.
• Duke attacked Peacock Great Bright King with Phoenix Fire, but Peacock Great Bright King emerged unharmed and praised their mother’s gifts to Duke.
• Duke and Peacock Great Bright King exchanged spells and weapons, with Duke gaining the advantage before their Five-Colored Divine Light clashed and revealed Yin-Yang Qi.
• Maitreya Buddha and thirty-six Buddhas and Bodhisattvas attacked Duke, but Duke countered Maitreya’s formation with overwhelming Buddhist Dharma, prompting Maitreya to retreat to Mount Sumeru.
• Duke swept Peacock Great Bright King away with the Five-Colored Divine Light after the Buddhist formation collapsed.

Duke fought Tathagata Buddha and the Buddhist Sect army at Seven Absolutes Mountain, using the Five-Colored Divine Light and his Black Eagle form to disrupt their formation. After Buddha’s own palm strike tore open a deadly crack in the formation, Duke mocked him, and Buddha asked how Duke knew Golden Light Evasion.

• The Three Realms were shaken by Duke’s Buddhist abilities, and Tathagata Buddha soon led the Buddhist Sect to Seven Absolutes Mountain.
• Duke and Buddha exchanged words before Duke attacked the formation with demonic clouds and the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Thousands of Buddhist Sect members combined their power to suppress the Five-Colored Divine Light, so Duke transformed into a Black Eagle and charged through their formation.
• Duke returned to his bird-headed, human-bodied form and fought through the Buddhist Disciples and Buddhist Soldiers as Buddha struck at him with a massive palm.
• Duke vanished with Golden Light Evasion, causing Buddha’s palm to tear open the formation and suck in more than a thousand Buddhist Sect members.
• Duke mocked Buddha for killing his own followers, and Buddha asked how Duke knew Golden Light Evasion.

Duke used Golden Light Evasion and the Grand Heavenly Star Revolution Array to fight Buddha, devastating the Buddhist forces before Buddha broke the array with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree. When the tree unexpectedly flew away, Buddha summoned Spirit Mountain and prepared to suppress Duke beneath it.

• Duke teased Buddha, then struck him with his spear and was knocked outside the Buddha Light Array.
• Duke activated the Grand Heavenly Star Revolution Array, which shattered the Buddha Light Array and destroyed most of the Buddhist Disciples and Soldiers.
• Buddha used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to disrupt Duke's array and break free, leaving fewer than one in ten Buddhist Sect disciples alive.
• Buddha told Duke to come to Spirit Mountain, but the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree suddenly flew out of his hand and away.
• Buddha summoned Spirit Mountain, returned to Thunder Sound Temple, and declared that he would suppress Duke beneath the mountain for immeasurable kalpas.

Duke battled Buddha as Spirit Mountain pressed down on him, then used the All-Heavenly Divine Thunder to damage the mountain despite the Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus blocking the strike. After the golden lotus flew west, Duke and Buddha resumed their fight, and Buddha called on the assembled Buddhas to empower him against Duke.

• Buddha used Spirit Mountain's power to press down on Duke, who transformed into a colossal Black Eagle and held the mountain aloft with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Duke summoned the Three Pure Ones' Divine Thunder, then fused the three thunder arts into the All-Heavenly Divine Thunder, terrifying the Buddhist forces.
• Buddha released the Ninth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, which blocked the All-Heavenly Divine Thunder but could not prevent a great fissure from splitting Spirit Mountain; the lotus then flew westward.
• Duke challenged Buddha and charged him with his spear, but Buddha struck him with a palm and sent him flying a thousand li.
• Buddha asked the assembled Buddhas to help subdue Duke, and their Sarira empowered his enormous dharma body as Duke raised his arms and stretched his Five-Colored Divine Light across the heavens.

The Jade Emperor used the Haotian Mirror to send Duke away just as Rulai was about to defeat him, but a mysterious young Daoist then suppressed Rulai and confronted the Jade Emperor. Duke arrived in the Southern Song Dynasty, learned he was near Hangzhou, and suspected the world might contain snakes.

• The Jade Emperor used the Haotian Mirror to transport Duke away, leaving Rulai to accept the damage to Spirit Mountain and the loss of his chance to capture Duke.
• A young Daoist appeared at Seven Absolutes Mountain, silenced Rulai, and pinned him beneath Five-Finger Mountain for a kalpa.
• The young Daoist appeared in the Heavenly Court, demanded the Haotian Mirror, and told the Jade Emperor that Hongjun was busy updating the system and that he called the shots.
• Duke arrived in a mountain forest, disguised himself as a young Daoist, and learned that he was in the Southern Song Dynasty during the Shaoxing Era.
• Duke discovered that he was near Qiantang County and Yuhang Town, then wondered whether the world had snakes.

Duke visited Jinshan Temple to confirm he was in the world of Legend of the White Snake, then stole back his donation and settled in Qiantang County to study the Five-Colored Divine Light. After spotting Xu Xian in a funeral procession, Duke witnessed a mysterious black ring choose the young scholar and activate his Golden Finger.

• Duke met Fahai at Jinshan Temple, donated gold and silver, then used a visual deception spell to steal the temple’s donation money back.
• Duke moved into a residence in Qiantang County and studied the Five-Colored Divine Light while waiting for powerful figures to appear in the Unknown Space.
• Duke learned that the world lacked the Nanzhao Kingdom, Mount Shu, and Demon-Locking Pagoda, then spotted Xu Xian and his brother-in-law leading a funeral procession.
• That night, a mysterious voice helped Xu Xian recall a passage before an unseen force carried him toward a black ring in the courtyard.
• Xu Xian put on the ring, found that it would not come off, and heard, “Ding! Your Golden Finger is now online!”

Xu Xian activated a monster-killing system, survived its first quest, and gained a divine physique after rolling the Dice of God. Duke then entered a new world as a young Daoist enrolling in an aristocratic school, where supernatural deaths and a police group searching for Yu Tiexiong disrupted his expectations.

• Xu Xian activated the ring system and completed its ant-killing quest by setting the nest on fire.
• Xu Xian opened the newbie gift pack, received the Dice of God, and rolled a six that gave him a physique identical to the Great Deity of the Three Altars and Seas.
• Xu Xian's body transformed into a muscular giant before the pain knocked him unconscious, while Duke watched invisibly.
• Duke returned to the Unknown Space, met a school-uniformed newcomer, and exchanged memories before entering the newcomer's world as a young Daoist.
• Duke enrolled in an aristocratic school, where the student council president died in a girls' restroom and other students encountered eerie objects and games.
• The Flying Dragon Special Police arrived at the school looking for a high school student named Yu Tiexiong.

Xu Xian grew into an extraordinarily powerful martial artist, while Bai Suzhen took human form and traveled to Hangzhou to find and repay the benefactor who once saved her. When the two finally crossed paths, Bai Suzhen recognized Xu Xian and stared at him in stunned disbelief.

• Xu Xian's transformation sparked rumors, but a fraudulent mage called him a reincarnated Heavenly Court general, easing the worries of his family and neighbors.
• Unable to return to school, Xu Xian trained and hunted in the mountains, gaining powerful body-enhancing abilities and eventually defeating demons with his strength.
• Eight years later, Bai Suzhen survived heavenly lightning, took human form, and thanked Guanyin Bodhisattva for guiding her.
• Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing traveled to Hangzhou so Bai Suzhen could find the cowherd who had saved her and repay her karmic debt.
• The women heard that Xu Xian had become the top martial scholar and was passing through Qiantang County with a procession.
• Xiao Qing and Bai Suzhen saw the enormous, armored Xu Xian, and Bai Suzhen stared at him in astonishment.

Xu Xian married Bai Suzhen, then rose to fame after single-handedly routing a massive Jin army before being recalled and kept from further military service. After learning that Fahai had captured Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian vowed to lead an army against Jinshan Temple.

• Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing first feared Xu Xian’s size, but Bai Suzhen accepted their fated marriage after meeting him.
• Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen married, and their passionate wedding night left Bai Suzhen unconscious and foaming at the mouth.
• When the Jin Kingdom invaded, Xu Xian went to war and routed two hundred thousand Jin soldiers, killing Wanyan Zongbi and driving the survivors back to Kaifeng Prefecture.
• Emperor Gaozong recalled Xu Xian and kept him idle, while Yue Fei’s forces captured Kaifeng Prefecture and rescued the Two Emperors of Jingkang.
• Xu Xian learned that Fahai of Jinshan Temple had captured Bai Suzhen and vowed to lead his army to destroy the temple.

Fahai discovered Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing at Xu Xian’s estate and accused them of endangering the King of the North. After defeating them, he captured both snake demons in his Alms Bowl and flew away, leaving Xu Xian’s brother-in-law to warn Xu Xian.

• Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing went boating on West Lake, and Fahai spotted their demon auras before following them to the Great General's Estate.
• Fahai learned that Bai Suzhen was Xu Xian’s wife and the future Princess Consort, then forced his way into the estate to capture the women.
• Xu Xian's brother-in-law tried to stop Fahai, but Fahai repelled him and the guards before confronting Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing.
• Bai Suzhen defended herself and pleaded that she and Xu Xian were devoted to each other, but Fahai refused to listen and attacked the two women.
• Fahai defeated Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing, captured them in his Alms Bowl, and showed Xu Xian's brother-in-law their snake forms.
• Fahai identified himself as the abbot of Jinshan Temple, told Xu Xian's brother-in-law to inform Xu Xian, and flew away with the captives.