Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen began refining his Self Corpse into an avatar, using Yang Jian’s Sixteen-Foot Golden Body method and the Indestructible Mortal World Body left by the Mortal World. The Self Corpse was sealed inside a red cocoon as the refinement continued.

• Lu Chen asked Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and the others for a method to refine an avatar so he could cultivate the Dao of the Mortal World.
• Yang Jian advised Lu Chen to use his three-corpse embryonic forms as avatar cores and gave him the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body method.
• Lu Chen considered making his three corpse avatars inherit the supreme powers of the Nether Void, Carefree Heaven, and the Mortal World, then dismissed the idea as unrealistic.
• The System issued Lu Chen a Reversal Mission to refine his Self Corpse into an avatar, rewarding him 5,000 System Points.
• Lu Chen entered the Mortal World Palace, began refining his Self Corpse, and broke the jade pendant containing the Indestructible Mortal World Body.
• Red light and threads of mortal dust enveloped the Self Corpse, forming a cocoon around it.

Lu Chen created a Hong Chen Clone with the Indestructible Mortal World Body and the Saint Ancestor Realm, then equipped him with Mortal World treasures. He named the clone Mortal World and named his Supreme Clone Lu Pan.

• Lu Chen cut away one-tenth of his soul and fused it with the Self Corpse clone gestating in the Mortal World karma cocoon.
• The Mortal World Palace infused the clone with Profound Power and Mortal World karma, allowing it to emerge at the Saint Ancestor Realm rather than as a first-tier mortal.
• The cocoon shattered, and the Hong Chen Clone emerged looking like Lu Chen with a more weathered aura.
• Lu Chen gave the Hong Chen Clone the Scripture of All Beings' Wishes, the Mortal World Sword, the Cauldron of All Things' Mother Qi, and the Fu Yue Dragon Turtle egg.
• Lu Chen named the Hong Chen Clone Mortal World and named his Supreme Clone Lu Pan.

Lu Chen sent Lu Pan out to find ferocious beasts representing the Three Thousand Great Daos, then used his system reward to obtain a Space Key. Tang Sanzang chose to leave the Primordial World, intending to confront Buddha Tathagata before departing.

• Lu Chen named his Supreme Clone Lu Pan and sent him into the outside world to gather beasts for the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, while Chen Shi stayed behind to cultivate.
• Lu Chen received 5,000 System Points, discovered that the System Store had changed, and spent all 25,000 points on a Space Key.
• Lu Chen gave the Space Key to Ao Bing, who passed it to Zhu Bajie, and Zhu Bajie handed it to Tang Sanzang.
• Tang Sanzang summoned his true self from the Primordial Wilderness, where he had been grieving for the Queen of the Women's Country.
• Tang Sanzang told his brothers to beat Buddha Tathagata after he left, so they could collect some interest in advance.

Tang Sanzang used the Nine-Tailed Blood Cone to grievously wound Buddha Tathagata, then escaped to the Nine Domains Realm and reunited with his main body. As Wutian grew stronger from Tathagata’s rage, Tang Sanzang faced another heavenly tribulation and demanded to advance to the Emperor Monarch Realm.

• Zhu Bajie returned the Nine-Tailed Blood Cone to Tang Sanzang, who set out for Lingshan.
• Tang Sanzang, in golden cicada form, ambushed Buddha Tathagata during his cultivation and pierced his mind with the Nine-Tailed Blood Cone.
• Buddha Tathagata screamed in pain and weakened, while the Jade Emperor realized Golden Cicada had attacked him.
• Tang Sanzang confronted Tathagata over the slaughter of the Women's Country, escaped his Tathagata Divine Palm, and vanished from the Three Realms.
• Wutian absorbed the black qi produced by Tathagata’s rage and grew stronger as he plotted to become the new Buddha.
• Tang Sanzang reunited with his avatar in the Nine Domains Realm, faced the heavenly tribulation, and asked to reach the Emperor Monarch Realm.

Lu Chen and his companions learned that the Sea Demon Realm had invaded the Nine Domains Realm through a passage beneath the Boundless Sea, and they arrived to find the Lower Realm in chaos. The Wentian Master explained that slaughter empowered nine sealed Sea Demon Emperors, and Lu Chen proposed destroying their pillars.

• After Tang Sanzang’s realm fell to the Emperor Monarch Realm, he told Sun Wukong that he had stabbed Buddha Tathagata and collected some interest.
• The Armored Panda warned Lu Chen that the Outer Sea Demons had invaded through the passage beneath the Boundless Sea, so Lu Chen led his companions to the Lower Realm.
• Lu Chen and his companions found the Forsaken Race fighting sea demons beneath nine towering Demon Pillars, while some demons had already attacked cities in the Four Great Regions.
• The Wentian Master appeared in the Emperor Monarch Realm and told Lu Chen that the Sea Demon Realm’s nine Dao Monarch Sea Demon Emperors could summon a Supreme Being if their seals were undone.
• The Wentian Master explained that death and blood from the invasion weakened the Sea Demon Emperors’ seals, and Lu Chen suggested destroying the nine Sea Demon Pillars.

Lu Chen received quests to repel the Sea Demon Race and kill a Shark Demon Emperor, then prepared for the coming battles as the Three Realms and Nine Regions rallied against the invasion. He noticed the Great Evolution Heavenly Mystery Tree Secret Realm nearing its opening and returned to Daqian, where Empress Ling greeted him.

• Wentian Master explained that the Sea Demon Pillars would break one by one, giving the Three Realms and Nine Regions a chance to kill the Shark Demon Emperors, and warned of threats from the Seven Sins Demon Realm and the Boundless Hell Realm.
• Lu Chen received a 200,000-System-Point main quest to drive back the Sea Demon Race and a 70,000-System-Point reversal mission to kill the Dao Monarch Realm Shark Demon Emperor expected to break free in three days.
• Lu Chen promised Ao Bing and Zhu Bajie each a Space Key within three days, then spotted the Great Evolution Heavenly Mystery Tree Secret Realm forming in the Eastern Cang Region.
• Upper-realm powerhouses joined the fighting, and Lu Chen sent Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Tang Sanzang, and his other allies to slaughter the Sea Demon Race.
• Lu Chen appeared in Daqian's imperial garden, where Empress Ling noticed him and hurried over to greet him.

Lu Chen entered the Great Evolution Heavenly Mystery Tree Secret Realm, where Trial Takers learned they had to answer three questions and endure Karma Tribulation Fire to earn its treasures. The first Questioner asked Lu Chen whether eternal life or all living beings mattered more, and Lu Chen prepared to answer.

• Empress Ling refused Lu Chen's invitation to accompany him to the upper realm, and the Azure Emperor's avatar asked whether the lower realm was in danger.
• Lu Chen arrived at the Great Evolution Heavenly Mystery Tree as it opened its secret realm, and many experts left rather than compete with him.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tree revealed the Dao Fruit's powers and explained that Trial Takers needed to answer three questions and endure Karma Tribulation Fire to earn rewards.
• Lu Chen entered the secret realm, learned its rules, and sat at a tree stump to begin the trial.
• A white-haired Questioner asked Lu Chen whether eternal life or all living beings mattered more, and Lu Chen pondered the question before raising his head to answer.

Lu Chen answered the Questioner’s final trial by refusing to trade his loved ones’ lives for his own chance at survival. Back in the secret realm, he endured the Karma Fire Thunder Tribulation with ease and received a Heavenly Secrets Leaf.

• The Questioner asked whether Lu Chen would accept a chance to survive if it cost the lives of his closest kin, friends, and beloved, and Lu Chen witnessed them sacrificing themselves to send him into the past.
• Lu Chen told the Questioner he would not use his loved ones’ lives to secure his own survival, and the Questioner approved his answer.
• Lu Chen returned to the secret realm and saw that the Three Heavenly Secrets Questions had reduced the Trial Takers from several million to a few hundred.
• The secret realm began the Karma Fire Thunder Tribulation, which targeted the remaining Trial Takers according to their karma.
• Lu Chen used his Karma Fire Red Lotus and Law of Thunder to withstand the tribulation comfortably, and a Heavenly Secrets Leaf appeared before him.

Lu Chen endured the Karma Fire Thunder Tribulation long enough to collect enough Heavenly Secrets Leaves to trade for three Dao Fruits and thirty thousand drops of Heavenly Secrets Tree Sap. With the Sea Demon invasion raging and the Shark Demon Emperor nearing release, Lu Chen consumed a Dao Fruit and entered a state of sudden enlightenment.

• Lu Chen remained alone beneath the Karma Fire Thunder Tribulation as the other Trial Takers were expelled, gathering hundreds of Heavenly Secrets Leaves.
• Sun Wukong, Nezha, and the other defenders fought the Sea Demon Race as its forces invaded the Four Great Regions and the Shark Demon Emperor’s image grew more lifelike on a Sea Demon Pillar.
• The Heavenly Secrets Tree exchanged Lu Chen’s leaves for three Dao Fruits and thirty thousand drops of Heavenly Secrets Tree Sap, then expelled him from the secret realm.
• Lu Chen saw the lower realm’s battle, estimated that the Sea Demon Shark would break free within a day, and went to the Time-Space Yin Yang Pot after greeting the Azure Emperor.
• Lu Chen swallowed a Dao Fruit and entered sudden enlightenment as his pressure transformed dramatically.

Lu Chen broke through to the Heavenly Monarch Realm and returned to the Sea Demon Shark’s seal, where the Shark Demon Emperor awakened. As it emerged, Lu Chen summoned Sun Wukong and the others to face it.

• Lu Chen used one Dao Fruit to advance from the Saint Ancestor Realm to the Heavenly Monarch Realm, then decided to save his next Dao Fruit for later.
• Lu Chen met the Wentian Master, who revealed that his own breakthrough from the Saint Ancestor Realm to the Heavenly Monarch Realm had taken nine thousand years.
• The Wentian Master warned that the Shark Demon Emperor was about to break free and said they might need the Flame Emperor’s help.
• The Shark Demon Emperor broke out of the Sea Demon Shark stone pillar, releasing demonic energy that strengthened the Sea Demon Race below.
• Lu Chen summoned Sun Wukong, Nezha, Yang Jian, Tang Sanzang, Ao Bing, and other powerful figures, and Sun Wukong eagerly prepared to fight the Shark Demon Emperor.

Lu Chen and his allies battled the Dao Monarch Shark Demon Emperor, gradually overpowering him with their combined strength and Lu Chen’s techniques. As Lu Chen’s avatars blocked the enemy’s retreat, Shark Demon Emperor began drawing power from the blood of sea demon beasts below.

• Shark Demon Emperor transformed into a horned man and charged at Lu Chen, Wentian Master, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, and the others.
• Lu Chen and his allies attacked Shark Demon Emperor together, and Lu Chen pierced his chest with Spatial Annihilation Eyes.
• Lu Chen struck Shark Demon Emperor with tribulation lightning and Red Lotus Karma Fire, forcing him to retreat.
• Lu Chen summoned his dust and Lu Pan avatars to cut off Shark Demon Emperor’s escape, startling Wentian Master with their strength.
• Shark Demon Emperor drew demonic blood from countless sea demon beasts in the lower realm, gathering the blood-red light around himself.

Lu Chen and his allies killed the Shark Demon Emperor, earning Lu Chen 70,000 system points, but a new mission warned that three Sea Demon Race Dao Monarchs would soon break free. Beyond the Nine Domains Realm, Demon Dragon Galo and the God of Infinity plotted an invasion with the Seven Sins Demon God, while Lu Chen remained unaware of their plans.

• Lu Chen used the Precious Lotus Lantern to block the Shark Demon Emperor from absorbing Sea Demon Beasts’ life essence, then used the Diamond Sutra Bracelet to take the Shark Demon Blade.
• Sun Wukong, Nezha, Yang Jian, and Tang Sanzang attacked the Shark Demon Emperor together, transformed into their powerful true forms, and killed him, causing his Sea Demon Stone Pillar to break and the Sea Demon Beasts to rampage.
• Demon Dragon Galo learned that the Shark Demon Emperor had died and demanded that the God of Infinity hurry the invasion, giving him ten days to act with the Seven Sins Demon Realm.
• The God of Infinity told the Seven Sins Demon God that their armies would soon seize the Ice Demon Domain and Sky Flame Holy Domain while the Three Realms and Nine Regions’ defenders were occupied in the Boundless Sea.
• Lu Chen received 70,000 system points for completing the reversal mission, then got a new mission to kill three Sea Demon Race Dao Monarch Realm powerhouses set to break their seals in three days.

After killing the Shark Demon Emperor, Lu Chen learned that three Sea Demon Race Dao Monarchs would emerge in three days and spent System Points to summon Sha Wujing. Sha Wujing reunited with Sun Wukong and the others, and Lu Chen began asking him about his past in Heaven.

• Lu Chen told the Wentian Master that three Sea Demon Race Dao Monarchs would break through their seals in three days, prompting the Wentian Master to consider asking the Flame Emperor for help.
• Lu Chen spent 40,000 System Points on Sha Wujing's Skull Prayer Beads and 25,000 on a Space Key, then discovered the System Store offered Tongtian Sage's Fly Whisk for 100 million points.
• Lu Chen summoned Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, Yang Jian, Zhu Bajie, and the others back from the Infinite Ocean and showed them Sha Wujing's Skull Prayer Beads.
• Sha Wujing descended through a Spatial Vortex, greeted Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, and Zhu Bajie, then saluted Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen asked Sha Wujing whether he had smashed the Jade Emperor's Glazed Vase when he was banished to the mortal realm.

Lu Chen learned the real stories behind Sha Wujing and Zhu Bajie’s banishments, while Zhu Bajie used a Space Key to send his true body to Lu Chen’s world. Ao Bing revealed that he planned to take every dragon in the Primordial World with him, calling it a cage for his clan.

• Zhu Bajie revealed that Sha Wujing had been banished after he and the Third Fairy accidentally broke a Glazed Vase while fleeing Maitreya Buddha.
• Zhu Bajie explained that the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother were Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s former Dao attendants, and that the Seven Fairies and Nezha were their adopted children.
• Sha Wujing confirmed that Zhu Bajie had been banished for teasing Chang'e.
• Lu Chen gave Zhu Bajie a Space Key, and Zhu Bajie used it to bring his true body from the Primordial World to Lu Chen’s world.
• Ao Lie worried that he would be left behind as the others departed, but Ao Bing’s true body appeared and revealed his plan to take all the Primordial World’s dragons away.

Ao Bing revealed his plan to use the Ancestor Dragon’s dragon ball to secretly lead the dragon race out of the Great Wilderness, while Zhu Bajie announced that he would escape with Gao Cuilan and Chang’e. Sha Wujing asked Zhu Bajie to take Little Hong as well, while his own true body would wait for Lu Chen to summon it.

• Ao Bing told Ao Lie that the Ancestor Dragon’s dragon ball could conceal the dragon race and carry its members away, then tasked him with contacting the dragons held at Lingshan.
• Zhu Bajie revealed the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner and said he planned to leave with Gao Cuilan and Chang’e.
• Zhu Bajie admitted that he and Chang’e had secretly loved each other, and that the Jade Emperor had banished him and confined Chang’e after discovering their romance.
• Sha Wujing asked Zhu Bajie to take his true body and Little Hong away, but Zhu Bajie said his true body should wait for Lu Chen to summon it and agreed to take Little Hong.

Zhu Bajie asked Taishang Laojun to conceal his departure with Sha Wujing and Ao Lie, then brought them, Chang'e, and Third Fairy into the Nine Domains Realm. Their arrival reunited the Journey to the West group as Lu Chen watched in astonishment.

• Ao Bing warned Zhu Bajie that leaving Sha Wujing and Ao Lie behind would put them at risk of imprisonment, so Zhu Bajie went to seek Taishang Laojun's help.
• Taishang Laojun agreed to conceal Sha Wujing and Ao Lie's departure and asked Zhu Bajie to deliver the Diamond Sutra Bracelet to someone as a first-meeting gift.
• The Jade Emperor learned from Zhu Bajie's recording that Zhu Bajie had taken Ao Lie, Sha Wujing, Chang'e, and Third Fairy, and that Zhu Bajie planned to expose the Jade Emperor's past actions.
• Zhu Bajie's true body emerged into the Nine Domains Realm and reunited with his incarnation as a heavenly tribulation gathered overhead.
• Zhu Bajie used the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to bring Sha Wujing, Ao Lie, Chang'e, and Third Fairy into the realm, and Sha Wujing's incarnation fused with his true body.
• Lu Chen watched the reunited group arrive and wondered what was happening.

Zhu Bajie, Ao Lie, Chang'e, Third Fairy, and the others descended into the Three Realms and were brought to the Emperor Monarch Realm after Sun Wukong challenged the Heavenly Dao. As Lu Chen reunited with them, three Sea Demon Emperors emerged from the Sea Demon Pillars, and the defenders prepared for another battle.

• Zhu Bajie, Ao Lie, Chang'e, and Third Fairy faced the heavenly tribulation, but Sun Wukong persuaded the Heavenly Dao to suppress their realms to the Emperor Monarch Realm instead of striking them down.
• Nezha asked the Heavenly Dao to unseal his realm, and a bolt of tribulation lightning raised him to the Emperor Monarch Realm.
• Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing reunited with Chang'e and Third Fairy, while Lu Chen welcomed the newcomers and teased Sun Wukong about finding love.
• Lu Chen, Sun Wukong, Nezha, and the others sensed a roar and saw three of the eight remaining Sea Demon Pillars moving, with three Dao Monarch Realm Sea Demon Emperors atop them.
• Wentian Master joined Lu Chen and said Brother Yan would arrive soon; Lu Chen worried that the Seven Sins Demon Realm might invade the Ice Demon Domain while their strongest fighters were occupied.
• Three Sea Demon Emperors rose above the pillars and called out to the Nine Domains Realm.

Flame Emperor killed the Demon Crow Emperor, but the Demon Whale Emperor and Demon Turtle Emperor self-destructed to empower the five remaining Sea Demon Pillars. The five sealed Sea Demon Emperors broke free, leaving Lu Chen and his allies facing an even greater battle.

• Flame Emperor arrived to join Lu Chen and the others as they fought the three Sea Demon Emperors.
• After three days of battle, Flame Emperor defeated the Demon Crow Emperor with a sword strike that turned it into bloody mist.
• The Demon Whale Emperor and Demon Turtle Emperor self-destructed, devastating the Nether Realm and sending their vital blood and demonic qi into the five remaining Sea Demon Pillars.
• Lu Chen realized the self-destruction had helped release the five Sea Demon Emperors, while Flame Emperor said he could face two of them at once.
• The five Sea Demon Emperors broke free of their pillars and soared into the sky.

Lu Chen exchanged his newly earned System Points for a Supreme Being Experience Card and joined the battle against five Sea Demon Emperors as other invasions threatened the Three Realms and Nine Regions. After the Flame Emperor killed one Sea Demon Emperor, the Wentian Master offered Lu Chen his successor’s position, revealing that using his forbidden ability would cost him his life.

• Lu Chen received 100,000 System Points for defeating three Sea Demon Gods, then accepted a mission to kill the five remaining Sea Demon Emperors and exchanged 100,000 points for a Supreme Being Experience Card.
• The Flame Emperor fought two Sea Demon Emperors while Lu Chen and his allies engaged the other three, and signs of invasions from the Seven Sins Demon Race and the Clan of Endless Prison appeared in other realms.
• After three days of battle, the Flame Emperor killed the badly wounded Demon Sword Emperor, while the Wentian Master warned that the Seven Sins Demon Gods had entered the Ice Demon Domain.
• The Wentian Master told Lu Chen that a forbidden ability could raise him to the Supreme Being Realm but would return the user’s body and soul to Heaven, and asked him to inherit the position.
• Lu Chen objected to being made the Wentian Master’s successor, and the Wentian Master revealed that Lu Zongqing had been another candidate.

Lu Chen rejected the Wentian Master’s proposed succession plans and used the Supreme Being Experience Card to confront the invasion of the Seven Sins Demon Realm. He reached the Supreme Being Realm and headed for the Ice Demon Domain, where the Seven Sins Demon Gods were overwhelming its defenders.

• The Wentian Master explained that breaking Sun Wukong and the others’ Heavenly Dao restrictions would let them fight the invaders but cause them to be expelled from the world.
• Lu Chen received quests to repel the Seven Sins Demon Race and kill the Seven Sins Demon Gods, then told the others to handle the Sea Demon Emperor while he took on the seven gods.
• As Lu Chen traveled toward the Ice Demon Domain, his cultivation rose to the Supreme Being Realm, and beings throughout the Three Realms and Nine Regions sensed his immense power.
• The Seven Sins Demon Gods halted their slaughter when they sensed Lu Chen’s Supreme Being Realm aura, while the Wentian Master and the others wondered why he had not defeated the Sea Demon Emperors before leaving.
• The Seven Sins Demon Race poured through the opened passage into the Ice Demon Domain, defeated the Ice Demon Emperor in one exchange, and caused heavy casualties.