Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan learned that Hikari Maritani was needed to enter the Western Heavenly Palace and awaken the sealed Monkey God Lord, and agreed to go there with the others. During the two days before their journey, he grew closer to Seiouin Ena and accepted her as someone he loved.

• Chen Fan stopped the girls from arguing, and Seiouin Ena explained that the Four Great Families had sent her to win his allegiance.
• Seiouin Ena revealed that Hikari Maritani could dispel calamities and would help open the Monkey God Lord’s seal at the Western Heavenly Palace the day after tomorrow.
• Chen Fan learned that opening the seal also required a Disobedient God with the Dragon Serpent Godhead and the blood of the Disobedient Serpent.
• Seiouin Ena stayed with Chen Fan, and over the next two days her affectionate advances made him realize he truly liked her.
• Chen Fan kissed Seiouin Ena, and he decided to accept her.

Chen Fan and the girls traveled to the Western Heavenly Palace, with their lively conversation revealing their rivalry over his affections. They arrived at Mount Nikko in the afternoon, ready to continue their visit.

• Amawaka Touma drove Chen Fan and the girls to the Western Heavenly Palace in a larger vehicle.
• Hikari Maritani asked Erica whether she was Chen Fan's principal wife, and Erica explained her ideas about rank and orders.
• Liliana disputed Erica's claim, while Seiouin Ena told Hikari about the Seiouin Family's idea of “convenient women.”
• Chen Fan reassured Seiouin Ena that he did not consider her a convenient woman, making her smile and prompting Maruya Yuri and Liliana to feel they needed to try harder.
• Chen Fan and the others reached Mount Nikko around one in the afternoon and saw its busy, lavish shrine grounds.

Chen Fan and his companions reached the Western Heavenly Palace to help Hikari Maritani weaken the seal on the Monkey God Lord. After Hikari opened the shrine’s barrier, the group entered the Hidden World, where Athena explained that it was a void between the human world and the realm of the gods.

• Yuri led Chen Fan and the others through the forest to the Western Heavenly Palace, where Kuhotsuka Mikihiko presented the Dragon-Slaying Blade and explained its role in weakening the Monkey God Lord’s seal.
• Kuhotsuka Mikihiko gave the blade to Hikari Maritani and led them to the shrine, where Hikari removed the shimenawa barrier with her Kagura power.
• Chen Fan reassured the frightened Hikari and asked Erica, Liliana, and Seiouin Ena to wait outside before he and the others entered the shrine.
• Maruya Yuri identified the dark passage as a corridor into the Hidden World, and Athena described it as a void between the human world and the realm of the gods.

Chen Fan and his companions found the Golden-haired Monkey, a powerful god sealed in a palace stable, and identified him as Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku. After Chen Fan explained his name, the monkey agreed to have the seal broken, warning him that he might become dangerous when his true nature returned.

• Chen Fan and the others emerged from a hidden passage into a stable on the grounds of a grand palace.
• Hikari Maritani spotted a golden-haired monkey, and Chen Fan recognized it as a Disobedient God while Athena sensed its immense power.
• The monkey deduced that the group had come to free him and explained that his name had been sealed away.
• Chen Fan named him Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku, and the monkey reacted as if the name had awakened a memory.
• The monkey agreed to begin breaking the seal and warned Chen Fan to be careful because he could not predict his restored true nature.

Chen Fan, Hikari Maritani, and Athena completed the conditions to break Son Goku’s seal, awakening Great Sage Equal to Heaven. As his golden light pierced the heavens, Chen Fan gathered the others close, uncertain what the newly freed god would do.

• Hikari Maritani poured her spell power into the Dragon-Slaying Blade while Athena released the wounded Green Giant Dragon, completing the Dragon Serpent Godhead conditions.
• Son Goku noticed Chen Fan and Athena’s relationship, and Chen Fan confirmed that Athena was his woman.
• Son Goku’s body petrified as the seal lifted, and he explained that he had been born to fight the god of the Dragon Serpent.
• Son Goku opened his eyes and sent two beams of golden light into the sky, revealing his immense power and frightening Athena and the Green Giant Dragon.
• Erica, Liliana, and Seiouin Ena recognized the sign of Son Goku’s awakening, while Chen Fan pulled the startled Hikari Maritani close.

Son Goku broke free of most of his stone seal, devoured Athena’s dragon incarnation and the Dragon-Slaying Blade, then attacked Chen Fan and the others with a petrification spell. The group sank to their knees as Son Goku trapped them in stone, while Athena explained how becoming a Disobedient God changed his identity.

• Son Goku emerged from the shattered stone with his golden armor, crown, and cloud shoes, and declared himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Son Goku shrank Athena’s green dragon incarnation and swallowed it, injuring Athena and frightening Maruya Yuri and Hikari Maritani.
• Son Goku swallowed the Dragon-Slaying Blade, then told Chen Fan he would kill him and the snake god beside him.
• Son Goku cast the Secret Art of Stone Mountain Rock Cave Virtue, turning the ground to stone and trapping the group up to their knees.
• Athena explained that becoming a Disobedient God liberated Son Goku and made him identify more strongly with his new identity.

Chen Fan sent his Five Finger Mountain Authority after the escaped Son Goku, who transformed temple visitors into monkeys before the mountain caught up with him. Seeing the mountain awakened Son Goku’s memories of being sealed by Buddha Tathagata, and he grew to meet its attack.

• Son Goku escaped the shrine, and Chen Fan summoned Five Finger Mountain to pursue him.
• Son Goku’s divine power transformed tourists at the Western Heavenly Palace temple into monkeys, while Erica, Liliana, and Seiouin Ena worried about Chen Fan.
• Five Finger Mountain intercepted Son Goku in the sky, and the girls recognized the glowing mountain.
• Son Goku remembered his imprisonment beneath Five Finger Mountain and angrily blamed Buddha Tathagata.
• As Five Finger Mountain descended to seal him, Son Goku grew to the mountain’s size and raised his Golden Cudgel.

Chen Fan and the others were trapped in Son Goku’s sealed space in the Netherworld, where Chen Fan used his Authority to dispel the darkness and shatter the space. They escaped the seal, while Son Goku continued fighting Five Finger Mountain above.

• Son Goku clashed with Five Finger Mountain, which repeatedly pressed down on him, while Princess Alice watched from Europe.
• Chen Fan and the girls remained trapped in the dark sealed space after the Netherworld entrance closed.
• Athena explained that Son Goku’s Sealing Technique had enclosed them in a sturdy space that they would need to break to escape.
• Chen Fan realized his Authority could counter the darkness and declared that light should dispel it.
• Chen Fan’s light filled the space, forced back the darkness, and cracked the sealed world apart.

Chen Fan and his companions escaped the sealed shrine while Son Goku broke free of the Five Finger Mountain and fled to seek allies. The group reunited and learned that the battle had transformed tourists into monkeys and damaged many shrine buildings.

• Maruya Yuri urged Chen Fan and the others to pursue Son Goku, and they left the shrine hall to catch up with him.
• Son Goku summoned fur clones to hold up the Five Finger Mountain, then shattered it with his Golden Cudgel.
• Son Goku decided to find his Second Junior Brother and Third Junior Brother and flew away on a cloud of golden mist.
• Erica, Liliana, and Seiouin Ena watched Son Goku escape and worried about Chen Fan's safety.
• Chen Fan and his companions emerged from the sealed shrine with Hikari Maritani's help and reunited with Erica, Liliana, and Seiouin Ena.
• Erica, Liliana, and Seiouin Ena told Chen Fan that Son Goku had turned tourists into monkeys and destroyed many shrine buildings, though no one had been killed.

Chen Fan learned that Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku was hiding in the mountains, where Son Goku summoned his former companions. The chapter ended with Zhu Bajie arriving after Sha Wujing joined Son Goku.

• Chen Fan asked Maruya Yuri to use her Spiritual Vision to find Son Goku, and Son Goku's Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze injured her when he sensed her watching.
• Maruya Yuri told Chen Fan she had found Son Goku's location, though she could no longer use her Spiritual Vision for the time being.
• Son Goku chanted a Buddhist incantation beside the Otanigawa River and summoned Sha Wujing from the water.
• Sha Wujing told Son Goku that Zhu Bajie was on his way and wanted to enjoy wine, gambling, and women.
• Son Goku summoned the Earth God, and Zhu Bajie arrived on a black cloud.

Son Goku summoned Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing to help him break free of Bimawen’s curse and prepare to eliminate Chen Fan. After the brothers destroyed the seal, Chen Fan appeared and demanded their Authorities.

• Son Goku told Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing that Chen Fan had killed Buddha Tathagata and threatened them, so the three agreed to work together against him.
• Son Goku spat out the Dragon-Slaying Blade, and the brothers refined it into the Kurikara Sword to sever his connection to the seal.
• A spirit body resembling Erlang Shen arrived, and Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing fought it while Son Goku sent the Kurikara Sword flying to destroy Bimawen’s curse.
• The curse and the spirit body disappeared, freeing Son Goku, who declared that the three brothers would build a paradise and gather his people.
• Chen Fan appeared and asked the three brothers to hand over all their Authorities.

Chen Fan confronted Son Goku, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing after finding the three brothers together in the mortal realm. He held his own against their coordinated assault, but Sha Wujing prepared a counterattack with water blades as Son Goku dodged.

• Chen Fan met the three brothers and asked what had happened after their journey to the West, while Zhu Bajie explained their hostility toward the Buddhist monks and the Jade Emperor.
• Chen Fan said he would subdue the brothers, and Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Son Goku attacked him together.
• Chen Fan used Taijutsu and psychic powers to fend off their coordinated strikes and sent Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing crashing into a cliff.
• Chen Fan stopped Son Goku's Ruyi Jingu Bang with one hand, and their collision unleashed a shockwave that cut off the river.
• Sha Wujing warned Son Goku to dodge, then turned water thrown into the air by the clash into crescent-shaped blades.

Chen Fan withstood Sha Wujing’s water blades, then faced the three brothers after they enlarged themselves. Zhu Bajie charged in his giant boar form, but Chen Fan blocked his tusks with both hands.

• Sha Wujing’s scorching water blades struck Chen Fan, who remained unharmed when the mist cleared.
• Zhu Bajie suggested enlarging themselves, and he, Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku, and Sha Wujing grew to surround Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan taunted the brothers and said he intended to seize their Authorities.
• Zhu Bajie transformed into a gigantic wild boar and charged at Chen Fan, crushing everything in his path.
• Zhu Bajie collided with Chen Fan, creating a huge crater, but Chen Fan stopped his tusks with both hands.

Chen Fan overwhelmed Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, then fought Son Goku, whose attacks and clones could not break Chen Fan’s psychic defenses. The three demons remained unable to defeat him.

• Chen Fan lifted Zhu Bajie by a tusk and swung him into Son Goku and Sha Wujing, sending all three crashing through the ground.
• Son Goku attacked Chen Fan with the Golden Cudgel while Sha Wujing stayed with the injured Zhu Bajie.
• Chen Fan and Son Goku fought at close range until Chen Fan kicked Son Goku back, leaving his arm numb.
• Son Goku summoned over a hundred clones, but Chen Fan’s barrier repelled their Golden Cudgel strikes and left him unharmed.

Chen Fan shattered Sha Wujing’s ice seal unharmed, forcing Son Goku to merge with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing to confront him. After absorbing his junior brothers and doubling his power, Son Goku prepared to fight Chen Fan with renewed confidence.

• Sha Wujing’s nine Ice Dragons sealed Chen Fan inside an iceberg while Son Goku, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing planned to defeat him by sealing him away.
• Chen Fan emerged from the shattered iceberg unscathed and declared that the three brothers had reached the limit of their strength.
• Son Goku proposed merging with his junior brothers, and Sha Wujing persuaded a reluctant Zhu Bajie to agree.
• Son Goku swallowed Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, absorbing their power as Chen Fan condemned him for eating his own brothers.
• Son Goku’s strength doubled, and he grew confident that he could defeat Chen Fan.

Chen Fan and Son Goku escalated their fight after Son Goku shattered Chen Fan’s domain and assumed his three-headed, six-armed form. Chen Fan activated his divine spark and transformed into an angelic form, then used his halo to repel Son Goku as their final battle continued.

• Son Goku shattered Chen Fan’s domain, but Chen Fan kicked him back without injuring him.
• Son Goku grew three heads and six arms and armed his extra hands with a sword, halberd, axe, and steel ring.
• Chen Fan activated the dark-golden divine spark and transformed, growing two pairs of wings and a golden halo.
• Son Goku charged Chen Fan on golden clouds, and the two fought fiercely in midair.
• Son Goku’s Golden Cudgel struck Chen Fan’s halo and rebounded, blasting Son Goku away.
• Chen Fan flew after Son Goku, who raised his sword and steel ring to defend against Chen Fan’s next attack.

Chen Fan killed Son Goku and absorbed the Authorities he left behind, but his divine spark began draining his power and forced him to feed it nearly all the Authorities he had collected. The crisis ended with his divine spark transformed into a dark golden pyramid, leaving Chen Fan unsure what new level of power he had reached.

• Chen Fan defeated Son Goku by cutting off his limbs and heads, breaking his Golden Cudgel, and finally splitting his body apart.
• After Son Goku died, Chen Fan received his Authorities, including powers associated with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing.
• Chen Fan's divine spark suddenly drained his superpower, so he fed it Authorities from Son Goku, Voban, Belic, Lü Dongbin, and Jehovah's Great Prophecy.
• Chen Fan kept Buddha Tathagata's Sumeru World technique and let the divine spark consume Great Prophecy, stopping the drain.
• Chen Fan saw that his dark golden triangular-prism divine spark had become a pyramid and wondered what kind of being and level he had become.

Chen Fan defeated Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku and returned safely to the shrine, while Princess Alice wondered whether Chen Fan had appeared to face the world’s coming crisis. The girls welcomed Chen Fan, and the local sorcerers discussed the weakening seal on Son Goku and Seiouin Ena’s connection to Old Man God.

• Chen Fan flew back toward the girls after realizing that gods could grow stronger by killing and devouring one another.
• Princess Alice secretly watched Chen Fan, sensed that his fate was unreadable and his power had grown, then wondered whether he was destined to confront the world’s greatest crisis.
• Son Goku’s divine power disappeared, restoring the transformed tourists to human form.
• Saya no Kō told Amawaka Touma that Son Goku’s seal had weakened and suggested that Seiouin Ena had been placed near Chen Fan by Old Man God.
• Chen Fan returned safely to the Western Heavenly Palace, where the girls rushed to welcome him.

After recovering from the battle with Son Goku, Chen Fan checked on his restored world and spent the next day sightseeing with the girls. The group enjoyed a crowded city outing after authorities blamed the shrine’s destruction on a meteorite.

• Chen Fan checked on the sleeping Athena and Hikari Maritani, then rested and examined his repaired world and its dark golden pyramid.
• Chen Fan woke the next morning and learned that the shrine’s destruction had been explained to the public as a meteorite strike.
• Erica and Seiouin Ena argued over who should be Chen Fan’s principal wife, while Athena reassured him that losing another incarnation was not serious.
• Chen Fan promised to find Athena more divine beasts to strengthen her power.
• After breakfast, Chen Fan took the girls shopping and sightseeing through the crowded city.

Chen Fan met Seiouin Ena’s grandfather, the Disobedient God Susa no o no Mikoto, in the Netherworld after Ena brought him there. Susa no o no Mikoto revealed he had arranged for Ena to become Chen Fan’s secondary wife and began to explain why he wanted to speak with him.

• After a day of shopping with the girls, Chen Fan agreed to meet Seiouin Ena’s grandfather.
• Ena used her sword and a black ring of light to transport Chen Fan to the Netherworld.
• Chen Fan recognized the imposing old man at the cottage as a Disobedient God and learned his name was Susa no o no Mikoto.
• Susa no o no Mikoto explained that he had once wandered the earth as a Disobedient God before choosing to live in seclusion.
• Chen Fan offered to help Susa no o no Mikoto return to his myth, but Susa no o no Mikoto declined.
• Susa no o no Mikoto said he had arranged for Ena to be Chen Fan’s secondary wife and that he had something to discuss with him.