Recaps

Haotian backed the Jade Emperor after Ao Lie insulted him, forcing the Dragon Clan to offer compensation and resources. The banquet resumed, but Imperial Guards suddenly rushed into the hall after the sound of shattered glass.

• Haotian confronted Ao Run and condemned the Dragon Clan for excusing Ao Lie's arrogance as a failure of discipline.
• Ao Guang offered a ten percent increase in tribute and twenty percent of the Dragon Clan's waterway Incense Power profits for a hundred years to win forgiveness.
• Haotian left the decision to the Jade Emperor, who accepted the apology and directed the Dragon Clan to coordinate the transfer of supplies with Taibai Golden Star.
• The banquet resumed, and the immortals recognized that Haotian had helped the Jade Emperor gain prestige and resources.
• Glazed glass shattered, the music stopped, and Imperial Guards rushed into the banquet hall.

The Jade Emperor punished the Curtain Rolling Divine General for defying him during the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly, then ordered action against Marshal Tianpeng for harassing Fairy Chang'e and damaging Heavenly palaces. Yang Jiao went to arrest Tianpeng, leaving the Jade Emperor poised to strengthen his authority in the Heavenly Court.

• The Curtain Rolling Divine General shattered the Glass Lamp, and his Imperial Guards obeyed him rather than the Jade Emperor until he ordered them to withdraw.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Yang Jiao to seize the Curtain Rolling Divine General and have him punished and demoted to the Mortal Realm.
• After Dao Master Qingyuan, the Saints, and many Great Powers left the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly, a divine general reported that Marshal Tianpeng had harassed Fairy Chang'e and wrecked palaces, including the Dipper-Ox Palace.
• The Jade Emperor condemned Tianpeng and summoned the chief of the Judicial Heavenly God Hall, while Yang Jiao set out with guards to arrest him.

After the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly, the Jade Emperor secured control of the Heavenly Court Imperial Guard and persuaded Marshal Tianpeng to hand over the Heavenly River Navy’s command tally and official seal while he went into seclusion. They staged Tianpeng’s punishment, which ended with him falling into the Beast Realm instead of the intended Reincarnation passage.

• The Jade Emperor reflected on appointing someone to oversee the Heavenly Court Imperial Guard and decided Taibai Golden Star was no longer worthy of his trust.
• Yang Jiao brought the bound Marshal Tianpeng to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, then left him alone with the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor freed Tianpeng and asked where he would cultivate while his Good Corpse underwent Reincarnation; Tianpeng said he would enter Secluded Cultivation until Journey to the West ended.
• The Jade Emperor argued that the Heavenly River Navy might cause trouble without Tianpeng and persuaded him to hand over the command tally and official seal, promising to return them.
• The Jade Emperor staged Tianpeng’s punishment at the Immortal-Slaying Platform, but Tianpeng fell into the Reincarnation passage and accidentally took the route to the Beast Realm.

Marshal Tianpeng learned that his Good Corpse had fallen into the Beast Realm, and he and the Jade Emperor used the Haotian Mirror to track it. The mirror showed a pigsty where a sow was about to give birth, leaving Tianpeng convinced his Good Corpse would reincarnate as a pig.

• An immortal reported to the Jade Emperor that Marshal Tianpeng had fallen into the Beast Realm while fleeing execution at the Immortal-Slaying Platform.
• Marshal Tianpeng emerged from hiding and angrily confronted the Jade Emperor about the fate of his Good Corpse.
• The Jade Emperor reassured Tianpeng and used the Haotian Mirror to watch the Good Corpse's surroundings, which led to a pigsty.
• The Jade Emperor failed to change the Haotian Mirror's view despite repeatedly trying to locate the Good Corpse.
• Tianpeng saw the sow beginning to give birth and concluded that his Good Corpse would be reincarnated as a pig.

After beating the Jade Emperor and taking resources from him, Tianpeng went to Golden Ao Island to train with Qingyuan. Qingyuan sent Tianpeng into his pagoda and then drew Sun Wukong’s consciousness from beneath Five Elements Mountain to train alongside him.

• The Jade Emperor wondered why Tianpeng had not treated the reincarnation of his Good Corpse as a mortal grudge, then began cultivating with Taibai Golden Star’s technique.
• Tianpeng traveled across the East Sea, pleased that he had beaten Senior Brother Ji and taken resources from him.
• Tianpeng met Qingyuan on Golden Ao Island and asked to cultivate in his pagoda and study laws and Reincarnation.
• Qingyuan sent Tianpeng’s consciousness into the pagoda, saying he had originally planned to have Tianpeng wait for someone.
• Qingyuan sensed Sun Wukong’s rising will beneath Five Elements Mountain and drew his consciousness over to train with Tianpeng.
• Sun Wukong focused on finding the place in his mind that the mysterious Senior had mentioned, but a dark vortex swallowed his consciousness.

Sun Wukong escaped Five Elements Mountain by sending his consciousness into an unknown place, where he encountered a monk who claimed to be his master. Confused by Tang Sanzang’s accusations and insistence that they knew each other, Sun Wukong went to ask someone else for directions.

• Sun Wukong reflected on how Five Elements Mountain had suppressed him and recalled that a Senior had shown him a sliver of hope.
• Sun Wukong used that hope to escape Five Elements Mountain and awoke with his body and weapons intact in a foggy, unfamiliar place.
• Sun Wukong asked a meditating monk where he was, but the monk blamed himself for failing to discipline Wukong.
• Tang Sanzang accused Sun Wukong of refusing to admit his wrongdoing and disappointing him and Guanyin.
• Sun Wukong insisted he did not know Tang Sanzang, argued with him, and walked toward someone in the sky to ask for directions.

Sun Wukong denied Guanyin's accusations that he had joined the Bull Demon King to eat Tang Sanzang and fought her when she tried to seize him. As Guanyin unleashed her Thousand-Hand form, Sun Wukong prepared to answer with Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.

• Sun Wukong asked Guanyin and the other figure who they were, then tried to leave when they would not give him a clear answer.
• Guanyin accused Sun Wukong of breaking his vow to protect Jin Chanzi and joining the Bull Demon King to capture and eat Tang Sanzang.
• Sun Wukong denied the accusations, dodged Guanyin's enormous palm, and attacked her with more than a hundred copies wielding the Jingu Bang.
• Guanyin attacked Sun Wukong with her Willow Branch, but it repeatedly caught only his monkey-hair transformations.
• Tang Sanzang praised Guanyin for supposedly sparing Sun Wukong and urged her to stop fighting, angering her further.
• Guanyin revealed her Thousand-Hand form, and Sun Wukong said he would counter it with Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.

Sun Wukong used the Nine Spirits Heaven-Devouring Earth-Exhaling Star Profound Art to rapidly restore his strength, then fought Guanyin as she tried to stop him. He shattered her Thousand-Hand Guanyin manifestation with one punch, leaving her horrified by his power.

• Sun Wukong assessed his weakened body and recalled how the Nine Spirits Heaven-Devouring Earth-Exhaling Star Profound Art could help him recover his strength.
• Sun Wukong absorbed spiritual energy and the essences of the sun, moon, and stars, steadily strengthening his body despite the world's sparse energy.
• Guanyin accused Sun Wukong of injuring Zixia Fairy and seizing the Moonlight Treasure Box, then attacked him with her Thousand-Hand Guanyin manifestation.
• Sun Wukong dismissed Guanyin's divine abilities and broke all the manifestation's arms with a single punch.
• Guanyin stared in horror and disbelief at Sun Wukong's power.

Sun Wukong overwhelmed Guanyin in battle, then stole the Moonlight Treasure Box and demanded to know what it did. Guanyin secretly called the Buddhist Sect for help, while a newcomer arrived and called out to Sun Wukong.

• Sun Wukong shattered Guanyin's Dharma Aspect and mocked her threats, prompting her to flood the land with water from her Pure Bottle.
• Sun Wukong vanished from the ocean and appeared behind Guanyin, holding the Moonlight Treasure Box and questioning its purpose.
• Tang Sanzang teased Guanyin as she fought Sun Wukong, so she slapped him and then sealed his mouth.
• Guanyin secretly sent a signal to the Buddhist Sect for help while dodging Sun Wukong.
• A figure crossed the ocean, looked toward the fighters, and called out, asking whether Sun Wukong was the Great Sage.

Tianpeng searched for Sun Wukong in the strange world and found him battling Guanyin. The old friends recognized each other and traded accounts of how they had arrived, leaving Tianpeng and Sun Wukong facing Guanyin’s renewed attack.

• Tianpeng investigated the world and searched for the Senior Disciple Brother after learning about the Havoc in Heaven.
• Tianpeng found Sun Wukong fighting Guanyin and called out to him as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Sun Wukong initially failed to recognize Tianpeng, but believed him after Tianpeng recalled their conversation at Ziwei Immortal Emperor’s residence.
• Sun Wukong explained that his consciousness had reached this world after Tathagata imprisoned him beneath Five Elements Mountain, and that Guanyin had accused him of helping kidnap Tang Sanzang.
• Tianpeng explained that he had fled the Judicial Heavenly God officers and accidentally entered the Heavenly Court’s Reincarnation Site, where he became a pig in the Beast Realm.
• Guanyin condemned Sun Wukong as a demon monkey and demanded that he kneel and surrender.

Sun Wukong effortlessly defeated the Buddhist figures who tried to capture him while Tianpeng watched and concealed his plans. Guanyin called for Erlang Divine Sage True Lord, whose arrival left the assembled gods and Buddhas hopeful that they could finally subdue the monkey.

• Guanyin welcomed the Buddhist reinforcements and urged them to form the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation.
• Subduing Dragon Arhat attacked Sun Wukong, who struck him down with a casual swing of his staff.
• Sun Wukong questioned Tianpeng about the unfamiliar gods and Buddhas, while Tianpeng resolved to let him test the world's strength.
• Tianpeng pretended he could not help capture Sun Wukong, and a Bodhisattva warned that Erlang Divine Sage True Lord was on his way.
• Sun Wukong crippled seven or eight more attackers and looked forward to fighting Yang Jian as Erlang Divine Sage True Lord approached.

Sun Wukong prepared to face the arriving Yang Jian, only to realize the self-proclaimed Erlang Divine Sage True Lord was a crude impostor. After discovering his Howling Celestial Hound was distracted, the fake Yang Jian confronted Sun Wukong and demanded his surrender.

• The gods and Buddhas cheered Yang Jian’s arrival, while Sun Wukong recalled how formidable the real Yang Jian had been.
• Tianpeng mocked the approaching figure as a fake and tried to provoke Sun Wukong, who saw through his scheme and kicked him away.
• The impostor Yang Jian lectured Sun Wukong about escorting Tang Sanzang, but Sun Wukong ignored him and recognized that he was nothing like the real Yang Jian.
• The fake Yang Jian learned that his Howling Celestial Hound was on a hilltop with a female dog and threatened to eat him afterward.
• Yang Jian met Guanyin, agreed to deal with Sun Wukong for a fee, and landed before him to demand that he kneel and surrender.

Sun Wukong effortlessly withstood Yang Jian’s divine blade, then overwhelmed him with a vastly larger Manifestation of Heaven and Earth. The chapter ended with Sun Wukong stomping Yang Jian flat as the gods and Buddhas watched in shock.

• Yang Jian attacked Sun Wukong with his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, but the weapon chipped against Sun Wukong’s head and the recoil split Yang Jian’s hand open.
• Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie mocked Yang Jian, enraging him into using Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.
• Yang Jian transformed into a giant and demanded that Sun Wukong surrender, while Guanyin and the other gods and Buddhas stayed silent.
• Sun Wukong unleashed a colossal Manifestation of Heaven and Earth that dwarfed Yang Jian’s form and terrified him.
• Sun Wukong stomped Yang Jian into a meat patty as the gods and Buddhas watched in stunned silence.

Sun Wukong overwhelmed the gods and Buddhas, even after Vairocana Tathagata arrived and restrained his demonic aura. The Buddha resurrected those Sun Wukong crushed and confronted him over his past release and his treatment of Tang Sanzang and Guanyin.

• Sun Wukong dismissed Yang Jian after stomping him into a meat patty, then attacked Guanyin and the other gods and Buddhas.
• Guanyin secretly called for Tathagata, and Vairocana Tathagata descended in a blaze of golden light that suppressed the surrounding demonic aura.
• Sun Wukong realized Vairocana Tathagata was not the Tathagata who had once suppressed him, then crushed several gods and Buddhas to provoke him.
• Buddhist light emerged from Sun Wukong's palm and resurrected the gods and Buddhas he had crushed.
• Tathagata reminded Sun Wukong that he had spared him and asked why he had bound Tang Sanzang and injured gods and Buddhas.

Sun Wukong revealed overwhelming power in his battle with Vairocana Tathagata, shattering the Buddha’s Palm before escaping. Vairocana Tathagata concealed his shattered hand and ordered the others back to Spirit Mountain, where he planned to issue a Three Realms Pursuit Order.

• Sun Wukong rejected Vairocana Tathagata’s threats and declared that he would destroy the fake realm and confront the real Tathagata.
• Sun Wukong’s baleful aura canceled out Vairocana Tathagata’s Buddha radiance, and his punch shattered the Buddha’s seal, injuring the watching gods and Buddhas.
• Vairocana Tathagata sent Guanyin and the others away and fought Sun Wukong in their colossal forms, but Sun Wukong resisted his attacks and wounded him.
• Vairocana Tathagata used Buddha’s Palm, and Sun Wukong met it with both hands, shattering the palm after both combatants suffered severe injuries.
• Sun Wukong escaped using Earth-Crossing Golden Light, while Vairocana Tathagata hid his shattered hand and ordered the group to return to Spirit Mountain and report what had happened.

At the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall, the gods and Buddhas questioned Tianpeng about his conversation with Sun Wukong, who had become powerful enough to injure Guanyin Bodhisattva, Subduing Dragon Arhat, and Yang Jian. Vairocana Tathagata stopped them from forcibly searching Tianpeng’s soul, then persuaded him to offer it up voluntarily, and the assembly prepared to take him away.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva, Subduing Dragon Arhat, and Yang Jian recounted Sun Wukong’s escape and the injuries he had inflicted, shocking the gods and Buddhas.
• The gods and Buddhas proposed hunting down Sun Wukong, while Vairocana Tathagata asked Tianpeng what he had discussed with him.
• Tianpeng claimed he had escaped Sun Wukong because his meat tasted bad, but Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Arhats accused him of hiding a secret.
• Tianpeng said they could extract and search his soul, prompting Subduing Dragon Arhat and the others to move to do so.
• Vairocana Tathagata condemned searching Tianpeng’s soul without consent, then urged him to volunteer it for the sake of the Three Realms.
• Tianpeng’s offer was treated as voluntary, and Vairocana Tathagata ordered the gods and Buddhas to take him away and learn what had happened.

Tianpeng escaped the Buddhist Sect after Vairocana Tathagata ordered his soul searched, and the Buddhas issued a hunt for him and his companions. Sun Wukong arrived bloodied at Bull Demon King's wedding feast on Thunder Accumulation Mountain, where Bull Demon King welcomed him as a worthy brother despite the trouble he had caused.

• Tianpeng refused Vairocana Tathagata's demand for a soul search, and Guanyin ordered the gods and Buddhas to seize him.
• Tianpeng transformed into golden light and fled, while the Buddhas ordered a hunt for Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and White Dragon Horse and summoned Buddhist leaders back for support.
• Sun Wukong arrived at Thunder Accumulation Mountain during Bull Demon King's wedding celebrations, and the minor demons tried to drive him away.
• Sun Wukong killed the demons who attacked him and waited in a chair until Bull Demon King came down the mountain.
• Bull Demon King recognized Sun Wukong, dismissed the demons, and invited his worthy brother for wine; Sun Wukong warned him that what happened next was uncertain.

Sun Wukong confronted the Bull Demon King at his wedding and beat him into submission after effortlessly stopping his trident with one finger. He claimed eating Tang Sanzang's flesh had made him powerful, leaving the Bull Demon King bitterly regretting that he had not eaten the monk himself.

• The Bull Demon King tried to pass Sun Wukong's arrival off as a joke, but Sun Wukong declared he had come to cause trouble.
• The Bull Demon King attacked Sun Wukong with his trident, and Sun Wukong stopped the blow with one finger.
• The Bull Demon King licked Sun Wukong's finger, so Sun Wukong struck him away and beat him into a pulp.
• Sun Wukong restored the Bull Demon King, demanded that he call him Big Brother, and the Bull Demon King eagerly complied.
• The Bull Demon King asked how Sun Wukong had become so strong, and Sun Wukong said he had eaten Tang Sanzang's flesh.
• The Bull Demon King regretted fleeing when Guanyin arrived, realizing he had missed the chance to eat Tang Sanzang himself.

Sun Wukong ordered Bull Demon King to gather information under threat of a Blood Curse, then went to Thunder Accumulation Mountain to find Zixia Fairy. Princess Iron Fan mistook him for a former lover and attacked the wedding, where Sun Wukong revealed the veiled bride had been immobilized.

• Sun Wukong sent Bull Demon King to investigate the Three Realms and threatened him with a Blood Curse if he failed to return by nightfall.
• Bull Demon King abandoned his plan to betray Sun Wukong and left to gather information.
• Princess Iron Fan confronted Sun Wukong, claimed he had once called her sweetheart, and became furious when he said he had come to see Zixia Fairy.
• Princess Iron Fan stormed the wedding, slapped aside Bull Demon King's minor demons, and cursed the veiled bride for breaking up a marriage.
• Sun Wukong tore away the bride's red veil and pointed out that she had been immobilized.

Princess Iron Fan and Zixia Fairy argued over Bull Demon King’s abduction of Zixia, until Sun Wukong silenced them. Bull Demon King returned with news that the Buddhist Sect had issued a Three Realms manhunt order for Sun Wukong, and urged him to flee.

• Princess Iron Fan freed Zixia Fairy, who accused Bull Demon King of kidnapping her and trying to make her his concubine.
• Zixia Fairy and Princess Iron Fan argued until Sun Wukong sent them flying and threatened them into silence.
• Princess Iron Fan confronted Bull Demon King when he returned, and he struck her aside before respectfully greeting Sun Wukong as his big brother.
• Bull Demon King told Sun Wukong that Tathagata had issued a Jianghu Manhunt Order, offering rewards for information and capture across the Three Realms.
• Bull Demon King warned Sun Wukong that people everywhere were searching for him and suggested they run.

Sun Wukong questioned Zixia Fairy about the Moonlight Treasure Box and learned that it was supposed to enable time travel, though their attempts failed. As they planned to test it again at night, the Bull Demon King reported that a pig demon claiming to be Sun Wukong’s junior brother had been caught.

• The Bull Demon King warned Sun Wukong to hide from Vairocana Tathagata’s kill order, but Sun Wukong told him to spread the word that he was on Thunder Accumulation Mountain.
• Sun Wukong asked Zixia Fairy how to use the Moonlight Treasure Box and promised to grant her one request in exchange for the instructions.
• Zixia Fairy asked Sun Wukong to help find her beloved, then explained that the box needed moonlight and the incantation “Prajnaparamita!” to travel through time.
• Sun Wukong and Zixia Fairy tried to activate the Moonlight Treasure Box, but it did not work, so Zixia Fairy suggested they try again under real moonlight that night.
• The Bull Demon King told Sun Wukong that the mountain patrol had caught a pig demon claiming to be his junior brother.

Sun Wukong learned that powerful forces were gathering at Thunder Accumulation Mountain to capture him, but he rejected Bull Demon King’s plan to flee. After Zhu Bajie arrived, Zixia Fairy revealed that the Moonlight Treasure Box could enable time travel, prompting Tianpeng to react with alarm because changing the past was forbidden.

• Bull Demon King warned Sun Wukong that demons, Heavenly Court gods, Buddhist figures, and others had gathered to capture him, then urged him to escape through a secret passage.
• Sun Wukong threatened Bull Demon King for repeatedly suggesting flight and ordered Zixia Fairy to stay with him until they could test the Moonlight Treasure Box.
• Bull Demon King brought the bound Zhu Bajie to Sun Wukong, then left to ask Princess Iron Fan how to neutralize his Blood Curse.
• Zhu Bajie broke free of his ropes and asked Sun Wukong whether he had a plan for the approaching enemies; Sun Wukong said he would fight anyone who came.
• Sun Wukong asked Zhu Bajie about the Moonlight Treasure Box, and Zixia Fairy explained that it could carry people through time.
• Tianpeng warned through his reaction that time travel was taboo in the Primordial Wilderness, and Zixia Fairy angrily challenged his disbelief.

Tianpeng tried to use the Moonlight Treasure Box under moonlight but could not make it work, leaving him to wonder whether Sun Wukong’s trial involved the Time Law. As factions from across the Three Realms converged on Thunder Accumulation Mountain to capture Sun Wukong, their battle with Bull Demon King ended when a giant monkey hand seized everyone.

• Tianpeng used Heaven-Stealing Sun-Swapping to shine moonlight on the Moonlight Treasure Box and tried Zixia Fairy’s incantation, but it did not react.
• Sun Wukong took back the box and agreed they would have to wait until night to try again.
• The Myriad Demon Kingdom, the Underworld, the Demon Realm, and the Heavenly Court arrived at Thunder Accumulation Mountain, and their members fought over who would capture Sun Wukong.
• Erlang God chose to wait while Bull Demon King rushed out to stop the attackers from destroying Thunder Accumulation Mountain.
• Bull Demon King fought the invaders but was overwhelmed and badly wounded.
• A giant monkey hand appeared and seized everyone fighting on Thunder Accumulation Mountain.

Sun Wukong captured and crushed the demons and monsters who had come after him, then challenged the watching gods and Buddhas to fight. Li Jing attacked with his Treasure Pagoda, but Sun Wukong destroyed it and sent him falling from the sky.

• Sun Wukong seized the Bull Demon King and the other demons and monsters in his palm, leaving them unable to escape.
• The Bull Demon King begged Sun Wukong to spare him and cried over missing his chance to eat Tang Sanzang's Flesh.
• Sun Wukong closed his hand and crushed the captured demons and monsters, then challenged the gods and Buddhas watching from above.
• Li Jing threatened to capture Sun Wukong and hurled his Treasure Pagoda at him.
• Sun Wukong caught the tower, mocked Li Jing, and crushed it with his bare hand, causing Li Jing to fall from the sky.

Sun Wukong faced down the Heavenly Court and Buddhist forces, then raised the banners of rebellion against Heaven. He began settling an old score by forcing the Five Directional Guardians to drink, accusing them of taking his imperial wine.

• Yang Jian refused to challenge Sun Wukong alone and said the gods should wait for Spirit Mountain to act.
• Guanyin repeatedly answered the immortals’ demands with only “Amitabha,” while Sun Wukong mocked the assembled gods and Buddhas.
• Sun Wukong ordered the Bull Demon King to raise the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and Rebel Against Heaven banners atop Thunder Accumulation Mountain.
• Sun Wukong reflected on Flower Fruit Mountain and his past defeat, then decided to vent his anger regardless of whether this place was real.
• Sun Wukong seized the Five Directional Guardians, trapped them in a giant wine vat, and forced them to drink while accusing them of taking his imperial wine.