Recaps

Tongtian’s war against Yuanshi and the Shakyas drew Qingyuan into the conflict, where he defended the Interception Sect and revealed the strength and identities Hongjun already knew. Qingyuan then battled Hongjun in Chaos, forcing him to reconsider destroying the Interception Sect, while Qingyuan prepared to show more of his power.

• Tongtian fought Yuanshi and the Two Shakya, but Chang'er Dingguang Xian betrayed him by handing Laozi the Six Souls Banner, and the Saints broke Tongtian’s formations and overwhelmed the Interception Sect.
• Qingyuan and Liu Yuan escaped the Four Directional Gods’ prison and reached Chaoge, where Qingyuan asked the Saints to end the conflict and let the Interception Sect return to the East Sea.
• When Zhunti and Yuanshi refused to relent, Qingyuan destroyed Zhunti’s body, resisted Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner, and followed Taiqing and Yuanshi into Chaos to protect Tongtian.
• Qingyuan imprisoned Yuanshi with a vast palm, then accused the Dao Ancestor of causing the calamity and called Hongjun to face him.
• Hongjun revealed Qingyuan’s identities as Great Sage Dao Venerate, Thunder Ancestor, Daoist Feng, and Daoist Zixu, and asked how Qingyuan had helped unqualified beings become Hunyuan Saints.
• Hongjun attacked Qingyuan with the power of the Pangu Dao Fruit, but Qingyuan survived by using a Substitute Death Puppet and counterattacked with the Karmic River and God Slaying Spear.
• Hongjun fused with the Creation Jade Disk and resisted Qingyuan’s weapons, but Qingyuan’s Chaos Pearl and giant umbrella struck him with chains and unfamiliar treasures.
• As more than a thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures clashed in Chaos, Hongjun offered not to destroy the Interception Sect or punish Tongtian, and Qingyuan challenged him to witness his remaining power.

Qingyuan ended his conflict with Hongjun, restored the Interception Sect’s standing, and used the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly to teach cultivation methods across the Primordial Wilderness. As the Human Race fractured after Di Xin’s abdication, Di Xin turned to the Heavenly Court to ask if he could still help his people.

• Qingyuan and Hongjun fought until they agreed to stop, then negotiated limits on their interference and arranged a Heaven-Pacifying Assembly.
• Qingyuan returned to the Primordial Wilderness, reunited with Tongtian, and reassured the Saints and Hunyuan powers while the fallen Interception Sect disciples’ fates were addressed.
• Daoist Duobao defected to the Western Teachings, became Tathagata Buddha, and recruited disciples as the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly began.
• At Zixiao Palace, Zhao Gongming challenged Tathagata, several disciples tested themselves against him, and Hongjun and Qingyuan lectured on the Dao.
• Qingyuan taught methods for Golden Immortal and Primordial Golden Immortal cultivation, then announced plans to establish a Dojo in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qingyuan secured seventy percent of the merit for the Interception Sect in exchange for helping the Western Teachings restore its Earth Veins, then shared cultivation insights at Biyou Palace.
• The Immortal Dao flourished as the Interception Sect rebuilt its influence, while Di Xin’s abdication and Di Tian’s sudden death led to warfare that shattered Great Shang.
• Di Xin learned from Venerable Yuanshi that he could no longer intervene in Human affairs, then went to the Heavenly Court and asked Haotian whether joining would let him help the Human Race.

Di Xin’s bargain with Haotian and the Buddhist leaders’ plans set the Journey to the West in motion as the Monkey King sought immortality. After years of trials at Fangcun Mountain, he became Sun Wukong, mastered the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and reached the time for his mountain departure.

• Di Xin accepted Haotian and Houtu’s terms, sending his body to the Yellow Springs to guide lost souls while his Primordial Spirit became a divine statue above the Nine Heavens.
• Haotian sent Di Xin’s consciousness through the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while Qingyuan founded the Dao Sect and the Stone Monkey’s birth drew attention from the Heavenly Court.
• Zhang Bairen investigated the Stone Monkey, then Haotian promoted him to a high court office as Stone Monkey learned that death awaited all beings and vowed to seek immortality for himself and the other monkeys.
• The Monkey King sailed from Flower Fruit Mountain, was swept into the sea by a storm, and was rescued as Tathagata and the Western Saints arranged Buddhist branches and planned to protect the Journey to the West.
• The Monkey King reached Fangcun Mountain with a woodcutter, waited through a vision of decades of rejection, then entered the sect and spent years working as Bai Shan’s servant before earning a chance to study the Dao Scripture.
• Daoist Randeng accepted Monkey as his disciple, named him Sun Wukong, and taught him the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique after Wukong rejected other paths that could not grant immortality.
• Sun Wukong cultivated for decades and reached the Perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, prompting Daoist Randeng to warn Bai Shan and Lu Guang not to investigate his Karma.
• Sun Wukong demonstrated his strength by plucking a star and exchanging a palm strike with a Heavenly Court immortal, then pleaded with Daoist Randeng for another chance after being scolded for showing off.

After leaving Fangcun Mountain, Sun Wukong returned to Flower Fruit Mountain, rescued his people, gathered demon kings, and clashed with the Dragon Kings and Underworld Bureau. He defeated the Heavenly Court’s forces, accepted an appointment as Bimawen, and stormed off after learning the post was unranked.

• Daoist Randeng ended his bond with Sun Wukong, dismissed the disciples, closed Fangcun Mountain, and formed the Twenty-Four Buddha Realms.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower Fruit Mountain, found it deserted, and rescued its surviving monkeys from the Chaos Demon King’s enslavement.
• Sun Wukong took the Ruyi Jingu Bang and supplies from the East Sea Dragon Palace, then returned to Flower Fruit Mountain and reunited the demon kings.
• Sun Wukong became sworn brothers with six demon kings and took the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven, then fought his way through the Underworld Bureau after its officials seized him.
• The Ten Yama Kings complained to the Jade Emperor, and the Dragon Kings accused Sun Wukong of attacking their palace and taking its treasures.
• Li Jing led heavenly forces against Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong defeated them, after which Taibai Golden Star invited him to serve in Heaven.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Sun Wukong as Bimawen, and Sun Wukong diligently cared for the Heavenly Horses until he learned the post was unranked.
• Sun Wukong stormed into the Military Department and demanded to see Martial Virtue Star Lord, who mocked his low-ranking appointment.