Recaps

Sun Wukong returned to Heaven as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, but his anger over being excluded from the Peach Immortal Banquet led him to destroy the Peach Garden and steal its treasures. After defeating the Heavenly Court’s forces at Flower Fruit Mountain, he faced Yang Jian and was captured through the Green Ox’s ambush and a Golden Bracelet.

• Martial Virtue Star Lord appointed Sun Wukong as Bimawen, and Sun Wukong escaped to Flower Fruit Mountain after attacking him.
• The Heavenly Court granted Sun Wukong the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and he returned to Heaven, where his interference with official duties brought complaints.
• The Jade Emperor sent Sun Wukong to obtain Three Lights Divine Water, and after visiting the Dao Sect, Sun Wukong received ten drops and became overseer of the Peach Garden.
• Sun Wukong used the divine water to ripen the peaches, ate much of the garden’s finest fruit, and smashed the Peach Garden after the Seven Fairies told him he was not invited to the Peach Immortal Banquet.
• Sun Wukong stole imperial wine and Pills from Heaven, shared peaches and elixirs with his followers, and reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfect Stage.
• The Heavenly Court army attacked Flower Fruit Mountain, but Sun Wukong and Nezha broke free of Li Jing’s Exquisite Pagoda and defeated the heavenly forces.
• Taibai Golden Star persuaded Yang Jian to pursue Sun Wukong, and Yang Jian’s forces defeated the mountain’s demons while Sun Wukong fought Yang Jian to a standstill.
• The Green Ox joined Yang Jian against Sun Wukong, and a Golden Bracelet struck Sun Wukong unconscious before he awoke shackled among the immortals.

Sun Wukong rebelled against Heaven, lost to Tathagata, and was trapped beneath Five Elements Mountain after Flower Fruit Mountain was destroyed. The Jade Emperor began arranging the Journey to the West while Sun Wukong found a new lead toward sainthood, and Haotian spoke at the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly.

• Taishang Laojun trapped Sun Wukong in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but Sun Wukong emerged with an Indestructible Vajra Physique and fought his way to the Jade Emperor.
• Sun Wukong wagered with Tathagata Buddha Patriarch that he could escape his palm, but Tathagata revealed the four pillars were his fingers and trapped him beneath Five Elements Mountain.
• Yang Jian’s forces burned Flower Fruit Mountain, and Sun Wukong learned that removing his monkeys’ names from the Book of Life and Death had not made them immortal.
• Taibai Golden Star confronted Zhang Bairen, revealed the Nine-Dragon Whip, and urged the Jade Emperor to stop targeting Yang Jiao and his siblings.
• Taishang Laojun advised the Jade Emperor on the Journey to the West, identifying Marshal Tianpeng, the Dragon Clan, Sun Wukong, and Jin Chanzi’s role in the pilgrimage.
• The Jade Emperor arranged with Tianpeng to send his Good Corpse down as a pilgrim, then visited Sun Wukong beneath Five Elements Mountain, where Wuzhiqi later hinted that sainthood could revive the dead monkeys.
• At the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly, Qingyuan’s respect for the Jade Emperor prompted the other Saints to acknowledge him, while Ao Lie’s insolence drew Ao Run’s reprimand and Haotian’s sudden intervention.

Sun Wukong escaped Five Elements Mountain in consciousness and found himself in a realm where Guanyin and Vairocana Tathagata accused him of crimes he did not remember. After defeating them and reuniting with Tianpeng, he reached Thunder Accumulation Mountain, where he openly challenged the forces hunting him and resumed his rebellion against Heaven.

• The Jade Emperor punished the Curtain Rolling Divine General and Marshal Tianpeng, but Tianpeng fell into the Beast Realm and learned his Good Corpse would be reborn as a pig.
• Qingyuan drew Sun Wukong’s consciousness from beneath Five Elements Mountain into a strange realm, where Sun Wukong denied Guanyin’s accusations and fought her and the Buddhist forces.
• Sun Wukong defeated the false Yang Jian and fought Vairocana Tathagata, who could not stop him from escaping.
• Tianpeng reunited with Sun Wukong, then fled when the Buddhists tried to search his soul for information about him.
• Sun Wukong reached Thunder Accumulation Mountain, beat the Bull Demon King, and learned that Tathagata had placed a bounty on him.
• Zixia Fairy explained how the Moonlight Treasure Box was supposed to work, but their attempts to activate it failed.
• The Myriad Demon Kingdom, Underworld, Demon Realm, and Heavenly Court converged on Thunder Accumulation Mountain, where Sun Wukong seized and crushed the assembled demons and monsters.
• Sun Wukong crushed Li Jing’s Treasure Pagoda, ordered the Bull Demon King to raise his rebel banners, and trapped the Five Directional Guardians in a wine vat.

Sun Wukong used the Moonlight Treasure Box to return to the past, where he challenged the Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain before the Heavenly Dao reset the world. Tianpeng discovered his ties to Hongjun and the Mystic Gate, then sought Sun Wukong’s counsel at Five Elements Mountain.

• Sun Wukong killed the Five Directional Guardians, survived the Thunder Department’s assault, and waited with Tianpeng and Zixia Fairy for nightfall to use the Moonlight Treasure Box.
• Qingxia Fairy explained how to use the box, and Sun Wukong, Tianpeng, and Zixia Fairy traveled three hundred years into the past.
• Sun Wukong visited Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan, then returned to the battle at Five Elements Mountain and sent Tianpeng to protect Flower Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong revealed that the Local Monkey was his hair incarnation, left him to guard Flower Fruit Mountain, and smashed the Southern Heavenly Gate before storming the Heavenly Court.
• Sun Wukong fought the Jade Emperor and Vairocana Tathagata, shattered the Ten Thousand Buddhas Demon-Subduing Formation, and nearly defeated Tathagata before Tathagata identified him as an Extraterritorial Demon.
• The Heavenly Dao Consciousness appeared and wounded Sun Wukong, who escaped through time with Tianpeng and Zixia Fairy before the Heavenly Dao restored the world to an earlier point.
• Tianpeng found the Time Law in Chaos, met Hongjun in Zixiao Palace, and received orders to disband the Journey to the West party, but later felt guilty about betraying Qingyuan.
• After seeking advice from Great Master Xuandu, Tianpeng went to Five Elements Mountain, claimed he had a confidential order from the Jade Emperor, and forced the Five Directional Guardians to let him reach Sun Wukong.