Recaps

Lin Zhu led the Human Race’s campaigns across the Eastern Sea, brought the Dragon Clan under Human protection, and established Ao Huang as its Dragon Emperor. He secured the Three Immortal Islands and their treasures as the Human Race expanded and strengthened its defenses.

• Dijiang sent Great Witches to aid the Human migration, while Sui Ren’s people reached the Eastern Sea Coast and Lin Zhu subdued twenty-one Demon Race clans.
• Lin Zhu honored Human Race leaders, established Immortal Cities, and launched a campaign to protect tribes and punish those who attacked them.
• Lin Zhu confronted the Dragon Clan over the killing of humans, defeated Elder Ao Huo, and accepted Zhu Long’s agreement to keep the dragons dormant in the sea eyes.
• Lin Zhu offered the Dragon Clan protection and a way to share its karmic burden, and Zhu Long swore the clan’s submission to the Human Race.
• Lin Zhu awakened Ao Huang from the Nine-Clawed Thunder Dragon egg, created the Dragon Gate, and named Ao Huang Dragon Emperor after Zu Long’s phantom strengthened him.
• Lin Zhu and the Dragon Clan secured the Three Immortal Islands, where Lin Zhu found the Three Lights Divine Water, Pure World White Lotus, Heaven-Reaching Divine Tree, and Yellow Center Plum.
• Lin Zhu suppressed the islands with the Kongtong Seal, installed new pavilions and strengthened defenses at the Human Ancestral Land, while the Human Race expanded for a hundred thousand years.
• Saint Zhunti considered leaving Mount Sumeru, then resumed contemplating the Heavenly Dao, while Sui Ren arrived at Shouyang Mountain with many treasures.

Lin Zhu exposed the Western Sect’s attacks, broke through to mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and killed Kasyapa and Dingguang Joyful Buddha while defending the Jie Sect. He healed Xiao Qiong and helped her reach Quasi-Saint power, then received a new mission and proposed to Fairy Nishang.

• Zhun Ti manipulated the Ten Golden Crows into attacking the Primordial Wilderness, where they devastated Witch tribes until Kua Fu died pursuing them and Hou Yi prepared to avenge him.
• Lin Zhu supervised Marshal Tian Peng’s punishment, which sent Tian Peng into reincarnation as Zhu Ganglie, then awakened the Chaos Green Lotus and became entangled in the Chaos Storm’s effects on Great Tang and Tianzhu.
• Lin Zhu traveled to Penglai Island, reunited Wudang Shengmu with Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao, and prepared to break through to Grand Luo Golden Immortal with their protection.
• The Western Sect attacked Lin Zhu during his tribulation, but he absorbed the Chaos Divine Lightning and advanced while Wudang Shengmu and the Three Fairies of Sanxiao fought the attackers.
• Kasyapa wounded Xiao Qiong, but Lin Zhu completed his breakthrough and killed Kasyapa and Dingguang Joyful Buddha, while Ksitigarbha escaped their battle.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Lin Zhu True Lord Qingxiao, and Tathagata ordered Western Heaven closed for one hundred days as Lin Zhu recovered and healed Xiao Qiong.
• Lin Zhu gave Xiao Qiong the Zu Long Pearl, which raised her to Quasi-Saint power, then received a mission to hunt a Western Sect expert and proposed marriage to Fairy Nishang.

Lin Zhu established Kunlun Mountain as a powerful sanctuary, defied the Western Sect, and awakened the Scripture Seekers to the schemes shaping their lives. After marrying Yin Wenjiao and disrupting Golden Cicada Child’s reincarnation, he faced a growing confrontation between Heaven and the Western Sect and escaped a battle in the Underworld with Golden Cicada Child.

• The Jade Emperor revealed that Lin Zhu was an anomaly who could alter the Heavenly Dao’s plans, and Lin Zhu accepted a mission to oppose the Western Sect.
• Lin Zhu claimed Mount Kunlun for Xiao Qiong, defeated Western Sect attackers, and transformed the mountain with powerful formations that drew the Jie Sect’s allies to him.
• Lin Zhu discovered Yuanshi Tianzun’s hidden Jade Slip and the Yellow Center Plum, then escaped a restriction and received a mission to enlighten Sun Wukong, Sha Wujing, and Zhu Ganglie.
• Lin Zhu freed Sun Wukong from his imposed fate, exposed the Heavenly Court’s deception to Sha Wujing, and told Zhu Ganglie that the Buddhist Sect had engineered his suffering.
• Guanyin recruited Sha Wujing and Zhu Wuneng for the scripture journey, while Lin Zhu disrupted her efforts and married Yin Wenjiao in Chang’an.
• Lin Zhu learned that the Western Sect had taken Golden Cicada Child’s primordial spirit, prompting Tathagata and the Jade Emperor to mobilize their forces and confront each other over Lin Zhu.
• Lin Zhu captured Golden Cicada Child in the Underworld and fought Ksitigarbha’s forces, escaping with Liu Man and Su Lengyu as the Four Great Demon Generals abducted five injured Bodhisattvas.

Lin Zhu exposed Ksitigarbha’s crimes, forced Western Heaven to surrender treasures and compensation, and married Fairy Nishang. After killing Bodhisattva Weituo and uncovering Gu Yang’s attack on Golden Mountain Temple, Lin Zhu confronted Spirit Mountain and forced Tathagata to punish Maitreya Buddha.

• Lin Zhu presented evidence that Tantuo Ksitigarbha had stolen Merit from souls and tried to kill him, then sealed Ksitigarbha in a Purple Gold Gourd for the Heavenly Prison.
• Lin Zhu pressured Tathagata into surrendering the Merit Golden Lotus and Duobao Pagoda, negotiated compensation from Western Heaven, and persuaded Bodhi Patriarch to arrange a humble human reincarnation for Golden Cicada Child.
• Lin Zhu married Fairy Nishang, who accepted his proposal, and the Jade Emperor appointed Lin Zhu Three Realms Inspector and promoted Nishang to Mistress of Guanghan Palace.
• Lin Zhu completed the God-Slaying Spear and helped Fairy Nishang advance, then killed Bodhisattva Weituo when he ambushed her during her tribulation.
• Lin Zhu sold Gu Yang Jiang Liuer’s location, while Gu Yang attacked Golden Mountain Temple, killed its defenders, and tainted Golden Cicada Child’s True Spirit with Demonic Qi before escaping.
• Lin Zhu looted the South Sea Demonic Cave to restore the God-Slaying Spear, then returned to the Heavenly Court and joined the Jade Emperor’s response to the Western Heaven’s attack on Jiangzhou.
• Lin Zhu confronted the Buddhas at Great Thunderclap Monastery, revealed that Weituo had attacked Fairy Nishang, and fought Maitreya Buddha until Tathagata severed Maitreya’s arm to free him from the spear.
• After Yaoshi Buddha testified that Maitreya had ordered the attack, Tathagata revoked Maitreya’s Future Buddha position and sentenced him to suppress demons in the South Sea.