Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu received the reward for checking in at Lingxiao Palace, where the Heavenly Court praised him for the Sword Intent that had repelled Western Heaven. After the Western Heaven forces were defeated and compensation was offered, Lin Zhu requested a marriage with Fairy Nishang, leaving the Jade Emperor's mistaken announcement hanging in stunned silence.

• Venus Deity summoned Lin Zhu to meet the Great Heavenly Venerate, and Lin Zhu completed the Lingxiao Palace check-in mission, receiving fifty million years of cultivation and the Flying Smoke Sword.
• Lin Zhu entered Lingxiao Palace and learned that his lingering Sword Intent had driven away the Western Heaven forces, earning him the Heavenly Court's praise.
• Lin Zhu publicly held Fairy Nishang's hand, and the Jade Emperor prepared to grant them permission to marry before an immortal announced that Western Heaven had returned with powerful reinforcements.
• Lin Zhu personally defeated the renewed Western Heaven forces, and the Jade Emperor offered him his choice of the spoils, including the two Supreme Treasures Buddha Tathagata had offered as compensation.
• Lin Zhu declined the bulk of the spoils and requested a marriage; when the Jade Emperor began to name the Queen Mother, Lin Zhu clarified that he wanted to marry Fairy Nishang, stunning the hall.

Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang married in a grand ceremony presided over by the Jade Emperor, who granted them powerful new titles. Their wedding’s starry blessing spread across the Three Realms, stirring Zhu Ganglie to seek revenge on Western Heaven and awakening a sinister presence beneath the Flowing Sand River.

• Lin Zhu proposed to Fairy Nishang in Lingxiao Palace, and she accepted as the Jade Emperor announced that he would preside over their wedding.
• The immortals prepared a grand ceremony, and the Jade Emperor oversaw the couple’s vows and three bows before they kissed and celebrated with a banquet.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Lin Zhu Three Realms Inspector and promoted Fairy Nishang to Mistress of Guanghan Palace; the Ten Halls of Yama arrived and gave them the Nine Underworlds Heartlock.
• After the celebration, Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang pledged their eternal love, and a shower of starlight blessed the mortal world and awakened demons.
• Zhu Ganglie, angered by Lin Zhu’s wedding and blaming Western Heaven for his own fate, swallowed starlight, summoned his Nine-toothed Rake, and left to reclaim what he believed he was owed.
• Sha Wujing awoke beneath the Flowing Sand River and found that the starlight was gathering into black mist, where a pair of scarlet eyes opened.

Sha Wujing and Kui Mulang prepared for the Journey to the West as star power spread, while Buddha Tathagata learned that the Heavenly Court had empowered mortals and ordered the pilgrimage to proceed. At Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang’s lavish wedding, a Pureblood Phoenix named Jin Ning arrived with congratulations from Mother Nüwa.

• Sha Wujing carved a warning into a rock before scarlet light overtook his consciousness, while Kui Mulang celebrated the arrival of star power and ordered his army to confront approaching Buddhist Soldiers.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva reported to Buddha Tathagata that believers in Tianzhu Buddha Kingdom were cultivating star power, and Buddha Tathagata ordered the Journey to the West to begin as scheduled.
• The Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, and other immortals prepared an extravagant wedding venue and offered blessings and gifts to Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang.
• Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang entered the ceremony with Xiao Qiong and completed their wedding bows as the gathered immortals celebrated.
• A Pureblood Phoenix arrived at Yaochi, transformed into Jin Ning, and announced that she had come by Mother Nüwa’s command to congratulate Lin Zhu.

At Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang’s wedding, Jin Ning arrived with Mother Nüwa’s decree and bound their marriage in the Marriage Register and Three Lives Stone, leaving Lin Zhu puzzled about Nüwa’s interest in him. After three days and nights together, Lin Zhu emerged to find the palace overflowing with wedding gifts and offered to help Fairy Nishang reach the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

• Jin Ning arrived at the wedding under Mother Nüwa’s decree and recorded Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang’s bond in the Marriage Register and Three Lives Stone.
• Jin Ning told Lin Zhu that Nüwa wanted him to marry in peace and that they would meet again, then departed as the wedding ceremony resumed.
• Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang completed the ceremony and spent three days and nights together while Xiao Qiong waited outside Star Dou Palace.
• Lin Zhu learned that immortals had sent mountains of wedding gifts, including treasures from Great Emperor Ziwei and Great Emperor Fengdu.
• Lin Zhu relaxed with Fairy Nishang in the rear garden and offered to use the God-Slaying Spear to help her break through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Lin Zhu helped Fairy Nishang advance through her tribulation, while Xiao Qiong swallowed the lightning and demonstrated the power of her Ancestral Dragon Bloodline. Lin Zhu restored the God-Slaying Spear, whose immense demonic aura alarmed the Heavenly Court, but the Jade Emperor trusted Lin Zhu to handle it.

• Maitreya Buddha told Yaoshi Buddha that Lin Zhu’s rise threatened the Journey to the West plan, and proposed attacking Fairy Nishang while she was vulnerable.
• Lin Zhu took Fairy Nishang to the South Sea, gave her Yellow Center Plums, and helped her advance while Xiao Qiong swallowed her lightning tribulation.
• Lin Zhu gave Xiao Qiong the Fantian Seal, and she flattened a mountain and demonstrated her Ancestral Dragon Heaven-Devouring Divine Power.
• Lin Zhu assembled the seven components of the God-Slaying Spear, unleashing a vast, terrifying demonic aura across the South Sea.
• Venus Deity reported the South Sea disturbance to the Jade Emperor, who declined to send troops because Lin Zhu was there.

Lin Zhu completed the God-Slaying Spear, awakening the ancient demon Gu Yang beneath the South Sea, while Lin Zhu arrived to seize the weapon. Lin Zhu gave Fairy Nishang the Spiritual Grace Flowing Robe before she began her Grand Luo Golden Immortal tribulation, which ended with its first bolt striking down.

• Lin Zhu completed the God-Slaying Spear and took it in hand as Lin Zhu descended, intending to subdue him and claim the demonic treasure.
• Gu Yang awoke beneath the South Sea, recognized Demon Ancestor Luo Hou's aura in the spear, and prepared to investigate.
• Lin Zhu learned the God-Slaying Spear lacked the Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone and considered tempering it with Demonic Qi from the Sea Eye, but chose to prioritize Fairy Nishang's tribulation.
• Lin Zhu gave Fairy Nishang the Spiritual Grace Flowing Robe, which she activated with a thought, teasing him for telling her to put it on.
• Fairy Nishang faced the Grand Luo Golden Immortal tribulation with Lin Zhu watching over her, and its first purple bolt struck down.

Fairy Nishang’s Spiritual Grace Flowing Robe shielded her from the Grand Luo Heavenly Tribulation, but Weituo ambushed her before Lin Zhu intervened and revealed himself. Lin Zhu drew Weituo away from Nishang while Gu Yang watched from the South Sea Sea Eye, and the chapter ended with Weituo unleashing his devastating Vajra Wrathful Pestle strike.

• The Spiritual Grace Flowing Robe protected Fairy Nishang from successive bolts of tribulation lightning as Xiao Qiong cheered and Lin Zhu sensed danger.
• Lin Zhu intercepted a hidden attack aimed at Fairy Nishang and exposed Bodhisattva Weituo as the assailant.
• Weituo demanded Lin Zhu surrender the God-Slaying Spear, then attacked him with the Demon Subduing Pestle when Lin Zhu asked who had sent him.
• Lin Zhu evaded Weituo’s blows and drew him farther from Fairy Nishang while Gu Yang watched from the South Sea Sea Eye, hoping they would destroy each other.
• Weituo expanded the Demon Subduing Pestle and launched his full-force Vajra Wrathful Pestle strike at Lin Zhu.

Lin Zhu used the Thirteenth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus to withstand Bodhisattva Weituo’s attacks, then ambushed him with the God-Slaying Spear. The spear began devouring Weituo’s power, life force, and Grand Luo True Spirit, leaving his fate in Lin Zhu’s hands.

• Lin Zhu vanished from Bodhisattva Weituo’s strike and appeared seated on the Thirteenth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, whose barrier nullified the pestle’s attacks.
• Bodhisattva Weituo furiously battered the Lotus Throne and tried to provoke Lin Zhu into leaving its protection, but Lin Zhu remained composed.
• As Weituo’s frustration opened a brief lapse in his focus, Lin Zhu pierced his chest from behind with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Lin Zhu drove the spear deeper when Weituo tried to escape, and the weapon began draining Weituo’s cultivation, essence blood, life force, and True Spirit.

Lin Zhu killed Weituo with the God-Slaying Spear, then encountered Gu Yang, who mistook him for a Buddhist Sect traitor and coaxed him into revealing clues about the Journey to the West. The chapter ended with Gu Yang convinced he had uncovered a major secret while Lin Zhu wondered whether the demon was actually seeing through his act.

• Lin Zhu used the God-Slaying Spear to destroy Weituo and absorb the Bodhisattva's essence and the Demon Subduing Pestle, but he recognized the weapon's dangerous influence.
• Gu Yang emerged from the sea and accused Lin Zhu of betraying the Buddhist Sect and stealing the Thirteenth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
• Gu Yang interpreted Lin Zhu's powers and Weituo's attack as proof that Lin Zhu knew a secret threatening the Buddhist Sect, then urged him to join his master's cause or disclose what he knew.
• Lin Zhu pretended to defend his loyalty and deliberately mentioned the Journey to the West, Golden Cicada Child, and the Merit of Ten Lifetimes.
• Gu Yang believed Lin Zhu had accidentally exposed an invaluable secret, while Lin Zhu began to wonder whether Gu Yang was pretending to be fooled.

Lin Zhu deceived Gu Yang into pursuing Jiang Liuer at Golden Mountain Temple, earning two Grand Luo demonic cores and System rewards that strengthened him and revealed how to restore the God-Slaying Spear. After Fairy Nishang completed her tribulation, Lin Zhu entered the South Sea Demonic Qi cave to gather power and materials for the spear, where he began refining Dragon-Toothed Carp.

• Lin Zhu traded Gu Yang Jiang Liuer’s location at Golden Mountain Temple for two Grand Luo demonic cores, and Gu Yang set off for Southern Jambudvipa.
• The System rewarded Lin Zhu with one hundred million years of pure cultivation and a method for restoring the God-Slaying Spear by tempering it with Demonic Qi.
• Lin Zhu returned to Fairy Nishang and Xiao Qiong, told them he had dealt with Bodhisattva Weituo, and announced he would enter the Demonic Qi cave to gather food for the spear.
• Lin Zhu entered the South Sea Demonic Qi cave, sensed that its Demonic Qi had grown far denser, and cautiously searched for a place to absorb it.
• Lin Zhu killed more than a dozen Dragon-Toothed Carp with the God-Slaying Spear and summoned the Shennong Cauldron to refine their bodies with other materials.

Lin Zhu used the Shennong Cauldron to capture Demonic Beasts and refine them into pills and treasures while clearing the outer cavern. After the cavern’s Demonic General discovered the losses, Lin Zhu turned toward the core and used the God-Slaying Spear to devour its Demonic Qi.

• Lin Zhu found fighting Demonic Beasts, intimidated them into his Shennong Cauldron, and obtained valuable pills and materials, including two Nine Revolutions Grand Luo Golden Pills.
• Lin Zhu swept through the outer cavern, capturing both peaceful and fighting Demonic Beasts for the cauldron to refine.
• The Demonic General in the cavern’s depths discovered Lin Zhu had nearly depleted its stock of Demonic Beasts and called for Gu Yang, who was absent.
• Lin Zhu returned toward the cavern’s core and raised the God-Slaying Spear, whose embryonic Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone began devouring the surrounding Demonic Qi.

Lin Zhu drained much of the South Sea Demonic Cave’s Demonic Qi to restore the God-Slaying Spear, then removed its Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone so it could absorb more. Meanwhile, Gu Yang ignored a warning from the cave and went to Golden Mountain Temple to ambush Golden Cicada Child, where he attacked after mistaking Elder Fa Ming for a disguised guardian.

• Lin Zhu used the God-Slaying Spear to absorb Demonic Qi, purifying nearly half the vast region around the South Sea cave and restoring the spear to about thirty or forty percent of its power.
• Lin Zhu pried the Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone from the spear and fed it mana, causing it to resume devouring the remaining Demonic Qi while the Demonic General cried out helplessly.
• Gu Yang sensed a faint disturbance from the Demonic Cave but dismissed it, then set out for Golden Mountain Temple to kill Golden Cicada Child and claim his Merit.
• At Golden Mountain Temple, Elder Fa Ming asked Gu Yang to return another day, but Gu Yang accused him of being a disguised Western Heaven guardian.
• Gu Yang unleashed his Demonic Qi over Golden Mountain Temple and declared that he would kill everyone there.

Gu Yang slaughtered Golden Mountain Temple and nearly killed Elder Fa Ming while targeting the unconscious Xuanzang. Buddha Tathagata and the Buddhist forces arrived too late to stop Gu Yang from sending a strand of destructive Demonic Qi toward Xuanzang, and Gu Yang escaped after Tathagata struck him.

• Gu Yang killed Elder Fa Ming’s revealed Arhat form and devoured his body and primordial spirit.
• Elder Fa Ming knocked Xuanzang unconscious and shielded him as Gu Yang entered Golden Mountain Temple and massacred its Buddhist defenders.
• Gu Yang reached the Meditation Room, killed the previous abbot, and battered the Buddha Light barrier protecting Elder Fa Ming and Xuanzang.
• Guanyin warned Buddha Tathagata that Golden Mountain Temple was falling, so he sent Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Guanyin, and several Arhats to Jiangzhou.
• Buddha Tathagata arrived as Elder Fa Ming neared defeat and attacked Gu Yang, but Gu Yang pierced the barrier with Demonic Qi aimed at Xuanzang before fleeing.

Buddha Tathagata discovered that Demonic Qi had permanently tainted Xuanzang’s True Spirit and ordered the disaster at Golden Mountain Temple concealed. Meanwhile, Gu Yang celebrated his success without realizing Lin Zhu had emptied the South Sea Demonic Cave, and he returned to find its core spirit furious.

• A remnant of Demonic Qi branded Golden Cicada Child’s True Spirit, and Elder Fa Ming passed into nirvana from grief and guilt.
• Buddha Tathagata ordered Golden Mountain Temple rebuilt, Xuanzang secretly monitored, and the public told that a demonic beast had attacked.
• Lin Zhu prepared to leave the South Sea with Fairy Nishang and Xiao Qiong when Gu Yang arrived and revealed he had tainted Golden Cicada Child’s True Spirit.
• Gu Yang thanked Lin Zhu, believing him to be a Buddhist Sect traitor he could later exploit, and Lin Zhu hurried away with his companions.
• Gu Yang returned to his cave and found the outer Demonic Cave cleared of its Qi, beasts, and plants.
• The Demonic Cave’s core spirit accused Gu Yang of neglecting his post and told him that Lin Zhu had emptied their home.

Gu Yang discovered that Lin Zhu had stripped the Demonic Cave of its Demonic Qi and beasts, endangering the Master's revival, and swore revenge on Spirit Mountain. Back at the Heavenly Court, Lin Zhu took Fairy Nishang to visit Taiyin Star Lord, whose reaction to Nishang's new Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm sent them fleeing, before Venus Deity arrived with an urgent summons and noticed Nishang's breakthrough.

• Gu Yang realized that Lin Zhu had looted the Demonic Cave and that the loss could delay or destroy the Master's revival, then blamed Lin Zhu, Maitreya, and Spirit Mountain and vowed revenge.
• Lin Zhu returned to the Heavenly Court with Fairy Nishang and Xiao Qiong, and Fairy Nishang soothed his guilt over taking the Demonic Qi.
• Lin Zhu and Fairy Nishang visited Taiyin Star Lord at Guanghan Palace, where Taiyin Star Lord was astonished that Nishang had become a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Taiyin Star Lord began scheming to have the Fairy Chang'es marry Lin Zhu, so Fairy Nishang hurriedly dragged him away from Guanghan Palace.
• Venus Deity arrived at Lin Zhu's residence with an urgent summons and was stunned to see that Fairy Nishang was a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Lin Zhu met with the Jade Emperor, who protected him over the South Sea demonic disturbance and condemned the Western Heaven’s incursion into Jiangzhou. When Lin Zhu proposed going alone to confront Eastern Buddha Maitreya, the Jade Emperor urgently warned him not to act on impulse.

• Venus Deity summoned Lin Zhu to Lingxiao Palace, where the Jade Emperor’s Haotian Mirror showed Tathagata’s arrival at the ruined Golden Mountain Temple and the devastation in Jiangzhou.
• Lin Zhu admitted that he had caused the South Sea’s demonic disturbance, but the Jade Emperor stopped him from explaining and promised to support him and defend him against the Western Sect.
• The Jade Emperor condemned the Western Heaven for crossing into Southern Jambudvipa and asked Lin Zhu how Spirit Mountain would respond to a show of force.
• Lin Zhu advised against sending an army, arguing that the Western Heaven could make excuses and offer inadequate compensation, while the Heavenly Court risked damaging its reputation.
• A side mission offered Lin Zhu the first page of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram for confronting Eastern Buddha Maitreya, prompting him to volunteer to go alone to Spirit Mountain.
• The Jade Emperor nearly slipped from his throne and pleaded with Lin Zhu to calm down, warning that Spirit Mountain was too dangerous for him to enter alone.

Lin Zhu persuaded the Jade Emperor that the Western Heaven’s troubles stemmed from Maitreya’s actions and set out to demand accountability at Spirit Mountain. The Jade Emperor ordered Heavenly Soldiers to support Jiangzhou, while Lin Zhu explored Spirit Mountain and reflected on the Buddhist Sect’s foundations.

• Lin Zhu told the Jade Emperor that he had killed Bodhisattva Weituo and explained how Gu Yang’s attack had contaminated Golden Cicada Child’s True Spirit with Demonic Qi.
• Lin Zhu accused Eastern Buddha Maitreya of ordering Weituo to hunt him, and the Jade Emperor agreed to back Lin Zhu despite the lack of proof.
• The Jade Emperor pledged the Heavenly Court’s protection and ordered Venus Deity to mobilize one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers outside Jiangzhou City.
• At Great Thunderclap Monastery, an Arhat warned Buddha Tathagata and Guanyin Bodhisattva that Lin Zhu had come to demand accountability.
• Lin Zhu wandered through Spirit Mountain, admired its peaceful splendor, and considered how the Buddhist Sect’s vision of the Pure Land attracted believers.

Lin Zhu confronted the Western Heaven in the Great Thunderclap Monastery, denouncing its crimes in Jiangzhou and rejecting Buddha Tathagata’s offer of compensation. He revealed that he had killed Bodhisattva Weituo, leaving the Buddhas stunned and the conflict between the Heavenly Court and Western Heaven poised to escalate.

• Lin Zhu entered the Great Thunderclap Monastery and shattered the Buddhas’ attempt to suppress him with their Buddhist doctrine.
• Lin Zhu overwhelmed the Thirty Thousand Buddhas with Demonic Qi, then provoked them and accused the Western Heaven of invading Jiangzhou and killing civilians.
• Buddha Tathagata ordered Maitreya Buddha to stand down and offered to deliver the dead from suffering and compensate the Heavenly Court with five million Buddhist Soldiers.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva objected to Buddha Tathagata’s concessions, but Lin Zhu rejected the offer and produced Bodhisattva Weituo’s Demon Subduing Pestle.
• Lin Zhu revealed that Bodhisattva Weituo had ambushed Fairy Nishang during her cultivation advance and that Lin Zhu had killed him, annihilating his True Spirit.

Lin Zhu used the God-Slaying Spear and a Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone to repel Maitreya Buddha and contaminate Spirit Mountain, then held the Thirty Thousand Buddhas at bay with a second stone. The Great Heavenly Venerate sent a warning that the Heavenly Court would punish Western Heaven if anyone harmed Lin Zhu, leaving the Buddhas unable to attack.

• Maitreya Buddha attacked Lin Zhu to silence him, but Lin Zhu summoned the God-Slaying Spear and a Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone to counter him.
• Lin Zhu’s strike pierced Maitreya Buddha’s palm and unleashed Demonic Qi across Spirit Mountain, forcing Tathagata and the other Buddhas to suppress it.
• Tathagata severed Maitreya Buddha’s arm to free him from the spear, and Lin Zhu challenged the Buddhas to attack again.
• Lin Zhu produced a second Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone, freezing the Thirty Thousand Buddhas with the threat of another catastrophe.
• Venerable Ananda delivered the Great Heavenly Venerate’s warning that harming Lin Zhu would annul Journey to the West and bring a Heavenly Court campaign against Western Heaven.

Lin Zhu confronted Maitreya Buddha at Spirit Mountain over the attempted assassination of his wife and threatened to destroy the Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone when the Buddhas refused to give him justice. Yaoshi Buddha testified against Maitreya, and Tathagata stripped him of his Future Buddha position and ordered him to suppress the South Sea demons; Maitreya appeared to accept the punishment.

• The Great Heavenly Venerate took control of Golden Mountain Temple and warned Western Heaven that the Heavenly Court would oppose them if they harmed Lin Zhu.
• Lin Zhu accused Maitreya Buddha of ordering Bodhisattva Weituo to assassinate his wife, while Maitreya denied the charge.
• When the Buddhas would not give Lin Zhu justice, he raised the Heavenly Origin Demonic Stone and threatened to destroy it.
• Yaoshi Buddha testified that Maitreya had asked him to join the plot and had compelled Bodhisattva Weituo to attack Lin Zhu's wife.
• Tathagata suppressed Maitreya with the Buddhas' help, revoked his Future Buddha position, and sentenced him to suppress demons in the South Sea.
• Maitreya denounced Western Heaven's hypocrisy, then abruptly said he would accept his punishment.