Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu helped Nezha defeat and kill Yu Yi Xian, then claimed the Golden-Winged Roc’s corpse and received the Dou Ri Luo Net as a reward. The Heavenly Court immortals mobbed Lin Zhu and Nezha afterward, clamoring to join the Ninth Heaven Prison.

• Yu Yi Xian panicked when Lin Zhu gave Nezha several powerful treasures, fled in his Golden-Winged Roc form, and was caught by Lin Zhu.
• Nezha trapped Yu Yi Xian in the Duobao Pagoda, suppressed him with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and killed him with the Immortal Slaying God Punishing Treasure Saber.
• Lin Zhu received the Dou Ri Luo Net for completing his task and took Yu Yi Xian’s corpse to use for refining treasures.
• The Heavenly Court immortals surrounded Lin Zhu and begged to join the Ninth Heaven Prison, while male immortals chased Nezha for help.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman brought Lin Zhu to Yaochi, where Queen Mother gave him two five-million-year Peaches of Immortality and then questioned him about Nine Phoenix and Northern Kuru. Queen Mother ended by telling Lin Zhu that she was more interested in him than in Nine Phoenix.

• The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman stopped the commotion at the Heavenly Prison and escorted Lin Zhu to Queen Mother, while Great Emperor Zhaosheng's suggestive teasing earned him a kick from Lin Zhu.
• At Yaochi, fairies admired Lin Zhu, and Queen Mother greeted him after emerging from her bath, prompting him to avert his gaze.
• Queen Mother offered Lin Zhu two five-million-year Peaches of Immortality, then joked that he would belong to her; Lin Zhu put them down and prepared to leave until she said she had serious business to discuss.
• Lin Zhu warned Queen Mother that he was married and would not take part in infighting, and Queen Mother remarked on his unusual, unpredictable nature.
• Queen Mother revealed she knew Lin Zhu kept Nine Phoenix, and after Lin Zhu briefly showed her, she asked what he thought of Northern Kuru.
• Lin Zhu said Northern Kuru had nice scenery, and Queen Mother replied that she was far more interested in him than in Nine Phoenix.

Queen Mother asked Lin Zhu to retrieve the Immortal Slaughtering Sword from Northern Kuru, but he put the trip aside to help King of Tang resist Western Heaven's plan. Bodhisattva Samantabhadra's scheme to frighten Li Shimin failed, while Guanyin Bodhisattva forced her way into Chang'an after the City Gods tried to bar her.

• Queen Mother flirted with Lin Zhu and asked him to retrieve the Immortal Slaughtering Sword from Northern Kuru; he accepted, then left Yaochi with a Peach of Immortality.
• Lin Zhu decided to postpone going to Northern Kuru and head to Chang'an to help Li Shimin thwart Western Heaven's plan.
• Bodhisattva Samantabhadra killed the Wei River Dragon King, seized his ghostly soul, and sent it to frighten King of Tang.
• Li Shimin was unafraid of the Wei River Dragon King's ghost, seized his severed head, and used the Spirit-Restoring Pill's yang energy to overpower him.
• Bodhisattva Samantabhadra realized Lin Zhu had given Li Shimin the means to resist ghosts and waited for Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was blocked outside Chang'an by City Gods acting under Lin Zhu's orders.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva blasted the City Gods aside and forced her way into Chang'an City.

Lin Zhu subdued Guanyin Bodhisattva outside Chang'an and made her surrender the Pure Glazed Vase and Willow Branch before letting her go. After the Journey to the West plan failed and Guanyin Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Samantabhadra went to report to Buddha Tathagata, Lin Zhu gave Cui Gui a chance to atone for his offense through service.

• Lin Zhu struck Guanyin Bodhisattva with the God-Slaying Spear and trapped her in the Dou Ri Luo Net after she forced her way into Chang'an.
• Lin Zhu demanded compensation, and Guanyin Bodhisattva surrendered the Pure Glazed Vase and Willow Branch before he released her.
• A system notification confirmed that Li Shimin had learned to kill ghosts and the ghostly soul of the Wei River Dragon King had been destroyed; Guanyin Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Samantabhadra then realized the plan had failed and flew to tell Buddha Tathagata.
• Lin Zhu reassured the City Gods while privately considering Guanyin Bodhisattva too poor to extort, and Bodhisattva Samantabhadra lamented that Li Shimin had killed the dragon king's ghost with a brick.
• Cui Gui begged Lin Zhu for mercy, and Lin Zhu spared him and ordered him to atone through service.

After the Wei River Dragon King's ghost failed to intimidate the King of Tang, Buddha Tathagata ordered Guanyin Bodhisattva to seize the king's soul, while Lin Zhu helped Cui Gui evade the order. Western Heaven's midnight plan collapsed when Cui Gui fled to the Heavenly Court, leaving the Three Great Bodhisattvas scrambling before dawn.

• Lin Zhu gave the Ten Halls of Yama a plan to reorganize the Underworld, while Buddha Tathagata learned that the King of Tang had beaten the Wei River Dragon King's ghost to death.
• Buddha Tathagata ordered Guanyin Bodhisattva to send Cui Gui to seize the King of Tang's soul, and Cui Gui reported the plan to Lin Zhu, who told him to stay out of it and report to the Heavenly Court.
• The King of Tang discussed Western Heaven's interference with his ministers and strengthened the palace defenses with Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde on guard.
• Lin Zhu received a system mission to stop Western Heaven, while Guanyin Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Manjushri, and Bodhisattva Samantabhadra prepared to seize the king's soul with Buddha Tathagata's support.
• When Cui Gui failed to appear at midnight, Buddha Tathagata used Divine Power vision and saw him fleeing toward the Heavenly Court with the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush.
• Buddha Tathagata ordered the Three Great Bodhisattvas to get the King of Tang's soul to the Underworld before dawn, while Guanyin Bodhisattva denied mistreating Cui Gui.

Treasure Maiden brought King of Tang into the Underworld after the Buddhist Sect failed to seize his soul quietly, while Lin Zhu and Great Emperor Fengdu prepared a hidden counterstroke. The chapter ended with the Three Great Bodhisattvas discovering that Lin Zhu had transformed the Underworld into a bright, welcoming place.

• Buddha Tathagata ordered Treasure Maiden to seize King of Tang's soul and kept the Thirty Thousand Buddhas ready to attack Lin Zhu, but mistook a pigeon for him.
• Treasure Maiden and Bodhisattva Manjushri failed to blow out King of Tang's unusually heavy soul, then used a forged Book of Life and Death to persuade him to go to the Underworld.
• King of Tang entered the Underworld with Treasure Maiden, while Buddha Tathagata believed Lin Zhu had abandoned his interference and dismissed the Buddhas.
• Lin Zhu revealed that he had stayed hidden in the Royal Palace and met Great Emperor Fengdu, whose cultivation had reached the Perfected Grand Luo realm.
• Lin Zhu took the Underworld layout plan from Great Emperor Fengdu and declared that the real show was beginning.
• Treasure Maiden and the Three Great Bodhisattvas found the Underworld transformed, with a pink welcome arch, flower-decorated Yellow Springs Road, and comically dressed Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

King of Tang’s journey through the Underworld turned into a cheerful tour, while Treasure Maiden and the Three Great Bodhisattvas failed to frighten him into following Western Heaven’s plans. Lin Zhu arrived and revealed that he had inspired the Underworld’s reforms, then exposed the hidden Bodhisattvas; the chapter ended as everyone waited to hear what he would do.

• King of Tang enjoyed the lively Underworld, and his late relatives’ wronged souls vanished when they attacked him.
• Treasure Maiden led King of Tang toward King Yama, but he danced with ghosts and praised the Underworld’s civic banners along the way.
• Lin Zhu arrived with the Ten Halls of Yama and Great Emperor Fengdu, who credited him with inspiring the Underworld’s reforms.
• Lin Zhu sensed Guanyin Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Manjushri, and Bodhisattva Samantabhadra hiding nearby and forced them to reveal themselves.
• King of Tang identified Bodhisattva Manjushri as the one who had hooked his soul, while the Bodhisattvas feared Lin Zhu would ruin Western Heaven’s plans.

Lin Zhu protected the Three Great Bodhisattvas’ plan to return King of Tang to life, then exposed Treasure Maiden for interfering in Underworld affairs. He had her arrested and presented her with a humiliating assortment of revealing outfits.

• Lin Zhu told King of Tang that the Three Great Bodhisattvas were his maids and made them serve him to preserve their secret.
• Bodhisattva Manjushri offered a fake Book of Life and Death, but King Qin Guang identified it as a fake, so Great Emperor Fengdu sent King of Tang onward while they searched for the real one.
• Lin Zhu stopped Treasure Maiden from following King of Tang and accused her of violating Underworld rules by interfering with a human Emperor’s life and death.
• Judge Zhong gave Treasure Maiden prison clothes, and Lin Zhu ordered that she be taken to the Underworld as a prisoner.
• Lin Zhu had Judge Zhong present Treasure Maiden with a pile of revealing costumes, leaving her trembling with rage.

Lin Zhu forced Treasure Maiden and the Three Great Bodhisattvas to wear humiliating costumes and perform for King of Tang, using his resurrection and the Journey to the West as leverage. As the bodhisattvas danced “Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss,” Buddha Tathagata and the Thirty Thousand Buddhas watched in stunned fascination.

• Lin Zhu made Treasure Maiden wear a pink princess dress, wig, and props, then forced her to shout a humiliating slogan before she escorted King of Tang away.
• Lin Zhu ordered Guanyin Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Manjushri, and Bodhisattva Samantabhadra to change into colorful outfits and dance for King of Tang.
• Lin Zhu taught the Three Great Bodhisattvas the suggestive “Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss” dance, and they accepted the order for Western Heaven’s sake.
• Great Emperor Fengdu announced the performance, and the Three Great Bodhisattvas danced before Lin Zhu in the Underworld.
• Buddha Tathagata and the Thirty Thousand Buddhas watched through Divine Power vision, becoming stunned and entranced by the performance.

Lin Zhu humiliated the Buddhas with a dance that drained their strength, then faced Buddha Tathagata in the Underworld as King of Tang’s journey through the realm continued. The chapter ended with Lin Zhu provoking Guanyin Bodhisattva with a vulgar question.

• Lin Zhu showed the Thirty Thousand Buddhas the Three Great Bodhisattvas dancing, weakening their Buddha hearts before cutting off the Divine Power visual field and demanding payment.
• Buddha Tathagata sent himself to the Underworld to confront Lin Zhu, while Lin Zhu took the Book of Life and Death from Great Emperor Fengdu.
• King of Tang toured the renovated Underworld without fear, and his golden light destroyed a group of vicious ghosts before Treasure Maiden tried to stop him from leaving.
• Buddha Tathagata arrived in the Underworld and ordered Lin Zhu to stop, but Lin Zhu mocked his missing Nine-Rank Golden Lotus and severed finger.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva rebuked Lin Zhu, who answered by asking whether the mole on her leg was black or red.

Lin Zhu used the Book of Life and Death to force Buddha Tathagata to negotiate over King of Tang’s resurrection, while revealing that he had advanced to Grand Luo Golden Immortal Completion. The chapter ended with Lin Zhu agreeing to secure King of Tang’s approval for the Water and Land Dharma Assembly in exchange for five hundred thousand Merit.

• Lin Zhu mocked Guanyin Bodhisattva and the other Buddhist figures, then received a system notification that his mission was complete and his cultivation had advanced.
• Buddha Tathagata accused Lin Zhu of killing King of Tang, but Treasure Maiden reported that King of Tang was about to return to life and the Book of Life and Death was missing.
• Lin Zhu revealed that he had the Book of Life and Death and demanded Merit in exchange for returning it and letting King of Tang live.
• Buddha Tathagata offered three hundred thousand Merit, while Lin Zhu bargained for more and revealed his new cultivation realm.
• Treasure Maiden suggested having Lin Zhu persuade King of Tang to hold the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, and Buddha Tathagata offered five hundred thousand Merit for Lin Zhu’s agreement.
• Lin Zhu readily agreed to Buddha Tathagata’s condition, saying everything was negotiable as long as he received Merit.

Lin Zhu accepted five hundred thousand Merit from Buddha Tathagata, then helped King of Tang plan a Water and Land Dharma Assembly aimed at countering Western Heaven’s influence. He gave King of Tang a cultivation routine that earned Heavenly Dao Merit, and the chapter ended with King of Tang weighing the merits and drawbacks of Buddhist teachings.

• Buddha Tathagata gave Lin Zhu five hundred thousand Merit, and Lin Zhu absorbed it despite demanding more.
• Lin Zhu arranged for Dance of the Heavenly Maiden and Treasure Maiden to return King of Tang’s soul to the Royal Palace.
• King of Tang told Lin Zhu he planned to attack the Tianzhu Buddha Kingdom and use reformed Buddhist teachings to weaken Western Heaven’s control.
• Lin Zhu gave King of Tang the Ninth National Middle School Broadcast Exercise Routine, which could help Great Tang’s people cultivate and strengthen the nation.
• The system awarded Lin Zhu Heavenly Dao Merit for sharing the cultivation technique, and Lin Zhu told King of Tang it only worked in Southern Jambudvipa.
• Lin Zhu promised to secretly support King of Tang’s Water and Land Dharma Assembly, then asked what he thought of Buddhist teachings.

Lin Zhu left King of Tang after helping him resist Western Heaven’s influence, then traveled to the South Sea to find Gu Yang. There, Gu Yang revealed that he had reached the Half-step Quasi-Saint realm and trapped Lin Zhu in an invisible barrier.

• King of Tang issued a Water and Land Dharma Assembly proclamation that secretly removed Western Heaven’s role, while Guanyin Bodhisattva mistook the change for a public explanation.
• Lin Zhu received Heavenly Dao Merit for the cultivation technique he had given King of Tang and explained that it only worked in Southern Jambudvipa.
• Lin Zhu traveled to the South Sea to find Gu Yang and found its Demonic Qi gone and its Sea Eye impossible to locate.
• Gu Yang watched Lin Zhu approach with a Primordial Demonic Dragon and revealed that he had advanced to the Half-step Quasi-Saint realm.
• Gu Yang trapped Lin Zhu in an invisible barrier, and Lin Zhu realized he could not break free.

Gu Yang manipulated Lin Zhu into handing over the Queen Mother's mission document, believing he had forced him to abandon the Heavenly Court and join his side. They traveled to Northern Kuru together, where Lin Zhu proposed starting at Moonlight Stream, while Gu Yang secretly intended to use him to find demon-core materials.

• Gu Yang accused Lin Zhu of betraying Western Heaven and joining the Heavenly Court, then threatened and tempted him into surrendering the Queen Mother's mission document.
• Lin Zhu revealed that his mission concerned Northern Kuru and a magic treasure, and Gu Yang proposed they work together there; Lin Zhu reluctantly agreed and handed over the document.
• Gu Yang told Lin Zhu that his master was about to emerge and claimed the master could defeat the Jade Emperor and Tathagata, while the Primordial Demonic Dragon warned Gu Yang not to go to Northern Kuru.
• Gu Yang dismissed the Primordial Demonic Dragon's concerns and traveled with Lin Zhu to Northern Kuru, where he eagerly welcomed its aura.
• At Moonlight Stream, Lin Zhu suggested they begin their search, while Gu Yang privately regarded him as a tool for finding demon-core materials.

Gu Yang revealed that his Phoenix-Eyed Water Wolf bloodline could draw Demonic Beasts to Moonlight Stream, then forced Lin Zhu to capture the beasts while he fought them. Lin Zhu secretly refined the resulting materials into pills and discovered that, despite losing the chance to tame the beasts, he had gained a vast haul of cultivation resources.

• Gu Yang told Lin Zhu about his Phoenix-Eyed Water Wolf bloodline and ordered him to use Buddha Kingdom in the Palm to capture the Demonic Beasts he attracted.
• Gu Yang released his Bloodline Essence at Moonlight Stream, drawing powerful ancient Demonic Beasts, then attacked them with Heavenly Wolf Howls at the Moon.
• Lin Zhu captured the wounded beasts in Buddha Kingdom in the Palm while Gu Yang fought, then secretly killed and refined them in the Shennong Cauldron.
• Lin Zhu discovered the beasts' contaminated Demonic Qi and damaged True Spirits made them too dangerous to tame.
• The system rewarded Lin Zhu with powerful pills, including Nine Revolutions Grand Luo Golden Pills, a Mortal Frenzy Pill, and a thousand Ten Thousand Years Cultivation Pills.

After Lin Zhu secretly refined Gu Yang’s captured Demonic Beasts into pills, he lied that they were safe in his Buddha Kingdom in the Palm. To keep Gu Yang from checking, Lin Zhu shamed him out of resting and drove him to continue toward Thunder Valley.

• Lin Zhu saw Gu Yang exhausted and bloodied after he slaughtered Demonic Beasts at Moonlight Stream.
• Gu Yang asked whether the beasts he had captured were safe, and Lin Zhu falsely assured him they were thriving in his Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
• When Gu Yang suggested resting before their next destination, Lin Zhu rebuked him and urged him to hurry to Thunder Valley for stronger Demonic Beasts.
• Lin Zhu accused Gu Yang of neglecting his master by seeking rest, and Gu Yang became ashamed and agreed to set out at once.
• Lin Zhu pressed Gu Yang with claims that every delay postponed his master’s conquest of the Three Realms, leaving Gu Yang shaken and newly determined to keep working.

Lin Zhu manipulated Gu Yang into entering Thunder Valley alone while he stayed behind to sleep and process his gains. Gu Yang fought through the valley’s Demonic Beasts without killing them, and Lin Zhu arrived to find him badly wounded and still battling the Primordial Thunder Dragon.

• Gu Yang thanked Lin Zhu for supposedly enlightening him and agreed to go ahead to Thunder Valley while Lin Zhu stayed behind.
• When Gu Yang returned to ask Lin Zhu to accompany him, Lin Zhu scolded him for doubting the master’s cause and sent him away again.
• Lin Zhu concealed himself among Moonlight Stream’s ruins, took stock of his gains, and fell asleep after justifying his exploitation of Gu Yang as a way to preserve peace.
• Gu Yang entered Thunder Valley and was surrounded by Demonic Beasts coordinated by the Primordial Thunder Dragon, whose power rivaled a peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Bound by the order to capture the Demonic Beasts alive, Gu Yang fought without killing them and sustained numerous wounds.
• Lin Zhu reached Thunder Valley the next morning and saw Gu Yang, battered and exhausted, still fighting the Primordial Thunder Dragon.

Gu Yang fought to keep the Demonic Beasts alive for their master while Lin Zhu secretly killed them inside his Buddha Kingdom and refined them into materials. Lin Zhu persuaded Gu Yang to brave the Primordial Thunder Dragon’s self-destruction for its Demonic Core, and Gu Yang emerged gravely wounded, leaving the outcome of his search unresolved.

• Gu Yang begged Lin Zhu to collect the incapacitated Demonic Beasts and the Primordial Thunder Dragon alive, and Lin Zhu secretly crushed the beasts’ life force inside his Buddha Kingdom before refining them.
• The Primordial Thunder Dragon tried to flee, then ignited its primordial spirit to self-destruct when Gu Yang blocked its escape.
• Lin Zhu urged Gu Yang to seize the Thunder Dragon’s Demonic Core and claimed he had to stay behind to protect the collected beasts, persuading Gu Yang to charge into the destructive energy.
• Lin Zhu drank tea and refined the dead Demonic Beasts, receiving pills and a worthless Good and Evil Five Poisons Powder, while Gu Yang searched the explosion for the Demonic Core.
• After the storm subsided, Gu Yang staggered back to Lin Zhu severely wounded and opened his hand, but the chapter ended before revealing what he had found.

Lin Zhu accepted the reclaimed Primordial Thunder Dragon demonic core and tricked the badly injured Gu Yang into swallowing Good and Evil Five Poisons Powder. He then pressured Gu Yang to resume his dangerous mission, while Lin Zhu left Thunder Valley with his gains and brought out the Nine Phoenix.

• Gu Yang returned the intact demonic core to Lin Zhu, who fed it into the Shennong Cauldron and gained a top-grade Nine Revolutions Grand Luo Golden Pill.
• Lin Zhu pretended that his bottle contained a precious healing pill, and Gu Yang snatched it and swallowed the Good and Evil Five Poisons Powder.
• The powder restored some of Gu Yang's stamina and spiritual power while reducing his intelligence, and Lin Zhu rebuked him for trying to rest before continuing his mission.
• Gu Yang set off toward the next Demonic Beast gathering place, still badly wounded, while Lin Zhu brewed tea and considered the pills and materials he had gained.
• Lin Zhu left Thunder Valley for a secluded mountain peak and released the nine-headed fledgling Nine Phoenix from his robes.

Lin Zhu fed Nine Phoenix two pills, triggering a brief ancient aura and a startling leap in cultivation before it began calling him Daddy. He put the chick away and went to check on Gu Yang, who remained exhausted and longing to escape his brutal labor.

• Lin Zhu gave Nine Phoenix the Moonlight Pill and God-Consolidating Pill, causing its cultivation to surge and an ancient, domineering aura to flare briefly.
• Nine Phoenix’s aura faded, and the chick called Lin Zhu Mommy before obediently switching to Daddy at his insistence.
• Lin Zhu discovered Nine Phoenix had reached Grand Luo Golden Immortal Completion and fastened the Sha Po Lang bracelet around its ankle.
• After Nine Phoenix could not explain the ancient aura, Lin Zhu returned it to his robes and left to check on Gu Yang.
• At dusk, Gu Yang sat wounded and mentally dulled in a desolate valley, longing to return home as Lin Zhu’s familiar voice sounded behind him.