Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu clarified that he wanted the Three Great Bodhisattvas’ mounts as powerful demonic-beast recruits, not the Bodhisattvas themselves, and Amitabha and Tathagata steered the gathering back to negotiations. Lin Zhu argued that exchanging the mounts for a Nine Revolutions Great Return Pill and White Lotus Boy’s release benefited Western Heaven, but Manjushri and Samantabhadra resisted handing over their longtime companions.

• Lin Zhu’s demand for the Bodhisattvas’ mounts was mistaken for an indecent proposition, enraging Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Guanyin, and Tathagata.
• Lin Zhu clarified that he wanted the Azure-Haired Lion, Six-Tusked White Elephant, and Guanyin’s mount for their strength and past crimes, leaving the gathering embarrassed.
• Amitabha called the uproar a misunderstanding, and Tathagata agreed to return the discussion to business.
• Manjushri and Samantabhadra objected that Qiu Shou Xian and Ling Ya Xian were their trusted companions, while Guanyin remained silent.
• Lin Zhu explained that the three mounts had once been Jie Sect immortals and could become powerful allies if freed from their Restrictions.
• Lin Zhu offered a Nine Revolutions Great Return Pill and White Lotus Boy’s release in exchange for the three mounts, arguing that Western Heaven would benefit from the deal.

Lin Zhu secured the release of Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal in exchange for White Lotus Boy’s primordial spirit and the Nine Revolutions Great Return Pill. He hurriedly led his forces away from Spirit Mountain, and the Jade Emperor soon followed, while Tathagata mocked Lin Zhu’s retreat and Amitabha wondered what had prompted it.

• Amitabha overruled Tathagata’s objections and ordered Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Guanyin to surrender their mounts to Lin Zhu.
• Amitabha removed the Buddhist Restrictions, freeing Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal in their True Bodies.
• Lin Zhu returned White Lotus Boy’s primordial spirit and gave Amitabha the Nine Revolutions Great Return Pill, completing the exchange.
• Purple Gold Dragon Emperor and Platinum Dragon Emperor thanked Lin Zhu, and Lin Zhu immediately ordered Abyssal, Sky Eagle, and the Ninth Heaven Prison forces to flee with the three freed demons.
• The Jade Emperor judged that Lin Zhu’s haste signaled danger and returned to the Heavenly Court, while the Ninth Heaven Prison forces escaped as well.
• Tathagata called Lin Zhu a coward, but Amitabha suspected his departure was prompted by something other than fear of the Western Heaven.

After the Jade Emperor and the Dragon Clan left, Amitabha ordered the surviving Buddhists to tend to Spirit Mountain’s destruction. When he entered the Great Thunderclap Monastery, he discovered that its seats and hidden treasures had been ransacked, leaving Tathagata, Ancient Buddha Ran Deng, and the other Buddhas furious and distraught.

• Amitabha thanked the departing Jade Emperor, while the Dragon Clan left with Little White Dragon Ao Lie’s primordial spirit.
• Ancient Buddha Ran Deng mourned the dead at Spirit Mountain, and Amitabha ordered the Buddhists to recover the bodies, clear the ruins, and stabilize the Earth Veins.
• Amitabha entered the Great Thunderclap Monastery and cried out in shock at the wreckage inside.
• Buddha Tathagata found his Dharma Seat smashed and his hidden treasures, including his Merit Divine Water, missing.
• Ancient Buddha Ran Deng discovered that his Measuring Sky Ruler had been stolen from his Dharma Seat.
• The Thirty Thousand Buddhas found their own seats and hidden belongings damaged or gone, and the Great Thunderclap Monastery erupted into chaos.

The Buddhas discovered that Great Thunderclap Monastery had been looted and blamed Lin Zhu, but Amitabha rebuked Tathagata for the security failures and forbade Western Heaven from provoking the Heavenly Court. Amitabha ordered Tathagata to rebuild Spirit Mountain and resume Journey to the West by restoring Golden Cicada Child with the Nine Revolutions Great Return Pill.

• The Buddhas found Great Thunderclap Monastery ransacked and accused Lin Zhu of stealing their treasures and keepsakes.
• Amitabha blamed Tathagata for leaving the monastery undefended and said the disrupted traces made the theft impossible to investigate.
• Tathagata failed to use the Round Light Mirror to view the past and urged Amitabha to accuse Lin Zhu and search the Heavenly Court.
• Amitabha condemned Tathagata for the White Lotus Boy's actions and the monastery's weak defenses, then stopped him from escalating the dispute with the Heavenly Court.
• Tathagata admitted responsibility, and Amitabha ordered him to rebuild Spirit Mountain and resume the westward journey by restoring Golden Cicada Child.

After learning that Spirit Mountain’s Wish-Fulfilling Corridor had been stripped bare, Amitabha rushed to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool and discovered that Lin Zhu had emptied it as well. Western Heaven’s leaders and disciples were left facing the loss of their foundation and the resources that sustained them.

• An Arhat reported to Amitabha, Ran Deng, and the others that the Eight Thousand Zhang Wish-Fulfilling Corridor had been looted of its valuables.
• The Arhat revealed that much of the Merit Pool’s water and Spirit Source Agate had also been taken, prompting Amitabha to race toward the pool.
• The Thirty Thousand Buddhas followed Amitabha, fearing the loss of the Merit Pool would cut off their cultivation resources and salaries.
• Amitabha and the Buddhas found the Eight Treasures Merit Pool emptied, its lotuses and surrounding structures stripped away, and its basin gouged out.
• Amitabha confirmed that the thief had emptied the pool, leaving Tathagata and the gathered Buddhas in despair as some Arhats and Buddhas fainted.

Amitabha discovered that Lin Zhu had emptied the Merit Pool after deceiving its guardian, Akshobhya Buddha, with forged authority and a Heavenly Dao Oath. Akshobhya continued recounting Lin Zhu’s convincing performance, leaving the Buddhas stunned and furious.

• Amitabha roused Akshobhya Buddha and found the Merit Pool completely emptied.
• Amitabha seized Akshobhya’s whiskers and demanded to know what had happened to the pool water and its treasures.
• Akshobhya explained that Lin Zhu had claimed Amitabha secretly ordered him to relocate the pool’s resources, using a token and a Heavenly Dao Oath to gain trust.
• Akshobhya admitted that he helped Lin Zhu remove the Spirit Source Agate and Muni Light Pearl and handed over the Thunderstrike Pestle.
• Amitabha and the other Buddhas realized Lin Zhu had tricked Akshobhya, while Akshobhya continued describing how sincere and trustworthy Lin Zhu had seemed.

Amitabha confronted Akshobhya Buddha over Lin Zhu’s theft of Western Heaven’s treasures, while the Thirty Thousand Buddhas tried to recast Akshobhya’s gullibility as loyalty. After Akshobhya finally realized he had been deceived, Amitabha suspected collusion and began using Merit to trace back the incident.

• Akshobhya Buddha described how he trusted Lin Zhu, excavated the Spirit Source Agate, and entrusted him with the Thunderstrike Pestle, while the Thirty Thousand Buddhas praised his supposed sacrifice.
• Amitabha erupted in anger over the loss of five million portions of Merit Divine Water and other treasures, and Akshobhya Buddha mistakenly assumed Lin Zhu was merely safeguarding them.
• Buddha Tathagata revealed that Lin Zhu had snatched the Merit Golden Lotus and Duobao Pagoda, with Bodhi Patriarch possibly helping him.
• Amitabha accused Akshobhya Buddha of colluding with Lin Zhu, but Akshobhya offered his memories and a time trace to prove his innocence.
• Amitabha gathered Merit to forcefully trace back time and reveal what had happened at the Merit Pool.

Amitabha used Merit Power to examine Akshobhya Buddha’s memories and confirmed that Lin Zhu had deceived him without Akshobhya’s deliberate help. The chapter revealed that Wu Yun Xian had secretly recognized Lin Zhu as a likely Jie Sect ally, helped him ruin the Merit Pool, and entrusted him with the Thunderstrike Pestle.

• Amitabha traced Akshobhya Buddha’s memories and found that Lin Zhu had convincingly deceived him, leaving Amitabha furious and helpless.
• Wu Yun Xian recalled recognizing Lin Zhu’s Jie Sect aura when Lin Zhu entered the Great Thunderclap Monastery and began draining the Merit Pool.
• Wu Yun Xian concealed his awareness, then pretended to confront Lin Zhu while covertly probing his identity and cooperating with his story.
• Lin Zhu and Wu Yun Xian acted together to remove Merit Divine Water, Spirit Source Agate, Muni Light Pearls, and the Thunderstrike Pestle while destroying the pool’s foundation.
• Wu Yun Xian entrusted the Thunderstrike Pestle to Lin Zhu, who silently resolved to return and rescue him.
• Lin Zhu left for the Heavenly Court with the stolen treasures while Wu Yun Xian remained behind, having helped Western Heaven lose the Merit Pool and its remaining Merit Divine Water.

Lin Zhu returned to the Heavenly Court with Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal, prompting a stunned reception when the immortals recognized the Bodhisattvas’ former mounts. The three Jie Sect immortals realized Lin Zhu was their senior brother, but he warned them to keep his identity secret as they were settled into the Heavenly Court.

• Lin Zhu brought Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal back from Spirit Mountain with the Ninth Heaven Prison forces.
• Rumors of Lin Zhu’s exploits in Western Heaven drew a huge crowd of immortals to the South Heaven Gate.
• The gathered immortals recognized the three demons as the mounts of Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Guanyin, and marveled that they had followed Lin Zhu willingly.
• Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal sensed Jie Sect Dao Charm and Tongtian’s token on Lin Zhu and realized he was their senior brother.
• Lin Zhu stopped Qiu Shou Xian from revealing their connection and sent the three immortals to Star Dou Palace as new members of the Heavenly Court.

Lin Zhu returned to the Heavenly Court with Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal as new Ninth Heaven Prison Enforcers, and found his prison so popular that it lacked space and staff for further expansion. He unveiled a stockpile of exceptional Spirit Source Agate to build a new Enforcement Hall, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Lin Zhu officially made Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal Enforcers of the Ninth Heaven Prison, provoking Western Heaven and impressing the watching Immortals.
• A crowd of demons and cultivators gathered at the South Heaven Gate to seek places in the renowned Ninth Heaven Prison, and the Jade Emperor invited Lin Zhu to discuss something at Lingxiao Palace.
• Nezha led the Enforcers in holding back the crowd and told Lin Zhu that recruitment had outgrown the prison's limited grounds and strained its staff.
• Lin Zhu proposed building a new Enforcement Hall beside the Ninth Heaven Prison rather than expanding the prison itself.
• Lin Zhu opened the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm and poured out huge quantities of high-quality Spirit Source Agate, astonishing the assembled Immortals.

Lin Zhu began building the Ninth Heaven Prison’s Enforcement Hall with treasures he had taken from Spirit Mountain, insisting that the materials had merely found an affinity with him. As Nezha and the Heavenly Prison members prepared for construction, the riches left the enforcers questioning whether they were worthy of the hall.

• Lin Zhu poured out Spirit Source Agate and other treasures from Western Heaven, declaring that he would use them as building materials for the Enforcement Hall.
• Lin Zhu described the stolen structures and ornaments as objects fated to meet him and claimed he had saved them for the Heavenly Court.
• A sentient stone pier accused Lin Zhu of forcibly removing it, so Lin Zhu crushed it and persuaded the watching immortals to deny that stones could talk.
• The immortals applauded Lin Zhu’s explanation, and he gave Nezha the spatial artifact containing the spoils from Spirit Mountain.
• Nezha and the Heavenly Prison members began preparing the materials for construction, but the lavish treasures made the enforcers feel unworthy and one new enforcer’s Dao heart wavered.

Lin Zhu planned to turn the One Hundred Million Buddha Soldiers into renovation workers, house servants, and farmers while using Western Heaven’s treasures to build Ninth Heaven Prison’s Enforcement Hall. His extravagant plans left the watching immortals overwhelmed with envy and regret.

• Lin Zhu called the hall’s costly materials plain and proposed using one hundred million workers to renovate it.
• Lin Zhu told Nezha to assign twenty million Buddha Soldiers to decorate the hall and install its formations, then distribute others as house servants to Ninth Heaven Prison’s core members.
• Lin Zhu ordered the remaining Buddha Soldiers to farm and raise spirit beasts in Northern Kuru, and promised valuable artifacts as rewards for exceptional work.
• Lin Zhu left to inspect his other gains, while Nezha and the gathered immortals struggled to process his plans and his claim that Ninth Heaven Prison was poor.
• The watching immortals collapsed into envy and regret, and one cried that they could not be the only ones traumatized.

After returning from Spirit Mountain, Lin Zhu reunited with Fairy Nishang and tallied his immense haul of Merit Divine Water and magical treasures. He left the Ninth Heaven Prison’s exploits to spread through the Three Realms and ended by deciding to strengthen his defenses by upgrading the Merit Golden Lotus.

• Immortals rushed off to spread news of the Ninth Heaven Prison’s lavish resources, while Nezha worried about the uproar it would cause across the Three Realms.
• Lin Zhu returned to his chamber with his spoils, then welcomed a worried Fairy Nishang and reassured her that he had returned safely from Spirit Mountain.
• Lin Zhu gave Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal pills to cleanse Buddhist Restrictions and sent them to Star Dou Palace.
• Lin Zhu counted one million six hundred thousand Merit Divine Water, five hundred thousand Heavenly Dao Merit, and a collection of powerful magical treasures, including the Measuring Sky Ruler, Three Lights Divine Water, and Azure Lotus Precious Color Flag.
• Lin Zhu considered using Merit to strengthen his subordinates and reserved some for his own advancement, then recognized his need for better defenses and resolved to upgrade the Merit Golden Lotus.

Lin Zhu used his administrator permissions to upgrade the Thirteenth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus into a Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus, then began feeding it more resources to guide a further mutation. The second transformation had only just begun, leaving its final form unknown.

• Lin Zhu nourished the Chaos Green Lotus sapling with Merit Divine Water, and it produced a seed he suspected was from the Pure World White Lotus.
• Lin Zhu used Three Lights Divine Water, Merit Divine Water, the suspected White Lotus seed, a Golden Light Sarira, and other materials to upgrade the Merit Golden Lotus.
• Lin Zhu used Advanced Administrator Debugging Permission to force the upgrade success rate to 100000%, triggering a Rule overflow and a mutation.
• The Merit Golden Lotus became a Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus, a Heavenly Dao Strange Treasure with strong protection and attack-reflection effects.
• Lin Zhu accepted the System's offer to guide another mutation and spent five hundred thousand Merit Divine Water and two Muni Light Pearls.
• The Creation Green Lotus began absorbing the new resources, but its further transformation remained underway.

Lin Zhu completed the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus’s advancement and gained powerful protections, while Spirit Mountain struggled to recover from its devastation and losses. Guanyin Bodhisattva then told Tathagata that Lin Zhu planned to expand the Heavenly Prison and establish an Enforcement Hall.

• The Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus advanced to a Heavenly Dao Supreme Strange Treasure, reducing damage to Lin Zhu, shielding him from Buddha Light, and reflecting attacks.
• Lin Zhu absorbed the Green Lotus into his consciousness and looked toward Spirit Mountain, anticipating that the Buddhas would soon come to him again.
• Tathagata oversaw Spirit Mountain’s reconstruction and weighed the losses Amitabha had covered after its Merit Divine Water and treasures were plundered.
• White Lotus Boy boasted that he had saved Spirit Mountain and scolded the workers, while the Buddhas and Arhats privately resented him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva reported that Lin Zhu was proclaiming his plans to expand the Heavenly Prison and establish an Enforcement Hall.

Guanyin reported that Lin Zhu had used Spirit Mountain’s treasures and prisoners to build a hall and was attracting demons, Rogue Cultivators, and even a planned tribulation, while Sun Wukong remained in the Ninth Heaven Prison. Tathagata ordered Guanyin to retrieve Sun Wukong and convey Western Heaven’s willingness to let the stolen materials go, then fled when White Lotus Boy bragged about his supposed heroism.

• Guanyin told Tathagata that Lin Zhu had used Spirit Mountain’s finest materials and the One Hundred Million Buddha Soldiers to build a hall for the Heavenly Court.
• Guanyin reported that powerful demons and Rogue Cultivators were seeking places in the Ninth Heaven Prison, and that Black Bear Spirit had left for the Heavenly Court.
• Guanyin revealed that Sun Wukong was still a guest in the Ninth Heaven Prison, and Tathagata ordered her to bring him back safely.
• Tathagata told Guanyin to let Lin Zhu know Western Heaven would not pursue the loss of its construction materials if Sun Wukong was released and the Journey to the West could continue.
• White Lotus Boy arrived boasting that destiny favored him, and Tathagata snapped at him before fleeing to the meditation courtyard.

Guanyin prepared to meet Lin Zhu in the Heavenly Court, while Lin Zhu told the rescued Jie Sect immortals he would not try to revive their fallen sect. The three demon immortals weighed whether to follow him into the Ninth Heaven Prison as they questioned his distance from the Jie Sect and his position in the Heavenly Court.

• Guanyin told White Lotus Boy that she was going to meet Hell God Lin Zhu, and he fled in terror rather than accompany her.
• Lin Zhu summoned Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal, who thanked him for rescuing them from Western Heaven.
• Lin Zhu explained that Saint Tongtian had effectively forced him into the Jie Sect and said he had no intention of reviving it, though the three immortals were free to stay or leave.
• Qiu Shou Xian agreed to follow Lin Zhu and serve in the Ninth Heaven Prison.
• The three demon immortals secretly discussed Lin Zhu's lack of attachment to the Jie Sect and wondered whether joining the Heavenly Court would betray their teacher.

Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Golden Light Immortal chose to leave the Heavenly Court and travel through the Human Realm, feeling provoked by Lin Zhu’s indifference despite promising to repay his kindness. Lin Zhu then went to Lingxiao Palace, where the gathered officials and Jade Emperor received him with unusual solemnity.

• Golden Light Immortal proposed that the three Jie Sect immortals leave the Heavenly Court to see the Three Realms and decide their future, and Qiu Shou Xian and Ling Ya Xian agreed.
• Qiu Shou Xian told Lin Zhu that the three brothers could not immediately serve the Heavenly Court because their hearts remained with their teacher, but promised they would answer his call in an emergency.
• Lin Zhu said the Ninth Heaven Prison welcomed cultivators committed to the Three Realms’ righteous order, not those joining merely from gratitude or Jie Sect ties, and told the brothers they could leave freely.
• Lin Zhu suggested they visit Kunlun Mountain to gather information, then departed for Lingxiao Palace while the three immortals resolved to make a name for themselves in the Human Realm.
• Lin Zhu entered Lingxiao Palace and found the officials assembled in unusual silence as the Jade Emperor greeted him from the throne.

Lin Zhu revealed a massive gourd of Merit Divine Water in Lingxiao Palace, and the Jade Emperor eagerly sought to acquire it for the Heavenly Court. Lin Zhu offered the contents to him, while the system mission advanced toward a trade that would earn Lin Zhu a reward and greater influence.

• The Jade Emperor praised Lin Zhu and suggested exchanging Heavenly Court resources for his difficult-to-handle spoils from the Western Heaven.
• Lin Zhu received a system mission requiring him to trade five hundred thousand Merit Divine Water to the Jade Emperor for equivalent Merit of Faith or special authority.
• Lin Zhu brought out a person-high gourd and revealed that it was filled with Merit Divine Water, stunning the immortals and stirring the Jade Emperor's desire to obtain it.
• Lin Zhu offered to hand over all the water for the Jade Emperor to use as he saw fit, and the Jade Emperor expressed his gratitude.
• The Jade Emperor asked Lin Zhu to confirm whether the gourd contained five hundred thousand Merit Divine Water and whether he was truly willing to sell it.

Lin Zhu gave the Jade Emperor five hundred thousand Merit Divine Water, and the Jade Emperor exchanged seven hundred thousand Merit of Faith for it. After the transaction left the Jade Emperor weakened, Lin Zhu returned to the Ninth Heaven Prison, while the Jade Emperor resolved to keep him as the Heavenly Court’s Gou Chen and trusted blade.

• Lin Zhu confirmed that his gourd held five hundred thousand Merit Divine Water and offered it to the Heavenly Court as a contribution.
• The Jade Emperor offered seven hundred thousand Merit of Faith in exchange, despite ministers warning that stripping it could harm him.
• The Jade Emperor forcibly stripped away the merit and gave it to Lin Zhu, who accepted it and received a system reward of one hundred thousand Merit Divine Water.
• The court session ended, and the Jade Emperor collapsed after the other immortals left, suffering pain and weakness from the sacrifice.
• The Jade Emperor reflected that Lin Zhu served the Heavenly Court and vowed that he would not give away Lin Zhu’s position as Gou Chen.
• Lin Zhu rode toward the Ninth Heaven Prison, pleased with the results of his trip to the Western Heaven.