Chapter Summaries

After Fu Hancheng challenged Chen Yang over his killing of a female university student, Chen Yang punished her and ordered Zhang Nanhai to answer for appointing her in defiance of his decree. That night, Chen Yang dreamed of the Three Ancestors and Three Emperors, who warned him that Luo Hou may have revived, and Shennong offered to introduce him to people he most wanted to see.

• Fu Hancheng called Chen Yang to question him, and Chen Yang blinded her and cut off her spiritual sense after she threatened to expose him.
• Chen Yang confronted Zhang Nanhai for appointing Fu Hancheng as Jiangbei Province's bureau director despite his decree, and ordered him to report to the elders and cripple his cultivation.
• Chen Yang sent Xiao Yan to eliminate everyone connected to the Demon Venerable, then Xiao Yi Xian told him that Xiao Ling had agreed to be with him.
• Chen Yang dreamed of the Three Ancestors of the Human Race and the Three Emperors, and the seven met in the Human Race's first house while Chen Yang used the Green Ping Sword to conceal their conversation.
• Fuxi told Chen Yang that Luo Hou had likely been revived and urged him to return to the Primordial Chaos to investigate the Demon Race.
• Shennong offered to introduce Chen Yang to the people he most wanted to see.

Chen Yang reunited with his resurrected parents and sister in a dream, then brought Chen Yao back to Earth. After settling plans to return to the Great Thousand World and investigate Primordial Chaos, he watched the world draw near.

• Chen Yang entered the courtyard and reunited with Chen Yao, Chen Zhiyuan, and Yang Lixue, learning that the Human Ancestor had revived them in the Ancestral Land.
• Chen Yang spent two and a half months with his family, then asked the Three Ancestors and Three Emperors for permission to bring Chen Yao to Earth.
• Fuxi told Chen Yang that the Heavenly Dao might be behind the obstacles and advised him to find an entry point into Primordial Chaos.
• Chen Yang woke on Earth with Chen Yao beside him and introduced her to his wives, who welcomed her.
• Chen Yang made plans to wipe out Eagle Sauce and return with his companions to the Great Thousand World, where he intended to test Xiao Xuan and Lin Dong.

Chen Yang welcomed his younger sister Chen Yao back to Yang City, then prepared to travel to Primordial Chaos with a group of companions. At Wuzhuang Temple, the system raised his strength to Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal and awarded him the Chaos Bell.

• Chen Yang returned with Chen Yao, reunited with his family and friends, and arranged for her to live with her sisters.
• Chen Yang told Lin Dong about the coming journey and selected Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Xiao Xuan, Fierce Tiger King, and Zhou Ruan to accompany him.
• Zhou Ruan recovered memories of her past life and agreed to travel with Chen Yang to Primordial Chaos.
• After half a year, Chen Yang and his group left the Great Thousand World and reached the Primordial Continent, where Zhou Ruan recognized Wuzhuang Temple as Great Immortal Zhenyuan's sanctuary.
• Great Immortal Zhenyuan welcomed Chen Yang into Wuzhuang Temple, triggering the system to raise Chen Yang to Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal and grant him the Chaos Bell.

After revealing his identity as Tongtian reborn, Chen Yang visited Wuzhuang Temple and bargained with Zhenyuanzi for Ginseng Fruits for his companions and family. He then decided to investigate the Journey to the West Calamity for signs of a plot involving the Western Sect and the Demon Ancestor.

• Chen Yang told Xiao Yan that he was Tongtian reincarnated, and Xiao Yan explained Chen Yang's past to Xiao Xuan and Lin Dong.
• Chen Yang introduced Zhou Ruan to Zhenyuanzi, who congratulated her on being reborn as a Human.
• Chen Yang negotiated with Zhenyuanzi for Ginseng Fruits, trading Enlightenment Tea leaves for extra fruits for his family.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, Lin Dong, and Zhou Ruan ate the fruits and entered closed-door cultivation, while Chen Yang gave them Enlightenment Tea leaves.
• Chen Yang told Zhenyuanzi he would enter the Journey to the West Calamity to investigate possible ties between the Western Sect and the Demon Ancestor.

Chen Yang returned to Golden Turtle Island and reunited with Holy Mother Wudang, who had believed her master was still suppressed in Chaos. After clearing her Heart Demon and explaining Gui Ling’s reincarnation, he left to investigate something and reclaim a few things.

• Chen Yang traveled east across Primordial Chaos, passed Flower Fruit Mountain, and found that Sun Wukong had gone to the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Yang entered Golden Turtle Island, where Holy Mother Wudang recognized him and fell to her knees in tears.
• Chen Yang told Holy Mother Wudang that he had not been suppressed in Purple Heaven Palace and that he planned to investigate matters in the past.
• Chen Yang removed a wisp of black qi from Holy Mother Wudang, then told her that Gui Ling had reincarnated and become his disciple.
• Holy Mother Wudang told Chen Yang that a Taiyi Golden Immortal had spied on Golden Turtle Island; Chen Yang recognized the incident as the work of a friend and advised her to focus on cultivation.
• Chen Yang left Golden Turtle Island, telling Holy Mother Wudang to continue on her own.

Chen Yang returned to Kunlun Mountain and reclaimed the Four Swords of Zhuxian from Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect immortals. He then ordered them to accompany him to Mount Ling to retrieve the formation map from Duo Bao.

• Chen Yang arrived at Kunlun Mountain, where Antarctic Immortal welcomed him into Yuxu Palace.
• Chen Yang told Antarctic Immortal to summon Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Yuding Zhenren, and Daoxing Tianzun so he could reclaim his swords.
• The four immortals presented the Four Swords of Zhuxian, and Chen Yang summoned them back to himself.
• Chen Yang scolded the four for failing to comprehend his sword intent during the hundreds of millions of years they held the swords.
• Chen Yang announced that he would go to Mount Ling to reclaim the Zhu Xian Formation Map from Duo Bao and ordered the five immortals to join him; they agreed.

Nuwa subdued Jie Yin and Zhun Ti in Chaos while Hongjun warned the Saints not to cause trouble during his Dao merger. Chen Yang then reached Mount Ling, reclaimed the Zhu Xian Formation Map from Tathagata, and prepared to help the Chan Sect disciples confront Buddhism.

• Nuwa challenged Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, smashed their Ninth-grade Golden Lotus of Merit, and defeated them with the Red Hydrangea and Qiankun Cauldron.
• Hongjun summoned the Saints back to Purple Heaven Palace and said Tongtian was not a Sage, while warning everyone that the Demonic Shadow had reappeared and they must not cause more chaos.
• Chen Yang led the Four Great Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect and the Great Emperor of the South Pole to Mount Ling, where Tathagata ended his sermon and came to meet him.
• Tathagata returned the Zhu Xian Formation Map to Chen Yang and admitted he had gained insights from it, but declined to demonstrate them in a fight.
• Chen Yang summoned Ancient Buddha Ran Deng and Guanyin's group of four, then lent the Four Swords of Zhuxian to Guangchengzi and the other three.
• Zhun Ti vowed to kill Tongtian, and Hongjun mocked him, saying he would need the ability first.

Chen Yang faced Tathagata while the Chan Sect fought Buddhism at Mount Ling, until Patriarch Bodhi appeared to challenge him. Chen Yang killed Bodhi with one strike, and Hongjun revealed that although Tongtian was not a Sage, he was a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Ran Deng battled the Antarctic Immortal, who received the Jade Emperor’s seal and used the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag to attack him.
• Guangchengzi taunted Guanyin before fighting her, while the other Chan Sect members battled their Buddhist opponents.
• Sun Wukong learned that Patriarch Bodhi was Zhun Ti’s Benevolent Thought Avatar and became devastated that his master had used him for the Journey to the West’s karmic fortune.
• Patriarch Bodhi arrived at Mount Ling and claimed he could wield Sage power, but Chen Yang killed him with one strike of the Green Ping Sword.
• Zhun Ti spat blood after losing his avatar, and Hongjun explained that he had never said Tongtian was not a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

Chen Yang defeated the Buddhist forces at Mount Ling, rescued his disciples, and returned to Wuzhuang Temple. Three years later, Lin Dong and Xiao Xuan emerged from cultivation with ninth-grade Great Luo Dao Fruits.

• Hongjun stopped the saints from fighting over Tongtian proving the Dao through strength, while Nuwa and Yuanshi Tianzun mocked Zhun Ti and Jie Yin.
• The Jade Emperor let Sun Wukong go to Mount Ling to see Bodhi, and Chen Yang crippled Long Ear and turned him into rabbit meat.
• Chen Yang drove off Jie Yin's avatar, then watched the Chan Sect fighters defeat Ran Deng, Guanyin, and their allies; he freed Immortal Jinguang, Immortal Qiushou, and Immortal Lingya and recovered Immortal Wuyun.
• Chen Yang returned to Wuzhuang Temple, where three years later Zhenyuanzi discovered that Lin Dong and Xiao Xuan had condensed ninth-grade Great Luo Dao Fruits.

Chen Yang introduced Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Xuan to Zhenyuanzi while they cultivated at Wuzhuang Temple, and Zhenyuanzi was astonished by their talent. At Mount Ling, Sun Wukong confronted the consequences of the missing Eight-Treasure Merit Pool and killed newly ascended monks whose mass killings had left them burdened with karma, while Tang Seng recognized his own attachment to appearances.

• Chen Yang concealed the heavenly secrets with the Chaos Bell and explained to Zhenyuanzi how he had found it in another world.
• Chen Yang and Zhenyuanzi visited Xiao Yan, Zhou Ruan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Xuan, and Zhenyuanzi learned that the young-looking prodigies were only hundreds or about a thousand years old.
• Lin Dong and Xiao Xuan completed their breakthroughs in less than two and a half months while Mount Ling suffered from the loss of its Eight-Treasure Merit Pool.
• Sun Wukong killed an old monk who had slaughtered ten cities, then used his Fiery Golden Eyes to expose newly ascended monks who had committed mass murder.
• After Tathagata authorized Sun Wukong to punish the killers, Wukong killed them and explained that one monk who had killed evil men carried merit instead of karmic burden.
• A monk asked Sun Wukong to become his master, but Wukong sent him to seek Chen Yang and flew east; Tang Seng felt irritation and realized he remained attached to appearances.

Chen Yang took Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Xiao Xuan, and Zhou Ruan back to the era before Journey to the West began, then prepared to watch Sun Wukong’s birth and choose one of his companions to become his master. The chapter ended as Chen Yang asked the three men to draw lots for the role.

• Sun Wukong visited Wuzhuang Temple, shared Nine-Thousand-Year Flat Peaches, and received guidance from Chen Yang before Chen Yang and his companions departed for the past.
• Chen Yang used the Chaos Bell and the Immortal Extermination Sword Formation to travel back several thousand years, explaining that their world’s timeline was independent.
• Chen Yang and his companions arrived at Wuzhuang Temple in the past, where he took its ginseng fruits before going to Purple Heaven Palace and receiving Nuwa’s Qiankun Cauldron.
• Chen Yang refined his companions’ weapons into Xiantian Spiritual Treasures, and Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Xuan advanced in cultivation over the following two and a half years.
• Chen Yang brought his companions to Flower Fruit Mountain as Sun Wukong’s birth approached, then told Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Xuan to draw lots to decide who would become Monkey’s master.

Chen Yang secretly trained Monkey in his dreams, preserving his Piercing Gold Eyes and preparing him to seek a master. After restoring the Interception Sect and appointing Xiao Yan its Vice Sect Leader, Chen Yang sent Monkey to Golden Turtle Island, where Xiao Yan accepted him as a disciple and named him Sun Wukong.

• Chen Yang taught Monkey the Art of Inedia, then trained him in his dreams to control his Piercing Gold Eyes and use Nine Breaths of Qi.
• After two and a half years, Monkey mastered his eyes, woke with powerful magical energy, and concealed his golden eyes as Chen Yang had instructed.
• Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and the others agreed that Xiao Yan would formally teach Monkey after Chen Yang's next hundred years of business.
• Chen Yang led the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Chan Sect traitors into battle; Antarctic Immortal used the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to overpower Ran Deng, and Patriarch Bodhi was killed after Zhun Ti sent him to intervene.
• Chen Yang returned the resurrected Interception Sect disciples to Golden Turtle Island, including Zhou Ruan, and appointed Xiao Yan Vice Sect Leader.
• A hundred years later, Chen Yang sent Monkey to Golden Turtle Island, where Xiao Yan accepted him as a disciple and named him Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong trained on Golden Turtle Island for two hundred years, then returned to Flower Fruit Mountain to wait until the appointed time to seek Subhuti at Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. He arrived at the cave entrance and announced himself as a disciple of Jie Sect.

• Tathagata told Golden Cicada to keep watching Sun Wukong after learning the monkey had vanished from Flower Fruit Mountain.
• Xiao Yan trained Sun Wukong in cultivation, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Methods, combat techniques, and medicine, while Sun Wukong reached the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal.
• Chen Yang sent Sun Wukong back to Flower Fruit Mountain and instructed him to visit Lingtai Fangcun Mountain after turning three hundred and twenty.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower Fruit Mountain, noticed Golden Cicada watching him, and dismissed the Buddhist spy as unimportant.
• After an old white ape died, Sun Wukong announced he would cross the seas to seek immortality and left Flower Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong traveled through Jambudvipa to the Western Continent, reached Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and called out that Sun Wukong of Jie Sect had come to pay respects.

Sun Wukong arrived at Three-Star Cave to seek a breakthrough and spar with Bodhi’s disciples, while Bodhi planned to lure him into his sect and enlisted Buddhist fighters to help. After seven years of exchanges, Bodhi summoned Wukong, ready to begin his plan.

• Bodhi met Sun Wukong at Three-Star Cave and learned that he wanted to spar with the cave’s disciples to verify his cultivation.
• Bodhi welcomed Wukong to stay and listen to his teachings, then secretly requested Buddhist reinforcements, including Dragon-Subduing Arhat.
• Chen Yang, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong watched Wukong’s exchanges, while Chen Yang planned to obtain Zhurong’s natal flame to help Xiao Yan advance.
• Seven years later, Bodhi saw Xiao Yan and Dragon-Subduing fight to a draw, then summoned Wukong and asked how long he had stayed at the cave.

Sun Wukong thwarted Bodhi’s attempt to control him, killed Bodhi, and led the cave’s disciples toward the Jie Sect. At Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun ruled that Zhun Ti had no claim over Sun Wukong, while Chen Yang promised Buddhism’s journey east would proceed without promising it would go Zhun Ti’s way.

• Bodhi tried to forcibly convert Sun Wukong, but a protective sword light killed him.
• Sun Wukong told the disciples that Bodhi had tried to control him and invited them to join the Jie Sect at Flower Fruit Mountain.
• Zhun Ti discovered that Sun Wukong had joined the Jie Sect and complained to Hongjun that Tongtian had taken Buddhism’s destined scripture pilgrim.
• Hongjun told Zhun Ti that Sun Wukong had never been declared a Buddhist disciple and that Bodhi had provoked Tongtian by trying to convert him.
• Chen Yang assured Zhun Ti that Buddhism’s journey east would happen, then privately noted that Zhun Ti would not decide how it happened.

Chen Yang punished Zhun Ti and reconciled with Yuanshi Tianzun, while Sun Wukong settled at Flower Fruit Mountain and received guidance from Xiao Yan. After clearing nearby demons, Sun Wukong met the Bull Demon King, who recognized him as family through Chen Yang.

• Yuanshi Tianzun challenged Zhun Ti after he insulted Chen Yang, and Laozi lent Yuanshi Tianzun his Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• After Yuanshi Tianzun defeated Zhun Ti, Chen Yang attacked him with the Immortal Extermination Sword Formation and killed him again, then spoke privately with Yuanshi Tianzun before departing.
• Sun Wukong welcomed Bodhi Patriarch's disciples and Daoist Daoji to Flower Fruit Mountain, where Daoji agreed to teach the monkeys cultivation.
• Xiao Yan visited Sun Wukong, told him to retrieve the Sea-Stabilizing Needle Iron from the East Sea Dragon Palace, and warned him to show respect in the Underworld.
• Sun Wukong cleared demons from around Flower Fruit Mountain, and the Bull Demon King arrived and called him Granduncle because his grandfather was Chen Yang's mount.

After Sun Wukong received the Sea-Stabilizing Needle, the Four Seas Dragon Kings learned that he was a Jie Sect immortal and agreed to ally themselves with the Jie Sect. They gave Sun Wukong several precious treasures, including Wuzhiqi's essence blood, and he accepted them after Chen Yang urged him to.

• Sun Wukong returned to the Dragon Palace while Ao Guang summoned the other three Dragon Kings.
• Ao Guang showed his brothers the Immortal Pill Sun Wukong had given him, and they realized it could strengthen their bloodline.
• Ao Shun and Ao Run urged Ao Guang to side with the Jie Sect, arguing that the Dragon Clan needed its protection and a chance to rise again.
• Ao Guang agreed to follow the Jie Sect, and the Dragon Kings began assembling precious gifts for Sun Wukong.
• Ao Guang offered Lotus Silk Cloud-Walking Boots, Ao Run offered a Phoenix-Winged Purple Gold Crown, and Ao Qin offered armor forged from the Ancestral Dragon's scales.
• Ao Shun offered Wuzhiqi's essence blood; the Dragon Kings presented their gifts to Sun Wukong, who accepted them after hearing Chen Yang's advice.

Sun Wukong finished refining his treasures, learned that the Jade Emperor had arranged for him to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and went to Golden Turtle Island for Chen Yang’s advice. He reached Heavenly Court and stood on the Jade Emperor’s desk, but the Jade Emperor’s offer to make him watch over the Flat Peach Garden left him surprised.

• The Jade Emperor ordered Celestial Master Zhang to build Sun Wukong a Great Sage Equal to Heaven Mansion beside the Flat Peach Garden, and explained that Wukong’s origin from Nuwa’s Heaven-Mending Stone made the title fitting.
• The Jade Emperor rewarded Ao Guang and Yama for recommending talent to Heavenly Court.
• After two and a half years of cultivation, Sun Wukong finished refining his Lotus Silk Cloud-Walking Boots and gained a better understanding of the Great Luo Dao Fruit.
• Chen Yang gave Sun Wukong his refined Xiantian Spiritual Treasures, including a Ruyi Golden Cudgel that did not incur karma when used to kill, and advised him on dealing with Heavenly Court and Laozi.
• Sun Wukong met the Jade Emperor, stood on his desk, and heard the offer to confer the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven and have him watch over the Flat Peach Garden.

Chen Yang visited Tushita Palace with Xiao Yan, gained Dao Realm alchemy, and traded with Laozi for powerful treasures before discussing preparations for the Journey to the West. After Chen Yang made plans with Laozi and the Jade Emperor, Golden Cicada reincarnated, and five hundred years passed as the calamity drew near.

• Xiao Yan celebrated his breakthrough, and Chen Yang took him to Tushita Palace to meet Taishang Laojun, where the system advanced Chen Yang's alchemy to the Dao Realm.
• Chen Yang demonstrated his alchemy skills to Laozi and obtained the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and Six Ding Divine Fire.
• Chen Yang gave Xiao Yan the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, then arranged for Laozi to train Wukong and Tianpeng while Haotian trained Juanlian.
• Chen Yang left Xiao Yan at Tushita Palace, met with the Jade Emperor, and finalized plans for the Journey to the West.
• After the Flat Peach Banquet and Lanpen Festival passed, Tathagata sent Golden Cicada into reincarnation, and five hundred years passed as the Journey to the West Calamity approached.

After five hundred years of cultivation, Xiao Yan returned to Golden Turtle Island, where Chen Yang revealed plans to use the Journey to the West to help Great Tang expand across Jambudvipa. Sun Wukong took Chen Yi as his disciple, and Chen Yi adopted the name Tang Sanzang to oppose Western Heaven’s Buddhism.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Chen Yang had brought their families to Golden Turtle Island and secured the island with the Celestial Star Formation.
• Chen Yang ordered Holy Mother Wudang, Xiao Yan, and Sun Wukong to help Tang King Li Shimin unify Jambudvipa and expand Great Tang westward.
• Xiao Yan and Sun Wukong met Chen Yi, the reincarnation of Golden Cicada, and Sun Wukong asked him to become his disciple.
• Sun Wukong revealed the hardships and Buddhist schemes that had awaited Chen Yi in his original fate, prompting Chen Yi to reject Western Heaven’s Buddhism and seek cultivation.
• Sun Wukong agreed to teach Chen Yi Daoist teachings, and Chen Yi became his disciple under the name Tang Sanzang, vowing to bury Western Heaven’s Buddhism.