Chapter Summaries

At Wuzhuang Temple, Buddha Tathagata and Demon Lord Hong Yun investigated the destruction of the Ginseng Fruit Tree and determined that Guanyin Bodhisattva’s actions and lost control had entangled her in calamity tribulation energy. Tathagata removed her from overseeing the pilgrimage and ordered her to return to Spirit Mountain for purification, while a hidden murky energy entered her body.

• Sun Wukong reassured the bound Guanyin Bodhisattva that Buddha Tathagata was coming, while Zhu Bajie secretly ate two Ginseng Fruits and joked about avoiding demon fights.
• Buddha Tathagata arrived at Wuzhuang Temple and waited for Demon Lord Hong Yun, who came to handle the matter in Zhen Yuanzi’s place.
• Qingfeng told Demon Lord Hong Yun that Sun Wukong and Huanglong had knocked them unconscious, while Guanyin Bodhisattva had shattered the Ginseng Fruit Tree and flooded the garden.
• Buddha Tathagata explained that Guanyin Bodhisattva’s exposed Quasi-Saint aura had caused the tree to turn to ash and that her emotions had let calamity tribulation energy cloud her Dao heart.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva pleaded to step down from the pilgrimage as ominous energy appeared around her, and unseen murky energy from Supreme Being Shanggu’s remnant entered her body.
• Buddha Tathagata ordered Guanyin Bodhisattva to return to Spirit Mountain and join Future Buddha Bai Ze and Great Sun Supreme Bright Buddha Lu Ya in purging the tribulation energy.

At Wuzhuang Temple, Guanyin Bodhisattva was stripped of her role in the scripture quest after being tainted by Tribulation Inauspicious Qi. While the others enjoyed the temple’s spiritual treasures, Supreme Being Shanggu secretly recruited her and raised her cultivation, leaving her to plot revenge in secret.

• Buddha Tathagata asked Demon Lord Hong Yun whether he had handled Guanyin Bodhisattva appropriately, and Hong Yun said it would do.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue revealed Wuzhuang Temple’s spiritual fruit garden, and the group sampled Enlightenment Tea and spiritual fruits.
• Supreme Being Shanggu appeared in Guanyin Bodhisattva’s primordial spirit and offered to make her his disciple.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva accepted Shanggu’s offer and received the Illusory Chaos Demon God’s blood essence, Origin, and Illusory Law.
• Shanggu concealed Guanyin Bodhisattva’s transformation as her body and cultivation rose to Quasi-Saint Peak, while she hid her true strength from the others.

Guanyin Bodhisattva revealed her hidden Quasi-Saint Peak power and confronted Buddha Tathagata over her Jade Pure Bottle. Buddha Tathagata then revealed that he was Daoist Duobao, withdrew from the Western Teachings, and returned their fortune and Buddhist teachings, leaving the Primordial World in turmoil.

• Tang Sanzang and his four disciples departed Wuzhuang Temple to continue their pilgrimage west.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva revealed her Quasi-Saint Peak cultivation, shed her Buddhist guise, and demanded to keep her Jade Pure Bottle.
• Dong Wanggong sent Buddha Tathagata a decree, and Buddha Tathagata revealed that he was Daoist Duobao, acting under Old Master Taiqing's command rather than truly joining the Western Teachings.
• Daoist Duobao declared his withdrawal from the Western Teachings and returned his Buddhist path, merit, and fortune to Spirit Mountain.
• The Heavenly Dao approved Daoist Duobao's withdrawal, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared as the Heavenly Dao.

Daoist Duobao severed his ties with the Western Teachings, while Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin confronted his decision. Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerate arrived reconciled, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave Duobao the Heaven Burning Divine Furnace and offered to teach him treasure-refining.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva accused Daoist Duobao of being a spy, but he said the Two Sages of the West had likely known his identity and that his Mahayana Buddhist Dharma had increased the Western Teachings' destiny.
• Daoist Duobao declared that he was no longer Buddha Tathagata, left his Buddhist insights as a Nine-Rank Golden Lotus on Spirit Mountain, and urged Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin to accept that the times had changed.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin appeared, and Daoist Duobao explained that he had chosen to return to pursuing the Great Dao.
• Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerate arrived together, revealed that they had reconciled, and joked about their former rivalry and Great God Pangu.
• Daoist Duobao joined Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerate in criticizing Old Master Taiqing, prompting Primordial Heavenly Venerate to praise him and give him the Heaven Burning Divine Furnace.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate offered to teach Duobao treasure-refining and said he would ask Nuwa for the Qiankun Cauldron to help Duobao forge spiritual treasures.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate gifted Daoist Duobao a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, while Old Ancestor Kunpeng rebuffed Saint Zhunti’s request for treasures. Dong Wanggong judged the Western Sages’ hidden schemes and left with Old Mother Lishan for White Tiger Ridge to seek out White Bone Lady, as the Two Sages of the West decided Guanyin Bodhisattva’s fate.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave Daoist Duobao the Heaven Burning Divine Furnace, and Daoist Duobao thanked him and vowed to cultivate artifact refining.
• Saint Zhunti asked Primordial Heavenly Venerate to forge treasures for the Western Sages, but Old Ancestor Kunpeng’s arrival made him back down.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva collapsed under the auras of the powerful immortals, while Dong Wanggong watched and reflected on the Western Sages’ schemes and their ties to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Dong Wanggong told Old Mother Lishan that he wanted to visit White Tiger Ridge and meet White Bone Lady, and the two departed on the Chaos Green Lotus.
• The Two Sages of the West decided how to deal with Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Guanyin Bodhisattva begged the Two Sages of the West for mercy by claiming she could become a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and they forcibly converted her into a devoted follower. After the gathered experts dispersed, Dong Wanggong and West Queen Mother arrived at White Tiger Ridge.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva confessed to hiding the Illusory Chaos Demon God's legacy and begged Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti to spare her.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva exposed her primordial spirit and accepted the Two Sages of the West's restrictions, while Saint Jieyin found no sign of deception.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng warned Tongtian and the Primordial Heavenly Venerate to beware the Two Sages of the West and reported that the holy beast Black Tortoise had joined the Hongmeng Immortal Palace.
• Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti used Buddhist arts and Heavenly Dao Rules to seal most of Guanyin Bodhisattva's consciousness and convert her into a loyal follower.
• Saint Zhunti accepted Guanyin Bodhisattva's renewed allegiance, and the two saints took her to Western Spirit Mountain as the others dispersed.
• Dong Wanggong and West Queen Mother arrived at White Tiger Ridge.

Dong Wanggong and Old Mother Lishan went to White Bone Cave, where he subdued Black Fox Spirit and freed White Bone Lady from her sealed palace. White Bone Lady recognized Dong Wanggong as the Immortal Emperor, and he introduced Old Mother Lishan as his Dao Companion, Purple Yuan Jun.

• Dong Wanggong and Old Mother Lishan arrived at White Bone Cave, and Dong Wanggong turned its Demon Soldiers to dust after they threatened the pair.
• Dong Wanggong and Old Mother Lishan entered the cave and found Black Fox Spirit threatening White Bone Lady to become his Dao Companion.
• White Bone Lady defied Black Fox Spirit, but Dong Wanggong subdued him and dispelled the wards around her palace.
• White Bone Lady recognized Dong Wanggong as the Immortal Emperor and respectfully greeted him and Old Mother Lishan.
• Old Mother Lishan called White Bone Lady “Little Bone,” and Dong Wanggong introduced himself and identified Old Mother Lishan as his Dao Companion, Purple Yuan Jun.

Old Mother Lishan invited White Bone Lady to Penglai Immortal Island, where White Bone Lady openly fell for Dong Wanggong and joined him as a Dao Companion. After they left, the Journey to the West party encountered a weak Skeleton Giant, and Manjushri Bodhisattva declared their tribulation complete.

• Old Mother Lishan invited White Bone Lady to Penglai Immortal Island, and Dong Wanggong encouraged her to come along.
• White Bone Lady confessed her affection for Dong Wanggong, who embraced her and promised to protect her as his Dao Companion.
• Dong Wanggong carried Old Mother Lishan and White Bone Lady away on the Chaos Green Lotus after White Bone Lady took the palace into her primordial spirit.
• Black Fox Spirit exploded inside White Bone Cave after Dong Wanggong departed.
• Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Heshang found a Skeleton Giant, which Sha Heshang killed with one blow.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva arrived and told the five master and disciples that they had passed the tribulation and could continue their Journey to the West.

Tang Sanzang questioned Manjushri Bodhisattva about the vanished monsters and human skeletons in White Bone Cave before the pilgrims resumed their journey west. At Penglai Immortal Island, Dong Wanggong returned to find his wives bathing and proposed that they cultivate the Great Dao together.

• Tang Sanzang confronted Manjushri Bodhisattva about the skeleton giant and the missing monsters in White Bone Cave.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva ordered the pilgrims to continue west and then vanished.
• Sun Wukong destroyed White Bone Cave, and the group set off on their journey again.
• West Queen Mother, Nuwa, Changxi, Medusa, and the other women bathed and played in the Eternal Divine Water pool at Penglai Immortal Island.
• Dong Wanggong arrived with Old Mother Lishan and White Bone Lady, then activated the Great Dao Yin-Yang Art to cultivate with his wives.

Yellow Robe Monster planned to use Red Fox Spirit to entrap Tang Sanzang and gain leverage for his return to the Heavenly Court. Separated from his disciples in Black Pine Forest, Tang Sanzang fell into Boyue Cave, where Red Fox Spirit attacked him.

• Yellow Robe Monster ordered Red Fox Spirit to seduce Tang Sanzang and bear his child, promising to help her avenge Black Fox Spirit.
• Baihua Xiu recalled her past as a Palace Maid of Pixiang Hall and regretted her affair with Kui Mu Lang.
• Yellow Robe Monster explained that Black Pine Forest would separate Tang Sanzang from his disciples and lead him to Boyue Cave.
• Tang Sanzang advanced to the Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and became separated from his disciples in Black Pine Forest.
• Tang Sanzang fell into Boyue Cave and politely asked Yellow Robe Monster to let him leave.
• Red Fox Spirit tried to seduce Tang Sanzang, then bound him with her tail when he refused.

Tang Sanzang was captured by the Yellow Robe Monster after killing the Red Fox Spirit and many demons in Boyue Cave. The Yellow Robe Monster restrained him with his Natal Treasure Pearl, while his plan to use female demons against Tang Sanzang was left in tatters.

• The Yellow Robe Monster ordered the Red Fox Spirit to take Tang Sanzang as her Dao Companion, while Baihua Xiu asked to share his flesh afterward.
• Tang Sanzang broke free with the Brocade Cassock and killed the Red Fox Spirit with his Nine-Ringed Monk's Staff.
• The demons devoured the Red Fox Spirit's corpse, and Baihua Xiu persuaded the furious Yellow Robe Monster not to kill Tang Sanzang.
• Tang Sanzang unleashed his powers and killed female demons around Boyue Cave, sparing those who had never harmed humans.
• The Yellow Robe Monster shattered the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner's barrier with his Natal Treasure Pearl and captured Tang Sanzang.

Baihua Xiu tried to secure her future by seducing Tang Sanzang, while the Yellow Robe Monster reluctantly helped her. Just as Tang Sanzang resisted her, Wutian appeared and asked whether he understood why he had come.

• Baihua Xiu proposed conceiving Tang Sanzang’s child so the Yellow Robe Monster could use him to return to the Heavenly Court, and the Yellow Robe Monster reluctantly agreed.
• The Yellow Robe Monster sealed Tang Sanzang’s magic power and sent him with Baihua Xiu to a palace, while Sun Wukong, Huanglong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Heshang watched from the void.
• Baihua Xiu revealed she wanted to become Tang Sanzang’s Dao Companion to find a way out for herself and her children, then tried to seduce him.
• Tang Sanzang resisted Baihua Xiu and tried to break free, but Wutian appeared amid a fusion of Buddha Light and demonic power and released him.
• Wutian asked Tang Sanzang why he thought his master had come, and Tang Sanzang guessed it was related to Buddha Tathagata’s Mahayana Buddhist Dharma.

Wutian Buddha warned Tang Sanzang that Golden Cicada would claim his merit and fortune, then urged him to break the remaining Buddhist precept and forge his own path. Tang Sanzang embraced the idea that he himself was Buddha, and the chapter ended with Baihua Xiu subduing him as their wedding night began.

• Wutian Buddha told Tang Sanzang that Golden Cicada would take his merit and fortune upon awakening, and warned that Tang Sanzang could die when Golden Cicada shed his shell.
• Wutian Buddha urged Tang Sanzang to break the precept against sexual misconduct so he could resist Golden Cicada and the Western Teachings.
• Tang Sanzang declared that he believed in himself as the living Buddha, and his Buddha-heart and Buddhist powers transformed.
• Tang Sanzang agreed to go along with Baihua Xiu, while Wutian Buddha explained that he had prevented her from conceiving a child.
• Wutian Buddha departed, time resumed, and Baihua Xiu subdued the feebly resisting Tang Sanzang as their wedding night began.

The Yellow Robe Monster discovered Baihua Xiu had used Tang Sanzang’s Primordial Yang Origin to become a Heavenly Immortal, then attacked Tang Sanzang before Sun Wukong intervened. The Heavenly Court condemned the Yellow Robe Monster and left his execution to the Western Teachings, while Sun Wukong sealed him alive for their judgment.

• Baihua Xiu told the Yellow Robe Monster she had advanced to Heavenly Immortal by absorbing Tang Sanzang’s Primordial Yang Origin, but had not conceived a child.
• The Yellow Robe Monster attacked Baihua Xiu and beat Tang Sanzang until he was barely breathing.
• Sun Wukong arrived and overpowered the Yellow Robe Monster, while Zhu Bajie announced that Tang Sanzang’s broken precept was harming Golden Cicada.
• Haotian accepted Wen Zhong’s judgment that the Yellow Robe Monster deserved death but ordered the Western Teachings to decide his execution.
• The Yellow Robe Monster’s natal golden core shattered in battle, and Sun Wukong absorbed its energy with the Wind-Calming Pearl.
• Sun Wukong sealed the Yellow Robe Monster’s cultivation and kept him alive for the Bodhisattva to judge.

Dong Wanggong completed his comprehension of the Three Thousand Dao Principles and reviewed his immense cultivation, then traveled toward the Primordial Continent after Xuanji suggested he seek out Hundred Flowers Fairy. At Boyue Cave, Manjushri Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Lingji struggled to decide what to do with Yellow Robe Monster while Sun Wukong urged them to let him kill the monster.

• Dong Wanggong perfected the Three Thousand Dao Principles, and his system panel showed that his combat strength had reached the fourth level of the Primordial Great Dao Realm.
• Dong Wanggong noted that the Emperor Fall Ancient Domain had reached full growth but could not become a Forbidden Chaos World while the Reincarnation Alliance held the Emperor Fall Divine Pagoda.
• Xuanji suggested that Dong Wanggong visit Hundred Flowers Fairy at Boyue Cave, and Diao Chan encouraged him to bring back more companions.
• Dong Wanggong set off for the Primordial Continent on the Chaos Green Lotus.
• At Boyue Cave, Sun Wukong urged Manjushri Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Lingji to let him kill the kneeling Yellow Robe Monster.

Manjushri Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Lingji were pressured into dealing with Yellow Robe Monster, and Lingji killed him. Tang Sanzang and his disciples blamed Golden Cicada for the affair with Baihua Xiu, and Golden Cicada suddenly appeared to deny it.

• Zhu Bajie and the disciples pressured Manjushri Bodhisattva and Bodhisattva Lingji over Yellow Robe Monster's crimes as Tang Sanzang pretended to collapse.
• Sun Wukong refused Manjushri Bodhisattva's order to kill Yellow Robe Monster, so Bodhisattva Lingji destroyed his primordial spirit and True Spirit.
• Yellow Robe Monster's children emerged seeking revenge, while Baihua Xiu pleaded for their lives and admitted she and Yellow Robe Monster had brought their fate upon themselves.
• Tang Sanzang denied being responsible for his encounter with Baihua Xiu, and Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie argued that Golden Cicada had taken over his body.
• Golden Cicada appeared in Boyue Cave and denied having been with Baihua Xiu, leaving her wondering who she had actually been with.

Golden Cicada awakened, prompting Guanyin Bodhisattva and Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp to clash over how to handle him and Baihua Xiu. Guanyin went to Boyue Cave while Dong Wanggong met Hundred Flowers Fairy, and their mutual attraction left them deeply interested in each other.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva challenged Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp to judge Golden Cicada fairly, and Arhat Dragon-Subduing rebuked her.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva struck Arhat Dragon-Subduing with the Illusory Law and sent him flying tens of thousands of miles.
• Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp ordered Golden Cicada put back to sleep until the Journey to the West ended and sent Guanyin Bodhisattva to Boyue Cave to handle Baihua Xiu.
• Dong Wanggong observed the events from Boyue Cave, then appeared before Hundred Flowers Fairy in the Nine Heavens.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy bowed to Dong Wanggong, who steadied her and held her hands as they became mutually attracted.

Hundred Flowers Fairy sought to protect Baihua Xiu’s children, while Tang Sanzang and Guanyin Bodhisattva forced Golden Cicada to take responsibility for Baihua Xiu. Golden Cicada became Baihua Xiu’s Dao Companion, and Guanyin Bodhisattva took her and the children to Western Spirit Mountain.

• Hundred Flowers Fairy explained that she wanted to protect Baihua Xiu’s children, and Dong Wanggong persuaded her that they would survive and inherit the Yellow Robe Monster’s estate.
• Sun Wukong made Baihua Xiu’s children kneel before Golden Cicada and call him their father, enraging him as Tang Sanzang argued that he should accept responsibility.
• Baihua Xiu shifted her affections from Tang Sanzang to Golden Cicada, hoping he would complete his cultivation and attain Quasi-Saint status.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived at Boyue Cave, called Baihua Xiu Golden Cicada’s wife, and promised to protect her as a sworn younger sister.
• Golden Cicada agreed to become Dao Companions with Baihua Xiu, and Guanyin Bodhisattva took Baihua Xiu and her children to Western Spirit Mountain after sealing Golden Cicada’s consciousness.

Dong Wanggong told Hundred Flowers Fairy that Old Master Taiqing had a hidden Dao Companion, while Tang Sanzang’s party reached Pingding Mountain. Zhu Bajie went to Lotus Cave to ask Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King for lodging and food, but they captured him.

• Dong Wanggong and Hundred Flowers Fairy discussed the turmoil among the Western Teachings and Dong Wanggong revealed that Old Master Taiqing had a Dao Companion.
• Tang Sanzang’s party arrived at Pingding Mountain, where Huanglong warned them about Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King.
• Zhu Bajie explained that the two kings were Taishang Laojun’s fire-tending attendants and agreed to scout Lotus Cave and ask for food.
• Zhu Bajie went to Lotus Cave and asked Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King to host him and discuss the script.
• Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King activated the Grand Pure Profound Heaven Great Array and subdued Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, Huanglong, and Sha Heshang were captured at Lotus Cave, while Tang Sanzang believed his disciples were in danger and decided to abandon the Journey to the West. Puxian Zhenren intercepted him as he tried to head east.

• Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King revealed their capture of Zhu Bajie was a prank and welcomed him to a feast, where he forgot about Tang Sanzang and the others.
• Sun Wukong went to Lotus Cave, found Zhu Bajie feasting, and secretly sent a message to Huanglong and Sha Heshang.
• Golden Horn King used the Purple Gold Gourd to lure Huanglong and Sha Heshang into answering their names, then captured them too.
• After Sha Heshang's voice told Tang Sanzang that all four disciples were captured, Tang Sanzang mourned, pretended to sever their ties, and set off east.
• Puxian Zhenren spat out the hairs Tang Sanzang had scraped from his body, transformed into an old man, and called out, “Fellow Daoist, Please Stay!”