Chapter Summaries

Tang Sanzang left Samantabhadra Bodhisattva behind and was transported to Doumu Yuanjun’s starry palace. Doumu Yuanjun revealed that she hoped to help him rescue his disciples in exchange for Heavenly Dao merit and fortune, while her own cultivation remained just shy of a breakthrough.

• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva revealed himself and urged Tang Sanzang to seek a Quasi-Saint to rescue his disciples, but Tang dismissed him and disappeared.
• Sun Wukong used his divine powers to show the others Tang Sanzang’s encounter with Samantabhadra, and the disciples laughed at their master.
• Sun Wukong, Huanglong, and Sha Heshang refused Zhu Bajie’s suggestion that they go find Tang Sanzang, and they resumed their revelry in Lotus Cave.
• Doumu Yuanjun brought Tang Sanzang to her palace among the stars and explained that she wanted to help him and his disciples for merit and fortune.
• Doumu Yuanjun told Tang Sanzang that her cultivation had long been stuck just short of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Doumu Yuanjun gave Tang Sanzang the Golden Rope to rescue his disciples from Lotus Cave, then revealed that she was pregnant after dual cultivation with Old Master Taiqing. Tang Sanzang subdued the demons and learned that the Golden Rope was tied to Taiqing, leaving him shocked by the connection between the two.

• Doumu Yuanjun lent Tang Sanzang the Golden Rope and sent him to Lotus Cave on Pingding Mountain.
• Doumu Yuanjun reflected on her pursuit of the Hunyuan realm and complained that Old Master Taiqing had left her pregnant after one session of dual cultivation.
• Tang Sanzang smashed Lotus Cave's entrance and confronted Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King.
• Tang Sanzang used the Golden Rope to disable the demons and their treasures, then seized the Purple Gold Gourd and Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle.
• Golden Horn King explained that the Golden Rope belonged to Grand Old Master Taiqing, and Tang Sanzang realized Doumu Yuanjun's treasure came from him.

Tang Sanzang’s party left Pingding Mountain after he punished his disciples for feasting without him, while Doumu Yuanjun prepared to cultivate among the stars. Old Master Taiqing visited her, and his brothers pushed him to acknowledge their relationship and unborn child.

• Tang Sanzang retrieved the Golden Rope, returned the Purple Gold Gourd and Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle, and discovered that Golden Horn King, Silver Horn King, and the demons were Human Teachings disciples in disguise.
• Tang Sanzang found Sun Wukong, Huanglong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Heshang feasting in Lotus Cave, then scolded and beat them before continuing west with them.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn took the Human Teachings disciples back to Heaven, while Doumu Yuanjun moved her Dojo into the starry sky to cultivate the Purple Extreme Qian Yuan Great Dao.
• Old Master Taiqing visited the pregnant Doumu Yuanjun, but she rebuffed him as Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerate mocked him for abandoning her.
• Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerate urged Old Master Taiqing to proclaim his union with Doumu Yuanjun, then sent their origins into her unborn child.

Old Master Taiqing tried to reconcile with Doumu Yuanjun after Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian helped strengthen their unborn child. Doumu Yuanjun proved the Dao of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and she and Taiqing announced that they had become Dao Companions.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian gave the Jade Pure Origin and Highest Pure Origin to Doumu Yuanjun’s unborn child, while Old Master Taiqing watched in awkward silence.
• Doumu Yuanjun demanded that Old Master Taiqing sever his karmic ties with her and their child if he refused to take responsibility.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian left for Golden Ao Island, and Doumu Yuanjun taunted Old Master Taiqing until he pleaded for her to return with him to Shouyang Mountain.
• Doumu Yuanjun agreed to go with Old Master Taiqing after proving the Dao, and he supported her with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, his merit and destiny, and Enlightenment Tea.
• Doumu Yuanjun proved the Dao of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and she and Old Master Taiqing announced to the Heavenly Dao that they had become Dao Companions.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples reached Baolin Temple in Wuji Kingdom, where the monks explained how Daoist Quanzhen had gained the king’s favor. After the dead king appeared in Tang Sanzang’s dream and asked for help, Tang sent Sun Wukong to the underworld to verify the king’s account before acting against Quanzhen.

• Sun Wukong told Tang Sanzang that Quanzhen had ended a drought in Wuji Kingdom and later disappeared, after which Daoism flourished under the king’s rule.
• Tang Sanzang showed Baolin Temple’s abbot his Travel Document and secured lodging and a meal for his group.
• The dead king of Wuji Kingdom appeared to Tang Sanzang in a dream, accused Quanzhen of killing him, and gave him a White Jade Gavel to help enlist the prince and queen.
• Tang Sanzang woke his disciples and decided Sun Wukong should check the king’s death and moral record with the underworld judges before they took action.
• Sun Wukong teased Tang Sanzang about causing trouble in the underworld, and Tang replied that he could sever their master-disciple relationship.

Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie recovered the King of Wuji’s body from a well, while Tang Sanzang’s party judged that the king deserved his fate and planned to investigate the Quanzhen Daoist. The King of Wuji then appeared in Tang Sanzang’s dream to demand justice, but Tang Sanzang beat him and went back to sleep.

• Sun Wukong learned from the underworld judge and King Yama that the King of Wuji was a tyrant whose crimes would be punished by Heaven and Earth.
• Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie opened the sealed well at Baolin Temple, and Zhu Bajie found the King of Wuji’s preserved corpse in the Well Dragon King Ao Rui’s palace.
• Zhu Bajie brought the corpse back to Tang Sanzang, and Sha Heshang described the royal family’s wickedness and the Quanzhen Daoist’s good rule.
• Tang Sanzang decided the King of Wuji deserved to stay dead and planned to return the corpse to the prince and investigate the Quanzhen Daoist.
• The King of Wuji appeared in Tang Sanzang’s dream and invoked Manjushri Bodhisattva, but Tang Sanzang beat him and returned to sleep.

After the King of Wuji’s corpse vanished, Tang Sanzang’s group met the Quanzhen Daoist who had taken the king’s place. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie followed him and exposed his secret, then Wukong questioned why he had avoided the queen and asked whether he was a eunuch.

• The pilgrims found that the King of Wuji’s corpse had disappeared, and Sun Wukong detected strange, foreign rules around the stain left behind.
• The Quanzhen Daoist stamped Tang Sanzang’s Travel Document and reacted uneasily when Tang returned the missing White Jade Gavel.
• Tang sent Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to follow the Quanzhen Daoist while he returned to Baolin Temple with Huanglong and Sha Heshang.
• The Quanzhen Daoist visited the Queen of Wuji, who embraced him, while Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie watched in hiding.
• Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie accidentally revealed themselves, and the Quanzhen Daoist admitted he had killed the king and taken the throne.
• Sun Wukong asked why the Quanzhen Daoist promoted Daoism and had avoided the queen, then asked if he was a eunuch.

Quanzhen Daoist revealed that Manjushri Bodhisattva had castrated him and that Grand Master Xuandu had guided him toward Daoism. After Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie left to report to their master, the real King of Wuji emerged and revealed his bloodthirsty demonic ambitions.

• Quanzhen Daoist confessed that he was Green Lion Spirit, Manjushri Bodhisattva's mount, and explained how he had become a eunuch.
• Quanzhen Daoist revealed that Grand Master Xuandu had instructed him to spread Daoist principles, and Sun Wukong vowed to seek justice for him.
• Zhu Bajie told Quanzhen Daoist to relinquish the throne, search for the missing King of Wuji's body, and cultivate Daoism as Imperial Advisor.
• Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie departed, and Quanzhen Daoist rejected the Queen's advances and told her to find someone else to marry.
• The real King of Wuji emerged from the lake, killed the Queen, and revealed that he planned to devour living beings and Tang Sanzang to grow stronger.

Tang Sanzang and his allies captured King of Wuji after he revealed his Bloodthirsty Demonic Path. Shen Gongbao arrived and connected the path to a vampire race he had once encountered in a small plane, leaving the origin of King of Wuji’s power uncertain.

• Tang Sanzang waited for King of Wuji’s attack and bound him with the Brocade Cassock and Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.
• Sun Wukong and the other disciples returned after evacuating Baolin Temple, and the Quanzhen Daoist joined Tang Sanzang in suppressing King of Wuji.
• King of Wuji accused the Quanzhen Daoist of killing his son and threatened to kill him, but Tang Sanzang and the Daoist immobilized him.
• Sun Wukong questioned King of Wuji about the Bloodthirsty Demonic Path, and King of Wuji invoked the Blood Ancestor before being restrained from self-destruction.
• Shen Gongbao arrived with bruises and explained that Primordial Heavenly Venerate had beaten him after he had insulted him during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Shen Gongbao compared King of Wuji to Cain and the vampires he had encountered in a small plane, suggesting the Bloodthirsty Demonic Path might have come from a Chaos Creature.

Shen Gongbao traced King Wuji’s karmic connection to the Blood Ancestor, whose attack brought Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian to his defense. After the brothers gravely wounded the Blood Ancestor, King Wuji broke free and attacked Manjushri Bodhisattva.

• Shen Gongbao followed King Wuji’s karmic ties and summoned the Blood Ancestor’s phantom, which threatened him.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian arrived, shattered the phantom, and gravely wounded the Blood Ancestor at Mount Sumeru.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian praised each other before leaving Shen Gongbao to handle King Wuji’s affairs.
• Sun Wukong praised Shen Gongbao’s powerful connections, and Shen Gongbao explained that the Blood Ancestor’s attack would not provoke Demon Ancestor Luohu to retaliate.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva collapsed after Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s power terrified him, while Zhu Bajie and Quanzhen Daoist recorded his humiliation.
• Tang Sanzang collapsed from exhaustion, and King Wuji broke free and bit Manjushri Bodhisattva’s manhood.

After King of Wuji’s attack left Manjushri Bodhisattva’s manhood corrupted by the Bloodthirsty Demonic Path, Guanyin Bodhisattva refused to sacrifice her cultivation to save him. Manjushri Bodhisattva cut it off, while Quanzhen Daoist abandoned Buddhism and turned to Daoism.

• King of Wuji’s attack corrupted Manjushri Bodhisattva’s manhood, and Shen Gongbao bound the demonic rules to it with the Law of Cause and Effect.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva asked the Western Teachings for help, but Guanyin Bodhisattva said she would not spend ten thousand years of cultivation to save him.
• Sha Heshang and Huanglong urged Manjushri Bodhisattva to accept the loss as a chance to abandon lust and purify himself.
• Quanzhen Daoist renounced Buddhism, and Guanyin Bodhisattva permitted him to leave while stripping away his Buddhist Daoist Magic.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva gave Manjushri Bodhisattva a dagger, and he cut off his manhood.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples reached Ku Song Stream, where Red Boy planned to abduct the monk and eat his flesh. Tang Sanzang prepared a terrifying disguise as the pilgrims rushed toward Red Boy’s cries for help.

• Shen Gongbao resolved to cultivate the Law of Fate to Great Accomplishment before the Heavenly Emperor’s Dao-Proving Ceremony.
• Sun Wukong learned from the local Earth God that Red Boy lived in Fire Cloud Cave and was the Bull Demon King’s adopted son.
• Tang Sanzang and his disciples agreed to let Red Boy abduct him so they could call for reinforcements.
• Red Boy, tempted by the promise of immortality, sent his little demons away and tied himself to a tree to fake a helpless child’s cries.
• Tang Sanzang borrowed Sha Heshang’s Skull Necklace, took on a fearsome appearance, and led the pilgrims toward Red Boy.

Red Boy tried to lure Tang Sanzang into an ambush, but Tang Sanzang and his disciples frightened him with talk of devouring him. Red Boy fled toward Huo Yun Cave with Tang Sanzang clinging to his thigh, bringing the group back to his lair.

• Red Boy staged a tearful plea for help, but Tang Sanzang and his disciples revealed their terrifying appetite for children.
• Tang Sanzang freed Red Boy and had Sun Wukong carry him toward Huo Yun Cave, saying he planned to eat him.
• Red Boy wet himself from fear, then cautiously asked Sun Wukong whether he feared Bull Demon King.
• Sun Wukong pretended to spare Red Boy because he was Bull Demon King's adopted son, but warned that Tang Sanzang would still eat him.
• Red Boy summoned a gale to escape, and Tang Sanzang chased him until they both ended up back at Huo Yun Cave.

Tang Sanzang revealed that he knew Red Boy’s identity, but Red Boy attacked Sun Wukong and the others with his powerful Samadhi True Fire. After escaping the formation, the disciples fled, leaving Red Boy wary enough to contact the Bull Demon King and release Tang Sanzang.

• Tang Sanzang kicked Red Boy away, identified him, and smacked him until Red Boy erupted in Samadhi True Fire, which the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner blocked.
• Sun Wukong and the others reached Huo Yun Cave, and Sun Wukong mocked Red Boy about the handprints on his bottom.
• Red Boy attacked the four disciples and trapped them in a formation made from Samadhi True Fire.
• Sun Wukong explained that Red Boy was a Samadhi Divine Crystal whose fire contained Pill Toxin and drew power from Ku Song Stream’s natural formation.
• Sha Heshang and Huanglong urged Sun Wukong to call for help, but the disciples instead revealed some of their hidden strength and escaped.
• Red Boy dismissed his flattering demon, contacted the Bull Demon King, and withdrew the flames around Tang Sanzang.

At Huo Yun Cave, Guanyin Bodhisattva restrained Red Boy and tried to claim him as a Buddhist attendant, but Daoist Duobao arrived and intervened. Red Boy was injured but revived, while Duobao mocked Guanyin Bodhisattva and confronted her.

• Tang Sanzang comforted Red Boy after his father, the Bull Demon King, scolded him, while Sun Wukong and his companions discussed finding Red Boy a master.
• Huanglong suggested that Red Boy become Daoist Duobao's fire-tending attendant, and Sun Wukong agreed to seek Duobao's help.
• Daoist Duobao appeared before Sun Wukong and the others, saying he had already planned to take Red Boy as his disciple.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva bound Red Boy and declared that he would serve as her child attendant, then attacked him when he protested.
• Red Boy's Samadhi True Fire shielded him from Guanyin Bodhisattva's attack, though he was badly hurt, and Daoist Duobao arrived and healed him with a spirit fruit.
• Daoist Duobao mocked Guanyin Bodhisattva, who angrily threatened him.

Guanyin Bodhisattva attacked Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang, losing merit and accruing tribulation karma as a result. Daoist Duobao confronted her over Red Boy, and their battle began with Red Boy joining Duobao.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva struck Sun Wukong and then attacked Tang Sanzang after he cursed her, further alienating the Pilgrims.
• Daoist Duobao warned Guanyin Bodhisattva that her attacks had drained her merit and fortune and brought tribulation karma upon her.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva insisted she would survive the Journey to the West Tribulation and attain Hunyuan through the Illusory Law.
• Daoist Duobao announced he would take Red Boy and summoned a host of Innate Spirit Treasures, prompting Guanyin Bodhisattva to accuse Primordial Heavenly Venerate of favoring him.
• Daoist Duobao and Guanyin Bodhisattva fought, and Red Boy transformed into the Samadhi Divine Crystal to help Duobao attack her.

As Guanyin Bodhisattva and Daoist Duobao fought to a standstill, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti chose to break the Western Teachings away from the Mystic Gate and pursue their own path. Demon Ancestor Luohu proposed an alliance and arranged for Demon Lord Chonglou to rescue Guanyin Bodhisattva, while the battle continued at Ku Song Stream.

• Saint Zhunti decided not to abandon Guanyin Bodhisattva and declared that the Western Teachings would resist the Mystic Gate rather than return to it.
• Saint Jieyin revealed his resentment toward Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and he and Saint Zhunti separated the Western Teachings from the Mystic Gate.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu appeared at Spirit Mountain and proposed an alliance between the Western Teachings and the Demon Sect.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu offered to have Demon Lord Chonglou rescue Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Saint Zhunti agreed to betroth her to Chonglou as his Dao Companion.
• Daoist Duobao and Guanyin Bodhisattva remained evenly matched in their battle at Ku Song Stream.

Daoist Duobao defeated Guanyin Bodhisattva at Ku Song Stream, but Demon Lord Chonglou arrived and rescued her. Guanyin accepted the Two Sages of the West's plan to become Chonglou's Dao Companion and claimed a path toward the Buddha's seat before departing with him.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva used Illusory Law against Daoist Duobao, but he shattered her illusions and wounded her with his sword.
• Demon Lord Chonglou interrupted Daoist Duobao's finishing attack and caught the falling Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Demon Lord Chonglou declared his love for Guanyin Bodhisattva, while the Two Sages of the West decreed that she become his Dao Companion in exchange for the Buddha's seat.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva leaned against Demon Lord Chonglou, announced she would become Guanyin Buddha or Illusory Buddha Guanyin, and left with him.
• Daoist Duobao warned Tang Sanzang and the others about the trials ahead, took Red Boy as his attendant, and departed.
• Tang Sanzang rode Huanglong west toward the Sun Star, troubled by the Western Teachings and Buddhism.

Dong Wanggong altered the Chechi Kingdom tribulation into a wager over the fortune of the Mystic Gate and Western Teachings. As both sides sent powerful figures to take part, the coming contest threatened to decide their standing in the Primordial World.

• Dong Wanggong decided to save the three Imperial Advisors of Chechi Kingdom and have them cultivate under Shen Gongbao instead of dying in the original tribulation.
• Dong Wanggong changed the Heavenly Dao Trend, making the Chechi Kingdom tribulation a contest over sect fortune, and Grand Master Xuandu, Guiguzi, and Shen Gongbao set out for the kingdom.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy asked about visiting the queen of Women's Country, but Dong Wanggong chose to remain with her and practice Dual Cultivation.
• Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp raged over the altered tribulation, while Saint Zhunti argued that the Western Teachings could still gain most of the sect fortune.
• Saint Zhunti chose himself, Guanyin Buddha, and Future Buddha Bai Ze to go to Chechi Kingdom and face the Mystic Gate's representatives.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples confronted the monks who had misled them about Chechi Kingdom’s three Imperial Advisors, then visited the palace to learn the truth. The chapter ended as Guiguzi summoned Mystic Gate destiny and Saint Zhunti manifested Western Teachings destiny, setting the two powers against each other.

• Zhu Bajie accused the monks of deceiving him and beat their leader after Sun Wukong explained why Chechi Kingdom favored Daoism over Buddhism.
• Tang Sanzang calmed Zhu Bajie and said they would visit the palace the next morning to investigate the three Imperial Advisors.
• Tang Sanzang introduced himself and his disciples to the king and the three Imperial Advisors, whose leaders realized the pilgrims were too powerful to provoke.
• Great Immortal Luli urged Great Immortal Huli to avoid a confrontation, but Huli chose to wait and see what the pilgrims wanted.
• Guiguzi, Grand Master Xuandu, and Shen Gongbao appeared at the palace and manifested Mystic Gate destiny.
• Saint Zhunti arrived with Guanyin Buddha and Future Buddha Bai Ze and manifested Western Teachings destiny, leaving the two destinies facing each other amid rising killing intent.