Chapter Summaries

Dong Wanggong and Tongtian discussed Sun Wukong’s potential and Patriarch Bodhi’s hidden origins, while Tongtian and Ancestor Minghe tested Zhao Gongming. Tongtian demanded to know who Subhuti really was, but the chapter ended before anyone revealed it.

• Dong Wanggong and Tongtian discussed Sun Wukong’s strong Dao Heart and considered inviting Patriarch Bodhi to the Hongmeng Immortal Palace.
• Dong Wanggong revealed that Patriarch Bodhi was Yuding Zhenren, who had taken form as Subhuti after severing his past and present.
• Tongtian challenged the heavens with a display of sword intent, but Ancestor Minghe arrived and provoked him into a sparring match.
• Tongtian refused to fight Ancestor Minghe and instead trapped Zhao Gongming inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to help him master the Mortal World Sword Dao.
• Ancestor Minghe warned Dong Wanggong that Subhuti’s wrath could make him a dangerous recruit, and Tongtian demanded to know who Subhuti was.

Dong Wanggong chose the Eternal Divine Spring as his reward and visited Patriarch Bodhi to recruit him into the Hongmeng Immortal Palace. Bodhi joined, while Tongtian revealed that Bodhi had once been Yuding Zhenren, and Dong Wanggong left open the possibility of recruiting Primordial Heavenly Venerate later.

• Dong Wanggong chose to recruit Patriarch Bodhi and received the Eternal Divine Spring from the system.
• Dong Wanggong, Ancestor Minghe, and Tongtian traveled to Bodhi's pocket world, where Bodhi greeted them and called Tongtian his martial uncle.
• Bodhi revealed that he had once been Yuding Zhenren before his master severed his past, future, and karmic ties to fate, leaving Tongtian baffled.
• Dong Wanggong brewed Enlightenment Tea with Eternal Divine Water and offered Bodhi unlimited tea if he joined the Hongmeng Immortal Palace.
• Bodhi accepted the invitation, and Dong Wanggong said he would consider recruiting Primordial Heavenly Venerate later.

Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, taught the monkeys basic cultivation, and went to the East Sea Dragon Palace seeking a weapon. There he met the Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, Nezha, and Ao Bing, and Ao Bing offered to take him to the East Sea Spring Eye to find a staff.

• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, reunited with the monkeys, and taught them basic methods of cultivating immortality and longevity.
• Sun Wukong decided to seek a divine weapon and entered the East Sea, where the Dragon Clan let him approach the Dragon Palace.
• At the Dragon Gate, Sun Wukong respectfully asked to meet the East Sea Dragon King and saw the Dragon Clan's formidable strength.
• The Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, Nezha, and Ao Bing met Sun Wukong and brought him into the Dragon Palace, where they shared wine and grew familiar.
• Ao Bing asked what treasure Sun Wukong wanted, and Sun Wukong said he hoped to find a staff.
• Ao Bing offered to take Sun Wukong to the East Sea Spring Eye.

Sun Wukong visited the East Sea Spring Eye with Ao Bing, Nezha, the Six-Eared Macaque, and Wuzhiqi to claim the Sea-Calming Divine Needle. The Azure Dragon allowed him to take it, and Sun Wukong began combining the Devil Dao with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

• Ao Bing introduced Sun Wukong and the others to the Azure Dragon at the East Sea Spring Eye.
• The Azure Dragon tested Sun Wukong's resolve, then declared that the Sea-Calming Divine Needle was fated to be his.
• Nezha learned that the Vermillion Bird was a female immortal and decided to make her the Immortal Emperor's Dao Companion.
• The Six-Eared Macaque and Wuzhiqi formed a demonic seed from their blood essences and sent it into Sun Wukong's brow.
• Sun Wukong began refining the demonic seed alongside Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism as the others watched.

After nearly ten years of training, Sun Wukong mastered four traditions, reached the Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and received the Ruyi Jingu Bang and armor from the Azure Dragon before setting out for Flower-Fruit Mountain. Dong Wanggong and the others prepared for the Journey to the West Tribulation, expecting Sun Wukong to soon wreak havoc in the Heavenly Court.

• Nezha joked that he had arranged Dao Companions for the Immortal Emperor and told the Azure Dragon that the Vermillion Bird would become an Empress, while the Azure Dragon teased him in return.
• Sun Wukong mastered Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, and Demonic arts, broke through to the Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and awakened the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• The Azure Dragon gave Sun Wukong armor and boots from the four Dragon Race Treasuries, then told him to leave with his new treasures.
• Sun Wukong said farewell to the Azure Dragon and the others, mounted the Somersault Cloud, and headed for Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• The Azure Dragon sent Nezha, Ao Bing, the Six-Eared Macaque, and Wuzhiqi back to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where Ao Bing worried that Sun Wukong would face hardship.
• Dong Wanggong told Patriarch Bodhi that Sun Wukong would soon wreak havoc in the Heavenly Court and that Bodhi would need to reveal his power to intimidate the Western Teachings' Buddhas.

Haotian ordered the Underworld to seize Sun Wukong and stage a dispute as part of the Journey to the West Tribulation. At King Yama’s hall, Sun Wukong challenged the authority of the Book of Life and Death, and King Yama ordered him beaten.

• Haotian told Taibai Jinxing to begin the staged tribulation and warned the immortals not to kill Sun Wukong.
• Haotian ordered the Underworld to seize Sun Wukong’s primordial spirit.
• Ox-Head and Horse-Face dragged Sun Wukong to the Netherworld, where he secretly used his Eye of Delusion to study his surroundings and rebuild his magical power.
• Sun Wukong told King Yama that the Book of Life and Death could not judge a mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• King Yama declared that his rules were supreme and ordered the guards to beat Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong realized the Netherworld was staging events to frame him, but he still played the part of a rebellious monkey and attacked King Yama, tore pages from the Book of Life and Death, and fought Diting. The underworld’s powerful figures stayed hidden as the Journey to the West Tribulation proceeded according to the Western Teachings’ plan.

• Sun Wukong broke free of the ghost soldiers, summoned the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and struck down King Yama, only to discover that he had killed a weak magic-power clone.
• Sun Wukong tore a few pages from the Book of Life and Death to grant the monkeys of Flower-Fruit Mountain eternal life.
• The Judge falsely accused Sun Wukong of plotting to overthrow Heaven, destroyed the Book of Life and Death, and fled while the ghost soldiers vanished.
• Sun Wukong smashed King Yama’s throne and the remaining Book of Life and Death, then left the Netherworld Palace.
• Diting confronted Sun Wukong, who attacked him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang as the Netherworld’s powerful figures remained in hiding.

After learning that Diting, the Judge, and the King of Hell had framed him over the Book of Life and Death, Sun Wukong sought Dragon King Ao Guang’s help protecting Flower-Fruit Mountain. With the Heavenly Court preparing to capture him, Sun Wukong stood ready for the coming confrontation.

• Sun Wukong fought Diting in the Netherworld Underworld, broke his horn, and declared himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven before fleeing.
• Diting, the Judge, and the King of Hell revealed they had baited Sun Wukong and planned to accuse him of the Netherworld’s corrupt accounts.
• Sun Wukong worried that the Heavenly Court, Netherworld Underworld, and Western Teachings could threaten the creatures on Flower-Fruit Mountain, so he went to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Dragon King Ao Guang moved Flower-Fruit Mountain’s intelligent creatures into a Dragon Clan secret realm and told Sun Wukong to use the Journey to the West Tribulation to grow stronger.
• After the King of Hell reported an exaggerated account to Heavenly Emperor Haotian, Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain as the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals prepared to arrive.

Sun Wukong faced the Heavenly army on Flower-Fruit Mountain and overwhelmed Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing with his strength and Buddhist magic. He left Li Jing alive but destroyed his body and pagoda, while Tathagata and Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp discussed plans for Sun Wukong after the Journey to the West Tribulation.

• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing accused Sun Wukong of violating Heavenly Rules and led the Heavenly army against him.
• Sun Wukong mocked Li Jing over his treatment of Nezha, slapped him, and struck him into the sea with the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• Nezha and Marshal Tianpeng watched from the sidelines as Sun Wukong battered Li Jing and revealed his Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth.
• Buddha Tathagata and Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp discussed Sun Wukong's talent and considered making him a Buddhist disciple, with Burning Lamp suggesting Tathagata would need to suppress him.
• Nezha warned Sun Wukong not to kill Li Jing, so Sun Wukong destroyed Li Jing's body and Exquisite Sarira Ruyi Golden Pagoda but left his primordial spirit alive.

Sun Wukong fought Marshal Tianpeng after Li Jing withdrew with the Heavenly army, while Haotian and Dong Wanggong watched from Lingxiao Treasure Hall. Their clash broke the Heavenly River’s banks, sending its waters pouring through the heavens and into the Primordial Wilderness.

• Sun Wukong reduced Li Jing to ashes, and Marshal Tianpeng sent the hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals away before engaging him.
• Sun Wukong knocked Juling Shen aside and challenged Marshal Tianpeng, while Nezha followed to watch their battle.
• Dong Wanggong joined Haotian in Lingxiao Treasure Hall to watch the fight, and Li Jing reported his defeat and received permission to recover.
• Sun Wukong and Marshal Tianpeng fought for countless rounds until their weapons struck the Heavenly River and burst its banks.
• Marshal Tianpeng stopped fighting and blamed Sun Wukong as the flood swept through the heavens and into the Primordial Wilderness.

After the Heavenly River collapsed, Yang Chan used the Precious Lotus Lamp to send its waters back, while Marshal Tianpeng was ordered to accept punishment for his role in the disaster. Yang Jian then challenged Sun Wukong to a future battle, but Sun Wukong mocked his scholarly clothes and left him fuming in armor.

• Sun Wukong and Marshal Tianpeng joined forces to block the torrent of Ruoshui threatening the mortal world.
• Ruoshui appeared and warned that they could not hold back the waters, so Yang Jian used his power to stop the Heavenly River from overflowing.
• Yang Chan arrived with the Precious Lotus Lamp and reversed the river's flow, returning its waters to the void.
• Yang Jian told Marshal Tianpeng to accept punishment and said he was destined to become one of the Pilgrims in the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Yang Jian told Sun Wukong he expected to fight him soon, but Sun Wukong mocked his Daoist robes and left on his Somersault Cloud.
• Yang Jian put on the Weak Water Mysterious Armor and took up his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd.

Yang Chan helped Ruoshui control the Heavenly River and promised to ask Nuwa to help her manifest in the world. Dong Wanggong and Nuwa arrived, and Dong Wanggong accepted both women as Dao Companions before beginning their transformation in the Heavenly Dao Nirvana Pool.

• Yang Chan used the Precious Lotus Lamp to subdue the Heavenly River and seal its broken bank, while Ruoshui explained how the river’s past flood had brought her karmic retribution and prevented her from manifesting.
• Yang Chan promised to seek Nuwa’s help for Ruoshui, but Dong Wanggong and Nuwa arrived before she could act.
• Nuwa suggested that Dong Wanggong take Yang Chan as a Dao Companion, and Yang Chan asked him to accept Ruoshui as well.
• Dong Wanggong agreed to take both Yang Chan and Ruoshui as Dao Companions, and the two women embraced him.
• Dong Wanggong summoned the Heavenly Dao Nirvana Pool, wrapped Ruoshui in Heavenly Dao Origin to help her manifest, and sent Yang Chan into the pool too.

Haotian punished Marshal Tianpeng by sending him into reincarnation, where he became a pig, and approved Taibai Jinxing’s plan to recruit Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong entered the Heavenly Court and was assigned to tend the heavenly horses and watch the immortal fruit orchard, setting the stage for Havoc in Heaven.

• Haotian accepted Taishang Laojun’s proposal to strip Marshal Tianpeng of his immortal bones and send him through the Six Paths of Reincarnation to atone.
• Marshal Tianpeng was mistakenly reincarnated as a pig, angering Taishang Laojun, who suspected Haotian and Buddha Tathagata had conspired against him.
• Taibai Jinxing asked Haotian for permission to recruit Sun Wukong, and Haotian agreed.
• Yang Chan and Ruoshui reforged their foundations, and Ruoshui absorbed the three thousand streams of Ruoshui so the Heavenly River could no longer flood the heavens.
• Sun Wukong accepted Taibai Jinxing’s offer and entered the Heavenly Court, where Haotian appointed him Bi Ma Wen and tasked him with watching the immortal fruit orchard.

Sun Wukong used three powerful external forms to rob Tushita Palace, Western Spirit Mountain, and Mount Sumeru, then absorbed stolen treasures to raise his cultivation. After fighting his way out of the Heavenly Court, he reached the ruins of Buzhou Mountain and began combining Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Demonism to create his own Dao.

• Sun Wukong sent Buddhist, Daoist, and demonic external forms to plunder Western Spirit Mountain, Tushita Palace, and Mount Sumeru while leaving his Confucian Dao avatar to cultivate on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong stole immortal pills from Tushita Palace, kicked over Taishang Laojun's furnaces, and absorbed the pills to reach the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Taiyi Zhenren led a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to confront Sun Wukong, who battled through the Heavenly Court and escaped to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Sun Wukong gathered the Eight Treasures Merit Pool and Nine Nether Demonic Fire at the ruins of Buzhou Mountain, then merged with his Confucian Dao avatar to begin creating his own Dao.

After nearly five hundred years without finding Sun Wukong, the Buddhists called off their search, while Wutian took in the reincarnated Golden Cicada as Tang Sanzang. Sun Wukong emerged from his long cultivation as a Great Luo Golden Immortal with a nascent Chaotic Dao and set out to challenge the injustices of the Primordial World.

• Future Buddha Bai Ze reported that the Journey to the West Tribulation would proceed as usual, and Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp ordered the Buddhist disciples to end their search for Sun Wukong.
• Several centuries later, Li Shimin ruled the Human Race as demons spread across its lands and demon kingdoms rose.
• Wutian found the baby Golden Cicada floating down a river, named him Tang Sanzang, and took him as his disciple.
• After five hundred years in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, Sun Wukong fused Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and demonic cultivation to reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Sun Wukong absorbed the Eight Treasures Merit Pool into the Ruyi Jingu Bang and declared that he would expose the injustices of immortals, gods, and Buddhas.

Sun Wukong fought the Heavenly Court and Western Teachings forces, overwhelming their armies and driving the surviving opponents back. He reached the South Heaven Gate before the fleeing Li Jing, destroyed Li Jing’s body, and spared his soul.

• Sun Wukong emerged amid the mist and challenged the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Heavenly Court forces gathered against him.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva attacked Sun Wukong but was badly beaten and sent flying.
• The Heavenly Court and Western Teachings forces surrounded Sun Wukong, but he killed the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and fought the surviving Manjushri Bodhisattva, White Emperor of Qingqiu, Golden Horned Giant Beast, and Eight-headed Serpent.
• Li Jing urged the others to retreat and fled toward the Thirty-three Heavens, while Immortal Weng of the South Pole stayed to fight.
• Sun Wukong drove his opponents back, crossed the nine heavens, and arrived at the South Heaven Gate ahead of Li Jing.
• Sun Wukong struck Li Jing and destroyed his body, then spared his soul because Li Jing had once protected the people during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

Sun Wukong broke through the Heavenly Court’s defenses and challenged Haotian in Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where Haotian revealed he knew about Patriarch Bodhi. Haotian secretly told Sun Wukong to play his part in the Havoc in Heaven and to kill Western Teachings disciples during the Eighty-One Tribulations.

• Sun Wukong drove Li Jing into retreat and sent the Four Heavenly Kings flying as he charged toward Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Sun Wukong repeatedly struck Lingxiao Treasure Hall with Ruyi Jingu Bang until Haotian ordered Wen Zhong to open its doors.
• Sun Wukong sat atop the Heavenly Emperor’s Throne and insulted Haotian, who pulled him down by the tail.
• Sun Wukong questioned how Haotian knew about Patriarch Bodhi, then injured his eyes while trying to scrutinize Haotian with the Eye of Delusion.
• Haotian secretly told Sun Wukong that Patriarch Bodhi had joined the Hongmeng Immortal Palace and instructed him to perform the Havoc in Heaven and kill Western Teachings disciples during the Eighty-One Tribulations.

Haotian let Sun Wukong fight the assembled immortals to delay the Western Teachings’ rise, until Yang Jian intervened against the Four Buddhas. The chapter left Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp demanding an explanation while Haotian denied responsibility and defended his decision as fair.

• Haotian revealed that he needed to stop the Western Teachings from seizing Heavenly Authority and told Sun Wukong to fight the immortals or submit to the Journey to the West.
• Sun Wukong attacked the assembled gods, and Wen Zhong charged him with the God-Striking Whip but was sent flying.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived with the Four Buddhas and hundreds of Buddhist followers, trapped Sun Wukong, and asked Haotian to hand him over to Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp.
• Yang Jian entered Lingxiao Treasure Hall, cut off Guanyin Bodhisattva’s right arm, and used the Primordial Law to force the Buddhist group down into the hall.
• Sun Wukong broke free, while Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp demanded an explanation; Haotian said Yang Jian acted independently and that Guanyin had violated the rites by attacking Sun Wukong.

Yang Jian fought Sun Wukong in Lingxiao Treasure Hall after Haotian ordered him to subdue the monkey. Yang Jian won, leaving Sun Wukong defeated but defiant as he awaited his fate.

• Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp urged Haotian to handle Sun Wukong, and Haotian ordered Yang Jian to subdue him.
• Yang Jian suppressed his cultivation to match Sun Wukong and agreed to witness that the monkey could leave if he won.
• Sun Wukong and Yang Jian clashed with their weapons and divine laws while Taibai Jinxing mocked Guanyin Bodhisattva over the Western Teachings’ pilgrimage trials.
• Sun Wukong unleashed the Eye of Delusion, but Yang Jian answered with the Netherworld Demonic Eye and defeated him.
• Sun Wukong admitted defeat and challenged Yang Jian to kill or punish him as he wished.

After Sun Wukong lost to Yang Jian, Taishang Laojun proposed refining him into an immortal pill, prompting Patriarch Bodhi to appear and strike Laojun from behind. The chapter ended with Taishang Laojun recovering and threatening to suppress Bodhi.

• Yang Jian defeated Sun Wukong, who mocked the Western Teachings and agreed to go to the Western World to fetch the scriptures.
• Haotian ordered Sun Wukong sent to the mortal realm, but Taishang Laojun asked to refine him into an immortal pill.
• Sun Wukong threatened to summon his master, and Taishang Laojun challenged him to bring the master out.
• Patriarch Bodhi appeared and stabbed Taishang Laojun with the Immortal Slaying Sword, forcing him to his knees.
• Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp recognized the sword and identified Bodhi as True Lord Yu Ding, but Bodhi declared that only Patriarch Bodhi remained.
• Taishang Laojun healed with golden elixirs and threatened to suppress Patriarch Bodhi.