Recaps

Ling Yan defeated Duobao, captured the Ten Thousand Immortals Array’s core, and called Zhunti to join her there. Zhunti defeated Immortal Lingya, turned him into a White Elephant mount, and led the Western Religion through the formation before answering Ling Yan’s summons.

• Ling Yan took Duobao’s Duo Bao Pagoda with her Five Elements Divine Light and told him to strike with the Hun Yuan Sword.
• Duobao poured his understanding of severing into a full-power sword strike, but Ling Yan dissolved it with the Five Elements Mysterious Pivot Fan and trapped him in a strange world.
• Ling Yan captured the Ten Thousand Immortals Array’s core, disrupting the formation’s coordination.
• Zhunti entered the Two Forms Formation, broke Immortal Lingya’s attack, and transformed him into a White Elephant, which he accepted as his mount.
• Zhunti led the Western Religion’s disciples through the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, then headed to the formation eye after Ling Yan summoned him.

Ling Yan warned Zhunti against exploiting the Jie Sect’s collapse to convert disciples recklessly, and Zhunti agreed to guard a formation eye instead. Kong Xuan broke the Four Symbols Formation by defeating Immortal Jinguang, while Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi entered the remaining Taiji Formation to face Immortal Wuyun and Qiushou Immortal.

• Ling Yan cautioned Zhunti that mass conversion of Jie Sect disciples could provoke Tongtian and bring a dangerous backlash.
• Zhunti abandoned his plan to convert people on a large scale and chose to stay with Ling Yan to guard the formation eye.
• Kong Xuan entered the Four Symbols Formation and swept away Immortal Jinguang’s Spirit Treasures with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan used the Five Elements Pearl to freeze the formation, then killed Immortal Jinguang with a five-colored Claw Ray.
• The Five Elements Pearl destroyed the Four Symbols Formation, leaving the Taiji Formation as the last core formation.
• Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi entered the Taiji Formation, where Immortal Wuyun challenged Guang Chengzi and Qiushou Immortal took Chijingzi as his opponent.

Guang Chengzi revealed the Pangu Banner and used it to kill Qiushou Immortal and shatter the Taiji Formation. Immortal Wuyun escaped into the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, while Guang Chengzi and Chijingzi prepared to advance and attack the Jie Sect.

• Chijingzi protected himself and Guang Chengzi with the Wuji Bracelet as Immortal Wuyun challenged them inside the Taiji Formation.
• Guang Chengzi summoned the Pangu Banner, startling Immortal Wuyun and prompting Qiushou Immortal to charge at him.
• Guang Chengzi struck Qiushou Immortal with a Pangu Qi Blade, killing him and nearly destroying the Taiji Formation.
• Immortal Wuyun collapsed the formation and fled into the depths of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array.
• Guang Chengzi refused to pursue Immortal Wuyun and told Chijingzi to protect him while he fully activated the Pangu Banner.

Guang Chengzi used the Pangu Banner to devastate the Jie Sect disciples in the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, prompting Saint Mother Jin Ling to attack him. Moyuan intercepted her and drove her back with the Law of Force, then evaded her desperate counterattack with the Void Cloak.

• Guang Chengzi channeled Yuqing immortal light into the Pangu Banner and unleashed waves of Qi blades that killed or wounded Jie Sect disciples across the array.
• Saint Mother Jin Ling charged Guang Chengzi with the Four Symbols Pagoda, Flying Gold Sword, and Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi.
• Moyuan blocked Jin Ling’s path and used the Bone Prison to shatter the dragon and White Tiger manifestations of the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi.
• Moyuan met Jin Ling’s Flying Gold Sword with the Heavenly Mang God Swords, using the Law of Force to break its sharp qi and send her flying.
• Moyuan pressed his attack, but Jin Ling unleashed Flying Gold Dawn Break in a life-for-life strike.
• Moyuan used the Void Cloak to become illusory, allowing Jin Ling’s sword intent to pass through him without harm.

Moyuan and Guang Chengzi killed Saint Mother Jin Ling and Saint Mother Guiling, while Wukong broke the Nine Luminaries Star Formation and defeated its star lords. With the formation’s leaders dead, Wukong was left to destroy its remaining structure.

• Moyuan struck down Saint Mother Jin Ling, and her True Spirit was taken by the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Guang Chengzi slew Saint Mother Guiling with the Pangu Banner, sending her True Spirit to the list.
• Wukong endured the Nine Luminaries Star Formation’s attacks and discerned its weak points through battle.
• Chong Yingbiao urged the Nine Luminaries to attack, and Wang Feng charged Wukong but was knocked back by his staff.
• Wukong restrained the Sun, Moon, Fire, and Water Luminaries with his treasures, disrupting the formation’s operation.
• Wukong attacked the formation’s exposed weak points and defeated all nine star lords, then prepared to destroy the formation’s structure.

Wukong destroyed the Nine Luminaries Star Formation, severing the Ten Thousand Immortals Array’s connection between its upper and lower formations. Xue Ling held off the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formation while gathering strength, then began playing a melody that promised to freeze its disciples and their powers.

• Wukong unleashed Law of Heaven and Earth and smashed the Nine Luminaries Star Formation, breaking the hub that linked the Ten Thousand Immortals Array’s other formations.
• Xue Ling protected herself within the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formation using the Nine Grade Holy Snow Lotus Platform, Lingbo Umbrella, and Snow Moon Still Heart Mirror.
• Huang Jingyuan urged the seventy-two Jie Sect disciples to join forces and use Earthly Fiend Soul-Devouring, but Chen Jizhen warned them to avoid a reckless attack.
• Xue Ling let the disciples debate while she gathered power for a single decisive strike.
• Xue Ling began playing the Ning Shuang Qin, releasing an intangible chill as her defensive treasures drew back to make way for the melody.

Xue Ling destroyed the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formation with the Ning Shuang Qin, while Lu Ya attacked the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Array with the Nine Yang Beads and revealed his Solar True Fire. Lu Ya’s assault began to melt the array’s defenses, leaving the Jie Sect formation in disarray.

• Xue Ling played the Ning Shuang Qin, freezing the seventy-two Jie Sect disciples and their formation in place.
• Xue Ling closed the Lingbo Umbrella, shattering the frozen formation and its disciples as their True Spirits were drawn into the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Lu Ya entered the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Array and used the Nine Yang Beads to shield himself from its sword qi with Solar True Fire.
• The Jie Sect disciples recognized the Solar True Fire and began to suspect Lu Ya’s origins.
• Lu Ya expanded the Solar True Fire, melting parts of the array and damaging the disciples’ protective treasures until their formation became disordered.

Lu Ya destroyed the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Formation, while Nanji Xianweng defeated the Qinglong Seven Mansions. In the White Tiger Seven Mansions, Randeng abandoned Dao Xing Tianzun and fled with Juliusun, leaving Dao Xing to be killed.

• Lu Ya ambushed the Jie Sect disciples in the broken Heavenly Spirit Array, killing more than twenty before the survivors fled.
• Lu Ya used the Solar Corona Divine Sword to burn away the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Formation and its foundations.
• Nanji Xianweng entered the Qinglong Seven Mansions Array and burned its seven Jie Sect guards to death.
• Randeng, Juliusun, and Dao Xing Tianzun were besieged in the White Tiger Seven Mansions Array, where their Spirit Treasures failed to break through.
• Randeng fled with Juliusun, leaving Dao Xing Tianzun exposed to the seven Mansions, who killed him and sent his True Spirit to the Investiture of the Gods List.

Immortal Wuyun ambushed and killed Huanglong Zhenren in the Northern Xuanwu Seven Mansions Formation, then revealed Duobao’s secret order to preserve the Jie Sect’s survivors as its seed of revival. The chapter ended with the northern mansions weighing whether to withdraw, knowing their departure would leave the remaining disciples exposed.

• Nanji Xianweng arrived too late to save the White Tiger Seven Mansions and killed them in revenge for Dao Xing Tianzun.
• Immortal Wuyun entered the Northern Xuanwu Seven Mansions Formation and killed Huanglong Zhenren with a surprise strike, forcing Yuding Zhenren, Taiyi Zhenren, and Qingxu Moral True Monarch to flee.
• Immortal Wuyun recalled that Duobao had secretly ordered him and Saint Mother Wudang to retreat with reliable Jie Sect disciples if defeat became inevitable.
• Immortal Wuyun showed Doumuxie Duobao’s command token and ordered the northern mansions to withdraw toward Golden Turtle Island.
• Weiyueyan warned that leaving would expose the other Jie Sect disciples, while Xurishu argued that staying would only bring more deaths.

Immortal Wuyun led the Northern Xuanwu Seven Mansions in fleeing the collapsing Ten Thousand Immortals Array, but they were trapped by the Literary Sect’s Gui Xu Submerged Abyss Array. As the southern Vermilion Bird Seven Mansions also retreated, they too were caught in the array, leaving the remaining Jie Sect forces imprisoned outside the battlefield.

• Immortal Wuyun persuaded Doumuxie and the other Northern Xuanwu Seven Mansions to abandon their positions and escape north.
• Immortal Wuyun’s group entered the Gui Xu Submerged Abyss Array, where their attacks failed to break through and they were trapped.
• The eastern and western Seven Mansions fell to Nanji Xianweng, while the Northern Xuanwu Seven Mansions’ departure shattered another support of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array.
• Jingmuhan led the southern Vermilion Bird Seven Mansions in retreat as Lingbao Grandmaster and the Chan Sect Golden Immortals advanced.
• The southern Seven Mansions fled into the Gui Xu Submerged Abyss Array and became trapped like Immortal Wuyun’s group.

Yun Biao forced Saint Mother Wudang to flee, while Lei Li fought Immortal Jingu, Piluxian, and Immortal Chang'er Dingguang in the Ten Thousand Immortals Array. Dingguang abandoned his fellow disciples, leaving Lei Li poised to strike the broken formation.

• Saint Mother Wudang unleashed a freezing sword technique to cover her escape, then fled to a hidden node in the Ten Thousand Immortals Array.
• Yun Biao gave up pursuing Wudang and rushed toward another battlefield.
• Lei Li used the Lei Yin Breaking Calamity Drum to disrupt Immortal Jingu’s hoops and Immortal Chang'er Dingguang’s Dingguang Bead, then broke Piluxian’s Reed Leaf Sword Array.
• Immortal Chang'er Dingguang claimed he would seek reinforcements but immediately fled the fight, collapsing the Three Talents Battle Formation.
• Lei Li seized the opening and gathered wind and thunder at the tip of his spear for a killing blow against Immortal Jingu and Piluxian.

Lei Li killed Immortal Jingu and Piluxian as they fled the ruined Ten Thousand Immortals Array. Immortal Chang'er Dingguang surrendered to the Western Religion and agreed to be guarded by its members.

• Lei Li killed Immortal Jingu with a wind-and-thunder spear strike, and Jingu’s True Spirit entered the Investiture of the Gods List.
• The Lei Yin Breaking Calamity Drum disrupted Piluxian’s escape, allowing Lei Li to catch and kill him.
• Immortal Chang'er Dingguang fled through the ruined array and was intercepted by Yao Shi, Maitreya, and Mahasthamaprapta.
• Maitreya persuaded Immortal Chang'er Dingguang to defect to the Western Religion, and he eagerly accepted.
• Mahasthamaprapta said the Western Religion would guard the new defector, and Immortal Chang'er Dingguang agreed to their arrangements.

Ling Yan and Zhunti discussed the Western Religion’s ambitions as the Ten Thousand Immortals Array neared collapse. Ling Yan then destroyed the array’s remaining foundation with a Five Elements handprint, ending the battle of formations.

• Maitreya captured the cooperative Immortal Chang'er Dingguang inside his Golden Cymbals, while Yao Shi urged the others to clear the remaining array participants.
• Ling Yan sensed that the Ten Thousand Immortals Array had been reduced to a collapsing shell and told Zhunti the long conflict was nearing its end.
• Zhunti spoke of bringing order to the Primordial Wilderness, but Ling Yan recognized that the Western Religion ultimately sought the West’s supremacy and that its cooperation with the Literary Sect could someday fail.
• Ling Yan gathered the Five Elements into a vast handprint and struck the remaining structure of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array.
• The handprint dissolved the array’s last formations and components, leaving the devastated land exposed.

After the Ten Thousand Immortals Array fell, Duobao and Immortal Wuyun were captured by the Literary Sect, while Saint Mother Wudang escaped. The Jie Sect suffered devastating losses, but its surviving leaders and captured disciples left Tongtian a chance to preserve the sect’s foundation.

• The Five Elements Divine Light seized Duobao, Immortal Wuyun, and the Northern and Southern Seven Mansions, bringing them into the Five Elements Heaven and Earth.
• Immortal Wuyun reunited with Duobao and reported his failed attempt to break out of the Gui Xu Submerged Abyss Array; Duobao accepted that they were prisoners after the Ten Thousand Immortals Array’s defeat.
• As Suyao and the Literary Sect disciples withdrew the Gui Xu Submerged Abyss Array, Saint Mother Wudang fled toward the East Sea while surviving Jie Sect disciples scattered.
• The Literary Sect entered the battlefield to round up the remaining Jie Sect disciples, and the battle ended with more than a thousand disciples converted, several leaders dead or captured, and Wudang the only major figure to escape.
• Jin Ling’s entry onto the Investiture of the Gods List made her Great Emperor Gouchen, and the many Jie Sect disciples entering the list strengthened her faction in the Heavenly Court.

Tongtian Sect Master reflected on the Jie Sect’s losses and its chances of surviving the tribulation while the Four Saints continued to suppress him inside the Zhuxian Sword Formation. After the Ten Thousand Immortals Array fell, Yuanshi Tianzun called on Laozi, Nüwa, and Jieyin to take the four swords and break the formation.

• Tongtian Sect Master sensed the collapse of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array and concluded that the Jie Sect could recover as long as its roots and core disciples endured.
• Tongtian Sect Master mocked Yuanshi Tianzun because Daoxing and Huanglong had also been destined for the Divine Path, and Yuanshi defended their fate while condemning the Jie Sect’s casualties.
• Tongtian Sect Master drew on the formation’s killing aura and attacked Yuanshi Tianzun with the Qingping Sword.
• Yuanshi Tianzun proposed that he, Laozi, Nüwa, and Jieyin take the four immortal swords and dismantle the Zhuxian Sword Formation.
• The Four Saints joined their attacks to sever Tongtian Sect Master’s connection to the formation.

Tongtian lost the Zhuxian Sword Formation to the Four Saints but recovered the Lu Xian Sword and formation diagram before Beiming intervened. Beiming restrained Tongtian and urged the Saints to settle the conflict peacefully, leaving the post-battle confrontation unresolved.

• Tongtian diverted his attack from Yuanshi to Jieyin, disrupting Jieyin long enough to prevent him from taking the Lu Xian Sword.
• Tongtian dismissed the formation; Laozi, Yuanshi, and Nüwa seized three swords, while Tongtian reclaimed the Lu Xian Sword and the formation diagram.
• The five Saints faced one another in a tense standoff after the formation vanished.
• Beiming arrived with the Chaos Bell, restrained Tongtian, and used his presence to deter Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin.
• Nüwa greeted Beiming, and Jieyin bowed to him.
• Beiming asked Laozi and Yuanshi to move to a quieter place and discuss the killing tribulation and a new order for the Primordial Wilderness.

Beiming ended the Saints’ standoff after the Zhuxian Formation fell and led them away to settle postwar matters. The Investiture Grand Ceremony then began as Qin’s rise continued, while a new tribulation loomed beyond the chapter’s ending.

• Beiming proposed that the Saints leave the battlefield and discuss matters elsewhere, and Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, Nüwa, Tongtian Sect Master, and Laozi agreed.
• Beiming used his power to transport the six away from Luoyi, ending the immediate danger for the surviving armies.
• The Three Religions’ forces withdrew to their respective strongholds, and the Investiture killing tribulation came to an end.
• Qin State recovered the Nine Cauldrons after its army reached Luoyi, while King Zhaoxiang of Qin welcomed the Saints’ withdrawal from mortal affairs.
• Jiang Ziya held the Investiture Grand Ceremony in the Qinling Mountains, restoring divine bodies and positions to the True Spirits on the list.

Beiming gathered the Saints in the Inner Chaos after the Investiture of the Gods and urged them to set aside their conflict and prepare for the next shift in Heaven and Earth’s fortunes. Jieyin announced the coming rise of the West, while Tongtian insisted that the Saints establish fair rules for sharing in it.

• Beiming brought Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, and Jieyin to a protected space in the Inner Chaos after ending Tongtian’s confinement.
• Beiming explained that the Saints’ feud could destabilize the Primordial Wilderness, and urged them to focus on the new stage following the Investiture of the Gods.
• Jieyin declared that the Mystic Gate’s decline would shift the Heavenly Dao’s momentum westward and called for the Saints’ support of Western Prosperity.
• Tongtian agreed to offer some assistance but demanded that the Saints first negotiate rules for sharing the coming prosperity and bearing its tribulations.
• Tongtian saw Western Prosperity as a chance for the Jie Sect to recover its standing and gain a share of the new order.

Beiming proposed a Westward Journey to revive the West, connect East and West, and redistribute merit and luck, giving the Saints a new contest after the Canonization of the Gods. As the Saints began negotiating their roles, Laozi insisted that the Human Religion must send a representative, leaving the team’s remaining places unsettled.

• Beiming proposed forming a four-member westward team with a mount to travel through the West, endure eighty-one hardships, spread the Dao, and bring the regions along the route under Huoyun Cave.
• The Saints discerned that Sun Wukong and Jin Chanzi were destined members, leaving two team positions and the mount open to competition.
• Tongtian praised Beiming’s proposal as an opportunity for the Jie Sect to recover from its defeat, while Jieyin reminded Yuanshi of his promise not to obstruct Western Prosperity.
• Yuanshi affirmed that the Chan Sect would not participate, and Tongtian taunted him for yielding to reason.
• Laozi assessed the Saints’ competing interests, then declared that the Human Religion would support the journey and provide a suitable candidate as a human vanguard.

The Saints settled the Journey to the West roster, giving Laozi one member slot and the Western Religion the final slot and mount. After the other Saints departed, Beiming, Nüwa, and Tongtian considered how to use the journey, while Tongtian recognized it as a chance to rebuild Jie Sect’s influence despite its lack of a treasure to stabilize its Luck.

• Laozi decided to raise his nominal disciple Tianpeng’s cultivation to Daluo Golden Immortal so he could join the westward journey.
• Jieyin claimed the last member slot and the mount for the Western Religion, intending to bargain with Haotian and secretly convert the person Haotian selected.
• Beiming warned the Saints that Heaven and Earth showed signs of disorder and that chaos was about to stir.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin departed to prepare, leaving Beiming, Nüwa, and Tongtian behind.
• Nüwa planned to discuss raising Fuxi and undermining Haotian with Beiming, while Tongtian saw Jin Chanzi’s role in the journey as a chance to spread Jie Sect’s teachings.
• Tongtian reflected that Jie Sect’s Luck depended on continual recruitment because the sect lacked a Spirit Treasure capable of suppressing it.

Tongtian acknowledged that Beiming had saved him and the Jie Sect from a worse fate, and agreed to owe the Literary Sect two karmic debts. He arranged for his disciples to return to Golden Turtle Island, while privately resolving to confront Laozi and Yuanshi over their betrayal.

• The chapter explained that Tongtian could not safely seize Ming He's Karma Fire Red Lotus, since doing so could endanger the Asura Race and disrupt reincarnation, bringing disastrous karma upon the Jie Sect.
• Tongtian thanked Beiming for breaking the deadlock after the Jie Sect's defeat and asked for Duobao, Wuyun, and the other disciples staying at the Literary Sect to return to Golden Turtle Island.
• Nüwa pointed out that Tongtian now owed Beiming two Saint-level karmic debts, and Beiming asked that they be recorded on the Literary Sect's account for future aid.
• Tongtian agreed to repay the debts and focused on retrieving his disciples and stabilizing the Jie Sect ahead of the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Tongtian reflected that Laozi and Yuanshi's betrayal hurt more than the Jie Sect's defeat and decided to abandon his remaining illusions about their brotherhood.

At the Great Void Palace, Tongtian met his captured Jie Sect disciples and agreed to exchange the Qingping Sword for their return to Golden Turtle Island. Beiming accepted the bargain, leaving the sword in his hands and the captives' release as the agreed price.

• Beiming brought Nüwa and Tongtian to the Great Void Palace, where more than a hundred Jie Sect disciples captured in the Battle of Luoyi waited under guard.
• Tongtian reassured Duobao and the other captives, telling them the Jie Sect's defeat was not their fault and that they would rebuild the sect together.
• Tongtian offered the Qingping Sword to Beiming in exchange for the captives' safe return, despite Duobao and the others urging him not to give it up.
• Beiming drew the Qingping Sword into his hand and accepted it as the price for the Jie Sect disciples' freedom.

After the Investiture of the Gods, Beiming sent the Literary Sect disciples to rest while he and Nüwa anticipated Jieyin’s next move. At Mount Ling, Jieyin prepared to convert captured Jie Sect disciples and received Chan Sect defectors, while Yuanshi learned of the betrayal and planned to use Juliusun’s defection to force Jieyin to repay a debt of Saint cause and effect.

• Tongtian exchanged the Qingping Sword to bring back Duobao and the other Jie Sect disciples, then returned with them to Golden Turtle Island.
• Beiming dismissed the Literary Sect disciples to recover and cultivate, and he and Nüwa agreed that Jieyin’s move was imminent.
• Jieyin fortified Mount Ling against the Demon Sect and had Zhunti, Immortal Chang'er Dingguang, and others convert the captured Jie Sect disciples.
• Randeng took Juliusun to Mount Ling, while Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang remained with the Chan Sect.
• Yuanshi deduced that Randeng and Juliusun had gone to Mount Ling and chose not to expose the three other disciples Randeng had approached.
• Yuanshi planned to wait for Juliusun to formally betray the Chan Sect, then kill him and make Jieyin’s intervention settle their Saint cause and effect.

Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to establish the Buddhist Sect as a new path apart from the Mystic Gate Dao lineage, while their conversion of Jie Sect disciples advanced. Jieyin's proclamation began the sect's formal emergence, leaving the West transformed and its new doctrine declared across the Primordial Wilderness.

• Zhunti observed that Immortal Chang'er Dingguang had helped loosen the resolve of more than a thousand Jie Sect disciples, who awaited the final step of conversion.
• Zhunti reassured Juliusun that Jieyin had karmic ties with the Chan Sect Saint and promised Randeng a chance to reach Quasi-Saint, but refused to provide him a Spirit Treasure.
• Zhunti told Jieyin that the disciples' minds had been shaken and that Immortal Chang'er Dingguang had proved useful.
• Jieyin unleashed his Saintly Might and proclaimed that he and Zhunti would break from the Mystic Gate Dao lineage and establish the Buddhist Sect.
• Jieyin declared suffering, awakening, and ferrying as the Buddhist Sect's principles, while Saintly power made the barren western land appear to flourish and drew living beings to worship.

Jieyin declared the Buddhist Sect independent from the Mystic Gate, drawing away part of its fortune as former Western Religion, Jie Sect, and Chan Sect disciples took Buddhist roles. The West gained strength while Laozi recognized that the Mystic Gate’s momentum had begun to waver, but he held back from confronting Jieyin.

• Jieyin and Zhunti proclaimed the Buddhist Sect’s establishment, and Mystic Gate fortune flowed into the new sect.
• More than a thousand captured Jie Sect disciples converted, while Yaoshi, Maitreya, Mahasthamaprapta, Ksitigarbha, and other followers received Buddhist titles and positions.
• Jieyin became lord of the Buddhist Sect and Zhunti its presiding mother, as Heavenly Dao merit stabilized the sect and eased the sense of betrayal.
• Cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Jieyin’s split, while Bei Ming and Nüwa saw it as a chance for the Demon Sect to rise.
• Laozi sensed the loss of Mystic Gate fortune and the disruption to his Journey to the West plans, but restrained his anger because the West’s revival followed Heavenly Dao momentum.