Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng brought the Snow Empress and Fei Nian to the Spirit Garden to help Shui Bing'er tend it, then investigated how the Journey to the West would unfold without the stone monkey. He infused an ordinary Spirit Stone on an East Sea island with Dragon Horse blood essence, setting it on a path to become a monkey.

• Shui Bing'er pleaded with Lin Feng for more garden helpers, and he agreed to send two.
• Lin Feng brought the Snow Empress and Fei Nian from the Ten Thousand Beast Heaven slaughterhouse to the Spirit Garden and instructed them to help Shui Bing'er.
• Lin Feng realized that, because history had changed, the stone monkey born from the Heaven-Mending Stone would not exist, and he found only an ordinary Spirit Stone on an East Sea island.
• Lin Feng sent a trace of Dragon Horse blood essence from the Imperial Horse Bureau into the Spirit Stone, causing it to absorb the essence of heaven and earth and begin transforming.

Er Ming was born from a stone as the Monkey King on Huaguo Mountain, then set out to seek immortality after an old monkey died. He reached Nine Peaks Mountain and entered a town below it to seek information, but stopped outside a restaurant when hunger struck.

• Er Ming emerged from a boulder after forty-nine lightning strikes, and the monkeys hailed him as their king.
• Er Ming settled into Water Curtain Cave and enjoyed life until an old monkey died during a feast.
• A tool monkey told Er Ming that immortals lived beyond the reach of ordinary monkeys, prompting him to seek immortality and remember his search for Sister Xiao Wu's reincarnation.
• Er Ming learned of Nine Peaks Mountain, where a True Immortal of the Dao lived, and left Huaguo Mountain on a raft.
• After nine days of travel, Er Ming reached Nine Peaks Mountain, wandered without finding a path, and entered a town at its foot to gather information.
• Er Ming was startled by the town's human performers, then followed a food aroma to a restaurant as his stomach growled.

Er Ming rescued a young beggar he believed was Xiao Wu from an abusive man and took her into the mountains, where he cared for her despite her having no memories of him. Their quiet life continued as he fended off the townspeople, until a young wandering Dharma master arrived.

• Er Ming recognized the little beggar as Xiao Wu and rescued her from the bald-patched man and his accomplices.
• The girl said her name was A Xiu and fainted in terror when Er Ming tried to explain their past.
• Er Ming resolved to protect A Xiu and built a small home for her in the mountains.
• A Xiu gradually grew less afraid as Er Ming fed and cared for her, and she began to smile at his gifts.
• The bald-patched man led several attempts to drive Er Ming from the mountains, but Er Ming easily sent the men away.
• A handsome young wandering Dharma master wearing a Brocade Kasaya and carrying a Nine-Ringed Monk Staff arrived in town.

Tang San, disguised as a Buddhist monk, arrived in the mountains to subdue the supposed monkey demon and recognized Xiao Wu by the pool. Er Ming recognized Tang San and confronted him to protect Xiao Wu, and Tang San prepared to meet Er Ming’s attack.

• The townspeople asked Tang San to rescue them from a monkey demon, and he set off for the mountains.
• Tang San found Er Ming splashing in a pool while A Xiu watched, then recognized Xiao Wu in A Xiu’s face.
• Er Ming hurled a rock at Tang San, who shattered it with his Zen Staff and accused Er Ming of harming people.
• Tang San promised to protect A Xiu, while A Xiu pleaded with him not to hurt Er Ming.
• Er Ming recognized Tang San, cursed him for pursuing Xiao Wu, and attacked him with a powerful punch.
• Tang San calmly raised his Zen Staff to face Er Ming’s blow.

Tang San defeated Er Ming and took A Xiu away despite Er Ming’s pleas, leaving Er Ming gravely injured. Da Ming watched the scene on the Sky Screen and erupted in rage, while Flender and Liu Erlong welcomed A Xiu’s reunion with Tang San.

• Tang San struck Er Ming with his staff, pinned him down, and prepared to kill him.
• A Xiu begged Tang San to spare Er Ming and offered to go with him, while Er Ming accused Tang San of having already caused Xiao Wu’s death once.
• Tang San remembered Er Ming’s connection to Xiao Wu, spared him, and led A Xiu away from the mountains.
• Er Ming cried out after Tang San and A Xiu, cursing Tang San and lamenting that he had taken Sister Xiao Wu away.
• Da Ming watched Er Ming’s encounter with A Xiu and Tang San on the Sky Screen, then unleashed his Soul Power in rage and vowed that he and Tang San could never coexist.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender and Liu Erlong celebrated Xiao Wu’s apparent reunion with Tang San.

Flender and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect reacted to Xiao Wu’s reincarnation and wondered whether their loved ones could be reborn in the Prehistoric World. At Nine Peaks Mountain, Er Ming regained his will to live, followed the healing spiritual radiance, and reached an immortal’s sermon hoping to grow strong enough to rescue Xiao Wu.

• Flender imagined Tang San’s return boosting Shrek Academy, while Liu Erlong and Ma Hongjun trusted Tang San to remember his friends.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin hoped Gu and Ning Rongrong might be reborn, but worried because Rongrong had been sentenced to the Animal Path.
• Two Daoist boys passed the badly injured Er Ming and mentioned that the Nine Peaks immortal was about to preach.
• Er Ming found the resolve to rise and seek power so he could defeat Tang San and take Xiao Wu back.
• As Er Ming climbed Nine Peaks Mountain, its spiritual radiance healed his injuries and steadied his energy.
• Er Ming reached the summit, quietly joined the audience, and listened to the immortal expound on the Dao.

Bhaisajyaguru secretly accepted Er Ming as his disciple and gave him the Dharma name Yuan Kongming. By helping him understand his true nature, Bhaisajyaguru awakened an unusual escape art, leaving him puzzled by its name and power.

• Er Ming disrupted Bhaisajyaguru’s sermon by demanding an invincible divine ability, and Bhaisajyaguru knocked his head three times before leaving.
• Er Ming stayed in the plaza overnight, and Bhaisajyaguru returned the next day to knock his head three more times.
• Er Ming heard Bhaisajyaguru summon him to the back mountain at midnight, where he knelt and begged to become his disciple.
• Bhaisajyaguru named Er Ming Yuan Kongming and explained that the best cultivation path was the one suited to him.
• Bhaisajyaguru touched Yuan Kongming’s brow, awakening the escape art Qi-to-Horse Manifestation, which left Bhaisajyaguru baffled.

Bhaisajyaguru taught Er Ming three cultivation arts and gave him a Golden-Hooped Rod, but Er Ming transformed it into a cannon and destroyed a distant mountain. Er Ming believed the weapon would help him confront Tang San and reclaim Sister Xiao Wu, while Bhaisajyaguru feared his new disciple would wreak havoc on Mount Ling.

• Bhaisajyaguru stopped Er Ming's improvised cultivation technique and taught him the Glazed Golden Body Art.
• Bhaisajyaguru gave Er Ming a Dragon Palace-sponsored Golden-Hooped Rod and told him to use the weapon form that suited him best.
• Er Ming transformed the Golden-Hooped Rod into a Titan Firmament Cannon and fired it, blasting away a distant mountain.
• Er Ming said the cannon would help him settle accounts with Tang San and take back Sister Xiao Wu.
• Bhaisajyaguru became furious and worried that Er Ming would ravage Mount Ling.

Xiao Yan’s expectations about the Great Sage Equaling Heaven were shattered, but the Xiao Clan soon faced a more immediate threat when Yun Leng arrived with Nalan Yanran and demanded they publicly accept blame for the broken engagement. As Yun Leng prepared to attack Xiao Yan, Yao Chen asked the hidden Ling Ying for help, and Xiao Xun'er approved his intervention.

• Xiao Yan explained to Xiao Xun'er that the Black Monkey’s actions had made the legends he remembered about that world difficult to accept.
• Yun Leng arrived at the Xiao Clan with Nalan Yanran and demanded an explanation for the broken engagement.
• Yun Leng threatened the clan with overwhelming Dou Wang pressure and offered the Xiao Clan two choices: accept public blame or let him decide their fate.
• Nalan Yanran defended the Misty Cloud Sect and blamed the Xiao Clan for refusing its compensation.
• Yun Leng decided to attack Xiao Yan, prompting Yao Chen to ask Ling Ying for help; Xiao Xun'er gave Ling Ying permission to act.

Xiao Yan used a concealed surge of Dou Qi and the Bone Chilling Flame to cripple Yun Leng, shocking Nalan Yanran and the Xiao Clan. Yun Leng threatened that the Misty Cloud Sect would remember the humiliation and dragged away the stunned Nalan Yanran.

• Yao Chen secretly poured powerful Dou Qi into Xiao Yan, causing his aura to surge close to the Dou Wang threshold.
• Yun Leng attacked Xiao Yan and grabbed his shoulder, but Xiao Yan froze and shattered Yun Leng's arm with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yun Leng recognized the pale flame as a Heavenly Flame and demanded to know who Xiao Yan was.
• Xiao Yan mocked Yun Leng by declaring himself Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan and repeating that he was at the third stage of Dou Qi, making Xiao Xun'er laugh.
• Yun Leng vowed that the Misty Cloud Sect would remember the humiliation, then grabbed the stunned Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to a public duel atop Misty Cloud Mountain in three years, and Yun Leng accepted on her behalf before fleeing with her. Afterward, Yao Chen explained why Xiao Yan had spared Yun Leng and set the challenge, while secretly planning for Xiao Yan to leave Wutan City and train.

• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that their broken engagement had harmed both clans and challenged her to a public duel in three years atop Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Yun Leng accepted the Three Year Agreement on Nalan Yanran’s behalf, then dragged her away from the Xiao Clan.
• After leaving Wutan City, Yun Leng plotted to gather Misty Cloud Sect experts and reveal that the Xiao Clan possessed Heavenly Flames so he could seize them.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen why he had spared Yun Leng and made the Three Year Agreement.
• Yao Chen explained that the challenge would buy time and test Xiao Yan’s growth, and he planned to send Xiao Yan away to train.

Yun Leng and Nalan Yanran encountered powerful outsiders from Douluo after fleeing Wutan City, and Yun Leng tried to redirect their interest toward Heavenly Flames. Three years into Er Ming’s training on Nine Peaks Mountain, a letter arrived for Bhaisajyaguru, who called Er Ming over after his latest cannon mishap.

• Yun Leng fled toward the Misty Cloud Sect with Nalan Yanran, vowing that the Xiao Clan would pay for his severed arm and humiliation.
• A spatial rift opened before Yun Leng and Nalan Yanran, and the God of Wrath and his companions emerged and demanded information about the world and its treasures.
• Yun Leng introduced himself as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Grand Elder and hinted that Heavenly Flames were valuable to divert the newcomers’ attention.
• After three years of training under Bhaisajyaguru, Er Ming’s cannon practice continued to disrupt Nine Peaks Mountain and earn him punishment from the Precept-Holding Boy.
• An immortal crane delivered a letter to Bhaisajyaguru, who read it, put it away, and called the still-grinning Er Ming over.

Bhaisajyaguru ended Er Ming’s apprenticeship and sent him away from Nine Peaks Mountain, leaving Er Ming determined to confront Tang San and rescue Xiao Wu. Er Ming discovered that only three days had passed outside during his three years of training and flew toward Mount Ling, where he arrived beneath its vast, radiant Buddhist halls.

• Bhaisajyaguru told Er Ming their master-disciple bond had ended and ordered him to leave the mountain.
• Er Ming begged to stay, admitted he had stolen and eaten two Immortal Cranes, and received Bhaisajyaguru’s warning not to use his master’s name after leaving.
• After Bhaisajyaguru vanished with the other disciples and Nine Peaks Mountain became an ordinary barren hill, Er Ming kowtowed and vowed to settle things with Tang San and save Xiao Wu.
• Er Ming learned that three years at Nine Peaks Mountain had amounted to only three days outside, then summoned a Dragon Horse and raced west.
• Er Ming reached Mount Ling and marveled at its immense Buddhist temples and golden radiance.

Er Ming stormed Mount Ling to confront Tang San over Xiao Wu, using the Dragon Horse’s speed to defeat the gatekeeping Vajras and break through toward Great Leiyin Temple. As he neared the temple, Maitreya Buddha heard that Er Ming had injured the defenders, and the Vajras and Arhats prepared to capture him.

• Er Ming rode the Dragon Horse to Mount Ling’s gate and demanded that the Vajras summon Tang San.
• The Vajras attacked Er Ming, but the Dragon Horse dodged their slow strikes while Er Ming tripped and injured them with his Golden-Hooped Rod.
• Er Ming charged toward Great Leiyin Temple, knocking aside or outrunning the defenders and shouting for Tang San to return Xiao Wu.
• Maitreya Buddha asked who was causing the commotion and learned that Er Ming was approaching the temple after injuring Mount Ling’s defenders.
• The Vajras and Arhats volunteered to capture Er Ming.

Maitreya sent Xianglong and Fuhu Arhats to bring Er Ming to Great Leiyin Temple, secretly instructing them to let the Monkey Demon through. Their staged confrontation turned into a real fight when Er Ming, determined to reclaim Sister Xiao Wu, attacked them with his transformed Golden-Hooped Rod.

• Maitreya ordered Moonlight Bodhisattva to summon Dharma Master Tang Sanzang and sent Xianglong and Fuhu Arhats to invite Er Ming to Great Leiyin Temple.
• Xianglong told the Arhats to hold back and let Er Ming pass, explaining that the Monkey Demon was a crucial piece in the Sages' plans.
• Er Ming arrived on a Dragon Horse and fired a magical cannonball at Xianglong, who pretended to be badly wounded.
• The Arhats surrounded Er Ming with deliberately weak attacks, but Er Ming mistook the performance for a real fight and charged his Golden-Hooped Rod with magical power.
• Er Ming fired another golden blast and struck an Arhat head-on.

Er Ming was smashed nearly to death by Gatekeeper Arhat, but Subduing Dragon Arhat revived him with a Nine-Turn Soul Returning Pill. The Arhats fled after pretending Er Ming had become much stronger, leaving him convinced that Mount Ling was his blessed land.

• Gatekeeper Arhat arrived late and struck Er Ming’s head with his Zen Staff, leaving him critically injured.
• Huanxi Arhat discovered that Er Ming was still breathing, and Subduing Dragon Arhat used a Nine-Turn Soul Returning Pill to heal him.
• The Arhats claimed Er Ming had grown stronger during the fight and retreated to seek the Bodhisattva’s help.
• Er Ming noticed his cultivation had improved and concluded that he was a genius who could break through in battle.
• Er Ming laughed and declared Mount Ling his blessed land.

Er Ming attacked Mount Ling, was struck down by a Vajra Zen Staff, and was revived with a precious pill. Da Ming and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect witnesses mistook the Arhats’ actions for fear of Er Ming’s master or Buddhist mercy, while Lin Feng watched the scene with amusement.

• Da Ming feared for Er Ming as he charged through Mount Ling’s protectors, then cheered when Er Ming seemed strong enough to challenge the Buddhists.
• A Vajra Zen Staff struck Er Ming and left him gravely injured, prompting Da Ming to roar in grief and fury.
• The leading Arhat revived Er Ming with a golden pill, and Da Ming concluded that the Buddhists feared the Nine Peaks Immortal.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin speculated that Buddhism’s doctrine prevented the Arhats from killing an enemy, and Ning Fengzhi considered joining them.
• Lin Feng watched the events at Mount Ling through his Sage consciousness and nearly spat out his tea, amusing Shui Bing’er.

Lin Feng showed Shui Bing'er a vision of Er Ming wreaking havoc on Mount Ling and revealed his identity as the Titan Giant Ape. As Maitreya Buddha prepared to bring Er Ming, Tang San, and the Buddhist leaders together, Tang San arrived and decided to deny wrongdoing.

• Lin Feng unfurled a vision of Er Ming fighting the Eighteen Arhats at Mount Ling and told Shui Bing'er that the Monkey was the Titan Giant Ape from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shui Bing'er watched Er Ming suffer a crushing blow, revive with a medicinal pill, and send the Eighteen Arhats fleeing.
• Maitreya Buddha glared at Gatekeeper Arhat, while Sunlight Bodhisattva proposed bringing Er Ming into the temple to confront the others.
• Moonlight Bodhisattva brought Tang San to Maitreya Buddha, and Tang San worried that Buddhism would punish him if his relationship with Xiao Wu was exposed.
• Tang San resolved to deny everything and told Maitreya Buddha that he had been wronged.

Tang San defended himself before Maitreya Buddha, who ordered him to settle his grievance with Er Ming and sent Moonlight Bodhisattva along. Er Ming prepared to attack Tang San when the pair arrived at Mount Ling, and Moonlight Bodhisattva tried to calm him and explain their mission.

• Tang San claimed Er Ming had fabricated accusations and portrayed himself as a merciful monk who had subdued the demon monkey.
• Maitreya Buddha said he believed Tang San, then ordered him to resolve the grievance with Er Ming and send the monkey on its way.
• Maitreya Buddha assigned Moonlight Bodhisattva, also named Candra-prabha, to accompany Tang San, and the two accepted the decree.
• Er Ming watched the monks and Arhats flee after his cannon attack, dismissed Buddhism as hollow, and declared himself the Ming Venerable of Mount Ling.
• Moonlight Bodhisattva arrived with Tang San, and Er Ming erupted in rage at seeing Tang San and charged his cannon.
• Moonlight Bodhisattva urged Er Ming to calm down and said Maitreya Buddha had sent them to resolve the grievance and clear up the misunderstanding.

Er Ming attacked Tang San after Moonlight Bodhisattva ordered Xiao Wu brought to Mount Ling and sentenced Er Ming to guard its gate. Moonlight Bodhisattva fled after Er Ming shattered her Full Moon Dharma Image, and Er Ming prepared to kill Tang San before she sent back a strip of white silk.

• Tang San urged Moonlight Bodhisattva to subdue Er Ming, while Er Ming demanded Xiao Wu's safe return and accused Tang San of abducting her.
• Moonlight Bodhisattva asked where Xiao Wu was and ordered Tang San to bring her to Mount Ling, then sentenced Er Ming to guard the mountain gate for one hundred years.
• Er Ming blasted Tang San in the chest with his Titan Firmament Cannon, sending him flying and leaving him badly wounded.
• Er Ming fired at Moonlight Bodhisattva's Full Moon Dharma Image and shattered it, after which she fled toward the Great Leiyin Temple.
• Er Ming aimed his cannon at Tang San and prepared to kill him, but Moonlight Bodhisattva sent back a strip of white silk.