Recaps

The Star Demon God and Haotian coached Fearful Shichen in a bold performance before the inhabitants of a world, while hidden chaos demon gods watched and recorded him. Tragic Shichen and Su Yun arrived, and Tragic Shichen found Fearful Shichen just as countless System Incarnations attacked.

• The Star Demon God and Haotian urged Fearful Shichen to proclaim their Will of Tyranny to a world’s inhabitants.
• The Star Demon God announced his arrival as the Star Dao Lord, and Fearful Shichen delivered grand declarations that left the inhabitants embarrassed and silent.
• Pangu, Yang Mei, and the Fate Demon God watched from the Chaos Void, while the Fate Demon God recorded the performance for Shichen to see later.
• The Order Demon God decided not to interrupt after the Creation Demon God persuaded her to let Shichen discover the embarrassment when he woke.
• Tragic Shichen and Su Yun appeared outside the world, and Fearful Shichen recognized Tragic Shichen, who said he would become complete by absorbing him.
• Countless System Incarnations charged toward Tragic Shichen and Su Yun from across the Cosmic Sea.

System incarnations attacked Shichen’s Seven Emotions, while Haotian and the Star Demon God resisted them. The Demon Gods suspected the attack was a diversion to free the sealed God of Systems, but Yang Mei chose to keep watch over the Seven Emotions.

• System incarnations surrounded the Seven Emotions, and Haotian taunted them as the Star Demon God defended him from their attacks.
• The Star Demon God raised the Chaos Star Dou Great Array, and Haotian used his three laws to help it withstand a powerful assault.
• Yang Mei told Pangu that Fearful Shichen could protect Haotian and that the incarnations were not strong enough to defeat Tragic Shichen.
• The Karma Demon God reasoned that the systems’ real goal might be to rescue the sealed God of Systems while their incarnations distracted the Demon Gods.
• Yang Mei stopped Pangu from leaving to search for the God of Systems and urged the Demon Gods to keep watch over the Seven Emotions.

Fearful Shichen overcame his fear and saved the Star Demon God and Haotian by destroying the System Incarnations. When he revealed his name was Shichen, the Star Demon God recognized him as his true boss and panicked over what would happen when Shichen awakened.

• Tragic Shichen killed one Chaos Realm System Incarnation with Dao Slash while the others shattered the Chaos Star Dou Great Array, grievously wounding the Star Demon God and Haotian.
• Fearful Shichen stepped in to shield the Star Demon God and revealed that he had reached the Third Heaven of the Chaos Realm.
• Fearful Shichen unleashed Space-Time Slash and annihilated all the System Incarnations facing him.
• The Star Demon God fainted after Fearful Shichen said his name was Shichen, then woke up and begged him not to call him boss.
• The Star Demon God realized Fearful Shichen was his actual boss and feared what would happen when Shichen awakened.

Tragic Shichen destroyed the System Incarnations and moved to merge with Fearful Shichen, but an overwhelming pressure from the Chaos World announced that Shichen had broken through ahead of time.

• Tragic Shichen unleashed Myriad Dao Return to the Void and erased the System Incarnations except for the Invincible System's incarnation.
• The Invincible System's incarnation declared that its mission was complete, then disintegrated before Tragic Shichen could question it.
• Tragic Shichen told Fearful Shichen they were one and tried to make him merge, while Fearful Shichen fled behind the Star Demon God for protection.
• The Star Demon God asked Tragic Shichen to wait, but Tragic Shichen said there was no time and continued toward Fearful Shichen.
• A vast pressure swept from the Chaos World across the Cosmic Sea, and Yang Mei announced that Shichen had broken through ahead of time.

Fearful Shichen merged with Tragic Shichen, completing the Seven Emotions, but Shichen’s memories overwhelmed them and restored Human Shichen. Shichen explained that he had arranged the events across timelines, then a violent clash erupted in the Chaos World.

• Yang Mei confronted Fearful Shichen, who thanked the Star Demon God and merged into Tragic Shichen.
• Tragic Shichen became whole, but Shichen’s dormant memories began suppressing the Seven Emotions’ consciousnesses.
• Su Yun released the Law of Time, allowing Shichen’s Dao Body to appear and overwhelm Tragic Shichen with memories.
• Tragic Shichen realized Shichen had orchestrated his path, and Human Shichen returned as the Seven Emotions were suppressed.
• Shichen absorbed his Dao Body, brought Su Yun under his care, and told the Demon Gods he had guided events across timelines using fate and the Dao of Time.
• A deafening collision of divine abilities erupted in the Chaos World, silencing the Demon Gods.

As the God of Systems fought Shichen, Human Shichen prepared to merge with Heavenly Dao Shichen and Hongjun’s power to create the True Heavenly Dao. The fusion succeeded, and Human Shichen left to join the battle while Hongjun and the True Heavenly Dao awaited his return.

• Yang Mei sensed that Shichen was fighting the God of Systems, and Pangu led the Demon Gods toward the battle.
• Human Shichen sent Su Yun to the Primordial World and went to its Heavenly Dao Origin Space.
• Human Shichen told Heavenly Dao Shichen that the God of Systems had emerged from his seal and that they had to begin their fusion before he could break through to the Great Dao Realm.
• Hongjun offered the emotions and Origin of the Great Dao he had left to increase the fusion’s chance of success.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen transferred his laws, origin, and consciousness, along with Hongjun’s power and emotions, into Human Shichen, creating the True Heavenly Dao.
• Human Shichen departed for the battle, while Hongjun and the True Heavenly Dao agreed that he would return victorious.

Shichen's divine self fought the God of Systems in the Chaos World, and their attacks shook the Cosmic Sea. As both were badly wounded, Shichen received help from an ally arriving with a golden axe strike.

• The God of Systems unleashed his full strength against Shichen and urged him to embrace a world ruled by humanity.
• Shichen answered that the Dao needed no compassion and attacked with multiple laws and the power of his past, present, and future selves.
• The God of Systems used Dao Fall to create a vast black hole, and Shichen countered with All Daos Return to Oblivion.
• Their attacks collided, disrupting time, fate, and karma across the worlds before both fighters were hurled back with severe wounds.
• The God of Systems noted that a Future Self was blocking the way above the Chaos World and preventing Shichen from summoning his Great Dao Realm self.
• Space began pressing toward the God of Systems as a golden axe light struck from afar, and an ally shouted that he had come to help Shichen.

The God of Systems fought Pangu, Shichen, and the assembled Demon Gods, overpowering them despite their coordinated attacks. As he prepared to finish them off, another blue-robed figure appeared and said he had arrived in time.

• Pangu and the Demon Gods gathered around Shichen, and the Order Demon God offered to give Shichen her Origin of the Great Dao if he needed it.
• The God of Systems attacked the assembled Demon Gods, and the Chaos Demon Ape charged him before being blasted away and knocked unconscious.
• Pangu and the others surrounded the God of Systems and poured their Great Dao Laws into the Pangu Axe.
• Pangu unleashed a powerful axe strike while Shichen attacked from behind, but the God of Systems shattered both attacks and sent the Demon Gods flying.
• The God of Systems declared that it was time to kill the Demon Gods, but another blue-robed figure appeared and said he was not too late.

Human Shichen persuaded Divine Shichen to merge, restoring Shichen and driving his cultivation toward the Ninth Heaven. As Shichen broke through, the God of Systems attacked, and Pangu and the Chaos Demon Gods fought to hold him back.

• Human Shichen argued that the Dao needed both emotion and impartiality, then convinced Divine Shichen to agree to merge.
• Human Shichen sent Heavenly Dao Shichen's essence, the refined Great Dao Laws, Hongjun's Origin of the Great Dao, and the gathered emotions into Divine Shichen before merging into him.
• Shichen's true self returned, and his cultivation surged toward the Chaos Realm, Ninth Heaven, shocking the God of Systems.
• The God of Systems rushed to kill Shichen during his breakthrough, but Pangu and the Chaos Demon Gods blocked his path.
• Pangu led the Demon Gods into a desperate battle to hold off the God of Systems while Shichen continued breaking through.

The Demon Gods fought the God of Systems for several Chaos Eras, suffering devastating losses while Shichen neared the completion of his Dao Wheel. As the God of Systems unleashed a black hole to end the battle, Pangu, Yang Mei, and every Chaos Demon God still standing burned their Great Dao origins and prepared to fight with their final strength.

• The God of Systems struck at the Star Demon God, but the Seven Luminaries Demon God pulled him clear and sacrificed himself, leaving the Big Dipper dark across the Cosmic Sea.
• The World Demon God and the Destruction Demon God joined the battle, while the Star Demon God grieved over the Seven Luminaries Demon God.
• Pangu and the other Demon Gods fought the God of Systems for several Chaos Eras, and many Lower Demon Gods perished as the survivors were badly wounded.
• The God of Systems cracked his Dao Pearl further and unleashed Dao Fall, creating a black hole billions of light-years wide that advanced toward the Demon Gods.
• Pangu, Yang Mei, the Fate Demon God, and every Chaos Demon God still standing ignited their Great Dao origins and roared that they would fight with their final radiance.

Shichen broke through to the Chaos Realm, Ninth Heaven, and defeated the God of Systems in their final clash. The Chaos Dao Court celebrated its victory as the God of Systems vanished, leaving behind a final message for someone in the Cosmic Sea.

• Pangu and the Demon Gods combined their strength in a final axe strike against the black hole, but the clash left them unable to rise.
• Shichen awakened, reached the Chaos Realm, Ninth Heaven, and suppressed the golden flames consuming Pangu and the other Demon Gods.
• Shichen told the God of Systems that the Dao required both feeling and absolute impartiality, and the God of Systems declared that only one of them could survive.
• The God of Systems burned his origin and combined three destructive abilities, while Shichen answered with Myriad Dao Return to the Void.
• Shichen defeated the God of Systems, whose Dao Pearl shattered as he sent a final message urging someone to live on and carry his ideal.
• Shichen announced their victory, and the Demon Gods cheered for the Chaos Dao Court.

After the Chaos Dao Court defeated the God of Systems, the Great Dao restored the Chaos World and rewarded the surviving Demon Gods. Shichen honored the fallen heroes and vowed to attain supremacy so he could restore their true selves, leaving their battlefield sealed in time.

• Di Jun heard the victory cheers and celebrated with his system, which acknowledged that they had won as the God of Systems' imprint disappeared.
• The Eye of the Great Dao praised the Demon Gods, healed and strengthened them, and repaired the Chaos World before telling Shichen that the path of ascending to the Great Dao with humanity and divinity in one body was gone.
• Shichen thanked Pangu and the other Demon Gods, sent them back to heal, and comforted the Star Demon God by promising that the fallen would return once their Great Dao Laws were reborn.
• Shichen drew visions of the fallen Time Demon Gods from the River of Time and mourned that they had sacrificed themselves to protect him.
• Shichen vowed to reverse the ages and restore the fallen heroes' true selves, then sealed the battlefield and their final moments in time before leaving.

Shichen restored Hongjun’s emotions, repaid old debts across several worlds, and reunited the Star Demon God with Seven Stars. After sending the independent Seven Emotions on their own paths, he turned toward the Primordial World and the coming Journey to the West.

• Shichen gave Hongjun Great Dao origin to repair his Dao of Immortality and returned the emotions he had never absorbed.
• Shichen restored the Spirit Sect Leader’s Innate Dao Body and visited places tied to Worry Shichen and Little Monkey, reflecting on his promises and weariness.
• After several chaos eras, Shichen reunited the Star Demon God with Seven Stars, who had once been Fearful Shichen.
• Shichen released Tragic Shichen, Worry Shichen, Longing Shichen, and Startled Shichen to pursue independent lives across the Cosmic Sea.
• Shichen looked toward the Primordial World, where a new era was brewing, and considered Journey to the West a chance to rest.

After the Demon Gods defeated the God of Systems, Shichen honored those who had fallen and revealed that a mysterious figure was blocking the path to the Great Dao Realm. He proposed raising the Primordial and Chaos Worlds by spreading the Dao throughout the Cosmic Sea, beginning a new Tribulation called Journey to the West.

• Shichen surveyed the peaceful Chaos World and remembered Mo Wendao, whose sacrifice had helped forge the prosperous age.
• After hundreds of Chaos Eras, Shichen summoned the Demon Gods and Hongjun, then engraved Pangu’s and the other fallen Demon Gods’ names and deeds into the River of Time with the others’ help.
• Shichen revealed that a figure in a hidden future timeline had reached the Great Dao Realm and was preventing others from ascending, though the figure had called him an old friend.
• Shichen proposed elevating the Primordial World and the Chaos World so the Demon Gods could grow stronger and help him perfect his Great Daos.
• Shichen announced a new Tribulation that would spread the Chaos Academy’s teachings across the Cosmic Sea and named it Journey to the West.

Shichen set the Journey to the West Calamity in motion, naming the Chaos Demon Ape’s hidden monkey as its protagonist and planning eighty-one trials across great worlds. He and the Demon Gods entered the Primordial World, where Shichen revealed that the protagonist was inside a Five-Colored Stone.

• Shichen chose the monkey secretly nurtured by the Chaos Demon Ape to lead the Calamity, which would require him to overcome eighty-one trials before entering the Chaos Academy.
• Shichen promised heavenly Dao merit and Hongmeng Purple Qi to participants, and Hongjun agreed to organize the Primordial World’s involvement.
• Shichen decided to visit the Primordial World, and Order, the World Demon God, Pangu, Creation, Fate, Karma, and Yang Mei joined him.
• At the Chaos Academy, Hongjun explained the Calamity to the Primordial World’s students, while Di Jun and Hong Yun discussed having their Demon Saints take part in the trials.
• Shichen arrived in the Primordial World with the Demon Gods and told Pangu that the protagonist was inside a nearby Five-Colored Stone.

Shichen and the other Demon Gods watched the Five-Colored Stone give birth to a golden-furred monkey while the Heavenly Dao explained preparations for the Journey to the West Calamity. After Pangu took the bickering figures away to teach them a lesson, Shichen befriended the newborn monkey and named him Sun Wukong.

• The Heavenly Dao told Shichen that eighty-one Great Thousand Worlds had been linked as trials for the Journey to the West Calamity.
• Shichen revealed his long-term plan to the Demon Gods, leaving Fate and Karma wary of him.
• The golden light from the Five-Colored Stone drew the Primordial World's powerful figures to Flower-Fruit Mountain, where they argued over whether the Ancestral Witches or Three Teachings were Pangu's true heirs.
• Pangu angrily took Dijiang, Tongtian, and the other arguing figures away, and the newborn golden-furred monkey appeared before the remaining crowd.
• Shichen offered the little monkey a Xiantian Spirit Peach and transformed cloth into clothes for him.
• Shichen named the little monkey Sun Wukong.

Shichen left Flower-Fruit Mountain for Di Jun’s Ancient Heavenly Court after Sun Wukong received his name, clothes, and a spirit peach. In the chaotic void, the God of Systems’ surviving followers planned to disrupt the Journey to the West from behind the scenes, determined to continue fighting the Chaos Dao Court.

• Pangu returned Dijiang, Tongtian, and the others after disciplining them, and Shichen told the Primordial World’s people to attend to their own duties.
• Di Jun invited Shichen and the others to the Ancient Heavenly Court, and Shichen accepted after consulting Yang Mei and the Demon Gods.
• Sun Wukong asked whether he would see Shichen again, and Shichen left him with a farewell about their old karmic ties ending.
• Sun Wukong vowed to find Shichen again as peach blossoms fell around him and his story began.
• The surviving figures in the chaotic void decided to recruit transmigrators from other universes to disrupt the Journey to the West and sabotage the Tribulation.
• Their leader mourned the fallen God of Systems and vowed that the struggle against the Chaos Dao Court would continue as long as any of his essence remained.

Shichen and the Chaos Dao Court’s supreme beings arrived at the Ancient Heavenly Court, where Di Jun welcomed them and arranged their stay. Beneath a laurel tree, Shichen accepted the Order Demon God’s advice to rest, while Yang Mei left with a warning about a possible future version of himself and a wish for the Chaos Dao Court to endure.

• Taiyi returned to the Ancient Heavenly Court after taking form again, and Shichen allowed him to join the Journey to the West so he could earn merit and enter the Chaos Academy with Di Jun.
• Di Jun led Shichen and the others to the Moon-Gathering Pavilion and instructed the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to keep their distance.
• Shichen sat beneath the Innate Moon Laurel and confided to the Order Demon God that he felt empty now that the great battle was over.
• The Order Demon God told Shichen that he was exhausted from carrying the future for countless eras, and Shichen agreed to rest.
• Yang Mei watched Shichen and the Order Demon God from a window, toasted his brother, then warned that if a future figure truly was himself, they should kill him in every timeline.

After awakening memories of a previous life, Sun Wukong discovered his reborn body had extraordinary aptitude and quickly reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. He set out to prepare for the Journey to the West, but found the Dragon Clan and its leaders differed from his memories; after receiving the Golden Cudgel, he left as the Dragon Clan formally joined the calamity.

• Sun Wukong recovered memories of his previous life and vowed to oppose the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Sect while wondering about the mysterious Green-Robed Man.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti discussed Sun Wukong’s changed fate and their plan to guide him to Mount Fangcun.
• Sun Wukong cultivated to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, then headed for the East Sea to obtain the Ruyi Golden Cudgel.
• A Dragon Clan elder recognized Sun Wukong as the Journey to the West Calamity’s protagonist and brought him before Zulong.
• Zulong gave Sun Wukong the Golden Cudgel and declared that the Dragon Clan had officially joined the Journey to the West.

Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain with the Golden Cudgel and cultivated instead of following the expected path to Mount Fangcun. When Haotian sent Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to arrest him, Sun Wukong defied them and declared he would trample Lingxiao.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti worried that Sun Wukong had begun cultivating instead of seeking a master, but decided to wait.
• Houtu and the Ancestral Witches agreed to delay reaping Sun Wukong’s soul, then prepared to act after Heavenly Soldiers and Generals headed for Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Shi Hao and Ye Fan led Haotian’s forces toward Flower-Fruit Mountain, while the Star Demon God arrived and asked to join the fighting on Sun Wukong’s side.
• Shi Hao ordered Sun Wukong to surrender and face trial for disrupting the Four Seas by taking the Golden Cudgel.
• Sun Wukong rejected the accusation, raised the Golden Cudgel, and declared that he would trample Lingxiao to pieces.

Ye Fan and the Heavenly Court tried to capture Sun Wukong, but the Netherworld intervened and clashed with their forces. As the array re-formed around Sun Wukong, the Star Demon God appeared with Little Bean to help him.

• Ye Fan fought Sun Wukong and urged him to return to the Heavenly Court, but Sun Wukong refused to surrender.
• Shi Hao ordered the Heavenly Court's troops to surround Sun Wukong and trap him in an array.
• Chiyou, Xingtian, Shentu, Yulei, and the Netherworld's army arrived, shattered the array, and demanded Sun Wukong.
• Shi Hao ordered the Heavenly Court to capture Sun Wukong, and the Heavenly Court and Netherworld armies began fighting.
• Ye Fan and the Mieshi Ancestor rebuilt the array around Sun Wukong, but the Star Demon God emerged with Little Bean and offered to help.

The Star Demon God and Little Bean protected Sun Wukong, routing the Heavenly Court and Netherworld armies with a single attack before taking him toward the Underworld. Watching from Moon-Gathering Palace, Shichen and the others decided to punish the Star Demon God and Little Bean for their past antics.

• The Star Demon God and Little Bean declared that they would defy heaven and protect Sun Wukong.
• The Star Demon God struck the combined Heavenly Court and Netherworld forces with a palm, blasting their army away.
• Shi Hao, Ye Fan, Chiyou, and the others ordered their forces to retreat, and the Star Demon God took Sun Wukong and Little Bean toward the Netherworld's Underworld.
• The Karma Demon God provoked Shichen into planning to settle old and new debts with the Star Demon God.
• The World Demon God, Creation Demon God, Pangu, and Yang Mei offered to join Shichen in punishing the Star Demon God and Little Bean.

The Star Demon God brought Sun Wukong and Little Bean to the Netherworld, where Houtu surrendered the Book of Life and Death so Sun Wukong could erase the names of his Monkey Offspring. After leaving the Netherworld, they arrived at the Heavenly Court, where the Star Demon God challenged Haotian to come out.

• The Star Demon God announced his arrival in the Netherworld and confronted Dijiang, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Ancestor Minghe at the King of Hell Palace.
• The Star Demon God attacked with the Annihilating Starlight Art, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches combined their power through Dijiang to resist, collapsing Yanluo Palace in the clash.
• Houtu handed the Star Demon God the Book of Life and Death, and he passed it to Sun Wukong, who crossed out the names of his Monkey Offspring.
• The Star Demon God departed with Sun Wukong and Little Bean for the Heavenly Court, while Dijiang and the others reflected that they had joined the Journey to the West.
• The Star Demon God appeared at the South Heaven Gate and called on Haotian to welcome him as he prepared to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Court.

Sun Wukong stormed the Heavenly Court seeking revenge, fought Yang Jian and Nezha, and challenged Haotian, who fled while calling for reinforcements. The chase continued through the Heavenly Court as Taibai Jinxing went to summon Di Jun and the Two Sages of the West.

• The Star Demon God urged Sun Wukong to attack the South Heaven Gate, where the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals pretended to fight and quickly fell before him.
• Sun Wukong reached High Heaven Palace, rejected Taibai Jinxing’s offer to plead for him, and knocked down the palace plaque.
• Haotian appeared and accused Sun Wukong of disrupting the Four Seas and altering the Book of Life and Death, but Sun Wukong declared that all beings could defy the Heavenly Mandate.
• Sun Wukong attacked Haotian, and Yang Jian and Nezha intercepted him until Haotian’s Dao of Order weakened them and Sun Wukong knocked them down.
• Sun Wukong grew to Haotian’s size and pursued him through the Heavenly Court while Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to summon Di Jun and the Two Sages of the West.

Sun Wukong fought Yang Jian and Nezha until Di Jun, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti arrived and subdued him. The Star Demon God broke their pressure and challenged them as the Heroic Emperor, but Shichen and the Chaos Dao Court appeared, leaving the Star Demon God frozen as Shichen questioned his boasts.

• Sun Wukong battled Yang Jian and Nezha while the Star Demon God and Little Bean watched and commented.
• Di Jun, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti arrived with Haotian and pinned Sun Wukong under their combined pressure.
• Sun Wukong rejected their offer to follow his destined path and declared he would never be anyone's pawn.
• The Star Demon God shattered the pressure with his Law and challenged Di Jun and the others, while Haotian claimed to be the foremost hero of the heavens.
• Shichen and the Chaos Dao Court appeared, and the Star Demon God froze as Shichen questioned his claims of defying the Dao.