Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren encountered Chen Li at the Celestial Maiden Pavilion and learned why Floating Life Daoist sought virgins with potent Primordial Yin. Chen Li hinted that she knew where Ling Que'er was as she prepared to leave.

• Lu Ren rejected a technique fusion and began deducing a new true technique focused on overwhelming power and speed.
• Lu Ren recognized Chen Li at the Celestial Maiden Pavilion and stopped her from fleeing by suppressing her mana.
• Chen Li explained that Floating Life Daoist needed virgins with potent Primordial Yin to dispel baleful energy caused by a flaw in his Dao foundation.
• Lu Ren questioned Chen Li further, then let her leave without making things difficult for her.
• Chen Li told Lu Ren that he wanted to know Ling Que'er's whereabouts.

Lu Ren took Su Zhi to the mortal realm by forcing his way through the Heavenly Gate, evading the Heavenly Court’s tracking. At Li Kong Mountain, Su Zhi prepared to seek out the remaining members of his Qingqiu Clan while Lu Ren urged him to bring them somewhere safe.

• Lu Ren questioned Chen Li about a woman’s whereabouts, and she admitted she could only guess where the woman might be.
• Lu Ren decided to visit the mortal realm with Su Zhi, who agreed to look for the Qingqiu Fox Clan.
• Lu Ren knocked out the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals guarding the Heavenly Gate and entered the mortal realm with Su Zhi.
• Li Jing learned that Thousand-Mile Eye could not find any trace of the intruders and decided not to pursue the matter.
• At Li Kong Mountain, Lu Ren let Su Zhi go to find his clan and offered the Qingqiu Foxes a place to settle, but Su Zhi hesitated to accept.

Lu Ren asked an old man about immortals on Li Kong Mountain, then uncovered the hidden Ziyang Sect with his perception. He realized the sect had been rebuilt in recent years and was likely founded by Ling Que'er.

• Su Zhi said she would think over Lu Ren's offer and quickly left.
• Lu Ren asked Old Zhang whether immortals lived on Li Kong Mountain, and Old Zhang told him that a seeker had recently died there without finding them.
• Lu Ren climbed the mountain cautiously, then used his altered vision to reveal its hidden peak and flying cultivators.
• Lu Ren bypassed the mountain gate through his microscopic quantum Inner Aspect and silently surveyed the sect with Hyperdimensional Perception.
• Lu Ren recognized the sect as the Ziyang Sect and concluded that Ling Que'er had founded it after her former sect was destroyed.

Lu Ren visited the flourishing Ziyang Sect without meeting Ling Que'er, then returned to the Red Archway District with Su Zhi and the foxes he had preserved for the Qingqiu Fox Clan. Twenty years later, Yang Jian came with a plan to kill members of the Giant Spirit God Lineage, and Lu Ren proposed robbing the Heavenly Court's Hall of Books afterward.

• Lu Ren watched the Ziyang Sect from afar and left after seeing that Ling Que'er had built it into a thriving sect.
• Ling Que'er sensed Lu Ren's familiar gaze and realized he had left without disturbing her.
• Lu Ren returned to the Red Archway District with Su Zhi, who brought more than thirty foxes and had sacrificed part of his Dao foundation to preserve the Qingqiu Fox Clan.
• Lu Ren stayed in the Red Archway District for twenty years until Yang Jian arrived with a plan to kill members of the Giant Spirit God Lineage.
• Lu Ren urged Yang Jian to raid the Heavenly Court's Hall of Books after they avenged the Howling Celestial Dog, and Yang Jian admitted he was tempted.

Lu Ren and Yang Jian launched their attack on the Heavenly Court, with Nezha striking first at the Giant Spirit God Lineage. Nezha confronted Yan Zheng and Yan Li inside their palace, where Yan Li’s watery divine light slowed his spear as the battle began.

• Lu Ren persuaded Yang Jian to attack the Heavenly Court and said Sun Wukong had agreed to join them.
• Lu Ren and Yang Jian set out, and Lu Ren gathered Su Zhi and Shu Laibao into his Inner World Universe before heading to the Heavenly Court.
• Lu Ren and Yang Jian entered through the South Heaven Gate and headed for the Giant Spirit God Lineage’s territory.
• Yan Zheng ordered Yan Li to face Yang Jian, but Nezha arrived with his spear and attacked Yan Li.
• Yan Li spread watery divine light through the palace, slowing Nezha’s attack, and Nezha challenged Yan Zheng and Yan Li as he fought back.

Nezha attacked the Giant Spirit God Clan’s stronghold with Samadhi True Fire and fought Yan Zheng while Yang Jian went after Yan Li. After the Jade Emperor learned of the assault, he ordered Wang Lingguan to lead troops there, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Yan Zheng threatened to kill Nezha for defying Heaven, but Nezha unleashed Samadhi True Fire and engulfed the Giant Spirit God Clan’s stronghold in flames.
• Lu Ren and Yang Jian arrived above the burning stronghold, and Yang Jian confirmed Nezha had not activated the concealed killing formation.
• Yan Zheng used Heaven and Earth Avatar to seize Nezha’s Fire-Tipped Spear, but Nezha transformed into Three Heads Six Arms and charged him.
• Nezha asked Yang Jian to help, and Yang Jian flew off to pursue Yan Li while Lu Ren stayed to hold the line.
• The Jade Emperor learned of the attack and ordered Wang Lingguan to lead one hundred thousand Heavenly River Navy troops, with authority to summon five thousand Lishi if necessary.

The Jade Emperor ordered Yang Jian and Nezha killed as Lu Ren faced the arriving Heavenly River Navy. Wang Lingguan activated the Cosmic Star Formation, revealing the force’s true threat and leaving Lu Ren preparing to confront it.

• The Jade Emperor ordered the Heavenly Court to kill Yang Jian and Nezha without mercy, while Taibai Jinxing stopped Li Jing from objecting.
• Lu Ren noticed the approaching Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and asked Yang Jian and Nezha how much longer they needed to finish fighting.
• Wang Lingguan arrived with the Heavenly River Navy, whose ranks included Lu Ren’s drinking companions, and Lu Ren exchanged greetings with them.
• Wang Lingguan accused Lu Ren of trespassing into the Heavenly Court and infiltrating the Patrol Division, and Lu Ren mocked him while hoping to gain Destiny Points by defeating him.
• Wang Lingguan summoned the Star Lords with a golden jade military talisman, and they formed the Cosmic Star Formation around Lu Ren.

Lu Ren unleashed a full-powered sword strike against Wang Lingguan’s Cosmic Star Formation and Acquired Five Elements Banner. His Sword Qi overwhelmed the formation, leaving Wang Lingguan facing defeat.

• Wang Lingguan combined the Acquired Five Elements Banner with the Cosmic Star Formation and tried to crush Lu Ren with overwhelming stellar power.
• Lu Ren drew the Azure Edge Sword and released a devastating strike that stunned the Heavenly River Navy, Yang Jian, Nezha, Yan Li, and Yan Zheng.
• Yang Jian saw that Lu Ren remained a Celestial Immortal, though he had reached an extraordinary state of sublimation.
• Wang Lingguan struggled to maintain the formation as Lu Ren’s Sword Qi pierced through it and scraped his skin.
• Wang Lingguan activated the Cosmic Star Formation’s Heaven and Earth Slaughter technique, but Lu Ren’s river of Sword Qi submerged the entire formation.

Lu Ren shattered Wang Lingguan’s formations and killed him with a single punch, while Sun Wukong scattered the Heavenly River Navy. The survivors realized that Wang Lingguan’s death would bring a far more dangerous response from the Heavenly Court.

• Lu Ren’s sword intent collapsed the Cosmic Star Formation, freeing Wang Lingguan from the formation’s control as Yang Jian attacked the stunned Yan Li.
• Sun Wukong struck at the Heavenly River Navy with his Golden-Hooped Rod, and the navy activated a barrier before scattering and fleeing.
• Wang Lingguan confronted Lu Ren, whose Azure Edge Sword shattered after breaking through the formations.
• Lu Ren bound Wang Lingguan and killed him with a punch that overcame his lightning and starlight defenses, earning 2 points of Force of Destiny.
• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Yan Zheng, Nezha, and the fleeing Heavenly River Navy fell silent as they realized Wang Lingguan’s death had made the crisis far more serious.

After Lu Ren and his allies killed Wang Lingguan and Yan Li, they prepared to escape the Heavenly Court together. Instead of fleeing through the South Heaven Gate, the four headed deeper into the Heavenly Court to carry out Lu Ren’s plan.

• Yan Zheng retreated after Yang Jian killed Yan Li, while the Heavenly River Navy realized the conflict had grown far more serious.
• Liu Changfeng, Wu Gang, Chen Chao, and Zhou Zhi discussed the deaths and Nezha’s powerful new body, with Zhou Zhi suspecting Lu Ren had another plan.
• Lu Ren gathered Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha and urged them to follow him after Wang Lingguan’s death.
• Sun Wukong warned Lu Ren that the Heavenly Court’s strongest figures would come after them, but Yang Jian said they already had a way out.
• Lu Ren reassured the group, then assigned tasks while Nezha revealed he had picked up strange expressions from Chen Hao in Lu Ren’s inner world.
• Lu Ren, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha flew toward the depths of the Heavenly Court instead of escaping through the South Heaven Gate.

Lu Ren, Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian raided the Heavenly Court’s Scripture Pavilion to steal its cultivation arts. The Queen Mother of the West arrived, and Sun Wukong realized Lu Ren had eaten the most precious peaches from her orchard.

• Zhou Zhi recalled that Lu Ren’s group had headed for the Heavenly Court’s Scripture Pavilion, and the four rushed inside.
• Sun Wukong knocked out the pavilion’s aged guardian, and the group began plundering its books while the Heavenly Soldiers pretended to be unconscious.
• Nezha found the Thirty-Six Rank Celestial Immortal Art, Sun Wukong found the Heavenly Spirit methods, and Yang Jian studied the Eight-Nine Profound Art as Lu Ren urged them to hurry.
• The Queen Mother of the West arrived after detecting the intruders, and Yang Jian recognized her heavy aura.
• Lu Ren admitted he had eaten peaches more valuable than the ordinary Flat Peaches, and Sun Wukong realized he had reached the orchard’s very top floor.

Lu Ren faced the darkened Queen Mother of the West and used the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist to neutralize her attack. The clash revealed his immense power and accelerated the Primordial Peach of Immortality’s transformation within him, while Queen Mother of the West prepared to respond.

• Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian discussed their pasts and their hopes of escaping the forces controlling them.
• Lu Ren left the others gathering scriptures and confronted Queen Mother of the West in the void.
• Queen Mother of the West swept her hand and unleashed a killing force, which Lu Ren met with a punch that shattered it.
• Liu Changfeng and Zhou Zhi wondered whether Queen Mother of the West had held back, while Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha marveled at Lu Ren’s strength.
• Lu Ren’s aura faded after the punch as his body transformed and absorbed the remaining Primordial Peach of Immortality essence.
• Queen Mother of the West asked the name of Lu Ren’s technique, and he called it the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist.

Lu Ren faced the Queen Mother of the West after she declared she would capture him and refine him into a pill. When she attacked with the Golden Jade Hairpin, Lu Ren unleashed the fiftyfold Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist and punched the treasure away, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Queen Mother of the West recognized Lu Ren's body-cultivation method and said she intended to capture him and refine him into a pill.
• Lu Ren joked that she should treat him as a lost possession, shocking the onlookers and angering the Queen Mother of the West.
• The Queen Mother of the West attacked Lu Ren with the Innate Spiritual Treasure Golden Jade Hairpin, and Yang Jian recognized its power.
• Lu Ren entered Hyper-Perception Thinking, expanded his ancestral witch body, and activated the fiftyfold state of the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist.
• Lu Ren's fist struck the Golden Jade Hairpin and knocked it flying before it returned to the Queen Mother of the West's hand.

Lu Ren cracked the Queen Mother of the West’s Golden Jade Hairpin with a punch and tried to bargain for the Primordial Peach of Immortality before preparing to escape with Sun Wukong and the others. Tongtian appeared and trapped Lu Ren inside the Execution Sword Formation, leaving him facing the powerful sword array.

• Lu Ren’s punch cracked the Golden Jade Hairpin, astonishing the Queen Mother of the West, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha.
• Lu Ren insisted he was a pure-blooded human and offered to share his cultivation method in exchange for the Primordial Peach of Immortality.
• The Queen Mother of the West recognized Lu Ren’s World Honored One Heart Sutra and called him an Extraterrestrial Demon.
• Lu Ren secretly told Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha to prepare to leave, then gathered them into his Inner World Universe.
• Tongtian appeared and summoned the Execution Sword Formation, surrounding Lu Ren with four immense swords.
• Tongtian praised the mysteries of the human body, and Lu Ren argued that humans possessed limitless power.

Lu Ren tested the Execution Sword Formation by blocking Tongtian’s sword strike with a single empowered punch, then used his system to prepare a return transmission. Tongtian noticed Lu Ren had stopped resisting and asked whether he intended to give up.

• Tongtian sent a strand of Sword Qi at Lu Ren, who unleashed the Zhou Tian Body Spirit Fist and blocked it, leaving only a faint mark on his fist.
• Tongtian praised Lu Ren as the strongest beneath the Heavenly Venerables and called him a half-step Heavenly Venerable.
• As the Execution Sword Formation filled with gathering sword intent, Lu Ren activated his system and confirmed that it could open a transmission passage despite the formation’s blockade.
• Lu Ren shrank back to his ancestral witch body as the divine figures in his Acupoints fell silent, prompting Tongtian to ask whether he no longer intended to resist.

Lu Ren escaped the Execution Sword Formation and returned to Hantu, but Tongtian followed him into the new world. Lu Ren discovered that bringing Tongtian and others out of the Journey to the West World had earned him a windfall of Destiny Points.

• Lu Ren initiated the transmission, but Tongtian abandoned Queen Mother of the West and clung to him as they vanished from the Journey to the West World.
• Queen Mother of the West watched them disappear, while the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones sensed Lu Ren and Tongtian's departure.
• Lu Ren and Tongtian arrived in Hantu, where Lu Ren stabilized his body and Tongtian marveled at the new world.
• Lu Ren received fourteen Destiny Points for bringing Sun Wukong, Nezha, Yang Jian, and Tongtian out of their world, bringing his total to nineteen.
• Tongtian asked whether Lu Ren feared he might cause chaos, and Lu Ren replied that he would welcome Tongtian sweeping through the universe.

Lu Ren revealed to Tongtian that returning to the Journey to the West World would require crossing the vast chaos, while Tongtian recognized the True Realm’s corruption and accepted it as a place where he could attain the dao. Tongtian headed north toward the Heavenly Palace, leaving Lu Ren eager to see whether he would confront the Jade Emperor.

• Tongtian sensed the True Realm and discovered that Lu Ren had created the microscopic domain Queen Mother of the West had secretly refined.
• Tongtian asked Lu Ren how to return, and Lu Ren explained that the journey back would take hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.
• Tongtian realized the Journey to the West World was now unimaginably distant and that the True Realm’s corruption had become deeply rooted.
• Tongtian declared the world a blessed land where he would attain the dao, then flew toward the Heavenly Palace.
• Lu Ren hoped Tongtian would fight the Jade Emperor and returned home to learn what had happened during his decades away.

After returning to China, Lu Ren showed Nezha, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Su Zhi the wonders of his modern world and learned that the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain were building a suspected Ascension Platform. He decided to avoid provoking the Jade Emperor and Tathagata and focus on exploring the stars, then arranged to meet Ji Quanzhen and teased him about Sun Wukong.

• Lu Ren returned to Lingming Mountain, where his clay figures continued building the Main God Space, and released Shu Laibao, Chen Hao, Yang Jian, Nezha, Sun Wukong, and Su Zhi.
• Yang Jian admired a fruit knife, Nezha marveled at an intelligent home robot, and Sun Wukong watched television before falling asleep on a sofa.
• Lu Ren showed Su Zhi the futuristic city and described humanity's advances across the stars, then checked reports that China could now build three Homeworld-class motherships each year.
• Lu Ren noticed news of a suspected Ascension Platform jointly built by the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain and concluded that the Jade Emperor and Tathagata were preparing the road to ascension.
• Ji Quanzhen asked Lu Ren what they should do, and Lu Ren advised him to guard their territory and focus on exploring the stars rather than attracting an attack.
• Lu Ren arranged to meet Ji Quanzhen and joked that he would introduce him to Sun Wukong, who was with Ji Quanzhen in Northernmost City.

Lu Ren gathered the visitors at his manor and introduced the modern-world Sun Wukong to Journey to the West's Sun Wukong. The two questioned each other as the others watched, while Ji Quanzhen realized that nearly everyone present was an Earth Immortal Realm expert.

• Ji Quanzhen told Sun Wukong that Lu Ren had emerged from seclusion and wanted them to meet his family, and Sun Wukong eagerly agreed to go.
• Lu Ren hosted Yang Jian, Nezha, Su Zhi, Shu Laibao, and Chen Hao at his manor, where he described the vast world beyond Hantu and showed them its technology.
• Ji Quanzhen and Sun Wukong arrived by flying car, and the modern-world Sun Wukong and Journey to the West's Sun Wukong locked eyes.
• Chen Hao blurted out that they were the real and fake Monkey Kings, prompting both Sun Wukongs to demand to know who the other was.
• The two Sun Wukongs studied each other and calmed down, while Ji Quanzhen surveyed the gathering and recognized that almost everyone present was an Earth Immortal Realm expert.

Lu Ren returned to a future where Hantu had become a sprawling interstellar civilization, and reunited Sun Wukongs fought before quickly recognizing each other. As Ji Quanzhen hurried off to join them, Lu Ren reflected that few familiar people remained.

• Ji Quanzhen recognized the visitors as figures from One Hundred Thousand Whys, and Lu Ren called them the authentic Journey to the West.
• Lu Ren warned the two Sun Wukongs to fight outside the city, and Ji Quanzhen ordered the city to monitor their energy and activate its defenses if needed.
• Ji Quanzhen explained that Pangu now served as the human intelligent array and that the Main God Space framework was still only eighty percent complete.
• Lu Ren considered using World Honored Temple beacons and Wish Power to create transportation passages between distant worlds.
• The two Sun Wukongs fought briefly, then embraced each other and began plotting, prompting Ji Quanzhen to rush over and keep an eye on them.
• Shu Laibao asked what Lu Ren was thinking about, and Lu Ren admitted that he had few familiar people left.