Chapter Summaries

Hua Shiniang revealed that the attackers had the Heavenly Palace’s tacit approval and planned to kill the defenders before reopening the Well of Gods and Demons. As the Golden-Winged Peng breached the Bodhi Mystic Realm, Shen Luo headed for the summit while Jue An trapped him and Fu Donglai with a Buddhist pillar.

• Hua Shiniang explained that the demons intended to kill everyone present so no one could expose their scheme to reopen the Well of Gods and Demons.
• Sun Wukong mocked Yang Jian for being deceived, while Jue An urged the attackers to kill the survivors.
• A thunderous disturbance shook Fangcun Mountain, and Hua Shiniang announced that the Bodhi Mystic Realm had been breached by the Golden-Winged Peng.
• Hua Shiniang left for the summit as the Six-Eared Macaque fought Sun Wukong and Yang Jian, knocking both of them back.
• At Sun Wukong’s order, Shen Luo set out for the summit, but Jue An blocked him and Fu Donglai with a golden Buddhist pillar and scripture banners.

Shen Luo resisted Jue An’s Three-Star Stones and defeated him after surviving their crushing attack. With Jue An dead, Shen Luo and the others were left to press on toward the summit.

• Fu Donglai disrupted Jue An’s Buddhist chants, and Shen Luo’s Pure Yang Flying Sword destroyed the prayer flags before Fu Donglai smashed the sutra pillar.
• Jue An unleashed the Three-Star Stones, which expanded into three flaming boulders and crashed down on Shen Luo.
• Shen Luo transformed into his Mystic Yang Demon form and braced himself against the three stars while Red Lotus Karmic Fire burned through their flames.
• The Three-Star Stones vanished after crushing Shen Luo into a pit, but Shen Luo emerged unharmed and used the Nine Serenities to kill Jue An.

Shen Luo and Fu Donglai infiltrated the ravaged Fangcun Mountain to find the Bodhi Mystic Realm and stop the Well of Gods and Demons from opening. They discovered Fangcun Mountain disciples besieged in a cave and Shen Luo began using the Plague Box against their attackers.

• Sun Wukong and Yang Jian blocked the Six-Eared Macaque, allowing Shen Luo and Fu Donglai to hurry toward the mountaintop.
• Shen Luo and Fu Donglai saw the allied forces ravaging Fangcun Mountain, and Shen Luo persuaded Fu Donglai to focus on finding the Bodhi Patriarch.
• Shen Luo concealed himself and Fu Donglai with the Soft-Smoke Silk Robe as they searched the sect grounds for the Bodhi Mystic Realm.
• Shen Luo followed the Earth-Rooted Thunder-Calling Talisman to a cave where demons were attacking Fangcun Mountain disciples behind a five-colored Restriction.
• Fu Donglai identified the attackers’ leaders as Yellow Wind Elder and Azure Elephant Elder, and Shen Luo activated the Plague Box to strike the demons.

Shen Luo and Fu Donglai rescued Fangcun Mountain disciples trapped in a cavern, then explained that the attackers planned to open the Well of Gods and Demons. The disciples left the cave, and Juewu urgently asked whether Shen Luo's warning was true.

• Shen Luo used the Plague Box to poison the fiends attacking the cave, then killed their bodies with crimson sword threads and captured their Divine Souls with the Spirit-Gathering Pearl.
• Shen Luo gathered the fiends' Storage Magical Artifacts and introduced himself to the Fangcun Mountain disciples, who recognized him and Fu Donglai from Patriarch Bodhi's lecture.
• Juewu demanded proof that Shen Luo had come on Sun the Great Sage's orders, so Shen Luo showed the Azure Jade Ring.
• Juewu recognized the ring and allowed the eight wounded disciples to remove the Five-Elements Reversal Restriction and leave the cave.
• Shen Luo told the disciples that Lion Camel Ridge and Demon King Stronghold intended to open the Well of Gods and Demons, and Juewu urgently asked if the claim was true.

Shen Luo and Juewu led their companions through the guarded Bodhi Grove and entered the Bodhi Mystic Realm. They emerged into a chain formation that trapped the group, but Shen Luo used the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff to hold open a gap.

• Juewu agreed to guide Shen Luo and Luo En to the Bodhi Mystic Realm, and Shen Luo concealed the group with the Soft-Smoke Silk Robe.
• Juewu led them through the Heaven-reaching Two-Yi Formation in the Bodhi Grove, avoiding the demons guarding its entrance.
• Juewu used a green token to open the entrance in the crystal mountain wall, and Shen Luo brought everyone into the Bodhi Mystic Realm.
• Black chains suddenly formed a formation around the group, but Shen Luo used the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff to force open a gap before it closed.

Shen Luo escaped the Xuandu Black-Law Demon Chain Formation, but the skeletal Demon King Stronghold cultivator framed him as a traitor to Fangcun Mountain. After the same scheme targeted Fu Donglai, Shen Luo rescued him, leaving the Fangcun Mountain disciples trapped and distrustful.

• Black chains bound Shen Luo and sealed his magic power, but he used Chi You's Grapple to cut through the demonic mist and escaped with help from a red ribbon.
• The Fangcun Mountain disciples failed to break through the chain formation, and cultivators from the Demon King Stronghold appeared, led by a skeletal true immortal mid stage man and a young woman in black.
• The skeletal man praised Shen Luo for leading the Fangcun Mountain group into the trap, prompting Juewu and the other disciples to suspect Shen Luo of betrayal.
• Fu Donglai defended Shen Luo, but the skeletal man pulled Fu Donglai outside the formation and framed him as well.
• Shen Luo used the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword to free Fu Donglai from black mist and bring him to his side.

Shen Luo and Fu Donglai fought Demon King Stronghold cultivators, and Shen Luo killed the Red Powder Demoness and the others. He then attacked the Demon Chain Formation, but its chains quickly repaired themselves, leaving him searching for a way through.

• Shen Luo unleashed the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword while Fu Donglai attacked the skeletal man, and the Red Powder Demoness used her artifacts to resist.
• Shen Luo trapped the Red Powder Demoness with Nine Serenities and killed her with the Instant-Kill Sword Art.
• Shen Luo’s flying swords slaughtered the fleeing Demon King Stronghold cultivators, and he stored their remains in the Free-and-Easy Mirror.
• Shen Luo and Fu Donglai headed for the Demon Chain Formation, where Shen Luo’s sword strikes cracked the chains but failed to break them.
• The formation rapidly repaired its chains, and Shen Luo realized that breaking through could consume too much of his Magic Power.

Shen Luo and Fu Donglai entered the Bodhi Mystic Realm and split up to search for the Well of Gods and Demons. At the Well, Patriarch Bodhi struggled to contain a spreading poison while attackers besieged his barrier, and Chi Rong urged them to break through quickly after learning Shen Luo had arrived.

• Shen Luo refused to turn back for the companions trapped in the demonic formation and flew deeper into the realm with Fu Donglai under concealment.
• Fu Donglai explained that the realm's calming fragrance came from the Bodhi Sacred Tree, and the two agreed to split up and search for the Well of Gods and Demons.
• At the emerald lake, Hua Shiniang, Chi Rong, the Six-Tusked Elephant King, and the Golden-Winged Peng King led a group attacking the barrier around the Bodhi Sacred Tree and the Well.
• Patriarch Bodhi, wounded and poisoned, ordered three companions to maintain the Yi Wood Eight-Trigram Immortal Formation and protect the Well.
• Chi Rong learned that Shen Luo had entered the realm and Red Powder had died, so he unleashed the full force of his black-and-white swords against the barrier.

Hua Shiniang and the other attackers besieged Bodhi Patriarch’s Yi Wood Eight-Trigram Immortal Formation to seize the Well of Gods and Demons. Shen Luo found the island but remained hidden as the barrier weakened and the Bodhi Sacred Tree was exposed.

• Hua Shiniang tried to seduce Bodhi Patriarch into dispersing the formation, but he resisted and vowed to protect the Well of Gods and Demons.
• The Six-Tusked Elephant King, Chi Rong, the Golden-Winged Peng King, and Hua Shiniang struck the barrier, but Bodhi Patriarch repelled Chi Rong’s attack and restored its defenses.
• Shen Luo discovered the island by following the Bodhi Sacred Tree’s fragrance and concealed himself after seeing the powerful attackers.
• Shen Luo weighed his options but could find no safe way to challenge the Taiyi cultivators.
• The attackers intensified their assault until the barrier shrank around the formation, exposing part of the Bodhi Sacred Tree and a round green fruit.

Shen Luo attacked the demons besieging the Yi Wood Eight-Trigram Immortal Formation, killing two True Immortal demons and drawing the Taiyi experts away from the Bodhi Sacred Tree. After the formation stabilized, he fled before the stronger enemies could kill him.

• An azure wolf demon from Lion Camel Ridge broke off a branch of the Bodhi Sacred Tree and took its green fruit as the demons intensified their assault on the formation.
• Shen Luo used the Plague Box to attack the demons, but the Golden-Winged Peng King exposed him with a storm of golden needles.
• Chi Rong attacked Shen Luo, who blocked the demonic claw with the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff and struck down the azure wolf demon.
• Shen Luo used the Nine Serenities and the Bloodthirst Banner to kill a tiger demon from Lion Camel Ridge and collect both demons' remains.
• The Six-Tusked Elephant King and Golden-Winged Peng attacked Shen Luo, while the other demons' assault on the formation eased and its defenders reinforced the barrier.
• Shen Luo used his Golden-Cyan Spirit Wings to flee after the formation stabilized.

Shen Luo was trapped by Hua Shiniang and badly wounded while fighting three Taiyi beings, but the Bodhi Patriarch rescued him. Juewu accused Shen Luo of being a spy, forcing him to flee the Yi Wood Eight-Trigram Immortal Formation after striking Hua Shiniang with a thunder talisman.

• Hua Shiniang trapped Shen Luo in a spiderweb, and the Six-Tusked Elephant King, the Golden-Winged Peng, and Chi Rong attacked him.
• Shen Luo used Profound Yang Demon Transformation and Heaven-Rending Chaotic Staff to repel their attacks, but he was left gravely injured and unable to move.
• The Bodhi Patriarch rescued Shen Luo with the Mountains, Rivers, State and Society Diagram and sent Elder Gui to open the Yi Wood Eight-Trigram Immortal Formation.
• Juewu accused Shen Luo of leading his group into a Demon King Stronghold trap, and Elder Gui and a cat demon turned against him.
• Shen Luo evaded Hua Shiniang's spiderweb, struck her with an Earth-Rooted Thunder-Calling Talisman, and escaped while the other demons rushed to her aid.

After escaping a battle, Shen Luo used an Immortal Crystal to recover and discovered sacred golden lightning hidden in the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword. Ba Serpent recognized the lightning as possibly being Xuanyuan Divine Thunder, leaving Shen Luo with a new lead about the sword’s power.

• Shen Luo fled until his Magic Power was exhausted, and Ghost General Zhao Feiji caught him and set him down in a forest.
• Shen Luo swallowed healing pills and absorbed spiritual power from an Immortal Crystal, restoring his Magic Power and healing much of his injuries.
• Shen Luo and Zhao Feiji moved to a secluded cave, where Shen Luo used the Pure Yang Sword and Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword to suppress his demonic aura.
• Shen Luo examined the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword and discovered fine golden lightning within its radiance.
• Shen Luo summoned Ba Serpent and asked about sacred golden lightning; after hearing about the sword, Ba Serpent suggested it might be Xuanyuan Divine Thunder.

Shen Luo learned the origins of the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword and discovered that a Bodhi Fruit could strengthen his Divine Soul. After reaching the Soul Threads realm, he began the final step of refining the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King.

• Ba Serpent explained that the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword’s Xuanyuan Divine Thunder came from the extinct Xuanyuan Divine Tree, then reported that Princess Wansheng had left Cloud Dream Marsh with a mysterious black shadow and the Mirage Monster.
• Shen Luo gave Ba Serpent a Heavenly Thunder Crystal and a Thundercloud Flower and sent her back to monitor Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Shen Luo used Divine Wood's Grace to recover and sensed an unusual Yi Wood spiritual power coming from a Bodhi Fruit in the Azure Wolf’s storage pouch.
• Shen Luo drew power from the Bodhi Fruit, healed his injuries, and advanced his Divine Soul to the Soul Threads realm.
• Shen Luo activated the cave’s Restrictions and took out the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King and its Undying Wood coffin to begin the final step of refinement.

Shen Luo successfully refined the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King and returned to the occupied Sky Pit, where the demons were preparing to break the restriction over the Well of Gods and Demons. Hua Shiniang completed a blood-sacrifice formation and brought forward several dozen captives.

• Shen Luo used the Spirit-Gathering Pearl, secret seals, and spiritual materials to refine the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King.
• The Heavenly Fiend Corpse King demonstrated his speed with the Golden Escape Technique, and Shen Luo concealed him in the Free-and-Easy Mirror.
• Shen Luo returned invisibly to the Sky Pit and saw that the demons had occupied it and that a golden pillar of light rose from within.
• Hua Shiniang proposed using Spider Cave's Blood Sacrifice method to break the restriction, and the Six-Tusked Elephant King and Golden-Winged Peng agreed to let her proceed.
• Hua Shiniang carved a formation around the Sky Pit, set forty-nine red stones into it, and ordered demons to bring several dozen captives forward as sacrifices.

Shen Luo witnessed Hua Shiniang’s demons slaughtering captured cultivators to power the Blood Sacrifice Restriction-Breaking Formation, while Fangcun Mountain’s survivors regrouped inside the Sky Pit. Patriarch Bodhi prepared for the sect’s possible destruction, but Luo En revealed that Yang Jian knew the demons’ plans and had joined forces with Sun Wukong.

• Shen Luo recognized Juewu among Hua Shiniang’s demons and suspected he had helped sabotage the formation, deciding that Juewu had to die.
• Hua Shiniang ordered the demons to slaughter captured sect members and feed their blood into the formation, while Juewu killed an elder who begged to serve the demons.
• Shen Luo held back from attacking as the formation’s light rose around the Sky Pit and a blood cloud began to cover its golden pillar.
• Inside the Sky Pit, Patriarch Bodhi blamed Juewu’s betrayal for the defenders’ defeat and gave Elder Gui and Elder Wuchen the Mountains, Rivers, State and Society Diagram so they could lead the survivors to escape.
• Patriarch Bodhi revealed that Chiyou Blood Poison was eroding his cultivation and that the Bodhi Sacred Tree had been destroyed.
• Luo En awoke and told Patriarch Bodhi and Xing Qiong that Yang Jian knew the demons’ intentions and had allied with Sun Wukong.

As Hua Shiniang’s demons continued the blood sacrifice to break the seal at the Sky Pit, Shen Luo prepared to intervene, but Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque’s arrival changed the situation. The Six-Eared Macaque insisted on fighting Sun Wukong alone, while Lion Camel Ridge pressed Hua Shiniang to break the seal before reinforcements arrived.

• Patriarch Bodhi told the injured defenders to recover quickly as blood spread across the golden barrier over the Sky Pit.
• Shen Luo resolved to act, but a wounded Sun Wukong appeared, pursued by the Six-Eared Macaque.
• The Six-Tusked Elephant King tried to attack Sun Wukong, but the Six-Eared Macaque forbade anyone from interfering and claimed Sun Wukong as his alone to kill.
• The Golden-Winged Peng realized Yang Jian had escaped and warned Hua Shiniang that Lion Camel Ridge would blame Spider Cave if reinforcements arrived before the seal was broken.
• Hua Shiniang ordered another batch of captives killed as Shen Luo watched Sun Wukong fight on despite his severe injuries.

Shen Luo returned to the battle to help Sun Wukong, and the two began a desperate counterattack against the demons. The chapter ended with Shen Luo trapping the Six-Eared Macaque’s staff in his regenerating wound as Sun Wukong prepared to strike, while the macaque abandoned his weapon and tried to flee.

• Shen Luo intercepted the Six-Eared Macaque’s blow and saved the wounded Sun Wukong from being crushed.
• Shen Luo gave Sun Wukong a Golden Core, then agreed to fight alongside him after learning reinforcements would not arrive in time.
• Shen Luo released the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King, which fought the charging Six-Tusked Elephant King to a standstill.
• Shen Luo used his Mystic Yang Demon Transformation Body to take a deadly strike meant for Sun Wukong, then clamped the Six-Eared Macaque’s staff inside his regenerating chest wound.
• The Six-Eared Macaque abandoned his staff and tried to escape as Sun Wukong prepared to attack, and Shen Luo revealed that he had anticipated the move.

Six-Eared Macaque let Sun Wukong destroy his former body so he could be reborn into the Demon Clan, while Shen Luo fought off attacks from Demon King Stronghold’s Elder Chi Rong. As battles raged around Sky Pit, Hua Shiniang and the Spider Cave disciples weakened its restriction with a blood sacrifice, bringing the formation close to collapse.

• Six-Eared Macaque charged into Sun Wukong’s Ruyi Jingu Bang and turned to ash, while his demonic qi escaped with the black staff and promised to return in a new Demon Clan body.
• Golden-Winged Peng struck Shen Luo’s Puppet Armor Corpse King, and Elder Chi Rong attacked Shen Luo with hidden black and white bone swords.
• Shen Luo repelled the bone swords with his Pure Yang Flying Sword and Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff as Sun Wukong fought Golden-Winged Peng and the Puppet Armor Corpse King held off Six-Tusked Elephant King.
• Hua Shiniang and the Spider Cave disciples used chanting and the Blood-Sacrifice Formation to batter Sky Pit’s golden pillar of light, weakening the restriction until it neared collapse.

Shen Luo fought Chi Rong while the Six-Tusked Elephant King battled the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King. Shen Luo tricked Chi Rong with a poisoned jade slip, but Chi Rong retaliated with a freezing sword attack that trapped Shen Luo in ice and clouded his mind.

• The Six-Tusked Elephant King and the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King fought without either gaining the upper hand, while Shen Luo and Chi Rong exchanged wounds.
• Shen Luo used his Pure Yang Flying Sword to strike Chi Rong’s vital gate, but Chi Rong’s reinforced defenses limited the damage.
• Shen Luo offered Chi Rong a jade slip disguised as his secret technique, and Chi Rong’s hand turned bluish purple when he grabbed the plague-poisoned slip.
• Chi Rong dismissed the poison, combined the Black-White Bone Swords, and unleashed a freezing sword attack that sealed Shen Luo in ice.
• Shen Luo protected his Divine Thought with the Buzhou Suppression Divine Art as ghostly voices muddled his mind.

Shen Luo’s Plague Box poisoned many of the demons as the Sky Pit’s final Restriction fell, allowing Patriarch Bodhi and the Fangcun Mountain disciples to escape. With the Golden-Winged Peng and other powerful enemies closing in, Shen Luo prepared to defend the wounded Patriarch and Sun Wukong.

• Hua Shiniang’s demons completed their chant and broke the final Restriction protecting Fangcun Mountain.
• Elder Xing Qiong led Lingbo City’s remaining disciples out of the Sky Pit and found hundreds of demons poisoned by Shen Luo’s Plague Box.
• Shen Luo reunited with Patriarch Bodhi, learned how badly he was injured, and urged the group to scatter and escape.
• Elder Xing Qiong offered to hold off the pursuers, but the Golden-Winged Peng crashed Sun Wukong into a crater and demanded the group surrender.
• Shen Luo summoned the Puppet Armor Corpse King as Hua Shiniang, Elder Chi Rong, the Six-Tusked Elephant King, and the Golden-Winged Peng advanced and threatened to kill their enemies.