Recaps

Wukong promised to indulge Golden Lion’s demands and decided to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for two more months. After escaping Scarlet King’s offer to spar, he used his clones to prepare New Year’s Eve dinner with Xiao Wu and the others.

• Wukong calmed Golden Lion by promising to satisfy her requests for food and games, and Di Tian praised his combat performance.
• Wukong told Di Tian he would stay for two more months after seeing Golden Lion’s hopeful expression.
• Scarlet King offered to spar with Wukong, who claimed his Soul Power was exhausted and fled toward the lake’s surface.
• Wukong emerged from the lake and told Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Rou, and Xiao Wu that he would prepare New Year’s Eve dinner.
• Wukong summoned nine clones and assigned them to gather food and prepare the cooking area, while Xiao Wu envied his clone-producing Soul Skill.

After a drunken banquet, Wukong was comforted to sleep by Xiao Rou, then returned to his cultivation routine. Ten days later, he had reached Soul Power Level thirty-two, and Xiao Rou prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest to maintain her Fortune.

• Wukong drank with the Ferocious Beasts and the soul beasts, became drunk, and teased the passed-out Fourth Sister.
• Xiao Rou brought Wukong water, listened to his drunken promises to care for her, and soothed him to sleep with his head on her lap.
• The next morning, Wukong covered the sleeping Xiao Rou with a coat and noticed that Fourth Sister had already returned to her territory.
• Wukong cultivated with the Sky Dream Origin while his clones entertained Golden Lion, and he continued training and studying Soul Skills.
• Ten days later, Wukong's Soul Power reached level thirty-two, while his Fortune remained slow to rise.
• Xiao Rou, having spent more than ten days in the Star Dou Great Forest, prepared to return to human society to maintain her Fortune.

After months of secluded cultivation, Wukong left the Star Dou Great Forest to return to human society and renew his plan to gain Faith Fortune. On his way out, he sensed Bibi Dong and her companions fighting Fourth Sister, so he sent a clone for help and transformed into a Stone Monkey to intervene.

• Xiao Rou left the Star Dou Great Forest to return to Xilu City, while Wukong continued cultivating and refining [Seventy-Two Transformations].
• Over two months, Wukong reached level thirty-five in Soul Power and level thirty-eight in Fortune, but the declining readership of "God Realm Legend" convinced him to return to human society and publish another book.
• Wukong bade farewell to Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Golden Lion, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, then departed on Cai Lin.
• On the way through the Death Spider Emperor's territory, Wukong sensed Bibi Dong, three Titled Douluo, and a peak Soul Douluo fighting nearby, and realized Fourth Sister was in danger.
• Wukong sent a powerful clone to fetch Da Ming and Er Ming, then used [Seventy-Two Transformations] to become a dark-golden Stone Monkey and rushed to Fourth Sister's aid.

Qian Xunji and the two Douluo subdued the Death Spider Emperor so Bibi Dong could claim its Soul Ring, but Wukong intervened and took Bibi Dong hostage. Qian Xunji ordered the fusion skill canceled to protect her, leaving the Death Spider Emperor free.

• Qian Xunji and the Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo defeated the Death Spider Emperor and immobilized it with the Bipolar Stillness Domain.
• Qian Xunji urged Bibi Dong to kill the Death Spider Emperor and absorb its Soul Ring, but she ignored him and approached the beast.
• Wukong petrified Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, then rushed in as a Stone Monkey and grabbed Bibi Dong by the neck.
• Qian Xunji demanded that Wukong release Bibi Dong, but Wukong tightened his grip after the Immobility Technique wore off.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to cancel their fusion skill, freeing the Death Spider Emperor.

Wukong kept Bibi Dong as a hostage while he negotiated with Qian Xunji, but he stopped her attempt to escape and extorted the Spirit Hall group. He searched Bibi Dong for her Storage Soul Tool as the confrontation remained unresolved.

• After the Bipolar Stillness Domain dissipated, Fourth Sister retreated to Wukong while Qian Xunji demanded that he return Bibi Dong.
• Wukong refused to release Bibi Dong until his reinforcements arrived, and Qian Xunji reluctantly accepted his terms.
• Bibi Dong pretended to be weakened, then used her Martial Soul Avatar to attack Wukong, but he immobilized her and slammed her into the ground.
• Wukong demanded the Storage Soul Tools of Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei in exchange for sparing Bibi Dong, and they handed them over.
• Wukong gave the Storage Soul Tools to Fourth Sister, then searched Bibi Dong and spotted her Storage Soul Tool necklace.

Wukong defeated the exhausted Bibi Dong, then forced Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall’s forces to retreat when Da Ming and Er Ming approached. After the battle, Wukong collapsed from the strain of his transformation, while Fourth Sister revealed that her injuries had ruined her chances of surviving the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beast Tribulation.

• Wukong restrained Bibi Dong, took the necklace, and kicked her into the air for Qian Xunji to catch.
• When Da Ming and Er Ming’s arrival was announced, Wukong returned Bibi Dong to Qian Xunji and warned him to beware of her.
• Qian Xunji dismissed Wukong’s warning, then ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to retreat with him and Bibi Dong.
• Cai Lin emerged from the poisonous miasma to protect Wukong as Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, and Wukong’s clone arrived.
• Wukong’s transformation ended, leaving him pale and exhausted, and Fourth Sister told him that Bibi Dong had injured her foundation and ended her hope of overcoming the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beast Tribulation.

After human enemies damaged Fourth Sister’s origin, she decided to undergo Transformation and cultivate again, despite having missed the ideal time. She prepared to transform the next day, reassured by Wukong’s promise to protect her and show her the world beyond the mountains.

• Fourth Sister stopped Xiao Wu from pursuing the humans, explaining that their three Titled Douluo and Martial Soul Fusion Skill made them too dangerous to chase.
• Fourth Sister told Wukong she wanted to undergo Transformation and experience a new life, and he warned that her age could make her transformed form very young.
• Da Ming and Er Ming led the group back to the Lake of Life, where Fourth Sister recovered from her wounds, though her damaged origin and stalled cultivation remained unchanged.
• Fourth Sister told Wukong she planned to undergo Transformation the next day, and he promised to care for her even if she became an infant.
• Fourth Sister asked Wukong what humans considered beautiful, and he assured her that he would find her transformed form beautiful.
• Fourth Sister asked what the world beyond the mountains was like, and Wukong promised to take her there while Cai Lin watched them warily.

Fourth Sister completed her transformation into a three-year-old girl, and Wukong prepared to take her back to human society. On the journey, they discussed the riches and cultivation materials taken from Spirit Hall, with Fourth Sister agreeing that Wukong could use her share of the money for now.

• Fourth Sister transformed into a little girl, and Wukong made her clothes from an old outfit.
• Xiao Wu and Wukong pinched Fourth Sister’s cheeks before Wukong left the Lake of Life with her on Cai Lin.
• Fourth Sister asked about the spoils from the Soul Masters, and Wukong described their Gold Soul Coins, meditation techniques, cultivation notes, herb manuals, medicinal bath formula, and herbs.
• Wukong proposed dividing the money among himself, Fourth Sister, and Xiao Wu, but Fourth Sister let him use her share to buy cultivation resources.

Wukong returned to Dragon Rising City with Fourth Sister, whose origin had been damaged and who had transformed into a child, and reunited with Rou at Tongfu Inn. After settling in, they discussed finding a home and improving their cultivation, leaving their next steps planned but not yet underway.

• Wukong arrived at Dragon Rising City at night and found Rou staying at Tongfu Inn.
• Wukong told Rou how Fourth Sister had encountered Qian Xunji and others, suffered damage to her origin, and chosen to undergo Transformation.
• Rou welcomed Fourth Sister and agreed to care for her while Wukong cultivated on the rooftop overnight.
• The next morning, Wukong returned to his old room at the inn, bathed, and invited Rou and Fourth Sister to eat with him.
• Wukong proposed buying Fourth Sister clothes and finding a quiet courtyard, then discussed meditation methods and body tempering with Rou.

Wukong took Xiao Rou and Fourth Sister shopping, bought a home for them in Dragon Rising City, and settled them in together. The next morning, they chose meditation techniques and Wukong planned body-tempering regimens for Fourth Sister and Xiao Rou.

• Wukong bought new clothes and snacks with Xiao Rou and Fourth Sister, then gave Xiao Rou a Soul Tool containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for their house.
• Xiao Rou paid one thousand Gold Soul Coins for a two-courtyard siheyuan, and the three moved in that evening.
• Wukong chose the Spirit Hall Meditation Technique, while Xiao Rou chose Chrysanthemum Douluo's method as the best fit for her Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul.
• Wukong told Fourth Sister to use Whale Rubber and medicinal baths to build her foundation before awakening at six.
• Wukong advised Xiao Rou that she would need Thousand-Year or Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and Chrysanthemum Douluo's high-grade medicinal bath formula to further temper her body.

Wukong began using the Perfect Five Elements medicinal bath formula to strengthen his body, starting with fire-attributed herbs. After enduring the painful treatment, he found his physical endurance had improved and resolved to complete the full Five-Element cycle.

• Wukong studied the Perfect Five Elements formula with Xiao Rou and asked her to buy a set of thousand-year medicinal ingredients.
• Wukong gave Fourth Sister century Whale Rubber and Xiao Rou millennial Whale Rubber to absorb.
• Xiao Rou returned with five days' worth of medicinal ingredients, which had cost five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Wukong prepared a fire-attributed medicinal bath and endured its intense heat as it tempered his body.
• After absorbing the bath's effects, Wukong found his physical endurance limit had increased by about ten years and decided to continue with the remaining elements.

Over two and a half months in Dragon Rising City, Wukong endured medicinal baths and extreme training, strengthening his body and raising his spiritual power to the perfected Spirit Abyss Realm. He continued his cultivation alongside Fourth Sister, Xiao Rou, and Cai Lin, planning to use Er Ming’s Gravity Domain for training when they returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Wukong discovered that completing a Five Elements medicinal-bath cycle increased his body’s Soul Ring endurance by about a hundred years, then began training with homemade weights.
• Wukong consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, expanding his Spiritual Consciousness Sea to the perfected Spirit Abyss Realm, though his body and Soul Power still held him back from reaching Spirit Domain Realm.
• Wukong considered asking Er Ming to use Gravity Domain as a training ground when they returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Fourth Sister studied human writing, and Wukong teased her about the word “Taotie” before Xiao Rou returned with fish and chickens for dinner.
• Xiao Rou had found a teaching job at an intermediate Soul Master Academy, while Cai Lin cultivated with the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff and benefited from its energy.
• Wukong kept up his daily medicinal baths, Fortune cultivation, and training, and his level, physique, and other abilities steadily improved.

Wukong visited Boss Li's bookstore to deliver his new manuscript, "God Realm Legend: The Demon Child Descends!," a continuation designed to revive sales and direct readers' Faith Fortune toward him. Boss Li read the story, which ended with Nezha preparing to help Ao Bing regain his body through the Investiture of the Gods; Wukong's own plans remained undisclosed.

• Wukong visited Boss Li during the summer and collected his declining share from "God Realm Legend."
• Wukong handed Boss Li the manuscript for a connected new book titled "God Realm Legend: The Demon Child Descends!"
• Boss Li read the story of Nezha, who was born as the Demon Pill's reincarnation and befriended Ao Bing, the Spirit Pearl's reincarnation.
• Nezha and the Dragon Clan discovered that the Rakshasa God had engineered the crisis at Chentang Pass, then joined forces against her and the God Realm's forces.
• Nezha defeated the Rakshasa God, and the Goddess of Life offered him a chance to help Ao Bing regain his body by aiding Zhou in overthrowing Shang.

Wukong’s God Realm Legend: The Demon Child Descends became a continent-wide sensation, while Qian Renxue learned that a mysterious hundred-thousand-year ape Soul Beast had disrupted her parents’ Soul Ring hunt. She vowed to hunt the monkey for a Soul Ring and avenge her mother, unaware that it was Wukong.

• Boss Li praised Wukong’s story, and Wukong revealed plans for a third book titled God Realm Legend: Investiture Catastrophe.
• Boss Li left to arrange publication, and half a month later God Realm Legend: The Demon Child Descends became a major hit across the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue visited Qian Xunji in his study, where he dismissed his attendants and ordered them to investigate the Stone Monkey and monitor Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.
• Qian Renxue saw a portrait of the ape Soul Beast and asked Qian Xunji about it; he claimed the monkey had used underhanded tricks and caused Bibi Dong to miss out on a Soul Ring.
• Concerned for her mother, Qian Renxue vowed to hunt the monkey when she grew up, and Qian Xunji promised to help her before taking her out for a stroll.

Qian Xunji took Qian Renxue out in disguise, and they bought and read popular novels about ancient gods. After finishing both books, Qian Renxue eagerly discussed them with her father, who wondered whether the Angel God would appear in the promised next volume.

• Qian Xunji disguised himself and took Qian Renxue around Spirit City, where they noticed a crowd buying a novel about gods.
• Qian Xunji sent a hidden guard to obtain two copies of the book and learned it was the sequel to a popular novel previously reviewed by Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue read the books together over a meal, and Qian Renxue became captivated by Nezha's defiance of fate.
• Qian Renxue spent the next four or five days reading both novels, then ran to Qian Xunji's study to share her excitement.
• Qian Xunji explained that he had also read the books and anticipated whether the Angel God would appear in the next volume, hinted at as Investiture of the Gods.

Qian Renxue learned about the God Realm from Qian Xunji, while Wukong continued cultivating and researching [Seventy-Two Transformations] with his clones. After failed attempts to use transformed Soul Beasts’ innate abilities, he suspected that he needed their bloodline origins, not merely their forms.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue that the Angel God and God Realm were real, and she promised to bring her family there after becoming a god.
• Wukong noted that his new book had boosted sales and Faith Fortune, but decided to delay working with the Angel God until he was strong enough to protect himself.
• Wukong used clones to cultivate and research [Seventy-Two Transformations], which had reached minor mastery but could only imitate the forms of a few Soul Beasts.
• Two clones exploded when they tried to use the Death Spider Emperor’s and Soft Bone Rabbit’s innate abilities through their transformations.
• Wukong concluded that imitating a Soul Beast’s body was not enough to use its abilities without possessing the corresponding bloodline origin.

Wukong planned to return to Star Dou to test a gravity-based body-tempering method with Er Ming, hoping to overcome his slow physical growth. Before leaving, he accepted a box of important readers’ letters to answer for a fee, and departed with plans to send his replies after he returned.

• Wukong worried that his physical strength would not reach the level needed for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and decided to test gravity training, relying on Life Gold to recover from injuries.
• Wukong told Xiao Rou and Fourth Sister that he would return to Star Dou for two or three months to seek Er Ming’s help.
• Wukong packed clothes and medicinal supplies, said goodbye to Xiao Rou and Fourth Sister, placed Cai Lin in his Hundred Treasures Pouch, and set off.
• Wukong stopped at the Ink and Brush Bookstore to tell Boss Li he would be away and to arrange his royalty payments.
• Boss Li gave Wukong important readers’ letters and offered one Gold Soul Coin for each reply, so Wukong accepted the letters and promised to answer them after he returned.

Yu Xiaogang visited a Spirit Hall bookstore in Sword City to collect royalties, but his income had fallen after readers flocked to a new story. After being beaten for insulting it, he collected his stipend and bought herbs, still hoping to break through to rank thirty.

• Yu Xiaogang went to the Spirit Hall bookstore to settle his royalties, which had nearly halved as customers crowded in to buy "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child."
• Yu Xiaogang denounced the popular book and praised his own "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul," provoking a scar-faced Soul Master to attack him.
• The scar-faced man kicked Luo Sanpao aside and beat Yu Xiaogang, warning him not to insult the Heaven-Equal Deity again.
• Yu Xiaogang went to the Spirit Hall Branch, collected ten Gold Soul Coins, and bought ingredients for an intermediate medicinal bath.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to his hotel believing a breakthrough to rank thirty would greatly increase his stipend, unaware that rank twenty-nine would remain an enduring obstacle.

Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong were hunted through the Star Dou Great Forest after killing a Golden-Beaked Sky-Splitting Falcon’s mate. Sun Wukong, using the name Supreme Treasure, appeared as the surviving falcon attacked and charged into the sky with his expanding staff.

• Flender broke through to Level Fifty, and Yu Xiaogang decided the group would enter the Star Dou Great Forest to find his fifth Soul Ring.
• Half a month later, a Golden-Beaked Sky-Splitting Falcon over thirty thousand years old broke apart the Iron Triangle’s Golden Sacred Dragon and wounded all three of them.
• Yu Xiaogang used Soul Beast excrement and Luo Sanpao’s poisonous fart to hide the group’s scent, and Flender dove into the dung while Liu Erlong hesitated.
• Sun Wukong watched from a tree, introduced himself as Supreme Treasure, and offered to deal with the falcon.
• The falcon spotted Liu Erlong and dived toward her, so Wukong drew a tiny needle from his ear, enlarged it into a staff, and charged upward.

Wukong disguised himself as a Soul King and killed a 25,000-year Golden-Beaked Sky-Splitting Falcon with his first Soul Skill, rescuing Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang. Liu Erlong rewarded him with 10,000 Gold Soul Coins, but Yu Xiaogang urged him to return the money and befriend her instead.

• Wukong used his disguised Flame Flash and hidden Somersault Cloud to pierce the Golden-Beaked Sky-Splitting Falcon, then killed it by detonating Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice inside its body.
• Wukong cleared away the foul air and asked Liu Erlong how she would reward him for saving them.
• Liu Erlong gave Wukong a savings card containing 10,000 Gold Soul Coins, which he gladly accepted.
• Yu Xiaogang objected to the payment and advised Wukong to return the money and become friends with Liu Erlong.

Wukong rebuffed Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to shame him out of accepting a reward, then suggested Liu Erlong might share Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect ancestry with Yu Xiaogang. His suspicion left the Iron Triangle unsettled, and Liu Erlong decided to investigate her origins after reaching Soul King.

• Wukong argued that rewarding good deeds encouraged Soul Masters to help others, leaving Yu Xiaogang speechless.
• Liu Erlong introduced herself, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang as the Golden Iron Triangle and invited Wukong to travel with them, but he declined.
• Before leaving, Wukong pointed out that Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill might indicate they were blood relatives.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Wukong’s theory, while Flender urged the group to investigate Liu Erlong’s ancestry at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Liu Erlong agreed to visit the sect after reaching Soul King and obtaining her fifth Soul Ring.

Wukong trained under Er Ming’s ten-times-gravity field while continuing his cultivation and research into the Seventy-Two Transformations. After a month, he returned to Dragon Rising City to restock medicinal bath ingredients, then headed back to the Star Dou Great Forest for secluded cultivation.

• Wukong asked Er Ming to train him under ten times gravity and chose to resist it using only his body.
• Wukong continued his cultivation routine while his clones researched the Seventy-Two Transformations, and he replied to letters from Yueyue and Xuexue.
• Inspired by Wukong’s diligence, Xiao Wu devoted herself to cultivation and resolved to reach the hundred-thousand-year threshold by the end of the year.
• After a month of training, Wukong used up his medicinal ingredients and left the lake without visiting the barrier beneath it.
• Wukong returned to Dragon Rising City, settled his payments at Ink and Brush Bookstore, bought medicinal ingredients, and set off for the Star Dou Great Forest again.

Wukong broke through to rank forty, raised his body’s limit to withstand a 120,000-year Soul Ring, and used Tian Meng’s origin power to form his fourth Soul Ring. After seven days of condensing it and two more days of shaping its skills, the ring was complete.

• Wukong swallowed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, pushing his Soul Power to the equivalent of rank forty-five and raising his physical limit to 120,000 years.
• Wukong visited Di Tian and told him he had reached rank forty and wanted to borrow Tian Meng’s origin to condense his fourth Soul Ring.
• Golden Lion challenged Wukong to spar after he finished, and Wukong promised to test her progress.
• Tian Meng poured his origin power into Wukong as Wukong condensed the ring and discussed the limits of [Seventy-Two Transformations] with him.
• After seven days, Wukong’s fourth Soul Ring turned blood-red, and he chose [Seventy-Two Transformations] and Gather Form, Disperse Qi as its two Soul Skills.
• Two days later, Wukong completed his fourth Soul Ring.

After gaining the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Wukong discovered that its Seventy-Two Transformations skill could let him study and reproduce creatures’ abilities, while his Soul Power began liquefying ahead of schedule. Di Tian gave Wukong a large portion of his Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Origin so he could test the skill.

• Wukong examined Seventy-Two Transformations and learned that he could record a creature’s origin to gradually master its abilities and transform into it.
• Wukong inspected his upgraded Gather Form, Disperse Qi skill, then noted that his Soul Power had begun liquefying as his Soul Power Level reached forty-six.
• Wukong decided to pursue Soul Core cultivation and told Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts about Seventy-Two Transformations.
• Di Tian asked how much origin Wukong needed, then sacrificed nearly ten thousand years of cultivation to give him a substantial mass of Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Origin.

Wukong used the origin essence Di Tian gave him to transform into a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon and reproduce its bloodline and Extreme Darkness power. After transforming into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with Golden Lion’s origin essence, he gained the Auspicious Beast Destiny, leaving Scarlet King bound by his bet to give Wukong origin essence.

• Wukong absorbed Di Tian’s origin essence and transformed into a black dragon with the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon bloodline and Extreme Darkness power.
• Wukong asked the Ferocious Beasts for origin essence, and Golden Lion offered ten years’ worth of hers.
• Scarlet King bet that Wukong could not gain Auspicious Beast Destiny by transforming into Golden Lion, wagering origin essence equal to Di Tian’s gift.
• Wukong transformed into a Three-Eyed Golden Lion and gained the Eye of Destiny, drawing ownerless Fortune toward himself.
• The Ferocious Beasts felt Wukong’s Auspicious Beast aura, while Golden Lion fell asleep and reminded Scarlet King that he had lost the bet.