Chapter Summaries

Sun Wukong was born from a spirit stone at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and spent thirty years cultivating there, reaching fifty thousand years of cultivation and creating two soul skills. The story left him facing a powerful purple-scaled snake demon that had penetrated the valley, which he suspected was the future Snake King Medusa.

• Sun Wukong broke free of the spirit stone, recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Sun Wukong sank into the spring, saw the Icefire Dragon Kings’ remains, and settled in the valley to cultivate.
• Over thirty years, Sun Wukong advanced from ten thousand to fifty thousand years of cultivation as his stone body developed flesh and fur.
• Sun Wukong created the Copper Head Iron Bones and Immortality Technique soul skills to strengthen his defense and immobilize opponents.
• Sun Wukong heard an unusual sound near his cabin and discovered a powerful purple-scaled snake demon in the valley.

Wukong fought Medusa over the valley, then the two settled into peaceful cultivation as neighbors. Decades later, he rescued her from the spring’s dangerous ice-and-fire energy, and Medusa gratefully acknowledged their bond.

• Wukong’s Copper Head Iron Bones resisted Medusa’s attacks, while her Petrification Ray failed to harm him and restored his Soul Power.
• Wukong immobilized Medusa with his Immobility Technique and punched her before they fought to a standstill.
• Medusa accepted a separate place in the valley, and the two cultivated there as quiet neighbors for decades.
• After reaching seventy thousand years of cultivation, Wukong found Medusa gravely injured from trying to absorb the spring’s energy.
• Wukong treated Medusa for several months, and she thanked him and solemnly agreed to help him if he ever needed it.

Wukong developed new techniques while training with Medusa, but their quiet life ended when Dugu Bo attacked her at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Wukong drove Dugu Bo away and stole his storage pouch, leaving their refuge exposed to future danger.

• Medusa surpassed fifty thousand years of cultivation and gained greater control over the ice and fire energy while sparring with Wukong.
• Wukong developed the External Body Technique and Gather Form, Disperse Qi as he trained toward eighty thousand years of cultivation.
• Dugu Bo attacked Medusa in his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar, and Wukong froze him briefly before rescuing her.
• Wukong fought Dugu Bo with his stone defense and monkey clones, forcing the weakened soul master to retreat.
• Wukong used Gather Form, Disperse Qi to pursue Dugu Bo and stole his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch before Dugu Bo escaped.

After Dugu Bo fled, Wukong rescued the injured Medusa and prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Dragon Kings’ remains awakened and granted him a powerful new staff. With his cultivation strengthened, Wukong set his sights on the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled there under cover of night.

• Wukong stabilized Medusa’s injuries and brought her into the Hundred Treasures Pouch to protect her from Dugu Bo.
• Wukong bowed to the Dragon Kings’ skeletons, and their ribs merged into the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff, raising his cultivation to eighty-five thousand years.
• Wukong collected the valley’s immortal herbs and spiritual plants, then decided to seek refuge and cultivation at the Lake of Life.
• Wukong donned black robes, concealed his Soul Beast aura with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and used Dugu Bo’s supplies and map to travel toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Months after arriving in Star Dou Forest, Wukong encountered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor and fought it to a standstill before fleeing toward the Lake of Life. The Spider Emperor stopped at the core region’s boundary and mocked Wukong for entering a place it called a Life Forbidden Zone.

• Wukong fed Medusa roasted Dark Shadow Leopard meat and warned her that they were approaching the forest’s core region.
• Wukong entered the Death Spider Emperor’s territory and recognized the Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast.
• Wukong burned through the Spider Emperor’s webs, blocked its venom, and fought it while his Stone Monkey clones battled its spider swarm.
• Wukong realized he could not seriously injure the Spider Emperor and fled, with the enraged beast pursuing him through the forest.
• Wukong reached the Lake of Life’s core region, and the Death Spider Emperor stopped at its edge and taunted him.

Sun Wukong reached the forbidden area of Star Dou Great Forest and used the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff to convince Da Ming and Er Ming that he had come to meet their Master. Xiao Wu demanded to learn what they were hiding beneath the lake, and Da Ming set off to seek permission from the great lord.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python appeared with Xiao Wu, while the Death Spider Emperor fled into the forest.
• Wukong introduced himself and asked to meet the Master, prompting Da Ming and Er Ming to threaten him for revealing that title.
• Wukong displayed the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff, and Da Ming recognized its ancient dragon aura as more powerful than the aura of Di Tian.
• Da Ming and Er Ming welcomed Wukong, while Xiao Wu pressed them to explain who the Master and great lord were.
• Da Ming promised to ask the great lord for permission to tell Xiao Wu the secrets beneath the lake, then left with Wukong's staff.

Da Ming brought Sun Wukong to meet Di Tian after the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff revealed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's origins. Di Tian learned that the Dragon Kings had willingly gifted Wukong the staff and was impressed by the young monkey’s cultivation and Fortune.

• Da Ming reported that Wukong had come seeking an audience with the master, and the staff he presented to Di Tian released the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's auras.
• Di Tian ordered Da Ming to bring Wukong from the lakeshore, where Wukong had been answering Xiao Wu and Er Ming's questions.
• Di Tian examined Wukong and questioned him about the staff, but Wukong summoned it back and shrank it into his origin to demonstrate that it was his Companion Spirit Artifact.
• Wukong told Di Tian that the Twin Dragon Kings had gifted him the staff and gave an account of his birth at the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well and their blessings.
• Di Tian learned that Wukong was less than a hundred years old yet had nearly ninety thousand years of cultivation, and concluded that his Fortune had earned the Dragon Kings' favor.

Wukong persuaded Di Tian to support his plan to become a god by transforming into a human, claiming the Twin Dragon Kings had guided him and given him an Immortal Herb to hide his nature. Di Tian agreed to seek his lord’s approval for a chance to help Wukong break through the hundred-thousand-year barrier.

• Di Tian questioned why Wukong had come, and Wukong declared that he wanted to become a god.
• After the Sky Azure Bull Python left, Wukong told Di Tian that the Twin Dragon Kings had said Soul Beasts must become human to regain a path to godhood.
• Wukong vowed to blaze a trail for the Soul Beast race and showed Di Tian an Immortal Herb that could conceal his aura after transformation.
• Di Tian was moved by Wukong’s resolve and agreed to support him, while Wukong asked to cultivate in Di Tian’s treasured land and break through within a hundred years.
• Di Tian considered using the recently captured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help Wukong, then took Wukong’s Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff to seek their lord’s approval.

Di Tian brought Wukong into the Silver Dragon King’s hidden sanctuary, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s power awakened a new ability in him. Wukong named it Truth-Breaking Golden Eyes, while the Ferocious Beasts confronted him over the Auspicious Beast’s collapse.

• Di Tian reported Wukong’s request to the Silver Dragon King, who agreed to support him and ordered him to keep her existence secret and retrieve the Twin Dragon Kings’ bones from the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Di Tian returned the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff to Wukong and led him into the hidden underground sanctuary.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion awoke and enveloped Wukong in golden light with her third eye, draining her Soul Power as Wukong’s eyes erupted with crimson-gold beams.
• Bi Ji healed the exhausted Golden Lion, while Scarlet King accused Wukong of harming the Auspicious Beast.
• Wukong realized the golden light had awakened powers to perceive energy and Fortune and to gather or seize Fortune, and he named the ability Truth-Breaking Golden Eyes.

After Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Eye of Destiny went out of control, she identified a special aura of Fortune in Wukong, prompting the Ferocious Beasts to wonder if he was an Auspicious Beast. Wukong rejected the idea that his fate was fixed, but the beasts disagreed about his potential and his bold claim left him under Scarlet King’s hostile gaze.

• Scarlet King threatened Wukong, but Di Tian stopped him and said Wukong was a companion admitted to the core circle by the master’s decree.
• After Bi Ji treated her, Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Wukong and said his aura had triggered her Eye of Destiny because it resembled an Auspicious Beast’s.
• The Ferocious Beasts were shocked by Golden Lion’s claim, while Di Tian concluded that Wukong was not an Imperial Auspicious Beast but was likely a rare beast of Fortune.
• Golden Lion sniffed Wukong and judged that his Fortune was weak, limiting his potential to that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Wukong declared that his fate was his own to decide, earning admiration from Bi Ji, Zi JI, and Golden Lion while Myriad Demon King and Scarlet King mocked him.

Wukong found that he was absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin too slowly and asked Di Tian for permission to spar outside so he could refine it faster. Di Tian agreed, but Three-Eyed Golden Lion was forbidden from accompanying him, and Wukong left alone.

• Di Tian gave Wukong a portion of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin, which Wukong began absorbing while the Ferocious Beasts returned to cultivation.
• After several dozen days, Wukong realized his weak cultivation foundation limited how quickly he could refine the origin, so he exercised to speed up the process.
• Wukong concluded that combat would help him refine the origin fastest and asked Di Tian for permission to leave the space and spar with Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Di Tian granted Wukong permission, agreeing that combat would improve his refinement and battle instincts.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion tried to go with Wukong, but Di Tian refused because the outside world was too dangerous for her.
• Wukong slipped away alone after Three-Eyed Golden Lion threw a tantrum.

After emerging from the Lake of Life, Wukong sought intense battles with the Death Spider Emperor to refine Tian Meng’s origin and improve his strength. Two years later, he had reached 99,999 years of cultivation and had become the Spider Emperor’s bickering rival.

• Wukong reunited with Medusa at the Lake of Life, learned that Xiao Wu and the other two had gone out to play, and told Medusa to cultivate there.
• Wukong attacked the Death Spider Emperor, fought until his Soul Power was nearly exhausted, then fled back across the Lake of Life’s boundary while she stopped in pursuit.
• Wukong repeatedly fought the Death Spider Emperor while refining Tian Meng’s origin, steadily improving until their clashes turned into a rivalry.
• Two years later, Wukong defeated the Death Spider Emperor again and teased her, while she demanded to know how his cultivation had risen so quickly.
• The Death Spider Emperor noted that Wukong had advanced from 85,000 years of cultivation to 99,999 years in roughly two and a half years.

Wukong warned Fourth Sister that human Soul Masters would eventually hunt her, then returned to the Lake of Life ready to face his hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. He chose to endure the tribulation before undergoing Transformation, despite Di Tian's warning about the danger.

• Wukong teased Fourth Sister before warning her to seek Da Ming's help if human Soul Masters came to hunt her Soul Ring.
• Wukong demonstrated Somersault Cloud, then left Fourth Sister to recover in seclusion.
• Wukong returned to the Lake of Life, told Medusa to stay nearby, and went underwater to meet Di Tian.
• Di Tian warned Wukong that the Heavenly Tribulation could destroy him and asked whether he truly wanted to face it before Transformation.
• Wukong declared that he had made up his mind to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation first.

Wukong absorbed Sky Dream Origin and broke through to a hundred thousand years, prompting a Heavenly Tribulation over Lake of Life. He smashed the first lightning bolt with his staff, and the darkening thunderclouds began to gather for a stronger attack.

• Wukong absorbed a huge amount of Sky Dream Origin and prepared to face the Heavenly Tribulation before transforming into a human.
• Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts respected Wukong's resolve, while the Silver Dragon King watched through her divine consciousness.
• Wukong surfaced at Lake of Life, where Xiao Wu, Da Ming, Er Ming, and Medusa had gathered to guard him and offer advice.
• Wukong refined the Sky Dream Origin, shattered his cultivation barrier, and reached a hundred thousand years, drawing a storm of purple lightning over the lake.
• Wukong struck the first bolt apart with his staff, absorbed its remaining arcs, and taunted the thunderclouds as they grew more powerful.

Wukong endured a brutal World-Destroying Divine Thunder tribulation after his Fortune reached the two-hundred-thousand-year threshold. He survived the lightning but collapsed into the Lake of Life, leaving Xiao Wu and the others unsure whether he was alive.

• Wukong smashed or endured the repeated lightning strikes, using them to temper his body as the Thunder Tribulation intensified.
• Xiong Jun identified the final storm as World-Destroying Divine Thunder, while Di Tian said surviving it could bring Wukong a major transformation.
• Wukong realized his Fortune had reached two hundred thousand years and suspected karmic backlash had triggered the deadly tribulation.
• Wukong struck at the dark crimson lightning with the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff, but the thunder overwhelmed him and ravaged his body and soul.
• Wukong resisted the destruction with the Immortal Herbs' medicinal power and the Sky Dream Origin until the lightning faded, then fell into the Lake of Life.
• Xiao Wu, Da Ming, Er Ming, Medusa, and the Death Spider Emperor anxiously watched or rushed toward the lake after Wukong fell.

After surviving the World-Destroying Divine Thunder, Wukong recovered in the Lake of Life and began Transforming into a human so he could pursue godhood. His transformation turned him into a six-year-old boy, with the remaining energy becoming his Innate Full Soul Power.

• Wukong emerged from the Lake of Life alive, with a stronger physique and purer Soul Power, and reassured Xiao Wu, Da Ming, Er Ming, and Cai Lin.
• Wukong returned to the Lake of Life’s bottom and refused Xiong Jun and Zi JI’s advice to remain a Ferocious Beast, declaring that he would seek godhood as a human.
• Bi Ji healed Wukong’s injuries, and he replenished his Soul Power by absorbing Sky Dream Origin overnight.
• At full strength, Wukong began Transforming while using his Truth-Breaking Golden Eyes to observe the process.
• Wukong’s Soul Core shattered, reshaping him into a six-year-old boy and granting him Innate Full Soul Power.

After successfully transforming into a human child, Wukong learned that his martial soul was his own body and explained its potential to the Ferocious Beasts. Di Tian helped him leave the Lake of Life, where Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu welcomed him and asked about his plans.

• Bi Ji, Zi JI, and Golden Lion fawned over Wukong's human appearance until he realized he was naked and wrapped himself in a robe.
• Di Tian asked about Wukong's martial soul, and Wukong explained that his body was a Body Martial Soul with the potential to awaken further by absorbing compatible energy.
• Di Tian promised to help Wukong find heavenly treasures and took him from the underwater hidden space back to the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian instructed Da Ming and Er Ming to protect the fragile Wukong, then returned to the depths of the lake.
• Xiao Wu, Er Ming, and Da Ming crowded around Wukong, and Da Ming asked whether he planned to go straight to human society.

After transforming into a human child, Wukong stayed in the forest to recover and strengthen his body before entering human society. He celebrated with the others, spent the night cuddled in Xiao Wu’s fur, and began cultivating the next morning without condensing a Soul Ring yet.

• Wukong agreed with Da Ming to remain in the forest until he had stabilized his cultivation and condensed his first Soul Ring.
• Er Ming caught a hundred-year Wind Baboon and three thousand-year Blazing Fire Pigs, and Wukong prepared a roasted feast for everyone.
• Wukong found Cai Lin too cold to sleep beside, so he curled up in Xiao Wu’s arms and slept there overnight.
• Xiao Wu woke to find Wukong in her embrace and kissed and groped him until he struggled free.
• Wukong decided to temper his body with the Immortal Herbs and spiritual plants in his Hundred Treasures Pouch before condensing a Soul Ring.

Wukong consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, greatly strengthening his body and improving his martial soul. He began condensing his first Soul Ring and chose Somersault Cloud as his first Soul Skill.

• Wukong consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and purged impurities from his body as its medicinal power strengthened him.
• Wukong found that his physique had improved enough to condense a Soul Ring of around eighteen hundred years, and he asked Da Ming and Er Ming to guard him.
• Wukong realized that Transforming Soul Beasts could choose existing talents or cultivated abilities when condensing Soul Rings.
• Wukong discovered he had gained the Simulation ability after absorbing Sky Dream's energy and decided it could help him develop the Seventy-Two Transformations.
• Wukong chose Somersault Cloud as his first Soul Skill.

Wukong completed his first Soul Ring, gaining a two-thousand-year Somersault Cloud flight skill, then discovered the obstacles to cultivating as a transformed Soul Beast. After spending a few more days at the Lake of Life, he departed with Cai Lin for human society, promising Xiao Wu he would return to visit.

• Wukong formed a two-thousand-year purple first Soul Ring and reached level eighteen, gaining the Somersault Cloud Soul Skill and its flight and speed boost.
• Wukong tested cultivation and learned he lacked a Soul Core and had too little human Fortune to advance beyond Soul Elder without acquiring more Fortune.
• Wukong realized the Truth-Breaking Golden Eyes could let him seize Fortune, but recognized that doing so could bring karmic backlash.
• Wukong spent several days with Xiao Wu and the others at the Lake of Life before preparing to leave with Cai Lin.
• Wukong promised Xiao Wu he would return each year and suggested that she and her mother wait for him before entering human society; Da Ming and Er Ming offered him their support.