Chapter Summaries

Wukong met Xiao Wu’s mother, Xiao Rou, at the Lake of Life and warned her that Xilu City was dangerously close to Spirit Hall’s route into the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Rou decided to move to Dragon Rising City and live with Wukong.

• Wukong and Cai Lin arrived at the Lake of Life and found Xiao Rou with Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
• Xiao Wu introduced Wukong to her mother, and Wukong charmed Xiao Rou into letting him call her Sister Rou.
• Xiao Rou told Wukong that she lived and worked in Xilu City and invited him to live with her.
• Wukong used a map to explain that Xilu City’s route through Sword City put Xiao Rou at risk of encountering powerful Soul Masters.
• Xiao Rou decided to resign, sell her house, and move to Dragon Rising City to live with Wukong.

Wukong watched Rou praise his anonymously published book, God Realm Legend, while trying to hide that he was its author. He then gave Xiao Wu gifts and offered to buy Rou a Storage Soul Tool, leaving the bundle of presents open before them.

• Xiao Wu interrupted Wukong and Rou's conversation to ask her mother about the gift she had brought.
• Rou showed Xiao Wu God Realm Legend and enthusiastically praised its account of Soul Beast history and the God Realm, while Wukong secretly enjoyed the compliments.
• Xiao Wu teased Wukong about blushing, and Rou offered to let him read the book.
• Xiao Wu coaxed Wukong into revealing the gifts he had brought, and he offered to buy Rou a Storage Soul Tool.
• Wukong opened his bundle to reveal a carrot pillow, boxes of cakes, and two dresses for Xiao Wu.

Wukong gave Xiao Wu, Da Ming, Er Ming, and Rou thoughtful gifts during his visit to the lake, strengthening his bonds with them. After chatting with everyone, he prepared to go to the lake bottom to deliver gifts to the Ferocious Beast seniors and Little Golden Lion and discuss the Life Gold with Boss Di Tian.

• Wukong gave Xiao Wu gifts, and she delightedly hugged him and licked his face.
• Da Ming and Er Ming watched Xiao Wu and Wukong's closeness, while Xiao Rou considered Wukong a suitable future partner for Xiao Wu.
• Wukong gave Da Ming and Er Ming vats of strong liquor, and both praised its powerful flavor.
• Wukong presented Rou with a golden hairpin, which she admired and accepted happily.
• Wukong chatted with everyone before preparing to visit the Ferocious Beast seniors and Little Golden Lion and speak with Boss Di Tian about the Life Gold.

Wukong returned to the underwater space, visited Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts, and handed out gifts, including one for the Silver Dragon King. His gift to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed its deep longing for the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, leaving the beasts stunned by Wukong’s claim that the two might have been in love.

• Wukong entered the underwater space and reunited with Di Tian, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the other Ferocious Beasts.
• Wukong told the beasts about his time among humans and gave them gifts, including clothes and jewelry, liquor, snacks, and books.
• Wukong left the Silver Dragon King documents about human powers and intelligence, and she accepted the box from the lake.
• Wukong explained that he owed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for helping him break through his bottleneck and gave it a crystal figurine of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sobbed over the figurine and cried out for Bing Bing, and Wukong told the shocked beasts that love could cross species.

Wukong asked Di Tian for resources to strengthen his body so he could form a fifty-thousand-year third Soul Ring, then persuaded the Ferocious Beasts to support his unusual cultivation path. Di Tian gave him Life Gold, leaving Wukong confident that his goal was within reach.

• Wukong explained that he had learned about Tian Meng's past from memories glimpsed while absorbing the Sky Dream Origin, and Di Tian silenced Tian Meng with Soul Power.
• Wukong told Di Tian that he needed treasures to strengthen his body, revealing his goal of forming a fifty-thousand-year third Soul Ring.
• Wukong showed his two-thousand-year purple first Soul Ring and twenty-thousand-year black second Soul Ring, then recounted his training and Gold Secondary Awakening.
• Wukong urged the Ferocious Beasts to help him pursue an extraordinary path to godhood by pushing Soul Ring cultivation to its limits.
• Di Tian agreed to help and gave Wukong a piece of Life Gold that had been intended for his lord's injuries.

Wukong absorbed the enormous Life Gold with Di Tian's help, enduring a near-collapse of his Sea of Spirit before the Three-Eyed Golden Lion aided him. The refinement transformed his Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff into a divine artifact and greatly strengthened his spiritual power and body, leaving him with a much higher cultivation potential.

• Di Tian warned Wukong that the Life Gold could overwhelm his weak spiritual power and began guiding its refinement into Wukong's body.
• The Life Gold caused Wukong's Sea of Spirit to tear and heal repeatedly, while the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff struggled to stabilize it.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion used its innate divine ability to help Wukong endure the pain and accelerate the Life Gold's fusion, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Life Gold merged with the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff, granting it three new abilities and transforming it into a divine artifact.
• Wukong's spiritual power rose tenfold to the middle stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm, his Sea of Spirit became a self-recovering space, and his body gained the ability to withstand sixty-thousand-year Soul Rings.

After reaching sixty-thousand-year physical strength, Wukong used Sky Dream Origin to condense a sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped him understand Simulation and Seventy-Two Transformations, and Wukong turned his attention to forming his Soul Skill.

• Wukong awoke with greatly increased strength and spiritual power, while Golden Lion recovered from fainting after helping him fuse.
• Wukong asked Di Tian for Sky Dream Origin to support his Soul Ring condensation, and Di Tian told him his quota was always available.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm willingly supplied pure origin power and thanked Wukong for promising to ask Di Tian to spare his life someday.
• Wukong promised to help Tian Meng and asked him for guidance on Simulation and Seventy-Two Transformations.
• Tian Meng advised Wukong to use his Sea of Spirit as a model and transfer station to prevent Soul Power conflicts during transformation.
• Wukong completed his sixty-thousand-year black Soul Ring and began condensing its Soul Skill.

After awakening from condensing his third Soul Ring, Wukong learned that his External Body Technique could create up to nine independent clones. Di Tian arranged a spar between Wukong and Golden Lion so the gathered Ferocious Beasts could assess their strength, and the fight was about to begin.

• Wukong learned that his third Soul Skill, the External Body Technique, could create up to nine clones whose memories returned to him when dismissed.
• Golden Lion greeted Wukong after his two-and-a-half-day Soul Ring condensation and excitedly looked forward to playing with his clones again.
• Di Tian proposed a spar to test Wukong's combat abilities and chose Golden Lion as his opponent.
• Golden Lion eagerly accepted the fight, while the Ferocious Beasts gathered and placed bets on who would win.
• Bi Ji reminded Wukong and Golden Lion to avoid hurting each other, and Di Tian started the match.

Wukong fought Golden Lion, using the Immobility Technique and his Body Martial Soul’s Gold Secondary Awakening to gain the upper hand and batter her with the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons Staff. Golden Lion broke free and launched a claw strike at close range, leaving the fight unresolved as her attack nearly reached Wukong.

• Golden Lion charged Wukong, but he resisted her bloodline pressure with his Truth-Breaking Golden Eyes.
• Wukong immobilized Golden Lion with the Immobility Technique, activated his Body Martial Soul’s Gold Secondary Awakening, and struck her with the staff’s Ultimate Ice power.
• Wukong repeatedly hit Golden Lion’s forehead while the Ferocious Beasts watched, and Di Tian stopped Scarlet King from intervening.
• Golden Lion recovered, caught the staff in her teeth, and Wukong shrank it so it slipped free.
• Golden Lion lunged at Wukong and swung her right claw at him, with the blow about to land as the chapter ended.

Wukong used his Soul Skills and clones to defeat Golden Lion in their battle, stopping his final staff strike short of her head. Golden Lion broke down in tears, leaving Wukong desperately trying to comfort her and appease Scarlet King.

• Wukong used Somersault Cloud to evade Golden Lion's claw, then immobilized her again with his Freeze skill.
• Wukong summoned two powerful clones, which attacked Golden Lion while his main body charged an Ice-Cold Heavy Slash.
• Golden Lion broke one clone, but the other knocked her down as Wukong swung his staff toward her.
• Wukong redirected his strike to hit the ground beside Golden Lion, but the shockwave sent her flying and left her terrified.
• Golden Lion cried that Wukong had tried to kill her, and Wukong apologized and promised treats, games, and more visits to soothe her.

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.