Chapter Summaries

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.

Wukong discovered that his clones could transform into Three-Eyed Golden Lions and stack their auspicious enhancement up to a tenfold limit, apparently with the Planetary Will’s support. The Silver Dragon King then ordered Di Tian to give Wukong the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons origin, elevate his standing, and assign him a protector.

• Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts praised Wukong after his transformation into an Imperial Auspicious Beast, and Wukong wondered whether his clones could stack the benefits.
• Wukong created clones and had them transform into Three-Eyed Golden Lions, confirming that their auspicious auras stacked.
• After creating more clones, Wukong found the enhancement capped at 1,100% including the real Golden Lion’s 100%, and concluded the Planetary Will limited the effect to tenfold.
• Wukong suspected the Planetary Will was backing him to change Douluo Star’s future, and Di Tian and the other beasts recognized its favor toward him.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian to give Wukong the Ice-Fire Twin Dragons origin, treat him as equal to or above Golden Lion, fulfill his requests, and arrange a protector for him.

After Wukong accepted several powerful Soul Beast origins, Di Tian appointed Zi JI to guard him and granted him the Icefire Dragon Kings' origins for cultivation. Wukong asked to thank the Dragon Kings in person, and Di Tian took him through a spatial rift to Sunset Forest.

• Scarlet King admitted defeat and gave Wukong his ten-thousand-year origin, and Bi Ji, Zi JI, Xiong Jun, and Myriad Demon King also offered their origins.
• Di Tian announced that Wukong could use the Icefire Dragon Kings' origins, would hold status equal to the Imperial Auspicious Beast, and must have a guardian when traveling.
• Di Tian assigned Zi JI to guard Wukong until he became a Titled Douluo, and she accepted the duty.
• Wukong asked to thank the Icefire Dragon Kings in person before receiving their remaining origins, and Di Tian agreed to take him there.
• Di Tian opened a spatial rift and brought Wukong to the sky above Sunset Forest.

Wukong returned to Yin-Yang Spring Valley and found Dugu Bo occupying it behind a poison formation. He challenged Dugu Bo, overwhelmed him with his Immobility Technique and powerful attacks, and left the fight poised to escalate when Dugu Bo transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Wukong spotted Dugu Bo's poison formation around Yin-Yang Spring Valley and confirmed that Dugu Bo had reached level eighty-seven.
• Di Tian offered to kill Dugu Bo, but Wukong insisted on settling their old score himself and descended into the courtyard.
• Wukong revealed his four extraordinary Soul Rings and used the Immobility Technique to freeze Dugu Bo despite his Snake Python Heavenly Shield.
• Wukong struck Dugu Bo with a Rising Dragon Fist and a Somersault Cloud-assisted kick, driving him into the ground.
• The restraint on Dugu Bo broke, and he used his seventh Soul Skill to transform into a thirty-meter Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.

Wukong overwhelmed Dugu Bo, who unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and a barrage of poison attacks, but Wukong’s secondary awakening and Stone Monkey transformation let him defeat the Titled Douluo. Dugu Bo recognized Wukong as the Stone Monkey he had once encountered and begged for his life.

• Dugu Bo manifested his Martial Soul Avatar, but Wukong immobilized him and smashed him into the ground with a punch.
• Wukong underwent his Body Martial Soul’s Secondary Awakening, alarming Dugu Bo with his increased power.
• When the Immobility Technique ended, Dugu Bo attacked with six Soul Skills, but Wukong transformed into a Stone Monkey and evaded the barrage with Gather Form, Disperse Qi.
• Wukong ambushed Dugu Bo and pounded his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor until the Martial Soul Avatar collapsed and Dugu Bo begged for mercy.
• Wukong revealed that he was the Stone Monkey, and Dugu Bo recognized the monkey who had stolen his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch and offered to serve him in exchange for his life.

Wukong killed Dugu Bo, took his possessions, and devoured his remaining power to reach Rank 47 and strengthen his fourth Soul Ring. He then joined Di Tian at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to meet the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King and seek their residual origin power.

• Wukong questioned Dugu Bo, learned that he had killed the only two Soul Saints who knew about the valley, and killed him.
• Wukong found Dugu Bo's Storage Soul Tool and Gold Card, then planned to use Dugu Bo's aura to withdraw the money.
• Wukong used the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff to devour Dugu Bo's remains, reaching Rank 47 and absorbing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's origin into his fourth Soul Ring.
• Di Tian arrived, heard about the staff's devouring ability, and followed Wukong into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Di Tian and Wukong reached the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's skeletons, bowed to them, and explained that they had come to draw out their residual origin power for Wukong's cultivation.