Chapter Summaries

Wukong and his companions defeated the guardian of a frigid pool and discovered an enormous underground cavern filled with rare ice treasures. They reached a vast deposit of profound ice marrow and ice extreme divine crystals, leaving Wukong pleased with the find.

• Wukong stopped Zi JI from attacking the Mystic Ice Snake and sent Cai Lin to fight it.
• Cai Lin swallowed the snake’s freezing breath, killed the fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast, and devoured its corpse.
• Wukong returned Cai Lin to the Hundred Treasures Pouch, then led Zi JI and Tian Meng into the pool.
• The three endured the extreme cold and descended through an underwater passage into an underground cavern.
• Tian Meng and Zi JI marveled at the cavern’s ice extreme divine crystals and vast pillars of myriad-year profound ice marrow, while Wukong smiled at the discovery.

Wukong shared the profound ice marrow with Tian Meng, Zi JI, and Cai Lin, then trained until his body reached the million-year limit. He began using the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff and his spatial insights to condense his Sixth Soul Ring from the cavern’s immense reserves of profound ice marrow.

• Wukong thanked Tian Meng for finding the treasure trove and assured him that his life was safe.
• Wukong invited Cai Lin, Tian Meng, and Zi JI to take profound ice marrow; Tian Meng took three pieces, Zi JI took five, and Cai Lin swallowed a piece.
• Wukong entered seclusion in the cavern and asked Tian Meng and Zi JI to guard outside while Cai Lin stayed nearby to refine her gains.
• Wukong trained under a hundredfold Gravity Domain for twenty days until he broke through to a million-year body.
• Wukong planted the Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Staff in the ground and drew in the cavern’s profound ice marrow, infusing the forming Sixth Soul Ring with his spatial insights.

After three months of seclusion, Wukong completed his million-year Sixth Soul Ring, gained four spatial Soul Skills, and condensed a second soul core. He returned to Dragon City with Zi JI, Tian Meng, and Cai Lin.

• Wukong absorbed the last of the ice cavern’s spiritual essence and completed his million-year Sixth Soul Ring, gaining four powerful spatial Soul Skills.
• Cai Lin’s cultivation rose past ninety-two thousand years, and she grew closer to speaking human language.
• Wukong condensed a spiritual soul core that resonated with his bloodline soul core, greatly increasing his strength.
• Wukong emerged from the cavern and found Tian Meng and Zi JI waiting; Tian Meng’s cultivation had recovered to three hundred thousand years, while Zi JI neared that threshold.
• Wukong opened a spatial rift with Heaven in a Pot, and Zi JI, Tian Meng, and Cai Lin entered it.
• Wukong used Shrinking Earth to Inches to carry the group a hundred miles back to Dragon City.

Wukong left Dragon City after saying goodbye to Liu Erlong and Flender, then used Shrinking Earth to Inches to return to the Lake-Bottom Anomalous Space. He found that only Di Tian, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Bi Ji remained there.

• Wukong returned to Dragon City with Tian Meng and Zi JI, and Liu Erlong hurried to meet him the next morning.
• Wukong told Liu Erlong he planned to return to his family, but gave her a way to contact him; she happily agreed to keep in touch.
• Wukong spent several days with Liu Erlong, while Yu Xiaogang joined them for a meal and left in a resentful mood.
• Wukong departed Dragon City with Tian Meng and Zi JI, leaving Liu Erlong heartbroken; Flender decided to leave as well.
• Wukong sent Tian Meng and Zi JI into the Heaven in a Pot space and used Shrinking Earth to Inches to reach the Lake-Bottom Anomalous Space.
• Wukong found that the other ferocious beasts had dispersed, leaving Di Tian, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Bi Ji there.

Wukong returned from the Far North with a Million-Year Sixth Soul Ring, and Di Tian told him about the Dragon Valley as a future source of power. After agreeing to take Tian Meng along, Wukong left for Dragon Rising City and planned to pursue time-law cultivation through powerful soul beasts, ultimately seeking the Time Dragon King’s remains.

• Wukong showed Di Tian and Bi Ji his Million-Year Soul Ring and set a three-year deadline to begin condensing his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Di Tian told Wukong about the Dragon Valley and its vast dragon treasures, and Wukong said he would seek the entrance within a year.
• Tian Meng begged to stay with Wukong, who agreed to take him along after Di Tian freed him from his Reserve Rations status.
• Wukong spent several days at the Lake of Life before leaving with Zi JI and the others for Dragon Rising City.
• Wukong planned to study time powers from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Evil-Eyed Tyrant, then seek the Time Dragon King’s remains in Dragon Valley.

Wukong subdued the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and took ten thousand years of its origin to study its time law, then brought it back to Dragon Rising City as a follower. After sharing gifts and a feast with his companions, he read Qian Renxue’s letter and wrote her a reply.

• Zi JI pinned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger down with her dragon might, but Wukong stopped her from killing it and offered to exchange ten thousand years of its origin for three years of cultivation by his side and help surviving its hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
• Wukong revealed his auspicious beast aura, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger recognized him, pledged its loyalty, and gave him ten thousand years of its origin.
• Wukong stored the origin in his soul ring for Origin Replication and brought Zi JI, Tian Meng, Cai Lin, and the weakened Evil God Tiger to Dragon Rising City.
• Wukong greeted Fourth Sister and Xiao Wu, introduced Tian Meng and the Evil God Tiger, and shared gifts and a feast with everyone.
• Rou brought Wukong his remaining royalties and readers’ letters, and Wukong read Qian Renxue’s letter, wrote her a reply, and began reading the other feedback.

After months of training and studying the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Time Profound Meaning, Wukong reached the threshold of the Time Law and set out with Di Tian to find the Evil Emperor. They used Wukong’s Heaven in a Pot portal to arrive at the Evil Demon Forest on the Sun Moon Continent.

• Wukong trained under a Hundred-and-Fiftyfold Gravity Domain while his clones studied the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s use of time.
• After a hundred days, Wukong understood most of the Time Profound Meaning of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lineage and decided to seek the Evil Emperor.
• Wukong invited Di Tian to accompany him, and Di Tian agreed, eager to meet the Evil Emperor.
• Di Tian tested Wukong’s Sixth Soul Skill, Heaven in a Pot, and recognized its potential to develop into a life plane.
• Wukong and Di Tian traveled through the portal and emerged in the Evil Demon Forest.