Chapter Summaries

Six-Eared Macaque escorted Tang Monk westward while boasting of Lin Tian’s unmatched power, unsettling Tang Monk and infuriating Guanyin Bodhisattva. After the pair found lodging at a farmhouse, bandits arrived exactly as Lin Tian had predicted, leaving Six-Eared Macaque amazed by his master’s foresight.

• Six-Eared Macaque told Tang Monk that Lin Tian was greater than the Buddha and recounted his master’s victories, shaking Tang Monk’s faith and angering Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Tang Monk and Six-Eared Macaque reached a farmhouse, where the owner initially refused them because Six-Eared Macaque looked like a monster.
• Six-Eared Macaque transformed into a handsome young man, and the owner let them in for the night.
• Six-Eared Macaque decided Tang Monk should eat meat after watching him enjoy a simple vegetarian meal.
• Eight bandits attacked the farmhouse, and Six-Eared Macaque recognized that their arrival matched Lin Tian’s precise prediction.

Six-Eared Macaque thwarted Guanyin Bodhisattva’s plan to turn Tang Monk against him by sparing bandits and leaving them to Tang Monk’s persuasion. At Eagle Sorrow Ravine, a Dragon Turtle offered to replace Tang Monk’s eaten horse, prompting Guanyin to storm the Western Sea.

• Six-Eared Macaque stopped himself from killing the bandits, immobilized them, and left Tang Monk to persuade them to reform through the night.
• The bandits promised to abandon their crimes and fled after Tang Monk released them, while Guanyin Bodhisattva realized her attempt to create conflict had failed.
• At Eagle Sorrow Ravine, a Dragon Turtle ate Tang Monk’s white horse, and Six-Eared Macaque captured it and brought it before Tang Monk.
• The Dragon Turtle claimed a Bodhisattva had sent it to await Tang Monk and offered to become his mount, leaving Tang Monk hesitant.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva discovered the Western Sea had sent a turtle instead of the Little White Dragon, then stormed into the Western Sea and confronted its current Dragon King, Ao Xuan.

Guanyin Bodhisattva failed to secure the Little White Dragon for the scripture pilgrimage, so she transformed a dragon turtle into a white dragon horse for Tang Sanzang. Lin Tian then ordered the Six-Eared Macaque to befriend Tang Sanzang and persuade him to join the Heavenly Court after the calamity, leaving the Queen Mother of the West wondering why he wanted to recruit a mortal.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva confronted Ao Xuan, who claimed Ao Lie had been executed and refused to provide another dragon because the Dragon Clan served in the Dragon Cavalry Corps.
• Tang Sanzang rode the dragon turtle briefly, then dismounted, while the Six-Eared Macaque objected to carrying him and suggested leaving the turtle behind.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared and used Buddhist light to turn the dragon turtle into a true dragon and then a white horse for Tang Sanzang.
• Lin Tian instructed the Six-Eared Macaque to befriend Tang Sanzang and persuade him to defect to the Heavenly Court after the calamity.
• At the Jade Pool, the Queen Mother of the West asked Lin Tian why he wanted to recruit Tang Sanzang.

The Six-Eared Macaque killed the Black Wind Monster and thwarted Guanyin’s plans before reaching Gao Family Village with the Tang Monk. After the Macaque struck down the Long-Eared Monster, a mysterious giant hand carried the monster away, leaving the Macaque to suspect a Quasi-Saint was involved.

• At Guanyin Monastery, the Six-Eared Macaque noticed Elder Jinchi’s scheme, burned down the monastery, killed him, and recovered the cassock by killing the Black Wind Monster.
• Guanyin watched the Macaque disrupt her plans and left to prepare a new scheme at Gao Family Village.
• At Gao Family Village, the Tang Monk promised to help the old village master defeat the Long-Eared Monster, and the Six-Eared Macaque agreed to handle the fight.
• The Six-Eared Macaque shattered space with his Golden Cudgel and chased the fleeing Long-Eared Monster using the Rainbow Transformation Art.
• A mysterious giant hand seized the wounded Long-Eared Monster, and the Six-Eared Macaque sensed a Quasi-Saint’s aura.

Guanyin Bodhisattva recruited Marshal Tianpeng to join Tang Monk’s journey and gave him a Tight-Fillet Spell to use against Six-Eared Macaque. Meanwhile, Lin Tian planned a second Dao sermon to gather resources for the Chaos Pearl, and rumors of it stirred the Primordial World.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva rescued Marshal Tianpeng, instructed him to protect Tang Monk, spy on Six-Eared Macaque, and use the Tight-Fillet Spell, then named him Zhu Wuneng.
• Six-Eared Macaque drove off the monster threatening Gao Family Village, and Zhu Wuneng later returned, revealed his identity, and asked Tang Monk to take him along.
• Tang Monk accepted Zhu Wuneng and named him Bajie, while Bajie secretly plotted to place the Tight-Fillet Spell on Six-Eared Macaque.
• Lin Tian decided to develop the Chaos Pearl before pursuing the Dao and planned to use Hongmeng Purple Qi to attract powerful Quasi-Saints to help him.
• Lin Tian told Su Meiniang and Zixia to spread news of a second Dao sermon, prompting factions across the Primordial World to investigate and seek information from the Queen Mother of the West.

Tang Monk, the Six-Eared Macaque, and Zhu Bajie continued their journey, but Tang Monk’s rebuke after Zhu Bajie killed Tiger Vanguard drove a wedge between them. A mysterious demonic wind then carried Tang Monk away, while Guanyin reported to Tathagata that the pilgrimage had strayed from Spirit Mountain’s plans.

• Tang Monk received the Heart Sutra of Mahaprajnaparamita from Chan Master Wuchao before the group entered Yellow Wind Ridge.
• Zhu Bajie killed Tiger Vanguard, but Tang Monk condemned him for taking a life and praised the Six-Eared Macaque instead.
• A strange demonic wind swept over Yellow Wind Ridge, and an unseen figure seized Tang Monk while the Six-Eared Macaque searched the wind.
• The Six-Eared Macaque suspected Zhu Bajie might have let Tang Monk be taken out of resentment, then began searching for Tang Monk.
• Guanyin told Tathagata that the Six-Eared Macaque’s actions had repeatedly diverged from Spirit Mountain’s arrangements, and the Alms-Bowl-Holding Arhat reacted angrily to the Dragon Clan’s response.

The Six-Eared Macaque rescued Tang Monk from the Yellow Wind King, but Lingji Bodhisattva intervened and took the monster away. After Tang Monk’s party resumed its journey, a mysterious figure appeared before Lingji Bodhisattva and stopped him.

• Buddha Tathagata stopped the Bowl-Raising Arhat from provoking Lin Tian, while Guanyin Bodhisattva revealed that Tang Monk’s party had reached Yellow Wind Ridge.
• Lingji Bodhisattva hurried to Yellow Wind Ridge after realizing the Six-Eared Macaque might kill his disciple, the Yellow Wind King.
• The Six-Eared Macaque threatened Yellow Wind Cave and struck Yellow Wind Ridge, frightening the Yellow Wind King as he moved to rescue Tang Monk.
• Lingji Bodhisattva suppressed the Six-Eared Macaque, took the Yellow Wind King away, and ordered the macaque to escort Tang Monk west.
• The Six-Eared Macaque rescued Tang Monk, who scolded Zhu Bajie for failing to stop his abduction, and the party continued onward.
• A terrifying pressure halted Lingji Bodhisattva, and an unknown figure emerged from the rippling space before him.

Tathagata and the Buddhas discovered that Lingji Bodhisattva had vanished while returning from Yellow Wind Ridge, and began searching for him. His captor had taken him into the chaos and forced him to help build ten Buddha kingdoms, leaving Lingji stunned by the figure’s immense power.

• Tathagata realized he could no longer divine Lingji Bodhisattva’s location, and Guanyin Bodhisattva confirmed that Lingji had taken the Yellow Wind King toward Spirit Mountain before disappearing.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva and Guanyin Bodhisattva suspected Lin Tian or someone seeking favor with him might have intervened, and Tathagata sent the Buddhas to investigate.
• Lingji Bodhisattva was dragged into the chaos with the Yellow Wind Monster and repeatedly slapped by his captor when he protested.
• The figure demanded that Lingji create ten Buddha kingdoms in the chaos, threatening to keep him trapped or destroy him if he refused.
• The figure began forming the kingdoms’ foundations and world frameworks with the Chaos Great Dao, leaving Lingji wondering if he was the Dao Ancestor.

Lin Tian recruited Lingji Bodhisattva to develop ten vast worlds inside the Chaos Pearl, while the pilgrims continued their journey and Guanyin Bodhisattva schemed against the Six-Eared Macaque. The chapter ended with Lin Tian visiting Five Villages Temple, where Zhen Yuanzi welcomed him and Lin Tian said he had come to look around.

• Lin Tian revealed that he had used the Nine-Nine Mystic Art to capture Lingji Bodhisattva and ordered him to develop ten enormous worlds inside the Chaos Pearl.
• At the Flowing Sand River, Zhu Bajie failed to defeat the monster, but the Six-Eared Macaque fought back the Curtain-Raising General, and Mu Zha arranged for Sandy to join the pilgrimage.
• Zhu Bajie and Sandy secretly allied to punish the Six-Eared Macaque, while Sandy ferried the Tang Monk across the river using skulls from his previous lives.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva's beauty test failed to sway the pilgrims, and she then summoned Zhu Bajie and Sandy to plan how to place the Tight-Fillet Spell on the Six-Eared Macaque.
• Lin Tian arrived at Five Villages Temple, where Zhen Yuanzi warmly welcomed him, and Lin Tian said he had come to look around.

Lin Tian persuaded Zhen Yuanzi to create worlds in exchange for the promise of Hongmeng Purple Qi and brought him into the Chaos Pearl to begin the work. Afterward, Lin Tian disguised himself as Zhen Yuanzi and considered recruiting even more powerful figures to create worlds.

• Zhen Yuanzi offered Lin Tian ginseng fruits, but noticed Lin Tian was already eating a Chaos Immortal Apricot.
• Lin Tian asked Zhen Yuanzi to create worlds, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to make two hundred of them.
• Lin Tian told Zhen Yuanzi that his Dao root restrained his cultivation and promised to consider him for Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Lin Tian brought Zhen Yuanzi into the Chaos Pearl and showed him the Chaos Immortal Apricot Tree as a source for creating worlds and living beings.
• Lin Tian left Zhen Yuanzi at work, assumed his appearance with the Nine-Nine Mystic Art, and considered getting Saints to create worlds as well.

Lin Tian uncovered the scheme behind Zhen Yuanzi’s gift of two ginseng fruits, while Zhu Bajie, Sandy, and the Six-Eared Macaque planned to steal fruit from the rear courtyard. The three slipped into the courtyard, where Zhu Bajie remembered their plan.

• Daoist Jieyin warned Tathagata and the others on Spirit Mountain to stay vigilant after he and Daoist Zhunti sensed trouble.
• Lin Tian instructed his disciples to prepare ginseng fruits for several guests arriving in a few days.
• At the Five Villages Temple, Tang Monk refused the two ginseng fruits Qingfeng and Bright Moon brought him, disappointing Zhu Bajie, Sandy, and the Six-Eared Macaque.
• Lin Tian realized Zhen Yuanzi had offered two fruits to provoke conflict and gain a reason to detain Tang Monk’s party and strengthen his ties with Spirit Mountain.
• Zhu Bajie persuaded Sandy and the Six-Eared Macaque to sneak into the rear courtyard and take ginseng fruits, and they secretly obtained the Golden Striker.
• At the ginseng fruit tree, Sandy reminded Zhu Bajie not to forget their plan, and Zhu Bajie nodded discreetly at the Six-Eared Macaque.

Six-Eared Macaque stole eighteen Ginseng Fruits with Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, then divided them on his own terms. Zhu Bajie offered him a Phoenix-Feather Golden Crown in exchange for another fruit, while Lin Tian recognized the crown as a possible version of the Tight-Fillet Spell and suspected a new scheme to control Six-Eared Macaque.

• Six-Eared Macaque ignored Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk's warnings and knocked eighteen Ginseng Fruits from the tree while Zhen Yuanzi was in seclusion.
• Six-Eared Macaque took eleven fruits for his master, his master's wives, and his junior brothers, then split the remaining seven among himself, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk.
• Zhu Bajie asked Six-Eared Macaque for one more fruit, claiming it would help him regain strength, and offered a Phoenix-Feather Golden Crown in exchange.
• Lin Tian sensed that the golden crown contained powerful sealing laws and suspected it was the Tight-Fillet Spell in a new form.
• Lin Tian realized Guanyin Bodhisattva had changed her plan and was using Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk to offer Six-Eared Macaque the spell.

Zhu Bajie and Sandy tried to trick Six-Eared Macaque into wearing the Tight-Fillet Spell, but it had no effect on him. When Zhu Bajie put on the crown himself, the spell caused him excruciating pain, and Sandy tried to hide the truth from Six-Eared Macaque.

• Zhu Bajie placed the Phoenix-Feather Golden Crown on Six-Eared Macaque, expecting the Tight-Fillet Spell to control him.
• Six-Eared Macaque removed the crown without pain, leaving Zhu Bajie and Sandy bewildered.
• Zhu Bajie put the crown on his own head and screamed as the Tight-Fillet Spell took effect.
• Six-Eared Macaque pinned Zhu Bajie down to keep him quiet while Sandy urged him to endure the pain.
• After Zhu Bajie passed out, Sandy falsely blamed his suffering on a mismatch between his primordial spirit and body.

Lin Tian arranged for the Six-Eared Macaque to provoke a confrontation at Five Villages Temple, where the monkey smashed the Ginseng Fruit Tree. Lin Tian, disguised as Zhen Yuanzi, trapped Tang Monk and his disciples and demanded that Tang Monk answer for the damage.

• Lin Tian explained that he had shielded the Six-Eared Macaque from Guanyin Bodhisattva’s Tight-Fillet Spell and told him to put on a show.
• The Six-Eared Macaque told Lin Tian he had picked more than ten ginseng fruits and asked him for help avoiding Zhen Yuanzi’s punishment.
• Qingfeng and Bright Moon accused Tang Monk and his disciples of stealing eighteen ginseng fruits, but the group denied it.
• The Six-Eared Macaque struck Qingfeng, charged into the rear courtyard, and smashed the ground, toppling the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• The Six-Eared Macaque tried to flee with Tang Monk and the others, but Lin Tian sealed space and hauled them back in his Zhen Yuanzi disguise.
• Lin Tian, disguised as Zhen Yuanzi, accused Tang Monk of letting his disciple destroy the tree and demanded that they settle the debt.

Lin Tian, disguised as Zhen Yuanzi, threatened to fry Tang Monk and his companions until Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived and revived the Ginseng Fruit Tree. He then demanded that Guanyin develop a hundred worlds of living beings within Chaos in exchange for releasing the pilgrims.

• Lin Tian ordered Qingfeng and Bright Moon to prepare an oil cauldron, while Zhu Bajie escaped and went to Spirit Mountain for Guanyin Bodhisattva's help.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva learned that the Tight-Fillet Spell had failed to restrain Six-Eared Macaque and traveled with Zhu Bajie to Five Villages Temple.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva revived the Ginseng Fruit Tree with water from the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool, and Six-Eared Macaque admitted that he, Sandy, and Zhu Bajie had eaten all eighteen missing Ginseng Fruits.
• Lin Tian, disguised as Zhen Yuanzi, agreed to spare the pilgrims if Guanyin Bodhisattva opened and developed a hundred worlds of living beings within Chaos.

Lin Tian sent Guanyin Bodhisattva into the Chaos Pearl to develop a hundred worlds, then discovered a mysterious Demonic Qi that devoured even the Great Dao. Meanwhile, Six-Eared Macaque recognized the Tight-Fillet Spell on Zhu Bajie’s head and turned on him in anger.

• Lin Tian persuaded Guanyin Bodhisattva to create and develop worlds, then transported her into the Chaos Pearl and left her there to work.
• The Chaos Bell rewarded Lin Tian with power equivalent to more than twenty Quasi-Saints and three strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi after Zhen Yuanzi and Lingji Bodhisattva developed worlds.
• Lin Tian sensed a strange Demonic Qi that consumed Divine Sense and the Great Dao, and wondered why Zhunti and Jieyin had not detected it.
• Six-Eared Macaque asked Zhu Bajie whether his phoenix-feathered golden crown was the Tight-Fillet Spell, and Zhu Bajie realized something was wrong as Six-Eared Macaque glared at him furiously.

Lin Tian’s plan to use Zhu Bajie to lure Guanyin was interrupted when Wutian rescued Lady White Bone and took her to meet his mysterious master. Lin Tian identified Wutian as a future calamity for the Buddhist Sect and wondered who could command someone so powerful.

• The Six-Eared Macaque beat Zhu Bajie during their journey, while Sandy grew resentful of the Six-Eared Macaque and stayed silent when a strange village girl appeared.
• The Six-Eared Macaque exposed the village girl as a demon, and she attacked before a streak of white light fled toward Tang Monk.
• Black clouds overwhelmed Sandy and Zhu Bajie, while the Six-Eared Macaque shielded Tang Monk and Wutian’s Black Lotus carried the white light away.
• Lady White Bone returned to the White Bone Cave, where Wutian appeared, recruited her, and took her to meet his master.
• Lin Tian tracked the black qi and recognized Wutian as the future calamity of the Buddhist Sect, then questioned who Wutian’s master was.

Lin Tian followed Wutian into the Chaos Abyss and discovered that a powerful Chaos Demon God supported him, then returned to the Heavenly Court. He announced a Dao lecture open to cultivators of every sect and race, leaving figures across the Primordial World deciding whether to attend.

• Lin Tian secretly followed Wutian into the Chaos Abyss, where Wutian used the Pan Gu Axe's killing power to evade him and disappeared with Lady White Bone.
• Lin Tian sensed an Upper Realm Chaos Demon God in the abyss, judged that the threat did not endanger him, and returned to the Primordial World.
• Six-Eared Macaque and Sandy searched White Bone Cave but found only the village girl and her family, while Tang Monk performed rites for the dead and continued west.
• Lin Tian returned to the Heavenly Court, used the power of thirty Quasi-Saints and four strands of Hongmeng purple qi to advance his cultivation, and announced a Dao lecture at Lingxiao Hall in ten days.
• Patriarch Minghe, Underworld officials, Holy Mother Wudang, the Three Skies, Dragon Clan experts, and rogue immortals set out for the Heavenly Court after hearing Lin Tian's invitation.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerable permitted Immortal Elder Antarctic and the others to attend, while the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain held back and Nuwa wondered whether she should go.

Yun Zhongzi and the other Jade Void Palace figures entered the Heavenly Court to attend Lin Tian’s sermon, while powerful figures from across the Primordial World gathered and watched. Lady Pingxin unexpectedly left the Underworld and arrived at Lingxiao Hall, where she revealed her face and playfully asked Lin Tian whether she was prettier than the Queen Mother of the West and Chang'e.

• Yun Zhongzi passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate, and Immortal Elder Antarctic and his fellow disciples followed him inside.
• The Queen Mother of the West questioned Lin Tian about allowing former enemies to attend his teachings, and Lin Tian insisted there would be no factional distinction.
• Patriarch Minghe, the Ten Courts of Yama, Nine Phoenixes, Luo Chuan, and other powerful figures gathered outside Lingxiao Hall as the great powers watched.
• Cult Leader Tongtian rejoiced at the growth of his former disciples, while Hongjun remained expressionless and stirred Tongtian's unease.
• Lady Pingxin appeared in her true body above the Heavenly Court, surprising the assembled immortals by leaving the Underworld to attend Lin Tian's sermon.
• Lady Pingxin revealed her face to Lin Tian and playfully asked whether she or the Queen Mother of the West and Chang'e was prettier.

At Lingxiao Hall, Lady Pingxin teased Lin Tian before Lady Nuwa arrived, and the gathered cultivators entered a vast expanse of Chaos for his preaching. Lin Tian revealed that he had imprinted the Primordial World's three thousand great daos and would explain them through a special method.

• Lady Pingxin asked Lin Tian whether she or the Queen Mother of the West was prettier, then pouted when he avoided answering.
• Lady Nuwa arrived, exchanged sharp remarks with Lady Pingxin, and questioned whether Lin Tian welcomed her; Lin Tian invited her to listen to the Dao.
• Lin Tian led the cultivators through the entrance of Lingxiao Hall into a boundless Chaos expanse that they could not identify.
• Lady Pingxin enveloped the Queen Mother of the West, Chang'e, and the others with her Six Paths of Reincarnation world, then released them beside Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian assured the cultivators they would be safe if they followed his arrangements and announced that he would explain the Primordial World's three thousand great daos.