Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian killed Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, plundered Jade House Cave, and returned the Immortal-Severing Sword to Biyou Palace, strengthening Jiejiao's confidence and fortune. Guang Chengzi discovered the killing and summoned Chan Sect disciples to Golden Court Mountain to seek revenge.

• Lin Tian killed Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing and took all the treasures from Jade House Cave before leaving Golden Court Mountain with Golden Light Immortal and Bai Suzhen.
• Guang Chengzi learned of Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing's death and hurried to Golden Court Mountain, but Lin Tian and the others had already left.
• Lin Tian returned to Biyou Palace with the Immortal-Severing Sword, and Jiejiao disciples welcomed the divine weapon as their confidence and fortune began to recover.
• Holy Mother Wudang and the Jiejiao disciples learned that Lin Tian had killed Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, while Holy Mother Wudang felt little fear of Chan Sect retaliation.
• Guang Chengzi shook the Soul-Dropping Bell to summon Chan Sect disciples, then divined what had happened in Jade House Cave and learned the course of events.

After Lin Tian killed Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, Guang Chengzi gathered three fellow Chan Sect immortals and led them to Biyou Palace to demand vengeance. As they threatened the Jiejiao, Lin Tian prepared to confront them while Holy Mother Wudang worried about the danger.

• Guang Chengzi learned that Lin Tian had killed Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, and True Person Huanglong, True Person Taiyi, and True Lord Qingxu Daode joined him.
• True Person Taiyi recounted how Lin Tian had beaten Hui'an Pilgrim and taken his magic treasures, enraging the four immortals.
• Despite True Person Huanglong's warning that Holy Mother Wudang might be at Biyou Palace, Guang Chengzi and the others set out to attack Lin Tian.
• The four immortals attacked the Three-Headed Flood Dragon outside Golden Turtle Island, but Biyou Palace's Guardian Formation saved him.
• Guang Chengzi and True Person Taiyi demanded that Lin Tian come out, while Holy Mother Wudang offered to confront them in his place.
• Lin Tian dismissed the idea of letting Holy Mother Wudang kill the four immortals, then rose and headed out himself with killing intent.

Lin Tian countered Guang Chengzi’s ambush and faced four Chan Sect immortals attacking together, overwhelming them with the Kongtong Seal. True Person Taiyi was struck, while Guang Chengzi and the others fled the blow, and Lin Tian turned his attention to Guang Chengzi’s Executioner Immortal Sword.

• Holy Mother Wudang reflected on Jiejiao’s fear of the Chan Sect and its loss of faith in Saint Tongtian’s protection.
• Guang Chengzi ambushed Lin Tian with the Heaven-Flipping Seal, but Lin Tian punched it away and injured Guang Chengzi through the backlash.
• True Person Taiyi, True Lord Qingxu Daode, True Person Huanglong, and Guang Chengzi attacked Lin Tian together, while Lin Tian’s allies moved to help.
• Lin Tian used the Kongtong Seal to shatter or repel the four immortals’ magic weapons and struck True Person Taiyi as the others dodged.
• Lin Tian rebuked Guang Chengzi and considered taking his Executioner Immortal Sword.

Lin Tian shattered the Chan Sect’s Four Symbols Formation with one strike and refused to let Guang Chengzi and the others leave. After Holy Mother Wudang warned him about provoking the Saints, Lin Tian insisted he would reclaim the Executioner Immortal Sword.

• Guang Chengzi, True Lord Qingxu Daode, True Person Huanglong, and True Person Taiyi formed the Four Symbols Formation and attacked Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian struck with the Immortal-Severing Sword and shattered the formation, overwhelming all four Chan Sect disciples.
• Holy Mother Wudang and the Jiejiao disciples lowered their weapons, realizing Lin Tian had defeated the Chan Sect’s experts by himself.
• Guang Chengzi tried to retreat, but Lin Tian challenged the group for coming to make trouble and said he would not let them leave without consequence.
• Holy Mother Wudang urged Lin Tian to avoid creating trouble before the Saints and explained her concern for her Master, Saint Tongtian.
• Lin Tian acknowledged her point but declared he would take the Executioner Immortal Sword from Guang Chengzi.

Lin Tian pursued the four Chan Sect immortals to Jade Void Palace and surrounded them behind its Saint-laid formation. After receiving a mission from the Spirit Vine True Self, he chose to rescue the Golden-Hooped Immortal, who was imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff.

• Lin Tian overtook Guang Chengzi, disarmed him of the Executioner Immortal Sword, and let him flee toward Jade Void Palace.
• Lin Tian explained that he intended to use the pursuit to raise Jiejiao’s prestige, then followed Guang Chengzi and the others to Kunlun Mountain.
• Guang Chengzi activated Jade Void Palace’s Guardian Formation, while Lin Tian and Holy Mother Wudang’s group surrounded the palace outside.
• The Spirit Vine True Self told Lin Tian that the Primordial Heavenly Venerable had imprisoned the Golden-Hooped Immortal beneath Qilin Cliff, and Lin Tian chose the mission to rescue him.
• Guang Chengzi challenged Lin Tian for besieging Jade Void Palace, and Lin Tian replied that the four immortals had attacked Biyou Palace first.

Lin Tian led the Jiejiao Disciples in surrounding the Jade Void Palace and forced Guang Chengzi and the other Chan Sect immortals to negotiate. He demanded that they release Golden-Hooped Immortal, and the four agreed in hopes of ending the siege.

• Lin Tian's words drove the Jiejiao Disciples to demand revenge, while the Two Western Saints watched the conflict with delight and Saint Tongtian approved of Lin Tian's actions.
• Lin Tian threatened Guang Chengzi and the other Chan Sect immortals, then demanded compensation for their past attack on Biyou Palace.
• Guang Chengzi offered to negotiate, and Lin Tian said he wanted no treasures but would withdraw only if they agreed to one condition.
• Lin Tian claimed Saint Tongtian had told him that Golden-Hooped Immortal was imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff and demanded his release.
• Guang Chengzi, True Person Taiyi, True Person Huanglong, and True Lord Qingxu Daode agreed to release Golden-Hooped Immortal, treating it as a temporary sacrifice to end the siege.

Lin Tian prepared to honor his promise and rescue the Golden-Hooped Immortal as Jiejiao waited outside the Jade Void Palace’s grand formation. Meanwhile, Heavenly Emperor Haotian tried to recruit the resurrected Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, who remained torn between serving the Heavenly Court and reincarnating.

• Guang Chengzi left for Qilin Cliff with True Lord Qingxu Daode while True Person Taiyi and True Person Huanglong stayed to oversee the grand formation.
• Holy Mother Wudang and Jiejiao’s disciples grew eager to free the Golden-Hooped Immortal after Lin Tian promised to rescue him.
• The Jade Emperor and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li watched Lin Tian’s incursion through the Haotian Mirror while Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing’s surviving true spirit stood before them.
• Heavenly Emperor Haotian offered Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing a place in the Heavenly Court and warned that refusing would leave him only reincarnation.
• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li urged Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing to accept, while Dao Xing remained conflicted over his hatred of Lin Tian and the loss of his cultivation if he reincarnated.

Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing pledged himself to Haotian in exchange for the Three Lights Divine Water, while Lin Tian's allies freed Golden-Hooped Immortal from beneath Qilin Cliff. Golden-Hooped Immortal reunited with Jiejiao's disciples but learned that Saint Tongtian had not rescued him, leaving him wondering who had.

• Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing chose to serve Haotian, who gave him the Three Lights Divine Water so he could recover and seek revenge on Lin Tian.
• Saint Tongtian watched Lin Tian's siege of Kunqi Mountain and approved of his plan to rescue Golden-Hooped Immortal.
• Guang Chengzi and True Lord Qingxu Daode found Golden-Hooped Immortal beneath Qilin Cliff, broke the concealment formation, and freed him.
• Golden-Hooped Immortal hurried to the Jade Void Palace and joyfully reunited with Holy Mother Wudang, Golden Light Immortal, Fairy Caiyun, and the other Jiejiao disciples.
• Golden Light Immortal told Golden-Hooped Immortal that Saint Tongtian remained confined in the Purple Heaven Palace, leaving Golden-Hooped Immortal baffled about who had rescued him.

Lin Tian rescued the Golden-Hooped Immortal from the Jade Void Palace and demanded that the Chan Sect return the remaining Zhuxian Swords. After returning to Biyou Palace, he went to claim the reward for his mission while powerful figures elsewhere watched the aftermath.

• The Golden-Hooped Immortal thanked Lin Tian for rescuing him and was stunned to learn that Lin Tian had killed Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing.
• Lin Tian told Guang Chengzi to send the two remaining Zhuxian Swords to Biyou Palace, warning that the Chan Sect would regret keeping them.
• Lin Tian led the Golden-Hooped Immortal and the Jiejiao disciples away from Mount Kunlun and returned to Biyou Palace.
• The Spirit Vine True Self notified Lin Tian that his mission was complete and that he had earned a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• A Divine Kun and Lu Ya observed the aftermath of the siege from afar before Lin Tian settled the Golden-Hooped Immortal in and returned to secluded cultivation.

Lin Tian returned to Jixia Academy with Bai Suzhen and used the Biyou Palace Lamp to help the academy grow stronger. Meanwhile, Tang Sanzang began his westward journey and led his escort into the mountains, where they started clearing a path.

• Lin Tian found a water-aspected Banana Leaf Fan in the Spirit Vine True Self's storehouse and resolved to seek the remaining Zhuxian swords once he learned where their holders were.
• Lin Tian left Biyou Palace with Bai Suzhen, taking the Executioner Immortal Sword and Immortal-Severing Sword with him.
• Lin Tian placed the Biyou Palace Lamp at Jixia Academy, whose disciples made rapid progress and gained more than a thousand immortals over the next few years.
• Tang Sanzang, escorted by Commandant Zhao and eighty soldiers, traveled west as the mountain roads grew increasingly remote.
• Tang Sanzang encouraged the soldiers to make a road through the dense forest, and Commandant Zhao ordered them to cut through the vines.

Tang Sanzang’s escort was wiped out by a Spotted Python, and he fled through the forest before a Striped Tiger attacked him. A hunter named Liu Boqin saved him, leaving Tang Sanzang alive on Twin-Fork Ridge and beginning their encounter.

• Tang Sanzang’s soldiers formed a protective circle in the dark forest, but a Spotted Python froze and swallowed many of them.
• Commandant Zhao and the remaining soldiers turned back to fight the Spotted Python, giving Tang Sanzang time to escape on his white horse.
• Tang Sanzang grieved for the soldiers and questioned the Buddhist Sect’s concern for mortal lives as his horse carried him onward.
• A Striped Tiger chased Tang Sanzang, but Liu Boqin blinded it with arrows and killed it.
• Tang Sanzang thanked Liu Boqin, who introduced himself as the Mountain-Pacifying Protector and asked where Tang Sanzang was traveling.

Tang Sanzang traveled through Twin-Fork Ridge, where he ate meat and drank wine at Liu Boqin’s home before continuing toward the Western Heaven. Guanyin Bodhisattva watched over him and arranged for Liu Boqin’s father to appear in a dream, while Monkey remained imprisoned beneath Five-Finger Mountain and befriended a young man who brought him food.

• Liu Boqin warned Tang Sanzang about the dangers of Twin-Fork Ridge and hosted him at his home.
• Tang Sanzang ate tiger, rabbit, and pheasant meat and drank wine, shocking Liu Boqin’s family and angering Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva sent golden light that helped Liu Boqin’s father appear in a dream and report that he had been allowed to be reborn.
• Tang Sanzang left Liu Boqin’s home and crossed toward Two-World Mountain, refusing to abandon his journey.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva and Hui'an Pilgrim continued watching Tang Sanzang as they anticipated his meeting with Sun Wukong.
• Monkey ate peaches and drank beneath Five-Finger Mountain while asking the young man who had brought him food for his name.

Lin Tian visited Monkey Sun beneath Five-Finger Mountain and revealed that the Havoc in Heaven had been a Buddhist scheme. He urged Monkey Sun to endure and complete the Journey to the West, while making clear that he opposed the Buddhist Sect’s plans for the Human Race.

• Lin Tian introduced himself to Monkey Sun, shared wine with him, and refused to free him because he still had a role to play.
• Lin Tian subdued Monkey Sun with his power and explained that the Heavenly Court had many beings strong enough to defeat him, exposing the Havoc in Heaven as a setup.
• Monkey Sun accepted Lin Tian’s explanation and pleaded for help escaping the Buddhist Sect’s schemes.
• Lin Tian told Monkey Sun to continue escorting the Scripture-Seeker westward without acting rashly, since the Buddhist Sect was too powerful to challenge directly.
• Lin Tian explained that Journey to the West also threatened the Human Race, while the Mountain Gods and other watchers nervously discussed his visit.

Tang Sanzang reached Five-Finger Mountain, freed Monkey Sun, and accepted him as his disciple Wukong, though both recognized they were caught in the Buddhist Sect’s plans. Guanyin Bodhisattva watched their meeting and suspected Sun Wukong had become harder to control.

• Before leaving, Lin Tian told Monkey Sun to treat Tang Sanzang courteously, then returned to Jixia Academy.
• Tang Sanzang arrived at Five-Finger Mountain, spoke with the imprisoned Monkey Sun, and climbed the mountain to remove the Buddhist Gatha.
• Freed from the seal, Monkey Sun demolished Five-Finger Mountain with his Ruyi Golden Cudgel and thanked Tang Sanzang for saving him.
• Tang Sanzang questioned whether Monkey Sun truly wanted to fetch scriptures, and the monkey admitted he was going west because he had nowhere else to turn.
• Tang Sanzang gave Monkey Sun the Dharma name Wukong and accepted him as a disciple; Sun Wukong bowed, forming a karmic bond with him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva watched the pair and suspected Sun Wukong was concealing his wild nature, though she still considered him easy to kill.

Lin Tian expanded education and cultivation across the Great Tang by establishing academies in all Nine Provinces, hoping to strengthen the Human Race. The Demon Race learned of the Human Race’s rising fortunes and its elders began discussing how to counter them.

• Lin Tian ordered Jixia Academy’s stewards to establish a Grand Academy and nine Small Academies in each of the Great Tang’s Nine Provinces.
• Xu Mao Gong remained at Jixia Academy while eight great encompassing golden immortals led teams to oversee the other provinces.
• Academies recruited youths and taught them basic cultivation methods, sparking a cultivation craze across the Great Tang.
• Demon Race elders gathered on the Northern Kuru Continent after learning of the Human Race’s rise.
• Demon Marshal Bai Ze warned Ji Meng and Ghost Chariot that the Human Race could threaten the Demon Race, and Ji Meng agreed that they must settle their karma with humanity themselves.

The Demon Marshals sent demons to sabotage Lin Tian’s academies, but the attackers were wiped out by Great Encompassing Golden Immortals stationed across the Human Race’s Nine Provinces. Ghost Chariot then defied Bai Ze’s caution and set out for Southern Jambu Continent, while Bai Ze went to report to the Tenth Crown Prince.

• Bai Ze and the other Demon Marshals agreed to send demons into Great Tang and report Lin Tian’s actions to the Tenth Crown Prince.
• Demon forces attacked Lin Tian’s academies, but Great Encompassing Golden Immortals killed them before they could advance beyond a province.
• The Human Race displayed the slain demons, and Lin Tian ordered the academies to coordinate warnings and reinforcements.
• Ghost Chariot dismissed the danger and personally led another force toward Southern Jambu Continent without authorization.
• Bai Ze returned to Western Kunlun and bowed before the Tenth Crown Prince at Golden Crow Cave.

Lu Ya and Bai Ze discussed Ghost Chariot’s secret expedition against Lin Tian, with Lu Ya welcoming the chance to weaken the Human Race and Bai Ze remaining wary of Lin Tian’s backing. Ghost Chariot attacked Golden Mountain Temple and Jixia Academy at night, and the chapter ended as Jixia Academy’s Protective Formation appeared while Golden Mountain Temple’s inferior formation shattered.

• Bai Ze warned Lu Ya that Lin Tian’s strength and connection to Saint Tongtian made him dangerous, but Lu Ya hoped Ghost Chariot would kill him.
• Lu Ya and Bai Ze reasoned that their Demon Race could risk opposing Lin Tian despite Saint Tongtian’s support.
• Ghost Chariot secretly led several thousand demons into Jiangzhou, gathered intelligence on Lin Tian’s forces, and camped at Black Mountain.
• Ghost Chariot led his demons to Golden Mountain and ordered them to destroy both Golden Mountain Temple and Jixia Academy.
• The demons attacked with wind, clouds, poison, and other powers; Jixia Academy’s Protective Formation appeared, while Golden Mountain Temple’s formation shattered.

Demon Marshal Ghost Chariot attacked Jixia Academy, but Lin Tian faced him with confidence and let Xu Mao Gong kill Black Bear Monster. Ghost Chariot struck from concealment, only for Lin Tian to block his Sky-Piercing Halberd with the Executioner Immortal Sword.

• Demon Marshal Ghost Chariot arrived at Jixia Academy, and Black Bear Monster called Lin Tian out to face him.
• Lin Tian appeared and mocked Ghost Chariot, claiming his own strength was enough to kill the Demon Marshal.
• Black Bear Monster charged Lin Tian, but Xu Mao Gong intercepted and killed him with the Demon-Subduing Pestle.
• Lin Tian collected Black Bear Monster's corpse, while Ghost Chariot angrily prepared to avenge his subordinate.
• Ghost Chariot concealed himself with a Divine Ability and attacked Lin Tian, but Lin Tian blocked the Sky-Piercing Halberd with the Executioner Immortal Sword.

Lin Tian battled Demon Marshal Ghost Chariot and gained the upper hand after the Secret of All unleashed a tenfold boost, severing one of Ghost Chariot’s nine heads. The fight continued with Ghost Chariot struggling to defend himself as the watching cultivators reacted to Lin Tian’s overwhelming strength.

• Lin Tian drove Ghost Chariot back with the Executioner Immortal Sword, forcing Ghost Chariot to order the demons to form the Star Formation.
• Ghost Chariot drew on the formation’s starlight and revealed his nine-headed divine bird form to fight Lin Tian at full strength.
• Lin Tian and Ghost Chariot exchanged fierce attacks, with neither appearing to hold the advantage as Bai Suzhen and Xu Mao Gong watched anxiously.
• The Secret of All triggered a tenfold increase in Lin Tian’s combat strength, and he sliced off one of Ghost Chariot’s heads.
• Lin Tian pressed his attack against the injured Ghost Chariot while the demons worried, the humans cheered, Bai Suzhen admired Lin Tian, and Monk Faming despaired.

Lin Tian broke through to the middle Great Encompassing Golden Immortal realm while fighting Demon Marshal Ghost Chariot, then pursued and killed him. With Ghost Chariot and his Demon Generals slain, the demons’ attempt to kill Lin Tian ended in defeat.

• Lin Tian battered Ghost Chariot, who burned his bloodline power and fought back rather than retreating.
• Lin Tian used Twin Swords Apocalypse to trigger tenfold damage, and Ghost Chariot lost another head as Lin Tian broke through mid-battle.
• Ghost Chariot ordered his forces to retreat to the Northern Kuru Continent, but Lin Tian caught up and cut off two more of his heads.
• Several Demon Generals turned back to cover Ghost Chariot’s escape, but Lin Tian killed them with a single sweep of the Immortal-Severing Sword.
• Lin Tian pinned Ghost Chariot in the void with the Immortal-Severing Sword and shattered his body, killing him.