Recaps

Chen Wei sought Taibai Jinxing’s help after confessing that he and Yang Chan had consummated their relationship, and Taibai lent him a powerful defensive treasure. Yang Jian returned to Guanjiangkou, learned Yang Chan was unusually quiet, and then discovered Chen Wei had received the Merit Mysterious Yellow Umbrella.

• Chen Wei sent Yang Chan away with the Meishan Brothers, then headed to the Clear Pool to report the Wild Centipede Spirit case and seek Taibai Jinxing’s help.
• Taibai Jinxing cut short Chen Wei’s report and hinted that a Heavenly Court immortal had been secretly involved in the centipede spirit affair.
• Chen Wei admitted that he and the Third Holy Mother had consummated their relationship and accepted responsibility for what happened.
• Taibai Jinxing lent Chen Wei the Merit Mysterious Yellow Umbrella to protect him from Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian returned to Guanjiangkou and became suspicious when Kang Anyu said Yang Chan had gone quietly to her room.
• Yang Jian learned through a voice transmission that Taibai Jinxing had lent Chen Wei the defensive spirit treasure.

Chen Wei struggled to find a way to reach Yang Chan at the heavily guarded Guanjiangkou, while his subordinates offered treasures and volunteered to fight. Just as he agreed to a risky scheme to lure Yang Jian away, Yang Chan told him she thought she was pregnant.

• Chen Wei learned that Guanjiangkou was sealed and its defenses were prepared to stop anyone from taking Yang Chan.
• Xiao Yan and the other subordinates offered their treasures, then volunteered to risk their lives so Chen Wei could enter Guanjiangkou.
• Chen Wei refused to sacrifice his subordinates and said he would go alone, but they urged him to reconsider.
• Pang Long proposed distracting Yang Jian by pretending to investigate Ao Cunxin in the West Sea, and Ma Muzhi offered to handle the plan.
• Chen Wei agreed to consider the scheme, but Yang Chan contacted him through her Voice Transmission Jade Talisman and said she thought she was pregnant.

Yang Jian discovered that Yang Chan was pregnant with twins by Chen Wei after stealing the Treasure Lotus Lamp that concealed her aura. He stormed off furious, while Yang Chan defended Chen Wei and warned her brother not to harm the children’s father.

• Yang Jian grew suspicious of Yang Chan’s unnatural silence and repeated claims that she was cultivating in her room.
• Yang Jian entered Yang Chan’s bedchamber, detected the Treasure Lotus Lamp’s aura, and snatched the lamp from her.
• Without the lamp’s concealment, Yang Jian sensed two lives in Yang Chan’s belly and realized she was carrying twins.
• Yang Chan admitted the children were Chen Wei’s, and Yang Jian became furious that she was pregnant without a wedding.
• Yang Chan warned Yang Jian that she would take the children to Mount Hua and avoid him for centuries if he hurt Chen Wei, so Yang Jian left in exasperation.

Yang Jian learned that Yang Chan was pregnant with Chen Wei’s twins and prepared to attack the Heavenly Court, while Chen Wei sought Ao Cunxin’s help to avert his anger. The chapter ended with Chen Wei asking Sun Wukong to help bring Ao Cunxin and Yang Jian together.

• Yang Jian raged over Chen Wei’s relationship with Yang Chan and ordered the Meishan Brothers to muster troops and seize him.
• Kang Anyu and the Meishan Brothers enthusiastically prepared to attack, leaving Yang Jian struggling to stop them without revealing his real intentions.
• Ao Cunxin contacted Yang Jian with a false emergency to lure him to the West Sea, as Chen Wei had persuaded her to help protect him.
• Chen Wei called Ao Cunxin “Sister-in-law,” pleased her with praise, and agreed to help her win Yang Jian’s affection.
• Chen Wei proposed asking Sun Wukong to act as a matchmaker, and Ao Cunxin considered the plan.

Chen Wei left the West Sea after arranging for Ao Cunxin, Pang Long, and Ma Muzhi to keep Yang Jian occupied, then disguised himself as Sun Wukong to enter Guanjiangkou and reach Yang Chan. Kang Anyu recognized Chen Wei but let him pass, while Yao Gonglin was told not to interfere.

• Ao Cunxin urged Chen Wei to leave the West Sea through a back Water Eye when Yang Jian arrived, and Chen Wei left Pang Long and Ma Muzhi to help keep Yang Jian there.
• Chen Wei flew to Guanjiangkou and used the Formless Mind Ape Technique to disguise himself as Sun Wukong.
• The Grass-Headed Gods mistook Chen Wei for the Great Sage and escorted him past their defenses into the Main Hall.
• Kang Anyu recognized Chen Wei beneath the disguise but pretended he had not, then pulled Yao Gonglin away and let Chen Wei proceed toward Yang Chan's bedroom.
• Kang Anyu told Yao Gonglin to stay out of Chen Wei's plan, believing the Great Heavenly Venerable tacitly approved of Yang Chan's pregnancy and the family reconciliation.

Yang Chan reunited with Chen Wei after receiving no replies to her messages and revealed that she was carrying their twins. Chen Wei agreed to leave her in Guanjiangkou for safety, took the Treasure Lotus Lamp, and stayed to comfort her.

• Yang Chan worried that Chen Wei was avoiding her, then struck him when he finally appeared and demanded to know why he had not replied.
• Yang Chan embraced Chen Wei and showed him the two faint lights of their unborn children, filling him with a sense of responsibility.
• Chen Wei urged Yang Chan to flee Guanjiangkou with him, but she argued that staying with her family would protect her and the children from Yang Jian.
• Chen Wei agreed to leave Yang Chan in Guanjiangkou until the danger passed and promised to return for her later.
• Yang Chan gave Chen Wei the Treasure Lotus Lamp for protection and asked him to comfort her.

Chen Wei left Yang Chan at Guanjiangkou as she rested during her pregnancy, then returned to the Heavenly Court in high spirits and entertained his aides’ suggestions for their children’s names. Taibai Jinxing summoned him, leaving Chen Wei wondering which immortal had caused trouble.

• Chen Wei ran into Kang Anyu and Yao Gonglin after visiting Yang Chan, and they pretended not to notice him before he hurried back to the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Wei approved routine work leniently, while Ma Muzhi and Pang Long returned safely from the West Sea Dragon Palace after keeping Yang Jian occupied.
• Chen Wei’s aides discussed names for his unborn children, and he recalled that Yang Chan had rejected his suggestion of Great Heavenly Venerable Chen Zhong.
• Xiao Yan proposed Chen Xiaowei and Chen Xiaochan, arguing that names based on their parents would help protect the children.
• Taibai Jinxing summoned Chen Wei, who promptly answered and wondered which immortal had gotten into trouble.

Chen Wei learned that four Rhinoceros Horns stored in the Heavenly Treasury had been replaced with fakes and was ordered to investigate the Four Wood Bird Stars discreetly. He sought Sun Wukong’s help, but their meeting took an unexpected turn when Sun Wukong revealed he had given Chen Wei a Birth-Prompting Pill.

• Taibai Jinxing showed Chen Wei records of the stolen Rhinoceros Horns and ordered him to uncover the truth without causing a commotion.
• Chen Wei suspected the Four Wood Bird Stars and decided to enlist Sun Wukong’s influence rather than confront the military officers alone.
• Chen Wei brought three jars of immortal brew to Sun Wukong and congratulated him on Chan’er expecting twins.
• Sun Wukong revealed that he had given Chen Wei a Birth-Prompting Pill, leaving Chen Wei confused.

Chen Wei visited Sun Wukong for help with the Heavenly Treasury forgery case and learned that Sun Wukong wanted him to free old allies imprisoned after the Flower-Fruit Mountain rebellion. Chen Wei agreed, expecting Sun Wukong to use his influence against the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, but Sun Wukong teased him by asking whether he even knew where the prisoners were held.

• Chen Wei told Sun Wukong what he had uncovered in the Heavenly Treasury, including the Rhinoceros Spirits’ connection to the case.
• Sun Wukong realized Chen Wei wanted his backing to pressure the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, then agreed to discuss terms.
• Sun Wukong confessed that he felt guilty for abandoning the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings and the One-Horned Ghost King after they were captured at Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong asked Chen Wei to use his Censorate authority to secure his old allies’ release, and Chen Wei agreed to do so legally.
• Sun Wukong asked whether Chen Wei knew where the prisoners were held, and Chen Wei confidently said he would find a way to release them.

Chen Wei went to Guanjiangkou to seek permission to release the imprisoned Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings, but Yang Jian attacked him before he could explain. Yang Chan intervened, gave Chen Wei the authority and pardon decree he needed, and sent him to carry out the release.

• Chen Wei discovered that the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings and the One-Horned Ghost King were imprisoned in Guanjiangkou and hesitated over approaching Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian dragged Chen Wei down from his cloud and attacked him, but Chen Wei blocked the blow with the Yellow-Black Merit Umbrella.
• Yang Chan stepped between them and calmed Yang Jian by asking him to hear Chen Wei out and showing him the Qi-Supplementing Pills Chen Wei had brought for her and the babies.
• Chen Wei told Yang Chan that he needed Yang Jian's consent and an Imperial Decree to release the imprisoned demons.
• Yang Chan gave Chen Wei her Command Token and an Imperial Decree of pardon, then ordered him to finish the task within two hours.

Chen Wei freed the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings from the Thunderfire Hard-Labor Camp using Yang Chan’s forged pardon decree. Yang Jian discovered the forgery and made it genuine, quietly helping Chen Wei escape punishment while still wanting to beat him.

• Yang Chan kept Chen Wei with her for two and a half hours before letting him leave on his errand.
• The Grass-Headed Gods let Chen Wei enter the Thunderfire Hard-Labor Camp without checking his Command Token.
• Chen Wei told the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings that Sun Wukong had secured their pardon, and they eagerly promised to reform.
• Chen Wei freed the demon kings and led them beyond Guanjiangkou without Yang Jian or anyone else stopping them.
• Yang Jian found Yang Chan’s forged Imperial Decree, used his divine eye to make it genuine, and admitted he still wanted to beat Chen Wei.

Sun Wukong celebrated the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings’ return to Flower-Fruit Mountain and, pleased with Chen Wei’s help, taught him a Combat Secret Technique. The chapter ended with Sun Wukong warning Chen Wei not to misuse the skills or reveal who taught him.

• The Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings returned from their sentences, and Sun Wukong hosted a feast on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Chen Wei stopped the monkeys from raising the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Flag and contributed Immortal Brew to the celebration.
• Sun Wukong changed into his Golden Chainmail and Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown, then celebrated with the Demon Kings and monkeys.
• After the revelers passed out, Chen Wei met Sun Wukong by a mountain stream and received his promise to help investigate Chen Wei’s case.
• Sun Wukong criticized Chen Wei’s weak Combat Arts and transmitted his Combat Secret Technique to him.
• Sun Wukong told Chen Wei not to cause trouble with the secret art or mention Sun Wukong as his teacher.

Chen Wei accompanied Sun Wukong to meet the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions and seek their cooperation on official business. He used his authority as Court Director to let Sun Wukong and Kui Mulang drink Monkey Mountain Spring Water, easing the way into their discussion.

• Sun Wukong warned Chen Wei that his newly learned martial skills could not make up for the gap between their cultivation realms.
• Yang Chan spoke through Chen Wei’s Jade Pendant, thanked Sun Wukong for teaching Chen Wei, and urged her husband to look after himself.
• Sun Wukong took Chen Wei to the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions’ Government Office, where Kui Mulang welcomed them.
• Kui Mulang refused Sun Wukong’s Monkey Wine because drinking on duty was forbidden by Heavenly Court regulations.
• Chen Wei declared the wine to be spring water and said that interpreting the Heavenly Laws was his authority, so Kui Mulang could drink without fear.

Chen Wei met the Four Wood Bird Stars at Kui Mulang's residence with Sun Wukong and informed them that four tribute Rhinoceros Horns in the Heavenly Treasury had been replaced with fakes. He left the Star Lords denying any irregularities in their delivery of the horns and asking whether anything unusual had happened.

• Kui Mulang welcomed Chen Wei and Sun Wukong to his residence, where they met the Four Wood Bird Stars.
• Sun Wukong introduced Chen Wei as his younger brother, and the Star Lords exchanged greetings and drank together.
• Chen Wei explained that the Censorate was investigating the four Rhinoceros Horns the Star Lords had presented as tribute after the Heavenly Treasury found them to be fakes.
• Jiao Mujiao angrily blamed the Finance Department for failing to guard the tribute, while Chen Wei and Sun Wukong calmed the Star Lords.
• Chen Wei said Taibai Jinxing had ordered a secret investigation and asked whether anything unusual had happened while the horns were brought from the Mortal Realm or handed over.
• Jiao Mujiao and the other Star Lords denied that anything had gone wrong.

Chen Wei concealed his suspicions about the Four Wood Bird Stars and arranged for Ma Muzhi to investigate their conflict with the Finance Department. Back at the Censorate, he welcomed Ma Si and bestowed on him the name Ma Bide.

• Chen Wei ended his meeting with the Four Wood Bird Stars on friendly terms after recognizing they were hiding something.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain to settle the cave lords and seek official titles for them.
• Chen Wei asked Ma Muzhi to investigate the grievances between the Finance Department and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions.
• Chen Wei met Ma Si at the Censorate and encouraged him to learn the rules and do his work diligently.
• Chen Wei renamed Ma Si Ma Bide and told him that officials in the Censorate should not kneel.

Chen Wei began mediating a dispute between the Finance Department and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions when Yang Chan arrived to discuss official posts for her unborn children. Ma Bide watched the privileged proceedings and began doubting how easy it was to get by in the Heavenly Court.

• Chen Wei invited Ma Bide to listen in on the confidential meeting about the Finance Department withholding merit salaries from the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions.
• Chen Wei decided the Government Office would act as a firm but discreet mediator between the two sides.
• Yang Chan arrived and said the Great Heavenly Venerable wanted to give her unborn children minor third- or fourth-rank immortal posts.
• Chen Wei and his subordinates began brainstorming impressive official titles for the children while Ma Bide reconsidered his expectations for life in the Heavenly Court.

Yang Chan arrived at the Censorate and used her pregnancy to clear the room so she could speak privately with Chen Wei. As she urged him to protect himself and revealed she had informants inside the Government Office, Chen Wei realized she had come because she knew about his troubles.

• Yang Chan's arrival persuaded Pang Long, Ma Muzhi, and the other trusted subordinates to leave the meeting and find titles for her unborn children.
• Outside, Ma Muzhi advised Ma Bide to keep Government Office matters secret and sent him on an assignment using the office's Auspicious Cloud.
• Chen Wei embraced Yang Chan and promised to be careful, while worrying about the Finance Department, the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, and Yang Jian.
• Yang Chan told Chen Wei that the Great Heavenly Venerable wanted them to visit Tongming Hall and encouraged him to share his troubles with her uncle.
• Chen Wei suspected Yang Chan had deliberately come at a crucial moment, and she admitted that she had planted informants in the Censorate to monitor him.

Chen Wei accompanied Yang Chan to Lingxiao Palace, where the Great Heavenly Venerable and Taibai Jinxing discussed the difficult Heavenly Treasury falsification case and hinted at a way to pressure the Finance Department. Before they left, the elders agreed to appoint Yang Chan’s unborn twins as third-rank Immortal Officials.

• Chen Wei put Yang Chan’s warning about spies aside and accompanied her to Lingxiao Palace, rehearsing how to address the Great Heavenly Venerable respectfully.
• Yang Chan urged the Great Heavenly Venerable to help Chen Wei with his case, while Chen Wei insisted he felt no pressure handling it.
• Taibai Jinxing recalled that Chen Jiugong of the Finance Department had once altered a ledger while drunk, then dismissed the story as old gossip.
• Yang Chan asked the Great Heavenly Venerable and Taibai Jinxing to choose suitable offices for her unborn twins.
• Taibai Jinxing proposed third-rank appointments for the twins, and Chen Wei readily approved.

Chen Wei visited Yang Chan at his mansion, but Yang Jian took her back to Guanjiangkou to protect her pregnancy. Chen Wei then went to meet Chen Jiugong, where he tried to discuss errors in the Heavenly Court’s old accounts over tea and noodles.

• Chen Wei brought Yang Chan to his mansion, where she fed Kun and Big Yellow Immortal Pills.
• Yang Jian arrived, scolded Yang Chan for traveling while pregnant, and whisked her away to Guanjiangkou.
• Chen Wei chose a basket of immortal fruit and visited Chen Jiugong’s mansion, skipping the queue of officials bearing gifts.
• Chen Jiugong recalled his past connection with Taibai Jinxing and warned Chen Wei that the Finance Department’s affairs were no longer under the Star Lord’s jurisdiction.
• Chen Wei said Taibai Jinxing wanted advice about clerical errors in old accounts, but Chen Jiugong denied knowing anything about them and invited him to eat noodles.

Chen Wei pressured Chen Jiugong to help resolve the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions’ dispute with the Finance Department over withheld merit stipends. After Chen Wei invoked the Great Heavenly Venerable’s praise, Chen Jiugong agreed to smooth the way.

• Chen Jiugong defended his refusal to help by citing Heavenly Court rules and claiming he had never dared spend a single cent.
• Chen Wei hinted that he knew about an old Finance Department accounting error and suggested the Discipline Inspection Court might investigate it.
• Chen Jiugong acknowledged the old case and said Star Lord Taibai had once accepted his report without punishment.
• Chen Wei explained that the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions wanted the Finance Department and their camp to coordinate over the withheld merit stipends.
• Chen Wei said the Great Heavenly Venerable had praised Chen Jiugong as kindhearted and incorruptible, and Chen Jiugong agreed to help smooth the matter over.

Chen Wei secured the Finance Department’s agreement to quietly resolve the paperwork dispute, then learned that his unborn children had been appointed third-rank Lingguan. Hoping to use their new status to help settle matters with the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, he went to their compound, where Kang Jinlong challenged him to spar.

• Chen Wei and Chen Jiugong agreed to discreetly smooth over the dispute as a paperwork misunderstanding, preserving both sides’ face.
• Ma Muzhi brought Chen Wei the Great Heavenly Venerable’s decree appointing his unborn children, Lingguan Yunzhen and Lingguan Yunyi, as third-rank Immortal Officials.
• Chen Wei rewarded Ma Muzhi and ordered three thousand years of merit distributed among his colleagues to celebrate the appointments.
• Chen Wei decided to invoke his children’s prestigious titles when negotiating with the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions and headed to their compound.
• Chen Wei found the Lunar Mansions sparring, and Kang Jinlong called him out to demonstrate his skills in the ring.

Chen Wei accepted Kang Jinlong’s challenge and fought Mao Ri Star Lord, whose attacks and quick concession were staged to avoid offending Chen Wei’s powerful allies. Kang Jinlong then sparred with Chen Wei and helped him save face, leaving Chen Wei to wonder whether Sun Wukong’s Havoc in Heaven had been an act too.

• Chen Wei agreed to spar with the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions and appeared in military armor with three powerful magical treasures.
• Mao Ri Star Lord fought Chen Wei with deliberately ineffective attacks, then conceded after fewer than ten moves.
• Kang Jinlong realized Chen Wei had learned Sun Wukong’s martial techniques and invented an excuse for Mao Ri Star Lord’s poor performance.
• Mao Ri Star Lord pretended he had been weakened by a demon-slaying mission, and Kang Jinlong challenged Chen Wei to a sparring match.
• Chen Wei recognized Kang Jinlong was holding back, withdrew from the match, and received praise from the watching immortals.
• Chen Wei wondered whether Sun Wukong’s Havoc in Heaven had also been staged.

Chen Wei reconciled the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions with the Finance Department and announced that his unborn children had been appointed Lingguan. He persuaded the Star Lords to accompany him when he went to Guanjiangkou to fetch his bride, intending to bring them along to face Yang Jian, and then considered recruiting the Great Sage as well.

• Chen Wei told the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions that the Finance Department was ready to negotiate over their unpaid Merit, and Jiao Mujiao agreed to meet with them.
• Chen Wei revealed that the Great Heavenly Venerable had appointed his unborn children Lingguan Yunzhen and Lingguan Yunyi, earning the Star Lords' praise.
• Chen Wei asked the Star Lords to support him when he went to Guanjiangkou to fetch the Third Holy Mother as his bride.
• Jiao Mujiao and the other Star Lords promised that the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions would accompany Chen Wei, unaware that he hoped to bring them into a confrontation with Yang Jian.
• Chen Wei considered adding the Great Sage to his group of helpers.

After resolving the dispute between the Finance Department and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, Chen Wei enlisted Taibai Jinxing to help him fetch Yang Chan from Guanjiangkou. Taibai agreed to join the procession and gave Chen Wei his Command Token to invite more powerful allies.

• Chen Wei reported that the Finance Department and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions had agreed to meet and settle their dispute.
• Chen Wei told Taibai Jinxing that he wanted to fetch his pregnant bride, Yang Chan, from Guanjiangkou with Taibai’s support.
• Chen Wei revealed that the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven would join him, startling Taibai Jinxing with the size of the procession.
• Taibai Jinxing agreed to accompany Chen Wei and advised him to request an Imperial Decree from the Great Heavenly Venerable before setting out.
• Taibai Jinxing offered to teach Chen Wei’s children and gave him a Command Token to invite the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave and Third Prince Nezha.

Yang Chan learned that Chen Wei was going to seek an Imperial Decree and marry her, while Yang Jian prepared to test whether Chen Wei could withstand his opposition. Chen Wei gathered prominent immortals to join the wedding procession, and Yang Jian began making his own deployments.

• Yang Chan received Chen Wei's message that he was heading to Lingxiao Palace to request an Imperial Decree and would come marry her at Guanjiangkou.
• Yang Chan called her uncle for help with the wedding, while Yang Jian finished crafting protective Longevity Locks for his unborn nephews.
• Kang Anyu reported that Chen Wei had settled a dispute in the Heavenly Court and was rallying the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, Third Prince Nezha, the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave, and Taibai Jinxing.
• Kang Anyu said Chen Wei also planned to invite Sun Wukong, and Yang Jian decided to let the wedding proceed only if Chen Wei could endure the consequences.
• Yang Jian ordered Kang Anyu to record his deployments as Chen Wei set out, unaware of the spectacle awaiting him.