Recaps

Fahai joined the Discipline Inspection Court as a temporary worker and accompanied Chen Wei and Chen Xiang to Pure Heart Temple. On the way, Chen Xiang learned Fahai had no official rank and asked to see his golden dragon, prompting Fahai to prepare to release it as they arrived.

• Chen Wei accepted Fahai as a temporary worker at the Discipline Inspection Court and took him on an errand to Pure Heart Temple.
• Chen Wei brought Chen Xiang along, and the boy questioned Fahai about his strength and Heavenly Court rank.
• Fahai admitted that he held no office, and Chen Xiang promised to ask his master to grant him a military post.
• As Pure Heart Temple came into view, Chen Xiang asked to see the golden dragon tattoo on Fahai's shoulder.
• Fahai awakened the golden dragon with a roar, but Chen Xiang wondered why he had struck a pose.

Chen Xiang visited Pure Heart Temple with Chen Wei and Fahai, where Sun Wukong welcomed them. Fahai hoped to learn demon-subduing techniques from the Great Sage, but Xuanzang instead made him scrub his muddy shoes according to the temple’s rules.

• Fahai released a golden dragon to impress Chen Xiang, but Chen Xiang climbed onto its back and gleefully directed it to fly.
• Sun Wukong plucked Chen Xiang from the dragon, embraced him, and welcomed Chen Wei and Fahai into Pure Heart Temple.
• Fahai respectfully greeted Sun Wukong, who teased him about his fierce, warrior-like appearance before inviting the visitors inside.
• Xuanzang stopped Fahai at the temple entrance and ordered him to clean the mud from his shoes.
• Fahai obediently scrubbed his shoes under Xuanzang’s instructions while Chen Wei watched and noted that Ksitigarbha had sent Fahai with the Bodhi Leaf.

After Xuanzang’s lecture, Sun Wukong sent Fahai to Golden Mountain Temple in the Mortal Realm to learn how to be a good monk. Meanwhile, a mysterious immortal seized Green Snake and White Snake with lightning, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Xuanzang lectured Fahai for six hours before Fahai asked Sun Wukong to teach him demon-subduing arts.
• Sun Wukong questioned Fahai’s skills, and Fahai said Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had taught him how to be a good monk.
• Chen Wei explained that Fahai needed to learn the rules of the Heavenly Court, but Fahai insisted he could not change.
• Sun Wukong told Fahai to cultivate at Golden Mountain Temple and learn from mortal life, and Fahai agreed.
• A mysterious man and woman arrived at the lake where Green Snake and White Snake lived, and the man briefly captured Little White Snake before releasing her.
• A bolt of lightning enveloped Green Snake and White Snake as they tried to flee.

Chen Xiang pestered Chen Wei for a Heavenly Court assignment and decided he wanted to become a heavenly general. When Yang Jian arrived at the Chen Residence with Ao Cunxin, Chen Xiaochan’s innocent question about whether she was his auntie exposed their unusually close relationship.

• Chen Xiang clung to Chen Wei and demanded an assignment that would let him fight demons in the Mortal Realm.
• After Chen Wei agreed to hear him out, Chen Xiang chose to become a little heavenly general, unaware of how demanding the position was.
• Yang Chan teased Chen Xiang about his ambitious choice and recalled that Chen Wei had started as a lowly immortal official.
• Yang Jian entered the Main Hall with Ao Cunxin, whose close manner with him surprised Chen Wei and Yang Chan.
• Chen Xiaochan called Ao Cunxin her uncle’s auntie, prompting Yang Jian to explain that she was his immortal friend.

Yang Jian visited Chen Wei’s household and was embarrassed when Ao Cunxin’s handkerchief fell from his Storage Bag, while Chen Xiang declared he wanted to join the Heavenly Court. The teasing shifted to Chen Wei when Yang Chan made him empty his Storage Bag, and the chapter ended with her own belongings falling out.

• Yang Jian brought Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan a pile of gifts, including Ao Cunxin’s handkerchief, which fell from his Storage Bag.
• Yang Jian changed the subject by asking Chen Xiang about joining the Heavenly Court, and Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan argued over whether he should be a Heavenly Soldier or Heavenly General.
• Yang Jian enthusiastically agreed to take Chen Xiang to collect a Heavenly Soldier number tag the next day and revealed that Yang Chan had once wanted to be his vanguard.
• Chen Wei claimed Ao Cunxin’s handkerchief was evidence in an investigation, but Yang Chan challenged him to empty his own Storage Bag.
• Chen Wei shook out his Storage Bag, and Yang Chan’s personal belongings fell out, prompting her to snatch them up and redirect the conversation to Chen Xiang’s post.

Chen Xiang disguised himself and went to enlist as a Heavenly Soldier, while Heavenly General Sun assumed he was a favored candidate arranged through a powerful relative. The chapter ended when Sun read the name on Chen Xiang’s forged recommendation: Yang Sannian.

• Yang Jian arranged a special Heavenly Soldier recruitment so Chen Xiang could train on the front lines.
• Heavenly General Sun prepared to approve the intended candidate and dismiss any unaffiliated applicants.
• Chen Xiang arrived disguised as a small, ordinary Immortal Attendant and insisted he could lift a Heavenly Soldier’s spear.
• Chen Xiang accidentally mentioned his uncle, then clumsily denied having one, making Sun and the registration official suspect he had powerful backing.
• Heavenly General Sun examined Chen Wei’s forged recommendation and questioned why Chen Xiang’s name was Yang Sannian.

Chen Xiang used the name Yang Sannian to enlist as a Heavenly Soldier, while Heavenly General Sun mistook a haughty Loose Immortal for the special recruit the higher-ups had ordered him to accommodate. The Loose Immortal received a coveted post guarding Lingxiao Palace, and Chen Xiang was assigned to accompany him.

• Chen Xiang gave his name as Yang Sannian, and Heavenly General Sun checked the records but found no matching entry.
• Heavenly General Sun began assigning Chen Xiang to a remote, abandoned Cloud Road outside South Heaven Gate.
• A haughty Loose Immortal arrived, complained about waiting, and demanded to know his assignment.
• Heavenly General Sun offered the Loose Immortal a squad leader post guarding outside Lingxiao Palace, and he accepted.
• Heavenly General Sun assigned Chen Xiang to accompany the Loose Immortal, who reluctantly agreed to take him along.

Chen Xiang, disguised as the new Heavenly Soldier Yang Sannian, was assigned to patrol Lingxiao Palace’s outer grounds and took his senior’s rules about enforcing order literally. The chapter ended with him blocking a flying boat from the Discipline Censorate and ordering its occupants to wait their turn.

• Heavenly General Sun sent the Immortal Second Generation heir to rest in a side hall and assigned Chen Xiang to Old Li’s patrol.
• Old Li brought Chen Xiang to the B-Class Outer Patrol Zone and told him that all visitors had to follow the parking rules and wait their turn.
• Chen Xiang believed Old Li’s claims that Heavenly Soldiers could enforce the rules against even Star Lords and Heavenly Lords.
• A flying boat bearing the Discipline Censorate’s flag approached the patrol zone, and Old Li hurried to guide it to a prestigious berth.
• Chen Xiang rushed ahead, blocked the boat, and ordered the Censorate officials to back up and wait their turn, leaving Old Li horrified.

Chen Xiang enforced Lingxiao Palace’s queue rules, first stopping Chen Wei’s Flying Boat and then making the Rain Department’s boat back down. After seeing the Rain Department fall in line, Old Li asked which great immortal was backing Chen Xiang, and Chen Xiang named the Great Heavenly Venerable.

• Chen Xiang stopped Chen Wei’s Flying Boat for crossing the white line, and Chen Wei ordered it to back up and join the queue.
• Chen Wei praised Chen Xiang for standing by the rules and flew away without revealing he was Chen Xiang’s father.
• Chen Xiang stopped a Rain Department Flying Boat from cutting into Berth A and pointed out that the Censorate’s boat was already waiting in line.
• The Rain Department deputy ordered the Flying Boat to back up and join the queue.
• Old Li asked Chen Xiang which great immortal was his elder, and Chen Xiang answered, “The Great Heavenly Venerable!”

Chen Xiang enforced the docking rules on the Heavenly Court’s flying boats, even as the Great Heavenly Venerable’s vessel arrived. After receiving a message from inside, the vessel backed beyond the white line, leaving the gathered immortals stunned.

• Chen Xiang made the Fire Department’s flying boat join the queue behind the Rain Department’s boat.
• For an hour, officials from various departments lined up while Old Li began to suspect Chen Xiang really was connected to the Great Heavenly Venerable.
• Old Li stopped Chen Xiang from confronting the Great Heavenly Venerable’s approaching flying boat, but Chen Xiang insisted it had to follow the rules too.
• Heavenly General Sun and an Immortal Second Generation scion rushed out when they sensed the Great Heavenly Venerable’s arrival, while the Heavenly Generals formed ranks.
• Chen Xiang stood in front of the Great Heavenly Venerable’s flying boat and refused to move, so the vessel halted before reaching him.
• After receiving a message from inside, a Golden-Armored Divine General signaled the flying boat to back beyond the white line.

Chen Xiang revealed his identity after stopping the Great Heavenly Venerable’s Flying Boat, and the Great Heavenly Venerable praised his enforcement of the rules before the assembled officials. As the officials accepted the lesson, Chen Xiang asked to keep Old Li by his side.

• Chen Xiang stopped the Great Heavenly Venerable’s Flying Boat, and the Great Heavenly Venerable arrived in person.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable called Chen Xiang by name, prompting Chen Xiang to reveal his disguise and greet his Maternal Great-Uncle.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable corrected Chen Xiang to address him by office while on duty, then praised him for following the rules and stopping the Flying Boat.
• The Immortal Officials and Heavenly Generals bowed and promised to follow Chen Xiang’s example, while Old Li realized Chen Xiang had been truthful about his family ties.
• Chen Xiang pointed out Old Li and asked the Great Heavenly Venerable to let him keep the little Heavenly Soldier by his side.

After meeting Chen Xiang, Li Dequan followed him to the Jade Pivot Numina Palace, a Star Lord’s mansion Li Dequan had never expected to enter. Chen Xiang appointed him steward of his mansion and his little sister’s neighboring palace, giving the long-serving Heavenly Soldier a remarkable rise in status.

• Li Dequan reflected on his long service in the Heavenly Soldier Camp after discovering that his Mortal Realm talents and ambitions counted for little in the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Xiang brought Li Dequan to the Jade Pivot Numina Palace, which had been bestowed on Chen Xiang at birth but which he had never visited.
• Li Dequan marveled at the mansion’s treasures while Chen Xiang found the empty grounds unfamiliar and dull.
• Chen Xiang told Li Dequan to manage the mansion because he had no time to visit it.
• Chen Xiang also asked Li Dequan to care for his little sister’s neighboring palace, and Li Dequan eagerly accepted the appointment.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan took Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan to enroll at the Immortal Academy, where Yang Chan recalled how her famous school essay had earned her special treatment. The family reached the academy gates, with Chen Xiang reluctant to attend and Yang Chan encouraging him.

• Chen Wei accepted Taibai Jinxing’s warning to preserve balance in the Heavenly Court and turned his attention to his family.
• Yang Chan prepared school robes and bags for the children and recalled that her essay praising her maternal uncle, the Great Heavenly Venerable, had won top marks and remained on the academy’s Wall of Honor.
• Chen Wei and Yang Chan rode an auspicious cloud with Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan to the Immortal Academy, and Chen Wei stopped Chen Xiang’s attempt to avoid school by threatening him with golden needles.
• The family landed at the crowded academy, where the immortals fell silent at Chen Wei’s arrival.
• As Chen Xiang dragged his feet near the gates, Yang Chan picked him up and praised the academy and her own love of learning.

Chen Wei brought Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan to the Immortal Academy’s opening ceremony, where he spotted a mysterious old man who vanished. The old man then walked with Sun Wukong, reassured him that his two disciples had bright futures, and told him he had nothing to regret.

• Chen Xiaochan eagerly promised Yang Chan and Chen Wei that she would study hard, while Chen Xiang reluctantly got down and walked into the academy.
• Taibai Jinxing delivered the opening address and invited Chen Wei to speak to the students and their families.
• Chen Wei saw an unfamiliar old man standing outside the academy gates, but the man disappeared in a passing breeze.
• Taibai Jinxing also appeared to notice the old man, while the old man walked away through the clouds with Sun Wukong following him.
• The old man told Sun Wukong that his two disciples had a promising future and stopped him from kneeling, saying he had done nothing wrong.

Sun Wukong reunited with Patriarch Bodhi at the Immortal Academy, where the old master comforted him and explained why he had taken charge of the academy. Their reunion was interrupted when Chen Xiang set a classroom ablaze with Six Ding Divine Fire, and Patriarch Bodhi showed no concern because Heaven was Chen Xiang’s maternal great-uncle.

• Patriarch Bodhi praised Sun Wukong for completing his Journey to the West, and Sun Wukong broke down in tears before his master.
• Patriarch Bodhi explained that he had agreed with the Great Heavenly Venerable to cultivate talent at the Immortal Academy.
• Sun Wukong tried to analyze the political bargain behind the agreement, but Patriarch Bodhi knocked him on the forehead and told him to stop scheming.
• Sun Wukong asked to visit the academy and serve Patriarch Bodhi, but Chen Xiang’s Six Ding Divine Fire erupted from a classroom below.
• Sun Wukong laughed at Chen Xiang’s antics, and Patriarch Bodhi remarked that the boy would not cause serious trouble because Heaven was his maternal great-uncle.

At the Immortal Academy’s opening ceremony, Chen Xiang set fire to the hall, and Chen Wei played it off as childish mischief before inviting Chen Xiaochan to perform. Chen Xiaochan read an essay praising her father while boasting about his powerful relatives, winning applause and leaving Yang Chan amused.

• Chen Xiang spat Six Ding Divine Fire at the hall’s pillars and registers, but Yang Chan suppressed it with the Treasure Lotus Lamp.
• The immortals praised Chen Xiang’s fire, and Chen Wei called it a child’s loss of control rather than a deliberate attempt to cause damage.
• Chen Wei brought Chen Xiaochan onto the stage to give a performance and smooth over her brother’s disruption.
• Chen Xiaochan read her essay, “My Court Director Father,” praising Chen Wei’s work and describing how he helped Yang Jian and the Great Heavenly Venerable.
• Taibai Jinxing led the applause for Chen Xiaochan, while Yang Chan laughed at her daughter’s display of family connections.

At the Immortal Academy, Chen Xiang resented his mother for scolding him after his fire-breathing display while his sister won praise with an essay. Instructor Wang had Chen Xiaochan’s essay framed and hung beside Yang Chan’s older essay, while Chen Wei pretended to object.

• Chen Xiang squirmed in Yang Chan’s arms and wondered why his fire-breathing had earned him a scolding while Chen Xiaochan’s essay won applause.
• Chen Xiang decided he would write a masterpiece about his famous relatives when he got home.
• Instructor Wang praised Chen Xiaochan’s essay and proposed displaying it in the academy’s main hall.
• The instructors and Immortal Officials agreed with Wang, knowing the essay praised powerful Heavenly Court figures.
• Wang had the essay framed and hung beneath Yang Chan’s essay on the hall’s white jade wall.
• Chen Wei feigned modesty as Wang insisted on honoring the essay, and Chen Wei made a note to remember Wang Shoudao’s name.

Chen Wei brought his family to meet Taibai Jinxing, Sun Wukong, and the mysterious elder, who was revealed to be Patriarch Bodhi, Sun Wukong’s master. Patriarch Bodhi examined Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan and praised their immortal potential, while Chen Wei realized the elder had taught Sun Wukong his legendary abilities.

• At the Immortal Academy, the officials focused their Recording Stones on Chen Xiaochan, who looked studious while Chen Xiang idly played with his inkstone.
• After class, Chen Wei and Yang Chan declined invitations from other immortals and prepared to take their children home.
• Taibai Jinxing privately summoned Chen Wei’s family to a courtyard at the rear of the academy.
• Chen Xiang rushed to Sun Wukong, who caught him and instructed both children to greet their patriarch.
• Patriarch Bodhi examined the children and praised Chen Xiang’s foundation and Chen Xiaochan’s spiritual faculties.
• Chen Wei recognized Patriarch Bodhi as the long-hidden master who had taught Sun Wukong his great abilities.

Patriarch Bodhi offered to teach Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan one of his schools, but Chen Xiang rejected every option he described. Chen Xiaochan also refused the flow character school, explaining that worshipping immortals would violate the Heavenly Court’s rules because of her family’s status.

• Patriarch Bodhi asked Sun Wukong whether he had taught Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan divine abilities, and Sun Wukong explained that Chen Xiang used spells to cause trouble.
• Chen Xiang asked to learn a divine ability that would let him skip High Immortal Academy, making Patriarch Bodhi, Sun Wukong, and Taibai Jinxing laugh.
• Patriarch Bodhi offered Chen Xiang the art, quiet, and action character schools, but Chen Xiang rejected each one.
• Patriarch Bodhi offered Chen Xiaochan the flow character school, but she said her mother had taught her that worshipping immortals would break the Heavenly Court’s rules.

Chen Wei received Patriarch Bodhi’s Jade Slip of Daoist spells, but Bodhi judged his aptitude merely passable and praised his good fortune instead. After Chen Xiang and Chen Xiaochan settled into the Immortal Academy, Chen Wei struggled to understand the spells until Yang Chan explained them with ease, leaving him even more discouraged.

• Chen Xiaochan objected to learning spells by citing the Heavenly Court’s rules, while Chen Xiang asked for a spell that could help him skip class.
• Patriarch Bodhi praised the children, gave Chen Wei a Jade Slip of Daoist spells, and said Chen Wei’s aptitude was passable but his blessings and fortune were exceptional.
• More than half a month later, Chen Wei read the academy’s report and learned that Chen Xiaochan had become Classroom Deputy while Chen Xiang slept through lessons but mastered his studies.
• Chen Wei spent hours trying and failing to understand the Jade Slip’s incantations.
• Yang Chan explained an obscure passage in the spells, and Chen Wei felt worse when he realized she understood the Jade Slip easily.

Chen Wei failed to understand Patriarch Bodhi’s jade slip, so Yang Chan urged him to focus on studying her instead. Meanwhile, Chen Xiang sneaked Xiao'e into the Jade Pivot Spirit Response Residence and tried to impress her with a powerful dragon pearl, leaving her curious about his father’s status.

• Chen Wei admitted that he could not comprehend Patriarch Bodhi’s jade slip, and Yang Chan insisted his aptitude was excellent.
• Yang Chan fed Chen Wei a tangyuan and suggested that he study her instead, which he eagerly agreed to do.
• Chen Xiang secretly brought Xiao'e into the Jade Pivot Spirit Response Residence while Chen Xiaochan was absent.
• Chen Xiang took the Sea-Calming Dragon Pearl from a treasury chest and gave it to Xiao'e to play with.
• Xiao'e questioned Chen Xiang about his father, and Chen Xiang claimed his father was merely a low-ranking Immortal Official before offering her the pearl to take home.

Chen Xiang gave Xiao'e a Sea-Calming Pearl and let Li Dequan help him maintain his disguise as a poor boy. When Xiao'e returned home, her father Lu Yuan recognized the pearl as a rare treasure and demanded to know who had given it to her.

• Chen Xiang insisted that Xiao'e accept his pearl, and she reluctantly held it against her chest.
• Li Dequan entered the Treasury, understood Chen Xiang's signal, and pretended that they were poor workers sweeping the Mansion.
• Xiao'e believed Chen Xiang's story and left the Treasury with the pearl after half an hour.
• Lu Yuan returned home from a difficult day at the Government Office and greeted Xiao'e.
• Lu Yuan recognized the pearl as a Sea-Calming Pearl and asked Xiao'e who had given it to her.

Lu Yuan learned that Chen Xiang had given his daughter Xiao'e a precious Dragon Pearl and saw a chance to build a connection with the Chen family, even as his office summoned him back to work. At the Chen Residence, Chen Xiang’s sister exposed his fondness for a girl, leaving him flustered before his parents.

• Xiao'e told Lu Yuan that Chen Xiang had given her a precious pearl, and Lu Yuan decided to return it to Chen Xiang’s father in person.
• Xu Zhiyan ordered Lu Yuan back to the office to handle old loss accounts, and Lu Yuan privately resented being made to do the work while Xu claimed the credit.
• Chen Xiang struggled to recite scriptures as he thought about Xiao'e, then tried to deny that anything was on his mind when Chen Wei questioned him.
• Chen Xiaochan told Chen Wei and Yang Chan that Chen Xiang often played with a girl at the academy.
• Chen Xiang protested that he was not besotted with the girl, then blurted out that she was different.

Chen Xiang’s parents celebrated his interest in a girl at school, then Chen Wei agreed to receive Lu Yuan, who had come with Xiao'e. Lu Yuan ignored Xu Zhiyan’s summons and broke his Voice Transmission Jade Talisman as he prepared to meet the Wude True Lord.

• Chen Xiaochan tricked Chen Xiang into revealing that he had made friends with a girl, and Yang Chan and Chen Wei praised him instead of scolding him.
• Chen Wei worried that little immortal attendants might be pursuing Chen Xiaochan, but she dismissed the boys at her school as stupid.
• A steward announced that Lu Yuan had arrived with a visiting card, and Chen Wei decided to receive him despite Yang Chan’s wish to keep talking with Chen Xiang.
• Lu Yuan waited with Xiao'e in Chen Wei’s lavish residence and planned how to return an item and thank Chen Xiang without seeming to curry favor.
• Xu Zhiyan ordered Lu Yuan back to the government office, but Lu Yuan cut off the transmission and crushed his Voice Transmission Jade Talisman.

Lu Yuan visited Chen Wei to return the pearl Chen Xiang had given his daughter, Xiao'e, but his superior Xu Zhiyan repeatedly interrupted with threats over the Voice Transmission Jade Talisman. Chen Wei took over the transmission and identified himself, leaving Xu Zhiyan speechless.

• Lu Yuan introduced himself to Chen Wei and returned the pearl Chen Xiang had given Xiao'e at the Immortal Academy.
• Chen Xiang happily took Xiao'e to the back courtyard to show her an immortal crane, while Chen Xiaochan followed them.
• Xu Zhiyan's forced transmission scolded Lu Yuan for missing work and threatened to have Heavenly Soldiers arrest him.
• Xu Zhiyan transmitted again and threatened to strip Lu Yuan of his Immortal Official's robes, prompting Chen Wei to take the Jade Talisman.
• Chen Wei identified himself as being from the Discipline Inspection Court, and Xu Zhiyan stopped speaking.