Arc 6Chapters 126–150
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After waking in Yang Chan’s bed with his golden immortal Dao Fruit strengthened, Chen Wei resumed handling his Heavenly Court office’s affairs from Mount Hua. Ma Muzhi brought him accumulated case files and an unidentified trinket, which Chen Wei accepted after promising to recommend him for a promotion.
After Chen Wei’s sentence ended, he returned to the Heavenly Court with Yang Chan and gave her a Purple Flame Auspicious Cloud, unaware it had been confiscated from the Green Ox Spirit. When the Green Ox Spirit learned where the cloud was, he headed for Tongming Hall to retrieve it.
Chen Wei confronted the Green Ox Spirit, who came to retrieve the Purple Flame Auspicious Cloud from Tusita Palace, but Yang Chan’s arrival forced him to conceal his purpose. The Green Ox Spirit offered Golden Cores as an official subsidy, while Chen Wei remained wary of accepting them.
Chen Wei used the Green Ox Spirit’s trouble on Jindou Mountain as leverage to arrange a meeting with Taishang Laojun and gain standing in the Heavenly Court. Yang Chan wondered why he would not simply use her connections, but Chen Wei insisted he needed to build his own reputation to win over Yang Jian.
Chen Wei accompanied the Green Ox Spirit to Tusita Palace and persuaded Taishang Laojun to treat the Mortal Realm incident as demons misusing the Green Ox Spirit’s name. Taishang Laojun saw through Chen Wei’s motives and asked him to undertake another task, leaving its details unstated.
Chen Wei received a bottle of Fetus-Nourishing Pills from Taishang Laojun and was ordered to deliver them to Bull Demon King and Madam Iron Fan. After he teased Yang Chan about having a baby, she struck him just as his subordinates arrived, and they pretended they had entered the wrong room.
After covering up the Green Ox Spirit case, Chen Wei received Taishang Laojun’s order to help the Bull Demon King and Madam Iron Fan have another child. He decided to enlist Sun Wukong and True Immortal Ruyi, leaving the difficult mission ahead.
Chen Wei went to Spirit Mountain to ask Sun Wukong to mediate between the Bull Demon King and Madam Iron Fan, but Sun Wukong refused to go himself and sent Chen Wei to impersonate him instead. Sun Wukong hurled Chen Wei into the sky to teach him a Divine Ability, leaving Chen Wei unsure what was about to happen.
Chen Wei learned Sun Wukong’s Formless Mind Ape Technique and used it to disguise himself as the Great Sage before visiting Madam Iron Fan to deliver Laojun’s Pregnancy-Nurturing Pill. Madam Iron Fan’s anger over a secret past incident overwhelmed his explanation, and she blasted him away with her Banana Leaf Fan.
After Madam Iron Fan blasted Chen Wei away from Green Cloud Mountain, he returned to the Heavenly Court and endured Yang Chan’s aggressively sweet tangyuan before explaining his failed errand. Yang Chan offered to borrow Yang Jian’s Wind-Controlling Banner to help him face Madam Iron Fan, leaving Chen Wei worried about whether Yang Jian would agree.
Yang Chan borrowed Yang Jian’s Wind-Controlling Banner for Chen Wei so he could face Madam Iron Fan, then insisted on accompanying him to Green Cloud Mountain. The pair disguised themselves as Chen Wei and Sun Wukong and set off for the Mortal Realm.
Chen Wei and Yang Chan went to Banana Cave under Taishang Laojun’s orders to deliver Pregnancy-Nurturing Pills to Madam Iron Fan. Madam Iron Fan’s flirtation with Chen Wei’s appearance turned to fury at the pills, and the chapter left Yang Chan intervening as the confrontation continued.
Yang Chan and Chen Wei visited Madam Iron Fan in Banana Cave to offer Pregnancy-Nurturing Pills, but Madam Iron Fan openly flirted with Yang Chan and recalled Sun Wukong’s past deceptions. The chapter ended with her testing Chen Wei by asking what Sun Wukong had called her while disguised as the Bull Demon King.
Chen Wei and Yang Chan tried to persuade Madam Iron Fan to accept Taishang Laojun’s Pregnancy-Nurturing Pill, eventually invoking Red Boy to sway her. Madam Iron Fan accepted the pill and asked them to reveal their true identities, leaving her suspicious of the pair’s behavior.
Chen Wei and Yang Chan delivered Pregnancy-Nurturing Pills to Madam Iron Fan, whose teasing flustered Yang Chan before the Bull Demon King returned and mistook Chen Wei for the monkey who had visited before. The Bull Demon King attacked, and Madam Iron Fan and Yang Chan countered with their magical treasures.
Chen Wei and Yang Chan drove the Bull Demon King away after he attacked Chen Wei at Banana Cave, and Chen Wei discovered that Niu Aitian had accidentally provoked the fight. Chen Wei then proposed a heart-to-heart to resolve the family’s grievance over Red Boy joining Buddhism, promising that Sun Wukong could bring Red Boy back for a visit.
Chen Wei used Sun Wukong’s authority to promise Madam Iron Fan that Red Boy would be brought back for a family reunion, while Yang Chan prepared to cover for him if the promise caused trouble. At Pure Heart Temple, Sun Wukong backed Chen Wei’s claim and Xuanzang supported releasing the Golden-Winged Great Peng after proper procedures.
Chen Wei resolved the Bull Demon King's attack as a misunderstanding and refused his public gift, while Niu Aitian repaired Banana Cave and ingratiated himself with Chen Wei. Yang Chan privately imagined having a child with Chen Wei, and Red Boy arrived at the mountain insisting that everyone call him Niu Aimin.
Niu Aimin returned to Green Cloud Mountain with a new name, new manners, and a fervent commitment to the Heavenly Court, shocking his parents and everyone at Banana Cave. The reunion ended with Niu Aimin formally pledging his mountain's support to Chen Wei, while Chen Wei and Yang Chan were left awkwardly contemplating a future child.
Chen Wei helped Niu Aimin persuade his family and Green Cloud Mountain’s demons to embrace the Heavenly Court, then reconciled the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong praised Chen Wei’s work and asked Yang Chan when she would address his disciple’s matter.
After Sun Wukong teased Chen Wei and Yang Chan about their future child, Chen Wei promised to marry her openly and honorably. He completed his assignment for Taishang Laojun, who offered him another reward, and Chen Wei asked to become his Named Disciple.
Chen Wei failed to secure nominal disciple status from Taishang Laojun but received the Six Ding Divine Fire Technique and displayed it in his office. He offered his trusted subordinates the chief official’s post to test their loyalty, and Ma Muzhi proposed merging the offices under Chen Wei’s leadership.
Chen Wei tested his subordinates’ loyalty with the Chief Official’s Seal, then endured Yang Chan’s sweet-tangyuan test during a meeting. Yang Chan announced that the Great Heavenly Venerable had issued an imperial decree making Chen Wei a director, leaving his new promotion’s implications unknown.
Chen Wei received an imperial decree promoting his bureau into the Discipline Inspection Court and making him its director, a powerful position that drew immediate concern from him and Taibai Jinxing. After Yang Chan helped him fuse their dao fruits, Chen Wei visited Taibai Jinxing to affirm his loyalty, just as the Morning Court Assembly began.
At his first Morning Court Assembly, Chen Wei learned how Heavenly Court officials presented only successful outcomes before Martial Virtue Star Lord challenged his appointment as director of the Discipline Inspection Court. Great Emperor Ziwei called Chen Wei forward to answer the objection, leaving every official watching him.