Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan raided Yang Jian’s treasure vault to arm Chen Wei, taking nearly all his treasures and leaving her brother a Sauce-Glazed Duck. She flew toward Chen Wei, while he felt an ominous shiver in the Heavenly Court.

• Yang Jian enjoyed his merit from quelling an uprising and secretly imagined Chen Wei being repelled by the seal he had placed on Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan arrived at Guanjiangkou in a hurry and rushed into Yang Jian’s treasure vault to borrow the Demon-Binding Rope and other weapons.
• Yang Chan emptied the vault, then took Yang Jian’s Yin-Yang Demon-Slaying Sword from his Storage Bag while hugging him.
• Yang Chan gave Yang Jian a Sauce-Glazed Duck and flew away with the treasures, leaving him stunned with Howling Celestial Dog.
• Yang Chan decided the treasures would better protect Chen Wei, while Chen Wei shivered in the Heavenly Court and sensed something ominous.

Chen Wei told Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie that the Nine-Headed Lion had returned to Bamboo Joint Mountain, seeking justice for the slain Yellow Lion Spirit. Sun Wukong agreed to retrieve the spirit’s soul from the Netherworld, leaving Chen Wei confident that the matter could be resolved.

• Chen Wei visited Pure Heart Temple with news of a Heavenly Court merit reward, but Sun Wukong suspected he had another purpose.
• Chen Wei reminded Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong of their killing and skinning of the Yellow Lion Spirit, and told them the Nine-Headed Lion had returned to Bamboo Joint Mountain.
• Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie refused to confront the Nine-Headed Lion because they felt guilty about the old case.
• Chen Wei said he would face the Nine-Headed Lion himself but asked Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to retrieve the Yellow Lion Spirit’s soul from the Netherworld.
• Sun Wukong agreed to go to the Netherworld, dismissing his old misdeeds as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s business rather than the Victorious Fighting Buddha’s.

Chen Wei went to Bamboo Joint Mountain with Yang Chan’s Magical Treasures to negotiate with the Nine-Headed Lion, while Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie set off to retrieve the Yellow Lion Spirit’s soul. The Nine-Headed Lion attacked Chen Wei on sight, but Yang Chan protected him with the Treasure Lotus Lamp, leaving Chen Wei to begin speaking with the unharmed demon.

• Yang Chan displayed a hoard of Yang Jian’s Magical Treasures, and Sun Wukong agreed to go to the Netherworld with Zhu Bajie to retrieve the Yellow Lion Spirit’s soul.
• At the Yellow Lion Spirit’s grave, the Nine-Headed Lion mourned his godson and vowed to avenge him, while the Mountain God and Earth God watched from a distance.
• Chen Wei arrived at the Nine-Bend Winding Cave and tried to introduce himself, but the Nine-Headed Lion immediately attacked with his innate Divine Ability.
• Chen Wei used the Mountain-Splitting Axe, and Yang Chan shielded the Nine-Headed Lion and the grave with the Treasure Lotus Lamp.
• After the axe strike carved a deep ravine but left the Nine-Headed Lion unharmed, Chen Wei descended and asked the demon to calm down.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan met the Nine-Headed Lion at Bamboo Joint Mountain and offered a way to bring the Yellow Lion Spirit back from the Netherworld as a Heavenly Court official. The Nine-Headed Lion accepted the arrangement and denied having any grudges against the Great Sage or Marshal Tianpeng.

• The Nine-Headed Lion recognized Yang Chan and quickly apologized for attacking her and Chen Wei.
• Chen Wei and Yang Chan pretended the attack had been nothing, and the Nine-Headed Lion asked why they had come.
• Chen Wei told the Nine-Headed Lion that the Yellow Lion Spirit had placed third in a Netherworld ghost-catching competition.
• Chen Wei described a new Tongming Hall position with requirements tailored to the Yellow Lion Spirit and promised the lion could return to life and become an Immortal Official.
• The Nine-Headed Lion thanked Chen Wei and Yang Chan, then claimed he had always admired the Great Sage and Marshal Tianpeng.

Chen Wei secured the Nine-Headed Lion’s support for the Yellow Lion Spirit’s return to life, while Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie persuaded King Yama to approve it in the Netherworld. The chapter left Judge Lu arranging a forged award certificate to justify the Yellow Lion Spirit’s resurrection.

• Chen Wei concluded that Sun Wukong would retrieve the Yellow Lion Spirit’s soul and convinced the Nine-Headed Lion that the spirit could receive an official post in the Heavenly Court.
• The Nine-Headed Lion praised Chen Wei, promised to recommend him to Great Emperor Qinghua, and returned to the Palace of Sublime Grandeur.
• Sun Wukong asked King Yama to return the Yellow Lion Spirit to life, and Zhu Bajie threatened to take their complaint to Lingxiao Palace.
• King Yama agreed to arrange the resurrection after Sun Wukong offered to take responsibility, then claimed the Yellow Lion Spirit had excelled in the Netherworld’s Ghost-Catching Competition.
• Judge Lu ordered ghost bailiffs to create an aged, sealed document naming the Yellow Lion Spirit third-place winner of the competition.

The Yellow Lion Spirit was given a Heavenly Court post after being pushed through a ghost-catching competition scheme, while Chen Wei returned home and was trapped into eating Yang Chan’s unusual tangyuan. Yang Jian arrived to summon Yang Chan to Yaochi and assigned Chen Wei an unspecified task, leaving Chen Wei ready to comply and Yang Chan worried about whether he could handle it.

• The Ox-Head Ghost Official sent the confused Yellow Lion Spirit through a magic array after claiming he had earned a distinction in the Netherworld’s ghost-catching competition.
• The Yellow Lion Spirit arrived in the Heavenly Court as an immortal official, and the Nine-Headed Lion instructed him to hide his demonic past and follow court etiquette.
• Chen Wei assigned Xiao Yan to teach Yellow Lion the Heavenly Court’s rules, then left for his residence.
• Yang Chan served Chen Wei her homemade tangyuan, and Chen Wei praised them while struggling to eat them.
• Yang Jian appeared, stopped Chen Wei from rising, and told Yang Chan to accompany him to Yaochi at the Queen Mother of the West’s summons.
• Yang Jian gave Chen Wei an unspecified personal task, and Chen Wei eagerly accepted while Yang Chan worried about his chances.

Chen Wei traveled to the West Sea on Yang Jian’s orders, where Ao Cunxin’s resentment and Ao Run’s conspicuous eagerness suggested that the supposedly minor assignment concealed serious trouble. He entered the Dragon Palace wary of what awaited him.

• Yang Jian sent Chen Wei to the West Sea on an assignment, while Ma Muzhi and Xiao Yan accompanied him instead of Yang Chan.
• Ao Cunxin emerged from the sea, complained that Yang Jian had not come himself, and led Chen Wei and his subordinates toward the Dragon Palace.
• Ma Muzhi hinted that Ao Cunxin and Yang Jian had a relationship like Chen Wei and the Third Holy Mother, but Chen Wei insisted his own relationship was only a pure friendship between colleagues.
• Ma Muzhi and Xiao Yan speculated that Chen Wei and the Third Holy Mother were playing hard to get and decided to play along.
• Ao Run hurried out to welcome Chen Wei and ushered him into the Crystal Palace, making Chen Wei suspect the West Sea’s problem was far more dangerous than Yang Jian had suggested.

Chen Wei met with Ao Run to discuss the Heavenly Court’s inquiry into the West Sea’s control of Jade Wave Pool and promised the Discipline Inspection Court would scrutinize the case. He then asked about Nine-Headed Bug, and suggested that if he could not be found, they should treat him as dead.

• Ao Run welcomed Chen Wei into the West Sea Dragon Palace and spent an hour probing his intentions through polite conversation.
• Chen Wei revealed that Yang Jian had instructed him to act as circumstances required, prompting Ao Run to explain the West Sea’s involvement at Jade Wave Pool.
• Chen Wei recognized that the inquiry into Jade Wave Pool was likely a pretext for a hidden political conflict between the Heavenly Court’s Inspection Court and the Discipline Inspection Court.
• Chen Wei reassured Ao Run that he would investigate whether the relevant offices enforced the law impartially.
• Chen Wei asked where Nine-Headed Bug was, and Ao Run said he had fled to the North Sea and could not be found.
• Chen Wei told Ao Run that if Nine-Headed Bug could not be found, they should consider him dead.

Chen Wei and Ao Run devised a plan to use official records declaring the Nine-Headed Bug dead to turn the Jade Wave Pool dispute into a broader investigation. After Chen Wei escaped the Dragon King's attempt to entertain him with Clam Maidens, Yang Chan set out for the West Sea to protect him.

• Ao Run understood Chen Wei's plan to record the Nine-Headed Bug as dead, making any later appearance evidence of deceiving the Heavenly Court and prompting a deeper investigation.
• Chen Wei signaled Ma Muzhi to prepare the official documents, and Ma Muzhi credited Chen Wei for his guidance as Ao Run toasted them.
• Ao Run called for music and dancing, but Chen Wei's jade pendant lit up with Yang Chan's will, so he refused the Clam Maidens' attention and left for his room.
• Yang Chan watched Chen Wei through the pendant and decided that he, Ma Muzhi, and Xiao Yan might be unable to handle the West Sea affair alone.
• Yang Chan climbed onto Kun's back with a large yellow-haired dog and urged Kun to fly to the West Sea to surprise and protect Chen Wei.

Chen Wei and Ma Muzhi suspected that the West Sea Dragon King was an impostor and set a trap to expose whoever was behind him. Ao Cunxin then confronted Chen Wei about Yang Jian and hinted at the Dragon King’s birthday and tea, leaving Chen Wei to realize the apparent clue might connect to Yang Chan.

• Chen Wei and Ma Muzhi concluded that Ao Run’s excessive friendliness and fondness for tea suggested someone was impersonating the West Sea Dragon King.
• Chen Wei told Ma Muzhi to discreetly alert Pang Long and watch for the hidden schemer, while reasoning that Yang Jian knew about the impostor but could not expose him openly.
• Ao Cunxin barged into Chen Wei’s room and demanded to know why Yang Jian had not come to the West Sea.
• Ao Cunxin complained that Yang Jian had failed to provide tea for her father’s birthday, and Chen Wei recognized that she was hinting at something and thought of Yang Chan.

Chen Wei uncovered Ao Cunxin’s coded warning that the real West Sea Dragon King was imprisoned in the Sea Eye and sent Ma Muzhi to summon reinforcements. He confronted the impostor in the great hall and threatened to expose him with Sun Wukong’s Fiery Golden Eyes.

• Ao Cunxin complained about Yang Jian in code and hinted that the real Dragon King was imprisoned in the depths of the Sea Eye.
• Chen Wei ordered Ma Muzhi to return to the Heavenly Court by the South Heaven Gate and bring reinforcements.
• Chen Wei returned to the great hall, where Ao Run offered him ancient paintings as a bribe.
• Chen Wei called Ao Run an impostor, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had only pretended to be drunk to guard Chen Wei.
• Chen Wei said impersonation was outside the Censorate’s jurisdiction but revealed that he had summoned the Victorious Fighting Buddha to expose Ao Run.

Chen Wei tried to expose Ao Run as an impostor, but the Demon-Revealing Mirror showed him as a genuine dragon. Sun Wukong arrived unexpectedly and claimed Chen Wei had told him about the suspected fraud, leaving Chen Wei alarmed by the Great Sage’s strange behavior.

• Chen Wei accused Ao Run of impersonating the West Sea Dragon King and threatened him with punishment, but Ao Run denied the charge and accused Chen Wei of being an impostor.
• Chen Wei used the Demon-Revealing Mirror on Ao Run, but it revealed a pure-blooded true dragon, and Ao Run mocked Chen Wei’s failed test.
• A Shrimp Soldier reported that Sun Wukong had arrived, prompting Ao Run to invite him into the Dragon Palace.
• Ao Run urged Chen Wei to overlook his identity and focus on the West Sea’s annual merit tribute, while Chen Wei began to respond.
• Sun Wukong entered the hall and said Chen Wei had told him about a loach impersonating a Four Seas True God, making Chen Wei realize something was wrong.

Chen Wei’s plan exposed the impostor ruling the West Sea, and the Nine-Headed Bug was revealed as the false Ao Run. Surrounded by Heavenly forces, the demon faced Yang Jian’s Howling Celestial Dog.

• Ao Run fled the Dragon Palace after Sun Wukong threatened to expose him, and Ao Cunxin thanked Chen Wei for saving the West Sea.
• Chen Wei recognized that Sun Wukong was an impostor but played along and said a Heavenly Net awaited the fleeing foe.
• Ao Run realized the Great Sage was fake, but continued escaping to protect his own identity.
• Yang Jian and Nezha led Heavenly forces into a trap for Ao Run, while Ma Muzhi used Chen Wei’s Command Token to legitimize their deployment.
• Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye exposed Ao Run as the Nine-Headed Bug, who taunted Yang Jian before the Howling Celestial Dog attacked.

Chen Wei and Yang Chan, disguised as Sun Wukong, freed Ao Run from the Sea Eye by shrinking the Sea-Calming Jade Pillar. Meanwhile, Wu Ji confronted Pang Long at the Censorate over forged documents, and Pang Long refused to hand over the case files without an Imperial Decree.

• Chen Wei and Yang Chan descended to the Sea Eye while Ao Cunxin stayed behind to calm the West Sea Aquatic Tribe.
• Yang Chan shrank the Sea-Calming Jade Pillar, releasing Ao Run from the abyss beneath it.
• Ao Run thanked Yang Chan as the Third Holy Mother, but Chen Wei and Yang Chan prompted him to pretend he had mistaken her for Sun Wukong.
• Wu Ji led Inspection Immortal Officials into the Censorate and demanded the case files concerning forged Tongming Hall documents.
• Pang Long told Wu Ji he could examine the files only if he brought an Imperial Decree.

Wu Ji tried to force the Censorate to hand over Chen Wei’s case files, but Chen Wei exposed the danger of Wu Ji’s false accusation and detained him for investigation. Wu Ji agreed to cooperate, leaving Chen Wei ready to question him about his backers and accomplices.

• Wu Ji presented a recording of Chen Wei speaking with the West Sea Dragon King and demanded the case files, but Pang Long refused without an Imperial Decree.
• Wu Ji threatened Pang Long with his golden immortal aura and prepared to strike, but Pang Long showed a recording of Nezha and the Howling Celestial Dog defeating the Nine-Headed Bug.
• Chen Wei arrived, extinguished Wu Ji’s chain with Six Ding Divine Fire, and hinted that he had recordings implicating Star Lords’ offspring.
• Wu Ji dismissed his subordinates and tried to apologize and offer compensation, but Chen Wei had Pang Long record the exchange.
• Chen Wei formally detained Wu Ji as a suspect in the West Sea Dragon King impersonation case, and Wu Ji agreed to cooperate rather than contact the Martial Virtue Star Lord.

Chen Wei secured conclusive evidence that Wu Ji had conspired with Nine-Headed Bug, then learned from Taibai Jinxing that the case should be used as leverage rather than resolved swiftly. Taibai ordered Wu Ji held under a deliberately prolonged investigation to constrain the Martial Virtue Lineage.

• Ten Recording Stones exposed Wu Ji's conspiracy with Nine-Headed Bug to replace the West Sea Dragon King and falsify documents.
• Chen Wei covertly notified the Martial Virtue Star Lord's Mansion about the evidence and reported the case to Taibai Jinxing.
• Taibai asked Chen Wei how the case should proceed, prompting him to reconsider the consequences of punishing Wu Ji outright.
• Chen Wei argued that Wu Ji should remain under investigation, leaving the threat of punishment hanging over the Martial Virtue Lineage.
• Taibai praised Chen Wei's judgment and ordered him to keep Wu Ji cooperating with an investigation of no set duration.

Chen Wei returned from the West Sea realizing Taibai Jinxing and Yang Jian had used him as a pawn in their plan, then walked into an awkward confrontation at his Mansion. Yang Chan protected him from her furious brother, leaving Yang Jian angry and unable to act against Chen Wei.

• Chen Wei reviewed how Taibai Jinxing and Yang Jian had arranged the West Sea mission and accepted that he needed to prove his usefulness to survive in the Heavenly Court.
• Kun and Big Yellow greeted Chen Wei at his Mansion, where he found Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Ao Cunxin waiting inside.
• Yang Jian revealed that Yang Chan had disguised herself as Sun Wukong to guard Chen Wei, embarrassing her and amusing Ao Cunxin.
• Chen Wei tried to distract everyone with Tangyuan, but Yang Jian seized his shoulder after he called Yang Chan “Chan'er.”
• Chen Wei dodged Yang Jian's first attack, then Yang Chan stepped between them and forbade her brother from roughing him up.
• Chen Wei played the victim to make Yang Chan defend him more fiercely, and Yang Jian got angry again before Chen Wei offered to take the blame himself.

Yang Jian let Chen Wei and Yang Chan escape after their playful standoff, while Ao Cunxin returned alone to the West Sea. At Pure Heart Temple, Sun Wukong learned Chen Wei had used his name to resolve the West Sea affair, and Zhu Bajie urged him to collect the disciples Chen Wei owed.

• Chen Wei and Yang Chan took turns shielding each other until Yang Jian stopped them, then fled together when he was distracted by Chen Wei calling him Second Brother.
• Ao Cunxin teased Yang Jian, then flew back to the West Sea after he began reciting the heavenly laws.
• Zhu Bajie told Sun Wukong that the Heavenly Court credited him with exposing the Fake Dragon King of the West Sea, and Sun Wukong realized Chen Wei had impersonated him.
• Chen Wei and Yang Chan arrived at Pure Heart Temple to hide from Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong prepared to confront Chen Wei.
• Zhu Bajie gave Sun Wukong pills from Tusita Palace and urged him to make Chen Wei produce the disciples he owed.

Sun Wukong tricked Chen Wei into taking pills as part of a childbearing scheme, while Taishang Laojun discovered that Zhu Bajie had taken the Yin-Yang Harmony Elixir. After divining where the elixir had gone, Laojun was pleased and ordered the Yin-Yang Spirit Pearl refined.

• Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie pretended that Chen Wei’s immortal body was in grave danger, alarming Yang Chan and Chen Wei.
• Sun Wukong gave Chen Wei pills and told him to take them after seven times seven days, while Zhu Bajie praised the Great Sage’s kindness.
• At Tusita Palace, Gold Horn and Silver Horn told Taishang Laojun that Zhu Bajie had taken the gourd containing the Yin-Yang Harmony Elixir.
• Taishang Laojun divined the elixir’s whereabouts, declared that Zhu Bajie had done something worthwhile, and ordered Gold Horn and Silver Horn to prepare the furnace for refining the Yin-Yang Spirit Pearl.

The Martial Virtue Star Lord decided to pressure Chen Wei by exploiting his relationship with Yang Chan to free Wu Ji from the Discipline Inspection Court. As Chen Wei was overwhelmed by Yang Chan’s pills, the Queen Mother of the West summoned him and Yang Niansan to Yaochi, but Yang Chan insisted that he take his medicine first.

• Lu Siji advised the Martial Virtue Star Lord to target Chen Wei’s relationship with Yang Chan, and the Star Lord ordered him to spread rumors.
• Yang Chan kept feeding Chen Wei pills, leaving him physically uncomfortable while his subordinates mistook him for frail.
• Celestial maidens delivered the Queen Mother of the West’s decree ordering Chen Wei and Yang Niansan to go to Yaochi immediately.
• Yang Chan ignored the decree and ordered Chen Wei to eat his pills, frightening the celestial maiden with her aura.