Recaps

Gu Changqing advanced the Chaos Bead with Nuwa’s Creation Dao, then drained part of Kunlun’s ancestral vein for wine while enduring Yuanshi’s attack. He went to Vulture Peak and let Jieyin’s conversion art appear to sway him, though his final remark suggested otherwise.

• Gu Changqing persuaded Tongtian to spare Luohu, who pledged to serve the Interception Sect and guard it against threats.
• Gu Changqing borrowed Nuwa’s Creation Laws, transforming the Chaos Bead’s world into a Great Thousand World.
• Gu Changqing drained about thirty percent of Kunlun’s ancestral vein for wine, and Yuanshi’s full-strength strike left him unharmed.
• Gu Changqing left Kunlun and arrived at Vulture Peak, where Jieyin warned him that he was unwelcome.
• Gu Changqing proposed joining the Buddhist School if he had an affinity with Buddha, prompting Jieyin to expound the Transcendence Divine Art.
• Jieyin’s chant made Gu Changqing appear converted, and he followed Jieyin toward Vulture Peak before quietly saying the art was nothing special.

Gu Changqing humiliated the Buddhist School, used stolen spirit veins to brew an extraordinary wine, and strengthened the Interception Sect through the Sacred Court Method. As he began to benefit from the sect’s rising fortune, Zhunti found the Sky-Mending Stone and planned to raise the being forming within it as a Buddhist disciple.

• Gu Changqing deceived Jieyin, tore away part of Vulture Peak’s spirit vein, and defeated him with a single sword strike before returning to Golden Ao Island.
• Gu Changqing brewed the stolen spirit veins with nine great spirit springs, and the Dao manifestations helped Interception Sect disciples advance while the merged veins strengthened Golden Ao Island.
• Gu Changqing completed the Immortal Brew, drank it, and passed out, after waking, he recited the Sacred Court Method and drew heavenly fortune to the Interception Sect.
• The Interception Sect’s fortune formed a vast golden dragon, and sacred fortune fire bound the disciples’ fates to the sect as Gu Changqing returned to his cave to drink.
• Gu Changqing received a new divine ability from the sect’s rising fortune, while Nuwa noticed the ancient aura of the Sky-Mending Stone she had left behind.
• Zhunti followed the stone’s Buddhist resonance to a barren mountain, sensed a living being forming inside it, and decided to take it west and nurture it as a disciple.

Gu Changqing took Wuzhiqi as his disciple, guided Luohu through the Dao, and demonstrated a power that drew the Elder of Chaos back to seek revenge. After centuries of Buddhist chanting, the Sky-Mending Stone broke open, and the Stone Monkey chose Zhunti as its master.

• Zhunti brought the Sky-Mending Stone to Vulture Peak and ordered the Buddhist disciples to chant scriptures to awaken the being gestating inside it.
• Gu Changqing recognized Sun Wukong inside the stone, then went to the Huai River and recruited Wuzhiqi as his disciple.
• Gu Changqing brought Wuzhiqi to Golden Ao Island, where Wuzhiqi tasted Drunken Immortal Brew and gained profound insights into the Great Dao.
• Gu Changqing discussed the Chaos Ape with Tongtian, then invited Luohu to discuss the Dao and exchanged teachings with him in Biyou Palace.
• Gu Changqing’s understanding of the Devil Dao surpassed Luohu’s and produced a Devil Dao Battle Spear that shook the Primordial World.
• The Elder of Chaos returned, told Hongjun that Gu Changqing had stolen and refined his Chaos Bead, and revealed that Lord Taisu had given him a method to expose Gu Changqing’s foundations.
• After centuries passed without an attack on the Interception Sect, the Sky-Mending Stone trembled and split open at Vulture Peak.
• The Stone Monkey emerged with an overwhelming aura, approached Zhunti, and asked to become his disciple.

Gu Changqing revealed the origins of the Four Mischievous Monkeys and let Zhunti pursue Sun Wukong’s fated treasure, while Ao Cunxin defeated Zhunti and advanced her Battle Great Dao. Zhunti left with Sun Wukong, and the Elder of Chaos told Hongjun he could now challenge Gu Changqing.

• Zhunti named the Stone Monkey Sun Wukong and declared him the shared disciple of himself and Jieyin, while Nuwa recognized the aura of her Sky-Mending Stone in him.
• Nuwa discovered that Gu Changqing had gathered Wuzhiqi, the Long-Armed Ape, and the Six-Eared Macaque, and Gu Changqing explained that all four monkeys came from the Chaos Ape’s scattered origin.
• Zhunti took Sun Wukong to the East Sea to claim the Sea-Calming Divine Iron, but Gu Changqing revealed that Wuzhiqi also had a karmic connection to it.
• Ao Cunxin refused to yield the Sea-Calming Divine Iron, shattered Zhunti’s attack, and used their ensuing battle to strengthen her Battle Great Dao.
• Zhunti failed to take the treasure and fled with Sun Wukong, while Gu Changqing left Wuzhiqi, the Six-Eared Macaque, and the Long-Armed Ape to cultivate under Ao Cunxin.
• The Elder of Chaos told Hongjun he had mastered the Divine Art Evolution Method, and Zhunti arrived at Zixiao Palace with Sun Wukong to report his grievance.