Recaps

Wukong discovered that Ruyi True Immortal was Red Boy’s uncle, reconciled with him, and obtained water to help Bajie, while Tang Sanzang recovered from an upset stomach. After the travelers rested, they reached the Western Liang Women's Kingdom and requested an audience with its sovereign, leaving the Grand Preceptor worried.

• Wukong fought Ruyi True Immortal until Red Boy arrived and revealed their family connection, leading the two to make peace.
• Red Boy explained why he had helped the Blood Sea Old Monster, and Wukong warned him against following the monster’s example.
• Wukong learned Tang Sanzang’s pain came from an upset stomach, then charged Bajie five taels of silver for water that ended his pregnancy.
• Tang Sanzang and his companions recovered, resumed their journey, and reached the Western Liang Women's Kingdom, where crowds of women surrounded them.
• At the Courier Station, Tang Sanzang presented his travel document and requested an audience with the sovereign, while the Grand Preceptor worried at her residence.

The Grand Preceptor suspected that a demon had replaced the queen, and Wukong confirmed that the palace was filled with demonic aura. The Scorpion Demon seized Tang Sanzang’s travel passbook and announced that she would marry him, while the Grand Preceptor intervened and offered to arrange the match.

• The Grand Preceptor noticed the queen’s changed behavior and suspected a demon had taken her place.
• Wukong sensed demonic aura around the palace and persuaded Tang Sanzang and his disciples to enter court together.
• The Scorpion Demon examined Tang Sanzang’s passbook, kept it, and pulled him onto the throne while threatening to taste his flesh.
• The Grand Preceptor arrived and helped Tang Sanzang leave the throne before the Scorpion Demon announced her intention to marry him.
• When the Scorpion Demon ordered Tang Sanzang taken to the inner palace, the Grand Preceptor offered to serve as matchmaker and asked her to wait a few days.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples learned that the Queen of Western Liang had been replaced by a Scorpion Demon, and Wukong began fighting the demon in the palace. The demon disguised herself as the Queen and produced the kingdom’s lotus sachet, leaving Wukong unable to prove her identity to the guards.

• At the Courier Station, Tang Sanzang told Wukong, Bajie, and Sha Wujing that the Queen had revealed her plan to eat him, while female soldiers surrounded the station.
• The Grand Preceptor secretly told the monks that a five-clawed golden Dragon Demon had abducted the Queen a month and a half earlier and that the Queen’s temperament had changed afterward.
• The Grand Preceptor explained that the real Queen carried a lotus sachet that could expose the demon, and Wukong promised to confront the monster that night.
• Wukong tracked the Scorpion Demon to the palace and attacked her after waiting until dawn, but neither fighter gained the advantage.
• When guards arrived, the Scorpion Demon resumed the Queen’s appearance and ordered them to seize Wukong, then produced a lotus sachet and claimed it was the kingdom’s treasure.

Wukong was stung by the Scorpion Demon while trying to stop her, forcing Tang Sanzang and his disciples to hide from the palace guards. After recovering enough to investigate the demon, Wukong learned from Ruyi True Immortal that the Scorpion Demon lived on Poison Enemy Mountain and that the Demon Dragon had wounded Ruyi True Immortal; Ruyi then painted a portrait of the Demon Dragon.

• The Scorpion Demon used palace guards to distract Wukong and stung him with her Horse-Felling Poison Stinger before ordering a search for Tang Sanzang and his disciples.
• The Grand Preceptor hid Tang Sanzang and his disciples from the guards, while Bajie carried the injured Wukong inside to rest.
• After his headache eased, Wukong left Bajie behind to protect Tang Sanzang and went to Xieyang Mountain to ask about the Scorpion Demon.
• At the Gathering Immortals Hermitage, Wukong noticed Ruyi True Immortal react to the Demon Dragon's name, and Ruyi admitted that the Demon Dragon had injured him.
• Ruyi True Immortal told Wukong that the Scorpion Demon lived on Poison Enemy Mountain and identified her poisonous stinger as the weapon that had wounded Wukong.
• Ruyi True Immortal painted a portrait of the Demon Dragon for Wukong.

Wukong discovered that Ao Tu had captured the Queen of the Women's Country and that the Scorpion Demon was acting without his orders. Ao Tu subdued the Scorpion Demon and cured Wukong’s sting, but the queen remained missing when Wukong returned to the Grand Preceptor’s residence.

• Ruyi True Immortal drew Ao Tu’s portrait, and Wukong recognized him as the Jing River Dragon King’s son.
• Wukong went to Poison Enemy Mountain, where Ao Tu admitted capturing the queen and agreed to help control the Scorpion Demon.
• Ao Tu explained that he had faked his death after being gravely wounded and had withdrawn from his former ambitions.
• Ao Tu confronted the Scorpion Demon above the Daughter Kingdom and drew her inside with divine light after she admitted acting on her own.
• Ao Tu treated Wukong’s sting with Three-Lights Divine Water, then left with the Scorpion Demon.
• Wukong returned to the Grand Preceptor’s residence and explained what had happened, and the Grand Preceptor asked whether there was news of the queen.

Wukong returned to Poison Enemy Mountain to retrieve the Queen, but Ao Tu refused, claiming that he and the Queen had married and fallen in love. After their fight ended with Wukong escaping, he told the Grand Preceptor that the Queen had married the Dragon Demon.

• Wukong reassured the Grand Preceptor that the Scorpion Demon had not harmed the Queen and promised to bring her back the next day.
• Wukong visited Ao Tu at Pipa Cave, where Ao Tu said he could not return the Queen because they had married and loved each other.
• Wukong accused Ao Tu of abducting and violating the Queen, and the two fought for more than a hundred exchanges.
• Ao Tu used the Dragon-Binding Lock and Five-Fire Divine Flame Fan, so Wukong left a false body and escaped to the Grand Preceptor's Residence.
• Wukong told the Grand Preceptor that the Queen had married Ao Tu and claimed they had been together for over a month.

After Ao Tu abducted the Queen, Wukong recruited Nezha and Erlang to help bring her back. They confronted Ao Tu at Pipa Cave, where the battle escalated as he transformed into a giant dragon and unleashed storms.

• Wukong told the Grand Preceptor that Ao Tu had taken the Queen, then went to Heaven to seek help from his friends.
• After failing to find Perfected Lord Taixi, Wukong recruited Nezha and then Erlang to join him.
• Wukong, Nezha, and Erlang traveled to Pipa Cave and challenged Ao Tu to release the Queen.
• Ao Tu refused, and the three fought him outside the cave using their supernatural forms and weapons.
• Erlang attacked with his heavenly eye, and Ao Tu transformed into a hundred-foot golden dragon, summoning fierce winds, rain, and waves.

Wukong, Nezha, and Erlang fought Ao Tu but were defeated by his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body and returned injured to the Grand Preceptor’s residence. After recovering, Wukong refused to summon Heavenly troops because Ao Tu had held back, and the group discussed how to proceed.

• Ao Tu transformed into a dragon and battled Wukong, Nezha, and Erlang for hundreds of rounds, injuring them and knocking them from the clouds.
• Ao Tu spared the three and returned to his cave, while Wukong, Nezha, and Erlang went back to the Grand Preceptor’s residence for rest and treatment.
• The Grand Preceptor learned that the visitors were deities and offered to summon an imperial physician, but Wukong said their injuries would heal with rest.
• The next morning, Nezha urged Wukong to request Heavenly troops, but Wukong explained that Ao Tu had held back and did not want to make enemies of the gods and Buddhas.
• Erlang asked how they could overcome Ao Tu, while Bajie suggested they continue west without rescuing the queen, and Sha Wujing reminded him that Tang Sanzang had promised to help the state preceptor.

Wukong assembled allies to use a diversion to rescue the Queen from Ao Tu’s cave, but the Scorpion Demon saw through the plan and Ao Tu’s five-colored divine light captured Wukong, Erlang, and Nezha. Bajie, Red Boy, and Ruyi True Immortal remained outside the cave to face the Scorpion Demon.

• Bajie proposed drawing Ao Tu away while others entered his cave to rescue the Queen, and Nezha agreed to recover his Universe-Splitting Silk himself.
• Wukong recruited Ruyi True Immortal and Red Boy, then joined Nezha and Erlang in heading to Venomous Foe Mountain.
• Wukong, Nezha, and Erlang engaged Ao Tu while Bajie, Ruyi True Immortal, and Red Boy hid near Pipa Cave.
• Bajie attacked the Scorpion Demon, but she recognized the diversion and summoned help as Red Boy and Ruyi True Immortal joined the fight.
• Ao Tu rushed back, but Wukong, Nezha, and Erlang blocked him; Ao Tu swept all three into his five-colored divine light.

Ao Tu captured Wukong and the others, punished them in his cave, and explained that he had abducted women because he feared the gods and Buddhas. After keeping them imprisoned for seven days, he released them and warned them not to return.

• Ao Tu captured Bajie, Red Boy, and Ruyi True Immortal, then bound them with Wukong, Erlang, and Nezha in his cave.
• Wukong freed the group, but Ao Tu caught them again as they tried to escape and hung them back up.
• Ao Tu ordered the Scorpion Demon to whip Ruyi True Immortal, but Red Boy offered to take his punishment, so Ao Tu lashed Red Boy and the Scorpion Demon stung Wukong and Bajie.
• Red Boy condemned Ao Tu for abducting women, and Ao Tu explained that he feared the gods and Buddhas and wanted only to live in peace.
• After six days of failed escape attempts, Ao Tu released Wukong and the others and warned them not to provoke him again.

Wukong returned to the Grand Preceptor's Residence, then caught up with Sha Wujing and went with him to seek Guanyin Bodhisattva's help against Ao Tu. Guanyin agreed to confront Ao Tu and planned to take him as her disciple and reform him on Mount Luojia.

• After Ao Tu released Wukong and the others, Nezha and Ruyi True Immortal argued about the Bull Demon King, and Wukong stopped them from fighting.
• Wukong learned that a maid had tried to assault Tang Sanzang and that Sha Wujing had gone to the Southern Sea to seek Guanyin Bodhisattva's help.
• Wukong caught up with Sha Wujing and agreed to go with him to Mount Luojia, though he hesitated over asking Guanyin to intervene against Ao Tu.
• Guanyin told Wukong how Star Lord Angri could subdue the scorpion spirit, and Wukong asked her to help rescue the Queen from Ao Tu.
• Guanyin traveled with Wukong to Poison Enemy Mountain and said she would take Ao Tu as her disciple and reform him on Mount Luojia.

Wukong and Guanyin Bodhisattva tried to capture Ao Tu, but a mysterious golden treasure freed him from the Alms Bowl. Wukong rescued the Queen, only to learn that she and Ao Tu loved each other, and Guanyin returned her to the Daughter Kingdom before departing.

• Wukong brought Guanyin Bodhisattva to Pipa Cave, where she offered Ao Tu forgiveness and a place as her disciple if he returned with her.
• Ao Tu tricked Guanyin Bodhisattva into handing over the Jade-Cleansing Bottle, then refused her offer and was trapped in Tathagata's Alms Bowl.
• A burst of Primordial Golden Light broke the Alms Bowl's magic and freed Ao Tu, who escaped before Wukong and Guanyin Bodhisattva could catch him.
• Wukong and Guanyin Bodhisattva found the Queen in Pipa Cave, where she revealed her love for Ao Tu and refused to leave without him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva brought Wukong and the Queen to the Daughter Kingdom, while Sandy burned Pipa Cave and Guanyin Bodhisattva soon departed.

After Wukong rescued the Queen, she gave up the throne and reunited with Ao Tu, who prepared a formation to capture Tang Sanzang and his disciples. The formation separated them when they arrived, and Bajie found himself before Ao Tu, offering to grind ink.

• The Queen told Wukong and the others that she loved Ao Tu, then announced she would pass on the throne and return to Pipa Cave.
• Several days later, the Queen sent Tang Sanzang and his disciples west, then reunited with Ao Tu when he appeared at the palace.
• Ao Tu borrowed six hundred female soldiers from the Queen and trained them to operate the Nine-Curved Yellow River Formation.
• Tang Sanzang and his disciples entered the formation, which plunged them into darkness and separated them.
• Wukong apologized to Ao Tu and tried to draw his anger away from Tang Sanzang, while Sha Wujing and the White Dragon Horse fled.
• Bajie stayed put and pleaded for mercy until the darkness lifted, then found Ao Tu writing in a wooden house and offered to grind ink.

Wukong, Sha Wujing, and the unconscious Tang Sanzang were trapped by Ao Tu’s formation and ended up at his wooden house, where Ao Tu confronted them over the destruction of his home. Wukong and Bajie pleaded for mercy, but Ao Tu remained intent on punishing Tang Sanzang, and the chapter ended with Wukong asking what he could do to make amends.

• Wukong, Sha Wujing, and the White Dragon Horse each failed to escape the formation and arrived at Ao Tu’s wooden house with Tang Sanzang unconscious.
• Wukong entered and apologized to Ao Tu, who accused him of helping Guanyin attack his home and set out punishments for the pilgrims.
• Ao Tu bound Sha Wujing with the Dragon-Binding Lock and ordered Scorpion Demon to take Tang Sanzang outside for punishment.
• Sha Wujing admitted that he had set fire to Ao Tu’s cave, while Wukong and Bajie pleaded for Tang Sanzang and the disciples to be spared.
• Wukong offered to have divine craftsmen build Ao Tu a better cave, but Ao Tu rejected the offer because Guanyin now knew where he lived.
• Wukong asked Ao Tu what he could do to make amends.

Ao Tu confined Tang Sanzang and his disciples in a Wooden House for a year, and Wukong kept his promise for nearly half a year. When Kasyapa arrived and persuaded Wukong that no formation surrounded the house, Wukong stepped outside, triggering Ao Tu’s formation and getting both Wukong and Kasyapa captured in the Primordial Golden Dipper.

• Ao Tu agreed to let Wukong and Tang Sanzang leave after a year of meditation and sutra recitation, and Wukong accepted the condition.
• Wukong honored his promise and remained inside the Wooden House for nearly half a year while Ao Tu attended to his affairs and celebrated the New Year with the Queen.
• Kirtimukha and Garan reported the delay to Tathagata, who ordered Kasyapa to seek Guanyin’s help in capturing Ao Tu.
• Kasyapa found Guanyin absent and went to the Wooden House, where he urged Tang Sanzang and his disciples to continue west.
• Kasyapa claimed there was no formation outside, and Wukong stepped out to test it despite remembering his promise to Ao Tu.
• Ao Tu’s formation appeared, and he used the Primordial Golden Dipper to capture Wukong and Kasyapa.

Ao Tu trapped Tang Sanzang’s party in the Yellow River Formation, stripping Wukong and Kasyapa of their cultivation and imprisoning their divine protectors. After Wukong awakened, he accepted that he had become mortal and asked Bajie and Sha Wujing to protect their master while he began practicing again.

• Ao Tu used the Yellow River Formation to strip Wukong and Kasyapa of their cultivation, then captured the divine guardians and imprisoned them.
• Kasyapa woke without his powers, argued with Bajie and Tang Sanzang, and was locked away after Ao Tu revealed that his cultivation had been dispersed into the land.
• Wukong remained unconscious for seven days, while Bajie and the others feared for him.
• Wukong’s eyes sent golden beams into the sky, prompting Celestial Worthy Jade Emperor to dispatch Heavenly King Li and Tathagata Buddha to send Samantabhadra to seek Guanyin’s help.
• Ao Tu stopped Bajie from giving Wukong water, but Wukong soon regained his senses and discovered that he had become mortal.
• Wukong blamed himself for the disaster and asked Bajie and Sha Wujing to protect Tang Sanzang while he rebuilt his cultivation.

After Wukong lost his cultivation, Bajie suspected that abstaining from mortal food and water had restored Wukong’s supernatural eyes, while Wukong thanked Ao Tu for healing them. Half a month later, Heavenly King Li led the gods to confront the Dragon Demon at the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, and the Star Lord of Water Virtue agreed to enter it.

• Bajie stopped Wukong from using the wooden buckets until they could escape the formation, then reasoned that Wukong’s lack of food and water had awakened his dormant abilities.
• Wukong discovered that his eye ailment had vanished and went to thank Ao Tu, who examined Wukong’s body before sending him away.
• After another half month, Heavenly King Li descended with the gods and found the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation surrounding the wooden houses.
• The gods refused to enter the formation until Heavenly King Li asked the Star Lord of Water Virtue, who agreed to fight without knowing the formation’s reputation.

Ao Tu captured the Water Virtue Star Lord, Giant Spirit God, and Nezha when they challenged his formation, while Guanyin Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva arrived in the Western Liang Daughter Kingdom to help. Guanyin Bodhisattva claimed she could break the formation and recruited Heavenly Lord Qin and the Fire Virtue Star Lord, though she said their chance of success was even.

• The Water Virtue Star Lord entered Ao Tu’s formation, lost his cultivation, and was locked in the Prison Room.
• Ao Tu swept Giant Spirit God into the formation with the Universe-Splitting Silk and captured Nezha in the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity.
• Ao Tu confined Giant Spirit God and brought Nezha to his room, where Nezha recovered, reclaimed the Universe-Splitting Silk, and asked to borrow Ao Tu’s Dragon-Locking Binding.
• Samantabhadra Bodhisattva met Guanyin Bodhisattva at the Southern Sea, and they traveled together to the Western Liang Daughter Kingdom under Tathagata Buddha’s decree.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva told Heavenly King Li she had a way to break the formation and asked Heavenly Lord Qin and the Fire Virtue Star Lord to help, giving them an even chance of success.

Guanyin Bodhisattva failed to persuade Ao Tu, who used the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity to scatter the gods and capture more immortals. After Guanyin captured Red Boy and Ruyi True Immortal, she proposed exchanging them for the scripture pilgrim and his disciples, or using them to turn Ao Tu against another enemy.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva tried to persuade Ao Tu to embrace Buddhism, but he refused, attacked with the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity, and drove the gods into hiding.
• Heavenly Lord Qin criticized Guanyin Bodhisattva's failed plan, while Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and the others considered how to break the formation.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva revealed Red Boy and Ruyi True Immortal's hiding place, and the gods captured them.
• Heavenly King Li ordered Red Boy and Ruyi True Immortal punished, but changed the order to imprisonment after Red Boy revealed his connection to the Blood Sea King.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva proposed exchanging the captives for the scripture pilgrim and his disciples, then suggested using the plan to turn Ao Tu against another enemy if he refused.

Ao Tu arranged an exchange for Red Boy and Ruyi True Immortal, then broke the deal and captured Heavenly King Li when the gods released Wukong. With the heavenly army leaderless, Guanyin asked Wukong to seek help at Spirit Mountain, but he resisted and suggested waiting until Ao Tu’s year-long imprisonment of Tang Sanzang ended.

• Ao Tu agreed to exchange Red Boy and Ruyi True Immortal for Wukong and Tang Sanzang, and Wukong thanked him before leaving the formation.
• At the exchange, Ao Tu released Wukong but sent Tang Sanzang back to the hut instead of handing him over, then attacked Heavenly King Li.
• Red Boy burned Heavenly King Li unconscious, Ao Tu took his pagoda, and the Demon Dragon captured him as the gods fled.
• The gods considered returning to Heaven to regroup, while Guanyin asked them for further aid and was told to seek the Buddha’s decision.
• Guanyin ordered Wukong to go to Spirit Mountain, but Wukong claimed he had lost his cultivation and proposed waiting until Ao Tu’s promised year of imprisonment was over.

After Tathagata Buddha explained the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, Wukong secretly restored his cultivation with the Wooden Buckets and went to summon the three Xiao maidens. The maidens proposed a risky counter-formation, and Bixiao began to reveal what would truly be needed to break the Demon Dragon’s formation.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva brought Wukong to Spirit Mountain, where Tathagata Buddha explained the formation and gave Wukong a Holy Buddha Sarira to aid his recovery.
• At the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, Wukong dismissed the guards and secretly used the Wooden Buckets to restore his cultivation, then hid the sarira and pretended to have cultivated.
• Tathagata Buddha sent Wukong to invite the three Immortal Maidens of Responding to the World, and Guanyin Bodhisattva declined to accompany him.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao agreed to help and proposed a Three Powers Nine Palaces Grand Formation, but Yunxiao admitted its chance of victory was only over one in ten.
• When Samantabhadra Bodhisattva asked whether Yunxiao could break the formation herself, Bixiao explained that Yunxiao was not her true body and began to reveal what would be required.

Yunxiao agreed to proceed with the planned assault on the Yellow River Formation, and Guanyin Bodhisattva recruited Old Mother Lishan to help lead it. While Ao Tu practiced with the Great Celestial Cycle Formation Diagram and Red Boy asked about humility, the formation came under attack, prompting Ao Tu to prepare for battle.

• Bixiao spoke bluntly about the Three Xiao Ladies' old business, but Yunxiao eased the tension and agreed to continue with the original plan.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva met Old Mother Lishan on the way to Spirit Mountain, and the two went to help form the assault on the Yellow River Formation.
• The Three Xiao Ladies, six Heavenly Court immortals, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and Old Mother Lishan arranged their positions and completed the formation.
• Ao Tu studied the Great Celestial Cycle Formation Diagram while Nezha played with its stars and Red Boy served him water-shield soup.
• Red Boy asked Ao Tu about humility, and Nezha offered his own explanation while Ao Tu teased him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva attacked the Yellow River Formation with the Ancient Buddha Jewel, and Ao Tu rallied his two followers to fight.

Ao Tu defeated Guanyin Bodhisattva’s attack on the Great Yellow River Formation and captured several divine generals, while Yunxiao asked Wukong to deliver gifts and letters to the Three Pure Ones. After Taishang Laojun received his items, he directed Wukong to Mount Kunlun, where the other two venerables were waiting.

• Ao Tu captured Guanyin Bodhisattva’s Jewel and Nine-Grade Treasure Lotus Throne with the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity, struck her from the formation, and broke the gods’ formation.
• Ao Tu chased Guanyin Bodhisattva until Old Mother Lishan stopped him and advised him to study the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity’s original purpose.
• Red Boy and Scorpion Demon returned with captured divine generals, while Yunxiao explained that her true body was suppressed beneath Qilin Cliff and asked Wukong to deliver gifts to the three elders.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva gave Wukong three letters from the Buddha, and Wukong flew to Tushita Palace to deliver them and Yunxiao’s gift to Taishang Laojun.
• Taishang Laojun accepted the gift and letter, then told Wukong that the Celestial Venerables of Primordial Beginning and Numinous Treasure were waiting for him at Mount Kunlun.

Wukong secured Yuanshi Tianzun’s permission to free Yunxiao, then brought her to the Yellow River Formation to rescue the scripture pilgrim. Yunxiao entered the formation and reached Ao Tu’s wooden house, where Nezha and Red Boy were waiting.

• Wukong met Bodhisattva Manjushri at Qilin Cliff and presented Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun with Yunxiao’s gifts and Tathagata Buddha’s letter.
• Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to release Yunxiao and gave Manjushri a Talisman Seal to open Qilin Cliff.
• Yunxiao thanked the Celestial Worthies, reunited with her true spirit incarnation, and traveled with Wukong and Manjushri to the Yellow River Formation.
• Yunxiao walked through the formation to Ao Tu’s wooden house, while Manjushri followed and relied on the Talisman Seal to catch up.
• Ao Tu invited Yunxiao inside, and Nezha took Red Boy outside after Ao Tu stopped Red Boy from raising his spear at Manjushri.

Yunxiao explained how Ao Tu could improve his Yellow River Grand Formation, then let the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity remain with him and entrusted him with the gods’ treasures. Ao Tu reconciled with Bodhisattva Manjushri and traveled with him to Kunlun Mountain, where Yuanshi Tianzun invited him to play a game.

• Yunxiao told Ao Tu that his formation could be improved by attaining the Path, sharing its control with powerful allies, or turning it into a Supernatural Ability.
• Ao Tu returned the Golden Bushel of Primordial Unity to Yunxiao, but it bounced back to him, and he left her the gods’ treasures to handle.
• Bodhisattva Manjushri admitted his role in the plot involving the Blood Sea’s sword, and Ao Tu offered to set aside their grudge and associate as equals.
• Ao Tu asked Bodhisattva Manjushri to help his disciple reach Spirit Mountain, and Manjushri offered to recommend him for a post in the Scripture Pavilion.
• After Bodhisattva Manjushri mentioned Yuanshi Tianzun’s invitation, Ao Tu sent Red Boy, Scorpion Demon, and Ruyi True Immortal away safely and traveled with Manjushri to Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuanshi Tianzun welcomed Ao Tu and invited him to play a game while Bodhisattva Manjushri stood silently nearby.