Recaps

Journey to the West: The Roadblock!

Arc 1Ao Tu’s Trials

Ao Tu repeatedly obstructed Tang Sanzang’s pilgrimage, first at Guanyin Monastery and Gao Village, then by joining Great Sage Yellow Wind at Yellow Wind Ridge. After Yellow Wind Cave was abandoned and…

Chapters 1–2525 summaries

Arc 2Ao Tu’s Schemes

Ao Tu trapped Tang Sanzang’s party, then repeatedly meddled in the pilgrimage while pursuing rewards and building a life with Qiao’er. The White Bone Spirit’s attack ended with Tang Sanzang expelling…

Chapters 26–5025 summaries

Arc 3The Baoxiang Kingdom Deception

Ao Tu manipulated Tang Sanzang and seized Baoxiang Kingdom, then allied with Kui Mulang to hold off Wukong and Heaven’s forces. After Ao Tu escaped Guanyin, Wukong restored Tang Sanzang and the…

Chapters 51–7625 summaries

Arc 4Lotus Cave and the Wuji Kingdom

Ao Tu joined the Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King, captured Wukong and his companions, and survived Heaven’s attacks before Taishang Laojun reclaimed his attendants. He then intervened in the…

Chapters 77–10125 summaries

Arc 5The Black Water Bridge

Ao Tu captured Tang Sanzang’s party and battled Heaven before secretly surviving his apparent death. He then arranged for the pilgrims to help build a bridge across the Black Water River, bringing the…

Chapters 102–12625 summaries

Arc 6The Chechi Kingdom Dispute

Ao Tu entered Chechi Kingdom and helped the State Preceptors reconcile with the monks while elevating Alu and establishing Daoist influence at Zhiyuan Monastery. When Tang Sanzang’s group arrived…

Chapters 127–15125 summaries

Arc 7The Tongtian River Mystery

After arranging a Buddhist contest in Chechi Kingdom, Ao Tu took charge of the Flower Realm while Tang Sanzang’s group reached the Tongtian River and found a village bound to a monster by child…

Chapters 152–17625 summaries

Arc 8The Golden Rhino Ordeal

Ao Tu helped Wukong defeat the Blood Sea King and resolve the children’s lost souls, then joined the journey to face the Single-Horned Rhinoceros and his Diamond Bangle. After the demon resisted their…

Chapters 177–20125 summaries

Arc 9The Green Ox and the Queen

Wukong gathered the gods to rescue Tang Sanzang from the demons at Golden Rhinoceros Mountain, but the Green Ox’s Diamond Bangle defeated their forces until Taishang Laojun intervened. Ao Tu then…

Chapters 202–22625 summaries

Arc 10The Yellow River Formation

Wukong and his companions became entangled in Ao Tu’s conflict with the Daughter Kingdom, and Ao Tu’s Yellow River Formation stripped Wukong and several divine allies of their powers. After repeated…

Chapters 227–25225 summaries

Arc 11The Bandits and Six-Eared Macaque

Ao Tu allied with Six-Eared Macaque and used a bandit inn to obstruct Tang Sanzang’s party and provoke a dispute between Tang Sanzang and Wukong. After rescuing Six-Eared Macaque from Mahamayuri…

Chapters 253–27725 summaries

Arc 12The Flaming Mountain Ordeal

Wukong and the pilgrims became entangled in Ao Tu’s conflict with Mahamayuri Bodhisattva, then resumed their journey and found Flaming Mountain blocking the western road. Their efforts to obtain…

Chapters 278–30225 summaries

Arc 13The Flaming Mountain Standoff

The Bull Demon King's conflict with Wukong escalated into repeated battles against heavenly and Buddhist forces, drawing in the Blood Sea King and Ao Tu. Ao Tu captured Guanyin Bodhisattva and…

Chapters 303–32725 summaries

Arc 14Green Cloud and the Stolen Sarira

Ao Tu survived Patriarch Styx’s assault, helped bring the Green Cloud Mountain conflict to an amnesty, and underwent a perilous transformation before returning to the Flower Realm. He then…

Chapters 328–35225 summaries

Arc 15Treasure Recovery and False Thunderclap

Ao Tu recovered Jisai Kingdom’s stolen treasures while Tang Sanzang became State Preceptor and organized flood relief and trade. After the pilgrims resumed their journey, Ao Tu trapped them in a false…

Chapters 353–37725 summaries

Arc 16The New Buddha and Yellow Brow

Ao Tu attained Buddhahood but rejected joining the Buddhist Sect, then used the Lesser Thunderclap mission to pursue his own aims and repeatedly outmaneuver Wukong. The stretch ends with Wukong…

Chapters 378–40225 summaries

Arc 17The Shattered Bundle

Wukong recruited divine help against the Yellow-Browed Old Demon and Ao Tu, until Maitreya Buddha intervened and captured Ao Tu’s incarnation. Ao Tu shattered the Bundle by changing the distant past…

Chapters 403–42825 summaries

Arc 18The Zhu Zi Kingdom Delay

Tang Sanzang’s party freed the Snake Spirit, who later killed villagers before Wukong defeated it and helped revive one victim. Ao Tu then began obstructing the pilgrimage in Zhu Zi Kingdom by…

Chapters 429–45325 summaries