Recaps

Qian Renxue endured the last bolts of her lightning tribulation and received visions of the Primordial World’s history, from the Dao Ancestor’s emergence to the Seven Sages standing above the immortals. The final vision placed Qian Renxue among those immortals, leaving her wondering whether future cultivators would see her too.

• Qian Renxue resolved to endure more tribulation lightning to strengthen her foundation, while Nuwa increased the power of the thunderclouds.
• Qian Renxue survived the enhanced bolts and used the vitality within them to heal, then passed a heart tribulation after seeing Bibi Dong’s gift of the Third-Rank Hong Lian.
• Qian Renxue saw a vision of the ancient Primordial World and the Dao Ancestor bringing order and the Great Dao of Immortality to it.
• Qian Renxue witnessed the great wars, Nuwa Mending the Heavens, and the Witch Clan and Demon Clan finding their places in the Primordial World.
• Qian Renxue saw the Dao Ancestor above the Seven Sages and recognized him as the founder of Xuanmen and the foundation of immortal cultivation.
• Qian Renxue found herself among the immortals beneath the Seven Sages and wondered whether future cultivators would see her in turn.

After surviving her tribulation, Qian Renxue became an Earth Immortal and learned that Golden Immortality was the key to everlasting life. Talk of innate beings and their extraordinary cultivation unsettled the Douluo Continent, while Snow Empress wondered whether she might be one; at Five Finger Mountain, Qian Renxue invited Princess Iron Fan to state her business.

• Qian Renxue completed her tribulation, became an Earth Immortal, and received celebrations across the Douluo Continent as a new selection for ascension was announced.
• At Five Finger Mountain, Qian Renxue returned Hong Lian to Bibi Dong, and Princess Iron Fan explained that Earth Immortals lived three thousand years and needed Golden Immortality for everlasting life.
• Sun Wukong claimed he had reached Taiyi in one night, and Princess Iron Fan said some exalted innate beings had been born as Great Luo.
• Tang Hao and Tang San lamented their circumstances, while Snow Empress privately wondered whether she was an innate being.
• Qian Renxue asked Princess Iron Fan what business had brought her to Five Finger Mountain and offered to help.

Qian Renxue accepted Red Boy as her guardian deity and welcomed his followers to Five Finger Mountain, where life soon settled into a quiet routine. That peace ended when the fleeing Scarface King arrived at One Finger Mountain and sensed a strange connection to the place.

• Princess Iron Fan asked Qian Renxue to take Red Boy in, and Sun Wukong explained why Immortal Officials often needed powerful guardian deities.
• Qian Renxue agreed to Red Boy's request to bring his followers from Withered Pine Ravine, and Princess Iron Fan brought them to Five Finger Mountain before leaving with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue refused Xiao Wu's request to bring Third Brother back, saying she could not decide when the two worlds would merge.
• Red Boy settled into life on Five Finger Mountain, restrained his followers, and watched over the Mountain God Temple as Qian Renxue instructed.
• Scarface King fled a black tiger, was swept by a strange wind to One Finger Mountain, and sensed an inexplicable connection to the place.

Flender led Scarface King to One Finger Mountain, where Scarface found Yu Xiaogang trapped and refused to free him despite his promises and threats. Scarface warned that if he died, Yu Xiaogang would remain imprisoned forever.

• Yu Xiaogang sensed his destined savior had arrived, and Flender went searching while Liu Erlong refused to help.
• Flender encountered Scarface King, warned him that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was nearby, and was forced to guide him toward One Finger Mountain.
• Zhao Gongming confirmed that he had positioned the destined savior, while Tang San worried about Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue cautioned Red Boy not to act rashly.
• Scarface followed the pull of One Finger Mountain into Flender's shelter and found Yu Xiaogang's pig's tail protruding from a crack in the rock.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to retrieve the Nine-Colored Gauze and capture Xiao Wu if Scarface freed him, but Scarface refused and restored the mountain's solidity.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened Scarface with his disciple, and Flender invoked Grand Master Xuandu, but Scarface said his death would leave Yu Xiaogang trapped forever.

Flender tried to keep Qian Renxue from killing Scarface, while Yu Xiaogang pressured him to sacrifice Xiao Wu and surrender more of their promised gains. Qian Renxue spared Scarface after Flender swore to give her a larger share, but Scarface still refused to release Yu Xiaogang.

• Scarface demanded the Nine-Colored Gauze and Princess Wu before he would consider letting Yu Xiaogang go, and Yu Xiaogang ordered Flender to fetch Xiao Wu.
• Flender agreed to find Xiao Wu, enraging Tang San, but Qian Renxue then confronted Scarface and threatened to kill him.
• Flender shielded Scarface and pledged another twenty percent of the group's opportunity gains to Qian Renxue, who spared Scarface on the condition that he stay inside the hut.
• Qian Renxue warned Liu Erlong to remain indoors, while Tang San cursed Flender for promising away their benefits and resolved to keep Xiao Wu's opportunity for himself.
• Flender asked Scarface to release Yu Xiaogang in return for saving him, but Scarface said he had never asked to be saved.

Flender brought Xiao Wu to Scarface so Scarface would release Yu Xiaogang, while Qian Renxue learned about a coming ascension and a fated opportunity tied to Tang San and the others. Xiao Wu entered Scarface’s shed, leaving Flender guarding the door as Liu Erlong emerged nearby.

• Scarface mocked Flender, ordered him to find Xiao Wu, and demanded that he address him as Great King inside the shed.
• Qian Renxue learned from the Douluo Star Will that the fourth ascension would soon bring a special person to Five Finger Mountain, and that Tang San’s fated opportunity involved the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and Di Tian.
• Two days later, Flender found Xiao Wu in Great Tang territory and persuaded her to return to Five Finger Mountain by telling her Scarface could rescue Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu realized Flender had deceived her and, after he reminded her that Yu Xiaogang was Tang San’s teacher, walked toward Scarface’s shed without expression.
• Xiao Wu entered the shed, Scarface laughed, and he kicked Flender away before ordering him to guard the door; Flender then spotted Liu Erlong and warned her to go back inside.

Tang San and three others ascended to the Primordial World, where Tang San was thrilled to reunite with his mother and planned to find Xiao Wu. Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived together on a remote reef, and a golden light began enveloping Snow Empress.

• Liu Erlong focused on cultivation, hoping to grow strong enough to repay Flender by saving him someday.
• Tang San raged against Flender and Yu Xiaogang, then learned that he, Ah Yin, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress would ascend to the Primordial World.
• Tang San prayed to the Shangqing Saint to arrive near Xiao Wu, learned Ah Yin was ascending with him, and promised Tang Hao that he would protect his mother.
• Bi Ji advised Snow Empress and Ice Empress to stay safe in the Primordial World, while the Silver Dragon King reminded Ah Yin of her mission.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived together on a small reef in the sea, and Snow Empress felt relieved to be free of the Heavenly Tribulation.
• A golden light surrounded Snow Empress, and Ice Empress froze when she reached out to touch it.

The Snow Empress underwent a rapid transformation in the Primordial World, gained inherited memories and learned she was a pseudo-innate being. Yunxiao revealed that innate beings lived as long as heaven itself, leaving the Snow Empress to confront her newfound immortality.

• The Ice Empress began converting her Soul Power into spiritual power after witnessing the Snow Empress cultivate, while people across Douluo recognized the Snow Empress as a possible innate being.
• The Snow Empress absorbed a vortex of Spiritual Qi, shared some with the Ice Empress, and stopped advancing at a bottleneck as the Ice Empress reverted to her original scorpion form.
• The Snow Empress explained that heaven and earth had given her inherited memories and an exclusive cultivation method, then prepared to leave with the Ice Empress.
• Yunxiao appeared before the sisters, introduced herself as the Primordial Lady of Heaven-Severing Wondrous Arts, and said the Douluo Star Will had told her about the Snow Empress.
• Yunxiao identified the Snow Empress as a pseudo-innate being and revealed that she herself was the first rosy cloud between heaven and earth.
• Yunxiao said innate beings lived as long as heaven itself unless killed, and the Snow Empress realized she had gained an endless lifespan.

Yunxiao accepted Snow Empress and Ice Empress as disciples and brought them to the Three Immortal Islands to begin cultivation. On Five Finger Mountain, Qian Renxue took in Ah Yin and learned more about Spirit Hall, while thieves began appearing near Chang'an.

• Snow Empress asked Yunxiao to take her in, and Yunxiao accepted her as a direct disciple of the Interception Sect; Ice Empress became an Outer Sect Disciple.
• Yunxiao brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Three Immortal Islands and told Snow Empress to complete her innate foundation and enter the immortal path quickly.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao welcomed the new disciples, then arranged for them to settle on the islands instead of visiting the Heavenly Court immediately.
• Qian Renxue found Ah Yin, learned that she was Tang San's mother, and planted her near the Mountain God Temple for Red Boy to tend.
• Qian Renxue learned that Qian Daoliu had reclaimed the Papal Emperor's throne and allied with the Soul Beasts, and she sent a message to Di Tian.
• Qian Renxue found Qian Daoliu's incense offering asking that she be kept safe, while thieves became rampant near Chang'an.

Tang San settled in the Primordial World, stole money and clothes, and cultivated with Mysterious Heaven Skill while believing his slow progress proved his Twin Martial Souls were exceptional. Yunxiao secretly used him as a host for Demonic Qi, while Guanyin returned to Chang'an and Xiao Wu remained in trouble.

• Tang San justified stealing silver to the Douluo Continent’s livestream audience, while Tang Hao prepared to leave Blue Tyrant Academy after telling Ah Yin to wait at Five Finger Mountain.
• Tang San thanked an unnamed Sage through a veiled memorial tablet, and Qian Daoliu reasoned that the Sage was likely the undisclosed third member of the Three Pure Ones.
• Tang San used Mysterious Heaven Skill to absorb Spiritual Qi and Demonic Qi, and assumed his slowly breaking Martial Souls showed their superior quality.
• Yunxiao observed that Demonic Qi had entered Tang San and declared that the Primordial World needed scum like him to grow stronger.
• Yunxiao blocked Guanyin near Chang'an, then disappeared after denying that she intended to interfere with the Journey to the West.
• Guanyin learned that Yunxiao had taken an Innate Being as her disciple and chose not to interfere, while Tang San continued converting his cultivation and Xiao Wu suffered.

Qian Renxue oversaw Ah Yin’s transformation and Yunxiao exposed the truth that Tang San had possessed Ah Yin and Tang Hao’s infant son. Ah Yin agreed to enter the Tribulation in exchange for Yunxiao ensuring that her original son’s true spirit would be reborn.

• Scarface threatened to leave unless Flender provided meat, while Xiao Wu endured his abuse in the thatched hut.
• Red Boy poured Di Tian’s fertilizer onto the Blue Silver Grass, which transformed into Ah Yin.
• Yunxiao arrived at Five Finger Mountain, warned Red Boy to do his work well, and asked Ah Yin how she regarded Tang San.
• Yunxiao showed Ah Yin and Tang Hao how Tang San had possessed their infant son, leaving Tang Hao in disbelief and Ah Yin devastated.
• Ah Yin asked Yunxiao to restore her son, and Yunxiao promised to ensure his true spirit was reborn if Ah Yin entered the Tribulation.
• Qian Renxue recorded Ah Yin’s promise so she could show Bibi Dong how a mother should act.

Tang San mistook Tang Sanzang’s westward pilgrimage for an attempt to steal his fortuitous opportunity and set out to stop him. As Tang Sanzang left Chang’an, Tang San hurried after him, convinced the journey was essential to saving Xiao Wu and establishing himself in the Primordial World.

• Yunxiao gave Ah Yin cultivation methods and reminded Qian Renxue to perform her Heavenly Court duties.
• Tang San switched his cultivation to the Mysterious Heaven Skill, reached only an ordinary Primordial World physique, and traveled to Chang’an.
• At Chang’an’s western gate, Tang San heard that Tang Sanzang was heading west to obtain Buddhist scriptures and concluded that the monk was impersonating him to claim his opportunity.
• Tang San blamed Guanyin Bodhisattva, stirring the Demonic Qi within himself, while Guanyin sensed the evil but could not locate its source.
• After Tang Sanzang departed Chang’an, Tang San rushed after him, determined to stop him and preserve his chance to save Xiao Wu.

Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect speculated that Tang San and Tang Sanzang were caught in a struggle between powerful religious factions. After a purple-robed immortal healed him and instructed him to travel west with a destined mount and three disciples, Tang San resumed his pursuit, confident he could win them over.

• The Silver Dragon King argued that Tang San was more likely trying to steal Tang Sanzang’s opportunity, and Qian Daoliu warned Spirit Hall to keep its theories secret.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo concluded that Tang San would need to endure trials and that Tang Sanzang’s hardships were part of obtaining the opportunity.
• Tang San lost Tang Sanzang in the crowd, struggled to travel on foot, and fell down a slope while trying to catch up.
• A purple-robed immortal healed Tang San and told him to continue west with a destined mount and three disciples, who would need to help one another to complete the Journey to the West.
• Tang San decided the immortal would handle higher-level opponents while he dealt with Tang Sanzang, and he imagined recruiting his companions into the Tang Sect.

Tang San pursued Tang Sanzang westward while Sun Wukong awaited the monk who would free him from Five Finger Mountain. After Tang Sanzang released Sun Wukong and gained him as a disciple, Tang San reached the mountain and discovered that his rival had secured the Great Sage as a companion.

• Tang San met Protector Liu but rejected his suggestion to travel with Tang Sanzang, then took the dry rations Liu had left behind.
• Qian Renxue told Sun Wukong that a monk had arrived from the east, and Sun Wukong explained that the Tribulation would help him advance to Great Luo.
• Sun Wukong offered to help Qian Renxue leave her Mountain God post, then Tang Sanzang arrived and removed the jade decree from Five Finger Mountain.
• Sun Wukong broke free, reunited with his weapons and armor, and smoothly accepted Tang Sanzang as his master.
• Qian Renxue arranged vegetarian food for Tang Sanzang, while Tang San arrived and grew jealous that his rival had gained Sun Wukong as a disciple.
• Tang San sensed his destined disciple beneath One Finger Mountain and realized that the person there was Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San reached Five Finger Mountain and found Xiao Wu abused and held captive by Scarface, while discovering that he had become a mortal. He tried to protect Xiao Wu and appealed to Mountain God Qian Renxue, then argued that she had to rescue Yu Xiaogang before killing Scarface.

• Tang San rushed to the hut after remembering Xiao Wu, but Flender blocked the doorway until Scarface threw Xiao Wu outside.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Tang San and urged him to gain strength before challenging Scarface, but Tang San realized he had no cultivation.
• Tang San fired a Sleeve Arrow at Scarface, who escaped unharmed and warned that the Pig Demon would remain imprisoned beneath the mountain.
• Yu Xiaogang called to Tang San from beneath the mountain, and Tang San recognized that he had to rescue him as part of the required group of five.
• Tang San confronted Qian Renxue over Xiao Wu's captivity, and she prepared to kill Scarface until Flender begged her to stop.
• Tang San argued that Qian Renxue had to rescue Yu Xiaogang before killing Scarface.

Qian Renxue forced Tang San and his companions to bargain for Yu Xiaogang’s release, and Flender gave up part of his opportunity to free him. As Scarface carried Xiao Wu away during the escape, Tang San attacked Yu Xiaogang, only for the newly freed Pig Demon to overpower him and resume lecturing.

• Qian Renxue used the Mountain God Seal to pressure the group, and Tang San offered Yu Xiaogang’s opportunity in exchange for his release.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to surrender any more of his opportunity, so Flender swore away two-tenths of his own share to free him.
• Scarface pushed over One Finger Mountain, and Yu Xiaogang crawled out through the rubble as a Pig Demon.
• Tang San realized Scarface had disappeared with Xiao Wu and blamed Yu Xiaogang for the kidnapping.
• Yu Xiaogang rolled Tang San away with his newfound strength, then stood up and lectured him while Tang San broke down.

Tang San entered the Tribulation but was overpowered and humiliated by Yu Xiaogang, who had Flender’s support. After a divine visitor gave Tang San a golden tail ring and a spell, he pretended to reconcile with Yu Xiaogang and offered him the ring.

• Tang San attacked Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang dodged his blows and, backed by Flender, told him to calm down.
• Sun Wukong led Tang Sanzang away from Five Finger Mountain after assuring him that Tang San and the others were old acquaintances; Qian Renxue and Red Boy saw them off.
• People across the Douluo Continent mocked the group, while Tang Hao set out for Four Elements City to take revenge on Yu Yuanzhen’s clan.
• A mysterious immortal slapped Tang San, urged him not to give up, and gave him a golden tail ring and a spell to control Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San learned that the immortal was Yunxiao, a disciple of the Shangqing Saint, then apologized to Yu Xiaogang and offered him the ring.

Tang San used a golden headband to punish Yu Xiaogang for taking the treasure, then forced him to serve as his disciple. After witnessing the events, Qian Renxue learned she had been marked by Tang San’s tribulation and received a new appointment from a Heavenly Court official.

• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San’s golden ring and put it around his tail, believing it was a treasure meant for him.
• Tang San revealed the ring was a Golden Headband Tightening Spell and made Yu Xiaogang writhe in pain with his incantations.
• Tang San drove Flender and Liu Erlong away, then forced Yu Xiaogang to call him Master and sent him to find food.
• Qian Renxue and Red Boy watched underground, and the Douluo Star Will told Qian Renxue that she had been marked for taking part in Tang San’s ordeal.
• A Heavenly Court Edict Officer arrived and began appointing Qian Renxue as the Earth God of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Qian Renxue received a Seventh Rank clerk post in the Patrol and Defense Division at the Divine Lord's Office in Southern Jambudvipa, giving her broader authority and a squad of troops. After settling in, she began preparing to fight demons and evil beings and planned to refine her Mountain God Seal into a Magic Treasure.

• The Edict Officer announced Qian Renxue's transfer and explained that she could appoint an aide, so she asked Red Boy to write a request for approval.
• Qian Renxue told Ah Yin to remain hidden, while Spirit Hall celebrated her new post and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan sought refuge with Spirit Hall after Tang Hao destroyed Thunder Academy.
• Qian Renxue visited Earth Granny in Qingshui Village, helped her advance her cultivation, and then flew with Red Boy to the Divine Lord's Office in the first heaven.
• The Divine Lord's Office promptly gave Qian Renxue an identity token, assigned her a residence and troops, and delivered Red Boy's appointment.
• Qian Renxue put Ah Yin in a pot to cultivate, then considered using her resources to refine her personal Mountain God Seal into a Magic Treasure before taking up her duties.

Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu on Rabbit Mountain, where she swallowed Yu Xiaogang before finally expelling him, then carried Tang San onward. Meanwhile, Tang Sanzang continued west with Di Tian, Yunxiao arranged for her Evil Corpse to watch Tang San’s party, and Nezha searched for the Mountain God of Five Finger Mountain.

• Tang San traveled into Rabbit Mountain on Yu Xiaogang’s back and berated him for his misfortunes.
• A giant pink rabbit swallowed Yu Xiaogang, then recognized Tang San as Xiao Wu and explained how she had become trapped in rabbit form.
• Xiao Wu’s stomach pain drove her to expel Yu Xiaogang, and she told Tang San that Scarface was gone and she was free.
• Xiao Wu carried the injured Tang San onward, while Tang San threatened Yu Xiaogang with the Golden Headband Tightening Spell after Yu Xiaogang protested his insults.
• Tang Sanzang subdued Di Tian, who took the form of a black dragon horse, and Yunxiao sent her Evil Corpse to watch over Tang San’s party.
• Nezha slipped out of the Heavenly Court and searched the Immortal Official Jade Register for the Mountain God of Five Finger Mountain.

At Guanyin Monastery, Tang San stole Tang Sanzang’s Brocade Kasaya while Elder Jinchi’s plot to burn the guests set the monastery ablaze. Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen pledged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to Spirit Hall, and Ma Hongjun accepted Joyful Buddha’s promise of a future opportunity involving a Heavenly Court princess.

• Ma Hongjun refined Xiao Wu’s origin through dual cultivation and began collecting Buddhist scriptures, hoping to help Tang San on his journey west.
• Joyful Buddha praised Ma Hongjun’s devotion and offered him a chance to advance through a future encounter with a Heavenly Court princess; Ma Hongjun eagerly accepted.
• Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and their companions stayed at Guanyin Monastery, where Elder Jinchi coveted Tang Sanzang’s Brocade Kasaya after seeing it.
• Tang San overheard Elder Jinchi and his disciples plotting to set a fire and seize the kasaya, then stole it while Sun Wukong meditated.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Qian Daoliu to accept the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s allegiance to Spirit Hall in exchange for help killing Tang Hao, and Qian Daoliu agreed to move the clan to Spirit City.
• Tang San returned with the stolen kasaya, mounted Xiao Wu, and fled as the monastery burned and a demonic wind approached.

Qian Renxue confronted the Black Bear Monster after he stole the kasaya and captured Tang San, but Red Boy was suppressed in their fight. She summoned Nezha and Sun Wukong, leaving the Black Bear Monster driven back into his cave while the newcomers discussed Sun Wukong’s progress.

• The Black Bear Monster carried Tang San and the stolen kasaya back to his cave, where he planned a Buddhist Robe Gathering.
• Qian Renxue arrived with Red Boy and soldiers from the Patrol and Defense Division, then smashed part of the Black Bear Monster’s cave with her magic seal.
• Red Boy fought the Black Bear Monster but was suppressed, so Qian Renxue sent a talisman requesting heavenly reinforcements.
• Nezha intercepted the talisman and joined the fight, and Sun Wukong arrived soon afterward to demand the kasaya back.
• The Black Bear Monster cursed the group and fled into his cave, while Nezha questioned Sun Wukong about his progress on the Journey to the West.
• On Douluo Continent, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Qian Daoliu, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Tang Hao reacted to Qian Renxue’s growing authority.

Qian Renxue subdued the Black Bear Monster and gained Nezha’s invitation to visit Douluo Continent, though she persuaded him to wait until the Journey to the West group left Southern Jambudvipa. After Nezha departed, Yunxiao's Evil Corpse restored Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and Tang San fled with Xiao Wu.

• Sun Wukong and Qian Renxue tricked the Black Bear Monster into submitting, and Qian Renxue named him Hei Pi.
• Nezha invited Qian Renxue to guide him around Douluo Continent, but she asked him to wait, and he agreed to come after the pilgrims left Southern Jambudvipa.
• The factions and ordinary people of Douluo Continent prepared for Nezha’s possible arrival, while Qian Renxue left with Red Boy and Hei Pi.
• Tang San found his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul restored by Yunxiao's Evil Corpse and told Xiao Wu that the Great God had granted it to him.
• Tang San rode away on Xiao Wu with Blue Silver Grass reins, fearing Sun Wukong would pursue him over the stolen kasaya.

As the westward journey continued, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang quarreled over food and encountered a villager whose community was being exploited by Flender. Tang San agreed to confront Flender in exchange for a meal, while the old man prepared to serve Yu Xiaogang pig feed.

• Guanyin Bodhisattva sensed that something was amiss with the journey and went to the Heavenly Court to ask Xuandu about Marshal Tianpeng.
• Hei Pi trained Qian Renxue, Red Boy, and Ah Yin, while Yunxiao guided the Snow Empress and Ice Empress's cultivation.
• Tang San bound Yu Xiaogang with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Yu Xiaogang broke free and mocked Tang San's Martial Soul.
• Tang San used the Golden Headband Tightening Spell to punish Yu Xiaogang, then set off on the rabbit to find food.
• An old man told Tang San that Flender had swindled Li Family Village and seized its farmland; Tang San promised to deal with him in return for food.
• The old man offered Yu Xiaogang pig feed, and Tang San agreed to have him served the tastiest feed under heaven.

Tang San arrived at Li Family Village and confronted Flender, only to accept him as a disciple after learning he had taken the villagers’ savings and grain to fund their journey. When Tang San attacked the villagers for resisting, a blue-haired woman stopped his Blue Silver Entanglement, and Tang San realized she was his mother, Ah Yin.

• Flender welcomed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then explained that he had stolen the villagers’ wealth to pay for their journey west.
• Tang San ordered Flender to kneel and accept him as his master, and Flender immediately agreed.
• Tang San bound the village elder with Blue Silver Grass and threatened the villagers, who charged at him in anger.
• Tang San unleashed Blue Silver Entanglement at the charging men, but a second Blue Silver Entanglement shattered his attack.
• A blue-haired woman appeared with twin swords and Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San recognized her as his mother and scrambled down from Xiao Wu’s back.