Chapter Summaries

After recovering from the tiger demon’s soul attack, Qian Renxue learned that her courage had earned her a divine position. Earth Granny brought her to Jianyang City’s Underworld to meet the City God, while the people of Douluo celebrated or resented her achievement.

• Yu Xiaogang criticized the Primordial World’s gods, while people across Douluo debated the City God, Qian Renxue’s fate, and Nalanda Temple.
• Qian Renxue’s livestream returned after two days, and Earth Granny explained that the City God had saved her soul with Soul-Nourishing Incense.
• Earth Granny told Qian Renxue that her willingness to smash the statue had earned her a divine position, prompting celebrations in Spirit Hall and resentment among rival sects.
• Earth Granny took Qian Renxue through Jianyang City’s Underworld and explained the City God’s Office and its officials.
• Qian Renxue met the City God.

The City God reviewed Qian Renxue’s deeds and offered her a choice between a Ninth-Rank Earth God post and a more difficult Eighth-Rank position. Qian Renxue accepted the higher appointment and was named Earth God of Flower-Fruit Mountain, while people on the Douluo Continent reacted with awe, envy, and suspicion.

• The City God read Qian Renxue’s record, including her arrival from the Douluo Continent and her role in defeating a Wild God, and she confirmed it was accurate.
• The City God offered Qian Renxue a vacant Ninth-Rank Earth God post in Qingshi Village, then proposed an Eighth-Rank position instead.
• Despite Earth Granny’s warning, Qian Renxue accepted the Eighth-Rank post, and the City God appointed her Earth God of Flower-Fruit Mountain, with the duties of a Mountain God.
• The City God sent the appointment document to the Eastern Continent of Superior Body for approval and told Qian Renxue to wait in Qingshui Village for her Immortal Official Jade Register.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect admired Qian Renxue’s ambition and wondered what made Flower-Fruit Mountain troublesome, while the Clear Sky Sect suspected the post was dangerous.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang envied Qian Renxue’s advancement and criticized her choice, but the others did not respond.

As Qian Renxue traveled toward Flower-Fruit Mountain, Earth Granny explained that its Handsome Monkey King was born from a divine stone left by Nuwa and revealed that Nuwa created humanity. The revelation stunned the people of Douluo Continent, while Qian Renxue and the others continued watching to learn more about Flower-Fruit Mountain.

• Qian Daoliu celebrated Qian Renxue's ascension and worried that she might encounter danger at Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Earth Granny scolded Qian Renxue for accepting the challenge, then described Flower-Fruit Mountain and the Handsome Monkey King's origins in a divine stone left by Nuwa.
• Earth Granny explained that Nuwa created the first humans from Three Lights Divine Water and Xirang, shocking Qian Renxue and people across Douluo Continent.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Clear Sky Sect elders struggled to accept the revelation, while Yu Xiaogang challenged it and Zhao Wuji urged everyone to keep watching.
• Qian Daoliu proposed building a statue of Nuwa in Spirit City, and Bibi Dong agreed.
• Xiong Jun laughed at humanity's clay origins before apologizing in fear, while Di Tian asked whether soul beasts could serve in the Heavenly Court and the Silver Dragon King told him to keep watching.

Earth Granny warned Qian Renxue that Flower-Fruit Mountain needed no Earth God because Sun Wukong had stormed the Underworld and erased the monkeys from the Book of Life and Death. As Sun Wukong prepared to rebel from the Heavenly Court under Li Xuanji’s plan, Qian Renxue received an edict ordering her to assume her post.

• Earth Granny told Qian Renxue that Sun Wukong had resigned from heaven, returned as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and made Flower-Fruit Mountain’s monkeys immortal by crossing their names out of the Book of Life and Death.
• Earth Granny took the frightened Qian Renxue back to the Earth God Temple to teach her more tricks.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang claimed his theories could help him win a high-ranking Heavenly Court post, while Tang San suggested the Great Heavenly Venerable might be weaker than Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong told Li Xuanji he would freeze the Seven Fairies and rebel from heaven, and Li Xuanji warned him not to do anything more that might provoke Haotian and Yaochi.
• Li Xuanji reflected that he had permitted Sun Wukong to erase the monkeys’ names to gain his goodwill and intended to bring him to the Heavenly Court after the scripture pilgrimage.
• An Edict Messenger delivered Qian Renxue two objects and ordered her to assume her post as temple keeper of Qingshui Village’s Earth God Temple.

Qian Renxue took up her post as the Mountain God of Flower-Fruit Mountain, learned her divine spells, and cultivated while carefully avoiding its monkeys. After several months, the Handsome Monkey King returned to the mountain, leaving Qian Renxue startled.

• Qian Renxue accepted the Mountain God appointment and left Qingshui Village for Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Qian Renxue settled into her Vihara, learned the Cleansing Technique, raised a divine statue, and spent her merit to advance her cultivation.
• Qian Renxue studied divine spells and regulations, inspected the earth veins, and maintained a cautious truce with the monkeys.
• Qian Renxue learned that gods still had limited lifespans unless they reached Golden Immortal, which strengthened her resolve to cultivate.
• Qian Renxue saw an auspicious cloud descend, heard the monkeys welcome their king, and realized the Handsome Monkey King had returned.

Qian Renxue met Sun Wukong at his Flower-Fruit Mountain feast and was made a witness to his break with the Heavenly Court. Sun Wukong sent her back to guard the mountain with wine and a Peach of Immortality, leaving her worried that accepting his gifts had tied her to his rebellion.

• Qian Renxue fled toward the Earth God Temple, while people across the Douluo Continent and the Primordial World anticipated her meeting with Sun Wukong.
• A little monkey summoned Qian Renxue, who followed it to Sun Wukong’s feast and was struck by the spiritual power of his wine and peaches.
• Sun Wukong welcomed Qian Renxue as Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Earth God and told her to call him the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Sun Wukong announced that he had rebelled against Heaven, ruined the Heavenly Court’s Peaches of Immortality, and brought them back to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Sun Wukong gave Qian Renxue wine and a Peach of Immortality, ordered her to guard the mountain gates, and asked if she thought he had given her too little.

Sun Wukong spared Qian Renxue and gave her the Peach of Immortality and wine as Heavenly Soldiers and Generals arrived to capture him. As Douluo Continent reacted in shock to the Heavenly Court’s might, Nezha received permission from the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King to confront Sun Wukong.

• Sun Wukong threatened Qian Renxue for refusing his gifts, but stopped his Golden Cudgel before it struck her and told her to run for her life.
• A vast Heavenly Court army descended through thunderclouds, led by the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Yang Jian, and Nezha.
• Nezha used his red ribbon to bring Qian Renxue onto the thundercloud, where she witnessed the army’s overwhelming power.
• People across Douluo Continent reacted to the Heavenly Court’s strength, while the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian were shaken by the True Dragons pulling a carriage.
• Nezha saluted the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, received permission to capture Sun Wukong, and charged forward on his Wind-Fire Wheels.

Qian Renxue watched Nezha and Sun Wukong battle, then saw Yang Jian pursue the monkey through a series of transformations. As the Heavenly Court’s forces continued their attempt to capture Sun Wukong, people in the Douluo Continent debated the spectacle and their own choices.

• Qian Renxue suspected Sun Wukong’s apparent disregard for his monkey descendants was part of a deliberate plan orchestrated by the Great Heavenly Venerable.
• Nezha and Sun Wukong fought with their spirit treasures and then used their Heaven-and-Earth Embodiments, forcing Li Jing to order the army back.
• Nezha tried to make Sun Wukong steal Li Jing’s pagoda, but Yang Jian interrupted their negotiations and Nezha returned to the thundercloud.
• Yang Jian challenged Sun Wukong and chased him through many transformations before they resumed fighting with martial skill.
• Viewers across the Douluo Continent marveled at the battle, while Ning Fengzhi rejected Sword Douluo’s suggestion to turn to the Heavenly Court.
• Bone Douluo challenged Sword Douluo to bet on whether the Heavenly Court would capture Sun Wukong and how it would punish him.

Qian Renxue watched Yang Jian capture Sun Wukong after Taishang Laojun struck him with the Diamond Bracelet. She returned to the ruined Flower-Fruit Mountain with the peaches and wine, troubled by Sun Wukong’s abrupt fall, while people across the Douluo Continent reckoned with the Heavenly Court’s power.

• Di Tian and the Snow Empress reconsidered what life in the Primordial World might mean for soul beasts after seeing its powerful beings.
• Qian Renxue offered Nezha the stolen peaches and wine, but he let her keep them.
• Taishang Laojun struck Sun Wukong with the Diamond Bracelet, allowing Yang Jian to bind and capture him.
• Sun Wukong woke and cursed Laojun, while Li Jing ordered the Heavenly Court forces to withdraw and Nezha sent Qian Renxue back to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Qian Renxue found Flower-Fruit Mountain devastated and mourned Sun Wukong’s fall, as people across the Douluo Continent discussed his capture and feared the Heavenly Court.

As the second ascension selection approached, factions across Douluo Continent prepared and argued over how to survive in the Primordial World. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue buried the monkeys killed at Flower-Fruit Mountain and returned to cultivation with the peaches and wine Sun Wukong had left behind.

• The sky screen announced that the second group of four people would ascend in three days, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai to prepare while Tang San hoped to be chosen and reunite with Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Rongrong to prepare, Qian Daoliu instructed Spirit Hall members on how to survive, and the Silver Dragon King advised Di Tian to marry into a powerful faction and take it over.
• The Ice Empress begged not to be chosen unless Sister Xue'er could accompany her, while factions across the continent made plans for the coming ascension.
• Qian Renxue spent two days burying the dead monkeys at Flower-Fruit Mountain and built a cenotaph for the Handsome Monkey King.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Vihara with the peaches and wine, intending to cultivate and later burn paper money for Sun Wukong.

Qian Renxue drank the Heavenly Court’s immortal wine and fell asleep as her cultivation rose, while the second ascension sent Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, and Di Tian to the Primordial World. Di Tian arrived in dragon form and set out to find an Earth God and register himself before exploring the cultivation method Qian Renxue had received.

• Qian Renxue drank the immortal wine, began rapidly advancing in cultivation, and fell asleep before eating the Peach of Immortality.
• Qian Daoliu and the other Spirit Hall elders celebrated Qian Renxue’s opportunity but warned that becoming an Immortal would require more than powerful treasures.
• The second ascension announcement selected Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, and Di Tian, prompting their families and allies to give them hurried advice.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, and Di Tian ascended; Tang Hao tried to attack Zhao Wuji, but the white light carried him away first.
• Di Tian revealed his dragon form in the Primordial World and decided to find an Earth God to register before trying Qian Renxue’s cultivation method.

Di Tian learned he had arrived on the Eastern Continent of Superior Body and planned to seek refuge with Qian Renxue near Flower-Fruit Mountain. Zhu Zhuqing discovered she was at Wuzhuang Temple, where its attendants opened the gates and confronted her with a startled question.

• Di Tian received a curt registration from the Earth God, then learned from a villager that he was on the Eastern Continent of Superior Body.
• Di Tian asked for directions to Flower-Fruit Mountain and decided to cultivate before making the long journey to seek refuge with Qian Renxue.
• Zhu Zhuqing assessed her newfound strength and freedom, then climbed to Wuzhuang Temple after spotting it in the mountains.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Wuzhuang Temple as the home of Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi and hoped to enter.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue emerged from the temple gates, identified Zhu Zhuqing as the outsider their master had mentioned, and asked how old she was and why her chest was so large.

Zhao Wuji exposed Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang on the livestream, turning public opinion against the Clear Sky Sect and prompting Bibi Dong to mobilize against it. As the sect faced growing danger, Bone Douluo spotted Ning Rongrong doing something alarming on the Light Screen.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted a Daoist robe after the temple attendants refused to admit her, built a hut at the mountain’s foot, and remained there to cultivate and wait.
• Zhao Wuji used his livestream to accuse Tang Hao of killing Spirit Hall’s Papal Emperor and fathering Tang San with a Soul Beast, and revealed that Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang were at Shrek Academy.
• The livestream drove people across the continent to condemn the Clear Sky Sect and Yu Xiaogang, while Tang Hao decided to take Tang San back to the sect and Yu Xiaogang agreed to go with them.
• Liu Erlong arrived and urged Yu Xiaogang to leave for Heaven Dou City; Tang Hao agreed that they would go there too.
• Bibi Dong decided to attack the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Daoliu’s Revered Elders joined her as the sect’s elders sought help from the other Upper Three Sects.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Bone Douluo grabbed Ning Fengzhi’s arm after noticing Ning Rongrong on the Light Screen.

Ning Rongrong settled in the Primordial World and tried to gain protection by claiming kinship with Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, while Zhao Wuji also prepared to start a new life there. Back on the Douluo Continent, the Clear Sky Sect fell, and Tang San began making Hidden Weapons before seeing Xiao Wu in danger on the Light Screen.

• Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda shattered as she began changing cultivation methods, so she prayed to Li Jing and declared herself his descendant.
• Ning Rongrong registered at the City God's Temple, bought a courtyard, and began offering incense to a golden statue of Li Jing.
• Zhao Wuji settled in a village to change cultivation methods and planned to earn merit by doing good deeds.
• Bibi Dong led the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect, and its resources were divided among the major factions while Tang Hao, Tang San, and Tang Yuehua escaped.
• Tang Hao helped Tang San obtain materials to recreate powerful Hidden Weapons, which Tang San planned to use as trump cards in the Primordial World.
• After Xiao Wu completed her transition to the Qi Refining Method and began taking human form, Tang San saw her in danger on the Light Screen and cried out.

The Light Screen showed Xiao Wu being captured by Scarred Rose and forced into his harem, leaving Tang San devastated. Yu Xiaogang convinced Tang San that Xiao Wu could still be rescued, and Tang San created the Three Wu Triple Arts as he vowed to save her.

• Scarred Rose defeated the Black Bear Spirit, found Xiao Wu after her transformation, and used the Heart-Confusing Nine-Colored Gauze to torment her with memories of Tang San.
• Scarred Rose married Xiao Wu as his one hundred and eighth concubine, Princess Wu, while Tang San watched helplessly through the Light Screen.
• Tang San collapsed in grief and rage, but Yu Xiaogang urged him to keep hope because treasures in the Primordial World might restore Xiao Wu's body.
• Tang San created the Three Wu Triple Arts and asked Yu Xiaogang to help him rescue Xiao Wu and take revenge on Scarred Rose.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to enlist the Heavenly Court, while the watching Tang Hao decided to let Yu Xiaogang remain with Tang San for now.

Ning Rongrong claimed a mountain and founded Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Village while other Douluo Continent figures adjusted to life in the Primordial World. Qian Renxue reached the third mortal realm and prepared to visit the monkey when Di Tian arrived at her Earth God's Vihara.

• Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Following Ear noticed demonic qi on the Douluo Continent and alerted the higher-ups, while Ma Hongjun continued his lucrative work at Nalanda Temple with the demons.
• Zhao Wuji defeated mountain bandits and shared their stolen wealth with nearby villages, prompting Tang Hao to question whether Zhao Wuji's deeds would earn merit.
• Ning Rongrong gathered orphans and beggars, named their settlement Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Village, and declared herself the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King's adopted daughter.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Ning Rongrong's claim might offend the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, though he also imagined the sect benefiting from her connection.
• Qian Renxue refined the last of the wine, reached Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, and stored the Peach of Immortality for later.
• Di Tian arrived at the Earth God's Vihara and paid his respects to Qian Renxue.

Di Tian met Qian Renxue in the Primordial World and offered to become her temple keeper in exchange for a path forward for the Soul Beasts. The Silver Dragon King agreed to send the Ferocious Beasts to Spirit City to negotiate cooperation with Spirit Hall, alarming the continent’s major factions.

• Qian Renxue used her Earth God authority to inspect Di Tian’s past and identified him as a descendant of the Nine Dragon Kings and a former captain of the Dragon God’s guard.
• People across Douluo Continent reacted with shock to Qian Renxue’s ability to learn Di Tian’s origins, while Bibi Dong worried that Qian Renxue might uncover her past.
• Di Tian offered Qian Renxue the allegiance of the Silver Dragon King and the Ferocious Beasts in return for becoming her temple keeper.
• Qian Renxue accepted Di Tian’s offer conditionally and warned him that she would punish him if he had deceived her.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered the Ferocious Beasts to go to Spirit City and negotiate cooperation with Spirit Hall, frightening the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Two Great Empires.

After the gods assigned Qian Renxue to become the Mountain God of Five Finger Mountain, she received the decree and set out with Di Tian. She learned Erlang Shen had recommended her, while Sun Wukong’s release was expected in about five hundred days.

• Li Xuanji approved Qian Renxue’s appointment as Mountain God of Five Finger Mountain after Erlang Shen recommended her.
• A Golden-Armored Heavenly God delivered the Great Heavenly Venerable’s decree, promoting Qian Renxue to seventh rank and raising her stipend.
• Qian Renxue accepted the appointment and prepared to leave Flower-Fruit Mountain without returning to the Vihara.
• The Golden-Armored Heavenly God carried Qian Renxue and Di Tian toward Five Finger Mountain.
• Qian Renxue learned that Erlang Shen had recommended her, and Di Tian realized he had gained a powerful patron.

Qian Renxue arrived at Five Finger Mountain to take up her new post as its Seventh-Rank Mountain God, while Spirit Hall celebrated her promotion and Tang San resented it. After Di Tian discovered the monkey pinned beneath the mountain was the Handsome Monkey King, Qian Renxue realized he might be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and hurried to pay her respects.

• Ning Fengzhi resented Qian Renxue’s promotion and hoped Ning Rongrong could build Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Village into a rival to Spirit Hall.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang complained that Qian Renxue’s promotion was unfair, while Spirit Hall and the Silver Dragon King’s party celebrated their alliance.
• The Golden-Armored Heavenly God brought Qian Renxue and Di Tian to Five Finger Mountain, where Qian Renxue began settling into her new mountain god temple.
• Qian Renxue inspected her merit and practiced her minor spells while Di Tian patrolled the mountain.
• Di Tian told Qian Renxue that the Handsome Monkey King was pinned beneath Five Finger Mountain, and she recognized him as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Qian Renxue asked Di Tian to accompany her to pay respects to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

Qian Renxue brought a peach to Sun Wukong at Five Finger Mountain, where Nezha confronted Di Tian over his dragon blood before revealing that Qian Renxue’s Yin Virtue was unusual. Nezha transmitted a vision of Nuwa discovering something in the Primordial World, leaving everyone on Douluo wondering what she would do next.

• Qian Renxue met Sun Wukong at Five Finger Mountain and gave him back the Peach of Immortality he had previously gifted her.
• Sun Wukong made Di Tian feed him the peach, then Nezha arrived and threatened Di Tian after detecting his dragon aura.
• Qian Renxue defended Di Tian, but Nezha noticed her unusual Yin Virtue and revealed that he was Lingzhuzi beneath Goddess Nüwa’s throne.
• Nezha transmitted a vision in which Sovereign Wa wandered the Primordial World during the Witch Clan’s war against the Demon Race.
• Sovereign Wa stopped beside a flowing river and said she understood what was missing, leaving Qian Renxue, Di Tian, and everyone on Douluo awaiting what came next.