Chapter Summaries

Journey to the West Fang Yu sought information near Lion Camel Country and learned that the Azure Lion King's demons had devastated the surrounding villages. After a suspicious cat demon directed him toward a hiding place, Fang Yu began to suspect it was a cannibal.

• Journey to the West Fang Yu discussed finding a master with the other Fang Yus, who suggested Patriarch Bodhi or stealing Ginseng Fruits from Great Immortal Zhenyuan at Wuzhuang Temple.
• Journey to the West Fang Yu headed toward a nearby village to gather information about the region and the current year.
• Journey to the West Fang Yu met an elderly cat demon, who told him that Azure Lion King's demon soldiers had attacked nearby villages three years earlier and that humans were kept as food in Lion Camel Country.
• Journey to the West Fang Yu claimed he had escaped a caravan and the cat demon advised him to hide in an abandoned kiln cave, giving him unusually specific directions.
• Journey to the West Fang Yu tested the cat demon by asking which human body part tasted best, and its eager description of eating eyes made him suspect it had tasted human flesh.

Fang Yu defeated a cat demon and prepared to burn Lion Camel Mountain, but the Earth God stopped him and revealed the three demon kings’ power and control over the local deities. When pursuers arrived, the Earth God urged Fang Yu to escape, but Fang Yu leaped into the air to confront them.

• Fang Yu forced poisoned-porridge tricks back on the cat demon, then kicked it through the hut wall and into the mountainside.
• Fang Yu sensed other demons and began a Great Fireball Technique, but the Earth God emerged and scattered the flames.
• The Earth God explained that the three demon kings had forced nearby deities to sign Blood Pacts and described their immense power.
• The Earth God revealed an escape route through a fissure near Lion Cliff Peak, while Fang Yu suspected it might be a trap.
• When Bat-Winged Guards detected Fang Yu and the pursuers approached, the Earth God offered to hold them off, but Fang Yu leaped fifty-three meters into the air.

Fang Yu defeated the Bat-Winged Guards and reached Biqu Country, where he learned that the king planned to sacrifice 1,111 boys. He blamed the gods and Buddhas for arranging the mortal world’s disasters and entered the city intending to kill the king.

• Fang Yu blasted the nine Bat-Winged Guards with a Kamehameha, then attacked them with a Crimson Flame Spiral Sword and lightning until most were destroyed.
• Fang Yu sensed more demons approaching and fled, leaving the Earth God stunned by his power.
• After crossing Lion Camel Ridge, Fang Yu traveled east and reached Biqu Country three days later.
• Fang Yu learned that the king planned to use the hearts of 1,111 boys as a medicinal catalyst on the Grand Tutor’s advice.
• Fang Yu condemned the immortals for enabling demons and orchestrating tribulations, then entered Biqu Country determined to kill the king.

Fang Yu witnessed widespread cruelty toward children and villagers across Biqu Country and the surrounding lands, killing the king before realizing that stopping individual demons would not change the world. He resolved to seek power at Wuzhuang Temple and reached Longevity Mountain after sixty days of travel.

• Fang Yu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to kill Biqu Country’s guards who were taking newborn boys, then discovered pregnant women and children being used for the king’s immortality medicine.
• Fang Yu destroyed the Imperial Pharmacy, learned that the king was at Star-Plucking Tower, and killed the king by tearing out his heart.
• Fang Yu left Biqu Country seeking a master, encountered monsters and human sacrifices on the road, and saw a divine general ignore the suffering.
• Fang Yu rescued a girl from a sacrifice to Great King Yellow Wind and decided he needed power to overturn the order of heaven and earth.
• After sixty days, Fang Yu reached Longevity Mountain Blessed Land and saw the gates of Wuzhuang Temple.

Fang Yu reached Wuzhuang Temple seeking an audience with Great Immortal Zhenyuan, but Qingfeng challenged him over killing demons and mortals. After Fang Yu defended his actions and vowed to defy heaven to protect the innocent, Qingfeng secretly let him stay at the temple while Zhenyuan was away.

• Fang Yu knelt at Wuzhuang Temple and asked Qingfeng to announce him to Great Immortal Zhenyuan, but Qingfeng initially tried to drive him away.
• Qingfeng noticed the blood on Fang Yu and questioned him, and Fang Yu admitted killing the Old Cat Demon, the Leopard Demon, the king of Biqu Country, and the king's consorts and eunuchs.
• Fang Yu explained the atrocities committed by his victims and argued that they deserved death, while Qingfeng warned that disrupting karma would burden him with sin.
• Fang Yu declared that he would defy heaven and accept endless hell rather than let evildoers live, and Qingfeng cautioned that his obsession could consume him.
• Qingfeng left the temple gates slightly open and used sound transmission to tell Fang Yu that Zhenyuan was away and that he could stay in a side room.
• Fang Yu settled into the side room, drank the tea Qingfeng had prepared, and resolved to seek answers if Zhenyuan could not change the state of things.

Fang Yu struggled to gain an audience with Great Immortal Zhenyuan, then settled into waiting at Wuzhuang Temple. When Zhen Yuanzi left for at least half a year, Qingfeng and Mingyue offered Fang Yu fruit and books, giving him a chance to pursue his plan to finally awaken.

• Fang Yu witnessed Zhen Yuanzi's overwhelming power when the immortal returned to Wuzhuang Temple, but Zhen Yuanzi ignored him and sent him back to the side room.
• After two weeks of waiting, Fang Yu knelt outside the main hall to request an audience, but Zhen Yuanzi's voice sent him back without an answer.
• Fang Yu accepted that he could not rush Zhen Yuanzi and spent another week recuperating at the temple.
• Fang Yu saw Zhen Yuanzi depart, and Qingfeng told him the master would be away for at least half a year and gave him a spirit fruit.
• Mingyue brought Fang Yu bamboo slips to study while Qingfeng planned to relax, and Fang Yu decided to use Zhen Yuanzi's absence as his chance to awaken.

After witnessing a Carp Spirit’s human sacrifices, Fang Yu defied Wuzhuang Temple’s rule against interfering in mortal affairs and rushed to stop the River God’s offering. He confronted the monster as it emerged from the river to claim two children.

• Fang Yu spent three months studying at Wuzhuang Temple and joined Qingfeng on a supply trip to the market town.
• Fang Yu saw a River God’s servant kick away an old woman’s offering, and Qingfeng explained that a Carp Spirit was taking children to eat them.
• After returning to the temple, Fang Yu grew furious over the sacrifices and broke the rule against meddling in mortal affairs by racing down the mountain.
• Fang Yu reached the river as villagers prepared to sacrifice a boy and a girl, and he saw the enormous creature rise from the water.
• The River God challenged Fang Yu for looking at it, and Fang Yu insulted the monster.

Fang Yu killed the Carp Spirit that had been demanding children as offerings and exposed it as a monster to the villagers. Back at Wuzhuang Temple, he learned the Carp Spirit might have been related to the South Sea Dragon King.

• Fang Yu caught the Carp Spirit's attack, protected the villagers, and struck it with lightning and fire until it was pinned and roasted.
• Fang Yu fed the villagers grilled Carp Spirit and drove other river demons away, then called himself Batman when a girl asked if he was an immortal.
• Fang Yu returned to Wuzhuang Temple, where Qingfeng recognized the Xicun River smell and realized Fang Yu had killed a fish demon.
• Qingfeng warned Fang Yu about the trouble of killing a Dragon King's relative and said the South Sea Dragon King was a powerful old dragon; Fang Yu concealed why he had asked.

Fang Yu dominated training, battle, and an ambush before using the Book of the Dead to resurrect Zheng Zha. Zheng Zha woke at the altar, and Fang Yu welcomed him back to hell.

• Fang Yu tricked North Kai into teaching him Kaioken, then agreed to tell him a hundred jokes first.
• Fang Yu unleashed his Thousand-Hand Martial Emperor form and crushed the Four Seas Dragon Kings and the Demon Army at Chentang Pass.
• Fang Yu led the Central Continent Team into Hamunaptra and used Conqueror’s Haki to drive away the scarabs.
• Fang Yu exposed and blasted the ambushing Sen Continent Team members after they lost control of their mechanical spiders.
• Fang Yu paid to create Zheng Zha’s body and persuaded his resisting soul to return by reminding him of his fallen teammates and Lori.
• Zheng Zha opened his eyes at the altar, and Fang Yu welcomed him back to hell.

Fang Yu drove off the Sen Continent Team and planned to keep the Central Continent Team’s rewards low for five reincarnation cycles. In the Journey to the West world, he woke at Wuzhuang Temple and began seeking a magic treasure of his own.

• Zheng Zha tried to warn Fang Yu about the Skull Necklace Man’s attack, but Fang Yu teleported the Central Continent Team out of the pyramid and confronted the Sen Continent Team alone.
• Fang Yu overwhelmed the Skull Necklace Man with Conqueror’s Haki, warned the Sen Continent Team, and let its members flee.
• Zhao Yingkong explained that Fang Yu had held back to keep their next reincarnation manageable, while Zheng Zha ignored Zhang Ming’s suggestion to farm rewards from the enemies.
• Fang Yu told the team to avoid Side Quests, team-battle kills, and extra Reward Points for the next five reincarnation cycles, and Zhou Mingxuan deduced that they were trying to lower the team’s rating.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Journey to the West Fang Yu recalled how the Carp Spirit’s Demon Core had nearly harmed him and decided he needed to obtain and refine a magic treasure.

Fang Yu learned that his fellow disciples had no artifacts and realized he might have to take one from a master, while the Carp Spirit sought the South Sea Dragon King’s help against the lightning cultivator who killed its cousin-in-law. Three days later, Fang Yu learned that the Dragon King was coming after him and decided to wait for the confrontation, hoping to obtain an artifact.

• Fang Yu asked Qingfeng about artifacts, and Qingfeng revealed that neither he nor Mingyue had one and hinted that stealing from one’s own master was different from ordinary theft.
• A water ghost told the Carp Spirit that a young man using lightning magic had killed its cousin-in-law, and the Carp Spirit resolved to complain to the South Sea Dragon King.
• The Carp Spirit ordered its followers to portray the killing as an insult to the dragon race and traveled toward the South Sea, hoping to take over its cousin-in-law’s offerings.
• Three days later, Mingyue showed Fang Yu a wanted portrait, and Qingfeng warned him that the Dragon King was coming after him.
• Fang Yu dismissed Qingfeng’s fears and waited for the Dragon King, expecting to take an artifact from him.

Fang Yu confronted the South Sea Dragon King, Ao Qin, after Ao Qin came to Wuzhuang Temple seeking revenge for his aquatic clan. Their battle escalated as Ao Qin unleashed his water and poison attacks, and Fang Yu prepared a massive lightning strike above the sea.

• Ao Qin arrived at Wuzhuang Temple with shrimp soldiers and crab generals, accusing a Daoist from the temple of killing members of his aquatic clan.
• Fang Yu revealed himself, denied any connection to Wuzhuang Temple, and challenged Ao Qin to meet him thirty li away.
• On a barren ridge, Fang Yu accused the Carp Spirit of devouring children, then attacked it with lightning and fire.
• Ao Qin blocked Fang Yu's attack with a towering Water Wall and poisoned arrows, but Fang Yu's Susanoo shielded him.
• Ao Qin summoned his Natal Dragon Pearl and unleashed the Four Seas Overturning Heaven, while the Carp Spirit and his troops formed a poisonous net.
• As cracks spread through Susanoo, Fang Yu summoned a massive sphere of lightning and announced his Thunder Welcome technique.

Fang Yu defeated the South Sea Dragon King Ao Qin with a massive thunder attack and his Thousand-Hand Buddha, then forced Ao Qin to lead him to the Crystal Palace. Suspecting a trap, Fang Yu followed while keeping a Flying Thunder God Mark on Ao Qin.

• Fang Yu crushed the shrimp soldiers and crab generals with a colossal thunderball, leaving many of them cooked or badly injured.
• Ao Qin manifested his thousand-zhang dragon body and attacked Fang Yu, who blocked him with the Thousand-Hand Martial Guard.
• Fang Yu battered Ao Qin with a barrage of giant palms and smashed him into the seabed, then stopped when Ao Qin warned of an Ancestral Dragon curse beneath his reverse scale.
• Ao Qin offered the Dragon Palace's greatest treasure to save his life, and Fang Yu secretly marked him with Flying Thunder God before following him toward the Crystal Palace.
• Ao Qin led Fang Yu to the Crystal Palace and showed a sinister glint as guards welcomed their king back, while Fang Yu anticipated the palace's treasure.

Fang Yu took the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool from the South Sea Dragon Palace and absorbed its Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, then escaped Ao Qin’s attack. Ao Qin, furious and unable to stop him, set out for the East Sea.

• Ao Qin led Fang Yu into the Dragon Palace treasury, where Fang Yu rejected its other treasures and chose the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool.
• Fang Yu reached into the magma, claimed the pool, and absorbed its Purple Heaven Divine Thunder through his Rumble-Rumble Fruit power.
• The treasury shook as the pool bonded with Fang Yu, and he celebrated taking what he wanted like Monkey had.
• Ao Qin sent Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals to stop Fang Yu, but Fang Yu defeated their advance with a bolt from the pool.
• Ao Qin attacked with three Dragon Balls, but Fang Yu escaped as lightning, leaving Ao Qin to order his carriage prepared for a trip to the East Sea.

Ao Qin persuaded the Jade Emperor to send Li Jing and Nezha after Fang Yu for taking the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool. Just as Nezha attacked Fang Yu at Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi arrived and swept Nezha into his sleeve, then confronted Li Jing.

• Ao Guang advised Ao Qin to investigate Fang Yu and seek heavenly action if Fang Yu lacked powerful backing.
• Fang Yu tested the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool and showed Qingfeng and Mingyue that he had won it from Ao Qin in a wager.
• Ao Qin accused Fang Yu before the Jade Emperor, who ordered Li Jing to capture him and retrieve the treasure; Li Jing brought Nezha and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to Longevity Mountain.
• Fang Yu faced the heavenly forces and insisted that his actions had nothing to do with Wuzhuang Temple.
• Nezha charged at Fang Yu, but Zhen Yuanzi arrived and used Universe in the Sleeve to capture Nezha.
• Zhen Yuanzi rebuked Li Jing for causing trouble before his temple.

Zhen Yuanzi subdued the Heavenly Court army, took Fang Yu’s Nine Heavens Thunder Pool, and cast him out of Wuzhuang Temple after rejecting him as a disciple. Fang Yu landed in Chang’an with the Thunder Pool returned and a new cultivation booklet in his possession.

• Zhen Yuanzi swept Li Jing and a hundred thousand celestial soldiers into his sleeve, then confronted Taibai Jinxing and secured the Heavenly Court’s withdrawal.
• Fang Yu surrendered the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool to settle the conflict, and Zhen Yuanzi released Nezha and the celestial army.
• Zhen Yuanzi reprimanded Fang Yu, who defended his actions by condemning the gods and Buddhas for allowing demons to prey on mortals.
• Zhen Yuanzi explained that Fang Yu’s defiant nature ran contrary to the Heavenly Dao and expelled him from Wuzhuang Temple with Universe in the Sleeve.
• Fang Yu landed in Chang’an and discovered that Zhen Yuanzi had returned the Thunder Pool and given him the Taiyi Qinghua Dongxuan Secret Chapters.

Fang Yu went to Great Ci'en Temple and challenged Tang Xuanzang over Buddhism’s failure to protect people suffering under demons. Xuanzang listened calmly and explained that he sought the true scriptures for that reason, but Fang Yu left the gathered crowd stunned by asking how obtaining them would help anyone.

• Fang Yu arrived in Chang'an, ate ten jin of braised beef at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, and learned that Tang Xuanzang was giving a scripture lecture.
• Fang Yu went to Great Ci'en Temple, heard Xuanzang recite the Heart Sutra, and accused the gods and Buddhas of ignoring the horrors in Lion Camel Country.
• The crowd condemned Fang Yu for blaspheming, but Xuanzang quieted them, apologized for stirring his anger, and asked him to describe what he had witnessed.
• Fang Yu described the Golden-Winged Great Peng, the White Elephant King, and the Green Lion Monster terrorizing people beneath Spiritual Mountain.
• Xuanzang said he had to travel to Western Heaven to seek the true scriptures, and Fang Yu challenged him to explain how obtaining them would help the suffering people of the world.

Fang Yu challenged Xuanzang over Buddhism’s failure to relieve the suffering of ordinary people, then declared that he would overturn the unjust world himself. He left the crowd stunned as he rose into the sky and vowed to create a bright new world.

• Fang Yu confronted Xuanzang about the scriptures’ value to the people and questioned why Buddhist powers had ignored Lion Camel Country’s calamity.
• Fang Yu argued that practical aid such as improved rice-growing methods could help people more than promises of salvation in another life, leaving Xuanzang speechless.
• Fang Yu denounced religion as a tool of imperial power, and Golden Armored Guards attacked him after Xuanzang tried to stop them.
• Fang Yu shattered the guards’ arrows and knocked them unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki, then continued criticizing Buddhist teachings for excusing poverty and suffering.
• Fang Yu rose above the crowd and vowed to handle what the gods and Buddhas would not and split open a bright new world; Tang Xuanzang realized he had lost.

Fang Yu mastered the first three layers of the Taiyi Qinghua Secret Chapters, severed his soul’s wounds, and demonstrated his power over Chang'an without harming its people. Tathagata recognized him as a dangerous variable and ordered Guanyin to send Tang Xuanzang on his journey, while hinting that Medicine Buddha’s Glazed Lamp needed more lamp oil.

• Li Shimin ordered Yuchi Gong to take three hundred Black Armored Army soldiers and capture or kill Fang Yu after Yuan Tiangang linked him to strange omens over Zhongnan Mountain.
• Fang Yu cultivated the first three layers of the Taiyi Qinghua Secret Chapters, healed his soul with the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool, and realized the forbidden art could sever his ties to the Heavenly Dao.
• Fang Yu repelled the Golden Armored Guards who found him, then warned Li Shimin that religion shackled emperors before flying over Chang'an.
• Fang Yu summoned a massive thunderball above Chang'an, then detonated it harmlessly in the sky to show the people that mortals could wield great power and need not remain on their knees.
• Tathagata saw Fang Yu’s cultivation and ordered Guanyin to arrange Tang Xuanzang’s departure, then issued a prophecy about the inverted thunder pool and said Medicine Buddha’s Glazed Lamp needed more lamp oil.

Fang Yu sought Son Goku’s help understanding the fourth page of the Taiyi Qinghua Dongxuan Secret Chapters, which had left his spiritual power sluggish. After feeding the imprisoned Great Sage, Fang Yu learned an incantation that cleared the blockage and stirred the threshold of the Fourth Order Genetic Lock.

• Fang Yu struggled to understand the scripture and decided to seek guidance from Son Goku at Five Finger Mountain.
• Tathagata’s barrier bound Fang Yu in golden chains, but Son Goku explained that struggling with spiritual power made them tighten.
• Fang Yu offered Son Goku fruit in exchange for help, then returned with a huge bundle when Son Goku demanded more food.
• Son Goku examined the fourth page and taught Fang Yu an incantation for the phrase “three souls return to their places.”
• Fang Yu’s spiritual power surged through new pathways in his Meridians, and the threshold of the Fourth Order Genetic Lock began to stir.