Chapter Summaries

After the Investiture of the Gods Immeasurable Tribulation, Houtu reclaimed the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Lingling Pagoda, while Wang Hao gathered treasures and set plans in motion for the Human Clan and the Western Sect. He arrived at Spirit Mountain and confronted the incarnations of Sage Zhunti and Sage Jieyin.

• Houtu declared that she was reclaiming the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Lingling Pagoda for Pangu, seized it from the Heavenly Venerable of Dao and Virtue, and moved into the Underworld.
• The Heavenly Dao sealed the Heavenly Venerable of Dao and Virtue and the other three Sages, while Cult Master Tongtian and Nüwa discussed their advances in cultivation.
• Cult Master Tongtian gave the Four Zhu Xian Swords to Wang Hao and returned to Golden Turtle Island with his surviving disciples; Nüwa headed to the Underworld to meet Houtu.
• Wang Hao summoned the reincarnation of Great Demon God Chiyou and told him to establish the next Human Clan dynasty as Qin.
• Wang Hao brought a group to Spirit Mountain, where Miroku led him to the incarnations of Sage Zhunti and Sage Jieyin.

Wang Hao brought the Western Sages’ orthodoxies under Human Clan influence, then spent a hundred thousand years overseeing humanity’s growth while repairing the Primordial Wilderness’s ancient stars. As he and Nüwa uncovered a hidden formation in the Starry Sky that might be linked to the Infinite Immeasurable Tribulation, Wang Hao grew increasingly suspicious of Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s origins and power.

• Wang Hao pressured the Western Sages to accommodate the juniors accompanying him, then forced the incarnations of Heavenly Venerable of Primordial Beginning and Taishang Old Lord to yield control of their orthodoxies’ Fortune to the Human Clan.
• The Human Clan spread across the Primordial Wilderness over a hundred thousand years, while Chiyou established the Great Qin Dynasty and Wang Hao maintained a policy of replacing dynasties before they decayed.
• Wang Hao focused on repairing the ancient stars in the Primordial Wilderness’s Starry Sky and discovered that their profound Dao Rhyme powered a hidden formation beyond the Celestial Star Battle Grand Formation.
• Nüwa suggested the hidden formation might be connected to the Infinite Immeasurable Tribulation, and Wang Hao recalled that Xiao Mengmeng had linked it to the Great Reincarnation of the Heavens.
• Wang Hao considered Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s rapid cultivation, concealed schemes, and ability to contend with the Heavenly Dao, concluding that something was seriously wrong with him.

Wang Hao restored ancient stars while the small-scale Journey to the West Immeasurable Tribulation unfolded, bringing Son Goku together with his three brothers in the Flat Peach Garden. Nüwa gave Son Goku a Red Thread of Marriage, and the story left him learning why his brothers were tending the peaches.

• Wang Hao projected ancient stars from before the Witch-Demon Immeasurable Tribulation and shaped physical vessels for them, strengthening his cultivation through their Dao rhythms.
• Son Goku arrived to guard the Flat Peach Garden and suspected the Jade Emperor had assigned him there to tempt him into stealing peaches.
• Yuan Hong, Six Ears, and the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey revealed themselves and explained that they and Son Goku were the Four Monkeys of Havoc, bound as brothers by their shared origin.
• Son Goku learned that the Five-Colored Divine Stone that nurtured him had been refined by Sage Nüwa, whom he happily called his mother.
• Nüwa sent Son Goku a Red Thread of Marriage with two jade pendants, and Yuan Hong recognized it as a gift meant to find him a dao companion.
• Six Ears explained that the three brothers had asked to tend the Flat Peach Garden for a share of its peaches, while the Jade Emperor had assigned Son Goku there to help him strengthen himself.

Son Goku challenged Yuan Hong, Wuzhiqi, and the Six-Eared Macaque, but their sword techniques defeated him and convinced him to seek a Sword Dao inheritance from Wang Hao. After receiving a powerful inheritance, Son Goku began learning the Dao of Fire, while Wang Hao wondered whether to find partners for his three other disciples.

• Son Goku challenged the other three monkeys to reclaim his ranking, but the Six-Eared Macaque, Wuzhiqi, and Yuan Hong defeated him with their strange and powerful sword techniques.
• Son Goku asked Yuan Hong and the others how they had grown so strong, learned that Wang Hao had taught them, and requested a Sword Dao inheritance.
• Wang Hao sent Son Goku an inheritance that let him wield energy-based Sword Qi through his monkey hair, and Son Goku thanked him after advancing through enlightenment.
• Wuzhiqi explained that the four monkeys followed the paths of earth, wind, water, and fire, which could eventually form their own Chaos Devil God bodies.
• Wang Hao told Nüwa he was considering finding partners for Yuan Hong and his other disciples.

Yuan Hong, Six Ears, and the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey humbled Son Goku with the vast scale of the Primordial Wilderness before Wang Hao ordered the four monkeys to find wives for Jinchanzi during their scripture journey. Meanwhile, Wang Hao and Nüwa sensed Devil Ancestor Luohu’s return, and Luohu began seeking a way to restore his damaged origin and thwart Hongjun’s plans.

• Yuan Hong and Six Ears explained that even the three monkeys barely ranked in the Heavenly Court’s top ten thousand, and Son Goku accepted that he had been arrogant.
• Wang Hao ordered Yuan Hong and the other three monkeys to escort Jinchanzi’s reincarnation to fetch the scriptures and find him a wife, so they began training for the journey.
• Wang Hao and Nüwa detected an unusually pure trace of Devil Qi and suspected that Devil Ancestor Luohu had returned.
• Luohu went to the Nine Li territory to reclaim the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, but Wang Hao’s restriction forced him to abandon the attempt.
• Luohu found the Emperor’s Hatred Demon Saber in the Human Clan’s ancestral temple and decided to reincarnate as a descendant of the Great Shang dynasty to obtain it, while vowing to resist Hongjun’s scheme.

Yuan Hong and Yang Jian fought over Yang Chan, while the Six-Eared Macaque unexpectedly took all seven of the Seven Fairies as partners. Their choices stirred interest among powerful figures seeking ties to the four monkeys, and Bodhi Tathagata began sacrificing his origin to help the Nirvana Spirit Lamp take form.

• Yang Chan tried to stop Yang Jian from attacking Yuan Hong, but Yuan Hong slapped her aside, and the two men fought brutally.
• Wang Hao and Nüwa discussed Yang Chan's attraction to Yuan Hong, while Nüwa blamed Wang Hao for warping her disciple's tastes.
• The Six-Eared Macaque ended up with all seven of the Seven Fairies, who had chosen him to escape their parents' marriage scheme and protect themselves from its expected failure.
• The Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey and Son Goku reconsidered staying single, while powerful figures began seeking opportunities to connect with the four monkeys.
• Bodhi Tathagata merged his origin into the Nirvana Spirit Lamp, and Sage Zhunti reluctantly manifested to question his sacrifice.

In Chang'an, Son Goku learned that Zixia was his junior sister and betrothed, and that Patriarch Bodhi had sacrificed himself to help her and Qingxia take form. Meanwhile, Yuan Hong was beaten by Yang Jian, then struck by Nüwa and attacked by Nezha, leaving his miserable day unresolved.

• Son Goku discovered that the woman he had captured was Zixia, whose sister Qingxia had attacked him the night before, and recognized Patriarch Bodhi’s ruler as proof of their connection.
• Zixia told Son Goku that Patriarch Bodhi had died after sacrificing himself to help her and Qingxia take form, and Son Goku agreed to take her in as his junior sister and fiancée.
• Yang Jian used the Human-Creating Whip to thrash Yuan Hong until he backed down, then threatened to punish him if he bullied Yang Chan again.
• After Yang Jian left, Nüwa struck Yuan Hong with a finger and sent him crashing into Chang'an, badly injuring him.
• Nezha arrived to defend Yang Chan and repeatedly struck Yuan Hong with his spear, while the Six-Eared Macaque blamed Yuan Hong for ignoring his warning.

Tang Sanzang arranged a Golden Cloud of Merit to carry pregnant Yang Chan, and the scripture-retrieving party set out again. Wuzhiqi returned with the White Bone Demon after abducting her, and Wang Hao intervened by giving her an inheritance that could change her fate.

• Yang Chan insisted on continuing the journey, so Tang Sanzang summoned Miroku Buddha's avatar and asked him to fetch the Golden Cloud of Merit for her.
• Miroku Buddha learned that Tang Sanzang had attained Hunyuan and sent the Golden Cloud of Merit to the party.
• The party resumed its journey with Wuzhiqi scouting ahead, and Wuzhiqi later brought back the bound White Bone Demon, admitting he had abducted her without even asking her name.
• Wang Hao slapped Wuzhiqi away and gave the White Bone Demon an inheritance meant to transform her dark origin and let her cultivate safely.

Tang Sanzang and the Four Monkeys of Havoc reached Five Villages Abbey with their pregnant companions and children, prompting Zhenyuanzi to surrender his Ginseng Fruits. Tang Sanzang asked for fruits for his future children, and Sage Jieyin commanded him to father eighty-one Buddha children to restore their lineage.

• Qingfeng told Zhenyuanzi that the scripture pilgrims had arrived, and Zhenyuanzi ordered Ginseng Fruits prepared for them.
• Tang Sanzang, the four monkeys, their twenty-one children, and their pregnant companions entered the hall and greeted Zhenyuanzi.
• Yuan Hong and the Six-Eared Macaque asked for extra Ginseng Fruits for the children, and Son Goku said their next pregnancy would produce at least ten babies.
• Zhenyuanzi gave the monkeys all the fruits on his tree along with much of his stored supply, then tried to send the party away.
• Tang Sanzang asked for fruits for his future children, saying he sensed marriage was near.
• Sage Jieyin commanded Tang Sanzang to father eighty-one Buddha children during the pilgrimage so their lineage could be strengthened.

Tang Sanzang intimidated Zhenyuanzi into giving him 365 ginseng fruits and revealed that he cultivated the destructive Dao, then continued the pilgrimage to Xiliang Kingdom. There, he sought to marry the Xiliang Empress, but after passing a series of tests, he found himself attracting many women and their Red Threads of Marriage.

• Tang Sanzang manifested his Demonic Body of Three Lifetimes and forced Zhenyuanzi to hand over 365 ginseng fruits.
• Tang Sanzang explained that the Jiuli Holy King had taught him the power of Destroying the World, and he declared himself senior brother to Yuan Hong and the other three monkeys.
• The scripture-seeking party reached Xiliang Kingdom, where Tang Sanzang and the Xiliang Empress fell for each other, and he refused to become her live-in husband.
• Xiliang's officials tested Tang Sanzang in martial arts, mathematics, and other fields, while the women around him grew increasingly attracted to him.
• Tang Sanzang heard his companions speculate about his ambitions and realized that more women and Red Threads of Marriage were gathering around him.

Tang Sanzang married the Xiliang empress and gained thirty-six female confidantes before resuming his journey, while the Xiliang Empire began arranging a merger with Western Buddhism. Later, Devil Ancestor Luohu challenged Tang Sanzang in the Chaos Void, where Tang fought to complete his breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao Realm as Wang Hao covertly restrained Luohu.

• Wang Hao explained that he had used Red Threads of Marriage to bring Tang Sanzang together with the Xiliang empress and the women destined for him.
• Tang Sanzang spent ten years in the Xiliang Empire, then resumed his journey while promising to return at night, and the empress and her allies planned to merge their empire with Western Buddhism.
• Wang Hao and Nüwa restored the ancient stars and studied the Dao rhythms within them, suspecting the formation suppressed a powerful existence.
• Devil Ancestor Luohu appeared to seize Western Buddhism and challenge Tang Sanzang, who took the battle to the Chaos Void to protect the Primordial Wilderness.
• Tang Sanzang attacked Luohu while pushing to complete the fusion of his Three-Lifetime Devil Body, and Wang Hao revealed a trace of his presence to keep Luohu from fighting at full strength.

Tang Sanzang completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao Realm by surviving Luohu’s attack, then claimed the Emperor's Hatred Demon Saber and Luohu’s fortune. After Luohu withdrew, Tang Sanzang proclaimed himself the Ancestor of Buddha and Demon, while the Primordial Wilderness reacted to his rise.

• Luohu attacked Tang Sanzang with the Emperor's Hatred Demon Saber, but Tang Sanzang broke through to the Heavenly Dao Realm and was unharmed by the Emperor's Hatred Demon Flame because of his King Zhou of Shang bloodline.
• Tang Sanzang took the saber, learned that it acknowledged him as its master, and asked Luohu to leave; Luohu retreated into the chaotic void.
• Wang Hao told Tang Sanzang to return after ten thousand years to join the effort against Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and Tang Sanzang returned to Spirit Mountain.
• Tang Sanzang proclaimed himself the Ancestor of Buddha and Demon, uniting the Buddhist Order and Demon Sect under his authority.
• Sage Zhunti congratulated Sage Jieyin, while Zhenyuanzi and the Three Pure Ones reacted to Tang Sanzang’s breakthrough.
• Cult Master Tongtian ordered Duobao and his other disciples to undergo extra training in three days.

A new Immeasurable Tribulation arose, targeting the Buddhist Order, as Wutian emerged from Sanzang’s hidden danger and joined forces with Luohu. Son Goku fled Spirit Mountain, becoming Wutian’s destined opponent, while Wang Hao and the others left his trials to the Heavenly Mandate.

• Cult Master Tongtian sensed the Immeasurable Tribulation approaching and gathered with the Primordial Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao Realm experts, where he identified the Buddhist Order as its target.
• Tang Sanzang traced the tribulation to Luohu and realized that the danger sealed within his Spirit Mountain avatar had erupted.
• The avatar split into Buddhist and demonic halves, and a lotus transformed into Wutian, who suppressed Spirit Mountain’s experts and declared himself the second Buddha-Demon Ancestor.
• Luohu arrived at Spirit Mountain and merged with Wutian, raising his power to the Heavenly Dao Realm Late Stage.
• Son Goku fled Spirit Mountain with his family and three brothers, while Wutian let him escape because he intended to make him grow into a worthy opponent.
• Wang Hao and the others accepted that the Heavenly Mandate would force Son Goku and the demonized Buddhas to endure the tribulation, leaving their survival and revival to the outcome of the coming conflict.

After Demon Buddha Wutian forced Son Goku to kill his friend Naluo, Goku resolved to survive the Immeasurable Tribulation and resurrect those who fell in it. He gathered his family and brothers for the struggle, then set out to claim the Eight Sceneries Palace Lamp and unite the Three Lamps of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

• Demon Buddha Wutian appeared before Son Goku and revealed that they were rival protagonists of the Immeasurable Tribulation, with the victor able to resurrect the sacrificed.
• Naluo briefly regained his true self, shared wine with Son Goku, and died after asking him to live on and remember him in another life.
• Son Goku overcame his grief and asked Yuan Hong, Wuzhiqi, Six Ears, his wife, and his children to fight beside him, while Lady Nüwa sheltered the weaker descendants.
• Son Goku explained that the Three Lamps could combine into an Innate Supreme Treasure, then set out for the Eight Sceneries Palace on Shouyang Mountain to obtain the remaining Heaven Lamp.
• Grand Mage Xuandu sensed Son Goku's intent and lamented that he would lose the Eight Sceneries Palace Lamp, his last Innate Spirit Treasure and his master's inheritance.

Wang Hao and the others discussed Wutian’s changed methods and whether he could become their ally, while Wang Hao suspected Hongjun was an outside invader. Tongtian then revealed that the Primordial Primal Yang Ruler was likely in the Yin Ruins, giving Houtu a possible path toward the Great Dao Realm.

• Tang Sanzang remarked that Luohu, now acting as Wutian, had abandoned his old reliance on schemes and was confronting Son Goku and the others openly.
• Wang Hao explained why Luohu had changed, while Houtu and Nüwa said Wutian was becoming a new individual with his own will in control.
• Cult Master Tongtian asked whether Wutian could join them as an ally, and Wang Hao said they should wait and see how he behaved.
• Wang Hao returned to secluded cultivation, suspected Dao Ancestor Hongjun had come from another Chaos World, and kept his suspicions from the others.
• Cult Master Tongtian told Houtu that the Primordial Primal Yang Ruler was likely in the Yin Ruins and could complement her Xuanhuang Merit Exquisite Pagoda.

After more than ten thousand years of slaughter, Son Goku fought Wutian in the chaotic void and gained the power to revive the dead. Wutian yielded and gave him the Dao Fruits of the fallen Buddhas, while seeking answers about a dangerous possibility he had deduced.

• Wutian praised Son Goku and left Spirit Mountain to await him in the chaotic void.
• Yuan Hong and the other two monkeys sacrificed their Dao Fruit origins and swords to Son Goku, raising him to the Peak Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Son Goku fought Wutian, and their battle awakened the Chaos Demon Ape's imprint within his bloodline.
• The Chaos Demon Ape sacrificed itself and its fallen Dao Fruit remnants to Son Goku, raising him to the Half-Step Great Dao Realm.
• Wutian conceded the battle, gave Son Goku the Dao Fruits of the hundreds of millions of fallen Buddhas, and planned to seek answers from the Jiuli Holy King.
• Son Goku combined the Dao Fruits with his own power and used time, space, and causality to revive the fallen Buddhas.

Wang Hao and his allies traveled back through time to meet the dying Great God Pangu, who revealed that an outsider had plotted to reach the Dao Realm through the Chaos World. After Pangu fell, the group remained in the Yin Ruins to study his Dao Fruit and learn how to oppose Hongjun.

• Wang Hao led Wutian, Son Goku, Purple Clouds, and the others in forming an enhanced Twelve Heavenly Gods Baleful Intent Grand Formation, with Houtu using the Xuanhuang Primordial Qi to guide it through time.
• The group traveled back past several Immeasurable Tribulations to the original Heaven-Opening Great Tribulation, where Great God Pangu drew them to him.
• Wang Hao asked Pangu about Hongjun, the sealed passage between Chaos Worlds, and the realm above the Great Dao; Pangu confirmed an outsider had left the Jade Disc of Creation and sought the Dao Realm.
• Pangu sealed the group in Primordial Qi, forged the Primordial Primal Yang Ruler, and opened the Yin Ruins to preserve his Dao Fruit before he died.
• Wang Hao and the others studied Pangu's Dao Fruit in the Yin Ruins as Hongjun and the Heavenly Mandate investigated and then withdrew; Wutian realized his past strike had gravely wounded Hongjun and delayed his plans.

Wang Hao and the others returned from the Yin Ruins Space after choosing new paths to resist Hongjun, then began arranging a false show around Yang Jian and Yuan Chenxiang as the next Immeasurable Tribulation’s protagonists. They planned to recreate Pangu and several Chaos Supreme Treasures to mislead Hongjun, and Wutian surprised everyone by offering to recreate the Chaos Pearl.

• Wang Hao gathered his companions, and Tang Sanzang, Son Goku and his brothers, Nüwa, and the others chose Acquired Great Daos suited to them while Wang Hao considered seeking another Chaos World to create a new Innate Great Dao.
• After returning to the real world, Wang Hao and his companions concealed their old Dao Fruits and prepared to make Yang Jian and Yuan Chenxiang appear to be the next Immeasurable Tribulation’s protagonists.
• Yuan Hong questioned Wang Hao’s choice of Yang Jian, while You Lian and Nüwa worried whether Chenxiang and Yang Jian could bear their roles; Wang Hao said Chenxiang would need Chaos Supreme Treasures and entrusted Yang Jian to himself.
• Houtu, Nüwa, and Tongtian each volunteered to recreate Pangu’s Great Dao of Force, the Chaos Azure Lotus, and the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, respectively.
• Wutian offered to recreate the Chaos Pearl, astonishing the others and revealing that he had obtained its origin.

Wang Hao recruited Yang Jian to reproduce the three thousand Chaos Devil Gods, and Yang Jian slaughtered the Heavenly Court’s gods to empower his clones while appearing to turn against his family. Chenxiang reached the Heavenly Dao Realm and confronted Yang Jian, but Yang Jian overwhelmed him and condemned his weakness.

• Wang Hao gave Yang Jian copies of the three thousand Chaos Devil Gods’ Dao Fruits and authority over the Primordial Wilderness, and Yang Jian chose to shoulder the plan himself.
• Yang Jian split off three thousand clones and devoured the Heavenly Court’s Orthodox Gods, soldiers, and generals to nourish them.
• The Third Holy Mother sent Chenxiang away as demonized Yang Jian attacked, then she and Chenxiang’s younger siblings were defeated and imprisoned in the heavenly prison.
• Chenxiang inherited the Twelve Ancestral Wu’s legacy, reached the Heavenly Dao Realm, and led his companions in an assault on the Heavenly Court while Son Goku’s eldest son fought the clones.
• Chenxiang confronted Yang Jian in the Golden Throne Hall, but Yang Jian blocked his strongest attack and drove him to his knees, declaring him too weak to protect his family.

Yang Jian subdued Chenxiang and the other young fighters, while Wang Hao seized a chance to enter the sealed passage to another world. There, Wang Hao’s True Spirit Will entered the Primordial Spirit of Jade Clarity and discovered a devilish world shaped by Great Devil Pangu’s battle with the three thousand Chaos Devil Gods.

• Yang Jian crippled Chenxiang’s cultivation, sent him falling toward the Primordial Wilderness, and ordered the captured younger generation taken to a beast arena.
• Wang Hao sensed a disturbance in the sealed passage, left a corporeal clone behind, and sent his true self toward the other world.
• The passage’s seal held back Wang Hao’s body, allowing only his True Spirit Will to reach the other world.
• Wang Hao witnessed Great Devil Pangu’s fall and learned from Jade Clarity’s memories that Pangu had slain the three thousand Chaos Devil Gods before a mysterious force crushed his newly opened world.
• Wang Hao entered one of Pangu’s Primordial Spirits, identified himself as the Heavenly Venerable of Primordial Beginning of Jade Clarity, and realized the world’s Jade Disc of Creation was a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure.