Recaps

Jiang Zhe and Weaver Girl visited Mount Hua Town, where Jiang Zhe sought the reincarnated Joyful Boy. At the Third Holy Mother's temple, he healed a scholar's tiger wound and threw him out after the scholar blocked worshippers from offering incense.

• Jiang Zhe decided to search Mount Hua Town for Joyful Boy, whose third life was said to be eighteen and to have made an impression on the Goddess of Mount Hua.
• Jiang Zhe and Weaver Girl entered the town and browsed its busy street before reaching the Hall of the Third Holy Mother.
• Jiang Zhe found a scholar kneeling at the temple and learned that a tiger had injured him while he saved a child.
• The scholar rejected Jiang Zhe's offer of help and demanded that the Third Holy Mother heal him, so Jiang Zhe held him still and examined his wound.
• Jiang Zhe healed the scholar with his power, then picked him up and tossed him out of the temple for obstructing worshippers.

Jiang Zhe stayed near Mount Hua to cultivate and drew the Fallen Heart Flame and Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus, while Weaver Girl began to believe fate had matched them. At Flower-Fruit Mountain, Tiger-Taming Arhat attacked Gray Monkey, and a monkey on a white cloud rushed toward them in fury.

• Jiang Zhe concluded that the wounded scholar had Buddhist protection linked to the Joyful Chan Method and decided to stay near Mount Hua until he could defeat Joyful Boy.
• Jiang Zhe rented a place to cultivate, while Weaver Girl worried that her Judicial God cousin might find her and then reluctantly prepared to leave.
• Jiang Zhe spent 3,000 merit points on three draws and obtained Mother-Child River Water, Fallen Heart Flame, and the Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus technique.
• Weaver Girl saw a star complementing the Weaver Girl Star and began to suspect Jiang Zhe was her destined match.
• At Flower-Fruit Mountain, Tiger-Taming Arhat appeared in a towering golden form and swept his spiritual force through Gray Monkey's soul.
• A monkey riding a white cloud saw Tiger-Taming Arhat attack Gray Monkey and turned red-eyed with fury.

Tiger-Taming Arhat devastated the Water Curtain Cave while searching for a human cultivator and his spirit treasure, but Sun Wukong returned and attacked him in fury. Sun Wukong recovered from Tiger-Taming’s first strike and launched a counterattack that targeted the Arhat’s vulnerable spot.

• Tiger-Taming Arhat used his spiritual force to overwhelm Gray Monkey and the monkeys, then left to find the human cultivator whose fiery armor had caught his interest.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, heard the monkeys’ grievances, and found Gray Monkey gravely injured.
• Tiger-Taming Arhat attacked Sun Wukong with the Mountain-Suppressing Tiger-Taming Seal and struck him into a dust-filled hole.
• Sun Wukong emerged unharmed, bound Tiger-Taming with his tail, and struck at the Arhat’s crotch.

Sun Wukong drove Tiger-Taming Arhat away but could not stop him from escaping, then learned that a hero had killed the Demon King of Havoc and saved Flower-Fruit Mountain. As Sun Wukong tended to the wounded and sought to learn about the hero, the Bull Demon King and the Jade Emperor took notice of the fight.

• Sun Wukong overwhelmed Tiger-Taming Arhat with close-range attacks, but Tiger-Taming escaped after striking back with a tiger-shaped shadow.
• Sun Wukong returned to the injured monkeys, moved the fallen rocks, and channeled magic into the gravely wounded.
• Marshal Ma and Marshal Liu welcomed Sun Wukong, while General Ba told him that the Demon King of Havoc had once sent underlings to capture and eat their young.
• Marshal Ma explained that a hero had killed the Demon King of Havoc, and the four old monkeys indicated that the unconscious Gray Monkey knew more.
• Sun Wukong began healing Gray Monkey as the Bull Demon King approached Flower-Fruit Mountain and the Jade Emperor watched the clash with Tiger-Taming.

Jiang Zhe considered whether Joyful Boy was connected to Liu Yanchang as he investigated the boy’s background. Meanwhile, Yang Chan and Chang'e noticed a Buddhist presence near Mount Hua and discovered the Weaver Girl Star had appeared there beside another star.

• Jiang Zhe wondered whether Joyful Boy was Liu Yanchang’s ancestor or had reincarnated as him, and considered visiting Liu Family Village.
• Yang Chan sensed a golden figure carrying the power of Spirit Mountain near Mount Hua and wondered why the Buddhist sect had come.
• Yang Chan told Chang'e that another healer had driven away the scholar who had been bothering her.
• Yang Chan and Chang'e discussed a young girl with a strong Yaochi presence, then noticed the Weaver Girl Star above Mount Hua beside a second circling star.
• Chang'e warned Yang Chan to seek help if anything seemed wrong, and returned to the Heavenly Court while Yang Chan chose to wait before informing her second brother about the Buddhist presence.

Jiang Zhe left Weaver Girl to seek a place to undergo the Thunder Calamity, but discovered Tiger-Taming Arhat meeting Joyful Boy. As Tiger-Taming attacked the woods, Jiang Zhe appeared in red armor and held a blade to Joyful Boy’s neck.

• Chang'e saw a red marriage thread linking Weaver Girl Star to a mortal star and realized it was a heaven-ordained bond.
• Jiang Zhe sent the sleeping Weaver Girl into the room and flew away from Mount Hua to seek the Thunder Calamity.
• Jiang Zhe sensed Buddha Light in the clouds and recognized the waiting monk as Tiger-Taming Arhat.
• Jiang Zhe hid nearby and overheard Tiger-Taming give Joyful Boy the Soul-Fixing Jade and report that the plan involving Yellow Ox had failed.
• Joyful Boy said he had spent a thousand years trying to win a woman’s heart with help from his master’s Joyful Buddha Light.
• Tiger-Taming struck toward the woods, but Jiang Zhe appeared beside Joyful Boy in red armor with a crescent blade at his neck.

Jiang Zhe killed Joyful Boy’s reincarnation and fought Tiger-Taming’s clone after learning their deal threatened Liu Family Village. He gained the Soul-Fixing Jade’s merit reward and pressed his attack with a powerful finger technique, leaving Tiger-Taming facing a giant sword-finger from above.

• Jiang Zhe burned Joyful Boy’s reincarnation to ashes and discovered that Tiger-Taming was a clone.
• Jiang Zhe recycled the Soul-Fixing Jade for 5,000 merit points and received a quest to kill Tiger-Taming’s clone and Joyful Boy’s reincarnation for 10,000 merit points and the Five Thunder Method.
• Tiger-Taming attacked Jiang Zhe after the Soul-Fixing Jade vanished, and their battle began with his Demon-Subduing Fist against Jiang Zhe’s Samadhi True Fire.
• Tiger-Taming’s punches drove Jiang Zhe backward as he blocked with the Flame Saber.
• Jiang Zhe used Second Finger Shatters Mountains and Rivers to form a giant sword-finger and strike toward Tiger-Taming’s head.

Jiang Zhe attacked Tiger-Taming Arhat’s clone with his spiritual treasures and flames, but the powerful Arhat barely took damage and demanded Jiang Zhe surrender his treasures and Water Filth Cave opportunity. Jiang Zhe triggered his lightning calamity, leaving Tiger-Taming exposed to the strike as he weathered the lightning with little harm.

• Tiger-Taming Arhat raised his Golden Bell Shield, but Jiang Zhe shattered it with Second Finger Shatters Mountains and Rivers and struck him into the ground.
• Jiang Zhe fired an arrow made from Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, setting the mountain forest ablaze, but Tiger-Taming emerged with only minor injuries.
• Tiger-Taming used Tiger-Subduing Claw to strike Jiang Zhe, whose armor absorbed most of the blow, then demanded his spiritual treasure and Water Filth Cave opportunity.
• Jiang Zhe refused to submit and summoned his lightning calamity, causing dark clouds to cover the sky.
• A massive lightning pillar struck Jiang Zhe and Tiger-Taming; Tiger-Taming’s golden light dimmed while Jiang Zhe endured the lightning with little effect.

Jiang Zhe defeated Tiger-Taming Arhat with Buddha’s Fury Flame Lotus and gained the Five Thunder Method and 10,000 merit points. After spending his remaining merit on draws, he obtained three immortals’ bellybands, and Chang’e’s triggered a beam of moonlight that seemed to reveal him.

• Tiger-Taming Arhat was caught in the lightning tribulation and the explosion of Jiang Zhe’s Buddha’s Fury Flame Lotus, which destroyed his avatar.
• Yang Chan sensed the clash of Samadhi True Fire and Buddhist power but decided not to alert anyone.
• Jiang Zhe’s Flame Dragon Armor protected him from the sea of fire, and the system confirmed that his task was complete.
• Jiang Zhe received the Five Thunder Method and 10,000 merit points, then decided to stay near Yang Chan and lie low.
• Jiang Zhe used ten low-tier draws and received bellybands belonging to Yang Chan, Chang’e, and Jade Rabbit.
• Jiang Zhe took out Chang’e’s bellyband, and moonlight fell on it as he sensed that the moon might be watching him.

Jiang Zhe escaped Chang'e after secretly taking something from her storage space, then returned to Mount Hua and cultivated with his spirit stones. After refining them, his progress reached 57%, and he expected the yin fire calamity to arrive soon.

• Jiang Zhe fled toward Mount Hua when Chang'e sensed her moonlight Qi had been disturbed, while Chang'e searched the Moon Palace and found nothing amiss.
• Chang'e later noticed that something was missing from her storage space and erupted in fury, vowing to punish the thief if she caught him.
• Jiang Zhe reached Mount Hua Town, reflected on his narrow escape, and considered how he could grow stronger and earn merit by slaying demons and fiends.
• Jiang Zhe merged the Bone Chilling Flame with his Flame Dragon Armor, then swallowed and refined his spirit stones to strengthen his body and magic power.
• Jiang Zhe finished refining his spirit stones, raising his progress to 57%, and anticipated that the yin fire calamity would soon follow the lightning calamity.

Jiang Zhe learned how incense offerings could strengthen a dharma form and gave some to Weaver Girl, who absorbed them into her star palace. After hearing that Liu Family Village’s head had a newborn son, Jiang Zhe realized Joyful Boy had reincarnated and decided to investigate the village.

• Weaver Girl explained the uses of incense offerings, and Jiang Zhe gave her a portion that merged into her body and lit the Weaver Girl Star.
• Weaver Girl asked Jiang Zhe to become a star palace, but he declined until he went to the Heavenly Court.
• Villagers announced that the head of Liu Family Village had a young son, and Jiang Zhe realized Joyful Boy had returned through reincarnation.
• Jiang Zhe considered using the monkey’s trouble in the Underworld to earn merit by burning the souls of the condemned with Samadhi True Fire.
• Jiang Zhe invited Weaver Girl to visit Liu Family Village and recalled how the Soul-Fixing Jade had enabled Joyful Boy’s repeated reincarnations with his memories intact.

Jiang Zhe watched Joyful Boy reincarnate and use Third Holy Mother's blessing to try to influence Yang Chan with Joyful Buddha Power. Jiang Zhe secretly brought his Samadhi True Fire close as Joyful Boy began his plan.

• Weaver Girl followed Jiang Zhe into the street, where they saw a procession carrying Third Holy Mother's statue to bless a newborn.
• In the Underworld, Joyful Boy complained to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva about Jiang Zhe, and learned that Tiger-Taming would come after recovering from his injuries.
• Ksitigarbha sent Joyful Boy to reincarnate in Liu Family Village and told him to make an impression on Third Holy Mother when she blessed him.
• Jiang Zhe watched Joyful Boy be born and concealed a serpent of Samadhi True Fire near him.
• Yang Chan blessed the newborn through Third Holy Mother's statue, while Joyful Boy began spreading Joyful Buddha Power through her touch.
• Joyful Boy sensed that the area around him was becoming inexplicably hot.

Jiang Zhe’s Samadhi True Fire destroyed Joyful Boy’s reincarnated body just as he tried to approach Yang Chan, exposing the infant’s Buddhist power and suspicious intentions. Yang Chan promised to investigate and summoned Weaver Girl to meet her, leaving Weaver Girl anxious about being sent back to her father.

• A fiery snake of Samadhi True Fire struck Joyful Boy as he reached for Yang Chan, burning away his Buddhist body and reducing the infant in the swaddling to ashes.
• The temple keeper and Village Chief Liu panicked, while Yang Chan formed a divine body and recognized Buddhist power among the ashes.
• Yang Chan realized Joyful Boy had retained his memories and wondered why someone from Spirit Mountain had approached her with Buddhist power.
• Yang Chan searched the crowd for the source of the fire, briefly focusing on Jiang Zhe, then promised to investigate and told Village Chief Liu he would still have a son.
• Yang Chan silently called Weaver Girl to see her and vanished; Weaver Girl left with Jiang Zhe, worried that her cousin would tell her father, and bit Jiang Zhe’s wrist when he dismissed her fears.

Jiang Zhe brought Weaver Girl to meet Yang Chan, who suspected the Buddhist Order of Spirit Mountain was targeting her after a baby in Liu Family Village displayed Buddha light. The women planned to involve Erlang Shen, while Jiang Zhe kept his suspicions to himself to avoid provoking Spirit Mountain.

• Jiang Zhe led Weaver Girl to the Third Holy Mother Temple, where Yang Chan awaited them in a courtyard.
• Yang Chan realized Jiang Zhe had known Weaver Girl was a heavenly maiden and warned that some relationships were complicated.
• Weaver Girl told Yang Chan that they had followed villagers to Liu Family Village and encountered a monster, while suspecting Jiang Zhe had burned a Buddhist reincarnate.
• Yang Chan grew angry that someone had harmed people on her turf, but Jiang Zhe chose not to reveal his suspicion that Spirit Mountain was targeting her.
• Yang Chan said she would report the matter to her second brother and have him investigate, warning Weaver Girl not to linger in the mortal world when he arrived.

Weaver Girl prepared to return to heaven after Yang Chan warned her that Mount Hua was dangerous, while Jiang Zhe agreed to seek her out there someday. Their growing closeness stirred the Weaver Girl Star, and Yang Jian noticed the celestial omen as he hurried to Yang Chan.

• Yang Chan warned Weaver Girl that Mount Hua had become dangerous and urged her to leave before the banquet began.
• Weaver Girl took Jiang Zhe’s hand and walked with him through the deserted streets, asking whether he would miss her when she returned to heaven.
• Jiang Zhe promised he would visit the Heavenly Court within a hundred years, and Weaver Girl said she would leave the following night.
• The Weaver Girl Star and nearby stars blazed as Jiang Zhe and Weaver Girl entered their courtyard.
• Yang Jian detected the flashing stars and a shooting star, but Yang Chan distracted him and he continued toward her.

Jiang Zhe unlocked the Black Rhino Armor after encountering the Cowherd Star, and the system assigned him a mission to form a fated romance with Weaver Girl. A Heavenly Dao marriage bond linked their stars, and the two kissed as the chapter ended.

• Yang Chan wondered why the Heavenly Dao had given Weaver Girl a fated romance and worried about her uncle's reaction.
• Jiang Zhe fell into deep cultivation and entered a sea of stars, where he saw Old Yellow Ox inside the Cowherd Star.
• The Black Rhino Armor unlocked as it absorbed the Milky Way's power, and the system gave Jiang Zhe a mission to complete a fated romance with Weaver Girl.
• The Cowherd Star transformed into the Black Rhino Star, while a red marriage thread linked it to the Weaver Girl Star and affected Jiang Zhe and Weaver Girl.
• Weaver Girl approached Jiang Zhe, and they kissed as black water surged toward the Weaver Girl Star.

After completing the Heaven-Ordained Romance mission with the Weaver Girl, Jiang Zhe gained the Three Thousand Weak Water and promised to take responsibility for her. The Weaver Girl returned to the Heavenly Court, asking him to find her there and keep their relationship secret from Sister Chang'e.

• Jiang Zhe received 100,000 merit and the Three Thousand Weak Water after completing the mission.
• Jiang Zhe realized the divine water could seal magical power, destroy primordial spirits, and prevent reincarnation.
• Jiang Zhe told the Weaver Girl he would take responsibility for her and insisted no one could keep them apart.
• The Weaver Girl said she needed to return to the Heavenly Court, master her destiny-star talent, and become a star official.
• The Weaver Girl left, telling Jiang Zhe to look at her star when he missed her and suggesting they meet secretly through their stars.

After Weaver Girl returned to the Heavenly Court, Jiang Zhe used his lottery rewards and began fusing his water-element powers to strengthen himself. While refining Three Thousand Weak Water, he was struck by Yin Fire, one of the Three Calamities, which began burning his body and cultivation.

• Weaver Girl left Jiang Zhe at dawn, warning him to visit her in the Heavenly Court and not forget her.
• Jiang Zhe drew Yellow Springs Water, a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, and the divine ability Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, among other rewards.
• Jiang Zhe decided to fuse his water-element talents and use his remaining merit points to improve his cultivation.
• Jiang Zhe began refining Three Thousand Weak Water as the Flame Dragon and Primordial Chaos Creation Divine Lightning helped balance and temper its power.
• Yin Fire emerged through the Yongquan acupoints on Jiang Zhe's feet and began burning his flesh, primordial spirit, and cultivation.

Jiang Zhe overcame the Yin Fire and broke through to the True Immortal realm, then endured the Wind Calamity as the Wind Eagle Armor absorbed it. He refined his collected waters, speculated that his hidden karma kept the Heavenly Dao from finding him, and began exploring the abilities granted by binding a star.

• Jiang Zhe's Samadhi True Fire, Three Thousand Weak Water, and Divine Lightning of Creation destroyed the Yin Fire, and he broke through to True Immortal while forming his own dharma form.
• The Bifeng Wind Calamity entered Jiang Zhe's body, but the Wind Eagle Armor absorbed it and began unlocking progress.
• Jiang Zhe refined the Three Thousand Weak Water, Yellow Springs Water, and corrosive venom, raising his cultivation progress to eleven percent.
• Jiang Zhe wondered whether his untraceable karma prevented the Heavenly Dao from locating him and sending a lightning tribulation.
• Jiang Zhe contacted the pitch-black stream in his soul and considered the powers Weaver Girl gained as the star lord of the Weaver Girl Star.

Jiang Zhe infused offerings into the Black Rhino Star, sending his soul toward it while Yang Jian sensed the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts nearby but could not locate him. In the Netherworld, Joyful Boy complained to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva that he had been killed again, and Ksitigarbha wondered who was disrupting Spirit Mountain’s plan.

• Jiang Zhe infused incense offerings into the Black Rhino Star, and his soul shot out of his body toward the star.
• Yang Jian searched Mount Hua Town with his Heavenly Eye and sensed someone cultivating the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, but he could not find them.
• Ox-Head and Horse-Face watched Joyful Boy pass through the Netherworld and speculated that he was going to complain to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
• Joyful Boy reached Cuiyun Palace and told Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva that a fiend had burned him to death with Samadhi True Fire just after his latest reincarnation.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva considered who might be thwarting Spirit Mountain’s plan, then stopped himself from thinking about a Saint.

Joyful Boy asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for help after being killed twice, and Ksitigarbha arranged another reincarnation with powerful protectors. Meanwhile, Tiger-Taming left Flower-Fruit Mountain for Mount Hua to seek the treasures, while Sun Wukong suddenly looked up as he drank with the Bull Demon King.

• Joyful Boy and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva discussed how his identity had been discovered and ruled out Yang Jian as his killer.
• Joyful Boy asked to return to Spirit Mountain, but Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva refused and planned another reincarnation guarded by an evil ghost, a rakshasa, and an asura.
• Joyful Boy asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to request Joyful Buddha Power so he could restore his Joyful Eye and help track his attacker with Diting.
• Tiger-Taming recovered in the Water Filth Cave, concluded that the crimson-armored man's Samadhi True Fire came from a treasure, and flew toward Mount Hua to claim it.
• Sun Wukong suddenly looked up while drinking and talking with the Bull Demon King on Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Sun Wukong learned that the East Sea Dragon Palace might provide him with a weapon and set out with the Bull Demon King to seek one. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhe transformed the River Drum into an innate Dharma Artifact, the Meteor Spear.

• Sun Wukong told the Bull Demon King that a Buddhist enemy had attacked his descendants and escaped because Wukong lacked a suitable weapon.
• The Bull Demon King suggested that Wukong ask the East Sea Dragon King for a weapon and armor, and agreed to accompany him.
• Sun Wukong showed the Bull Demon King the statue his descendants had made to honor the human cultivator who slew the Demon King of Havoc.
• Sun Wukong told his children to stay on Flower-Fruit Mountain, then departed with the Bull Demon King for the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Jiang Zhe turned the River Drum into a spear and received the innate Dharma Artifact called the Meteor Spear.

Jiang Zhe gained the Meteor Spear from Black Rhino Star and began comprehending its divine ability, while Chang'e realized that Black Rhino Star had become entangled with Weaver Girl Star. At Mount Hua, Yang Jian sensed a visitor from Spirit Mountain approaching and prepared to confront him.

• Jiang Zhe summoned the Meteor Spear into his body and began comprehending Black Rhino Star's natal divine ability.
• Chang'e recognized Black Rhino Star beside Weaver Girl Star, saw their starlight bond tightening, and decided not to investigate its master.
• Yang Jian searched Mount Hua with his Heavenly Eye but found no Buddhist presence, though the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts unsettled him.
• Yang Jian told Yang Chan he would stay three more days before returning to Guanjiangkou to deal with the wicked dragon.
• Yang Jian spotted Tiger-Taming Arhat approaching Mount Hua on a golden cloud and readied his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd.

Yang Jian ambushed Tiger-Taming as the Arhat traveled toward Mount Hua, gravely injuring him and ordering him to leave. Tiger-Taming refused to abandon the opportunities he sought and began walking toward Mount Hua Town, planning to contact Joyful Buddha.

• Yang Jian used his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd to strike Tiger-Taming, piercing his golden manifestation and making him spit blood.
• Yang Jian demanded to know why Tiger-Taming was going to Mount Hua, and Tiger-Taming admitted he was seeking an opportunity there.
• Yang Jian ordered Tiger-Taming to leave Mount Hua, saying that gods and buddhas were forbidden from appearing there under his heavenly law.
• Tiger-Taming argued that he would not surrender the opportunity, so Yang Jian kicked him into a crater and gravely injured him.
• Tiger-Taming hid his resentment, resolved to pursue the opportunities despite the danger, and started walking toward Mount Hua Town to contact Joyful Buddha.

Jiang Zhe absorbed Black Rhino Star’s talent, Rhino Sea, then encountered the injured Arhat Tiger-Taming, who marked his primordial spirit and demanded his treasures. After a quest appeared urging Jiang Zhe to deal with Tiger-Taming, Jiang Zhe prepared to improve his escape and transformation abilities before confronting him.

• Jiang Zhe comprehended Black Rhino Star’s Rhino Sea talent, which summoned controllable torrents of water-shaped rhinoceroses.
• Jiang Zhe spotted Tiger-Taming near Mount Hua and broke the Arhat’s tiger-shaped attack with fire and lightning.
• Tiger-Taming recognized Jiang Zhe, demanded his treasures, and secretly marked his primordial spirit before Jiang Zhe escaped.
• Jiang Zhe returned to his body and received a quest to deal with Tiger-Taming, with thirty thousand merit points and Samadhi Divine Wind as rewards.
• Jiang Zhe decided to spend twenty thousand merit points improving Shrinking the Earth to an Inch and use the rest to improve the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.