Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhe and Weaver Girl traveled to Flower-Fruit Mountain so he could visit the Water Curtain Cave and taste the monkeys’ wine. As they arrived at dawn, Jiang Zhe mastered the basics of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and its cultivation began refining his magic power and tempering his body.

• Weaver Girl enjoyed the lollipop and decided to stay in the mortal world longer, hiding the Weaver Girl Star from the sky.
• Jiang Zhe set off for the Water Curtain Cave with Weaver Girl and began studying the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts from his jade slip.
• Weaver Girl found she could not perceive Jiang Zhe’s karma and wondered whether marrying him might repay her debt for saving her life.
• Weaver Girl slowly carried Jiang Zhe by cloud to Flower-Fruit Mountain, where they spotted the waterfall and the monkeys below.
• Jiang Zhe reached the entry level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and his magic power began to circulate, settle in his dantian, and temper his body.

Nearly half a year after Jiang Zhe killed the Demon King of Havoc, Gray Monkey told him a powerful yaksha from the East Sea had begun attacking humans, and Jiang Zhe prepared to hunt it. The monkeys served aged monkey wine, which left Weaver Girl drunk and triggered a powerful cultivation aura in Jiang Zhe.

• Gray Monkey reported that the humans had been moved to safety and that a yaksha from the East Sea had recently attacked a merchant caravan.
• Weaver Girl warned Jiang Zhe that the yaksha was likely a powerful Great Demon, but Jiang Zhe said he could handle it and urged her to return to the Heavenly Court.
• Gray Monkey brought out monkey wine, and Weaver Girl drank a bowl before learning it had been aged for twenty years and was extremely potent.
• The wine made Weaver Girl drunk, and she leaned against Jiang Zhe while murmuring that she should offer herself to him.
• Jiang Zhe refined the wine's spiritual Qi with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, releasing an aura that forced the nearby gray monkeys to their knees.

Jiang Zhe left Flower-Fruit Mountain after receiving a map, then encountered and killed a murderous yaksha with his Great Desolation Prisoner Heavenly Finger. He gained 3,000 merit points and increased his Black Rhino Armor unlock progress to 4%.

• Jiang Zhe learned that the monkeys had been waiting nearly twenty years for their king to return from learning skills.
• Jiang Zhe accepted a map of the four great continents from Gray Monkey and prepared to leave Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Weaver Girl, drunk on monkey wine, clung to Jiang Zhe and licked his hand, but settled down after he promised her candy.
• Jiang Zhe spotted demonic Qi and received a mission to kill a murderous yaksha.
• Jiang Zhe crushed the yaksha with his Great Desolation Prisoner Heavenly Finger and earned 3,000 merit points, raising his Black Rhino Armor unlock progress by 1%.

Tiger-Taming investigated a village near Flower-Fruit Mountain and flew toward the mountain after sensing a possible connection to his mission. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhe traveled across the East Sea with the intoxicated Weaver Girl, cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and ended the chapter close to a Heavenly Immortal breakthrough.

• Tiger-Taming noticed a vast magical disturbance near Flower-Fruit Mountain and suspected it was connected to the Buddha’s prophecy and his mission.
• Tiger-Taming ordered a village to worship Buddha, investigated a missing cowherd boy, and flew toward Flower-Fruit Mountain on golden lotuses.
• Weaver Girl praised Jiang Zhe, complained about the karma between them, and passed out after declaring that she wanted to repay his kindness.
• Jiang Zhe cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and studied Fire Virtue Star Lord’s insights into controlling flames while crossing the East Sea.
• Jiang Zhe realized they had reached Southern Jambudvipa and considered traveling to Mount Hua to pursue a mission concerning Yang Chan.
• Jiang Zhe’s cultivation reached 95 percent, leaving him one step from becoming a Heavenly Immortal.

Tiger-Taming headed for Water Curtain Cave to investigate the monkeys, while Jiang Zhe reached Mount Hua and discovered a quest to kill Joyful Boy and remove the Buddha light from the Goddess of Mount Hua. The quest’s generous rewards drew Jiang Zhe in, but he realized Joyful Buddha’s scheme had spanned three reincarnations and might involve a powerful immortal.

• Tiger-Taming searched a demon’s memories, learned that a mortal cultivator and the monkeys were connected to the events at Demon King of Havoc’s cave, and set out for Water Curtain Cave.
• Jiang Zhe reached Heavenly Immortal and reviewed the cultivation realms and how merit could help him break through.
• Jiang Zhe and Weaver Girl arrived at Mount Hua, where Weaver Girl asked whether he planned to visit his cousin and urged him to enter the Heavenly Court’s immortal register.
• Jiang Zhe received a quest to kill Joyful Boy and use the Precious Lotus Lantern to dispel the Buddha Light Universal Salvation Technique from the Goddess of Mount Hua.
• Jiang Zhe considered the quest’s rewards and realized that Joyful Boy’s three reincarnations were part of a long-running scheme by Joyful Buddha.

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.