Chapter Summaries

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.