Recaps

Sun Wukong and Daji entered the mountain forest, where giant snakes surrounded them, and Patriarch Bodhi directed Sun Wukong to seek help from Ao Changsheng. After Ao Changsheng’s message sent him toward West Ox Hezhou, Maitreya Buddha ordered his disciples to capture Sun Wukong, who then encountered several Daoists striking a mountain peak.

• Sun Wukong knocked two giant snakes unconscious and sealed them in the Heaven and Earth Gourd, then tried unsuccessfully to wake Patriarch Bodhi.
• Sun Wukong and Daji flew into the mountain forest and were surrounded by giant snakes; Patriarch Bodhi told Sun Wukong that they could defeat the beasts and directed him northeast to an old friend.
• Sun Wukong and Daji reached Ao Changsheng’s dwelling, where his Dao-transformed body met them and delivered a message about a matter to discuss.
• Sun Wukong told Ao Changsheng that he would hurry to West Ox Hezhou, and Ao Changsheng departed after reflecting on the monkey’s manners.
• Maitreya Buddha discussed Sun Wukong with his disciples and ordered them to capture him, warning that his role in the Immeasurable Tribulation made killing him dangerous.
• Sun Wukong left the small building and saw several Daoists striking a mountain peak with a bamboo pole.

Sun Wukong encountered Li Jing and the Taoists sent to bring him back, rejected their demands, and flew toward Mount Lingtai Fangcun. A familiar but unidentified voice intercepted him there and challenged him to prove his strength.

• The Taoists recognized Sun Wukong and approached him, with Li Jing asking whether he would return to the Jade Sovereign Palace.
• Sun Wukong said the Taoists were not worthy of him and ignored their threats as he flew away.
• The Taoists vowed to pursue Sun Wukong while he entered Mount Lingtai Fangcun to cultivate.
• A familiar voice blocked Sun Wukong's way and said it wanted to subdue him.
• Sun Wukong recognized the voice and learned that its speaker had been watching him.

Sun Wukong fought a powerful Daoist wielding a black gourd, but the gourd’s suction and black light drove him to flee. The battle drew the Three Purities and other gods, who arrived as Sun Wukong worried they had deliberately lured him there.

• Sun Wukong’s strike shattered the Jingu Bang, and the force from the Daoists’ spellcasting battered his organs.
• A Daoist appeared with a black gourd and clashed with Sun Wukong, matching him blow for blow.
• The Daoist formed Hand Seals and used the gourd’s suction and black light to trap Sun Wukong, who fled.
• The Three Purities led nearby gods toward the battle after its fluctuations drew their attention.
• Sun Wukong noticed the newcomers and wondered whether they had deliberately lured him there.

Sun Wukong trapped the Daoist and destroyed his gourd with the purple-gold bowl, but the Daoist revealed a corrosive black liquid and turned the ground beneath them into a pool of black water. Sun Wukong watched in terror as the black water melted the soil.

• Sun Wukong used a black beam to trap himself and the Daoist, then faced him as the Daoist powered up his gourd.
• The Daoist’s gourd struck Sun Wukong’s purple-gold bowl and was sent flying, but Sun Wukong attacked with a blade of purple light and shattered it.
• The Daoist’s Primordial Spirit fell from the broken gourd, and he taunted Sun Wukong by boasting that his master was a Nine Revolutions Mystic Immortal.
• The Daoist summoned his gourd and turned its liquid black, then poured the corrosive liquid onto the ground.
• The black liquid melted the soil into black water, leaving Sun Wukong terrified.

Sun Wukong battled a Daoist wielding a deadly poison gourd while Ao Changsheng emerged from seclusion and hurried toward the valley entrance. After black poison struck his Azure Dragon Ji, Ao Changsheng reached the empty entrance and demanded that the hidden speaker reveal themselves.

• The Daoist attacked Sun Wukong with black Qi from his gourd, but Sun Wukong’s purple-gold bowl smashed the dark clouds apart.
• Ao Changsheng emerged from seclusion, worried that the Immeasurable Tribulation was nearing its end and that failure would destroy his chance to ascend.
• A bolt of black lightning struck Ao Changsheng’s Azure Dragon Ji and spread poison across the weapon as he ran toward the valley entrance.
• Ao Changsheng swept away the poison and reached the entrance, where he found no one and called for the hidden person to come out.
• An unseen speaker praised Ao Changsheng as a rare and formidable young man.

Ao Changsheng confronted Ming over breaking the rules, while Sun Wukong fought the three giant snakes and grew stronger by eating their flesh and bones. The snakes summoned a spreading darkness and tentacles that seized him, but he escaped when a seabed explosion forced them to retreat.

• Ming confronted Ao Changsheng and explained that the gourd's owner, their king, had set rules against breaking the world's taboos.
• Ao Changsheng agreed to postpone his grudge with Ming until they left the world, then returned to the cave thinking of Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong attacked the three giant snakes and ate pieces of their flesh and bones, causing golden light and powerful energy to fill his body.
• The three giant snakes unleashed bloody mist that blackened the sea, and countless tentacles emerged and dragged Sun Wukong into their midst.
• A seabed explosion disrupted the struggle, the three giant snakes fled into the depths, and Sun Wukong raced to shore as his strength recovered.

Sun Wukong defeated three giant snakes but, exhausted and badly weakened, fell unconscious while swimming back to shore. He emerged from beneath the earth amid a terrifying display of dragon might, as a Daluo Golden Immortal and Demon Race patriarch arrived to investigate the dead snakes.

• Sun Wukong carried the giant palm toward shore but grew too exhausted to continue and fell asleep in the water.
• A powerful pressure beneath the earth forced gathered demons and other beings to their knees, and Sun Wukong emerged from the ground.
• Sun Wukong taunted the tentacles above him as a swarm of Heavenly Immortal giant snakes approached.
• The giant snakes devoured the three dead snakes, releasing dragon might that the onlookers said surpassed the Heavenly Court's dragon vein.
• The Demon Race patriarch, a Daluo Golden Immortal, arrived and questioned how a human had killed the triangular snake.

Heihu arrived at the scene of the giant serpents’ deaths and attacked the demons with purple lightning, prompting Demon King Dijun to appear in the black cloud and unleash his terrifying power. As the demons fled and the human cultivators watched in confusion, a huge demon core rose from the cloud.

• Heihu found the giant serpents’ remains and concluded that a powerful human had entered Demon Race territory.
• Heihu released purple lightning that blasted the demons on the ground to pieces and filled the sky with black smoke.
• Demon King Dijun appeared in the cloud, demanded to know who had trespassed, and roared across the Demon Realm.
• The demons panicked and fled while the human cultivators questioned why Dijun was attacking them.
• A huge demon core shot out of the black cloud, surrounded by shimmering pure Qi.

Demon King Dijun arrived as his forces attacked the Human Race cultivators, then grew stronger after devouring a demon soldier. He recognized a familiar sacred presence in Sun Wukong, and their exchange left them wondering whether fate had brought them together.

• Demon King Dijun entered the void as three giant beasts and demon soldiers attacked the Human Race cultivators.
• A black-robed cultivator offered to slaughter the intruders, and Demon King Dijun watched as the demon soldiers struck them down.
• Demon King Dijun caught a fleeing demon soldier, smashed him apart, and devoured his flesh and blood, growing to a hundred zhang tall.
• Sun Wukong asked whether Dijun was the Demon King from the Primordial World, and Dijun questioned Sun Wukong about his unusual cultivation and Yao Qi.
• Sun Wukong and Demon King Dijun recognized a familiar sacred presence in each other and wondered whether heaven had destined their meeting.

Sun Wukong defeated Demon King Dijun in battle, but Dijun’s true form and a dangerous power hidden within it emerged after his apparent death. Sun Wukong survived the blast and recognized a familiar figure as a possible attacker, leaving the source of the power uncertain.

• Sun Wukong challenged Demon King Dijun and struck him down with the Jingu Bang, shattering his head and leaving his body apparently dead.
• A purple streak shot from Dijun’s corpse, and Sun Wukong smashed it; the Demon King identity token on the body flickered and shattered.
• The Demon Race elder struck Dijun’s body, causing Dijun’s true serpent form to emerge along with a dangerous presence linked to his sealed Chaos Green Lotus.
• Sun Wukong retreated using the Golden-Winged Peng Bird’s innate Divine Ability, but a blast destroyed the ground where he had stood and injured him.
• Sun Wukong recalled a familiar figure and wondered whether that person had attacked Dijun.

After escaping a mysterious attacker, Sun Wukong sought advice from Ao Changsheng about the Demon Realm’s crisis and learned that its great power was constrained by the absence of active Sages and by the balance among ancient races. Ao Changsheng offered to help if Sun Wukong found a good solution, leaving the cause of the upheaval unresolved.

• Sun Wukong escaped the deep pit, and Lord Demon Venerable revealed himself and called the monkey interesting.
• Sun Wukong sensed the terrifying power coming from a nearby valley and went to investigate a boulder.
• Sun Wukong visited Ao Changsheng and reported that Dijun had attacked him and wanted the Demon Realm to dominate the Three Realms.
• Ao Changsheng said the Demon Realm’s crisis was thorny but offered help if Sun Wukong proposed a good solution.
• Ao Changsheng explained that the Demon Race’s Sages were in death seclusion and described how ancient territories and powerful races limited the Demon Realm’s great demons.

Ao Changsheng explained that the Demon Realm’s rival factions could only be united by defeating the Demon Emperor, and urged Sun Wukong to confront him. He revealed how Sun Wukong could claim the Demon Emperor’s Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs, leaving Sun Wukong with a method to pursue that power.

• Ao Changsheng described the Demon Realm’s many factions and the severe conflicts among the dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans.
• Ao Changsheng said Sun Wukong would need to defeat the Demon Emperor to bring the Demon Realm under his command.
• Ao Changsheng explained that the Demon Emperor’s Nine Revolutions Golden Body Instruction relied on powerful Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs containing Immortal Essence.
• Ao Changsheng told Sun Wukong that refining the Demon Race’s portion of the Immortal Essence could make him the Demon Realm’s true overlord.
• Ao Changsheng advised Sun Wukong to use his Great Strength Vajra Bracelet to collect the Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs.

Sun Wukong returned to the Heavenly Court to find Taishang Laojun after Ao Changsheng advised him to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Instruction further. After waiting for half a month, he was summoned and followed Golden Child to Tushita Palace, where he was about to meet Laojun.

• Ao Changsheng urged Sun Wukong to return to the Heavenly Court and improve his cultivation before facing dangers in the Demon Realm.
• Sun Wukong reached the Heavenly Court and learned from a guard that Taishang Laojun was away searching for something.
• Sun Wukong gave the guard his token and waited at the cultivation grounds for half a month.
• An attendant boy summoned Sun Wukong, and Golden Child escorted him toward Tushita Palace.

Sun Wukong visited Taishang Laojun to study the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Instruction, and Laojun showed him its first part, the Nine Transformations of the Golden Scales. The technique was a supreme art associated with Golden-Winged Peng Birds, but Laojun said mastering the Golden Body Instruction required an unknown opportunity and good fortune.

• The Golden Child led Sun Wukong into Laojun’s palace, where Laojun and Taibai Jinxing admitted him to the inner hall.
• Sun Wukong told Laojun he wanted to study the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Instruction, and Laojun agreed to explain it.
• Laojun showed Sun Wukong a Jade Slip containing the first part of the instruction, called the Nine Transformations of the Golden Scales.
• Laojun explained that the technique was a supreme art of the Golden-Winged Peng Birds and could strengthen metal-attribute arts and the Golden Body.
• Sun Wukong asked what opportunity and good fortune were needed to master the instruction, but Laojun had not yet answered.

Laojun explained the dangers of the Lightning Tribulation and gave Sun Wukong the Nine Transformations of the Golden Scales, which let him reach minor accomplishment in the Golden Body Instruction. After Sun Wukong left, Laojun set out for the Chaos Ruins while several cultivators gathered near Sun Wukong’s residence and discussed their failed attempt to kill him.

• Laojun explained that breaking through from the Golden Core Stage required surviving nine Lightning Tribulations, and failure could destroy a cultivator’s body and soul.
• Laojun gave Sun Wukong the cultivation method for the Nine Transformations of the Golden Scales, and Sun Wukong circulated it and reached minor accomplishment in the Golden Body Instruction.
• Laojun told Sun Wukong that his physical strength would grow as he continued mastering the instruction, then asked him to bring over his Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir.
• After Sun Wukong left, a green-robed old man emerged from beneath the chairs and told Laojun that people had tried to seize the immortal beasts.
• Laojun concluded that his plan was complete and left to explore the Chaos Ruins.
• Several cultivators appeared near Sun Wukong’s residence and discussed how he had escaped their attempt to kill him, agreeing to be cautious in the Chaos Ruins.

Sun Wukong cultivated the Golden Body Instruction and absorbed Qi of Chaos as his Nascent Soul began advancing toward the Sage Realm, while three cultivators plotted to kill him for his treasure. After months of cultivation and studying the stars, he sensed a sudden tremor near his residence.

• Sun Wukong refined the Golden Body Instruction, then sent his Nascent Soul into the Chaos World to absorb Qi of Chaos and study his internal organs.
• After thirty years, Sun Wukong's Nascent Soul began transforming toward the Sage Realm but appeared to stall before breaking through.
• Three immortal cultivators gathered in a thatched cottage and planned to kill Sun Wukong and take the treasure inside him.
• Great Emperor Qinghua sensed changes in the Primordial World, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Pole sent Hongjun a warning about Sun Wukong and a possible great tribulation.
• After months of absorbing Qi and mapping planetary orbits, Sun Wukong felt a tremor near his residence and wondered if someone was preparing to ambush him.

Sun Wukong refused the young Daoist attendant’s offer to help him escape his impending tribulation and declared that he would face the Primordial World’s dangers and make his name in the Heavenly Court. After Xuanming appeared and threatened him, Sun Wukong moved to the northern end of the Primordial World and unleashed the destructive power of a crescent-bladed halberd.

• The young Daoist attendant arrived on Teacher Hongjun’s decree to help Sun Wukong overcome his tribulation, while Sun Wukong continued dismantling his residence.
• Sun Wukong refused to flee, saying he would accept responsibility for living in the Primordial World and eventually make his own hegemony in the Heavenly Court.
• Xuanming appeared, identified himself as Teacher Hongjun’s final disciple and Sun Wukong’s senior martial uncle, and threatened to kill him.
• Sun Wukong sped away from his residence, and the young Daoist attendant hurried after him in alarm.
• Sun Wukong appeared at the northern end of the Primordial World, summoned a crescent-bladed halberd, and released a cyan divine light that collapsed the void and threatened catastrophic destruction.

Sun Wukong and Xuanming clashed after Xuanming revealed the Heavenly Court’s Heaven-Devouring Divine Ability. Sun Wukong discovered that Xuanming wielded an even more powerful version, cultivated to the ninth layer, and the confrontation continued with Sun Wukong stunned by the revelation.

• Xuanming taunted Sun Wukong and threatened to teach him about the Heavenly Court, but Sun Wukong insulted him and attacked with his painted halberd.
• Xuanming summoned a black sword bearing the Heaven-Devouring Divine Ability and launched a sword strike at Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong countered with his painted halberd, and their attacks collided, shattering the void across a thousand miles.
• Xuanming erupted with a powerful devouring force, and Sun Wukong realized Xuanming had mastered the Heaven-Devouring Divine Ability.
• Sun Wukong recognized that Xuanming had cultivated the ability to the ninth layer, far beyond his own seventh layer, and stared at him in shock.

Sun Wukong fought Xuanming, a Chaos Demon God, and used his demon monkey cultivation method to overpower him, but Xuanming survived his strongest blows. Sun Wukong then summoned a spear and attacked again as Xuanming countered with black-flamed palms.

• Xuanming struck Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong’s counterblow sent him flying and drew blood.
• Xuanming attacked from above and pressed Sun Wukong down, but Sun Wukong roared, grew to ten thousand zhang, and shattered the giant palm before punching Xuanming into the ground.
• Sun Wukong was stunned when Xuanming got back up, wounded but still able to fight.
• Xuanming taunted Sun Wukong and challenged him to prove he could cause harm, so Sun Wukong summoned a spear and sent its radiance toward him.
• Xuanming formed two black-flamed palms and struck at Sun Wukong’s spear radiance.

Sun Wukong wounded Xuanming with his spear and discovered the enemy possessed an unusually dense presence of Divine Essence. After Xuanming challenged him again, Sun Wukong’s strength rose to Mid-Grade Daluo Golden Immortal, and their renewed battle left Xuanming badly battered but still fighting.

• Sun Wukong pierced Xuanming’s palms and then drove his spear through Xuanming’s body, twisting it as Xuanming threatened the demon monkey clan.
• Sun Wukong severed Xuanming’s head and sensed dense Divine Essence, but Xuanming taunted him and claimed Sun Wukong could not defeat him.
• Xuanming countered Sun Wukong’s spear attack with his hammer, forcing Sun Wukong backward.
• Sun Wukong’s strength surged to Mid-Grade Daluo Golden Immortal, and he unleashed a net of soul attacks that knocked Xuanming’s axe away and wounded him.
• Xuanming swung his iron staff at Sun Wukong’s spear blossoms, but the clashes drove Xuanming backward and left him bleeding with his bones cracking.

Sun Wukong fought the severely wounded Xuanming, who revealed overwhelming Daluo Golden Immortal power and transformed into a lightning-wreathed Demon Beast. The two unleashed devastating attacks that collided in the void, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Xuanming's wounds and shattered armor began to mend as he vowed to kill Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong summoned a vast sea of blood that spread across the sky and enveloped Xuanming.
• Xuanming attacked with a giant claw and his great hammer, forcing Sun Wukong to confront the power of a Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Sun Wukong's purple lightning broke apart the sea of blood and revealed a huge, scaled Demon Beast wrapped in lightning.
• The Demon Beast charged Sun Wukong, who answered with a punch backed by a giant purple dragon, and their attacks collided with force that shattered the void.

Sun Wukong and Xuanming clashed in the void, and their attacks revealed that both possessed Peak Daluo Golden Immortal strength. Xuanming was sent flying into the Great Devil God's hall, where Sun Wukong accused him of ambushing him as the devil soldiers charged.

• The troll clan members and the Great Devil God were shocked to see that Sun Wukong had reached the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanming attacked Sun Wukong with his hammer, and Sun Wukong met his blows with the power of a purple dragon.
• Their clash shattered the void and injured both fighters, while the Great Devil God shielded his hall and spat blood.
• Xuanming attacked again with a black sword, but Sun Wukong struck him into the void storm and sent him falling toward the Great Devil God's hall.
• Xuanming called for help, the Great Devil God grew angry at the apparent ambush, and the devil soldiers charged at Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong won his long battle with Xuanming and returned to the Demon Race, where Zhao Gongming asked to join him. As the demons prepared to celebrate, Sun Wukong asked the Demon Emperor to introduce him to a powerful immortal pursuing an eminent monk.

• Sun Wukong defeated Xuanming after a grueling fight while the Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed the threat he posed and Gonggong reported the matter to the Witch God.
• Zhao Gongming found Sun Wukong and asked for his help contacting a powerful Heavenly Court immortal who was searching for members of the Demon Race.
• Zhao Gongming asked to follow Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong agreed before leading his companions to rest with the gathered demons.
• Sun Wukong returned to the Demon Race, announced a victory feast, and was hailed by the demons as the Great Sage.
• Sun Wukong stopped the departing Demon Emperor and asked him to introduce the powerful immortal pursuing an eminent monk.

Sun Wukong offered to help the Demon Emperor meet a powerful Buddhist Great Immortal and sought information about contacting him. After returning to the Heavenly Court, Sun Wukong watched the golden-armored divine general leave, while the general sensed the Great Immortal’s presence around Zhao Gongming and rushed after him.

• Sun Wukong offered to arrange a meeting between the Demon Emperor and a Great Immortal, and Zhao Gongming agreed to help.
• The golden-armored divine general asked Sun Wukong to help resolve the Demon Emperor’s difficulty, and Sun Wukong requested the Great Immortal’s name and contact details.
• Sun Wukong headed to the Heavenly Court, where he ate with the women, Bull Devil King, Zhu Bajie, Zhao Yun, and the Demon Emperor.
• The golden-armored divine general departed, and Sun Wukong warned that he would treat the Demon Emperor as an enemy if he disappointed him.
• The golden-armored divine general sensed the Great Immortal’s powerful presence around Zhao Gongming and shot after him.

Hongjun visited Ao Changsheng to discuss Sun Wukong’s role in the Calamity of the Witch and Demon, offering him a golden pearl and proposing they wait until their strength recovered. Ao Changsheng resumed refining pills and slowly absorbed the pearl, hoping to restore and advance his cultivation.

• Zhao Gongming told a golden-armored divine general that he was the great immortal’s disciple and ordered him back to the Demon Realm.
• Hongjun visited Ao Changsheng and explained that the Three Purities planned to push Sun Wukong into the Heavenly Court as one of the thirty-six Heavenly Gang star lords.
• Hongjun gave Ao Changsheng a golden pearl and said he could capture Sun Wukong, leaving Ao Changsheng to place the pearl inside him.
• Hongjun later warned Ao Changsheng that they should avoid provoking powerful beings until one of them recovered their cultivation.
• Ao Changsheng returned to refining pills and began slowly absorbing the golden pearl to restore his strength and possibly advance his cultivation.