Recaps

Ao Changsheng finished studying the Profound Origin Precious Scroll as the great war between the witches and demons neared. At the Demon Emperor Palace, Sun Wukong fought the Demon Emperor and wounded him, forcing him to retreat.

• Ao Changsheng spent two more years studying the Profound Origin Precious Scroll and came to understand its general meaning, though he had not memorized all of it.
• The Demon Emperor surrounded Sun Wukong with demon soldiers and ordered them to seize him for a sacrifice to the Witch Ancestor.
• Sun Wukong killed the charging demon soldiers with the Jingu Bang, startling the Demon Emperor.
• The Demon Emperor unleashed sacred flames across the square, and Sun Wukong countered them with a golden talisman formed from his Law Power.
• Sun Wukong hurled the Jingu Bang at the Demon Emperor, wounded him with the strike, and drove him to retreat.

Sun Wukong fought the Demon Emperor with the Jingu Bang, resisting his flames and Devil Qi before summoning the Jiaolong Dharma Aspect. The Demon Emperor’s scythe shattered the staff, but it re-formed as a golden dragon and charged again, shocking him.

• Sun Wukong deflected the Demon Emperor’s fireballs, but the Demon Emperor transformed into a sea of flames and vowed to capture him.
• The Demon Emperor summoned the Demon Emperor Devil Scythe and unleashed terrifying Devil Qi at Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong struck back with the Jingu Bang, driving the Demon Emperor several hundred meters away.
• Sun Wukong formed the Jiaolong Dharma Aspect as the Demon Emperor unleashed a powerful scythe slash.
• The Demon Emperor’s slash shattered the Jingu Bang, but it re-formed as a golden dragon and charged at him.

Sun Wukong fought the Demon Emperor, but the Demon Emperor unleashed the powerful Demon Emperor Devil Scythe and overcame Wukong’s defenses. The chapter ended with the scythe blasting Sun Wukong away again as Old Ancestor Bodhi watched warily.

• Sun Wukong drove the Demon Emperor backward with repeated blows from the Jingu Bang, but the Demon Emperor healed himself with Devil Qi.
• The Demon Emperor attacked with the Demon Emperor Devil Scythe, breaking through Sun Wukong’s defenses and injuring him.
• The Demon Emperor fired a pitch-black pillar of light that knocked the Jingu Bang aside and forced Sun Wukong to slide hundreds of meters.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi warned Sun Wukong that the Demon Emperor was no ordinary opponent and explained the scythe’s terrifying power.
• The Demon Emperor summoned a black vortex and formed a pitch-black spear with his scythe; Sun Wukong struck it with the Jingu Bang but was violently blasted away.

Sun Wukong fought the Demon Emperor but was wounded and overwhelmed by the Demon Emperor Devil Scythe. He unleashed the Jingu Bang’s golden power to destroy the black spears, though the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Sun Wukong realized the Demon Emperor’s strength was overwhelming and charged at him with the Jingu Bang.
• The Demon Emperor attacked with volleys of black spears, wounding Sun Wukong and scorching him with devil flames.
• Sun Wukong tried to escape, but the Demon Emperor’s spears trapped him and knocked him to the ground.
• Sun Wukong rose and unleashed golden light and a five-clawed golden dragon’s power through the Jingu Bang.
• Sun Wukong’s golden attack shattered the black spears surrounding the Demon Emperor Devil Scythe into smoke and dust.

Wukong fought the Demon Emperor over the deaths of members of the Demon Race, and the Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun arrived to intervene. The Jade Emperor began gathering the power of heaven and earth for battle as the Demon Emperor armed himself and attacked.

• Ao Changsheng and Ancestor Hongjun confronted the Demon Emperor while Wukong accused him of killing members of the Demon Race.
• Wukong struck the Demon Emperor and sent him staggering back, but the Demon Emperor tried to seize Wukong before the Jade Emperor stopped him.
• The Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun arrived, and Wukong explained how the Demon Emperor had insulted his master and the Three Purities.
• The Jade Emperor challenged the Demon Emperor and summoned the power of heaven and earth, while Wukong absorbed the falling starlight.
• The Demon Emperor put on purplish-red battle armor, increased his Law Power, and shouted at the Jade Emperor to die.

Wukong tried to leave after True Person Taiyi warned him that the Demon Emperor was too powerful, but the Demon Emperor ambushed him and forced him into a desperate fight. Wukong’s black spear struck the Demon Emperor and wounded him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Wukong and the Demon Emperor clashed, and True Person Taiyi urged Wukong to leave before the Demon Emperor overwhelmed them.
• Wukong agreed to go and reassured True Person Taiyi that his master and the others would survive the tribulation.
• As Wukong started to leave, the Demon Emperor struck him with a sneak attack that shattered the mountain peak and left Wukong bleeding.
• The Demon Emperor attacked with a giant saber, but Wukong summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword and split the saber in two.
• The Demon Emperor pursued Wukong with a golden pillar of light, so Wukong stopped and formed a giant black spear.
• Wukong’s black spear crashed into the Demon Emperor’s block, making the Demon Emperor spit blood and leaving his arm in pain.

Wukong fought the Demon Emperor, whose golden dragon and demon saber shattered Wukong’s Immortal-Slaying Sword and drove his golden dragon form into a mountainside. Wukong kept resisting, and the chapter ended with his sword striking the Demon Emperor’s saber.

• The Demon Emperor slashed at Wukong with his saber, but Wukong cut through its golden blade with the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• The Demon Emperor released a golden divine dragon from his forehead, and it broke the Immortal-Slaying Sword into fragments.
• Wukong recalled the fragments and lamented that his Immortal-Slaying Sword was too weak, while the Demon Emperor attacked him again.
• The Demon Emperor’s saber shattered the sword once more, and Wukong’s huge golden dragon form fought the Demon Emperor before being hurled into the mountainside.
• The Demon Emperor urged Wukong to surrender and attacked, but Wukong struck back with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, clashing against the Demon Emperor’s saber.

Wukong fought the Demon Emperor, whose saber and transformations pushed him to the brink despite the aid of the White Tiger. After Wukong was injured and retreated, the Demon Emperor unleashed a dragon’s cry that filled him with fear.

• Wukong and the Demon Emperor traded blows, and the Demon Emperor transformed into a massive demon dragon.
• The White Tiger appeared to protect Wukong and attacked the demon dragon with a beam of white light.
• The Demon Emperor became a black vortex and engulfed Wukong, but azure light from the Immortal-Slaying Sword tore the vortex apart.
• Wukong and the Demon Emperor clashed again, and both were blasted away; Wukong was injured and the Demon Emperor vomited blood.
• The demon dragon chased the retreating Wukong and unleashed a dragon’s cry, which the Demon Emperor feared could gravely injure him.

Wukong fought the Demon Emperor, who transformed into a black Jiaolong, but was badly wounded by the Demon Dragon’s attacks. Meanwhile, Ao Changsheng destroyed the suppressed devil gods and sealed gods with his flames, leaving them unable to regain their freedom.

• The Demon Emperor fled through the Demon Emperor's Hall, transformed into a black Jiaolong, and attacked Wukong.
• Wukong struck the Demon Dragon with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, but the Demon Dragon recovered and attacked him with phantom claws.
• The Demon Dragon shattered Wukong’s arm and threatened to kill him and take his blood.
• Ao Changsheng warned the Demon Emperor that he could not escape Heavenly Dao’s punishment.
• Ao Changsheng burned the suppressed devil gods and sealed gods to nothing, severing their connection and leaving them imprisoned until their lifespans ended.

A white-robed youth appeared among the gods, and the Heavenly Emperor revealed himself as one of the Four Great God Emperors. He trapped the gods and overwhelmed Ao Changsheng with a black hole, leaving Ao Changsheng facing defeat.

• Ao Changsheng transformed into a colossal beast and threatened to wipe out the Demon Race in the Three Realms of the Primordial World.
• A white-robed youth appeared among the gods, whose presence felt familiar to them and to Ao Yuan.
• An Immortal Lord of the Heavenly Court of the Primordial World recognized the youth as the Heavenly Emperor, one of the Four Great God Emperors.
• The gods fled, but the Heavenly Emperor summoned a gigantic black hole that engulfed the entire space.
• Ao Changsheng attacked, but the black hole shook the void and left him realizing that his opponent's cultivation surpassed his own.

Haotian overwhelmed Ao Yuan and destroyed the mysterious world within him, opening a black vortex that dragged Ao Yuan and Ao Changsheng away. As the others tried to flee, the black-robed elder caught the injured Ao Changsheng and imprisoned him in a Heaven and Earth Bag.

• Haotian confronted Ao Yuan and declared that he would not let him escape.
• Ao Yuan unleashed Heavenly Punishment, but Haotian's azure lightning dragon destroyed the purple lightning sphere.
• The clash shattered the black barrier and destroyed the mysterious world within Ao Yuan, forcing him to admit defeat.
• A black vortex opened and pulled Ao Yuan and Ao Changsheng into it as the others fled.
• The black-robed elder pursued Ao Changsheng, knocked him unconscious, and trapped him in a Heaven and Earth Bag.

The black-robed elder devoured the world inside Ao Changsheng’s Heaven and Earth Bag and attacked the woman in white, while Ao Changsheng and his allies tried to stop him. After revealing he had sealed the mountain range and Ao Changsheng’s soul, the elder summoned a Dark Devil Dragon, and Ao Changsheng met its attack with his shield.

• The black-robed elder began devouring the world inside the Heaven and Earth Bag and charged at the woman in white.
• The woman in white fought the elder, while Ao Yun, Ao Changsheng, and Ao Yuan joined the battle against him.
• The black-robed elder struck Ao Changsheng with a punch that sent him crashing to the ground and revealed that he had sealed the mountain range and Ao Changsheng’s soul.
• When Ao Changsheng refused to become the elder’s puppet, the elder crushed a jade talisman and summoned a hundred-zhang Dark Devil Dragon.
• The Dark Devil Dragon attacked Ao Changsheng, who raised his shield to block its sweeping tail.

Ao Changsheng fought the black-robed elder in the valley, but the elder’s attacks wounded him and left him at a disadvantage. The elder ordered the disciples away and prepared to take Ao Changsheng down himself.

• The black-robed elder restrained the disciples as cracks opened around the valley and they tried to escape.
• Ao Changsheng and the black-robed elder destroyed each other’s demonic dragon attacks, but Ao Changsheng held his ground.
• The black-robed elder formed a massive black sword and knocked Ao Changsheng back, making him spit blood.
• The elder struck Ao Changsheng with a black saber, and the resulting shock wave sent the disciples flying.
• The black-robed elder declared Ao Changsheng’s body too weak to defeat him, spared him if he left, and ordered the disciples to get lost.

Ao Changsheng lured the black-robed elder into an ambush with Wukong and defeated him. As Sun Wukong attained Buddhahood, Tang Sanzang obtained the scriptures, and the Demon Emperor was sealed, a new Immeasurable Tribulation began; a little white snake studied the Dao at West Lake.

• The black-robed elder attacked Ao Changsheng, who was wounded but escaped into the black hole.
• Ao Changsheng fled toward the valley exit and called for Wukong to help him.
• Ao Changsheng and Wukong joined forces, and Ao Changsheng struck the black-robed elder into a giant tree.
• Ao Changsheng declared that the Demon Emperor would pay, as Sun Wukong attained Buddhahood, Tang Sanzang obtained the scriptures, and the Demon Emperor was sealed.
• A new Immeasurable Tribulation continued as a little white snake comprehended the Dao at West Lake.

With Luohou reborn and a new devil calamity looming, Rakshasa told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi that a woman from the Luo bloodline had reincarnated and might be key to saving the Luo Clan. Sun Wukong and Rakshasa reached the Heavenly Court safely, while Chang'e departed for West Ox Hezhou, and the court began discussing the mysterious woman.

• Ao Changsheng chose seclusion after the system warned that Luohou had been reborn and the Calamity of the Dharma-Ending Age was approaching.
• Rakshasa told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and the others that a woman they had encountered in the Heavenly Court was a reincarnation from the Luo bloodline, and suggested finding her.
• Sun Wukong proposed summoning Rakshasa to question the woman, and the Luo Clan mobilized its senior members to arrange it.
• Chang'e reached the Heavenly Court to check on Sun Wukong, then said she would wait for him in West Ox Hezhou and left.
• Rakshasa thanked Sun Wukong for arriving safely, and the two left together as Taibai Jinxing and the others discussed the reincarnated woman.

Rakshasa explained that she did not know the origins of her reincarnated body or how she had arrived in the Heavenly Court. Tongtian and the others set out for Spirit Mountain to reach Sun Wukong, while Rakshasa remained unable to explain her past.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Rakshasa told Tongtian and the others that the Heavenly Emperor was a reincarnated woman, and the group speculated that she might be Nüwa.
• Chang'e recounted Sun Wukong's experience, and Taishang Laojun, Jieyin, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi questioned Rakshasa about her unknown reincarnation.
• Rakshasa said her reincarnated body was her true self's fleshly body and that she had arrived at the Heavenly Court after someone brought her there.
• Tongtian told Rakshasa to reveal the whole story to the Heavenly Court, then made the people around them vanish with a wave of his sleeve.
• Tongtian and the others agreed to find the reincarnated woman, but Rakshasa urged them to hurry to Spirit Mountain to help Sun Wukong.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi led the group out of the Numinous Sky Treasure Hall, and Tongtian later asked Rakshasa about her origins, which she still could not explain.

Rakshasa and Tongtian agreed to search for the mysterious reincarnated woman and the rogue immortal who had helped Sun Wukong. As they watched the immortals gathering outside the Heavenly Palace, a veiled woman appeared and recognized them.

• Rakshasa said the unknown person had deliberately helped Sun Wukong, and she and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi agreed the reincarnated woman should be found and recruited.
• Tongtian said his divination could not reveal the woman's name, while Rakshasa vowed to use her Divine Ability to search for her.
• Rakshasa and Tongtian left the Heavenly Palace and noticed immortals and gods heading toward the place where they believed the rogue immortal might be.
• Tongtian and Rakshasa went to an open space outside the Heavenly Palace to observe the person they were seeking.
• A veiled woman approached, recognized Tongtian and Rakshasa, and asked whether they were from the Heavenly Court.

Rakshasa confronted Tongtian over their supposed cooperation and accused humanity of threatening her clan. After they parted, Tongtian entered Rakshasa territory, where Rakshasa confronted him with her father’s token and demanded to know what connected their clan to human cultivators.

• A woman warned Rakshasa not to attack the powerful figure they discussed, then departed after speaking with Tongtian.
• Rakshasa and Tongtian argued over their relationship, and Rakshasa ended their cooperation before Tongtian flew away.
• Rakshasa left with the woman in white, saying she intended to test Tongtian’s strength.
• Tongtian traveled northwest into Rakshasa territory and settled in a valley to cultivate.
• Rakshasa appeared opposite Tongtian with her father’s clan token and demanded an explanation of the interests linking their clan with human cultivators.

Rakshasa rejected a woman’s pressure to ally her clan with the human cultivation world, while Zhunti pursued Luo Hou and trapped him with his bound mother in Yangmei’s cave abode. The chapter ended with Zhunti sealing the mountain and Luo Hou unable to free himself or his mother.

• Rakshasa denied the woman’s claim that she had harmed Rakshasa Clan cultivators and refused her offer of help against the Heavenly Devil Sect.
• The woman warned Rakshasa that the human cultivation world might besiege and destroy her clan, but Rakshasa rejected her threats and the woman flew away.
• Zhunti went to kill Luo Hou on Ancestor Yangmei’s orders and mocked him when he ran to seek help.
• Luo Hou found Yangmei bound and gagged in the cave abode, then tried unsuccessfully to free her.
• Zhunti revealed that he had sealed the mountain and its exits, leaving Luo Hou and Yangmei trapped as Luo Hou cried out to his mother.

Luo Hou sacrificed his own life force to break free of the Immortal-Binding Rope, but Zhunti left him gravely wounded and Yangmei still imprisoned. Yang Jian arrived with other cultivators and told Luo Hou that his father had been suppressed, leaving Luo Hou to realize that his father had fallen.

• Zhunti trapped Yangmei and threatened Luo Hou, who vowed to save his mother.
• Luo Hou struck his own chest and released a surge of life force that snapped the Immortal-Breaking Rope.
• Zhunti threatened Yangmei, then left Luo Hou helpless and gravely wounded in the valley.
• Luo Hou wept and swore to rescue Yangmei as Zhunti departed.
• Yang Jian arrived with other cultivators and told Luo Hou that his father had been suppressed.
• Luo Hou recalled his father's final moments and howled after realizing his father had fallen.

Luo Hou confronted Zhunti over the deaths of his former companions, but Zhunti used his authority in the Heavenly Court to have Luo Hou punished. The chapter ended with Zhunti asking Guanyin and the others what should be done with the beaten yaoguai.

• Yang Jian stayed beside Luo Hou as he laughed through his grief and hatred over his mother’s death.
• Zhunti taunted Luo Hou and admitted that he had killed Luo Hou’s fellow disciples and destroyed his team in the past.
• Luo Hou challenged Zhunti’s claim to authority and accused him of plotting against their companions for selfish reasons.
• Zhunti attacked Luo Hou with his sword, but Luo Hou struck him back and forced him to spit blood.
• Luo Hou brought his complaint to the Heavenly Court, but Zhunti accused him of trespassing on the Immortal Dao and ordered soldiers to lash him a hundred times.
• Zhunti asked Guanyin and the others what should be done with Luo Hou after the soldiers beat him.

Wen Zhong had Zhunti arrested for breaking heavenly laws and then continued the Peach of Immortality Banquet. In the Heavenly Court prison, Luo Hou was battered and left despairing until Wen Zhong appeared through a black hole, leaving Luo Hou afraid of what would happen next.

• Wen Zhong ordered the heavenly soldiers to arrest Zhunti and Luo Hou, and Zhunti protested that his status as a Chan Sect disciple should protect him.
• Nüwa told Wen Zhong that Zhunti’s weaknesses were his love of power, riches, fine food, and beautiful young women, and the Jade Emperor resumed the banquet.
• Luo Hou endured repeated beatings and heavenly lightning in prison until he was gravely injured and believed Wen Zhong had abandoned him to die.
• A black hole appeared over Luo Hou, and Wen Zhong emerged from it as Luo Hou recognized his power and asked what he intended to do.

Wen Zhong taunted and kicked the imprisoned Luo Hou, then reported his capture to the Jade Emperor before returning to torment him. The chapter ended with Wen Zhong challenging Luo Hou to strike back while Luo Hou remained imprisoned.

• Wen Zhong kicked Luo Hou and warned him not to break his promise to cultivate and seek revenge.
• Wen Zhong took the shackled Luo Hou from the prison, promising to bring him to see an old friend.
• Wen Zhong reported Luo Hou’s capture to the Jade Emperor, who praised him for protecting the Heavenly Court.
• Wen Zhong returned to the prison and taunted Luo Hou, daring him to hit back.

Wen Zhong confronted Luo Hou in the cell, disarmed and threatened him, then left to rejoin the King of Qingqiu and the others. He revealed a countermeasure by pulling two golden hairs from his palms and disappeared in a burst of white light, leaving the group wondering if he had fled.

• Wen Zhong taunted Luo Hou about having tried to capture and imprison him, while Luo Hou denied it and threatened him with the Demon Emperor’s power.
• Luo Hou drew a dagger and tried to stab Wen Zhong, but Wen Zhong dodged, drew his own dagger, and held it to Luo Hou’s neck until he stopped moving.
• Wen Zhong warned the two guards not to harm him and left the cell.
• The fox spirit asked Wen Zhong about their plan, and he promised to teach Luo Hou a lesson.
• Wen Zhong pulled two golden hairs from his palms, vanished in white light, and left the King of Qingqiu, his consort, and the Fire Cloud Marten King wondering whether he had fled.

Ao Changsheng met Luo Hou in the dungeon and offered to protect him through a coming tribulation in exchange for a strange promise. Later, at a gathering in the Yaomo Realm, the Queen Mother confronted Luo Hou over his escape and threatened to send him to the Demon Emperor Palace and Tower.

• Ao Changsheng found Luo Hou in the dungeon, offered to help him through a tribulation, and told him to seek his help whenever someone asked Luo Hou for help.
• Luo Hou agreed to Ao Changsheng’s condition that he kill Luo Hou if anyone asked him to do so, then left the dungeon.
• Hundreds of thousands of Yaomo gathered in the Yaomo Realm square, where Ao Changsheng and Luo Hou stood as the realm’s two Yaomo kings.
• Wen Zhong and the Queen Mother arrived, and Luo Hou called out to Wen Zhong as they approached.
• The Queen Mother accused Luo Hou of escaping without permission and threatened to take him to the Demon Emperor Palace and throw him into the Demon Emperor Tower.
• Luo Hou protested that he would not go, but trembled as the Queen Mother ordered him to kneel.