Recaps

The old monk persuaded Lü Bu to accompany him to the Demon Race's territory to seek three spirit herbs, while Sun Wukong negotiated over the plan and stayed behind with Cao Guojiu and Tieguai Li. On the way to prepare for the search, they found Demon Race residents in a valley and attacked them.

• The old monk asked Lü Bu to help him find three spirit herbs in the Demon Race's territory, and Lü Bu agreed.
• Sun Wukong objected to the old monk taking Lü Bu alone, but the old monk urged him to let Lü Bu go and warned that time was short.
• Sun Wukong agreed to provide five hundred immortal stones for the herbs, and the old monk left to prepare.
• Sun Wukong, Cao Guojiu, and Tieguai Li set out and discussed the dangers of the Crimson Flame Desert.
• The group discovered Demon Race residents in a valley, and Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu attacked them from above.
• Tieguai Li warned that the Demon Race's numbers could overwhelm them and offered to help at crucial moments.

Sun Wukong, Cao Guojiu, and Tieguai Li searched a valley for spiritual herbs and discovered that one herb could flee on its own. When Cao Guojiu seized another herb, he and Sun Wukong fought, and their battle continued as the chapter ended.

• Sun Wukong, Cao Guojiu, and Tieguai Li entered the valley and sensed dense Yin Qi that suggested powerful Demon Race monsters were hiding there.
• The three searched the forest, and Sun Wukong found a first-grade spiritual herb that vanished before he could pick it.
• Tieguai Li suspected the herb had escaped using its Demon Power and recognized a presence associated with the Black Bear King.
• Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu found another spiritual herb, but Cao Guojiu snatched it before Sun Wukong could claim it.
• Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu fought over the herb, trading blows as the battle continued.

Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu’s sparring escalated into a duel as they revealed powerful weapons and clashed. Cao Guojiu then attacked with the Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear, leaving Sun Wukong slowed and warned by the system as the strike rushed toward him.

• Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu fought to a standstill while holding back, then taunted each other about their strength.
• Cao Guojiu drew the White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird swords, while Sun Wukong gave a ring and jade pendant to Princess Iron Fan and Fairy Iron Fan.
• Cao Guojiu’s sword attack sent Sun Wukong crashing to the ground, but Sun Wukong rose and insisted that his Jingu Bang technique, taught by Great Emperor Pangu, had strong defenses.
• Cao Guojiu proposed a duel, and Sun Wukong accepted despite being tired.
• Cao Guojiu attacked with the Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear, slowing Sun Wukong as the system warned him of its danger.

Sun Wukong struggled against Cao Guojiu’s Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear, then tricked him into thinking the weapon had pierced his chest. The fight ended with Sun Wukong smashing the spear in two with the Jingu Bang.

• Cao Guojiu pressed his attack while Sun Wukong grew slower and his Divine Sense weakened.
• Sun Wukong feigned being pierced in the chest, making Cao Guojiu believe his attack had landed.
• Cao Guojiu realized Sun Wukong had tricked him and thrust at his throat, but Sun Wukong knocked the spear back.
• Cao Guojiu launched another attack, and Sun Wukong struck the Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear, snapping it in two.

Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu fought fiercely, trading heavy blows as the captive cultivators watched and hoped for rescue. Sun Wukong let Cao Guojiu’s spear pierce his arm, then broke the Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear, enraging Cao Guojiu.

• Cao Guojiu trapped Sun Wukong with black mist, but Sun Wukong used Buddhist Order Law Power to break free and strike at him.
• Sun Wukong hit Cao Guojiu in the back and injured his hand and shoulder when their weapons collided, but Cao Guojiu blasted Sun Wukong and wounded him in return.
• Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu resumed their fierce battle as the recovered captive cultivators watched and hoped Sun Wukong would save them.
• Cao Guojiu charged with the Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear, and Sun Wukong let it pierce his left arm before breaking the spear with his right hand.
• Cao Guojiu roared with killing intent after Sun Wukong destroyed his treasure.

Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu fought fiercely after Sun Wukong’s strength surged, with both taking injuries as Cao Guojiu relied on his spear and Supreme-Grade Immortal Artifact armor. Sun Wukong pressed the attack but grew frustrated when his blows barely damaged Cao Guojiu’s armor.

• Sun Wukong met Cao Guojiu’s attack head-on, and Cao Guojiu transformed into a giant, hairy beast before striking with the Black Flood Dragon Heaven-Breaking Spear.
• Their weapons collided, injuring both fighters and sending shock waves through the spectators; Cao Guojiu suspected Sun Wukong had a Supreme-Grade Immortal Artifact inside his body.
• Sun Wukong confirmed Cao Guojiu’s guess and attacked at high speed, but the two became locked in a stalemate before Cao Guojiu sent him flying and made him cough blood.
• Cao Guojiu charged again, and Sun Wukong unleashed a relentless series of blows that pushed Cao Guojiu back without seriously harming him.
• Sun Wukong realized Cao Guojiu’s treasured armor was a Supreme-Grade Immortal Artifact and vowed to smash it.

Sun Wukong wounded Cao Guojiu, but Cao Guojiu’s Ghost King’s Art of War injured Sun Wukong and drove him to reveal his Buddha’s Sarira. Cao Guojiu fled, and Sun Wukong chased him as a pack of giant beasts attacked.

• Sun Wukong battered Cao Guojiu’s armor with the Jingu Bang and wounded him with a punch.
• A ghost dragon and other ghost soldiers appeared, and Sun Wukong destroyed one before its attack injured him.
• Sun Wukong revealed his Buddha’s Sarira and declared he would avenge his master and martial uncles.
• Cao Guojiu fled, and Sun Wukong pursued him.
• A pack of giant black beasts attacked Sun Wukong, injuring him as he continued chasing Cao Guojiu.

Sun Wukong fought Cao Guojiu and his ghost soldiers in the cave, then launched a counterattack after a deadly blade strike left Cao Guojiu badly wounded. The battle continued as Sun Wukong knocked away Cao Guojiu’s axe and struck at him again.

• Cao Guojiu taunted Sun Wukong while the monsters battered him, then swung his black battle-axe at him.
• A black blade Gang struck Cao Guojiu’s neck and cut a giant ape in two, leaving Cao Guojiu bleeding and stunned.
• Sun Wukong disbelieved Cao Guojiu’s claim that he had been slain, then used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to attack him from behind.
• Sun Wukong knocked Cao Guojiu’s axe flying and swung the Jingu Bang at him again.
• Cao Guojiu recalled his axe and tried to block Sun Wukong’s strike, and another astonishing impact followed.

Sun Wukong fought Cao Guojiu after severing one of his arms, but their clash left both badly injured. The cultivators realized they were still in danger, with Yang Jian watching nearby.

• Sun Wukong struck Cao Guojiu into a mountainside and severed his arm with the Jingu Bang.
• Cao Guojiu charged at Sun Wukong in a rage, and their fists collided without either gaining an advantage.
• Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu clashed again, and Sun Wukong shattered Cao Guojiu's fist and arm but was sent flying and spat blood.
• The cultivators watched in shock as Cao Guojiu was injured before ten exchanges had passed.
• Liu Boyang worried that the cultivators could not defeat Cao Guojiu and feared Yang Jian, who remained nearby.

Sun Wukong faced Cao Guojiu in battle, first getting blasted away before meeting his next attack head-on and proving he could withstand it. Cao Guojiu was left shocked and apprehensive as he gathered power for another strike.

• Cao Guojiu attacked Sun Wukong with his Golden Light Great Hand Seal, and its force sent Sun Wukong crashing into the ground.
• Cao Guojiu pressed his advantage with a rapid barrage of palm strikes while Sun Wukong stood still, alarming the onlookers and prompting Yang Jian to activate a Bloodline Secret Method.
• Sun Wukong swung the Jingu Bang into Cao Guojiu's Golden Light Great Hand Seal, creating a massive collision that split the valley with a vast crack.
• The cultivators realized Sun Wukong had blocked Cao Guojiu's attack without injury, and Cao Guojiu stared in disbelief.
• Cao Guojiu tensed and poured Demonic Essence into his golden fists, preparing to continue the fight.

Sun Wukong fought Cao Guojiu, who overpowered him with his Integrated Body Great Perfection strength and battered him into a mountain. Though injured and trapped in a crater, Sun Wukong mocked Cao Guojiu as he approached to kill him.

• Sun Wukong clashed with Cao Guojiu’s golden palms, was injured, and staggered backward as the watching cultivators cheered his strength.
• Cao Guojiu launched another powerful attack, and Sun Wukong met it with the Jingu Bang, which cracked under the force.
• Cao Guojiu struck Sun Wukong in the chest and sent him crashing into a mountain, while the cultivators fled the area.
• Cao Guojiu approached the injured Sun Wukong and threatened to kill him, but Sun Wukong laughed at him disdainfully.

Sun Wukong mocked Cao Guojiu, then dodged his attack and countered with earth-attribute techniques. After Cao Guojiu’s Earth Dragon Overturns the Sea clashed with Sun Wukong’s power, Cao Guojiu charged through the chaos and unleashed a barrage of punches.

• Sun Wukong dismissed Cao Guojiu as no threat, while Cao Guojiu vowed to torture him and attacked with a crushing wave of force.
• Sun Wukong dodged the attack and summoned enormous earth-yellow apes whose blade-like Power of Principle rushed at Cao Guojiu.
• Cao Guojiu shattered the incoming earth-attribute force with streams of fire, then charged at Sun Wukong and cast Earth Dragon Overturns the Sea.
• Sun Wukong countered the earth dragon with his own earth-attribute Power of Principle, and their collision shattered parts of the dragon and blasted the ground apart.
• Cao Guojiu pressed forward through the dust and struck at Sun Wukong with a barrage of fist shadows carrying earth-attribute Power of Principle.

Sun Wukong and Cao Guojiu clashed with earth-attribute powers, and Cao Guojiu struck Sun Wukong’s chest with bone spikes. Meanwhile, Han Xiangzi sought guidance from Ao Changsheng on how to address the Primordial World’s plight and was sent to find Ao Guang.

• Sun Wukong defended himself from Cao Guojiu’s fists with multicolored lotuses as their clash shook the void.
• Cao Guojiu enlarged an earth-attribute sphere and collided with Sun Wukong, sending them both crashing into a distant mountain peak.
• Sun Wukong charged back at Cao Guojiu, who formed long black bone spikes and stabbed them into Sun Wukong’s chest.
• Han Xiangzi arrived at Ao Changsheng’s cave abode to ask for a solution to the Primordial World’s plight.
• Ao Changsheng told Han Xiangzi to confront injustice with kindness and without resentment or hatred, then directed him to find Ao Guang.

Han Xiangzi reported discovering three extraordinary Divergent Flame Mountains to Ao Guang, then confronted Ao Guang and revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation. Ao Guang asked him to help resist the Devil Race and Demon Race and said he would test him before trusting him.

• Ao Changsheng told Han Xiangzi that he could offer no further help and hoped Han would soon break through and lead his followers into battle.
• Han Xiangzi told Ao Guang he had found three extraordinary Divergent Flame Mountains and planned to refine their flames into pills for his senior brothers.
• Ao Guang ordered Han Xiangzi to keep the discovery secret and dismissed him.
• Ao Guang attacked Han Xiangzi with black Qi, but Han Xiangzi recovered and revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ao Guang asked Han Xiangzi to help resist the Devil Race and Demon Race, then said he needed to test Han before trusting him.

Han Xiangzi and Ao Guang returned to the Primordial World and went to the Azure Cloud Sect, where Han Xiangzi’s Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and Dao of Chaos were revealed. After discussing the danger from the Devil Lord, they left for the Heavenly Court, where Han Xiangzi said his stationed forces would meet them.

• Han Xiangzi proved his cultivation to Ao Guang by joining their souls and Essence Blood, then demanded that Ao Guang take him back to the Primordial World.
• Ao Guang returned with Han Xiangzi, received the Primordial World’s mighty figures’ greetings, and led them toward the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Ao Guang’s subordinate informed the Azure Cloud Sect elders that Han Xiangzi was a Nascent Soul Realm expert who had cultivated the Dao of Chaos, prompting the elders to debate how to respond.
• At the Azure Cloud Sect’s mountain gate, Han Xiangzi warned Ao Guang about the Devil Lord and said they should hurry to the Heavenly Court, where his stationed experts would meet them.
• Han Xiangzi and Ao Guang flew toward the Heavenly Court.

Han Xiangzi and Ao Guang traveled to the Heavenly Court, where Han Xiangzi slaughtered the gold-armored soldiers guarding their path. As Han Xiangzi prepared to enter the Heavenly Emperor’s gates, Ao Guang warned him not to disturb the Emperor during his seclusion.

• Ao Guang questioned Han Xiangzi’s plan to attack the Heavenly Court, but agreed to follow him after Han Xiangzi promised he had a way to succeed.
• Han Xiangzi and Ao Guang encountered a vast force of gold-armored soldiers, and Han Xiangzi killed them and subdued their Primordial Spirits.
• Ao Guang asked about Han Xiangzi’s plans for Earth, and Han Xiangzi said he intended to find spirit herbs to help cultivators reach the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Han Xiangzi reached the Heavenly Court’s gates and prepared to enter, but Ao Guang stopped him and warned that disturbing the Heavenly Emperor’s seclusion could bring danger.

Han Xiangzi entered the Heavenly Court and met the Heavenly Emperor, revealing that he had come to search for a ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree. The Heavenly Emperor woke from secluded cultivation and asked Han Xiangzi to explain his purpose.

• Han Xiangzi told Ao Guang he could pass the Heavenly Court's restrictions and refused Ao Guang's offer to accompany him.
• Ao Guang hurried into the Heavenly Court to inform the Heavenly Emperor that Han Xiangzi had arrived, while Han Xiangzi secretly waited outside the Heavenly Emperor's bedchamber.
• Great Emperor Heavenly Gang saw Han Xiangzi and suspected he and Ao Guang were plotting against the Heavenly Court.
• Han Xiangzi caught up with Ao Guang, and Ao Guang used a secret teleportation technique to bring him to the Heavenly Emperor's bedchamber.
• The Heavenly Emperor opened his eyes, and Han Xiangzi revealed that he had come to find a ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree.

Han Xiangzi agreed to help the Heavenly Emperor obtain a ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree, believing he would receive a ten-million-year-old one in return. After Han Xiangzi left, the Heavenly Emperor and Ao Guang prepared to capture him and assembled a large force in the Heavenly Court.

• Han Xiangzi revealed that he wanted a ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree to advance his cultivation, and the Heavenly Emperor promised him one if he brought back another.
• Han Xiangzi agreed to return to the Demon Race and seek the tree with Great Emperor Ao Guang and the Heavenly Court's heavenly soldiers.
• After Han Xiangzi left Yaochi, the Heavenly Emperor privately resolved to keep the Chaos Tree for himself and deal with Han Xiangzi.
• The Heavenly Emperor and Ao Guang agreed to capture Han Xiangzi, then went to the Heavenly Realm to summon their forces.
• Ao Guang gathered over five hundred thousand Demon Race disciples, including several thousand at the Early Golden Core Stage, and they asked the Heavenly Emperor for instructions.

Han Xiangzi entered the Demon Race’s territory, determined to claim the ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree, while the Heavenly Emperor and his followers tracked his movements. At the Heavenly Emperor’s palace, Han Xiangzi unexpectedly told the guard he had come to seek refuge with the Heavenly Court.

• The Heavenly Emperor ordered his followers to watch Han Xiangzi and seize him when he found the Chaos Tree, then sent them toward the Demon Race.
• Han Xiangzi arrived at the Demon Race’s gates and declared that he would obtain the Chaos Tree and destroy the Demon Race.
• Han Xiangzi and the Heavenly Emperor argued about the Chaos Tree and their relative strength before Han Xiangzi entered the Demon Race’s territory unopposed.
• The Heavenly Emperor told an elder to let Han Xiangzi proceed, then sent his followers to search for him and went to inspect the Chaos Tree’s branches.
• Han Xiangzi went to the Heavenly Emperor’s palace and asked an armored general to tell the Heavenly Emperor that he had come to seek refuge with the Heavenly Court.

Han Xiangzi entered the Heavenly Court and claimed the ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree, but the Heavenly Emperor delayed giving him an answer. Han Xiangzi then tried to seize the tree’s fruits and was caught by its golden soul fire.

• Han Xiangzi kowtowed a hundred times to persuade the general to let him enter the palace.
• Han Xiangzi told the Heavenly Emperor he wanted the ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Tree and presented his jade pendant as proof of ownership.
• The Heavenly Emperor kept the Chaos Tree for the time being, saying he would report the matter and give Han Xiangzi an answer later.
• After the Heavenly Emperor left, Han Xiangzi used his Nine-Toothed Rake to attack and tried to seize military authority.
• Han Xiangzi reached for the Chaos Tree’s remaining fruits, but golden soul fire enveloped him as he tried to take one.

The Heavenly Emperor and the artifact spirit’s black rope attacked Han Xiangzi, who survived and traded threats with the God Race old woman. After she left with the green bull, she instructed him to capture Han Xiangzi and bring him to her.

• The Heavenly Emperor struck Han Xiangzi with a golden palm, while a black rope hit him and drove him into the ground.
• Han Xiangzi realized the old God Race woman had arranged the attack and threatened that a powerful expert in the Han Tribe would help his clan rise again.
• The old God Race woman appeared and told the green bull she would help him take revenge on Han Xiangzi, then departed with him.
• The green bull thanked the old God Race woman for protecting him, and she ordered him to capture Han Xiangzi and bring him to her.

Han Xiangzi fought the azure bull and the God Race old woman, surviving their attacks before the old woman blasted him apart. As the Han Tribe mourned him, Han Xiangzi claimed the God Race patriarch was his master and warned the old woman that he was a God King.

• The azure bull charged Han Xiangzi, who vanished and struck the God Race old woman, apparently killing her with one blow.
• Han Xiangzi fought the azure bull, but the bull punched him into a mountain and smashed it to pieces.
• The God Race old woman praised Han Xiangzi’s strength, while the azure bull reflected that his mistress’s Essence Blood had helped him defeat Han Xiangzi earlier.
• Han Xiangzi attacked the old woman, who struck him with a powerful palm and blasted him to pieces.
• Han Xiangzi told the old woman that the God Race patriarch was his master and a God King, and warned her that his master would not spare her.

Nüwa sought Ao Changsheng’s help to save the living beings of the Primordial World, while secretly aiming to restore the Chaos Divine Tree. She found the tree’s weakness and attacked it, leaving it trapped and fleeing toward the mountain peak as Nüwa pursued.

• Nüwa asked Ao Changsheng to help her save the living beings of the Primordial World, and he agreed as long as she returned the Chaos Divine Tree safely.
• Nüwa stayed behind to inspect the Chaos Divine Tree while Ao Changsheng left to search his memories for its weakness.
• Nüwa discovered that deadly Sha Qi at the summit of the Chaos-formed mountain was the Chaos Divine Tree’s weakness.
• Nüwa attacked the mountain with a golden dragon, forcing the Chaos Divine Tree to emerge.
• Nüwa trapped the Chaos Divine Tree and said it would meet her master, prompting it to flee toward the mountain peak.

Nüwa subdued and sealed the Chaos Divine Tree, then visited the World of Disorder before returning to cultivate in the Hunyuan Mountain Range. Thirty thousand years passed as the Chaos Divine Tree remained under her control and continued growing stronger.

• Nüwa struck the Chaos Divine Tree and offered a wager, then used her power to put its soul to sleep and seal it inside the Chaos Pearl.
• The Chaos Divine Tree protested and threatened Nüwa with the Heavenly Court, but she left it under her control.
• Nüwa entered the World of Disorder, identified the Divine Tree of Disorder as her target, and left without proceeding farther.
• Nüwa returned to the Hunyuan Mountain Range and cultivated while the sealed Chaos Divine Tree stayed by her side.
• Thirty thousand years passed, and the Chaos Divine Tree grew stronger by cultivating with the Qi of Chaos in the World of Disorder.

After sealing the Chaos Divine Tree, Nüwa captured another one and spent thirty thousand years helping it recover and hide inside Nüwa Palace. Meanwhile, Yang Jian learned about the Chaos Divine Tree’s rare properties from a Jade Slip.

• Nüwa sealed a Chaos Divine Tree, then captured another one as it fell from the void near the Hunyuan Mountain Range.
• Nüwa brought the tree to Nüwa Palace and asked it to restore the palace’s power; it said it needed Qi of Disorder to recover while doing so.
• Nüwa fed the tree divine herbs and immortal stones and supplied it with Qi of Chaos for thirty thousand years.
• The recovered Chaos Divine Tree grew into a towering tree and hid inside Nüwa Palace, where it remained safe.
• Yang Jian read a Jade Slip describing the Chaos Divine Tree’s ability to absorb Qi of Chaos and the essence of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.