Recaps

Cult Master Tongtian’s defeat drove him toward destroying the Primordial World, but Ao Changsheng stopped him as the Numinous Stone Monkey began his path to immortality. After learning from Patriarch Bodhi and returning to Flower-Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong rescued his fellow monkeys and challenged the Demon Tiger Demon King.

• Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi fought to a draw, then competed through three Demon Beast matchups, which Celestial Venerable Yuanshi won.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi healed his Dao heart while Cult Master Tongtian protected him, but Tongtian later formed a heart demon and vowed to destroy the Primordial World.
• Ao Changsheng restrained Cult Master Tongtian and restored the Primordial World, while Ancestor Hongjun arranged the next stage of his plan and a Numinous Stone Monkey emerged on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• A Shui befriended the Stone Monkey, helped him join the troop, and died before explaining how to seek eternal life, so the chief sent the Stone Monkey west toward Mount Lingtai Fangcun.
• Stone Monkey traveled with Red Sparrow, met Patriarch Bodhi, received the name Sun Wukong, and learned the Seventy-Two Transformations, the Somersault Cloud, and the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, found the Water Curtain Cave, killed the Demon King of Havoc, and set out to free monkeys held by other demon kings.
• Sun Wukong defeated the Red Tiger Demon King and freed his captives, then confronted the Demon Tiger Demon King after learning that the captured monkeys, including Zhuzi, were being treated well.
• Sun Wukong and the Demon Tiger Demon King agreed to settle the monkeys’ fate through a fight, and the king leapt at Sun Wukong after Sun Wukong’s punch drove him back.

Sun Wukong rescued the captured monkeys, claimed the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and became king after removing the monkeys from the Book of Life and Death. His appointment as Keeper of the Heavenly Horses ended in revolt, and after he defeated the Giant Spirit God, Nezha came to challenge him.

• Sun Wukong defeated the Demon Tiger Demon King in a weapon rematch, rescued the captive monkeys, and returned them to the Water Curtain Cave.
• Sun Wukong challenged the Jiaolong King, then learned that twenty-four monkeys chose to stay and cultivate with him while Dazhuang returned to the Water Curtain Cave with Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong went to the Dragon King of the East Sea’s Crystal Palace, claimed the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and received armor before returning home.
• Sun Wukong altered the Book of Life and Death to make the monkeys’ lifespans endless, and the old chieftain named him king of the tribe.
• Sun Wukong accepted the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven and went to the Heavenly Court, where the Jade Emperor appointed him Keeper of the Heavenly Horses.
• Sun Wukong learned his position had no rank, freed the heavenly horses, and returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, prompting the Jade Emperor to send Li Jing and Nezha against him.
• Sun Wukong defeated the Giant Spirit God after demanding that the Jade Emperor promote him to Great Sage Equal to Heaven, then spared him when he begged for mercy.
• Nezha arrived to fight Sun Wukong, explained how True Person Taiyi had made him a lotus-root body, and announced his new title was Ou Ba.

Sun Wukong befriended Nezha, accepted the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and then angered the Heavenly Court by raiding its peaches, banquet, and elixirs. After defeating the Nine Luminaries Star Lords, he faced a Heavenly Court army, while Nezha secretly tried to help him under cover of their staged fight.

• Nezha and Sun Wukong staged a fight, but Sun Wukong defeated him, after which Nezha visited Water Curtain Cave and broke through twice.
• Nezha returned to Li Jing and reported his defeat, while Li Jing brought Sun Wukong’s demand for a title to the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Sun Wukong Great Sage Equal to Heaven without a salary, and Sun Wukong later brought Nezha to Flower-Fruit Mountain to share wine with the monkeys.
• The Jade Emperor assigned Sun Wukong to manage the Peach Garden, but Sun Wukong ate its ripe peaches, disrupted the Peach Grand Assembly, and consumed nearly all of Taishang Laojun’s alchemy pills.
• After the Heavenly Court learned of Sun Wukong’s thefts, the Jade Emperor sent 100,000 soldiers to surround Flower-Fruit Mountain, and Sun Wukong defeated the Nine Luminaries Star Lords without killing them.
• Li Jing ordered the Four Heavenly Kings to attack Sun Wukong, but Nezha confessed that he wanted to help his friend and went to Water Curtain Cave despite Li Jing’s warning.
• Nezha and Sun Wukong agreed to fight while secretly talking, and Nezha warned Sun Wukong about the eighteen formations and offered information about the Heavenly Court’s fighters.
• Nezha’s Universe Ring flew into Li Jing’s tent and knocked him unconscious, after which Nezha retrieved it and began swinging it from his Heaven-Chaos Sash as Sun Wukong watched.

Sun Wukong defeated the Four Heavenly Kings and Muzha, then fought Erlang Shen through a series of transformations and disguises. After Li Jing exposed Sun Wukong hiding in Erlang Shen’s temple, the two resumed their battle as Taishang Laojun prepared to intervene.

• Nezha secretly told Sun Wukong the weaknesses of the forces sent to capture him, and Sun Wukong defeated the Four Heavenly Kings when they attacked Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Li Jing considered the cost of a full assault, while Muzha challenged Sun Wukong and was defeated before returning to report to the Jade Emperor and Guanyin.
• Guanyin recommended Erlang Shen, who arrived at Flower-Fruit Mountain and challenged Sun Wukong to a one-on-one fight.
• Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen fought evenly with weapons and transformations, then Erlang Shen used his Heavenly Eye to overcome Sun Wukong’s clones and narrowly defeat him in their giant forms.
• Erlang Shen pursued Sun Wukong through forests, the sea, and a village, while Sun Wukong used disguises and transformations to evade him.
• Sun Wukong disguised himself as Erlang Shen in Erlang Shen’s temple, but Li Jing used the Demon-Revealing Mirror to expose him.
• Erlang Shen confronted Sun Wukong at the temple and fought him without gaining the advantage, while Taishang Laojun offered his Vajra Bracelet to strike Sun Wukong.