Recaps

Sun Wukong rescued Tang Xuanzang from three rhinoceros spirits, then became embroiled in conflicts with the Dragon Clan and the Western Queen Mother. After a year of cultivation and time with Daji, he set out to establish a new home for the monkeys and confronted a mountain full of giant snakes.

• Sun Wukong tracked three rhinoceros spirits to Azure Dragon Mountain, where they captured Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing before heavenly reinforcements helped him rescue them.
• Sun Wukong fought the Bull Devil King and borrowed the Plantain Fan, then reunited with Tang Xuanzang and continued their journey.
• Sun Wukong left Tang Xuanzang to battle the Dragon Carp and the Jiaolong King, who overwhelmed him and shattered his Jingu Bang.
• Ao Guang and the Western Queen Mother plotted against Sun Wukong, but he fought the Queen Mother and withstood her attacks.
• Sun Wukong spent the following year cultivating and with Daji, defeated the Qingqiu Fox Spirit, and told Daji he would move the monkeys from Flower-Fruit Mountain to a new stronghold.
• Sun Wukong and Daji reached a mountain marked with three giant snakes, where Sun Wukong killed several snakes and searched for a way to subdue the rest.

Sun Wukong battled the Demon Realm’s forces and Xuanming, then began pursuing a way to unite the demons and strengthen his cultivation. Hongjun secretly gave Ao Changsheng a golden pearl intended to capture Sun Wukong, while Ao Changsheng absorbed it to restore his strength.

• Sun Wukong fought the giant snakes and Demon King Dijun, then learned from Ao Changsheng that he would need to defeat the Demon Emperor to unite the Demon Realm.
• Sun Wukong studied the Nine Transformations of the Golden Scales with Laojun and cultivated it while his Nascent Soul absorbed Qi of Chaos.
• Xuanming attacked Sun Wukong, who fought him across the Primordial World and eventually defeated him after reaching the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Sun Wukong returned to the Demon Race, celebrated his victory, and asked the departing Demon Emperor to introduce the powerful immortal pursuing an eminent monk.
• Zhao Gongming agreed to help Sun Wukong arrange a meeting between the Demon Emperor and a Great Immortal, then identified himself to a golden-armored divine general as the immortal’s disciple.
• Hongjun told Ao Changsheng that the Three Purities planned to make Sun Wukong one of the thirty-six Heavenly Gang star lords and gave him a golden pearl to capture Sun Wukong.
• Hongjun warned Ao Changsheng not to provoke powerful beings, and Ao Changsheng began absorbing the pearl to restore his strength.

Sun Wukong fought the Demon Emperor as Ao Changsheng confronted powerful foes and the wider calamity advanced. After the battles, Luo Hou was imprisoned, then freed by Ao Changsheng and brought before the gathered Yaomo, where the Queen Mother ordered him to kneel.

• Sun Wukong battled the Demon Emperor, whose powerful attacks wounded him, while the Jade Emperor and others joined the fight.
• The Demon Emperor pursued Wukong, but Ao Changsheng confronted the Demon Race’s enemies and later clashed with Haotian before being captured.
• Ao Changsheng fought the black-robed elder with help from Wukong, while Wukong attained Buddhahood, Tang Sanzang obtained the scriptures, and the Demon Emperor was sealed.
• Ao Changsheng withdrew into seclusion as Rakshasa and the Heavenly Court discussed a mysterious reincarnated woman and searched for her.
• Zhunti trapped Luo Hou and Yangmei, then left Luo Hou gravely wounded after Yang Jian told him his father had fallen.
• Luo Hou challenged Zhunti and was beaten and imprisoned, where Wen Zhong taunted him before Ao Changsheng offered him a way through a tribulation.
• Luo Hou accepted Ao Changsheng’s condition and left the dungeon, then stood with Ao Changsheng before hundreds of thousands of Yaomo as the Queen Mother ordered him to kneel.

Sun Wukong fought Luo Hou and then submitted to Ao Changsheng, who offered him a path into the Dragon Race and helped him cultivate. As a Lightning Tribulation struck Ao Changsheng, Yang Jian entered a mysterious inheritance space and plunged into a fireball surrounding the Fire Element heaven-and-earth spirit flame.

• The Queen Mother tortured Luo Hou to obtain the Dragon Pearl, but he refused to surrender it even when she threatened Luo Zha.
• Ao Changsheng rescued the badly injured Luo Hou, while Sun Wukong pursued and killed Luo Hou before finding Zhunti and searching the ruins with him.
• Sun Wukong and Zhunti attempted the Golden Cicada Secret Technique, but Ao Changsheng interrupted them and revealed that Sun Wukong was tied to the Demon Emperor’s legacy.
• Sun Wukong chose to join the Dragon Race and kowtowed to Ao Changsheng, who later gave him a jade tablet to help him cultivate.
• Chang'e admitted she liked Sun Wukong and agreed to help him grow stronger, while Ao Changsheng explained to Yang Jian how his jade token gathered energy from fallen Gods and Devils.
• A Lightning Tribulation struck the Dragon Palace, and Yang Jian feared Ao Changsheng could not survive the bolts after sensing his spiritual injuries.
• Yang Jian used an ancient ring to enter a restricted space, where he found an enormous Obsidian that resisted his attacks.
• Yang Jian entered the inheritance tomb past its golden-armored guards and plunged into the flames surrounding the Fire Element heaven-and-earth spirit flame.