Chapter Summaries

Sun Wukong confronted the Western Queen Mother and demonstrated that his strength exceeded hers despite her Golden Immortal cultivation. After she was injured by his first attack, she prepared a second sword strike infused with Law Power.

• Sun Wukong rejected the Western Queen Mother's appeal to their past ties, declared that he would not break his vow, and released his presence with nine dragon-shaped phantoms behind him.
• The Western Queen Mother threatened to kill Sun Wukong and destroy his lineage, but he dismissed her confidence and challenged her to fight.
• The Western Queen Mother attacked Sun Wukong with a lightning-charged treasured sword, and he countered with a punch that injured her and sent her reeling.
• Sun Wukong taunted the Western Queen Mother, who poured Law Power into her sword and prepared another powerful strike.

Sun Wukong struck the Western Queen Mother with his Jingu Bang and sent him flying, shocking the cultivators watching in West Ox Hezhou. Enraged, the Western Queen Mother summoned a mighty golden greatsword, leaving the two poised to continue their battle.

• The Western Queen Mother declared that his Golden Immortal strength made him unmatched and threatened to kill Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong challenged the Western Queen Mother and brought his Jingu Bang down in a powerful attack.
• Sun Wukong's blow sent the Western Queen Mother flying, and the watching cultivators reacted with fear and disbelief.
• The Western Queen Mother grew furious, formed golden runes, and condensed them into an enormous golden greatsword.
• An observer recognized the greatsword technique as a Divine Ability the Western Queen Mother had recently comprehended.

Sun Wukong split the Western Queen Mother’s golden greatsword with one strike, then faced her Heavenly Punishment attack in a clash that shattered the void. The Western Queen Mother blocked his counterattack and revealed a physique strong enough to withstand the battle’s immense power.

• Sun Wukong destroyed the Western Queen Mother’s golden greatsword with a blow from the Jingu Bang, shocking the spectators.
• The Western Queen Mother declared she would subdue Sun Wukong as her mount and lead the Western Sect’s journey west.
• The Western Queen Mother attacked Sun Wukong with Heavenly Punishment lightning.
• Sun Wukong met her attack with his staff, and their clash shattered the void and unleashed a storm of Chaos energy.
• The Western Queen Mother blocked Sun Wukong’s strike, and the spectators marveled at her formidable physique.

Sun Wukong fought the Western Queen Mother and later defeated the Quasi-Sage Qingqiu Fox Spirit during a visit to the Fox Clan. He planned to take the monkeys from Flower-Fruit Mountain and establish a Monkey Clan stronghold, then arrived with Daji at the Fox Clan’s mountain range.

• Sun Wukong and the Western Queen Mother fought until sunrise, then argued over whether he had surpassed her.
• Over the following year, Sun Wukong cultivated and spent time with the woman he loved.
• Sun Wukong defeated the Qingqiu Fox Spirit, and the Fox Clan’s fox demons were stunned by his strength.
• Sun Wukong told Daji he planned to take the monkeys from Flower-Fruit Mountain and establish a Monkey Clan stronghold elsewhere.
• Sun Wukong and Daji arrived at a mountain range, where Sun Wukong asked if it was the Fox Clan’s territory.

Sun Wukong and Daji entered the Fox Clan Demon Race’s mountain, where Sun Wukong attacked the giant snakes guarding it. After killing one and fighting his way to the summit, he descended into the forest and confronted three more giant snakes, striking one down as he began the battle.

• Sun Wukong and Daji reached the mountain and recognized the three giant snakes carved on its stele as beasts Sun Wukong had seen in the Heavenly Court.
• Sun Wukong seized one giant snake, hurled it to the ground, and beat it to death with the Jingu Bang.
• The death of the snake threw the mountain into chaos as countless giant snakes emerged, and Sun Wukong blasted one apart with a pillar of light.
• Sun Wukong and Daji reached the summit, then Sun Wukong descended toward the forest to search for a way to subdue the snakes.
• Three giant snakes flew at Sun Wukong, and he struck one’s head to pieces with the Jingu Bang.

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.