Chapter Summaries

Sun Wukong cultivated the Golden Body Instruction and absorbed Qi of Chaos as his Nascent Soul began advancing toward the Sage Realm, while three cultivators plotted to kill him for his treasure. After months of cultivation and studying the stars, he sensed a sudden tremor near his residence.

• Sun Wukong refined the Golden Body Instruction, then sent his Nascent Soul into the Chaos World to absorb Qi of Chaos and study his internal organs.
• After thirty years, Sun Wukong's Nascent Soul began transforming toward the Sage Realm but appeared to stall before breaking through.
• Three immortal cultivators gathered in a thatched cottage and planned to kill Sun Wukong and take the treasure inside him.
• Great Emperor Qinghua sensed changes in the Primordial World, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Pole sent Hongjun a warning about Sun Wukong and a possible great tribulation.
• After months of absorbing Qi and mapping planetary orbits, Sun Wukong felt a tremor near his residence and wondered if someone was preparing to ambush him.

Sun Wukong refused the young Daoist attendant’s offer to help him escape his impending tribulation and declared that he would face the Primordial World’s dangers and make his name in the Heavenly Court. After Xuanming appeared and threatened him, Sun Wukong moved to the northern end of the Primordial World and unleashed the destructive power of a crescent-bladed halberd.

• The young Daoist attendant arrived on Teacher Hongjun’s decree to help Sun Wukong overcome his tribulation, while Sun Wukong continued dismantling his residence.
• Sun Wukong refused to flee, saying he would accept responsibility for living in the Primordial World and eventually make his own hegemony in the Heavenly Court.
• Xuanming appeared, identified himself as Teacher Hongjun’s final disciple and Sun Wukong’s senior martial uncle, and threatened to kill him.
• Sun Wukong sped away from his residence, and the young Daoist attendant hurried after him in alarm.
• Sun Wukong appeared at the northern end of the Primordial World, summoned a crescent-bladed halberd, and released a cyan divine light that collapsed the void and threatened catastrophic destruction.

Sun Wukong and Xuanming clashed after Xuanming revealed the Heavenly Court’s Heaven-Devouring Divine Ability. Sun Wukong discovered that Xuanming wielded an even more powerful version, cultivated to the ninth layer, and the confrontation continued with Sun Wukong stunned by the revelation.

• Xuanming taunted Sun Wukong and threatened to teach him about the Heavenly Court, but Sun Wukong insulted him and attacked with his painted halberd.
• Xuanming summoned a black sword bearing the Heaven-Devouring Divine Ability and launched a sword strike at Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong countered with his painted halberd, and their attacks collided, shattering the void across a thousand miles.
• Xuanming erupted with a powerful devouring force, and Sun Wukong realized Xuanming had mastered the Heaven-Devouring Divine Ability.
• Sun Wukong recognized that Xuanming had cultivated the ability to the ninth layer, far beyond his own seventh layer, and stared at him in shock.

Sun Wukong fought Xuanming, a Chaos Demon God, and used his demon monkey cultivation method to overpower him, but Xuanming survived his strongest blows. Sun Wukong then summoned a spear and attacked again as Xuanming countered with black-flamed palms.

• Xuanming struck Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong’s counterblow sent him flying and drew blood.
• Xuanming attacked from above and pressed Sun Wukong down, but Sun Wukong roared, grew to ten thousand zhang, and shattered the giant palm before punching Xuanming into the ground.
• Sun Wukong was stunned when Xuanming got back up, wounded but still able to fight.
• Xuanming taunted Sun Wukong and challenged him to prove he could cause harm, so Sun Wukong summoned a spear and sent its radiance toward him.
• Xuanming formed two black-flamed palms and struck at Sun Wukong’s spear radiance.

Sun Wukong wounded Xuanming with his spear and discovered the enemy possessed an unusually dense presence of Divine Essence. After Xuanming challenged him again, Sun Wukong’s strength rose to Mid-Grade Daluo Golden Immortal, and their renewed battle left Xuanming badly battered but still fighting.

• Sun Wukong pierced Xuanming’s palms and then drove his spear through Xuanming’s body, twisting it as Xuanming threatened the demon monkey clan.
• Sun Wukong severed Xuanming’s head and sensed dense Divine Essence, but Xuanming taunted him and claimed Sun Wukong could not defeat him.
• Xuanming countered Sun Wukong’s spear attack with his hammer, forcing Sun Wukong backward.
• Sun Wukong’s strength surged to Mid-Grade Daluo Golden Immortal, and he unleashed a net of soul attacks that knocked Xuanming’s axe away and wounded him.
• Xuanming swung his iron staff at Sun Wukong’s spear blossoms, but the clashes drove Xuanming backward and left him bleeding with his bones cracking.

Sun Wukong fought the severely wounded Xuanming, who revealed overwhelming Daluo Golden Immortal power and transformed into a lightning-wreathed Demon Beast. The two unleashed devastating attacks that collided in the void, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Xuanming's wounds and shattered armor began to mend as he vowed to kill Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong summoned a vast sea of blood that spread across the sky and enveloped Xuanming.
• Xuanming attacked with a giant claw and his great hammer, forcing Sun Wukong to confront the power of a Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Sun Wukong's purple lightning broke apart the sea of blood and revealed a huge, scaled Demon Beast wrapped in lightning.
• The Demon Beast charged Sun Wukong, who answered with a punch backed by a giant purple dragon, and their attacks collided with force that shattered the void.

Sun Wukong and Xuanming clashed in the void, and their attacks revealed that both possessed Peak Daluo Golden Immortal strength. Xuanming was sent flying into the Great Devil God's hall, where Sun Wukong accused him of ambushing him as the devil soldiers charged.

• The troll clan members and the Great Devil God were shocked to see that Sun Wukong had reached the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanming attacked Sun Wukong with his hammer, and Sun Wukong met his blows with the power of a purple dragon.
• Their clash shattered the void and injured both fighters, while the Great Devil God shielded his hall and spat blood.
• Xuanming attacked again with a black sword, but Sun Wukong struck him into the void storm and sent him falling toward the Great Devil God's hall.
• Xuanming called for help, the Great Devil God grew angry at the apparent ambush, and the devil soldiers charged at Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong won his long battle with Xuanming and returned to the Demon Race, where Zhao Gongming asked to join him. As the demons prepared to celebrate, Sun Wukong asked the Demon Emperor to introduce him to a powerful immortal pursuing an eminent monk.

• Sun Wukong defeated Xuanming after a grueling fight while the Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed the threat he posed and Gonggong reported the matter to the Witch God.
• Zhao Gongming found Sun Wukong and asked for his help contacting a powerful Heavenly Court immortal who was searching for members of the Demon Race.
• Zhao Gongming asked to follow Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong agreed before leading his companions to rest with the gathered demons.
• Sun Wukong returned to the Demon Race, announced a victory feast, and was hailed by the demons as the Great Sage.
• Sun Wukong stopped the departing Demon Emperor and asked him to introduce the powerful immortal pursuing an eminent monk.

Sun Wukong offered to help the Demon Emperor meet a powerful Buddhist Great Immortal and sought information about contacting him. After returning to the Heavenly Court, Sun Wukong watched the golden-armored divine general leave, while the general sensed the Great Immortal’s presence around Zhao Gongming and rushed after him.

• Sun Wukong offered to arrange a meeting between the Demon Emperor and a Great Immortal, and Zhao Gongming agreed to help.
• The golden-armored divine general asked Sun Wukong to help resolve the Demon Emperor’s difficulty, and Sun Wukong requested the Great Immortal’s name and contact details.
• Sun Wukong headed to the Heavenly Court, where he ate with the women, Bull Devil King, Zhu Bajie, Zhao Yun, and the Demon Emperor.
• The golden-armored divine general departed, and Sun Wukong warned that he would treat the Demon Emperor as an enemy if he disappointed him.
• The golden-armored divine general sensed the Great Immortal’s powerful presence around Zhao Gongming and shot after him.

Hongjun visited Ao Changsheng to discuss Sun Wukong’s role in the Calamity of the Witch and Demon, offering him a golden pearl and proposing they wait until their strength recovered. Ao Changsheng resumed refining pills and slowly absorbed the pearl, hoping to restore and advance his cultivation.

• Zhao Gongming told a golden-armored divine general that he was the great immortal’s disciple and ordered him back to the Demon Realm.
• Hongjun visited Ao Changsheng and explained that the Three Purities planned to push Sun Wukong into the Heavenly Court as one of the thirty-six Heavenly Gang star lords.
• Hongjun gave Ao Changsheng a golden pearl and said he could capture Sun Wukong, leaving Ao Changsheng to place the pearl inside him.
• Hongjun later warned Ao Changsheng that they should avoid provoking powerful beings until one of them recovered their cultivation.
• Ao Changsheng returned to refining pills and began slowly absorbing the golden pearl to restore his strength and possibly advance his cultivation.

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.