Chapter Summaries

Haotian overwhelmed Ao Yuan and destroyed the mysterious world within him, opening a black vortex that dragged Ao Yuan and Ao Changsheng away. As the others tried to flee, the black-robed elder caught the injured Ao Changsheng and imprisoned him in a Heaven and Earth Bag.

• Haotian confronted Ao Yuan and declared that he would not let him escape.
• Ao Yuan unleashed Heavenly Punishment, but Haotian's azure lightning dragon destroyed the purple lightning sphere.
• The clash shattered the black barrier and destroyed the mysterious world within Ao Yuan, forcing him to admit defeat.
• A black vortex opened and pulled Ao Yuan and Ao Changsheng into it as the others fled.
• The black-robed elder pursued Ao Changsheng, knocked him unconscious, and trapped him in a Heaven and Earth Bag.

The black-robed elder devoured the world inside Ao Changsheng’s Heaven and Earth Bag and attacked the woman in white, while Ao Changsheng and his allies tried to stop him. After revealing he had sealed the mountain range and Ao Changsheng’s soul, the elder summoned a Dark Devil Dragon, and Ao Changsheng met its attack with his shield.

• The black-robed elder began devouring the world inside the Heaven and Earth Bag and charged at the woman in white.
• The woman in white fought the elder, while Ao Yun, Ao Changsheng, and Ao Yuan joined the battle against him.
• The black-robed elder struck Ao Changsheng with a punch that sent him crashing to the ground and revealed that he had sealed the mountain range and Ao Changsheng’s soul.
• When Ao Changsheng refused to become the elder’s puppet, the elder crushed a jade talisman and summoned a hundred-zhang Dark Devil Dragon.
• The Dark Devil Dragon attacked Ao Changsheng, who raised his shield to block its sweeping tail.

Ao Changsheng fought the black-robed elder in the valley, but the elder’s attacks wounded him and left him at a disadvantage. The elder ordered the disciples away and prepared to take Ao Changsheng down himself.

• The black-robed elder restrained the disciples as cracks opened around the valley and they tried to escape.
• Ao Changsheng and the black-robed elder destroyed each other’s demonic dragon attacks, but Ao Changsheng held his ground.
• The black-robed elder formed a massive black sword and knocked Ao Changsheng back, making him spit blood.
• The elder struck Ao Changsheng with a black saber, and the resulting shock wave sent the disciples flying.
• The black-robed elder declared Ao Changsheng’s body too weak to defeat him, spared him if he left, and ordered the disciples to get lost.

Ao Changsheng lured the black-robed elder into an ambush with Wukong and defeated him. As Sun Wukong attained Buddhahood, Tang Sanzang obtained the scriptures, and the Demon Emperor was sealed, a new Immeasurable Tribulation began; a little white snake studied the Dao at West Lake.

• The black-robed elder attacked Ao Changsheng, who was wounded but escaped into the black hole.
• Ao Changsheng fled toward the valley exit and called for Wukong to help him.
• Ao Changsheng and Wukong joined forces, and Ao Changsheng struck the black-robed elder into a giant tree.
• Ao Changsheng declared that the Demon Emperor would pay, as Sun Wukong attained Buddhahood, Tang Sanzang obtained the scriptures, and the Demon Emperor was sealed.
• A new Immeasurable Tribulation continued as a little white snake comprehended the Dao at West Lake.

With Luohou reborn and a new devil calamity looming, Rakshasa told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi that a woman from the Luo bloodline had reincarnated and might be key to saving the Luo Clan. Sun Wukong and Rakshasa reached the Heavenly Court safely, while Chang'e departed for West Ox Hezhou, and the court began discussing the mysterious woman.

• Ao Changsheng chose seclusion after the system warned that Luohou had been reborn and the Calamity of the Dharma-Ending Age was approaching.
• Rakshasa told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and the others that a woman they had encountered in the Heavenly Court was a reincarnation from the Luo bloodline, and suggested finding her.
• Sun Wukong proposed summoning Rakshasa to question the woman, and the Luo Clan mobilized its senior members to arrange it.
• Chang'e reached the Heavenly Court to check on Sun Wukong, then said she would wait for him in West Ox Hezhou and left.
• Rakshasa thanked Sun Wukong for arriving safely, and the two left together as Taibai Jinxing and the others discussed the reincarnated woman.

Rakshasa explained that she did not know the origins of her reincarnated body or how she had arrived in the Heavenly Court. Tongtian and the others set out for Spirit Mountain to reach Sun Wukong, while Rakshasa remained unable to explain her past.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Rakshasa told Tongtian and the others that the Heavenly Emperor was a reincarnated woman, and the group speculated that she might be Nüwa.
• Chang'e recounted Sun Wukong's experience, and Taishang Laojun, Jieyin, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi questioned Rakshasa about her unknown reincarnation.
• Rakshasa said her reincarnated body was her true self's fleshly body and that she had arrived at the Heavenly Court after someone brought her there.
• Tongtian told Rakshasa to reveal the whole story to the Heavenly Court, then made the people around them vanish with a wave of his sleeve.
• Tongtian and the others agreed to find the reincarnated woman, but Rakshasa urged them to hurry to Spirit Mountain to help Sun Wukong.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi led the group out of the Numinous Sky Treasure Hall, and Tongtian later asked Rakshasa about her origins, which she still could not explain.

Rakshasa and Tongtian agreed to search for the mysterious reincarnated woman and the rogue immortal who had helped Sun Wukong. As they watched the immortals gathering outside the Heavenly Palace, a veiled woman appeared and recognized them.

• Rakshasa said the unknown person had deliberately helped Sun Wukong, and she and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi agreed the reincarnated woman should be found and recruited.
• Tongtian said his divination could not reveal the woman's name, while Rakshasa vowed to use her Divine Ability to search for her.
• Rakshasa and Tongtian left the Heavenly Palace and noticed immortals and gods heading toward the place where they believed the rogue immortal might be.
• Tongtian and Rakshasa went to an open space outside the Heavenly Palace to observe the person they were seeking.
• A veiled woman approached, recognized Tongtian and Rakshasa, and asked whether they were from the Heavenly Court.

Rakshasa confronted Tongtian over their supposed cooperation and accused humanity of threatening her clan. After they parted, Tongtian entered Rakshasa territory, where Rakshasa confronted him with her father’s token and demanded to know what connected their clan to human cultivators.

• A woman warned Rakshasa not to attack the powerful figure they discussed, then departed after speaking with Tongtian.
• Rakshasa and Tongtian argued over their relationship, and Rakshasa ended their cooperation before Tongtian flew away.
• Rakshasa left with the woman in white, saying she intended to test Tongtian’s strength.
• Tongtian traveled northwest into Rakshasa territory and settled in a valley to cultivate.
• Rakshasa appeared opposite Tongtian with her father’s clan token and demanded an explanation of the interests linking their clan with human cultivators.

Rakshasa rejected a woman’s pressure to ally her clan with the human cultivation world, while Zhunti pursued Luo Hou and trapped him with his bound mother in Yangmei’s cave abode. The chapter ended with Zhunti sealing the mountain and Luo Hou unable to free himself or his mother.

• Rakshasa denied the woman’s claim that she had harmed Rakshasa Clan cultivators and refused her offer of help against the Heavenly Devil Sect.
• The woman warned Rakshasa that the human cultivation world might besiege and destroy her clan, but Rakshasa rejected her threats and the woman flew away.
• Zhunti went to kill Luo Hou on Ancestor Yangmei’s orders and mocked him when he ran to seek help.
• Luo Hou found Yangmei bound and gagged in the cave abode, then tried unsuccessfully to free her.
• Zhunti revealed that he had sealed the mountain and its exits, leaving Luo Hou and Yangmei trapped as Luo Hou cried out to his mother.

Luo Hou sacrificed his own life force to break free of the Immortal-Binding Rope, but Zhunti left him gravely wounded and Yangmei still imprisoned. Yang Jian arrived with other cultivators and told Luo Hou that his father had been suppressed, leaving Luo Hou to realize that his father had fallen.

• Zhunti trapped Yangmei and threatened Luo Hou, who vowed to save his mother.
• Luo Hou struck his own chest and released a surge of life force that snapped the Immortal-Breaking Rope.
• Zhunti threatened Yangmei, then left Luo Hou helpless and gravely wounded in the valley.
• Luo Hou wept and swore to rescue Yangmei as Zhunti departed.
• Yang Jian arrived with other cultivators and told Luo Hou that his father had been suppressed.
• Luo Hou recalled his father's final moments and howled after realizing his father had fallen.

Luo Hou confronted Zhunti over the deaths of his former companions, but Zhunti used his authority in the Heavenly Court to have Luo Hou punished. The chapter ended with Zhunti asking Guanyin and the others what should be done with the beaten yaoguai.

• Yang Jian stayed beside Luo Hou as he laughed through his grief and hatred over his mother’s death.
• Zhunti taunted Luo Hou and admitted that he had killed Luo Hou’s fellow disciples and destroyed his team in the past.
• Luo Hou challenged Zhunti’s claim to authority and accused him of plotting against their companions for selfish reasons.
• Zhunti attacked Luo Hou with his sword, but Luo Hou struck him back and forced him to spit blood.
• Luo Hou brought his complaint to the Heavenly Court, but Zhunti accused him of trespassing on the Immortal Dao and ordered soldiers to lash him a hundred times.
• Zhunti asked Guanyin and the others what should be done with Luo Hou after the soldiers beat him.

Wen Zhong had Zhunti arrested for breaking heavenly laws and then continued the Peach of Immortality Banquet. In the Heavenly Court prison, Luo Hou was battered and left despairing until Wen Zhong appeared through a black hole, leaving Luo Hou afraid of what would happen next.

• Wen Zhong ordered the heavenly soldiers to arrest Zhunti and Luo Hou, and Zhunti protested that his status as a Chan Sect disciple should protect him.
• Nüwa told Wen Zhong that Zhunti’s weaknesses were his love of power, riches, fine food, and beautiful young women, and the Jade Emperor resumed the banquet.
• Luo Hou endured repeated beatings and heavenly lightning in prison until he was gravely injured and believed Wen Zhong had abandoned him to die.
• A black hole appeared over Luo Hou, and Wen Zhong emerged from it as Luo Hou recognized his power and asked what he intended to do.

Wen Zhong taunted and kicked the imprisoned Luo Hou, then reported his capture to the Jade Emperor before returning to torment him. The chapter ended with Wen Zhong challenging Luo Hou to strike back while Luo Hou remained imprisoned.

• Wen Zhong kicked Luo Hou and warned him not to break his promise to cultivate and seek revenge.
• Wen Zhong took the shackled Luo Hou from the prison, promising to bring him to see an old friend.
• Wen Zhong reported Luo Hou’s capture to the Jade Emperor, who praised him for protecting the Heavenly Court.
• Wen Zhong returned to the prison and taunted Luo Hou, daring him to hit back.

Wen Zhong confronted Luo Hou in the cell, disarmed and threatened him, then left to rejoin the King of Qingqiu and the others. He revealed a countermeasure by pulling two golden hairs from his palms and disappeared in a burst of white light, leaving the group wondering if he had fled.

• Wen Zhong taunted Luo Hou about having tried to capture and imprison him, while Luo Hou denied it and threatened him with the Demon Emperor’s power.
• Luo Hou drew a dagger and tried to stab Wen Zhong, but Wen Zhong dodged, drew his own dagger, and held it to Luo Hou’s neck until he stopped moving.
• Wen Zhong warned the two guards not to harm him and left the cell.
• The fox spirit asked Wen Zhong about their plan, and he promised to teach Luo Hou a lesson.
• Wen Zhong pulled two golden hairs from his palms, vanished in white light, and left the King of Qingqiu, his consort, and the Fire Cloud Marten King wondering whether he had fled.

Ao Changsheng met Luo Hou in the dungeon and offered to protect him through a coming tribulation in exchange for a strange promise. Later, at a gathering in the Yaomo Realm, the Queen Mother confronted Luo Hou over his escape and threatened to send him to the Demon Emperor Palace and Tower.

• Ao Changsheng found Luo Hou in the dungeon, offered to help him through a tribulation, and told him to seek his help whenever someone asked Luo Hou for help.
• Luo Hou agreed to Ao Changsheng’s condition that he kill Luo Hou if anyone asked him to do so, then left the dungeon.
• Hundreds of thousands of Yaomo gathered in the Yaomo Realm square, where Ao Changsheng and Luo Hou stood as the realm’s two Yaomo kings.
• Wen Zhong and the Queen Mother arrived, and Luo Hou called out to Wen Zhong as they approached.
• The Queen Mother accused Luo Hou of escaping without permission and threatened to take him to the Demon Emperor Palace and throw him into the Demon Emperor Tower.
• Luo Hou protested that he would not go, but trembled as the Queen Mother ordered him to kneel.

Luo Hou tried to protect his younger brother, Luo Zha, from being taken away by the Queen Mother, who threatened them with the Underworld and claimed control over the Demon Realm. He approached her again after she revealed a jade talisman, leaving his intentions and Luo Zha’s fate unresolved.

• Luo Hou told the Queen Mother he had seen Luo Zha after she offered to help find him.
• The Queen Mother seized Luo Zha and demanded that Luo Hou come with her, refusing to release him otherwise.
• Luo Hou refused because he feared the Demon Emperor Palace was too dangerous for Luo Zha, and the Queen Mother threatened to send them both to the Underworld.
• The Queen Mother beckoned Luo Hou over, then produced a jade talisman, prompting him to back away and object to her taking Luo Zha from the Demon Realm.
• The Queen Mother threatened to keep Luo Hou in the Demon Realm forever and claimed its heavens were hers; Luo Hou eventually walked toward her again.

The Queen Mother demanded that Luo Hou hand over the Dragon Pearl in exchange for sparing Luo Zha, but Luo Hou refused and challenged her. She overwhelmed Luo Hou and the other Demon Race members, then threatened Luo Zha to force Luo Hou to surrender the treasure; Luo Hou remained torn as she attacked him again.

• The Queen Mother demanded the Dragon Pearl, promising to let Luo Zha leave the Demon Realm if Luo Hou surrendered it, but Luo Hou refused.
• The Queen Mother struck Luo Hou with golden light, sending him into a pillar and causing the great hall to collapse.
• Demon Race members charged at the Queen Mother, but she knocked them all down with a wave of her hand.
• The Queen Mother threatened to beat Luo Zha to death unless Luo Hou handed over the Dragon Pearl, then raised her hand to strike Luo Zha.
• Luo Hou cried for the Queen Mother to stop, but after he refused to hand over the Dragon Pearl, she sent streaks of golden light toward him.

Queen Mother Niangniang battered Luo Hou and demanded the Dragon Pearl, while Luo Hou tried to protect his brother and preserve his Lineage. The chapter ended with Luo Hou refusing to surrender the Dragon Pearl, even if it cost him his life.

• Queen Mother Niangniang repeatedly struck Luo Hou with golden light, leaving him badly injured.
• Seeing her people force Luo Zha to kneel, Luo Hou promised to hand over the Dragon Pearl in exchange for his brother’s release.
• Queen Mother Niangniang freed Luo Zha, and Luo Hou sent him into his storage ring despite his concern.
• Luo Hou refused to give up the Dragon Pearl, saying it was vital to his Lineage, and Queen Mother Niangniang attacked him again.
• Queen Mother Niangniang demanded the Dragon Pearl, but Luo Hou declared that she would not get it even if she killed him.

Luo Hou fought Queen Mother Niangniang over the Dragon Pearl and agreed to retrieve it in exchange for her sparing Luo Zha. After Luo Hou turned to leave, Sun Wukong challenged him, and Queen Mother Niangniang launched another barrage of knives.

• Queen Mother Niangniang sent Luo Hou flying with a palm strike, though the impact left fine cracks on her arm.
• Luo Hou refused to hand over the Dragon Pearl unless it was found, and Queen Mother Niangniang agreed to spare Luo Zha if she found it.
• Queen Mother Niangniang attacked Luo Hou with purple knives, but he absorbed them into a vortex and demanded that she honor her promise to spare Luo Zha.
• Queen Mother Niangniang told Luo Hou to find the Dragon Pearl, and he turned to leave as she watched him thoughtfully.
• Sun Wukong called after Luo Hou, who turned back and threatened him and Queen Mother Niangniang.
• Queen Mother Niangniang declared she would show Luo Hou the Immortal Realm's greatest Divine Ability and sent purple knives raining toward him.

Luo Hou demonstrated his power against Queen Mother Niangniang, then attacked her with his Luo Han Soul-Suppressing Incantation. Queen Mother Niangniang challenged the talismans as they descended over her.

• Luo Hou froze Queen Mother Niangniang's knives above his head, then she called them back into her sleeve.
• Luo Hou sent a fireball at Queen Mother Niangniang, but she blocked it with purple light and a golden barrier.
• Luo Hou summoned black talismans and explained that his Luo Han Soul-Suppressing Incantation trapped victims in endless illusions.
• Luo Hou sent the talismans down over Queen Mother Niangniang like a net, while she dismissed them and he warned her not to celebrate too soon.