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| Ch.1 | Chapter 1: From Sacred Root the Source Breaks Forth; Through Self-Cultivation the Great Way Is Born |
| Ch.2 | Chapter 2: Wukong Grasps Bodhi’s Wondrous Truth; Cutting Off the Demon, He Returns to the Root and Joins the Primal Spirit |
| Ch.3 | Chapter 3: All Seas and a Thousand Mountains Bow Before Him; In the Ninefold Deep the Ten Kinds Are Struck from the Rolls |
| Ch.4 | Chapter 4: Appointed Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, He Finds It Far Too Little; Entered in Heaven as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, His Heart Is Still Unquiet |
| Ch.5 | Chapter 5: The Great Sage Ravages the Peach Banquet and Steals the Elixir; All Heaven’s Gods Move to Seize the Monster |
| Ch.6 | Chapter 6: Guanyin Learns the Cause at the Banquet; The Lesser Sage Unleashes His Might Against the Great Sage |
| Ch.7 | Chapter 7: The Great Sage Breaks from the Eight-Trigram Furnace; Beneath Five Elements Mountain the Mind-Monkey Is Stilled |
| Ch.8 | Chapter 8: Our Buddha Prepares the Scriptures for Paradise; Guanyin Receives the Charge and Goes to Chang’an |
| Ch.9 | Chapter 9: Chen Guangrui Meets Disaster on His Way to Office; The River-Drift Monk Avenges the Wrong and Reclaims His Roots |
| Ch.10 | Chapter 10: The Old Dragon King’s Clumsy Scheme Violates Heaven’s Law; Chancellor Wei Leaves a Letter in Trust to an Official of the Underworld |
| Ch.11 | Chapter 11: Taizong Tours the Underworld and Returns to Life; Liu Quan Brings Melons and Is Rejoined with His Wife |
| Ch.12 | Chapter 12: The Tang King, in Sincere Devotion, Holds the Great Assembly; Guanyin Reveals Her True Form and Awakens the Golden Cicada |
| Ch.13 | Chapter 13: The Gold Star of the West Frees Tripitaka from the Tiger’s Den; Liu Boqin Harbors the Monk at Twin-Fork Ridge |
| Ch.14 | Chapter 14: The Mind-Monkey Returns to the Right Path; The Six Thieves Vanish Without a Trace |
| Ch.15 | Chapter 15: Gods Secretly Aid on Snake-Coiled Mountain; the Wild Horse Is Reined In at Eagle-Sorrow Ravine |
| Ch.16 | Chapter 16: The Monks of Guanyin Monastery Scheme for the Treasure; the Monster of Black Wind Mountain Steals the Robe |
| Ch.17 | Chapter 17: Sun Wukong Wreaks Havoc on Black Wind Mountain; Guanyin Subdues the Black Bear Spirit |
| Ch.18 | Chapter 18: Tripitaka Escapes Trouble at Guanyin Monastery; the Great Sage Exorcises the Monster at Gao Family Manor |
| Ch.19 | Chapter 19: At Cloud-Rack Cave Wukong Subdues Bajie; On Stupa Mountain Tripitaka Receives the Heart Sutra |
| Ch.20 | Chapter 20: Yellow Wind Ridge Brings Tripitaka to Peril; Bajie Races Ahead on the Mountainside |
| Ch.21 | Chapter 21: The Dharma Guardians Set Up a Homestead for the Great Sage; Lingji of Mount Sumeru Subdues the Wind Demon |
| Ch.22 | Chapter 22: Bajie Battles the Flowing Sands River; Hui’an, by Command, Receives Sha Wujing |
| Ch.23 | Chapter 23: Tripitaka Does Not Forget His Root; the Four Saints Test His Chan Heart |
| Ch.24 | Chapter 24: The Great Immortal of Mount Longevity Keeps an Old Friend; the Pilgrim Steals the Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Monastery |
| Ch.25 | Chapter 25: Zhenyuan Pursues the Scripture Monk; Sun Wukong Wreaks Havoc at Five Village Monastery |
| Ch.26 | Chapter 26: Sun Wukong Seeks a Remedy from the Three Isles; Guanyin Revives the Tree with Sweet Dew |
| Ch.27 | Chapter 27: The White Bone Demon Tries Tripitaka Three Times; the Holy Monk in Fury Dismisses the Monkey King |
| Ch.28 | Chapter 28: Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Demons Gather in Loyal Brotherhood; Tripitaka Meets a Monster in Black Pine Forest |
| Ch.29 | Chapter 29: Tripitaka Keeps to His Root; River-Drift Reaches the Precious Elephant Kingdom |
| Ch.30 | Chapter 30: Evil Magic Invades the Right Law; the Mind-Horse Remembers the Mind-Monkey |
| Ch.31 | Chapter 31: Zhu Bajie Rouses the Monkey King; Sun Wukong Outsmarts the Yellow-Robed Demon |
| Ch.32 | Chapter 32: A Merit Officer Brings Word at Flat-Topped Mountain; Zhu Bajie Meets Disaster in Lotus Cave |
| Ch.33 | Chapter 33: The False Way Bewilders True Nature; the Primal Spirit Comes to the Heart’s Aid |
| Ch.34 | Chapter 34: The Demon King’s Clever Scheme Traps the Mind-Monkey; the Great Sage Uses Ruses to Cheat the Treasures |
| Ch.35 | Chapter 35: The Heterodox Path Shows Its Power Against True Nature; the Mind-Monkey Wins the Treasure and Subdues the Evil Demons |
| Ch.36 | Chapter 36: The Mind-Monkey at Rest Subdues All Conditions; Breaking Through the Side Paths, He Sees the Moon Bright |
| Ch.37 | Chapter 37: The Ghost King Pays Tripitaka a Night Visit; Sun Wukong’s Magic Lures the Prince |
| Ch.38 | Chapter 38: The Prince Questions His Mother and Discerns False from True; Metal and Wood Meet in Mystery and Expose the False King |
| Ch.39 | Chapter 39: A Cinnabar Pill Won from Heaven; The Former King Lives Again on Earth |
| Ch.40 | Chapter 40: A Child’s Prank Unsettles the Monk’s Heart; Monkey, Horse, and Blade Come to Nothing |
| Ch.41 | Chapter 41: The Mind-Monkey Falls to Fire; the Wood-Mother Is Taken by the Demon |
| Ch.42 | Chapter 42: The Great Sage Pays His Reverent Call to the South Sea; Guanyin Kindly Binds Red Boy |
| Ch.43 | Chapter 43: The Black Water River Demon Seizes the Monk; the Western Sea Dragon Prince Captures the Turtle Dragon and Brings Him Back |
| Ch.44 | Chapter 44: The Dharma Body’s Primal Fortune Meets the Strength of the Carts; the Right Mind Crosses the Spine Gate |
| Ch.45 | Chapter 45: The Great Sage Leaves His Name at the Three Pure Ones Monastery; Sun Wukong Shows His Powers in Chechi Kingdom |
| Ch.46 | Chapter 46: The Heterodox Rages Against the True Law; the Mind-Monkey Displays His Saintly Might and Erases All Evil |
| Ch.47 | Chapter 47: The Holy Monk Hinders the Sky-Spanning River by Night; Metal and Wood Show Mercy and Save the Child |
| Ch.48 | Chapter 48: The Demon Whips Up Cold Wind and Heavy Snow; The Monk Longs to Worship Buddha and Treads Layered Ice |
| Ch.49 | Chapter 49: Tripitaka Meets Disaster in the Water-Tortoise Mansion; Guanyin Appears with the Fish Basket |
| Ch.50 | Chapter 50: Desire Throws Nature Into Chaos; A Darkened Mind Meets the Demon |
| Ch.51 | Chapter 51: The Mind-Monkey Wastes a Thousand Schemes; Water and Fire Cannot Refine the Demon |
| Ch.52 | Chapter 52: Sun Wukong Raises a Great Fuss in Golden Cave; the Tathagata Quietly Points Out the Monster’s Master |
| Ch.53 | Chapter 53: Tripitaka Swallows a Meal and Conceives a Ghost Child; the Yellow Matron Carries Water to Dispel the Evil Fetus |
| Ch.54 | Chapter 54: True Nature Comes West and Meets the Women’s Kingdom; the Mind-Monkey Hatches a Plan to Escape the Bridal Net |
| Ch.55 | Chapter 55: Lust’s Evil Teases Tripitaka; Right Nature Cultivates the Unbroken Body |
| Ch.56 | Chapter 56: The Spirit Goes Wild and Slays the Bandits; The Way Goes Astray and Lets the Mind-Monkey Go Free |
| Ch.57 | Chapter 57: The True Pilgrim Laments at Mount Putuo; the False Monkey King Copies the Travel Document at Water-Curtain Cave |
| Ch.58 | Chapter 58: Two Minds Stir the Great Cosmos; One Body Finds True Quiescence Hard to Cultivate |
| Ch.59 | Chapter 59: Tripitaka Is Blocked at Flame Mountain; the Pilgrim Goes to Borrow the Plantain Fan |
| Ch.60 | Chapter 60: The Bull Demon King Breaks Off the Fight for a Banquet; the Pilgrim Borrows the Plantain Fan Again |
| Ch.61 | Chapter 61: Zhu Bajie Helps Beat the Demon King; Sun Wukong Makes Three Attempts for the Plantain Fan |
| Ch.62 | Chapter 62: Sweeping the Pagoda to Wash Away Grime; Binding the Demons and Returning to the Master |
| Ch.63 | Chapter 63: Two Monks Stir Up the Dragon Palace; the Saints Rout Evil and Recover the Treasure |
| Ch.64 | Chapter 64: Bajie Struggles Through the Briar Ridge; Tripitaka Talks Poetry at the Wood Immortal Abbey |
| Ch.65 | Chapter 65: The Yellow Brow Monster Fakes a Little Thunderclap Monastery; The Four Disciples Suffer a Great Calamity |
| Ch.66 | Chapter 66: The Gods Fall to a Treacherous Hand; Maitreya Binds the Monster |
| Ch.67 | Chapter 67: Tuoluo Village Is Saved; the Chan Heart Settles and the Dao Heart Clears |
| Ch.68 | Chapter 68: Tripitaka of Zhuzi Kingdom Speaks of Former Lives; Sun Wukong Tries His Hand at Healing |
| Ch.69 | Chapter 69: The Heart-Mind Prepares Medicine by Night; The King Speaks of Demons at Banquet |
| Ch.70 | Chapter 70: The Demon King’s Treasure Spews Smoke, Sand, and Fire; Sun Wukong Schemes to Steal the Purple-Gold Bells |
| Ch.71 | Chapter 71: The Pilgrim Takes an Alias to Subdue the Strange Beast; Guanyin Appears in Person to Tame the Demon King |
| Ch.72 | Chapter 72: The Spider-Thread Cave Bewilders the Seven Passions; Zhu Bajie Forgets Himself at the Filth-Washing Spring |
| Ch.73 | Chapter 73: Old Hatred Breeds Poison and Disaster; the Heart-Mind Meets a Monster and at Last Breaks the Light |
| Ch.74 | Chapter 74: Gold Star of the West Brings Word of Fierce Monsters; the Great Sage Shows His Skill in Transformation |
| Ch.75 | Chapter 75: The Mind-Monkey Bore Through the Body of Yin and Yang; the Demon Kings Returned to the True Way |
| Ch.76 | Chapter 76: Mind and Spirit Settle in the House; Bajie Joins in Subduing the Monster’s True Form |
| Ch.77 | Chapter 77: The Demons Deceive True Nature; In One Body They Bow to True Suchness |
| Ch.78 | Chapter 78: The Monk Pities the Children and Sends the Shadow Spirits; In the Golden Hall They Discern the Demon and Debate the Way and Virtue |
| Ch.79 | Chapter 79: Seeking the Cave and Capturing the Demon; Meeting the Star of Longevity; The True Ruler Saves the Infants |
| Ch.80 | Chapter 80: The Maiden Seeks a Mate to Nurture Yang; The Mind-Monkey Guards the Master and Sees Through the Demons |
| Ch.81 | Chapter 81: At Sea-Quelling Monastery the Mind-Monkey Knows the Monster; in Black Pine Forest the Three Search for Their Master |
| Ch.82 | Chapter 82: The Maiden Seeks Yang; the Primal Spirit Guards the Way |
| Ch.83 | Chapter 83: The Mind-Monkey Discerns the Elixir Seed; the Scarlet Maiden Returns to Her Original Nature |
| Ch.84 | Chapter 84: The Dharani Cannot Be Destroyed; the Dharma King Returns to His Natural True Form |
| Ch.85 | Chapter 85: The Mind-Monkey Grew Jealous of the Wood Mother; the Demon Lord Schemed to Swallow the Monk |
| Ch.86 | Chapter 86: The Wood Mother Brings Reinforcement Against the Monster; the Golden One Uses Magic to Destroy the Evil Fiend |
| Ch.87 | Chapter 87: Fengxian County Defies Heaven and Stops the Rain; Sun Wukong Urges Goodness and Brings Rain |
| Ch.88 | Chapter 88: The Zen Teaching Reaches Yuhua; The Mind-Monkey and Wood-Mother Instruct the Disciples |
| Ch.89 | Chapter 89: The Yellow Lion Spirit Sets a False Rake Feast; Gold, Wood, and Earth Scheme at Leopard-Head Mountain |
| Ch.90 | Chapter 90: Master and Lion Come into One Accord; Theft and Chan Quiet the Nine-Spirit |
| Ch.91 | Chapter 91: Lanterns Glimmer in Jinping Prefecture on the First Full Moon; Tripitaka Gives Testimony in Xuanying Cave |
| Ch.92 | Chapter 92: The Three Monks Battle on Qinglong Mountain; the Four Wood Stars Seize the Rhinoceros Demons |
| Ch.93 | Chapter 93: At Anathapindika’s Grove They Trace Old Causes; in the Tianzhu Kingdom Tripitaka Is Struck by the Embroidered Ball |
| Ch.94 | Chapter 94: The Four Monks Feast and Make Merry in the Imperial Garden; a Monster Harbors Empty Desire and Joy |
| Ch.95 | Chapter 95: The False Form Seizes the Jade Rabbit; True Yin Returns to the Primal Spirit |
| Ch.96 | Chapter 96: Kou Yuanwai Receives the Holy Monk with Joy; Tripitaka Refuses Riches |
| Ch.97 | Chapter 97: Gold Recompenses the Outer Guardian; the Sacred Soul Saves the True Body |
| Ch.98 | Chapter 98: When the Monkey Is Tamed and the Horse Trained, the Shell Falls Away; When the Work Is Done, True Suchness Appears |
| Ch.99 | Chapter 99: When the Nine-Nines Are Fulfilled, Demons Are Destroyed; When the Three-Threes Are Complete, the Way Returns to Its Root |
| Ch.100 | Chapter 100: Straight Back to the Eastern Land; the Five Saints Attain True Fruition |
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