Being tormented by female monkeys pressing forward—how could there be such a disciple who tricked his master like this?
Tang Sanzang burst into tears, truly crying.
No normal person could probably bear such torment.
"Well... Master, are you really back to normal?"
"Mm."
"But this grandson doesn't believe it. Master, don't cry!"
Tang Sanzang: ...
Zhu Bajie: ...
"Must I prove I'm your teacher?"
Tang Sanzang was furious! If he'd known, he shouldn't have rescued this stubborn monkey.
Who knew the other party would suddenly smile and say, "Master, you also know how terrible the golden hoop is. Back then, this grandson wore it for several years."
Comparing heart to heart—you're unhappy wearing it for a day, but you should know what it was like wearing it for several years.
What's more, for a monkey with such temperament!
Hearing this, Tang Sanzang fell silent.
After a long while, he sighed unexpectedly. "This teacher was wrong. I believed the Bodhisattva at first. But Wukong... there weren't monkey dances in the golden hoop back then, were there?"
The latter chuckled and handed over a refined meditation technique.
"This is?"
"It can help you get rid of the Demon Buddha's control. I think we can't continue this scripture journey anymore. The Tathagata has fallen into demonic ways. Not only were you demonized, Master, but other monks with advanced dharma have long been unable to resist..."
"This..."
Tang Sanzang hesitated. Now he'd resolved the secret of the womb. In his previous life, he'd been the Tathagata Buddha's former disciple. Now switching to someone else's path was a bit embarrassing to say.
But if he didn't learn it, the golden hoop on his head—the monkey probably wouldn't remove it.
Thinking of the scene where thousands of female monkeys jumped out together, Tang Sanzang gritted his teeth and snatched the meditation technique.
Only then did he listen to his eldest disciple.
"Actually, the Eternal God also has Buddhism, but without so many restrictions. Using all kinds of distorted methods to restrain sentient beings will actually lead to demonic possession..."
Tang Sanzang was shocked. He hadn't expected Wukong could speak such wisdom.
It seemed he'd been the one obsessed!
Tang Sanzang picked up the precious meditation technique in his hand and smiled. "You monkey, I've been teaching you for so long, yet you still crawl around like a spider. It seems you'll need to study well in the future."
"As long as you return to normal, Old Sun will happily study for ten years."
The monkey grinned slyly. Tang Sanzang felt warmth hearing this.
Then he began to meditate. In just a few moments, Buddha-light radiated from his body, followed by thick black smoke.
Accompanied by a piercing scream, it flew out from his body.
Zhu Bajie froze in place, pointed at the smoke, and exclaimed, "This... is this the Demon Buddha's thing? When did it lurk into Master's body?"
"I'm afraid it followed through the source of the dharma!"
The Drifting Monk's eyes lit up as he spoke decisively.
Since Zhu Bajie wasn't hiding himself anymore, he didn't bother pretending either.
When the black smoke was completely extinguished, Tang Sanzang opened his eyes. Golden light flickered from their depths, then a massive aura poured forth.
"So this is the true Way of Great Compassion?"
The Dao Fruit from his past life had perfectly integrated with this life's body. His strength directly broke through to the Golden Immortal Realm.
No wonder Wukong could suppress his master's law. Only after truly meeting the Eternal God did he realize his own insignificance.
The greatness of God wasn't something one could contemplate.
The previous Buddhism had been wrong! Pure compassion wasn't about harsh self-requirements. Doing so was just a precursor to suppressing emotions and becoming possessed.
"Master, are you clear-headed?"
"Naturally. The former Jin Chanzi is dead, and Tang Sanzang will die too. In this life, I am Tang Chan!"
He stood up and threw all the Seven-Treasure Robes on the ground, including that staff and the Buddhist scriptures they'd copied along the way.
Zhu Bajie nearby walked over and asked tentatively, "Then Master, shall we return to the Great Tang now, or..."
He didn't dare continue forward. After all, the Tathagata had become a demon. What was the point of continuing such a nonsensical scripture journey?
Yet unexpectedly, Tang Chan actually said he wanted to continue traveling west.
"We must continue forward to quell some of the grievances in this chaotic world."
"Why, Master?"
Zhu Bajie was anxious. They weren't learning scriptures anymore—why go west? It was all demonized over there now!
He heard Tang Chan looking at the fiery red west and sighing. "The Demon Buddha's birth will inevitably cause catastrophic loss of life. Since we're already halfway there, how can we stop?"
"Master is right. I know you have abilities, fool, but how long can that Heavenly Court protect you? Now that you're reincarnated, you're no longer the former Marshal of the Canopy. You must think about the future!"
Zhu Bajie's expression changed repeatedly, finally turning into a sigh.
At that moment, Little White Dragon also interjected, "I'm afraid our strength isn't enough to support this!"
He wasn't stupid. They'd been able to walk this far before, slaying demons all the way, because they were being watched over. Now that one side had been directly demonized, even the Heavenly Court probably had a headache.
Hearing this, Tang Chan smiled. "As your teacher, I think the doctrines of the Eternal God are very good. You can all practice them. Then we'll proceed in the name of the god. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
The eyes of several disciples lit up.
Propagating doctrines for another god in the Pangu Great God Realm—this was tantamount to registration.
When this Demon Buddha was destroyed, they would be heroes of propagation. Moreover, relieving the common people was great merit!
Monkey Sun immediately scratched his ears excitedly, opening his mouth with a grin. "Master truly is master—such a good mind! That priest Yang Jian has always wanted to develop believers, but manpower isn't sufficient, so he can only slowly work at it..."
"Then what are we waiting for, Senior Brother? Quickly pass the method to me!"
"I want it too..."
That night, the five disciples of Tang Chan became believers of the Eternal Religion.
And after restoring his Dao Fruit, Tang Chan no longer needed a mount. The master and disciples' cloud-riding speed was very fast.
It was worth mentioning that Zhu Bajie restored his original appearance, directly separating from the pig fetus, and the Drifting Monk naturally became handsome again.
As for Little White Dragon, directly catalyzed by divine power, he became a Golden Scale Dragon.
Dragons valued gold. Being able to reach the golden scale level meant having immortal-level status, with blood thicker than those Dragon Kings.
After a long journey, they arrived at the first country destroyed by the Demon Buddha.
Lives were extinguished here. The monks had transformed into blood demons one after another. If not for their purpose of keeping humans in captivity, they'd probably have killed everyone.
Accompanied by terrible howling, hundreds of blood demons dressed as monks appeared before the five masters and disciples.
"Amita... Bah... I'm not a monk anymore. That's not right either. Forget it... Physics will save you!"
Tang Chan had originally started the mantra, but remembering he was no longer a monk, reading it again felt awkward.
However, arriving at this point, he remembered that since there were Buddhas in other worlds, he could become a Buddha in this world himself.
But in order not to show his ambitions, he picked up a Buddha pestle and knocked it directly on a blood demon's head.
CRACK.
The blood demon was beaten down with one strike.
Zhu Bajie and the Drifting Monk felt a chill.
If before, someone had said the old monk could kill with a staff, there'd definitely be something wrong with their brain. Even now, their eyelids twitched.
On the other hand, his eldest disciple, seeing his master act so decisively, cried out in excitement.
"Excellent... Master's strike truly displays the style of this grandson!!!"
Good heavens. Compassion with a vengeance! Worthy of being Big Brother!
"Remember, you can kill, but don't harm their true spirits."
Tang Chan could see through the essence of these blood demons at a glance—their flesh had long been corrupted, a case where medicine was helpless. He could only protect their true spirits.
"Hey... Master, just keep striking. This grandson learned a lot of fun things from High Priest Yang Jian, and I'll show you today!"
He and Yang Jian had always been in contact—for example, communication methods and learning about "new things."
He'd seen a very interesting thing in the videos the other party had shared. Today he'd have some fun with it.
Everyone looked at him one after another. They saw the monkey suddenly transform—
Into a black, long, and thick barrel! Something like an iron chain seemed to hang outside.
"Master, what is this?"
"I haven't seen it!"
"Me neither..."
Seeing the audience's confusion, the monkey smiled. "Watch carefully—I call this 'Invincible Rat-a-tat-tat'!"
That's right. The monkey had become a Gatling gun!
As fire flashed from the muzzle, the Journey to the West version of Gatling displayed its power for the first time.
Every bullet was transformed from the monkey's fur. Each possessed the full power of an immortal's strike.
Hundreds of blood demons were all melted without even lasting one round of fire.
Zhu Bajie said enviously, "Big Brother, you're so invincible!"
"Brother is so strong! What do you think of this move!"
"Hey... of course I learned it from Master Yang Jian. You should study more! I have even more powerful moves."
After the monkey recovered his form, he smiled triumphantly.
If Liu Che saw this scene, he'd probably be dumbstruck.
The monkey had been completely corrupted. This time he'd created Gatling—who knew if next time he'd transform into a tank or directly create a mecha?
In the Myriad Realms Chat Group:
Judicial God: "Oh... our world is completely finished! The Tathagata's birth directly devoured the Heavenly Dao, then he ate it."
Purdue Sentient Beings: "Damn... I didn't expect him to have such great ability in another world!"
General Yuwen: "Then just fly over and kill him! Stop him from being so arrogant."
Judicial God: "I'm not stupid—how else would he demonstrate the greatness of the Eternal Religion? Now countless humans and monsters are crying and begging to join the religion..."
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "Yang Jian, you're also bad!"