I am guarding the sky prison in Journey to the West

"If Yang Jian wanted to save Weaver Girl, he would have done it back then. There is no way he would have delayed it until now. Someone else did it."

The Jade Emperor watched Yang Jian and Li Anran leave, and said meaningfully: "He can endure it with patience, and he has great intentions."

The Queen Mother frowned: "The position of the God of Justice can't satisfy him?"

The Jade Emperor said: "What Yang Jian wants is not power."

The Queen Mother asked: "What is that?"

The Jade Emperor shook his head: "I don't know either. But it must be that I am something that Heaven cannot give him."

The Queen Mother wondered: "Since Your Majesty has seen Yang Jian's evil intentions, why do you still reuse him?"

The Jade Emperor laughed: "Don't you think this is very interesting? I would like to see what tricks he can come up with."

The Queen Mother was startled, but she did not expect that the Jade Emperor would give such an answer.

She suddenly remembered that the Jade Emperor promised Tathagata to temporarily give up the power of the three realms to give Tathagata and Kinnara a stage for gambling. Could it be for this reason?
On the other side, Li Anran and Yang Jian left the Lingxiao Palace and told Yang Jian that Nezha was waiting for them in Tianlao Palace.

Yang Jian realized almost instantly that this matter should be related to the gambling fight between Tathagata and Wutian. Without saying a word, he agreed and flew to Tianlao Palace with Li Anran.

On the way, the two talked about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

"After you told me about that incident last time, I secretly went to Tianhe. There were indeed traces of bay leaves in the bodies of the children. Xi and the empress did it this time..."

If it hadn't been for Li Anran's original reminder, even Yang Jian would have been hard-pressed to find any clues if something like this happened suddenly.

However, with the Bay Leaf incident ahead and the target of suspicion, it will be much easier to find clues.

Yang Jian has basically confirmed that Xihe was responsible for the affair of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and the pair of children of Weaver Girl are now in Guanghan Palace.

However, he was not prepared to care!
No matter what Xihe's purpose was, it was ultimately a good thing for Zhinu's children, and it was much better than being washed away by the cold air of the Tianhe and losing their humanity.

Li Anran naturally had no objection.

Not to mention whether the pair of Zhinu's children can achieve anything, even if they can, it will be a headache for the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, and it will never be his turn!
He was not willing to offend Xihe for the sake of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother.

God knows what unknown magic weapon Xi He has in his hands!

After talking about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Li Anran told Yang Jian everything about Tathagata and Wutian.

Yang Jian was surprised: "It will start in three years? Is Tathagata in such a hurry?"

Li Anran said: "Not only Wutian's affairs, but also all matters including seeking scriptures from the West, Tathagata did it very hastily. There were many things that he could obviously do better, but in the end he did them very hastily, as if He doesn’t really care about the outcome.”

After a pause, Li Anran said his guess with a solemn expression: "I suspect that Tathagata may know something that we don't know. He is so impatient that he is probably preparing for something."

Li Anran thought of the Legend of White Snake after Journey to the West, Liaozhai and the final era of Dharma.

In the Legend of White Snake, there are still existences such as the Jade Emperor Guanyin Tathagata and the Antarctic Immortal. However, during the Liaozhai period, not only the gods and Buddhas disappeared without a trace in the entire Three Realms, but even some monsters and monsters with high stakes disappeared.

So much so that a little monster like Cihang Pudu, who could not conquer a mountain and become king in the world of Journey to the West, dared to eat up all the civil and military officials of a mortal dynasty.

And in the Age of Ending Dharma, let alone monsters, even magic has become a legend and ceases to exist.

The essence of the Dharma-ending Age is that humanity has completely defeated the heaven.

The way of heaven ceases to exist, and cultivation naturally ceases to exist.

There are only countless living beings left in the world, and those gods, Buddhas and monks who rely on the existence of the way of heaven have all disappeared along with the way of heaven.

Li Anran suspected that Tathagata also saw that the root cause of this catastrophe was the dispute between humanity and heaven, and firmly believed that humanity would win the final victory. This is why he was eager to become a saint before the death of heaven, and he was not willing to delay for a day.

Li Anran told Yang Jian his guess.Yang Jian's view is completely different from Li Anran's.

The reason is simple:
"If this were the case, Tathagata would not have discussed with the immortals at the Bon Bon Festival 500 years ago to plan a layout in the four major continents and work together to eliminate cause and effect."

Tathagatas and others artificially caused the disaster, sacrificing a large number of living beings to eliminate the karma and delay the coming time of the disaster.

It itself represents the struggle between humanity and heaven.

If the Tathagata was worried that humanity would eventually triumph and heaven would completely disappear, he would not do such a thing to speed up the victory of humanity.

Li Anran and Yang Jian speculated on several other possibilities.

For example, there are many factional conflicts within Lingshan, and Tathagata is so worried because he is afraid that someone of his own will secretly cause trouble, etc.

However, there is not enough convincing and evidence.

However, the two of them did not stop eating due to choking.

Tathagata has Tathagata's plans, and they also have their own plans. Tathagata and Wutian will use the gambling to make the false come true and change the world, but they will not stop.

"Being between heaven and earth, it is indeed impossible to escape from the catastrophe. Taoist Hongjun combined his body with Taoism, and the Jade Emperor was appointed by Taoist Hongjun and other saints. If we want to change the world, we are really involved in this catastrophe. , and is more deeply involved than others."

When the two of them sighed, they had already reached the top of Tianlao Palace. Nezha had been impatient for a long time, and Tengyun came to greet them as soon as he saw them.

Nezha asked: "Second brother, Li Anran, you are finally back! What happened to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? Just two children left, shouldn't the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother still want to kill them all?"

There were many people and Li Anran didn't answer, but said: "Let's go down first and talk while drinking."

After entering the Tianlao Palace, taking a seat, and using his magic power to isolate himself from outside prying eyes, Li Anran told Nezha about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl along with Xi and the Taiyin Star.

"Great!" Nezha couldn't bear to see the miserable state of Weaver Girl's family for a long time. However, there were heavenly rules and regulations binding on his head, so he couldn't openly disobey the Jade Emperor's will.

When he heard that Weaver Girl had been liberated and her two children had also been saved, Nezha was overjoyed and clapped his hands and shouted "Hello".

Then he looked at Li Anran with a stern face and said, "No matter what happens to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, those two children are innocent! Li Anran, you can't let the Jade Emperor and Empress do anything for you!"

Li Anran said angrily: "You don't need to talk about this matter! I'll help them delay it for ten days and a half, and then go to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother to apologize."

"That's good!" Nezha wasn't angry, picked up the wine glass and shouted: "Come on, come on, we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, we must have a big drink today!"

Li Anran snorted coldly: "The more you cook, the more playful you become!"

After a few glasses of wine, the three of them discussed how to take advantage of Tathagata and Wutian's gambling fight to make the false come true and change the owners of the Three Realms.

The key to this is how to turn the immortals from false prisoners into real prisoners without letting them sense the danger and rise up to resist.

The gods and Buddhas of the three realms take action together. Let alone the three of them, even if they can get Taiyi Tianzun, they will be defeated but not victorious.

"We can do this..."

Li Anran had already thought of a countermeasure on the way here and expressed his thoughts immediately.

Yang Jian and Nezha listened carefully and gave some suggestions from time to time.

In just half a day, the three of them discussed their strategy, and then they split up to make preparations.

Time flies, and three years have passed in a flash.

On this day, the Jade Emperor held a court meeting in the Lingxiao Palace as usual.

Suddenly there was a sudden change of wind and clouds above the heaven, the wind was howling, the sun and the moon were dim, it was like a sign that the end of the world was coming. (End of chapter)