Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 564: Three Hundred and Forty-Two Years Later, the Trouble in Heaven, the Victory and the Defeat

Dongsheng Continent, the top of Huaguo Mountain.

The fairy stone exploded, a ray of golden light shot straight into the sky, and a stone egg jumped out, growing against the wind. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a stone monkey with all the facial features and limbs intact.

As soon as he was born, he could crawl and walk, and bowed to all directions. Two golden lights shot out from his eyes and hit the sky.

"My good disciple, enough of that!"

Zhao Gongming sat aside, looking at the newly born stone monkey, full of joy, and chuckled.

"Yes, yes, yes. Disciple greets Master."

Looking at Zhao Gongming, the stone monkey felt a sense of familiarity and immediately knelt on the ground.

"Okay, from now on, you will be my disciple, Zhao Gongming, and the third-generation disciple of my Jiejiao." Zhao Gongming laughed.

As soon as the words fell, an inexplicable force began to reverse and affect some kind of laws of heaven and earth.

At the same time, in the depths of Lingshan Mountain, in a secret place.

There is a golden light shining from precious flames, the light is brighter than the red sun in the sky, and the fragrance of sandalwood is lingering, making people feel refreshed and prolonging their life. There is an ancient forest that stretches as far as the end can be seen at a glance, with lush trees, but unlike ordinary trees, they are full of vitality. Instead, they exude a sharp power of Gengjin. There are no fruits on them, but instead, there are the seven treasures of Buddhism, such as gold, silver, glass, coral, giant clam, red pearls, and agate.

There is another pond in the forest, filled with auspiciousness and a priceless treasure.

Beside the pond, there were two Buddhas sitting, both with a look of sorrow and compassion, and Buddha's light shining around them.

Sensing the situation at the Flower-Fruit Mountain, one of the Buddhas suddenly opened his eyes wide, and suddenly shot out two golden rays of light, shouting angrily: "How dare you, you evil creature!"

As soon as the words fell, the sky of Dongsheng Shenzhou, which was separated by countless time and space, changed color immediately, and an extremely vast pressure surged down, majestic and powerful, breaking the heaven and earth, distorting the void, and the entire Flower-Fruit Mountain seemed to be reduced to ashes.

Zhao Gongming immediately condensed his own Dharma image, which was tens of millions feet tall and surrounded by thousands of laws. He seemed like the god who created the world, but in front of this pressure, he seemed fragile and insignificant.

Because he was only a god who seemed to create the world, but he was facing a god who could truly create the world.

"Zhunti, what does it have to do with you if my disciple accepts a disciple?"

A cold snort sounded, and inside the Biyou Palace, Master Tongtian's eyes opened wide, his sword-like brows raised, and the sharp sword energy whistled, easily changing the celestial phenomena in the East China Sea. At the same time, four peerless swords that seemed to be able to destroy the world shot out, and the terrifying sword energy vibrated, heading straight towards Xiniu Hezhou.

"You are a thief who has robbed my disciple and yet you dare to speak so brazenly. How shameless!"

With an angry roar, Zhunti flew out with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree in his hand. The next moment, a golden Bodhi tree that was hundreds of millions of miles long and seemed to connect heaven and earth grew out of thin air in the sky above the entire Xiniu Hezhou Continent. Endless Sanskrit sounds rang out and bursts of sandalwood filled the sky.

No matter how powerful the Four Zhu Xian Swords were, they could not cross the line even a single step.

"Hahaha... I am really happy to hear you, Zhunti, say that I am shameless. Your disciple and I, Dongfang, are destined to be together!"

After hearing what Zhunti said, Tongtian Sect Master did not get angry, but laughed heartily.

I have a connection with the West.

The Great Tribulation of Conferred Gods, the first taboo.

Anyone who is touched will return to the West.

"Brother Tongtian, do you really want to do this? This boy is related to the rise and fall of our Western world, and the future destiny is in his hands. Brother Daoist, you are going against the will of heaven. Aren't you afraid of retribution from the Jiejiao?" Another voice sounded, and a huge Buddha statue condensed and headed straight for the East China Sea. The majestic pressure made the Four Swords of Zhuxian tremble.

Western Buddhism has two saints.

"Back."

But this Buddha statue had just pressed towards the east, and in the Bajing Palace, an old voice, as if seeing through the vicissitudes of life, sounded.

Above the sky, a huge shadow of the Tai Chi diagram descended from the sky, and the Yin and Yang Avenue surged, blocking the Buddha from being guided outside the East China Sea.

I don't know about this matter.

But it's always good if the meat is rotten in the pot.

The orthodox teaching is fine, and the evil teaching is also fine.

Seeing this scene, Tongtian Sect Master was even more delighted and said, "What do you mean by going against the will of heaven? This child was born in my East Sea, so he is naturally my Jiejiao disciple. As for the future, he can make trouble in the Heavenly Palace and travel west to destroy Buddhism. All of these can be carried out according to the trajectory of the way of heaven. Don't you have a way for Buddhism, but I can't?"

"It's the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures!" Zhunti said gritting his teeth.

"Really? I don't know. The journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures brought prosperity to Buddhism, but new Buddhas emerge and old Buddhas are destroyed. Only by destroying more old Buddhas can the world be peaceful!" said Tongtian Jiaozhu with a smile.

“Brother Tongtian, if you really want to do this, don’t forget that the Conferred God Ceremony is still in progress, and my Buddhism is the first among the three religions.” Jie Yin looked directly in the direction of Biyou Palace.

Your Jie Religion is not weak, but you are fighting with the Chan Religion in the Southern Continent, and with the Buddhist sect in the Western Continent. With the war going on two fronts, can your Jie Religion win?
"So it's time to change!" Tongtian Sect Master laughed.

Fighting on two fronts, so what?

The sons who were destined to be annihilated in Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West were all in his hands.

Destiny is his!

Can you stop it?

"Okay, since you have made such a decision, from now on, all disciples of Jiejiao, once they enter the Western Land, will become Buddhists and are not allowed to return to the East." Zhunti said firmly, with a tough attitude.

“Okay, from now on, any disciple from the West who enters the East China Sea will die!” Tongtian Sect Master’s attitude became even tougher.

Threats, who is afraid of whom?
As for the future disaster of the Journey to the West, I will go to the Western Land myself.

Learn from you!

"Everyone, let's discuss the matter in Zixiao."

At this moment, another voice sounded from Kunlun Mountain. Enough of the fight, should we shift our focus away from this monkey and onto the real big thing?

The Conferring of the Gods has not yet ended, and the Spiritual Stone Monkey has been born.

That's the real point.

Not to mention that the laws of nature are even more chaotic, how can this script be written?

"After all the discussion, isn't it just this little thing? It's boring. Yuanshi, you sent people to challenge me in Biyou Palace before, and today my disciple has sent out another one, what do you think of it?" Master Tongtian looked towards the direction of Kunlun with an amazing fighting spirit.

"What do you want?" Yuanshi Tianzun said calmly, without any expression of joy or anger.

"Let's fight again, three hundred and forty-two years later, when there will be a big riot in Heaven. Do you dare to let your disciple fight fairly? If you win, the matter of the Dark Cloud Immortal will be written off. If you lose, I will kill you on the spot!" said Tongtian Sect Master.

"If my disciple loses, he will die. If your disciple loses, he will be the one who should be punished. He cannot die. You are really shameless." Yuanshi Tianzun sneered sarcastically.

"Why are you envious? There is no reason to be envious." said Tongtian Sect Master.

"What's the point of an unfair bet? The Dark Cloud Immortal was wiped out, the Golden Immortal plotted against the Black Immortal and was killed in the end, and you still want to stand up for your disciple. You have no shame at all." Yuanshi Tianzun said.

"Then what do you want to do?" asked Tongtian Sect Master.

"Golden Dragon Shears. My disciple wins, hand over the Golden Dragon Shears." Yuanshi Tianzun said.

"Want to gather the Three Chaos Dragons? Okay, I promise you. After all, your disciple's life is useless." said Master Tongtian.

"As long as I am here, there is life." Yuanshi Tianzun said disdainfully.

On Kunlun Mountain, a beam of white light shot straight into the sky.

Upon seeing this, Master Tongtian also flew straight to the Zixiao Palace outside the thirty-three heavens.

Laozi, Jie Yin, Zhunti, Nuwa and Hou Tu also followed.

At the Peach Banquet, the Jade Emperor lowered his eyes. The Spiritual Stone Monkey suddenly appeared, completely disrupting his plan. He glanced at everyone and said, "Drink slowly, everyone."

After saying this, the Jade Emperor also flew into the sky and headed for the Zixiao Palace.

Compared to what happens next, what happens here seems insignificant.

Those who remained at the Peach Banquet all looked at Ji Ren.

Three hundred and forty-two years, if you lose you will die.

In this battle, Ji Ren has little chance of winning.

You know, he is facing the son of destiny in Journey to the West.

The final level of cultivation of all the spiritual stone monkeys in history was Daluo Jinxian.

The previous one, after experiencing the calamity of Journey to the West, participated in the Battle of Conferred Gods under the instruction of Zhunti, and was almost invincible, sweeping across Jiejiao. But later he was too jumpy, or too smooth, and actually challenged the Patriarch Tongtian. He fought all the way to the front of Biyou Palace, defeated the four major disciples in succession, and then was slapped to death by the Patriarch Tongtian.

He was also the only young disciple who died at the hands of Master Tongtian in the last catastrophe.

Generally speaking, the Journey to the West Tribulation is a supplement to the Conferred God Tribulation. It begins a thousand to ten thousand years after the Conferred God Tribulation ends. Then the complete Erlang Shen, who has survived the Conferred God Tribulation, fights against the growing monkey, and the two end in a draw.

But now Ji Ren only has 342 years.

How can that be enough?

Which of the Erlang Shens in the past didn’t start practicing thousands or even tens of thousands of years before Sun Wukong?

In other words, Ji Ren is not an ordinary Erlang Shen and has survived the Zixiao tribulation. Otherwise, there is no need to guess, he would be dead.

All the immortals of the Jiejiao sect were happy, while all the immortals of the Chenjiao sect were worried.

And Ji Ren continued to enjoy the food.

Worry?

What's there to worry about?
Not to mention the presence of Gonggong's Dharma image, even if there was no Gonggong's Dharma image, Ji Ren would not be the slightest bit scared.

The battle at the Flower-Fruit Mountain is said to be between the complete form of Erlang Shen and the adult form of Sun Wukong.

That’s because talent and realm have shackles. After reaching a certain realm, if you don’t have the opportunity and cannot realize it, no matter how much time you have, it will be useless.

However, Sun Wukong was luckier than Erlang Shen and had the opportunity to travel to the West, so he became a Daluo.

From his birth in the Flower-Fruit Mountain to his Journey to the West, Erlang Shen was always able to defeat Sun Wukong, right?

Moreover, destiny is sometimes not a good thing. The Monkey King in every generation can become Daluo, but why are there generations?

You have to know that Duobao, Nanji and others are not from the past generations. They have monopolized their own Dharma images and have truly achieved the state where people and Dharma images are indistinguishable from each other.

Some things have to be returned.

Not to mention Ji Ren and Gong Gong.

Three hundred and forty-two years, such ample time, if I don’t take off, my surname is not Ji.

Also, what about the peaches?

I’ve been eating for so long, why haven’t the peaches arrived yet?

(End of this chapter)