Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 893 Two Days of Spiritual Communication

Chu Tai brought Zhu Bajie to Huaguo Mountain. With the great changes in the Heavenly Palace, there was less interference from the heavenly soldiers and generals, and the vegetation gradually flourished.

"It is worthy of being the ancestral vein of the Ten Continents and the source of the Three Islands. I remember the last time I saw this place from afar, it didn't have this kind of spiritual charm."

Chu Tai's sigh gave Zhu Bajie a topic to talk about, so he stepped forward and said, "This place is where Monkey King was born. It is said to have been formed after the separation of the pure and the turbid, and it is the pillar that supports the sky where all rivers meet, and the root of the earth that will never be moved for eternity."

"They are the major centers where the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth is circulated. Above them is only the Lingxiao Palace where the Emperor of Heaven is located, the Kunlun Sacred Mountain, the holy land of the immortals, and even the Lingshan Leiyin Temple, the dojo of the Tathagata Buddha. They are all on par with each other and it is difficult to tell who is better."

“As for the Putuo Luojia Mountain of Guanyin of the South Sea, the Wuzhuang Temple of Zhenyuanzi, or the Taoist temples of the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Gods, they are not as spiritual as this mountain and must be ranked below them.”

At this point, Zhu Bajie looked around and sighed, "This is the scene after a large amount of spiritual energy has been harvested. If it were in the past, the Emperor could still see white rainbows crossing the ocean, thousands of snowy waves flying, cold air dividing the green peaks, and the remaining water moistening the green hills..."

After Zhu Bajie praised repeatedly, he suddenly felt something and ran in one direction.

As he ran, Zhu Bajie shouted loudly, "Master! Master!"

The old monkey in the distance originally wanted to leave, but when he looked at Chu Tai, he felt the layers of Buddha's light surging around him. In the boundless Sanskrit sound, there were three Buddha shadows standing in the past, present and future.

Around each Buddha, there are many Buddha lights interweaving to form one perfect circle after another. In the circles there are many Vajra and Ming Kings with four heads and eight arms, two heads and six arms, five heads and seventeen arms, which are either in line with the current Buddhist teachings of the world or completely contrary to the current Buddhist principles. They hold various magic weapons to subdue demons, guard the four directions, suppress the void, and cut off all ways for him to leave.

After the old monkey decided not to leave, many Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats riding peacocks, blue lions, white elephants, large peng birds, swans, and golden dragons appeared in the Buddha's light. They all had a solemn expression and chanted Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.

In an instant, the old monkey felt that the surrounding environment suddenly became bright. This brightness was not because the light in the sky suddenly became stronger, nor was it that the Buddha's light he perceived became a new light source, but that all the plants and trees around him, all living things, both visible and invisible, were glowing.

Be it old trees and rocks, green vines and flowing water, butterflies, birds, fish and monkeys, each one has become brighter and more transparent, emitting a faint, pure white light that spreads in all directions and illuminates other existences.

The old monkey put his hands together, bowed to Chu Tai and said: "Enlighten your mind and see your nature, everything is equal? ​​May I ask where you come from, great monk? Where are you going?"

"It comes from the sacred mountain, from the devil's calamity, and from all living beings. As for where it is going..."

Chu Tai walked to the old monkey and flicked it gently. The stubborn stone on the top of the Flower-Fruit Mountain slowly fell down. A faint light flickered in it, revealing the spiritual fetus inside.

The old monkey and Zhu Bajie were both shocked, and a nine-ring tin staff and a nine-toothed rake appeared in their hands.

The staff lightly touched the ground, and a bright Buddha light emerged from the bottom of the staff, emitting a solemn, sacred, and unshakable firm Dharma purpose.

At the same time, a majestic, transcendental force slowly descended, and golden lotus flowers bloomed on the ground. At the same time, layers of Buddha's light rose up, as if thousands of bright moons appeared out of thin air and ten thousand suns were suspended in the sky.

In the midst of the boundless and dazzling light, the supreme power that could suppress the eight poles and stagnate time and space condensed and fell.

The moment turns into eternity, and the Buddha's land is revealed in every inch.

The Buddha's light shines everywhere, and the Sanskrit sounds are chanted.

In the boundless light, there appeared the phantom of a sacred mountain that was so majestic, vast and huge that it was beyond description.

"Mount Sumeru?"

Chu Tai looked at the sacred mountain with a hint of amusement in his eyes. Zhu Bajie beside him waved his rake and walked forward, rolling up the virtual image of the Milky Way, which led to many waterfalls in the Flower-Fruit Mountain and the waves of the East China Sea, turning into layers of waves, supporting the falling Mount Xumi. Thousands of white lotuses bloomed again, forming a Dharma Realm, blocking Mount Xumi from further taking shape.

"Master! This emperor is not a bad person!"

As he spoke, the phantom of the Milky Way reversed and moved upwards, gradually swallowing up the sacred mountain Xumi, while also assisting Mount Xumi in constructing the structure of seven mountains and seven seas, three wheels and four continents. Even faintly, the phantoms of twenty-eight heavens of all aspects of the Three Realms emerged, guarding the incomplete stone fetus that Sun Wukong had transformed into.

"You are such a smart idiot."

Chu Tai raised his hand and lightly tapped it, and the Xumi Mountain shattered. The old monkey and Zhu Bajie fell to the side. When he looked up again, he saw a large amount of spiritual energy gathering and pouring into the stubborn stone, repairing the spiritual fetus.

"Jin Chanzi, you asked me where I was going before? After I wait for the monkey to return, Tathagata to completely pass away, Zhenwu to take charge of the heaven, and Maitreya to open up the Pure Land, I should also go to the outer world, to Taiyi."

"As for now, I am helping this monkey so that he won't be powerless to fight back when he meets Tathagata in the future."

As he spoke, bits of Buddha light emerged from the stubborn stone in front of Chu Tai, connecting with each other to form a faint golden hoop.

With a light touch of the finger, dense Buddhist mantras appeared on the surface of the golden hoop, as if surrounded by Buddhas and blessed by Bodhisattvas.

With another tap of his finger, the Buddha shattered, the Bodhisattva disappeared, and the golden hoop's shadow turned into an illusory relic.

"What is this?"

Zhu Bajie was a little surprised, and Jin Chanzi, who had transformed into an old monkey, also frowned.

After Sun Wukong passed away, Jin Chanzi stayed here and naturally studied the nature of the golden hoop. He had some experience and thought he had seen some clues and knew how difficult it would be for Wukong to return.

But he didn't expect that the golden hoop was actually transformed from other treasures.

But Jin Chanzi is not an ordinary person. As one of the most powerful people in Buddhism, the moment he saw the relic, he understood its essence and the principles contained within it.

After seeing all this clearly, Jin Chanzi's face became even uglier, and he touched the stubborn stone with some trembling.

"Is this why you split your body into two and left your mind to Erlang Shen? Do you know that you may not be able to come back?"

"Master, what do you mean by that? What do you mean Monkey King can't come back? Isn't his incarnation already..."

Before Zhu Bajie could finish his words, Jin Chanzi interrupted him.

"Wuneng, this relic that turned into a golden hoop contains emptiness. If Wukong wants to come back, he must understand Wukong. If he enters emptiness, then his will will be helpless. At this time, he encounters a relic containing emptiness. What do you think will happen to Wukong?"

Although Zhu Bajie did not know much about Buddhism, he was, after all, the Bodhisattva of the Altar Purifier recognized by Lingshan, so he naturally knew how dangerous the situation described by Jin Chanzi was.

"Fuck him, Tathagata is too shady, he even has a trick up his sleeve. If Monkey King doesn't know anything, and the incarnation rashly returns to the body with the six senses, he will definitely be affected by the relic when he understands Wukong's principles, and then Monkey King will really be dead." Zhu Bajie said, looking at Chu Tai, and said, "Emperor, did you come here to help Monkey King untie the restraints because you saw this scene?"

"Although the process was a little wrong, the final result was fine. I noticed the problem with Sun Wukong only after I saw the back-up plan of Tathagata Buddha. Also, you said that Sun Wukong would really die, but that's not the case. After his six senses returned to their original positions, his original consciousness might be assimilated by the relic, but at that moment, he also had the opportunity to abandon his original self and let his incarnation become independent, so..."

Having said this, Chu Tai suddenly froze in place.

He whispered to himself, "Give up my true self and let my avatar go out on its own?"

Chu Tai silently sensed the power of the Donghuang Bell and tried to establish a connection with the original body, which made the original body laugh.

Chu Tai's true self in the outer world laughed and said, "Why do you suddenly come up with such an idea?"

"I don't know either. At that moment, I suddenly had a feeling that this matter seemed to be related to us."

When Chu Tai heard this, he was also stunned. He knew very well that the incarnation he sent into the second time period occupied most of his power. Its status and spirituality were far superior to those of an ordinary third-grade cultivator, and it had already stepped into the threshold of the second grade.

Now that he has received the highest level of blessings from both the East and the West, he has surpassed many ordinary second-grade cultivators.

With this kind of status and power, the feeling that suddenly arises is naturally not an illusion or some sudden thoughts, it can only be that it is really related to oneself.

Thinking of this, Chu Tai couldn't help but look at the Donghuang Bell. Eight phantoms were flying up and down on it, and many Taoist powers appeared and disappeared from time to time. The Taiyi Taoist fruit was gradually integrating into it, but it still had not touched the most essential core.

The Donghuang Bell still holds many secrets for Chu Tai at this moment.

'Is the sudden feeling of the incarnation related to this Donghuang Bell?'

Chu Tai's original thoughts did not affect the incarnation in the current time period. After handing his troubles to the original body, he looked at Zhu Bajie and Jin Chanzi who were worried, and smiled and said, "It's okay, I just suddenly thought of some things about cultivation, which has nothing to do with Sun Wukong's state."

"As long as this relic is taken care of, all his problems will be solved. Look, isn't he back?"

As he spoke, Chu Tai pointed to the west, and two golden lights suddenly appeared beside the two.

One of them holds a golden cudgel in his hand, wears a phoenix-wing purple gold crown on his head, a golden chain mail armor on his body, and lotus silk cloud-walking shoes on his feet. He looks very majestic and impressive.

The other man was handsome, with bright eyes and white teeth. He wore a crescent-shaped slingshot on his waist and a three-pointed, double-edged spear in his hand. He wore a three-mountain flying phoenix hat on his head, an ochre embroidered robe, and black flying phoenix boots on his feet. He looked like a young general.

After the two men stood still, another golden light descended. The big-bellied Maitreya, wearing a yellow monk's robe and with his breasts exposed, panted and said, "Why are you two running so fast? The Buddha won't run away again?"

As he spoke, seeing Chu Tai looking at him, Miroku hurried forward to greet him.

Erlang Shen looked at Chu Tai, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Isn't the Emperor of Heaven in the Heavenly Palace my uncle?"

While Erlang Shen was looking at him, Chu Tai was also observing him. He was surprised to find that although the aura of this Erlang Shen was completely different from the previous time period, there was some overlap in the concepts between the two, and...

'Spiritual rhythm?'

After meeting Erlang Shen, Chu Tai finally figured out the biggest overlap between the previous time period and the current time period. The spiritual charm of the two is common to a certain extent.

Previously, among the other people, Nezha could hardly be seen due to his transformation, and it was difficult to serve as a comparison.

Li Jing's cultivation was too low, and the spiritual energy involved was too little to be used as evidence.

Most of the other immortals and gods have no direct counterparts in the previous time period.

Now, Erlang Shen, the person Chu Tai had carefully observed in the previous time period, appeared in front of him. He was sure that the spiritual charm of the two time periods should be the same.

At the very least, the spiritual charm of Erlang Shen is directly related to the spiritual charm of Yang Jian in the previous period of time.

'So the most important thing that connects the three time periods is the spirit?'

Chu Tai had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face, and he responded to Erlang Shen's questions with his mouth.

"If you mean the evil emperor who was cast into the netherworld by me and split into thousands, then he is indeed not your uncle. Your uncle was plotted against when he was evolving into the Thirty-Three Heavens Lords in the past. His essence was split and part of it was integrated into the Thirty-Three Heavens Lords. Later, it became the Demon-Suppressing Well in Chonghua Palace. I don't know where the remaining part went, but it is very likely that it became a part of the evil emperor."

At this point, Chu Tai paused, pointed to the sky and said: "If you want to know the specific situation, you can go back to the Heavenly Palace and ask the thirty-three heavenly masters. They are now cooperating with Zhenwu in the heavenly realm to run the universe and maintain the principles of the gods, so that Zhenwu can inherit the throne of the Heavenly Emperor in the future."

"What about you? I heard from this monkey that you plan to sacrifice yourself, give way to Zhenwu and Maitreya, and then return the spiritual energy to all living beings. Is that true?"

Hearing this, Jin Chanzi's gaze towards Chu Tai suddenly changed. After getting Chu Tai's affirmative answer, he clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name.

Seeing this, the incarnation of Sun Wukong couldn't help but say, "Stop chanting. It's annoying. This guy is planning to die, why don't you try to persuade him, monk?"

"Wukong, can you and I take over this matter?"

Jin Chanzi asked back, and the incarnation of Sun Wukong frowned and said, "As of now, none of us can do this for him."

"That's right. Since we can't replace him, and the Buddha is doing this voluntarily, why should we stop him? Look at this world, the loss of spiritual charm has reached a point where it can't be delayed. If it is not saved, there will be a big mess in the future."

The incarnation of Sun Wukong retorted: "If his departure can completely solve the problem, then I will not say a word. All I can do is to help him with all my strength, and after his demise, protect his reputation and this world."

"But the loss of spiritual energy is inevitable. Even if he returns to the cycle of heaven and earth now, as long as we are still here and immortality is still here, the speed of spiritual energy generation will never keep up with consumption."

"And according to the laws of the operation of the world today, the speed of spiritual energy production will decrease in the future. By that time, even if all immortal beings such as gods, Buddhas, immortals, and Bodhisattvas disappear, there will still not be enough spiritual energy!"

"If that's the case, why should we let a great compassionate person sacrifice himself? It would be better to let him maintain the heaven and earth now, so that all living beings can enjoy this last moment in peace."

(End of this chapter)