Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

After Duobao persuaded Xuandu, his second target was naturally Jiang Liuer.

Duobao's feelings for Jiang Liuer were actually quite complicated, because Jiang Liuer was his personal disciple after he founded Mahayana Buddhism.

Jiang Liuer's original form was the ancient ferocious beast, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada. This beast resembled a cicada, with six pairs of wings on its back. The wings were as sharp as knives and could be used for attack and defense. Its body was hard, impervious to swords and spears, and unaffected by water and fire.

It is extremely fast and unpredictable, possesses powerful attack and defense capabilities, and is inherently greedy. Initially, it fed on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but later began to devour all living beings in the primordial world.

It was subdued when it molted and was discovered by Jieyin, who was then a Heavenly Saint. Subduing a six-winged golden cicada was naturally a piece of cake.

After receiving and suppressing the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, he threw it into the Buddhist Kingdom like other ferocious beasts, hoping to use the Buddhist Kingdom to convert the Six-Winged Golden Cicada and make it work for the Western religion.

However, even after the Western religion was absorbed by Mahayana Buddhism and Jieyin was stripped of his position as a Heavenly Saint by Bai Jing, Jin Chanzi was never converted.

On the contrary, it was Duobao who later noticed the six-winged golden cicada when he was organizing and reshaping the 129,600 Buddhist kingdoms.

As the senior disciple of the Jie Sect, Duobao had learned Tongtian's idea of ​​teaching without discrimination to the fullest extent. In addition, since he was not forcibly converted by Taiqing Laozi in the original story and took the path of converting barbarians to Buddhism to become the Buddha, he naturally maintained the same demeanor as before, happily accepting Jin Chanzi as his disciple and teaching him carefully.

After a while, the six-winged golden cicada truly came to his heart, and Duobao named him Jin Chanzi, who in turn showed great respect to Duobao.

Unfortunately, this Jin Chanzi was a calamity for the Western Sect's westward journey.

Duobao had no choice but to abandon his disciple, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he could only let the Amitabha Buddha, who was actually Jieyin, take action.

Jiang Liuer, despite having reincarnated nine times, has a natural aversion to the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Amitabha Buddha used various means to get the other reincarnations of Jin Chanzi to embark on the journey to the West.

In this life, the situation is special, and the journey to the west officially begins in this life, so Jiang Liuer must be willing to do it.

Duobao stepped out and arrived at Jinshan Temple in Chang'an. At this time, Jiang Liuer was sitting cross-legged, trying to break through to the Human Immortal realm.

After thinking for a while, Duobao decided to just confront his good apprentice. So he raised his hand and touched Jiang Liuer, who fell asleep immediately.

Guided by Duobao's magic, Jiang Liuer fell into a deep sleep, his consciousness sinking into a chaotic dream. In the dream, he transformed into a six-winged golden cicada, his body radiating a faint golden light. He had six pairs of wings on his back, as thin as cicada wings yet as sharp as knives, emitting a low buzzing sound as if they could tear through the void.

His consciousness seemed to be pulled back to the primordial era, transforming him into that ancient ferocious beast that had not yet been converted.

At the beginning of the dream, the six-winged golden cicada had just hatched from a chaotic spirit stone. It was no bigger than a palm, its whole body shimmering with golden light. Its six pairs of wings had not yet fully unfolded, making it appear tender and fragile.

The world was filled with rich spiritual energy, and the primordial world was magnificent with its mountains and rivers, where spiritual energy surged like a tide.

The young six-winged cicada instinctively spreads its wings, greedily absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. With each flap of its wings, the spiritual energy transforms into tiny vortexes that surge into its body.

It flew over mountains and rivers, skimming over spiritual herbs and immortal trees, devouring all the spiritual energy wherever it went.

The mountain springs have dried up, the immortal herbs have withered, and even some low-level spirit beasts are listless due to the lack of spiritual energy.

The six-winged cicada was completely unaware of this; its nature was greed, devouring all the essence of heaven and earth in order to grow faster.

Its body gradually hardened, its golden light became more dazzling, and its six pairs of wings became sharper, faintly able to cut through the air and emit a sharp whistling sound.

As time went by, the six-winged cicada gradually grew larger, with its wingspan exceeding ten feet. The flapping of its wings could create a strong wind, enough to overturn mountains and forests.

Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth could satisfy its needs in its infancy, as it gradually grew, the spiritual energy was no longer enough to fill its bottomless greed.

Driven by instinct, it began to turn its gaze to the creatures of the primordial world.

Initially, it preyed on low-level demonic beasts in the mountains. It was as fast as lightning, and its wings were like blades, making it almost impossible for demonic beasts to resist.

Once, it flew into a valley where demons gathered. Before the hundreds of demons in the valley could react, they were swept over by the six-winged golden cicada. Where its wings swept, blood and flesh flew everywhere. The demon core was swallowed by it in one gulp and turned into pure energy to nourish itself.

The flesh and blood of living beings accelerated its growth rate considerably, and the aura of the six-winged golden cicada became increasingly ferocious, its eyes flashing with greedy red light.

Gradually, even the monsters could not satisfy its appetite, and the six-winged golden cicada began to attack human tribes.

Although the human race in the primordial era had already begun to develop the path of cultivation, they were utterly powerless to resist this ferocious beast that was impervious to swords and spears, and immune to water and fire.

One night, it broke into a small human tribe, and with a flap of its wings it stirred up a gale, causing houses to collapse and the humans to scatter and flee.

Unfortunately, how could the weak humans outrun the six-winged golden cicada? The six-winged golden cicada transformed into a streak of light, quickly blocking the humans who were trying to escape.

With a single breath, it devoured the essence and souls of dozens of people, transforming them into even greater power within its body.

The fear and wails of humanity only fueled its greed.

The six-winged cicada grows at an astonishing rate, and soon its body is as large as a small mountain. Its six pairs of wings spread out, covering the sky and the sound of its wings is like thunder, shaking all directions.

However, the six-winged cicada prefers to shrink rather than grow larger, because this makes it harder for creatures to spot it when it flies, which is beneficial for its hunting.

As the six-winged golden cicada grew stronger, its gaze was no longer limited to the creatures on earth, but turned to the heavenly court above the nine heavens.

Although the Heavenly Court of this era was not as prosperous as in later generations, it had already established a solid foundation, with heavenly soldiers and generals guarding the four directions.

The six-winged cicada, relying on its instincts, flew up to the heavens and stormed the southern gate of the Heavenly Court.

Upon seeing the ferocious beast approaching, the heavenly generals guarding the gate immediately formed a battle formation to meet it, unleashing their spears and magical weapons in an attempt to block it.

However, the six-winged golden cicada was impervious to swords and spears, and could not be harmed by magical treasures. With a flap of its wings, it cut several heavenly generals in two, and their blood stained the sky red.

It opened its mouth to devour the essence of the heavenly soldiers, and even absorbed all the celestial herbs and elixirs from the Heavenly Court.

Upon hearing this, Haotian was furious and dispatched the Barefoot Immortal to lead several Grand Luo Golden Immortals and tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers to besiege the Six-Winged Golden Cicada.

Although the Six-Winged Golden Cicada was powerful, it was still no match for the combined forces of several Great Luo Golden Immortals.

It could only rely on its speed and resilient body to fight its way back, devouring thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals before carving a bloody path back to the mortal realm. Even the Heavenly Court failed to completely suppress the Six-Winged Golden Cicada. This battle made the Six-Winged Golden Cicada famous throughout the primordial world, turning it into a ferocious beast that all living beings feared.

Several more cycles passed, around the time the human world was created. The six-winged golden cicada had devoured countless living beings, and its energy had accumulated to its limit. It was about to undergo its final molt and fully enter adulthood.

If the Six-Winged Golden Cicada can complete this molting, it will shed its mortal form and become the most powerful prehistoric beast. Its cultivation will leap from the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal to the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal. With the characteristics of the beast race, its combat power will be comparable to that of a Quasi-Saint.

The six-winged golden cicada chose a secluded, chaotic valley as its molting place, surrounded by abundant spiritual energy and permeated with chaotic energy, making it perfect for completing its transformation.

However, just as it shed its outer shell, revealing its soft, newly grown body, at its weakest moment, a golden light descended from the horizon.

A saint wearing a kasaya and holding a staff emerged from the light; this was none other than the Saint of Guidance.

The guide's gaze was calm, yet it carried boundless pressure. Even though the six-winged golden cicada was a ferocious beast, it instinctively felt fear. Saints and other living beings were on different levels of life, so it would be strange if it didn't feel fear!

The six-winged golden cicada tried to flap its wings and escape, but Jieyin raised his hand and pointed, freezing the void. The Chaotic Valley was shrouded in boundless Buddhist light, transforming into a huge Buddhist kingdom.

The six-winged cicada struggled desperately, its six pairs of wings flapping wildly as it slashed at the Buddha's light, but it was like a clay ox sinking into the sea, having no effect whatsoever.

The guide chanted Buddhist mantras, and with a gentle tap of his staff, a golden chain appeared from the void, binding the six-winged cicada tightly. Its cries echoed through the valley, but could not shake the suppression of the Buddhist kingdom.

The guide calmly said, "Although you are a ferocious beast, Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life. I will guide you to enter my Buddhist kingdom and eliminate your sins."

The six-winged cicada, enveloped by the Buddha's light, struggled to be drawn into the Buddhist realm and completely suppressed. Its consciousness gradually subsided within the Buddha's light, and its dreams became blurred.

Outside, Jiang Liuer suddenly woke up with a start, his forehead covered in cold sweat, everything from his dream still vivid in his mind.

He looked at Duobao in front of him, his eyes filled with complex emotions, including incomprehension, shock, and a hint of instinctive resistance.

Duobao sighed and slowly spoke: "Disciple, have you already understood your past life? The calamity of the journey to the West is unavoidable. Would you like to come with your master to find out the truth?"

Jiang Liuer nodded after a moment of silence.

Duobao brought Jiang Liuer into his dream again. This time, he traveled with Jiang Liuer, and the two flew from the primordial world all the way to the chaos.

Jiang Liuer then realized that there was a monster outside the primordial world that would make him tremble with fear and dare not resist at all, just by looking at it.

"Master, Your Excellency is..."

"Alas! This monster is named Zhen, and it is the manifestation of the evil thoughts of the Great God Pangu. It is always thinking of invading the primordial world. Even the strongest person in the primordial world, Saint Bai Jing, who is holding the Heaven-Opening Axe, is slightly inferior to it."

To defeat Him, the primordial world needs to ascend to a higher dimension once more, and the core of this ascension is humanity. This journey westward is to have you bring back the teachings of my Mahayana Buddhism, to impart them to humanity, to help every human become like a dragon, and then, with the torch of humanity, to complete the ascension of the primordial world. Only then can the crisis of the primordial world be resolved.

“Master could have simply spoken to me about this matter, and I certainly wouldn’t have refused. Why did you forcibly send me to the mortal realm?” Jin Chanzi questioned.

Duobao sighed and said, "Alas! This matter is my fault. I think I can confront you directly, but Amitabha Buddha believes that you need to obtain the scriptures in a mortal body in order to bring more merit to Buddhism."

With these merits, I would have the opportunity to attempt to reach the realm of a sage. After much deliberation, I was able to resist the temptation of becoming a sage, and that's why...
Now that things have come to this, I don't ask for your forgiveness. I'll tell you the truth: this journey to the West will also benefit you. You will obtain the true scriptures, and the karmic obstacles caused by the Six-Winged Golden Cicada will be wiped clean by the immense merit you gain. Your cultivation will also naturally break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Think it over carefully!

After saying that, Duobao disappeared.

Jin Chanzi sighed as he looked at the spot where Duobao had disappeared. If it had been Amitabha Buddha who came, Jin Chanzi would have mocked him without hesitation.

But it was his master who came. Apart from failing to resist the temptation of a holy position and compromising with Amitabha once, his master had never done anything to wrong him. On the contrary, he treated him with utmost sincerity and honesty.

But he felt very unwilling to just go on his pilgrimage.

"What a hassle! Never mind! I'll eat some roast chicken first!" With that, Jin Chanzi flew to the mountains behind Jinshan Temple to catch a chicken.

Meanwhile, in Gao Village, Zhu Ganglie was diligently plowing the fields. This work was for his future father-in-law, so Zhu Ganglie was certainly putting in a lot of effort.

Just then, Xuan Du's voice suddenly rang in Zhu Ganglie's mind: "Bian Zhuang, the journey to the west will begin in three years."

Zhu Ganglie paused in his plowing motion. He really wanted to ask Xuandu if they could cancel the journey to the west.
But he didn't dare ask and could only agree in the end.

Xuandu seemed to sense Zhu Ganglie's unwillingness, and he smiled and said, "Bian Zhuang, you can go to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures. In this life, Gao Cuilan and you are destined to be apart. After you complete your journey to the West, I will help you to continue your relationship with Gao Cuilan in her reincarnation."

"But is Cuilan still the same person after her reincarnation?"

“I can help you and Meng Po keep an eye on things so that Gao Cuilan won’t drink Meng Po’s soup.”

Now Zhu Bajie had no more objections.

As Sha Wujing lay sunbathing at the bottom of the Liusha River, he heard Haotian's voice: "Roll up the curtain, the tenth pilgrim will arrive at your Liusha River in three years."

"Your Majesty, should I still eat him?"

"This time you will follow him, become his disciple, and go to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures."

"After the journey to the West, will I be able to return to the Heavenly Court?"

"Of course, if you are willing, I will naturally guide you back to the Heavenly Court. If you are not willing, I will communicate with the Buddhist sect to grant you a position."

Upon hearing this, General Curtain was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will certainly protect the pilgrims well and strive to return to Heaven to serve Your Majesty as soon as possible."

Haotian nodded in satisfaction and said, "I am very pleased that you have this intention. I am waiting for you to come back."

After he finished speaking, a golden light descended from the sky and landed on General Curtain-Rolling. He felt a warm current flowing through his body, and the bottleneck of the late stage of Golden Immortal was broken, allowing him to break through to the peak of Golden Immortal.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Once you complete your journey to the west and accumulate enough merit, it will be enough to propel your cultivation from the peak of the Golden Immortal realm to the mid-stage, or even late-stage, of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. With a little more effort, becoming a Daluo is not impossible. Keep up the good work!" (End of Chapter)