Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 342 Entering the Western Paradise
Upon hearing this, the monkey was immediately reminded of the pain of being imprisoned under the mountain for five hundred years. He gritted his teeth in hatred and roared fiercely:
"Very well! If we can't kill the Buddha, can't we at least kill the other bald monks in Buddhism?"

"Today we will raze Mount Ling to the ground, and slaughter the monks of Leiyin Temple! All the monks inside... shall die!!!"

"what--"

With that, he somersaulted and left Tang Xuanci and the others far behind.

They entered the sacred mountain, killing gods and Buddhas alike, and stormed the Thunderclap Temple in an instant!

A menacing mushroom cloud pierced the sea of ​​clouds, enveloping Mount Ling and silently witnessing the tremendous changes in this first holy Buddhist site.

But we see:

The sun shattered the sacred mountain, and blood stained the thunderous sound.

The Great Sage angrily swung his staff, and Vajra trembled, causing the corpse to fall.

The soul of the Arhat scattered, and the bones of the Arhat turned to mud.

The blood of the Eight Heavenly Dragons flows into the Pool of Merit.

The precious banner burns with the fire of karma, and the scriptures turn to ashes.

The bronze platform leans against the Buddhist temple, the jade courtyard burns with the Bodhi tree.

The golden body of the ancient Buddha shattered, and the Dharma image of Maitreya crumbled.

The image of Vairocana Buddha was shattered like a broken tile on the ground.

The Buddhist clique that remained behind suffered a crushing defeat.

Soon, the independent army, led by the twenty heavenly beings, broke through Lingyun Ferry.

The Vajra Realm continued to collapse, and billions of tons of seawater poured down, turning Mount Ling into Venice.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Dipankara Buddha hurriedly ordered all the Buddhas and monks to retreat and go to the Black Continent to find the Buddha.
He himself blocked Guanyin from engaging in close combat in the sky.

Guanyin used her jade bottle to collect most of the seawater, fought the ancient Buddha for ten rounds, and used her thousand-hand supernatural power to kill the Qilin under his mount.
He then extinguished the flame in his palm with a drop of water, severely injuring him.
The ancient Buddha wore a sorrowful smile, as if he were ready to fight to the death.

Guanyin avoided her sharp edge, so the ancient Buddha abandoned Mount Ling and went to the Western Sea.

At the foot of Lingshan Mountain.

The Green Lion Demon King was surrounded and captured alive by three lieutenant generals of the Independent Army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Golden-Winged Roc abandoned its demonic followers, revealed its true form, spread its wings and soared into the sky, disappearing into the mushroom cloud and fleeing in panic.

The remaining demons all surrendered.

Tang Xuanci was unwilling to let any bald head go, and he would not allow any fleeing monks or Buddhas to take away any treasures. Seeing that many monks and Buddhas wanted to break through from the west side, he quickly summoned two outstanding disciples, eight beautiful concubines, three brigades of soldiers, and one AD division to surround and intercept them.

They killed over 6,800 Arhats, including the Gatekeeper Arhat, the Banana Tree Arhat, the Bag Arhat, the Contemplative Arhat, the Laughing Lion Arhat, the Green Calamity-Eliminating Vajra, and the Yellow Fulfilling Vajra.

The recovered Mani Jewel, the Six-Syllable Mantra Stele, the Eleven-Petaled Golden Lotus Platform, the 288 Red Lotuses of Karmic Fire, the 256 Scrolls of Top Secret Scriptures, the 108 Amitabha Pearls, and the 74 Buddha Relics are all incredibly precious treasures that would be considered extraordinary even if placed in the Tushita Palace.

In addition, there were the vast amounts of other treasures that couldn't be taken away in time from the Great Thunderclap Temple, as well as Mount Ling, the ancestral vein of ten thousand dragons in the Western Continent.

This battle was another resounding victory!
……

Until dusk.

The entire western sky returned to calm, but the mushroom cloud lingered and did not dissipate. Its menacing, swirling crown, red and black, was intertwined under the setting sun, like an ember that had not yet been extinguished.

This scene, along with the video of the monkey smashing the Buddha's head with a stick inside Leiyin Temple, has already gone viral and shocked the entire world.

Whether Buddha shed tears upon hearing the devastating news is unknown, but he quickly abandoned the tug-of-war on Penglai Island and issued a decree ordering the entire Buddhist sect to retreat, holding onto four of the ten continents they had already captured, plus the Black Continent that had drifted to the east.

It seems that they had to pause their offensive and consolidate their existing territory because their home base was raided.

Laozi then ordered a counterattack to take advantage of the situation and try to reclaim the lost territory.

However, the other two patriarchs of the Three Pure Ones were unwilling to let their already few disciples fight with all their might. The Guanjiang Estuary Group and the Zhang family forces among the heavenly soldiers simply slack off and acted as cheerleaders. After a period of attrition, Laozi, seeing that he could not defeat Tathagata and that the Jade Emperor was taking the opportunity to suppress the Taoist immortals in the Heavenly Court, wisely chose to suspend the large-scale attack and reduce consumption to avoid the situation where the two sides fight and the third party benefits.

On the other side of the Western Sea, Tang Xuanci dared not delay for even a moment. Under the guidance of Guanyin, he ordered the army to work day and night to repair the defenses of Mount Ling.

Furthermore, they also have a Plan B in place to abscond at any time.

Only when they realized that Tathagata showed no sign of retaliating in a fit of anger did they breathe a sigh of relief.

Given that Buddhism has been caught in a series of shifts in its power structure and fierce battles with Taoism, even if it managed to recover some strength through plundering the Holy Divine Continent, it is likely that it is now severely weakened.

So, they rewarded the troops at Lingshan with a big party.

As for the mushroom cloud, which was a billion times more terrifying than Xiao Yi Wan, he directly produced a pre-written report and released a video to clarify, insisting that:
"'Great Sun Demon Cloud' is a highly dangerous weapon in Buddhism!"
"At that time, Yinyin and I joined forces to fight against Tathagata, the number one anti-demon. We were not afraid of sacrifice and bravely advanced. Finally, we broke through the defensive barrier of Mount Ling from the west."

"When the Second Anti-Demon Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha saw this situation, he went mad and brought out all the weapons hidden in Mount Ling, intending to kill my master and disciples and the soldiers who broke through the barrier."

"At the critical moment, thanks to Wukong's use of the Eight Desolations and Six Directions Divine Power, we were able to temporarily escape into the void and just avoid the terrifying moment when the Great Sun Demon Cloud erupted, thus saving us from harm."

"It is pitiful that the people within a thousand miles have suffered terribly and lost their lives in vain."

"The Tathagata and his disciples, for their own selfish gain, colluded with evil spirits and monsters, causing chaos in the Three Realms. They are truly despicable and should be punished by immortals and demons!"
"Today, I, Tang Xuanci, vow to eliminate this scourge for all living beings. I hope that the righteous and courageous immortals and knowledgeable demons of Niuhezhou will come to Mount Ling to lend a helping hand and work together to save all living beings!"

"Twelve-hour hotline: 400-82..."

"In addition, the brand new iPhone Zhenguan 17 series will be launched at a press conference at 4:45 PM on September 10th..."

"There's another thing. Recently, many friends online have been spreading rumors about my relationship with Yinyin. There are many different opinions, so I'd like to clarify this now."

"Although Yinyin and I had many grudges in the past, which were difficult to resolve, we later discovered that we both took it as our mission to save all living beings. Therefore, we appreciated each other and became kindred spirits."

"Therefore, before joining forces to attack Mount Ling, they made a pact:

"Tonight we'll drink a cup of nuptial wine, and we won't leave until we're drunk; (卺jǐn, a cup of intertwined branches)"

"Tomorrow at the foot of Mount Ling, I will disregard life and death."

"Even if Buddha returns with all demons, I will never let go of your hand."

"Amitabha Buddha, I have sinned, I have sinned."

"Because the matter was urgent and involved a life-or-death secret, we did not report to the Celestial Court for approval as required by the Heavenly Rules, and we have already made our vows privately."

Good guy! ! !
Upon hearing this, regardless of whether the celestial beings in Heaven believed that the 'Great Sun Demon Cloud' was thrown by Buddhism itself, the vast majority of lower-level humans and demons no longer cared, and their attention was shifted to the big revelation that Tang Xuanci had revealed.

The males exclaimed "Holy crap!" upon hearing this, while the females collectively wept.

Many cultivators and fairies with girlish hearts have even become fans of this most perfect couple in the Three Realms, feeling that combining romance with attacking Mount Ling is just too romantic.

Those fabricated vows were expanded into lyrics by a musician, set to music, and sung by another female internet celebrity, becoming a sensation across all realms. As a result, the two later broke up over copyright issues.

Guanyin Bodhisattva did not make any public response to this, but privately gave Tang Xuanci a warning and instructed Zen temples in various places to take strict precautions to prevent the rumors from spreading in the mortal world.

As for the question of who belonged to the Western Paradise, she indeed did as she had said before, personally going to the Heavenly Palace to obtain the consent of all the immortals, and bestowing upon Tang Xuanci the title of:
The Grand Marshal of Sandalwood Merit, ranked as a third-grade celestial being.

He was ordered to jointly govern the Western Paradise with Guanyin, who was temporarily acting as the elder of the West, and to lead troops to resist the demon Buddha.

Thus, the first climax of the third war temporarily subsided.

The conflict between Buddhism and Taoism has devolved from a bloody war into a series of small-scale clashes.

But all the transvestites knew that this was just the calm before a bigger storm!

Assessing the situation, Beaker immediately proposed a crucial strategy to Tang Xuanci, one that leveraged their strengths and avoided their weaknesses—

To wage a cultural war against the mortal realm's desires and forms, thus ushering in the Dharma-ending Age for the Three Realms.

(End of this chapter)