A master of comedy!

"Master, in order to overcome the eighth heavenly tribulation, Master returned to the Great Thunderclap Temple. With the blessing of Buddha, he successfully broke through to a higher realm, but is now trapped there..."

After waking up from the dream, Jinse immediately went to find Zhou Sheng and told him everything her master had said.

After listening to Jinse's story, a strange light flashed in Zhou Sheng's eyes.

The matter that the Buddha Mother spoke of this time was of great importance, involving many secrets that had been kept hidden for many years.

This includes the specific origins of the Five Demons under the Great Thunderclap Temple.

"My master told me to tell you that around the end of the Tang Dynasty, a world-shaking war took place in the Three Realms. The Heavenly Court, the Underworld, and Mount Ling joined forces, while their opponents came from a mysterious outer realm, which we can call extraterrestrial demons."

"That battle was extremely fierce, with countless immortals and gods perishing, leading to the severing of the connection between heaven and earth."

"Among them, five deities were corrupted in the battle and fell into the demonic path. However, in consideration of their merits and contributions, the deities did not kill them, but suppressed them under the Great Thunder Temple, where Bodhisattvas and Buddhas chanted sutras day and night to purify their demonic thoughts."

"Among them is the Xuanwu Spirit Turtle, a guardian deity under the command of the True Martial Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Sheng immediately recalled the colossal tortoise that shook the heavens and the earth when Yama revealed his true form during the performance of "Exploring the Yin Mountain" in the underworld.

It turns out that he was actually the Turtle General, one of the Turtle and Snake Generals under the command of the True Martial Emperor!

"The Dragon Girl under Guanyin Bodhisattva was stripped of her flesh and blood by an extraterrestrial demon during that great battle, leaving only a skeleton. Therefore, she harbors the strongest resentment."

Zhou Sheng's eyes flashed. Without a doubt, this person corresponded to the White Bone Bodhisattva. No wonder she always dressed up as Guanyin, and did it so convincingly.

Senior Brother Niu Shan only realized that she was the White Bone Demon, but he did not realize that her previous incarnation was actually a real dragon girl.

"My master herself is a fox fairy goddess under the command of Bixia Yuanjun, the head of all fox fairies in the world."

Bixia Yuanjun is in charge of all the fox spirits in the world, and it is said that she will regularly test the fox demons, and only those fox demons who pass the test can be promoted.

"There is also Di Ting, the divine beast under the seat of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who is also the city lord of Xunyang Ghost City, Hua Jiulang. However, Master always felt that there was something strange about him."

Upon hearing this, a thought flashed through Zhou Sheng's mind.

Hua Jiulang, or Lang Jiuhua backwards!
Mount Jiuhua is the sacred site of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and the meaning of these three characters can be said to originate from the people of Mount Jiuhua.

No wonder Hua Jiulang reacted so strongly when I chose the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva mask.

No wonder Master said back then, never mention the name Hua Jiulang in the Ghost City, otherwise the other party will definitely hear it.

Now it seems that Di Ting has the supernatural power to listen to the three realms, and has heard countless secrets, not only within the ghost city.

Perhaps everything he does, and perhaps everything Jinse is saying to him right now, is being listened to quietly by a pair of ears.

Thinking of this, Zhou Sheng couldn't help but feel a chill.

Although he had already set up an array to prevent spying, he still had no confidence that he could defend against the supernatural power of the Listening God.

City Lord Hua Jiulang is also one of the Five Demons!

However, this Hua Jiulang is indeed very low-key. After the General made a move that night, he never made a move again, keeping himself deeply hidden behind the scenes.

Several times Zhou Sheng went to look for him, but he avoided him, as if he were a quiet outsider.

But Zhou Sheng clearly remembered that in the Vajra Hall where the remains of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva were kept, when he saw the Bodhisattva in a hallucination, there was clearly a Di Ting (a mythical beast) under the Bodhisattva's seat, and it even pressed its ear to the ground to monitor the outside of the hall. In short, just as the Buddha Mother said, Hua Jiulang gave people a strange feeling, as if he was always shrouded in a layer of mist, and could not be seen clearly.

"The last one is the one with the greatest supernatural powers, the highest cultivation, and the most ferocious among the Five Demons, namely... the Golden-Winged Roc!"

Zhou Sheng was shocked. Without a doubt, the last one was the mysterious old eunuch. But he never expected that the legendary, mighty Golden-Winged Roc would actually disguise himself as a eunuch in the deep palace.
However, Zhou Sheng was not at all surprised that the Golden-Winged Roc would become a demon.

In the Lion Camel Ridge of Journey to the West, despite being at the foot of Mount Ling, this man dared to swallow the King of Lion Camel Kingdom and all the civil and military officials and common people in one gulp, thus seizing the kingdom.

Skulls piled up like mountains, and bones formed a forest!
In terms of background, this Roc is the most formidable. First of all, its true form is Garuda, one of the eight classes of celestial beings in Buddhism, who feeds on dragons and has extremely strong combat power.

Secondly, he was also the Buddha's "uncle".

Wait, feeding on dragons?
Zhou Sheng suddenly recalled the dragon-shaped jade thumb ring on the old eunuch's hand, as well as his act of devouring the resources brought by the Great Xuan Kingdom for cultivation, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

"If the opponent is the legendary Garuda, then how could it be... so weak?"

Although that old eunuch was very strong, he was far inferior to the legendary Golden-Winged Roc, who was a figure who could rival the Great Sage.

"Master said that they had been suppressed under the Great Thunderclap Temple for countless years, and their strength had long since declined significantly. After escaping back to the mortal world, they discovered that the rules of heaven and earth had undergone tremendous changes, making cultivation much more difficult and tribulations even more challenging..."

"Although the five of them were sworn brothers, they were not of one mind. They were even wary of each other and all wanted to take control of the human world while the gods and Buddhas were missing."

"It's just that during the time when Master was suppressed by the Great Thunder Temple, he was influenced by Buddhism, and his demonic thoughts gradually subsided. Now he has completely let go."

"The reason she revealed these secrets without reservation is that she hopes that one day you will become a celestial being and be able to rescue her from Mount Ling. Otherwise, she will be trapped there forever and will never be able to come out until her lifespan is exhausted."

Having heard everything, even with Zhou Sheng's composure, he remained silent for a long time, digesting it all.

The amount of information revealed by the Buddha Mother this time was enormous, including not only the true origins of the Five Demons, but also the truth behind the disappearance of gods and Buddhas at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Extraterrestrial demons?

What kind of demon or god could possibly fight against a coalition of gods and Buddhas?

Suddenly, he remembered the monster roaring and trying to break into the Vajra Hall outside the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva hall when he saw him in the illusion.

Could that be one of the extraterrestrial demon gods?
He recalled the grand tomb that the Queen Mother of the West had prepared for him on Mount Kunlun. If even deities of the caliber of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Queen Mother of the West could perish, one can only imagine the intensity of that great battle.

Of course, after hearing all this, Zhou Sheng still had doubts in his mind.

For example, who actually won that big battle?

For example, why did Mount Ling become ruins, and where did the surviving gods and Buddhas go?
Why didn't they take away or eliminate the five demons suppressed under the Great Thunderclap Temple before they left?

According to the Buddha Mother, they were able to escape because the magic array barrier under the Great Thunderclap Temple lacked replenishment of magic power, gradually depleted, and eventually developed a flaw.

When they escaped, they found that Mount Ling had become ruins.

It was as if all the Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas had vanished overnight.

...(End of this chapter)