Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 552 The Karma of the Tongtian Sect Leader! The Methods of Suppressing Destiny! The Identity of the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth!
These were the three thousand mortals who were forcibly taken away by the two Western Saints after the collapse of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

Even in Buddhism, they are merely there to make up the numbers.

They also became the main group of what is known in Buddhism as the Middle Vehicle, the Pratyekabuddha Vehicle.

This alone shows that these Pratyekabuddhas actually have little presence in Buddhism.

Neither the Mahayana Buddhism transmitted by the two Western saints nor the Hinayana Buddhism established by Laozi after he converted the barbarians to Buddhism are theirs to inherit.

Now that Luo Fu, the Taiyi Golden Immortal, has become the True Buddha, they have even less hope of receiving any inheritance. Their pilgrimage to Luo Fu is merely a way for them to stick together and find warmth in each other's company.

Although the World-Honored One, Tathagata, was the Daoist Duobao who followed Laozi in converting barbarians to Buddhism, he was the senior disciple of the Jie Sect.

But times have changed. Daoist Duobao is now a leading figure in Buddhism. Even if he still has some connection with these Pratyekabuddhas from their time in the Jie Sect, this connection is mostly with disciples like Dingguang Huanxi Buddha.

They, these worldly people, have no right to it at all.

However, through these people, Luo Fu finally understood that the Shangqing Tongtian Sect Leader, whom he had been waiting for so long but who had remained silent, had actually formed a karmic bond with him in this way.

Compared to Lady Pingxin who inherited the bloodline of the Wu clan from her ancestors in Luofu, Daoist Zhunti taught him the wonderful method of the Golden Body by transforming into Patriarch Subhuti; Yuanshi Tianzun gave him the Jade Void Palace Immortal Sword through Guanyin Bodhisattva; and the Sage Taiqing gave him a Yin-Yang Two Qi Floating Dust through Zhang Ziyang.

The way the Shangqing Tongtian Sect Leader formed a karmic bond with himself was even more like a deer's horns hanging from a tree, leaving no trace.

Everything happened as if it were a natural progression.

Although it seems that Tongtian Jiaozhu did not give Luofu the most direct benefits like Yuanshi Tianzun or Taiqing Shengren.

However, it is believed that these Pratyekabuddhas could become the most steadfast supporters of Luofu with just a word from a saint of the Jie Sect.

Don't forget that although the Jie Sect suffered a crushing defeat in the Investiture of the Gods, even the Four Swords of Zhuxian were still in the hands of other sects.

But the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is still preserved by the Jie Sect.

Don't think that the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, which seemed to collapse at the first touch during the Investiture of the Gods, is really nothing special. You should know that the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was used by the Tongtian Sect Master as a trump card to turn the tide.

If it weren't for facing four saints simultaneously, plus the betrayal of Chang'er Dingguang Xian who was in charge of the formation, even if the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was still bound to be broken, it wouldn't have been so easily destroyed.

Although the true essence of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is still in the hands of the Tongtian Sect Master of the Jie Sect and has not been passed down, Duobao Daoist, who obtained only a smattering of it, has now established the famous Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Sect in Buddhism.

This can be considered a way to suppress the Buddhist fortune and make up for the loss of three grades of the twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit.

Compared to the Buddha's homage to the Buddha, what Luofu obtained from these Pratyekabuddhas was truly closer to the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation that the Jie Sect was able to use to suppress destiny.

In terms of destructive power, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is definitely not as good as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. After all, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is one of the three great killing formations of the prehistoric world. However, the most incredible thing about the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is that its original purpose was for the Tongtian Sect Leader to make up for the fact that the Jie Sect did not have a treasure to suppress the fortune.

Yes.

The Great Array of Ten Thousand Immortals is capable of suppressing destiny.

Through these seemingly scattered Pratyekabuddhas, but ultimately pieced together and restored by Luo Fu, Luo Fu was certain that his Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Buddha was definitely more powerful than the current World Honored One Tathagata of the Western Paradise, not in terms of destructive power, but in terms of suppressing destiny.

Such a formation is unparalleled in the entire Three Realms.

Having indirectly obtained the karma of the Supreme Lord of the Shangqing Sect through these Pratyekabuddhas, Luofu now awaits to see what methods the Sage Nuwa will use to forge a karmic bond with him.

As for those various monsters who came to beg for help.

Luo Fu wasn't truly someone who only accepted gifts and didn't recognize people.

But very few were actually accepted by Luofu.

Only the Golden-Nosed White-Haired Rat Spirit from Trapped Sky Mountain and Bottomless Cave, and the Fox Spirit from Qinghua Cave.

The reason for hiring these two is entirely due to their backgrounds.

The Golden-Nosed White-Haired Rat Demon's backer is a Buddhist monk, and she is also the adopted daughter of the Heavenly King Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. The gifts she sent clearly state her identity on the visiting card. Even if Luo Fu knew this, there was absolutely no father-daughter relationship between the Golden-Nosed White-Haired Rat Demon and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

But he was still happy to play dumb, after all, the Golden-Nosed White-Haired Rat Demon was not a powerful monster on the journey to the West, at most his cave was just a little troublesome.

But through this reason, Luofu could officially establish a relationship with the Heavenly Court.

Whether the reason is true or false is not important. Even if it is absurd, as long as the goal can be achieved, neither Luofu, the Buddha, nor the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King would mind acknowledging the identity of the Golden-Nosed White-Haired Rat Spirit.

The fox spirit from the Qinghua Cave was accepted by Luofu because of her background and identity.

Behind the fox spirit is the white deer spirit, who is the mount of the God of Longevity among the Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity under the command of the Great Emperor Donghua of the Three Islands and Ten Continents.

Luo Fu's taking the fox spirit into his Pratyekabuddha lineage was nothing more than another backroom deal with the Eastern Emperor.

Through these two transactions, Luo Fu has officially established connections in both Heaven and the Underworld.

Right here in Luofu, after several months of commotion, a trace of the origins of Mahayana Buddhism finally emerged, resembling the true Buddha's aura.

Two unexpected people suddenly sent a visiting card to Luofu.

One of them was Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of earth immortals who had no prior connection with Luofu.

The other one is none other than the current combat leader of the Journey to the West team, the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, who once wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

That's right.

On Luofu's side, after finally establishing its own system, the first people to pay a visit were Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of earth immortals, and Sun Wukong.

They learned the identity of the visitor.

Luofu would certainly not be negligent.

Putting aside Zhen Yuanzi's status as the ancestor of earth immortals, Sun Wukong alone was enough for him to meet him in person.

It's not that he was some childhood idol from a past life who already understood the rules of the so-called Three Realms. Luo Fu knew very well that everything about Sun Wukong was arranged from the very beginning of his life.

His so-called havoc in the Heavenly Palace was seen as an extraordinary feat by the demons of the mortal realm, but the truly powerful beings knew that it was nothing more than a farce that started the Journey to the West.

What Luo Fu truly values ​​about Sun Wukong is his origins.

On the one hand, he and Luofu were from the same school, both being disciples of the Patriarch Subhuti, but their generation names were different.

Luofu is the character "Ru," while Sun Wukong is the character "Wu." According to the twelve generations of disciples of Subhuti, namely Guang, Da, Zhi, Hui, Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ying, Wu, Yuan, and Jue, Luofu is four generations older than Sun Wukong.

However, the lineage of Subhuti could not be clearly divided into generations according to the usual generational naming system.

On the other hand, it is the source of the magical monkey Sun Wukong, who was created by the creation of heaven and earth, the stone that mended the sky.

Who is the Heaven-Mending Stone related to?
Nuwa, the sage.

Previously, after realizing that the Shangqing Sage Tongtian Jiaozhu had used the power of the Pratyekabuddha lineage of Buddhism to treat the Ten Thousand Immortals Array as a benefit that had created karma with him.

Luo Fu had a vague suspicion that Nuwa's method must have been through Sun Wukong.

Actually, it's not hard to guess.

Nuwa, the Sage, was inherently weak. Although she was the Holy Mother of Creation of the Human Race, she was also born into the Demon Race.

It's important to remember that during the Lich Wars, the human race was nearly wiped out by the two races.

It was precisely because of Nuwa's awkward status and position as a saint that the human race eventually developed a spirit of self-improvement. In fact, since the birth of the human race, their situation has always been very dangerous. This situation was only solidified when the Three Sovereigns ruled the world and shared a saintly position, thus firmly establishing the human race's status as the protagonist of the world.

Although it is ordained by Heaven that the human race will be the protagonist of the world, this is also inseparable from the human race's own struggle.

The goddess Nuwa, whose identity was initially awkward, severed all ties with the demon race after the end of the war between the witches and demons and the reincarnation of her brother Fuxi. Apart from her maid Jin Ning, who was the mount of the Xuan Tian Fire Phoenix, the saint Nuwa had indeed freed up manpower to serve her.

Sun Wukong, the intelligent stone monkey born from the five-colored stone left behind by the goddess Nuwa who created humans, was Nuwa's only choice in almost every aspect.

When he learned that Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong had gotten involved together, he came to pay them a visit.

Luo Fu immediately chose to receive the two in a side hall.

However, Luo Fu did not personally greet him.

Although Zhen Yuanzi was a veteran powerhouse, the ancestor of earth immortals, and one of the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace, he could only hold onto his identity as the ancestor of earth immortals. Apart from the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain, he had no real authority in the Three Realms.

Especially not long ago, when Zhen Yuanzi hosted Tang Sanzang and his party at Wuzhuang Temple, he actually chose to become sworn brothers with Sun Wukong.

Even though Sun Wukong made a name for himself as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago, he is now nothing more than a novice monk or a nun under the Buddhist sect who has not yet achieved enlightenment.

Luofu, however, firmly occupies the position of the True Buddha of the Middle Vehicle of Buddhism, the Pratyekabuddha Vehicle. Within its lineage, the three thousand Pratyekabuddhas have become a major branch of Buddhism.

Even if Tang Sanzang succeeds in his pilgrimage and Sun Wukong is named the Victorious Fighting Buddha, in terms of his status and position in Buddhism, he will still be ranked below Luofu.

Now that Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong have come together, Luofu cannot lower itself to personally welcome them.

After receiving Luo Fu's instructions, the newly created Seven Emotions Bodhisattva welcomed Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong into the side hall in no time.

On the way, the Bodhisattva of Seven Emotions also revealed to Sun Wukong her past life as one of the Seven Fairy Maidens of Heaven.

When Sun Wukong learned that the Seven Emotions Bodhisattva in front of him was actually the one who had been banished to the mortal world by the Jade Emperor for his poor performance in guarding the Peach Garden and had become a monster, he was no longer the unruly Great Sage Equal to Heaven he once was. Instead, he apologized to the Seven Emotions Bodhisattva repeatedly, appearing as if he had truly repented and changed his ways.

Little did they know that the Seven Emotions Bodhisattva might have harbored resentment towards Sun Wukong. After all, who would willingly descend to earth as a monster when they could be a fairy in Heaven?

Even if the Seven Fairy Maidens in Heaven were merely princesses in name only and maids in reality, they were still officially employed by Heaven. How could seven spider demons from the mortal realm possibly take advantage of them?

The transformation of the seven fairies into seven spider demons is absolutely no less tragic than the fate of Marshal Tianpeng, who was banished to the mortal realm and reincarnated as a pig.

However, fortune and misfortune are intertwined. They also turned misfortune into fortune. By chance, they encountered Luofu, an anomaly, and successfully hitched a ride on Luofu's coattails before Luofu rose to power. They went from being demons to being Garan, and now they have even become Bodhisattvas of the Seven Emotions in the middle-level Buddhist teachings.

After bringing Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong outside the side hall.

The Bodhisattva of Seven Emotions announced this and then withdrew outside the hall.

Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong exchanged a glance, and then stepped into the side hall.

Upon entering the main hall, the two immediately saw Luo Fu sitting on the white lotus platform.

Both Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong maintained proper decorum at this moment. Zhen Yuanzi, on the other hand, simply bowed to Luofu with his hands clasped.

Sun Wukong, truly disregarding all pride, immediately bowed deeply to Luofu and said, "This disciple is the great Tang Dynasty monk who protects the East and the eldest disciple who went to the West to retrieve the scriptures, Sun Wukong. I greet the Buddha, Buddha, may you be merciful."

"Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, please forgive my presumption. Fellow Daoist is the ancestor of the Earth Immortals of Wuzhuang Temple. Why are you here today with the Traveler in my newly opened Ruzhen Miaofa Heaven?" Luo Fu nodded slightly to Sun Wukong and then asked his question directly.

Before Zhen Yuanzi could speak, Sun Wukong hurriedly said, "If you are truly a Buddha, please forgive me. I encountered some trouble and happened to meet Brother Zhen Yuanzi, who was on his way to visit you. That's why he came with me to pay homage to you."

Luo Fu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized what was happening.

According to the timeline, the westward-bound team had just crossed the territory of Chechi Kingdom not long ago. They should either have run into the Linggan King of the Tongtian River or be facing the Unicorn King.

What made Sun Wukong so shameless and persistent in coming to visit Zhen Yuanzi was that he was willing to disregard his own dignity.

This is clearly not something that the Inspiration King of Tongtian River could do.

After all, the problem with the King of Inspiration is not his own supernatural powers and cultivation, but his background.

The Linggan King of the Tongtian River is a goldfish in the lotus pond of the Chaoyin Cave on Mount Putuo in the South China Sea, under the seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

As the Bodhisattva Guanyin, who appears most frequently during the great calamities of Journey to the West, and who can even be said to be the overseer of the entire Journey to the West plan, she can easily resolve the so-called Great King Linggan as long as Sun Wukong comes to her door.

So, in other words, Sun Wukong has come to deal with the One-Horned Rhinoceros King.

Regardless of the strength of the One-Horned Rhinoceros King himself, the fact that he possessed the Vajra Bracelet of Laozi suggests that this ordeal was orchestrated by Laozi himself.

Luo Fu wouldn't rashly get involved.

With a thought flashing through his mind, Luo Fu said, "I already know your purpose in coming here. However, if you want to save your master, it will be of no use even if you come to my sect. If you want to resolve this problem, you can go to the Heavenly Court's Ling Mountain."

In short, in Luo Fu's eyes, Sun Wukong is now a problem.

And it's a hassle that doesn't offer much benefit.

That's right. The Journey to the West tribulation is indeed something that as long as you participate in it and don't die, and don't become cannon fodder, once the journey to the West is successfully completed, the participants, whether they rescued the Journey to the West team or set up tribulations for the team, can all receive a wave of merit.

Compared to this small amount of merit, sending Luofu, this newly created Buddha, to deal with Laozi is nothing short of a joke.

(End of this chapter)