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

Chapter 581 The Master of the Heavenly Sect Makes His Move! A Saint Is Secretly Manipulating Things!
In Sun Wukong's eyes, the two demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge were too terrifying.

Not only were their cultivation levels terrifyingly high, but the combined forces of the 48,000 demons of Lion Camel Ridge created a despair that Sun Wukong experienced even greater than when he was trapped in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

This left Sun Wukong completely bewildered, unsure of where to seek help or reinforcements.

With formidable strength, astonishing realm, and profound magical power, coupled with rigorous training, they are capable of setting up an impenetrable array, as if it were an inescapable net.

Such a monster was something Sun Wukong had never seen before.

Even back then, when he raised the banner of rebellion on Flower Fruit Mountain and proclaimed himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals he faced were not as despairing as the lesser demons of Lion Camel Ridge under the command of the two great demon kings.

Having hidden far away, almost reaching the Ruzhen Temple, Sun Wukong gazed towards Lion Camel Ridge.

His eyes were filled with anxiety, and he scratched his head for a long time.

Sun Wukong ultimately decided to go to the Heavenly Court to inquire about the situation first, since a demon who possessed such array techniques was certainly not someone to be trifled with.

It is definitely a monster with a powerful backing. Moreover, its backing is profound, reaching an unprecedented level.

Even the One-Horned Rhinoceros King of Jindu Cave back then did not give Sun Wukong as much shock as the two demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge.

Although the One-Horned Rhinoceros King is indeed of considerable cultivation level, the key reason why he is so troublesome is that he possesses the Vajra Bracelet of Laozi. Without this Vajra Bracelet, the One-Horned Rhinoceros King would at most be just a slightly more troublesome demon king.

The two monsters of Lion Camel Ridge are different.

Although he lacked powerful magic weapons and supernatural abilities, it was the art of formations that truly left Sun Wukong helpless.

After riding his somersault cloud directly to the Heavenly Court, something unexpected happened to Sun Wukong.

No matter who he approached, they either avoided him or made excuses. As for asking for help, everyone was always busy with urgent matters.

After being politely rejected countless times, Sun Wukong was so anxious that he wanted to storm the Lingxiao Palace and directly ask the Jade Emperor.

Nezha, the Third Prince, who had just declined to speak because he had urgent business to attend to, quietly gave Sun Wukong a reminder.

Among the six emperors of the Heavenly Court, the Gouchen Upper Palace Heavenly Emperor is the one who controls the wars and battles of the mortal world and commands all spirits and demons.

The monsters encountered by Sun Wukong and his disciples are so powerful that if they want to find out their backgrounds, they should go to Gouchen Palace, where they might be able to find out the backgrounds of the two great demon kings.

Although he gave Sun Wukong a hint, Nezha, the Third Prince, had no intention of getting involved. He didn't even listen to Sun Wukong's words of thanks before disappearing without a trace, claiming he had something to do.

At this moment, Sun Wukong naturally realized that something was wrong.

How come the two demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge seem to have such powerful backgrounds that even the Heavenly Court doesn't want to get involved?
Having dealt with Nezha quite a bit, Sun Wukong knew very well that Nezha was no pushover either, and his arrogance was perhaps not much less than his own, the former Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

The fact that Nezha was so tight-lipped about these two demon kings meant that their origins were so terrifying that even Sun Wukong couldn't imagine them.

After glancing at the direction of the Lingxiao Palace in the distance, Sun Wukong finally gritted his teeth and headed again towards the western region of the Heavenly Court, towards the Gouchen Palace.

The Heavenly Court is a place where many spaces overlap. At its core is the Lingxiao Palace, where the Jade Emperor resides. To the north of the Heavenly Realm is the Ziwei Palace of the Ziwei Emperor. To the east is the Miaoyan Palace of the Dongji Miaoyan Qinghua Emperor. To the south is the Shenxiao Palace of the Antarctic Longevity Emperor. And to the west is the Gouchen Palace, which is naturally the residence of the Gouchen Shanggong Heavenly Emperor.

However, the position of Emperor Gouchen Shanggong was vacant for eight hundred years after the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods. As the fortune of the Ji Zhou Kingdom was exhausted, he was merely a temporary successor.

Under the command of Emperor Gouchen, from the time of the Investiture of the Gods to the present, the eight marshals and the five war gods are all directly under the command of the Jade Emperor.

Sun Wukong had never had any close relationships with the subordinates of Emperor Gouchen.

The only person they could claim to have had contact with was Chi You, whose secret name was Zhanwei Wuji Bingzhu Tianzun.

As expected, when Sun Wukong arrived at Gouchen Palace, he couldn't find anyone to ask for help.

Unable to delay any longer, Sun Wukong had no choice but to bite the bullet and once again travel to the ancient ruins deep within the Heavenly Court to seek help from Chi You, whose secret name was Zhanwei Wuji Bingzhu Tianzun.

As soon as he entered the deep ruins, Sun Wukong saw that terrifying sight again.

However, compared to before, the terrifying figures of the Ancestral Witches at this moment, including the Thunder Ancestral Witch Qiangliang and the Wind Ancestral Witch Tianwu, are no longer just illusory figures as before, but have condensed into real and tangible physical bodies.

Sun Wukong's return caused Chi You some dissatisfaction.

Like the true Buddha Luofu, Chi You has no time to concern himself with the tribulations of the Journey to the West.

After all, compared to the meager benefits of the Journey to the West, nothing could compare to the importance of refining the spiritual imprints of several Ancestral Witches.

"You impudent monkey, you're disturbing my peace and quiet again."

Chi You roared angrily, and Sun Wukong immediately stepped forward to bow and respectfully said, "Heavenly Venerable, please forgive me. I had no choice but to disturb your peace. Heavenly Venerable, please allow me to explain that I was escorting my master Tang Sanzang to the Western Paradise to pay homage to the World Honored One. We passed by Lion Camel Ridge, but we were unexpectedly blocked by those two demon kings."

Sun Wukong dared not embellish what he had encountered at Lion Camel Ridge and recounted the events in detail.

Upon learning that Sun Wukong's visit was actually to inquire about the identities of the two demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge, he realized that Sun Wukong's purpose was to ask him about them.

This left Chi You somewhat puzzled.

After all, how could Chi You not know that the real Chi You had killed the Golden-Winged Roc?

In his view, the Golden-Winged Roc had fallen into the hands of the original body, and even the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle had been taken away by the original body, which took the innate Yin-Yang Two Qi from it and refined it into supernatural powers. The physical body had even become a material for refining magic weapons.

Without the presence of the Golden-Winged Roc, the Green-Haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-Toothed White Elephant, even if they remained in Lion Camel Ridge, should not have posed a significant obstacle to the westward journey.

How come the actions of the Green-haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-toothed White Elephant seem even more perplexing now?
This was clearly not a case of shirking responsibility; rather, it was a deliberate attempt to obstruct the westward journey, especially as described by Sun Wukong. The Green-haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-toothed White Elephant, with the forty-eight thousand monsters of Lion Camel Ridge, managed to capture the westward journey in one fell swoop.

Even Sun Wukong only managed to escape by relying on his somersault cloud and other flying techniques.

The more Chi You thought about this so-called formation, the more familiar it seemed.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Chi You, and he instantly realized what was happening.

The formation Sun Wukong mentioned, isn't it the same Ten Thousand Immortals Formation that Tongtian Jiaozhu of the Jie Sect used as a trump card to turn the tide during the Investiture of the Gods?
Although Lion Camel Kingdom is one of the most difficult challenges on the journey to the West, the one who truly caused trouble for the westward-bound group among the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge was the Golden-Winged Roc, the Buddha's uncle.

As for the Green-haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-tusked White Elephant, they were at best about the same level as Pigsy and Sandy.

But now, it's clear that the Golden-Winged Roc has been killed by Luofu.

However, the Green-haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-tusked White Elephant revealed an incredible depth of understanding. It would be impossible to say that the Green-haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-tusked White Elephant were particularly loyal to Buddhism.

After all, they were the seven immortal attendants of Tongtian Shengren of the Jie Sect back then.

Aside from Wuyun Xian, who was directly reduced to his original form and kept in the former Merit Pool of the Western Sect, and Jin Gu Xian, whose whereabouts are unknown, the other five—including Qiu Shou Xian's green-haired lion spirit, Ling Ya Xian's yellow-toothed white elephant, and Jin Guang Xian's golden-haired roarer—met the worst fates.

Vairocana is now directly Vairocana Buddha, and even Long-Eared Dipankara has attained the status of Dipankara Joyful Buddha.

How could the blue-haired lion demon and the yellow-tusked white elephant, who had become mere mounts, possibly have any loyalty to Buddhism? They're not without brains.

Who has ever seen a brainless animal like a cow or horse be loyal to a capitalist? Not to mention, the mounts are even worse off than cows and horses.

Logically speaking, without the Golden-Winged Roc, the remaining Green-Haired Lion Demon and Yellow-Toothed White Elephant, even if they were to cause trouble for the westward-bound team, would at most just put on a show.

But setting up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is a different story. Even if the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation of Lion Camel Ridge is a heavily abridged version, relying on more than 48,000 minor demons, the fact that it has been set up means that it has the permission of the true master of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

After all, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was created by the Tongtian Sect Master, a saint of the Jie Sect, and was a formation powerful enough to suppress the fortune of an entire sect.

Even if a Buddhist sect imitated the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and created a Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage, it must have been with the permission of the Tongtian Sect Master.

Otherwise, do you really think that a defeated saint has no dignity at all?
The leader of Buddhism was Duobao Daoren, the former senior disciple of the Jie Sect. Even so, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestor was at most a way to suppress the fortune of the sect using formations.

The fact that the green-haired lion spirit and the yellow-tusked white elephant, who were reduced to mounts and descended to the mortal realm as demons under the orders of the Buddhist sect, are making such a grand display reveals their true purpose.

This was orchestrated secretly by a sage.

For a moment, Chi You was shocked, but also hesitated.

With his current strength and status, plus his true form, Luo Fu, a Great Golden Immortal and a mid-level Buddha in Buddhism, he is almost an existence that few in the Three Realms can afford to offend.

However, the sage, clearly Chi You plus his original form Luo Fu, is not someone we can utilize at this stage.

Chi You had a vague feeling that the blue-haired lion demon and the yellow-tusked white elephant had created this formation not to make things difficult for the westward-bound group.

They are probably planning to use this Journey to the West tribulation to escape their current predicament.

However, after the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect scattered like birds and beasts.

Although the lineage of the Dharma has been severed, the Dharma tradition of the Jie Sect still exists.

From the gods in the Heavenly Court who ascended to the Investiture of the Gods during the Great Tribulation, to the many cultivators in the mortal world, countless people inherited the Shangqing lineage of the Jie Sect. Not to mention, the Pratyekabuddha lineage in the Western Sect is almost a product of the merging of the Western Sect and the Jie Sect.

It can be said that although the Jie Sect suffered a great defeat in the Investiture of the Gods, the heyday of the Jie Sect, when ten thousand immortals came to pay homage, did not completely disappear.

Of course, with the end of the sage's reign, the Green-haired Lion Spirit and the Yellow-toothed White Elephant will no longer have the opportunity to re-establish the Jie Sect's lineage.

In doing so, they displayed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, a method that clearly carried the style of the Jie Sect.

This inevitably makes people think a lot.

Seeing that Chi You remained silent, Sun Wukong kowtowed and said, "Disciple humbly requests guidance from the Heavenly Venerable."

With a furrowed brow, Chi You vaguely guessed that the ostentatious display by the green-haired lion demon and the yellow-tusked white elephant was ultimately aimed at his true self, Luo Fu.

Faced with Sun Wukong's plea, Chi You finally decided to pass the buck first.

“You monkey, you have disturbed my peace for no reason. Considering your filial piety, I will let it go for now. The demon king of Lion Camel Ridge has quite a background. You can go and pay homage to the Bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Manjushri. Then the truth will be revealed.”

Upon receiving Chi You's guidance, Sun Wukong was initially delighted, but he soon frowned.

Indeed, Chi You instructed him to seek out Manjushri Bodhisattva. This reminded Sun Wukong of the national teacher he had encountered in Wuji Kingdom.

That's right, back in Wuji Kingdom, Sun Wukong had dealings with the Green-haired Lion Spirit, the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva.

But in Sun Wukong's eyes, the lion demon from before was completely different from the one at Lion Camel Ridge this time.

However, as is widely known, Manjushri Bodhisattva only has one blue lion as his mount.

For a moment, Sun Wukong was a little confused.

"Heavenly Venerable, that lion from Lion Camel Ridge, could it be that you've dealt with it before?" Subconsciously, Sun Wukong asked Chi You his question.

Unfortunately, Chi You clearly had no intention of becoming Sun Wukong's babysitter.

When asked again, Chi You said impatiently, "You monkey, don't disturb my peace."

The moment the words fell, Chi You waved his hand.

A spatial fluctuation instantly enveloped Sun Wukong, accompanied by a blur before his eyes.

Sun Wukong suddenly realized that he had been moved to the Western Heavenly Gate by the Heavenly Venerable, whose secret name was Zhanwei Wuji Bingzhu Tianzun, using some unknown supernatural power.

Arriving at the Western Heavenly Gate for no apparent reason, Sun Wukong scratched the back of his head but dared not complain. He simply bowed respectfully towards the depths of the Heavenly Court before hurriedly descending from the Western Heavenly Gate to the sacred sites of Samantabhadra and Manjushri.

However, just as Chi You had guessed, the green-haired lion demon and the yellow-tusked white elephant inexplicably revealed the Myriad Immortals Formation. Even though this Myriad Immortals Formation was an extremely incomplete version, it still revealed a profound and intriguing meaning.

Clearly, this is not something an ordinary cultivator would dare to get involved in.

Even Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who are considered the masters of mounts, seemed to have disappeared at this time.

Sun Wukong traveled to Mount Emei, the sacred site of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and Mount Wutai, the sacred site of Manjushri Bodhisattva, but unexpectedly, he was turned away both times.

Neither Samantabhadra Bodhisattva nor Manjushri Bodhisattva had any intention of seeing Sun Wukong. Their disciples simply informed them that the Bodhisattvas were in seclusion and would not see anyone else.

No matter how much Sun Wukong pleaded, he was unable to see the two Bodhisattvas as he wished.

Now Sun Wukong was completely at a loss.

(End of this chapter)