Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

As Sun Wukong struck with his staff, Manjushri Bodhisattva's brains splattered out, and golden Buddhist blood splashed onto the glazed floor of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

All the Arhats and Bodhisattvas in the hall covered their faces and exclaimed in surprise, but the Buddha sat calmly on his lotus throne, his face as still as an ancient well.

The body of Manjushri Bodhisattva collapsed directly in the Great Thunderclap Temple. His true spirit was immediately taken away by the Buddha.

Sun Wukong immediately said, "Give his true spirit to me, and I will personally send him to the eighteenth level of hell."

The Buddha of Guidance sighed and said to Sun Wukong, "Wukong, you don't need to worry about sending him to the Netherworld. You should go back and escort Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West."

The Buddha also spoke up, saying, "Now that he has received your punishment, his karma for this life is settled. I will handle the rest personally."

Sun Wukong was actually satisfied at this point, but he didn't intend to let it go so easily. This was a perfect opportunity to teach those people in Buddhism a lesson.

Just then, a soft laugh came from outside the hall: "What a rascal! He even dares to coerce the Buddha. Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

But then Zhenyuan Daxian returned, carrying a ginseng fruit in his hand, and stepped into the Great Thunder Temple.

Sun Wukong originally only intended to say a few sarcastic remarks to the Buddhist monks, such as Buddha and Bodhi, before returning to find Tang Sanzang and continuing his journey. Unexpectedly, Zhenyuan Daxian arrived.

This inevitably changed Sun Wukong's mind; he was determined to get to the bottom of this matter. So he spoke directly.

"You don't need to worry about the old monk. If you want the Journey to the West to continue, then let's go to the Netherworld together. In short, I will not let this go until I see his true spirit cast into the eighteenth level of hell with my own eyes."

"If you insist on not doing so, it will inevitably make me think that you intend to cover up something. In that case, it will be meaningless whether we take the scriptures or not. I will just go back to Flower Fruit Mountain to become the Demon King."

With things having come to this point, even the Buddha Tathagata had no choice but to turn to the Amitabha Buddha and Zhenyuan Daxian.

Finally, the two nodded helplessly, after all, the journey to the West was too important. No one dared to hinder it in any way.

After all, even if we send Manjushri Bodhisattva's true spirit to the eighteenth level of hell first, there is still Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva from Buddhism there. It wouldn't be difficult to find a way to bring Manjushri Bodhisattva back.

Seeing the two nod, the Buddha entrusted the true spirit of Manjushri Bodhisattva to Guanyin Bodhisattva, instructing Guanyin Bodhisattva to travel with Sun Wukong to the Netherworld.

After Guanyin Bodhisattva received the true spirit of Manjushri Bodhisattva, she left the Great Thunder Temple with Sun Wukong and headed straight for Mount Tai in the east.

Sun Wukong and Guanyin Bodhisattva's every move was naturally being watched by various forces. However, their feelings at this moment were quite different.

Upon arriving at Mount Tai, Sun Wukong once again saw Jiang Ziya guarding the place. He couldn't help but exchange a few more words with him before embarking on the Yellow Springs journey to the Netherworld.

Before long, Sun Wukong and Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived outside the Yama Palace in the Netherworld. King Qin Guang personally came out to greet them and led them into the Yama Palace.

After briefly recounting what had happened, King Qin Guang nodded and said, "In that case, I will handle this matter personally."

After saying this, he took the true spirit of Manjushri Bodhisattva from Guanyin Bodhisattva's hand. Then, with a wave of his hand, he opened the entrance to the eighteen levels of hell and threw the true spirit of Manjushri Bodhisattva into it.

Guanyin Bodhisattva then spoke to Sun Wukong, saying, "Wukong, you should be satisfied now. Then hurry back to protect Tang Sanzang and don't waste any more time."

After speaking, Guanyin Bodhisattva bid farewell to King Qin Guang and returned directly to the Great Thunderclap Temple on Mount Ling in the West to report to the Buddha. As Guanyin Bodhisattva left the Nine Netherworld, the scene before the eyes of all parties switched back to Tang Sanzang.

Although they still wanted to see what happened in the Netherworld and what Sun Wukong would say to King Qin Guang, they could no longer see it, and even a sage could do nothing about it.

The fact that they were allowed to see things in the Netherworld was already a huge favor. No one dared to push their luck any further.

At this moment, King Qin Guang spoke to Sun Wukong and said, "Speak, you have sent the true spirit of Manjushri Bodhisattva to me, what do you intend to do with it?"

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "I intentionally did not reveal Manjushri Bodhisattva's identity because I wanted to give Buddhism a chance to pay for his release."

"As for what benefits King Qin Guang can obtain from Buddhism by using this Manjushri Bodhisattva, that depends on your own business acumen."

"But let's get this straight: you can't forget about me after you've benefited. You'll have to give me a little bit of it."

King Qin Guang laughed heartily upon hearing this, "You treacherous barbarian grandson, you're really quite insidious. With you following Tang Sanzang, who knows how much trouble the Buddhist sect will suffer."

Sun Wukong chuckled, then bid farewell to King Qin Guang, left the Netherworld, and returned to Guanyin Temple to find Tang Sanzang.

As for how King Qin Guang would make this deal with the Buddhist sect, that was no longer Sun Wukong's concern. At this moment, he had already arrived in front of Tang Sanzang.

Before Sun Wukong could speak, Tang Sanzang spoke first, saying, "Now that the matter is resolved, let's get going."

On the surface, Sun Wukong nodded, but behind the scenes, he had already started chatting with Tang Sanzang. He recounted to Tang Sanzang how he had killed Manjushri Bodhisattva with a single blow.

Despite the fact that various factions can use their supernatural powers and magical artifacts to watch the Journey to the West unfold, even ordinary humans can watch the live broadcast through the Kunlun Mirror.

However, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the Journey to the West, all living beings living along the route that the Journey to the West must take cannot see the contents of the Kunlun Mirror.

Even the demon king who reigns supreme over the mountains cannot see a single detail. Therefore, Tang Sanzang naturally could not possibly know the contents of the Kunlun Mirror.

However, to facilitate private communication between Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and the others, Chen Xuan specially imitated the Green Bubble Chat Group of later generations and used the power of laws to create a Journey to the West Chat Group for them.

In other words, Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong could communicate their thoughts to Tang Sanzang through this Journey to the West chat group without needing to use secret voice transmission.

Of course, the Nine-Headed Insect is also in this group. In the future, there will also be Zhu Bajie, the reincarnation of Marshal Tianpeng, and Sha Wujing, the reincarnation of General Juanlian.

Just as Sun Wukong was vividly recounting how he killed Manjushri Bodhisattva in front of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas...

Nine-Headed Insect couldn't help but speak up: "Those who harm Buddhism deserve to be dealt with in this way. Today, Great Sage, you have helped me, Nine-Headed Insect, vent my anger."

"It's a pity that I'm just a mount. If only I could follow you, Great Sage, and cause trouble for Buddhism."

When it comes to causing trouble for Buddhism, Tang Sanzang never talks about it lightly; instead, he will take action when the time is right.

He immediately asked Sun Wukong, "Great Sage, after leaving this Guanyin Temple, what kind of place lies ahead?" (End of Chapter)