I start by accepting Sun Wukong as my disciple and reshape the Journey to the West

Chapter 61 and Tianqi

"Junior Brother, I went to the underworld and cleared the karma of all the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain. I don't know how much of the Book of Life and Death was destroyed. Are you really okay?"

Sun Wukong's trip to the underworld was terrifying. Even though Ye Xuantian paved the way for him, he still felt that he was a little too rash this time. Even if there were many monkeys in the Flower-Fruit Mountain, that pile of books of life and death was too terrifying after all.

Dongfang Shuo's face lit up with joy as he listened to Sun Wukong's description. "So you're saying that the Yama Kings of the Ten Courts used their Yama robes to cover up their shame, and they're still treating you with such respect?"

That is the underworld, the place where the reincarnation authority of the three realms falls, the gloomy ghost house where the Ten Kings of Hell sit!
"That's right! I don't even want to talk about their acting. It really was like sitting on pins and needles, like a thorn in the back, like a fishbone stuck in the throat! It was too fake!" Whenever Sun Wukong thought of the acting of the Black and White Impermanence and the Ten Kings of Hell, he couldn't help but complain.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, Senior Brother. Since the Ten Kings of Hell have shown such an attitude, it means that Master has already arranged everything. Moreover, the more you destroy the Book of Life and Death, the more grateful the Ten Kings of Hell will be to you in the future."

"really?"

"really!"

"So what do I do next?"

"Become a king! Canonize a saint!"

Dongfang Shuo could not hide the excitement in his eyes. After all, what Sun Wukong was going to do next was very exciting. If he was not careful, he would very likely be regarded as a rebel by Emperor Haotian, or even be directly wiped out by the Heavenly Dao.

Dongfang Shuo had just raised his idea when the red ape walked in: "Your Majesty, there are two one-horned ghost kings outside who want to see you!"

Sun Wukong looked at Dongfang Shuo, who waved his hand and said, "Please come in!"

The Ghost King ran in quickly and knelt down upon seeing Sun Wukong. "I've heard for years that Your Majesty commands the seventy-two demon kings and is renowned for his power. Now that you've reduced your reincarnation cycle and obtained the secret of immortality, I've long admired your renown. Today, I finally get to see you, and I present it to you..."

When Dongfang Shuo saw the Ghost King take out the ochre-yellow robe, his eyes immediately glared at him. In a flash, he appeared in front of the Ghost King. With a stretch of his hand, he sent the Ghost King back to reincarnation.

"Young man, you are so presumptuous!"

Almost at the moment when the Ghost King's soul was about to be scattered, the shadow of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva appeared, and looked at Dongfang Shuo with a cold look.

Of course, he knew that Ye Xuantian and he were just in a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship, so he never thought that Ye Xuantian could really reward him with merit, so he made another move.

But he never expected that even though Ye Xuantian was not in Huaguo Mountain, there were still people who could see through his moves.

"It's the Bodhisattva who's being presumptuous. If my senior brother, the Bodhisattva of Following the Dragon, who was crowned a king and a saint, really wanted it, he should have come and offered the robe himself. These two are not worthy!"

"Young man, you are so arrogant! Even if Fellow Daoist Xuantian were here in person, I would still want to see who you are and how dare you humiliate me like this!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva glared angrily and slapped Dongfang Shuo with one hand. The Buddhist Dharma in his palm was mighty and the Buddha's power was even stronger.

"Hey, you Bodhisattva are so domineering! Look at me..." Sun Wukong was about to take action but was stopped by Dongfang Shuo.

"Senior brother, there's no need for you to do anything!" Dongfang Shuo casually threw out a jade slip.

hum!
Mana surged from the jade slip, and the shadowy figure of Emperor Donghua emerged: "May I ask why the Bodhisattva attacked my disciple?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's palm was strangled by Donghua Emperor, and his expression was grim: "Emperor, your disciple is unruly. Let me teach him a lesson!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dongfang Shuo secretly felt that something was wrong, and immediately threw out a jade slip. It was filled with immense power, and even contained the divine nature of an emperor. As soon as the jade slip appeared, all the living beings here bowed their heads.

The shadow of the Queen Mother emerged and said, "Ksitigarbha, it's not your turn to teach my adopted son a lesson!"

There was a hint of annoyance in Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's eyes. He had never imagined that behind Dongfang Shuo were jade slips that hid the names of two important figures.

It would be fine if it was only Emperor Donghua alone. Relying on their old friendship, he might be able to teach Dongfang Shuo a lesson and save his face. But now there is the Queen Mother.

"Queen Mother, even if he is your adopted son, he killed my disciples and it is too much of a disregard for me!" Dizang's gaze fell on the corpses of the two ghost kings on the ground.

"My Lady, these two Ghost Kings wanted to steal my merits and become my Senior Brother's loyal followers! That's why I took action!"

Dongfang Shuo explained so quickly that even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had no time to stop him.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Donghua and Queen Mother looked at Sun Wukong and asked, "Wukong, are you serious?"

They both knew Dongfang Shuo's character very well, but Sun Wukong was different. In a sense, Sun Wukong represented Ye Xuantian.

Sun Wukong didn't understand why Dongfang Shuo suddenly took action before, but when he heard this, he immediately threw out a jade slip and saluted to it.

"Master, Ksitigarbha has no virtue. If you want to forcibly take his merits, please help me!"

The lotus under Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's feet is surging, which means he is going back to the underworld.

But almost at the same time, Emperor Donghua and Queen Mother Wangmu attacked at the same time and strangled Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's shoulders.

"Ksitigarbha, you have crossed the line!" Ye Xuantian's voice was extremely cold. As his figure appeared, he slapped Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on the head.

"Fellow Daoist, please show mercy!" There was a hint of pleading in Dizang's eyes.

Ye Xuantian's expression was icy cold, and he covered it with his palm without hesitation: "I will destroy one of your clones, but if there is a next time, I will not let you off easily!"

Click, click, click!

With a series of crisp sounds, the incarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was covered with cracks.

Click!

Finally, this incarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva shattered.

The Queen Mother and Emperor Donghua looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

The power that Ye Xuantian had used before was pure Dao rhyme. The most important thing was that the Dao rhyme was so pure that even the two of them felt fear.

Because there are three forces above it: the way of heaven, the way of earth, and the way of man.

"Thank you Queen Mother and Emperor for your help!"

"Fellow Daoist Xuantian, you are too polite. Even if the two of us don't take action, you have skillfully used my heavenly and earthly net, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva will not be able to escape." The Queen Mother said with a wry smile.

The power of the Heavenly Dao displayed by Ye Xuantian is the pure law of heaven and earth, and is not weaker than his in any way.

"Your methods are becoming more and more sophisticated. I wonder how much of your true meaning I, a mediocre disciple, can learn!"

Emperor Donghua looked at Dongfang Shuo, with a bit of disappointment in his eyes. After all, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had already snatched away the merits, so what else could they do?
Is it to show how many powerful people are backing him? Confused?

At this time, only Ye Xuantian could use thunder-like means to intimidate Dizang, otherwise, there would be no less temptations like today in the future.

Look at how decisive Sun Wukong was. When he heard that his merits were taken away, he threw out Ye Xuantian’s jade slip without any hesitation. This is the difference.

If a person is too smart, he will easily make mistakes!
Dongfang Shuo didn't understand at first, but the moment their eyes met, he knelt down. "Master, I admit my mistake!"

Now Dongfang Shuo only calls Emperor Donghua the Second Master, but calls Ye Xuantian the Great Master, which is somewhat contrary to Tiangang, but Emperor Donghua does not care. After all, only in this way can he show his sincerity.

"You did well! Killing the Ghost King is the only way forward. You reacted quickly, and I'm very satisfied. Wukong is pure after all, and he needs someone like you by his side—smart, decisive, and cunning. I'm handing this strand of earthly law to you. You'll have to comprehend it well. The web of heaven and earth is a dragnet. If you only comprehend the heavenly law without the support of the earthly web, there will always be loopholes!"

Ye Xuantian casually threw out a law, the rhyme of which was pure and instantly penetrated into Dongfang Shuo's eyebrows.

Dongfang Shuo's eyes widened: "Thank you, Master!"

Then he made a face at Emperor Donghua, saluted Queen Mother and Ye Xuantian, and then jumped into the depths of the mountain stream to comprehend the laws.

The Queen Mother looked at Ye Xuantian with a gentler gaze, but her hands in her sleeves were slightly clenched.

Although the law just now stayed for a very short time, he could sense clearly that it was an extremely pure earth law. If he could fully comprehend that earth law, he could even raise the Heaven and Earth Net to a higher level.

It is even possible to trap Laojun at the same level for three breaths. Although three breaths sounds very short, for beings at their level, three breaths can do a lot of things.

He was a little envious.

"My friend, I have finished my business here. I will take my leave now!"

The Queen Mother bowed to Ye Xuantian and then disappeared.

He knew that even if he asked, Ye Xuantian would not give him a wisp of law for no reason. Although they were partners, it was precisely because of this that they had to have enough interests exchanged with each other to be more stable.

It is difficult to say whether Ye Xuantian revealed the aura of the law to show his bargaining chip. Of course, the Queen Mother did not want to guess, so he left to avoid revealing bad emotions.

"Hahaha!"

Looking at Ye Xuantian's confused expression, Emperor Donghua couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Others did not understand the Queen Mother, but He understood her very well, so he guessed the reason for the Queen Mother's actions at the first moment.

"Fellow Daoist Xuantian is a wonderful person!" Emperor Donghua teased.

"Your Majesty, when you laugh at me like this, it makes me seem very scheming!" Ye Xuantian naturally understood the twists and turns behind Emperor Donghua's smile.

"So, fellow Daoist, you really don't have any intention of teasing the Queen Mother?"

"Of course not!" Ye Xuantian answered seriously.

"If the Queen Mother speaks, will you give her a ray of law?"

"That's impossible!"

Emperor Donghua was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he and Ye Xuantian burst into laughter.

After a long moment, Emperor Donghua finally stopped laughing and said, "Fellow Daoist, you truly are a wonderful person! It's only right that we should be. We have no relatives or friends, but now we've come together for a common goal. However, we've always lacked the opportunity to share hardships. Today is a good start, and I look forward to the day when fellow Daoist is willing to share selflessly!"

"I'm looking forward to it too!" Ye Xuantian's response was particularly sincere.

"I'll leave my disciple to you, fellow Taoist! Sorry for the trouble!" Emperor Donghua bowed to Ye Xuantian again, and his figure slowly disappeared.

"Master, you are back. During this period, I have done many things according to your instructions. I am afraid of causing trouble for you. Please tell me what I should do next."

"I've assigned all matters to Shuo'er. Just do as he says. If anything happens, I'll take responsibility for it! You've done very well during this period, and I've seen it all."

"Yes! Disciple understands!" Sun Wukong nodded, with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"But Junior Brother said you wanted me to lead the seventy-two cave demon kings and crown them as saints! Isn't that a bit too much for the world to disapprove of?"

After all, Sun Wukong was born a stone monkey. When Dongfang Shuo pointed this out, he realized that something was wrong, but the incident happened suddenly and he was unable to raise any objection.

Although he claims to be a natural born saint, bragging and being crowned a saint and announcing it to the demons are two different concepts. In today's world, anyone who can be called a saint is not a person of extraordinary talent.

Even though he had Ye Xuantian's guidance, he was only at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal after all.

"It doesn't matter. Just do as he says! Master has already said that if you get into any trouble, Master will take the responsibility for it. Just keep moving forward and leave the rest to Master."

"Master, Master, you only said that you wanted me to be crowned a saint and a king, but you didn't tell me what title I wanted me to take. I have been thinking hard for days, but to no avail. Now that Master is here with me, please give me a domineering title!"

Dongfang Shuo jumped out of the mountain stream, landed beside Ye Xuantian, and gently shook Ye Xuantian's hand.

"You are a minister of the dragon. Of course, this title is your idea. If I say it out loud, you are a minister of the dragon, which is a bit too weak. The moment you killed the Ghost King, you should have understood that this was a test from your master!"

Ye Xuantian did not agree to this matter. Since he had decided to accept Dongfang Shuo as his disciple, how could he not give him any merit?

"Disciple understands. I'd like to ask Master, is it enough for me to be canonized as a Saint? After all, I have seventy-two Cave Demon Kings and sixty to seventy thousand little demons under my command!"

"It's up to you!"

Ye Xuantian still did not give any clear instructions on this. After he finished speaking, his figure slowly disappeared.

"Um, Senior Brother, is it time for Master's clone to appear?"

"No, it was Master who removed the clone himself!"

After receiving Sun Wukong's reply, Dongfang Shuo fell to the ground.

"Oh my God! Master has given me a huge test. What if my idea doesn't meet Master's wishes?"

Sun Wukong walked over to Dongfang Shuo and said, "Brother, don't worry. I believe that since Master has entrusted you with this task, you will definitely be able to complete it! Besides, didn't Master say before that if we get into trouble as much as we want, Master will take responsibility for us?"

"I understand, that's why I want to do it to the extreme! After all, this is my senior brother's first time to be canonized! The cultivation level of Taiyi Jinxian to be canonized is not inferior to that of a rebel!"

Dongfang Shuo stood up and walked to the ochre-yellow robe, picked it up, looked at it carefully for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Have it!"

"What's the name?" Wukong's eyes also lit up.

"Since you are going to be canonized as a saint, you should be equal to the heavens! Why not call yourself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven?"

Dongfang Shuo knelt on one knee and said, "Dongfang Shuo pays homage to the Heavenly Saint, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!"

(End of this chapter)