Primordial Era: Starting by overwhelming the Sages, Hongjun was stunned!

Kong Xuan withdrew his hand.

He looked at Sun Wukong:

"Aren't you coming out yet?"

Sun Wukong shuddered!

He suddenly realized!

Support yourself with your hands on the ground and use your limbs to exert force!

"boom!"

A loud bang!

Five Elements Mountain exploded with a deafening roar!

Gravel flew everywhere, and dust filled the sky!

A golden figure shot out from the swirling dust!

Sun Wukong stood in mid-air, looking up at the sky and roaring!

"I, Old Sun... am finally out!"

The roar was like thunder, echoing across the wasteland!

Five hundred years!

Five hundred years!

He's finally out!

Kong Xuan stood still, his black robe fluttering, watching the monkey tumbling in mid-air.

His gaze was calm and unwavering.

Sun Wukong tumbled around for a long time before finally landing.

He landed in front of Kong Xuan and knelt down with a thud.

"Thump!"

His forehead slammed heavily onto the ground.

"Thank you so much for saving my life, senior!"

Sun Wukong shouted:

"My life, Old Sun, was saved by you, senior!"

"From this day forward, whatever your orders, senior, I, Old Sun, will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Kong Xuan looked at him.

Looking at the monkey kneeling on the ground.

Five hundred years of suppression did not diminish his arrogance.

But beneath that arrogance, he was now filled with gratitude.

It was full of sincerity.

It was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.

Kong Xuan suddenly smiled.

The smile was so faint that it was almost imperceptible.

But a hint of warmth flickered deep within those eyes.

Get up.

He spoke, his voice calm.

Sun Wukong stood up and scratched his head:

"Senior, if you're not on a pilgrimage, then who are you?"

"Why did you come to rescue me?"

Kong Xuan looked at him:

"Just passing by."

Sun Wukong was taken aback:

"Just passing by?"

Kong Xuan nodded:

"Just passing by."

Sun Wukong scratched his head:

"This desolate place, there's not a single bird for miles around. Are you just passing by?"

Kong Xuan did not answer.

He just stared at the monkey.

Looking into those eyes full of curiosity.

Suddenly, I remembered Tongtian's red-rimmed eyes when I left Jin'ao Island years ago.

That's how sincere they are.

That's how reluctant I am to part with it.

That's how it is...

A faint warmth welled up in his heart.

Kong Xuan turned around.

With a slight flutter of his black robe, he prepared to depart.

Sun Wukong got anxious:

"Hey! Senior! Don't go!"

"You saved me, and I haven't repaid you yet!"

Kong Xuan paused in his steps.

There was no turning back.

"No need to repay me."

Sun Wukong took a few steps forward:

"How can that be! I, Old Sun, value gratitude above all else!"

"You saved me, so I must repay you!"

"If you don't have anything else to do, I'll stay with you!"

"We'll serve you tea and water, and run errands for you!"

Kong Xuan turned around and looked at him:

"Follow me?"

Sun Wukong nodded frantically:

"Yes! I'll follow you!"

"I, Old Sun, have no other merits than being a good fighter!"

"Back then, I wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and even 100,000 heavenly soldiers couldn't stop me!"

"If you have any enemies, I'll take care of them for you!"

Kong Xuan's lips curled slightly:

"An enemy?"

Sun Wukong patted his chest:

"Yes! The enemy!"

"You saved me, so I belong to you now!"

"If anyone dares to touch you, I'll be the first to object!"

Kong Xuan looked at him.

Looking at this monkey, who had just left the Five Elements Mountain and was eager to repay the kindness, I realized...

Five hundred years.

Those eyes were still incredibly bright.

That sincerity remains undiminished.

Kong Xuan suddenly recalled the scene he had seen in the Hongmeng Surveillance Mirror.

On the journey to the West.

This monkey is bound by a golden headband.

Tormented by the tight headband.

He was misunderstood by his master.

He was ostracized by his fellow students.

They were mocked by the monster.

Being tricked by the gods.

But those eyes never dimmed.

That sincerity has never changed.

Kong Xuan slowly opened his mouth:

"Do you know what it means to follow me?"

Sun Wukong was taken aback:

"What does that mean?"

Kong Xuan looked at him:

"It means you may never be able to go back to Flower Fruit Mountain again."

"I will never see your monkey offspring again."

"I can no longer be the carefree Monkey King."

Sun Wukong remained silent.

a long time.

He grinned:

"Senior, I, Old Sun, have been imprisoned for five hundred years."

"I thought a lot during those five hundred years."

"I miss Flower Fruit Mountain, I miss those monkeys and their offspring, and I miss the glory of their rampage in Heaven."

"But then I figured it out."

Those are all things of the past.

"Now that I, Old Sun, am out, I have a new life."

"My life was saved by you, senior."

"Then let's follow the senior."

"Wherever you go, I will go."

"Flower and Fruit Mountain..."

He paused:

"If I can't go back, then I won't go back."

Kong Xuan looked at him.

Looking into those incredibly bright eyes.

Looking at that sincerity.

That unwavering determination.

That...

Despite surviving the ordeal, their pure and untainted nature remains unchanged.

Kong Xuan suddenly smiled.

This time, the smile was more genuine.

"it is good."

He spoke:

"Then let's go together."

Sun Wukong was overjoyed:

"real?!"

Kong Xuan nodded:

"real."

Sun Wukong knelt down with a thud:

"Master, please accept my bow!"

Kong Xuan waved his hand:

"stand up."

"I don't accept apprentices."

Sun Wukong was taken aback:

"So what should I call you?"

Kong Xuan thought for a moment:

"Call me senior."

Sun Wukong scratched his head:

"senior......"

He repeated it twice, then suddenly grinned:

"Okay! I'll call you senior!"

"Senior! Where are we going?"

Kong Xuan looked eastward.

Looking out over that land where the grand pilgrimage drama is about to unfold.

Looking towards the direction of Chang'an City.

Look towards the pilgrims on their journey.

"go......"

He paused:

"Look at this show."

Sun Wukong's eyes lit up:

"Watch a play? Sure!"

"I, Old Sun, love watching plays the most!"

The two of them went eastward, one after the other.

Lingshan.

Great Thunder Temple.

The Buddha's light shone brightly, and the air was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood.

Three thousand Buddhas, five hundred Arhats, eight Vajras, and four Bodhisattvas sat cross-legged on a lotus platform.

The Buddha sat serenely on a nine-tiered golden lotus, his mouth uttering lotus blossoms, and he was expounding the Dharma with great enthusiasm.

suddenly.

The words came to an abrupt halt.

The Buddha was suddenly stunned.

Those slightly closed Buddha eyes suddenly opened wide!

Golden light surged!

The entire Great Thunderclap Temple was trembling!

The three thousand Buddhas all changed color!

Guanyin Bodhisattva suddenly stood up:

"World Honored One?!"

The Buddha did not answer.

He just stared intently to the west, towards the direction of the Five Finger Mountain.

For the first time, an expression of disbelief and horror appeared on that compassionate and solemn Buddha face.

complexion.

Pale white as paper.

Guanyin stepped forward:

"Venerable Sir! What has happened?"

The Buddha spoke slowly, his voice hoarse:

"Wuzhi Mountain... is shattered."

The three words were uttered like a thunderclap.

The Great Thunder Temple was deathly silent.

Guanyin's expression changed drastically:

"What?! Wuzhi Mountain is shattered?!"

"So Sun Wukong... escaped?!"

Buddha shook his head.

Golden light flashed wildly in those Buddha eyes.

Heavenly eyes.

Predestination.

He can read minds.

He unleashed all his supernatural powers.

But in the instant the mountain collapsed, all he saw was a blur.

A figure in a black robe quietly appeared.

then.

The mountain shattered.

The Buddha's face grew increasingly pale.

Because he discovered it.

He couldn't detect the slightest trace of that person's presence.

Not a single bit.

It was as if that person did not exist in this world at all.

But Wuzhishan was indeed shattered.

Sun Wukong was indeed rescued.