My classmates chose martial arts and fantasy, but I chose the prehistoric world.

Meng Chuan remained hidden above the clouds, like an insignificant speck of dust, quietly watching the rising legend below.

He saw it—the stone monkey had returned from learning from the Bodhi Patriarch, full of vigor, and killed the Demon King with a single blow, regaining control of Flower Fruit Mountain.

He saw it—the stone monkey broke into the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, forcibly "borrowed" the Sea-Stabilizing Needle, and now, adorned with armor, looked majestic and awe-inspiring.

He saw it—the stone monkey wreaked havoc in the underworld, erasing all the monkey names from the Book of Life and Death, thus transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements.

He saw it—the stone monkey was recruited to Heaven and appointed as the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses. In a fit of anger, he rebelled against Heaven and called himself the "Great Sage Equal to Heaven".

He saw it—the Heavenly Court sent troops to conquer, and the Giant Spirit God and Nezha the Third Prince were defeated one after another. Taibai Jinxing offered amnesty for the second time, and appointed him as the "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" in name only, and put him in charge of the Peach Garden.

He saw it—100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals besieged Flower Fruit Mountain, Erlang Shen Yang Jian fought him to a draw, and Laozi threw down the Diamond Bracelet, knocking him unconscious and capturing him.

He saw it—he had been burned in the Eight Trigrams Furnace for forty-nine days, but instead of killing him, it gave him a pair of fiery eyes, allowing him to overturn the furnace and storm the Lingxiao Palace.

He saw it—the Jade Emperor, hiding under the table, uttering the classic line in a trembling voice: "Quickly, go and invite the Buddha!"

Then, he saw the enormous golden hand, which blotted out the sky, slowly pressing down from the western horizon.

The hand was enormous, seemingly covering the entire sky. The lines on the palm were clearly visible, each line containing profound Buddhist principles and radiating a suffocating pressure.

Peak Quasi-Saint!

Meng Chuan's eyelid twitched.

This was the first time he had witnessed a Quasi-Saint level being make a move since he came to this world.

That kind of pressure truly far exceeded the realm of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and had already touched the threshold of a Saint.

The stone monkey, naturally unwilling to surrender, swung its golden cudgel, which grew larger in the wind, transforming into a colossal pillar that slammed down fiercely towards the giant golden hand.

boom--!!

The golden cudgel slammed into the giant hand, unleashing a deafening roar.

The giant hand remained completely still.

The golden cudgel was shaken so badly that it almost flew out of his hand.

The stone monkey, refusing to believe it, struck down with its staff again, but to no avail.

The Buddha's voice came from the west, grand and compassionate: "You only know brute force, how can you jump out of my palm? If you are truly capable, try somersaulting on my palm. If you can get out, I will invite the Jade Emperor to live in the West and give you the Heavenly Palace; if you cannot get out, you will descend to the mortal realm as a demon, cultivate for several more kalpas, and then come back to quarrel." Upon hearing this, the stone monkey put away his golden cudgel, leaped onto the Buddha's palm, and somersaulted out.

Meng Chuan, high above in the clouds, could see everything clearly.

The stone monkey somersaulted in the Buddha's palm, flipping over and over again, thinking it had flown 108,000 li away, but in reality it was just spinning around between the Buddha's five fingers.

He even saw the stone monkey stop next to a pillar, urinate, and write the eight characters "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven was here".

That pillar is nothing more than the middle finger of Buddha.

Finally, the stone monkey finished its somersault and returned to its original spot, proudly declaring that it had flown to the ends of the earth.

The Buddha chuckled softly, then flipped his palm and pressed down—

Wuzhishan!

The five fingers transformed into five continuous mountain peaks, descending from the sky with a thunderous crash, firmly pressing the stone monkey to the bottom of the mountains.

The stone monkey struggled desperately, its head poking out from the mountain crevice and its arms waving outside, but it could not break free from the suppression of the five mountain peaks no matter what it did.

The Buddha took out a note from his sleeve, on which were written six golden characters: "Om Mani Padme Hum". With a gentle toss, the note flew out and landed on the central peak of Five Finger Mountain.

With a flash of golden light, Five Finger Mountain suddenly became a million times heavier. The stone monkey's struggles grew weaker and weaker, until finally only its head and one arm were exposed, while the rest of its body was firmly pressed to the bottom of the mountain, unable to move.

After completing all this, the Tathagata, along with the Venerable Ananda and Venerable Kasyapa, rode on auspicious clouds and returned to the Western Paradise.

The celestial beings in Heaven were overjoyed, and the Jade Emperor even held a grand banquet to thank Buddha for his help.

After the commotion subsided, the world returned to silence.

All that remained was the lonely Five Finger Mountain and the stone monkey at its foot, unable to move.

Meng Chuan stood on the cloud, looking down at everything below, and remained silent for a long time.

He is currently at the peak of the Great Luo realm, only one step away from becoming a Quasi-Saint.

He could clearly sense how powerful the force attached to that Five Finger Mountain was—it was the sealing power of a quasi-saint at the peak level, which he was currently unable to shake.

"The Tathagata...at the peak of Quasi-Saint."

Meng Chuan muttered to himself, his gaze deep.

He has been in this world for decades and has witnessed the entire process of this stone monkey's birth, its havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and its eventual suppression.

He hadn't made a move, not because he didn't want to, but because he knew very well that with his current strength, making a move wouldn't change anything.

The stone monkey that wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace was probably at the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. It was only by relying on its indestructible body and the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) that it was able to rampage through the Heavenly Court.

However, the true powerhouses of the Heavenly Court, such as those ancient beings who live in seclusion, did not make a move at all.

And Tathagata is a being at the peak of Quasi-Saint level.

Even at the peak of the Great Luo realm, he's no match for a Quasi-Saint.

And that seemingly timid Jade Emperor was clearly "acting." As Hongjun's former attendant and later the Jade Emperor, he was already a peak Quasi-Saint!

"but……"

Meng Chuan shifted his gaze from Wuzhi Mountain to the higher, more distant sky.

He could sense that in the sky above, in that realm known as the "Heavenly Dao," an incomparably vast power was dormant.

That power was even greater and more profound than the Primordial Heavenly Dao that he had once ruled.

That is the fundamental principle of this world.

As a man who had once wielded the complete Dao, he could clearly sense the existence of that power, and even vaguely feel a subtle connection between it and himself. "The Heavenly Dao of this world... seems to be calling me."

Meng Chuan closed his eyes and carefully felt the connection.

After a long while, he opened his eyes, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

"I see."

He finally understood the significance of this challenge.

In the first two worlds, he crushed them with absolute force—shattering one world and seizing the Heavenly Dao authority from the other.

But those forces were ultimately external, not his own.

In this world of Journey to the West, the laws of Heaven are lenient, giving him a chance to start from scratch and cultivate anew.

What he needs to do is not to seize the Heavenly Dao of this world, but to use the Heavenly Dao laws of this world to cultivate back the power he once possessed.

It wasn't about stealing, but about proving something.

Use your own Tao to prove the Tao of this world!

The moment his path perfectly aligns with the path of this world will be the moment he returns to his peak. "Five hundred years..."

Meng Chuan looked at the immobile stone monkey at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, then glanced at the western horizon—the direction of Lingshan, the place where the Buddha Tathagata resided.

"Monkey, I can't help you right now."

His voice was soft, but more than that, it was firm.

"However... five hundred years is enough time for me to become a saint."

After saying this, Meng Chuan turned around and disappeared into the clouds.

He found a secluded paradise, set up layers of restrictions, and began a long period of seclusion.

What he had to do was very simple—

Rebuild the Great Dao of Power, and attain the Primordial Dao!

He has the confidence to do so!

He was once a high-ranking sage who held complete authority over the Great Dao of the Primordial World.

Before the authority of the Primordial Great Dao, the mere laws of the Dao are nothing but insignificant. Although his cultivation had been reduced to zero, his understanding and perception of the Dao remained unchanged.

All he needs is time and experience.

And now, what he has no shortage of is patience.