Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 136 - 136 136 Assistance from the Western Buddhist Sect Boundary-Breaking Pearl

136: Chapter 136: Assistance from the Western Buddhist Sect, Boundary-Breaking Pearl 136: Chapter 136: Assistance from the Western Buddhist Sect, Boundary-Breaking Pearl Atop Mount Huaguo.

At this moment, Sun Wukong was still hesitating about whether to give his opponents some leeway.

How could he let the other side win without them realizing that he was going easy on them?

Thinking about this, Sun Wukong involuntarily furrowed his brows.

This was, for Sun Wukong, the most pressing issue at the moment.

On the other hand, those from the celestial Court who had been watching Mount Huaguo were looking extremely displeased.

Especially Li Jing, who, without uttering a word, watched as Wen Zhong, along with the gods of the Thunder Department, directly left Mount Huaguo and returned to the celestial Court.

As the main commander of this battle, Wen Zhong was also his subordinate.

Now that Wen Zhong’s attack on Mount Huaguo was not going well, Li Jing was already lenient in not pursuing his mistakes.

However, he had not expected Wen Zhong to audaciously take his troops away.

Where did that leave him, the Demon-Sweeping Marshal personally appointed by the Jade Emperor?

This was unacceptable.

After returning to the celestial Court this time, he must report Wen Zhong’s actions to the Jade Emperor.

With Wen Zhong’s departure, the celestial forces besieging Mount Huaguo had significantly diminished.

The key issue was that the formation on Mount Huaguo had yet to be breached.

This meant that as long as the Jade Emperor did not order them to stop, they had to capture Sun Wukong.

But the problem remained on how to continue the fight.

Even the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Great Formation could do nothing against the Mountain Protection Array of Mount Huaguo, and these gods of the celestial Court could likely not even break the formation.

For a time, the multiple deities of the celestial Court, who had been brimming with confidence, now seemed at a loss and began exchanging uneasy glances.

Everyone even turned to look at Li Jing.

Waiting for Li Jing to speak, the fate of this battle was also for Li Jing to decide.

With so many deities of the celestial Court staring at him, even Li Jing’s weathered face showed some helplessness.

But Li Jing was also helpless.

Although he was a marshal, he couldn’t break the formation and was incapable of dealing with Sun Wukong.

At this moment, he couldn’t take out his frustration on the numerous deities of the celestial Court either.

He immediately waved his hand and said, “Send the order, withdraw the troops!”

For now, they would no longer continue battling Sun Wukong, especially since Li Jing didn’t know how to continue the fight against Sun Wukong.

It might be better to temporarily give up on battling Sun Wukong.

And as the celestial soldiers and generals dispersed, returning to the small island and continuing to monitor Mount Huaguo, the soft and protective Mountain Protection Array now seemed even more irritating to them.

Although Li Jing had already withdrawn the troops, Sun Wukong was still pondering how to lose the battle without the other side noticing, as he did not want any powerful beings from the celestial Court coming down.

Time swiftly moved to evening.

At this time, on the small island manned by the gods of the celestial Court, there was still someone patrolling and guarding at night, watching to see if there was any movement from Sun Wukong’s side.

To prevent Sun Wukong from possibly launching a surprise attack on them.

Meanwhile, within the central command tent, Li Jing was quite troubled.

The immortals of the Cutting Teachings Sect already had many grievances with him, and now with Wen Zhong gone, with no one to suppress them, their lack of effort became somewhat apparent.

Although Nezha was his son, their relationship had turned adversarial since the Divine Enthronement, making it impossible to expect Nezha to vigorously fight for him.

Thus, although the Jade Emperor had sent him numerous elite celestial warriors, careful counting revealed that there were actually very few he could rely on.

In reality, Li Jing had scarcely any forces he could use.

Especially after consecutive failures, his side seemed to have lost all its edge.

If they couldn’t rally immediately, continuing this battle might indeed become difficult.

In addition to this, there was also the Mountain Protection Array enveloping Mount Huaguo.

If they couldn’t break through it, then capturing Sun Wukong, let alone getting close to him, seemed impossible.

Even knowing this, he couldn’t think of any solutions.

All he could do was wait to see what the next day would bring.

The next day, as the sun rose from the east, it illuminated the whole world.

It was then that Li Jing gathered the troops and set out once again to suppress the rebellion.

He had pondered long into the previous night, planning to use the Fire Division as the vanguard.

If all else failed, he was prepared to set the mountain on fire; he didn’t believe that Sun Wukong wouldn’t emerge from Mount Huaguo then.

As long as Sun Wukong came out, he could let the Twenty-Eight Constellations and the Nine Luminaries Star Lords join forces and trap Sun Wukong.

This way, he could successfully take Sun Wukong to the celestial Court.

Then, whether with the Jade Emperor or at Mount Meru, he could reap considerable benefits from both sides.

But before he could give the order, he saw figures riding clouds and fog from the Western Direction.

As they approached, he recognized two Bodhisattvas from the Buddhism sect arriving on golden lotuses.

These two Bodhisattvas, Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, whom he recognized, had always been promoting the Journey to the West near Mount Huaguo and were very familiar with Sun Wukong.

The time when the Demon King of Chaos forcefully occupied the Water Curtain Cave and the Four Seas Dragon Kings came to invite Sun Wukong had all been because of these two Bodhisattvas.

Just as Li Jing spotted the arrival of Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva,

Sun Wukong, who was within the formation, also observed this scene.

“Not those two bald donkeys again!”

“Sure enough, the Immortals and Buddhas have teamed up to deal with me, Old Sun!”

Sun Wukong watched the figures of Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, his brows involuntarily furrowing.

His Great Formation had just driven away Wen Zhong and his people, and in a blink of an eye, people from the Western Buddhist Sect had already arrived.

If this continued, it would only become more complicated.

It seemed imperative to retreat as quickly as possible; otherwise, who knows what other powerful beings might come next.

If a Quasi-Saint appeared, Wukong did not believe he could win.

Thinking this, Wukong no longer bothered to pay attention to Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva.

However, in reality, Wukong’s worry that the Jade Emperor might send a Quasi-Saint was highly unlikely.

After all, with Wukong’s limited strength and the celestial Court having already sent so many people, sending a Quasi-Saint level expert would be akin to winning without honor.

Moreover, Quasi-Saints are not so idle; everyone has their own matters to attend to.

Besides, there are many Great Demons more threatening than Wukong.

Even if they were to act, it would be to suppress those from the Demon Race first.

“Greetings to both Bodhisattvas, may I know the purpose of your visit?”

At that moment, Li Jing hurriedly approached as the two Bodhisattvas drew near and promptly performed a slight bow, although unlike Taibai Jinxing who had used Daoist etiquette at Mount Meru, Li Jing performed Buddhist etiquette.

After all, Li Jing was also a disciple of Buddhism, and his actions were not unexpected, but other Orthodox Deities of the celestial Court viewed it with disdain.

Even Nezha, upon witnessing this, merely gave Li Jing a cold look before turning away, unwilling to spare Li Jing another glance.

Nevertheless, Li Jing was unfazed by these reactions and gaze.

Though he was the Demon-Sweeping Marshal of celestial Court, he was also a registered disciple of Ran Deng, and his significant status in celestial Court was due to his relationship with Buddhism.

Therefore, he naturally could not afford any discord with Buddhism.

As for Daoism, with which he already had a strained relationship, there was even less reason for him to seek favor.

“Amitabha Buddha, we, the two monks, have greeted celestial King Li!”

Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, upon seeing Li Jing, also brought their hands together in a Buddhist gesture, slightly nodding in return.

“Have the Bodhisattvas come for that monkey?”

Li Jing first led Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva into his tent, then ordered tea to be served to them, after which he spoke.

“Not concealing the truth from celestial King, we two brothers indeed came for that Macaque.

Tathagata sensed that the Formation arranged by the Macaque from Mount Huaguo was particularly challenging to handle, thus he sent us with the Boundary-Breaking Pearl from Buddha Ancestor from the East, to lend to celestial King Li!”

Sunlight Bodhisattva, seated on the Lotus Platform, spoke calmly.

They would not have come here initially.

Unfortunately, after they had given up the idea of arranging the Calamity of Measurement, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl was inadvertently left with the East Sea Dragon King and remained there.

When Tathagata found them, asking them to lend the pearl to Li Jing, they naturally had to personally retrieve it from the Eastern Sea and deliver it to Li Jing.

After finishing, a flash of light appeared in Sunlight Bodhasattva’s hand, revealing a pearl the size of a dragon eye issuing a seven-colored divine radiance.

Upon seeing the Boundary-Breaking Pearl brought by Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, the gaze of the Deities of the celestial Court present inevitably shifted to the pearl.

Although Daoism harbored dislike for Buddhism, this time Buddhism had provided such a treasure, which indeed helped them greatly.

This would make dealing with Sun Wukong much easier.

At this time, the reaction of many Orthodox Deities in celestial Court did not escape Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva.

However, both were unconcerned.

The celestial Orthodox Deities might look down on them, but Buddhism had little regard for them in return.

After the battle for divine enthronement, Daoism fought among themselves and gained nothing, whereas Buddhism managed to reap many benefits.

Comparatively, the superiority of Buddhism’s tactics over Daoism’s was beyond doubt.

Thus, even though many celestial Orthodox Deities currently glanced deliberately or inadvertently at Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, the two did not even bother to meet their eyes.

Instead, they continued to casually converse with Li Jing about matters of little consequence.

After a while, they finally handed over the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to Li Jing and then departed.

As the figures of Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva disappeared into the Western direction,

Li Jing finally withdrew his gaze.

Now, with the Boundary-Breaking Pearl in hand, the formation meticulously arranged by Sun Wukong outside Mount Huaguo was naturally also threatened.

Momentarily, Li Jing’s fighting spirit reignited.

He must capture Sun Wukong and then present this victory to the Jade Emperor.

Although Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva seemed to have left, they merely hid in the nearby clouds, watching the scene unfold.

They were waiting for Sun Wukong’s Formation to be broken and for him to be captured by Li Jing.