Ten years later.

Fangcun Mountain.

On this day, Cheng Long was blessed with a spiritual feeling. He walked out of Sanxing Cave and sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain.

Boom.

With a loud bang, surrounded by endless fairy light, three flowers slowly bloomed above Cheng Long's head.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces...

Cheng Long was not in a hurry, waiting quietly for the three flowers to bloom.

However, the spiritual energy within thousands of miles of Fangcun Mountain fell into a violent state and became extremely active. The spiritual energy floating in the void gathered together and rushed towards Fangcun Mountain at a high speed like a raging storm.

"The clouds swallow the sun and the moon, and the spirit penetrates the mountains and rivers..."

Cheng Long stood proudly, with all the pores on his body stretched out, accepting all the spiritual energy that poured in. Perhaps he absorbed it too quickly, causing spiritual energy whirlpools to appear around him. The wind was so noisy that it disturbed the entire Fangcun Mountain.

Such a terrifying devouring speed naturally and inevitably attracted the attention of many forces such as Heaven, Hell, and Lingshan.

The gods in heaven, the immortals on earth, the living Buddhas in Lingshan, the gods in the underworld...

At this moment, all the immortals, Buddhas, gods and demons with some ability turned their eyes to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. The emperors, gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who knew Cheng Long's identity were all surprised without exception.

"What is Patriarch Bodhi doing?"

"In just over ten years, you've actually taught me a Daluo Jinxian?"

In the main hall of Lingshan, the Tathagata Buddha, who was sitting at the highest point, was so angry that he wanted to curse, but considering the identity of Patriarch Bodhi, he did not dare to curse out loud.

Golden Immortals are extremely scarce high-end combat forces whether in heaven, hell or Buddhism. This means that if the good script they have arranged continues, the losses caused will increase tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold.

It may even cause the death of some immortals and gods.

To put it bluntly, the Golden Immortal making trouble in the Heavenly Palace was really making trouble, but in the original novel, the monkey in the Golden Immortal stage making trouble in the Heavenly Palace was just the gods and Buddhas playing tricks on the monkeys.

Although some losses will be caused, they are all renewable resources and Buddhists can afford the losses.

It is different now. Once "Sun Wukong" causes trouble, such as killing a god with a background, even if Buddhism is powerful, it will attract unnecessary powerful enemies.

It's okay to provoke one or two old-time quasi-saints, but if you provoke too many, Buddhism will suffer serious damage!
Just when Buddha Tathagata was feeling upset, Cheng Long, who was sitting cross-legged on the top of Fangcun Mountain, saw the long river of destiny. In the long river of destiny, he saw Sun Wukong's past and memory fragments.

They were all pictures exposed to wind and sun, very fragmented. After all, when Monkey King was possessed by him, he had not yet developed a complete mind, but only a little spirituality.

Therefore, the memory of Sun Wukong in the long river of fate quickly disappeared without a trace.

This also means that Cheng Long's clone Sun Wukong has officially jumped out of the Three Realms and is no longer in the Five Elements. By transcending the long river of fate, he can successfully prove his Dao and gain freedom in his own world.

The transcendence of the Daluo Jinxian only means that they can live forever in their native world. As long as they do not provoke quasi-saints or saints, they will not die. It is not the same concept as the transcendence that saints seek.

……

"Nine flowers bloom!"

Lingxiao Palace.

A group of immortals, led by the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, looked at Cheng Long, who was standing on the top of Fangcun Mountain and was so majestic that they all showed envy.

There is no shortage of Daluo Jinxian among them.

But the problem is that it takes at least tens of thousands of years for everyone present to cultivate to the Daluo realm.

When some of them break through, their flowers only reach the fifth or sixth level, and there are very few that reach the seventh level.

This made the immortals unable to help but start discussing.

"Sun Wukong is indeed a stone spirit born from the earth. After only ten years of apprenticeship, he has not only cultivated to the Daluo realm, but also has the potential to become a saint!"

"Buddhism really got a great bargain. Such a natural god should belong to heaven."

"Jade Emperor, why don't you discuss with the Buddha and see if you can find a different person to go to the pilgrimage?"

"Yes, Jade Emperor, the Buddhist pilgrim was supposed to be a stone monkey. But now the stone monkey has transformed into a human when he was born, and has now cultivated into a Daluo Jinxian. In another three to five hundred years, he might even become a quasi-saint, especially one that is so easy to control? The six-eared macaque is still wandering around the four continents. Why not give it a chance to become a Buddha?"

"Jade Emperor, this is a brilliant plan."

"..."

Although there were many Buddhists in Heaven, when they heard Taibai Jinxing's suggestion, they all fell into deep thought.

Sun Wukong is indeed not easy to control. After this breakthrough, his cultivation level is higher than theirs. If he causes havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he might even hurt his own people by mistake.

If it's Liu'er Mihou, there won't be such concerns.

Liu'er was also unlucky. He was born not much later than Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, Kunpeng and other veteran quasi-saints, but because of the Taoist's words "the Dharma will not be passed on to Liu'er", he lost the opportunity to listen to the Dharma.

Due to Daozu's words, the three thousand Zixiao guests did not dare to accept Liu'er as their disciple, and they even did not dare to teach him the method of cultivation in private.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu'er Macaque had the blood of the Chaos Demon Ape and was one of the "Four Monkeys Who Trouble the World", who was good at listening, able to observe principles, know the past and the future, and understand everything, he might not even have achieved his current level of Golden Immortal cultivation.

Cheng Long's stone spirit clone, Sun Wukong, also has the blood of the Chaos Demon Ape, but it was only after he merged with the blood of Nuwa that he was able to break away from the ranks of the Four Chaos Monkeys and successfully transformed into a human.

Otherwise, even if Cheng Long subjectively wants to transform into a human, after the transformation, his body will probably still have the characteristics of a monkey, for example, like Sun Wukong and Kakarot in the Dragon Ball world, with an extra tail behind him.

Or perhaps characteristics of demon apes such as abundant body hair.

Now Sun Wukong has always focused on developing the bloodline of his mother Nuwa. The bloodline of the Chaos Demon Ape had long been devoured by him using the devouring rules he had learned in recent years.

"Let's wait and see!"

Faced with Taibai Jinxing's extremely tempting proposal, the Jade Emperor was actually tempted, but Sun Wukong was the one chosen by Buddhism to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and was the most indispensable one besides Jin Chanzi.

If it weren't for the last resort, Buddhism would never give up Sun Wukong. After all, the Six-Eared Macaque was just a substitute.

……

Fangcun Mountain.

Just when all the gods and Buddhas in the sky thought that Cheng Long had reached the ninth level and was about to complete the breakthrough.

Boom!

An even larger vortex of spiritual energy formed from a distance and was sucked into Cheng Long's stomach like a dragon sucking water. The realm that he had just broken through increased again.

The three flowers of heaven, earth and man blooming on the top actually began to grow a tenth leaf.

"The flower blossoms at level ten!"

This time, all the gods and Buddhas in the sky were truly shocked. If the flower bloomed to the ninth level, it would be a quasi-saint qualification. If the flower bloomed to the tenth level, it would be a saint qualification.

Sun Wukong's flower blossomed to the tenth level, didn't it mean that this boy had the potential to become a saint? The Jade Emperor, who witnessed this scene, was even more moved.

He disappeared from the Lingxiao Palace without hesitation, teleported to Lingshan, and discussed with the Buddha face to face.

"Buddha, with Sun Wukong's talent, it is really a waste of talent for him to be the one destined to obtain the scriptures. Why don't you give him to the Heavenly Court? Feel free to ask for anything you need."

What the Jade Emperor wants to do most now is to take down one of the three Six Heavenly Kings who are occupied by the Orthodox Sect and assign him to Sun Wukong who is making a breakthrough in the lower world.

The monopoly of the Chan sect over the Southern Emperor Changsheng, the Western Emperor Gou Chen, and the Eastern Emperor Qinghua has always been a pain in the Jade Emperor's heart.

It would have been fine if the Southern Emperor Changsheng and the Eastern Emperor Qinghua were taken away by the Southern Immortal and Taiyi Zhenren, after all, these two were quasi-saints with high cultivation levels.

It is somewhat hard to understand why Emperor Gou Chen was taken away by the third generation of disciples of the Chan sect.

Especially since Lei Zhenzi has not yet broken through to the Golden Immortal level and is stuck at the peak of Taiyi and has been unable to break through, he is even more unworthy of his position.

"Jade Emperor, Sun Wukong was the person chosen by the Buddha to go on a journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures. How can you and I control that? Let's not mention this matter again." Tathagata rejected the Jade Emperor's request without hesitation.

Although the gifted Sun Wukong had already exceeded their expectations and was difficult to control, Buddhism was not short of quasi-saints.

Dipankara, Maitreya, Bhaisajyaguru, Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, Manjusri and Samantabhadra are all quasi-saints.

It's just a small stone spirit, and anyone can capture it.

If necessary, Buddha Tathagata can personally take action and suppress Sun Wukong for five hundred years.

"Tathagata, if, I mean if..." the Jade Emperor said with a smile, "After Sun Wukong leaves his apprenticeship, he likes the Heavenly Palace and is willing to stay there to contribute. I don't think your two saints will be so domineering as to kidnap people. Making trouble in the Heavenly Palace is a necessary part of Sun Wukong's fame. Without the participation of the Heavenly Palace, it would not be so easy for Sun Wukong to become famous."

"Jade Emperor, what do you mean?"

The Buddha narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of danger.

Given the size of Heaven, it is not difficult to keep Sun Wukong.

The Jade Emperor has always been eager to seek talented people. Maybe if he gives Sun Wukong some benefits, he can really keep him here.

"It's nothing. I just want to discuss with you about Sun Wukong's affiliation. I will continue to perform the script that we agreed upon before. In the end, whether Sun Wukong leaves or stays, Buddhism must not interfere." The Jade Emperor has the support of the Taoist priest behind him, so he is not at all afraid when facing the Buddhist sect.

As long as it is not an open robbery and the choice is given to Sun Wukong, Tathagata cannot do anything to him.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Tathagata nodded helplessly.

When the Jade Emperor becomes tough, the Three Pure Ones have to give him face, not to mention that he is just a puppet pushed to the front.

After the two leaders of the top forces discussed the future ownership of "Sun Wukong", Cheng Long, who had caused a big fuss, finally ran out of energy after the three flowers on his head blossomed to the tenth level, and was unable to support the three flowers on his head to blossom to the eleventh level.

When Cheng Long's original body broke through, the noise was actually not as big as that of his clone. It was only the ninth level of the flower that was blossomed, and that was thanks to the light of the Golden Wheel of Merit. Without the support of huge merit, it would have been difficult for the flower to even blossom to the ninth level, and it could only blossom to the seventh or eighth level.

Fortunately, killing does not care about these things. It just kills, kills, and even without talent, you can rely on the law of killing to carve out a path to heaven.

As for the Superman clone who stayed in the DC Universe, he has now cultivated to the Daluo realm, but he has taken the path of physical sanctification, which is mainly based on Kryptonian blood talent and the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, rather than the traditional immortal path.

Therefore, the Superman clone does not have three flowers on the top of the head or five energies in the chest.

The talent of the second soul, Youming, is the same as that of Cheng Long himself. After all, it is the life-saving trump card split from the original soul. Therefore, when Youming stepped into the Daluo realm, he also reached the ninth level.

Now, the cultivation level of the second soul, Youming, has reached the same level as the original soul, and remains at the early stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

When Nuwa was refining the Netherworld Mirror, she had seen Netherworld and Xie Ling inside the Soul-Nourishing Jade, and knew the biggest trump card of her adopted son.

Nuwa was just relieved about this. The more cautious her son was, the longer he would live.

It's no wonder that a mere 'quasi-saint' can travel through the heavens and sign the Three Pure Ones of the Lotus Lantern world. To be able to do these things, one must have some real skills...

"Wukong, it's time for you to start your apprenticeship."

As soon as Cheng Long finished his practice, Bodhi Patriarch appeared out of nowhere, standing on a floating cloud and appearing in front of him with his clothes fluttering.

"Master, isn't this too hasty? I haven't even had time to say goodbye to my fellow brothers and sisters!"

Although Cheng Long seldom chatted or discussed philosophy with his fellow brothers and sisters, they had lived under the same roof for fourteen years after all, so they had some fellow-disciple feelings.

"No need to be sentimental, just leave now! Your brothers and sisters will have different futures than you, and it would be bad if you had more contact."

Patriarch Bodhi waved his hand, signaling Cheng Long to go down the mountain quickly.

However, in just over ten years, the youngest disciple, Wukong, surpassed the eldest disciple who had been practicing for more than two hundred years, and jumped out of the Three Realms and was no longer within the Five Elements.

He was really afraid that if he continued teaching, Wukong would become a quasi-sage.

By then, what monster on the journey to the West can defeat Wukong?
Even now, there are not many monsters at the Golden Immortal level to stop Tang Monk and his party from traveling west to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

A group of senior Buddhist officials are having a headache!
If Nuwa had not issued an order that Wukong's growth could not be restricted, Patriarch Bodhi would have wanted to take action personally and seal his disciple's cultivation.

"Master, after I finish my apprenticeship, can I still come back to visit you?"

Cheng Long did not have much ill will towards Patriarch Bodhi. He did not want to learn real skills before, simply because he wanted to have fewer causes and consequences. Later, he learned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Techniques that he had already learned from Patriarch Bodhi, and corrected the unclear and even wrong parts in the past.

The cause and effect of preaching and answering questions can be said to have been touched.

Patriarch Bodhi shook his head and said reluctantly: "After you leave, Fangcun Mountain will no longer exist."

"Master, take care!"

Cheng Long did not kneel down to say goodbye, but the gratitude and melancholy in his eyes could not be faked. After teleporting out of Lingtai territory, he went straight to the Purple Bamboo Forest in the South China Sea.

There, he met the little fox he hadn't seen for fourteen years.

Hua Yue, who looked like a human girl of only twelve or thirteen years old when she transformed, has now grown into a young lady, a beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. She wears a simple and elegant green dress and a lotus hairpin on her head. However, she looks a little cold and when she sees Cheng Long, she is no longer as lively and lovely as before.

"Brother Sun, why did you come to the South China Sea?"

When Hua Yue saw Brother Sun, whom she hadn't seen for many years, her brows were filled with joy. However, practicing Buddhism for more than ten years had changed her original personality and she began to become introverted.

"My master has allowed me to become a disciple. When I was confused, I thought of you, so I came to see you." Cheng Long said with a smile: "What about you, what have you learned from the Bodhisattva?"

"Master taught me a lot, including the Mahavairocana Sutra for cultivating Buddhism, the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra for cultivating the mind, as well as the six-character seal, the Daluo Buddha hand and other magical secrets."

Huayue is still the same little fox, but she has learned more, grown up, lost her former innocence, and has no defenses against Cheng Long.

This is also the effect that Guanyin Bodhisattva wants.

After all, the little fox is a bond she prepared for the person destined to obtain the scriptures, and a trump card to control the opponent.

The deeper the relationship between the little fox and Cheng Long, the better... (End of this chapter)