Peacock Mountain, Stone Buddha Temple.

Kong Xuan, the general of Sanshan Pass who had shined in the Conferred God Tribulation, was subdued by "Zunti Taoist", one of the two saints in the West. Since then, he has been practicing mind cultivation and asking for the way here, quietly serving as his "Buddha Mother".

Kong Xuan was born into an extraordinary family. His original appearance was the first peacock in the world. After he converted to Buddhism, he was conferred the title of Peacock King Bodhisattva.

In the original text of "Investiture of the Gods", it was said that Kong Xuan "was born at the beginning of chaos" and his mother was the phoenix, the ancestor of ancient flying birds. He attained enlightenment and cultivated himself into a human form, and later entered officialdom and became the general of Sanshan Pass.

After Hong Jin returned to Zhou, Kong Xuan was transferred by King Zhou to the front line of Jinjiling to block the Zhou army from entering the pass. After he appeared on the scene, he captured dozens of generals including Hong Jin and Lei Zhenzi, forcing Jiang Ziya to hang up a banner of exemption from war, and even the Taoist Master Ran Deng could not subdue him.

If the saint had not intervened, the Conferred God Tribulation would have stopped at Jinji Ridge, and King Zhou might even have organized a counterattack...

"My brother actually died?"

On this day, the Peacock King, who was staying deep in the Taoist temple, suddenly opened his eyes, and an unprecedented murderous intent spread out from his body like a huge wave.

Kong Xuan, who was hailed as the number one person under the saint during the Conferred God Period, suddenly burst out with terrifying murderous intent, instantly attracting the attention of the powerful people in the three realms.

Zhen Yuanzi of Wuzhuang Temple, the Blood Sea and the Styx, the Demon Master Kunpeng, the Great Lord of Heaven, the Queen Mother of the Yaochi, as well as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the Huoyun Cave, all cast their curious gazes.

After some calculations.

Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe and other powerful people from the three realms understood the whole story, and many of them were secretly amazed at Sun Wukong's courage.

It was not enough to kill the blue lion and white elephant, the mounts of Manjushri and Samantabhadra, but they even dared to provoke the Peacock King.

This is someone that neither Tathagata nor the Jade Emperor dare to provoke easily.

He killed his own brother, and his soul was completely destroyed. He was determined to fight to the death!

However, considering the Golden-Winged Roc's unscrupulous cannibalism, many powerful people think that the death of this stupid bird is not unjust. They really think that this is still the glorious period when the demons control the heavens!
The demon race has long been in decline.

Even the goddess Nuwa doesn't care about the affairs of the demon clan, and just stays at home quietly. You, a silly bird who has entered Buddhism, actually dare to devour the people of a country and treat people as food. Many powerful people from the human race are full of murderous intentions towards the golden-winged Roc.

It was only because Kong Xuan was too powerful and had the support of Buddhism behind him that these powerful men resisted their murderous intent.

This time, Sun Wukong did something that they dared not do, and all the powerful humans, including the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, applauded.

Xuanyuan, the Human Emperor who achieved enlightenment through killing, laughed openly.

"I will protect Sun Wukong. Kong Xuan, if you dare to attack him, before the emperor escapes, I will definitely wipe out your entire family."

Emperor Xuanyuan usually stayed in the Fire Cloud Cave and was not clear about the relationship between Sun Wukong and Nuwa. He thought that the other party was just a young junior who was born and raised without any backing, so he took the initiative to speak out and protect the other party.

"And this emperor!"

As soon as the Human Emperor Xuanyuan finished speaking, the voice of the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi reached the Stone Buddha Temple on Peacock Mountain.

Not only that, the Earth Emperor Shennong, the Five Emperors, and even the Jade Emperor who rules the three realms, all said they would do their best to protect Cheng Long.

None of these powerful men are easy to deal with. Even if Kong Xuan is confident of defeating some of them, he is alone after all. The only way is to get the Buddhists to join forces to kill Sun Wukong.

But this is simply unrealistic.

Sun Wukong is the one destined to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Tathagata, Guanyin and others are too busy to protect him, so how can they join him in eliminating him?

If Buddhism wants to grow and develop, it does not rely on faith and believers, but on powerful people at the quasi-saint level, as well as the two saints, Jie Yin and Zhunti.

Nowadays, saints do not come out, and even saints can only walk in the three realms with three corpses. The quasi-saints are the cornerstones that determine whether a sect can be passed down from generation to generation and continue to grow.

"Hmph, my brother was killed. How can I still have the face to live in this world if I don't take revenge?" Kong Xuan snorted coldly and showed his attitude to the powerful people of the three realms without hesitation.

This made some powerful people who were watching the show very alert. The Peacock King, who was known as the first saint, was going to challenge the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the Jade Emperor!
There's something good to watch!
Wow!
At this moment, a golden light descended from the sky, and the Jade Emperor, dressed in gorgeous attire, accompanied by the Queen Mother, arrived at the Stone Buddha Temple on Peacock Mountain.

"Kong Xuan, I have given the Golden Winged Peng many chances, but he relied on your existence to do as he pleased and wantonly devoured the human race. His death was self-inflicted. If you are not convinced, you can fight me."

The Jade Emperor has been silent for many years. His low-key attitude has not only made him looked down upon by the saints' disciples, but even many of the second and third generations dare not take him seriously.

Now that he has finally found a quasi-saint who is willing to join the Heavenly Court and has always kept in touch with him, he naturally has to protect him at all costs.

Of course.

The most important point is that Sun Wukong’s mother is Nuwa.

With this relationship, he will not suffer any loss if he comes out to support Sun Wukong today, and he is even less likely to be in danger. To be honest, the Jade Emperor is still a little unsure when facing a powerful man like Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan's innate magical power, 'Five-Colored Divine Light', is said to be able to wipe out anything. Although it is just a claim, its power will be weakened when encountering innate treasures, but there are only a few innate treasures!
All the known innate treasures are in the hands of saints. Although the Jade Emperor has many treasures, he only has two top-grade innate treasures, the Kunlun Mirror and the Dragon Head Cane.

It was not like Kong Xuan had never encountered a top-grade innate spiritual treasure before. If the Jade Emperor wanted to fight him, he could only use his magical powers to fight him head-on.

"If you want to fight, then fight!"

Murderous intent rose in Kong Xuan's pupils. Seeing that he was about to attack the Jade Emperor, Cheng Long's clone, Sun Wukong, suddenly flashed in front of the Jade Emperor.

"Great Lord, everyone is responsible for his own actions. I appreciate your kindness!"

Cheng Long had already considered the consequences before he took action, and the reason why he wanted to kill the golden-winged Roc was to stick to his original intention.

If he was timid just because the golden-winged Roc had a backer, then he would never be able to become a saint in this life.

Practitioners should be fearless.

"Wukong, Kong Xuan is at the peak of Quasi-Saint status. You are only at the initial stage of Quasi-Saint status. How can you be his opponent? Let me stop him for you!"

The Jade Emperor was shocked to find that Sun Wukong, who had killed someone, had the guts to show up and challenge Kong Xuan.

The Queen Mother standing by was also shocked by Cheng Long's behavior, her mouth slightly opened, but she and the Jade Emperor admired him from the bottom of their hearts for his courage to take the consequences.

Other spectators who also admired him included Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, Kunpeng and others.

Not to mention the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors who were trapped in the Fire Cloud Cave.

"Quasi-Saint Peak?"

"Who isn't!"

Cheng Long's mouth curled up slightly, and his aura began to soar.

From the early stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal disguised at the beginning, he was instantly promoted to the middle stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, and then to the late stage... until it reached the peak. The terrifying aura that was rising wildly just stopped.

“This, this, this…” The Jade Emperor’s jaw dropped at the incredible scene before him.

The dumbfounded Queen Mother murmured in disbelief, "In just over 500 years, Wukong's cultivation has actually reached the peak of a quasi-saint? How... is this possible? I must be dazzled."...

Wuzhuang Temple.

Zhen Yuanzi, who was sitting under a ginseng fruit tree drinking tea and watching a play, felt the powerful aura emanating from Sun Wukong that was no less powerful than his own, and was so frightened that he suddenly pulled off a strand of his long beard.

"You are so good, Sun Wukong, you hid it so well that even I was fooled by you!"

When Tang Monk passed by Wuzhuang Temple on his journey to the west, Zhen Yuanzi had dealings with Cheng Long. At that time, he checked many times and found that Sun Wukong clearly only had the cultivation level of the peak Daluo Jinxian.

I never expected that this cunning boy actually hid a great realm.

If it was below the Golden Immortal Realm, Zhen Yuanzi would not be too surprised that Cheng Long's cultivation level soared directly from the True Immortal Realm to the Daluo Realm.

Because with the help of Laojun's Nine-Turn Golden Pill, one can easily cross several major realms, and even directly advance from an ordinary mortal to a Daluo Golden Immortal.

However, advancing from the Daluo realm to the Quasi-Sage realm is not something that elixirs can help with.

Even if a saint takes action personally, he cannot forcibly impart his own understanding of the laws to his disciples and allow them to ascend to the realm of Hunyuan in one step.

If this could be done, then there would not be only a few quasi-saints in the Chan sect, the Jie sect, Buddhism, and even in the disciples of Nuwa.

Among the known quasi-saints, except for the current Sun Wukong, which one did not go through countless kalpas of hard training and listen to the teachings of the saints before entering this realm?
There are even many people who have gone through several kalpas, but their cultivation has always remained at the Daluo realm.

Huanglong Zhenren of the Chan sect is the most typical example.

There are even more in the Jiejiao sect.

However, the disciples of Jiejiao have stagnated in their cultivation, and many of them are trapped in the List of Conferred Gods. If they could practice hard and in peace like Huanglong Zhenren, I believe that Zhao Gongming, Sanxiao Fairy and other disciples of Jiejiao would definitely not be inferior to Guangchengzi, Nanji Xianweng and the like in their achievements today.

……

Lingshan.

In the main hall,
When Cheng Long revealed his true cultivation level, all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats, including Tathagata, were so shocked that they subconsciously held their breath.

Looking at Sun Wukong in the mirror image of the Round Light Technique, even though Tathagata had seen many storms, he still felt a sense of absurdity that made his heart beat faster.

It was originally believed that after completing the journey to the West and gaining enormous merit, Sun Wukong's cultivation level would be raised to the middle stage of quasi-sainthood, which would be a gift from heaven to the prosperity of Buddhism.

Who would have thought that Sun Wukong had already cultivated to the peak of quasi-sainthood so early!

It was just that the merits of the Journey to the West were not enough to make a saint, otherwise Tathagata would have suspected that when Sun Wukong achieved perfection, that would be the day he became a saint.

This is ridiculous!
When did practicing become so simple?

Even if you are the child of Nuwa and have the blood of a saint flowing in your body, it would be easy for you to comprehend the laws of creation. But it wouldn't be so easy that you could achieve what they have achieved after several kalpas of comprehending in just a few hundred years, right?
"Buddha, Sun Wukong has hidden his abilities, and I think he might have ulterior motives. How about we take this opportunity to help the Peacock King get rid of this scourge?" Manjusri and Samantabhadra, whose mounts had died, were worried about how they could not take revenge. Unexpectedly, Sun Wukong took the initiative to hand them a knife, giving them the opportunity to stab them in the back.

"..."

Tathagata was a little shaken for a moment.

There is no problem for Sun Wukong to hide his cultivation level, but the problem is that he cannot hide it too deeply and lose his control.

Sun Wukong, who dared to challenge Kong Xuan, was not someone he could easily suppress.

However, thinking that he had the two saints Jie Yin and Zhunti behind him, Tathagata felt that it was far better to win over Sun Wukong than Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan in Buddhism is just like Erlang Shen in Heaven. He always obeys orders but not declarations and is outside the organization.

Even if they helped Kong Xuan kill Sun Wukong, they would not get his loyalty.

What's more, Sun Wukong has a saintly mother behind him, so he cannot be killed at all. Manjushri and Samantabhadra's ideas are completely bad.

"Manjushri, Samantabhadra, this is the grudge between the Peacock King and Sun Wukong. It is not convenient for our Buddhist sect to intervene. You should not have any bad thoughts. Sun Wukong is the Fighting and Victorious Buddha destined by our Buddhist sect. Which is more important? Would you like me to explain it to you in detail?" There was a hint of coldness in Tathagata's eyes, and he was obviously warning the other party not to have any bad thoughts.

……

The capital of Western Liang.

The Queen of Xiliang, dressed in red, stood on the city wall, looking at the Peacock Mountain thousands of miles away, and said softly: "A good man should be fearless! Sun Wukong, it is worth it that I gave you the blood of the ancestor witch!"

"Your Majesty, the weather has changed. Go back to your bedroom and rest early!"

A heroic female official, leading a group of guards, came before the Queen of Xiliang and said.

"it is good!"

The Queen of Xiliang smiled slightly and did not embarrass the female official.

After he left.

The six-eared macaque, who had recently come here to apply for recruitment, led a group of elite soldiers to the city wall and began a new day of guarding.

At the same time, the confrontation at the Stone Buddha Temple on Peacock Mountain was also coming to an end.

"Sun Wukong, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have some strength. You killed my brother and dared to show up to challenge me. If I don't cut off your head today to sacrifice to my brother, I will end my life here."

It can be seen that Kong Xuan was really angry. He raised his hand and slapped it, which was the great magical power of Buddhism, the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of his hand.

Infinite Sanskrit sounds spread out majestically, and the area within tens of thousands of miles seemed to have suddenly turned into a Buddha land. All living beings who heard the Sanskrit sounds were immersed in them.

However, when Cheng Long talked about these sounds, he was just a little annoyed.

"The laws of heaven and earth!"

Almost in an instant, Cheng Long's body became infinitely large, like a mountain rising from the ground and reaching into the sky. The terrifying size almost blocked the entire sun, causing the mountains and rivers behind him to instantly fall into darkness.

With such a huge body, the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of his hand naturally could not do anything. Kong Xuan indeed changed his attack, picked up a flower and pointed a Buddha's hand shining with golden light towards Cheng Long's huge body.

Use a point to break the surface, point with one finger, and the universe will shake.

It has to be said that Kong Xuan can be hailed as the number one person under the saint. The changes in his moves and the power of his attacks are quite terrifying.

Unfortunately, the person he met was Sun Wukong, who had cultivated a body that was comparable to the true body of the ancient witch and had an extremely strong body.

Facing Kong Xuan's fierce attack, Cheng Long did not use any extra tricks. He raised his hand and slapped him like a fly, from top to bottom, with a terrifying pressure that covered the sky and the moon, and slapped Kong Xuan without mercy. (End of this chapter)