Upheaval on the Chessboard

Above a vast lake.

Rows of towering statues stood tall.

Atop the crowns of two humanoid statues, two living beings sat respectively.

Among these two beings, one was Sun Wukong, who had wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago.

The other was Fifth Lord Fox, who had followed Wang Ming for a millennium.

Wang Ming was requested by Lord Lao to enter the fray of the Journey to the West.

The Journey to the West!

It was actually a karmic tribulation as well.

The scale of this karmic tribulation was somewhat smaller than the previous Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

Because this time there was no Karmic Tribulation Qi appearing between heaven and earth; without Karmic Tribulation Qi, those clever people naturally would not fall for this trap, and by obediently hiding, they could avoid being cleansed by the tribulation.

Of course, this so-called cleansing did not include the Demon Clan.

Wang Ming did not personally enter the arena!

Instead, he let Fifth Lord Fox fight Sun Wukong.

After all, entering the arena personally was too beneath one's dignity.

Moreover,

Wang Ming also had to guard against being sold out by Lord Lao.

Allowing Fifth Lord Fox to enter the tribulation was actually for his own good.

Although Fifth Lord Fox had a base character and had framed Yang Jian and the others on numerous occasions,

over the years he had followed Wang Ming, Fifth Lord Fox had still been very dedicated in his duties.

Because both Fifth Lord and Fox Sister had rashly sworn oaths, they had long since been caught up in the tribulation, and they had to come and fulfill it.

Although it was Fifth Lord who entered the fray at this moment, Fox Sister would inevitably be dragged into it later.

Placing