"Amitabha Buddha..."
In a dark, damp cave, Chen Xuanzang sat cross-legged, his expression dazed as he softly recited the Buddha's name.
There were no bindings, because the Golden Winged Great Peng would never believe that a mere mortal could escape from his grasp.
In truth, Chen Xuanzang had no thought of escaping at all.
He did not know why the Gods and Buddhas throughout the heavens watched over him or helped him, but he knew that as long as he fell into such a place, Gods and Buddhas would come to rescue him.
This land of sin would then vanish into thin air.
"I'm truly honored... One person is more important than all the people of Lion Camel Country..."
Chen Xuanzang gave a bitter smile, carrying a trace of doubt he had never felt before.
He was kind, not foolish. He understood everything he ought to understand.
"Amitabha Buddha..."
Within Bodhi Garden, Tathagata of Many Treasures wore a compassionate expression, as though tears might fall from his eyes.
With his palms pressed together, he lowered his head and chanted, saying, "Without passing through the Sea of Suffering, how can one ascend to Paradise? This is the tribulation of all living beings..."
The Journey to the West Path had always been a road filled with ignorance, slaughter, and injustice.
He could change it, yet he had no intention of doing so.
He believed that after Chen Xuanzang's ten lifetimes of cultivation, he would ultimately awaken to the truth behind all illusory suffering.
Only by experiencing the many sufferings of all living beings could one understand the preciousness of Paradise.
He knew that Xuanzang could not avoid Lion Camel Country, not merely because of Gu Shaoshang's presence, but because this was a tribulation, and tribulations could not be avoided.
In Lion