[Buddha-Heart Lamp Transmission] Wu Song Receives Spiritual Empowerment; the [Emergency Headband] Is Developed! (Continued)

Hatching the [Shancai Dragon Girl] Egg, Wielding the Might of [Dragon-Head Guanyin]!

The Water Monkey's advancement gave Lin Chen an exceptionally bold—even downright mad—idea.

He would seize the divine beast status of the ancient ferocious beast, Water Ape Great Sage Wuzhiqi!

Lin Chen's mind rapidly calculated the pros and cons of this risky move.

After all, completely eradicating a peerless ferocious beast like Wuzhiqi, which had stirred up storms and waves even in ancient times, was bound to be fraught with difficulties.

Even Yu the Great, who had gathered the fate of the Nine Provinces and wielded the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, had ultimately only been able to suppress it.

This showed just how terrifying the life force of that savage ape's fleshly body was!

Since the cost of killing it head-on was too great, why not change tactics entirely?

Why not Swap the Crown Prince with a Raccoon and stage a battle between the real and fake Water Apes?

Target its soul and consciousness rather than its physical body.

Replace the soul of that brutal, savage, incorrigible Wuzhiqi with a Buddhist ape under Lin Chen's command, one enlightened by Lingyin Temple's Buddhist teachings!

What was Buddhism best at?

Not simple slaughter, but salvation—"lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot."

It was the supreme divine art of subduing peerless ferocious beasts, turning them to one's own use, and making them guardian divine beasts!

It was the perfect time to bring in Ji Gong, the Living Buddha and reincarnation of the Dragon Subduing Arhat, to carry out this "wildly fanciful" mad plan.

The instant Ji Gong heard Lin Chen's bold proposal, a piercing gleam burst from his eyes.

Not only did he offer no objection whatsoever, he heartily approved, slapping his thigh and roaring with laughter.

"Good