Of course, that depended on him no longer slacking off. After all, in the original story, Zhu Bajie had always been skilled at shirking and avoiding battle. Once he became serious, with the support of Innate Qi, the leap in his strength would be terrifying!
When he had first appeared, he had still been no match for Sun Wukong. But as the journey to retrieve the scriptures progressed, Sun Wukong advanced slowly, while Zhu Bajie instead climbed higher step by step. In the end, his cultivation had actually caught up with the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!
This showed that once Zhu Bajie went all out, his talent and potential were truly top-notch!
By comparison, Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon were unwilling to fall behind either. Both had broken through to the first grade of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and their strength was astonishing!
With such cultivation, ordinary immortals would probably find it difficult even to summon the courage to fight them. Even in the Primordial World, it was enough to dominate an area. If they entered Heaven, their realms would already qualify them to serve as True Gods!
One had to understand that Heaven placed great emphasis on strength when selecting officials, but it was not entirely fair, either.
The most typical example was the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing.
His cultivation was only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. Although he was close to the Grand Unity threshold, he had ultimately not crossed it. Yet Heaven's True God positions had always required at least the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Nevertheless, Li Jing not only held a high position, but was also the commander who led hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals!
By comparison, Zhu Bajie's former position and authority were