Lord Laozi brought the monkey to Tushita Palace, threw him into the Alchemy Furnace, and ignited the Samadhi Divine Fire.
After forty-nine days, no matter how capable the monkey was, no matter how indestructible his body, it would all be useless. He would only melt into a puddle of molten iron.
Of course, Lord Laozi was no fool. He naturally knew that the western pilgrimage was the overarching trend of the Heavenly Dao and could not be stopped.
Therefore, he had never intended to truly refine Sun Wukong to death.
He merely wanted Amitabha Buddha and Zhun Ti Buddha-Mother to come in person so they could make a few deals.
The rise of the Buddhist School was the overarching trend of the Heavenly Dao. Not even Lord Laozi could stop it; even his true self, Grand Purity, would be powerless.
All he could do was leave the Profound Gate with a sliver of hope for a comeback, so it would not be suppressed by the Buddhist School into a dead end.
He had already made many preparations, yet he was still uneasy.
Sun Wukong was the protagonist of the Tribulation, and he wanted to place a wager on this monkey as well.
For some reason, seeing Sun Wukong's unruly appearance made him suddenly think of his younger brother, Master Tongtian, the Sage of Grand Purity.
This monkey's arrogance was quite similar to Tongtian's.
Tongtian probably would not simply watch the Jie Sect vanish into the River of Time.
Yet he could not sense any sign of Tongtian's schemes in this monkey.
Could it be that you had other plans, Tongtian?
The fiercely blazing Samadhi True Fire cast shifting shadows across Lord Laozi's face.
His gaze was fixed on the Purple Golden Eight Trigrams Furnace, yet he seemed to have transcended