Kui Mulang kept his word. He remained in the mortal realm for seven days, arranged his affairs, then returned to Heaven to receive his punishment.
Bai Hua Xiu had awakened the wisdom of her previous life and naturally already knew her identity. She only needed to live out this lifetime before returning to the Heavenly Court to become husband and wife with Kui Mulang once more.
This had exploited a loophole in Heavenly Law, which stated that immortals of the Heavenly Court were forbidden from falling in love.
But Kui Mulang and Shi Xiang were a special case. They had respectively descended into the mortal realm as the Yellow Robe Monster and Bai Hua Xiu, becoming husband and wife below, so it did not count as a violation of Heavenly Law.
Kui Mulang returned to the Heavenly Court alone, leaving Bai Hua Xiu in the mortal realm to honor her parents and raise the two children she had with him.
After returning to the Heavenly Court, Kui Mulang was assigned as a palace guard at Gouchen Palace. Only by earning merit in the future could he regain his former rank; if he erred again, his punishment would be compounded.
Returning to the pilgrimage party, Wang Yuan had become one of their members and traveled with them to the Western Heavens to obtain the scriptures.
After leaving the Precious Elephant Kingdom and heading west for more than a month, they arrived at another mountain range.
Sun Wukong stood at the front, leading Tang Sanzang's horse. His Fiery Eyes of Truth ignited as he looked ahead, and his expression grew grave.
The Demon Qi ahead was dense. There were clearly more demons ahead.
"Master, I fear there are demons ahead."
Upon hearing that, Tang Sanzang grew nervous as well. "Then what should