Chapter Six: The Sage Intervenes in the Calamity

"Smack, smack..."

Sun Wukong clapped his hands and nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. With a few more treasures, I can look around the Underworld properly now."

And so, scenes of people being clubbed from behind began appearing throughout the Underworld from time to time.

Afterward, everything on the people who had been clubbed vanished.

"What happened to me..." Black and White Impermanence felt their own heads, looking somewhat dazed.

The two exchanged a glance, then both burst into laughter.

"White Impermanence, you're hilarious. You're not wearing a stitch!"

"You have some nerve saying that. You're exactly the same."

"What..."

"Wait, why did we end up like this? We seemed to have been capturing Sun Wukong and bringing him back. Where is Sun Wukong?"

"He's gone! Quickly, quickly, report this to King Yama!"

Black and White Impermanence hurried toward the Hall of King Yama.

The Hall of King Yama.

"What? Sun Wukong is gone?" King Yama's eyes widened. "Find him! You must find him!"

To King Yama, capturing Sun Wukong counted as a request from Buddhism.

After all, the Underworld's forces still could not compare to Buddhism.

Buddhism had two Sages, while the Underworld could barely be said to have one.

Not to mention that King Ksitigarbha, a major figure, was stationed in the Underworld.

This put the Underworld in a rather awkward position.

Therefore, King Yama and the others would not refuse this request from Buddhism. After all, it was not a major matter.

But now that Sun Wukong had disappeared, it seemed the matter could not be completed either.

That was the reason King Yama was so anxious.

"Yes..."

At that moment, the entire Underworld was mobilized.

Afterward, King Yama discovered scene after scene that nearly made him vomit blood. Many ghost officials had been stripped naked.

Sun Wukong was simply more of a bandit than a bandit.

Was this really the same Sun Wukong who had wreaked havoc in the Dragon Palace?

King Yama nearly vomited blood over it.

At the same time, deep within the Underworld stood a palace.

This palace was where Great Emperor Beiyin Fengdu resided.

Great Emperor Beiyin Fengdu's status could be said to be second only to Houtu, who had transformed herself into the cycle of reincarnation.

In the Underworld, he was beneath only one person and above tens of thousands.

The other Ghost Emperors, as well as the various Kings Yama, were all beneath Great Emperor Fengdu.

"Great Emperor Fengdu, with Sun Wukong causing chaos in the Underworld, should we intervene?" Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei respectfully asked the crowned man seated above him.

"Eastern Ghost Emperor, Sun Wukong's matter is a request from Buddhism. We have already taken action this time. Do we have to clean up their mess for them as well?" A cold light flashed through Great Emperor Fengdu's eyes. "You must understand that Buddhism has become rather arrogant lately."

"Understood." Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei nodded.

"Besides, a mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal cannot accomplish much. Perhaps..." Great Emperor Fengdu looked toward a certain direction—the place Sun Wukong had gone.

That place was also connected to Buddhism.

It was where one of Buddhism's several Bodhisattvas resided, and one of its most powerful ones: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had made a vow in Buddhism: "I shall not become a Buddha until the hells are empty."

But as long as living beings existed, how could the hells ever be empty?

For that very reason, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would probably never become a Buddha.

Now that Sun Wukong was heading there, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva should do something.

As the one with real authority over hell, he had no need to intervene personally.

"What is this..." Sun Wukong looked at the grand hall before him, seemingly bathed in Buddha-light, and scratched his head. "Why would there be a Buddhist hall in the Underworld?"

"Whatever. I'll go in and take a look. Maybe there'll be something good inside." A crafty gleam shone in Sun Wukong's eyes as he transformed into a beam of light and shot over.

During this time, Sun Wukong had reaped a great harvest in the Underworld.

Chapter Six: The Sage Intervenes in the Calamity

Ksitigarbha Hall.

Sun Wukong wore a thoroughly bewildered expression.

Everything before him had truly exceeded his expectations.

It was not that the Buddhist hall contained many things. Rather, after entering the palace, Sun Wukong discovered that it was completely empty. There was practically nothing inside.

"What kind of place is this? Could it be that no one lives here?" Sun Wukong said helplessly.

That seemed to be the only explanation.

"However..." Sun Wukong looked up at the Buddhist hall and muttered, "Perhaps I can tear this palace apart. It feels like there are quite a lot of treasures in the materials used to build this Buddhist hall."

With that thought, Sun Wukong gripped the Golden Cudgel in his hand. "Since no one lives here anymore, then give your old grandpa a little help."

"Amitabha..."

At that moment, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva finally could not hold back and slowly walked out.

He had been in the main hall for quite some time. It was only because of the difference in strength between him and Sun Wukong that Sun Wukong had not noticed him immediately.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had originally wanted to see what Sun Wukong intended to do. He had never expected that Sun Wukong would actually try to tear down his Buddhist hall.

Naturally, Ksitigarbha could no longer stand by and watch the show. He had no choice but to come out.

"Someone's here." Sun Wukong turned toward Ksitigarbha. "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Benefactor, I am Ksitigarbha. This is my Buddhist hall. Since I saw you about to tear it down, I had no choice but to come out." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva shook his head.

"Oh, so that's how it is." Sun Wukong did not seem embarrassed in the slightest. "As far as I know, the Bodhisattvas of Buddhism should all have plenty of treasures. Why don't you have anything here?"

From Journey to the West, Sun Wukong had learned that Buddhism's Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were hypocritical.

Not to mention that this was also deeply connected to him personally.

Sun Wukong naturally had no favorable impression of the people of Buddhism.

After all, Tathagata had suppressed him for five hundred years.

Of course, none of that had happened yet.

"Treasures?" Ksitigarbha shook his head. "The people of Buddhism focus on Deliver All Living Beings. Why should they concern themselves with worldly possessions?"

"Forget it. I have no favorable impression of Buddhism. All of you are hypocritical and scheming." Sun Wukong spoke slowly.

"Benefactor, Buddhism teaches compassion. How could we be scheming?" Ksitigarbha was stunned for a moment.

"Hmph. I learned from the shopkeeper that, in some ways, Buddhism resembles demons even more than demons do." Sun Wukong spoke disdainfully. "By the way... I have another question."

"Please ask, Benefactor." A gleam appeared in Ksitigarbha's eyes.

"Do you know about the Journey to the West?" Sun Wukong asked in a solemn voice.

"The Journey to the West..." At that moment, Ksitigarbha could no longer conceal his genuine shock.

How did Sun Wukong know about the Journey to the West?

As far as Ksitigarbha was concerned, he did not pay much attention to the Journey to the West. He had always remained in hell, where he only needed to convert evil spirits.

But no matter what, it was the key to Buddhism's rise, so even Ksitigarbha knew a little about it.

The arrangements for the Journey to the West had only just begun.

How could the Sun Wukong before him know about it?

Could it be...

Ksitigarbha thought of the shopkeeper Sun Wukong had just mentioned. Was it him?

"Hahahaha..." Sun Wukong noticed Ksitigarbha's shock and began to laugh wildly.

Although Journey to the West was different from his own life, certain aspects should still be similar.

Just as the shopkeeper had said, perhaps his fate would also unfold as it had in the book.

"I want this sky to be unable to cover my eyes anymore. I want this earth to be unable to bury my heart anymore. I want all living beings to understand my will, and I want all those Buddhas to vanish like smoke!"

As Sun Wukong disappeared, he left those words behind.

Since there was a Journey to the West, then Sun Wukong would resist to the very end.