Master and Disciple Quit

Tang Sanzang was stunned by Sun Wukong's sudden outburst and declaration that he was quitting.

He processed Sun Wukong's words, especially the parts about Western Heaven tripping them up, treating them like monkeys, and making them into puppets. Then he thought of his brother's tragic death and the suspicious Fierce Tiger Trial just now...

A blaze of anger at having been deceived and used, mixed with the panic of losing his "backer," instantly surged into his heart!

"Disciple... you're right!"

Tang Sanzang's expression darkened as well. He flung the tiger carcass from his shoulder to the ground with a heavy thud, his tone turning resolute.

"If Western Heaven is truly this vile, scheming at every turn, then we needn't seek the scriptures! Let's return to Chang'an!

"Your master... your master will take you drinking and eating meat, cultivate this true 'Great Vehicle Buddhist Dharma,' and when the day comes that both master and disciple are powerful enough, we'll storm Western Heaven together and demand an explanation! Why must good people suffer hardships? Why do they get to sit above everyone else and arrange everything?"

Well then. Having just had his mind armed by Underworld Buddhism and then been awakened to "reality" by Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang instantly attained enlightenment too and decided to quit alongside his disciple!

Master and disciple exchanged a glance and reached an astonishing consensus—Western Heaven? Forget it! First, lie low and build themselves up; they could settle the score later!

Above the clouds, Guanyin Bodhisattva, who had just secretly breathed a sigh of relief over Lin Zhu's "departure," saw the situation below take such a sharp turn and was instantly struck as if by lightning. Her face turned deathly pale. The faint hope that had just risen in her heart shattered at once, replaced by boundless