Inside the palace.
Wutian Buddha nodded slightly and said calmly, "You're teachable. The Eighty-One Tribulations are the Heavenly Dao Trend, and your quest for the Mahayana Buddhist Dharma is ordained by fate. Under normal circumstances, the Mahayana Golden Lotus condensed by Buddha Tathagata should rightfully belong to you."
"But don't forget—you're only the tenth reincarnation of Golden Cicada. As soon as Golden Cicada awakens, all your Heavenly Dao Merit and fortune will belong to him. Are you willing to accept that?"
For a moment,
the air fell silent. Tang Sanzang wore a bitter expression.
From beginning to end, he had been nothing but a substitute. He had suffered and toiled, only for Golden Cicada to enjoy the endless splendor in the end. Naturally, he wasn't willing to accept that.
"Please, Master, show your disciple a way forward!"
Tang Sanzang bowed and knelt, utterly sincere.
In the entire Primordial World, he trusted Wutian Buddha most. If he could receive his master's guidance, then there was a chance to break out of this predicament.
He might even attain the Quasi-Saint Peak Dao Fruit!
"Your master came here for this very matter!"
"I hadn't wanted to fall out with the Two Sages of the West, but they're truly shameless. Guanyin Bodhisattva is clearly a traitor, and the inheritance of that Illusory Chaos Demon God came about under very suspicious circumstances. Yet they prattle on about benevolence and morality as they welcome that scoundrel back into the Buddhist sect."
"The Western Teachings have truly changed! When the Two Sages of the West are finally able to refine me, I'm sure they won't hesitate to either convert me or devour me outright."
"And as Golden Cicada's stand-in, the day he sheds his shell will be the day you die. Master and disciple must plan ahead