Western Heaven, Spirit Mountain.
Wutian led the demons to Great Leiyin Temple, sat cross-legged on the Black Lotus, and with a sweep of his broad sleeve, subordinates such as Black Robe, Giant Scorpion, and Nine-Headed Insect also appeared within the great hall.
Compared with before, however, there was now one more among them this time: Duomu Monster, who had not appeared in a very long while.
Back during Journey to the West, because seven spider spirits had been harassed by the lecherous bull and the lecherous pig, Duomu Monster had flown into a rage and poisoned Tang Seng to death. In the end, Bodhisattva Pilanpo of the Buddhist Sect broke his golden light and took him away.
Now that the Buddhist Sect had fallen, and all the saints of the Buddhist Sect had been suppressed by Wutian, Duomu Monster naturally broke free.
"Greetings, Buddha!"
At this moment, Yellow Wind Monster led three demons and two monks up into the hall. The three demons were Wolf Head, Lion Head, and Elephant Head—the very mounts that Emperor Lu had originally express-delivered to the Three Great Bodhisattvas.
Like Duomu Monster, once the Three Great Bodhisattvas suffered misfortune, the three of them, as mounts, naturally escaped bondage and were summoned back by Wutian to serve once more.
There was no helping it—he was short on subordinates!
The two monks wore moon-white monk robes. One had a sturdy build, while the other had a dot of cinnabar between his brows. He looked elegant and handsome, with an astonishingly good face.
"This humble monk Kasyapa (Ananda) greets Buddha!"
The two young monks raised one palm upright and bowed to Wutian.
"Oh, so you two are Kasyapa, known as foremost in ascetic practice among Tathagata's ten great disciples, and Ananda, foremost in wide learning?"
A faint, interested