Next, Jiang Ming was sent straight to Mount Donghua, where the Donghua Emperor resided, just as in the original plot.
Son Goku had gathered a few allies and needed to head out to rescue people and rally more help.
Keeping Jiang Ming by his side was too dangerous, so he sent him straight to a Quasi-Saint's sanctuary, where he could at least find temporary shelter.
Naturally, Jiang Ming had no objections. He knew that another destined romance awaited him in the Donghua Emperor's sanctuary, one that had originally belonged to the true reincarnation of Tathagata. But Jiang Ming had seized fortune from heaven and successfully passed the false off as the true, grafting all that karma onto himself.
Only this way could he reap the greatest benefits from this calamity.
He could hardly take all the benefits while dodging every drawback.
Of course, the Emotional Tribulation that was most terrifying for Tathagata's reincarnation hardly counted as anything to Jiang Ming.
"Donghua Emperor, long time no see."
Son Goku spoke as he appeared on Mount Donghua with Jiang Ming and White Lotus Flower.
"It has been many years, Great Saint. You have already attained true fruition."
The Donghua Emperor sighed with feeling.
He and Son Goku had met before, when Guanyin Bodhisattva's mount, the Golden-Haired Hou, had been released to serve as one of the trials on the pilgrimage for the scriptures. Worried that the Golden-Haired Hou would run wild, the Donghua Emperor had also given Lady Golden Saint a Rainbow-Colored Garment.
Once she put on that garment, no one except its owner could touch her.
And the owner of that Rainbow-Colored Garment was none other than the Donghua Emperor.
"Great Saint, let me introduce my youngest disciple, Biyou Fairy."
At that moment, the Donghua Emperor gestured toward a breathtaking fairy