Faced with so many unanswered questions, Sun Wukong instinctively wanted to confront Guanyin.
But just then, the Future System intervened.
Images flashed through his mind, leaving him gritting his teeth, his eyes bloodshot.
In those images, Guanyin crushed him the moment he confronted her and placed the Tightening Curse on him.
She had killed the cowherd boy because he had given Sun Wukong food, disrupting the Western Lands' plan to make him suffer.
Sun Wukong did not doubt the Future System's visions for a moment.
Everything it had shown him before had come to pass.
Was he supposed to give up on revenge?
Was he supposed to let the only friend he had made in five hundred years die because of him?
No. Never!
But what could he do?
Five hundred years imprisoned beneath Five-Finger Mountain had taught Sun Wukong fear. Gone was his old headlong courage, the spirit that had once dared to tear open the heavens.
In the past, he would already have taken up the Ruyi Jingu Bang and demanded an explanation from Guanyin.
He would not still be hesitating like this.
Sun Wukong, are you still the Great Sage Equal to Heaven you once were?
Watching from the shadows, Thanos saw Sun Wukong's struggle and decided to push him harder.
He would either erupt in madness or fall silent beneath it.
The next moment, Sun Wukong found himself inside a new vision.
The sight of his future self stopped him cold.
He wore Buddhist robes and radiated Buddhist Light. His palms were pressed together, and his face was serene.
Is that my future self?
But as the vision continued, he realized something was wrong.
His future self seemed to have become the Buddhist Sect's enforcer.
At Buddha's command, he slaughtered members of the Demon