Azure Ox Trapped Two Venerables with the Pagoda; Tathagata Compromised and Sent Golden Elixir Sand

"Of course. There's no need to mention me, Three Burials, or Little White Dragon-you already know we're at the peak of the mixed yuan golden immortal realm. You know Tianpeng too. Back in the Heavenly Court, he was a mid-stage great golden immortal, but now he's a mid-stage quasi-saint. And Juanlian? He was just a minor figure in the Heavenly Court, only a golden immortal. Guess what realm he's at now," Son Goku said.

"What realm?" Azure Ox asked curiously.

"Early Quasi-Saint," Son Goku said.

Azure Ox stared blankly at him. After a long moment, he said, "Please teach me, Great Sage."

"A piece of cake," Son Goku said.

With that, he took Azure Ox to the secret realm in Water Curtain Cave on Flower-Fruit Mountain in a flash and let him cultivate inside.

Three days later, Azure Ox successfully advanced to the late stage of the mixed yuan golden immortal realm.

Son Goku smiled at the sight. "As expected of a Saint's mount. Your talent really is extraordinary."

"You flatter me, Great Sage," Azure Ox said.

Afterward, everyone began playing along with Azure Ox's performance.

Son Goku swaggered onto Vulture Peak and shouted at Tathagata, "Old man Tathagata, we've run into trouble at Golden Helmet Cave on Golden Helmet Mountain. Are you going to help or not? If you won't, we're not going any farther. Whoever wants those scriptures can go fetch them!"

"Great Sage, with your divine abilities, is there any demon you cannot subdue?" Tathagata asked.

Son Goku grinned. "If I subdue every demon, what are you lot going to do? It's your Buddhist teachings that are spreading east, not mine."

"You have a point, Great Sage," Tathagata said. "In that case, I will send someone to subdue that demon, and you can continue west. How does