Within just a few years of setting out, the scripture-fetching party had already crossed the Quicksand River and entered the Western Ox Continent.
It was worth mentioning that after eating the peach Xiao Tian had given him and receiving his guidance, Sun Wukong had become much more obedient and sensible once he was freed.
For Sun Wukong, the most painful thing in his life was not being pinned beneath Five-Finger Mountain for five hundred years, but Patriarch Bodhi driving him away and refusing to acknowledge him as a disciple.
With Xiao Tian's guidance, he understood that obediently accompanying Tang Three Treasures to the Western Heaven to fetch the scriptures was the right path, and also a test.
Xiao Tian had told him that once the scripture-fetching undertaking was successfully completed, he would allow Sun Wukong to return to the Crescent Moon Three-Star Cave.
The errand runner for this undertaking was still Bodhisattva Guanyin, otherwise known as Daoist Cihang. Both the Saint Laozi and her Master, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, had once advised her that only by joining the Western Sect would she have a chance to break through to the false saint realm.
Daoist Cihang now understood the Saints' guidance. If the scripture-fetching undertaking succeeded smoothly, she would receive an immense blessing of merit and fortune. Crossing the threshold of great luo golden immortal and stepping into primordial chaos golden immortal would then be just around the corner.
Others who had joined the Western Sect alongside Daoist Cihang included Daoist Samantabhadra, who became Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and Guangfa Heavenly Venerable Manjushri, who became Manjushri Bodhisattva. As for Cudgel-Sun, because he had been the first to join the Buddhist School and had "sacrificed" his direct disciple Tu Xingsun during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, he had broken through to primordial chaos golden