"Amitabha..."
Tang Sanzang was at a loss for words.
Sun Wukong swiftly retrieved the bundle containing the cassock from the two terrified old men and returned it to Tang Sanzang.
" Little Tang, take a look and see what's missing."
"Well..." Tang Sanzang noticed that many people were staring at him from afar, and decided it would be best to make a quick getaway.
" Little Tang, what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and look!" Sun Wukong said impatiently.
" Wukong, don't you think the atmosphere is very strange right now? These two suddenly died in the street, and we're probably involved." Tang Sanzang frowned, put down his bundle, sat cross-legged on either side of the two animals, and began chanting sutras for their salvation.
The sunlight was blocked by dark clouds, and a cold wind blew.
Although Sun Wukong in this world did not experience being tempered in the Eight Trigrams Furnace to gain Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, because he cultivated the Deva Path Undying Body passed down by Xiao Tian, his eyes could see up to the Thirty-Three Heavens and down to the Nine Netherworlds, and he saw the arrival of the Gou Hun Horse-Face and the Ox-Head.
"You two! Don't rush to take their Gou Hun! Let them live a little longer! I, Old Sun, still have things to take care of with them!"
Those in the distance stared in disbelief as Sun Wukong, with his hairy face and thunderous mouth, spoke to thin air.
"Is this guy an idiot?! Talking to ghosts?"
"Go report this to the authorities right away!"
Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, Ox-Head and Horse-Face sneered, saying disdainfully, "We are Reaping Soul Envoy from the Underworld."
Sun Wukong rushed forward and kicked him twice.
"Ah!" "Ah!"
Ox-Head and Horse-Face hadn't expected Sun Wukong to be able to attack them. They weren't like ghosts; they were netherworld creatures, and only special magic could harm them. This was the law protecting these laborers in the Underworld.
"Back in the day, I, Old Sun, beat up a whole bunch of Ox-Head and Horse-Face, judges, and ghost King Yama. Even that old bastard Yama treated me with respect. And you two greenhorns dare to show me no respect at all! Humph!"
Upon hearing this, the two Ox-Head and Horse-Face were terrified, remembering the demon monkey who had wreaked havoc in the Netherworld years ago.
"Grandpa Monkey! Please forgive us! We'll do as you say right away!"
"Hurry up!"
The Ox-Head and Horse-Face demons kicked the souls of the wicked couple, who were imprisoned in place, back into their bodies.
"Grandpa Monkey, they only have three days left to live. We'll take them away after that."
"Three days is enough, you can leave now!" Sun Wukong waved his hand, and in an instant, the two Ox-Head and Horse-Face turned into black mist and fled underground.
After their souls returned to the world of the living and the dead, the wicked couple who had traveled between the realms of Yin and Yang opened their terrified eyes and immediately knelt before Tang Sanzang.
" Grandmaster, please forgive me!"
" Grandmaster, spare my life!"
" Grandmaster! It's because my husband and I have evil intentions; we don't want to die!"
Tang Sanzang cast an inquiring glance at Sun Wukong.
" Little Tang, these two wicked old men have accumulated a great deal of karmic debt from killing; they've killed at least a dozen people."
"Amitabha..."
As the officials arrived, the wicked couple, as if driven mad, confessed their sins and struggled in the officials' hands, begging Tang Sanzang for mercy.
" Grandmaster, please forgive us! We don't want to die!"
yamen.
"May I ask where the esteemed monk comes from? Those two old men have already committed a crime; this bundle should rightfully be returned to the esteemed monk." The county magistrate said to Tang Sanzang with a broad smile and a refreshed demeanor.
Those two villains were responsible for thirteen murder cases, all of which were unsolved. He solved all thirteen of them, and within a few days he would be promoted and become rich.
"This humble monk comes from the Great Tang of the Eastern Lands."
The county magistrate had never heard of the Great Tang; in the Earth Immortal Realm, the Great Shang Dynasty was the most renowned.
"Venerable monk, this is some silver. Thank you for helping to capture those two villains, which has brought justice to many people."
"Amitabha..." Tang Sanzang was about to refuse when Sun Wukong took it away.
"I'm short of money for food and drink, thank you very much, sir."
Afterwards, Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong left the government office. Through this experience, Tang Sanzang understood the importance of teammates.
Their journey to the Western Heaven continued. Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun's expression suddenly changed drastically, because his hidden plan had been ruined.
" The Deva Path!"
Hongjun was furious.
The Dao Ancestor was enraged, causing the Purple Cloud Palace to tremble. Countless Great Dao inscriptions pierced through the void, outlining the heavens, and appeared like a supernova in the boundless Chaos.
The saints were alarmed, not understanding what was happening.
" Hongjun, what's wrong?" Xiao Tian's projected avatar was puzzled. This Hongjun suddenly dared to directly confront the Deva Path, did he have a death wish?
Suddenly, the Eye of Deva Path appeared in the Purple Cloud Palace, its cold, indifferent gaze sweeping over the Sage present without uttering a word.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun's face was very pale, bluish-purple and black, and his body trembled with anger.
" Deva Path! You're being far too petty!"
The Eye of Deva Path appeared for one minute, then disappeared.
Apart from the furious Hongjun and the unresponsive projection of Xiao Tian, Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nüwa were all deeply shocked.
As Deva Path Sage, they are immortal and indestructible in all the myriad realms, possessing boundless magical power. They can easily kill many Quasi-Sage and Great Luo Golden Immortal with a single slap. However, just now, under the cold and indifferent gaze of the Eye of Deva Path, they felt as if their throats were being gripped by an invisible demonic claw, and their lives were being held in their hands.
"Fellow Daoist Hongjun, what's going on?"
Dao Ancestor Hongjun couldn't help but burst into maniacal laughter.
"Hahaha! What Dao Ancestor! What 'all below the Sage are ants'! Sage's majesty is inviolable'! What 'representative of the Deva Path '!"
" Deva Path! You have destroyed my Three Corpses! Today, I, Hongjun, swear a solemn oath! If I do not overturn this heaven and earth, I am not Hongjun!"
A deafening roar filled the air! The entire Purple Cloud Palace was cracking!
" Deva Path Sage! Hehehe! You, regardless of whether you are Fellow Daoist Xiao Deva Path who seems to be detached and not controlled by the Deva Path Dao, if Sage desires freedom and wants to continue cultivating, he absolutely cannot be suppressed by the Deva Path!"
At this moment, Dao Ancestor Hongjun was in a state of impotent rage, completely frantic, and left the dimly lit and collapsing Purple Cloud Palace.
Apart from Xiao Tian, all the saints were dumbfounded, stunned, and shocked by the sheer volume of information they had received.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao Deva Path, what about Dao Ancestor?" Zhunti looked at Xiao Tian.
After all, Xiao Tian was the first Sage in history to Attaining the Dao through Strength, and his strength was so great that he could not be considered Deva Path Sage.
As Sage achieved enlightenment through "loans" for excessive consumption, Zhunti his predicament.
"Do your job well, do what's appropriate for your level. Deva Path is fair and just, and everything is for the stable development of world order." Xiao Tian, that old silver coin, put on the hat of 'I am one of the people of the Primordial Heavenly Dao ' again.
"What Fellow Daoist Xiao Deva Path says is true. But if Dao Ancestor is like this, then what about the calamity that will follow..." Zhunti was troubled.
"The most crucial moment is now to overcome this Great Tribulation, and you Zhunti, are the core of this Great Tribulation. Come, come."
"What Fellow Daoist Xiao Deva Path says is true." Zhunti turned and glanced at the Three Pure Ones Nüwa.
"Good." Having no interest in watching Journey to the West, Taiqing Laozi left immediately.
The Dao Ancestor's sudden loss of composure and destruction of the Purple Cloud Palace was a devastating blow to him.
The same was true of Yuanshi and Tongtian.
After the Three Pure Ones departed, Nüwa and Xiao Tian's projected avatars vanished together, leaving Zhunti and Jieyin staring wide-eyed.
"The world might be heading into chaos."
"Elder brother, we must overcome this Great Tribulation as soon as possible and complete our journey to the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures."
The two brothers were somewhat worried that the Dao Ancestor might be colluding with the Chaos Otherkind.
After all, under such circumstances, even the Deva Path couldn't detect the Chaos Otherkind. The Dao Ancestor rebelled and became an enemy of the Deva Path. With the Deva Path's methods, finding the Dao Ancestor would definitely be a piece of cake.
The Dao Ancestor did not go to the Primordial World, but instead roamed freely in the Chaos.
The scope of Chaos is boundless. The Chaos that encompasses the entire Primordial is a small layer of Chaos barrier. Only by passing through this barrier can one enter the true Chaos.
" Hongjun! Once you leave the barrier layer, you will no longer be a Sage!"
The cold voice of Deva Path echoed in Hongjun's mind as he tried to escape.
"Hahaha! Deva Path! You've used me as a tool all these years! How many things have I done for you! How many traces of the Great God Pangu have I secretly destroyed for you, and all I wanted was a small wish—freedom! And this is what you did! Hahaha! This Primordial is better left untouched!"
"Puff!"
Hongjun severed his Dao Fruit, causing his cultivation to plummet to the Quasi-Sage. He then used the Jade Disc of Creation to strike the Chaos Barrier and plunge into the true Chaos.
" Hongjun! Out of consideration for your help over the years, I will spare your life. But if the Primordial reappears in the future, I will surely annihilate you."
"Right now, there's a lack of a representative for the Deva Path. Xiao Tian, this boy, Attaining the Dao through Strength his Primordial Unity through force and is difficult to control. Why not..."
The Pilgrimage Tower, the Eye of Deva Path appears.
" Xiao Tian, Hongjun, in his quest for power and transcendence of the primordial Primordial, attempted to control Primordial and defy the order of Deva Path. He colluded with Chaos Otherkind and has been executed. From now on, you will be the spokesperson for Deva Path."
A token bearing the ancient Great Dao inscription " Deva Path " appeared from the void and was delivered to one of Xiao Tian's countless clones.
"Rest assured, Deva Path! For the sake of the development of the Primordial, I will definitely restore its moral character and maintain order!"
The Eye of Deva Path has disappeared.
Xiao Tian chuckled coldly to himself.
"You bastard, just you wait. Soon enough, I'll take you down, you Primordial Heavenly Dao! A petty thief dares to commit evil deeds in this world."
The major events that occurred at the top of the Primordial world were not perceived by anyone except a few Sage, the three human emperors whose status was comparable to Sage, and even the various sect leaders and Peak Quasi-Sage figures.
In the Six Paths of Reincarnation of Houtu quietly combed her hair in her boudoir, her mind filled with the messages secretly sent by Dao Ancestor Hongjun after leaving the Primordial.
"Just focus on yourself, for the sake of the Witch Clan."
Kunlun, where the Three Pure Ones gather.
They could roughly guess what would happen to Dao Ancestor Hongjun after his mental breakdown and the destruction of the Purple Cloud Palace. At this moment, they all felt a chill in their hearts.
"This Sage, can it still be cultivated?" Heavenly Eye were filled with confusion.
Even someone as powerful as the Dao Ancestor is still so insignificant.
Suddenly, a Deva Path Token appeared in Kunlun, and the powerful Deva Path Pressure swept over the Three Saints, causing the Three Pure Ones Ones' expressions to change drastically.
"Has it been liquidated?!"
"My three fellow Daoists, guard your own roles and follow the Deva Path, only then can you accomplish great things."
Xiao Tian came to calm the Three Pure Ones's inner turmoil and first appease these three guys whose minds were not right.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao Deva Path, you are not one of us, how could you understand our current situation?"
"After all, you Attaining the Dao through Strength."
"Fellow Daoists, Hongjun's collusion with the Chaos Otherkind is an act of enmity against the Primordial and detrimental to all living beings! You three should clearly state your own stance! Remember, Pangu is one family!"
Xiao Tian's voice echoed within the Deva Path Token, causing the Three Pure Ones to be greatly shaken.
"Thank you for your guidance, fellow Daoist! We were almost thrown into disarray!"
The Three Pure Ones thought that Xiao Tian become the spokesperson for the Deva Path, and since he was also a descendant of Pangu, he was clearly closer to them than Hongjun, and there was no major conflict of interest between them.