Buddha Tathagata Comes to Their Aid
He then took out the letter he had prepared beforehand and handed it to his trusted confidant.
Tell him to deliver this envelope to the Buddha Tathagata in the Western Heaven Paradise.
That's right, he is none other than the ancient Grand Pure One Laozi, and his master is none other than Ancestor Hongjun, while the Buddha Tathagata of the West is the incarnation of Daoist Zhunti.
Since the Investiture of the Gods Immeasurable Tribulation, Grand Pure One Laozi has been the Taishang Laojun in the Heavenly Court, cultivating Tao and refining elixirs here until more than ten years ago, when his master, Ancestor Hongjun, suddenly approached him.
"Grand Pure One Laozi, I have something to tell you. It concerns a very important matter, and you must remember that there must be no mistakes."
"In the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars on the Mount Lingtai Fangcun in West Ox Hezhou, I took in a disciple named Sun Wukong. He is not human, but a monkey demon. However, he is no ordinary monkey demon; he is the Numinous Stone Monkey, one of the Four Monkeys of Havoc. He is a very key figure in this great event."
"I will now tell you about the plan; you must remember that there must be no mistakes."
After the Ancestor Hongjun finished speaking to Taijun and Laozi, he told Grand Pure One Laozi all his plans and asked him to cooperate with Zhunti Daoist Zhunti the Buddha Tathagata in the Western Heaven, to complete the task required for this stage.
The tasks depend on the circumstances, but the overall goal is the same: to strengthen the power of Western Buddhism.
However, the current situation is the time for Grand Pure One Laozi to take action, so he did not hesitate to send a message to Daoist Zhunti. He did not know what Daoist Zhunti's task was, but he only needed to tell Daoist Zhunti when the time was right that he should take action, and then Daoist Zhunti would act according to his master Ancestor Hongjun's plan.
At this time, the messengers sent by Taishang Laojun and the Jade Emperor to deliver messages to the Buddha Tathagata had already arrived in the Western Heaven. Taishang Laojun quickly went to deliver the message to the Buddha Tathagata in secret, and then left without saying a word.
"Finally, it's here."
Daoist Zhunti, also known as Buddha Tathagata, looked at the letter sent by Taishang Laojun, which contained only one line. "The time has come, it's your turn to act." Then he began to laugh.
However, not long after, a letter from the Jade Emperor requesting help arrived at the Buddha Tathagata. The Buddha Tathagata quickly took the letter, opened it, and saw that the Jade Emperor had only written one sentence on it.
"The Heavenly Court is in dire straits at this moment. We urge you to come to its aid immediately. If you assist us, we will be richly rewarded in the future."
The letter clearly reveals the anxiety the Jade Emperor felt when facing Sun Wukong.
"I'm on my way to help him, please don't worry."
After reading the letter, the Buddha Tathagata said something to the messenger sent by the Jade Emperor, and then summoned his mount, rushing towards the Heavenly Court at top speed.
In the blink of an eye, the Buddha Tathagata disappeared from the recruit's sight.
The Buddha Tathagata was incredibly fast; in just over ten breaths, he had traveled from his Western Heaven to this Heavenly Court.
Because the Jade Emperor had never fought against Sun Wukong, he was not very familiar with Sun Wukong's fighting style. He was repeatedly defeated by Sun Wukong's unexpected moves and was almost unable to hold on.
However, the Hall of Numinous Treasure, which Sun Wukong chose as their battlefield, had its roof blown off by the aftershocks of the battle. The surrounding area of Hall of Numinous Treasure was also in ruins, from which one could infer just how intense the battle between the Jade Emperor and Sun Wukong had been.
"Fall down!"
With Sun Wukong's shout, his Jingu Bang slammed down towards the Jade Emperor's head. The Jade Emperor, seeing this, hurriedly raised his sword to block, but he was already exhausted. Sun Wukong's blow disarmed him, and he was sent flying backward, crashing into one of the Zhuzi of the Great Hall of Numinous Treasure and losing consciousness.
After pushing the Jade Emperor to this point, Sun Wukong did not kill him. Instead, he took his Jingu Bang and began to demolish all the surrounding buildings. He did not intend to fight the Jade Emperor to the death, but he also did not want to let the Jade Emperor off the hook. So he decided to teach him a painful lesson. That is why Sun Wukong destroyed all the buildings in the Heavenly Court in such a violent way.
After Sun Wukong destroyed the remaining ruins of the Great Hall of Numinous Treasure, leaving only broken bricks and tiles, Sun Wukong was very satisfied with the state of the Great Hall of Numinous Treasure. He took his Jingu Bang and left, heading towards the nearest Great Hall of Complete Clarity.
At this time, the Buddha Tathagata had just entered through the Western Heavenly Gate, but when he arrived here, he was completely lost, because this Heavenly Court was nearly 10 times larger than his palace in the Western Heaven, and he had no idea where to find Sun Wukong.
Then he thought of the palace where the Jade Emperor often resided, the Hall of Numinous Treasure, and with a try-it-out mentality, he hurried towards the Hall of Numinous Treasure with all his might.
However, when he arrived at the location of the Hall of Numinous Treasure based on his memory, he found that it had already disappeared. All that remained of the original location of the Lingxiao Palace was a few piles of broken bricks and tiles, as well as several broken Zhuzi of varying heights. Under one of the Zhuzi, the Jade Emperor lay unconscious.
"You sent me to your aid, but when I arrived, why was your Hall of Numinous Treasure reduced to this state, and why are you lying under a broken Zhuzi? Who did all this? Where is the culprit?"
He quickly went over, helped the Jade Emperor up, and asked him questions after he woke up.
"The one who turned this place into this state was a monkey demon from Flower-Fruit Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom Eastern Continent of Divine Victory. He has now attained immortality and possesses considerable strength. I had intended to summon him before, but I never expected him to cause such a disaster in the Heavenly Court."
"Then he left the Heavenly Court and returned to his mountain to become his own mountain king. I was furious, so I sent an army to capture him. It took a lot of Niu Er and a long time, but we finally captured him."
"Then I used torture on him. However, the punishment officials tried every punishment in Heavenly Court on Sun Wukong —burning, wind, and Thunder Method. They used almost every punishment they could, but they couldn't leave a single mark on his body. Instead, he became even more arrogant."
"Just when I was worrying about how to deal with him, Daishang Laojun told me to take her to his Tushita Palace and throw her into the Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine her, which would kill her. I decided to give it a try and get rid of this menace."