Buddha Tathagata's Decision

"The people at the banquet Law Power to blow away the steam they had created. After they did, they discovered something very interesting."

"At this banquet, even the originally dark-skinned Jidu Star Lord, along with the Jade Emperor and several others, had their skin lightened considerably by the steam generated by the two of them."

"You couldn't have been funnier at that moment."

As Nezha recalled the events, he recounted them to Sun Wukong, and then he laughed at himself.

"He can even turn the Jade Emperor's black face white?"

After listening to Nezha's words, Sun Wukong asked with a doubtful tone, clearly not believing the truth of the matter.

"Sigh, it's true. If you ever get rid of these constraints, you can go to the Heavenly Palace and see for yourself; his face is indeed much fairer than before."

Hearing Sun Wukong's questioning tone, Nezha immediately stood up, patted his chest, and assured Sun Wukong that everything he said was true.

"Okay!"

"I've heard enough interesting stories about Heavenly Court, but has anything significant happened in Heavenly Court in the last 200 years?"

Sun Wukong then inquired about the situation in Heavenly Court over the past 200 years.

"Great Sage, what's the big deal you're planning?"

Nezha inquired about the extent to which Sun Wukong wanted to hear these things.

"Is there anything that can rival my Heavenly Palace, or even surpass it?"

Sun Wukong told Nezha a criterion for judgment.

"This is a matter of this level... well, let me think about it."

Nezha hearing Sun Wukong's words, Sun Wukong sat down next to him, frowned, and rested his chin on his hand, lost in deep thought.

"Now that you mention it, I realize that nothing this big has happened in the Heavenly Court in the past 200 years. The biggest event was the mobilization of 300,000 naval troops by the Heavenly River."

"The commander of that 300,000-strong navy was Marshal Tianpeng. Ever since he was banished to the mortal realm by the Jade Emperor, the 300,000-strong navy has been leaderless."

"When Marshal Tianpeng was managing the 300,000-strong navy, he divided them into six armies, each with its own commander. These six commanders were directly under his command."

Ever since Marshal Tianpeng was banished to the mortal realm, these six commanders have been vying for the position of governor-general of the 300,000-strong navy.

"Fortunately, they still had some sense and didn't fight with their naval forces on the Heavenly River over the governorship."

"Otherwise, the Jade Emperor would probably have sent his men to eliminate all six commanders."

"Fortunately, all six commanders personally fought for the governorship, and the battle raged on the Heavenly River."

"It's ridiculous that it took the six of them three days to determine an internal winner, and the other five all accepted the winner as the governor."

"However, on the fourth day, all six of them went to report this matter to the Jade Emperor, hoping that the winner would become the governor."

"But the Jade Emperor told them that he had chosen a new governor for these six people and their 300,000-strong navy."

"I've never even seen that new governor in Heavenly Court. To put it bluntly, he's just a pawn of the Jade Emperor, who wants to use him to firmly control the 300,000 naval troops."

"However, the Jade Emperor miscalculated. As soon as the new governor took office, the six commanders gave him no shortage of setbacks."

"Therefore, the 300,000-strong navy lost its so-called governorship and was completely divided into six armies of 50,000 men each, each with a commander."

"Fortunately, when Marshal Tianpeng was still in office, he promoted these six commanders himself, and these six people had a good relationship in private."

"It's said that the 300,000-strong navy has split up, but in reality, nothing has changed. Normally, when these 300,000 naval troops are engaged in battle, they are all strategized and planned together by these six commanders."

"But the Jade Emperor's move not only failed to bring the 300,000 naval troops under his control, it also made them wary of him."

After thinking Nezha, Nezha told Sun Wukong what he considered to be the biggest event that had happened in recent years.

"I still find this whole thing kind of funny."

After listening, Sun Wukong paused for a moment, then muttered something under his breath.

"In the past 200 years, apart from this incident, everything else in Heavenly Court has been minor and insignificant."

"It's nothing, like gods arguing, having a fight, or having a disagreement."

"However, I recently heard from my second brother, Muzha, who is also the Pilgrim Hui'an under Bodhisattva Guanyin, that the Buddha Tathagata of the Western Heaven has announced something."

"He wanted to spread his Sanzang teachings, and he happened to foresee that several hundred years later, in the Great Tang of the Eastern Lands, there would be someone who would go through countless hardships to reach him and then bring the true scriptures back to spread them."

He then began preparing for this.

"Because the Buddha Tathagata could not leave the Western Heaven Paradise at will, he specially chose my second brother's master, Bodhisattva Guanyin, and asked him to make certain preparations for this."

The Buddha Tathagata gave Bodhisattva Guanyin Brocade Kasaya and a Nine-Ringed Monk's Spade, instructing her to keep them until the opportune moment arrived, at which point she could give them to the monk she had divined.

"If that monk uses it himself, and his determination to obtain the scriptures is firm, the robe will protect him and prevent him from falling into the cycle of reincarnation, and the staff will protect him and prevent him from being harmed."

When Nezha got to this point, his face was full of confusion. He didn't know why the Buddha Tathagata would suddenly make such a decision.

"Hey, what's next again?"

"Sigh, never mind, I'll show you the letter my second brother wrote for me. He wrote everything that happened in the letter."

Nezha tried hard to recall the decisions made by the Buddha Tathagata his second brother, Muzha, had told him. When he realized he couldn't remember, he took out the letter his second brother had given him from his pocket and handed it to Sun Wukong so that he could read it himself.

"Okay, let me see."

Sun Wukong was also somewhat curious about this action taken by the Buddha Tathagata.

Sun Wukong took the letter from Nezha, which was written to him by his second brother, and began to read it.

"Brother, it's as if we're meeting in person. Recently, the Buddha Tathagata in the Western Heaven suddenly made a decision..."

After watching the clip, Sun Wukong skipped it and went straight to where Nezha had paused.