Chapter 115 - 113: The True Scriptures Shock the Buddha Ancestor
The Daoist Equal to Heaven left his Enlightened Dao Body to rest and recuperate in Flower-Fruit Mountain so that it could quickly return to its peak state. Meanwhile, he himself planned to make a name in the world before pledging loyalty to a lord in order to be entrusted with important duties.
Having acquired the physical body of Wuzhiqi and created an Enlightened Dao Body, the only task left was to slay the Six-Eared Macaque. However, the whereabouts of the macaque were unknown; whether it had been born yet or was already under Tathagata’s control was also a mystery.
Tathagata was a man of boundless ambition and was not lacking in cunning strategies. Even though Wukong was aware of his past and present life, he was not completely confident in dealing with him. The only method now was to continually enhance his own strength.
"Hmm? What’s happening with the Swallowing Dragon Stele?" The Daoist Equal to Heaven suddenly felt waves emanating from the Stele, pointing towards the south. When Wukong was captured and taken to the heavens, he had entrusted the Swallowing Dragon Stele and his Third Primordial Spirit to him.
The great battle of the Middle Ancient Times erupted in the War God Secret Realm of the North Sea but was not the end—another battle was about to break out in the South Sea.
The North Sea had Beiming, while the South Sea had Ruins. The Ruins, where all the waters of the world converged, were known as the Sea Eye of the Four Seas, shrouded in mystery.
The origin of the Swallowing Dragon Stele was mysterious, carved with heavenly runes acquired by the Human Emperor of the Xia Dynasty. He named highly skilled craftsmen and masters of Taoist arts to inscribe these runes. It was dubbed the "Xia Dynasty Dragon Seal" and was kept in the Imperial City to suppress the fortunes of the nation. Later, as Xia Jie lost his virtue, the Swallowing Dragon Stele flew away of its own accord. Each character inscribed on it was profoundly mysterious; even Confucius, learned as he was, could only decipher fragments of it.
The Daoist Equal to Heaven sensed the vibrations from the Xia Dynasty Dragon Seal, seemingly guiding him towards the South Sea, though he was uncertain of the meaning.
"Could it be that there is another ancient secret realm in the South Sea? That the ancient battles erupted there and the Swallowing Dragon Stele is guiding me to go?" the Daoist Equal to Heaven pondered secretly.
The Swallowing Dragon Stele was not a living thing, yet it could see through the origins of certain items—for instance, it revealed that he was brought back to life due to the Rebirth Box reversing time and space, and Tao Yao’s origin was due to being blessed with the first Seven-Color Divine Light between heaven and earth.
He indeed desired to find Subhuti, using the Swallowing Dragon Stele to sweep over him and see if he could discern Subhuti’s true form.