The Battle in Journey to the West

Chi Songzi saved Enlightenment Dao. Po Xun and others, seeing that the situation had turned hopeless, no longer lingered and directly left Shennong’s Secret Realm.

However, they cautiously decided to linger on the outskirts of Mount Shu, ready to reduce Enlightenment Dao to dust if he emerged alone from Shennong’s Secret Realm. If Chi Songzi appeared together with him, they would simply leave.

After chasing those people away, Chi Songzi glanced at Enlightenment Dao and said, "It seems that the flesh body of the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey has been taken over by you."

Upon hearing this, Enlightenment Dao couldn’t help but be startled inside. Could it be that Chi Songzi wanted to reclaim this physical body?

Chi Songzi shook his head and said, "You need not worry. Although the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey Wuzhiqi was fated to meet me, his nature was too unruly. He caused great floods in the Nine Provinces and eventually brought about Yu the Great’s wrath. That too was destiny! Since you have obtained his flesh body and mastered the ’Divine Sky Torrential Rain’ supernatural power, you can be considered my disciple. I won’t trouble you over this."

Enlightenment Dao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Recalling how Wuzhiqi, after acquiring some skills, had stirred storms and floods, he felt a strange sense of familiarity. Hadn’t he himself done the same in the past? Gaining a little ability, feeling neither fear of heaven nor earth, then creating Havoc in Heaven and incurring Tathagata’s suppression.

But Wuzhiqi was formidable on his own, inciting floodwaters and angering Yu the Great, which ultimately led to his demise.

"When Wuzhiqi asked me to teach him Taoist arts, I was initially unwilling. But witnessing his sincere devotion, kneeling at my door year after year, and considering I had no successors, my heart softened and I passed on the ’Divine Sky Torrential Rain’ to him. Alas, that Macaca indeed turned out defiant, using my divine skills to wreak havoc rather than do good, which rightly led to his dire fate. Your acquisition of his body is also an act of destiny, haha!" Chi Songzi laughed somewhat helplessly.

Regardless of how it was put, Wuzhiqi was indeed a disciple of Chi Songzi, yet this disciple caused disaster and was slain by Yu the Great, which made Chi Songzi feel quite helpless.

Bowing deeply, Enlightenment Dao said, "In any case, I must thank you, Senior Chi Songzi, for your timely assistance. Otherwise, I might have fallen victim to those people’s hands."

This encirclement had been exceedingly dangerous, and a slight misstep could have resulted in turning to ashes. Although he had a total of three bodies, losing one would still be a tremendous loss. Moreover, with all nine Swallowing Dragon Steles in his possession, if they were taken by the Netherworld Blood Sea, where would he go to claim them back? If that Blood Sea Array were to be deployed, even a Saint might not wish to provoke them lightly.