Chapter 257 - 236: The City of Thunder is Hard to Tame
The Daoist Equal to Heaven and Wukong led Guanyin to the South Sea Ruins, where they met Ancestor Buddha Sakyamuni. It was then that Guanyin realized she had nearly made a grave mistake; while the Tathagata on Mount Meru planned to spread false scriptures to gain followers, she had been unwittingly aiding tyranny by wholeheartedly promoting the Journey to the West.
The three of them, hearing Siddhartha Gautama Buddha expressing his fear that someone might deduce their location through calculation, dared not stay any longer. The Daoist Equal to Heaven drew his bow and shot an arrow to break the Heavenly Dao restriction on the sea surface, and they made their escape from the sea.
Guanyin, seeing the Daoist Equal to Heaven bending his bow and shooting an arrow to break the sea surface, couldn’t help but marvel, "Was it you who last time shot an arrow that nearly killed the Jade Emperor and broke through the Southern Sky Gate?"
The Daoist Equal to Heaven couldn’t help but laugh, "Bodhisattva is indeed perceptive! It was indeed I."
Once the three of them left the South Sea, Guanyin said, "Now that the Journey to the West has been set in motion, Wukong, do you have any plans?"
Wukong replied, "Buddhism and Taoism will be competing during the Journey to the West, each employing their own methods. My mana is already that of a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Third Heaven, so I will go to the Sea of Thunder to temper myself further and reach another level! Then we’ll see who can match me! If someone from the Buddhist sect tries to block the way, I’ll just dispatch them directly."
The Buddhist sect had also planted some of its disciples along the Journey to the West path, a situation with complicated relationships that still needed to be deciphered.
Guanyin was shocked and said, "You’ve only been cultivating for such a short time, and now you’re about to become a Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal?"
Wukong nodded, "Mhm! My cultivation method is quite unique, and I’ve had access to plentiful resources, so advancing my realm has been easier."