Chapter 151: Fighting the Desire to Overcome All Buddhas
"I send you to Nirvana!"
Such a short sentence, six words long, how overbearing, how despotic! Tathagata, Burning Lamp, Maitreya—all among the top Primordial Golden Immortals—yet Wukong sought to send all three to Nirvana with his own power. To send the past, present, and future Buddhas of Spiritual Mountain to Nirvana? To outsiders, this surely seemed like a joke.
Tathagata rebuked, "How dare you, Victorious Fighting Buddha, commit such insolence!"
Wukong retorted, "Insolence? Buddha preached that all beings are equal. Although there are natural predators and prey, high and low statuses in the world, are not all things equal in Buddha’s eyes? Where is this insolence you speak of? Tathagata, you hypocritical Buddha, let me help you break through your delusions, and in your next life, may you achieve true Buddhahood!"
Having said that, Wukong didn’t speak further; the Jingu Bang in his hand transformed, growing thousands of feet long, and with one sweep, he turned the entire Great Thunderclap Monastery to ash.
At the sight, the faces of the three Buddhas flickered. The Great Thunderclap Monastery had just been demolished right before the eyes of the three Buddha Ancestors. It was a live slap in the face—not just a slap, but spit in the face as well.
"All delusions should not exist," Wukong’s voice was light, yet there was a peculiar charm to it. It seemed to resonate with the Way, roaring in the sky, carrying for tens of thousands of miles.
"Summon three thousand Buddhas to capture this fellow," Tathagata was furious and had already made his move.
Tathagata, holding a Vajra Pestle, took two steps over and struck down at Wukong’s crown. Instantly, Buddha’s Light burst forth, enveloping Wukong, then the Karmic Fire fiercely ignited—a flame that Tathagata had long cultivated and could control at will, fearing that slaying yet another body might taint him with karmic forces, a loss that would not be worth the gain.
Wukong formed a Dharma Seal with his left hand at his chest, the Immovable Fundamental Seal, and calmly said, "The Immovable Fundamental stands firm as a mountain, with Buddha forever in the heart. Such trifling karmic forces, what are they to me?"
All three Buddha Ancestors were astonished; this macaque was incredibly powerful. Even with the karmic forces burning his body, he still remained unmoved as a mountain.