Others follow advice and imitate celebrities, but you start by pretending to be a god?

As Venus spoke, his white hair fluttered, and his aged eyes shone with wisdom—the marks left by time and the sedimentation of years!

Didn't you want to stop it?
Didn't you want to hide your identity?
Then I will use the entire human race of Jambudvipa as bait!
Then I'll see how you try to stop me!

This time, having reaped the fortune of humanity, my Heavenly Court will not only return to its peak, but also thoroughly expose your true colors!
It is now certain that the human race of the Tang Dynasty has some connection and cause and effect with the mastermind behind the scenes!
They used the entire human race of Jambudvipa as bait to lure out the mastermind behind it all...

Li Jing frowned slightly, feeling that something was amiss.

They were too eager for quick success.

In the end, however, he did not stop it, because the time left for the Heavenly Court was indeed running out. The Heavenly Mandate had decreed that Buddhism would prosper and rise to power, and that immeasurable calamity was about to arrive.

The Heavenly Court must act quickly!
Therefore, Li Jing simply watched as the messenger relayed the order.

"Has the Celestial Hound been captured?" Li Jing asked. "He's colluding with the mastermind. If we find him, we might be able to uncover some information related to the mastermind."

“Nothing was found.” Venus shook his head slightly. “Even Yang Jian couldn’t get anything out of him in the Heavenly Prison. Many gods have different opinions.”

Li Jing nodded slightly: "After all, he made many contributions and achieved great feats in the Investiture of the Gods, and he was also incredibly brave."

"But in my opinion, what difference would it make if we killed him?"

"He's just a half-step Taiyi."

Li Jing spoke slowly, his expression calm.

Venus remained noncommittal, neither agreeing nor disagreeing: "How are the Heavenly King's preparations for the execution of the Four Seas Dragon Kings?"

"It has been set for ten days from now. The Heavenly Court has indeed suffered a defeat this time, and it is necessary to execute the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas to save face."

"The Peach Banquet will continue."

"Although we must reap the benefits of humanity's fortune, the search for the mastermind behind this must not stop."

Li Jing nodded, and he and Taibai Jinxing slowly walked to a pavilion and sat down.

A beautiful fairy maiden stepped forward and respectfully served refreshments and tea.

Li Jing picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and then spoke.

"Has the Buddhist sect made any moves recently?"

The moment Buddhism was mentioned, Venus's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Not long ago, the Buddhist sect sent a representative to announce their decision to attend the Peach Banquet, and took the opportunity to thoroughly ridicule many members of the Heavenly Court's Xuanmen sect.

The tone was so offensive that it disgusted many of the celestial beings.

Venus took a deep breath.

"There has indeed been some news about Buddhism recently. Do you still remember General Curtain Roller?"

"The Curtain-Rolling General? Is that the heavenly general who broke His Majesty the Jade Emperor's crystal cup at the banquet?" Li Jing was taken aback and frowned slightly.

"I remember he was banished to the mortal realm and exiled to the Flowing Sand River, right? What does that have to do with Buddhism?"

Venus nodded.

"It's this roller blind; it seems to be the next of the eighty-one tribulations in Buddhism."

"The next challenge?!" Li Jing was startled, then quickly did some calculations, and his expression immediately brightened!

Based on the current route taken by Tang Sanzang and his disciples...

It seems the next stop really is Liusha River!

“If it is the Curtain-Raising General, he belongs to the Heavenly Court and there will be no major karmic consequences. Could we go down and cause a little trouble, and disrupt the Buddhist journey to the West?” Li Jing’s eyes flickered.

"Naturally."

"The Curtain-Roller was originally a deity banished from Heaven. If he were to go down and cause trouble, there would be no karmic consequences."

"This time we need to send a few deities down to cause some trouble. At the very least, we need to keep the Buddhist sect from having time to worry about itself, so they won't disturb our Heavenly Court's harvest of fortune in the Southern Continent," said Venus, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“Okay.” Li Jing nodded.

"But where did you get this news from? I didn't know about it."

"It was a message brought back by the Moon Goddess Chang'e from the Moon Palace a few days ago."

"It seems to be her pet jade rabbit, which she found while wandering around the mortal realm... I must say, although this little jade rabbit is just a pet, it can actually help my Heavenly Court at crucial moments."

"I hope there are more gods like this, and none of them are as immoral and rebellious as that Howling Celestial Dog. Only then can my Heavenly Court prosper!"

In the Heavenly Court, numerous deities, following the orders of Venus, were carrying out various plans in a flurry of activity...

Meanwhile, in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Xiaotianquan and the others finally had some free time.

"Phew, Senior Brother is indeed Senior Brother. That one move is worth more than ten days of our aimless wandering." Bai Lu let out a long breath and collapsed to the ground.

The Celestial Hound and the Jade Rabbit were in no better shape; they too collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

With the execution of the Four Dragon Kings imminent, the Celestial Hound and the Jade Rabbit met the little white dragon who had come looking for them. They learned that the Dragon Clan was planning a rebellion, and that even the old Dragon King had already gone to the Heavenly Court.

After some discussion, the group came up with a plan.

Afterwards, the White Dragon continued his journey westward to carry out the secret plan, while the Celestial Hound and the others were busy planning to rescue Yang Jian and the Four Seas Dragon Kings.

As a result, many inexplicable changes occurred within the Tang Dynasty's borders halfway through the journey, and numerous wronged souls and vengeful ghosts appeared out of nowhere in various corners of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Three Realms today, although the human race is numerous, there are actually very few who are capable of cultivation.

Apart from the Western Liang Women's Kingdom, the vast human realm has only a handful of human cultivators.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, the most prosperous period for humankind, there were only a little over a hundred cultivators.

They are still distributed across a vast territory.

Refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness...

Among the three realms, the highest cultivation level is only the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm. How can one deal with tens of thousands of ghosts?
In addition, Li Shimin had just passed away, and Li Chengqian had too many political affairs and matters to take over before so many things happened.

He had no choice but to ask for help from Xiaotianquan and others.

As a result, Xiaotianquan and his companions were extremely busy and overwhelmed.

Fortunately, it was Ying Zheng who intervened and killed all the wronged souls and evil spirits within the entire Tang Dynasty with a single blow. Otherwise, it's estimated that Xiaotianquan and his few companions would have been driven to despair.

"Senior Brother has finally come out. If it weren't for Senior Brother being here, there would probably have been a huge mess." Jade Rabbit breathed a sigh of relief.

"Does Senior Brother know what happened? What exactly is going on with the humans in this Tang Dynasty territory?" Howling Celestial Dog asked in confusion.

When it went to meet the Heavenly Court before, it didn't happen to be there when the Heavenly Court discussed the plans for the human race, so it was also unaware of them.

Later, Xiaotianquan learned from the disciples of many Taoist temples that the senior brother they were talking about was actually the First Emperor of Qin, the first emperor of all time.

When he first found out, Xiaotianquan was quite surprised.

After all, he swept across six kingdoms single-handedly without any cultivators. Even the existence of the Howling Celestial Dog must have heard of this.

Then, upon learning that his senior brother had comprehended the secret techniques of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, he was even more shocked.

It's important to understand that the books in the Hongmeng Library aren't something you can comprehend just by reading them; it depends on opportunity and talent.

It's not that you can acquire any kind of Taoist technique just because you want to. Many disciples know how powerful the Desolate Heavenly Emperor is in the novel Perfect World, and many disciples also want to learn his Taoist techniques. However, they either lack talent or the right opportunity.

Only the eldest brother, Ying Zheng, successfully comprehended it!
"Forget it, with someone like this around, we don't need to worry. You can just follow me and cause chaos in the Heavenly Court in peace!" said the Celestial Hound, his eyes shining brightly. "Once we rescue Yang Jian, we'll head back to the Daoist temple to visit our master."

"By the way, Jade Rabbit, have you really prepared what I asked you to prepare?"

The Jade Rabbit rolled its eyes. How many times had the Celestial Hound asked this question? "Of course it's all taken care of. It's just an envelope. I've put it somewhere that Sister Chang'e will definitely see it."

At this moment, the Jade Rabbit naturally had no idea that the Celestial Hound had "sold" her, and was still asking curiously in a daze.

What exactly did you write in there?

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed." The Celestial Hound smiled smugly, standing upright in his floral shorts. "Now that everything is arranged, we can proceed with the plan."

Upon hearing Xiaotianquan's words, Bailu immediately narrowed his eyes.

"Howling Celestial Dog, your plan isn't exactly like ours—to sneak into the Heavenly Prison and secretly rescue people, is it?"

“I told you that if we did that, we'd die there…”

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Hound became extremely smug: "White Deer, you underestimate me too much. Do you think I could use such a superficial plan?"

"Hmph, with my meticulous plan, even if it's just the few of us going, it'll be enough..."

"Just you wait and see..."

"The matter of rescuing the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and Yang Jian is now in my hands!!"

Without further delay, the Celestial Hounds and their companions began their infiltration towards the Heavenly Court...

Meanwhile, on the westward journey, far from the Southern Jambudvipa of the Great Tang Dynasty.

The area near the Liusha River.

Sun Wukong, carrying his golden cudgel on his shoulder, walked at the very front.

In the middle, Tang Sanzang is riding a horse and carrying a shoulder pole.

And in the back.

The White Dragon and Pigsy were walking along, secretly discussing something.

Having just returned from discussing matters with the Celestial Hound in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the White Dragon squinted and nudged Pigsy on the shoulder: "Brother Pig, proceed according to plan later."

Pigsy's face darkened, and he lowered his voice: "You rogue dragon, are you sure this will be alright? Robbing the Heavenly Prison is a serious crime!"

The little white dragon rolled its eyes: "You don't need to fight. The next challenge will most likely be in the Flowing Sand River area ahead. We need to go there and cause trouble, the bigger the better."

"Then attract the attention of the Heavenly Court, and preferably also the attention of Buddhism."

"Try to get them to fight each other, the more fiercely the better."

"This way, the Heavenly Court will be safer."

Pigsy rubbed his face, somewhat helplessly: "I still don't think it's very reliable, but since you said so, let's give it a try."

Little White Dragon nodded vigorously.

Then the White Dragon stepped forward, rubbed his face, put on a serious expression, and said to Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang.

"Bald monk, monkey, there's a demonic aura ahead, be careful!"

Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang were taken aback.

Is there something evil?
"It's near that quicksand river up ahead!"

“Take a closer look!”

Pigsy also spoke with a solemn expression.

Sun Wukong opened his Fiery Eyes with suspicion and looked into the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Is there really a trace of demonic energy?
And it seems it's not weak at all?
Sun Wukong took out his golden cudgel, and was about to say that he would go up and take a look, when he saw two streaks of light shooting into the sky behind him!

"Monkey, keep a close eye on your master. I'm going to take a look!"

"We'll be right back!"

The White Dragon and Pigsy let out a long roar and charged straight out.

Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang looked completely bewildered.

These two guys...

When did you become so diligent?

With Pigsy and the White Dragon leaving, the Arhat with the alms bowl, who was hanging in the air far away and watching the journey to the West, became solemn!

The Flowing Sand River is just ahead!

As one of the eighteen Arhats of Buddhism, he knew exactly what the Flowing Sand River represented!
General Curtain Roller, Sha Wujing!
This is another of the eighty-one tribulations, and it is the last piece of the puzzle to complete the group of Tang Sanzang and his companions on their journey to the West. It is of utmost importance to enhance the fortune of Buddhism!

Is this crucial trial finally about to begin?
Let's go and take a look!
We absolutely cannot let things go wrong like before!
Just as the Arhat with the alms bowl was following behind the White Dragon and Pigsy, heading towards the Flowing Sand River.

Above the Flowing Sand River, a sword light descended from the sky!

The earth trembled, and light surged forth. As the figure appeared, the entire Flowing Sand River fell silent.

This is a symbol of the figure's strength.

Lu Dongbin, tall and slender, stood on a celestial sword, bathed in divine light, and gazed at the Flowing Sand River with his chin held high, nodding slowly.

Is this where the roller blind was demoted?
How exactly should we persuade him to disrupt the Buddhist journey to the West...?

Enveloped in mist and clouds, ethereal and unpredictable.

Lü Dongbin stood on the turbulent Liusha River, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

Although he has joined the ranks of gods and immortals, he still harbors an unyielding attachment to the human race.

Rather than venturing into the underworld, disrupting the human race's six paths of reincarnation, and turning the entire Jambudvipa into a ghost realm, he preferred to take advantage of this opportunity to disrupt Buddhism.

"However, this General Curtain-Roller and I were not exactly on good terms in the past."

"I wonder if I can persuade him..."

"Shall we try shouting first? But I'm afraid we'll be met with a closed door..."

Just as Lü Dongbin was pondering how to summon the Curtain-Raising General...

In the sky not far away.

The White Dragon and Pigsy are rushing here.

The two men moved stealthily, concealing their presence, and proceeded cautiously.

The White Dragon asked, "Brother Pig, has that bald Buddhist monk caught up with us?"

Pigsy replied, "We're following!"

Little White Dragon exclaimed excitedly, "Well done!"

"Judging by the time, some gods from Heaven should be descending by now! Let's charge straight there!"

After saying this, the two arrived near the Liusha River and happened to catch a glimpse of a figure on the river in the distance, taking a deep breath, his brows furrowed, as if deep in thought.

really!

It's true that some deities have descended to interfere with the Buddhist Journey to the West!
The Celestial Hound's plan worked!
Witnessing this scene, the little white dragon was overwhelmed with excitement.

Meanwhile, Pigsy, who was standing to the side, observed intently for a while, and then his eyes suddenly lit up!
That was... Lü Dongbin?

Without even thinking, Pigsy opened his throat and roared!
"Hahaha, Lü Dongbin, long time no see!" (End of Chapter)