All realms have enabled me to achieve the Great Dao.

Zhou Yongcheng brought Sun Wukong to an unknown world.

At this moment, they were at the center of the underground spiritual vein, which was where Zhou Yongcheng used to cultivate. However, it was no longer useful. The spiritual energy in this world was at the acquired level, and acquired spiritual energy had no effect on immortals. Even if they absorbed all the spiritual energy of this top-grade spiritual vein, they might not be able to increase their cultivation level by even a little. This was the difference between innate and acquired spiritual energy.

"Where is this?" Sun Wukong asked.

“It’s an unknown world. Our conversation here shouldn’t be noticed by anyone,” Zhou Yongcheng said. Back in Heaven, he didn’t even know if Haotian and Taishang had overheard his conversation with Sun Wukong.

Zhou Yongcheng overestimated the importance of the Monkey King in some people's eyes. Although the Monkey King is the protagonist of Journey to the West, he is not necessarily the protagonist. It is just that the Monkey King was transformed from the five-colored divine stone left over when Nuwa repaired the sky. He has a certain amount of merit and fortune, was born and raised by the earth, and has divine light. That is why he was chosen as one of the protagonists of Journey to the West.

Moreover, with such low cultivation levels, what trouble could the monkey possibly cause in Heaven? If it weren't for the agreement with Buddha that Heaven would share some of the merits, they wouldn't be willing to come and play the monkey.

"What exactly do you want to tell me?" Sun Wukong was extremely curious.

Zhou Yongcheng casually cast a spell, and two chairs appeared in the space for Sun Wukong to sit down. Then, Zhou Yongcheng took out his phone and started watching Journey to the West with Sun Wukong.

The video they were watching was streaming at a very fast speed. Zhou Yongcheng had the Red Queen speed it up several hundred times, but given their cultivation level, it was almost the same as watching normal television.

Sun Wukong initially found it very interesting, but when he saw the stone monkey being born, he was not calm. Wasn't this him?

He then saw the entire process of going to learn from a master, which was exactly the same as his own experience.

Until he asked the Heavenly Emperor to appoint him as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and to guard the Peach Garden.

When the peaches ripened, the Queen Mother held a grand peach banquet, inviting many immortals from the Heavenly Court.

Sun Wukong, dissatisfied with not being invited to the Peach Banquet, ruined the event by going to the Peach Garden and eating peaches by himself, and then made his monkey followers come up and pick peaches as well.

Then came the havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He broke into the place where Laozi was refining pills, ate all the pills that Laozi had made, and then returned to Flower Fruit Mountain.

Not long after returning to Flower Fruit Mountain, many celestial beings from Heaven came to capture Sun Wukong.

However, none of the celestial beings in Heaven were a match for Sun Wukong. In the end, he was captured by Laozi and thrown into his alchemy furnace.

Inside the alchemy furnace, the monkey not only greatly increased his cultivation level but also developed fiery eyes. With his formidable power, he escaped the furnace and swept through the Heavenly Court.

Just as Sun Wukong was about to defeat the Heavenly Emperor, Buddha arrived.

Buddha lost a bet with Sun Wukong and was imprisoned under the Five Fingers Mountain by Buddha.

The painting was still flowing rapidly. Five hundred years later, a monk passed by and broke the seal. He then recognized the monk as his master and went with him to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures.

The journey to the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures involved eighty-one tribulations. After several of these tribulations, Guanyin gave the monk a golden headband to put on Sun Wukong.

Then the golden headband turned into a flower wreath, which the monk personally put on Sun Wukong's head, and then it turned back into a golden headband.

When Sun Wukong misbehaves, the monks recite the Tightening-Headband Mantra, causing Sun Wukong's head to ache terribly.

Along the way, they acquired another pig and a person.

During their journey, they encountered many monsters, and Sun Wukong was basically no match for them, so he had to run to the Heavenly Court for help.

When Sun Wukong saw the Six-Eared Macaque appear, he was somewhat incredulous that there was actually a monkey in the world just like him.

Finally, he saw a monkey being easily killed by Buddha, which terrified him. Was Buddha really that powerful?

The scene moves at lightning speed, and in the end they obtain the true scriptures and are sealed as Buddhas.

Zhou Yongcheng turned off the screen and put away his phone.

"Great Sage, what are your thoughts?"

The monkey seemed lost in thought. Zhou Yongcheng expected him to fly into a rage, but to his surprise, he remained calm.

"Can you tell me just how powerful the Heavenly Court and Buddhism are?"

After watching the TV series Journey to the West, he realized that the Heavenly Court and Buddhism were not as simple as he had imagined. They were not as weak as he had seen. In the show, he saw that he couldn't even beat their pets, let alone the real people.

"The realms of immortals, from lowest to highest, are Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Daluo Golden Immortal. Above these are Quasi-Saints and Saints. The Heavenly Emperor and Tathagata should be at the peak of Quasi-Saint level. Other emperors should also be at the Quasi-Saint level, not much weaker than the Heavenly Emperor. The ancient Buddhas in Buddhism are roughly Quasi-Saints. As for figures like Erlang Shen, Nezha, and Guanyin, they should be at the Daluo Golden Immortal level, and not just any Daluo Golden Immortal. They are very strong. Apart from the minor soldiers and generals in the Heavenly Court, their cultivation should not be lower than that of Golden Immortals. And your master, Patriarch Bodhi, is one of the three corpses of the Western Saints. In terms of cultivation, he is even more powerful than Tathagata."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong felt a chill run down his spine. He remembered how arrogant he had been back then, how domineering he had been in the Heavenly Court.

Why would they do that?

"Didn't you just see what happened? Western Buddhism has taken a liking to you and wants you to be the one to retrieve the scriptures. It was all arranged before you were even born."

Sun Wukong slumped in his chair. "What should I do? They are so strong. I, Old Sun, will definitely be suppressed by Buddha and then controlled to become a pilgrim. I, Old Sun, don't want to be a pilgrim. I have no freedom at all."

"Great Sage, I have some ideas."

"Tell me quickly! As long as I don't have to be a pilgrim, I'm willing to do anything!" Sun Wukong asked impatiently.

"How about I take you to other worlds? You can live freely in other worlds."

"No, no, I still prefer Flower Fruit Mountain." Sun Wukong didn't want to leave Flower Fruit Mountain, nor did he want to wait for his monkey followers.

"Then there's only one word: 'hide.' As long as you don't cause trouble, obediently guard the Peach Garden in Heaven. Don't worry if they don't invite you to the Peach Banquet. After all, you can still eat peaches in the Peach Garden. Then calm down and cultivate to become stronger. If possible, resign from your post in Heaven and stop serving as an official, because guarding the Peach Garden is very risky. Then return to Flower Fruit Mountain and stay there."

If Sun Wukong could cultivate to the Great Luo Realm before the Journey to the West began, he would have a little bit of say, and at that time, Buddha and the others might have to consider finding a new person to take the pilgrimage.

In fact, the most important member of the four-person pilgrimage group is Tang Sanzang. Tang Sanzang is the core of the pilgrimage group. After all, Tang Sanzang is the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi and was specially arranged by Buddha. The other three are just supporting characters, replaceable, and minor roles arbitrarily assigned by the big shots to earn merit for the Journey to the West.

"Is there a better way?"

"No, unless your cultivation reaches the heavens and you can reach the level of the Heavenly Emperor or Tathagata, then you can walk around freely in the Heavenly Court and the Earthly Immortal Realm."

Sun Wukong was helpless. "If I, Old Sun, hadn't caused so much trouble in the Heavenly Palace, would I have been able to avoid being suppressed?"

"Not necessarily. What if they want to force you to take action, and you can't help but do so? Then they will have a reason to suppress you, and you will still be forced to become a pilgrim."

"Let's leave it at that for now and go back. If we disappear for too long, we might attract the attention of the Heavenly Court."

Sun Wukong became cautious at this point.