Li Ming instructed Xiaolongnu and Sun Wukong to find a place, give them a few brief instructions, and offer some suggestions.

Sun Wukong went back and studied the Golden Cudgel along the way, discovering that it could change size and even turn into an embroidery needle, which he could hide inside his ear.

He returned to Flower Fruit Mountain and began swinging his baton.

He got tired from practicing and fell asleep under a pine tree by the bridge. In his half-asleep state, he saw two people holding a document with "Sun Wukong" written on it. They walked up to him without saying a word, put a rope around him, pulled him up, and left.

He knew it was a ghost coming to take him, because Li Ming had told him that his lifespan was coming to an end.

After driving away the two ghostly spirits, he drew a circle around the edge of the entire mountain of flowers and fruits.

The words "Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven" are written on the edge of the circle, marking his place.

From then on, the ghosts of the underworld would be unable to enter, and all living beings on Flower Fruit Mountain would live forever.

The King of Hell was anxious and didn't know what to do. At this moment, he was invited to the Lingxiao Palace, accompanied by the Dragon King of the East Sea.

The Dragon King of the East Sea said that Sun Wukong did not cause a great disturbance in the Dragon Palace, but came to visit; the King of Hell said that Sun Wukong did not cause a great disturbance in the Underworld, but he fenced off Flower Fruit Mountain and forbade anyone from entering.

The Jade Emperor dismissed the Dragon King of the East Sea and the King of Hell from the underworld, and asked the opinions of the immortals.

Ultimately, everyone agreed that Sun Wukong deviated from the established storyline and was too arrogant, so they agreed to send troops.

The first batch of heavenly soldiers and generals descended and were wiped out.

The Jade Emperor planned to order Li Tianwang and Nezha to lead 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals into battle, only to remember that the father and son had already taken leave two days ago.

Actually, Li Tianwang and Nezha received a letter from Xiaolongnu a few days ago, asking them to take leave and go out. Xiaolongnu had helped Chentang Pass to bring rain, and they owed her a favor. They had to help her out no matter what.

The Jade Emperor dispatched other heavenly soldiers to lead 100,000 heavenly troops to descend upon Flower Fruit Mountain, only to be completely wiped out.

The third wave, under orders, Erlang Shen led the six brothers of Meishan, along with some elite troops, to attack Huaguo Mountain, where they were all wiped out.

The Heavenly Court was greatly shaken, and the Jade Emperor panicked.

Then, the Jade Emperor asked Laozi to invite Sun Wukong to the Heavenly Court for a private meeting. He said, "No matter who is backing you up, I have to tell you something very serious. You have to go to the Western Paradise."

Sun Wukong said, "I don't want to go."

The Jade Emperor then revealed the truth.

After hearing this, Sun Wukong was dumbfounded.

It turns out that the Jade Emperor wanted him to go to the Western Paradise as an undercover agent. He said that there were problems in the Western world recently and he wanted to send someone to the Western Paradise to take a look. Sun Wukong was the best entry point.

It requires Sun Wukong to cooperate and act.

The Jade Emperor said, "Do you want to know what problems the Western world has? If so, you must proceed according to the plan."

Just as Li Ming had predicted, both the Heavenly Court and the Western Paradise were scheming. In the end, the Monkey King agreed to join the game. Let's see what kind of tricks these people are up to.

However, the prerequisite is that the Jade Emperor must designate Flower Fruit Mountain, cease his attacks, and allow it to become a blessed land, free from the cycle of life and death.

The Jade Emperor said those were minor issues.

The agreement was reached, and the process continued. Sun Wukong entered Laozi's alchemy furnace not to gain fiery eyes, but to unseal his original eyes. When he was born, his eyes emitted two beams of golden light that shot into the heavens, startling the celestial court beyond the nine heavens. Later, when he ate earthly food and water, his eyes were sealed. Now, with the help of the alchemy furnace, they are unsealed again, and he will be named the Golden Eyes of Breaking Illusion.

Then Sun Wukong and the Jade Emperor drank tea in his palace while the havoc in the Heavenly Palace continued outside. But that was just a wisp of the monkey's incarnation, which had been blessed by Li Ming.

Seeing that the incarnations of Sun Wukong outside had been defeated, the Jade Emperor sent someone to the Western Paradise to invite the Buddha.

Upon hearing this, the Buddha, accompanied by Venerable Ananda and Venerable Kasyapa, arrived outside the Lingxiao Palace and ordered the fighting to cease. He then summoned Wukong to come out and see what abilities he possessed.

"What's with that incarnation of yours? Why can't I see through it?" The Jade Emperor looked at Sun Wukong beside him and said softly, "Is there some powerful figure helping you behind the scenes?"

"No," Sun Wukong said calmly as he drank his tea.

"Why does it feel like your avatar is stronger than your original body?" The Jade Emperor found it rather strange.

Sun Wukong smiled but didn't speak. He looked at his incarnation through a mirror. The Jade Emperor also stopped speaking. Suddenly, the man and the monkey froze.

Because the incarnation actually destroyed the Buddha's hand.

The Jade Emperor looked at Sun Wukong, his lips twitching, and said, "Your incarnation... something's not right? Make him withdraw his supernatural powers. If the fight continues, Buddha might lose."

Buddha lost.

How can the Journey to the West storyline continue?

If we don't open up, we won't know about the problems in the Western world.

Sun Wukong was stunned. He took a sip of tea and slowly said, "I didn't expect him to be so weak. It's alright, he's thick-skinned. Let's fight him for a while longer."

Bang.

Sun Wukong's incarnations are constantly fighting outside, and they are incredibly terrifying, like ancient gods, constantly slashing through the void.

With a single blow of the golden cudgel...

Half an hour later, Buddha, his face pale and stained with blood, finally managed to suppress Sun Wukong's incarnation under the Five Fingers Mountain after expending countless efforts (Buddha did not know it was Sun Wukong's incarnation), and hurriedly returned to heal his wounds.

"Things are all settled, it's time for me, Old Sun, to go."

"Could it be that he recognized you as an incarnation?"

"impossible."

If this incarnation only possessed his power, Sun Wukong felt it would be very dangerous. However, in addition to his own power, it also possessed some of the power of the immortals, so he could rest easy.

He transformed into an avatar to stand beneath the Five Fingers Mountain, while he himself continued his cultivation in the Flower and Fruit Mountain, striving to become stronger.

He felt that he was not strong enough yet.

He should be able to reach that level after another five hundred years of cultivation.

Sun Wukong thought to himself.

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