All eyes in the cage fell on the bead in Xiaodie's hand.

"Positioning bead? Little Butterfly, what is this?" Guanyin asked.

"It means locking onto the location of this world. Once it's crushed, the master will immediately know the coordinates of this world's plane. Oh, it means we can find this world," Xiaodie explained.

"How amazing! Such a treasure still exists in the world!" Guanyin exclaimed in amazement.

"Hehe, of course."

"By the way, how were you arrested, and how many people were arrested in total?" Xiaodie continued to ask.

"It is a strange and powerful existence. When those evil creatures descended on Mount Ling, although we took precautions immediately, those things were too strange, and some people even went mad. In desperation, Buddha could only convert the mad people."

"After only one day, our magical powers began to disappear, and we quickly turned into mortals. That strange and powerful being finally appeared. All the survivors of Mount Ling, including Buddha, had no chance to resist. When we woke up, we were here." Guanyin said sadly, her heart breaking as she recalled the tragic state of Mount Ling.

"Amitabha Buddha." The others chanted the Buddha's name, their expressions extremely sorrowful.

"I see. So other places probably had similar experiences to what you've been through." Xiaodie nodded.

"Yes."

"Is that thing very strong? Is it like those monsters outside?" Xiaodie pressed.

“No, it’s different. That thing is a person, or at least it looks like a person,” Guanyin hurriedly said.

"A person..." Xiaodie was somewhat surprised.

“Indeed, very strong, a very strong person. Even without losing their magic power, we are no match for them.” Guanyin said, a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Where is the Sage? Was the Sage also arrested?" Xiaodie then asked.

Guanyin Bodhisattva shook her head upon hearing this.

"I don't know, we didn't see the sage appear from beginning to end."

"Oh?" Xiaodie's eyes darted around.

"Oh dear, there's so little information. Should I break the bead?" Xiaodie muttered, looking at the bead in her hand.

Everyone looked at Xiaodie with hope, at the beads in her hand.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Xiaodie smiled.

"Hehehe... Don't worry, even if there isn't much information, it doesn't matter, Master is very strong."

After saying that, she exerted a little force with her little hand.

"Smack..."

The bead shattered instantly, and a wisp of spatial energy flickered past.

Meanwhile, at the center of the Demon Realm Continent, atop a noticeably thicker pillar, within the same prison cell, six people were imprisoned: the Moral Celestial Venerable, the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable, the Goddess Nuwa, the Buddha Tathagata, and the Jade Emperor.

The post-Journey to the West world where Wutian resides does not have the two Western Saints, and Lingbao Tianzun is not Tongtian Jiaozhu, making it a rather strange world in terms of its setting. For example, Taishang Laojun in the Heavenly Court is merely an avatar of Daode Tianzun. Daode, Yuanshi, Lingbao, and Nuwa are considered saints, and Buddhism is also subject to the constraints of these saints. At that time, Tathagata was summoned to the Outer Heaven by these individuals.

The Bodhi Patriarch, whom people are familiar with, is actually an incarnation of the Buddha. Lingtai Fangcun Mountain is an allusion to Mount Ling, which is why Bodhi did not allow Sun Wukong to reveal his sect.

The seven people sat in different corners of the cage. Compared to Guanyin Bodhisattva and Tang Sanzang, the seven of them seemed to be in better condition. There was even a table in the center of the cage, with various kinds of fine wine and food on it.

At this moment, the seven people had their eyes closed, as if they were in a meditative state, but soon a faint sound of footsteps came, and the seven people opened their eyes at the same time.

It was a figure shrouded in black mist, which slowly approached the outside of the cage.

"Alas, why must you do this? We will not agree to it," said the Celestial Venerable of Morality with a sigh.

The others also had determined looks in their eyes.

The black mist surrounding the figure slowly dissipated, revealing its true form. If Li Daoyi were here, he would definitely recognize it as the face of Hei Yi Wutian.

Tathagata looked at Wutian in black with a complicated expression. Of course, the other party was not Wutian, but an evil god who had taken over Wutian's body.

“You are all truly remarkable. Among the countless worlds I have conquered, there are very few like you. In your own words, you have a steadfast Dao heart,” the Black Demon God said.

"I have already expressed my goodwill. As long as you release your primordial spirits and become my subordinates, I will naturally release you. I might even restore your original abilities so that you can fight alongside me in other worlds. Wouldn't that be better?"

"Don't even think about it." Nuwa's beautiful eyes narrowed and she said coldly.

"Hahahaha, I have lived for countless years and seen all kinds of people. No matter how stubborn you are, you will eventually submit to me. I don't want to use force, I just don't want you to become those disgusting worms outside." The Black Demon God said, a look of disgust on his face.

Upon hearing him mention worms, a look of fear flashed across everyone's faces. They had personally witnessed many immortals and bodhisattvas being drained of their life force and transformed into disgusting worm monsters.

“Amitabha Buddha, all beings are equal, so why do you have to make things difficult for other worlds?” the Buddha said, his hands clasped together.

"Shut up, you fatso, you're disgusting!" the Black Demon God suddenly roared.

"..." Buddha's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

"You hypocrite, you still have the nerve to talk about equality for all beings? The memories within this body are utterly disgusted with you. What kind of bullshit Buddhism is this?" the Black Demon God said with revulsion.

"Hmph, this is my last chance for you. Think it over carefully, or I'll have no choice but to turn you into those worms." With that, the Black Demon God vanished in a cloud of black mist.

Inside the cage, everyone remained silent. They weren't afraid of death, but they were afraid of living a life worse than death. They simply couldn't accept becoming those worm-like monsters.

"Sage, your calculations back then were indeed correct, but we never imagined that the great calamity of the Three Realms would have such a profound impact," Buddha sighed.

"No," said the Celestial Venerable of Morality.

“This great calamity is different from what we predicted back then.”

"Hmm?" Buddha and the Jade Emperor exchanged a glance, then couldn't help but look at the Moral Celestial Venerable.

"Yes, back then, there was a change in the celestial phenomena. My fellow disciples and I deduced the future and concluded that a great calamity would befall us, but this calamity would not affect the Three Realms, but only your Buddhist sect," Nuwa said.

"My Buddhist sect..." Buddha murmured.

"But this time, things have clearly far exceeded our predictions from back then, and they came too suddenly. They are obviously not the same," Nuwa continued.

“Wu Tian kept saying that someone would avenge him while he was imprisoned. I pressed him for the identity of that person, but he didn’t tell me,” said Tathagata.

"Alas, discussing these things now is irrelevant. What's important is how to break this situation? Are we really going to have to submit to this monster?" the Jade Emperor sighed.

"whee..."

Just then, a laugh rang out. The group looked outside and saw a pink butterfly fluttering towards the cage.

The group stared at the butterfly in astonishment. It was the first time in twenty years they had seen anything with color, especially a colorful butterfly.

Little Butterfly flapped her wings and flew into the cage. Her petite body slowly hovered in mid-air, her eyes surveying the group.

"Which of you is the saint?" Xiaodie asked, tilting her head.

"How could there be a little demon here?" the Jade Emperor asked in surprise.

"Pah, pah, pah! You're the little demon! He's the Crimson Corpse God!" Xiaodie was immediately filled with shame and indignation upon hearing this.

"Uh..." The Jade Emperor was stunned.

"Oh, I know you! You're Buddha, right, the Buddha with a head full of bumps?" At this moment, Little Butterfly's eyes lit up, and she flew to Buddha's side, excitedly saying.

"Amitabha Buddha, who are you?" the Buddha asked awkwardly.

"My name is Xiaodie. Do you have any saints here?" Xiaodie asked, then looked at the others.

“We will wait,” said the Supreme Lord of Morality in a deep voice.

"Ha, I've been looking for you all this time, and you're actually here!" Little Butterfly laughed. Then she flapped her wings and flew towards the group.

"What are you trying to do? What tricks is the evil god up to now?" Lingbao Tianzun said in a deep voice.

"The Demon God? Is that the guy who just went out and looks exactly like Wutian? I'm not one of his people, I'm from your world." Xiaodie shook her head.

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately invigorated, staring at Xiaodie in disbelief. She actually knew Wutian.

"You...you're really not a demon?" Nuwa exclaimed in surprise.

"No, I just came from Guanyin Bodhisattva's place. I searched through several cages before finding this place," Xiaodie said.

After saying that, Xiaodie flew back to Nuwa, stopped in front of her, and looked at her curiously.

"You should be approaching the Goddess Nuwa."

“Exactly.” Nuwa nodded, revealing a gentle smile.

"Yes, don't worry, Master will come to rescue you soon," Xiaodie nodded and said.

After speaking, she slowly fell into Nuwa's arms.

"I'm going to take a nap."

Nuwa's beautiful eyes lit up as she looked at the little butterfly figure in her arms, who had fallen asleep so easily. Then she looked up at everyone.

A glimmer of hope flashed in everyone's eyes. Although they didn't know who the master she was talking about was, they were finally given a sliver of hope.