"Huh? This time, it's not the Monkey King who received the most rewards, but Jin Chanzi. As expected, the Heavenly Dao is fair after all."
"Isn't that right? We toiled through countless kalpas, accumulating no small amount of merit, yet none of us ever received rewards as outrageous as the Monkey King's."
"Now, the Heavenly Dao has finally corrected itself, proving that the Heavenly Dao and the Dao Ancestor have not forgotten us, the three realms of Honghuang, nor have they shown favoritism."
"In that case, we should definitely participate in the remaining seventy-eight trials."
"I suppose no one will dare to cause trouble indiscriminately anymore?"
Perhaps everyone else, including the Six Sages, had no idea why the Heavenly Dao had suddenly granted Jin Chanzi more merit and publicly commended him.
They merely saw it as the Heavenly Dao restoring justice, and they revered and respected it immensely, speaking of how they would have many opportunities in the future.
They completely took this event as the Heavenly Dao rectifying its previous excessive rewards to Sun Kong.
Few people thought deeply about it!
However, Sun Kong, who understood this matter better than anyone, immediately grasped the situation.
He, who had just been mocking the other factions for their wasted efforts and losses.
In this very second, he could no longer smile.
It wasn't for any other reason.
It was because this damned Heavenly Dao had even schemed against him!
"General Ba, notify the Second Great King and the Third Great King to entertain our esteemed guests from the Northern Sea of Netherworld on my behalf. Fellow Daoist Sanye, be sure to treat him well."
"This Great King must make a trip to Wuchao Mountain. Don't ask about anything else; in any case, even if you ask, you won't get an answer."
"Instead, it might invite death!"
Having been schemed against by the Heavenly Dao and robbed of a drop of Pangu's essence blood, which he had lent to Jin Chanzi back then and which was already scarce, Sun Kong was impatient for the first time.
Upon hearing this, General Ba dared not delay. He led Sanye, who had handed over the River Diagram and Luo Book, to the back mountain for recuperation.
Subsequently.
As Sun Kong had instructed, he found the Second Great King Wu Zhiqi and the Third Great King Zhou Wuxian, and they entertained the highly honored Sanye.
Let alone how, after this incident, Sanye and the others became even more friendly and closer to Sun Kong and his kin.
Let's talk about Sun Kong on the other side.
Ever since he heard the Heavenly Dao announce the reward for Jin Chanzi, he understood that although Patriarch Kunpeng's Heavenly Demon Annihilation Thunder Formation was powerful, it had not managed to kill the future Tang Monk.
Perhaps.
Behind this incident, it was clearly arranged by the Heavenly Dao, which had protected Jin Chanzi, and then announced it when everyone was shocked and astonished.
To achieve the desired and best effect!
But where could this Jin Chanzi be?
"Well done, Heavenly Dao."
"Even I was kept in the dark about this matter, and even the 'Wuhou Seven Star Formation' could not deduce the slightest clue."
"But where exactly could it have protected little Jin Jin? Oh, I understand now. Perhaps only that place could protect him from being killed."
"It's a pity I didn't think of it sooner, or I wouldn't have lost a drop of Pangu's essence blood, which is as precious as a congenital supreme treasure."
"Little Jin Jin, don't be afraid, Old Sun is coming. You received more rewards than I did, and I'm not envious or jealous. Instead, I'm glad you're drawing fire for me. But don't be brainwashed by the Heavenly Dao, or it will be all over."
With this anxious and tense heart, Sun Kong did not dare to delay. He fully activated his magic power and drove the Chaos Somersault Cloud, which was almost rubbing the air into flames.
Leaving New Huaguo Mountain, at a speed thousands of times faster than ordinary people, he left Xiniu Hezhou and arrived at Beiju Luzhou.
Then, at the fastest speed, he swept through the entire Wuchao Mountain.
He forced himself to ignore the Four Great Bodhisattvas sent by Buddha Dipankara, who were taking care of Chan Master Wuchao and others by his side.
He also forced himself not to think about how much trouble the River Diagram and Luo Book would bring him.
To find Jin Chanzi.
And to confirm his guess.
This time, Sun Kong had truly gone all out.
After searching for a full day and night.
Finally.
He returned to the point where Patriarch Kunpeng had detonated the formation, which was south of Wuchao Mountain, in an inconspicuous small valley, beneath a pile of ruins.
There, he found a very peculiar wormhole node.
This node bore some resemblance to the black holes predicted by scientists on Blue Star.
It also bore some resemblance to the wormholes that General Beng was still monitoring.
But after a careful examination, Sun Kong discovered that this thing was not the same as either of the former two, because two mysterious auras that made him wary remained on it.
One was called Heavenly Dao.
The other was slightly weaker than the Heavenly Dao, but it also formed the Great Dao—
Earthly Dao!
What is Earthly Dao?
To put it broadly, it is one of the basic common sense known to every living being in the three realms of Honghuang.
The Great Dao is complete, with fifty aspects, supreme and inviolable.
Below the Heavenly Dao, it evolves into endless birth and death, cause and effect, totaling forty-nine.
To the left and right of the Heavenly Dao are the Earthly Dao and the Human Dao. The Earthly Dao is empty due to its void, no longer substantial, so it does not occupy an actual share, but it is an important part.
The Earthly Dao and the Heavenly Dao are like antimatter and matter.
And the Human Dao is nothing more than the so-called escaped one. Everyone, including the Saints, is in pursuit of this sole glimmer of hope!
To put it more specifically, it is even simpler. The one who governs most of the three realms of Honghuang is the Heavenly Dao and its spokesperson, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
The one who governs the Earthly Dao, which is in opposition to the Heavenly Dao, was once one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Empress Houtu, who later sacrificed herself to evolve the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Thus, she became an Earthly Dao Saint, who was not a Saint but possessed the status of a Saint!
"My goodness, I'm finally relieved. Old Sun didn't fail to calculate them; it's precisely because the Heavenly Dao and the Earthly Dao joined forces that this great achievement was made."
"Thinking about it, apart from me, perhaps none of the Six Sages know about this. Let's continue to investigate."
"The Heavenly Dao can control the three realms of Honghuang, while the Earthly Dao rules the Six Paths of Reincarnation, including the Underworld, Yin Mountains, and other places. No wonder even with my system's help, I cannot surpass them for the time being."
"But since they could achieve this and left this clue afterward, they must also hope that I will continue to complete the mission of Journey to the West."
With this thought, Sun Kong finally understood the general intentions of the Heavenly Dao, the Earthly Dao, and the supreme existence of the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
He stopped his rambling.
He then rode the Chaos Somersault Cloud, passed through this node, and once again arrived at the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where he had helped Jin Chanzi reincarnate in the past!
...
Wuwuwu.
Huhuhu!
Just like the last time he came, the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation was strange and peculiar. Despite having endless mountains, rivers, plateaus, and plains.
They seemed to have no weight, stretching and expanding freely.
The entire space was unfathomably vast, extending for hundreds of billions of miles.
It was not as orderly as the three realms of Honghuang.
It's no wonder.
Without a place with such chaotic order, it would be impossible to drive the reincarnation and transmigration of countless living beings in the three realms of Honghuang with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk!
Unfortunately, Empress Houtu here had already transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and had no physical form.
Otherwise, with her power, she would likely be no less than the Six Sages!