"If Sage Yuqing agrees and trusts me, then when the Eight Great Immortals come to Spirit Mountain another day, I can help them restore their strength with this 'Duomi Method'.
"I won't boast too much about anything beyond Quasi-Saint or Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
"However, helping them break through their long-standing limitations and restore them to Taiyi Golden Immortal is not a problem. What do you think?"
Sun Kong could tell that Primordial Heavenly Lord had double standards and was inconsistent. Beneath the surface of treating his eight disciples like toys, there was always a warm heart that cared for his disciples.
It was a master-disciple affection that even moved him.
His short-term goal for this visit was to take away Tathagata and the others. His mid-term goal was to avoid being schemed against by others or offending powerful figures for no reason before and after the Journey to the West, thus hindering his future path to Buddhahood.
His long-term goal was to become the most reckless, most astonishing, and yet most powerful Sun Wukong across all timelines.
Therefore,
Sun Kong could knock on the door and call him "Little Tathagata" to create a humorous atmosphere and ease the conflict.
He could also kill the Eight Great Immortals in front of Primordial Heavenly Lord to display his strength.
But at the same time,
He also knew when to advance and retreat, stepping on the brakes and turning back just before completely enraging Primordial Heavenly Lord, presenting the two conditions that would most appeal to him!
The latter condition could not be fulfilled in the short term.
But the former could be half-fulfilled immediately, and the other half would be fulfilled after Tathagata was truly released and returned to Spirit Mountain.
Sun Kong was not a Sage, not even a Quasi-Saint, but from the lines on Primordial Heavenly Lord's brow and his foresight, he analyzed that these words should be effective.
As expected.
After he provided some materials that were mere dregs in his eyes but precious to the Eight Great Immortals and the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, and truly repaired the spiritual treasures of the Eight Great Immortals,
Even Primordial Heavenly Lord, one of the Three Pure Ones, was somewhat moved!
As a Sage, Primordial Heavenly Lord naturally did not believe that a mere Monkey King could decide the distribution of merit for the Journey to the West.
This was a matter that even he could not negotiate with the Two Sages of the Western Teachings or the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court. It had to be executed strictly according to the predetermined number of days.
If this were not the case, he would have long ago asked the Two Sages of the Western Teachings to help the Eight Great Immortals break through.
Why would it be Sun Kong's turn to cause trouble?
However, Primordial Heavenly Lord, after all, was one of the Sages who had experienced countless kalpas.
He was proud of himself.
But after several inspections, and even secretly deducing the heavenly secrets, he could not see through the specifics of the three spiritual treasures on Sun Kong. His curiosity grew, and his interest deepened.
He was also greatly surprised by Sun Kong's previous mention of the "Duomi Method"!
"Little friend Sun's so-called Duomi Method, what exactly is this 'Duomi'?"
"Can it truly help my eight unfilial disciples break through?"
"Could you explain it in more detail?"
"Or, could you demonstrate it first? That way, I can, with fairness, return the group of Buddhas from Spirit Mountain and let your Buddhist sect handle it internally."
Primordial Heavenly Lord's words were gentle, but his hands showed no relaxation. To truly achieve this cooperation and fulfill a goal he himself could not achieve,
He actually,
While talking to Sun Kong with a compassionate face,
He tossed out a Three-Jeweled Jade Ruyi and trapped Tathagata and the others who were trying to escape, controlling them instantly and motionless.
The magical power he used might have been less than that of an Earth Immortal, but its power was equivalent to that of ten Quasi-Saints.
It had to be said that this supreme control and extraordinary application of magical power, even with Sun Kong's mysterious system, made him feel deeply impressed!
"Then please have fellow Daoist Guangchengzi come out and demonstrate."
"Yes, don't evade, don't hide. It's you, Guangchengzi, who was the most invincible in his verbal attacks just now, the most aggrieved in his suffering, and the loudest in his screams."
"How can you be so oblivious? Your master calls me 'little friend,' which means we are about half a generation apart. If I call you 'fellow Daoist,' does that offend you?"
"As for hiding and tucking your face, which is larger than a washbasin, behind your other junior brothers, do you really not want to be the eldest disciple anymore?"
Sun Kong's words were truly ingenious.
They were the greatest spiritual damage to Guangchengzi, leaving him nowhere to hide, yet unwilling to comply. Finally, under Primordial Heavenly Lord's indifferent yet terrifying gaze,
He quickly came out.
But for some others, like the seven junior brothers, they secretly chuckled and could not help but smile.
At this moment, the Eight Great Immortals implicitly acknowledged Sun Kong as their peer.
As for the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, it made them feel very uncomfortable. Except for Tathagata, Dipankara, and the Four Great Bodhisattvas, who continued to wear grim expressions, others wanted to laugh but dared not, and not laughing made them unable to help themselves.
In the end, they punched themselves unconscious,
Forming the most comical scene since the establishment of the Lesser Vehicle Buddhism of Spirit Mountain!
"Jieyin, Zhun Ti, you two great fools, look at your disciples. They are truly embarrassing. I thought my eight disciples were already invincible in their shame, but I didn't expect there to be such a shameful style."
"Fortunately, little friend Sun has come. Otherwise, I would have been used as a shield by them for God knows how many years!"
Seated as a Sage, Primordial Heavenly Lord subtly disdained the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, then returned to his normal demeanor.
Below.
Sun Kong casually pulled Guangchengzi over, paying no heed to his evasions or fear, as if restoring his cultivation and breaking through limitations was as agonizing as slaughtering a pig.
When Primordial Heavenly Lord coughed, signifying his consent, he truly unleashed his "Duomi Method."
Everyone was instantly stunned!
"Seven Stars, Seven Stars, Marquis Wu's Seven Stars."
"Seven Stars, Seven Stars, Zhuge's Seven Stars."
"Seven Stars, Seven Stars, guard this Guang... Hey, what was your real name again? What? You forgot? Then, let's just make do."
"Guard this Guangchengzi, the former teacher of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the pitiful little Guangchengzi, and send me to 'Duomi' him!"
"Duoduo mi, duoduo mi, duo... mi!"
Sun Kong chanted the incantation with great skill.
But in his hands, there were no empty gestures. He truly took out the book "Marquis Wu's Seven Stars Formation," and using it as a foundation, calculated where Guangchengzi's opportunity to restore his cultivation and break through limitations lay.
This strange action naturally did not convince the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain and the Eight Great Immortals.
However, it made Primordial Heavenly Lord unable to sit still.
He was finally shocked for the first time!
"Hmm? Is this not the book by the future prime minister of the human world, Marquis Wu Zhuge, whose details I, even as a Sage, can only roughly deduce but not grasp?"
"How did this brat obtain it in advance?"
"Just what kind of terrifying destiny and fortune does this Sun Kong possess? Does he have other destinies besides the Journey to the West?"
Just as Primordial Heavenly Lord was shaken, the system responded!
[Ding! The host has shocked Primordial Heavenly Lord and received a reward...]
At this moment, Sun Kong, who had to focus entirely on performing the "Marquis Wu's Seven Stars Formation," had no time to pay attention to the system's reward.
Only after half an incense stick's time,
Guangchengzi actually succeeded!