The process of crossing the great and small calamities of tribulation can be described in the simplest terms.
It is roughly as follows.
The Golden Fish Monster from the 36th to 38th calamities was subdued, and before Guanyin arrived, it was tricked into becoming Sun Wukong's disciple!
From then on, Guanyin Bodhisattva was furious.
The Green Ox Demon from the 39th to 41st calamities, after encountering monsters at Jindu Mountain, facing divine tribulations, and questioning the root of Buddhism for three confrontations, was taken away by Laozi!
As expected, Laozi, who had lent Sun Wukong three treasures last time, this time, generously lent him the King Kong Ring, a half-step innate supreme treasure!
After this.
Sun Wukong's cultivation advanced again to the middle stage of Quasi-Sage.
Jin Chanzi advanced to the Great Perfection of Golden Immortal.
Wu Zhiqi and Zhou Wuxian, successively advanced to the upper stage of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal!
...
Then.
It came to a major tribulation that only Jin Chanzi could overcome, the 42nd to 43rd calamities, the so-called proposal from the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, the drinking of poisoned water, and the two plots of being detained in the Xiliang Kingdom.
This time, Sun Wukong did not rely solely on brute force. Instead, he utilized the "Wuhou Seven Star Array," coupled with Jin Chanzi's own unforgotten memories.
After some calculations.
He discovered that it was no wonder Tang Monk in the Blue Star timeline's Journey to the West had such a difficult time passing this tribulation. It turned out that the Queen of the Women's Kingdom was once one of the three disciples of Tathagata Buddha.
At that time, Tathagata Buddha's eldest disciple was Dipankara Buddha, who later became his equal.
The second disciple was Jin Chanzi.
The third disciple, whom no one could have predicted, was the former life of the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, Bodhisattva Xiliang.
In the end.
Sun Wukong and his companions could not force Jin Chanzi to make a choice, and since the first round of Journey to the West led by him in the Earth Immortal Realm was already different from the original storyline.
Naturally, they let Jin Chanzi decide for himself.
After much consideration, Jin Chanzi made an extremely bold decision, preparing to marry the Queen of the Women's Kingdom and leave an heir for the Women's Kingdom.
However, his heart was devoted to Buddhism, and he dared not stay.
Seeing this.
The Women's Kingdom held a wedding that night.
It was originally joyous, but unexpectedly, the two Saints of the Western Teachings, who could not bear to see this, dispatched Maitreya Buddha, Peacock Mingwang, and Dipankara Buddha overnight.
To assassinate him with all their might!
Seeing this.
The Jade Emperor dispatched Taibai Jinxing, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, and others.
Tongtian Sect Master, in addition to Zhao Gongming and the other three, also dispatched Golden Spirit Holy Mother and others, preparing to jointly kill Jin Chanzi.
Even.
The demon race, which had not acted for over two hundred years, with Patriarch Styx and two others, mobilized again, their might this time even fiercer than that at Wuzhuang Guan!
Unexpectedly.
Sun Wukong had already foreseen this and, before anyone could launch a joint attack, preemptively transferred Jin Chanzi and the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, and then entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation to retrieve the former life memories of the Queen of the Women's Kingdom.
On that same night.
The only son of Jin Chanzi and the Queen of the Women's Kingdom was born.
Because Sun Wukong had exerted great effort, and at this time, Shakyamuni sensed it, perceiving that this son was his other venerable!
Thus.
The boy was renamed Ayinava, abbreviated as Venerable Ayi, and was taken away by Shakyamuni before anyone else could sneak attack.
After the two left.
Sun Wukong organized everyone to fight back. With the public departure of Chan Master Wuchao from Mahayana Buddhism, the support of the Eight Immortals of Chan Teachings, and the intervention of Zhen Yuanzi.
After a fierce battle.
The results were gratifying!
The three great Bodhisattvas were completely annihilated from then on and no longer existed.
Dipankara Buddha's Quasi-Sage cultivation was reduced to the Great Perfection of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
Maitreya Buddha and Peacock Mingwang fled prematurely.
The Jade Emperor's faction suffered heavy casualties.
Tongtian Sect Master's faction suffered heavy casualties.
Of the three Patriarch Styx's subordinates, Patriarch Huangquan had his physical body shattered by Sun Wukong in this battle, his "Thirteen Paths of Huangquan" were seized, and only a sliver of his primordial spirit escaped!
After this.
Sun Wukong experienced other calamities such as the Scorpion Demon's lustful pursuit in the 44th tribulation, and in the 46th tribulation of the true and false Sun Wukong, he finally fell out with Rahu and fought fiercely.
And in the 53rd tribulation of Little Leiyin Temple, the 61st tribulation of obstacles on the Lion Camel Ridge, the 70th tribulation of the extinction of the French Kingdom, the 72nd tribulation of the Fengxian County's plea for rain, the 77th tribulation of suffering in Xuan Ying Cave, and so on.
After hundreds of years of battles, big and small.
Ultimately.
Not only did his main body advance to the Great Perfection of Quasi-Sage, becoming the foremost person under the Saints, but he also allowed Jin Chanzi to break through to the Great Perfection of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
Furthermore, his second brother Wu Zhiqi inherited Patriarch Huangquan's cultivation and advanced to the middle stage of Quasi-Sage.
His third brother Zhou Wuxian inherited Patriarch Youming's cultivation and advanced to the lower stage of Quasi-Sage.
From then on, the three brothers were high-spirited and deterred the three realms of the Great Desolation, also provoking more intense encirclement from the Heavenly Dao, the Demonic Dao, and various big figures!
...
After several more calamities.
The 78th tribulation of the Heavenly Women's Kingdom's marriage proposal.
The 79th tribulation of imprisonment in Tongtai Mansion.
The 80th tribulation of shedding the mortal body at Lingyun Crossing.
And the final tribulation, the 81st tribulation of falling into the water and drying scriptures.
Sun Wukong and his group finally endured the ninety-nine eighty-one tribulations, and they altered the original procedure, no longer retrieving scriptures from the Great Thunderclap Temple in Lingshan, where Dipankara Buddha resided.
Instead, they retrieved scriptures from Shakyamuni, who had truly comprehended the truth of the Sahala Dao.
In this way.
Before the Heavenly Dao, Dao Ancestor, and Demonic Dao realized something was amiss, Sun Wukong, in alliance with Laozi's lineage, Yuanshi Tianzun's lineage, Empress Nuwa's lineage, and Zhen Yuanzi's lineage.
In addition to Chan Master Wuchao and Sword Immortal Li Bai, and others.
Finally, in the summer of 28.8517 billion years of the Great Desolation calendar, which was also a thousand years since Sun Wukong's transmigration, they gathered the strength of all parties, enabling Shakyamuni to achieve enlightenment in one fell swoop!
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"I, Shakyamuni, on this day establish a brand new Buddhism, calling it the Sahala Dao, Sahala World, and Sahala Pure Land, established in the Eastern Great Bright Land, trillions of miles beyond Dongsheng Shenzhou."
"From now on, my lineage will be completely different from the Western Teachings. Anyone who has the intention to save all beings in the three realms of the Great Desolation and guide countless beings out of the sea of suffering can join my sect."
"Beneath me, Great Sage Sun is enfeoffed as the Great Bright Victorious Fighting Buddha, positioned to the right, in charge of all Buddhist descendants in the Sahala Pure Land."
"Chan Master Wuchao is enfeoffed as the Great Bright Great Sun Buddha, positioned to the left, in charge of enlightenment and guidance within the Sahala Pure Land."
"There are also Venerable Hongye and Venerable Ayi, as envoys to guide immeasurable beings beneath my seat, and the million monkey descendants of the New Flower Fruit Mountain lineage are all listed as Buddhist descendants of the Fighting Department in the Sahala Pure Land."
"Boundless is the Buddha!"
"Boundless is the salvation!"
"Boundless is Sahala!"
"Boundless, boundless, may all beings in the three realms of the Great Desolation, after two rounds of Journey to the West, usher in boundless new life!"
As Shakyamuni officially achieved the position of the eighth Saint, the Sahala Saint, a new era in the three realms of the Great Desolation finally arrived!
...
Three hundred and thirty-three years later.
Sun Wukong, following Shakyamuni, became the second Saint of the Sahala Pure Land, and the ninth Saint in the three realms of the Great Desolation, the Fighting Saint!
...
Three hundred and thirty-three years later.
As karmic debts accumulated, the Heavenly Dao, along with Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and the thirteen Demonic Dao Saints from the Demonic Dao, attacked each other.
At the same time, all the Saints, Demon Saints, Sun Wukong, Rahu, and various Quasi-Sages, etc.
Also joined this unprecedented chaotic battle.
...
Three hundred and thirty-three years later.
The Second War of Dao and Demons concluded. The Heavenly Dao and the thirteen Demonic Dao Saints perished together. Dao Ancestor Hongjun was demoted to a mortal and fled to an unknown spacetime, possibly to return one day.
Among the Heavenly Saints.
Laozi attained enlightenment in the chaotic void and found his Taiqing Great World.
Yuanshi Tianzun severed past karma in the chaos and found the Yuqing Great World.
Tongtian Sect Master almost attained enlightenment, but due to his hatred for Sun Wukong, after finding the Shangqing Great World, he destroyed his own future and vanished forever.
Empress Nuwa similarly found a Wa Huang Middle World.
The two Saints of the Western Teachings, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti, could have found the Jieyin Great World and Zhunti Great World, but due to the battle between Sun Wukong and Rahu, they were forced to interrupt.
In desperation.
The two had no choice but to use all their cultivation to sever Xiniu Hezhou in the Western Niu He Continent, one of the three realms of the Great Desolation, barely forming a Sukhavati Small World!
Others such as Maitreya Buddha, Peacock Mingwang, Dipankara Buddha, Zhen Yuanzi, etc.
Most Quasi-Sages and those below Quasi-Sage perished successively.
However, Zhen Yuanzi, with Sun Wukong's help, finally found his Earth Immortal Small World and barely managed to sustain it!
As for Rahu, he was ultimately defeated and reincarnated because he knew less about the Journey to the West than Sun Wukong.
His whereabouts are unknown!
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One thousand five hundred years later.
Under the new era of the Great Desolation, those who should leave have left, those who should stay have stayed, and those who should be reborn have been reborn.
However.
The Great Desolation's three realms this time belonged to the Sahala Pure Land led by Shakyamuni. True equality reigned, and schemes were no more.
On this day.
Shakyamuni remained to guard this new Great Desolation's three realms.
Sun Wukong, however, received intelligence from General Beng, learning that a wormhole opened by Rahu back then had, possibly due to the stability of the new Great Desolation, opened a passage.
He had a premonition.
Leaving behind his good corpse Wukong Daoist and his evil corpse Blue Star Patriarch, he alone, with the system and the Journey to the West Gatling, plunged into it.
After an unknown amount of time.
When Sun Wukong awoke again, he found he had not returned to Blue Star, nor had he reached Black Star, but was in a spacetime called Purple Star!
...
"Everyone, come and see! This kid is impersonating the Great Sage Sun from the myth of Journey to the West. Isn't he too unprofessional?"
"Exactly! He doesn't even know that ever since the three rounds of Journey to the West ended in our Purple Star spacetime, that Great Sage Sun has long since passed away."
"How could he still be dressed like this?"
Hearing people around him discuss this completely different Journey to the West spacetime, Sun Wukong was astonished. He looked up and saw a scene he couldn't believe.
He saw.
In this Purple Star spacetime, there was no Heavenly Dao, no Demonic Dao, but a Sword Immortal from an unknown origin had grasped the power similar to the Heavenly Dao here.
In other words.
This was a Sword Immortal spacetime!
"Good heavens, no gods, no immortals, no Buddhas, no demons, no devils, but everyone cultivates the Way of the Sword, and yet they have sculpted an idol similar to me to the same level as that Sword Immortal."
"What exactly is going on here?"
With a heart full of questions and curiosity, Sun Wukong embarked on a new life, different from the spacetime of Journey to the West!
...
From then on.
The Sun Wukong of the Blue Star spacetime was no more.
The Fighting Saint of the Journey to the West spacetime was also temporarily unseen.
Only a Sun Daoist, roaming the spacetime of Sword Immortals!