He then left.
Just after Tang Sanzang left, two white figures suddenly appeared.
It was Li Yao and Xiao Bai.
The mysterious man in black just now was Li Yao in disguise.
Li Yao had previously visited the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda in the Mongolian Realm and obtained three relics.
The Realm of Illusion is an illusory realm; there are only two paths to enter.
The first route involves passing through the underworld, crossing the City of the Wrongfully Dead in Fengdu, crossing the Bridge of Helplessness over the Black Water, and then entering the Eighteen Hells through the Reincarnation Tunnel before finally reaching the gates of the Underworld.
The second method requires passing through the Qiankun Diagram of Lingjiu Mountain, and entering Lingjiu Palace requires a verbal order from Wutian.
After Li Yao obtained the three relics from the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, he happened to encounter Tang Sanzang trying to escape from the underworld on his way back, so he rescued Tang Sanzang.
Xiao Bai looked at the spot where Tang Sanzang had disappeared, a smile on her face.
She certainly understood why Li Yao wanted to rescue Tang Sanzang.
So she didn't ask any more questions.
"My lord, of the seventeen relics, we have already obtained thirteen, three are in the Wuzhuang Temple in Wanshou Village, and the last one is Sun Wukong himself!"
"Should we head to Wanshouzhuang Wuzhuang Temple next and get our hands on the three relics there?"
Xiao Bai asked.
"No rush, I'll go to the Heavenly Realm for a few days first!"
"It won't be too late for us to go to Wanshouzhuang and Wuzhuang Temple when the thirty-three-year predetermined period in the human world is about to arrive."
Li Yao said calmly.
Wutian rules the Three Realms, and his reign is set for thirty-three years.
Only eighteen years have passed, so there are still fifteen years to go.
Therefore, he planned to stay in the heavenly realm for about fifteen days, and then return to the mortal world after fifteen years had passed.
As for those fifteen years, Sun Wukong and his companions probably searched the world for relics, but they couldn't find any trace of them.
Because he basically got there first.
I wonder what the world will be like in fifteen years.
Will the storyline of Tang Sanzang and his disciples, Nezha, Wutian, Qiao Ling'er, Bai Lianhua, and others continue as originally planned?
He was really looking forward to it.
"Alright, then let's go to the Heavenly Realm for a while!"
"To be honest, I haven't really had a proper chance to explore the Celestial Realm!"
Xiao Bai smiled sweetly.
"Let's go then!"
As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them transformed into two golden rays and disappeared.
...
Fifteen days later in the Heavenly Realm.
That is, fifteen years later in the human world.
Wutian has ruled the Three Realms for a full thirty-three years.
Whether it was the Heavenly Court, Mount Ling, the Underworld, or even the sacred sites of various gods and bodhisattvas, they were all occupied by imposters sent out by Wutian.
These imposters, though disguised as gods and Buddhas...
However, they are still monsters after all, and cannot change their monster nature.
They often transform back into their original forms and commit evil deeds everywhere.
At the same time, they also condoned the evil deeds of demons and monsters.
All living beings in the world are suffering unspeakably.
However, one place remained completely unaffected.
That is the Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain, where Zhen Yuanzi is stationed.
Wuzhuang Temple is like a paradise, unaffected by any demons or monsters.
The peaks are arrayed in a row, and the mountains are majestic.
This is a massive mountain range stretching for thousands of miles.
Not far away, in the center of this mountain range, there is a huge mountain that seems to reach the sky and pierce the clouds.
This mountain must be Longevity Hill.
Longevity Hill was shrouded in a mist.
It's all hazy and indistinct, the clouds are so deep you can't see where it is.
Ordinary cultivators would never be able to discover the location of Longevity Mountain.
Amidst the clouds and mist, there stands an ancient yet majestic mountain gate.
The mountain gate stands tall, exuding an imposing aura.
On the stone wall in front of the mountain, the three magnificent characters "Longevity Mountain" shine brightly in the sunlight.
Not far from the mountain gate stands a magnificent Taoist temple.
Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of the Earth Immortals, sat cross-legged in the Wuzhuang Temple.
He was practicing breathing exercises when suddenly his expression changed, and he opened his eyes.
Then a boy walked in.
The boy reported, "Master, Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South Sea has arrived!"
"Has Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived?"
Zhen Yuanzi seemed surprised.
However, his expression quickly returned to calm.
Then, with a faint smile on his face, he said casually, "Why didn't you invite Guanyin Bodhisattva in?"
“Master, I believe that we are Taoist practitioners, while Guanyin is a Buddhist!”
"Therefore, I asked the Bodhisattva to wait at the door. This disciple has come to inquire whether the Master may grant me an audience!"
The young Taoist explained.
This young Taoist had not followed Zhen Yuanzi for very long, but he was inherently arrogant.
"You haven't been serving me for long, so you probably don't know a story from the past!"
"Back in the day, three hundred years ago, Sun Wukong knocked down my ginseng fruit tree!"
"Fortunately, Guanyin Bodhisattva intervened and healed my ginseng fruit tree!"
"His Buddhist community respects me, how can I be arrogant?"
"Quickly set up the incense table, I want to personally welcome Guanyin Bodhisattva!"
Zhen Yuanzi first shook his head, and then recounted a story from the past.
Then, he gave the young Taoist a word of instruction.
He calmly got off the futon and walked towards the mountain gate.
Soon, he arrived at the mountain gate and indeed saw Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South Sea, accompanied by Sudhana and the Dragon Girl, waiting at the gate.
"Bodhisattva, this child is ignorant of the rules and has slighted you. Please forgive me!"
Zhen Yuanzi bowed apologetically to Guanyin Bodhisattva.
"It's alright, it's alright. It's only proper for guests to announce their arrival. What's wrong with that?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva returned the greeting with a faint smile on her face and her hands clasped together.
"Please come in, Bodhisattva. Let's talk in the main hall!"
Zhen Yuanzi quickly made an inviting gesture.
"good!"
Guanyin nodded slightly, then led the Sudhana and the Dragon Girl, and followed Zhen Yuanzi into the Wuzhuang Temple.
Then, a boy closed the gate.
At this moment, a hundred miles away, atop a cloud.
"Hahaha... Zhen Yuanzi has fallen for it!"
The black-robed servant under Wutian's command burst into laughter upon seeing Zhen Yuanzi invite the imposter Guanyin into Wuzhuang Temple, his face filled with smugness.
"How about it?"
"Fellow Daoist Li, isn't my plan quite good?"
"Before I came to Wuzhuang Temple, I specifically sent the white elephant to the underworld!"
"Then, using Ayinava's magical mechanism, the white elephant will be replicated to resemble Guanyin!"
"As long as the White Elephant tricks Zhen Yuanzi into going to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea, we can wipe out Wuzhuang Temple!"
"Hahaha……"
The man in the black robe laughed triumphantly.
Beside the man in the black robe were Li Yao and Xiao Bai.
Li Yao ignored the smug black-robed man and instead used his Heavenly Eye to scan the situation at Wuzhuang Temple.
Despite the array formations surrounding Wuzhuang Temple, they still couldn't stop his Heavenly Eye.
He saw the white elephant transformed into Guanyin, who was deceiving Zhen Yuanzi.
Zhen Yuanzi seemed unaware of anything unusual.