Chapter 174: Chapter 172: Beheading as a Gift Accompanied by Wine Chapter 174: Chapter 172: Beheading as a Gift Accompanied by Wine [Two chapters combined, that’s three updates, isn’t it?]

Meanwhile, Ksitigarbha King, employing a desperate fighting method, had driven back the Nether River, and the crowd sat on the ground healing their wounds.

Wukong, possessing Hongmeng Purple Qi, naturally healed at an extremely fast pace. Although the injuries on his Primordial Spirit were not fully healed, his tendons and bones were already unimpeded. He got up and couldn’t help but slap his thigh and curse, “Not good! The Nether River is probably going to trouble my Water Curtain Cave.”

Ksitigarbha King then said, “Don’t worry, just now Equal Mind Goddess passed me a message, the Nether River has honestly returned to the Asura Blood Sea.”

Wukong wondered, “If Xuan Ming says so, then it must be true, but how can the Nether River be so honest?”

Ksitigarbha King thought to himself, “Would she let you be besieged for no reason? It seems that Nether River must have suffered a heavy loss at the Water Curtain Cave!”

The eleven Ancestral Witches were not too severely injured; only Blood God Child was formidable, causing their Three Flowers and Five Qi to become disordered, slightly injuring their Life Essence. However, they were originally transformed from the Pangu Physical Body, immensely vigorous in energy. After meditating for a while, they had almost completely recovered, almost perfectly.

“Thank you, Ancestral Witches, for your help,” Wukong said, bowing to the eleven.

“Don’t be polite, we were merely looking out for ourselves. If we allowed the Nether River to slaughter the people of this world, our Reincarnation Underworld would also be ruined,” Di Jiang said.

Zhu Rong stepped forward and said, “Yo! If Xuan Ming hadn’t called us, we wouldn’t have come!”

Wukong, who feared Zhu Rong the most, grimaced and forcibly chuckled twice, choosing not to talk further.

Di Jiang said, “Although you are now a Primordial Golden Immortal, you still fall far short compared to the Nether River. Cultivate well and try not to stir up more trouble.”

As he said this, he was implying that Wukong should stop causing trouble for Xuan Ming, and how could Wukong not understand?

Wukong clasped his hands and said, “Thank you for the reminder, Ancestral Witch. I shall definitely cultivate diligently once I return.”

Previously, Wukong had fought a great battle against No-Vacancy achieving Buddha as soon as he came, collapsing him with the momentum of thunder. Despite it being a battle right after exiting seclusion, which was incredibly detrimental to his cultivation stability, and having fought consecutively against the Nether River, there was no reason not to be defeated! Yet, indeed, the Nether River was too strong, and now that Kunpeng had become a saint, he likely really was the foremost under the saints.

Di Jiang looked towards Ksitigarbha King and said, “We owe you a great deal of thanks, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha King, for lending a hand this time!”

With his hands together, Ksitigarbha King smiled and said, “No need for formalities, Ancestral Witch.”

Zhu Rong was about to tease Wukong again but was pulled aside by Di Jiang, and the eleven returned to the Reincarnation Netherworld.

“Wukong, hurry back to the Water Curtain Cave to recuperate,” Ksitigarbha King urged.

“Bodhisattva, the war is tight between the Tianzhu Country and the Great Tang, with Immeasurable Buddha stationed at the frontline, and the Tang army is suffering repeated defeats,” Wukong frowned and said, “I need to visit the battlefield between the two countries, resolve Immeasurable Buddha, and make it possible for Tang’s forces to advance irresistibly and entirely secure the Western Heavenly Buddha Land.”

Ksitigarbha King furrowed his brows and said, “Then I shall go in your place. I am somewhat familiar with Immeasurable Buddha. Facing him, I’m sure to win. It’s more important that you go back to the Water Curtain Cave to recuperate.”

Wukong said, “How can I trouble you, Bodhisattva?”

Ksitigarbha King said, “It’s no trouble at all, no trouble. Just go, I have a way to break through the city guarded by the Immeasurable Buddha.”

Wukong clasped his hands and said, “I am in your debt, Bodhisattva.”

Ksitigarbha King nodded slightly, then rode on Diting towards the Western Heavenly Buddha Land, ready to engage in battle and deal with Immeasurable Buddha.

As a former leader of the four great Bodhisattvas and guardian of the Reincarnation Netherworld, with lofty magical powers and the divine beast Diting by his side, Ksitigarbha King’s combat abilities were second only to Buddha Ancestor among the three thousand Buddhas of the Western Heavenly Mountain. With his involvement, Immeasurable Buddha was set to suffer a great loss. With Ksitigarbha King’s help, the Tang army would be able to irresistibly secure Tianzhu Country and destroy the Buddhist order.

There was Emperor Qin Shi Huang who once ordered the burning of books and burying of scholars. Now, Emperor Li Zhi, this cunning emperor, probably had to resort to burning monasteries and burying monks.

Emperor Li Zhi was highly skilled, ingratiating himself well with Wukong and very capable, with a clear grasp of the situation.

Seeing that Ksitigarbha King had left, Wukong too turned back to the Water Curtain Cave.

“Once I have healed my injuries, with Ksitigarbha King’s help, I can lead the troops into the Western Heaven. I wonder how Little Green is doing? I’m really foolish, if pressed by Tathagata’s Five Fingers Mountain, how could it be bearable?” Wukong thought of Tathagata and was filled with rage, determined to personally place him on the Deification Platform.

Since Kunpeng had come down from the Celestial Realm, he enacted an Escape Technique and entered Bei Ming.

Underneath the waters of Bei Ming to a depth of ninety thousand leagues, there lay a pure land, created by Kunpeng with his Great Magical Power, where he rested on regular days.

Golden-Winged Great Peng King, holding a Square Sky Halberd, was practicing his halberd technique in this pure land when he saw his master arrive, and quickly stopped, saying, “Master, you’ve arrived rather quickly!”

The round trip taken by Kunpeng lasted three days to go and only one day to return, evident of the depths of Celestial Realm.

Having attained sainthood, Kunpeng was in high spirits and said, “What? Seeing your master arrive early, are you no longer able to slack off?”

The Golden-Winged Great Peng King hurriedly said, “Disciple wouldn’t dare!”

Kunpeng exclaimed in surprise, “Hmm? It’s only been four days, and you’ve already cultivated the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm to near-Perfection? Hmm… it seems reaching the Primordial Golden Immortal status is just around the corner for you.”

The Golden-Winged Great Peng King said, “Didn’t master say before you left, if I didn’t diligently cultivate to near-Perfection of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, I’d receive a spanking? Thus, these four days, I had no choice but to cultivate desperately, plus with some accumulated efforts, it has bore such results.”

Kunpeng nodded with satisfaction, saying, “Excellent, excellent!”

After saying this, he withdrew his hands inside his robes and began calculating meticulously.