In the Heavenly Court, within Lingxiao Palace.
The Jade Emperor had been paying close attention.
As long as a spiritual light shot up to the sky, he would shake the Lingxiao Palace and then stage a shocking play with the Immortals.
Now the time had come, but the Jade Emperor still hadn’t seen the Lingming Stone Monkey emerge, nor the expected signal of spiritual light shooting from its eyes to the sky.
This was awkward.
After a moment’s thought, the Jade Emperor directly shook the Lingxiao Palace.
After all, what did it matter?
Maybe he had overslept and was just a few minutes late.
He was merely cooperating to put on a shocking performance.
Whether he performed it earlier or later, it was still a performance, as long as it conveyed the intended meaning.
Rumble!
As Lingxiao Palace shook.
All the Immortals were instantly startled.
Their figures swayed, and they became instant method actors.
Among them, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing performed the best.
If not for the Giant Spirit God supporting him, he would have directly fallen onto the ground.
“Shocking!!!”
“Oh my!
What kind of demon has emerged?”
“How can there be such a huge commotion within the Three Realms?”
“Your Majesty, quickly send someone to investigate…”
While acting, the Jade Emperor’s expression suddenly changed.
What the heck…
the Lingming Stone Monkey still hadn’t emerged?
After thinking about it, the Jade Emperor didn’t bother with it anymore and decided to continue the play.
Who cares!
The Jade Emperor, feigning a panicked expression, said, “Thousand-Mile Eyes, Shunfeng Er, you two quickly investigate the truth!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
Thousand-Mile Eyes and Shunfeng Er, hearing the Jade Emperor’s words, began to investigate.
But upon investigation, the two were dumbfounded.
The mending heaven stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain was still just a mending heaven stone, with no activity.
How were they supposed to continue the act?
The initial rehearsal didn’t include this version of the play.
“Reporting…
Reporting to the Jade Emperor, perhaps we acted too early.”
“Yes…
Yes, there’s no activity below…
it hasn’t come out…”
The two also scratched their heads.
As soon as these words came out, all the Immortals were also dumbfounded.
What the hell?
The Stone Monkey’s birth date was confirmed by a saint, how could it not emerge?
“Haha, it can’t come out…
Uh…
Cough cough!”
“There was a slight accident.
I just re-calculated it, and the Lingming Stone Monkey is to emerge five hundred years later.
Hmm, this time it should be correct, poof!”
While instructing Thousand-Mile Eyes and Shunfeng Er to investigate, the Jade Emperor, out of curiosity, secretly calculated it himself.
When he calculated this result, the Jade Emperor burst out laughing, but he couldn’t be too gloating, so he held it in.
To be honest, although he had just put on a show for nothing, the Jade Emperor was secretly pleased.
The Lingming Stone Monkey hadn’t emerged, which was simply too…
awesome.
The Jade Emperor almost couldn’t resist going to the Spirit Mountain to see the expressions of Tathagata and the others.
However, the Jade Emperor had to hold back.
Going to the Spirit Mountain to gloat at this time might provoke Tathagata to fight him to the death.
Upon hearing this, all the Immortals’ expressions paused, and they instantly became happy.
Those serving in the Heavenly Court were basically from the Daoist sect.
Seeing Buddhism’s great endeavor obstructed, it was naturally a cause for joy.
Li Jing was a bit speechless.
He had performed the best just now, directly exploding with acting skills and faking a fall…
Now, hearing this, damn it…
he acted for nothing.
How embarrassing!
The Jade Emperor looked at everyone with a smile and, with a wave of his hand, an image of Flower-Fruit Mountain appeared in Lingxiao Palace.
Everyone looked at the motionless large stone, feeling quite pleased in their hearts.
Clearly, the Heavenly Court was different from the Spirit Mountain.
Here in the Heavenly Court, the Lingming Stone Monkey not emerging was absolutely a good thing!
If the Lingming Stone Monkey didn’t emerge, the path of the Buddhist journey to the West would be halted.
After all, wanting to replace someone was not an easy task.
Golden Cicada, Lingming Stone Monkey, Marshal Tianpeng, Curtain Lifting General, and the Third Prince of the West Sea.
These five individuals, behind them, each represented a top power or a major figure within the Three Realms.
Although the journey to the West was for the propagation of Buddhism and the flourishing of Buddhism, everyone would still get a share of the Heavenly Dao’s merits.
Sun Wukong was an even more crucial character.
Others were easier to replace, but Sun Wukong was truly difficult to replace.
If Sun Wukong could truly be replaced at will, then the scene of his Havoc in Heaven wouldn’t have been arranged.
The Jade Emperor watched the activity on Flower-Fruit Mountain for a while, a smile appearing on his face, and then he directly retracted the projection.
What did the Stone Monkey not emerging have to do with him?
He was too happy to care.
After some consideration, the Jade Emperor looked at the Immortals and said, “Fellow Immortals, this Stone Monkey will emerge five hundred years late, which I feel in my heart.”
“I wonder if any of you Immortals have time to join me in discussing knowledge related to immortal wine and jade dew?”
“Your Majesty is wise, we are willing.”
Upon hearing this, although the Jade Emperor’s tone was somewhat emotional, they were all shrewd individuals and knew that the Jade Emperor was happy and wanted to have a few drinks with them.
The Immortals thought to themselves: “Drink, we must drink, we’re happy!”
In the Underworld.
The Ten Kings of Hell were a bit worried.
“What’s going on?
Wasn’t the Lingming Stone Monkey calculated to emerge, but it didn’t?”
“Not only that, even the Book of Life and Death has changed…”
“So, this means the Heavenly Dao has acquiesced?”
“This is troublesome.
If this Stone Monkey doesn’t come out, who will take the blame for our messed-up accounts?”
“Let’s drag it out a bit longer.
The Stone Monkey will definitely come out.
Let’s find someone to ask.”
As soon as this was brought up, the Ten Kings of Hell all had bitter expressions.
Although they enjoyed themselves in the Underworld, if the Jade Emperor truly found something out, they would be in the wrong and difficult to deal with.
East Sea Dragon Palace.
The East Sea Dragon King, who was closely monitoring the situation on Flower-Fruit Mountain, was also suddenly a bit bewildered, saying, “The monkey didn’t come out?”
The Three Sea Dragon Kings sitting beside the East Sea Dragon King also had strange expressions.
…
In Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave, Patriarch Bodhi, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, his composure directly shattered, his face terrifyingly grim.
Why didn’t this Stone Monkey emerge?
How could this Stone Monkey not emerge?
What the hell…
why didn’t this Stone Monkey emerge??
Heaven wants to prosper my Buddhism, who the hell is behind this?
For a moment, Patriarch Bodhi was extremely annoyed, wishing he could fly to Flower-Fruit Mountain, smash the mending heaven stone, and then pull the Stone Monkey out.
Taking a deep breath, Patriarch Bodhi steadied his mind and began to calculate carefully.
This calculation indicated that the Lingming Stone Monkey would only appear five hundred years later, which was completely different from previous calculations.
Five hundred years.
Patriarch Bodhi didn’t know what changes might occur in these five hundred years.
Five hundred years was not considered a long time in the eyes of the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain or the Immortals of Heavenly Court.
Everyone usually meditated in seclusion for at least several hundred years at a time.
Or Tathagata lecturing a scripture would also take several hundred years.
…
Five hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
On Flower-Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong felt as if he had just taken a regular nap.
Upon waking this time, Sun Wukong could feel that although he hadn’t yet leaped out of the stone to take form, he already had divine consciousness and a body.
It was just that he was still inside the stone for now.
Ding!
“The ‘Emerging Five Hundred Years Late Anti-Routine’ mission is complete.
Reward: Supreme Primordial Body.”
Hearing the system’s words, Sun Wukong was overjoyed.
He felt that these five hundred years were like a nap, quite fast.
Yes, quite fast.
That group of people on Spirit Mountain had worried themselves bald for five hundred years…
Instantly, Sun Wukong felt that not only his body had become stronger, but his mind and consciousness had also become incredibly clear.
“System, when will I emerge?”
System: “Tomorrow, with the first ray of purple qi from the east.”
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong’s mood became a little excited.
He could finally see the outside world.