Becoming a Buddha is not the end, but the beginning of another conspiracy.
The four masters and disciples of Tang Monk experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships and finally reached Lingshan Mountain and were awarded the title of Buddha. They thought their merits were complete, but they didn't know that the scriptures they retrieved were evidence of sin that must be erased in the eyes of some people.
At the Ullambana meeting, the Tathagata secretly ordered the four people to go to the east to "retrieve" the true scriptures. When we reached Lingyun Crossing, the auspicious clouds turned into a net, and a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers descended from the sky. The golden bowl given by Tathagata pierced Tang Monk's chest, and the golden cicada's true blood spilled onto the clouds. The scriptures were thrown into the river by the old turtle, and all the writing was destroyed. On Lingshan Mountain, the Tathagata turned ruthless: he cut off the Buddhist scriptures, demoted him to a mortal body, and ordered the four masters and disciples to return east on foot and resume their journey to obtain the scriptures.
From the West to the Tang Dynasty, they saw the truth clearly.
Those monsters with backstage still wear cassocks and enjoy their incense in the world; those they beat to death with their own hands are just wild monsters without owners. Bajie saw through it and entered Gaolaozhuang in silence; Sha Seng realized it and returned to Liusha River to save the souls of the dead. Heaven conspired with Tathagata to suppress Wukong again on the Five Elements Mountain. Little White Dragon was knocked down a mountain stream, and Tang Monk walked to the Tang Dynasty alone, became brothers with Li Shimin, and ended his remaining days.
Five hundred years later, Wukong broke out of the mountain and reached heaven. The former junior brother was intercepted by an official, and Patriarch Bodhi discovered the secret - he was a sword made by the Tathagata himself, and should be destroyed after use. Wukong proclaimed himself a cultivator, returned to Huaguo Mountain, and transformed into a colorful divine stone.
"Look for me, Old Sun, has this world gotten better?"
The spiritual energy dissipated and the immortal Buddha disappeared without a trace. The world rolled forward in the other direction. And that stone is still waiting for a child to sit on it and listen to it tell the story of the monkey.
