Houtu Zuwu fell into deep seclusion, and even his clone could not maintain his self. Naturally, he could no longer be by Jiang Heng's side.
This time of retreat is extremely important for Hou Tuzu Wu, which will directly affect whether Hou Tuzu Wu can make further progress.
The reason why the Netherworld Blood Sea can make the six paths of reincarnation more perfect is naturally not without reason. There is a deep connection between the two.
At the beginning, the Houtu Ancestral Witch chose to open up the six paths of reincarnation in the Netherworld Blood Sea. Naturally, it was not an accident, but an inevitable thing.
The sea of blood in the underworld is condensed with immeasurable evil spirit and hostility. It is the place where countless wronged souls gather in the ancient world.
It is no exaggeration to say that the characteristics of the Netherworld Blood Sea make it the most suitable place in the entire prehistoric world to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Because the Six Paths of Reincarnation was established in the Netherworld Blood Sea, the Six Paths of Reincarnation itself has a certain connection with the Netherworld Blood Sea.
In the Six Paths of Reincarnation, there are some traces of the Netherworld Blood Sea, such as the Asura Path among the Six Paths.
Another example is that the eighteen levels of hell and the endless violence in the Netherworld Blood Sea actually have the same origin.
Therefore, after the origin of the Netherworld Blood Sea is integrated into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Six Paths of Reincarnation can be made more complete.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation is the foundation for Hou Tu Zusha's enlightenment. When the Six Paths of Reincarnation becomes more complete, Hou Tu Zusha's path will also become more complete.
Jiang Heng can also benefit a lot from this. Once upon a time, Houtu Zusha gave Jiang Heng all his understanding of the six paths of reincarnation.
The foundation of the second style of Emperor Fist comes from Jiang Heng's various insights into the earth and the six paths of reincarnation.
However, for Jiang Heng, these are only of reference significance. By drawing parallels, they may loosen his own realm.
Jiang Heng's own fundamental path was actually destined to be the most powerful path when he stepped into the realm of the Great Emperor.
If Jiang Heng wants to truly take that crucial step, the most important thing is to make a breakthrough in his own fundamental way.
It is naturally extremely difficult to achieve this. Even during the journey to the west, Jiang Heng did not have the slightest certainty.
But Jiang Heng also understood in his heart that there was not much time left for him, and the way of heaven had now entered the final stage of perfection.
Once the way of heaven is perfected, if Jiang Heng still cannot take that step, he will have no other choice but to escape from the wild world.
The Nether Sea of Blood has been completely integrated into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. With a saint-level powerhouse like Hou Tuzu Wu around, the Styx Cult Master has no chance of resurrection.
After the incident in the Netherworld and Sea of Blood was settled, Tang Sanzang and his party returned to Baoxiang Kingdom again and embarked on their journey to the West to learn scriptures again.
In the following time, Sanzang and his party experienced several more hardships. First, they met the Golden Horn and Silver Horn kings of Pingding Mountain.
These golden horns and silver horns were originally the sitting boys of Taishang Laojun. Naturally, the cause of chaos in the lower realm was not to eat Tang Sanzang, but to earn merit.
During the journey to the west, each disaster that Tang Sanzang and his party passed through made the journey to the west perfect.
And in the catastrophe that has been overcome, the creatures who participated in the catastrophe, whether good or evil, can actually gain a lot of merit.
The reason why Taishang Laojun's two boys went to the lower world was also for this reason, but this was not deliberately done by Taishang Laojun.
Taishang Laojun was originally transformed from the good corpse of Saint Taiqing. Given Saint Taiqing's current state, he naturally looked down upon a mere meritorious deed.
This was the Great Sun Tathagata specifically trying to give Taiqing Sage some face, and that was why the two boys under Taishang Laojun came down to the next world.
The same operation was often seen in the calamities of the Journey to the West. The calamities encountered by Tang Sanzang and his party were basically arranged long ago.
Creatures with backgrounds come to go through the motions and earn a little merit. The process may seem thrilling, but in the end it is good for you and me.
As for the creatures without background, they naturally died under Sun Wukong's Ruyi Golden Cudgel, without even a chance to be reincarnated.
Golden Horn and Silver Horn have backgrounds. Although they are not Sun Wukong's opponents, their lives are not in danger.
Moreover, after coming down and going through the cutscene, I gained a lot of merit. As long as I went back to practice in seclusion, it would not be difficult to improve my cultivation further.
With Sun Wukong's strength, he can naturally kill the Golden Horn and Silver Horn, but no matter how stupid Sun Wukong is, he knows that he cannot afford to offend Saint Taiqing.
Today's Sun Wukong is no longer the lawless Monkey King he was when he was just starting out, but he still knows some important things.
Sun Wukong knows very well that with his own strength, he can definitely be regarded as the top powerhouse in the Three Realms today.
But in the Three Realms, although there are not many powerful people at the level of the Styx Cult Master, if you calculate carefully, there are actually quite a few.
What's more, outside the Three Realms, there are lofty saints. No matter how arrogant Sun Wukong is, he would not dare to be arrogant in front of the saints.
After surviving the disaster in Pingding Mountain, Tang Sanzang and his party passed through Wuji Kingdom, Huoyun Cave, Heishui River and Chechi Kingdom.
The three disasters of Wuji Kingdom, Huoyun Cave, and Heishui River had been arranged long ago, and the two sides were just going through a formality.
The Wuji Kingdom is a disaster arranged by the Western Church, the Fire Cloud Cave is a disaster arranged by Heaven, and the Black Water Kingdom is a disaster arranged by the Dragon Clan.
Wuji Kingdom and Huoyun Cave are just routine operations to earn merit. On the other hand, there are some explanations for the Heishui River disaster.
During the calamity of Journey to the West, both the Western Sect and Heavenly Court were actually pulling the Dragon Clan into this calamity intentionally or unintentionally.
Jiang Heng naturally knew what the Western Sect and the Heavenly Court had planned. Under Jiang Heng's reminder, the Dragon Clan also knew clearly at this time.
The Western Sect and Heavenly Court are just looking for opportunities to separate the Dragon Clan from the Human Clan. If the Dragon Clan can be made to surrender, their strength will be greatly increased.
Under Jiang Heng's arrangement, the person from the Dragon Clan who participated in the journey to the west to measure the calamity was actually the white dragon Ma Ao Lie, and Ao Lie was trained by the Dragon Clan with all their efforts.
But the one causing trouble in the black water river was the nephew of Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea. This was not something Jiang Heng and the Dragon Clan had arranged long ago.
Whether the Dragon King of the West Sea was involved or whether his nephew was just a pawn is worth pondering.
Of course, these are matters of the dragon clan. With the wisdom of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, he can naturally handle this matter and make the most correct choice.
In the Chechi Kingdom, only three demon tribes were causing trouble. If nothing else happened, this should be a disaster arranged by Lu Ya.
Although Lu Ya has been defeated and defeated countless times, and has done the embarrassing thing of retreating without fighting countless times, Lu Ya is still inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in the heaven.
Even the Jade Emperor Haotian would not be able to embarrass Lu Ya because of arranging some monster clans to go down to the lower realm to earn some merit.
Logically speaking, this is just a formality. But Sun Wukong may sell other people's face, but he will never sell Lu Ya's face.
Therefore, it is not a strange thing that in the Chechi Kingdom, three monsters died under Sun Wukong's Ruyi Golden Cudgel.
Although Lu Ya was furious because of this incident, even if he was given ten courages, Lu Ya would not dare to trouble Sun Wukong.
After passing through the Chechi Kingdom, Tang Sanzang and his party met the gold fish spirit in the Tongtian River and the green cattle in the Jindou Cave, and finally arrived at the Daughter Kingdom.
All these disasters are just a formality, and with Sun Wukong's strength, it is not difficult to survive these disasters.
Even the disaster of the Daughter Kingdom, which seemed to be the most difficult to survive, did not cause any obstacles because Tang Sanzang had awakened the memory of his previous life.
However, the journey to the west was not going to be smooth sailing. Tang Sanzang and his party were able to safely reach Xitianling Mountain after traveling around the mountains and rivers.
In other words, in the journey to the west, all parties have their own calculations, which makes the calamity in the journey to the west extremely complicated.
Not long after passing the Daughter's Kingdom, Tang Sanzang and his party encountered a new disaster, and it was also a rather dangerous disaster.
At this time, Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng and White Dragon Ma Aolie looked at the two identical Sun Wukong in front of them and could only look at each other.
With Sun Wukong's current peak quasi-sage strength, it would be almost impossible for any living being to impersonate Sun Wukong.
Unless the saint personally takes action, looking at the entire Three Realms, a top powerhouse like Zhen Yuanzi cannot do this.
But at this moment, in front of Tang Sanseng and his entourage, there were two identical Sun Wukongs, but their strength was almost completely different.
With the same cultivation level of the pinnacle quasi-sage, the same Ruyi Golden Cudgel, with the strength of Tang Sanzang and his entourage, it is impossible to tell who is real and who is fake.
"How dare you pretend to be my old grandson? I have to admire your courage!" A Sun Wukong looked solemn and said in a deep voice.
"This is what I should say to you. Who are you? How dare you pretend to be me?" said another Sun Wukong.
After a disagreement, the two Sun Wukongs fought together again. But the two Sun Wukongs seemed to be carved from the same mold, and no one could do anything to the other.
"Hmph! You do have some skills. Since you dare to pretend to be my old grandson, do you dare to tell the truth from me?" Sun Wukong said in a deep voice.
"Why don't you dare? I want you to show your true colors completely!" The other Sun Wukong said with murderous intent not to be outdone.
"Okay! Do you dare to go with me to meet the Human Emperor? By then, it will be clear who is real and who is fake!" A Sun Wukong said in a deep voice.
"Hmph! My old grandson is afraid that you won't dare to go!" Another Sun Wukong said without hesitation.
Tang Sanzang nodded unconsciously after hearing this. In his opinion, meeting the Human Emperor was naturally the best way at the moment.
Nowadays, many powerful people in the Three Realms know that Sun Wukong's skills were actually secretly taught by Jiang Heng.
Moreover, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in Sun Wukong's hand was actually the Sea-Suppressing Pillar that Jiang Heng personally refined and used to suppress Haiyan.
Besides, Jiang Heng is also a saint after all. Even though he is just an incarnation, his eyesight is not comparable to that of other strong men in the Three Realms.
No matter how powerful the fake Sun Wukong is, he probably won't be able to reveal any flaws in front of Jiang Heng.
At that time, it will be instantly clear which of the two Sun Wukongs is real and who is fake, and there is basically no chance of escape.
Of course, if the fake Sun Wukong is afraid, even if there is even the slightest hesitation, his flaws will be revealed immediately.
But neither of the two Sun Wukongs showed any hesitation. They were both confident and ready to find Jiang Heng to tell the truth from the lie.
Soon, Tang Sanzang and his two Sun Wukongs arrived in front of Jiang Heng and told Jiang Heng the whole story.
Looking at the two identical Sun Wukongs in front of him, Jiang Heng remained calm on the surface, but he was a little surprised in his heart.
Jiang Heng naturally knew about the six-eared macaque pretending to be Sun Wukong, but in Jiang Heng's opinion, this scene should never happen again.
Because of Jiang Heng, Sun Wukong is now a real pinnacle quasi-sage. How can the six-eared macaque fake it?
But the two Sun Wukongs in front of them were both at the peak of quasi-sage cultivation, and their auras were equally strong.
Jiang Heng even felt the aura of victory in the two Sun Wukongs in front of him.
What's even more exaggerated is that even the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in the hands of the two Sun Wukongs are exactly the same, and they are all treasures of merit.
For a moment, even Jiang Heng found it difficult to tell whether the two Sun Wukongs in front of him were real or fake if they only relied on superficial clues.
In today's Three Realms, if even Jiang Heng cannot tell which of the two Sun Wukongs is real and which is fake, then it will be even more impossible for others.
"It's indeed a good method! You couldn't help but take action in the end!" Jiang Heng thought to himself.
In the entire prehistoric world, even a saint could not tell Jiang Heng whether the two Sun Wukongs were true or false.
Only the Dao of Heaven and Dao Ancestor Hongjun can create an identical Sun Wukong, and make it impossible for Jiang Heng to tell the truth from the fake.
After all, no matter how strong Jiang Heng is now, he is only an alter ego and has not yet truly reached the level of a saint.
With the methods of Heavenly Dao and Daozu Hongjun, it is naturally not difficult to hide Jiang Heng's alter ego.
Of course, if Jiang Heng's sanctified incarnation is here, even Tiandao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun will have a hard time hiding it from Jiang Heng.
Daozu Hongjun and Tiandaohui took action at this time, which was unexpected by Jiang Heng, but when he thought about it carefully, it was also reasonable.
Although it is now a critical moment for the perfection of Tiandao, and Journey to the West Calamity seems to be developing according to the normal plot, Daozu Hongjun and Tiandao are not really sitting back and relax.
Jiang Heng took action many times during the calamity of Journey to the West and planned many things, especially the last time he refined the Netherworld Blood Sea.
How could Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Tiandao not be afraid? Taking action at this time is probably also to ensure that the Journey to the West calamity can be successfully completed.
In later generations, many people have said that in the disaster of the six-eared macaque, it was not the six-eared macaque that died, but Sun Wukong.
There is no reason to suspect this. Looking at the entire journey to the west, it is not impossible to see some clues.
Before the disaster of the six-eared macaque, Sun Wukong was still the unruly Monkey King even though he was wearing a golden hoop.
But after the disaster of the six-eared macaque, Sun Wukong seemed to be a different person. Not only did he always look for foreign help when he encountered monsters.
Moreover, Sun Wukong himself became much more docile, and no longer disobeyed Tang Sanzang, and he truly became Tang Sanzang's great disciple.
In the original journey to the west, Jiang Heng naturally didn't know whether Sun Wukong was replaced by the six-eared macaque.
But in today's Journey to the West, two identical Sun Wukongs appear, and the possibility of the six-eared macaque replacing Sun Wukong becomes extremely high.
Since Tiandao and Daozu Hongjun chose to take action, it was natural that they could not just find some trouble for Jiang Heng, but they must have some purpose.
Quietly replacing Sun Wukong will undoubtedly ensure that Journey to the West can end successfully according to the established trajectory.
This is naturally the best outcome for Tiandao and Daozu Hongjun. As for the life and death of Sun Wukong, how could Tiandao and Taoist Hongjun care?
"Human Emperor, please take action yourself and reveal the true identity of this fake!" A Sun Wukong said angrily.
"Human Emperor, don't listen to his nonsense. My grandson is the real one. Hurry up and suppress this guy who dares to pretend to be my grandson!" said another Sun Wukong.
The two Sun Wukongs began to accuse each other, saying that the other was a fake, but they were the real Sun Wukong.
"It's indeed interesting. Even I, the emperor, may not know which of you is real and who is fake!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.
The two Sun Wukongs all looked at Jiang Heng in disbelief, and Tang Sanzang and his party also looked at each other, not believing what they just heard.
This person in front of me is the Human Emperor! Not to mention that he is a strong man at the saint level, they have all seen the strength displayed by Jiang Heng's incarnation.
The incarnation of the Western Bodhi Saint was beaten to death by the Human Emperor in front of him, and the ancient giant Styx Master completely fell into the hands of Jiang Heng.
Such a supremely powerful man could not tell which of the two Sun Wukongs was real and which was fake. So how powerful is the counterfeit?
Moreover, if Jiang Heng couldn't tell the difference between true and false, who could tell the difference between true and false after searching the entire Three Realms?
"Then what should we do? If we can't tell which of the two Sun Wukongs is real and which is fake, how can we complete the mission to obtain scriptures from the West?" Tang Sanzang said extremely anxiously.
If you can't tell which of the two Sun Wukongs is real and who is fake, you will naturally not be able to survive this catastrophe. How can you continue to go to the West to learn scriptures?
We can't let the two Sun Wukongs go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures together, right? Even if we can obtain the true scripture, I am afraid that this calamity will not be considered complete.
When Jiang Heng was about to continue to say something, two powerful auras suddenly appeared in the distance, and they were in front of Jiang Heng in an instant.
The visitor, Jiang Heng, was no stranger. He was the incarnation of two saints from Western religions, Patriarch Bodhi and Sakyamuni.
Jiang Heng's expression remained as usual, but a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. The two saints from the Western religion arrived at this time, what a coincidence!
Not only did the two saints from the Western religion arrive, but in the next moment, the Jade Emperor Haotian and Lu Ya from Heaven also arrived.
The incarnations of Saint Taiqing, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Master Tongtian also appeared at this moment, and all the saints from the ancient world suddenly came together.
Except for Saint Nuwa and Houtu Ancestral Witch, all the saints in the ancient world chose to come at this moment.
Obviously, for these saints who have been paying attention to the journey to the west, the appearance of the two Sun Wukong will naturally attract their attention.
What's more, Jiang Heng admitted that he couldn't tell which of the two Sun Wukongs was real and which one was fake. Naturally, these saints knew the seriousness of this matter.
Just like what Tang Sanzang said just now, if you can't tell which of the two Sun Wukongs is real and who is fake, Journey to the West and Measuring Tribulations will not be truly complete.
Even saints must treat it with caution when it comes to whether the calamity can be completed successfully. It is not a strange thing to happen to Jiang Heng.
Of course, perhaps because they were too impatient, the two saints of the Western Church were completely unaware of what was wrong with them coming in the first place.
But in Jiang Heng's eyes, the two saints from the Western religion came first, which in itself already explains something.
"You have all arrived here, and you must know the seriousness of this matter. Have you seen anything?" Patriarch Bodhi spoke first.
Jiang Heng sneered again. Patriarch Bodhi was so eager to dominate the scene, which further confirmed some of Jiang Heng's speculations.
"The Human Emperor has never distinguished the true from the false, how can we have this ability?" Jade Emperor Haotian said with a sneer.
"From what I can see, there is no slight difference between the two Sun Wukongs!" said the incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun.
The incarnations of Saint Taiqing and Master Tongtian remained silent. They had seen it themselves, and they really could not tell which of the two Sun Wukongs was real and who was fake.
"This matter is related to this calamity. No matter what, we still have to find a way out!" Patriarch Bodhi said in a deep voice again.
"Hmph! I really don't believe that all the incarnations of saints and saints are here. With our methods, how can we not let a monster show up?
If this matter spreads out, I'm afraid we will become the laughing stock of the entire world! "Tongtian Cult Master said in a deep voice.
Leader Tongtian is right. A group of saints gathered here. If they still can't tell which of the two Sun Wukongs is real and who is fake, wouldn't they be laughed at?
The strong man who dared to impersonate Sun Wukong didn't know how arrogant he would be. This matter was related to the face of all the saints.
"This matter is not simple. If you can hide it from our eyes, how can it be the method of an ordinary strong person?" As Jade Emperor Haotian spoke, his eyes focused on Jiang Heng.
Jade Emperor Haotian obviously meant something, but he almost didn't point at Jiang Heng and said that this matter was actually Jiang Heng's handiwork.
With all the methods Jiang Heng had shown, let alone the Jade Emperor Haotian's statement, it was actually not unreasonable.
In the prehistoric world, apart from Tiandao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Jiang Heng is indeed the most powerful person who is most likely to accomplish this.
Moreover, Jiang Heng, the Human Emperor, had many plans in Journey to the West, so it was not impossible to create two identical Sun Wukongs.
"No amount of speculation is useless. The most important thing now is how to distinguish the authenticity of the two Sun Wukongs!" Sage Taiqing said.
As soon as Saint Taiqing finished speaking, Sakyamuni said: "This is a very good thing. There is something in our Western religion that we can try!"
"What kind of treasure has such miraculous abilities?" Jade Emperor Haotian immediately asked.
"In our Western religion, there is a spiritual beast named Listening. It has the ability to identify all things in the world. Maybe you can give it a try!" Sakyamuni said.
"That's very good! Please guide the saint to find out the truth about the spiritual beast!" Jade Emperor Haotian said.
Sakyamuni nodded, and with a wave of his hand, an auspicious beast with a tiger head, a single horn, dog ears, a dragon body, a lion tail, and unicorn feet appeared.
Jiang Heng didn't say anything and looked at all this with a sneer. He wanted to see what tricks the Jade Emperor Haotian and the Western Sect were going to play.
