Chapter 610

The chatty monk: "What chatty? It's called speaking with sincere concern! I'm a great virtuous Gao Seng—how could I be chatty?!"

Su Xiao: "Master Fahai, your fellow practitioner has arrived."

Fahai: "This… fellow practitioner is strange. Our Fomen precepts are strict; his temper flares violate the precept against anger."

Mistress of Yihua Palace: "Where did this monk come from, daring to lecture me, the palace mistress?"

The chatty monk: "Huh? Fahai? The little monk from Jin Shansi! You're here too? Amitabha—I am Tang Xuanzang. Why don't you address me as senior?"

Fahai: "【Shocked】 You're definitely not Tang Xuanzang! Master Xuanzang's Dharma is profound—he's nothing like this street thug you resemble."

Tang Xuanzang: "Amitabha, Fahai, you're clinging to appearances. All forms are illusory; if you see forms as non-forms, you see the Tathagata."

Fahai: "…"

"Wu Si San" Su Xiao: "That sounds kinda reasonable… but not really."

Xiao Mai: "It's full of twisted logic!"

Hu Yifei: "Of course it's twisted logic. 'Alcohol and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha sits in the heart.' If everyone imitated me, they'd fall into madness. Master Xuanzang probably hasn't reached that level, has he?"

Tang Xuanzang: "Joking! I am Jin Chan, seated before the Buddha—far higher in status than your Dragon-Subduing Luo Han. If he can do it, can't I?"

Yao Yue: "Seated before the Buddha?"

Su Xiao: "It's Yao Yue, sister!"

Hu Yifei: "She's a beautiful sister!"

Yao Yue: "Who are you?"

Su Xiao: "We're people from other worlds. You've probably seen the group announcement."

Yao Yue: "I've seen it—I'm still stunned. I never imagined worlds exist beyond this one. By the way—is Tang Xuanzang truly a deity? I just spoke back to him…"

Ye Hei: "His identity is still questionable. This Tang Seng is too strange—not at all like a Gao Seng. He's more like a red-flower double-stick enforcer from Lingshan's street gang."

Wang Chao: "Definitely looks like a gangster."

Tang Xuanzang: "Lingshan's street gang? Hah! Good point. Isn't Lingshan just a gangster's den?"

Fahai: "Amitabha, this… Master Xuanzang must be drunk. Your deities still exist there—isn't saying this inappropriate?"

Tang Xuanzang: "Hmph. Since this place connects all worlds, I won't pretend anymore. Fuck, Lingshan is disgusting—if I could've resisted, I'd have smashed it long ago!"

Fahai: "??"

Ye Hei: "??"

Su Xiao: "I don't get it. Isn't Tang Seng always the Buddha's obedient little disciple?"

Jia Bai Li: "Even monks have fallen?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "I can't imagine Master Xuanzang becoming like this. Though I'm a Daoist Priest, I know his deeds—this doesn't match the Xuanzang I know."

Tang Xuanzang: "Master Xuanzang? Hah! What a grand title! No matter how loud the name, it's still a puppet on a stage. Five hundred times—I've been reincarnated five hundred times!"

Ye Hei: "Reincarnation?"

Han Paopao: "Not the Six Paths of Rebirth—it's a time loop. The story ends, then resets to the beginning."

Tang Xuanzang: "This Han shi has insight. Yes—it's exactly this kind of cycle."

Su Xiao: "Then why? Doesn't Master Xuanzang want to fetch the scriptures?"

Xiao Mai: "Probably not—he's from Lingshan himself. Why oppose fetching the scriptures?"

Yao Yue: "I have a Western Journey legend too. Master Xuanzang is a great Fomen virtuous one. Is there some hidden truth here?"

Tang Xuanzang: "Hmph. I originally had no objection to fetching the scriptures—but that damn monkey didn't want to go. To break the monkey's will, the Buddha imprisoned our four-person group on the Western Journey, using time-force to reshape the monkey's nature, determined to convert it. Hah—five hundred cycles, I've long broken free, reclaimed my memories, yet remain powerless to resist."

Tang Xuanzang: "As for that monkey? He's worse off. His spirit's nearly gone. Alas—the once Great Sage Equaling Heaven, now just a Lingshan puppet. 'Battle Victory Buddha'—what a grand title."

Xiao Mai: "This… Master Xuanzang even knows Sun Wukong's title?"

Tang Xuanzang: "What's strange? I'm Lingshan's elite—I'd know such things."

Bai Suzhen: "Then shouldn't you be happy? Once Sun Dasheng is tamed, you'll return to Lingshan and become a Buddha."

Fahai: "Amitabha, congratulations!"

Sigong Huiye: "Something's clearly wrong with Master Xuanzang's state. Has too much reincarnation damaged his mind?"

Tang Xuanzang: "Become a Buddha? Hehe… ha… you mean become a puppet? Isn't that exactly how the Buddha tamed me—and now Sun Wukong?"

Fahai: "Has Master Xuanzang recovered more memories than we thought?"

Tang Xuanzang: "Clever! I've reclaimed my memories before joining Lingshan—I was once a primordial beast, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, free and unrestrained. The Buddha tried to subdue me, but I refused. Then he used this same technique to convert me. Hah—if I hadn't seen Sun Wukong's pitiful state, I might never have awakened to my past!"

Tang Xuanzang: "Buddha, you are steeped in sin!"

Xiao Mai: "No wonder Master is so angry!"

Su Xiao: "I get it. With his past memories awakened, Master Xuanzang isn't the gentle monk we imagined—he's a ferocious primordial beast. Be careful—don't grant him cross-world access. If he goes, he might destroy the world."

Tang Xuanzang: "??? When did I say I'd destroy the world?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "Master's state is unstable. We must be cautious."

Fahai: "Exactly. Amitabha. Let's discuss Dharma again once Master calms down."

Tang Xuanzang: "Dharma? Pfft. Even dogs won't learn it!"

Yao Yue: "Su Xiao's warning is right—Master Xuanzang is too dangerous!"

Lin Daiyu: "The primordial beast, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada—indeed dangerous."

Xiao 3.0 Mai: "Where's the other one? @Chaos Dragon Clan, are you from a dragon clan?"

Su Xiao: "Many worlds have dragon clans—we can't guess which Chaos Dragon Clan you are. @Yao Yue, want to know your world's original story?"

Yao Yue: "Story?"

Hu Yifei: "Theoretically speaking…"

Yao Yue: "I see. So, Miss Su, what do you want in exchange for telling me the original story of my world?"

Su Xiao: "【The Peerless Twins】 doesn't require payment! Your world's too weak—there's probably nothing in it I'd even want."

Yaoyue: "..."

Xiaomai: "Hilarious, Sister Yaoyue has taken a serious hit. I'm the Palace Master of Yihua Palace — you look down on me?!"