A few days later,

In the country of Chechi, except for the surviving creatures, it was a mess.

They don't remember the rotten and foul-smelling Buddha, nor do they remember the monkey who fought through the baptism of fire. They don't even remember when the four travelers left.

Not far away, a figure in a black emperor's robe stood silently with hands behind his back. Wang Lingguan stepped out from nothingness and respectfully saluted, saying,

"Reporting to Emperor Zhenwu, we have already tidied up the matters in the mortal realm."

"Hmm."

Emperor Zhenwu nodded lightly, slowly stood up, but saw that Wang Lingguan remained unchanged,

Feeling somewhat puzzled.

"Do you want to know the whole story?"

Wang Lingguan hesitated slightly between his eyebrows and nodded gently in the end.

He really didn't understand. What kind of evil force was involved that caused such a massive disturbance.

"Then this deity will tell you a story!"

Smiling, Emperor Zhenwu didn't pay much attention and directly spoke,

"In the past, every great cultivator needed to spread their teachings in the mortal realm. And the evil force here is the corpse of a great cultivator!

"It gained intelligence in this place. We once joined forces to suppress it, but because of a three-year drought in this area, it awakened with resentment!

"Anyone who mentions its name can make it sense and lure it into corruption... I originally thought that the three demons could suppress it with thunder magic, but they ended up going astray! And the desire for immortality in those mortals drove them close to madness!

"I was careless for a moment and almost caused a great disaster!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Zhenwu suddenly looked into the distance and sighed,

"That monkey, able to resolve such a calamity. Tsk, this journey to the west may be even more exciting in the future!"