When Bajie died, his body was surrounded by various spiritual birds and fairy fruits, enjoying a feast.

When Nezha notified me, he said that Bajie's physical body was intact, but his divine soul had long been extinguished.

What's even more terrifying is that his merit golden light has been stripped away by someone.

Sun Wukong, filled with rage, held his golden hoop staff and glanced at me, saying, "I thought that with the destruction of Mount Ling, you and I would truly be free. But I never expected that there are still people who won't let go of our brothers?"

"Stripped away the merit golden light?" I suppressed the stormy waves in my heart and asked, "Who killed Bajie?"

You should know that not everyone possesses merit golden light. It can only be bestowed upon immortal gods who have made contributions to the heavens and all living beings.

Just like the Earth Goddess in the past, she underwent the cycle of reincarnation six times, giving the opportunity for the beings of the heavens and earth to reincarnate again, thus receiving immense merit.

With this step, the Earth Goddess ascended to heaven, achieved merit, and became the seventh saint of the Three Realms.

As the five-member group on the journey to the Western Heaven to obtain scriptures, we propagate Buddhism and save sentient beings. On the day of our success in the Western Journey, great merit will also be bestowed upon us.

Behind each of us, there are golden merit light wheels of different sizes, colors, and depths.

Now that Bajie has been killed, could it be that someone has come for the merit golden light?

"Even though Bajie's cultivation level was low, he was still at the level of the Taiyi Golden Immortal. Who could silently annihilate his divine soul without even a hint of wind spreading the news?"

"Do we even need to say it, Sha Junior Brother? Bajie died in the Tianhe water area. There are only two capable of taking action. Either it's the Lord of the Doumu Palace, one of the incarnations of a saint, or..."

I gritted my teeth and said, "Jade Emperor!"