I nodded in agreement. Regardless of Zhuan Yuanzi's motives behind him, he wouldn't lie about the great calamity, nor was there a need to.

He knew the power of the Earth Book, one of the three great miraculous books.

As the Earth Book opened, chaos filled the inside as if it were the beginning of the world.

I divided a strand of true spirit and rushed in.

I saw that it wasn't the immortal halls or the beings of the mortal world inside.

The sky was gray and the ground was heavy with death.

Everywhere in the heavens and earth were ruins, blood, and corpses covering the land.

I saw the crumbling Heavenly Court.

And there were the familiar friends and fellow disciples from my past.

But in the end, I was swallowed by a gaping, blood-filled mouth.

When I opened my eyes again, everything before me seemed unchanged.

However, Zhuan Yuanzi's jet-black hair had turned snow-white.

A chill ran through my heart, for even the ancestor of the Earth Immortals, Shou and Tianqi, could not avoid peering into the river of destiny.

"Did you see it?"

"Yes, I did. What should I do?"

"What you saw is the faint glimmer of life in this world. It mustn't be spoken of or questioned. You may leave now."

After Zhuan Yuanzi finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves, and both I and the Monkey King felt the world spin.

When we regained our senses, we were already beyond the Ninth Heaven.

"My big brother's sleeve contains the universe. It's unfathomable!"

The Monkey King was not easily impressed, but he respected Zhuan Yuanzi's divine abilities.

"Sha, the Great Immortal just told me that he took away the Buddhas of Mount Ling, not to protect them, but for the future calamity. He also warned me to be wary of the Jade Emperor."

I laughed coldly.

This Heavenly Court told us to be cautious of Zhuan Yuanzi, yet in the end, Bajie died in the Milky Way.

Zhuan Yuanzi personally saved the remnants of Mount Ling and warned us to be careful of the Jade Emperor.

Who is telling the truth and who is lying?

Zhuan Yuanzi said the great calamity began when I swallowed the Golden Cicada.

And the destruction of Mount Ling started with the backlash of merit.

When Bajie died in the Milky Way, the golden light of merit disappeared.

Suddenly, I realized something and my face changed dramatically:

"Not good! Bajie died in the Heavenly Court, which means Longma Ao Lie is in danger. We need to find him quickly."

But before we could reach the Heavenly Court, the Dragon King of the Western Sea, Ao Run, intercepted us.

He held a shattered plaque in his hand.

We were instantly alarmed because it was the spiritual plaque that held a strand of Ao Lie's soul.

As long as the person exists, the plaque remains intact. When the person dies, the plaque shatters.

Without a doubt, we were too late. Longma had also died in the Heavenly Court.

Ao Run wept bitterly and pleaded for us to avenge his Third Dragon Prince.