Chapter 97

  Ba Fu was having a great time killing and setting fires, when suddenly it felt like a bubble bursting, the sky and earth flashed. When Ba Fu was about to spit fire again, he found himself in an endless void - the world below, Avatar, was like a boiling pot with countless holes exploding everywhere... Fortunately, at the same time, countless human thoughts and green paper slips were constantly filling this huge hole.

  "Hmm? After all, it's a new film being shot, and people's minds are constantly supporting this world. It looks like it's completely impossible to collapse. 'Sci-fi' blockbusters, '3D' divine films, hum!" At this moment, Baifu had transformed into his true human form, gazing down at the world below and muttering to himself.

  In the world of Avatar, Baifu looked at the enormous world in front of him and began to sigh: "It's been a while since I've seen this huge gear-like world. Hong Jun didn't expect that the three thousand worlds you scattered back then would now be standing in front of me again."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in front of Bo Fu's eyes was again the vast world of Honghuang, but now he was about to enter one of the three thousand worlds that Hong Jun had transformed into after the Battle of Sealing the Gods. The Three Thousand Worlds were large and small, with main trunks and side branches; this one was obviously a very large primary branch world.

  For many years, Baofu had not been able to fully display his magical powers. In his daily life, he was often stifled and did not dare to use his full strength, even if it meant changing the rules of the world. He had long been suppressed. Now, finally encountering a world where he could freely exert his magical powers was truly a stroke of good fortune. Baofu rushed into this world with joy in his heart - without any obstruction whatsoever.

  He had just entered this world full of spiritual energy, and Ba Fu took a deep breath, "It's really great, haha! Can finally relax!" He began to enhance his demonic aura.

  Before he could even raise his demonic energy, a spirit symbol suddenly flashed on Bo Fu's body and disappeared. A message flew away under Bo Fu's unsuspecting gaze...

  "Huh!!!! What's going on?! I don't remember anyone planting this thing on me! It looks like it only has the ability to transmit messages, nothing else... No wonder I never paid much attention to it! Look at its spiritual power... it's Nüwa!!!!! Dammit! How could I have completely forgotten?! Now I'm doomed!"

  "Huh? What am I nervous about? I haven't done anything to Nüwa and Yun Xiao that would make me responsible! What's there to be afraid of? Speaking of which, what era is this world in now?" Bo Fu said to himself.

  He swept his divine thoughts across the land and sky, this world was not small, but a vast flat world. Ba Fu had no scruples at all now - anyway, those who needed to know that he was back already knew, so what's the point of hiding it?

  "Wow, there's a heavenly court up there too. It's so lively, seems like they're holding some kind of grand assembly or something, might as well go take a look at the excitement." Baifu stood up straight and flew directly towards the heavenly court.

  He flew into mid-air, and suddenly remembered that the Three Sisters of the Heavenly Venerable seemed to have not entered the Sealing Gods List, but also had a part-time job in the Heavenly Court! With a change of mind, he turned his head and flew towards the southern continent of Jambudvipa - where the atmosphere was far better than the other continents.

  All the way, he was thinking about how to make those female immortals give up on him. After some thought, he decided on a plan to pretend to be a playboy and indulge in wine and women to make them lose interest - however, Bo Xiang had no idea that these were not ordinary women who would require proper courtship...

  He rode the wind and clouds all the way to the southern continent of Jambudvipa, where he saw several large cities with Chinese characters written on them. He descended from the clouds and inquired about the city, only to find that it was now the Great Tang Empire. The Tang Emperor Li Shimin had swept across the eight wildernesses and six harmonies, unifying the world under his rule, and the people had lived in peace for just a few years.

  Bo Fu heard such a prosperous scene, and immediately whipped his horse to fly quickly to Chang'an, the capital of Tang. He was eager to go and inspect the service industry of the most prosperous city in the world during the Tang Dynasty.

  Chang'an has always had the dragon energy of the Son of Heaven to protect it. The Great Tang Dynasty has just been established, and the dragon energy is stronger than ever. Even immortals and demons cannot fly freely in the sky above Chang'an. Bo Fu doesn't care about any dragon energy - even the ancestral dragon of the pre-heavenly world was killed by him back then. What's there to fear from the emperors of the mortal world now?

  However, he still couldn't stir up a big disturbance in Chang'an and ended up using a trick to sneak into the city, honestly paying the entrance fee. To Bo Fu, who was used to seeing modern metropolises, Chang'an didn't have much except for its vast land area, but it was already the world's largest city during the Tang Dynasty. Bo Fu rushed straight to Changle Fang, now that it was still early and various brothels and tea houses hadn't opened yet. He found a three-story tall wine house and sat down, ordering a big table of fine wines and delicacies to slowly comfort his injured tongue and stomach from Pandora's planet in Avatar.

  At the time when Bao Fu was indulging in food and drink in Chang'an City, waiting for the brothel to open, the Heavenly Court was holding an "Assembly of Peaceful Heaven". Some asked that wasn't the mischievous monkey already been struck down to the mortal world and pressed under the Five Elements Mountain during Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty? Why hold this "Assembly of Peaceful Heaven" now?

  It's exactly the kind of thing that happens when "one day in heaven is one year on earth". The monkey was knocked down from heaven 500 days ago, and it took 500 days to arrange all the affairs and prepare for the banquet - mainly because of the bureaucrats' self-congratulation and red tape. Anyway, the heavenly court and the Western gods have plenty of time. Now the conference is starting, estimated to last three days - that's three years on earth - by which time the monkey on earth will almost be released from prison...

  The Jade Emperor once said, "Please, Buddha, wait one more day, until we have prepared the immortal flowers and fruits to hold a grand ceremony in Heaven." However, officials' words are always discounted. But the Buddha had already seen through the opportunity to spread his teachings to the southern continent of Jambudvipa and control this small world, without showing any impatience. The Jade Emperor was just saying that, waiting for the Buddha to leave on his own accord, so that afterwards he could just send a heavy gift as thanks and get rid of this favor. But unfortunately, the Buddha had also become a clever monkey...

  The Heavenly Assembly was in full swing. Everyone was joyful and happy, only to see the Queen Mother leading a group of fairy maidens, fairy girls, beautiful ladies, and beauties floating and dancing towards the Buddha, paying homage: "In the past, the demon monkey disrupted the Peach Banquet, but now thanks to the Great Sage's Dharma Chain locking up the mischievous monkey, we celebrate the 'Heavenly Assembly', with nothing to repay, I personally plucked a few peaches from the large peach tree and offer them as a gift." The Buddha joined his palms in gratitude towards the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother then ordered the fairy maidens to sing and dance. The assembly of immortals all praised and admired. Just as the Queen Mother was ordering the fairy maidens to sing and dance, cups and dishes were clinking together, when suddenly they heard that the Star of Longevity had arrived. Seeing the Jade Emperor finish his greetings, he also saw the Buddha and thanked him: "At first, I heard that the demon monkey was taken by the Old Master to the Palace of Universal Gathering for refining, thinking it would surely bring peace, but unexpectedly he escaped again. Thanks to the Buddha's kindness in subduing this monster, setting up a banquet to thank you, so I came upon hearing the news. There is nothing else I can offer, specially prepared purple fungus and jade grass, green lotus golden elixir to present."

  The Tathagata smiled and thanked him. The Star of Longevity took his seat, still walking in a circle to transmit the scriptures. Suddenly, the barefooted Great Immortal arrived again. He bowed his head to the Jade Emperor and then thanked the Buddha: "I deeply feel the power of the Dharma, subduing the demonic monkey. There is nothing that can be used to show respect, so I especially offer two pears and several fire dates as a tribute."

  Tathagata thanked and called Ananda and Mahakasyapa to collect the offerings one by one, then went to thank Jade Emperor for the banquet. Everyone was drunk.

  Just as the immortals were talking nonsense, a demonic energy fluctuation came from the void. Only a few powerful beings in the banquet could feel this energy, and they saw that the Buddha's brow furrowed while the Jade Emperor directly spoke to the Queen Mother in a low voice: "I didn't expect that after thousands of years of not seeing him, he suddenly appeared again, and from now on, there will be great things happening in this world."

  The Antarctic Immortal and several other powerful immortals from the Expounding Teachings sect were secretly shocked and gritting their teeth. The reactions of the several powerful immortals from the Intercepting Teachings sect were different, however. Yun Xiao Niang Niang didn't say a word, pushed away the banquet in front of her, and without even greeting the Jade Emperor or the Buddha, quickly left the Yaochi Palace. Guanyin Bodhisattva's face also changed greatly, and Yang Jiaojiao, Nezha, Li Jing, and others all sighed: "Heaven and earth have great events again!"