After leaving Chang'an, Li Ling returned to the Heavenly Court.
The Journey to the West had temporarily come to an end. In this lifetime, Xuanzang was destined to be unable to obtain the true scriptures, and they would simply have to wait for the next lifetime.
Inside the Tushita Palace of the Heavenly Court, the external avatar had long since been refined, and Li Ling had come here precisely to retrieve it.
Chapter 64