And the deeper the obsession, the deeper one sinks into it. Right along the journey of the Golden Cicada's reincarnation to retrieve the scriptures, Huangmei disguised himself as Rulai, tricking Tang Sanzang—who bowed to any Buddha he met—into kowtowing to him repeatedly, thus satisfying his own desire to win and prove superior. Relying on the power of Maitreya's three magical treasures, he defeated the Great Sage Sun, and single-handedly fought off the non-vegetarian Six Ding and Six Jia, the Five Quarters' Jieyi, and the eighteen Guardians of the Teaching. Afterwards, the Twenty-Eight Mansions descended to rescue them; Kang Jinlong managed to rescue the Great Sage, but all the aforementioned deities and Buddhas, including the Great Sage and the Twenty-Eight Mansions, were once again sucked into the Human-Seeding Bag. Then, Huangmei clashed with the Turtle and Snake Generals and the Five Great Dragon Kings under the Northern Zhenwu Great Emperor, and even engaged in a fierce battle with the disciple of the Great Sage National Teacher King Bodhisattva—Prince Xiao Zhang, the Third Prince of the Kingdom of Sthali, along with his four great divine generals. It was not until Maitreya Buddha finally arrived, settling upon a watermelon-eating strategy with the Great Sage and bestowing the "Word-Banning Spell" specifically countering the Human-Seeding Bag, that Huangmei was outwitted from within.
Yet Huangmei, a foolish man obsessed with the Dao of Ultimate Bliss, felt no remorse. …
Chapter 788