Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad gazed into the distance.
He mumbled to himself, "Logically speaking, the ninth incarnation should return to the right path. He should take the normal route of the journey to obtain scriptures, which would also lead him past the Flowing Sand River."
"However, I feel that Sha Chen and Jin Chanzi share some connection, and it may be unsuitable to let him go that way again. Yet, the path for obtaining the scriptures has long been set. If we were to change it, the entire cataclysm of the Journey to the West would become utterly perplexing."
Lord Lao Zi furrowed his brows, saying, "What I fear most now is uncertainty. The hardest part is ensuring the eighty-one trials don't become uncontrollable."
