Zhuang Zhou and Guanyin had a great battle, and in the end, it was Ksitigarbha who appeared. Only then did Guanyin escape with her life, otherwise her millennia of cultivation would have ended up as mere dust.
The Human Sage was truly terrifying. Even a master like Guanyin was no match for him, nearly losing her life.
However, this time Zhuang Zhou's ascension to heaven was unobstructed, reaching the Thirty-Three Heavens without passing through the Heavenly Court. The journey was perilously dangerous, with fierce winds and thunderclouds above. Those with weaker cultivation would be directly obliterated.
Zhuang Zhou did not want to expend the effort to ascend due to his sufficient mana, yet passing through those layers of fierce winds and thunderclouds was indeed troubling. Thus, he chose to go through the Eastern Heavenly Gate.