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Which one is strongest in 72 changes and 36 changes

Which is stronger, Thirty-six Changes or Seventy-two Changes?Seventy-two Changes is actually also known as Earthly Fury 72 Changes, while Thirty-six Changes is also known as Big Dipper 36 Changes, as you can see from the names of the two Avatars, one heavenly and one earthly, which means that the Big Dipper 36 Changes is stronger than the Earthly Fury 72 Changes.

What is called the Big Dipper, which refers to what the upper virtuous person does; and the Earthly Fury, which refers to what the lower virtuous person does. In the Journey to the West, those of superior virtue refer to immortals who have gone through traditional cultivation to become immortals, such as Taishang Laojun, Pigsy, and Sha Monk; while those of inferior virtue refer to wild immortals who have gained demonic skills by sideways ways and have not been officially certified, such as the Monkey King and the King of Ox Demons. Some people may raise the question, doesn't Erlang Shen also know seventy-two transformations? We should not forget that Erlang Shen is a person born from the Jade Emperor's sister, Si Fan, who married a mortal, Yang Jun. The Heavenly Court and the Jade Emperor did not recognize him at all, so he is still a Wild Immortal. Sun Wukong studied at Bodhi Academy, which is a folk academy without official authorization from the Heavenly Court; after finishing his studies, Sun Wukong was not ranked in the Immortal Class upon graduation like Porky Pig, so he was still a demon monkey, and he was not even qualified to learn the 36 Changes of the Big Dipper.

The so-called seventy-two changes of the Earth's Fate is actually an entry-level art of illusion. It can only conjure up seventy-two things, all of which are illusory. The most important thing was that the illusory things were much weaker than the main body. The limitations were so great that when the Monkey King transformed into a mortal, he might as well have no magical power and be an ordinary person. In summary, the thirty-six changes of the Big Dipper is much more powerful than the seventy-two changes of the Earth's Fury, only that Piggy is not a good learner, leaving everyone with the impression that the thirty-six changes are not as good as the seventy-two changes.