When the Ancient Buddha Dipamkara hears what has happened, he orders the arhat Suklavira to hurry after and “rob” the scriptures from them. In the moment he seizes the scriptures, the pilgrim monks discover that these are only wordless volumes of white paper. Then the pilgrim monks return to the Thunder Monastery, where the Tang Priest presents his begging bowl of purple gold, given to him by the Emperor, to Ananda as a gift. Only then does he receive the real scriptures. On their way back, they fall into the River of Heaven, and the scriptures are drenched…
燃燈古佛得知此情，命白雄尊者去“搶”經。在奪經時取經僧方知是無字白本。取經僧返回雷音寺，唐僧將禦賜金缽獻給阿難，方得真經。歸途中在通天河落水，經本弄濕……。