Chapter Twenty-Six: The Journey

  After a punch shattered the Buddha of Light, Sun Wukong slowly raised his head, covered in blood and filled with an endless killing aura, gazing towards the remaining Buddhist crowd. This one glance contained the most overbearing and icy killing intent between heaven and earth. Just this one glance made the Buddhist crowd feel as if they had fallen into an endless world of extreme cold. Moreover, just as some people couldn't withstand the overbearing aura and wanted to turn around and escape, their bodies suddenly froze in place, not daring to move. Under the pressure of that overbearing aura, almost everyone was forced to kneel on the ground.

  Because those who turned around and wanted to run, just as the idea had just risen for an instant, a strong killing intent surrounded themselves. The feeling was like having countless sharp daggers pressed against their necks, and with just a slight movement, they would immediately lose their heads. So, no one dared to move.

  "Remember, my name is Sun Wukong the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. This is just the beginning. I know that more people from the upper realm will come, but I, old Sun, am not afraid." With a final glance at the Buddhist crowd, Sun Wukong turned and left without hesitation.

  When Monkey King's figure disappeared into the continuous mountains below, everyone let out a sigh of relief. The terror that could die at any time was not something ordinary people could bear. Although they didn't know why Monkey King hadn't taken advantage of the situation to kill them, everyone had already lost the mood to care about it. No one wanted to stay in this place for even one second longer, and everyone took out their fastest speed in life to leave.

  It's likely that for a very long time, no one will dare to come and kill Sun Wukong again. Even if an even more powerful master comes, they won't dare. Because Sun Wukong's series of moves has already scared them out of their wits. From the time they became Buddhas until now, they have never seen such a terrifying figure. It seems that you can never kill or defeat him, even if you defeat him temporarily, as long as he doesn't die, he will always come back with an even more powerful attitude. And then use his overwhelming power to make you know what terror is.

  This kind of person, can't be provoked, and can't have any intersection with him. This idea has become the voice in everyone's heart at this moment. Even if someone goes back to secular life immediately and hides in the mountains from now on, it's not impossible.

  In the stone chamber at the deepest part of the Cave of Silken Threads, Sun Wukong lay on the ground covered in blood, with only a faint breath indicating that he was not yet dead. Lying quietly for half a moment, finally, Sun Wukong's fingers moved almost imperceptibly, and then, with great difficulty, he opened his eyes.

  "What a close call, I almost exploded. Although I managed to save my life, this injury is too severe, I don't know when I'll recover." After saying that, Sun Wukong had a bitter smile on his face. Then, he slowly started trying to sit up in the lotus position. Although he had just killed two holy men of Buddhism, Sun Wukong didn't feel any relief in his heart, instead, the appearance of Guangming Zi Zai Fo made him even more anxious.

  Because after the scripture was taken, Sun Wukong and his party were all revered as Buddhas, and Sun Wukong was even conferred as the Victorious Fighting Buddha. In the following hundreds of years, Sun Wukong stayed in Buddhism to cultivate. On the surface, it seemed that Sun Wukong had become a Buddha in Buddhism, living a life of ease for a hundred years. However, no one knew that during his hundreds of years on Spirit Mountain, Sun Wukong secretly investigated almost all the secrets of Buddhism.

  At this time, Sun Wukong made an extremely shocking and even earth-shaking discovery. It turned out that in the sealed scroll of the Tathagata, Sun Wukong discovered that the vast Buddhist gate in the Western Heaven was only the tip of the iceberg. And his own world was just a small and insignificant world among countless worlds. This discovery shocked Sun Wukong extremely, but he quickly calmed down. Because from the few words in the scroll, Sun Wukong found that not only Buddhism, but also the Heavenly Court and Taoism were the same.

  At that moment, Sun Wukong fell into a dilemma. Whether it was Buddhism or Taoism, both had an unresolvable past with him. He used to think that what he saw was everything, but now he realized that what he saw was only a tiny part of the truth. However, if he gave up at this point, Sun Wukong couldn't bring himself to do it. After some deliberation, Sun Wukong decided to continue watching and then make a decision afterwards.

  The content behind is about the world where Sun Wukong lives, called Pangu Realm. It was originally a chaotic giant stone, and after billions of years of gestation, Pangu was born from it. After Pangu's birth, he held up the sky and stepped on the ground, and it took another billion years to have the current world.

  Every time a world is born in this universe, the forces on the desolate ancient border at the center of the universe will be informed. When the forces on the desolate ancient border learn that only a small world has been born, each force sends a few people to develop within it. Because the world is too weak, after sending a few disciples, the various forces no longer pay attention to it. However, every ten thousand years, a message will be sent to inquire about the situation of the small world.

  After the first ten thousand years, the message passed down was that the name of the first living being born in this world was Pangu. However, Pangu had already merged with the Dao and become one with the entire world. So they decided to name this small world Pangu Realm. Although in the eyes of these powerful forces, Pangu's strength was weak to the point where it couldn't be any weaker, the spirit of merging with the Dao was still very great. That's why a world would be named after him.

  And the people sent by these major forces are respectively Yaozu Niwa, Daoist Hongjun, Rentu Fuxi, and Buddhist Kusunabuddha. The rest of the smaller forces will not be mentioned one by one. These few figures who can be called great gods in the Pangu world began to enlighten all living things and started to create sects and factions.

  After that, another 17,500 kalpas passed before the current world situation emerged. As for those great gods at the beginning, either they fell or merged with the Tao and disappeared completely. Although some people with profound magical powers appeared later, they were just fleeting like a flash in the pan.

  Moreover, there is a most important point, that is, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, the secret order passed down from the ancient wilderness, various forces can be squeezed out and warred, but absolutely do not allow one party to completely swallow another. Although Pangu world is a small world on one side, the forces above will not care too much, but once one force completely annihilates another, this is something that the major forces in the ancient wilderness cannot tolerate at all, which for them is no different from being slapped hard.

  Sun Wukong also discovered that the original Heavenly Court was not controlled by the Taoist family, but was governed by the leader of the demon tribe, Donghuang Taiyi and Emperor Jun. The demonic masters Kunpeng and the ten great generals of the major demon tribes were unstoppable. However, for some unknown reason, an internal conflict broke out later, allowing the Taoist family to take advantage of the situation and occupy the Heavenly Court in one fell swoop. From then on, the demon tribe was never able to recover. Even so, the Taoist family did not completely exterminate the demon tribe, but only killed some of the leaders. The rest of the demon tribes were all expelled to the lower realm of the four continents.

  Although these made Sun Wukong furious, he still keenly discovered a useful piece of information. That is, the Buddha and Taoist sects are not allowed to be destroyed, if they are destroyed, the upper realm will definitely send someone down to the lower realm, but that would have to wait until 10,000 years later. And the maximum energy value that Pangu Realm can hold is only a peak saint. In 10,000 years, Sun Wukong has confidence in becoming the pinnacle of this world.

  So, if one can take advantage of this point, first form an alliance with the Buddhist sect, then launch a surprise attack on the Heavenly Court. After eliminating the Taoist sect in the Heavenly Court, then turn to confront the Buddhist sect separately. Once enough power has been accumulated, take down the Buddhist sect as well. In this way, this world will become dominated by the demon tribe. Even if the upper realm sends people later, one's own strength will be sufficient by then. If everything goes smoothly, the demon tribe is sure to rise. Leading the demon tribe back to its former glorious status in ancient times is only a matter of time.

  This led to a series of actions and behaviors by Sun Wukong later on. However, what Sun Wukong did not expect was that the Buddhist sect would disregard the previous order and ultimately reap the benefits of the fishermen. It was equivalent to wiping out all the living forces of both the demon tribe and the Taoist family, becoming the biggest winner.

  This was something that Sun Wukong couldn't understand. But now, all of these have been figured out. It turns out that behind the Tathagata's back, there is another Buddha named Guangmingzi. A superior saint has become the Tathagata's backing, which is why the Tathagata dares to be so ambitious.

  However, heaven's calculations are not as good as human calculations. Although the Tathagata had planned for over a thousand years, it still ended in failure. Although he temporarily occupied the Heavenly Court, his Spirit Mountain was also destroyed overnight. The gain is not worth the loss. Now he has ended up with the outcome of body and dao both perishing.

  Sun Wukong's next task was to recover from his injuries as soon as possible and then find the remaining three pieces of the Nüwa Stone. Finally, merge the power of the five divine stones to reach the peak of a saint. At that time, it would be the time for the demon clan to rise again.

  This heavenly court, even if temporarily left to Buddhism, is of no concern.

  Just as Sun Wukong finished thinking and felt that the road ahead was clear, he heard a loud noise, followed by a loud voice: "Haha, I'm old pig is alive again, haha!"