Great Demon Sun Wukong-Chapter 551 - 514: The Mysterious Powerhouse Reappears
For a full quarter of an hour, the battle between Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao might have appeared quite ordinary, yet the peril within was only understood by those who had broken through the peak of the Domain Lord Level and reached the Heavenly Venerate Realm. Returning to simplicity and truth, every seemingly ordinary punch and kick contained the utmost cosmic principles. Although Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao had not determined a victor during this quarter-hour, had their opponents been at the Domain Lord Level, aside from the six Domain Lords who possessed the World Suppressing Stele, the rest would have surely been defeated by now.
At this moment, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao stopped their actions simultaneously, standing a hundred meters apart. Both had considerable damage to their clothing and armor. Sun Wukong's left cheek was swollen, struck by a punch from Xi Zhao. On Xi Zhao's forehead, there was a small cut, inflicted by the sharp claws of Sun Wukong. They were evenly matched, entirely equal in strength. Such an outcome was unexpected to both parties.
Xi Zhao had reached the Heavenly Venerate Realm hundreds of thousands of years ago. However, to evade punishment from Universal Law Enforcers, he had no choice but to split his soul and Spiritual Power in two, resulting in the subsequent Evil Monarch and Demon Monarch. After hundreds of thousands of years and accumulation, the strength of both the Evil Monarch and the Demon Monarch had greatly surpassed their initial state. Thus, when they remerged into a complete entity, Xi Zhao became much more powerful than when he first broke through to the Heavenly Venerate Realm.
Even now, Xi Zhao was confident that he could confront the Spirit Controller head-on without falling short. If he played his cards right, defeating the Spirit Controller was not out of the question. However, after a quarter-hour, he had failed to defeat Sun Wukong and could only manage a draw. This was something Xi Zhao simply could not accept. He was most likely the most knowledgeable about Sun Wukong's origins.
Coming from a minor world, through a series of coincidences, Sun Wukong obtained the Wasteland Soil Stele, and his Combat Power had soared through a series of fortuitous encounters. Previously, Sun Wukong had already exhibited the strength to combat Domain Lords head-on. It could be said that Sun Wukong was the strongest being to emerge from a minor world, now surpassing the likes of Donghuang Taiyi and the Demon Emperor Di Jun. But no matter how many adventures Sun Wukong had gone through, after all, he was a minor character from a minor world. And Xi Zhao? He was once the foremost among the Nine Great Divine Kingdoms and the mastermind behind countless chilling stratagems.
These two individuals, of vastly different status and not logically comparable, fought to a deadlock even after Xi Zhao nearly unleashed all his strength. Did Xi Zhao hold back? Indeed, he did. Although he had returned to his most powerful state after merging with the Evil Monarch, he had not unleashed all his Combat Power, only about sixty to seventy percent of his full capability.
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If Xi Zhao were willing, he could use his most powerful move. But the problem was, Xi Zhao was unwilling. From the quarter-hour of exchange, he had almost figured out Sun Wukong's Combat Power. Although still at the Eight Patterns Supreme Realm, Sun Wukong's actual Combat Power had indeed reached the Heavenly Venerate level, precisely the same rank as Xi Zhao's. Otherwise, if Sun Wukong were merely a beginner at the Heavenly Venerate level, Xi Zhao might not necessarily defeat him in a quarter-hour but could definitely gain the upper hand.
Of course, even though Sun Wukong's Combat Power was on the same level as Xi Zhao's, one must not forget that Sun Wukong's Realm was still at the Eight Patterns Supreme. While one had the Combat Power of a Heavenly Venerate at the Eight Patterns Supreme realm, the other's Combat Power and realm were both at the Heavenly Venerate. The gap between them spoke for itself. Sun Wukong could match Xi Zhao in a short burst, but in a prolonged battle, the ultimate victory would surely belong to Xi Zhao. Unless Sun Wukong could unleash a mightly move that could instantly annihilate Xi Zhao.
Did Sun Wukong possess such a move? The answer was affirmative. Sun Wukong indeed had such moves, and not just one. When he exploded with anger, triggering the extreme power from the Five Elements Balance within his body, Sun Wukong's Combat Power truly reached the Heavenly Venerate Realm. At that moment, what was once murky and unclear suddenly became evident. Most notably among these was the Chaos Five Decisions, originating from Pangu's legacy within the Five-Colored Divine Stone.
Since Sun Wukong began to comprehend the Chaos Five Decisions and applied them in combat, he could smoothly execute the first four decisions: The First Form, Heavensplitting Strike; the second, Yin Yang's First Division; the Third Form, Life Baptism; and the fourth, Chaos Giant Transformation. With a total of five moves in the Chaos Five Decisions, Sun Wukong had no inkling nor understanding of the Fifth Form, rendering it unusable. Always aware only of its name, he had no further knowledge—until now. Though untried, Sun Wukong knew that he could finally execute the Fifth Form of the Chaos Five Decisions, "Heaven and Earth Are Me." Additionally, after reaching the Heavenly Venerate level, he gained a completely different understanding of Genesis Divine Nation's unique skill, the Seal Heavenly Stamp's Fourth Layer, "Divine Sense Locks All Beings." Yet, to Sun Wukong's surprise, or rather shock, was not these two abilities, but the realization that the underlying essence of the Chaos Five Decisions and Seal Heavenly Stamp were, in fact, from the same origin.
Perhaps this may seem inconsequential, but put another way, this means that the Seal Heavenly Stamp and the Chaos Five Decisions are interchangeable. These two ultimate divine skills of the Genesis Divine Nation essentially originated from a single technique that then diverged. Once Sun Wukong's strength reached the Heavenly Venerate level, he already possessed the ability to fuse these two divine skills into one. This also dispelled a long-standing confusion that had plagued Sun Wukong. Whether it was the Nine Great Divine Kingdoms of the past or the Six Great Divine Nations that came later, it seemed that all powers other than the Genesis Divine Nation only possessed one national divine skill, which only those with outstanding merits or sufficiently exalted status could cultivate.
The Genesis Divine Nation, however, possessed two. One was the Chaos Giant Transformation, held by the Chaotic Giant Clan, and the other was the Seal Heavenly Stamp, held in the hands of Domain Lord Xiao He. There had always been a rule in the Genesis Divine Nation that the Chaotic Giant Clan would not learn the Seal Heavenly Stamp, and outsiders would not learn the Chaos Five Decisions. Should anyone attempt to combine these two divine skills, they would face catastrophic consequences. Sun Wukong's doubt was not about this, or rather, this was not the main issue. His doubt arose when he used the Seal Heavenly Stamp and the Chaos Five Decisions.
The Seal Heavenly Stamp is arguably the strongest move in the entire universe for binding and restraining, yet it lacks direct lethality. The first three forms of the Chaos Five Decisions have immense attack power but can only rely on the user's visual strength to lock onto the opponent, without the ability to use Divine Sense or spiritual power for targeting, severely reducing the accuracy of the moves. If it weren't for Sun Wukong's Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes, an unparalleled pupil skill throughout ancient and modern times, the Chaos Five Decisions would not have been so easy for him to use.
Only now did Sun Wukong understand that when the Seal Heavenly Stamp and the Chaos Five Decisions were merged into a single technique, the original issues with both techniques were completely resolved. Especially when the fourth layer of the Seal Heavenly Stamp and the Fifth Form of the Chaos Five Decisions were combined, the resulting terror of might was something Sun Wukong could not even imagine. Hence, he dared not use it. Otherwise, if he accidentally killed Xi Zhao, Sun Wukong would not be far from death himself.
Moreover, Sun Wukong's greatest enemy in his heart was no longer Xi Zhao but the imminent emergence of the most powerful and fearful totemic Divine Beast, the Annihilation Nine Headed Serpent.
As Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao both ceased their attacks, the entire Patrolling Celestial World suddenly began to shake violently. This tremor far exceeded any natural earthquake; it was as if the whole Patrolling Celestial World was trembling like an egg about to hatch. In fact, at that moment, the Patrolling Celestial World was indeed like an egg on the verge of hatching, except what was about to emerge was not a chick but the incomparably terrifying Annihilation Nine Headed Serpent.
The shaking did not last long, roughly the duration of three to five breaths. When the tremor stopped, all lifeforms within the Patrolling Celestial World turned their eyes, full of reverent awe, in one direction. As everyone's gaze gathered there, eight streams of pitch-black energy suddenly surged up from beneath the ground. The moment those eight beams of black light rose, every person in the Patrolling Celestial World was subdued by the terrifying aura of destruction and could not help but fall to their knees.
Of course, not everyone. Sun Wukong, Xi Zhao, Ling Weiyang, Sha Wujing, and Dao Zhun were the exceptions.
Besides these five individuals, there were also two others who stood upright, hands behind their backs. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Starting Point ) to cast your recommendation votes and Monthly Passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
