Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage-Chapter 71 - Indra Gains Great Destiny

Overjoyed, Emperor Gou Chen sat down cross-legged and closely sensed the location of the Magical Treasure suppressing the Formation’s eye.

Soon after, he opened his eyes, pointed a finger three feet in front of him, and the ground exploded, revealing a small tripod with three legs and two handles. Five divine dragons were coiled around this tripod, each holding a pearl in its mouth—black, white, yellow, green, and red, the same as Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light.

Exhilarated, Emperor Gou Chen exclaimed, “The Five Elements Cauldron, the Magical Treasure of the Holy Emperor Fuxi, heh heh! Indeed, it’s excellent, truly a stroke of great fortune!”

Having said this, he lifted the Five Elements Cauldron in his hands and, without even taking another look, hurriedly began to refine it with his Primordial Spirit’s Mana.

Fuxi was not a Saint, so a bit of his True Spirit naturally couldn’t last for 120,000 years. Thus, for Emperor Gou Chen, refining this Magical Treasure only took the time of burning one stick of incense. After the Magical Treasure acknowledged its master, the Formation naturally became his. The surrounding flames all ceased, receding to one side, under his control.

Since the Five Elements Cauldron was the Magical Treasure accompanying the life of the Holy Emperor Fuxi, it was thought to be of high quality. Therefore, Emperor Gou Chen was not in a rush and continued to refine the Five Elements Cauldron, intending to integrate it fully to avoid it being stolen and the True Spirit within it being scattered in just a few blows. Hence, he invoked the True Sunfire to meld a wisp of his True Spirit perfectly with the cauldron. This refining process took three days and three nights, and finally, it was as round and perfect as desired.

A glint of light burst from Emperor Gou Chen’s forehead as the cauldron entered it, settling in front of the Niwan Palace within. If someone wanted to ambush him and shatter his Niwan Palace, it would not be so easy. Having obtained the Five Elements Cauldron, the frustration in his heart dissipated. Even if he couldn’t seize the Green Emperor’s throne this time, obtaining this cauldron was more than worth it.

“With this cauldron in hand, I need not fear Sun Wukong’s Magical Treasures! However, that space Magical Treasure is too bizarre; within an instant, it defeated eight experts. I must be careful,” Emperor Gou Chen thought to himself.

With the cauldron in his possession and his confidence boosted, Emperor Gou Chen went off in search of Sun Wukong to settle scores.

At this time, Sun Wukong was mutually corroborating the Great Paths with Yuan Hong and making significant progress in learning the Staff Technique.

Wu Aotian of the Xuan Wu Clan was also heading in this direction at this time, portending another fierce battle.

The Long-Armed Ape had an innate Divine Ability that could discern good and bad fortune. With a slight calculation, he felt an impulsive sensation and said, “I shall hide away! Someone is coming, and I fear it will be a fierce battle indeed!”

After a short wait, Wu Aotian from the Xuan Wu Clan arrived, and Wukong promptly lifted his staff.

Wu Aotian said, “I’ve just divined using the turtle shell that there’s a great calamity heading your way; it seems that Indra has obtained some powerful magical treasure and has come here to assist you.”

Wukong chuckled, “Why do you say that?”

Wu Aotian replied, “I am the Second Elder of the Xuan Wu Clan. The elder generation has long decided to establish you as the new Green Emperor to revitalize the Demon Tribe’s spirit and stand against the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect. Now, with the Demon Tribe fragmented like loose sand and the characters from the Ancient era continuously falling due to injuries by the Great Paths, the Demon Tribe’s situation is indeed precarious.”

Wukong knew the turtle shell possessed unfathomable divinatory powers. It was said that Fuxi, the Holy Emperor, received the inspiration to lay out the Eight Trigrams in the void from this very turtle shell, which has natural patterns concealing the secrets of heaven. A careful revelation could lead to great fortunes! It was said that the people of the Xuan Wu Clan cultivated based on the natural patterns on the turtle shells they were born with; how they comprehended the Dharma Gate from these patterns remained a mystery to him.

Wukong secretly thought, “Yuan Hong also mentioned danger earlier. Since this man has come to assist me and also divined danger, it must be that Emperor Gou Chen really obtained some powerful magical treasure!” Yet his brow furrowed again, “How could this man divine that danger is coming for me? With the Hongmeng Purple Qi protecting me, divination tactics should be ineffective, making fortunes and calamities hard to predict. However, Fuxi was able to divine this day, 120,000 years later, using the turtle shell’s powers, and since Wu Aotian is also from the Xuan Wu Clan, he must possess some tricks.”

Wukong questioned doubtfully, “How did you divine my fortune and misfortune?”

Wu Aotian explained, “I’ve divined that Indra has become the Green Emperor. Since he’s taken up that role, you’re naturally in danger.”

Wukong realized that the art of divination was not a single path but many great ways. Even if one’s own fortunes could not be divined, others close to them could be, and through a series of divinations and one’s conjectures, one could fumble towards some origins.

Wukong nodded and said, “This art of divination is indeed miraculous, though I’m unaware of its origins.”

Wu Aotian then laughed and said, “Once your Golden Core is complete and you reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, you’ll know a bit about it. If there’s a Divination Method you can learn, that would be even better.”

In the Ancient Era, Fuxi possessed tremendous mana and cultivated the art of divination to an extremely profound level. Moreover, he invented the Eight Trigrams, arranging them in the void, showcasing his extraordinary brilliance! The legendary book “The Book of Changes” was said to be written by Fuxi. Unfortunately, it revealed too much of the heavenly secrets, leading to the burning of its core divination techniques, leaving only superficial bits. Yet even those remnants, when thoroughly studied by Marquis of Xi, Ji Chang, enabled him to understand the past and future, to know fortunes and fates, to know destiny… This demonstrates how formidable Fuxi was; he could likely calculate your demise with just a pinch of his fingers, without any need to act.

Having fought with Great Luo Golden Immortals, Wukong realized their formidable power, their strength elusive to fathom. During his battle with the Great Might Heavenly Dragon, he couldn’t discern its attack routes. If it weren’t for relying on the Green Lotus, he would have been defeated long ago.

This kind of power is known as rules.

How to explain it? Imagine throwing a pebble – it travels in a straight line before falling. But a Great Luo Golden Immortal can disrupt the rules: a pebble thrown by them might fall first and then travel in a straight line… Or, when a punch is aimed at the face, one would expect the fist to come straight on, but if the rules are distorted, what the eyes see is a deviated trajectory of the fist attack – unpredictable and eerily strange.

For Wukong to perfect his Golden Core, it was not an easy task. He had imprinted over nine hundred Dao marks onto it, approaching a thousand. To achieve a perfect Golden Core, he feared he would need all Three Thousand Great Paths complete. However, this could result in an accumulation of strength that might rival a Sect Founder once he reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

This was an extremely difficult path, one that only Hong Jun, the ancestor, had taken.

He attained the status of a Heavenly Dao Saint, commanded Pangu to create the world, and after the opening of heaven, he captured much of the Hongmeng Purple Qi. With great determination, he seized the Three Thousand Great Paths within the Hongmeng Purple Qi and finally merged with the Heavenly Dao to become one with the Great Path! In the past, when Tong Tian Sect Master established the Jie Taoist sect, outsiders said it meant seizing the chance for life that escaped during the evolution of the cosmos. Little did they know, Tong Tian Sect Master also had great determination to seize the Three Thousand Great Paths, but ultimately, he failed.

To become a Heavenly Dao Saint and have one’s own path become a fixed number, one would need great luck, great determination, and great wisdom. Evidently, Tong Tian Sect Master had the determination and wisdom, but what he lacked was that great luck.

The difficulty of attaining Dao has many perils, too numerous to name.

As Wu Aotian shared these words with Wukong, another subtle Dao mark appeared on Wukong’s Golden Core, named the Way of Divination. This Dao mark was so subtle it was nearly non-existent. To perfect this mark, he would need a lot of time and careful understanding.

He then sat down cross-legged with Wu Aotian to quietly wait for Emperor Gou Chen to arrive.

At that moment, Emperor Gou Chen was riding on a cloud formed from the Samadhi True Fire, flying towards this place with a Square Sky Halberd in his hand and a face full of determined killing intent!