Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 532 - 500 Years Later (Third Update!)

The World Tree truly deserves its name as the Divine Tree capable of birthing worlds, its heart of the tree is essentially a universe unto itself, filled with innumerable stars, and thus, innumerable small worlds. The constant expansion of the Three Realms draws its source from these endless stars.

Infinite stars, with endless stellar power. Creating, expanding, and developing worlds with the power of the stars, this is the fundamental reason why the World Tree can nurture and evolve the Three Realms.

Wukong truly admires the Ancestor of Dao, Hong Jun, for finding the sapling of the World Tree from who knows where, and for the mental effort it must have taken to cultivate it to today's extent. He earnestly hopes that one day he can meet the Ancestor of Dao and earnestly seek his teaching!

But before that, Wukong must elevate his cultivation to the level of a Heavenly Dao Saint. Otherwise, how would he be qualified to meet the Ancestor of Dao?

Might as well absorb some Stellar Spiritual Qi right here!

Wukong sat down cross-legged. The Stellar Spiritual Qi within this endless starry sky was boundless, so there was no fear of it running dry. With Wukong's current cultivation strength, he didn't have the capacity to withstand the formidable pressure of the starry void and enter it, so he could only absorb it at the threshold of the World Tree's channel.

Activating the Eight-Nine Profound Skill, Wukong opened up all the acupoints in his body, absorbing the Stellar Spiritual Qi almost frantically. The Stellar Spiritual Qi from within the endless starry sky converged towards Wukong's position, forming a vortex of Spiritual Qi, the base of which shot directly into the channel.

Boom!

The boundless Stellar Spiritual Qi struck Wukong, pouring into him like divine nectar. In an instant, Wukong fell into a profound state. All his acupoints opened widely, absorbing the Qi in an almost plundering madness, his aura beginning to rise at an imperceptible speed.

The Three Realms, East Victorious Divine Continent, the Yunzhan Cave on Blessing Mountain.

"Zhu Wuneng, stay here and wait quietly. Two hundred years from now, a Scripture Seeking individual will pass by. You must protect him well and accompany him to Western Heaven to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. The day your task is achieved will be the day you obtain your True Fruition!"

Marshal Tianpeng, Zhu Tianpeng, no, now having been reborn as a pig, Zhu Wuneng, was kneeling at the entrance of the Yunzhan Cave, worshiping the figure in the sky, who was not Guanyin Bodhisattva as in the past life, but had become Maitreya Buddha.

A similar scene had also unfolded at the Quicksand River and Eagle Sorrow Cliff—after the great general with the rolled-up curtain was banished to the Mortal World and settled in the Quicksand River, he was taken as a disciple by Maitreya Buddha and given the Dharma name Sha Wujing, while the White Dragon, Ao Lie, received a promise from Maitreya Buddha at Eagle Sorrow Cliff. He only needed to carry the Scripture Seeking individual to Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain to worship Buddha and seek scriptures, and his sins would be forgiven, granting him True Fruition.

All these arrangements by the Buddhist Sect were clearly discerned by the spies of Flower-Fruit Mountain, reported back to Flower-Fruit Mountain. There, a dedicated intelligence analysis department recorded these circumstances, which were then sent to Water Curtain Cave Heaven and delivered to the Heaven-Piercing Tower by close guards.

"Grand Steward, here's the latest news!"

Leng Xuan was cultivating in seclusion on the ninth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Tower but never neglected the inspection and analysis of the news from the Three Realms. All news was transmitted through the message conveyance device at the base of the Tower to Leng Xuan on the ninth layer.

"Zhu Wuneng! Sha Wujing! Ao Lie?"

Leng Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly as a contemplative light flashed through them, "The cultivation of these people is not particularly strong, what exactly is Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect planning by assigning them the task of scripture seeking?"

"Keep a close watch on these three! Also, there's no need to analyze any message from Yuan Hong, report it immediately!"

"Yes, Grand Steward!"

After giving a few instructions to the messaging device, Leng Xuan took a deep breath and closed his eyes, resuming his cultivation. Based on the current information, there didn't seem to be anything of great value. Perhaps the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect had arranged it this way just for the eventual distribution of benefits?

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In recent years, the Heavenly Court had become very low-key, no longer engaging in direct conflicts with Flower-Fruit Mountain nor dealing with the independent Netherworld Ghost Tribe and Asura Tribe. The Jade Emperor seemed to have turned a deaf ear, merely guarding the Heavenly Palace, and had almost ceased getting involved in matters of the Mortal World.

The Western Heavenly Buddhist Sect was the same, with Buddha Bodhisattvas rarely displaying miracles. Only those fearless monks still wandered everywhere, constructing temples here and there, promoting the so-called Buddhist teachings of great compassion and salvation for all beings.

This kind of behavior from the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect was precisely what Leng Xuan hoped to see. He had originally drafted many plans for countering a backlash from the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect, but ended up not needing any of them. This was a good thing, as the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Cult could focus on developing peacefully, taking advantage of the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect's reclusion to expand its influence as much as possible and develop more followers, greatly absorbing the Power of Faith.

As time passed, another two hundred years went by, and the deadline of five hundred years was now only a little over ten years away. The ten-episode reincarnation body of the Golden Cicada Child had been born, with the childhood name Jiang Liuer, residing within the Golden Mountain Temple of Great Tang in the Eastern Land.

The reincarnated body of Four Waste Star Lord Yuan Hong had finally appeared, according to the news from Maitreya Buddha, hiding within the Golden Mountain Temple, quietly protecting Jiang Liuer. Meanwhile, he secretly conveyed the message to the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Cult that Jiang Liuer was the ten-episode reincarnation body of the Golden Cicada Child.

"We've almost gathered enough Power of Faith to support the re-opening of the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court, but why hasn't the boss returned? It's been almost five hundred years!"

Inside the Water Curtain Cave Heaven of Flower-Fruit Mountain, the Spiritual Liquid formed by the Power of Faith within the Great Saint statue used to reopen the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court was about to overflow. As Leng Xuan and the others were excited and exhilarated, they couldn't help but worry. Sun Wukong had gone to The Borderlands five hundred years ago, and why hadn't any news come back?

If it weren't for the Puti Patriarch claiming that Sun Wukong's life-jade slip was intact and he presumably hadn't encountered any danger, Leng Xuan and the others would have almost believed that Sun Wukong had met with some misfortune in The Borderlands!

To reopen the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court, naturally, they couldn't do without Sun Wukong, the Sect Hierarch of the Demon Cult, the Great Sage Equalling Heaven. Moreover, the second of the three conditions, the Donghuang Bell that suppresses fortune, was still in Sun Wukong's hands. Without the Donghuang Bell, even if the Heavenly Court was reopened, they couldn't suppress the Merit and Destiny. With an unstable foundation, the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court would be as ephemeral as flowers in a mirror or the moon reflected on the water, unable to last for long!

Just as Leng Xuan and the others were becoming anxious, in the core channel of the World Tree in The Borderlands, Sun Wukong eventually ceased absorbing the Stellar Spiritual Qi. His body shone brightly, every inch of skin and bone gleaming with a nine-colored divine light, the sign that the Chaotic Divine Body had reached the limit of the Indestructible Body.

Boom!

Sun Wukong opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning streaked across them, followed by the sound of thunder.