Great Demon Sun Wukong

If it wasn’t the Transcendence Flower playing tricks, then it must have detected that Master hadn’t entirely perished; there must be a thread of life still present.

So, Sun Wukong had to find that glimmer of hope for life. As long as Master hadn’t completely died, he would have the power to bring him back.

Again and again. This was already the third time, but no matter how he searched, his Master’s body only contained an absolute stillness; he couldn’t feel even the slightest sign of life. Sun Wukong panicked, could the Transcendence Flower have been mistaken? After all, it was just a flower, and even though it was extraordinary, it was ultimately just a plant.

His Divine Sense at the intermediate phase of sainthood had probed three times in a row, yet he felt nothing out of the ordinary. There was only the cold stiffness and the complete silence of death.

But Sun Wukong couldn’t bring himself to accept or believe it. He was unable to accept that his Master had died like this, not perishing on the journey to the west, nor slain by a secret plot from the gods or Buddhas, but rather dying in this desolate and uninhabited ice field. How could Sun Wukong accept this? A great Saint, to die just like that?

Suddenly, Sun Wukong seemed to realize something. Master had become a Saint, and he recalled the moment when Master had achieved sainthood on the spot—the celestial music echoed through the heavens, golden lotuses sprouted from the ground, and Buddhist chants arose from all directions, such a magnificent spectacle.

Logically, if Master had truly died, there should have been some abnormal phenomena in heaven and earth.

But during the time he had been encased in ice, he hadn’t felt any such phenomena. That could only mean one thing: Master hadn’t truly passed away but had fallen into a state of suspended animation. His Divine Sense and soul must be hiding somewhere within his body.

With this thought, just as Sun Wukong was about to start another careful search, a flash of light seemed to pass through his mind!

Saint, death, heavenly phenomena! That’s it, when he had killed Tathagata, there had been no reaction from heaven and earth either. Logically, given Tathagata’s cultivation, his true fall would definitely cause universal mourning. Yet, no unusual events had happened that day. Could it be that Tathagata hadn’t died either?

But, he had definitely crushed his physical body and soul that day; how could he have possibly escaped? Moreover, when he killed the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light and the Carefree Buddha, there were also no signs of any heavenly phenomena.

If it wasn’t the Heavenly Dao malfunctioning, then these beings hadn’t truly died!

At this thought, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but inhale sharply.

Buddhism, is it truly so terrifying? Shaking his head, he stopped dwelling on these thoughts, as brooding over them was pointless. He needed to quickly continue searching for where exactly Master’s Divine Sense and soul were hidden!

In fact, Sun Wukong’s guess was very close to the truth. Tathagata indeed had not really died, neither had Tang Sanzang. However, the Carefree Buddha and the Eternal Buddha of Flowing Light had truly perished. It was just that since they were not from the Pangu Realm, even if they fell, this world would feel nothing. It was simply that Sun Wukong wasn’t aware of all this.

Finally, after seven continuous searches, a surge of ecstasy arose. Because Sun Wukong finally discovered the hiding place of Tang Sanzang’s Divine Sense and soul—it was within his eyes.

The left eye contained all the Divine Sense, and the right eye held the soul!

If it weren’t for the Transcendence Flower that had perceived something and kept hovering between Tang Sanzang’s eyes, Sun Wukong would have never imagined that Master’s Divine Sense and soul would choose the eyes as their refuge.

With the discovery of the Divine Sense, things were easier. All he had to do was separate the Divine Sense and the soul from the eyes and then seal them into the world within his Jingu Bang. When he would find a miraculous treasure capable of reconstructing a physical body, he could then shape a new one for his Master.

But when Sun Wukong began to separate the soul and Divine Sense, they suddenly seemed out of control. He saw the Divine Sense and soul forcefully break away from his control, circled around Tang Sanzang’s body, which was already frozen stiff, three times before diving into the Void Transcendence Flower floating in front of Tang Sanzang’s forehead.

Sun Wukong was taken aback for a moment, just how miraculous was this Void Transcendence Flower? Even the Divine Sense and soul could be accommodated; did all ancient artifacts possess such might?

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He shook his head, bent down gently, and picked up Tang Sanzang’s body. Sun Wukong then resolutely turned around and retraced his steps the same way he had come. He didn’t use a shred of mana nor did he ride the clouds, just walked with deep and shallow steps, determinedly.

On the desolate Extreme Northern Ice Field, a solitary figure walked quietly. A closer view would reveal that he was also carrying another person. In this place, known as the most dangerous area of the Three Realms, he walked using only the strength of his physical body.

For a full seven days and nights, he walked out of the Extreme Northern Ice Field. However, by then Sun Wukong’s body was completely covered with a thick layer of frost, as if an ancient human encased in ice for ten thousand years had emerged. Moreover, he had several parts of his body frozen and injured, the most serious being a deep cut on his right calf that had turned purple from the cold.

Yet, the person Sun Wukong was carrying on his back seemed completely unscathed, his clothes clean and tidy. Above this person’s head, a small, transparent flower spun ceaselessly, sprinkling down a cascade of five-colored light that nourished his body.

These two were naturally Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang.

Initially, when Sun Wukong found Tang Sanzang, he planned to carry him out of the Extreme Northern Ice Field. But suddenly, a red light sped towards Sun Wukong. In just a few breaths, it was already before his eyes.

Without enough time to put down Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong could only, in that instant, bend his knees, sink his waist, and take a step back with his left foot. Then, in one thousandth of a second, he pressed his right hand against the rushing red light.

Immediately, the ground beneath Sun Wukong’s feet cracked a thousand miles in an instant, though the red light had come to a stop. It was then that Sun Wukong got a good look at what the red light was. But upon seeing it, he couldn’t help but cry out in shock, "Big brother? Brother, don’t you recognize me?"

The red light was none other than the Bull Demon King, who had revealed his true form. However, it seemed that the Bull Demon King had completely lost his self-consciousness, utterly ignoring Sun Wukong’s words!

Now that he recognized it was the Bull Demon King, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but withdraw a bit of his strength. But when Sun Wukong lessened his force, the Bull Demon King did not. Instead, he took this opportunity to exert force fiercely once again. Sun Wukong was caught off guard, and by then, it was too late.

At the last moment, Sun Wukong barely managed to turn around and shield Tang Sanzang behind him. But he hadn’t anticipated that the Bull Demon King would be so agile. As Sun Wukong turned to the side, the Bull Demon King also lowered his head and then veered to one side. His other razor-sharp horn then plunged viciously into Sun Wukong’s left leg.

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Sun Wukong cried out in pain, the intense agony nearly causing his arms to loosen. Fortunately, by clenching his teeth at the last second, he managed to hold on.

But the Bull Demon King did not care. The horn lifted upward, revealing a deep bone-seen wound.

Seizing the advantage, the entire body of the Bull Demon King lunged forward, then his massive head rammed fiercely into Sun Wukong’s abdomen. The tremendous force, coupled with the injury to his leg, almost sent Sun Wukong tumbling down. However, that was all there was to it.

That blow had only happened because Sun Wukong was taken by surprise and had insufficient guard against the Bull Demon King himself. Thus, the razor-sharp horn of the Bull Demon King had inflicted a terrifying wound. But as soon as Sun Wukong got serious, an oval water curtain formed out of nowhere, enveloping him completely.

No matter how the Bull Demon King rammed or struck from the outside, he couldn’t inflict even the slightest damage on the water curtain. The defensive power of the water curtain was terrifyingly strong!

This was the might of the third water system Divine Stone. After all, this was the first Five-Colored Divine Stone that Sun Wukong had fully absorbed. The Earth Attribute and Metal Attribute stones had transformed into human form, and not much of the Spiritual Charm essence was left in them.

Therefore, even after merging with the Metal Attribute Divine Stone, Sun Wukong’s strength had not increased substantially. Most of the reason for this was due to the Jingu Bang’s influence.

Not until now had the Five-Colored Divine Stone’s energy been fully unleashed. Thus, a single water curtain was enough to block the Bull Demon King’s full-force charge.

Standing within the water curtain, Sun Wukong sighed lightly. With a thought, the Void Transcendence Flower floating above Tang Sanzang’s head immediately flew off, then unobstructedly broke through the water curtain and circled around the Bull Demon King three times. It then silently flew back above Tang Sanzang’s head and continued to float quietly.

The Bull Demon King, however, stood frozen in place.

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