Wang Mang suddenly went black and lost consciousness.
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"Huh! What's going on?"
Xiao Ning opened his eyes and found himself on the city wall of an ancient city. All he could see was chaos. The sky was dark, with dark clouds covering the top and thunder and lightning flashing incessantly.
In the distance, countless people dressed in ancient soldier costumes were engaged in a chaotic battle, with blood flowing everywhere.
Looking up at the sky again, through layers of spatial obstructions, Xiao Ning could clearly see a golden Buddha statue standing tall in the sky, reaching down to suppress a monkey head in its palm. The monkey head could not escape and was instantly suppressed!
That monkey was born with a bright golden eye and a round, hairy face without cheeks. It had sharp teeth and a wicked nature. Its appearance was as strange as the Thunder God. It was none other than Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who had made a great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace.
"This scene... hiss, is it Sun Wukong's attempt to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace backfired, and he was instead suppressed by Buddha under the Five Elements Mountain?"
At this moment, Xiao Ning's eyes were filled with nothing but the unruly gaze of the monkey high in the sky, which seemed to occupy his entire vision.
Dressed in gleaming golden armor, with a shining golden crown on his head.
Holding a golden cudgel in his hand and wearing cloud shoes on his feet, he was perfectly suited to the occasion.
A pair of strange eyes like a star, two ears that extend past the shoulders and are hard and stiff.
A straight posture brings many changes, and a loud voice is like a bell or chime.
A sharp-tongued, toothy stable boy, with lofty ambitions to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
He has countless names: Sun Wukong, Senior Brother, Great Sage Equal to Heaven...
Sun Wukong was given to him by the Bodhi Patriarch, "eldest brother" was what Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing called him, and "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" was what he called himself when he made havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
However he is called, he is the childhood idol of countless Chinese people.
Born of nature and born from a celestial stone, he is intelligent, righteous, chivalrous, and hates evil. He possesses great magical power and is proficient in seventy-two transformations. His personal magical weapon is called the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel).
Now, as soon as Xiao Ning traveled through time, he saw a classic scene from the TV series "Journey to the West" that he had watched as a child.
His eyes welled up with tears.
Unfortunately, the aura emanating from the golden Buddha statue high in the sky was exceptionally terrifying, even causing Sun Wukong to return to the mortal realm.
Even though the monkey is now powerless against the Buddha, it is still not comparable to Xiao Ning, a mere shrimp who has not yet become an immortal.
Even if Xiao Ning wanted to save her childhood idol, it was just a thought in her mind.
He knew that even if he rushed forward, he would only be easily suppressed and would not be able to save Sun Wukong at all. Instead, he would lose his own life.
A gust of wind blew by, and Xiao Ning instantly woke up.
Once he regained his senses, reason prevailed, and Xiao Ning instantly severed the strange sense of reverence he felt for his childhood idol. He was afraid that he would lose control and rush forward to his death.
Moreover, when we were children, watching TV dramas meant being outside the world, but now we've entered it.
As the saying goes, your perspective is determined by where you sit.
When I was a child, I just watched it for fun.
Now that I think about it carefully, from a human perspective, monkeys aren't exactly good either!
Born a monkey, he was different from humans. As you can see, he killed countless humans with ease. Even after receiving teachings from the Bodhi Patriarch, he remained incorrigible and unruly.
Just as it is common for humans to eat livestock such as chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and fish, it is quite normal for beasts to eat, injure, and kill people after they transform into demons.
While this is an unforgivable act from a human perspective, it is perfectly normal for demons.
Thinking about this, Xiao Ning felt a complex and inexplicable feeling.
I felt that my childhood idol had been shattered in an instant.
"well!"
Xiao Ning sighed, completely erasing this regret. Then, he thought of another problem.
"Is this world... like Journey to the West or the primordial world...? Hiss!"
"No matter which world it is, it is extremely terrifying. For a mere ant who has not yet become an immortal to live in such a world is indeed a tiny bit dangerous!"
"Teleportation card, it really does teleport randomly, what a rip-off!"
Even without extending his divine sense, Xiao Ning keenly sensed that the spiritual energy of this world was extremely rich, almost unbelievably so.
It was far more intense than any world I had ever experienced before.
And this is only the mortal realm, where spiritual energy is scarce. So how abundant must the Heavenly Court be? It must be so rich that it must be liquefied with primordial energy!
Just then, Xiao Ning faintly heard a scream, and the information revealed in the voice caught his attention.
Xiao Ning turned his gaze toward the direction from which the sound came, and saw an old man with white hair cursing loudly at the sky behind the bloody battlefield not far away.
"Heaven is unjust! I, Wang Mang, refuse to accept this!"
Why are they treating me like this? What did I do wrong?
"I, Wang Mang, was born under the red flag and was a member of the new society. As a member of the post-00s generation, I come from a wealthy family and live a carefree life. Why should I be reborn and return to the Han Dynasty?"
"It's one thing to be reborn, but I've gone through countless hardships to establish a new dynasty and am eager to put my past life's knowledge to use. Why are you stopping me?"
"A sudden strong wind blew, and a meteorite fell from the sky, destroying my 400,000-strong army!"