Sun Wukong also had a fiery temper. He couldn't stand this injustice, so he directly rebelled against the Heavenly Court, raised his banner high in Flower Fruit Mountain, and called himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong.
"It's finally my turn to take the stage!" Wang Xuan stretched his body and, based on the information he obtained from the Bull Demon King, notified the other demon kings to go to Flower Fruit Mountain to become sworn brothers with Sun Wukong.
Not long after, Wang Xuan flew to Flower Fruit Mountain and paid a visit to Sun Wukong.
This monkey is incredibly proud. Just because the Heavenly Court gave him a low-ranking position, he rebelled and left the Heavenly Court. Now, after a few flattering words from Wang Xuan, Sun Wukong is overjoyed and considers Wang Xuan one of his own.
Before long, the other demon kings also arrived at Flower Fruit Mountain and joined forces with Sun Wukong.
The series includes the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, the Great Sage Who Overturns the Seas, the Great Sage Who Moves Mountains, the Great Sage Who Knows the Way, the Great Sage Who Drives Away Gods, the Great Sage Who Drives Away Gods, the Great Sage Who Confounds Heaven, the Great Sage Who Conquers Heaven, the Great Sage Who Conquers Heaven, and the Great Sage Who Equals Heaven, Sun Wukong.
Logically speaking, Sun Wukong had just returned from learning from Patriarch Bodhi, and his reputation in the demon world wasn't very high in such a short time; he certainly didn't have such a large following. However, Sun Wukong proclaimed himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and openly opposed the Heavenly Court, which attracted the attention of several other powerful demons.
Take the Bull Demon King for example. He was determined to establish a Heavenly Court for the demon race, which is why he deliberately became sworn brothers with Sun Wukong and other demons.
However, what the other demon kings didn't expect was that just as they responded to Sun Wukong's call, gave themselves the title of Great Sage, and openly opposed the Heavenly Court, Sun Wukong suddenly changed his mind and went back to the Heavenly Court to be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
Perhaps this is nothing to Sun Wukong, but in the eyes of the Bull Demon King and other monsters, it is a bloody betrayal!
It can be said that Sun Wukong's actions chilled the hearts of the other demon kings.
Traitors have never had a good ending, and even Sun Wukong, who was Wang Xuan's disciple, was no exception.
When Sun Wukong first rebelled against the Heavenly Court, he proclaimed himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and powerful demon kings such as the Bull Demon King rushed to his aid.
However, when Sun Wukong rebelled against Heaven for the second time, no demon king was willing to come to his aid. As a result, Sun Wukong was beaten up by a mob and survived, but the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain suffered heavy casualties.
Why is there such a big difference between before and after? It's because Sun Wukong betrayed his own class!
However, when Sun Wukong rebelled against Heaven for the second time, he first wreaked havoc on the Peach Garden, and then, fueled by alcohol, he went to Laozi's Tushita Palace and ruined all the elixirs that Laozi usually made.
With the help of the peaches of immortality and the elixir, Sun Wukong's cultivation level directly broke through to the late stage of the seventh rank, and even reached the peak of the late stage of the seventh rank, with the possibility of breaking through to the perfect stage of the seventh rank at any time.
In addition, Sun Wukong also went through Laozi's alchemy furnace and gained the talent of Fiery Eyes of Truth. No one else is as lucky as him.
Unfortunately, this period of good fortune was short-lived. After Sun Wukong had been running rampant for a while, the Buddhist mastermind behind the scenes finally made his move.
Then, the Buddha was invited by the Jade Emperor, and he immediately used the divine power of the Buddha Kingdom in his palm to suppress Sun Wukong with a single palm strike!
Chapter 266 Five Hundred Years Later
When the Buddha Tathagata suppressed Sun Wukong, he made a huge commotion and made no attempt to conceal it.
The Buddha's purpose in taking this action was to intimidate all the gods and demons in the world, so he naturally made no attempt to conceal it.
Wang Xuan activated his Eternal Divine Eye, watching from afar as the Buddha Tathagata made his move.
Within the palm of the Buddha, a Buddhist kingdom was formed, creating its own space. Sun Wukong somersaulted for a long time but could not fly out of the Buddha's palm. In the end, he only urinated on the Buddha's finger.
When Sun Wukong lost the bet and refused to admit it, the Buddha Tathagata slapped down with his palm, and a golden palm print was unleashed. In an instant, it absorbed a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, materialized, and formed a Five Finger Mountain, firmly suppressing Sun Wukong beneath it.
"This monkey actually dared to make a bet with the Buddha! He's practically courting death!" Wang Xuan withdrew his gaze, feeling a pang of pity for Sun Wukong.
Based on his observations, Wang Xuan knew that the Buddha was indeed a sage of the Heavenly Dao in this world, possessing a trace of the Heavenly Dao's authority and able to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Dao to fight enemies.
Even without using the power of the Heavenly Dao, Buddha Tathagata is a late-stage eighth-order Daluo Golden Immortal, and with Wang Xuan's current strength, he most likely cannot defeat him.
"The situation is better than I expected. I thought that the Buddha had reached the eighth level of perfection, but I didn't expect that he was only at the late stage of the eighth level, only one small level stronger than me."
Although Wang Xuan is not as powerful as the Buddha, there are still 500 years before the journey to the West begins.
More importantly, the world of Journey to the West is a multi-dimensional world, while the Xuan World is currently only a mythological world, a multi-dimensional world that has not yet fully transformed. Therefore, the flow of time in the Xuan World is several times faster than in the world of Journey to the West.
The world of Journey to the West spans 500 years, while the Xuan Tian world has at least a thousand years. With a thousand years, the Xuan Tian world will have completed its transformation. Then, with the power of the Heavenly Dao returning to nourish it, Wang Xuan's cultivation will be able to advance even further!
Having figured this out, Wang Xuan had a thought, and a figure appeared beside him—the Bull Demon King, whom he had previously thrown into the Xuan Tian World.
Compared to when he was captured by Wang Xuan, the Bull Demon King's cultivation has made a breakthrough, reaching the perfect state of the seventh-order Golden Immortal.
The reason why the Bull Demon King was able to break through in such a short time is because he merged with the Bull Demon King in the world of Lotus Lantern, and in addition, he had a profound foundation, which meant he had already reached the peak of the late stage of the seventh rank.
"Old Niu, while I'm back in the Xuan Tian World, you should stay in Ji Lei Mountain and avoid causing trouble. Try to recruit as many demon kings as your underlings as possible to expand your strength," Wang Xuan instructed.
The Bull Demon King nodded quickly, looking utterly loyal.
When he was captured and brought back to the Xuan Tian World, Wang Xuan didn't even need to explain. The saints in the Xuan Tian World joined forces to manipulate the power of the Heavenly Dao and completely transformed the Bull Demon King. It was even more terrifying than the brainwashing of Buddhism.
Now, let alone asking the Bull Demon King to recruit followers, even if Wang Xuan asked him to die, he would agree without hesitation!
"I'm going back to the Xuan Tian World. Consider the Bull Demon King as a nail I've driven into the Journey to the West world. Besides, the Bull Demon King hasn't married Princess Iron Fan yet. If I don't release him, won't I get rid of Red Boy?"
Wang Xuan muttered a few words to himself, and with a thought, he activated the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to leave the Journey to the West world and return to the Xuan Tian world.
Wang Xuan first activated the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to bring the Bull Demon King back, and then activated the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to make him leave. The resulting fluctuations naturally could not be hidden from the Heavenly Dao of the Journey to the West world.
Almost the instant he left, a gigantic celestial eye appeared atop Mount Jilei, coldly sweeping over him.
Wang Xuan patted his behind and left, but he caused a lot of trouble for the Bull Demon King. The immense pressure of the Heavenly Dao pressed down on him, causing the Bull Demon King's bones to crack slightly, and he collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up.
The Eye of Heaven scanned the area for a moment, ultimately confirming that the Bull Demon King was a native of this world. It did not kill him, and instead vanished back into the void.
After returning to the Xuan Tian World, Wang Xuan threw the Kunlun Mirror into the Heavenly Dao, using the power of the Heavenly Dao to nourish this low-grade acquired spiritual treasure.
Despite looting many divine materials from the East Sea Dragon Palace and upgrading the Kunlun Mirror to a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure, with his current cultivation level, a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure is barely enough for him.
In the following period, instead of focusing on his secluded cultivation, he stayed in the Kunlun Dao Palace, spending time with Diao Chan and Cai Yan while teaching his disciples.
Over the years, he has taken in many disciples, most of whom are only nominal disciples, and he doesn't put much effort into teaching them.
Only a few true disciples inherited his mantle and were able to genuinely learn from him.
For example, Liu Chenxiang, Li Yingqiong, Zhou Qingyun, and others, under Wang Xuan's tutelage, made rapid progress in their cultivation and entered the early stage of the seventh rank.
Several hundred years passed in the blink of an eye, and the Xuan Tian World finally transformed into a multiverse.
As the world was upgraded, a massive primordial power returned to him, helping Wang Xuan break through to the late stage of the eighth rank.
Moreover, over the past few hundred years, the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth has also explored the coordinates of many worlds. However, because the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Tian World is undergoing a transformation and is unable to devour other worlds, it has not yet taken action.
At this moment, the transformation of the Xuantian World was completed. Wang Xuan no longer idled around. He led the experts of the Xuantian World on a campaign, refining those worlds into the Xuantian World, which increased the size of the Xuantian World several times over.
The current Xuantian world is half again as large as the world in Journey to the West, making it quite powerful among multiverse worlds.
As the Xuan Tian World continues to grow, Wang Xuan's cultivation has reached the peak of the late stage of the eighth rank, and he is only half a step away from the perfect eighth rank.
Besides him, the four Heavenly Saints of the Xuan Tian World also made breakthroughs, all reaching the mid-stage of the eighth rank.
“The world level has improved, but these saints have limited time to cultivate, so they can’t compare to the saints in the Journey to the West world. Therefore, their cultivation level is also weaker.” Wang Xuan sighed and, with a thought, returned to the Journey to the West world.
Five hundred years have passed since he last left the world of Journey to the West. The curtain of Journey to the West is about to rise, so he came here.
If it were up to him, he would like to wait tens of thousands of years until all the saints in the Xuan Tian World have broken through to the late stage of the eighth rank before making a move, so that he can ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Chapter 267 The Humble Monk Tang Sanzang (Revised)
The world of Journey to the West is a multiverse, and refining it into the Xuan Tian world is not so simple.
Although the Heavenly Dao of the Xuantian World is currently stronger than that of the Heavenly Dao of the Journey to the West World, it would still take at least tens of thousands of years to devour it if one were to rely solely on the Heavenly Dao of the Xuantian World.
Moreover, there are bound to be unexpected changes, and the group of Heavenly Saints in the Journey to the West world is the biggest variable!
The saints in the Xuantian world and the saints in the Journey to the West world are almost the same few people—Nuwa, Taishang Daozu, and Tathagata Buddha. At most, the Xuantian world has an additional Yuanshi Tianzun!
If one's cultivation level has not reached the eighth rank and condensed the Great Luo Dao Fruit, then when the Heavenly Dao Saints from the two worlds meet, they will simply merge into one without any conflict of interest.
The saint created through this fusion would most likely not oppose Wang Xuan, since only Wang Xuan possesses the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, allowing him to freely traverse the myriad realms!
These saints also wanted to cling to Wang Xuan's coattails, conquer all the heavens and myriad realms, plunder their power to upgrade the world, and naturally, these Heavenly Dao Saints could also advance their cultivation as a result!
However, nowadays, whether it is the Xuan Tian World or the Journey to the West World, the saints in them have all reached the eighth level of cultivation, condensed the Great Luo Dao Fruit, and achieved true self-unity. It is not something that can be achieved by simple fusion.
Only by destroying their counterparts in another world and seizing their essence can these saints achieve a certain kind of sublimation!
From beginning to end, the saints of these two worlds were locked in a life-or-death struggle, with no possibility of reconciliation, because their shared essence drew them to each other, making it impossible for them to control themselves!
"This is quite a headache. Although the saints in the Xuan Tian world are weaker, they are all my underlings. I should first devise a plan to help them eliminate the saints in the Journey to the West world as much as possible."
Wang Xuan sighed, concealed his figure and aura, and flew towards Flower Fruit Mountain.
He had originally planned to go see Sun Wukong, since Sun Wukong was also his apprentice, and it had been five hundred years since he last saw him, so it was time to go see him.
But when he was halfway there, he suddenly sensed a hidden force breaking through the cycle of reincarnation and falling towards the east.
"This is the reincarnation of a powerful being. Judging from the aura on the other person's soul, he is a master of Buddhism, with a cultivation level of about the seventh level of perfection."
Although the world of Journey to the West is a multiverse, there are not many experts at the seventh level of perfection, and they are mostly from the Buddhist sect, with only two or three at most.
If we narrow down the scope further, who else could be reincarnated at this time besides Jin Chanzi, the disciple of the Buddha?
Needless to say, the reincarnation just now must have been Jin Chanzi. Jin Chanzi was reincarnated as Tang Sanzang, who led several disciples to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures. This was decided by the Buddha many years ago!
Wang Xuan's eyes gleamed. He didn't go to Wuzhi Mountain to visit Sun Wukong anymore. Instead, he pursued the power of reincarnation and went to the Tang Dynasty in the Southern Continent.
Twenty years later, a holy monk appeared in the Tang Dynasty in the East. He was made the emperor's younger brother and was enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva. He went alone to the Great Thunder Temple in the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
What outsiders don't know is that this monk with the Buddhist name Tang Sanzang is no longer the Tang Sanzang from the original story.
The real Tang Sanzang had already been killed by Wang Xuan. Wang Xuan transformed himself into Tang Sanzang and used Tang Sanzang's essence to hide himself, so much so that even the Buddha did not notice anything unusual.
"Indeed, the journey to the West is only truly exciting when you participate in it yourself!" Wang Xuan rode a white horse and, after traveling for half a year, arrived at the Three Realms Mountain on the border of the Tang Dynasty.
A huge tiger roared and charged out, seemingly about to swallow Wang Xuan whole.
Wang Xuan sneered inwardly, sensing that many experts were lurking around him, such as the Six Ding and Six Jia of the Heavenly Court, and some Vajra Arhats of Buddhism.
These immortals and Buddhas were both secretly protecting Tang Sanzang's safety and monitoring him to ensure that the Journey to the West would not escape the control of Buddhism and Heaven.
Although Wang Xuan could easily kill this tiger with a single slap, he couldn't let Tang Sanzang's persona crumble.
So Wang Xuan pretended to be scared half to death, turned his horse around and ran away.
The tiger was hot on its heels, running incredibly fast, even faster than the steed Wang Xuan was riding!
After running for a while, just as the tiger was about to catch up, Wang Xuan's horse suddenly lurched and threw him off...
Wang Xuan's lips twitched; he felt an urge to eat horse meat. Although the tiger couldn't harm him in the slightest, his own flattery had thrown him off balance, using him to attract the tiger's attention—how heartbreaking!
In the blink of an eye, the large tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead pounced on Wang Xuan, its mouth wide open, revealing a mouthful of ferocious fangs.
No sooner said than done, at that critical moment, an arrow pierced the air and struck the tiger directly between the eyebrows. With a surge of force, it shredded the tiger's brains into a ball, rendering it utterly dead.