Great Demon Sun Wukong

As the voice emerged, the rampaging gorilla suddenly froze in place, still in mid-lunge, but unable to move further. Instead, its body began trembling. Its iron fist, the size of a cooking pot, was now only a palm’s distance away from Jue Luan’s face. The gorilla’s body shook slightly as it turned its head with difficulty, pitifully looking at the little monkey sitting in the chair.

"Ling Ming, you did that on purpose, didn’t you? You nearly scared the wits out of my little black. It’s okay, he’s one of us. From now on, he’s also your king. You should call him the Beautiful Monkey King, er, right, you can’t talk yet. Come back, come back, just look at that pitiful face!" The little monkey’s voice timely rang out. The first part was addressed to Sun Wukong, the shadow that had suddenly appeared by his side, while the latter half was directed at the black gorilla, which Sun Wukong had scared stiff with a single sentence.

The gorilla still glanced at Sun Wukong with some fear before jumping off the log table and returning to stand behind the little monkey. The shadow to the little monkey’s left, the Rogue Heart Sword Hero, let out a cold snort and then lowered his hand that had been pointed at Meng Lan. As his hand descended, Meng Lan suddenly fell to one knee with a thump, gasping violently. In that instant, Meng Lan had indeed taken a brisk walk through the Ghost Gate.

The shadow was indeed the Rogue Heart Sword Hero, and his single gesture had filled Meng Lan with a terrifying sensation of almost losing control of his own body, which left him unable to aid Jue Luan when Sun Wukong appeared. Finally, Dao Zhun spoke out, "This is not the place to resolve conflicts. I hope everyone can sit down calmly and speak peacefully. We’re all friends here; there’s no need for physical altercations. Wukong, did you hear me?"

"Yes, Master!" This time, Sun Wukong didn’t say much else and bowed respectfully to Dao Zhun, then stood still without further comment. The Rogue Heart Sword Hero also bowed to Dao Zhun and then simply closed his eyes as if all the concerns of the world were none of his business. At this moment, Xi Zhao revealed a faint smile, though he concealed it well. He stood up and looked somewhat displeasedly at the little monkey, perhaps reproaching him for his earlier words, which were indeed too arrogant.

However, the little monkey didn’t care in the slightest about Xi Zhao’s opinion and directly spat the fruit core from his mouth toward Xi Zhao. Even with all his composure, Xi Zhao frowned and dodged the core. Just as he was about to react, he seemed to remember something and forcibly contained himself, even managing to show a harmless smile to Sun Wukong, "Wukong, your friend seems to be in a bad mood today!"

Sun Wukong looked at Xi Zhao apologetically but said little else. At this time, Jue Luan finally spoke, but his opening words were not as angry as expected; instead, they were filled with disbelief and astonishment. He addressed Sun Wukong, "Nine Decisive Spatial Chains, Third Layer, Great Perfection? Nine Star Drill Chains?" Sun Wukong turned his head and nodded. Before Jue Luan could say anything else, Meng Lan spoke up, "Primordial Light? Complete control?" @@novelbin@@

Meng Lan’s words were clearly addressed to the Rogue Heart Sword Hero. The Sword Hero first nodded and then shook his head, "Not safely controlled." However, at that moment, Meng Lan wasn’t really listening to what the Sword Hero said; instead, he seemed lost in his thoughts, mumbling to himself. Then Jue Luan spoke up again, "Sun Wukong, right? I hope you’ll have the chance to visit the Genesis Divine Nation someday. I can guarantee you’ll find it most rewarding!"

After speaking, Jue Luan behaved as if nothing had happened, taking several deep breaths to calm himself, then nodded to Xi Zhao, "We can continue the meeting." This left everyone once again dumbfounded, unable to understand what had just occurred. The sudden fight and the sudden return to normalcy, as if nothing had happened. Except for Meng Lan, whose complexion still showed some changes, it was impossible to tell that just moments before, a deadly fight had nearly broken out.

Even the little monkey seemed utterly unconcerned, nodding in agreement. Xi Zhao glanced at the others. Since the two main parties had nothing more to say, the rest, though still confused, also nodded, indicating the meeting could continue. "Now that Wukong and the Sword Hero have come out, we can discuss the details of the upcoming battle. But first, we need to resolve the issue that Brother Yuan mentioned, about how to seal the Underworld God Army. Otherwise, we have no chance of winning this battle!"

After a moment of silence, Jue Luan spoke, "As for the ability to create seals, I believe that no one present is more skilled than us from the Genesis Divine Nation. Hence, I propose that Sun Wukong and I work together to craft Spatial Chains, which can then be distributed among us and some of the ferocious beasts with significant strength or high levels of spiritual wisdom. During the battle with the Underworld God Army, the chains will automatically seal anything they touch on the opponent’s body. However, I can’t be certain of the duration or effectiveness of the seal, but this should be the best method we have for now!"

After Jue Luan finished, Sun Wukong was the first to agree, "I support this idea. I am aware of the issue with the Underworld God Army, and the technique called ’Seal Heavenly Stamp’ can indeed do this!" With Sun Wukong’s affirmation, the rest also inquired about some details and had Sun Wukong and Jue Luan demonstrate their Spatial Chains before all agreeing that the method was feasible. However, such an approach would likely mean hard work for Sun Wukong and Jue Luan.

Not knowing how many the Underworld God Army would send to fight, it was always best to be prepared. Having resolved this issue, Xi Zhao immediately followed up, "Jue Luan, could you bring out those three chains and the small padlocks for everyone to study a bit? It would be good for everyone to have a rough understanding of them so we can avoid accidentally damaging them during battle, which is certainly not what anyone wants to see!"

The assembled group were all clever, so after the Little Monkey had finished relating his information about the Underworld God Army, everyone understood the essence of the matter. The Little Monkey had been warned by those above not to slaughter the Underworld God Army en masse not because their lives were particularly valuable but because doing so might cause the small padlocks to lose their ability to continuously absorb spiritual power. Alternatively, it might have been because the Underworld God Army had certain unique aspects that made them the only ones who could wear the small padlocks, hence they would not be allowed to die in large numbers.

This relationship between the small padlocks and the Underworld God Army was not unfamiliar to the group—it was a clear example of parasitism. All of the Underworld God Army in the Patrolling Celestial World were hosts, and the ferocious beasts were essentially their food. All of this was in service to those small padlocks.

Therefore, if the Little Monkey’s intelligence was accurate and everyone’s guesses were correct, then the Patrolling Celestial World was far from simple. And the only ones capable of orchestrating such a grand scheme were likely individuals of the Heavenly Patroller’s level or, more likely, the Heavenly Patrollers themselves, who most certainly were the ones who had initially warned the Little Monkey.

But what was the purpose of all this? And how did these padlocks, having absorbed spiritual power for nearly a million years, differ? These questions were shared by all, so when Xi Zhao suggested that they should study them, everyone readily agreed. Jue Luan hesitated only slightly before agreeing as well.

His intention in bringing out the chains and padlocks was to have everyone study them.

"However, I must warn you all, you can study them but don’t try to destroy or experiment with them carelessly, or you’ll be responsible for the consequences!"