Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

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Time ticked by, seconds into minutes, and as Red Boy acted, the flames of Flame Mountain all began to converge toward his fingertips.

As the flames at his fingertips grew brighter, naturally, the Samadhi True Fire of the entire Flame Mountain also began to fade away rapidly.

Whoosh!

Just as the flames of Flame Mountain seemed about to vanish completely, suddenly, an extremely shrill cry sounded.

Immediately, Jiang Liu found the whole world plunged into profound darkness.

Jiang Liu looked up and saw that the entire sky seemed to be covered by something—a giant bird, a huge divine bird, which spread its wings and covered the entire sky.

Jiang Liu had excellent eyesight, but even so, he couldn't make out the full appearance of this divine bird.

He could only see segments of its massive feathers, each feather thousands of meters long!

"Kunpeng, reputed to have a body thousands of miles long? Could it be true? Is this its true form? Not just its Dharma Aspect!?" Jiang Liu thought with a sense of shock as he looked at the giant bird that completely obscured the sky.

Of course, what was even harder to accept was that Kunpeng had utterly disregarded the agreement previously set and had lashed out violently.

Thud!

As Kunpeng suddenly made its move, a series of sounds echoed between heaven and earth like the beating of evening drums and morning bells. Soon after, a golden Buddhist Light appeared, illuminating the cosmos, and an enormous palm descended from the void.

Clearly, the one who made this move was none other than Tathagata!

"Immeasurable life and fortune!" Following Tathagata's action, another voice chanted at the same time.

Immediately, a Book of Earth materialized from the void, transforming into a radiant light and pressing down toward Kunpeng—it was Master Zhenyuan of Wuzhuang Temple making his move.

A Quasi-Saint Level battle was something Jiang Liu and the others naturally had no place to meddle in. With Tathagata and Master Zhenyuan taking action one after the other, they quickly entangled Kunpeng, and the three Quasi-Saints left the thirty-third heaven to enter the void.

"Kunpeng! So it is the Demon Master Kunpeng?!"

Although Jiang Liu had inferred from the leaderless True Sun Fire that the bigshot hidden within Flame Mountain was Demon Master Kunpeng, a guess was, after all, just a guess and not a fact.

Now that he witnessed Kunpeng spreading its form between heaven and earth, Jiang Liu was finally able to confirm Kunpeng's identity.

But, with the existence of Quasi-Saint Level beings, which one of them hasn't lived since the Ancient Desolation to the present? Several Quasi-Saints had agreed not to act.

Yet, at the crucial moment, Kunpeng went back on its word and made a move directly?

"Also, in the legends of Primordial times, the character of the Western Saints Jieyin and Zhunti was never very good, but at the same time, it seems from the Primordial legends that Demon Master Kunpeng's character isn't much better!" Thinking about Demon Master Kunpeng's betrayal, a thought struck Jiang Liu, and he got the gist of it.

Not to mention anything else, during the great calamity of the ancient Witch and Demon Clans, the Witch Clan almost entirely perished, and the Demon Clan suffered heavy losses with even the two Demon Clan rulers dying. Yet Demon Master Kunpeng managed to survive. This to a certain extent showed that Kunpeng's character indeed wasn't very good.

Otherwise, with even a shred of valor, shouldn't Kunpeng have shared life and death with the entire Demon Clan?

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Aside from Kunpeng's betrayal and the successive actions of Tathagata and Master Zhenyuan, with several Quasi-Saints battling outside the thirty-third heaven in the void, let's not discuss how that battle looked. For the time being, Red Boy appeared to be oblivious to the surrounding events.

He stood quietly in the midst of Flame Mountain, with countless flames converging towards his fingertips.

At the same time, the aura emanating from Red Boy's body grew increasingly stronger and kept climbing.

"After subduing this True Sun Fire, could it be? His cultivation level is rising with the tide?" Jiang Liu murmured to himself, feeling the increasingly fierce aura coming from Red Boy.

Gazing at Red Boy, he silently called up the character panel, and soon, Red Boy's character panel appeared before Jiang Liu.

ID: Red Boy (Golden).

Gender: Male.

Profession: Demon.

Level: 68.

Equipment:...

Looking at Red Boy's character panel, Jiang Liu's eyes widened in shock.

He remembered that when he saw Red Boy before, his level was not that high, just a recent entry into the Heavenly Immortal Realm, right? But now, has he already risen to level 68?

"Wait, did I just see it wrong? Level 69 now!?" Surprised, Jiang Liu suddenly noticed that Red Boy's level had reached 69, which made him question whether he had been seeing things.

Or is it? The level is still climbing?

The True Sun Fire in Red Boy's hands grew more refined, and the golden flames, full of nobility, blistering heat, and wild energy, as if they could burn everything between heaven and earth.

As the flames in Red Boy's hands continued to gather, the area covered by the fires of the eight-hundred-mile Flame Mountain shrank continually.

What was once an eight-hundred-mile radius quickly changed to seven hundred miles, six hundred miles, five hundred miles…

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Jiang Liu quietly waited and watched Red Boy. An hour had passed, and finally, all the True Sun Fire within Flame Mountain dissipated.

More precisely, it was all absorbed by Red Boy.

The flames of Flame Mountain were extinguished once again.

At the same time, the aura emanating from Red Boy became unbelievably hot and powerful, causing a sense of awe in those who felt it.

Jiang Liu glanced at Red Boy's character panel. Well, nothing changed except for the level column.

Red Boy's level had directly ascended to Level 73.

"Level 73? A Golden BOSS panel? Red Boy has reached the Taiyi True Immortal level now, right!? The magnitude of this cultivation level increase is truly terrifying!" Staring at Red Boy's level information, Jiang Liu couldn't help but feel amazed internally.

Between levels 71 and 80 belongs to the Taiyi True Immortal category. Now, Red Boy was at Level 73 and even had a Golden BOSS panel. With such cultivation, his strength was definitely considered incredibly formidable.

"This is the first time since I arrived in the Journey to the West World that I've seen someone instantly advance about ten levels, right!?" Thinking about Red Boy's current Level 73 and his previous level info, Jiang Liu murmured to himself.

Although he was happy about the improvement in Red Boy's strength, at the same time, Jiang Liu also felt immeasurably envious.

I'm at Level 58 right now. If I could also increase by about ten levels, then I would be Level 68, nearing the Taiyi True Immortal realm.

"Holy Monk, the task you entrusted to me has been accomplished. I feel incredibly comfortable now!" As the True Sun Fire was fully absorbed, Red Boy opened his eyes, revealing a flickering light within them and said joyfully to Jiang Liu.

"Good, your cultivation level has increased so much. Congratulations!" Jiang Liu nodded and said upon hearing Red Boy's words.

The congratulations were certainly sincere; the enhancement of Red Boy's strength meant that his own power to contend with the Western Buddha and Bodhisattvas became stronger, didn't it?

Besides, Red Boy was, after all, the Vice Sect Hierarch of the Ming Sect. With himself, the Sect Hierarch, keeping his identity hidden, Red Boy was the de facto leader in charge, and indeed, he needed a strong power to command respect from others.

Now, with a Level 73 Golden BOSS panel, it seemed that there would be no issues for Red Boy to command the Ming Sect.

Of course, this didn't include the Great Luo Golden Immortal-level Scorpion Demon!

"Flame, the power of this True Sun Fire is indeed much stronger than the Samadhi True Fire! Perfect!" Red Boy's face was full of joy as he looked down at the flame in his hand.

Red Boy spread out his hands, and within his right palm, one could see the white Samadhi True Fire burning fiercely.

In his left palm, the Golden True Sun Fire was ablaze as well.

With the True Sun Fire in his left hand and the Samadhi True Fire in his right, wielding two of the world's unusual fires, Red Boy's body emitted a burning and violent aura, giving him an extraordinary demeanor.

Prompt: Task "Extinguish Flame Mountain" completed. Gained 1.3 billion Experience Points, obtained Divine Level Treasure Chest*1.

Setting aside what Red Boy, who absorbed the True Sun Fire, was now like, at this moment, suddenly, a system prompt rang out, filling Jiang Liu with joy.

Ever since acquiring the character function, Jiang Liu in total triggered four Divine Level Quests.

The first was the task to train Zhu Bajie to become a Casanova, which Jiang Liu had refused.

The second was the task to expel Sha Wujing from the sect, which Jiang Liu completed, earning a Divine Level Treasure Chest, from which he obtained a vial of Divine Medicine.

The third was to help Sun Wukong understand his feelings, a task that remained unfinished in the list to this day.

The fourth was the task to extinguish the flames of Flame Mountain, with the appearance of the Demon Master Kunpeng, a Golden BOSS panel of Quasi-Saint Peak level, troubling him—a Divine Level Quest, hardly surprising.

Prompt: Level increased by 1, current level 59.

System prompts continued to ring out. 1.3 billion Experience Points were credited, and Jiang Liu's level went straight from 58 to 59.

Thinking of the level increase, Jiang Liu also mentally checked his character panel, opening up his own panel.

ID: Jiang Liu (Blue).

Gender: Male.

Profession: Compassionate Bodhisattva.

Level: 59 (42800000/250000000).

Equipment: …

"Really? The experience needed for leveling up is getting more and more terrifying, huh!"

Opening up the character panel, Jiang Liu's main concern was, of course, the experience bar following the level. He had only about 40 million experience points, but leveling up required a whopping 250 million experience points, which made him inwardly sigh.

However, he expected the increasing experience points, so after a moment of reflection, he didn't dwell on it.

Pulling open the inventory space, Jiang Liu took out the Divine Level Treasure Chest.

The second Divine Level Treasure Chest, I wonder what good stuff I'll get this time?

With some expectation and nervousness, Jiang Liu slowly lifted the lid of the Treasure Chest.