Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 272: Chapter 272: I Command You to Stop, How Dare You Disobey? (2nd Update)

Bang!

Bang bang bang bang!

Real Man of Jade Cauldron, now at the end of his strength, couldn’t withstand the onslaught of Sun Wukong’s Heaven-Breaking Thirty-Six Sticks. He barely managed to lift the Sword of Trapping Immortals to block one strike before it was knocked away, and the subsequent blows struck him viciously.

Even a body of Quasi-Saint status would suffer under the relentless attack of Sun Wukong’s Heaven-Breaking Thirty-Six Sticks, let alone Real Man of Jade Cauldron, who was currently in a weakened state from the Immortal Spirit Disintegration Technique. His attack and defense capabilities, along with other physical attributes, had diminished to less than half their usual strength. Amid the sounds of his bones cracking, his body, like a torn sack, was thrown into the air, gushing blood from all over before being smashed into a heap of broken flesh!

Hiss~!

A collective gasp rose from the Martial Arts Field; no one had expected the situation to take such a drastic turn. Sun Wukong, by some secret technique, had suddenly become completely immune to the attacks of the Sword of Trapping Immortals. Following that, it was Real Man of Jade Cauldron himself who fell out of the Sword of Annihilation, obviously in extreme weakness, and Sun Wukong destroyed his physical body with a single move!

With that, there was no longer any suspense in the battle; Real Man of Jade Cauldron was utterly defeated, and Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong, was victorious!

However, it seemed that Sun Wukong wasn’t planning to let Real Man of Jade Cauldron off so easily!

Boom!

The surging True Solar Fire spread from the palm of Sun Wukong’s hand. With a flash of cold light in his eyes, he threw his hand forward towards the remains of Real Man of Jade Cauldron, now just a mess of flesh.

Whoosh!

Just as the True Solar Fire was about to strike, a green light flew out from between the eyebrows of Real Man of Jade Cauldron towards the Sword of Trapping Immortals. His body was hit by the True Solar Fire and immediately burst into flames, quickly turning to ash.

As the green light was about to enter the Sword of Trapping Immortals, it was intercepted by a hand engulfed in raging True Solar Fire. Sun Wukong captured the green light in his palm, trapping it, and scoffed, “Old fool, did you think I couldn’t see that this is your Lifebound Primordial Spirit? Thinking you could just escape like that, aren’t you underestimating me, Old Sun, a bit too much?”

“Sun Wukong, there’s a limit to killing; don’t take things too far!”

Within the green light, the figure of Real Man of Jade Cauldron materialized, his face full of shock and anger, but dominated by intense fear.

“Taking things too far? What a joke! The one truly taking things to extreme should be you, right? Weren’t you the one who screamed about tearing me to pieces and damning me forever? Well, Old Sun here plans to verify all of that on you right now!”

There was a cold hatred in Sun Wukong’s eyes, unmoved in the slightest. He and Real Man of Jade Cauldron had long been locked in a death feud; how could he possibly hold back now?

With a thought, the True Solar Fire burned even more fiercely, fueled now by Chaos Primordial Force, causing Real Man of Jade Cauldron’s Lifebound Primordial Spirit to scream in agony.

“Stop!”

Suddenly, the voice of the Jade Emperor resounded through the space, causing Sun Wukong to frown. The devastating True Solar Fire paused briefly, and a look of relief mixed with resentment crossed Real Man of Jade Cauldron’s face. To him, since the Jade Emperor had spoken, even the brazen Sun Wukong wouldn’t dare to defy the Emperor’s face; he might just escape this ordeal.

“Do you really think Old Sun would listen to that old Jade Emperor and spare you?”

A whisper, soft as a mosquito’s, rang in Real Man of Jade Cauldron’s ear. His face drastically changed, horrified, he turned towards Sun Wukong, only to see a deep murderous intent flash through Sun Wukong’s eyes. Just as Real Man of Jade Cauldron was about to cry out, the color of the True Solar Fire suddenly changed from golden-red to pure gold—a flame even higher than True Solar Fire, the Great Sun Golden Flames!

After a fierce battle, the True Solar Fire had finally evolved into Great Sun Golden Flames, its lethality far surpassing that of the Four Great Heavenly Fires. Now merely a Lifebound Primordial Spirit, how could Real Man of Jade Cauldron withstand it? He couldn’t even manage a scream as he was completely burned to ashes, the green light dispersing, utterly vanishing from the world.

Real Man of Jade Cauldron, one of the Kunlun Twelve Golden Immortals, a powerhouse at the Quasi-Saint Realm, had fallen, utterly annihilated!

“You fool!”

The Jade Emperor roared in anger. He had already intervened to stop Sun Wukong, yet Sun Wukong dared to persist and annihilate Real Man of Jade Cauldron’s Lifebound Primordial Spirit!

“Sun Wukong, I ordered you to stop, yet you dare defy my command? How audacious!”

The Jade Emperor’s furious voice resounded throughout the space as Sun Wukong looked up, looking stunned, “Jade Emperor, were you calling Old Sun just now?”

“If not you, then who? Sun Wukong, you dare disregard my command and ruthlessly slay Real Man of Jade Cauldron, what is your crime?”

The Jade Emperor thundered.

“It really was Old Sun you were calling!”

Sun Wukong scratched his head with a grin, “I thought you were ordering that old scruffy Real Man of Jade Cauldron to hold back since he was about to make a last-ditch counterattack. I really thought you were stopping him, Jade Emperor!”

“Stop whom, you wishful thinker!”

The Jade Emperor almost cursed out loud. Sun Wukong was too cunning, completely distorting the truth!

“Real Man of Jade Cauldron is left only with his Lifebound Primordial Spirit. Would I ask him to hold back? Of course, it was you!”

“Oh, then I must have misunderstood. My apologies, my apologies!”

With a mischievous smile, Sun Wukong offered an apology, effectively blocking all the excuses the Jade Emperor had prepared. In the palm of the Jade Emperor, a glowing orb shone hesitantly, uncertain whether to unleash the Investiture of the Gods to eliminate Sun Wukong within it.

The Jade Emperor had already seen clearly the strength Sun Wukong displayed. Once he launched an attack with the Investiture of the Gods, it would mean a complete fallout between them. If he could manage to kill Sun Wukong inside the Investiture of the Gods, a dead Demon Monkey wouldn’t provoke much complaint from the Queen Mother, who favored him, especially since Sun Wukong had already disobeyed orders. But what if he failed to kill Sun Wukong?

Could he just let it go then?

Given Sun Wukong’s demonstrated capabilities, only the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and Leader of Tongtian among the Heavenly Court could reliably subdue him. However, all three had been ordered by Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor not to intervene lightly in the affairs of the Three Realms. It wasn’t a critical time for survival of the Heavenly Court, so it was unlikely they would act.

Besides the Three Purities, probably only the Donghua Emperor, one of the Five Emperors, could suppress Sun Wukong. But the Jade Emperor couldn’t rely on Donghua Emperor — that strategy was impossible. Even if Donghua Emperor agreed to act, defeating Sun Wukong might not be difficult, but capturing or killing him was another matter!

Should Sun Wukong escape, he would surely retaliate against the Heavenly Court, which would then become troublesome!

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The Jade Emperor was caught in hesitation.

“Jade Emperor, I have already won this contest. It’s time for the next challenge. Hurry and let me out!”

As the Jade Emperor hesitated, Sun Wukong had already begun shouting at the sky and caught the Master-less Sword of Trapping Immortals that was flying around. He started to erase the Divine Soul Mark of the Real Man of Jade Cauldron left on the sword using Chaos Primordial Force.

The Sword of Trapping Immortals struggled violently at first, but being ownerless and with only a faint Divine Soul Mark left by the Real Man of Jade Cauldron, it couldn’t resist the erosion of Sun Wukong’s Chaos Primordial Force and was soon assimilated.

Like he dealt with the Sword of Annihilation, Sun Wukong implanted a sliver of his Divine Soul Mark into the Sword of Trapping Immortals. With a thought, he absorbed the sword into his body and looked up with narrowed eyes at the sky: “Jade Emperor, you wouldn’t be thinking of trapping me in this Investiture of the Gods, would you?”

“Your Majesty, the contest has been decided. It’s time for the next challenge!”

The Queen Mother’s eyes flashed with a sharp gleam. She noticed the orb of light in the Jade Emperor’s hand. Having been his Taoist companion for so many years, albeit nominally, she knew him well and immediately realized that the Jade Emperor was considering activating the sealing and killing function of the Investiture of the Gods on Sun Wukong.

The Jade Emperor having such a plan did not surprise the Queen Mother at all. Seeing Sun Wukong’s extraordinary potential and strength, it was impossible for the Jade Emperor not to feel threatened!

“He’s not of our kind, and his heart must be different.” In the Jade Emperor’s view, since Sun Wukong was from the Demon Clan, he could never truly submit to him. Now with such formidable strength, if he didn’t suppress him now, would Sun Wukong obey the Jade Emperor’s commands once he broke through to the Quasi-Saint Realm or even further proved the Tao and became a Saint?

If it weren’t for Zi Lan Fairy’s influence, the Queen Mother would have the same thoughts, but with Zi Lan Fairy around, the Queen Mother felt more confident about subduing Sun Wukong. She believed that with genuine treatment and gradual influence, plus adopting Zi Lan Fairy as her foster daughter and granting her marriage to Sun Wukong, this combination of kindness and authority could surely align this monkey’s loyalties!

If the Heavenly Court could truly garner the aid of someone as powerful as Sun Wukong, they wouldn’t be at a disadvantage in the upcoming strife for destiny against the Western Heavenly Buddhist Sect. With the approaching third immeasurable catastrophe, they might even completely suppress the Buddhist Sect and seize control of the Three Realms, completely cleansing the remnants who refused to submit to the Heavenly Court’s rule from the Ancient Primeval Era!

“Queen Mother, with such a quality, if we let him be, we may never control him in the future!”

The Jade Emperor frowned, still inclined to act immediately, suppressing Sun Wukong with the Investiture of the Gods and the God Beating Whip’s divine power.

“Let’s try to bring him to our side. After the Peach of Immortality feast, we’ll see!”

The Queen Mother conveyed via telepathy.

“And if we can’t?”

“If not, we can still kill him later!”

“Very well.”

Ultimately, the Jade Emperor was persuaded by the Queen Mother. With less than half a year before the Peach of Immortality feast, Sun Wukong, despite his extraordinary talent, was unlikely to make significant progress. During the feast, the Queen Mother would officially adopt Zi Lan Fairy as her daughter and bestow her in marriage to Sun Wukong, extending an official offer to recruit him. They would then have a definitive answer as to whether this Demon Monkey could be fully subdued; for now, it was better to be patient.”

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