Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 278: Chapter 278: The Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood Reacts (2nd Update)

“Alright! I’ll get straight to the point!”

Qin Feng nodded and scanned the soldiers before him, speaking in a deep voice, “I believe everyone has seen that the Great Saint is only temporarily holding the position of Naval Deputy General of the Heavenly River Navy. In the future, he will undoubtedly set up his own kingdom and will inevitably come into conflict with the Heavenly Court. When that time comes, how should you all choose? Should you continue to serve in the Heavenly Court as lowly soldiers with no prospects, or should you follow the Great Saint and create great achievements? I want to hear what you all think!”

Qin Feng’s eyes narrowed as he closely observed everyone’s expressions. Indeed, today he intended to lay his cards on the table with the soldiers of the Great Saint’s legion. What the Great Saint’s legion needed were brothers absolutely loyal to Sun Wukong, not opportunists who would turn tail and switch sides at the first sign of danger!

When Sun Wukong handed over the Great Saint’s legion to Qin Feng, he said he hoped Qin Feng would manage it well. What does it mean to manage well? In Qin Feng’s view, it meant turning the entire Great Saint’s legion into a unified entity, an iron plate utterly loyal to Sun Wukong, ready to support him without hesitation when he needed it most!

“Commander, our boss will always be one and the same, the Great Saint!”

“Exactly! Aside from the Great Saint, we will follow no one else!”

“We will follow no other!”

“Whatever the Great Saint wants us to do, we’ll do it! Even if it means taking on the Heavenly Court as enemies, we won’t even blink!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, as soon as Qin Feng finished speaking, the naval soldiers began declaring their loyalty one after another. They had long been waiting for a moment like this, and were well-prepared. Perhaps some harbored doubts before today, but now not a single one of them considered any other response!

Why seek the path of cultivation, struggling to secure this position in the Heavenly River Navy? Isn’t it to gain formidable strength one day and live a carefree life? But as soldiers of the navy, they were too common within the ranks of the Heavenly River Navy, lacking extraordinary talent and solid backing. What could they use to stand out?

All these soldiers of the Great Saint’s legion were discarded from other units; they were either troublemakers or lacking in potential. Beyond their time with the Great Saint’s legion, they had never been respected! However, joining the Great Saint’s legion changed that. Sun Wukong provided them with advanced Cultivation Techniques and abundant cultivation resources, allowing their cultivation strength to improve by leaps and bounds. Now, who wouldn’t envy them as soldiers of the Great Saint’s legion?

The very same people who once mocked them now looked upon them with envy, jealousy, and resentment. All of this was gained by following Sun Wukong!

Not to mention that Sun Wukong had recently shown his divine might in the heavenly competition, securing the championship and earning the right to cultivate on the Ascend to Heaven Platform. His strength was set to climb to new heights, bringing a vast amount of cultivation resources that others could only envy to the Great Saint’s legion. Following such a leader was the only way to have a future, which even a fool could see!

The soldiers of the Great Saint’s legion had gradually come to understand the conflicts between the Heavenly Court and Flower-Fruit Mountain over the years. The Heavenly Army of one hundred thousand had been decimated at Flower-Fruit Mountain, with fewer than twenty thousand making it back. Even Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing had fallen at Flower-Fruit Mountain, leaving the Heavenly Court with no choice but to begrudgingly acknowledge Sun Wukong’s force by granting him an official title. This showed that the power and heritage of Flower-Fruit Mountain were wholly unlike other Demon Clan forces.

Even if Sun Wukong were to turn against the Heavenly Court in the future and the Heavenly Court attacked Flower-Fruit Mountain again, it was doubtful they could conquer it!

A soldier will die for those who appreciate him. Everything the soldiers of the Great Saint’s legion had was given by Sun Wukong—what reason could they have not to fight to the death for him? Even if they opposed the Heavenly Court alongside Sun Wukong, victory wasn’t necessarily out of reach. If they won, the rewards they would receive were something they could never achieve even if they served as soldiers of the Heavenly River Navy for a lifetime!

Fortune favors the bold; at worst, it would be but death. What was there to hesitate about!

Pleased with the reactions, Qin Feng paid close attention to each person’s facial expressions, looking for any sign of indecision or insincerity. His observations reassured him; in his eyes, all these soldiers of the Heavenly River Navy, less than two hundred in total, were absolutely loyal to Sun Wukong, ready to follow him in any endeavor, even if it meant facing the entire Heavenly Court as foes!

“Excellent! You are all true men of the Great Saint! I spoke to you today to see just how much loyalty you have for the Great Saint, and your display has satisfied me. The Great Saint will remember your loyalty! Now, we will distribute cultivation resources. Everyone, grasp this opportunity to strengthen yourselves through cultivation. We men of the Great Saint’s legion must never disgrace the Great Saint!”

At Qin Feng’s command, several squad leaders stepped forward and began to distribute the allocated cultivation resources. Soon after the distribution was completed, all the soldiers of the Great Saint’s legion threw themselves into cultivation.

On the Ascend to Heaven Platform, atop the highest tier.

The ten days quickly passed, and the spatial fluctuations at the top tier grew increasingly intense. At last, tiny fissures in space merged into a massive black hole—a Spacetime Black Hole had appeared!

Sun Wukong and his two companions opened their eyes and stopped their cultivation, as the Immortal Spirit Qi within the Ascend to Heaven Platform was extremely abundant, definitely a Holy Land for cultivation. Sun Wukong estimated that even if the Heaven-Piercing Tower of Flower-Fruit Mountain were built to the Ninth Layer, it would take thousands of years to develop to the level of the Ascend to Heaven Platform. In just these short ten days, his cultivation had shot straight up from the late stage of the Da Luo Golden Immortal to the peak of that late stage, just one step away from breaking into the Half-Step Quasi-Saint Realm!@@novelbin@@

What excited Sun Wukong even more was that the seven drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood that had always been hidden within his body finally responded and began to be absorbed!

There were a total of nine drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood, which Sun Wukong had obtained from Goddess Houtu. After giving Sun Wukong the nine drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood, Goddess Houtu completely exhausted the last bit of her origin and turned into Meng Po, who only knew to serve the soup at Naihe Bridge. At that time, Sun Wukong’s cultivation strength was limited, and he had only absorbed two of the nine drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood, while the remaining seven drops were hidden within his body.

Sun Wukong himself had the Heavenly Demon Body and also carried the Saint’s Essence Blood from Goddess Nuwa. If he could completely absorb the nine drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood, he could push his physical body to evolve into a Chaotic Divine Body. Over the years, as Sun Wukong’s strength increased, the Heavenly Demon Body was evolving towards the Chaotic Divine Body bit by bit, but he had always been unable to break through, lacking those remaining seven drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood.

All along, Sun Wukong had been puzzled. Goddess Houtu had told him that as his cultivation strength increased, the remaining seven drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood would gradually be absorbed by him, but even though his cultivation had already broken through to the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm, those seven drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood still showed no reaction, remaining hidden in his body and showing no signs of being absorbed. Sun Wukong once doubted whether something was wrong, but now this doubt could finally be dismissed.

As his cultivation was on the verge of breaking through to the Half-Step Quasi-Saint Realm, the seven drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood finally reacted, no longer lurking in his body but starting to be absorbed. Sun Wukong had a feeling that when he broke through to the Half-Step Quasi-Saint, these seven drops of Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood would definitely be completely absorbed by his body, and his physical body would thoroughly evolve from the Heavenly Demon Body into the Chaotic Divine Body!

And the opportunity for the breakthrough to the Half-Step Quasi-Saint might be right within this Spacetime Black Hole of the Ascend to Heaven Platform!

Hum hum~!

Intense spatial fluctuations radiated in all directions as pitch-black lightning continuously flashed within the Spacetime Black Hole, giving it an eye-catching and frightening appearance. The thunder contained the terrifying power to rip apart space, and even with Sun Wukong’s current strength, he did not dare to approach. One wrong touch of this dark lightning was definitely no joke!

At first, the Spacetime Black Hole was elongated, like a gigantic crack appearing in the sky above the Ascend to Heaven Platform, slowly expanding. Not only was it growing longer, but it was expanding even faster in width, quickly taking on the shape of a shuttle. The black lightning that had been flitting through the Black Hole gradually stabilized and fixed around the edge, forming a circle of black that shone with bright light.

The Spacetime Black Hole had fully formed!

An aura began to spread from within the Spacetime Black Hole, and excitement showed on the faces of Erlang God Yang Jian and Nezha the Third Prince. The stable Spacetime Black Hole signified that various divine artifacts were about to appear—whether and how much they could obtain now depended on their individual abilities and fortune!

However, Sun Wukong’s expression turned rather odd. The aura spreading from the Spacetime Black Hole was all too familiar to him; wasn’t this the very aura of The Borderlands within the Three Realms? Could it be that the other end of this Spacetime Black Hole was The Borderlands?

Uh, it’s very likely!

As far as Sun Wukong knew, The Borderlands of the Three Realms still retained the appearance from the beginning of the Ancient Primeval, continuously evolving and supplementing into the Three Realms, allowing the borders of the Three Realms to keep expanding and developing. Also because of these characteristics, many divine artifacts were gestating within The Borderlands, much like Sun Wukong’s Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod, and the Chaos Divine Pearl, which all originated from The Borderlands.

The Borderlands were vast. Sun Wukong and Luo Bai had only traversed a very small part of The Borderlands, with large areas remaining unexplored. Sun Wukong didn’t know what the other regions of The Borderlands were like, but one thing was certain: there were definitely many divine artifacts still gestating in various places within The Borderlands.

“Wukong? Wukong!”

The call from Nezha roused Sun Wukong from his thoughts: “Ah? What’s up?”

“Wukong, what are you dazing off for? Treasures might appear in the Spacetime Black Hole at any moment, don’t you want to claim one?”

“Want it, of course, I do!”

Composing himself, Sun Wukong activated his Void-Breaking Starry Eyes and gazed into the Spacetime Black Hole.

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