Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 304: Chapter 304: Falling into the Endless Abyss (3rd Update)

Clang!

A metallic sound rang out, and Sun Wukong felt a pang in the back of his head and darkness before his eyes as he was struck off the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod and began to plummet into the abyss.

“Demon Monkey, leave the Sword of Annihilation behind for me!”

As Sun Wukong was about to fall into the abyss, Supreme Saintly Heavenly Venerable Guang Chengzi panicked. Wu Hook Twin Swords flew out of his hands toward Sun Wukong, intending to use the Immortal-Slaying Sword Spirit to draw out the Sword of Annihilation.

“Snap!”

The dizziness affecting Sun Wukong was only temporary. The God Beating Whip could inflict pain on him, but it could not injure him. After a short bout of vertigo, Sun Wukong regained consciousness, reaching out both hands to grasp the Wu Hook Twin Swords.

“Eh? Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi! How could it emanate from these two swords?”

Sun Wukong had grasped the edges of the Wu Hook Twin Swords directly. The swords struggled intensely as strands of Sword Qi burst forth, stabbing at the palms of Sun Wukong’s hands holding the swords. It was indeed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi, and it greatly surprised Sun Wokong.

“Think you can escape from my hands? I’ll suppress you!”

Chaos Primordial Force erupted, pouring into the Wu Hook Twin Swords, forcibly suppressing their resistance. Sun Wokong’s lips curled into a cold smile as he burst out into a loud laugh, “Guang Chengzi, you wish to covet my Sword of Annihilation, but I will take your twin swords as well, hahaha~!”

The laughter receded as Sun Wokong’s figure fell into the Endless Abyss. Suddenly, Spatial Thunder manifested, engulfing his figure from sight.

“My Immortal-Slaying Sword! Damn Demon Monkey!”

Supreme Saintly Heavenly Venerable Guang Chengzi was beside himself with anger. The Wu Hook Twin Swords were derived from the Immortal-Slaying Sword, and now they had been taken away by Sun Wokong. He felt the connection with the swords weakening rapidly and in less than a breath, it was severed completely, driving him to the brink of madness.

It was a failed attempt at thievery that resulted in a loss; he wanted the Sword of Annihilation from Sun Wokong, but instead lost his Immortal-Slaying Sword in the process — a costly transaction indeed!

However, Guang Chengzi did not dare to jump after it, for jumping down would surely cost him his life. Compared to divine weapons, his life was obviously more important.

Having not obtained the Sword of Annihilation and losing the Immortal-Slaying Sword as well, anyone who fell from the Boundary Bridge had never survived; he wondered which realm Sun Wokong’s treasures would be transported to after being struck into dust by the Spatial Thunder, and who might be fortunate enough to find them.

Guang Chengzi stomped his feet in frustration, yet he was utterly helpless and could only turn his gaze towards the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod embedded in the wall of the Treasure Hall. It was a rare divine weapon, deployed by Sun Wokong to initiate the Heaven-Breaking Domain.

“You took my weapon away, so I will take this Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod as compensation!”

With a flash, Guang Chengzi leapt to another platform, reaching out to grab the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod. Just as his hand touched the rod, the Great Sun Golden Flames flared up along its body, burning Guang Chengzi’s hand causing him to retract it quickly with a yelp. The Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod trembled violently, then dislodged itself from the wall of the Treasure Hall, shrank into a streak of golden light, and plunged into the abyss, disappearing amid the Spatial Thunder just like Sun Wokong.

“Darn~! %#￥%”

Guang Chengzi was about to lose his mind, exasperated by the fact that all his efforts had netted him nothing, a complete loss!

Unlike Guang Chengzi, the Jade Emperor took a deep breath, observing the Spatial Thunder emerging from the abyss. He relaxed suddenly, feeling relieved to have finally finished off the Demon Monkey.

From now on, perhaps no one could threaten his reign anymore? Right, there was still the Demon Monkey’s stronghold, Flower-Fruit Mountain, a source of trouble that must not be overlooked!

Now that this matter was concluded, after a period of rest, he resolved to send a large army to completely eradicate Flower-Fruit Mountain and exterminate every disobedient member of the Demon Clan, leaving none behind!

“Supreme Saintly Heavenly Venerable, how long will it take to rebuild the Heavenly Secrets Instrument?”

The Jade Emperor leaped to the outer platform and asked Supreme Saintly Heavenly Venerable Guang Chengzi, who appeared downcast and frustrated.

“Your Majesty, it will take at least a thousand years!”

Guang Chengzi bowed respectfully as he spoke. In the past, he might not have treated the Jade Emperor with such reverence, but now that he had lost the Immortal-Slaying Sword and had come to understand the true strength of the Jade Emperor, he naturally dared not act arrogantly anymore.

“A thousand years?”

The Jade Emperor furrowed his brows and then said solemnly, “A thousand years be it. We must restore the Heavenly Secrets Instrument. Report to Us anything you need.”

“Your servant obeys the decree!”

“My ministers, now that the Demon Monkey has been exterminated, we have finally eliminated a major calamity. All ministers follow Us back to Lingxia Palace to discuss merits and rewards!”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

With the Boundary Bridge destroyed, in this area restricted by a no-fly zone, even with the help of Immortal Law, repairing it would take time. The assembly of Immortals and Gods could only jump one by one onto the platform across, following the Jade Emperor as they left the Heavenly Strategy Pavilion.

In the Endless Abyss.

Sun Wukong fell from the damaged Boundary Bridge, and immediately, Spatial Thunder sensed his presence and converged toward him, enveloping him in endless Spatial Thunder. The powerful no-fly restriction in the Endless Abyss made it impossible for him to stabilize his form. Sun Wukong could not dodge the strikes of the Spatial Thunder, and every bolt hit him squarely, causing all his fur to stand on end from the electricity.

The Spatial Thunder contained Great Dao Runes that reduced cultivation when they struck, capable of reducing even Daluo Golden Immortals and Quasi-Saints to mortals by stripping away their Three Flowers and Five Qi, and then the Thunderclap Power would pulverize them. However, these cultivation-reducing Great Dao Runes had no effect on Sun Wukong.

As soon as these Great Dao Runes invaded Sun Wukong’s body and came into contact with the Chaos Primordial Force, they turned and fled like mice who had encountered a cat, hurrying to escape from his body.

“Now that you’ve come in, stay with old Sun!”

Grinding his teeth, Sun Wukong forcefully stimulated the Chaos Primordial Force and wrapped up the fleeing Great Dao Runes. As Spatial Thunder continuously struck him, the Great Dao Runes invaded his body only to be enveloped by the Chaos Primordial Force. After struggling left and right, they were slowly refined and transformed into Great Dao Marks, integrating into Sun Wukong’s body.

“Whoosh!”

A beam of golden light flew from above the Endless Abyss, plunging into the sea of Spatial Thunder and entering Sun Wukong’s body. It was the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod. Meanwhile, the Wu Hook Twin Blades that Sun Wukong had been gripping tightly were continuously struck by the Spatial Thunder, gradually releasing the Divine Soul Marks embedded within them, which belonged to the Supreme Saintly Heavenly Venerable Guang Chengzi. With each release of Divine Soul Marks, wisps of green light also emerged from the Wu Hook Twin Blades, the spiritual power of the Spirit-Splitting Fairy Jade, also shaken out by the Spatial Thunder.

As more and more Divine Soul Marks and Spirit-Splitting Fairy Jade spiritual power were shaken out, the Wu Hook Twin Blades began to change form, attracting and merging with each other to transform into a semi-transparent, purple longsword—the Immortal-Slaying Sword!

“So the Wu Hook Twin Blades were transformed from the Immortal-Slaying Sword. No wonder the Sword Qi of Immortal-Slaying surged from them.”

Sun Wukong suddenly realized. He had found it strange before; Guang Chengzi should have wielded the Immortal-Slaying Sword, yet he had never seen it used. Now he understood that Guang Chengzi had split the Immortal-Slaying Sword into the Wu Hook Twin Blades, probably as a way to facilitate its refinement.

Sun Wukong could tell that although the original Wu Hook Twin Blades were Guang Chengzi’s lifebound divine weapons, they had not been thoroughly refined by him. The link between the lifebound divine weapon and the divine soul had not been completely established, otherwise, the Divine Soul Marks would not have been so easily shaken out by the Spatial Thunder.

Indeed, this Spatial Thunder was extremely formidable. Not only did it shake out the Divine Soul Marks and the Spirit-Splitting Fairy Jade’s spiritual power from the Wu Hook Twin Blades, causing them to recombine into the Immortal-Slaying Sword, it also expelled the residual malevolence from the Sword Spirit of the Immortal-Slaying Sword. In just a short period of an hour, the Immortal-Slaying Sword in Sun Wukong’s hand reverted to its original form at the moment of its creation, brimming with overflowing Sword Qi and containing the killing intent of the Heavenly Dao, but without the malevolence that backfired against its master, and it completely became an ownerless object!

“Heh, this is truly a windfall from heaven. Don’t miss out on a freebie! Guang Chengzi, old Sun really ought to thank you for this generous gift!”

Sun Wukong was secretly delighted. After the Wu Hook Twin Blades merged into the Immortal-Slaying Sword, he held the hilt with his left hand and the blade with his right hand. Applying a little force, a cut appeared on his palm, and strands of essence blood emerged from the wound, which he controlled to seep into the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

It seemed as though the Bottomless Abyss truly had no bottom. Half an hour had passed since Sun Wukong fell, yet he still hadn’t reached the bottom and was continually falling. Unable to fly or stabilize his form due to the no-fly restriction, in addition to refining the Great Dao Runes that reduced cultivation and invaded his body after being struck by Spatial Thunder, he refined the Immortal-Slaying Sword simultaneously!

Thus, a bizarre scene emerged in the Endless Abyss, a handsome monkey clad in battle armor tightly gripping a semi-transparent purple longsword in both hands, his right hand’s essence blood ceaselessly infused into the sword, refining the longsword, while Spatial Thunder continuously struck him, making his fur stand on end and his face grimace with gritted teeth, yet causing no harm to him like mud disappearing into the sea.

If anyone were beside him to witness this, they would surely be astonished enough to pop their eyes out, for since the discovery of this Endless Abyss with the establishment of the Heavenly Strategy Pavilion, anyone who fell from the Boundary Bridge perished without exception, and no Immortals and Gods were like Sun Wukong, capable of refining a divine weapon in their hands under the assault of Spatial Thunder!

As far as the Jade Emperor and the assembly of Immortals and Gods were concerned, Sun Wukong had definitely perished in the Endless Abyss.@@novelbin@@

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