Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 309: Chapter 309: As Expected, the Demonic Realm (4th Update)

The protective barrier, the Primordial Great Formation around Flower-Fruit Mountain, had been redeployed and strengthened significantly. Previously, Leng Xuan had Luo Bai test its strength, and under Luo Bai’s full force, his attack power was comparable to that of a Quasi-Saint. After all, Luo Bai had reached quasi-sainthood himself, and as a sword cultivator, his attack power was unmatched on the same level, except for Sun Wukong, who was an exception. Except for Sun Wukong, Luo Bai had never encountered anyone at the same realm whose attack power exceeded his, not even Erlang God Yang Jian or Nezha the Third Prince.

Luo Bai bombarded the barrier for half a day before he managed to create a small gap. Yet, before Luo Bai could widen the gap, Leng Xuan cast a Dharma Decree, and the gap closed up right before Luo Bai’s astonished eyes. In Luo Bai’s words, unless the Heavenly Dao Saint intervened or more than five Quasi-Saints attacked together, the Primordial Great Formation alone was enough to block any enemy from the outskirts of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Indeed, from the outskirts of Flower-Fruit Mountain, which had now expanded considerably from before. To enhance the power of the Primordial Great Formation, Leng Xuan had, with the help of Jiao Demon King and others, drawn over a dozen spirit veins from various parts of the Three Realms, expanding the territory of Flower-Fruit Mountain to twice its original size. Now, the Primordial Great Formation merely served as the outer mountain protection array, not the main one over the peak where the nine dragon veins lay.

The Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation, located along the nine dragon veins, could be said to be the lifeline and foundation of Flower-Fruit Mountain, making it extremely valuable to Sun Wukong, who had instructed Leng Xuan early on to protect these dragon veins at all costs. Leng Xuan held this in high regard, especially upon learning that these were the main veins of the Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation.@@novelbin@@

The Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation, capable of establishing a sacred dynasty, had been the foundation on which the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court developed during Ancient Primeval times. Today’s Human Heavenly Court had also developed atop the old site of the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court, and even Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain currently sat atop a Nine Dragons Gathering star formation. As long as the nine dragon veins of Flower-Fruit Mountain remained intact, continuing to develop might eventually reach the scale of Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain, Human Heavenly Court, or even the Ancient Primeval Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court!

Therefore, compared to Sun Wukong, Leng Xuan regarded the Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation of Flower-Fruit Mountain with greater importance; only if Flower-Fruit Mountain flourished could he return to Qingqiu with honor and prove to the elders of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe that he, Leng Xuan, was truly capable of leading the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe to glory!

And his mother, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Su Daji, maligned as a disaster-causing demoness, was the true pillar who could make the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe stand tall among the top ranks of the Three Realms; yet she had been wrongly accused for so many years! He was determined, utterly determined, to have those who slandered his mother pay, to make them personally admit their wrongdoing, and have them repent at his mother’s grave—weeping bitterly in repentance!

Leng Xuan placed an even more powerful Great Formation around the nine dragon veins hosting the Nine Dragons Gathering Stars Formation, protected by a Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation with the River Diagram and Luo Script as the formation’s eye. This formation was comparable to the Jade Emperor’s in the Human Heavenly Court, perhaps even slightly stronger and would become increasingly powerful with the continuous refining of the star banners!

With the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation in place, even if a Heavenly Dao Saint attacked, it would not be easy to destroy the nine dragon veins.

Besides the Primordial Great Formation and the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation, Leng Xuan had also set up numerous other large and small arrays throughout Flower-Fruit Mountain, including offensive formations, defensive formations, maze formations, and illusion arrays. Even if the Primordial Great Formation were breached, reaching the inner mountain where the nine dragon veins lay would still prove a challenging test through these manifold formations.

One could say that Flower-Fruit Mountain had been transformed by Leng Xuan into an impenetrable fortress — as impregnable as the Heavenly Palace, if not even stronger!

Aside from the defensive formation, the combat power of Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Demon Clan had also significantly improved since the last time the Heavenly Palace sent an army of a hundred thousand to attack. At the high rank, although the Bull Demon King and Six-Eared Macaque accompanied the Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan to the Demonic Realm, Ao Tian and Ying Long Ying Tian arrived at Flower-Fruit Mountain. Both of them were of Quasi-Saint cultivation and ranked among the three great divine dragons of ancient times, possessing extremely formidable strength. Furthermore, with the support of the Erlang God Yang Jian and Nezha the Third Prince, as well as the breakthroughs of the Through-Arm Ape Monkey Sun Wushuang, the Turbulent Demon King Sun Tong, and the Five Great Demon Kings, the high-level combat power of Flower-Fruit Mountain had unwittingly reached a terrifying extent. Although it was still slightly insufficient compared to the Heavenly Court and Western Heavenly Buddhist Sect, the difference had become extremely limited. As long as the Heavenly Dao Saint did not intervene, breaching Flower-Fruit Mountain would not be an easy feat.

Beyond the upper echelons of Flower-Fruit Mountain, other members of the Demon Clan had also made considerable progress. Demon Clan members of realms such as Taiyi Golden Immortal, Taiyi Scattered Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, and Earth Immortal Realm sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain. The Minor Zhou Tian Seven Extremes Battle Formation and the Great Zhou Tian Ten Directions Rotation Formation left by Sun Wukong had been mastered by the demons of Flower-Fruit Mountain through continuous training day after day, year after year. If the Heavenly Court were to attack again, they would ensure their enemies could not escape their battle formation unscathed!

Within the Heavenly Palace, in the Lingxia Palace.

Nearly all the immortals and gods of the Heavenly Court had gathered within the Lingxia Palace, except for the other four emperors besides the five great ones and some immortals of profound cultivation who had not appeared in the Heavenly Court for a long time. Nearly all the deities who had attended the last Peach Banquet had arrived.

“A year has passed! It’s been a year since the demon monkey Sun Wukong was annihilated. The monkey menace has been eliminated, but the Flower-Fruit Mountain he established still exists unrestrained within the territory of East Victorious Divine Continent, growing ever more audacious! Now is the time to eradicate it completely!”

Sitting on the throne in the Lingxia Palace, the Jade Emperor scanned the faces of the multitude of immortals and gods in the hall and declared in a deep voice, “Issue the command! All departments muster their divine generals and soldiers, totaling one million, and march on Flower-Fruit Mountain. All lords accompany them, and make sure to level Flower-Fruit Mountain, exterminating every member of the Demon Clan who defies the Heavenly Court’s authority, leaving none alive!”

“We will comply with His Majesty’s decree, flatten Flower-Fruit Mountain!”

“Flatten Flower-Fruit Mountain!”

The collective voice of the immortals and gods echoed. Soon, led by Supreme Saintly Heavenly Venerable Guang Chengzi, nearly seventy percent of the Heavenly Court’s immortals led a million heavenly soldiers flying out from the four great heavenly gates, leaving the Heavenly Court and majestically proceeding toward Flower-Fruit Mountain — the scale of the assault was more than ten times larger than the previous attack on the mountain!

A storm was brewing; a fearsome battle was about to commence.

…

In the space tunnel, Sun Wukong finally reached the end of the passage where there was a dark-lit gateway that resembled the wide-open mouth of a giant beast, waiting for Sun Wukong to plunge into it.

“We’ve finally reached the end. This space tunnel is quite long!”

Sun Wukong let out a long breath, having flown through this space tunnel at a decent speed, but it had taken over a month to reach the end. This was his first encounter with such a lengthy space tunnel, and he had no idea what world it led to, but one thing was certain—it was incredibly far from the Three Realms’ main world!

“Boss, I think I smell a repulsive odor. The world on the other side of this channel might not be a good place,”

said the Dragon Cat that had been coiled around Sun Wukong’s shoulders. After sniffing the air, it showed a look of intense disgust and spoke gravely while facing the portal ahead.

“A repulsive odor? Why haven’t I smelled it?”

Sun Wukong raised an eyebrow, surprised, and gave the Dragon Cat a look. The urgency in the Dragon Cat’s expression was something Sun Wukong had never seen before. Could it be that the other end of this space tunnel was some sort of hellish realm?

No matter, whatever type of world it was, he needed to go in to find the passage back to the Three Realms’ main world. Rather than guessing here, it would be better to go and take a look!

Having made up his mind, Sun Wukong clenched his fist, gritted his teeth, and drew the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, holding it horizontally in his hand as he charged toward the exit of the space tunnel.

A whirl of spatial torsion force acted upon Sun Wukong, who let out a cold snort and mobilized the Eight-Nine Profound Skill with full force to counter this influx of spatial torsion. After a moment, the spatial torsion subsided, and Sun Wukong’s footsteps landed on solid ground.

“What place is this? The nature’s spiritual energy here is very strange; it seems to contain a lot of violent, bloodthirsty essence. This feeling, why does it seem so much like demon spirit qi?”

Sun Wukong sniffed, the dispersed spiritual energy around him imparting a bizarre yet familiar sensation. Where had he felt this before? That’s right, the Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan had once simulated the demonic realm’s demon spirit power for him, which was extremely similar to this spiritual energy—no, it was exactly the same!

This place, could it be the Demonic Realm?

Is this space tunnel leading to the Demonic Realm?

“Roar~!”

A roar filled with a bloodthirsty aura resounded, and Sun Wukong felt a gust of wind, tinged with a stench, rushing at him at high speed from behind.

With a flick of his wrist, Sun Wukong didn’t even turn his head as the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod flew out of his hand, spinning in the air and striking fiercely at his assailant from behind. Amidst a dull thud, the attacker was sent flying by the staff and slammed heavily against a large rock in the distance, letting out a painful shriek.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”

Series of staff forces shot out from the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, turning into golden rod shadows that pierced the ground around the fallen enemy. Sun Wukong’s figure flashed and disappeared from his original spot, reappearing in front of the enemy. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that his attacker resembled a wolf but was several times larger, with its body covered in fierce bone spikes—it was a monster.

“Bone Spike Demon Wolf! This is indeed the Demonic Realm!”

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