Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

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"What is that?"

The advancing Ying Long Ying Tian momentarily paused as an aura that made even his heart tremble emanated from the golden pillar of light bursting forth from above Sun Wukong's head. What was that thing?

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, who was about to trigger the Heavenly Dao Absolute Sword and launch a deadly assault on Sun Wukong in the form of a nine-pointed star, was shaken to the core by the sudden explosion of the golden pillar of light.

He couldn't help but fall into a daze, his eyes fixed on the golden column in shock, feeling a dangerous aura emanating from it, a sense of threat uncontrollably rising in his heart.

"Ruyi Jingu Bang, I've finally waited for you!"

Sun Wukong lifted his head and extended his right hand into the golden light. The thick golden pillar broke through the bounds of the Absolute Sword Domain and shot directly into the endless clouds above the sky.

Gradually, the golden light dissipated, and a golden rod descended from the sky like a bolt of thunder from the Nine Heavens, rushing down directly past Sun Wukong and smashing heavily into the void.

Hum~!

A circle of golden light waves violently spread out in all directions, causing the entire Absolute Sword Domain to tremble. The nine Heavenly Dao Absolute Swords quivered violently, nearly collapsing.

"Snap!"

Sun Wukong firmly grasped the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod in one hand, while the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod he had been holding in his left hand seemed to be drawn to it, suddenly breaking free from his arm and flying towards the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, merging into the body of the rod!

"Merged?"

The Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod and the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod were originally of the same origin, both nurtured from the Borderlands of the Three Realms.

It was just that the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod was taken away by The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord who entered the Borderlands and refined in the crucible, then later it was accidentally merged with the thirty-six grades of the Clear World Green Lotus, and its grade already far exceeded that of the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod.

Actually, the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod had not yet fully completed its merge and upgrade. It was only startled awake by the immense pressure of the Heavenly Dao Absolute Sword and burst forth from Sun Wukong's dantian. With the arrival of its counterpart, the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod, there was no room for politeness; it absorbed it first without any question.

Sun Wukong could feel that the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod seemed to shrink and embed itself directly into the body of the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod. The merger of the two was not a fusion into one, but rather like establishing a connection similar to the mother-and-sub swords, allowing the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod to also share in the Great Dao Laws and elevate through the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod.

"How strange, such a thing can happen! Oh well, I won't think about it for now. Let's deal with this old fellow, the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, first!"

A flash of surprise crossed his mind, and Sun Wukong pulled his thoughts back, his eyes moving to the nine Heavenly Dao Absolute Swords floating in the nine palace positions. The Eight-Nine Profound Skill was fully activated, and chaos primordial force from inside his body poured crazily into the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod.

Immediately, the rod shone with brilliant golden light, and the once-subdued divine might of heaven-piercing and earth-shattering power surged up again.

"Take this! Watch me smash your pathetic domain!"

"Heaven-Breaking Nine Rods!"

The Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod flickered, and nine rod shadows solidified, slamming fiercely against the nine Heavenly Dao Absolute Swords. Although Sun Wukong had broken through to the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm, it was still quite forced for him to unleash the Heaven-Breaking Nine Rods of the Heaven-Breaking Stick Technique.

But with the amplification from the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, this inadequacy was directly compensated for. With one move, the nine shadow rods' divine might shot up to the heavens, the entire Absolute Sword Domain violently shaking.

"Heavenly Dao Absolute Sword, annihilate all living beings!"

The heart of the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was filled with shock, and with no room for negligence, he fully launched the Heavenly Dao Absolute Sword. A piercing killing intent diffused from the blades of the nine Heavenly Dao Absolute Swords, cleaving towards the rod shadows Sun Wukong had struck out.

Hum~!

The nine rod shadows and the nine Heavenly Dao Absolute Swords collided almost simultaneously, and time seemed to stand still in that instant. After a brief moment of silence, a thunderous explosion erupted, and a spatial rift directly appeared at the point of collision between the rod shadows and the Heavenly Dao Absolute Swords.

The rift spread out like a spider web in all directions, the nine rifts fully connecting together. The space that was not initially shattered between the rifts also began to collapse, and in an instant, a massive spatial black hole appeared in the center of the Absolute Sword Domain.

The furious suction emanating from the black hole devoured the surrounding spiritual energy of the domain, causing Sun Wukong's expression to change. He quickly retracted the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod and turned to flee without a second word. Such violent spatial tearing forces—if he were to be pulled into that spatial black hole, he would likely not die but still suffer greatly!

"Damn it!"

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable too was gripped by terror and immediately disbanded the Absolute Sword Domain, wielding the Sword of Annihilation as he turned to flee. If one were to be swallowed by such a level of spatial black hole, even he might not be spared.

"That brat Sun Wukong!"

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Ying Long and Ying Tian also turned and ran. The space within Dragon Valley was incredibly stable, even more secure than the spatial fabric of the Three Realms. Normally, even the most ferocious battles would at most cause some spatial cracks, but who had ever seen a colossal spatial black hole tear open like now?

A spatial black hole that appeared spontaneously, with that kind of silent, tearing force of space; apart from the Heavenly Dao Saint, perhaps even Quasi-Saints being pulled into it could not avoid the fate of having their physical bodies shattered and divine souls torn apart!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Sounding like muffled thunder, the roar echoed throughout Dragon Valley. The massive spatial black hole rampaged for the duration of half a cup of tea before it finally swallowed the energy generated by the ultimate move completely. The spatial barriers also spontaneously restored themselves under the stabilizing effect of the space.

"That was terrifying! Lucky I ran fast and didn't get pulled in!"

The three Dragon Islands below the appearance of the spatial black hole had vanished without a trace. Had the Dragon Nest's island not been protected by a formation, it likely would not have escaped being devoured by the spatial black hole. Wukong watched the empty scene, where even the iron chains had broken, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva, silently feeling fortunate.

"However, I did manage to break open the Absolute Sword Domain of that old geezer, Cultivation Heavenly Venerable!"

Wukong's gaze shifted towards the distant Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was merely at the cusp of Quasi-Saint Cultivation, and although he could momentarily wield the power of the Sword of Annihilation to trigger the Absolute Sword Domain, the dispelling of the Heavenly Dao Absolute Sword and the swallowing of a massive amount of domain spiritual energy by the spatial black hole, combined with his hasty withdrawal from the domain to escape, led Wukong to estimate that Cultivation Heavenly Venerable likely lacked the ability to activate the Absolute Sword Domain again any time soon.

As long as he could not trigger the Absolute Sword Domain, with Wukong's current strength, he was more than a match for Cultivation Heavenly Venerable. Even though Cultivation Heavenly Venerable still possessed the Sword of Annihilation, Wukong's Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod had also awakened.

Although it had not fully evolved yet, it had already reached the level of Superior Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, which in terms of grade did not fall short of the Sword of Annihilation!

"Detestable demon monkey, I will not spare you today! Take this!"

Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was still pained by the destruction caused by that strike. As Wukong had predicted, he was unable to activate the Absolute Sword Domain again in the short term. Seeing Wukong's challenging gaze, Cultivation Heavenly Venerable felt a surge of resentment rise from the bottom of his heart and almost smoke out of his forehead.

He roared and brandished the Sword of Annihilation as he pounced towards Wukong, slashing fiercely.

"Coincidentally, I had no plan to let you off either!"

Wukong let out a cold laugh, swinging his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod to meet the attack. He had been beaten so miserably by Cultivation Heavenly Venerable before, with his clone annihilated and his body covered with sword wounds.

If not for the fact that he possessed Chaos Primordial Force, which enabled him to assimilate all things and rapidly neutralize the invading sword qi, he would likely have fallen to that crafty old trickster long ago!

"Like master, like disciple; that old coot Primordial Heavenly Venerable is a bastard, and his disciples are even worse scum. Today, I'm going to collect some interest from you, and some other day I'll settle the score with that old goat!"

The Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod clashed with the Sword of Annihilation, sending sparks flying and metal clashing. True Solar Fire twined around the Rod, burning all the incoming sword qi into nothingness. In the blink of an eye, Wukong and Cultivation Heavenly Venerable had exchanged dozens of blows.

Wukong kept fighting furiously, his momentum growing even more ferocious, while Cultivation Heavenly Venerable became increasingly less confident, especially after hearing Wukong mention the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's name, his heart shook with shock.

This demon monkey, could it have crossed hands with my master?

"Good opportunity!"

Seeing Cultivation Heavenly Venerable momentarily distracted, Wukong's lips curled up, and he didn't hesitate to rush at him.

"Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations, White Cloud Smoke!"

His body suddenly turned into a mist, Wukong passed directly through Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's body and reformed behind him, swinging his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod in a roundhouse strike aimed fiercely at Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's back.

Cultivation Heavenly Venerable hadn't expected Wukong to use such a move. By the time he came to his senses and tried to turn around to defend, it was too late; his arm had just begun to lift when the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod struck his left shoulder hard, eliciting a muffled groan. His entire body, like a cannonball, was sent plummeting from midair down towards the Cloud Sea below.

Wukong was about to pursue his victory when a flash of light on his Qiankun Bag caught his attention, and the figure of the Dragon Cat burst out excitedly, hugging Wukong's arm and babbled, "Boss, boss, I can shape-shift now, I can shape-shift now!"

While speaking, the chubby figure suddenly twisted, and after a flash of bright light, a little boy who appeared to be twelve or thirteen years old materialized in front of Wukong. He had a cute, tender face, wore a little blue tunic, and two dragon horns peeked out from the top of his head, which quickly retracted when he touched them.

After shape-shifting, the Dragon Cat turned out to be a silly yet cute little lad!

"Of all times to shape-shift, you choose now? Be careful!"