Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Nezha was born from Lady Li Jing's three-year and six-month pregnancy, and upon birth, appeared as a fleshly orb. As the orb split open, a child who was able to walk, run, and speak immediately leapt out. Always regarded by Li Jing as a demon child, the advent of such a great calamity made Li Jing unable to tolerate him any longer.

Far from protecting him, Li Jing instead took away Nezha's treasures, preventing him from fighting back. In order to protect the safety of the entire city's populace, Nezha, in his sorrow and anger, committed suicide, slicing his flesh to return to his mother and extracting his bones to repay his father.

This fulfillment of a vast calamity in the trial of death pleased the Taiyi True Man who, feigning kindness, used a lotus root to fashion a new physical body for Nezha, called the Lotus Incarnation, which virtually severed Nezha's path to reaching the pinnacle.

This Lotus Incarnation, while sounding impressive — able to ignore soul attacks, and immune to many toxins targeting the physical body — actually restricted his potential like a rootless duckweed. Otherwise, with Nezha's reincarnated Spirit Pearl's foundation, how could he have remained stuck at the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm for so many years?

After Sun Wukong brought Nezha back to Flower-Fruit Mountain, he had used the Void-Breaking Divine Eye to examine Nezha's physical condition, and concluded that to break free from his shackles and advance to the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm, Nezha needed to escape the limitations of the Lotus Incarnation and use the abundant spiritual energy in the Heaven-Piercing Tower to recondense a new physical body.

This would unleash his previous life's Spirit Pearl's potential.

In recent days, Nezha had been crazily absorbing spiritual energy from nature, following Sun Wukong's method to reform his body, cultivating in his body a new form suitable for the development of the Spirit Pearl, bursting out of the original Lotus Incarnation and establishing anew, so as to ascend further on his path.

The fact proved that Sun Wukong's advice was correct. A new physical body had been cultivating inside Nezha, gradually replacing the original Lotus Incarnation, swapping old bones, flesh, and meridians bit by bit.

When the moment came that his entire body was completely replaced, and the silhouette that appeared behind him was no longer a lotus but the Spirit Pearl, it signified Nezha breaking free from his constraints and fully advancing to the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

Heavenly Dragon Valley, Dragon Nest, within the Origin Space.

The random strikes of the Chaos Dragon Divine Armor began to slow down; the Primordial Essence Blood Sun Wukong had infused into the Chaos Runes within the Chaos Dragon Divine Armor had mostly merged with the Chaos Runes, the rejection power of the Chaos Runes was also decreasing, finally settling down completely.

The whole Chaos Dragon Divine Armor stopped its frenzied bumping around, and the swirling Chaos Divine Thunder around it was completely retracted.

The Primordial Essence Blood and the Chaos Runes had finally fully merged!

At this moment, Sun Wukong suddenly felt a blood connection with the Chaos Dragon Divine Armor, as if it had become a part of his body.

With a thought, the entire Chaos Dragon Divine Armor suddenly disassembled, transforming into a mass of Chaos Flames, swirling around Sun Wukong's body and reassembling — chest armor, abdominal armor, shoulder armor, arm armor, leg armor — each piece swiftly taking shape. Your journey continues on empire

In the blink of an eye, a majestic set of battle armor formed on Sun Wukong, presenting a dark golden color. This armor, slightly different from the original Chaos Dragon Divine Armor, exuded a primitive yet fierce and domineering aura, dazzling to behold.

With a wave of his right hand, a streak of firelight rose from behind, and in an instant, a fiery red cape extended from the back shoulders of the armor, leading up to a crown of purple gold, where two Phoenix Pond ornaments fluttered like two strands of flames. From the leg armor, a pair of battle boots extended as well. Now, Sun Wukong was fully armed from head to toe.

"What excellent Divine Armor! It can change form according to will. Since it followed me, Sun, calling it Dragon Divine Armor isn't quite fitting. From today onwards, let's rename it to Ruyi Divine Armor!"

Sun Wukong smiled satisfactorily, muttering to himself. Although the name Chaos Dragon Divine Armor sounded imposing, it revealed too much information. Ruyi Divine Armor was better, as enemies would rack their brains out trying to decipher its method.

Hum~!

The Divine Armor slightly vibrated, seemingly understanding Sun Wukong's words, it resonated joyfully. Sun Wukong couldn't help but feel great, but someone else's mood was not so beautiful. Ying Long, Ying Tian, standing beside him, heard what Sun Wukong had said, furrowed his brows, and glared, "Sun Wukong, this is our Heavenly Dragon Clan's Divine Armor. How can you just change its name like that?"

"Did I randomly change it? I changed it very seriously! Besides, this Ruyi Divine Armor used to be your Heavenly Dragon Clan's Divine Armor, but now it has bonded with my bloodline and recognized me as its master. It's now my battle armor, and it has nothing to do with your Heavenly Dragon Clan anymore. I can change its name to whatever I want, and no one else can interfere!"

Sun Wukong's expression darkened as he glanced at Ying Long and Ying Tian and retorted unapologetically. This guy had always been sarcastic; before, he had belittled Sun Wukong, saying not everyone was qualified to control the Divine Armor. Sun Wukong had been annoyed with him for a long time.

If it weren't for Ying Tian's intervention to protect him during their encounter with the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, Sun Wukong would have exploded earlier.

It was true that Ying Long and Ying Tian had once saved Sun Wukong's life, but a debt was a debt. Sun Wukong knew very well why Ying Tian had saved him—it was likely to prevent his second brother Ao Tian from being implicated. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have lifted a finger. Even so, Sun Wukong couldn't endure Ying Tian's constant sarcastic tone or his condescending attitude, just as it was now.

"You!"

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, a fiery anger surged within Ying Tian. He was one of the three great Divine Dragons of the Heavenly Dragon Clan, and in all these years, no one had dared to speak to him that way. This was because those who did were all silenced by him. His eyes widened with rage, ready to erupt.

"Ying Tian, calm down!"

A Dragon Ball flew in front of Ying Long and Ying Tian. Ao Tian's voice reached Ying Tian's ears from within it, "Have you forgotten what I told you before? Wukong is a guy who won't respond to force but might to gentleness. If you confront him like this, you'll only make your relationship more strained!"

"But second brother, this kid is just too arrogant!"

Ying Long and Ying Tian felt somewhat suffocated; he had never been treated with such disrespect!

"Alright, Ying Tian, be more magnanimous! It's just a name change after all. What's there to fuss about? Besides, none of us could control this Divine Armor except for our eldest brother. Wukong being able to control it is his capability. Since it's already under his control, it naturally belongs to him now, and it has nothing to do with our Heavenly Dragon Clan anymore.

What does the name matter anyway?"