Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Shrinking Earth into Inches!"

A flash of golden light in his eyes, the Void-Breaking Divine Eye activated, Sun Wukong burst out from behind the hidden form of the bluestone, and his figure flashed in front of the Dharma Body Hand of the Primordial Heavenly Venerate. He reached out and pressed his hand onto the giant hand.

"Break!"

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With a low shout, Chaos Primordial Force surged out, enveloping the thumb of the Dharma Body Hand, fully stimulating the assimilation effect. The event was unexpected, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerate's attention was drawn away by someone destroying Miro Palace's Dao Foundation.

Without the slightest defense, the thumb of the Dharma Body Hand was suddenly invaded by Chaos Primordial Force, and instinctively, the palm slightly loosened its grip.

Blood Dragon Ao Tian had been waiting for this chance and would not let it slip by. He summoned all the remaining strength in his body and shook free, darting out from the grasp of the giant hand. A pair of dragon eyes swept over Sun Wukong gratefully, without any pause, he fled in the direction of the Southern Heavenly Gate.

"Somersault Cloud!"

"Shrinking Earth into Inches!"

Sun Wukong did not dare to hesitate either and, having succeeded in a single strike, immediately mounted the Somersault Cloud, employing the divine skill of Shrinking Earth into Inches to flee at a speed even faster than Blood Dragon Ao Tian!

"You vile beast, where do you think you're running?"

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate regained his senses and was filled with rage. Someone had dared to strike against him and rescue Blood Dragon Ao Tian. Such gall was truly outrageous!

With a furious roar, the Dharma Body of the Primordial Heavenly Venerate moved, stepping across space to appear directly in front of Sun Wukong and Blood Dragon Ao Tian, blocking the escape route of the two. Both hands stretched out to grab them.

"Not good! We cannot let him catch us!"

A shock went through Sun Wukong's mind, and he abruptly halted, his body exploding into a cloud of smoke. The Dharma Body Hand of the Primordial Heavenly Venerate grabbed at thin air, and wisps of smoke leaked from between its fingers, drifting away in an instant, reforming into the figure of Sun Wukong several meters away.

"Eh?"

The Primordial Heavenly Venable emitted a sound of surprise. He had not expected Sun Wukong to be able to evade the grasp of the Dharma Body. That natural and effortless sensation—he had completely mastered The Way of Transformation!

The Demon Clan often struggled with The Way of Transformation; even during the times of the Ancient Primeval, the Demon Clan was mostly interested in cultivating the strength of their physical bodies and considered transformations to be trivial, so the Cultivation Techniques of the Ancient Demon Clan did not include any profound teachings relating to The Way of Transformation.

Although the Human Race Techniques contained the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations, Sun Wukong belonged to the Demon Clan, and, given that demons naturally lacked an important meridian compared to humans, it should be impossible for him to achieve complete mastery of Great Accomplishment Realm in these two transformation techniques—after all, these techniques were specifically designed for human meridians!

"Snap~!"

Blood Dragon Ao Tian did not possess Sun Wukong's exquisite ability to transform, and was directly caught in the Dharma Body Hand, causing Sun Wukong's heart to sink. He had taken great pains to rescue Blood Dragon Ao Tian, only for him to be caught by the Primordial Heavenly Venerate again. What was he to do?

"Damn it! I'll fight you with all I've got! Even if I die, I won't let you be the one to do it!"

Having been captured, Blood Dragon Ao Tian knew that he had no chance of escape. A look of resignation and madness flashed in his eyes as he crazily stimulated all the dragon essence in his body. His whole body suddenly burst out into a dazzling blood light, and a destructive force violently erupted from within him.

"You madman!"

The face of the Primordial Heavenly Venerate changed abruptly. He had not expected Blood Dragon Ao Tian to be so ruthless—having just been caught, he actually chose to self-detonate before he could be fully restrained!

Swinging his hand in an attempt to throw Blood Dragon Ao Tian away, it was already too late. An earth-shattering boom resonated as the hand of the Primordial Heavenly Venerate grasping Blood Dragon Ao Tian experienced a catastrophic explosion. A huge mushroom cloud rose from the spot, and even the perpetual cloud cover in the sky was dispersed by the blast of destructive force.

Like the Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Sun Wukong had not anticipated Blood Dragon Ao Tian's choice to self-detonate, but his Void-Breaking Divine Eye was open. Detecting the change in the dragon essence within Blood Dragon Ao Tian, Sun Wukong immediately turned and ran without hesitation.

Pushing the Somersault Cloud and Shrinking Earth into Inches divine skills to their limit, he became a streak of streaming light, instantly covering tens of thousands of zhang and narrowly avoiding the most intense reach of the devastating self-detonation. However, he still felt something strike his back heavily. He grunted and continued to flee toward the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Such a powerful self-detonation—Blood Dragon Ao Tian was unlikely to survive. He could not afford to fall here!

"Aaargh! You cursed demon! I will never forgive you, I will absolutely not forgive you!"

The tremendous catastrophic explosion shocked even the Primordial Heavenly Venerate. After all, Blood Dragon Ao Tian was of the Quasi-Saint Realm, and the self-detonation using all of his essence blood was enough to harm a Heavenly Dao Saint. The Primordial Heavenly Venerate's Dharma body lost a palm and half an arm, completely pulverized by the blast.

Suffering from an excruciating pain never felt before, the rage in his heart could not be contained, and he let out a giant roar that shook heaven and earth.

"I still can't spare you. You've already self-destructed, and even if I were to forgive you again, what more could I do? Resurrect you only to torment you once more?"

Sun Wukong's lips twitched in disdain as he snorted coldly, continuing to fly towards the Southern Heavenly Gate. He had not yet completely escaped danger. With the ability of a Heavenly Dao Saint to tear through space, traveling ten thousand miles in an instant was hardly an issue.

His Somersault Cloud combined with the Shrinking Earth into Inches Divine Skills, forming the Streaming Light Flash, was indeed fast, but it still paled in comparison to direct spatial traversal. He had to leave the Heavenly Court as quickly as possible!

Moreover, what if by 'cannot spare' the Primordial Heavenly Venerate meant not Blood Dragon Ao Tian, but him instead?

As Sun Wukong's thoughts raced and he made his full escape, Primordial Heavenly Venerate's Dharma Body retracted its presence. Suffering such heavy damage, the Dharma Body, with half of its arm blown off, needed some time to recuperate and heal.

The true body of Primordial Heavenly Venerate emerged within the Dharma Body, and his Divine Sense swept across the surroundings in search, eagerly attempting to locate the remnants of Blood Dragon Ao Tian's soul.

The reason they were called Quasi-Saints was that they had at least severed their Good Corpse out of the Three Corpses, which meant self-destruction didn't equate to complete death—there were bound to be remnants of the soul left. Now, the Primordial Heavenly Venerate had grown to utterly loathe Blood Dragon Ao Tian and would not give any chance for his soul remnants to escape.

He had vowed to annihilate him both in body and soul!

"Nothing? How can there be nothing?"

After sweeping his Divine Sense around without finding even a trace of Blood Dragon Ao Tian's soul remnants, Primordial Heavenly Venerate furrowed his brows in confusion. How was it possible? Could it be that Blood Dragon Ao Tian self-destructed along with his Soul's True Spirit? Unlikely!

With no trace of Blood Dragon Ao Tian's soul remnants around, Primordial Heavenly Venerate could only put the matter aside for the time being. There was another person to deal with—the annoying monkey who had suddenly burst out and ruined his plan. If not for Sun Wukong's meddling, he would have already refined Blood Dragon Ao Tian by now.

All of Blood Dragon Ao Tian's essence blood was meant to be his, and he could have refined his dragon body into an ultimate Magical Treasure. He would never have allowed him the chance to self-destruct!

"Damn demon monkey! You ruined my plan. Do you think you can still escape?"

Looking up, Primordial Heavenly Venerate's Divine Sense instantly locked onto Sun Wukong, who was fleeing in the distance. With a swipe of his hand, he tore open a spatial rift and slipped through it.

"Not good!"

Just as Sun Wukong was nearing the Southern Heavenly Gate, about to break through from a gap in the barrier with one last push, he noticed strange fluctuations in the space ahead. Immediately realizing something was amiss, he forcibly shifted direction, shooting out diagonally to the side.

At that same moment, he saw a spatial rift quietly appear in the spot where the fluctuations had occurred, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerate stepped out from it, looking surprisingly astonished.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"How did you know I would come out here?"

The cultivation of Sun Wukong was very clear to Primordial Heavenly Venerate—it was only at the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm. How could he possibly see through the movements of a Heavenly Dao Saint? The ability to tear space apart and teleport instantaneously was something only a Heavenly Dao Saint could possess, not even a Half-Step Saint had such capability.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate had planned to seize Sun Wukong the moment he appeared but hadn't expected him to dodge beforehand!

"You guess?"

Without the slightest delay, Sun Wukong continued flying towards the gap in the Southern Heavenly Gate Barrier. His present cultivation strength was absolutely no match for Primordial Heavenly Venerate. Lacking even the power to retaliate, he couldn't afford to stop. If he did, death was the only path left.

"Seal!"

A cold light flashed in Primordial Heavenly Venerate's eyes. With a gesture pointing towards the direction of the Southern Heavenly Gate and a light word uttered, the barrier of the Southern Heavenly Gate suddenly moved on its own. The previously collapsed gate stood up, restored to its original state, and the gap in the barrier also closed up, leaving no sign of prior damage.

"With a single word, it becomes law!"

Sun Wukong halted in front of the Southern Heavenly Gate Barrier, his heart sinking. This was the Great Divine Power of the Heavenly Dao Saint where word became law. He had only read about it in the ancient texts of the Scripture Pavilion in the Three-Star Cave Heaven. This was his first time witnessing it, and the gap was simply too wide!

It would be very difficult to escape today!

"What do you want?"

Turning around, Sun Wukong faced Primordial Heavenly Venerate with a grim expression and ground out through clenched teeth, "Aren't Heavenly Dao Saints not supposed to intervene in matters within the Three Realms at will? Don't you think your actions have already crossed the line?"

"Below Saints, all are mere ants." The phrase might sound harsh, but it is the most accurate depiction. To the world of the Three Realms, the strength of Heavenly Dao Saints is indeed too immense, so vast that even the Heavenly Dao cannot restrain them.

Should they act with their full might, the space of the Three Realms would hardly bear it, illustrated by the collapse of the world during the great wars between the Witch-Demons and the Divine Enthronement in the Ancient Primeval.

Thus, after Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor reopened heaven and earth and reshaped the Three Realms with supreme magical power, a rule was established: unless provoked, Heavenly Dao Saints must not interfere with the affairs of the Three Realms lightly.

If they must intervene, they are not to use the power of Heavenly Dao Saints; otherwise, it is a disrespect to the decrees of Hong Jun. The Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor would personally mete out punishment!

"You actually know about this?"