Great Demon Sun Wukong

The sudden appearance of these two individuals was none other than Mu Jingshi and Meng Gui, who had previously been trapped by the Supreme Elder Lord’s Eight Trigrams Map. The intensity of the battle among these three was indescribable, with each combatant fighting for their life by the end.

Mu Jingshi even resorted to using his life-bound magic, "Boundless Forest of Myriad Woods", to resist the influence of the Eight Trigrams world. Then, Meng Gui launched his most powerful attack, "A Dream of Three Thousand," which finally led to severely wounding the Supreme Elder Lord and breaking the Eight Trigrams Map at the last moment.

Regrettably, in the critical moment, the Supreme Elder Lord managed to escape. In an instant, the two could no matter what not locate any trace of the Supreme Elder Lord. Out of necessity, as both were at their limits, Meng Gui put away the Tai Chi Diagram, and the two supported each other back to Hidden Wood Forest for rest.

After the two had departed, a woman in a moon-white robe appeared out of thin air. After a moment’s hesitation, she abandoned the idea of pursuing the Tai Chi Diagram. Instead, she looked towards Beyond the Heavens, an enigmatic smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

In Beyond the Heavens, Sun Wukong and Kunpeng’s location!

Having defeated the Guiding Sage and Jiang Ziya, the two were swiftly recovering with the aid of the Five-Colored Divine Stone. Finally, after about half an hour, the two were back to their peak condition. Realizing the powerful recovery abilities of the Five-Colored Divine Stone, Kunpeng was truly astonished.

With this Divine Stone on his side, Sun Wukong’s combat power and survival capabilities were undoubtedly more than doubled.

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Well-rested, the two stood up, and after another round of careful scouting revealing nothing out of the ordinary— it seemed their opponents had indeed escaped— they said,

"Great Saint, let us go find the others. It’s been a long time; the outcome should be decided by now."

Sun Wukong nodded, and the two left Beyond the Heavens, standing in the void to sense their surroundings. Kunpeng pointed in a direction and, the next moment, they turned into a streak of light, speeding away.

Soon, in full-speed flight, they reached another part of Beyond the Heavens where a fierce fight was still in progress. Without hesitation, they plunged into the fray. But upon entering, they were both taken aback.

It turned out that this particular battle in Beyond the Heavens involved several individuals. The Kirin, Human Emperor Fuxi, and Yellow Dragon were united against Lu Ya and Tongtian. The battle had initially been between Human Emperor Fuxi and Yellow Dragon against Lu Ya, while the Kirin faced off against Tongtian.

But as the fight ensued, both groups ended up clashing in the void before merging into a chaotic brawl, eventually dragging each other back into Beyond the Heavens. This was the situation Sun Wukong and Kunpeng stumbled upon.

The five originally fighting characters, seeing reinforcements arrive, showed different expressions. The Kirin, Yellow Dragon, and Fuxi were visibly relieved, while Lu Ya and Tongtian frowned deeply. It appeared that at least two people from the Taoist sect had perished— Sun Wukong’s opponent, Li Jing, and Kunpeng’s adversary, the Guiding Sage.

Reflecting on this, both showed a look of scorn.

"I thought at least one between Li Jing and Guiding Sage would prevail, but who would’ve guessed they’d be so useless. It seems that power boosted by those methods is still unreliable. What a waste of two pseudo-Supreme Divine Artifacts."

Both Lu Ya and Tongtian were supreme experts who obtained enlightenment during the Ancient Times, looking down or feeling indignant towards younger generations like Li Jing and the Guiding Sage— especially Tongtian. The Guiding Sage, if ranked by seniority, would be Tongtian’s senior brother. However, due to the disparities in cultivation, he was always suppressed by Tongtian.

Yet due to this battle, his powers were forcefully elevated to the same realm as Tongtian, and he was even endowed with a pseudo-Supreme Divine Artifact, the Guiding Ancient Lamp.

Now that Sun Wukong and Kunpeng had appeared, it was clear that the other two had been defeated. Yet unbeknownst to them, Li Jing’s Exquisite Pagoda was shattered by Sun Wukong’s Chaos Five Decisions and was not acquired by Sun Wukong. Moreover, the defeats were not limited to these two; Zhen Yuanzi had also been defeated, and even Jiang Ziya was severely injured and routed.

But of course, Sun Wukong would not reveal this to them.

Yet Sun Wukong overheard their conversation, which indirectly confirmed his suspicion that there was something odd with the Taoist sect this time. They mentioned that Li Jing and Guiding Sage indeed had their strengths suddenly enhanced, and Sun Wukong noticed the word "bestowed," suggesting that those two pseudo-Supreme Divine Artifacts were given by someone.

Who could this person be, able to elevate someone directly to Half-step Great Path and freely bestow even pseudo-Supreme Divine Artifacts? This individual had to be extraordinary. Despite racking his brains, Sun Wukong could not think of any powerful being in the Taoist sect with such omnipotent abilities.

Deciding not to dwell on it any further, Sun Wukong thought it could be dealt with after the great battle when they would interrogate them.

And so, without further ado, Sun Wukong joined the fray along with Kunpeng. Five against two, even if these two attempted to flee immediately, it would not be easy. With Sun Wukong and Kunpeng joining the battle, Lu Ya and Tongtian felt their pressure immensely increase. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Initially, Lu Ya’s Expert Flying Knife had been more than a match in offense and defense against his three adversaries, but as soon as Sun Wukong joined the battle with the Zhen Yuan Bodhi Treasure Tree, Lu Ya’s Expert Flying Knife seemed to have met its nemesis. Each slash would be deflected by the twelve-colored radiance.

The more they fought, the more shocked Lu Ya and Tongtian felt. Putting all else aside, Sun Wukong’s current combat power had definitely reached a level comparable to any one of them. And with the additional four, it wasn’t long before the two found themselves outmatched. If they didn’t come up with a strategy soon, they might indeed perish there that day.

Both knew that persisting in the fight would lead only to their demise. So, in the midst of their battle, they nodded almost imperceptibly to each other and suddenly unleashed their most powerful attacks without any warning.

Lu Ya, holding a yellow gourd, saw it swell to the size of a small hill. He then bowed respectfully to the gourd and said, "Please turn around, dear treasure." As his words fell, the yellow gourd burst into blinding glory, and from within emerged a massive flying knife that slashed horizontally at Kunpeng and others.

At the same time, Primordial Heavenly Venerate pushed outwards with both hands, and three wisps of pure qi shot out like lightning, following close behind the giant flying knife.

Seeing these two suddenly resort to desperate moves without any sign, Kunpeng and the Kirin were caught somewhat off guard, but they managed to collaborate and defend against the two attacks.

However, at this moment, Wukong suddenly had a thought and quickly moved away from Kunpeng and the others. Taking advantage of the moment while Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Lu Ya commanded their attacks, he ruthlessly hurled the World Suppressing Stele at them. It dawned on Wukong that the two weren’t attempting a last stand but planning to flee.

So, he secretly submerged himself and, catching them unawares, hurled the World Suppressing Stele. The two, who were just about to escape, suddenly felt a deadly crisis. Whipping their heads around, they saw the Stele rapidly enlarging in their pupils. The stone arrived too swiftly for them to dodge at this point, and the world wasn’t large enough for retreat.

In the end, it was Lu Ya who clenched his teeth and hurled his famous magic treasure, the Seven-Star Sword.

However, before Lu Ya could lament the loss, his righteousness-bound Seven-Star Sword was shattered to pieces by the World Suppressing Stele. With the Seven-Star Sword linked to Lu Ya spiritually, its destruction caused him to spurt out a mouthful of blood, and his complexion grew deathly pale. But the World Suppressing Stele cared not whether he bled, continuing its relentless descent.

Seeing this, if no one could intervene, both would likely die. The renown of the World Suppressing Stele was something both Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Lu Ya were all too familiar with, even more so than Wukong.

The World Suppressing Stele, capable of suppressing a world, was once used by Di Jun, its first owner, to directly crush a planet. Against such might, although Wukong couldn’t bring out its full power, seriously injuring the two was definitely within reach.

Should they be gravely injured, the four individuals who were eyeing them hungrily would surely take their lives at the first opportunity.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate glanced at Wukong, then at the blood-spewing Lu Ya. His eyes instantly turned blood-red, and he lowered his head to speak to Lu Ya, who was half-floating in the air, "Lu Ya, remember, avenge me!"

With that, he pushed with his right hand, propelling Lu Ya into a spatial rift with a twisting force. As Lu Ya suddenly grasped Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s intent, he was about to speak out, but saw Primordial Heavenly Venerate already leaping into the air, colliding with the descending World Suppressing Stele.

The collision momentarily halted the Stele’s fall, allowing Lu Ya to enter the spatial rift that had appeared unnoticeably, vanishing without a trace.

Lu Ya’s treasured Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, too, shrank all of a sudden and disappeared into space.

Turning to look at Primordial Heavenly Venerate, after being struck by the World Suppressing Stele, his physical body burst apart. In that moment, Wukong’s fiery eyes caught a detail — as the Stele shattered Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s body, it emitted three red flashes, and three drops of True Blood floated out from his remains, instantly absorbed by the Stele.

Before Wukong could react in surprise, the Stele erupted with a murky glow, and then, the soul of Primordial Heavenly Venerate fragmented.

The half-step Great Path Primordial Heavenly Venerate had fallen! To save Lu Ya, he had sacrificed his own life. Perhaps the Taoist sect still retained some true righteousness after all.

Sigh!

(Today’s second update is the result of ID Fellow and Convex-And-Concave Fellow’s efforts. Let’s applaud. Only those who join the group know why.)