Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

His eyes flashed with a glint of gold, and the Void-Breaking Divine Eye opened. Sun Wukong checked Qin Guang King's cultivation, and to his surprise, this fellow was a Taiyi Golden Immortal!

Something isn't right!

There was definitely something amiss here, some details that he himself didn't know!

Sun Wukong's expression changed slightly. With Qin Guang King's cultivation as a Taiyi Golden Immortal, how could he have behaved so submissively in his previous life? Back then, he had just passed the three disasters and had reached the level of a Taiyi Scattered Immortal himself.

Even though he wielded the Divine Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, Qin Guang King shouldn't have been so easily intimidated without even trying to resist, right? Moreover, there were the other Nine Halls Yama Kings— whose cultivation strength, although different from Qin Guang King's, shouldn't be too far off.

If the ten kings had joined forces, perhaps he would have had no choice but to temporarily avoid their edge back then.

Why would they allow him to create chaos in the Netherworld and scratch the names of the Monkey Tribe from the Reincarnation Life and Death Book without any resistance?

Could it be...

Sun Wukong's expression grew uglier by the second. Could it be that the so-called havoc in the Netherworld was a farce from beginning to end, orchestrated by others, and he was merely a pawn in their plot? Just like his Journey to the West to Seek Scriptures, had he fallen into someone else's calculations all along?

Noticing the change in Sun Wukong's expression, Qin Guang King thought he had intimidated him and didn't expect Sun Wukong to have all these thoughts in his mind. Standing tall and proud, Qin Guang King spoke again in a commanding tone, "Who are you, and why are you causing trouble in my Netherworld? Speak the truth quickly, or do not blame this king for being ruthless under my sword!"

Qin Guang King's words immediately drew Sun Wukong's attention. All his feelings of indignation and resentment transformed into towering rage directed at Qin Guang King. The surging True Solar Fire blazed fiercely around him. "I, Old Sun, will never be anyone's pawn! Ah~!"

With a thunderous roar, he released his Divine Power Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth. Sun Wukong's figure instantly grew to tens of thousands of feet tall, smashing the roof of Senluo Hall to pieces.

Holding the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod high above him, wrapped in golden light, the Chaotic Nether Thunder in the sky of the Nether Realm seemed to respond, striking down upon the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod with a deafening boom.

"Ugh!"

The Chaotic Nether Thunder struck the mountainous Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod and coursed towards Sun Wukong's Myriad Fathom Dharma Body. He couldn't help but let out a muffled grunt; the Chaotic Nether Thunder was as powerful as the Tribulation Thunder from the Doomsday Thunder Disaster, if not more so, especially with regards to harm to the Divine Soul.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Even under his Divine Power Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth, he felt like he had suffered a severe injury.

"Idiot! You dare to use such Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth Divine Skills in the Netherworld and expect the Domain Protection Divine Thunder to let you off?"

Qin Guang King was initially shocked, as not just anyone could wield Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth Divine Skills. While cultivation and mana could be accumulated over time, Divine Skills and marvelous techniques required personal talent and an understanding of the Heavenly Dao Laws.

Typically, only those who have achieved Physical Body Sanctification could execute this category of Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth skills. He had not expected this Demon Monkey to be a forceful Demon Immortal with Physical Body Sanctification!

However, Qin Guang King's face quickly revealed a mocking sneer. As the first of the Ten Yama Kings of the Netherworld, he knew all too well the destructive power of the Chaotic Nether Thunder, one of the most devastating Divine Thunders of the Nether Realm. Not even a Daluo Golden Immortal would dare to make light contact with it.

Sun Wukong had grown so large, and he lifted his Weapon so high it nearly pierced the clouds, who else would the Chaotic Nether Thunder strike if not him?

Foolish, utterly foolish!

Sun Wukong indeed felt awful. Initially, he had unleashed the Divine Power Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth, overwhelmed by blind rage and the desire to smash everything in sight with his rod, but he never expected to draw down the Chaotic Nether Thunder from the sky. Tens of thousands of Yin Thunders struck him through the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod, and the sensation was excruciating.

Every strand of his fur stood on end, and his brows and eyes twitched incessantly.

"Qin Guang King, what is going on?"

The other nine of the Ten Yama Kings arrived one after another at the Senluo Hall, now a scene of destruction, and their faces greatly changed at the sight of the vast wreckage and the gigantic monkey towering to the heavens nearby.

"An unknown Demon Immortal of the Monkey Tribe has gone mad here in Senluo Hall. But this fellow's brains mustn't be working right; he dare uses the Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth Divine Skills, triggering the Domain Protection Divine Thunder's assault. I fear he will be reduced to ashes and his soul completely scattered!"

Pointing at Sun Wukong, Qin Guang King spoke with a hint of regret in his voice, but mostly it was laced with ridicule, "Well, it saves me the trouble of taking action myself!"

"Where did this Demon Immortal come from, and why would he cause such a ruckus in our Netherworld?"

Yama King frowned, his gaze turning to Black and White Impermanence, who were cowering in a corner of the ruined hall. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and with an outstretched hand, he drew the two closer, "What is the origin of this person, did you two bring him here?"

"Well, Lord Yama, his name is Sun Wukong, from the Flower-Fruit Mountain Water Curtain Cave. We went to fetch his divine soul under Judge Left's orders, but his soul was so solid that we couldn't take it out; we had no choice but to bring back his physical body…"

"Lord Yama, we didn't expect it to turn out like this either…"

Black and White Impermanence were on the verge of tears. Had they known that they were fetching such a calamity, they would have never accepted the task.

"The order from the Left Judge?"

Yama King was somewhat surprised. Although the Netherworld's authority rested with the Ten Yama Kings, the task of soul reaping and judgment was always the responsibility of Senluo Hall's Left and Right Judges, each taking turns every three years, alternating control over the Spring and Autumn Judges' brush, with the power to consult the Book of Life and Death.

Since it was the Left Judge who ordered the reaping of Sun Wukong's soul, he must have checked the Book of Life and Death. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to recklessly order the reaping of souls, no matter how bold he was.

"Where is the Left Judge? Call him over. I want to question him personally!"

Intuition told Yama King that there was a problem and he needed to summon the Left Judge for questioning to clear it up.

"That, that is the Left Judge..."

White Impermanence pointed with a finger towards the corner of the great hall where the rubble lay and Yama King looked over. His lips twitched as he saw the lump that was the Left Judge, who had become a mess of gore in the corner of the wall.

"Yama King, why dwell on this matter? A mere Demon Monkey of the Taiyi Scattered Immortal realm is all. Even if his skills reach the heavens, he cannot withstand the bombardment of the divine thunder.

He will soon dissipate like smoke and clouds, and we can question him at leisure afterward," said the metropolitan king by his side with a light chuckle, his gaze fixed on Sun Wukong, who was roaring in agony from the bombardment of the Chaotic Nether Thunder, a look of relish on his face.

"Dissipate like smoke and clouds? I think not!"

The expression on Yama King's face remained grave. He did not believe that Sun Wukong would be so easily killed by the Chaotic Nether Thunder. Could it be that nobody saw that, although the Monkey's clothes had burst apart and his hair stood on end, looking extremely painful, his energy had not diminished in the slightest?

Having ruled the Netherworld for so many years, this was only the second time he had seen someone endure the Chaotic Nether Thunder for so long. The last time had involved a formidable battle between the true master of the Netherworld, the Yama Heavenly Son, and the Nether River Ancestor from the Boundless Sea of Blood.

Yama King had an intuition Sun Wukong's performance was about to astonish everyone in the Netherworld!

As if to confirm Yama King's thoughts, Sun Wukong, who had been roaring loudly under the bombardment of the Chaotic Nether Thunder, suddenly gritted his teeth and ceased his howling.

The Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod in his hand blazed again with True Solar Fire, and his bloodshot eyes burned like fierce suns, fixing on those in the city below, especially the Ten Yama Lords in the ruins of the Senluo Hall.

"This is bad!"

Yama King's heart leaped, he turned and fled without hesitation, flying at breakneck speed close to the ground.

In the next moment, Sun Wukong's Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod slammed ruthlessly towards the ground. The immense force was like the entire sky turning upside down and bearing down. Everyone's faces changed drastically.

"A bunch of bastards! Go to hell, all of you, for your grandpa Sun!"

Boom!

The Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod struck the ground, just like diving into the sea, with the entire silver hoop sinking deep into the earth. Soil cracked around the rod, pushing up dozens of feet of earthen waves, booming and spreading out.

"Yama Great Formation, activate!"

The face of King Qin Guang turned pale. Seeing the unparalleled shock wave carrying the earthen waves surging towards them, even the Nine Halls Yama Kings had no time to escape. Gritting his teeth, he came to a halt, spat out a mouthful of Heart's Essence Blood into Yama's Ornamental Sword in his hand, and thrust it into the ground with a loud shout.

"Yama Great Formation, activate!"

Following King Qin Guang's lead, King Chujiang, the King of Reincarnation, the metropolitan king, and the other Yama Lords also halted their escape, similarly using their Essence Blood to activate their Yama's Ornamental Swords, plunging their longswords into the ground.

Radiating from the nine of them at the center, a Myriad Fathom Dharma Aspect manifested instantly, spreading its arms to protect half of the city within its embrace. The shock wave was violently blocked, but it was not so lucky in the other directions.

The shock wave and earthen waves continued to stretch out for dozens of miles, and aside from the half of the city protected by the Yama Great Formation's phantom, the entire surrounding area of dozens of miles was leveled.

The earth's surface sunk down by an entire thirty feet, and every building, Underworld Soldier, and ghostly general, including a Netherworld Peak behind the city, was turned to nothingness, leaving not a trace behind!

"Phew, phew~!"

The figure of the colossal monkey had vanished. Sun Wukong deactivated his Divine Power Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth, leaning on the now smaller Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod, he gasped heavily. That last blow had been immensely powerful, but it had nearly exhausted all of his Immortal Primordial Force, and even the force of his Soul's True Spirit had been greatly diminished.

The fact that he was still standing was due to nothing but a stubborn willpower!

Cold sweat continued to seep from Sun Wukong's forehead and back, and only he knew how incredibly lucky he had been to survive that ordeal!