Great Demon Sun Wukong

Although they were unsure of the little girl’s background, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao could clearly sense that the little girl had no ill intent. Both of them were very confident about this.

With a somewhat helpless wry smile, it seemed that their journey had not been smooth ever since they met the little fox. Hopefully, this little girl they had picked up wouldn’t bring them any misfortune. Or rather, they hoped she was not another princess of some sort; if that were the case, both would truly feel like coughing up blood.

Loudly instructing the little fox a few times, the message was basically not to run too far or too fast; both Xi Zhao and Sun Wukong were well aware of her speed—that if she became excited and took off, they’d have to chase her for half a day.

Hearing Xi Zhao’s instructions, the little fox obediently did not continue to run ahead but instead took the little girl, named Caomei, in a big loop and ran back to the side of the two.

And so, three people—or rather, two adults, a fox, and a little girl—continued on their way. However, this time it was the little fox who led the way, with the little girl who seemed very familiar with the area, instructing the little fox to run here and there without showing any signs of fatigue. The little fox was in a state of excitement the whole time.

As it appeared, the two had already become very good friends.

Two days later, they reached the large river they had seen before. Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao, who had been somewhat worried about how to cross the river, followed the strutting little fox upstream for about half a day and surprisingly came upon a wooden bridge.

It was unexpected to find a bridge on the grassland, indicating it was probably made specifically for those intending to travel to Supreme City.

After all, the large river was indeed tumultuous, and most of those who were heading to Supreme City could not fly, so without this wooden bridge, they would likely have only been able to swim across.

Without a doubt, the little fox couldn’t have known about the bridge, so it must have been the little girl who told the little fox. Over the past two days, Sun Wukong and Xi Zhao had gradually come to accept the presence of the little girl. Because—without explanation—there was nothing they could do.

If the little girl meant to harm them, with the strength that allowed her to escape their detection and hide her malice impeccably, they would stand no chance against her if she truly intended to harm them.

So they just let her be, maybe she was just playfully following them, and when she had enough fun she would leave on her own.

However, it was worth mentioning that last night Sun Wukong suddenly felt a fluctuation in the World Within the Artifact of his Jingu Bang; the two guessed it must have been the World Suppressing Stele automatically breaking through the space and returning inside the World Within the Artifact.

What surprised Sun Wukong even more was that the barriers of the World Within the Artifact of Jingu Bang, which had been confined by the Netherworld World, had finally begun to crack. When they first arrived in the Netherworld World—no, when Sun Wukong just regained his consciousness—he used his Divine Consciousness Scouting to check on Jingu Bang.

At that time, he found that no matter how hard he tried, his divine sense could no longer enter Jingu Bang’s World Within the Artifact to learn about the situation inside.

Furthermore, he worried that something might go wrong with Ji Meng and Ying Zhao inside, so he never opened it rashly; and, more importantly, Sun Wukong was terrified inside his heart, fearing that once he opened the World Within the Artifact of Jingu Bang, he wouldn’t find the two people, but two corpses instead.

Sun Wukong remembered clearly that at that time, he had helped Ji Meng and Ying Zhao together to fight against Zhen Yuanzi, but in the end, Zhen Yuanzi chose to perish together with them. Since Ji Meng and Ying Zhao were seriously injured and dying, he planned to shelter them inside Jingu Bang first to treat them after the great battle was over.

Who would have thought that not only did he failed to save them, but he was slain himself and now ended up in the Netherworld World, unable to leave. With this thought, Sun Wukong felt extremely at peace.

The Zhen Yuan Bodhi Treasure Tree, merged from the Ginseng Fruit Tree and Seven Treasures Exquisite Tree, was still in his body, but Zhen Yuanzi the elder brother was no longer. If he found out that Ji Meng and Ying Zhao were also dead, then Sun Wukong really felt he would collapse.

By not opening the World Within the Artifact, Sun Wukong still held on to some hope. Maybe Ji Meng and Ying Zhao recovered from their injuries and were still alive.

This could be considered a form of self-deception, and Sun Wukong always had an excuse to comfort himself—that if he opened it rashly, the rules of the Netherworld World might directly annihilate Ji Meng and Ying Zhao, after all, this world does not allow living beings to appear.

However, when the World Suppressing Stele broke through that layer of confinement on its own and returned to the World Within the Artifact, Sun Wukong knew he could no longer avoid facing reality. So, following the crack, Sun Wukong’s divine sense entered the World Within the Artifact of the Jingu Bang.

The moment his divine sense entered this space, what Sun Wukong first felt was the Earth System spiritual energy that had become extremely dense. In surprise, Sun Wukong’s divine sense took the form of his actual body and then landed on the ground. As he landed on the ground, Sun Wukong was again startled to the point of being beyond speech, because the ground was covered with small hills.

But these were not ordinary hills; they were all made of the dense Earth System spiritual energy condensed into Earth Spirit Crystal Stones.

Looking at those small-hill-sized Earth Spirit Crystal Stones, Sun Wukong felt his heart beating wildly, although, at that moment, he had no heart.

Wandering through the countless crystal stone hills, Wukong soon arrived at the very place where he had first discovered the World Suppressing Stele. Indeed, the World Suppressing Stele stood firmly in place, just as it was when he first saw it, as if it had never left. However, when Sun Wukong’s hands caressed the stele, he could clearly sense waves of joyous and excited emotions from it.

After feeling these for a while, a thought arose, and the World Suppressing Stele instantly shrank and then entered the location of the inner core within Wukong’s body. Having reclaimed the World Suppressing Stele, Wukong’s heart finally settled down a lot.

Then, Wukong’s divine sense unfolded, beginning to spread out from him as the center towards all directions. This world within the artifact had already become vast, and relying on his own legs, it was unknown when he would be able to find Ji Meng and Ying Zhao. Thus, the only option was to expand his divine consciousness and conduct a carpet-like search.

In this world, Wukong was the master. Perhaps in the outside world, Wukong’s divine consciousness could only reach out five hundred zhang, but here, his divine consciousness could cover the entire world as long as he was willing. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

As the divine consciousness spread farther and farther, and Wukong’s astonishment grew, he eventually began to feel numb. Because in the divine consciousness scouting, he discovered not only many Earth Spirit Crystal Stones but, in the distance, innumerable various crystals and spirit stones beyond estimation.

Although this world was still dominated by the Earth Element, filled with the rich aura of the Earth System, in many special places this Earth System energy would vanish entirely and be replaced by the aura of other elemental systems.

For example, near a great lake and within it, there was entirely pure Water System spiritual energy, without a single trace of Earth System or other Five Elements energies mixed in. Moreover, the lake was not simply made of water; eighty percent of it was liquid Water System spiritual energy.

At the bottom of the lake, Wukong discovered huge blocks of Water Spirit Crystal Stones and Water Spirit Stones.

Similarly, in a forest, it was all Wood System spiritual energy, although the forest ground still contained rich Earth Spirit energy. Moreover, the majority of the trees in the forest were lush green, with colors resembling jade because these trees were all grown from Wood Spirit energy and did not contain a trace of other elements, very pure.

Inside the volcanoes was pure Fire Element energy, and there were even several large volcanoes completely made of Fire Spirit Crystals. However, these volcanoes showed no signs of eruption, and the magma formed by the pure Fire Element energy merely churned inside the volcanoes.

Then, in a valley, Wukong sensed the presence of Metal Spirit energy. This energy had turned the entire valley and mountain walls into some kind of metal, and the valley was strewn with all sorts of precious metals.

Last, Wukong discovered a strange place in the southern direction, a basin-like area surrounded by five small mountains. In this basin, the power of the Five Elements was extremely balanced, and its density had reached an infuriating level.

Wukong could imagine that just by taking a single breath in this basin, it would surpass the spiritual energy gained from fifty years of cultivation in the original Pangu Realm. Read exclusive content at empire

However, what excited Wukong the most was that within this basin, he found more than a dozen houses, and within the two largest houses, two people were breathing in and out, immersing themselves in cultivation. These two were none other than Ji Meng and Ying Zhao. Moreover, Wukong noticed that their strengths had greatly advanced; both of them now possessed the power of Three Patterns!

Seeing that the two were not only safe but had also made great advances in strength, Wukong couldn’t help but feel overwhelming joy, and inadvertently, a hint of his aura leaked out. Both individuals, who were originally meditating with closed eyes, opened their eyes simultaneously, with incredulity in their gaze!

This familiar aura, could it really be the Great Saint’s?

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