Great Demon Sun Wukong

The yellow light, upon entering the body of the man in green armor, did not elicit a reaction from him first. In fact, the man in green armor was already motionless and had completely lost consciousness. The first reaction came from the Spirit Controller, who sat upright on the green throne. The Spirit Controller showed a clear expression of appreciation, and his palms were continuously clapping together, applauding Sun Wukong's performance. Sun Wukong paid no attention to the Spirit Controller. Instead, with a flash of his figure, and as a bead of spatial sand shone, Sun Wukong instantly appeared beside the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape, which had collapsed in a pool of blood.

Without any hesitation, he placed his palms directly onto the chest of the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape. Then, the Wonderful Bodhi Tree, which had already fused with Sun Wukong's flesh and blood, slowly emerged from inside Sun Wukong's body. After the Wonderful Bodhi Tree completely left Sun Wukong's body, Sun Wukong first glanced at the Spirit Controller and, noticing there was no intention to stop him, he pressed his right hand on the Wonderful Bodhi Tree and began channeling the Wood Attribute power from his Five Elements Power into the tree.

Stimulated by the Wood Attribute Spiritual Power from Sun Wukong's body, the Wonderful Bodhi Tree began to emit bursts of emerald light. As this light appeared, green radiance started to emanate from the wounds that were bleeding profusely on the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape, which then visibly began to heal at a speed discernible to the naked eye. However, Sun Wukong's brow was still tightly furrowed, yet he said nothing, only his complexion looked extremely unsightly.

The green light of the Wonderful Bodhi Tree could only heal the external wounds on the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape's body, but its thoroughly severed tendons and muscles, along with its severely damaged inner mansion, showed no signs of improvement. Although the Wonderful Bodhi Tree possessed powerful recovery and healing abilities, Dao Zhun had initially made it so that the Wonderful Bodhi Tree could exert its maximum effect by merging it with Sun Wukong's flesh and blood. Thus, the tree could exert one hundred, or even two hundred percent of its effects on Sun Wukong, but for others, it could at most only achieve twenty or thirty percent effectiveness. However, its function in restoring Spiritual Power was still the same as before.

Using the Heaven and Earth Dao Eye to examine the injuries inside the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape, Sun Wukong's frown deepened more and more. It seemed as if he was contemplating something. After about two or three breaths' time, Sun Wukong gritted his teeth, pressed forcefully with his right hand that was on the Wonderful Bodhi Tree, and simultaneously called out to Ye Zi. Hearing Sun Wukong's call, Ye Zi, who had been somewhat distracted, immediately snapped back to attention and hurriedly flashed several times to Sun Wukong's side.

"Inject your vast Life Force into his body, and be careful not to cause further damage to his tendons and internal organs." Sun Wukong, not looking at Ye Zi, said this with eyes blazing as he stared at the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape's body. Ye Zi didn't reply, but simply nodded lightly, transforming both hands into palms: one hand pressed on the heart of the Vajra Ape, and the other on its forehead. Subsequently, pure Life Force began to flow from Ye Zi's palms into the body of the Vajra Ape.

Afterwards, Sun Wukong positioned the Wonderful Bodhi Tree so that its roots touched the chest of the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape, a sight that left Ye Zi mixed with surprise and regret. Ye Zi was amazed that Sun Wukong would sacrifice such an ancient and extraordinary tree just to save what clearly seemed to be a summoned creature. Regretful, for if Ye Zi could have merged with the Wonderful Bodhi Tree, then Ye Zi's strength would certainly recover to its peak. If it were given to Ye Zi's brother, Ye Wu, as a body, it would undoubtedly result in a massive increase in Ye Wu's strength.

As the Wonderful Bodhi Tree touched the Vajra Ape's chest, its roots began to move as if alive, and then burrowed straight into the chest of the Vajra Ape. With the Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes activated, Sun Wukong could clearly see the roots of the Wonderful Bodhi Tree rapidly growing after entering the chest of the Vajra Ape, cautiously enveloping the ape's heart that was about to stop beating, and guiding Ye Zi's vast Life Force throughout the Vajra Ape's entire body.

Firstly, with the replenishment of Ye Zi's pure Life Force, the torn muscles and meridians began to constantly recover and heal. Then, under the envelopment of the Wonderful Bodhi Tree's roots, the heart of the Vajra Ape also slowly started beating again, getting stronger and stronger. However, Sun Wukong still seemed to feel it wasn't enough. With his left hand, he made a cut on his right wrist, and immediately a stream of hot blood poured onto the Wonderful Bodhi Tree. The tree absorbed all of Sun Wukong's blood and then directed it down its trunk and roots, injecting it into the heart of the Vajra Ape.

Upon receiving Sun Wukong's Essence Blood, the heart of the Vajra Ape suddenly began to beat powerfully, and Ye Zi shouted out in alarm, before bringing out his Life-bound Primordial Pearl. Because just a moment ago, a terrifyingly powerful suction force emerged from inside the Vajra Ape, which in an instant absorbed nearly half of Ye Zi's Life Force. This scared Ye Zi, who had no doubt that if this suction continued for just three more breaths, Ye Zi would have been drained dry, no, reduced to a withered stick.

So frightened was he that he immediately took out the Primordial Pearl and used the life force stored within it to recover himself while drawing that pulling force into the Pearl. Fortunately, the terrifying suction was but a momentary surge, for Ye Zi would have been loath to reveal the Pearl otherwise. Now, although the suction still remained, it had weakened significantly. As the steady stream of life force poured into the Vajra Ape's body, the previously ravaged form gradually regained its vitality.

A full quarter of a Chinese Hour later, the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape suddenly opened its large, bell-like eyes, then flashed an unmistakably incredulous look before finally noticing Sun Wukong and Ye Zi. After a long gaze, it seemed to come to its senses and asked in disbelief, "I... I'm not dead?" Seeing that he had finally pulled the Vajra Ape back from the brink at Ghost Gate, Sun Wukong slowly let out a breath of relief. Then he plopped down on the ground, unabashedly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to the Vajra Ape, "As long as I'm here, even if you want to die, you can't. Tell me, what exactly happened?"

At this time, Ye Zi also stopped the transfer of life force, withdrew his palms, and sat down on the ground before staring intently at the Wonderful Bodhi Tree that seemed to have grown on the chest of the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape. Seeing Ye Zi's reaction, Sun Wukong couldn't help but chuckle sarcastically, "If you can take it off, I'll lend it to you for three Chinese Hours!" Upon hearing this, Ye Zi immediately got excited, his eyes even beginning to gleam.

"You said it, no going back on your word." After saying this, Ye Zi didn't wait for any further discussion and directly spat saliva onto the spot where the Vajra Ape's chest connected with the Wonderful Bodhi Tree. Seeing Ye Zi actually spitting on himself, the Vajra Ape was about to swing a slap at him, but as his hand was raised, he put it down again, because as the saliva hit the connecting area, the Wonderful Bodhi Tree trembled, and then Ye Zi straight up pulled the tree off.

This act gave Sun Wukong a fright. He knew that just a moment ago, the roots of the Wonderful Bodhi Tree had been entwined around the heart of the Vajra Ape. Pulling it out like that could have also torn out the Ape's heart, couldn't it? The Vajra Ape, however, did not react as strongly. He was still pondering when a tree started growing out of his chest when Ye Zi pulled it off in a quick motion. He touched his chest and felt nothing out of the ordinary, leaving him utterly perplexed.

"Hmph, don't underestimate me; I am an ancient divine tree, my saliva is a treasure!" Sun Wukong, however, paid him no heed and turned his head to stare at the Vajra Ape, pressing again, "I still need you to explain what happened. Why did you call yourself Wu Zhiqi just now? And how can you speak? You should be a creature from another world that I summoned using the Nine Decisions, right?"

The Vajra Ape scratched its head and then looked around as if it were feigning ignorance. Sun Wukong sighed, "We'll talk about this later. It's best if you're honest with me. For now, I have a situation to address!" Having said that, Sun Wukong stood up and, in a flash, appeared in front of the Spirit Controller, addressing him with a piercing gaze, "I defeated him, so we're free to go, right?" The Spirit Controller nodded in admiration, "You have strength, courage, brains, you value relationships and are neither servile nor arrogant. Very good, Sun Wukong, is it? I'll remember you. I hope to see you on the battlefield in the future!" Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire

After speaking, the Spirit Controller turned to look towards the Dragon Emperor, still hovering in midair, "Today, I'm in a good mood, so I'll spare your life. But as you have erred, I shall punish you. Your punishment is to follow Sun Wukong and become his follower, no betraying him, or else your Dragon Race will be forever eradicated!"

At this moment, the Dragon Emperor actually felt somewhat relieved, as his actions could have led to extermination by other Law Enforcers without a second thought. The outcome was already more than satisfactory to him.

Seeing the Dragon Emperor nod, the Spirit Controller gave Sun Wukong a slight smile and then disappeared from the spot.