Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Dragon Bee? What's that? I don't see anything!"

Nezha was utterly confused after hearing Erlang God Yang Jian's words.

"It's an ancient mystical creature, naturally invisible and intangible, which can only be detected by Divine Sense when it stays still. It's an extremely vicious poison insect bred by... by Real Man of Jade Cauldron. Once bitten by it, everyone below the Heavenly Dao Saint would instantly fall into paralysis!"

Erlang God Yang Jian frowned deeply.

"What? Then isn't Wukong in great danger?"

Nezha was alarmed and looked into the Hao Tian Mirror again. Sun Wukong was still struggling to fend off the attacks from Real Man of Jade Cauldron, swinging the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod into the air from time to time. Nezha hadn't understood what was happening before, but now it was clear: Sun Wukong had been attacking the ancient mystical Dragon Bee with his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod!

"Don't worry, that monkey's eyes are even more powerful than my Heavenly Eye. Although the Dragon Bee is formless and intangible, it cannot escape his sight. As long as he can see it, most of its threat is gone. Surely he has some trick up his sleeve, otherwise, he wouldn't be passively dragging out the fight like this!"

A glint of sharpness passed in the eyes of Erlang God Yang Jian. With Wukong's temperament, if he didn't have a trump card, even if he was at a disadvantage, he would not keep defending passively. The Dragon Bee was indeed formidable, but since Wukong's eyes could see its physical form, most of its threat was already eliminated.

Even Erlang God Yang Jian had strategies to handle such a situation, so how could the astute Wukong lack countermeasures and keep defending passively?

Obviously not!

"This demon monkey is about to lose!"

Atop the high platform, a sharp glint flashed through the Jade Emperor's eyes, a hint of excitement appearing on his face. Sun Wukong's talent was too heaven-defying; with his combat power as a Da Luo Golden Immortal, and having mastered Domain Power, he was able to contend with Real Man of Jade Cauldron, a warrior of the Quasi-Saint Realm, to this extent.

Such a person was the greatest threat if not safely controlled!

Threats, after all, were better eliminated sooner rather than later. If he could use Real Man of Jade Cauldron to eliminate him and seal him in the Investiture of the Gods, that would be perfect. In a duel that ends in life or death, no one could fault him with even half a word!

"Wukong, you must not let anything happen to you!"

Next to the Queen Mother, Zi Lan Fairy's hands were tightly clenched into fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh, yet she seemed oblivious to it. Her beautiful eyes were filled with nervousness and worry as she stared intently at the Hao Tian Mirror.

Every time Sun Wukong narrowly avoided being wounded by the Sword of Trapping Immortals, she couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably, letting out suppressed cries. She hated that her own cultivation strength was too low to be of any help to Sun Wukong, leaving her nothing to do but worry.

"This girl, truly a lovesick soul,"

The Queen Mother watched Zi Lan Fairy's behavior and couldn't help but feel a surge of pity. Zi Lan Fairy's actions clearly showed deep-rooted feelings for Sun Wukong. If anything were truly to happen to him, the Queen Mother was almost certain that Zi Lan Fairy would not choose to live on alone!

Inside the Hao Tian Mirror, Sun Wukong was indeed in a precarious situation, relentlessly pushed back by the fierce attacks of Real Man of Jade Cauldron. If not for the protection of the Ruyi Divine Armor, his body would have been scored with countless cuts.

However, even the Ruyi Divine Armor wasn't almighty, and some of the Sword Qi from the Sword of Trapping Immortals managed to pierce through it towards Sun Wukong. If not for the protective Chaos Primordial Force within him, he would have already been unable to keep up and defeated.

Just as Erlang God Yang Jian had said, Sun Wukong did indeed have a plan. True, the Dragon Bee's harassment meant he couldn't concentrate his full strength to counter Real Man of Jade Cauldron's attacks, but if he had to exert his full power, even with Real Man of Jade Cauldron by the side, he could kill the Dragon Bee!

Sun Wukong's continuous passive defense was solely to buy time for his clones to find the lifebound divinity of God of Wealth Zhao Gongming.

Passing through the space channel, one of Sun Wukong's clones entered another space. This was a huge altar, with the entirety of the space occupied by only this mountain-like altar. Besides that, there was nothing but void all around. Sun Wukong's clone stood at the bottom of the altar, looking up to see it reaching into the clouds, so high that even the Void-Breaking Divine Eye couldn't see the top.

"It should be here!"

In his hand, the life token of God of Wealth Zhao Gongming vibrated slightly, indicating that his lifebound divinity was somewhere above on this altar. It seemed like he had found the right place. Sun Wukong's clone scanned the surroundings; every layer of the altar was dotted with various orbs of light, within which were crystal cores, the Divinities of the Heavenly Court Generals and Deities.

The lower the altar, the wider its scope, and accordingly, there would be more lifebound divinities distributed. However, the lifebound divinities on these lower altars are likely to be those of the lower-ranked divine soldiers and generals, emitting faint glows, largely milky white or light green in color, indicating that these deities possess only Earth Immortal or Heavenly Immortal cultivation.

Looking further up, the number of divinities on the altars notably decreases, and the light they emit becomes much more intense. There now appear blue and golden divinities, representing the majority whose strength is on the level of Taiyi Scattered Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals.

For example, the divinities of the Four Great Heavenly Kings are located in the middle-upper section of the altars. Among the middle-ranking generals, their strength also stands out. However, they have historically been at a disadvantage, often facing either the Six-Eared Macaque or going head-to-head with Sun Wukong, thus repeatedly being outclassed and overwhelmed.

The divinities of the deities in the Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm are among the upper layers, and they are not numerous—only a few dozen, shining a red light. But, they still cause Sun Wukong's clones to widen their eyes in surprise because this indicates that the Heavenly Court has dozens of Da Luo Golden Immortals.

Up to now, he has not encountered many, and where these deities usually hide on regular days is unknown, inconspicuous. If they were to gather, that would be terrifying!

Wukong's clone silently felt fortunate that the Jade Emperor did not pay too much attention to Flower-Fruit Mountain, for if those Da Luo Golden Immortals had been called to attack Flower-Fruit Mountain last time, it would have long been conquered!

Above that are the divinities of the Half-Step Quasi-Saints and those at the Quasi-Saint level, their light a purple hue. However, they are barely visible, shrouded in the swirling mists of the sky. Even the Void-Breaking Divine Eye of Sun Wukong could only see the Da Luo Golden Immortals' divinities. For ordinary immortals and gods, this is already the limit.

There are very few Quasi-Saint level divinities, not even amounting to the count on one's fingers. As for those above the Half-Step Saints and Heavenly Dao Saints, not a single one exists due to the constraints of the Investiture of the Gods.

The cultivation of deities can only reach up to the Quasi-Saint Realm at most; it's impossible to elevate unrestrained to the Half-Step Saint Realm or to achieving the Proving the Tao and Becoming a Saint like immortals can.

The divinity of the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, is among the upper-tier divinities at the Half-Step Quasi-Saint level, radiating a faint purple light. Wukong's clone focused his eyes and attempted to leap upwards, riding the clouds. However, after jumping dozens of feet high, a great force acted upon him. Your adventure continues at My Virtual Library Empire

The technique for soaring the clouds failed and his figure was pulled down from mid-air, crashing onto the altar with a thunderous boom, raising a cloud of dust.

"Damn it! Another sky-restriction in place!"

Sun Wukong's clone cursed vehemently, climbing up from the altar. The impact he made was considerable, but it did not cause any damage to the ground of the altar. Dusting himself off, his clone frowned and it seemed he had to climb up step by step.

"I hope there won't be any more complications..."

As Sun Wukong's clone muttered, before he finished speaking, a low roar echoed from the stone steps ahead, and a figure materialized out of thin air, a Heavenly Soldier of the Earth Immortal Realm.

The Heavenly Soldier had just solidified when he roared angrily and pounced toward Sun Wukong's clone, thrusting the silver spear in his hand straight at him.

"You really can't talk about ghosts during the day!"

Sun Wukong's clone shook his head helplessly, knowing that obtaining the divinity of the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, wouldn't be so easy. As expected, the altar holding the divinity of the storage space began to respond to him as an intruder.

Only, the opponent it summoned to stop him was somewhat too weak. A mere Earth Immortal Realm Heavenly Soldier daring to wield a spear at him!

With a disdainful sneer, Sun Wukong's clone merely raised his palm and pinched the tip of the Heavenly Soldier's silver spear between two fingers with an iron grip. Despite the soldier's face turning red with exertion, he couldn't move Sun Wukong's clone in the slightest, not even budging his fingers, and he couldn't withdraw his spear either.

If this had been a real Heavenly Soldier, he would have been frightened into fleeing by now. But this soldier was formed from a divinity, with no thoughts, only the instinct to attack and kill. He kept on trying to muster strength to pull the spear and attack Sun Wukong's clone.

"Too weak, no fun!"

Sun Wukong's clone clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. The gap in cultivation strength was too vast; even his two fingers were far stronger than the Heavenly Soldier, leaving no room for comparison. There was no point wasting time with him.

With a thought, Sun Wukong's clone exerted a slight force with his fingers, immediately crushing the tip of the silver spear.

Starting from the shattered tip, the destruction quickly spread up the length of the spear, and even the Heavenly Soldier's body began to crumble, quickly turning into dust and dissipating into nothing, leaving behind a divinity that flew out of his disintegrating body and landed on the altar.

Without any hesitation, Sun Wukong's clone stamped fiercely on the ground, transforming into a golden stream of light that sped along the steps of the altar towards the top. He had already received a message from his main body—Sun Wukong was currently engaged in a tough battle with the Real Man of Jade Cauldron, who had released Dragon Bees to attack him.

Sun Wukong was struggling to hold on, all to buy time for his clone.

He had to obtain Zhao Gongming's divinity as quickly as possible!