No one dared to ignore him.
However, the Jade Emperor thought that according to the Journey to the West plan, he, a mere quasi-saint, could actually toy with the former leader of all saints like a monkey. A sense of schadenfreude arose in his heart.
And so, next.
The stone monkey, riding a raft that seemed ready to disintegrate at any moment, with the cultivation of a mortal monkey, was able to cross the endless ocean and travel throughout the Four Continents.
He easily found Patriarch Bodhi, who bestowed a name upon him.
The Patriarch said, "Hongmeng first opened, originally without a surname; to shatter the stubborn emptiness, one must awaken… then you shall be called Sun Wukong."
It was Zhunti Daoist, who dared not address him by the name Sun Luzhen, fearing it would stir memories within him.
Sun Wukong cultivated for seven years, learning the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Technique, the Seventy-Two Transformations, and the Eight-Nine Arcane Art. In just over twenty years, he stepped into the Great Luo fruit status.
However, this Great Luo fruit status was entirely dependent on the cultivation of others, a pseudo-Great Luo. The owner was merely a user of the cultivation.
Therefore, on the journey to the West, a mere Kui Mulang, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Heavenly Court, could fight him to a draw. Red Boy's Samadhi True Fire forced Sun Wukong to flee. As for Golden Horn and Silver Horn, with the help of Taishang Laojun's treasures, they could toy with Sun Wukong at will.
The so-called havoc in the Heavenly Palace was merely a play for the monkey.
In that regard, the monkey was like a true monkey, not even bothering with the Seven Fairies he had immobilized.
When the Bull Demon King in the mortal realm heard this news, he sighed, "Brother Sun once even snatched the Princess of the Golden Cauldron Kingdom as his wife. Moreover, he who understood the Buddhist teachings of seeing through the Four Great Empties once had a daughter named the Moon Comet Star…"
"Now, after being suppressed by the Six Saints, he has forgotten his wife and daughter…"
It turned out that Sun Luzhen was a modern person. After becoming a demon sage with boundless divine abilities, what was the precept of abstinence? In the past, he naturally had a wife and daughter, and had even used the "Purple Cloud Silk Cave" on Mount Huaguo as their dwelling.
However, after the Six Saints suppressed Sun Luzhen and his memories, the once famous Princess of the Golden Cauldron Kingdom and the Purple Cloud Silk Cave were barely remembered by any cultivators in the Three Realms.
In the Three Realms, there was only the Water Curtain Cave of Mount Huaguo, and no Purple Cloud Silk Cave of Mount Huaguo.
In the eyes of most cultivators now, Great Sage Sun had no wife or daughter, nor was he lustful. He was merely the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, not the Great Sage Who Reaches Heaven.
And the so-called Seventy-Two Transformations and Eight-Nine Arcane Art were not his own skills, but entirely taught by Patriarch Bodhi. Little did he know that Sun Luzhen was the true owner of these divine abilities.
…
The Endless Abyss.
This was the gathering place of the endless karmic fire in the Primordial World.
Since the beginning of heaven and earth, it seemed no one had ever come to this place.
But in reality, there were three people here now.
One: Rahu.
Two: A trace of will that Sun Luzhen, using all his means, had escaped from the Six Saints.
Three: Hongyun.
Rahu, clad in a black robe that remained unchanged despite being burned by endless karmic forces, looked at Sun Luzhen and said, "Have you perceived what happened in the Primordial World? Do you agree to my terms now?"
Sun Luzhen's eyes still held a trace of anger, "Good! Good! Good! After the Saints suppressed me, they truly treated me like a monkey!"
He now finally understood why he couldn't find Patriarch Bodhi back then.
The reason was that the time Patriarch Bodhi appeared was not during his initial phase as the Great Sage Who Reaches Heaven, but after his defeat, when the Saints, to utilize his saintly power, had sent the body that would be suppressed to guide him, at a later point in time!
He had gotten the timing wrong!
Seeking to become a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi at the wrong time, how could he possibly find him?
"So, my transmigration experience was actually the prequel to Journey to the West… not the main story!"
Sun Luzhen had long suspected that this mythical world was different from Journey to the West, and also different from the Primordial version of Journey to the West.
But he never imagined that it was precisely because he was defeated and suppressed that the true Journey to the West began!
He, who clearly possessed world-shattering abilities, was not only suppressed, with only a trace of his will escaping to accompany Rahu, but his main body and primordial spirit had their memories clouded, and he was treated like a monkey by the Saints and all the gods!
The Seventy-Two Transformations, the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, were clearly created by me… yet Bodhi taught them to me, making me eternally grateful to him?
Zhunti, have you no shame?
Ru Lai, the Jade Emperor, I had clearly defeated them with a single blow. Now it's changed to me being subdued by the Buddha's palm in his palm? In the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, I didn't even see the Jade Emperor's face and was stopped by Wang Lingguan in front of the Lingxiao Palace?
Ru Lai, Jade Emperor, you truly have no shame!
And then there was Taishang Laojun, Laozi's good corpse.
Back then, I directly performed a headstand on him, making him fall to the ground. Now he's just watching a monkey show?
The cause and effect have all been altered?
"It's Journey to the West that's misleading me… No, was it that I transmigrated into this mythical world first, becoming the Great Sage Who Reaches Heaven, then being suppressed, and finally the people on Earth captured inspiration from that suppressed experience and wrote Journey to the West, or was it the other way around?"
"Did I transmigrate into the mythical world first, or did Journey to the West appear on Earth first?"
Even though he had once possessed power comparable to a Saint, Sun Luzhen could not figure out how he had transmigrated from Earth to this mythical world, what the relationship was between these two worlds, and how to return to Earth…
He knew nothing.
It was precisely because he knew nothing that he had all sorts of speculations.
And the biggest speculation among them was the theory of inspiration.
Perhaps, the author on Earth, inadvertently sensed this mythical world, and his story after being suppressed gave them inspiration, leading to the creation of the work.
Although this was a speculation without any concrete evidence, it seemed theoretically plausible.
Sun Luzhen had no way to verify it and could only sigh that he might have been tricked by himself.
As for how this trace of will managed to escape here, it was partly due to Rahu's credit, and partly due to Sun Luzhen's own abilities.
After being attacked by the Six Saints, he seemed to have been completely suppressed, but Sun Luzhen was, after all, a Saint who had carved out his own saintly position. Could he not have any skills?
He found a way to escape and quickly put it into action. He didn't know if it would succeed, but with Rahu's secret assistance, this trace of Sun Luzhen's will truly escaped to this Endless Abyss.
After escaping to the Endless Abyss, Sun Luzhen learned that Rahu was still alive, and learned of Rahu's true identity.
It turned out that in the past, Pangu not only cultivated the method of proving the Dao through strength but also cultivated the method of proving the Dao by severing three corpses.
Pangu severed his good, evil, and执 (attachment) three corpses.
Among them, the good corpse was Hongjun.
The evil corpse was Rahu.
Rahu and Hongjun were both Pangu's three corpses. After Pangu's demise, both Hongjun and Rahu were entrusted by Pangu with the responsibility of caring for the Primordial World.
However, although Hongjun was Pangu's good corpse, if Pangu were still alive, he would certainly not have harbored rebellious thoughts.