[WARNING! The host has not yet survived the final three minutes and cannot break through the Heavenly Dao's pressure… Host, you have actually broken through the Heavenly Dao's pressure yourself?]
[WARNING! Your actions will be seen as rebellious by the Heavenly Dao and will invite great danger. It is best not to be so reckless.]
[NOTIFICATION! The crisis at the New Flower Fruit Mountain has received assistance from Guang Chengzi and the other eight immortals of Chan Sect, as well as Chan Master Wuchao and Zhen Yuanzi. It should be safe within three to five days. Host may…]
Here, Sun Kong, relying on some unknown power he himself was unaware of, forcefully broke through the Heavenly Dao's pressure, a feat even saints found difficult.
Having just regained a sliver of mobility, his first instinct was to rush back to the New Flower Fruit Mountain.
However, he did not expect.
Such an astonishing act, such a singular achievement that even saints could not attain, not only angered the Heavenly Dao but also shocked the six great saints.
It even caused the system to inadvertently reveal its voice for the first time!
Clearly.
Everyone, including the Heavenly Dao, the system, and the six great saints, acknowledged Sun Kong's unparalleled talent for courting disaster, but absolutely no one had expected him to break through the Heavenly Dao's pressure with a cultivation of the middle stage of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
This was a feat that even the six great saints.
Or, to be more precise, even Patriarch Hongjun might not be able to accomplish.
How did he manage it?
In an instant.
All those capable of observing this scene were stunned!
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Xuandu Heaven.
Eight Views Palace.
Laozi looked at the mortal realm, Chang He, with disbelief. He saw Sun Kong, though moving at an extremely slow pace, gradually breaking free from the Heavenly Dao's pressure and returning to the New Flower Fruit Mountain.
His heart was filled with dread!
“Why did this Monkey Sun sneak attack those people?”
“Why is the White Dragon from the original Journey to the West near Chang He?”
“Also, where did this Monkey Sun get the ability to achieve what we saints cannot? Could it be that as he courts more disaster and the demon race revives, the power of the Heavenly Dao is weakening?”
The more Laozi thought about it, the more incredulous he became.
However, when he connected this with the recent disappearance of Zixiao Palace and Patriarch Hongjun, he had to be more convinced that Sun Kong and the demon race held a mysterious power capable of changing the heavens and the earth.
And in this unprecedented new era, as the leader of the Human Sect, where should he go and what should he do to maximize his benefits?
…
Unlike Laozi's astute calculations, the other three saints at this moment, Yuanshi Tianzun, Nuwa Niangniang, and Zhunti Daoren.
They were merely as shocked and awestruck as they were every other time, by Sun Kong's exceptional breakthrough of the Heavenly Dao's pressure.
The three did not ponder any deeper.
Only the other two, Jieyin Daoren and Tongtian Jiaozhu, whose title as Shangqing Saint was revoked by the system, seemed to share a similar view with Laozi!
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Western Teachings.
The deepest part of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
This was also the private retreat of Jieyin Daoren, the Grand Master of the Western Teachings.
At this moment, although Jieyin Daoren was not as powerful as Laozi, knowing about the disappearance of Zixiao Palace and the seclusion of Patriarch Hongjun.
He had, however, discerned something different from Sun Kong, Mo Zang, and Mo Bailong.
This was not merely a new destiny for the Journey to the West tribulation.
This was clearly a coexistence of the Journey to the West in the Immortal Realm led by Sun Kong and the Journey to the West in the Human Realm led by the New Six-Eared Macaque.
This was even more so, that the entire Great Desolation, spanning the Three Realms, was about to usher in a great change!
“Amitabha!”
“Since Pangu created heaven and earth, I have attained enlightenment with a twelve-colored chaotic lotus. I believed that apart from the Dao Ancestor and Laozi, no one could surpass me. Unexpectedly, today I have calculated such a terrifying scene.”
“Could it be that because of Sun Kong and the New Six-Eared Macaque, the immeasurable tribulation has arrived early?”
“If this is the case, I fear the West will also be unable to escape.”
“That matter must be done in advance!”
Thinking this.
Jieyin Daoren, who always wore a sorrowful expression and showed no other emotion, actually revealed a rare look of surprise.
As he stood up, he took out one of his two avatars, the Buddha Baoluo Guangwang, transformed from the twelve-layered Jieyin Baoxiang, and secretly instructed it with a few words.
He then cast it towards the King of Hell, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who resided in the Six Paths of Reincarnation beyond the Three Realms!
Meanwhile, he sent a message to Zhunti Daoren. After his junior brother arrived, the two brothers would combine their efforts, one using the Black and White Sarira, and the other using the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
They would then conceal the entire Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
They would prevent outsiders, non-saints, and even saints from knowing, and even temporarily shield the Heavenly Dao and Patriarch Hongjun, from whom concealment was not originally permissible!
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Golden Ao Island.
Biyou Palace.
Tongtian Jiaozhu exuded a sinister aura. As the system had said, due to the failure of the Investiture of the Gods and the collusion of the demon race, he was gradually deviating from his original Shangqing Saint Dao.
He was gradually blackening, becoming more malevolent, and demonic!
Although his cultivation and insight were inferior to Laozi and Jieyin Daoren, he also saw the conflict between Sun Kong and the Heavenly Dao, and the grievances between the Heavenly Dao and the demon race.
He couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
The next moment.
He teleported to the Heavenly Court and convened a secret meeting with the gods of the Jie Sect on the Investiture of the Gods!
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Somewhere in the chaotic void.
The Heavenly Dao, which had just exerted its pressure to demand Sun Kong's submission and to prevent interference in the second Journey to the West, now seemed to have developed self-awareness.
First, it expressed dissatisfaction with Sun Kong's escape.
Then, without waiting for Patriarch Hongjun to react, it forcibly pulled him into itself and merged with him.
Subsequently.
There was a mysterious conversation, unknown to anyone except themselves!
“Hongjun, you foresaw that this Monkey Sun was unusual, that he was the variable that triggered the entire Journey to the West tribulation, so you avoided it in advance, is that right?”
“Heavenly Dao, how could I possibly possess abilities that surpass yours? You cannot speak in such a way. Nor can you blame me because you cannot control him.”
“Bold! If it weren't for this Heavenly Dao's battles with the three thousand demon gods, leaving me severely weakened and in urgent need of your assistance back then, would I have had the opportunity to merge with you? You dare to be so perfunctory with this Heavenly Dao?”
“Are you not afraid that once the Journey to the West tribulation ends, this Heavenly Dao will simply choose one of the six great saints to replace you?”
“Afraid? How could I not be afraid? Of course, I am afraid, after all, you are the first Dao beneath the Great Dao. But some things must be said. This is your mistake. Even the demon race can revive, let alone a Monkey Sun?”
“Instead of blaming me now, it is better to quickly think of a way to fix this loophole.”
“Otherwise, when both rounds of the Journey to the West are completed, the demon race revives, and the Three Realms of the Great Desolation are gradually overthrown, I might be able to change places. You, the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation world, do you have the qualification to change places?”
After this exchange.
The Heavenly Dao was once again persuaded by Patriarch Hongjun, and the two "beings" grudgingly reached an agreement!
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Meanwhile, Sun Kong had no time to bother with their opinions. He accelerated furiously and returned to the New Flower Fruit Mountain.
Before he could even see Chan Master Wuchao, the eight immortals of Chan Sect, and others who had come to help.
A shout from the Jade Emperor echoed from the Nine Heavens.
He was indeed the second person to defy the Heavenly Dao.
And he issued words of confrontation!