"No wonder, this Luo Hou, even after reincarnating as the Six-Eared Macaque, couldn't escape the intellectual crushing by my true self, Sun Wukong."
"With your meager abilities and petty schemes, you dare to try and win me over, to join forces against the Heavenly Dao and the Demonic Dao?"
"With your limited understanding, you don't even know that beyond your Black Star dimension and this complex, ever-changing Journey to the West dimension, there exist other realms, yet you believe this old monkey so easily?"
"Oh, I'm starting to understand. It seems that because the demonic blood test revealed neither of us are from the Journey to the West dimension, you took me for a fellow traveler from the Black Star dimension?"
"If that's the case, I must say, people from your Black Star dimension are truly dense. But that's all the better; the more brainless you are, the easier it is for me to manipulate you. It reduces direct confrontation, which is a good thing."
With this realization, Sun Kong's apprehension towards Luo Hou, who had caused him considerable trouble in the past, lessened slightly.
He was no longer as tense and anxious as he had been for the past five hundred years.
Of course, outwardly, Sun Kong still had to play along with this naive Luo Hou, occasionally agreeing with Luo Hou's rants about the Heavenly and Demonic Daos, and selectively sharing plausible details from the past.
He used explanations of various conspiracy theories surrounding "Journey to the West" to shock Luo Hou, who hailed from the Black Star dimension and hadn't even fully read "Journey to the West."
Luo Hou was utterly astonished.
While he didn't bow down to Sun Kong, his eyes were filled with boundless admiration!
This was hardly surprising.
The Black Star dimension and the Blue Star dimension, though seemingly close, had significant differences in their details.
Setting aside other aspects,
let's talk about the records of "Journey to the West."
After Sun Kong's probing, the fragments Luo Hou unintentionally revealed were clearly incomplete, naturally escaping his Fiery Eyes of Truth.
With a few questions,
he truly uncovered many truths about this Luo Hou.
The two most important ones were:
First.
It was evident that while the "Journey to the West" from the Blue Star dimension was the most complete version, the "Journey to the West" recorded in the Black Star dimension was exceedingly rudimentary.
According to Luo Hou's narration, the "Journey to the West" he had read only contained the sixty-six trials, and the descriptions were extremely crude.
It lacked the events before Tang Sanzang's appearance, such as Sun Wukong's birth, his studies, and his rebellion in Heaven.
It also missed certain crucial tribulations along the way.
Furthermore, because the mythological stories in the Black Star dimension, apart from the incomplete version of "Journey to the West," lacked works like "Investiture of the Gods," "Legend of the White Snake," "Records of Divine Spirits," and "Classic of Mountains and Seas,"
this was why, despite Luo Hou being supported by the Demonic Dao Alliance, his every move was either too late or completely off the mark.
So far, all eight tribulations had been foiled by Sun Kong.
He had woken up early, but arrived late for the party!
Second.
It was when Sun Kong, under the guise of necessity, mentioned his Super Karma System. As usual, with a mix of truth and lies, a few words were enough to utterly bewilder Luo Hou.
Subsequently, from this Luo Hou, who increasingly trusted Sun Kong as one of his own, he learned that his Super Demonic Dao System did not seem to be original.
Simply put.
For some unknown reason, in the years before Luo Hou reincarnated as the Six-Eared Macaque, besides cultivating day and night to strengthen his power like the original Six-Eared Macaque,
he did not possess this so-called Super Demonic Dao System.
It wasn't until over five hundred years ago, during the period when Sun Kong subdued his second brother Wu Zhiqi and third brother Zhou Wuxian, that he was suddenly approached by the Demon Saint.
What happened afterward was unclear.
In any case, from the moment the Demon Saint gradually promoted Luo Hou, renamed him the New Six-Eared Macaque, and had the three descendants of the demon race – Patriarch Minghe, Patriarch Huangquan, and Patriarch Youming – all address him as Senior Disciple Brother,
this Super Demonic Dao System suddenly appeared in Luo Hou's mind.
Were there benefits?
Of course.
With the Super Demonic Dao System, Luo Hou's cultivation speed accelerated. As one of the four chaos monkeys, the system allowed him to surpass others.
If, without the system, his cultivation speed was a hundred times faster than ordinary cultivators,
then with the system, his cultivation speed directly increased to tens of thousands of times.
This was why Sun Kong, despite needing the Mani Pearl and five-colored stone bestowed by the three Sages, his apprenticeship under Patriarch Bodhi, and consuming countless immortal peaches and elixirs,
was only able to achieve Taiyi Golden Immortal within a few centuries.
While Luo Hou, after only a few hundred years of cultivation, had soared to his current state of nearing the Quasi-Sage, Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Demon Great Perfection.
To put it more plainly.
Ordinary cultivators had at most a tenfold acceleration, while Sun Kong, who once considered himself the sole cheater, had an acceleration of about fifty to five hundred times.
In Luo Hou's case, his cheating extent was even more terrifying, clearly dozens of times higher than Sun Kong's.
No wonder, after every encounter, Sun Kong improved quickly, but Luo Hou improved even faster. If not for the Pangu bloodline appearing on both of them last time,
coupled with Luo Hou and the others' slight carelessness,
it was uncertain who would have won!
"So, your Super Demonic Dao System is more useful, unlike my trash Super Karma System, whose novice mission was to have me eliminate the Heavenly Dao."
"Is this a joke?"
"How about we swap systems?"
After hearing Luo Hou's many candid words, although Sun Kong couldn't be certain how much was true and how much was false,
he believed that concerning the other's Super Demonic Dao System, even if it were false, it wouldn't exceed thirty percent.
Therefore,
Sun Kong deliberately put on a petty act, intending to forcefully swap their systems with Luo Hou.
Unexpectedly,
before he could finish speaking, Luo Hou, as expected, revealed his inherently stingy and petty nature. Without any external force, he broke free from the previous seal.
Then,
he even managed to come up with flimsy excuses!
"Brother Sun, this system is bound; it truly cannot be exchanged."
"Brother Sun, your system's novice mission is indeed outrageous, but after our long cooperation, we will eventually complete it, won't we?"
"Brother Sun, I understand your plight. I can compensate you with some demonic treasures, and also, we have three articles of agreement, which will make it much easier to get along in the future."
With that, Luo Hou actually listed three articles:
First, the two would cooperate until the end, neither betraying the other midway.
Second, they would team up to confront the Heavenly and Demonic Daos in the future.
Third, upon their next meeting and thereafter, as long as Sun Kong needed it, Luo Hou would try his best to help him with matters that did not violate his principles.
These words sounded good.
But Sun Kong didn't believe a single word of them.
Only after Luo Hou left, satisfied, did Sun Kong's gaze turn cold, and he pondered many things.
The first was.
Precisely how he should extort this Luo Hou in some of the future tribulations!