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At this moment, the entire heavens and all the worlds fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone stared blankly at the picture on the ranking of the heavens and the world. Their hearts felt like a heavy stone had dropped into them. It was hard to breathe.
The sky-high Great Sage Sun Wukong was gone.
All that remained was a walking corpse, a body without a soul—a Sun practitioner whose spirit had been broken.
An inexplicable sadness surged in the hearts of countless powerhouses across all realms, making their noses sting with sorrow.
And in the world of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong was completely desperate.
"Hahaha, golden hoop... what a golden hoop. What a grand practitioner..." Sun Wukong laughed up at the sky, tears streaming down his face.
He understood now.
He finally saw through it all.
What use was studying scriptures in the West? What use was seeking a teacher?
From the moment he jumped out of the stubborn rock, he had already fallen into the calculations of the gods and Buddhas above.
A monstrous demonic aura burst from his chest. It felt like he would explode.
His Buddha-nature was fading. His demon-nature was soaring.
The golden hoop on his head kept tightening and tightening. The searing pain split his skull open.
A stream of Sanskrit echoed in his ears, like an ancient power trying to suppress the awakening of his demon heart.
That sacred chanting carried supreme magical power—it was forcibly erasing his nature.
"Wukong, that's not you. That's just a video," Tang Seng said as he approached.
He recited the Buddha's voice with gentle compassion. "Wukong, stop. Forget what you just saw. Let's continue our journey to the West to retrieve the scriptures."
"Go west to get your mother's scriptures!" Sun Wukong suddenly roared in fury.
Crack!
Crack crack!!
The golden hoop on his head began to crack instantly.
"Um?" A stunned expression appeared on Tang Seng's face.
In the void, the ranking of the heavens and the world continued playing.
"Wukong, go and kill the Bull Demon King of Xihe Niuzhou, the Devil King of Luzhou Peng in the north, the Macaque King of Southern Zhanbu Continent, and the Monkey King of Dongsheng Shenzhou."
This command echoed like divine ridicule.
But the soulless Sun Wukong didn't realize how absurd it was to kill himself. He simply agreed without hesitation.
"What is the Qitian Great Sage? He's a stupid monkey who doesn't even know he's been tricked. Choosing such a person to fetch scriptures from the West? It's a farce. Cooperating with him to make a scene in the Heavenly Palace was just a performance for our own amusement."
These were the sneers of the gods from Heaven Court.
"The golden-armored, pheasant-crowned Equalling Heaven Great Sage didn't die in battle or execution... he was doomed to be broken before a blue lantern, his soul shattered beyond recognition."
This was Yang Jian's lament.
The picture ended here. The screen gradually turned black.
A hoarse, low voice full of grief echoed.
"I finally understand that the golden hoop in my hand cannot reach the sky above, nor reach the sea below. There is no Great Sage that aligns with the heavens—only a pitiful little monkey."
The screen faded completely.
And in the world of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong went completely insane.
"My God, how long do you want to fool me?"
Sun Wukong exploded in rage and screamed at the sky.
Bang!
Bang bang!!
In the void, the sound of shattering chains and clashing metal echoed. These were the divine chains shackling Sun Wukong's body—breaking apart!
Golden chains the width of a finger wrapped his limbs. Glowing symbols of golden Buddhist scripture flickered from them.
They had been embedded into his bones, forged to trap him forever.
"Hahaha, Buddhism. Just as expected..."
Sun Wukong laughed bitterly. These were the shackles Buddhism had placed on him.
To control him. To enslave him. To make him obedient. To make him fetch that absurd scripture.
Now he had reached the edge. And he awakened completely.
"What's the point of being born if I can't laugh freely? What's the point of dying if it means losing my pride? How can a monkey who once stood atop the heavens be so submissive now?"
Sun Wukong roared in defiance, gripping the chains with both hands.
These chains were divine Buddhist constructs, forged by the Tathagata himself and driven into the roots of the Five Elements Mountain. Even if he tore his arms apart, they wouldn't break.
But now—
"Break!!"
With a thunderous shout, Sun Wukong pulled with all his might, and with a bang, the chains shattered!
Boom!!!
In the next moment, he tore the golden hoop off his head.
"Here, take it!!"
He flung the golden hoop toward the image in the void—the ranking of the heavens and the worlds.
Completely free, Sun Wukong raised his head to the sky.
"Brother Monkey has gone mad!! Big Brother's gone mad!!"
Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng collapsed in terror, their faces twisted with fear.
At this moment, Sun Wukong's Buddha-nature had vanished. His monstrous Devilish Qi turned the world pitch black.
Tang Seng's expression shifted from fear, to solemnity, then to a complicated sadness as he sighed deeply.
"Wukong... do whatever you want."
Sun Wukong turned. His once golden hair had turned pitch black.
He looked at Tang Seng with utter disappointment in his eyes.
After all, his own master still could not compare to the version of Tang Xuanzang in the image—who dared declare "Tathagata is not worth fearing, Dharma is not worth learning."
Boom!!!
His footsteps boomed, and in an instant, he shot into the sky.
In mid-air, his body began to grow rapidly. Surging Monster Qi swept across all six realms and eight wildernesses like a rising tsunami.
The sky turned completely black.
A black and purple giant ape a thousand meters tall stood towering above the clouds.
His purple-black aura had become so thick it was like a tangible storm, crashing into the clouds for thousands of miles.
At this moment, he had completely released his true form.
This was the essence of the 560 Magic Ape.
Today, he realized who he truly was.
"What's going on? What is that?"
"Not good!! That's Sun Wukong!!"
"He... he broke the Buddhist seal!!"
"That... that real monkey... he's back!!"
"Alert Nantianmen!!!"
Heaven Court was thrown into chaos.
Countless immortals stared in horror at the demon ape standing tall with a giant staff in hand.
This… this being had truly broken the Buddhist seal!
"Roar!!"
The demon ape roared at the sky. The sound waves shattered the clouds. Countless heavenly soldiers collapsed, their ears bleeding from the pressure of the cry. They couldn't even crawl away. They curled on the ground in terror.
Yet the massive Dharma body didn't even look at them. Its eyes pierced the skies toward a distant peak—Lingshan.
"I want this sky to no longer blind my eyes! I want this land to no longer bury my heart! I want all beings to understand my will! I want all Buddhas to vanish from this world!"
"Ten thousand years from now, all will remember my name—Qitian Great Sage, Sun Wukong!"
Boom!!!
The demon ape leapt forward, rushing toward Lingshan at terrifying speed.
"Lingshan!"
"My grandson has arrived!!!"
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