Chapter 756: May My Dao Light the Flames of the Stars From the Long Night
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In the bamboo house of the Purple Bamboo Forest and the Purple Cloud Palace.
The burly old Daoist priest and the young Daoist fell silent again.
Li Changshou waved his hand and dispersed the scene in front of him. It was as if everything that was happening had nothing to do with him.
Hong Jun smiled slightly, but the scene that Li Changshou had pointed out appeared behind him.
“The Cosmic Cauldron refines the will of the Heavenly Dao. The Creation Jade Disc absorbs the will of the Heavenly Dao. In a sense, the Dao Ancestor is about to devour the Heavenly Dao and rise above it.”
This situation was like an hourgla.s.s. When the sand in the hourgla.s.s was poured out, something terrifying would happen.
Game.
The two were still playing.
Hong Jun used that to pressure Li Changshou, but he sat there calmly, as if he did not care. He only lowered his head and looked at the scene of the monkey on the table.
“Fellow Daoist… are you not going to stop me?”
Hong Jun asked in confusion.
Li Changshou nodded and said calmly, “Fellow Daoist, you can do whatever you want. I’ll kill you later. It has nothing to do with how powerful you are.”
Dao Ancestor Hong Jun was really angry.
“Previously, I’ve always felt that you have outstanding intelligence and a stable Dao heart. I didn’t expect you to have a stubborn temper.”
“Fellow Daoist, your Dao heart has been disturbed by me,” Li Changshou said. “My goal of coming to the Purple Cloud Palace in advance has been perfectly achieved. Fellow Daoist, you have been plotting for so many years. The effect of ending things early seems to be reduced. The Heavenly Dao’s will has yet to grow to your ideal state.”
“That’s right. I haven’t absorbed enough free will.”
Dao Ancestor Hong Jun was very calm at that moment. He said, “However, it’s not much different. In order to be wary of your trump card, I can make such a sacrifice and not pursue this perfection.”
Li Changshou smiled and said, “Actually, I can wait. When you nurture the perfect Heavenly Dao and devour the Heavenly Dao, I will attack you.”
Hong Jun pondered for a while and carefully sorted out Li Changshou’s words today.
“You want to make the living beings think that the world is fake and successfully reopen a world?”
“How can that be?” Li Changshou sighed and said, “The most realistic thing in the world is the world. It exists objectively. If you did not forcefully control it and spread the script along the way, it would not have s.h.i.+fted with the will of the living beings. The living beings wanted freedom. What the Heavenly Dao wanted to do was to add a boundary to that freedom. Fellow Daoist, you have taken the world for yourself. Just like a landlord, you treat living beings as your tenant farmers. Actually, it’s just that this place is wrong. I really don’t have to target the world. On the contrary, I will continue to protect this world after you.”
Hong Jun continued, “According to the story you just told, this world was created by us.”
“No, you’re wrong. Senior Lang only added a definition to the world. It’s embedded in the basic logic. This world could originally have other t.i.tles.
You only named the Creation G.o.d Pangu. You did not create the Pangu G.o.d.
The Pangu G.o.d is the creation of this world. What Senior Lang did was to tell the world that you can still walk like that. That’s all.”
Li Changshou said calmly, “The evolution of the world was initiated and created by the many True Spirit lives gathered by countless True Spirits. It was the work of a single True Spirit living being to evolve to this day. Senior Lang had not done much wrong in this world. After you devoured Senior Lang, it was the greatest sin in the world.”
Many True Spirits took the initiative to establish it. They referred to the Pangu G.o.d slas.h.i.+ng the Connate G.o.dfiends. Similarly, pa.s.sive creation referred to the Connate G.o.dfiend being slashed by the Pangu G.o.d.
Hong Jun smiled and sighed.
“Changshou, since ancient times, you are the living being closest to me. You are also the first living being to expose me. Do you really not consider joining forces with me to create a world that will never end?”
“Living beings are real because of birth, age, illness, and death. The world exists because of the birth of nirvana,” Li Changshou said. “Fellow Daoist, don’t say anything else. Look at Wukong.”
Hong Jun smiled and said, “When do you want to attack me?”
“Firstly, when you can’t help but attack me, I will attack directly. Secondly, if you interfere with what happens next, I will attack directly.”
Li Changshou looked at Hong Jun and said calmly, “As fellow villagers, I will definitely give you enough dignity.”
Hong Jun smiled and said, “Then as someone who is somewhat considered to be from your hometown, I will use all my strength to kill you after you attack me. This is a treatment that your teacher has never received.”
“Then should I thank you for your approval?”
Li Changshou cupped his hands.
Hong Jun made an inviting gesture.
“Watch the show. I want to see how the Wukong that you have trained will attack the Heavenly Courts system that you have established. I’ve actually been looking forward to this scene for a long time.”
Li Changshou was rendered speechless.
Ah, this old twisted mentality.
“I might have to disappoint you, Fellow Daoist.”
Li Changshou smiled and looked at the situation below.
Hong Jun also s.h.i.+fted his gaze to Huaguo Mountain…
Over there, Sun Wukong jumped up from the cliff and rushed into the sky with the Ruyi Jingu Bang. More than ten Heavenly Generals had already formed the Twelve Heavenly Battle Array and were suppressing Sun Wukong.
It was majestic and seemed like it was going to turn the world upside down.
Hong Jun said calmly, “As long as Sun Wukong kills some Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, Fellow Daoist, you will have lost this round.”
“This has nothing to do with winning or losing.” Li Changshou sighed and said, “It just makes me feel a little awkward. However, Fellow Daoist, you kept attacking previously and pushed Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Courts to such a state. You can’t blame Sun Wukong.”
Hong Jun smiled and said, “Even so, you will definitely be a little depressed. That’s your weakness. You care too much about the life and death of unrelated living beings. That’s meaningless to us.”
“No, I obtained the Dao in the Primordial World. The living beings of the Primordial World are all related to me. Moreover, how do you know that I don’t have any backup plans?”
Li Changshou asked with a smile.
Hong Jun pondered and looked at the situation in the sky above Huaguo Mountain. At that moment, he did not say anything.
The changes in the situation there also reacted directly. Li Changshou’s scheming level indirectly proved whether Li Changshou had a trump card to deal with him, the Dao Ancestor.
That was what Hong Jun was most afraid of.
Li Changshou was really calm.
…
On Huaguo Mountain, the stone monkey’s low roar made the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals tremble.
More than ten Golden Immortal Heavenly Generals set up a huge array and trapped Sun Wukong temporarily.
Outsiders could only see a ball of dark red flames charging left and right. The dozen-odd Golden Immortals could no longer hold on. A few of them vomited blood from the backlash of the array.
In the sky, Li Jing lowered his head and watched this scene. The “Taibai Jinxing” in front of him had disappeared.
Why did Sun Wukong’s strength suddenly increase so much?
Li Jing had various thoughts in his heart, but he quickly put away these inappropriate thoughts and began to transfer the experts.
Battle formations were considered the “exclusive secret manual” for the Heavenly Courts to deal with the Primordial World Qi Refinement cultivators. It had suppressed the Zenith Heaven experts more than once or twice.
At that moment, the thirty-six Heavenly Generals formed the Heavenly Constellation Array and surrounded the ten Heavenly Generals who were about to collapse.
Under Li Jing’s orders, the ten-odd Heavenly Generals retreated at the same time. They tacitly and quickly escaped the range of the Heavenly Constellation Battle Formation. The Heavenly Constellation Battle Formation closed. The thirty-six Heavenly Generals worked together to suppress Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong’s eyes widened. The Ruyi Jingu Bang was almost crushed by him. He raised the metal rod and kept charging!
In his daze, he heard the shouts—
“The Heavenly Courts are so cunning! They actually used such a vicious plan to destroy the demons!”
“King, quickly leave! King, quickly… don’t abandon me, King!”
“My King is the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal!”
When he opened his eyes, he stood at the edge of the cliff in a daze and looked at the purgatory-like situation in front of him.
His Huaguo Mountain had already collapsed!
His descendants! His descendants!
The Heavenly Courts, the Heavenly Courts, and the d.a.m.ned Heavenly Courts!
“Ah!”
Drops of golden blood seeped out of the stone monkey’s eyes. Its entire body was wrapped in seven-colored light. Waves of vast Dharma powers surged in all directions. Wherever the metal rod swept, layers of wrinkles appeared.
Zenith Heaven power!
He did not have much ability to think. No one could persuade him to calm down.
He wanted to attack the Heavenly Palace and the Lingxiao Hall!
He wanted to ask that old man Jade Emperor!
What fairness, living beings, and rulers! Why did he destroy Huaguo Mountain! Why did he decide whether he would live or die!?!
“Get lost!”
“Suppress!” The 36 Heavenly Generals roared angrily. A vast heavenly might appeared in the world.
Sun Wukong’s figure was directly suppressed, but he was only suppressed for dozens of feet. His body suddenly froze, and a layer of flame-like facial patterns appeared on his face. He stood up again!
In the sky, Li Jing frowned more and more. He raised his hand and landed. Another group of Heavenly Generals began to set up the Minor Heavenly Cycle Array.
“Transfer a division of Heavenly Soldiers to form a 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers Array and prepare to suppress Sun Wukong!”
“Yes!”
The Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals behind him agreed.
Li Jing raised his head and looked in the direction of the East Heavenly Gate. There was a hint of anger in his eyes. That fake Tai Bai had left after causing such a mess.
Sun Wukong was clearly a little strange. The intuition that he had developed from years of battle told Li Jing that if he did not deal with him properly today, there might be huge casualties on his side.
At the same time…
In the sky above the Middle Continent, the figure that was flying at high speed was also roaring.
Behind that figure was the Cave Abode of Perfected Yu Ding, who was at the Jade Spring Mountain.
Perfected Yu Ding sighed and reminded him.
“This jade token is real. Do as he says. There’s no need to ask why… If there’s only one last justice in this world, it must be on this person. The Daoist who gave you the jade token is a kind-hearted human being. I cultivate the Dao of Heart. I look forward to his heart the most. He is your benefactor and the last hope of living beings. Go and help him. Name? His name is Li Changshou and he’s also known as Li Changgeng. He is really Taibai Jinxing.”
Li…
“Yang Jian, do you know your crime?”
I remember! It’s him!
Yang Jian clenched his fists and lowered his head in pain. The fragments that appeared in his heart quickly gathered and condensed into figures.
The young Daoist who liked to pretend to be an old Daoist priest!
The old immortal who slapped me on the cloud!
He arranged for me to go all the way and set my destiny. In the end, I returned everything to the b.a.s.t.a.r.d.
The Daoist who gave me the brocade pouch in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc!
There was a letter in the jade token. It was a letter filled with more than sixty possibilities. He even asked me to correspond with them one by one and find a suitable situation.
He had really found a possible combination. It was the seventeenth possibility of the second category.
The figure of the Anti-Heaven appeared in the world. Moreover, the Anti-Heaven rushed out of the Nine Clouds and caused a commotion in the four directions.
The experts of the demon race were destroyed in Huaguo Mountain. The Heavenly Courts pressured the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal, Sun Wukong.
The solution that followed after that possibility was:
“Suppress Sun Wukong and act as the evil person who suppresses the free will of living beings. Find an opportunity to say the following lines.”
“When Yang Jian rushed to the Jade Spring Mountain, he looked at the other possibilities. The solutions that followed were very simple. They were roughly cla.s.sified into three categories.”
“He played the role of an evil person to suppress Sun Wukong, helped Sun Wukong, and secretly went to the G.o.ddess’s Palace to ask for help to protect Sun Wukong.”
There were more details.
The corresponding articles actually considered all kinds of possible situations.
That’s enough!
Is there such a thing as a brocade pouch? If I didn’t have time to look at the complicated contents, wouldn’t I have been scammed?
The corners of Yang Jian’s mouth twitched slightly, and he seemed to sigh in his heart. The voice in his memory read the two sentences that fell behind the jade token.
“Yang Jian, believe me. You might not know who I am anymore. The Heavenly Dao should wash away the memories of living beings regarding me. However, your master should know. When you see this, if your actions are not restricted, you can go to the Jade Spring Mountain and let your master, Senior Brother Yu Ding, verify the jade talisman. That is the most effective method. There are some problems in this world. On the surface, you might not feel anything, but it is very problematic. There is a will that is above all living beings. The Heavenly Courts are just his tool. All living beings are controlled by him. The world has to evolve in the direction that he had set. Thousands of years later, the Primordial World might shatter into an endless starry sky. That will is the combination of the Heavenly Dao and the Dao Ancestor. You can’t remember who I am. To a certain extent, we lost. However, this is also in my other plan. Don’t worry too much. I will return.Help me do something that matches the current situation of the world. It is a ball of flames. Although it is very weak compared to the power that living beings had to face, it would definitely cause some resonance and ignite the flames of resistance for living beings. That’s enough.”
He squeezed some words into the corner of the jade token.
“If your actions are limited, don’t take the risk to do all that. Act according to the situation and protect yourself. Let me do the rest. You don’t have to shoulder too much. You are the same as Sun Wukong. You are both immortals that I like.”
This…
Yang Jian frowned. The memories in his heart had already connected, and the pain of tearing his soul had dissipated.
The divine eye on his forehead suddenly opened. Due to his rapid speed, wisps of flames appeared from the friction between the immortal power and spiritual energy around him. As his long hair danced, he looked like a G.o.d walking out of flames.
The East Continent!
The East Continent!
Huaguo Mountain! Huaguo Mountain!
Yang Jian frowned and saw the situation with his Divine Eye.
Sun Wukong was surrounded by seven-colored light. His body was about a thousand feet tall, and there were layers of dark clouds above his head. There were dense Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals standing on it.
Beams of immortal light condensed into hundreds of chains that wrapped around Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong kept struggling, and the chains were in danger. The Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals in the sky were pale.
Li Jing was using the paG.o.da in his hand to suppress Sun Wukong.
What powerful spiritual energy…
It seemed that the spiritual energy was forcefully added to Sun Wukong, who could not control it directly.
Yang Jian immediately understood something.
In that case, in that case!
Clang!
The three pointed, double-edged spear let out a trembling sound. Yang Jian’s figure tore through the sky and rushed towards Huaguo Mountain!
At this moment!
Sun Wukong lowered his head and roared. He suddenly raised his hands high, and more than half of the chains wrapped around his body shattered!
A large number of Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals vomited blood and were injured by the recoil. A large number of Heavenly Soldiers fainted, and the continuous dark clouds quickly retreated!
Sun Wukong raised his head and roared maniacally. He grabbed the enlarged Ruyi Jingu Bang and soared into the sky.
“Suppress!”
Li Jing opened his mouth and growled. The ancient paG.o.da turned into a thousand feet tall and suppressed Sun Wukong, swallowing him.
However, in just a breath’s time, the top of the paG.o.da was suddenly overturned. Sun Wukong returned to the size of a normal person and crawled out. He raised the Ruyi Jingu Bang and rushed towards Li Jing!
Clang!
The strings of the lute trembled, and a transparent blade stretched out thousands of feet and suppressed Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong squinted his blood-red monkey eyes and suddenly changed his move. He smashed the blade with his rod, but the momentum was blocked.
Four Heavenly G.o.ds in armor appeared behind Li Jing. Their figures were burly and their faces were ferocious. They either held a treasure lute, held the Wind-Fire Sword, wrapped the Crimson Snake around their arms, or raised a gla.s.s umbrella!
The four Heavenly Kings and the four generals of the Mo family!
The immortals of Jie School had officially attacked!
“Demons and monkeys, be killed!”
The Heavenly King of Growth, Li Qing, emphasized and roared. The sword in his hand shone with beams of light.
Another lute was played in a chaotic manner, and sharp blades shot at Sun Wukong.
The crimson snake transformed into a thousand feet long. It stuck out its tongue and followed behind the sharp blades, opening its mouth to bite the stone monkey.
The Glazed Treasure Umbrella rotated and ripples spread out, continuously attacking Sun Wukong’s essence soul.
Sun Wukong waved his right hand, and the pure gold Indestructible Golden Soul appeared behind him. He jumped up from the sky and faced the attack of the Four Heavenly Kings!
What have we done? How can the heavens punish us!?!
What have we done wrong? Why should the heavens punish us!?!
“Ha!”
In a split second, the four Heavenly Kings were sent flying. They spat out blood and cursed angrily.
Sun Wukong bared his sharp teeth and stared at Li Jing. He leaped up and smashed the Ruyi Jingu Bang onto Li Jing’s head!
Li Jing snorted coldly. He grabbed the sword at his waist with his left hand and charged forward!
It was the Immortal Du Sword!
However, Li Jing was sent flying by the seven-colored light in just one exchange.
In the end, he was not good at fighting.
Sun Wukong did not show mercy when he gained the upper hand. His figure flashed quickly and caught up to Li Jingfei’s retreating figure. He raised his club and smashed it forward.
At the East Heavenly Gate, Nezha, who was riding the Wind-Fire Wheels, could not help but grit his teeth and shout when he saw this scene.
“d.a.m.n monkey, how dare you!”
In the Lingxiao Hall, the Jade Emperor’s clenched fists were trembling slightly. The flames in his eyes flickered.
Dao Ancestor, what you have done!
The fake Taibai Jinxing had already stood beside him again. He seemed to be smiling with his eyes closed, but in fact, he was staring at the Jade Emperor.
In the blink of an eye!
Sun Wukong’s metal rod had already landed on Li Jing’s forehead. The anger in his eyes made Sun Wukong not hesitate at all. He just wanted to kill the immortal G.o.ds of the Heavenly Courts and bury them with him!
However!
Ding~
The sound of weapons clas.h.i.+ng echoed in the East Ocean.
Li Jing, who had his eyes closed, and Sun Wukong, who had been blinded by anger, looked at the long blade in front of the metal rod at the same time!
The green and golden spear shaft did not move at all. A wisp of red embellishments on the battle helmet fluttered gently.
What kind of spear is that? A three pointed, double-edged spear!
What kind of general would he be?! Perfected Lord Erlang Shen!
Yang Jian stood beside Li Jing. Behind him, there was an afterimage. He held the three pointed, double-edged spear tightly with both hands. He had clearly used 90% of his strength, but he still felt that it was a casual move.
The three pointed, double-edged spear trembled slightly. Sun Wukong was pushed back five feet.
Yang Jian waved his spear horizontally, and the three pointed, double-edged spear sent Li Jing flying gently.
Yang Jian’s handsome face was cold. He looked at the stone monkey in front of him and said calmly, “Your opponent today is me, Sun Wukong.”
Sun Wukong gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang tightly and asked in a low voice, “Why! I have already returned to the Heavenly Courts. The Heavenly Courts have destroyed my Huaguo Mountain!”
“There’s no need to explain the Dao of Heaven to you.”
Yang Jian said calmly, “All living beings live under the protection of the heavens. Behind the Heavenly Courts is the will of the heavens.”
Sun Wukong did not get angry when he heard that. Instead, he smiled and raised his head to laugh. Blood tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.
“Heavens, my a.s.s! Hahaha! They say that I was born to be nurtured by the world. What has my life got to do with the heavens!?! I’ll shatter the Heavenly Courts today and ask the heavens for an explanation!”
After roaring, he raised his rod and rushed forward. Just as he was about to fight Yang Jian, another black shadow pounced down from the sky and smashed Sun Wukong down from the cloud!
It was Nezha!
At that moment, Nezha was wrapped in a baneful aura. His long hair kept fluttering behind him. The lotus flower armor on his body had already ignited with black flames.
He shook his shoulder and revealed his six-armed Dharma body.
He turned his head left and right, condensing anger and silence.
The bracelet on his wrist kept s.h.i.+ning, but he took it off and placed it in his arms.
“Sun Wukong!”
Nezha looked down at the equally angry monkey below and rushed down again.
“How dare you hurt my father!”
Sun Wukong did not say anything and faced Nezha head-on. He directly pulled open the battle. The Ten Thousand Li Sky Domain was alarmed by the aftershocks of the battle. The spiritual energy was boiling and the living beings were frightened.
Yang Jian frowned slightly. However, he saw that Nezha was using all his strength to inflict injuries. However, he could only fight against Sun Wukong. The injuries on Sun Wukong’s body could always recover quickly.
It was the spiritual energy in Sun Wukong’s body, the spiritual energy that was comparable to the late-stage Golden Immortal realm.
Forget it. Although it’s not appropriate to fight two against one, I haven’t finished reading those lines.
Swoos.h.!.+
Yang Jian joined the battle with his spear. Although he was scolded by Nezha in anger, he firmly suppressed Sun Wukong.
Li Changshou had asked Yang Jian to say those words to Sun Wukong.
The battle spread throughout the Three Realms and landed in the ears of the living beings who were paying attention to the battle and the situation above the Nine Heavens.
“Sun Wukong, the heavens want to destroy your Huaguo Mountain. How dare you not accept it?”
“If I don’t obey the will of the heavens, the heavens will destroy me.”
“This is the Heavenly Dao.”
Heavenly Dao?
In the G.o.ddess’s Palace, the eyes of the G.o.ddess, who was leaning on the throne, gradually lit up.
In the Purple Cloud Palace, Hong Jun looked at Li Changshou with a faint smile. His expression seemed to want to ask, Is this your plan?
Li Changshou smiled calmly.
His action was only to use Yang Jian to suppress Sun Wukong and say those words to incite the living beings’ dissatisfaction with the Heavenly Dao and the Heavenly Courts, so that the living beings would not forget their desire to fight against Heaven and Earth.
It was important to kill the Dao Ancestor.
After killing the Dao Ancestor, it was more important to build a stable, free, and orderly world.
However, Li Changshou raised his eyebrows and suddenly felt that something was changing.
Hong Jun frowned and looked at Li Changshou.
“What did you do?”
Dao Ancestor Hong Jun asked coldly.
“This is not my scheme.” Li Changshou stared at Hong Jun. “If I want to deal with you, I alone am enough.”
As soon as he finished speaking, ripples appeared on the cloud mirror on the table. A strange Dao rune spread around the world.
In the Netherworld, the Reincarnation PaG.o.da.
The young monk behind the falling hair smiled as he played with the flowers. He sat quietly on the meditation cus.h.i.+on in the middle of the top floor of the Reincarnation PaG.o.da.
The green-furred dog trembled and asked, “Master, do we really have to do that?”
“Yes.”
Ksitigarbha said slowly, “Although I have many opinions about him, he is fighting for living beings. We can’t let him fight alone.”
“No, you might not have to do anything!”
The green-furred dog shouted anxiously, “Aren’t you looking for trouble?”
“Yes?”
Ksitigarbha silently put down the petals in his hand and took out an iron pot from his sleeve.
Truth Listener trembled and bared its teeth at Ksitigarbha for a while. It cursed in frustration, “It’s really… Alright. I originally thought that Taibai Jinxing would use me as a Dharma artifact and say a few words of comfort to the living beings after the battle. I never expected that the last person to use my move would be my silly master.”
Ksitigarbha smiled and said, “There’s no need to look at anyone’s expression when I do something. The world has already reached this stage. I should do something.”
“Alright, alright!”
Truth Listener walked to the ground and hid. It closed its eyes and its six small ears trembled slightly. The green fur on its body shone!
“If we die, we die together. It’s all your fault anyway.”
Mystical Ability: Listen to the thoughts of all living beings!
Reverse Mystical Ability: Voice to all living beings.
Ksitigarbha took a deep breath and his gentle voice echoed in the hearts of the living beings of the Three Realms.
“The heavens have selfish desires, and the living beings suffer calamities. I Ksitigarbha, the disciple of Saint Jie Yin of the Western Sect, the main Reincarnation PaG.o.da, and mended the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Today, he cannot bear to see living beings suffer. The Anti-Heaven and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun fought. I’m willing to sacrifice my life to strengthen the will of living beings. May my Dao light the flames of the stars from the long night. Living beings should be independent, and the Heavenly Dao should be restrained.”