Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Just in time!"

Golden light flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes, as his Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils had already discerned the strengths and weaknesses of these World Forces. Far from dodging, he charged straight towards the pressing World Forces.

"Has this monkey gone mad?"

A hint of surprise flickered in Ran Deng Buddha's eyes. This was the World Force of the Twenty-Four Heavens; although it wasn't as powerful as the true Heavenly Dao Saint's World Force, it was still equivalent to a Domain Embryo. Sun Wukong was merely a Daluo Golden Immortal, yet he dared to charge directly into the World Force without dodging or hiding—had he lost his mind?

"Hmph! Whether you're truly mad or not, if you seek death, this seat will grant it!"

Immediately following the surprise was a look of ferocity. Ran Deng Buddha manipulated the World Force to envelop the soaring Sun Wukong, intending to ensnare him completely within it.

Ran Deng Buddha initially thought that Sun Wukong, at the very least, would dodge or struggle, but unexpectedly, Sun Wukong showed no intention of evading at all. He allowed the World Force of the Twenty-Four Heavens to wrap around him. His forward momentum was undiminished as he charged into the first of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds under the squeeze and pull of the World Force.

With a flash of light, Sun Wukong's figure plunged directly into the world's phantom image, and his presence disappeared without a trace.

"Brother Monkey!"

Luo Bai's heart surged with alarm as he saw Sun Wukong's figure vanish into the phantom image of the world. Frantic, he burst out from the Water Curtain Cave Heaven and, with eyes nearly splitting with rage, charged at Ran Deng Buddha. "Bald donkey, release my Brother Monkey!"

Ran Deng Buddha was completely befuddled. Sun Wukong had just charged into the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds. To him, this seemed to be a deliberate act of seeking death! Others might think that Sun Wukong, like Nezha, had been captured into the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds by him, but only Ran Deng Buddha knew that the World Force of the Twenty-Four Heavens had not exerted any pulling force.

It was Sun Wukong himself who had charged straight into the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds!

What on earth did this Demon Monkey intend to do?

Ran Deng Buddha didn't believe for a second that Sun Wukong had lost his wits and charged into the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds to seek death. The Demon Monkey must have had another scheme in mind. However, for the moment, Ran Deng Buddha couldn't fathom Sun Wukong's true intentions. Those were the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, created from the Sea-Calming Pearl, the entire world under his control.

Did Sun Wukong really think he could withstand the World Force of the Twenty-Four Heavens?

He was being far too naive!

"Ignorant Demon Monkey, you've sought out your own death. This saves this seat the trouble!"

After a moment of confusion, a ferocious expression appeared on Ran Deng Buddha's face. No matter what Sun Wukong's intentions were, the moment he entered the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, it was he who decided the fate. If you're a dragon, you must coil for this seat; if you're a tiger, you must lie down for this seat!

With a shift in thought, Ran Deng Buddha mobilized the power of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, pressing down on the Sun Wukong within. Faced with the onrushing Luo Bai, Ran Deng Buddha simply smiled coldly and raised the Qiankun Ruler to block Luo Bai's path.

"Bastard, release my Brother Monkey right now!"

Luo Bai became furiously enraged by Ran Deng Buddha's actions. Driving his Cultivation Technique, he suppressed the injuries within his body and flicked his Purple Lightning Blue Glint Sword. A huge green lotus appeared above the sword blade, expanding violently as it bloomed.

"When the long wind rises, clouds fly high, wandering the world, laughing at the madness. A crazed man, not knowing his own strength, lets the long wind be his song, and his sword be his banner!"

The Green Lotus Sword Song rose again, with the surging Green Lotus Sword Qi mixing with the Sky-Burning Purple Fire and Doomsday Heavenly Thunder of the Purple Lightning Blue Glint Sword to burst towards the Qiankun Ruler.
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Amidst a chorus of dense, rain-like sounds, countless strands of Green Lotus Sword Qi collided with the Qiankun Ruler, the resulting terrifying destructive power causing the Ruler to whine as it tumbled away.

"How is this kid still able to unleash such a powerful sword move?"

Ran Deng Buddha's face suddenly shifted. He had grievously wounded Luo Bai before, but now Luo Bai could still release such a formidable sword move, much stronger than any he had released before. How great must the backlash to his own body be? Was this young man disregarding his own life?

After the Green Lotus Sword Qi sent the Qiankun Ruler flying, it continued to surge towards Ran Deng Buddha. He had to halt the suppression of Sun Wukong, who had charged into it, and redirect the summoned World Force to converge on his palm. He struck out at the Green Lotus Sword Qi, and behind him, the giant Dharma Body also extended its hand to meet the Green Lotus Sword Qi with a blow.

The World Force-converged Golden Buddha Palm reappeared, colliding with the Green Lotus Sword Qi.

The dense explosion of sounds blasted through, echoes of the collision between the Green Lotus Sword Qi and the Golden Buddha Palm reverberating throughout heaven and earth. Although Luo Bai's Green Lotus Sword Song was an overperformance, it still failed to break through Ran Deng Buddha's Golden Buddha Palm.

"Everyone, together! Help Luo Bai and save our leader!"

From the perspective of the demon throng of Flower-Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong had been pulled into the midst of the Twenty-Four Heavens by the collective strength of their worlds. Each and every one of them was in a state of extreme anxiety.

Hearing Luo Bai's words now, the Jiao Demon King among the Five Great Demon Kings, the Through-Arm Ape Monkey Sun Wushuang, the Chaos Demon King Sun Tong, and others all roared as they burst forth from the Water Curtain Cave Heaven, soaring on clouds toward the immense Golden Buddha Palm. Each one of them mobilized their full strength and unleashed their most powerful attacks.

"Have you all come? Good, it saves me the trouble of dealing with you one by one. Today, I shall save all of you sinners together!"

Watching Luo Bai and other demons from Flower-Fruit Mountain rising into the sky to attack the Golden Buddha Palm, Ran Deng Buddha's eyes flashed with a cold light. The force of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds surged out even more fiercely from the world's phantom shadows and poured into the Golden Buddha Palm.

What was once a somewhat illusory Golden Buddha Palm suddenly became much more solid, firmly resisting the attacks of Luo Bai and the others and slowly advancing towards the crowd.

In the first minor world of the Twenty-Four Heavens, Sun Wukong was swinging his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod to fiercely scatter the incoming planetary forces. He soon found that these forces had unexpectedly dissipated and were violently rushing out toward the exterior of the minor world. The strength assailing him drastically diminished in an instant, making him quite astonished:

"What's wrong with this bald donkey? Why isn't he continuing to suppress this old monkey?"

As Sun Wukong had anticipated, after he burst into the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, he certainly would be met with full-force attacks from Ran Deng Buddha. The enemy might even utilize the planetary forces of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds against him. He hadn't expected such a half-hearted effort!

Had the planetary force been diverted to deal with others? Who made a move? Luo Bai? Leng Xuan? Or someone else?

Never mind, thinking about this is useless now. The priority is to take care of pressing matters!

Just as Ran Deng Buddha had surmised, Sun Wukong had indeed entered the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds with a purpose in mind—his goal was to rescue Nezha, who was trapped within!

Nezha had been taken by Ran Deng Buddha into the Twenty-Four Heavens, confined within the tenth Heaven's World. Sun Wukong had previously used his Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils to observe the situation; rescuing Nezha from the outside world was virtually impossible.

The only way was to enter the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds and break through each world one by one until he reached the tenth Heaven's World where Nezha was located and escape with him!

"Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils, open!"

After taking a deep breath, Sun Wukong closed his eyes and then suddenly opened them the next moment. The Heavy Pupil in his eyes began to spin, and he fully activated the Void-Breaking Divine Eye. Two golden beams shot out from his eyes, sweeping in all directions. A moment later, they retracted.

"That direction!"

In the entire world of the Heavens, there was only one direction where the world's barrier was the weakest, and it should be the sole passage to the next Heaven's World. Sun Wukong gripped the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod behind him and dashed toward the direction he had detected.

The Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds were merely twenty-four minor worlds transformed by the Sea-Calming Pearl. Although they were reinforced by the Western Heavenly Buddhist Sect's followers' years of telekinetic cultivation and were much more stable than when they were first formed, they were not very large.

Riding on his Somersault Cloud, Sun Wukong soon arrived at the weakest point of the world's barrier identified by the Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils. The location was a valley with mountainous terrain, and the thinnest critical point of the world's barrier was right above the peak of the tallest mountain, a hundred yards in the air.

Without the Void-Breaking Divine Eye, Sun Wukong would not have found this weak point in the world's barrier so quickly. Breaking through this barrier would allow entry into the next Heaven's World.

"Break open for this old monkey!"

"Heaven-Breaking Seventy-Two Strokes!"

With both hands tightly grasping the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, Sun Wukong roared and struck hard at the weak point of the world's barrier. There was a crisp sound, reminiscent of an eggshell being shattered, and a crack appeared in the original void, gradually widening to reveal the scene of the second Heaven's World.

The passage to the second Heaven's World was temporarily opened!

Without the slightest hesitation, Sun Wukong retracted the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod and turned into a streak of golden light that burrowed into the crack, rushing into the second Heaven's World. After his entrance, the spatial fissure quickly shrank and disappeared as if it had never existed.

Outside the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, Ran Deng Buddha, who was pressing the Golden Buddha Palm toward Luo Bai, Leng Xuan, and the others, had a smug smile that suddenly froze on his face, his brows fiercely furrowed, and a flash of surprise in his eyes.

"He entered the second Heaven's World? How could it be so fast?"

The Twenty-Four Heavens, transformed from the Sea-Calming Pearl, were stored at the summit of Spiritual Mountain in the Western Paradise. As the master of the Spiritual Treasure, Ran Deng Buddha could invoke the power of the Twenty-Four Heavens and open the world rift to suck in enemies from anywhere in the Three Realms. He was also sensitive to any changes within the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds.

The moment Sun Wukong transitioned from the first to the second Heaven's World, Ran Deng Buddha immediately knew it.

(PS: I'm rushing to catch a flight back to my country today so there might only be one chapter update. After going live tomorrow on the 23rd, I'll be making a big update, starting with 10 chapters, aiming for 15, and any shortfall will be made up with extra updates over the next few days. Thank you all for your support!)