Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"No good, the Demon Monkey's target is Nezha!"

After entering the First Layer of Heaven of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, Sun Wukong rushed ceaselessly towards the Second Layer. His urgency and efficiency, without the slightest delay, made it clear to the cunning Ran Deng Buddha that Wukong's aim was indeed Nezha! His purpose was certainly to rescue Nezha from among the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds!

"Hmph! Do you think you can come and go as you please in my Twenty-Four Heavens?"

A flash of indignation crossed his eyes. Ran Deng Buddha redirected part of the power he had infused into the Golden Buddha Palm back into the Twenty-Four Heavens, specifically toward the Second Layer of Heaven. After diverting this portion of the world's power, the strength of the Golden Buddha Palm significantly decreased, allowing Leng Xuan and others to finally block the palm.

The advancement of the Golden Buddha Palm halted, and it did not continue to close in, giving Leng Xuan and the others a huge sigh of relief. However, they were also unable to scatter or repel the Golden Buddha Palm, and both sides fell into a stalemate.

In the Heavenly Court, inside the Lingxia Palace.

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The Jade Emperor, observing the battle scene in the Heavenly Observation Mirror, furrowed his brow tighter and tighter, finally unable to suppress a grunt of frustration. His low voice was mixed with intense anger. The encirclement and suppression of the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Clan was a grand initiative launched by the Heavenly Court.

Not only did they suffer losses at Flower-Fruit Mountain, but in the end, it was only through Ran Deng Buddha's efforts that they breached the barrier of Flower-Fruit Mountain. Of the original hundred thousand, fewer than forty thousand remained, bringing shame upon themselves!

At this moment, Ran Deng Buddha was using the power of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds to single-handedly combat the powerhouses of the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Race. Meanwhile, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing stood far aside, passively watching, with tens of thousands of the Heavenly Army arrayed neatly behind him, causing the Jade Emperor's face to burn with shame.

It would have been tolerable if they couldn't capture Flower-Fruit Mountain, as both the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect would share in the disgrace. However, if they succeeded in the end due to the sole efforts of Ran Deng Buddha, the Buddhist sect's arrogance would know no bounds!

"Send an order to King Li to launch an attack immediately. Do not delay! Additionally, request the Donghua Emperor to bolster the forces, ensuring the Buddhist sect does not gain the upper hand!"

The Jade Emperor, with a solemn expression, issued the order. Great White Golden Star hurried out to carry out the command and headed towards the Donghua Immortal Palace.

Within the Donghua Immortal Palace.

"Going to Flower-Fruit Mountain to subdue a group of demons?"

The Donghua Emperor, upon receiving Jade Emperor's decree delivered by Great White Golden Star, was somewhat surprised. Normally, the Jade Emperor would not issue such an order, as normally mobilizing the Heavenly Army would have sufficed to subdue a mortal realm demon clan. This time, why had Great White Golden Star come specifically to make such a request?

Activating his fingers, streams of spiritual light flew from the Emperor's fingertips, forming a Bagua pattern in front of him. The Dao patterns on it fluctuated for a moment before re-absorbing into his fingertips as spiritual light. The surprised expression on the Donghua Emperor's face lessened considerably as if he had figured out the cause and effect, and nodded to Great White Golden Star:

"I understand the Jade Emperor's intentions. Thank you for the effort. I will head there immediately."

"Thank you, Lord Emperor. Then I will take my leave!"

Great White Golden Star relaxed and gave the Donghua Emperor a humble smile. It was his first time delivering a decree to the Donghua Immortal Palace, and he was understandably nervous.

The position of the Donghua Emperor in the Heavenly Court was second only to the Jade Emperor. As the head of the Five Directional Great Emperors, the Green Emperor, and called the progenitor of all immortals along with the female immortal Queen Mother of the West, the Jade Emperor usually wouldn't call upon him personally.

If it weren't for the repeated setbacks faced by the heavenly army at Flower-Fruit Mountain, where sixty thousand of a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers had fallen, leaving the rest timid bystanders, the Jade Emperor wouldn't have troubled the Donghua Emperor.

After seeing off Great White Golden Star, the Donghua Emperor's eyes flashed for a moment. His lips moved silently, sending a voiceless message to the immortal servants deep within the palace with a few instructions. A flash of light enveloped him, and his figure gradually faded and vanished within the Immortal Palace, crossing space directly toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Inside the Jade Pond Water Pavilion.

Zi Lan Fairy hurried out of the Queen Mother's sleeping chamber, with an undeniable hint of anxiousness in her eyes. She had just learned the latest battle developments regarding Flower-Fruit Mountain from the Queen Mother — Sun Wukong had returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain but was captured within the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds by Ran Deng Buddha, with the current situation unclear.

The rest of the demon cultivators from Flower-Fruit Mountain were locked in a bitter struggle against Ran Deng Buddha. However, the Jade Emperor was quite dissatisfied with the performance of Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing and had sent Great White Golden Star to request the aid of Donghua Emperor.

The status of the Donghua Emperor within the Heavenly Court was something Zi Lan Fairy was well aware of. Comparable to a real half-step Saint, he was the strongest among the Five Directional Great Emperors. In the entire Heavenly Court, only the Three Purities could overshadow him. Even the Jade Emperor had to be polite in his presence.

This time, to confront Sun Wukong and Flower-Fruit Mountain, the Jade Emperor had even summoned the Donghua Emperor, which was truly alarming!

An Ancient Buddha Ran Deng had already left the entire Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Race gasping for air, and with the addition of the Donghua Emperor, who was no weaker than Ancient Buddha Ran Deng, there seemed no chance of victory for Flower-Fruit Mountain!

"What should I do? What should I do? How can I help Wukong?"

Zi Lan Fairy paced back and forth in the Jade Pool Garden outside the sleeping chamber, her brow furrowed. She couldn't blatantly help Sun Wukong fight against the Heavenly Court, and even if she wanted to, she lacked the power to do so.

With the fight between Heavenly Court and Flower-Fruit Mountain reaching such intensity, thinking that one side would give up was absolutely impossible. Despite being the favorite maid of the Queen Mother, a maid was ultimately still a maid, and this was probably a matter not even the Queen Mother could intervene in, let alone her.

"No! I still have to go see!"

After pacing for a while, Zi Lan Fairy gritted her teeth, turned around, and hurriedly flew out of the Jade Pool, although she had not figured out a way to help Sun Wukong. She still wanted to go to Flower-Fruit Mountain to see; if Flower-Fruit Mountain truly couldn't escape its fate, at least she could accompany Sun Wukong in facing their doom!

In the Second Layer of the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, Sun Wukong, with one strike from his staff, shattered a human-shaped monster wrapped in eerie flames. His brow slightly furrowed; this was already the fifth monster he had encountered since entering the Second Layer!

The monsters of the Five Elements attributes—Sun Wukong had encountered them all, and this one was of the Fire Attribute. The previous four had been of the Metal, Wood, Water, and Earth Attributes respectively, all suddenly materializing and launching fierce attacks on Sun Wukong upon their appearances.

While these monsters weren't very strong—in Sun Wukong's opinion, each possessing the cultivation of a Da Luo Golden Immortal, which could deter anyone in the outside world—in the Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds, they were merely monsters formed from the condensation of Elemental Energy, devoid of any spiritual wisdom and only possessing the innate drive to attack and kill.

"I can't keep entangling with these monsters; I need to leave quickly!"

Watching as the Fire Attribute monster was smashed into nothingness, a flash of golden light passed through Sun Wukong's eyes. The dispersed monster didn't actually vanish but reformed into energy roaming free in this world of the Heavens, which could solidify again at any moment.

In a sense, these monsters were inexhaustible and indestructible, and fighting them was a complete waste of effort, achieving nothing; it was imperative to find the passageway leading to the next layer of the Heavens' Worlds immediately.

Holding the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod behind him, Sun Wukong ascended on a cloud. With his Void-Breaking Divine Eye activated, he looked around to identify the direction of the world's weakest barrier, and headed straight for it on his cloud.

Outside Flower-Fruit Mountain, the battle between Ancient Buddha Ran Deng, Leng Xuan, and the others was still in deadlock.

Although Ancient Buddha Ran Deng could mobilize the power of all Twenty-Four Heavens' Worlds to quickly defeat Leng Xuan and the others if he unleashed his full strength, dividing some of his world power to suppress Sun Wukong left him without enough strength to overpower Leng Xuan and the others.

The fierce battle had turned into a prolonged contest of strength, with neither Ran Deng nor Leng Xuan's group able to stop, both sides now in a struggle to see who would falter first.

"Guanyin, do you plan to just keep watching here?"

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva flew next to Guanyin Bodhisattva and sharply scoffed at her.

"My wounds are not yet healed, and it would be unwise to act now. If you, Samantabhadra, have recovered, you might as well take action now!"

Guanyin Bodhisattva replied coolly. She had always been of a calm and enduring nature, not fond of fighting with others, but that did not mean she was so good-tempered as to let others walk over her.

Samantabhadra had been mocking and targeting her all along the way, and had directly targeted her before, and now he dared to taunt her with commanding tones as if she were just a clay Bodhisattva without a temper?

"You... Humph!"

Furious, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva glared at Guanyin Bodhisattva venomously, but in the end, he dared not make a move against her. Apart from the embarrassment of fighting a fellow disciple, the critical issue was recognizing that he was no match for Guanyin Bodhisattva, and confronting her would only embarrass himself.

With a cold snort, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva turned his head away gloomily and looked towards Flower-Fruit Mountain. With his hatred for the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Race, he naturally wished he could immediately join the fray and annihilate the entire Demon Race. However, his injuries had been severe before, and his Origin Power had been compromised.

Temporarily suppressing his injuries was all he could do for now, and any mishap could lead to real trouble!

With the lesson of Manjusri Bodhisattva still fresh, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva certainly did not want to end up like him!