My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

Zhao Xuan saw that the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, under the command of the divine general, first set up a great net formation, completely surrounding Flower Fruit Mountain.

Sun Wukong led the seventy-two demon kings of the caves away, looking disdainfully at the busy heavenly soldiers and generals, without making the slightest move.

That dismissive expression immediately ignited the gods' fury, while only Nezha watched them with schadenfreude.

Zhao Xuan watched with schadenfreude.

These gods and immortals were used to being high above others, and even the death of two underworld kings did not arouse their vigilance.

But Sun Wukong is no longer the Sun Wukong they can toy with.

Among the 72 Transformations of the Earthly Fiends, there is one divine power of knowing the earth, and another divine power of setting up formations.

In the primordial world, the Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends are unremarkable, but in the realm of human immortals, they are renowned and powerful.

The Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends in the Human Immortal Realm are completely different from the Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends in the Primordial World.

The Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends in the Primordial World exist because achieving enlightenment is difficult.

In the primordial world, there were immortals, gods, and those who attained enlightenment.

Like the Immortal Realm, the rules of the Primordial World are also hidden.

Once one attains enlightenment and a position, one receives the blessings of the Heavenly Dao, enabling one to see the laws of the universe and comprehend them for cultivation. Moreover, protected by the laws, one can not only harness their power but also entrust one's true spirit to them, allowing for rebirth from the river of laws after death.

However, there are only so many positions available in the world, which is why the ranks of immortals and gods exist, leaving a glimmer of hope for all living beings.

Similarly, because it is difficult to comprehend the laws without attaining a certain level of enlightenment, some powerful beings apply the laws to form supernatural powers, allowing all beings to gradually approach the laws through the cultivation of these supernatural powers.

It also leaves a glimmer of hope for all living beings. That's why when Patriarch Bodhi taught Sun Wukong, he said that the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends were methods to avoid calamity.

After becoming an immortal in the primordial world, one must overcome the three calamities of thunder, fire, and wind every 500 years within the next 1,500 years. Only by overcoming these three calamities can one attain immortality.

Those who cannot cross the river will turn to ashes; their bodies will perish and their spiritual essence will vanish.

Therefore, one must either force the crossing, evade it, or postpone it.

The way to postpone the event is through treasures like peaches of immortality, elixirs, and ginseng fruits.

The methods of evasion are the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends.

This is the origin of the five-tiered classification of gods and immortals: Heaven, Earth, Gods, Humans, and Ghosts.

The three tribulations are more terrifying than the last. The lightning tribulation is just heavenly lightning descending from the outside in, and it can be overcome by means of formations and magical treasures.

The yin fire of the fire disaster and the bi wind of the wind disaster are two different things. One is that the fire starts from the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot, goes straight through the Niyuan Palace, and spreads to the five internal organs and four limbs. The other is that the fire blows into the six fu organs from the fontanelle, passes through the dantian, penetrates the nine orifices, and spreads to the flesh and blood of the whole body.

Celestial beings who have survived three tribulations achieve immortality, living as long as heaven and earth, and shining as brightly as the sun and moon.

The Earth Immortal survived the lightning calamity but dared not face the fire calamity. He could only hide in a blessed land and block the Yongquan acupoint with the earth's energy, preventing the Yin fire from entering.

However, one should not easily leave this blessed land.

Most of the wild demons encountered on the journey to the West are earth immortals, which is why they want to eat Tang Sanzang's flesh in order to achieve immortality.

Even most immortals are earth immortals, so it's rare to see them, because they all hide in their caves to suppress fires.

Then came the immortals, who were the so-called celestial beings who joined a powerful force and relied on spiritual objects to prolong the arrival of the three calamities.

Human immortals refer to those who have cultivated but have not yet become immortals, or those who have become immortals but have not been immortals for more than five hundred years. However, once they embark on cultivation, they are different from ordinary people, so they can also be called immortals.

Ghost Immortals, on the other hand, are cultivators who fail to transcend tribulations, have their physical bodies destroyed, or are unsure whether they can avoid or postpone their tribulations, and thus seek ways to achieve self-dissolution.

There is a certain connection between the Three Calamities, the Fifth Rank Immortal, and the three realms of Heavenly Immortal, Earthly Immortal, and Human Immortal.

Becoming an immortal means that after cultivating to the Human Immortal Realm, one undergoes a calamity every five hundred years. Each calamity one overcomes elevates one's realm by one level. In other words, overcoming the Thunder Calamity allows one to achieve the Earth Immortal Realm, overcoming the Fire Calamity allows one to achieve the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and overcoming the Wind Calamity allows one to achieve the True Immortal Realm.

The "truth" in "realm of truth" has two meanings: enlightenment and realization of one's true nature, as well as being truly real.

In other words, only after achieving the True Immortal Realm can one become a true immortal, free from constraints, roaming freely in the world, and unaffected by the suffering of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

In other words, the Three Calamities are a selection mechanism; only those who truly cherish the Great Dao and possess extraordinary talent can become true immortals.

The fifth-rank immortals represent a glimmer of hope after the creation of heaven and earth.

There are countless ways to aid in cultivation. If one has a solid foundation and the right opportunities, reaching a certain level is not a problem at all.

However, having the Great Way in one's heart is a matter of idealism, and no one knows what the selection mechanism of Heaven and Earth is.

Therefore, many cultivators, despite having already reached a high level of cultivation, dare not undergo the Three Calamities.

After all, the higher your realm, the stronger you become after accumulating the three calamities.

That's how the fifth-rank immortals came to be.

However, the three calamities must be overcome, and the spiritual energy in the world is limited. As more people become immortals, the spiritual energy becomes scarce.

The spiritual energy of the primordial world was transformed from pure energy. When spiritual energy becomes scarce, the pure energy in the world also diminishes, and this imbalance between purity and turbidity will trigger calamity.

The more calamity energy there is, the faster and more intense the great calamity will come.

Therefore, the Three Calamities serve as a circuit breaker mechanism to control the number of immortals.

But all cultivators in the world are disciples of saints, and they are all equally dear to us. You can't just say that someone with poor aptitude should die.

That's why we have the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends.

Above the True Immortal Realm lies the Profound Immortal Realm, where the "profound" in "profound immortal" refers to the mysteries of heaven and earth.

The mystery of heaven and earth refers to the rules governing the universe.

When an immortal reaches the Profound Immortal Realm, their essence, energy, and spirit have accumulated to a certain level. At this point, they can cultivate supernatural powers and comprehend the profound mysteries of the laws through cultivating these powers.

Finally, by relying on the profound laws, they survived the three calamities.

Next comes the Golden Immortal Realm, which is why it is said that only Golden Immortals are true immortals, because to become a Golden Immortal, one must be a top-ranking celestial immortal who has survived the Three Calamities.

This is why realm does not represent status, and status does not represent combat power.

Look at the thousands of gods and immortals in the sky; apart from Nezha, the Third Prince, they are all below the Golden Immortal level.

Even the renowned Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, was no exception.

Those gods were all appointed during the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods. They may seem to be gods, but they are actually just ghost immortals who have obtained divine positions.

Only a handful of people achieved physical immortality; they are the true gods.

However, because he possesses a divine position and is ranked among the immortals, he is blessed by heaven and earth, and his combat power is above that of the Golden Immortal realm.

Sun Wukong is different. He has only been born for a little over three hundred years and is far from the time to undergo the Three Calamities.

Furthermore, due to his extraordinary background and the guidance of renowned teachers, Zhao Xuan secretly exerted his strength and has now reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

The three calamities hadn't even begun, yet the catastrophe was already upon us.

Moreover, the one they cultivate is not the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Primordial World, but the version of the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Human Immortal Realm.

The Seventy-Two Transformations of the Primordial World are used to comprehend the mysteries of the laws, while the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations of the Human Immortal Realm are genuine seeds of the laws.

The immeasurable level of supernatural power touches upon the laws; the formless level of supernatural power touches upon the innate laws; the boundless level of supernatural power touches upon the primordial laws; and the Hongmeng level of supernatural power touches upon the fundamental laws.

Once they reach the proper level, that will be the true power of the laws.

Although Zhao Xuan's Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends was only at the Boundless level at the time, with the growth of the Mythical Great Luo Golden Immortal Law, he could condense the Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends at the Daoless level at any time.

After Zhao Xuan resolved his inner conflict regarding the power of Wuji, he no longer controlled the instantaneous growth of the Wuji version of the Flower Blooming. Before coming to the Primordial World, with the blessing of the wisdom of the gods, Zhao Xuan had comprehended most of the endless laws of the Human Immortal Realm, and had long since reached the level of Primordial Divine Power.

Zhao Xuan directly used the Limitless version of the Primordial Chaos level to instantly integrate the Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends at the Daoless level into Sun Wukong's Three Treasures.

This gives Sun Wukong's every move endless variations and destructive power.

That's why two of the Ten Underworld Kings, who were originally in charge of death, died.

The gods believed that the two dead Kings of the Underworld could be reborn through their divine positions, but in reality, they were too arrogant to investigate. Sun Wukong's moves included supernatural powers such as driving away gods and seizing souls.

The primordial spirits of the two Hades had been absorbed into the Ruyi Jingu Bang without Sun Wukong's knowledge, becoming the power that drives the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Sun Wukong is no longer the ignorant, impulsive, and easily angered Sun Wukong. After being synchronized with the four laws of the Chaotic Demon Ape by Zhao Xuan, Sun Wukong is now a qualified general with outstanding strategic thinking, instead of just a soldier who knows how to fight and charge forward.

Sun Wukong, leading seventy-two demon kings, provoked the Heavenly Court, intending to anger them, as he had already made thorough preparations.

Among the 72 Transformations of the Earthly Fiends in the primordial world, knowing the time, recognizing the place, and setting up formations are merely some of the senses.

However, the ability to know the time, recognize the place, and set up formations among the 72 Transformations of Earthly Fiends in the Human Immortal Realm are indeed real techniques.

Huaguo Mountain is no ordinary overseas fairy mountain, but the ancestral vein of ten continents and the source of three islands.

In other words, during the Lich Wars, the primordial land was divided into ten states, with Mount Buzhou at its center and distributed around them.

After the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, Gonggong angrily struck Mount Buzhou, causing the mountain to collapse. The sky tilted to the northwest, the earth sank to the southeast, and the waters of the Milky Way fell, sweeping across the primordial land and submerging the six continents, thus creating the current layout of the four divine continents of the Immortal Realm.

The three islands are Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang.

The three islands are also an extension of the earth's veins of Buzhou Mountain.

Huaguo Mountain is the site of Buzhou Mountain, which is why it can be called the ancestral vein of the ten states and the source of the three paths.

Although Buzhou Mountain lost its ability to support the sky after it broke apart and was submerged by the sea, it still possesses extraordinary strength.

You should know that on the journey to the West, there is only one monster's cave on each mountain.

Excluding the Water Curtain Cave, Huaguo Mountain has seventy-two demon kings, which means seventy-two demon caves.

Lion Camel Ridge is terrifying. Even with the Roc, White Elephant, and Green Lion feeding on the million-strong human race of Lion Camel Kingdom, there are only 47,000 to 48,000 lesser demons.

There are so many monkeys on Flower Fruit Mountain alone, not counting the monsters in the seventy-two caves.

If Sun Wukong doesn't go to set up an array on such a sacred mountain, it would be a waste of Zhao Xuan's subtle influence.

Therefore, countless formations had long been set up on Flower Fruit Mountain. If any Heavenly Court personnel dared to come down, they would never return without Sun Wukong's intervention.

If one does not overcome the three calamities, there is no difference between immortals, gods, and humans; greed, anger, ignorance, resentment, and desire blind one's mind.

Even though the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King wanted to organize his army for an attack, at the request of the gods, he had to send the Nine Luminaries Gods to attack Flower Fruit Mountain first.

Most of the divine generals were appointed by the civil and military lords of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and were originally just mortals.

His methods were just like those of ordinary people; he was still thinking about how to make a contribution and be rewarded.

The fighting method also follows the principle of first engaging the generals in combat, and only after that will they swarm in.

Therefore, after receiving the order, the Nine Luminaries Star Lord rushed directly to Flower Fruit Mountain.

Sun Wukong didn't intend to use the formation at the beginning. Instead, he first sent the seventy-two cave demon kings forward to fight the Nine Luminaries General.

While fighting, they lured the Nine Luminaries Gods deep into Flower Fruit Mountain.

Because of the blessing of their divine positions, the Nine Luminaries Generals are no weaker than Golden Immortals.

Most of the demon kings of the seventy-two caves were only True Immortals or Mystic Immortals, and were no match for the Nine Luminaries Divine Generals.

However, if several of them attack one, they can still hold them off.

The Nine Luminaries Gods were slowly lured together by the demon kings, and then suddenly disappeared.

Then Sun Wukong flashed and appeared among the nine people. Without even using his Ruyi Jingu Bang, he threw several punches, and the Nine Luminaries Generals were sent flying, coughing up blood and losing their fighting ability after landing.

A joyful roar suddenly rang out from the demon camp of Flower Fruit Mountain.

At this moment, the little demon stepped forward, stripped the Nine Luminaries General of his divine armor and weapons, pierced his collarbone with chains, bound him up, and forced him into the cave.

When Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, saw from the sky that the Nine Luminaries Star Lord had been defeated and captured, he immediately sent Nezha, the Third Prince, to rescue him.

Nezha, the Third Prince, is also a Taiyi Golden Immortal. He is a lotus incarnation protecting his primordial spirit and possesses the supernatural powers of three heads and six arms. He can use the Fire-Tipped Spear, the Universe Ring, the Hun Tian Ling, and the Wind-Fire Wheels to fight Sun Wukong, who is intentionally hiding his true strength, to a standstill.

Upon seeing that Sun Wukong was entangled by Nezha, Li Jing summoned the Four Heavenly Kings, the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Twelve Earthly Branches, the Four Duty Officers, the Eastern and Western Stars, the Northern and Southern Gods, and the Five Sacred Mountains and Four Rivers, all of whom rushed forward.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong used his golden cudgel to deflect Nezha's fire-tipped spear, then slammed it into the ground. Countless golden lights immediately appeared on Flower Fruit Mountain, and in a flash, they transformed into countless chains, binding hundreds of divine generals, including Nezha, tightly.

Upon seeing that all the divine generals had been captured, Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, immediately sounded the retreat and led the heavenly soldiers and generals who had set up the inescapable net to retreat.

We won't go into how Li Jing returned to Heaven to plead guilty, but let's just say that when Sun Wukong saw Li Jing withdraw his troops, he also sounded the retreat.

After taking stock of the losses, they began to invite friends and family to a celebratory banquet.

As the wine flowed and the snoring subsided, two one-horned demon kings stepped forward and said, "We have long heard of Your Majesty's great supernatural powers and your recruitment of talented individuals, but we have never had the chance to witness Your Majesty's divine might, and therefore dare not gather our people."

Today, the Great King has defeated 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court and captured hundreds of divine generals alive. We, as fellow demons of Flower Fruit Mountain, are also extremely honored.

I hereby present a reddish-yellow robe to Your Majesty in celebration.

If Your Majesty does not find us unworthy, please accept us as your servants. We are willing to serve you faithfully.

When Sun Wukong saw the ochre-yellow robe, his mind raced. The so-called ochre-yellow robe was the emperor's yellow robe. Why not go with the flow, put on the ochre-yellow robe, become an emperor and ancestor, recruit talents and generals on Flower Fruit Mountain, establish a demon kingdom on earth, and live a life even more carefree than the immortals and gods?