My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

However, those ancestral witches have already passed away, and no matter what method is used, they cannot be brought back to life, simply because the laws of Heaven do not allow such a thing to happen.

Guanyin was filled with doubts; she simply couldn't understand where Sun Wukong had obtained the aura of the Ancestral Witches.

But now, Sun Wukong has unabashedly revealed the aura of the Ancestral Witch, an act that is undoubtedly a blatant provocation against the Heavenly Dao.

With the emergence of this aura, the originally ordinary lightning tribulation underwent a dramatic change.

Suddenly, the lightning in the sky changed from its original color to a deep purple. The purple lightning bolts, like giant dragons baring their fangs and claws, were numerous and powerful. They roared and pounced on Sun Wukong and Guanyin.

Sun Wukong meticulously planned and schemed against Guanyin first, and then deliberately revealed the aura of the Ancestral Witch to provoke the Heavenly Dao. Such actions directly caused the lightning tribulation to undergo a qualitative transformation, turning into the incredibly powerful Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

Faced with this situation, Sun Wukong ignored Guanyin and focused all his attention on using his supernatural powers, pouring a continuous stream of Geng metal divine energy into the canopy above his head like a tidal wave.

Immediately afterwards, he waved his arm, chanted incantations, and summoned the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which had transformed into a pillar reaching to the heavens. At the same time, Sun Wukong's body shone brightly, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to his original form—the Spirit Stone Monkey.

A dense and terrifying aura of tribulation, like a surging black tide, quickly enveloped Sun Wukong. This aura seemed to possess life, constantly writhing and coiling around his agile body.

The thunder dragons, transformed from the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, resembled agile giant dragons swirling and dancing in the air.

Each of them exuded a terrifyingly powerful aura, illuminating the entire sky amidst flashes of lightning and thunder.

When these thunder dragons discovered that Sun Wukong had revealed his true form as the Spiritual Stone Monkey, they seemed to be guided by some mysterious force, turning their heads around, opening their blood-red mouths, and rushing towards Guanyin Bodhisattva in the distance with a world-destroying force.

Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong couldn't help but reveal a sly smile, just like a cunning fox who had successfully stolen a chicken.

With a chuckle, he instantly transformed into a dazzling golden light, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

It turns out that Sun Wukong did not come here with the intention of truly enduring this terrible tribulation of lightning, but rather had already decided to find someone to bear the suffering of this divine punishment in his place.

Looking back at that thrilling battle of the gods, the twelve Golden Immortals were originally destined to suffer the calamity of being killed by the immortals. However, the Taoist patriarch Yuanshi Tianzun used his extraordinary abilities to cleverly transfer this calamity to the Jie Sect and the innocent human race.

Even more remarkably, the twelve Golden Immortals each took on disciples and had their disciples face the calamity on their behalf. In this way, they not only escaped unscathed but also preserved most of their strength, allowing them to continue living freely in the Immortal Realm.

The Twelve Golden Immortals, with their extraordinary strength, were naturally no match for them.

However, Sun Wukong, who also possessed great supernatural powers, couldn't do it either. There are many reasons for this!

It's important to understand that this Journey to the West Calamity is a continuation of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. If the Twelve Golden Immortals hadn't been involved in the calamity, it would have been fine, but once they were, they would have to settle old scores from back then.

This is why the Twelve Golden Immortals repeatedly appear during the eighty-one tribulations of Journey to the West, their purpose being nothing more than to show the world that the calamities they had been burdened with have been eliminated.

The reason Sun Wukong didn't perish was because he was a key pawn in the power struggle between Heaven and the Great Calamity. However, this monkey was indeed incredibly clever!

He first cleverly used the power of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation to transform himself into the form of Ru Shou, successfully concealing his original aura. Then, he continued to provoke the terrifying lightning tribulation.

When the tribulation lightning finally manifested as the incomparably powerful Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, Sun Wukong suddenly released his aura and the unique mark of the one who was about to face the tribulation.

As a result, the terrifying lightning tribulation that was originally enough to annihilate Sun Wukong could not actually destroy him, and had no choice but to change direction.

As a result, the unfortunate Guanyin Bodhisattva became the one to take the tribulation in place of Sun Wukong. Zhao Xuan, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, witnessed all of this and was overjoyed.

These ingenious tricks and strategies were not taught to Sun Wukong by Zhao Xuan; they were entirely devised by Sun Wukong himself through his intelligence and comprehension!

Witnessing this scene, Zhao Xuan couldn't help but feel an indescribable sense of relief, as if he were witnessing his own child gradually grow up and become independent.

It's important to know that Zhao Xuan has been watching over and accompanying Sun Wukong for nearly a thousand years! During this time, he has meticulously planned and strategized for Sun Wukong on many occasions. It can be said that deep down, Zhao Xuan has long regarded Sun Wukong as his own son.

And indeed, Guanyin Bodhisattva lived up to her reputation, truly deserving of her resounding title as one of the four great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism.

She watched as Sun Wukong turned and left, but the endless lightning showed no sign of stopping; instead, it surged straight towards her.

In the blink of an eye, Guanyin Bodhisattva realized the intention behind this tribulation—it turned out that she was to take Sun Wukong's place and bear this calamity!

Having gained enlightenment, Guanyin Bodhisattva naturally held nothing back. In an instant, she revealed the majestic form of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin, and many powerful magical treasures, such as the jade bottle, fishing basket, dragon-headed staff, and blessed vajra, appeared.

It burst forth with dazzling brilliance, like streaks of lightning slicing through the sky, striking directly at the menacing thunder dragons.

A series of earth-shattering roars resounded as the originally menacing thunder dragons were shattered one by one by Guanyin Bodhisattva's powerful magic weapon, transforming into countless dazzling bolts of lightning that scattered in all directions.

Moreover, a dazzling golden halo appeared above Guanyin Bodhisattva's head, like a blazing golden sun hanging high in the sky, blocking all the scattered lightning bolts and preventing them from getting close.

When the raging lightning tribulation noticed the golden halo above Guanyin Bodhisattva's head, it seemed to feel an unprecedented pressure and gradually subsided.

Then, it began to slowly emit a layer of dreamlike, strange light, like a soft veil gently enveloping the body of Guanyin Bodhisattva...

However, what seemed like a short day was like an eternity for Guanyin, who was in the illusion.

Finally, she slowly opened her eyes, waking from that dreamlike state. Thus, the tribulation had been safely overcome.

As for the human tribulation, it has been quite special from the very beginning.

Originally, he and Sun Wukong were each other's tribulations, but with Sun Wukong's departure, this tribulation vanished without a trace, like smoke.

The reason for this is that the Heavenly Dao reveals the relevant information of the person undergoing tribulation to their enemies and seals off the space so that the enemies of the person undergoing tribulation can take advantage of their weakness to attack.

However, the situation in the prehistoric world has changed. Almost everyone at the same level knows that the so-called "evil" is actually Guanyin being tricked by Sun Wukong and taking on the calamity on his behalf.

In this way, naturally no one will come to cause trouble again.

Under normal circumstances, after a cultivator in the primordial world undergoes tribulation, a reward from the Heavenly Dao will descend. This is usually in accordance with the laws of the Heavenly Dao, allowing the cultivator to enter a state of enlightenment and demonstrating the profound mysteries of the Heavenly Dao laws.

However, even that brief moment of sudden enlightenment allows cultivators to glimpse the profound mysteries of the laws of nature, bringing endless benefits to their comprehension of these laws.

After seeing the complete form of the laws of Heaven, cultivators can no longer comprehend them as blind men touching an elephant.

After the tribulation of the primordial world, the heavenly rewards that should have appeared were nowhere to be seen, which undoubtedly caused Guanyin a heavy loss.

It should be noted that what ultimately quelled the wrath of Heaven was the cloud of merit that Guanyin had accumulated over many years! That was the immeasurable merit she had painstakingly accumulated day and night.

Half of it was directly eliminated by the Heavenly Dao.

Guanyin is known as the Greatly Compassionate and Merciful Bodhisattva Guanshiyin, who saves people from suffering. It's unknown how many acts of kindness she performed to earn this title. The amount of merit she has accumulated is arguably among the top ten in the Three Realms.

Now, half of the merit has been directly wiped out, a truly devastating loss.

Sun Wukong flew back to Flower Fruit Mountain, and with his Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel), countless formations immediately surrounded the mountain.

Huaguo Mountain is not like Guishan Mountain, where spiritual treasures leave without roots or source, and it is not even connected to the earth's veins or water veins.

However, Huaguo Mountain is the ancestral vein of the ten states and the source of the three islands; it is the remnant of Buzhou Mountain.

The underground mountains and water veins are connected to the entire Earthly Immortal Realm, which can maximize the power of the formation.

Therefore, once the defensive formation of Flower Fruit Mountain was activated, it was as solid as a rock. Seeing their king return, the monkeys all gathered around, cheering and jumping for joy. Wukong stood atop the boulder, gazing at his lively descendants, his heart filled with happiness.

But he knew in his heart that although he had angered Guanyin this time and was safe for the time being, there would likely be trouble in the future. But what did Sun Wukong have to fear? The most important thing right now was to make the monkeys happy.

So Wukong led the monkeys to play and frolic in the mountains. He used his magic to conjure up all sorts of rare and exotic fruits, and the monkeys ate the fruits while listening to Wukong tell them interesting stories about the outside world.

Some of the little monkeys asked curiously, "Your Majesty, why doesn't Heaven bestow rewards upon Guanyin Bodhisattva?" Wukong scratched his cheek and said, "Guanyin shouldn't have tried to scheme against me, Old Sun. Heaven is very fair."

After saying this, he led the monkeys to an open space behind the Water Curtain Cave and taught them some simple self-defense techniques. For a time, Flower Fruit Mountain was filled with laughter and joy, and Wukong temporarily forgot about the conflicts outside and devoted himself to this harmonious life.

However, this caused a huge uproar at both the Buddhist Lingshan and the Xuanmen Heavenly Court.

However, the matters discussed by Mount Ling and the Heavenly Court were different.

Meanwhile, Sun Wukong on Flower Fruit Mountain was having a great time playing with the monkeys, completely unaware that the Buddhist sect and the Heavenly Court were discussing important matters concerning him. He only thought that as long as he protected Flower Fruit Mountain, he didn't care about the Buddhist sect or the Heavenly Court.

At this moment, both the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist sect had the same thought: "An anomaly."

On Mount Ling, all the Buddhas and Arhats gathered together, the atmosphere heavy. The Buddha Tathagata slowly spoke: "This monkey actually thwarted Guanyin's plan; he is no ordinary person. Moreover, he possesses great fortune and is protected by the spiritual veins of Flower Fruit Mountain. I fear it will be difficult to lure him into our Buddhist path to obtain the scriptures." All the monks agreed.

Guanyin Bodhisattva clasped her hands together, lowered her head and said humbly, "This disciple originally thought that the Great Luo Dao Fruit could lure him into the trap, but I did not expect to miscalculate. Now he is living a carefree life on Flower Fruit Mountain, and it will be even more difficult for our Buddhist sect to carry out any further actions."

But then Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Since his birth, Sun Wukong's every move has been under the surveillance of our Buddhist sect, but we have not found anything unusual."

However, Sun Wukong's actions and strength always exceeded the Buddhist sect's calculations.

This disciple suspects that there must be a powerful being involved, using the training of Sun Wukong to create difficulties for our Buddhist sect.

After hearing this, the Buddha's expression also turned solemn. "I also have this suspicion, but I haven't found anything unusual..."

At this point, Buddha suddenly paused, and after a moment said, "I wonder if you all remember that after Sun Wukong was suppressed by the Heavenly Court, the world suddenly shifted and the stars changed, and the entire prehistoric world suddenly turned from day to night."

All the monks agreed, and Guanyin said, "This humble monk remembers that this once attracted the attention of the Heavenly Dao, which investigated the entire prehistoric world. Does the Buddha perhaps suspect...?"

The Buddha nodded. "I suspect that there are other beings involved, but I don't know who they are." The Buddha's gaze was profound.

Guanyin pondered for a long time, then her eyes suddenly lit up. "Buddha, there was a fleeting aura of Ru Shou on Sun Wukong's body. Although it was brief, it was very strange. Ru Shou was an Ancestral Witch, who should have perished long ago. Could it be that the true spirit of the Ancestral Witch escaped and secretly helped him?"

Upon hearing this, the Buddha was startled. "If this is true, this matter is of utmost importance. If the true spirit of the Ancestral Witch escapes, it will surely seek revenge against the Heavenly Dao, after all, the Witch Clan once defied the Heavenly Dao and suffered a great calamity."

At this moment, Houtu, deep in the underworld, seemed to sense something, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

The aura of nurture on Sun Wukong was naturally not her doing, but if the Buddhist sect couldn't find anyone and suspected her, she would be happy to help that mysterious anomaly take the blame.

The purpose was to distract the Buddhist sect, disrupt its plans, and even disrupt the Journey to the West calamity, in order to avenge the past grudges of the Wu tribe.

After all, during the Lich Wars, Buddhist saints secretly plotted against them.

"However, there is no conclusive evidence yet, so we should not act rashly," Buddha said in a deep voice.

Guanyin agreed, "I will obey the Buddha's decree and send someone to investigate secretly." Meanwhile, Sun Wukong, far away on Flower Fruit Mountain, remained carefree, completely unaware of the undercurrents surging around him.