Great Demon Sun Wukong

The day after Xi Zhao and his companions returned to the Netherworld Palace, Sun Wukong finally woke up. Seeing the awakened Sun Wukong, Xi Zhao knew that the potential within Sun Wukong had been greatly stimulated once again by the extreme battle with Master Tongtian. As long as Sun Wukong assimilated what he gained from this battle, his combat power would definitely increase once more. Although Sun Wukong's cultivation realm remained at the Supreme Peak, anyone who assumed Sun Wukong was just an ordinary Supreme Peak would surely suffer a huge loss.

Upon waking up, Sun Wukong immediately entered a state of cultivation. The battle with Tongtian had Sun Wukong playing all his cards, even using the Desolate Sand Sea of the Primordial Earth. If it weren't for Dao Zhun's appearance at the end, Sun Wukong wouldn't have known how to conclude the battle. Moreover, when the presence of the Primordial Earth from the Wasteland Soil Stele emerged, Sun Wukong had already sensed the profound longing for vast energy from the depths of the stele.

Fortunately, Dao Zhun timely took Sun Wukong into his unique space and flooded the Wasteland Soil Stele with an incredible amount of spatial energy, which prevented a tragedy like the one in the Dominion of Soil from happening again. After cultivating in that unusual space for a day and a night, Sun Wukong's understanding of space had improved once again. He believed that if he used the Space-time Divine Skill Reset again, the affected range and intensity would increase significantly.

Additionally, after this battle, Sun Wukong had become more skilled in utilizing and understanding the World Suppressing Stele. Now he could fully manipulate the Three Thousand Wasteland Soil and Three Thousand Desolate Sands for both defense and offense. It wasn't known whether it was because of Dao Zhun's spatial energy or the residual effects of the seal placed on the stele by the powers of the Genesis Divine Nation, but despite separating the Three Thousand Desolate Sands, there was no incident of them rampaging or losing control.

When Sun Wukong manipulated the Desolate Sand and Wasteland Soil, he always felt an odd yet very faint sense of familiarity—as if he had controlled them in this way a long time ago. Regardless, Sun Wukong had gained much from this battle, and he was confident that in the next fight with Tongtian, even without using the Primordial Earth, he could defeat him.

Similarly, Sun Wukong's use and understanding of the Seal Heavenly Stamp and the Nine Decisions Vajra Ape had also improved. Although he hadn't truly used these two moves again, Sun Wukong felt that their next usage would definitely be stronger than this time. And so, another day passed.

On this day, Sun Wukong had just awakened from cultivation and was planning to go out and exercise his body to see the extent of his improved combat power. However, before he could walk out of the room, Xi Zhao, accompanied by Rogue Heart Sword Hero, rushed in hurriedly. Sun Wukong was taken aback and was about to speak when Xi Zhao and Rogue Heart Sword Hero suddenly picked him up and ran like the wind toward the outside of the Netherworld Palace.

"Wait, what's happening? What's the matter?" Sun Wukong, baffled by their actions and running along with them, couldn't help but ask. Xi Zhao gave no reply but instead pulled Sun Wukong onto the Teleportation Array. After a flash of white light, Sun Wukong, Rogue Heart Sword Hero, and Xi Zhao had already appeared in a jungle.

After arriving, Sun Wukong looked around and exclaimed in surprise, "This, isn't this Myriad Spirits Palace's territory? How did the teleportation array send us here?" Sun Wukong couldn't hide his astonishment; there were only three teleportation arrays in the Netherworld World. Two of them were stationary teleportation arrays, located in the Netherworld Palace and Genesis Palace, whereas the other was a random teleportation array. This separate array allowed the user to teleport directly to a target location based on a previously set Divine Consciousness imprint. However, this random teleportation array was often used for escapes because it would randomly transport the person to any location in the current space when activated by inputting Divine Consciousness Power, making it useful for saving one's life.

"This is the random teleportation array. When we left, I set a spatial Divine Consciousness imprint here, so we could appear directly in this place. Monkey, I'm asking you, how well have you recovered now?" While speaking, Xi Zhao headed swiftly towards Myriad Spirits Palace, flying unabashedly through the air. Sun Wukong and Rogue Heart Sword Hero followed closely behind. Upon hearing Xi Zhao's question, Sun Wukong replied, "I've fully recovered to peak condition, and my combat power has increased!"

"Then, if you were to face Tongtian again, how confident are you that you could defeat him?" Although puzzled by why Xi Zhao would ask this, Sun Wukong replied without hesitation, "If Tongtian's strength hasn't improved, I'm 90% sure. If his strength has increased just as mine has, then I have a 70% chance!" Sun Wukong was being very conservative with this response.

Upon receiving Sun Wukong's reply, Xi Zhao's expression visibly softened. While flying at high speed, he said, "Just a quarter of a Chinese hour ago, Jue Luan from Genesis Divine Nation came to the Netherworld Palace through the Teleportation Array and shared a piece of intelligence with me." At this point, Xi Zhao's eyebrows were already tightly furrowed, and after pondering briefly as if organizing his thoughts, he continued, "Jue Luan said that their people who were out patrolling had just brought back someone. That person's essence, spiritual power, and physical strength were almost completely depleted. Because of this person's strange appearance, Jue Luan had the Light Spellcaster Meng Lan help him recover. In fact, we have already met this person; he is the representative of the Myriad Spirits Realm at the Domain Lord Level this time—the enigmatic Daoist Xumu!"

Xi Zhao's words made both Rogue Heart Sword Hero and Sun Wukong startle. Although Rogue Heart Sword Hero knew something was wrong, he did not know what exactly had happened. He had just noticed Xi Zhao's hurried demeanor and hence had not asked any questions until now, and he couldn't help but be very shocked upon hearing Xi Zhao's words.

Xi Zhao went on, "The cause appears to be Tongtian from the Myriad Spirits Realm. Although I don't know how the battle between Wukong and him fared these past few days, according to Daoist Xumu, Tongtian sustained serious injuries, and even his life force was greatly diminished. It can be said that it was miraculous he didn't die. So normally speaking, Tongtian would have certainly lost his combat power. However, last night, Tongtian, who had been in a coma, suddenly woke up. The first thing he did upon waking was to control the World Suppressing Stele to kill two disciples guarding him and then somehow sucked all of their life force, spiritual power, and so on, leaving nothing behind."

"Daoist Xumu quickly sensed that something was wrong, but by the time he arrived, five Myriad Spirits Realm disciples had already had their lives drained by Tongtian, turning into empty husks. And Tongtian, who had been at death's door with barely a whisper of breath, had already recovered a great deal. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Daoist Xumu immediately ordered all the Myriad Spirits Realm disciples to attack Tongtian, but in the end, only he managed to barely escape with his life, at the cost of a Sub-Domain Artifact. Because the old Daoist Xuan Ling had also given Daoist Xumu a map, though only a third of the complete map, it clearly marked the location of the Genesis Divine Nation and the Fangcun Spirit Realm."

"The rest of the story is simple. Daoist Xumu, fearing that Dao Zhun from the Fangcun Spirit Realm would also be no match for Tongtian, fled through the night. In just over three Chinese hours, he found himself at the Genesis Palace. His aim was to have the Genesis Palace request our Netherworld Palace intervene, to counter Tongtian with the Monkey's Desolate Sand Stele. If we could succeed in killing Tongtian, Daoist Xumu is willing to hand over the Myriad Spirits Palace!"

Having said all this in one breath, Sun Wukong and Rogue Heart Sword Hero were already looking at each other in astonishment. The situation had developed far too unexpectedly. Although Xi Zhao had already intended to strike back at the Myriad Spirits Realm, the opportunity had come so suddenly, and there was only one enemy. Defeating Tongtian would mean that the Myriad Spirits Realm would be theirs.

Xi Zhao's rush was because he feared Tongtian would regain too much strength, otherwise, a real battle would be another brutal fight. As for not bringing others along, firstly, when fighting a supreme powerhouse like Tongtian who possessed the World Suppressing Stele, numerical advantage was already not significant, and secondly, Xi Zhao worried that the map of the Myriad Spirits Realm would be known by more people and that Netherworld Palace might be attacked at any time by other forces after patrolling the Celestial World for so long.

Thus, a battle like the last time, where they nearly emptied their forces, was not possible. So, having the three strongest among them—himself, Sun Wukong, and Rogue Heart Sword Hero—come to kill Tongtian was the best choice.

Soon, the three of them had arrived at the entrance of the Myriad Spirits Palace, but the surroundings of the Myriad Spirits Palace were currently in ruins, damaged and littered with charred earth with a few flames still burning. The Mountain Protection Array outside the palace had long since vanished, and even the palace itself was somewhat damaged. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire

"Heh heh, three more have arrived, not bad. Once I've absorbed the three of you, my strength will fully recover, hahaha!" The moment the three landed, an evil voice resounded from within the Myriad Spirits Palace.

After that, a figure engulfed in crimson flames, holding the corpse of a Myriad Spirits Realm disciple, slowly walked out.