Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"What nonsense are you all spouting? There's still a year left, how do you know Wukong and the others can't come out?"

Gongsun Yu could no longer stand the murmurs of the crowd and shouted angrily.

His gaze was as sharp as lightning, sweeping across everyone fiercely, including the teachers of the Holy Book Academy's outer courtyard and the experts of the Heavenly Bird Dynasty, all of whom lowered their heads under his glare.

Among the crowd, Gongsun Yu's cultivation progress was the fastest, now reaching the early stages of the Heavenly Divine Realm.

Moreover, he was the most influential.

Everyone knew that among those remaining, Gongsun Yu had the best relationship with Sun Wukong and the others.

Hearing Gongsun Yu's rebuke, everyone felt a bit ashamed and lowered their heads.

Of course, there were also those who were stubborn.

"There's only one year left, what if our lord doesn't come out? We can't all just stay here and die with them?"

Gongsun Yu frowned and looked at the speaker, who was a Middle Stage Earth Divine Realm expert from the Heavenly Bird Dynasty.

"Are you saying you're ready to abandon your lord and run off alone?"

Gongsun Yu sneered, "Don't blame me for not warning you, this is considered betrayal, you'd better dismiss this idea immediately, don't even think about it!"

"Otherwise, if your oath takes effect, you'll be struck by lightning and your body and soul will be destroyed!"

Gongsun Yu's words sent a chill down the spines of the Heavenly Bird Dynasty experts.

Yes, they only thought staying would mean being buried with Shen Lang, so they should've escaped earlier, completely forgetting about the oath issue.

Abandoning the lord and escaping was akin to betrayal, but fortunately, they only had a slight thought about fleeing. Had they really decided to escape, the oath would have certainly taken effect!

Rumble!

Suddenly, a muffled thunder sounded above the sky without any warning, and the Middle Stage Earth Divine Realm expert who made the proposal earlier turned pale.

"I-I was just speaking casually, definitely not intending to betray the lord!"

He no longer dared to entertain any thoughts of fleeing, thinking that staying to await Sun Wukong and the others might still offer salvation, whereas leaving first would ensure death through the oath's fulfillment!

"Damn, tricked by that guy's scheme!"

The experts of the Heavenly Bird Dynasty all cursed silently in their hearts.

Initially, they thought exchanging an oath for a life was a good deal, but now it seemed that wasn't the case at all.

Sun Wukong essentially used the oath to tightly bind their lives with Shen Lang's.

If Shen Lang remains unharmed, then all is well, but if Shen Lang can't come out, they'd have to wait here until the closure of the Desolate Divine Realm and the scattering of the chaotic energy!

This is just too damn frustrating!

But the oath had been made, and having witnessed the consequences of breaking it, they could only force themselves to endure while complaining internally.

Each one of them prayed sincerely in their hearts: "Lord, you must be safe! Please hurry out, or else our little lives are in jeopardy!"

While chaos reigned elsewhere and other regions of the Desolate Divine Realm, Tian Lin finally completed his inheritance.

A long howl, like a tiger's roar or dragon's hiss, caused the entire Qilin Clan Territory to tremor slightly.

The elemental light at the confluence of the nine major regions began to fade, gradually dissipating, and all the power from the previous Era faded with it.

This time, it was a true dissipation, with no possibility of ever being reactivated.

Sun Wukong and the other two opened their eyes, stopping their cultivation.

Late Stage Heavenly Divine Realm!

Not only did Sun Wukong reach the Late Stage Heavenly Divine Realm, but so did Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and Shen Lang.

In fact, the two of them had even surpassed Sun Wukong because they didn't need to allocate the absorbed power to their internal worlds, reaching the peak of the Late Stage Heavenly Divine Realm!

Only a hair's breadth away from breaking through to the Golden Divine Realm!

Moreover, in terms of combat power, whether Sun Wukong, Shen Lang, or Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor, they had far exceeded the limits of the Heavenly Divine Realm.

The effect of merging the power of two Eras with the Heavenly Dao Laws was astonishing.

Now, Sun Wukong and the others were not the least bit inferior to the top experts of the Golden Divine Realm!

"Tian Lin, you sure picked the perfect time to wake up!"

Sun Wukong calculated the time and figured it was about when the Desolate Divine Realm would close.

Tian Lin's completion of the inheritance was perfectly timed!

"Boss, I need to solidify my cultivation and adapt to this inheritance, so I won't accompany you out."

Tian Lin smiled gratefully at Sun Wukong, made a gesture of respect, and turned into a beam of light, entering Sun Wukong's body and into his internal world.

"This guy sure is straightforward!"

Sun Wukong was speechless, having just received the inheritance, yet Tian Lin didn't even stay to discuss the benefits, he just left!

Oh well, there will be plenty of time to ask later.

Now it's indeed time to leave!

Gongsun Yu and the others must be impatiently waiting for us, I bet?

Emerging from the Qilin Clan's territorial space, Sun Wukong and the others found that the airspace restriction of Desolate City had been lifted for them.

However, the teleportation array they imagined would appear to aid their exit didn't materialize.

Seems like Sun Wukong overthought it, they still had to return the way they came!

Oh well, returning the way they came doesn't really matter!

Soaring into the sky, Sun Wukong and the others rode a cloud away from the continent.

Unlike when they arrived, being able to ride a cloud had exponentially increased their speed, allowing them to reach the edge of the continent within just half a month.

The teleportation light gate leading out of this space was still above the floating island in the distance, and Sun Wukong and the others heaved a slight sigh of relief.

They continued to fly towards the teleportation light gate, leaving this special space through it.

Desolate City, like when they entered, showed no changes and didn't seem to have any new visitors.

After leaving Desolate City, Sun Wukong and the others returned straight to the Heaven Breaking Domain.

"I wonder if that darned Cloud Beast is still guarding there?"

Shen Lang rubbed his hands together eagerly, licking his lips.

"What, do you actually hope it's still there creating trouble for us?"

Sun Wukong glanced at Shen Lang, looking quite speechless; couldn't this guy hope for something better?

"Of course I hope so! Don't tell me you don't, Wukong!"

Shen Lang responded decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

"That monster gave us quite a beating before! Now that our strength has increased, we no longer have to fear that Cloud Beast, regaining face along the way wouldn't be a bad idea!"