503: Chapter 227: Bestowed Marriage_7 503: Chapter 227: Bestowed Marriage_7 Zhenyuan spoke in a grave tone, he was somewhat expectant.
He was very clear about Sun Wukong’s talent, which truly could be described as exceptional.
He became a Celestial Immortal in just three years, and that without taking any elixir.
Such understanding is not something every immortal could possess.
“Big brother, I always feel like you’re tricking me, but I just can’t find any proof,”
Wukong rubbed his nose.
Zhenyuan couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
He glared at Wukong and then spoke in a deep voice, “Actually, there’s something you’re not aware of.
Before Haotian God, Emperor Jun, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi came to power, it has been said that there was such a time when the strength of cultivators in the world was making great leaps, creating a golden age.”
“Then comes endless chaos, right, big brother?
Who is controlling all of this?
Could it be The Three Pure Ones?”
Sun Wukong asked tentatively.
Zhenyuan’s face changed, and he quickly said, “Watch your words!
How can you spout such nonsense, you monkey.”
Seeing his anxious look, Wukong couldn’t help but say, “Big brother, it’s just the two of us here, what’s there to be nervous about?”
Zhenyuan’s expression turned serious as he said in a deep voice, “Some words, once spoken, can be sensed by others.
With The Three Pure Ones, if they will it, they can be omniscient and omnipotent.”
How terrifying.
Wukong couldn’t comprehend such a realm, but from Zhenyuan’s words, he could understand the terror of that realm.
“So, were they the ones behind it or not?”
Wukong continued to ask, deeply concerned about this issue.
If it truly was them pushing this, Wukong would have to adjust his strategy.
After looking deeply at Wukong, Zhenyuan spoke solemnly, “In fact, many great powers have had your doubts, but there has never been any evidence.
Not only that, but The Three Pure Ones have clarified that though the Three Realms were created by Lord Taishang, they really can’t influence the Three Realms; it is the living beings of the Three Realms who are overthinking it.”
Is that really so?
Wukong was somewhat skeptical.
However, since Zhenyuan had said so, Wukong naturally wouldn’t disbelieve it; otherwise, he would be distrusting his own big brother.
“Since that’s the case, I can let go of it.
But now really is a good opportunity.
If I can reach the level of Great Heavenly Venerate, I will have the chance to take revenge on the Jade Emperor,”
Wukong said, a hint of hatred flashing in his eyes.
Zhenyuan glanced at Wukong and said in a deep voice, “Actually, I don’t think you have any grievance with the Jade Emperor.”
At this, Wukong was momentarily stunned.
“What do you mean, big brother?”
“You think that the Jade Emperor calculated against you, making you suffer greatly, but have you ever thought that without the Jade Emperor, where would your abilities come from?”
Without waiting for Wukong to speak, Zhenyuan continued, “Even if the Jade Emperor calculated against you, he did not bring about a lethal disaster for you; instead, it allowed you to be titled Victorious Fighting Buddha at Mount Ling, and even allowed you to grow to the point where you could stand on equal footing with Tathagata in the end.
It was only when Tathagata realized this, he acted to suppress you.
This enmity is between you and Tathagata, unrelated to the Jade Emperor.”
Wukong was slightly taken aback, and couldn’t help but retort, “But the Jade Emperor taught me Divine Skills only as part of his scheme against me.”
“But, in the end, he did teach you skills, and that’s a fact that nobody can change.
If he hadn’t taught you, even if you were a natural-born divine creature, you would have already died of old age,”
Zhenyuan said solemnly.
Wukong fell silent, his dislike for the Jade Emperor making him want to argue.
But Wukong found that what Zhenyuan said was all true, and he simply couldn’t argue against it.
No matter how the Jade Emperor had schemed against him, he had indeed taught him skills.
Moreover, the Jade Emperor had never intended to kill him.
Thinking of this, Wukong reflected on himself.
Why did he hate the Jade Emperor so much?
It wasn’t because Tathagata suppressed him for thousands of years.
Actually, even if Tathagata had suppressed Sun Wukong for thousands of years, he didn’t harbor too much hatred towards Tathagata.
Why then?
He harbored such hatred towards the Jade Emperor.
Grievance, and the vanity of being a strong being.
The grievance arose because he felt that the person he respected the most actually calculated against him, and every step he took was tightly controlled by the other.
The person he respected the most was also the one who calculated against him the deepest.
This contrast filled Sun Wukong with towering resentment towards the Jade Emperor.
There was another reason, which was the vanity of being a strong being.
Subconsciously, Sun Wukong felt he was a strong individual, yet he had been played with like a monkey.
This made him feel humiliated, even furious with shame.
Under the enormous contrast and fury born from humiliation, Sun Wukong’s resentment towards the Jade Emperor naturally followed.
In the end, the schemes of the Jade Emperor against him hadn’t reached the point of provoking such immense hatred from Sun Wukong.
Everything was simply a matter of Sun Wukong’s own inability to find peace.
“Was I wrong?”
After pondering for a moment, Sun Wukong asked such a question.
Zhenyuan slightly smiled and said, “This question, you shouldn’t ask me, but ask your own heart, only then can you know if you were mistaken.”
Asking his own heart, Sun Wukong took a deep breath and questioned his inner self.
After a long pause, Sun Wukong lifted his head and earnestly said, “I was indeed wrong.”
Zhenyuan smiled.
“However, the conflict between me and the Jade Emperor has now become a fight to the death, and it’s not because of a personal issue between him and me.
He wants to allow the ancient gods from beyond to return, while I must protect the people around me and at the same time help Ziwei stabilize the Three Realms.
This conflict between us is irreconcilable, there’s no room for any easing of tensions.”
Sun Wukong spoke in a grave tone.
Zhenyuan laughed loudly and said, “I’m telling you all this, not to make you reconcile with the Jade Emperor, but to tell you not to bind yourself.
You must now stop the Jade Emperor, otherwise, all living beings between heaven and earth will suffer.”
Sun Wukong revealed a smile.
He originally thought Zhenyuan was persuading him to reconcile with the Jade Emperor, not to blame him.
It seems he had underestimated Zhenyuan.
As an ancient power who survived from ancient times, what didn’t Zhenyuan see clearly?
On such a matter, how could he possibly be confused.
The more Sun Wukong talked with Zhenyuan, the lighter his heart felt.
He sighed inwardly, these old fellows who had lived from the Creation to the present, whether it be their vision or knowledge, were incomparable to the later-born living beings.
After the chat with Zhenyuan, Sun Wukong instantly felt much more at ease.
At last, he prepared to take his leave.
Just at this moment, powerful fluctuations transmitted through the void.
A powerful being had arrived, it was two Great Heavenly Venerates, accompanied by three at the level of Heavenly Venerate.
“Ancient gods.”
Sun Wukong said in a deep voice.
The Dao Rhyme about them was very different from that of later-born immortals.
These were five ancient gods, and their strength was quite extraordinary.
They were very strong, directly descending above the Wuzhuang Temple.