Chapter 1 Aftermath

After obtaining the insights of the Changsheng Emperor, Sun Wukong began his closed-door cultivation, while the outside world was in complete chaos.

Yi Zi was born and stepped into the Origin Land, engaging in battles with powerhouses from all sides. Meng Shenji, Hong Xuanji, and many other powerhouses from the Central Great World all appeared in this place.

However, by the time they arrived, there were already transcendent beings overlooking everything. Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and others had become the strongest group in the Origin Land. Even Yi Zi, as the last pawn, could not contend with them.

But this was normal. To deal with Sanzang and the others, even just one of them, was equivalent to fighting against nine Yang God realm experts plus experts who had shattered the vacuum.

And if they were to face them all, they would have to battle thirty or forty Yang God realm experts plus those who had shattered the vacuum. Even the Child of the Epoch had no hope of winning.

Not to mention, he had not yet stepped into the half-step Other Shore realm.

Of course, Sanzang and the others had no intention of being enemies with Hong Yi. Both sides had their own purposes. As long as Hong Yi did not actively seek trouble with them, they would not bother with what Hong Yi was doing.

Rumble—

It was unknown how much time had passed, but suddenly, an astonishing phenomenon erupted in the Origin Land. Rain of light scattered, like Other Shore flowers blooming, incomparably dazzling, illuminating the entire Origin Land, and even shining into the River of Time, illuminating this epoch!

A figure moved slowly, deducing unparalleled great daos. The aura of the Other Shore and the meaning of chaos were hazy. The sky was filled with auspicious clouds, and boundless brilliant light covered the figure, making this place even more mysterious and grand.

"What is that?!"

A group of experts exclaimed in alarm. Hong Yi also looked towards the sky, his mind constantly deducing, but even though he perfectly grasped the *I Ching*, he could not deduce even a trace of information.

"The Other Shore!"

Hong Yi asserted. Even the *I Ching* could not detect a trace. Besides the legendary Other Shore existence, he could not think of any other possibility.

Boom!

Deep within the Origin Land, the滔天光 (tāo tiān zhī guāng - overwhelming light) became even more intense,冲出了 (chōng chū le - rushing out of) the entire Origin Land, illuminating the Great Thousand World, the Central World, and even the endless stars!

Countless people were frightened, looking towards that light.

They saw that the light illuminated the universe. In just an instant, the rain of light scattered, triggering all sorts of phenomena, causing sweet dew to fall from the sky, divine springs to gush from the ground, and even countless golden lotuses to grow in the void. All sorts of phenomena were indescribable, and the entire world was incomparably sacred.

"The Other Shore, he's really about to step into that realm!"

Sanzang stood in a corner of the Origin Land, watching the figure in the light, and muttered to himself. After a moment, he smiled again: "Now there's going to be a good show. If he participates in the Journey to the West again, how will everyone deal with it?"

Boom!

After a brief silence, shocking lightning descended, causing many experts, including the Changsheng Emperor and Hong Yi, to feel horrified, because the lightning was too terrifying. Even though they were infinitely far apart, it still made people palpitate and feel cold.

That was Chaos Lightning, Other Shore Lightning, dense and numerous, submerging a vast piece of land.

Crack!

A bolt of tribulation lightning fell, and in just a moment, that vast piece of land was completely annihilated, ceasing to exist.

"Kill!"

In the void, a domineering and fierce voice rang out. Immediately afterward, the creature shrouded in the Other Shore light soared into the sky, rushing into the thunderous swamp.

There were hundreds of millions of bolts of lightning. In the end, they even evolved into many powerhouses from ancient times, each of whom was at least at the Yang God realm plus the Shattered Void level. They used boundless techniques, wielded vast divine power, and fought fiercely against the golden figure.

This great tribulation lasted for several days, and the scene was as terrifying as it could be, incomparably frightening.

In the end, that figure let out a long roar, like a dragon's cry, shaking the nine heavens. The skull there was extremely dazzling, with countless rain of light, and scenes of flying immortals.

Boundless immortal light surged, and celestial phenomena came together, as if the heavens were congratulating him.

Finally, the endless phenomena slowly receded, leaving only one figure, standing above the nine heavens, overlooking the river of time.

"It's him!"

Hong Yi looked at that figure and was shocked.

"Hong Yi, do you know him?"

Gou Li, the God-King, who was beside Hong Yi, asked.

Hong Yi nodded: "This is the dean of the Heavenly Immortal Academy, and the one who transmitted the *I Ching* to me. He can transcend time, resist cause and effect, and transmit the *I Ching* to me. It's not surprising that he can achieve the Other Shore."

Hong Yi's words stunned Gou Li, the God-King, and the others. The dean of the Heavenly Immortal Academy? Wasn't that the being who spread Confucianism and Taoism in the Great Thousand World many years ago?

"I didn't expect him to be such an extraordinary existence."

While marveling, Chan Yinsha was also a little worried. The dean of the Heavenly Immortal Academy had already reached the Other Shore realm. If he were to attack them, who could resist?

Even Hong Yi would have absolutely no hope.

"No need to worry." Hong Yi said, "This dean should have no malice towards us, otherwise, he wouldn't have transmitted the *I Ching* to me back then."

Everyone thought it made sense, but it was also a kind of self-hypnosis. After all, they could only pray that Sun Wukong had no malice towards them, otherwise, they would have no chance to escape even if they wanted to.

"This is the Other Shore?"

Sun Wukong stood in the void, feeling the changes in himself. Infinite power surged in his body, as if he was about to transform into a universe, evolving countless living beings.

"This feeling..."

Sun Wukong pointed his finger out, and the void instantly broke a hole. The other side was no longer within the scope of this universe, but beyond the界 (jiè - boundary), in an endless sea of chaos, with countless universes floating within.

"That, is the location of the Three Realms?"

Sun Wukong looked in one direction. In the infinite distance, he felt a familiar aura, the original clone he had left in the Three Realms.

"So far away, yet my teacher can send me there in an instant. It seems that there is a big difference in the Other Shore realm as well." Sun Wukong said. Being in the Other Shore realm, everything in this universe was no longer a secret to him.

He could even arrive anywhere in this universe in an instant.

But even so, to reach the Three Realms in the infinitely distant land, even he would have to spend an unknown amount of time, perhaps tens of thousands of years, or millions, or tens of millions of years.

This also made him directly realize the gap between himself and Jiang Xuan's level.

Buzz—

At this moment, a thought rang in his mind. In addition, Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and others also received this thought.

Sun Wukong immediately found the Changsheng Emperor and said to him, "I am about to leave the Three Realms. If you want to leave with me, enter the small world I have created, otherwise, I will not be able to take you away."

"Of course." The Changsheng Emperor nodded, then looked at the Other Shore Bridge: "But what about this Other Shore Bridge?"

"Yi Zi has already arrived. I will leave a force to temporarily suppress it. After that, Yi Zi will naturally handle it." Sun Wukong said. The Other Shore Bridge can be said to have been prepared for Hong Yi, but he is still far from the Other Shore realm. I am afraid that he will not be able to become the Other Shore in this era.

"In that case, please open the gate to the small world, Brother Dao." The Changsheng Emperor was not pretentious. After Sun Wukong opened the small world, he directly entered it.

And Sun Wukong, as he said, left a force to temporarily suppress the Other Shore Bridge, replacing the Changsheng Emperor.

...

Three Realms, five figures suddenly appeared on Fangcun Mountain.

Immediately afterward, boundless sacred power overflowed.

The heavens and the earth roared, and the Three Realms shook. Countless beings looked at the void in disbelief.

"Someone has become a Saint, and there is more than one!"

One powerhouse after another constantly sent messages to their friends. Some ancient quasi-Saints, some of the most mysterious and ancient existences, came out one after another, looking in the direction of Fangcun Mountain, their eyes filled with both disbelief and infinite desire.

"Saint, that is definitely a Saint, and one of the auras is even stronger than the few Saints I have seen." Ancestor Minghe looked in the direction of Fangcun Mountain and muttered to himself. Then, he transformed into a ray of blood and headed towards Fangcun Mountain.

"Has become a Saint, I wonder which fellow Daoist?" The Earth Immortal Ancestor Zhen Yuanzi thought to himself, holding a whisk, and stepped into the void step by step, his direction also towards Fangcun Mountain.

One powerhouse after another, at the moment when the Saints appeared, could no longer remain calm. Even the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court and the Tathagata of the West were filled with desire at this time.

That was a Saint! Throughout countless years, there were only a few. Now, five more have suddenly appeared, one of whom is extremely transcendent. How could they not be moved?

Now, everyone was thinking of going to Fangcun Mountain to see if there was any heaven-defying opportunity.

"Disperse."

On Fangcun Mountain, a ethereal voice came. The Saint phenomenon in the void instantly disappeared, followed by a young man wearing a Daoist robe.

"Teacher!"

Sun Wukong and the others quickly greeted.

"All have become Celestial Immortals, and Wukong has also become a True Immortal. Not bad, not bad." Jiang Xuan looked at the cultivation of the few people and said with a smile.

"Celestial Immortal? True Immortal?"

Sun Wukong and the others were stunned. Isn't this the name of the initial realm after becoming an immortal? How could Jiang Xuan say that they are Celestial Immortals and True Immortals?

"Very puzzled?" Jiang Xuan smiled faintly, not surprised by their expressions at this time.

"Teacher, is the Celestial Immortal and True Immortal you are talking about the same meaning as what we think?" Sanzang thought for a while and asked. Jiang Xuan said this, there must be his reason.

It's just that they don't understand why their Saint Realm and the realm beyond the Saint Realm have become Celestial Immortals and True Immortals in Jiang Xuan's place, unless what Jiang Xuan is saying is not the same system as what they think.

"It can be said to be yes, or it can be said to be no."

Jiang Xuan smiled, then stretched out a hand, the void evolved, and it seemed to form an endless sea of chaos.

Immediately afterward, in this sea of chaos, ancient and powerful gods and demons were born. Each of them had unimaginable power. Even Sun Wukong was uneasy and did not dare to move at all.

"In the Three Realms, there has always been an ancient legend that before the beginning of heaven and earth, it was a sea of chaos, and the masters of this endless chaos were the Three Thousand Chaos Gods and Demons."

While speaking, the sea of chaos in his hand continued to evolve: "Among these gods and demons, a god and demon named Pangu, guided by the Supreme Great Dao, opened up the prehistoric world, but he himself died as a result."

Sun Wukong and the others listened quietly. Although they knew something about this story, they felt it was even more mysterious when they heard it from Jiang Xuan, a mysterious existence.

"After Pangu's death, a Chaos God and Demon who called himself Hongjun created the Immortal Dao, nine realms for mortals, six realms for immortals, and three realms for Saints. Among them, the nine realms for mortals are Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Innate, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Transformation God, Returning Void, Dao Integration, and Tribulation Transcending."

"The six realms of immortals are Celestial Immortal, True Immortal, Xuan Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi, and Great Luo. The three realms of Saints are Heavenly Dao, Great Dao, and Infinite three realms, but because the Heavenly Dao Saint positions are limited, there are also powerhouses who surpass the Great Luo, but they cannot obtain the Heavenly Dao Saint positions and are called Quasi-Saints."

"After the Immortal Dao was created, Hongjun preached the primordial world, imparting the law to many innate great powers. He himself also merged with the Heavenly Dao and took the lead in stepping into the Heavenly Dao Saint position. Later, Taiqing, Yuqing, Shangqing, Nuwa, Houtu, Zhunti, Jieyin and other beings became Saints, and countless beings cultivated the Immortal Dao. Hongjun, as the origin of the Dao, received causal feedback, and therefore went further, transcending the Heavenly Dao and becoming a Great Dao Saint."

Sun Wukong and the others, watching the figure of Hongjun Daozu evolved in Jiang Xuan's hand, seemed to see endless Dao, endless Dharma, as if everything originated from him, with immeasurable divine power.

"Since then, the prehistoric world has become calm, but there are often battles breaking out. It is also for this reason that the great powers will open up a world of calamity after another, deducing the future and avoiding bad luck."

In Jiang Xuan's hand, it changed again, and universes floated in the sea of chaos, constantly evolving past and future.

They even saw Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie...

Every world of calamity has different variables, which is exactly what the great powers of the prehistoric origin world want to deduce.

For them, there are many ways to avoid the established number of calamities, but those variables are different. This is the one that the Heavenly Dao escapes, and even the Heavenly Dao Saints cannot fully deduce it.

Perhaps only Hongjun can do it.

"Your world is one of these worlds of calamity." In the end, the scene in Jiang Xuan's hand turned into the current Three Realms, and the scene of heaven and earth was in his control. "These worlds of calamity are not very strong. Even if there are Saints, they are at most comparable to the Celestial Immortal Realm in the six realms of immortals in the prehistoric origin world. Even if they reach Wukong's realm, they are only in the True Immortal Realm."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong and the others finally understood everything.

"The Prehistoric Origin World?!" The eyes of Sanzang and the others were full of anticipation. If they could go to the prehistoric origin world, they would definitely be able to go further and reach a higher realm.

"Teacher." However, Sun Wukong did not have this kind of mood. Instead, he was very worried and asked, "Does the Prehistoric Origin World also have disciples?"

"Those few do exist, but you don't exist." Jiang Xuan said, which shocked Sun Wukong and quickly asked, "Teacher, why is this?"

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Don't forget that your main body is the strange stone left over from Nuwa mending the sky, but in the prehistoric origin world, Gonggong and Zhurong never fought, and the sky never cracked. Why talk about Nuwa mending the sky? Your main body does exist, but it has been refined into a Wukong Stone Seal."

"Stone Seal..."

Sun Wukong's face darkened, but after thinking about it carefully, it was also true. The great powers in the prehistoric origin world did not know how many worlds of calamity they had opened up, and they had calculated almost all the possible events. Of course, they also knew everything about him, Sun Wukong.

As a strange stone that can be used to mend the sky, there are definitely many beings who want to obtain it. It is understandable to be refined into a treasure.

As for the Journey to the West calamity... I am afraid there will be no chance to open it.