Beneath Five Elements Mountain, Sun Wukong took Jiang Liuer as his master and formally set out on the westward road to obtain the scriptures.
The Defy Fate System in his mind filled him with both delight and wariness.
Naturally, he was delighted to have obtained such a powerful cultivation art from the system.
Naturally, he was wary of the system's true purpose.
Yet Xuandu's incarnation had concealed its aura with extreme care. After investigating for some time, Sun Wukong merely took it for some fortuitous opportunity that had fallen from the heavens and did not pursue the matter further.
He secretly circulated the Seven-Turn Profound Origin Art. In merely a few days, he had completed the First Turn. The strength of his physical body surged, and his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils became even sharper.
What a fine cultivation art!
Sun Wukong praised it inwardly, then looked westward, a chill glint flashing through his eyes.
This old Sun wants to see just what those gods and Buddhas are plotting.
He glanced at Jiang Liuer, and that single glance gave Sun Wukong quite a fright.
For he discovered that he could not see through this master of his, who looked like an ordinary mortal at first sight.
However, Sun Wukong did not reveal this. He merely began making plans according to the Journey to the West storyline in his mind.
Master and disciple journeyed westward, soon arriving at Eagle Sorrow Ravine.
According to the Heavenly Dao's original arrangements, Little White Dragon Ao Lie was meant to devour the white horse here, after which Guanyin would subdue him and turn him into a mount.
Yet when Jiang Liuer reached the edge of the ravine, he did not rush to cross the river. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and recited a passage of