The cries of astonishment throughout heaven and earth gradually faded.
Everyone stared unblinkingly at Sun Wukong, their eyes gleaming as they continuously comprehended the Daoist Charm emanating from him...
Compared to Chi You,
Sun Wukong's process of attaining the Dao offered everyone greater inspiration and benefits. Each of them watched as though entranced.
After a long while,
Sun Wukong's aura withdrew.
The phantom of the Chaos Demon Ape behind him, vast enough to blot out the sky, dispersed. The mysterious radiance around Sun Wukong also faded, and his once gleaming golden fur returned to its original appearance, as though he had gone back to the moment he first left Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Even after Sun Wukong opened his eyes,
the Golden Eyes of Truth, capable of seeing through countless illusions and falsehoods, were concealed as well, with only a flash of golden light passing through them...
Yet everyone knew:
This was the Great Dao's utmost simplicity!
The current Sun Wukong was truly worthy of the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and he lived up to the prestige of being the Martial Ancestor's disciple.
The next moment,
Sun Wukong leaped into the air.
He went straight to Wu Tian, bowed deeply before him, and shouted:
"Thank you, Master!"
Compared to before, Sun Wukong's voice had changed greatly. It was no longer weighed down by thoughts and filled with deep, complicated emotions. Instead, he sounded like a genuine little monkey, joyful and excited from the bottom of his heart!
Wu Tian naturally sensed this.
"Mm, no need for such formality!"
"Your attainment of the Dao was not due to me, but to your own fortune. Otherwise, no matter how many opportunities I gave you, it might not have succeeded!"
"Get up..."
He spoke with a smile. Before his words had even fallen,