The Journey West to Retrieve the Scriptures Begins!

Baleful Qi crisscrossed the air, while majestic demonic might surged.

The phantom of the Chaos Demon Ape that had appeared during Sun Wukong's battle with Yang Jian emerged once more. It threw back its head and roared, and endless rays of light flooded toward Sun Wukong.

In the end, the phantom directly merged into Sun Wukong's eyes.

"Boom!"

A thunderous blast shook heaven and earth.

Sun Wukong felt as though he had broken free of some kind of shackle. His Divine Eye of Piercing Delusion had reached an unfathomable realm, allowing him to clearly see the workings of the Law of Battle, as well as the essence of the Heavenly Purple Fire and Samadhi True Fire within the Qiankun Cauldron.

"So this is the most wondrous aspect of the Divine Eye of Piercing Delusion. It can perceive all laws and everything in the world. So long as their cultivation is beneath mine, nothing can hide from Old Sun."

Sun Wukong murmured to himself. At that moment, he saw through this farce.

From the day he was born, he had been a pawn. Now, however, he possessed peak Golden Immortal of Grand Dao cultivation, and with the help of the Qiankun Cauldron and Lord Lao, his Divine Eye of Piercing Delusion had finally reached perfection.

By all reason, Sun Wukong ought to have been grateful to the Heavenly Court and to all these great beings, yet his feelings were complicated, and he could not bring himself to be happy.

"Wukong, are you still not coming out?"

Lord Lao's voice entered Sun Wukong's ears.

The violent Creation Qi and flames within the Qiankun Cauldron became calm. The laws of order that had originally imprisoned and restrained him also vanished. So long as he wished it, he could leave the Qiankun Cauldron with