Upon hearing the words " Old Ancestor Bodhi," Sun Wukong's pupils constricted sharply, as if his deepest taboo had been touched.
His eyes flashed like lightning as he stared intently at Su Yang, his aura suddenly becoming heavy, and a hint of Killing Intent intent flickered in his gaze.
"This Spiritual Stone Monkey is quite interesting. It only revealed the truth, yet its reaction is so intense."
Empress Houtu, watched coldly, her voice as clear and cold as frost and snow. "If you hadn't spoken first, this monkey would have been annihilated, body and soul. The chaos in the underworld and the bloodshed remain unresolved; I have yet to forget it."
Sun Wukong ignored her taunts, his gaze remaining fixed on Su Yang.
"Explain yourself clearly, what exactly happened?"
His voice lowered, carrying a suppressed tremor, "Why do you know about my master's affairs?"
When they parted ways, Old Ancestor Bodhi strictly forbade him from mentioning the name of his sect, and even more so from revealing the place where he practiced.
Since leaving Mount Fangcun that day, Sun Wukong had thought of his Esteemed Teacher countless times under the moon, but he always kept his mouth shut and never revealed a word to anyone.
But he didn't know that in the eyes of those beings at the very top of the Primordial World, his silence was meaningless.
That so-called secret was nothing more than an old document that had long been laid out before the Tianji Secrets Platform, and no one cared whether it was hidden or not.
" The Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, the Mount Fangcun."
Su Yang slowly uttered these words, his gaze clear, "That was where you learned your skills, do you still remember?"
How could you possibly know?
Sun Wukong's voice suddenly tightened, and his eyes flashed with shock, "These things... This Old Sun, have never told a third person!"
"You know This Old Sun master is called Old Ancestor Bodhi, that's not surprising." Sun Wukong's eyes flashed like lightning as he stared directly at Su Yang. "Back in Heavenly Court, I also met him once. His name is well-known and not a secret."
"But how could you know that I learned my skills at the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars on Mount Fangcun? That place is hidden among the clouds and mist, and even the Tianji are hard to find."
Su Yang's lips curled slightly, his smile frivolous yet unfathomable. "What you can't understand is nothing more than an unfolded scroll in my eyes. In the Primordial World, there is nothing I cannot hide, nor any truth I cannot uncover."
He paused, his voice low but clear. "You are not just one person, Sun Wukong. You are a being watched, a pawn already decided in the hearts of countless powerful beings. Where you were born, under whose tutelage you studied, every step you took was under the watchful eyes of certain people."
Sun Wukong's pupils contracted, and the hair on his body seemed to stand on end slightly.
"You're saying I was framed by someone else?" he said in a low voice, his tone filled with suppressed anger. "You're saying that the Two Sages of the West, Zhunti and Jieyin, have been watching me for a long time?"
"That's right." Su Yang nodded. "They're waiting for you to be born, waiting for you to grow up, waiting for you to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and then waiting for you to be imprisoned under the Five Finger Mountain. Everything is part of the game."
"Why?" Sun Wukong clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with fire. "I'm just a stone monkey, born from a rock, and I've made a name for myself through my own abilities. Why have I become their pawn?"
Su Yang chuckled softly, looking up at the gray sky as if piercing through the long river of time.
"Because you should never have existed," he said. "Your birth was not accidental, but rather someone deliberately turned the Wheel of Destiny. Your background, your aptitude, the magic you have learned—all are too perfect, too perfect to be naturally formed."
"And in the Primordial World, anything that is too perfect always has a hidden force behind it."
Sun Wukong remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, "Then what did you mean when you said that not only do you know my origins, but many Great Divine Ability User in the Three Realms also know them well?"
Su Yang turned his head, his gaze calm as still water. "What I mean is, your story has never been a secret. It's just that you haven't seen it. Like a frog at the bottom of a well, unaware of the ocean, you've always lived behind a thin veil."
"Now, I'm going to lift that veil."
Sun Wukong's breathing became slightly sluggish.
"Listen carefully," Su Yang said slowly, "Several epochs ago, the world was unstable, and the Great Dao was in chaos. The world then was completely different from today."
As he finished speaking, the air seemed to freeze, and time began to flow backward.
Images appeared in the void, like stars illuminating the night sky.
Sun Wukong's eyes widened. He saw that in the Primordial Chaos, before yin and yang were separated, an ancient Daoist temple stood in the void, with six large characters written on its plaque: Mount Fangcun, Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars.
His heart suddenly started racing.
Those memories he once thought belonged to him now seemed like a script that had been written in advance.
"In ancient times, before the Primordial World collapsed, heaven and earth were one and complete. The world then was completely different from today. Back then, the Primordial World had no cracks, and all things were one."
"Do you know that the Primordial World land is now divided into four major realms?"
Su Yang chuckled, his gaze falling on Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong scratched his head and grinned, saying, " This Old Sun, only know that I was born in the Water Curtain Cave of Flower-Fruit Mountain; I know nothing about the outside world."
"In that case, I will tell you the story."
Su Yang found a flat spot, waved his sleeve, and three stone chairs appeared out of thin air. After sitting down, he looked up at the sky and slowly said, "The current Primordial World consists of four regions: Dongsheng Shenzhou, West Western Ox Continent, Nanzhan Buzhou, and North Continent of Julu."
"These Four Continents constitute all the existing landmasses of the Primordial World. As for the scattered immortal islands beyond the four seas, although they are imbued with spiritual energy, they are all occupied by others and do not belong to the Primordial Origin."
He paused slightly, then continued, "Why did the Primordial World split to this state? The root cause lies in a cataclysm that occurred dozens of eons ago."
"In that battle, the heavens collapsed and the earth caved in, countless saints perished, and the Primordial World was shattered. The core object that triggered this catastrophe was called the ' Investiture of the Gods List '."
"This list has little to do with you. What I want to talk about is your very origins."
"Back then, you were not a clever monkey, but merely a Five-Colored Stone, lying quietly on the Shore of the East Sea."
Sun Wukong listened silently, his eyes shining brightly, as if starlight were dancing within them.
He stopped laughing and his expression became focused, as if he were being drawn by a distant memory.
"That era was known as the Investiture of Gods era. Due to the constant infighting among the disciples of the All the Sages, malevolent energy gradually gathered in the world."
"The malevolent energy formed a calamity, which evolved into a great disaster that swept across the Primordial World world, historically known as the ' Investiture of the Gods Calamity '."
After Su Yang finished speaking, he glanced at Sun Wukong. He saw that Sun Wukong's brows were furrowed and his face was full of confusion.
But Su Yang didn't care. He didn't need the other party to understand; he only wanted to reveal the whole truth.
"As the great calamity drew to a close, Sect Master Tongtian, the leader of the Interception Sect and one of the Three Pure Ones, set up the Zhu Xian Sword Formation at Jiepai Pass in the Earthly Immortal Realm Jiepai Pass."
"That formation requires the Four Swords of Zhu Xian be combined with the formation diagram to activate. Once formed, it cannot be broken unless four Saint join forces."
"In the ancient battle, even with the combined efforts of Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Laozi, they were still unable to break through the Zhu Xian Sword Formation set up by Sect Master Tongtian."
"Left with no other choice, Primordial Lord of Heaven had to seek help from outside, personally inviting the Two Sages of the West, Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin. By appealing to karma and personal feelings, he finally persuaded them to lend a hand."
"In that battle, the Four Saints appeared together, causing the heavens and earth to shatter, the Earthly Immortal Realm to tremble endlessly, and the vast Primordial World territory to shake."
" Saint should be detached from worldly affairs, free from desires and strife."
"But in that battle, the holy might ravaged the Three Realms, and the chaotic currents of laws swept Sweeping the Eight Wastelands, almost causing the Primordial World to collapse on the spot. If it weren't for the timely appearance of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
" The Heavenly Dao Power slowly circulated, eventually restoring the shattered world to its original state. Dao Ancestor Hongjun also brought the Sect Master Tongtian back to the Zixiao Palace, confining him there and forbidding him from further involvement in worldly conflicts."
"But the scars left by that battle did not simply disappear. A huge rift was torn open in the Primordial World Heavenly Vault, as if the heavens had opened their broken eyes."
" The Chaos Qi poured in like a tidal wave, eroding all living things. Countless creatures vanished in the chaos, mountains and rivers lost their color, and the earth groaned in despair."
"Just when all living beings were on the verge of despair, a compassionate and powerful being stepped forward."
"She is none other than Empress Nuwa, the Mother of the Human Race."
"She used the remaining Nine Heavens Breathing Soil from the creation of humankind as a foundation, fused it with her own Saint power, and refined it into a curtain that covered the sky."
"They then gathered Five-Colored Divine Stone and repaired the cracks in the heavens inch by inch, finally isolating the chaos from the outside world."
As he finished speaking, Su Yang turned his gaze to Sun Wukong and said calmly, "After Nuwa Mending the Heavens, she left behind a piece of the Five-Colored Divine Stones that she had never used up. It has been lying quietly on Flower-Fruit Mountain in Aolai Country of the Eastern Divine Continent ever since."
"And you were born from that stone."
Sun Wukong's pupils contracted slightly, and a storm of emotions flashed in his eyes.
It turns out that my origins are closely related to the stones left over from Mending the Heavens heavens?
Was that sacred stone, abandoned in the mountains, the very source of my birth?
He stared at Su Yang, his voice low and deep. "You're talking about my background, but what does that have to do with those Saint plotting against me?"
"It's naturally related," Su Yang chuckled. "If there were no past connection, why would I bring up the past?"
"Cause and effect are like threads, each link connected to the next. Do you want to know how the Zhu Xian Sword Formation was ultimately broken?"
Upon hearing Su Yang's question, Sun Wukong was speechless for a moment. After lowering his gaze for a while, he looked up at the other person. "That Saint named Primordial Lord of Heaven suggested seeking help from the West, so he invited Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin," he said slowly.
"That's exactly right."
Su Yang's lips curled slightly, and his tone was calm. " Primordial Lord of Heaven also bore a portion of karma because of this."
"It is precisely because of this causal connection that he had no choice but to assist the Two Sages of the West in promoting the prosperity of the Western World."
"And you are the key figure in their scheme, destined to bring prosperity to the West."
Sun Wukong frowned in thought, still puzzled. What was the connection between his birth and this grand chessboard of heaven and earth?
Su Yang remained calm and continued, " The Spiritual Stone Monkey is one of the four divine monkeys from the Primordial Chaos. The other three are the Red-Tailed Macaque, the Long-Armed Ape, and the Six-Eared Macaque."
"The Six-Eared Macaque is said to be able to hear the voices of heaven, perceive the principles of all things, and know the past and the future. No matter how secret the conversation in the Primordial World, it cannot escape its ears."
"Back then, in the Zixiao Palace, Hongjun was preaching the Dao, and the Six-Eared Macaque were secretly listening. After the Dao Ancestor noticed this, he issued a decree, and from then on, the world had a saying: 'The Dharma is not to be transmitted to Six-Eared Macaque.'"
"As for the Long-Armed Ape, it could grasp the sun and moon, shrink mountains and rivers, predict good and bad fortune, and manipulate the Qiankun. Unfortunately, it perished in the Investiture of the Gods War. Because of its great supernatural powers, its soul was recorded on the Investiture of the Gods List and now serves in the Heavenly Court."
" The Red-Tailed Macaque understands Yin and Yang, is familiar with the laws of humankind, and is adept at seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, as well as prolonging life. This monkey has yet to be seen, seemingly hidden in the cracks between heaven and earth, and even Saint find it difficult to locate."
Su Yang's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Sun Wukong: "You are the fourth Spiritual Stone Monkey."
"You were born from the Sky-Mending Stone, gaining intelligence and a physical form. It seems accidental, but in reality, every step you took was part of a calculated plan."
"Do you still remember why you left Flower-Fruit Mountain and traveled across the ocean to seek immortals and the Dao?"
He gazed at the stone monkey before him, his voice gentle yet unyielding.
Sun Wukong frowned and shook his head, saying, "I only embarked on the path of seeking immortality because I fear the cycle of birth and death. What you're saying seems irrelevant."
That's not the case.
Su Yang smiled gently, "Your journey to seek the Dao was not entirely of your own volition. Behind you, Saint has already laid a web of cause and effect, guiding your steps."