Chapter Thirty-Eight: Juling Shen's Arrogance

"Heaven-Battling Art."

Deep within his consciousness, Sun Wukong gripped the Golden Cudgel and swung out a strike that shattered worlds.

Before him stood a demonic ape that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

"Boom..."

The Golden Cudgel transformed into a pillar of golden light and crashed down upon the demonic ape.

In an instant, the demonic ape shattered into fragments that rained down across this world.

Outside.

The flow of power within Sun Wukong's body also began circulating according to the Heaven-Battling Art.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

The demonic ape's bloodline merged into Sun Wukong's bloodline. The sound of blood coursing through his veins grew louder and louder, like a surging sea.

Strands of blood-red light rippled out from Sun Wukong's body.

More than that, at a certain moment, the bloodline shackles deep within Sun Wukong's body slowly opened.

That was the bloodline of the Chaos Demon God.

After endless cycles of reincarnation, the demon god bloodline had long since ceased to reveal itself within Sun Wukong's body.

But now, under the influence of the demonic ape bloodline, that trace of demonic ape bloodline deep within Sun Wukong seemed to have been stimulated as well.

Gradually, a colossal giant ape that blotted out the sky and covered the earth stood between heaven and earth.

Fortunately, it was nighttime.

Otherwise, this phenomenon would have been enough to alert many people.

Even so, some of the demons on Flower-Fruit Mountain sensed this terrifying aura and trembled in fear.

This power could easily crush them to death.

That night, all of Flower-Fruit Mountain was eerily quiet.

In the darkness.

Sun Wukong opened his eyes, and bloodthirsty light spilled from them.

"Phew..." Sun Wukong gently exhaled and said, "I've finally fused with the demonic ape bloodline. I can feel that my physical body has become even stronger."

"More importantly, the restrictions that bound my physical body in the past have been removed."

Living beings generally had limits to their cultivation.

Sun Wukong's limit had been the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

But now, Sun Wukong felt that he had broken through that limit.

"I can feel an endless stream of power surging out from within me." Sun Wukong grinned. "Next, I'll break through the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal."

Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

In the current Journey to the West Era, this could be considered a pinnacle level of power.

After all, in an era when Saints did not appear, Quasi-Saints stood at the top of the pyramid, while Grand Unity Golden Immortals were already at the peak.

Becoming a Grand Unity Golden Immortal would mark the beginning of Sun Wukong changing his fate.

"The Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, the Power of Merit..."

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Juling Shen's Arrogance

In the Heavenly Court.

Marshal Tian Peng surveyed the massed Heavenly Soldiers before him, as well as the generals standing at their front.

They included Nezha the Third Prince, Juling Shen, and the Four Heavenly Kings under the command of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

In the past, Marshal Tian Peng would naturally have been filled with joy, and his determination to capture Sun Wukong would have been strong.

But ever since learning of his own fate and the future he might face, Marshal Tian Peng no longer felt that way.

What mattered most to him now was meeting Sun Wukong.

Capturing Sun Wukong was not what Marshal Tian Peng truly wanted to do.

However, regarding this expedition to Flower-Fruit Mountain to capture Sun Wukong, Marshal Tian Peng also felt that their chances were slim.

Marshal Tian Peng had already experienced Sun Wukong's strength before.

As a powerhouse in the same Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, he had to admit that Sun Wukong was stronger than him.

As for Nezha and Juling Shen, Marshal Tian Peng curled his lip. Only Nezha could barely fight him.

As for the other Immortal and God generals, Marshal Tian Peng did not think much of them.

The difference in strength between the two sides was like the distance between heaven and earth.

"Everyone, the Jade Emperor has ordered us to attack Flower-Fruit Mountain and capture the demon Sun Wukong. I imagine you all understand. Now, we're preparing to head for Flower-Fruit Mountain. Move out."

Marshal Tian Peng issued the order to the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

"Yes, Marshal," the Heavenly Soldiers replied in unison.

Marshal Tian Peng's position in the Heavenly Court was no lower than that of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

As for the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King at this moment, he could only rage and seethe alone in his residence.

The news that he had been stripped naked and exposed before those Immortals and Gods had long since spread throughout the Heavenly Court. Many people were secretly discussing Li Jing.

At this time, whenever Li Jing walked along the roads of the Heavenly Court and saw an Immortal, he felt as though that person was discussing him. This made him feel both humiliated and furiously enraged.

He wished he could replace Marshal Tian Peng and become one of those sent to capture Sun Wukong.

But since the Jade Emperor had already issued the order for Tian Peng to lead the Heavenly Soldiers in the attack, there was nothing Li Jing could do. As for asking the Jade Emperor to withdraw the order, Li Jing was not yet foolish enough to court death so blatantly.

All he could do was keep smashing various objects in his residence.

The Immortals and Gods in the residence also noticed that the authority figure they knew had become increasingly irritable, completely unpredictable in his moods.

Meanwhile, seeing the Heavenly Soldiers' response.

Marshal Tian Peng said nothing more. With a wave of his hand, he led the Heavenly Soldiers toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Marshal Tian Peng had already determined the location of Flower-Fruit Mountain long ago.

Above Flower-Fruit Mountain.

The sky, originally filled with white clouds, was suddenly shrouded in multicolored light, as though the white clouds had been torn apart.

One imposing figure after another appeared above the clouds, densely packed together.

These were all the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals led by Marshal Tian Peng.

After setting out from the Heavenly Court, they descended upon Flower-Fruit Mountain in a very short time.

However, because time had been wasted in the Heavenly Court, a period of time had already passed in the mortal world.

The arrival of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals also made the demons of Flower-Fruit Mountain nervous.

Most of the demons knew why these Heavenly Court powerhouses had come to Flower-Fruit Mountain.

After all, Sun Wukong had fled from Flower-Fruit Mountain and had even committed the outrageous offense of believing he could stand as the Jade Emperor's equal, proclaiming himself the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven.

It was only natural for the Heavenly Court to launch a siege this time.

Many demons cautiously peered around, afraid that the Heavenly Court's campaign would affect them.

"Sun Wukong, I am Marshal Tian Peng. By order of the Jade Emperor, I have come to capture you. If you know what's good for you, come out quickly and surrender," Marshal Tian Peng's voice echoed across Flower-Fruit Mountain.

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals behind him remained silent, but the auras emanating from their bodies grew increasingly terrifying.

They understood that an intense battle was about to begin.

After a moment.

Marshal Tian Peng frowned as he looked at the silent Flower-Fruit Mountain. Although capturing Sun Wukong was not his goal, it was unlike Sun Wukong to remain hidden under these circumstances.

Had the Heavenly Court's siege turned Sun Wukong into a turtle hiding in its shell?

Could he have misjudged Sun Wukong?

Could the so-called fate Sun Wukong had mentioned to him before have been nothing but nonsense, merely a joke?

"Sun Wukong, if you still refuse to come out, don't blame me for attacking Flower-Fruit Mountain," Marshal Tian Peng continued.

If they attacked Flower-Fruit Mountain, their target would no longer be Sun Wukong alone. The other demons and the monkeys connected to him would also be caught up in it.

As for whether they would harm the innocent—

To the people of the Heavenly Court, such a concept did not exist.

Demons were beings everyone had the right to kill.

That was the status demons held in the eyes of the mortals and the deities of the Heavenly Court during the Journey to the West Era.

What Marshal Tian Peng had not expected was that even after giving Sun Wukong one last chance to come out, Sun Wukong still did not appear.