Erased from the Book of Life and Death

Sun Wukong was just about to be led around in circles when he came back to himself.

"Wait!"

He gave a cold snort, his face full of displeasure.

"Even if I, Old Sun, really only had three hundred-some years of mortal lifespan, I long ago cultivated the immortal Dao, leaped beyond the Three Realms, and no longer dwell within the Five Elements! What right does the Book of Life and Death have to still control me?"

Chen Tian closed the Book of Life and Death, looked at Sun Wukong, and explained in an even tone:

"For ordinary cultivators, once they cultivate the immortal Dao and shed their mortal bodies, their names naturally fade from the Book of Life and Death, or their lifespan is increased and revised."

"But the method you cultivate is rather special. It is a method for evading the dangers of the three calamities."

"This method places emphasis on 'avoidance' and 'concealment,' covering your own heavenly secrets and fate so tightly that not a drop leaks through."

"The Book of Life and Death cannot sense the fundamental leap in your cultivation realm, so naturally it cannot update your lifespan information. It still calculates according to the roots and origins you had at birth."

Chen Tian smiled and did not blame Sun Wukong.

"So, though you have already obtained the Taiyi Dao Fruit, the Book of Life and Death still records your three hundred and forty-two years of mortal monkey lifespan."

After Sun Wukong finished listening, he was at a loss for words for a moment.

When Master Bodhi taught him the Dao of immortality, he did seem to have mentioned something about "evading the three calamities."

Had he only cared about learning the Seventy-two Transformations and Somersault Cloud to show off, and forgotten this part?

After all