Land of Void Slumber, Demon Ape's Inheritance

The phantom of the Chaos Demon Ape manifested, instantly pulling the consciousness of the four monkeys into a Land of Void Slumber. This was where the Chaos Demon Ape's core inheritance lay.

A beam of golden light shot from the Chaos Demon Ape's eyes, tearing through Chaos as though it would shatter the boundary between reality and illusion.

Then, the Chaos Demon Ape grasped a towering pillar in its hand and demonstrated the Fighting Saint Method. Countless Great Thousand Worlds were instantly annihilated beneath the shadows of its staff.

"This is..."

Wu Zhiqi's gaze was immediately drawn to the figure before him. The cultivation he had always been so proud of seemed like that of a mere child before the Chaos Demon Ape's phantom. The gap between them was like the glow of a firefly beside the bright moon.

Xuan Yin, Sun Wukong, and Yuan Hong also stared unblinkingly at the Chaos Demon Ape's phantom. If they possessed even thirty percent of the Chaos Demon Ape's strength, they could swagger through the Three Realms without fear!

What Celestial Venerables? What Buddhas? Before it, they could be dealt with in a single casual strike!

Every movement of the Chaos Demon Ape accorded with the Profound Mysteries of the Great Dao. The battle intent emanating from its body made the surrounding Land of Void Slumber tremble without end.

The Land of Void Slumber was a mass of Chaos, devoid of any concept of time. In the blink of an eye, the Fighting Saint Method demonstrated by the Chaos Demon Ape's phantom transformed into streams of Dao Comprehension that merged into the primordial spirits of the four monkeys.

Wu Zhiqi had the highest cultivation and was the first to glimpse its mysteries. With a thought, his consciousness followed the Chaos Demon Ape's phantom in evolving the Great Dao.

Xuan Yin was second!

However, though he had become a Six-Eared Macaque, his essence was still that of a Human Race member created by Nuwa. The Chaos Demon Ape's inheritance did not suit him well, and there were always obscure points when he practiced it.

"This..."

Xuan Yin could not help but frown. Though the Dao bodies of the Innate Human Race and the Four Mixed Monkeys were extremely similar, they were ultimately still different.

He could learn the Chaos Demon Ape's methods, but their compatibility was extremely low.

Suddenly, his Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit began operating on its own. It absorbed the Dao resonance of the Land of Void Slumber, unraveling it thread by thread as it unexpectedly began to evolve a method suited to him.

"As expected of a method jointly created by three Sages. It actually possesses such mysteries!"

He had always believed that he had grasped the mysteries of the Path of Heavenly Immortals, but now it seemed that he had only comprehended its surface.

[The Fighting Character Secret]

Who knew how much time had passed? The Dao resonance of the Land of Void Slumber directly formed a Chaos Red Script in his sea of consciousness, radiating endless mystic light!

This Chaos Red Script belonged neither to the innate nor the acquired. It had condensed from the Great Dao itself and contained the Chaos Demon Ape's comprehension of the Great Dao of Battle.

Once activated, it could increase either divine abilities or Magic Power tenfold in an instant.

Xuan Yin suddenly understood. "In later generations, there is said to be a Daoist Nine Secrets. Could this Fighting Character Secret have been evolved from the Chaos Demon Ape's Great Dao?"

Chaos Demon Gods and Innate Divine Beings were themselves part of the Great Dao. Their Dao bodies contained the mysteries of a particular Great Dao.

In truth, many of the Mystic Gate's divine abilities had not been created from nothing. Rather, the three Sages had created them based on the Innate Divine Abilities of certain Innate Divine Beings.

Duobao Daoist had told him as much.

For instance, the divine ability Spinning Creation, first among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars, had been deduced by the three Sages after observing Empress Nuwa create the Human Race.

The divine ability Foreknowledge of the Future came from Bai Ze, the Demon Court's current Demon Minister!

And the divine ability Soaring Golden Light had, to a certain extent, been based on the Golden Crow Transforming into a Rainbow technique of the two Demon Emperors—the Great Sun Golden Crow clan!

Though these divine abilities were somewhat weaker than their originals, they allowed beings without Innate Dao Bodies or specific bloodlines to learn them.

Their merit was immeasurable!

Sun Wukong and Yuan Hong had also entered a state of Dao comprehension. The former in particular, aided by the peaches, directly broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal of Primordial Unity Qi. His once unstable foundation was instantly stabilized as well.

As Sun Wukong broke through, it immediately triggered changes in the Land of Void Slumber. The Chaos Demon Ape's phantom directly swung its towering pillar and charged toward them.

"Is this a trial?"

Wu Zhiqi charged forward at once, but after only a few dozen exchanges, he was blasted away. Xuan Yin, Sun Wukong, and Yuan Hong soon suffered the same fate.

"Again!"

Yet none of them felt the slightest urge to retreat. The Chaos Demon Ape's phantom had still held back, limiting its strength to roughly their own level.

Wu Zhiqi was a Great Luo, so he naturally received special attention. As for Xuan Yin and the others, under the phantom's tempering, the power of their primordial spirits grew increasingly surging.

Furthermore, during their exchanges with the Chaos Demon Ape's phantom, the Chaos Demon Ape bloodline within them also began gradually awakening.

Their Dao bodies became stronger, their primordial spirits tougher, their foundations deeper, and their Magic Power more abundant. Their Innate Divine Abilities also began constantly transforming.

Xuan Yin could feel that his ability to hear all things had increased by at least tenfold, while his eyes were gradually evolving the ability to see through illusions.

After an unknown length of time, Xuan Yin felt that he could progress no further unless he broke through his current realm. Sun Wukong and Yuan Hong felt the same.

Wu Zhiqi, meanwhile, had gained enormously and had already touched upon the threshold beyond Great Luo!

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the Chaos Demon Ape's phantom slowly dissipated. The Land of Void Slumber also collapsed amid the great battle between the four monkeys and the Chaos Demon Ape.

The consciousness of the four monkeys returned to their respective bodies, and they found themselves back in the Heavenly Court's Peach Garden.

"What a pity!"

A trace of regret appeared on Wu Zhiqi's face. If he had been given a little more time, he might have been able to break through his current realm.

But with the collapse of the Land of Void Slumber, they could no longer enter that state!

Xuan Yin, however, came up with a bold idea. "Perhaps we can send out our primordial spirits, exchange bodies, and use our own primordial spirits to uncover the mysteries hidden within each other's bloodlines!"

Though the innate origins of the four monkeys all came from the Chaos Demon Ape, their Innate Divine Abilities had become entirely different under the wondrous workings of creation.

Xuan Yin's All Things Understood, Wu Zhiqi's Avoids Death and Extends Life, Yuan Hong's Manipulating Heaven and Earth, as well as Sun Wukong's Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations and power of transformation... all were new changes produced by the Chaos Demon Ape's Great Dao in different environments within this world. They truly were the wonders of creation!

Though his eyes now possessed some ability to pierce illusion, they had not yet become Golden Eyes of Piercing Delusion, nor could they completely see the truth of this world.

The same was true for Wu Zhiqi and the others.

Sun Wukong even frowned. "Why does this old Sun feel that the world before us is somewhat fake?"

"So do I!"

Yuan Hong immediately nodded.

Xuan Yin was very pleased. Once Sun Wukong began to doubt this world, he had already gained the foundation to break free of Heaven's Will and escape this realm.

"Because this world was false from the start. If I am not mistaken, we are currently inside some Sage's Great Luo Heavens!"

Seeing Sun Wukong and the others begin to doubt the world, Xuan Yin immediately explained to Sun Wukong and Wu Zhiqi everything he had discussed with Zhen Yuanzi.

"The ages of time and space are but a single painted scroll. If one does not escape this realm, one will ultimately find it difficult to evade the shackles of Heaven's Will!"

Xuan Yin spoke with great conviction. "The Chaos Demon Ape's inheritance allows us to glimpse reality, giving us the foundation to cast off the restraints of Heaven's Will!"

Wu Zhiqi could not help frowning. "Second Brother, how do you know such secrets?"

Naturally, Xuan Yin would not tell them the truth. He merely pointed at his ears and smiled. "Could it be that Eldest Brother has forgotten my Innate Divine Ability?"

Looking at the Peach Garden's mess-covered ground, Yuan Hong gave a bitter smile. "We stole and ate the peaches. I fear we will not escape the Heavenly Court's reckoning."

"What should we do?"