Above the vast sea of the Western Ox Continent, the Lingxuan Dao Palace lay hidden.
"Even with Master's great power, he still studies tirelessly."
"How could Old Sun slack off, then?"
Sun Wukong immediately sat cross-legged, sinking his mind into the sea of Divine Sense and communing with heaven and earth. Countless streams of spiritual energy surged into every part of his body!
As expected, the Primordial Nine Heavens perfectly suited his innate bloodline!
He surged forward, unstoppable and without the slightest resistance!
"Primordial First Heaven, open!"
Sun Wukong reached the Human Immortal realm, shedding his mortal roots and undergoing a complete transformation!
"Primordial Second Heaven, open!"
Sun Wukong reached the Earth Immortal realm. At this level, one could commune with the earth's ley lines, gather terrestrial essence, and enjoy a vastly extended lifespan of a hundred thousand years!
"Primordial Third Heaven, open!"
Sun Wukong reached the Heavenly Immortal realm. At this level, one could connect with heaven and earth, forge an immortal body, and live for more than three hundred thousand years.
"Primordial Fourth Heaven, open!"
Sun Wukong reached the Profound Immortal realm. At this level, one's youth never faded, and one could live for more than a million years!
"Primordial Fifth Heaven, open!"
Sun Wukong stepped into the Golden Immortal realm. At this level, one truly achieved agelessness, escaping the Three Realms and no longer belonging to the Five Elements. But there was still a way to go before true immortality and indestructibility!
"Primordial Sixth Heaven, open!"
Sun Wukong charged straight into the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. At this level, one shared the lifespan of heaven and earth, was deathless and indestructible, and could roam freely.
After entering the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Sun Wukong's cultivation slowed down.
"Yeah! Old Sun is a Grand Unity Golden Immortal now!"
"At this level, I'm ageless and deathless, with the same lifespan as heaven and earth, right?"
Feeling the surging power within him, Sun Wukong was filled with boundless pride.
"So this is what power feels like?"
"This is amazing! I feel like I could punch a hole through the sky!"
Sun Wukong was so excited that he was about to boast to his master, but saw Zhou Xuan still lounging in his rocking chair and reading. The book's title had changed, and it was even longer!
<My Arrogant Female Boss Always Looked Down Her Nose at Everyone. Then I Got Promoted to Her Superior. To Get Even, I Called Her into My Office and Unleashed Years of Pent-Up Anger...>
Sun Wukong counted on his fingers!
A whole forty-two characters!!!
"Damn. Master is so diligent!"
"And here I am, a mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal, already getting cocky?"
"I've truly failed to live up to Master's teachings!"
"I'm so arrogant and ignorant. What if Master kicks me out of the sect?"
"Besides, Master said that even though Grand Unity Golden Immortals share the lifespan of heaven and earth, they can still die."
"When the calamity comes, even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal will be helpless as a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others."
"Only by cultivating to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm can one gain even a little ability to protect oneself!"
At that thought, Sun Wukong suddenly broke into a cold sweat!
He slapped his own monkey face!
"Wukong, Wukong, how can you be so lazy?"
"I have to keep working hard!!!"
He put aside his pride, sat cross-legged, and continued cultivating.
Meanwhile, system notifications kept sounding in Zhou Xuan's mind.
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Human Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the second stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal (Saint) realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Earth Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the third stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Heavenly Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the fourth stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Profound Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the fifth stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Golden Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the sixth stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the seventh stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Mid Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the eighth stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has entered the Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has entered the ninth stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
[Ding, Sun Wukong has reached the Peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.] [Ten Billion Times Share: The host has reached Great Perfection in the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.]
"Ah!!!!"
"This feels so good! I reached Saint Great Perfection just by reading!"
"My power should be only a tiny bit weaker than Hongjun's now!"
Zhou Xuan yawned, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Sun Wukong, who was still cultivating diligently in the distance. He felt thoroughly pleased.
"Not bad, not bad. Monkey, you have to cultivate hard. Your master is desperate to improve!!!"
At that moment, Zhou Xuan felt a little tired, so he lay back in his rocking chair and began to doze.
As he fell asleep, the sky instantly darkened.
The sun sank behind the mountains!
The moon hung high among the branches!
A gentle breeze stirred!
The spirit birds fell silent!
The immortal beasts stayed hidden!
In an instant, all was quiet!
Zhou Xuan slept on, and no one knew how many years passed.
Sun Wukong, meanwhile, focused on his cultivation. Then, one day, he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted:
"Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, Five Energies Returning to the Origin!"
"Grand Unity Golden Immortal, achieved!!!"
With that mighty shout, Sun Wukong naturally entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
But this was only the beginning!
At that moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged wildly!
Three white flowers appeared above Sun Wukong's head. Then the Three Flowers United, forming an enormous golden lotus!
After entering the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Sun Wukong had to bloom the Three Flowers atop his head.
Only by uniting the Three Flowers, reaching a flower grade, and comprehending the mysteries of the laws could one truly become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Otherwise, one was merely a Pseudo Grand Unity.
All one had was the title of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Take Li Jing, the Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Army, for example. Though he had the cultivation of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he had reached it by relying on pills!
Forget uniting the Three Flowers and comprehending the profound laws!
He couldn't even make the Three Flowers atop his head bloom!
In a real fight, he wouldn't even have the strength of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Boom!!!
Sun Wukong activated his cultivation method, and the golden lotus above his head began spinning furiously!
In an instant, endless spiritual energy from heaven and earth rushed into the golden lotus like a tornado!
Then, petal by petal, it unfurled!
One lotus leaf bloomed: Flower Blooms First Grade!
Two lotus leaves bloomed: Flower Blooms Second Grade!
Three... Flower Blooms Third Grade!
Four... Flower Blooms Fourth Grade!
Five... Flower Blooms Fifth Grade!
Six... Flower Blooms Sixth Grade!
Seven... Flower Blooms Seventh Grade!
Eight... Flower Blooms Eighth Grade!
Nine... Flower Blooms Ninth Grade!
Sun Wukong surged all the way forward. The Three Flowers United, and the flower bloomed to the ninth grade!
Once the Flower of Great Luo bloomed, Sun Wukong could commune with the Chaos Profound Meaning, comprehend Great Dao Runes, and grasp the power of laws.
If anyone else had witnessed this, they would have been so shocked their jaws would have dropped!
Sun Wukong had united the Three Flowers and reached the ninth grade—a remarkable feat even across the Primordial World!
The higher the flower grade, the greater one's innate bloodline and comprehension, and the stronger the laws one could comprehend.
Back in the day, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had enjoyed extraordinary advantages and relied on the Jade Disk of Creation, yet his flower had bloomed only to the eleventh grade!
The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa had each reached the ninth grade!
The Two Sages of the West, Jieyin and Zhunti, had only reached the seventh grade!
And they already stood among the most talented beings in the Primordial World!
In fact, apart from those few Saints, no one else had reached the fifth grade or higher!
Yet Sun Wukong had gone straight to the ninth grade, matching the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa!
How could anyone not be astonished?
After who knew how many more years, Sun Wukong slowly opened his eyes, his monkey face full of excitement and delight!
"Old Sun didn't just reach the ninth grade!"
"I even comprehended two kinds of laws: the Law of Space and the Law of Transformation!"
"Old Sun really is a genius among geniuses!"
One had to be a genius among ten thousand just to enter the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
As for ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortals, forget comprehending two kinds of laws—even grasping one meant that becoming a Quasi-Saint and dominating the Primordial Wilderness was practically assured.
And Sun Wukong had comprehended two kinds of laws at once. How could he not feel proud?
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