Zhe Xingsun
Western Paradise, the Buddhist Temple.
The endless Brahma land seems to forever shimmer with compassionate golden light, illuminating all beings.
In the Brahma Land, in a certain Secret Realm, there stands a colossal mountain.
The mountains resemble five fingers, as if they contain boundless secret power.
From afar, atop the highest peak of Wuzhi Mountain, six large Brahma Gate characters shimmer with countless golden rays:
Om Mani Padme Hum!
This is the renowned Five Elements Mountain of the Brahma Gate.
The area surrounding Five Elements Mountain is desolate.
Beneath the Five Elements Mountain, however, lay a monkey.
The monkey's body was buried under the mountain, with only its head and two arms exposed. It looked as if it had been there for countless years, its fur growing wildly, and fallen leaves fluttering down its head.
"The peaches before the mountain have ripened thousands of times... Thousands of years have passed, why hasn't Master come yet...?"
The monkey scratched its face, seemingly impatient.
A chilly wind blew by, and the monkey sighed deeply, whispering:
"I Zhe Xingsun... am ultimately just an imitator. The story is over. Perhaps, no bald man will come to save me..."
There seemed to be a deep sense of loss in its monkey eyes.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, all six ears appeared instantly, and it looked ahead.
"Old man Brahma Ancestor, have you come to bring food and drink to your Zhe Xingsun?"
The monkey spoke.
As his voice faded, a lotus platform suddenly appeared in the space in front of him.
Twelve-petal Golden Lotus Platform, Sacred and Supreme.
Brahma Ancestor sat cross-legged on the platform, compassionate and solemn, radiating Brahma light, as if he were the savior of all ages.
On either side of Brahma Ancestor stood two small, bald-headed boys, each holding a jade bottle.
--During the years when Zhe Xingsun was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, every five hundred years, the Buddhist temple would send people to deliver molten copper and molten iron for Zhe Xingsun to consume.
Those molten copper and iron could prolong the life of Zhe Xingsun.
Of course, it is also constantly weakening and harming Zhe Xingsun's body.
Brahma Ancestor glanced calmly at the monkeys below the mountain and said:
Should I call you Zhe Xingsun, or Lu Shoushi?
Lu Shoushi was the monkey's real name, while Zhe Xingsun was a name he adopted later.
The Zhe Xingsun:
You can call him Grandpa.
Brahma Ancestor's expression remained indifferent, calm and unchanging, as he said indifferently:
"After being suppressed for so many years, drinking molten copper and iron, it seems your temper hasn't changed at all."
The Zhe Xingsun:
"Old man Brahma Ancestor, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me what kind of conspiracy you have this time!"
Brahma Ancestor sighed softly and said:
"Monkey, Brahma Gate, I wish to guide you to become Buddha."
"Your talent is truly exceptional; I greatly admire your abilities..."
"As long as you sincerely take refuge in me, I will grant you unparalleled fortuitous opportunity, not only freeing you from the oppression of the Five Elements Mountain, but also guiding you across the Emperor Pass. What do you say?"
His face was filled with solemn compassion, and his words were imbued with an intolerant authority.
But Zhe Xingsun burst into laughter, his voice so loud it shook the leaves all over the mountain.
"Brahma Venerable, stop feigning compassion. Do you really think that my eyes cannot see the countless drops of blood on your twelve-petaled lotus platform?"
"You deserve to be boiled in oil, even more than those evil spirits of the Dead Land!"
Zhe Xingsun's sarcasm was extreme.
Upon hearing this, Brahma Ancestor seemed filled with disappointment. He sighed softly, remained silent, and stared at the Six-eared Macaque for a long time before suddenly saying:
"The Six-Eared Macaque Race has a distinguished history."
"During the High Antiquity era of Era of Calamity, the divine monkey, one of the Ten Spirits, was tainted by a strange gray mist and turned into a stone statue..."
He said, word by word:
"As far as I know, that stone statue is guarded by the Six-Eared Macaque Race... and you are the 7,213th generation guardian, right?"
Upon hearing this, a glint of cunning flashed in the eyes of the monkeys Five Elements Mountain!
It looked at Brahma Ancestor and sneered:
How did you know that?!
At this moment, Zhe Xingsun seemed to be trembling.
Because of anger, because I remembered a past event.
--The Six-Eared Macaque Race, born between heaven and earth, has had an extremely important task since ancient times: to guard a stone statue.
That is... a stone statue of a heaven-defying divine monkey, one of the Ten Spirits from the High Antiquity Era of Calamity!
According to the ancestral teachings passed down by the elders of the Six-Eared Macaque Race, the divine monkey once used its Law Power to gaze down into the past and said that it would one day return to fight against all the heavens again.
The Six-Eared Macaque Race have always guarded the stone statue of the divine monkey, waiting for that day to arrive.
This is a secret.
A secret known only to the Six-Eared Macaque Race.
However, ten thousand years ago, the Six-Eared Macaque Race suffered a catastrophe!
An extremely powerful being trampled through the ancestral temple of the Six-Eared Six-Eared Macaque Race and headed straight for their secret location, intending to seize the stone statue.
In that battle, the Six-Eared Macaque Race lost Venerable, and the entire clan was almost completely crushed and on the verge of extinction...
At that time, it was Zhe Xingsun... who suppressed that calamity and annihilated that powerful being through some unspeakable method.
However, when Zhe Xingsun annihilated that being, he discovered that the powerful being was actually just an avatar...
In that battle, the Six-Eared Macaque Race suffered heavy casualties; Zhe Xingsun's own daughters sacrificed their lives...
After that battle, Zhe Xingsun rose against all odds, becoming the most dazzling existence in the history of the Demon Realm. Before even becoming an emperor, he was already invincible and created those earth-shattering events.
They established Flower Fruit Mountain, forged the East Sea's Sea Calming Divine Needle into an iron rod, shattered the Lingxiao, and made the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Divine Realm tremble...
All of this began with the catastrophe caused by the Six-eared Macaque.
Only Zhe Xingsun himself knew that the reason he fought across the heavens was not just to imitate the story he had heard, but also to find that enemy.
That enemy who severely damaged the Six-Eared Macaque Race and even caused him to lose his daughter.
He could never forget that mysterious being, enveloped in divine light, who stepped over the bodies of his people...
He even instigated the Demon God War, all for the sake of revenge!
Because the aura of that enemy came from the Imperial Court, and the Divine Ability he displayed were also Divine Ability of the Imperial Court.
However, in the Demon God War, he was defeated and suppressed by Brahma Ancestor under the Five Elements Mountain...
Zhe Xingsun had always believed that the powerful figure who had slaughtered countless people from the Six-eared Macaque in the past came from the Imperial Court.
But now...
The Brahma Venerable actually knew the secrets of the Six-Eared Macaque Race?!
A storm raged in Zhe Xingsun's heart, and his doubts were incredibly strong.
Only those who know the secrets of the Six-Eared Macaque Race's most closely guarded territory... could have orchestrated that massacre of yesteryear.
At that moment, Brahma Ancestor smiled.
"Yellow smoke rises, beacon fires cease; reincarnation emerges, demon realms vanish... We will rise again, and fight across the heavens!"
Brahma Ancestor spoke slowly, saying:
"These are the last words left by that divine monkey."
"Do you know that its last words have now come true?"
"Just a few days ago, the cycle of reincarnation resumed, and now there are no more ghosts in the Ghost Realm."
Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun was even more startled, his pupils shrinking.
Has reincarnation begun again?
Could it be... that in this era, the Six-Eared Macaque Race will finally be able to wait for the return of the divine monkey?
At the same time, the doubts in Zhe Xingsun's heart grew stronger. He raised his eyes, stared at Brahma Ancestor, and shouted:
"You old bald monk, were you the one who attacked our clan's secret territory and caused endless slaughter back then?"
Its voice was ferocious, filled with rage.
Brahma Ancestor... knows too much, which aroused Zhe Xingsun's suspicion.
Brahma Ancestor sighed slightly and said:
"I am very sorry for what happened back then."
"Sorry I didn't kill you; instead, I let you rise against the odds..."
He made no attempt to hide his true feelings, looking Zhe Xingsun, and said:
"To this day, I am still very curious: how exactly did you destroy one of my avatars back then?"
He... admitted it!
At this moment, Zhe Xingsun's eyes were filled with raging fury. Its steel teeth were almost crushed, and its veins bulged out all over its body as it struggled violently, almost as if it wanted to come out from under the Five Elements Mountain!
"It was you... it was you!"
"You old bastard Brahma Ancestor, I, Lu Shoushi, will not rest until I have killed you a thousand times over!!"
The entire Five Elements Mountain swayed as Zhe Xingsun struggled.
However, Brahma Ancestor simply raised his hand calmly.
On the Five Elements Mountain, the six large characters emitted rays of Brahma light.
Om Mani Padme Hum!
Despite his burning rage, Zhe Xingsun could only suppress it at this moment.
Its mouth was covered in blood, and its eyes burned with intense rage and hatred.
Brahma Ancestor sighed softly and said, "I never intended for you to know this secret."
"It's a pity that I missed my chance to enter the cycle of reincarnation... That stone statue of the divine monkey is my only opportunity."
He looked at Zhe Xingsun and said:
"Tell me, where did you Ksitigarbha after that battle?"
"Tell me, and I'll give you a chance, a chance to fight me. How about it?"
"Didn't you want to kill me? Did you want revenge?"
"A secret in exchange for a chance to kill me—that's fair."
His words were indifferent.
Zhe Xingsun's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth, eager for a fight!
But it took a deep breath and said:
"Old man Brahma Ancestor, I Zhe Xingsun, will not fall for your tricks again."
"Years ago, you impersonated a powerful figure from the God Court, inciting me to launch a war against the Divine Realm, and in the end, you reaped the benefits... This time, you won't get away with it!"
"A top-secret location... you'll never know where it is!"
Upon hearing this, Brahma Ancestor couldn't help but feel a little regretful, and said:
Really?
"Don't you even care about your daughter?"
He snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, an ice coffin appeared in the room.
Inside the ice coffin was a young girl.
She wore a long golden dress, her features were delicate and beautiful, and her six crystal-clear ears were small and cute.
The girl appeared to be fast asleep, her eyes closed, her hands folded over her chest, and there seemed to be a bloodstain on her right wrist that had not yet dried.
Upon seeing this young girl... Zhe Xingsun was immediately stunned.
Its eyes were filled with shock, anger, and indignation!
"My daughter's corpse... Brahma Ancestor, you despicable and shameless bastard!"
Zhe Xingsun roared, trembling.
During the war, his daughter died, but he used his Law Power to preserve her body because he always believed that her life force was not completely extinguished and that she would wake up one day!
His daughter... she was clearly protected by some of the strongest Venerable in the clan, so why did she fall into the hands of the Brahma Court?
Seeing Zhe Xingsun's anger, Brahma Ancestor smiled with satisfaction.
"Tell me, where is the Six-Eared Macaque Race's most secret location?"
Where is that stone statue of the divine monkey?
"Otherwise, I will let countless animals in the world feast on your daughter's body right before your eyes..."
"Don't forget, her body isn't dead yet; she still has a chance to live."
Brahma Ancestor's face was filled with anticipation as he said:
"Such a beautiful carcass, used for the enjoyment of the world's filthy and foul-smelling livestock... isn't that a waste?"
Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun seemed to tremble all over.
He looked at the girl in the coffin, tears streaming down his face, his teeth clenched in fury!
And at this moment.
The Forty-Ninth Star Domain.
Ao Wushuang led several Venerable forward.
Ahead lies the Great Ruin Realm.
Cold sweat broke out on Ao Wushuang's face!
Are we going to see that eerie Small Mountain Village again, and those eerie people again...?
"Ao Wushuang... don't be afraid, everything should be alright this time."
Lu Cailing seemed to sense Ao Wushuang's nervousness and couldn't help but gently pull his hand.
Ao Wushuang looked down and noticed a deep red line of blood on Lu Cailing's right wrist...