Autumn goes and winter comes, all things rest, and in the blink of an eye, another cycle of time has passed.
The Stone Monkey wandered aimlessly through the mountains and forests, eating wild fruits when it was hungry and drinking spring water when it was thirsty. Occasionally, it would visit the cities where humans gathered, but it would soon be chased and forced to flee in all directions.
Time is slowly passing by, and it has been almost a year since he set foot on the Southern Jambudvipa Continent.
Because of his agility and being a monkey, the Stone Monkey traveled almost all the famous mountains and rivers of the Southern Jambudvipa Continent in just one year.
The more the Stone Monkey traveled, the more deeply the words of the woodcutter from that day resonated in his heart.
This is certainly not a place for those who are different from the norm to seek enlightenment.
During this time, he traveled among famous mountains and rivers, and he did see some Immortal Dao, but the people there would only glance at him and tell him that they had no connection with him.
The Stone Monkey's heart, yearning for enlightenment, was worn down and shattered in such circumstances.
'Could it be that there is truly no place for me in this Southern Jambudvipa Continent?'
The Stone Monkey squatted in a cave in the Yamanaka, its heart filled with sorrow.
'How about we try again in the Western Ox Continent?'
The Stone Monkey took out the Bodhi he had kept close to his body and rubbed it for a while. Its refreshing fragrance gave him a different kind of longing.
Just as he was pondering the problem, he felt a tremor beneath his feet, rocks sliding down, trees overturning, and a massive demonic aura sweeping through from the ground.
Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in the sky, as if something was brewing.
"An earth dragon turning over? No, it's a great demon passing by!"
The Stone Monkey, being somewhat knowledgeable, immediately recognized what was going on.
Although Southern Jambudvipa Continent is said to be the ancestral land of the human race and the demon race is rare, it is not without demons.
Conversely, the demons who can cultivate in the Southern Jambudvipa Continent are either those who have just gained sentience and pose little threat, or they are peerless demons with thousands of years of cultivation to rely on.
Of course, under normal circumstances, these great demons have some relationship with the gods in heaven, and they do not cause trouble in the mortal world. They focus on cultivating in the Yamanaka, and the Heavenly Court turns a blind eye to them.
Now, the great demon surges underground, and thunder and lightning flash in the sky, yet it appears as if it is being chased.
Suddenly, just as the demonic aura was about to disappear from the mountain range where the Stone Monkey resided, the lightning brewing in the sky was also ready to strike.
"Boom!"
A dazzling bolt of divine lightning struck down from the sky, heading straight for the depths of the mountains.
In an instant, earth and rocks flew everywhere, followed by a furious roar of a beast!
"Roar~~~"
A massive figure emerged from the ground. From a distance, its enormous body, resembling a small mountain, was covered in scales and armor, with bloodshot eyes and gray smoke rising from its scales, clearly indicating that it had been severely injured by lightning.
Upon seeing the main figure appear, dozens of golden rays pierced through the clouds in the sky, revealing the figure of the golden-armored divine general.
The leader, with a face as red as a jujube and holding a golden whip, was none other than Heavenly Lord Xin, one of the thirty-six generals of the Thunder Department. Behind him, a group of heavenly soldiers Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, armed with halberds and clad in armor, stood in neat rows, all looking furious.
"By order of the Jade Emperor, slay the pangolin demon who wreaks havoc on the human world! Lord Chuanshan, where do you think you're going?" The divine general's voice was like thunder, and along with his angry rebuke, muffled thunder echoed in the sky.
Why do you insist on holding me back?
"I didn't do it on purpose. I've cultivated for three thousand years, and I'll soon be able to shed my demonic form and stand with you all in the heavens. Please, have mercy on me?"
The great demon named Lord Chuanshan roared to the sky, his eyes bloodshot as he begged the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
"You wicked beast! How dare you plead for mercy! You shattered mountains and split the earth, crushing 37 households and 148 human beings at the Mount Xiaofeng. Not only did you not offer them any salvation or forgiveness, you also devoured their remains and souls, preventing them from being reincarnated in the Underworld!"
Do you think that your actions will go unnoticed? Do you think you can live so freely in this world?
"Do you know that this is a grave sin against the laws of Heaven?!"
With a lash of fury, Heavenly Lord Xin pointed his golden whip and listed the evidence of the Great Demon Chuanshan's crimes one by one.
The more he spoke, the angrier he became, and then he lashed out with his golden whip, striking down from the clouds.
"Today, I, the Divine Lord, will bring you to justice, blast you to pieces with heavenly lightning, and cast your soul into the eighteenth level of the Avici Hell, where you will never be reincarnated!"
A golden light suddenly burst forth from his hand, then transformed into a golden streak in mid-air, lashing out at the enormous Great Demon Chuanshan.
"Don't push me! I didn't mean it!"
Faced with the golden ribbon that was drawn, the Lord Chuanshan gathered all his Magic Power to resist it.
'Smack!'
With a crisp sound, a crack appeared on its prized natal scales.
"It hurts so much!!"
"Damn you, heavenly general! I did it unintentionally, why are you pressing me so hard!"
"Those humans take my fellow human beings, skin them, remove their armor, eat their flesh for medicine, why don't you go and uphold justice?"
"Are we, beings of different races, who have attained enlightenment, therefore inferior to humans?"
With bloodshot eyes, the Lord Chuanshan withstood the blow and then roared to the sky.
Unfortunately, Heavenly Lord Xin had seen many such demonic creatures before, and he sneered inwardly.
"No matter how much you deny it, you are nothing but beasts who cannot control their nature. You suddenly became savage and attacked the human race, and afterwards you pretended to be wronged and unintentional, even using the excuse that humans hunt animals to justify your actions."
"How laughable! I've seen far too many beasts like you!"
"You still use 'family' as an excuse? When have you ever considered those unintelligent beings of your kind as your own?"
These powerful demons that have gained sentience will not tolerate those of the same kind; even their own offspring will be abandoned and treated like ordinary Beast if they lack sentience or the qualifications to cultivate.
When one attains enlightenment, one does not regard one's own kind as one of the same kind; when one suffers, one brings up the principle of natural selection among one's own kind as the cause and effect.
Little did they know that every bite and drink in the Southern Jambudvipa Continent was governed by the laws of Heaven. The hunting of mortals was a matter of natural selection for survival, which was completely different from the harming and cannibalism of people by monsters.
Besides, if humans kill animals without cause and not for survival, the Netherworld Underworld will deal with them later.
To think that one can escape divine punishment with a few sophistry is to truly disregard the authority of these heavenly officials!
"Further words are useless! Take this beating!"
"Fine! Fine! This is going too far! Let's turn the world upside down!"
"You're protecting the human race? I'll teach them a lesson they won't forget!"
Golden light descended from the sky, and the Lord Chuanshan tumbled back into the earth's veins.
Immediately afterwards, the nearby mountains shook violently, and large-scale collapses began to occur. Quake emanated from this place and headed towards the human cities outside, clearly indicating that the Lord Chuanshan intended to destroy the human cities.
"Is this monster planning to emerge from here and wreak havoc on all living beings?"
The Stone Monkey was engrossed in watching the battle between the gods and the demons, which deeply moved him. However, the subsequent earthquake and tremors startled him.
"No, how can I protect myself?"
The earth cracked and mountains collapsed; what could a monkey without any Magic Power do?