Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

The space around suddenly tightened, and amid a faint crackling sound, collapsed towards the center where Sun Wukong was precisely standing. The violent forces of spatial tearing acted upon his body, giving him the sensation that his muscles were about to split.

"Shrinking Earth into Inches!"

Sun Wukong was startled. This was the Law's Wondrous Technique of spatial collapse. The Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations white cloud smoke might be useless, as the transformation into cloud smoke could be absorbed into the spatial black hole, which would be terrible.

Therefore, he activated his Innate Divine Ability, the "Shrinking Earth into Inches," and flashed out of the collapsing space in an instant.

Just as Sun Wukong escaped the collapsing space, the area three yards around where he had been standing collapsed entirely, turning into a black hole. Then, it gradually recovered as the space repaired itself.

Sun Wukong couldn't help but inwardly exclaim how close that had been—if he had been even a moment slower, he might have been pulled into the black hole, and who knows what would have happened then!

This Cultivation Heavenly Venerable had actually mastered the Space Law. Indeed, he was a standout among the Kunlun Twelve Golden Immortals. Although he did not appear frequently in the Divine Enthronement War, Sun Wukong did not dare underestimate him from the start.

A figure capable of mentoring Wei Hua, also known as Weituo Bodhisattva, and deemed vital by Primordial Heavenly Venerable to enter the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and retrieve the Sword of Annihilation, was at least among the top three in strength among the Twelve Golden Immortals.

So many years had passed, and although the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable had not advanced to the Quasi-Saint Realm, his possession of the Sword of Annihilation and mastery of the Space Law meant his power definitely surpassed that of the typical masters in the Quasi-Saint Realm. He was very difficult to deal with indeed!

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable also frowned—Sun Wukong was actually able to execute the "Shrinking Earth into Inches" Divine Skills!

Although "Shrinking Earth into Inches" was not an Innate Divine Ability, it was not something anyone could understand. A certain comprehension of the Space Law was required to achieve it. Even the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable had only just begun to comprehend the Space Law and could not yet boast a high level of achievement.

Sun Wukong, a mere Taiyi Golden Immortal, had already begun to grasp the Space Law!

The monster!

Absolute monster!

A chill like never before flashed in the eyes of the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable. Such a demon, if allowed to continue growing unchecked, might become impossible to contend with in the future. He must be eradicated now!

"Absolute Immortal Sword Light Shadowless Slash!"

Once again, the sword in his hand emitted a brilliant sword light, similar to the attack that had suppressed Ying Long and Ying Tian, all the sword energies were formless and traceless, without even a ripple in space. If it slashed someone, they wouldn't even know how they got hit.

Although Sun Wukong had cultivated the Vajra Indestructible Body, his physical strength still fell short compared to Ying Long and Ying Tian's Divine Dragon True Form. If he were struck by this shadowless sword Qi, he would likely end up severely injured.

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable launched this attack with a cruel, triumphant gleam in his eyes, waiting to see Sun Wukong splattered with blood from being sliced by the sword Qi.

"Shadowless Sword Qi, is it?"

Yet Sun Wukong was not flustered, his lips curled into a cold smile. What others saw as formless and traceless sword Qi—entirely without trajectory—was clear and evident under his Void-Breaking Divine Eye. Sun Wukong saw it clearly; the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's attack consisted of forty-nine streaks of sword Qi arranged in a nine palace grid, targeting his vital points from head to toe.

If he were hit, it wouldn't just result in bleeding like Ying Long and Ying Tian—it'd likely leave scarce a good piece of flesh on him.

"Heaven-Breaking, Thirty-Six Sticks!"

With a low roar, Sun Wukong moved, his Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod suddenly striking out thirty-six stick shadows, colliding with the thirty-six sword energies. The remaining thirteen sword energies were hit by the resulting shockwaves and struck each other—not one managed to cut Sun Wukong.

After executing the "Heaven-Breaking Thirty-Six Sticks," Sun Wukong did not stop but dashed forward, flashing behind the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable.

"Silver-Hooped Rod, extend!"

Whoosh!

The Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod suddenly extended, brutally poking at the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's lower back at a vital point. The Six Paths of Reincarnation Realms directly manifested at the end of the rod, sticking close to the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's lower back and spinning rapidly like a gyroscope.

The violent Power of Reincarnation worked like a meat grinder, relentlessly grinding at his lower back.

"What?"

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was severely alarmed. Sun Wukong had blocked the shadowless sword Qi and even counterattacked!

Caught off guard, it was too late for the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable to dodge or defend. He felt a pain in his lower back, indicating he had been hit. His Taoist robe suddenly emitted a burst of blue light, briefly resisting the Reincarnation Strangulation force from the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realms.

Seizing the brief respite, his figure flashed and vanished from the spot, reappearing several yards away.

"Shrinking Earth into Inches, huh? This guy really has a deep comprehension of the Space Law! "

Sun Wukong's pupils narrowed slightly, a chill running through him. After glancing at the end of his Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod, his lips curled into a light smile again. There was a streak of blood on the rod's end; it seemed his last strike indeed had injured the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable.

He took out a jade vial, drawing the blood from the end of his Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod into the vial and storing it away. This was the Essence Blood of a near Quasi-Saint, particularly of one who had merged with the Sword of Annihilation, extremely rare and potentially very useful someday.

"Such insolence!"

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was indeed injured. Although the Immortal Robe Taoist robe protected him from the Power of Reincarnation strangulation briefly, it was just for a moment or two. Soon, a large hole was torn in the robe at his back, and a solid hit was taken at his vital point, stripping away a layer of flesh and skin.

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable hadn't felt such pain in a long time, let alone seeing Sun Wukong collecting his spilled essence blood right before his eyes, which was like fiercely slamming his dignity to the ground and stepping on it. It was too humiliating!n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

He took out a vial of pills and poured out two, crushing them into powder. Upon applying it to the wound on his back, a cooling sensation immediately followed. The originally mangled wound scabbed and fell off at a visible rate, soon restoring it to its previous state with no trace of injury visible. However, the fury in his eyes could hardly be concealed, as they nearly spewed fire.

"How did you block the Shadowless Sword Qi?"

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable could not understand—it was the Sword of Annihilation's Shadowless Sword Qi, formless, colorless, and undetectable even by spatial fluctuations, surely the most terrifying of all slaying swords. How had Sun Wukong detected it and neutralized it completely?

Moreover, the force of that stick just now, that violent tearing power, was clearly the Power of Reincarnation. The monkey had mastered the Power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

"Want to know?"

Sun Wukong raised an eyebrow.

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable nodded.

"Why should I, Old Sun, tell you?" Read new chapters at empire

Sun Wukong's smile suddenly vanished, and his expression turned stern. "Cut the crap! You've tricked us so many times before, today Old Sun is going to make you pay it back tenfold!"

Revealing his trump card to an enemy? Sun Wukong was no fool! He said this merely to provoke the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable.

"Seeking death!"

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's eyes narrowed sharply, a chilling cold light bursting from his eyes. No one had dared to talk to him like that since he had started his journey. When did a mere Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm Demon Monkey dare to belittle him?

The Sword of Annihilation floated in the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable's hand, and his whole being turned into a beam of green light and entered the sword light, a cold and venomous voice rang out:

"Demon Monkey, you will pay for what you've just said! Take this! Sword of Annihilation, Absolute End of All Beings!"

The Sword of Annihilation suddenly emitted a devastating intent that negated gods and annulled the earth, filling the entire battlefield with this annihilating sword qi, as if the whole space had turned into a world of annihilating sword qi.

"Domain!"

Ying Long Ying Tian, who was dealing with the Undead Mixed-Blood Beast, suddenly turned his head, his eyes revealing an utterly astonished expression. This was a Domain, a power only the Heavenly Dao Saint could control!

Changing the laws of a region entirely into one's controlled power, using the force of the entire world to fight the enemy within. Although it's said man can conquer heaven, not everyone has the power to defy or overcome it!

Within the Domain, one's own power would be greatly suppressed, unable to unleash their true strength, while the person controlling the Domain would see their power greatly enhanced. In this give and take, even foes of equal might would see their positions drastically reversed.

Simply put, to combat a Domain, one would need another Domain, which is why the Heavenly Dao Saints far exceed others in strength, as those who master the Domain could make anyone within it as lambs to the slaughter, utterly incapable of resistance.

This was why there was a saying that beneath the Saints, all are mere ants!

The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was merely at the half-step Quasi-Saint Realm and yet had access to a Domain. This was truly incredible!

But no, this wasn't a complete Domain but merely an embryo of one. The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable had not truly mastered the Domain; it's the Sword of Annihilation acting as a medium that temporarily granted him the Domain Embryo. By himself, let alone a half-step Quasi-Saint, even the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm couldn't touch the Domain!

However, a Domain is still a Domain, even if it's just an embryo, it's not something ordinary powers can contend with!

This time, Sun Wukong might be in trouble!

"Ying Long Roar!"

Ying Long Ying Tian delayed no longer. Previously, he'd been slowly killing the Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts controlled by the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, like a slowly heating frog.

But now, with the situation changed, as the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable merged into the sword light and unleashed the embryonic form of the Absolute Sword Domain, Ying Tian dared not play any longer—he had to prepare to save Sun Wukong at any moment!