Mythology

Chapter 449 Ascension to the Mystic Immortal Realm and the Monkey (Two-in-One)

Hehehehe!!!
The sudden laughter was extremely jarring; it was nothing like the Sun Wukong Yang He remembered. It sounded more like the laughter of a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, sending chills down his spine.

Yang He's expression was grave; faced with this situation, he was caught in a dilemma.

"The plot of 'Havoc in Heaven' has completely fallen apart, and I can't possibly enter the Ruins of Return to find Sun Wukong's whereabouts."

"It's possible that we won't even be able to gather the four members of the pilgrimage team."

Yang He looked helpless. The essence of Investiture of the Gods still follows the plot of the original work, which is why it is possible to seek benefits from the Great Tribulation.

In Journey to the West, the Monkey King dies and disappears as soon as he appears.

dong dong dong.

"Oh shit."

Yang Helian took a few steps back, and the Eight Trigrams Furnace suddenly trembled violently, even tilting to one side, as if it might fall from the heavens at any moment.

The sounds coming from inside the furnace were like the scratching of fingernails.

Yang He felt a stinging pain in his fiery eyes as he noticed that the Six Ding Divine Fire had not dimmed but instead burned even more fiercely.

"I'd like to see what kind of deity is inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace!!!"

He was a bit skeptical. Who was Sun Wukong? Maybe he could escape the Netherworld.

Ignoring his worsening injuries, Yang He took out three more corpse-like heads. As the heads turned to ashes, the skin and flesh on their foreheads began to writhe.

Perhaps driven by consciousness, twelve more pairs of fiery eyes opened.

The newly added fiery eyes are slightly smaller, evenly covering most of the face, and do not feel abrupt at all; on the contrary, they have a unique aesthetic.

Yang He endured the burning sensation in his eyes, focusing his fiery gaze on the Six Ding Divine Fire, which gradually became half-illusory and half-real under his gaze.

The scene inside the furnace was finally clearly visible.

But the situation was unexpected; it was a middle-aged man who was completely naked.

His face was as ordinary as could be, with a slightly overweight belly and even a few strands of white hair at his temples. If it weren't for the fact that his skin was ulcerated from the black water, anyone would have thought he was just an ordinary person from the streets.

What surprised Yang He the most was that his spiritual vision did not fluctuate because of the man; the previous surge was mainly due to the vigorous Six Ding Divine Fire.

"Giggle."

The man suddenly looked up, his festering lips twisting into an exaggerated arc.

Yang He's blood froze instantly, and a strong feeling of nausea surged into his heart.

The middle-aged man slowly stood up, revealing dense black lines on his joints, as if they had been stitched together by some invisible thread.

His movements were so stiff they seemed unnatural, with each step accompanied by bone misalignment.

Where the pupils should have been, there were now two bottomless black holes, from which thick black liquid constantly seeped out. When the black liquid dripped onto the bottom of the furnace, it sizzled and burned.

It should be known that the Eight Trigrams Furnace is definitely a supreme innate treasure.

The person inside the furnace was able to damage the Bagua Furnace.

Yang He truly didn't understand what the person in the furnace was. An evil spirit? It didn't have the characteristics of a ghost. A demon? It didn't possess any supernatural powers visible to the naked eye.

The person inside the furnace beckoned to Yang He, tilting his head and slightly moving his lips.

As Yang He clutched his chest and a smile tugged at the corners of his mouth, the Daoist disciples near the Eight Trigrams Furnace all grinned and laughed.

Their expressions were strikingly similar; both were driven to hysterical madness.

Holding hands, they danced a strange circular dance, then one by one leaped into the furnace. With each leap of a young Taoist boy, the fire swelled by three points, and the person inside became more complete.

In just a short while, the festering wounds of the person inside the furnace had mostly healed.

Yang He was also deeply affected, his fingertips twitching uncontrollably, and an indescribable joy welled up in his heart.

Then, the legs began to mechanically move forward.

Tears streamed from his bright eyes, yet a sickly excitement flickered between his brows. Yang He felt an unprecedented sense of relief, as if jumping into the furnace was his final destination.

The person inside the furnace moved their lips slightly, presumably repeating "Come~~".

Yang He abruptly stopped, then noticed something that sent chills down his spine: the person inside the furnace was not very intelligent, but possessed pure evil intentions.

The person inside the furnace opened their mouth, and the Ghost True Lord at the edge of the furnace disappeared, saliva dripping from the corner of their mouth, their eyes fixed on Yang He.

The ghostly energy flowed into the Eight Trigrams Furnace, becoming food for the people inside.

"The man in the furnace... has his eye on me."

Yang He had a premonition that the person in the furnace had already realized that the three avatars were all one entity.

The person inside the furnace wants to eat himself!!!
The monkeys stopped kneeling and worshipped, and hundreds of pairs of blood-red eyes turned to the Guantian Pavilion in unison. They then revealed their white fangs and let out a uniform hiss, clearly receiving a signal from the person in the furnace.

The red-bottomed macaque had somehow climbed onto the roof, its rotting claws tearing at the tiles.

The bloody handprint of the Long-Armed Ape was already within ten meters of the Sky-Viewing Pavilion, slowly approaching.

Yang He then noticed that his shadow was twisting and deforming. In a daze, the shadow transformed into dozens of skinned apes that filled the room.

Many skinned apes cast greedy glances at them, their chests heaving.

"Hehehe!" The person inside the furnace excitedly patted the furnace wall, realizing that Yang He was an inexhaustible source of nourishment.

It can even rejuvenate your body and soul after eating, and the taste is incredibly delicious!!
Yang He said coldly, "No matter what you are, since you're going to mess with me, let's wait and see. I don't believe that the situation has reached a dead end."

Snapped.

The smile on the man's face in the furnace came to an abrupt end.

The Ghost Lord was instantly destroyed, and the Yin energy scattered in all directions.

Yang He closed his eyes and sensed for a moment. He realized that Kong Xuan still had some remains of the Corpse Celestial Venerable in his hands, so he simply let the big bird help him deal with the situation.

"go."

He controlled the wisps of Yin energy of the Ghost True Lord, causing them to disappear between the Heavenly Ladders.

This should be able to delay things for a while.

After Yang He's demonic form dies, it will turn into a stubborn rock. As long as one doesn't play the role, even if it's thrown into the furnace, it won't benefit the person inside.

In the last breath before his life was cut off, he took out the magic seal and contacted Yunxiao.

"Yunxiao, when will the Doubu return to the Heavenly Court?"

"My lord, what's wrong?" Yunxiao's thoughts were somewhat flustered.

"Help me seal the Eight Trigrams Furnace. No one is allowed to approach it. My junior brother Qingfeng is entirely in your care. Also, try your best to spare the life of the Silver Horned Daoist from the Tushita Palace. You... must be extremely careful!"

'My lord.'

Yunxiao sensed that Yang He seemed to be about to die.

Yang He couldn't help but smile. "Of course I'm fine, don't worry. Yunxiao, do you know my two senior brothers, Yang Jian and Nezha?"

"They are all cultivators who descended to the mortal realm, and they will return before the Peach Banquet."

"That's good."

The words had barely left his mouth when the bloody handprints had already crawled into the Guantian Pavilion, instantly extinguishing any chance of life.

[Your character, the chime-ringing boy, has died; the story has ended.]

With the death of all of Yang He's avatars, the Eight Trigrams Furnace trembled repeatedly, but quickly returned to calm, and the skinned apes scattered throughout the Thirty Heavens.

Two days later.

The immortals of the Dipper returned to the Heavenly Court and immediately sealed off the Tushita Palace.

Yunxiao could not see into the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but he did not doubt Yang He's words and personally set up a magic array to seal off the 100-meter range of the Six Ding Divine Fire.

The person inside the furnace did not resist, but faint bursts of laughter could be heard.

.........

Whether you inherit the rewards from the bell-ringing boy or not, you will receive the following benefits.

[The Fiery Eyes Manifestation Period is Complete (Pupil Demon)]

【Grand Celestial Immortal Technique】

[Celestial Demon Body]

Yang He looked up at the increasingly vibrant sun, his expression shifting between light and shadow. The story of Yang He causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace had reached a crucial point.

Once the Peach Banquet begins, the outcome is no longer within our control.

Yang He couldn't help but consider giving up the idea of ​​causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace, but he also knew that the journey to the West would be difficult without Sun Wukong.

Either...

I'll replace Monkey King?
Yang He frowned. The man in the furnace, an evil creature that emerged from the Void, was indeed unsolvable. It even made the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain very troublesome. Even Taibai Jinxian could not do anything to the Tongbi Ape.

But if he wanted to, replacing the person in the furnace wouldn't be difficult.

Yang He was very resistant to the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures, as it was a thankless and arduous task, tantamount to dancing naked in front of all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens.

"The only good news is that the Great Celestial Immortal Technique is now complete."

Yang He first scanned the demonic body of the Yellow-Eyebrowed King.

[Celestial Demon Body]

[Originally a celestial being from the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, due to his voluntary transformation into a demon, his body and soul can choose to merge with one of his own supernatural powers.]

Yang He shook his head. This physique, like the Immaculate Physique of the past, has great drawbacks, and exchanging it would only affect the true body.

However, the fusion of characters will allow the Heavenly Demon Body to be reborn in the future.

"Exchange for cultivation points and a high-grade Celestial Immortal Technique."

Yang He exchanged for the other two items, and his fiery eyes suddenly opened between his brows.

The Six Ding Divine Fire overflowed, and his cultivation level rose steadily.

Yang He focused his attention on the Great Celestial Immortal Technique after paying a little attention to it.

"The true and wondrous secret of the perfect integration of exoteric and esoteric teachings lies solely in the cultivation of one's nature and life force. It all ultimately comes down to essence, energy, and spirit; guard them carefully and firmly, never letting them leak out..."

As he flipped through the contents, the vexation in his heart vanished.

The Great Celestial Immortal Technique is practically tailor-made for the Nuo Xiang Ghost. As described in the original work, this technique contains the supreme truths of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. After cultivation, one's body and soul can accommodate multiple types of supernatural powers without backlash.

As the medium for the three ghosts to unite and transform into immortals, the Nuoxiang Ghost is perfectly suited to the Great Celestial Immortal Technique. However, the content must be modified, and the Nuoxiang Ghost must also be accommodated in a different way.

Yang He observed that the sage had established many lineages of Daoist teachings, and after eating pork, he was not entirely clueless about modifying the Great Celestial Immortal Manual.

With the addition of the Myriad Transformations and Hundred Ghosts Primordial Scripture, I am at least 80% certain.

"It's just too time-consuming; I estimate it will take more than ten years of seclusion to comprehend it."

Yang He looked at the Myriad Transformation Tree beside him. Even with the Three-Legged Cauldron suppressing the black water's erosion, the decay of its roots was getting worse day by day.

The deep-seated master gave them no chance to breathe.

Ten years? The first batch of ghost and god cultivators will definitely descend upon the main world within two years.

Yang He couldn't help but take out the mundane items from the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.

[Vulgar things: fishy and fishy]

[Related Allusion: "The Three Deadly Ghosts" - Consume 1 Spirit Vision to enter the allusion world?]

"It seems my only option is to go to the Crescent Moon Three Star Cave for seclusion."

Yang He felt a little regretful. He had originally intended to use the Crescent Moon and Three Stars Cave to complement the story of the havoc in the Heavenly Palace. If he had met Sun Wukong through this story, he could have become sworn brothers with the Monkey King and stormed the Peach Banquet together.

Looking back now, I realize I have to make some trade-offs.

The Great Celestial Immortal Technique is of paramount importance, while obtaining the Daoist lineage of the Ghostly Demon from the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave is secondary. Monkey King... let fate decide.

"Let's go into the specific stories later. Even if I told Brother Monkey not to go to the underworld, Sun Wukong wouldn't listen to me. If Brother Monkey were obedient, he wouldn't be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven."

Yang He no longer hesitated and silently confirmed that he had entered the allusion of "bloody and fishy".

Three faces appear before you, all of which are selectable characters.

[Fisherman (speaking): Because you encountered a storm at sea, you have been lost for seven days and seven nights without any food or water, yet you do not feel the slightest weakness.]

[The woodcutter (speaking): You make a living by chopping wood in the mountains. Every seven days and seven nights, a celestial being comes to buy your firewood. However, the celestial being usually asks for one more piece of firewood than you have in stock.]

[The beachcomber (speaking): Every day you collect stranded seafood along the shore, but every now and then you encounter some meat of unknown origin, said to be a gift from the Dragon King of the Sea.]

Please select the role you played in the historical allusion.

Yang He remembered that the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave was on Fangcun Mountain, which should be far away from the sea. How could it affect the lives of ordinary mortals?

"Well, I'll choose to play a permanent role."

He scanned the four roles and found that he could only play the roles of Immaculate Buddha and Yellow-Eyebrow King.

"The Corpse Celestial Venerable and the Ghost True Lord cannot descend to the mortal realm while they are in Heaven. However, logically speaking, how could the Yellow-Eyebrowed King, who is trapped in the Blissful World, easily descend to the mortal realm?"

Compared to the Investiture of the Gods, the Journey to the West is set in the Three Realms, which inevitably limits the permanent characters. In fact, once the four disciples begin their journey to the West, the Yellow-Eyebrowed King can only stay in the Lesser Western Heaven.

[Immaculate Buddha: You have been imprisoned somewhere in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. You have descended to the mortal realm using a deity statue from Xiniu Hezhou. Your time is running out; the Buddha Julusun is about to arrive.]

Yang He immediately gave up on playing the Immaculate Buddha. The Immaculate Buddha was now highly sought after, and every Buddha and Bodhisattva wanted to refine his status.

In the Pure Land, their status would probably be comparable to that of Tang Sanzang (the monk from Journey to the West).

[Child who strikes the chime: You are on the orders of Shakyamuni to inspect the Western Continent of Niuhe. Although you have thoughts of escaping, you are afraid of alerting the enemy.]

"The Yellow-Eyebrowed King can only choose one ghost, but it shouldn't affect his advancement to the Profound Immortal realm. In any case, the Pupil Ghost is the only one with a complete lineage."

"No, Shakyamuni is watching. Even the smallest risk is still a risk."

"Moreover, there seems to be a saying in my previous life that the Vulture Peak where the Paradise is located is in Xiniu Hezhou. Fangcun Mountain is right here in the middle of the world, so it's impossible that there is no connection between them."

Yang He remained noncommittal, but had a feeling that there was a big pitfall involved.

"It would be better to directly act as a flesh and blood Taoist temple, and incidentally try to solve the problem of Heaven's backlash, but the efficiency of cultivation cannot be guaranteed."

It takes more than ten years to perfect the Great Celestial Immortal Technique, and even at the slowest pace, it is enough to challenge the Profound Immortal realm.

In Yang He's memory, Monkey King had stayed in the Crescent Moon Cave for at least several decades, otherwise he wouldn't have returned to Flower Fruit Mountain to find that his lifespan was coming to an end.

[Blood and Flesh Taoist Temple: You were once a celestial being within the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Taoist Temple, but unexpectedly fell into Xiniu Hezhou and drifted with the currents on the sea.]

"Play the role of the [Flesh and Blood Taoist Temple] and carry the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir."

Yang He felt dizzy and lightheaded, followed by a sensation as if he were being ripped out of his body.

.........

I don’t know how much time has passed.

When Yang He regained consciousness, he heard the sound of waves crashing in his ears.

The flesh-and-blood Taoist temple floated on the sea, drifting with the waves.

The shimmering sea stretched as far as the eye could see, its surface reflecting the sunlight with an eerie metallic sheen, as if coated with a thin layer of oil.

Yang He steadied himself and noticed that no birds flew by or schools of fish swam around him.

There wasn't even a trace of coral or aquatic plants to be found.

Xiniu Hezhou is like a stagnant pool.

"Actually, it's normal. How could Lingshan be full of life?"

Yang He blinked at the window. The mouth was the gate of the flesh and blood Taoist temple. As a cave, it looked like a building, but it was not. Inside, it had all the internal organs and could even generate six arms to swim.

The four demons then transform into guardian deities, which are essentially the statues in the temple.

Yang He activated his Fiery Eyes of Truth and felt no unfamiliarity whatsoever.

However, things in a grotto are inevitably affected by the Taoist temple. Mold spots have appeared in the nooks and crannies of the flesh-and-blood Taoist temple, and erosion is everywhere.

"You know what, it is indeed a bit different."

Unable to sense the Heavenly Dao in the Thirtieth Heaven, and helpless in the face of erosion, they could only watch helplessly as their spiritual roots rotted away little by little.

After descending to the mortal realm, Yang He felt that his connection with the Heavenly Dao was vague and indistinct.

If the connection could be severed and the Myriad Transformation Tree made independent, it seems that the problem could be solved.

"Let's leave that aside for now. With my foundation, corruption in the True Immortal Realm won't be quick. Even if the Flesh and Blood Dao Temple persists for a hundred years, it might not be destroyed."

Yang He looked around warily, unable to focus on the Heavenly Dao at the moment.

Snapped.

The Nine-Turn Golden Pill was placed on the altar where the statues of the Four Gods were enshrined. With a slight thought from Yang He, one of the pills shattered into a large amount of medicinal power.

The medicinal power surged into the body of the Pupil Demon Statue, circulating throughout its body.

Yang He appeared cautious. At the same time, twenty-four pairs of windows in the Blood and Flesh Taoist Temple were open, each pair of windows being equivalent to a pair of fiery eyes.

He kept a close eye on the sea, and would immediately stop his seclusion at the slightest sign of trouble.

The progress of the Great Celestial Immortal Technique is a bit slow, but we're still prioritizing a steady approach.

Half a month passed.

The Blood and Flesh Taoist Temple did not encounter any accidents, and the sea surface seemed to remain unchanged since time passed. If it weren't for the alternation of the sun and moon, one would not even feel the passage of time.

Two months passed.

Yang He seized a sliver of an opportunity for advancement, consuming three Nine-Turn Golden Pills.

A year has passed.

Yang He closed the windows one by one, immersing himself completely in seclusion.

Five years have passed.

Yang He almost forgot he was in the world of classical stories, and sometimes he couldn't help but wonder if the Crescent Moon Three Stars Cave was a starting bonus?

In his seventh year in Xiniu Hezhou, Yang He finally seized an opportunity.

Rumble.

Dark clouds loomed overhead, and countless windows opened in the walls of the Blood and Flesh Taoist Temple, making the statue representing the Pupil Demon appear even more mysterious.

The moment Yang He broke through the bottleneck, the Pupil Demon suddenly released a yin aura.

What is a Mystic Immortal?

The supernatural powers became self-contained, like a celestial grotto nurturing yin energy. At the same time, the supernatural powers gained intelligence, making them more flexible to use.

Yang He had no opinion on the emergence of intelligence.

The Four Ghosts have always been quite individualistic.

Yang He regained consciousness and remained silent for a long time, facing the still calm sea.

"This story... feels like a waste not to make use of it."

"kindness."

After making up his mind, Yang He severed his life force and returned to the main world. The Blood and Flesh Taoist Temple collapsed in the sea, as if it had never existed.

Your character, "Flesh and Blood Taoist Temple," has died; the story has ended.

He did not exchange his cultivation points, but instead summoned the panel again.

[Consume 1000 points of Insight to select a character for deep fusion?]

"Choose [Flesh and Blood Taoist Temple] for deep integration."

"I really dare not combine the Immaculate Buddha into one, but based on experience, the combination of the Flesh and Blood Taoist Temple into four should not be a big problem."

Yang He's true form disappeared from the main world.

.........

The monkey squatted on the raft, clutching a broken piece of wood.

I've been drifting for who knows how many days and nights.

suddenly.

A thick, golden fog rises from the distant horizon.

In the center of the fog, the outline of an island stands majestically.

(End of this chapter)