Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

After confirming that no one was around, Sun Wukong flew directly towards the palace gate.

"Thump!" Sun Wukong crashed heavily into the palace gate and was then thrown back.

Sun Wukong originally thought that with his copper skin and iron bones, he could definitely break open the palace gate.

Instead of breaking down the palace gates, he was thrown back.

Sun Wukong got up from the ground, looking defiant. He took the golden cudgel out of his ear, thinking of smashing the palace to pieces.

"Bang!" Sun Wukong slammed his staff against the palace wall, and the golden cudgel in his hand was immediately knocked out of his grasp.

"It's so hard! I, Old Sun, refuse to believe it!"

Then Sun Wukong used all his skills to try and smash the palace open.

No matter how much he wrecked it, the palace remained completely undamaged.

Sun Wukong was somewhat caught off guard. Just as he was at a loss, he suddenly noticed that some of the plaster on the palace wall that he had just smashed seemed to be peeling off.

Sun Wukong was overjoyed and rushed over to check. He found that after the wall plaster had peeled off, it revealed innate divine script with the four characters "Taiqing Miaofa" written on it.

"The Great Purity Mystic Method? Is it a magic spell?" Sun Wukong muttered to himself and began to study it.

He quickly finished reading this innate divine text. This was the "Tranquility and Calmness Chapter" of the "Supreme Purity Wonderful Method." After learning it, one could achieve inner peace and expel inner demons.

Sun Wukong has an extraordinary talent for magical cultivation. Once he understands one thing, he can understand everything. He only read the "Tranquility and Mindfulness" chapter of the "Taiqing Wonderful Method" once and he had already mastered the basics.

Sun Wukong subconsciously activated the magic method, and the anxiety in his heart quickly subsided. He began to wonder who this slovenly Taoist was, why he had locked him up here, and how the "Taiqing Wonderful Method" could be found here.

As Sun Wukong pondered, a cloud of black mist appeared in the palace. At the core of the black mist were all kinds of beings, but without physical bodies. Without a doubt, this was the inner demon from the Desire Realm and the Demon Realm.

It silently burrowed into Sun Wukong's forehead, and Sun Wukong felt his heart, which had just calmed down, become restless again, wanting to pick up the golden cudgel and destroy everything.

Sun Wukong frowned. He knew he couldn't break through the palace, and venting his anger would only be a waste of energy. So, Sun Wukong sat cross-legged and began to practice the Tranquilizing and Calming Chapter of the Taiqing Wonderful Method.

Within Sun Wukong's consciousness, the black energy transformed into another Sun Wukong.

The fake Sun Wukong, formed from black energy, cackled and looked exactly like him, holding a golden cudgel in his hand, but his eyes shone with an eerie scarlet light.

The two monkeys faced off, an invisible killing intent filling the air.

"Hmph! You charlatan, how dare you impersonate me, Old Sun?" Sun Wukong roared, riding on auspicious clouds, brandishing his golden cudgel and charging straight at the fake Sun Wukong.

The fake Sun Wukong was not to be outdone and also brandished his golden cudgel to meet him.

"Clang!" The two golden cudgels collided in the sea of ​​consciousness, bursting out dazzling sparks, and the entire sea of ​​consciousness space trembled.

Sun Wukong used his seventy-two transformations, turning into a giant ape, and smashed his fist like a mountain against his opponent.

The fake Sun Wukong was not to be outdone, and also transformed into a giant ape, retaliating with the same moves.

The two fought back and forth, using the exact same supernatural powers: the Golden Eye of Illusion, the Somersault Cloud, and the Law of Heaven and Earth. They were evenly matched, neither able to gain the upper hand.

A storm raged within his mind, thunder roared, and the more Sun Wukong fought, the more agitated he became.

This fake Sun Wukong not only looks and has the same supernatural powers as him, but also has the same habits and weaknesses in battle, as if he were another version of himself.

The more impatient he became, the more ferocious the fake Sun Wukong's attacks became, the shadow of his staff like a mountain, pressing down on him until he could hardly breathe.

"I, Old Sun, refuse to believe I can't defeat you!" Sun Wukong gritted his teeth, attempting to win by brute force. He swung his golden cudgel in a wide arc, bringing with it a howling wind.

But the fake Sun Wukong sneered and met the attack with his own staff. The two forces collided, and Sun Wukong felt a numbness in his arm, almost losing his grip on the golden cudgel.

Just then, Sun Wukong was suddenly jolted, remembering the "Tranquility and Calmness" chapter of the "Taiqing Wonderful Method".

He suppressed his inner rage and activated his magic. In an instant, a gentle breeze seemed to blow through Sun Wukong's sea of ​​consciousness, and a tranquil aura, like a gentle stream, cleansed his mind.

The initial agitation gradually subsided, the fog in his mind dissipated, and his mind returned to clarity.

Seeing this, the fake Sun Wukong's eyes blazed red, and he roared, "You're just putting on an act! Let's see how long you can keep this up!"

It transformed into a black wind, carrying endless greed, anger, and delusion, and rushed straight towards Sun Wukong's brow, attempting to completely erode his consciousness.

However, Sun Wukong's mind was as still as water, and the Tranquility and Calmness Technique had been activated to its fullest extent. A clear light seemed to flow within his body, and the innate divine script of the "Taiqing Wonderful Method" appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness. Each character was as golden as gold, shining brightly. Wherever the clear light passed, the black energy melted away like ice and snow, and the fake Sun Wukong's attack immediately faltered.

"You are but a fleeting thought in my mind, how dare you contend with me?" Sun Wukong suddenly opened his eyes, golden light bursting forth from them, his fiery eyes seeing through all illusions. He rose and leaped up, his golden cudgel transforming into countless rays of light, piercing straight into the chest of the fake Sun Wukong.

The fake Sun Wukong panicked and tried to resist, only to find that his supernatural powers were weakened under the clear light. It roared repeatedly, transformed into a cloud of black mist, and attempted to escape.

However, Sun Wukong had already mastered the art of calming his mind and spirit, and a bright light shone brightly in his sea of ​​consciousness, like the blazing sun in the sky, completely enveloping the dark energy.

"Disperse!" Sun Wukong shouted, and his golden cudgel slammed down. The black energy let out a mournful howl and turned into countless fragments that dissipated into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The fake Sun Wukong's figure completely collapsed, and he killed the inner demon in one fell swoop.

With his mind calmed down, Sun Wukong breathed a sigh of relief. He felt his mind was clear as a mirror, and his cultivation seemed to have improved by another level. He could even vaguely sense that he had reached the Great Luo Dao Fruit.

Sun Wukong muttered to himself, "This 'Taiqing Wonderful Method' is truly extraordinary; it can even help me, Old Sun, subdue my inner demons... But what secrets does this palace and this Taoist priest hold?"

He opened his eyes and looked at the still majestic palace. The divine script of the "Taiqing Miaofa" on the wall emitted a faint light, as if guiding him.

Sun Wukong had a sudden thought and decided to continue exploring the mysteries of the palace, perhaps the answer lay within.

The east wall of the palace is inscribed with the "Tranquility and Serenity" chapter of the "Taiqing Miaofa". Sun Wukong swung his staff at the west wall and struck it. After some commotion, unsurprisingly, some plaster also fell off. This time, it wasn't from the "Taiqing Miaofa", but from the Golden Elixir Dao of Laozi when he attained enlightenment.

Sun Wukong sat cross-legged and began to study it carefully. This Golden Elixir Path was indeed worthy of being a method created by the Sage Taiqing when he attained enlightenment. After reciting it several times, many problems that Sun Wukong had encountered in his cultivation since leaving Three Star Island were easily solved.

As Sun Wukong's understanding of the Golden Elixir Dao deepened, he felt that the path ahead was incredibly clear, and he could condense the Great Luo Dao Fruit and attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm at any time.

But Sun Wukong was not in a hurry to attain enlightenment; instead, he began to examine the south wall for any secret techniques.

After the plaster on the south wall peeled off, it revealed various Taoist supernatural powers and spells, including the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Powers, the Seventy-Two Earthly Divine Powers, and some spells created by Laozi himself.

The Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends that Sun Wukong learned were derived from these 108 supernatural powers. Each had its own advantages and disadvantages. Sun Wukong sat cross-legged and comprehended all these supernatural powers and spells.

With his innate talent of being able to understand everything, Sun Wukong mastered all these spells in just five days.

Finally, there was the north wall. When Sun Wukong arrived at the north wall, he didn't even need to swing his staff. The plaster peeled off automatically, revealing various innate restrictions and some restriction-type techniques created by the Taiqing Sage.

Sun Wukong accepted all comers and immediately began learning.

Seven days later, Sun Wukong had mastered all the restrictions.

Having learned so many supernatural powers and magic tricks, Sun Wukong felt as free as a bird soaring in the sky and a fish leaping in the vast sea.

"So this is true freedom and ease!" As he spoke, Sun Wukong's Great Luo Dao Fruit had already been formed.

Sun Wukong stood in the center of the palace, the Great Luo Dao Fruit within his body shining brightly, golden light flowing, and his body exuding a surging immortal aura, faintly merging with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The innate divine runes on the four walls had faded, as if they had completed their mission.

Sun Wukong felt a blur before his eyes, the world turned upside down, and he instantly found himself in a vast and boundless void.

Below is a long, surging silver river, its surface shimmering and exuding an endless aura of time.

In the long river, billions of lights and shadows flicker, as if the past, present, and future of countless living beings are intertwined within it.

Sun Wukong's discerning golden eyes swept across the area and immediately understood that this was the River of Time.

"The River of Time? Wasn't I, Old Sun, in the palace? How did I end up here?" Sun Wukong scratched his head, looking extremely puzzled.

At this moment, the waves of the long river surged, and countless figures of "Sun Wukong" appeared: there was the innocent stone monkey who was born and played on Flower Fruit Mountain, the apprentice who was farming on Three Star Island, the arrogant demon king who made havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and even countless possible figures in the future, some becoming saints, some falling, some sinking into the sea of ​​desire, and some transcending and living freely.

These figures are all possible past and future incarnations of Sun Wukong. Each figure carries different emotions and destinies, weaving together a vast timeline that attempts to bind him within it.

Sun Wukong felt a jolt in his heart, vaguely sensing that he had to do everything in his power to transcend these past and future selves.

"Hmph! What past and future? They're all just a matter of my thoughts!" Sun Wukong snorted coldly, circulating the "Taiqing Wonderful Method" Tranquilizing Mind Chapter, his mind clear as a mirror, undisturbed by external things.

Sun Wukong closed his eyes and concentrated, and the supreme principles of the Golden Elixir Dao emerged in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Based on the Great Luo Dao Fruit, he activated the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Powers and the Seventy-Two Earthly Divine Powers, and used the "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones" technique created by the Taiqing Sage to create three incarnations, corresponding to the past, present, and future respectively.

His past self was a stone monkey, with the innocence and curiosity of a newborn in his eyes; his present self wields the golden cudgel, majestic and awe-inspiring, and is now a Great Immortal; his future self is hazy and indistinct, seemingly full of infinite possibilities, yet entangled by the causal chains of the river of fate.

The three avatars roared in unison, each unleashing their supernatural powers as they charged toward the countless figures in the river of time.

"Collect!" With a thought, Sun Wukong merged his past self into the countless light and shadow of the stone monkey of Flower Fruit Mountain, and all the fragments of playfulness, seeking the Dao, and rebellion were unified.

In this present moment, he wields the golden cudgel, shattering the shackles of cause and effect in the river of time, and returning all worldly discord to one's true nature.

His future self transformed into a beam of clear light, severing countless possibilities in the river of fate. Whether he became a saint or perished, it was all decided by his single thought.

The river of time trembled violently, and countless lights and shadows gradually dissipated, turning into beams of golden light that all merged into Sun Wukong's body.

His Great Luo Dao Fruit shines ever brighter, like a blazing sun illuminating the entire river of time.

The boundaries between past, present, and future blurred at this moment. Sun Wukong felt as if he had merged with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, transcending the constraints of time.

At the same time, he activated the innate restriction technique he learned from the north wall, and used the technique of void teleportation. The golden light in his body transformed into countless runes, sealing off the space around him.

The shackles of space were broken, and his figure flashed, as if he had jumped out of the Three Realms and was no longer within the Five Elements. There was no power in the world that could bind him anymore.

At this moment, Sun Wukong floated in the void, with the Great Luo Dao Fruit appearing above his head. Sun Wukong's Great Luo Dao Fruit had the "White Lotus Primordial True Explanation" as its heart, the "Supreme Purity Wonderful Method" and the Golden Elixir Great Dao as its flesh, and the profound mysteries of various supernatural powers, spells, and innate restrictions as its skin.

His aura grew increasingly ethereal, seemingly existing alongside the Great Dao, yet standing independently of heaven and earth. His mind was completely purified, and all his past, present, and future selves merged into one, transforming into his one true self.

At this moment, Sun Wukong truly transcended the shackles of fate and achieved his unique true self. His Great Luo Dao Fruit was perfect and flawless, radiating endless pressure. He broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!

At the moment of breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, Sun Wukong's Insightful Golden Eyes evolved once again, already possessing some of the power of innate divine abilities. If he cultivates diligently, he might even reach the power of Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light.

Furthermore, Sun Wukong clearly sensed the power of the Great Luo Golden Immortal; the Great Luo realm was truly different from his previous realms.

After achieving the Great Luo Golden Immortal status, Sun Wukong felt that he could kill his former self, who was at the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, in the blink of an eye.

The gap between a Great Luo Immortal and a peak Taiyi Golden Immortal is even greater than the gap between a mortal and a peak Taiyi Golden Immortal. This is an evolution of life levels!
Sun Wukong opened his eyes, his arrogance gone. He looked at the palace gate, which could no longer stop him. He could break the restrictions on the gate and smash it to pieces with a single blow.

However, Sun Wukong did not do that. He thought to himself, "This place should be the legacy left by the Sage Taiqing. But who exactly is that slovenly Taoist? Could he really be an incarnation of the Sage Taiqing, specially enlightening me, old Sun?"

Outside the palace, the disheveled Taoist priest's eyes were full of admiration: "This monkey truly deserves to be called the chosen one of destiny. He is indeed extraordinary. Now that his Great Luo Dao Fruit contains a share of my Taoist heritage, he will naturally carry forward Taoism for me in the future. In this way, he will not have failed his master's expectations!"

That's right, this disheveled Taoist is none other than Xuandu. He was the one who used the Jade Emperor to invite Sun Wukong to Heaven. His purpose was naturally to pass on the Taoist tradition to Sun Wukong and have him help him fulfill the great Taoist legacy entrusted to him by his master after his death.

"Next, it's time to meet this monkey." After saying that, Xuandu revealed his true form and stepped into the palace.

(End of this chapter)