Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 328 Not Up to My Own Will (Seeking Monthly Tickets! Seeking Subscriptions!)

Flaming Mountain, Brick Crater.

A great river of crimson-gold lava flows slowly through the low-lying valley.

Not far away, a withered white ox, as large as a mountain but covered in wounds, was imprisoned in a mountain range.

Faintly visible in the void were countless fine talisman arrays flashing, reflecting the surrounding mountain peaks. These arrays continuously absorbed the magical power and essence from the white ox's body through the underground spiritual veins, keeping him in a state of extreme weakness.

boom--

A fiery meteor streaked across the sky and crashed heavily into the crater.

When the flames and smoke cleared, Red Boy, his body crimson and his face like a demon, emerged from within. He carried a fire-tipped spear in one hand and grabbed a wounded woman in white with the other. Ignoring her struggles and resistance, he dragged her to the cliff in front of the white ox.

He raised his head, looked up at the huge white bull, then picked up his fire-tipped spear and aimed the tip at the woman's neck.

"Old scoundrel, if you still have any regard for marital affection, I advise you to hand over that thing. Otherwise, I'll kill this woman first, and then send you down with it."

Upon hearing Red Boy's voice, the white ox seemed to be awakened and struggled to open its eyes a crack.

However, upon seeing the beautiful woman in white weeping and telling him to ignore her, the enormous white ox sighed deeply and said wearily:
“If you want to kill me, just do it. Why resort to such pointless tricks and make fun of your mother? How heartbroken she would be if she saw this.”

"Humph!"

Upon hearing this, the fierce expression on Red Boy's face froze for a moment. Then, gritting his teeth, he pierced the throat of the beautiful woman in white with his Fire-Tipped Spear, right before her terrified eyes.

At the same time, a flash of red light appeared, and the once charming woman in white instantly twisted and changed shape, transforming into a fox spirit whose eyes gradually lost their luster.

"How did you figure that out?"

Red Boy was silent for a while before speaking again: "I learned this transformation technique from Guanyin of the South Sea. I am confident that even Sun Wukong's fiery eyes could not see through it."

This fox spirit knew her mother's habits perfectly, and her mannerisms just now were also incredibly similar. Where exactly did she slip up, allowing you to recognize her at a glance?

"It's very simple."

The Bull Demon King said in a low voice, "Although you treat me this way, I firmly believe that you would never harm Iron Fan, even though you are not one of us..."

"enough!!"

Red Boy suddenly roared, his magical power surging and bursting forth as visible flames erupted from his body.

"You...you know my origins and how I was humiliated by those heavenly beings, yet why do you still serve as their dog! Are you that afraid of them?!"

"Sigh...you don't understand..."

Looking at this child who, though not related to him by blood, had been pampered by him since childhood, the Bull Demon King couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Are you afraid?

Of course I'm scared.

The Bull Demon King was once full of ambition, always thinking that with his abilities, he could go anywhere in the Three Realms. He even went so far as to rebel against Heaven with the Monkey King, wanting to overthrow the rule of the gods and Buddhas.

But the result was obvious: they failed. The monkey was first imprisoned in the Eight Trigrams Furnace and burned. After escaping, he was pressed under the Five Finger Mountain by the Buddha and imprisoned for more than five hundred years.

As for him, he seemed unharmed and even married the beautiful Princess Iron Fan through the matchmaking of Laozi. However, this also earned him a reputation for being cowardly and betraying his brothers, making him the laughingstock of countless demons. Having witnessed the power of the Heavenly Court and the gods and Buddhas, the Bull Demon King could only swallow his anger and dared not offer any explanation. From then on, he obediently stayed in the Flaming Mountain, content to be a demon king.

Later, Red Boy was born, and the Bull Demon King was very happy, thinking that the storm had passed and his family of three could live a peaceful life like this forever.

But as time went by and Red Boy grew up, the Bull Demon King finally discovered that there was a problem with Red Boy's bloodline. Princess Iron Fan, seeing that she could no longer hide it, told him the truth.

It turns out that Red Boy was originally the son of the Yaksha King. When he was dying, his spirit was preserved by Laozi and later put into the Zimu River. He forced Princess Iron Fan, a Rakshasa, to drink it and give birth to a child, which would later serve as leverage for the Eastern Heavenly Court to control Mount Ling.

The Bull Demon King was the "scapegoat" carefully chosen by Laozi.

Firstly, his strength was sufficient to protect Red Boy's smooth growth. Secondly, this was also a test of the Bull Demon King's obedience, to see if he was truly willing to submit and become a lackey of the Heavenly Court and Laozi.

Undoubtedly, the Bull Demon King was unwilling to suffer such humiliation, so he immediately left the Flaming Mountain and separated from Princess Iron Fan, living in peace and quiet. In a way, this was also a silent protest against Laozi.

And then……

“Recognizing a master and attaining enlightenment—this is the only path left for us. Don’t you understand, elder brother?”

More than 500 years later, the sworn brothers who once fought side by side can only face each other as enemies.

In that battle, the Bull Demon King's concubine, the Jade-Faced Fox, died tragically, and he himself was besieged by the Heavenly Court's powerful warriors. His head was severed six times by the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas. In the end, he refused to submit and was taken to Mount Ling to be suppressed for a long time.

Centuries later, he was sent to hunt down and kill the monkey before he was finally released back to the Flaming Mountain.

It was from that moment that the Bull Demon King finally understood how insignificant he was. Faced with the high and mighty gods and Buddhas, he could only grovel and bow down in order to survive and protect his family's lives.

Thinking of this, he looked at Red Boy again, his eyes even carrying a hint of pleading.

"Child, give up. Even if you get that thing, you won't be able to get your revenge. In the end, you'll only lose your life in vain..."

"Where there is scripture, there is fire; where there is no fire, there is no scripture. If you know your enemy but do not avenge him, how can you cultivate yourself?"

Feeling the Bull Demon King's gaze, Red Boy closed his eyes and turned to leave.

"Fine, since you refuse to hand over that item, then I will go find that chosen one. I want to see what kind of ability this pawn, carefully arranged by all the gods and Buddhas, really has."

Having said that, Red Boy ignored the sighs behind him and transformed into a ball of flame, flying into the sky and heading towards the Fire Blaze Pass deep in the Ash Forest.

……

"Welcome, Your Majesty!"

A moment later, Red Boy descended upon the place, his two enormous heads, one blazing with flames and the other swirling with wind, shouting in unison.

Their names were "As Fast as Fire" and "As Swift as the Wind," and they were originally two rogues who committed murder and were sentenced to beheading. Fortunately, one of them knew how to save his life by cutting off his head.

After the two were beheaded, their heads flew into the sky and disappeared, becoming monsters. Later, Red Boy encountered them and, finding them amusing, took them under his command.

"You two better not mess up the performance as we agreed before."

Red Boy gave an order, then spun around in place and transformed into a small yellow fox. He then used magic to manipulate ropes and tied himself to a withered, crooked tree.

“The chosen one… Heh, I’d like to see if you can dodge the same trick that the monkey almost fell for back then.”

(End of this chapter)