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Chapter 331 Kill [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Ruyi Golden Hoop!
Phoenix-wing purple gold crown!
Chainmail armor!
Lotus silk cloud-walking shoes!
Monkey King, Monkey King!
"How could you..." Yang Jian looked at the shadow blocking his way and felt incredulous.

This place was suppressed by the Eastern Emperor Bell, and no disturbance could be transmitted outwards. He never thought that any reinforcements would arrive.

Unexpectedly, this guy came to his rescue.

"You should thank that little dog, otherwise I, Old Sun, wouldn't have known you came here to do this filthy thing!"

The short, hairy youth grinned, seemingly extremely dissatisfied with Yang Jian: "You actually mingled with those bald monks, attacking innocent and weak people. Even if you can really get that half of the Golden Cudgel back for me, I, Old Sun, wouldn't want it!"

Innocent and vulnerable?
To be honest, Fang Ge neither felt innocent nor weak.

Sun Wukong, in theory, was a member of the Human Emperor faction in the Heavenly Court, and was considered one of the few good people in the prehistoric Heavenly Court.

The Golden Cudgel was split in two; one half was placed in the Central Continent Team in the Floating Pavilion, and the other half was in Sun Wukong's hands.

Presumably, it was because he was the true owner of the Golden Cudgel that he was able to sense the location of Fang Ge and Erlang Shen through the Golden Cudgel and break through the void to arrive.

Because he had a fairly good personal relationship with Yang Jian, and Yang Jian had come to help him retrieve the Golden Cudgel... that's why he offered his assistance.

But since they've blocked my way, I'll fight them if I want to. Even if it's my childhood idol, Sun Wukong, Fang Ge won't back down an inch.

"Hey—young people, stop thinking about fighting and killing! I, Old Sun, am not an unreasonable person. Right and wrong have long been settled..."

Sun Wukong, however, snatched the golden cudgel away, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and said with a grin, "I, Old Sun, will give you this half of the golden cudgel. Little brother, don't be so ruthless, okay?"

Fang Ge stood calmly in the void, enveloped by vast stretches of chaotic laws, facing the two saints alone.

He countered, "If I truly intend to exterminate them all, would Sun Wukong be willing to fight?"

Sun Wukong pondered for a moment and replied, "...Grandpa Sun will clean house and beat this bastard to a pulp with one blow."

"You impudent monkey! You're taking advantage of me!"

Yang Jian's temples bulged with veins: "Now that I have been defeated, it is up to him to decide whether to kill or torture me. Put away your pity!"

Fang Ge finally understood what Monkey King meant.

This operation may seem confusing, but it actually contains a hidden secret.

Erlang Shen is a high-level saint and golden immortal. Even if his body and soul are destroyed, he will be resurrected after hundreds of millions of years and become a hero again.

Instead, they fell into the Jade Disc of Creation... and died completely.

Fang Ge frowned and persisted, "Great Sage, you have quite the nerve. Do you really think this place is a place where you can come and go as you please?"

"Hi!"

Sun Wukong slapped his thigh and said, "If you want me to stay and chat, that's your business. If I want to clean house, that's my business. Public and private matters can't be mixed up..."

"If we're going to talk, then let's show some sincerity."

Fang Ge made an outrageous demand: "I want half of the Golden Cudgel, the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword, and Yang Jian's Holy Path and Immortal Path. If you're willing to give them to me, I'll preserve his Golden Nature and give him a chance to be resurrected."

The reward given by the Supreme God is the same whether the physical form is completely obliterated or destroyed.

Even if Yang Jian were to be resurrected millions of years later, his strength would only decrease, not increase. He would be nothing more than a nobody, not even worthy of competing with Fang Ge's disciples.

By then, the Primordial Heavenly Court had already been taken over by Fang Geyang!

Moreover, the golden nature of the Golden Immortal is based on the Eight Trigrams of Fuxi. It is the embodiment of the great virtues achieved by the Human Emperor Fuxi, and within this multiverse, it is equivalent to the artifacts of the Great Thousand Worlds.

Fang Ge couldn't be sure whether Yang Jian's Golden Nature would be preserved after the Jade Disc of Creation stripped him of his Immortal Path and Saint Path, or whether he could still be resurrected using the Golden Nature... This whole thing was just pretending to be capable, trying to get something for nothing!

The Golden Cudgel is an excellent acquired spiritual weapon. If it can be restored to its complete state, its power will be extraordinary, even greater than Erlang Shen's Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword.

As for killing Sun Wukong here, wiping them all out in one fell swoop...

Yang Jian and Sun Wukong are of similar strength, and with Fang Ge's current power, he might not be unable to defeat them. However, the two possess the ability to break through the shield of the Eastern Emperor Bell, allowing them to summon even more people from the Heavenly Court!
Fang Ge couldn't possibly gamble that these two people were of good enough character to actually have a real manly battle with him, could he?
Moreover, Fang Ge also wanted to conduct an experiment.

Even if a celestial being loses their saintly or immortal status, their mastery of runes and the level of spiritual light will not decrease...

Wouldn't that cultivator fall to the Saintly Realm? If that's the case, then things will get interesting.

Although a near-saint is not as strong as a saint, their speed of progress is an advantage!
Moreover, whether one can be re-entered into the celestial or saintly positions is another matter entirely...

"I, Old Sun, am fine. What do you think?" Sun Wukong looked at the disheveled Yang Jian with a rather straightforward expression.

The two seemed to have secretly communicated using their divine senses.

Fang Ge didn't know if Yang Jian realized the ingenuity of "Approaching Sainthood" and "Second Entry into the Palace," or if he knew that the current situation was beyond his control and he had no choice.

In short, Yang Jian agreed to the proposal.

Sun Wukong casually tossed out the golden cudgel he was carrying. If it weren't for the nostalgia and reluctance in his eyes, Fang Ge might have suspected that the golden cudgel was fake.

With a thought from Fang Ge, the two identical golden cudgels merged into one, thus achieving perfection and lacking nothing.

Yang Jian's three-pointed double-edged sword was also taken away by him without any hesitation.

Fang Ge didn't hesitate either. Using the Chaos Bell above his head to prevent any accidents, he summoned the Jade Disc of Creation and began to peel away the sacred and immortal paths from Yang Jian's body.

Previously, when usurping power, the physical forms of immortals and saints would be destroyed beforehand; Yang Jian was the first living example.

Strands of gold and blue light were drawn from his body and eventually coalesced into two perfectly round spheres.

Compared to the Immortal Saint Paths they had previously seized, these were all larger, especially this Golden Immortal Path, which was as big as a fist and possessed extraordinary power!

Yang Jian's aura plummeted, he lost his sacred path, and his physical body fell from the crater in the multiverse, breaking away from the quantum-like life structure and returning to a flesh and blood life form, an [ordinary three-eyed clansman].

But there was a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

—As expected… the Light of the Soul did not noticeably downgrade; it became the second stage of the initial Sainthood realm.

As a veteran sage, Yang Jian may not have experienced this stage before. It's hard not to be surprised to enjoy the special benefits of being a near-sage, which allows for direct connection to the source and rapid advancement.

After all, the treatment enjoyed by those innate saints is something only they can receive in the future, but that is something for the distant future.

A hundred million years is too long; seize the day!
According to Fang Ge's understanding, to become a saint, one needs to inscribe one's own mark on the essence of the multiverse, condense one's own saintly path, and obtain a saintly position.

However, Yang Jian's sacred authority was taken away by the Jade Tablet of Creation, thus his life form was downgraded.

However, the Holy Path still exists in the Jade Tablet of Creation, and the traces left by Yang Jian corresponding to the authority of that Holy Position are still there, so it should be impossible to prove it twice.

Unless Fang Ge returns his holy way.

To become an immortal, one only needs to rely on cultivation techniques to expend resources to condense one's own rank... one might actually become an immortal a second time!
In that case, he might actually make progress in the future...

"See you in a hundred million years...if we can meet."

Fang Ge smashed him into a pulp with one blow!
[Defeat Yang Jian, reward: one C-level access level]

(End of this chapter)