I'm already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, how come you're only Martial Saints?

Luo Zhantian listened as the seven high-level martial artists and the dozen or so trainee practitioners chattered on about everything that had just happened.

How did they manage to defeat the three demon kings single-handedly without even making a move, simply by shouting encouragement?

And how did they manage to clear the level with an unprecedented SSS rating without any casualties?

Everyone received a generous reward of at least 10 points of innate talent and 5 points of comprehension.

His shiny bald head first turned red, then bluish, and finally completely green.

Old Luo squatted on the ground, covered his head with his hands, buried his bald head in his knees, and muttered.

"You guys go back first, the portal is over there, I need some peace and quiet..."

Seeing this, everyone looked at him with sympathy and understanding, and quietly left the divine realm.

Putting themselves in Lao Luo's shoes, if they had missed such a great opportunity, they might not have performed as well as he did.

Luo Zhantian squatted there, his heart filled with remorse.

"If I had known Ning Chen was this strong, why would I have bothered with any tactics or sacrifice maneuvers? I would have gone in myself to help him, even just clearing out the weaker enemies! I've missed out on the huge attribute rewards; this is a huge loss, a really huge loss!"

In a moment of impulse, Lao Luo couldn't help but want to bang his bald head against the ground to vent his regret.

If he goes there, he can at least get ten points of innate talent, which is the kind of internal strength that can only be obtained through ten years of hard training!

"Ahem... Um, Professor Luo, are you available now? I have some questions I'd like to ask you."

Luo Zhantian looked up and met Ning Chen's gaze, which was calm yet tinged with a hint of mockery.

He took a deep breath, stood up, and resumed his posture as a teacher. Old Luo held his head high to prevent his sad tears from flowing down unintentionally.

No matter how heartbroken you are inside, you have to maintain the dignity of a teacher.

"Go ahead and speak, the teacher is listening..."

Ning Chen said slowly.

"During this journey through the Divine Realm, I discovered that actions taken in the first level of the Divine Realm can influence those in the second. For example, General Yin—when I first encountered him, he was just a small tiger demon, yet he defied the rules to attack me!"

"Because of my sect's background, Xiong Shanjun was extremely wary of me and did not dare to make a move. Otherwise, not everyone would have returned to Blue Star alive. Does this mean that the Divine Realm is not an isolated level, and that actions at the first level of the Divine Realm will have a continuous causal effect on subsequent levels of the Divine Realm?"

Luo Zhantian's eyes narrowed, and he nodded emphatically.

"This discovery is crucial! In the past, we treated each level as an independent instance, but now it seems that the development of the Journey to the West Divine Realm is continuous. Your experience in one level of the Divine Realm will affect the development of subsequent levels. I've noted that down. Do you have any other discoveries?"

"second......."

Ning Chen paused for a moment, then continued.

"The magical artifacts rewarded for perfectly clearing the Divine Realm are of extremely high quality. Teacher, do you know what kind of rewards you'll receive?"

With a slight thought, Ning Chen summoned the Tai'a Sword in his palm, radiating a sharp sword aura.

"This Tai'a sword is one of the rewards I received for perfectly completing the second level of the Divine Realm..."

Luo Zhantian examined the extraordinary Tai'a sword in Ning Chen's hand. He reached out and touched the blade, and his skin, which had been trained in the Golden Bell Shield technique, instantly cracked, leaving blood.

"Hiss, what a sharp divine sword..."

Luo Zhantian put his finger in his mouth and sucked on it, speaking indistinctly.

"I can't provide any useful information about the rewards for the Journey to the West Divine Realm. Even the second level was cleared using that method..."

Ning Chen nodded slightly; Lao Luo's answer was exactly what he expected.

It seems we'll have to uncover the deeper secrets of the Journey to the West's divine realm ourselves.

"Never mind, I was hoping to get some information from you, but now it seems I'll have to figure out what the next few levels will be like on my own."

Luo Zhantian gave a wry smile and readily admitted it.

"The Journey to the West Divine Realm is almost entirely unknown to Earth. To be honest, your perfect rating in clearing the second level is a first in Earth's history. The help I can offer you is probably only up to the third level..."

Ning Chen nodded in understanding, and then asked the question he was most concerned about, a question that Lao Luo definitely knew the answer to.

"I understand. What will I face in the next level of the Divine Realm, the third level? I remember you said that someone on Blue Star has already conquered the third level."

Luo Zhantian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"According to the description given by the Divine Realm Walker who returned from the third level, the third level is called the Battle of Two Realms Mountain!"

"The Battle of Two Realms Mountain?"

Ning Chen's heart skipped a beat; he was surprised to find the name so familiar.

"Yes, Liangjie Mountain!"

Luo Zhantian, oblivious to Ning Chen's intense emotional fluctuations, continued speaking.

"It is a strangely shaped mountain range, like a palm. There are hundreds of thousands of demon monkeys in the mountain. They are ferocious and bloodthirsty, and their strength is amazing. No one is allowed to approach or cross the Two Realms Mountain. Anyone who tries to get close will be attacked by the monkeys to the death. Without exception, all the teams that have tried to cross the Two Realms Mountain have been wiped out at the foot of the mountain."

"However, if you stop moving forward, these demon monkeys will not attack you. You can stay for 10 days and then return safely! But you will also completely lose your qualification to continue exploring the Journey to the West Divine Realm."

Ning Chen's thoughts raced. Two Realms Mountain, also known as Five Finger Mountain, if there is a demon, there should only be one!

Wuzhi Mountain is the place where the Buddha suppressed Sun Wukong for five hundred years!

According to the original story, only Sun Wukong should be trapped under the mountain, waiting for Tang Sanzang to remove the six-syllable mantra and rescue him.

Why are there so many demonic monkeys suddenly appearing in Wuzhi Mountain?

Ning Chen frowned, it seemed that the development of the Journey to the West Divine Realm had undergone significant changes without his knowledge.

Where did these demonic monkeys come from?

What is their relationship with Sun Wukong?

Is it protection, guarding, or some other more complex situation?

With such a large number of demon monkeys, the Battle of Liangjie Mountain, the third level of the Journey to the West Divine Realm, is definitely not a dungeon that can be cleared by fighting alone.

This challenge may touch upon the core secrets of the Journey to the West's divine realm, and may even be closely related to the actions of his senior brother Sun Wukong five hundred years ago!

Seeing Ning Chen deep in thought, Luo Zhantian patted him on the shoulder.

"For the third level, you'll have to rely on yourself. This level is so difficult that even if I gathered all the high-level martial artists on the entire planet, we still wouldn't be a match for those demonic monkeys!"

"Ning Chen, this is all the information I can give you about the third level. It's a perilous place a hundred times more dangerous than Shuangcha Ridge. Fortunately, you successfully passed the second level and gained a year to return to the initial divine realm for cultivation."

"What you can do is to improve yourself as much as possible within a year, to make yourself strong enough to pass the third level. I think that when that time comes, I will be able to uncover more secrets of the Journey to the West Divine Realm."

Ning Chen looked up at the Journey to the West scroll, which was surging with divine light.

He could almost see the towering mountain range that suppressed Sun Wukong, and the countless raging monkey demons within it.

These monkeys are fully armed, exuding a murderous aura, and ready for battle!

Ning Chen clenched his fist gently and murmured to himself.

"Two Realms Mountain... Demon Monkey..."

"Senior brother, it seems that your future is completely different because of my arrival."