Journey to the West: The gods and Buddhas panicked when the monkey was trapped inside him.

Above Dongsheng Shenzhou.

On the somersault cloud, Sun Wukong sat cross-legged, looking down at the mountains and rivers rushing past, and smacked his lips.

"Brother, I'm really a little reluctant to part with him," Sun Wukong muttered in his mind.

"All things considered, I've only been learning real skills from my master for seven years."

"What can you do in seven years? I haven't even mastered the Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend Transformation Techniques yet, and I'm already being kicked off the mountain."

"Be content," Li Chen's voice rang out. "What you've learned in these seven years is equivalent to tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation by those immortals in heaven."

Sun Wukong chuckled, then changed the subject and couldn't help but complain.

"But brother, the Somersault Cloud technique Master taught me is indeed fast, but the starting posture is just too undignified!"

"Every time I use it, I have to do a somersault first, like a wild monkey performing tricks on the street! I'm a true cultivator now, it's so embarrassing if word gets out!"

Within his mind, Li Chen chuckled softly, "Weren't you originally just a monkey?"

Sun Wukong choked, scratched his cheek, and was speechless.

"Alright, stop complaining." Li Chen's tone turned serious. "This Somersault Cloud was originally a flight technique specially tailored for you by Patriarch Bodhi."

"Remember, use it when traveling in public. The escape techniques you learned in the Heavenly Gang Method must never be revealed!"

"Once you reveal your trump card, it's no longer a trump card."

"If you expose your underwear to all the gods and Buddhas right from the start, they will immediately devise a plan against you."

Sun Wukong's expression turned solemn, and he nodded emphatically.

"Don't worry, brother, I know what I'm doing! Playing dumb to fool others—I've been doing that for over a decade in Jambudvipa, I'm a pro!"

"It's good that you understand." Li Chen continued to remind him, "Leaving Fangcun Mountain means that the grand strategy of Journey to the West has officially begun."

"From this day forward, every step you take will be within the calculations of all the gods and Buddhas."

"They won't take your life because you're the protagonist of destiny."

"But in order to tame your wildness and make you obedient, all sorts of methods that will make you suffer will be indispensable."

A hint of arrogant coldness flashed in Sun Wukong's golden eyes.

"Make me suffer?" he sneered. "Brother, I'm not the wild monkey I used to be!"

"They want to scheme against me? Fine, but if they want me to bow down, they'd better be prepared to lose all their teeth!"

......

Half a day later.

On the horizon ahead, the outline of a beautiful and sacred mountain gradually comes into view.

We've arrived at Flower Fruit Mountain.

Sun Wukong landed on the cloud and roared excitedly.

"My children! I'm back!"

The sound echoed throughout Flower Fruit Mountain. As he expected, all the monkeys and their offspring on the mountain would surely come out to greet him with great joy.

However, all around was deathly silent.

There was only the roar of the waterfall crashing against the rocks; there were no cheers, no welcomes, and not even a monkey in sight.

The smile on Sun Wukong's face vanished instantly.

He sniffed; the air was thick with the pungent smell of blood and a mingled aura of demonic energy.

"Big brother, something's happened." Sun Wukong's voice was extremely low, and killing intent surged in his eyes.

"Follow the demonic aura to find it," Li Chen said coldly.

Sun Wukong suddenly exerted force with his feet and sped off towards the north of Flower Fruit Mountain.

As they passed through the dense forest, the sight before him made Sun Wukong clench his fists instantly.

On the open ground, the mangled corpses of monkeys lay scattered haphazardly, some even disemboweled.

In the center, several burly little demons were wielding barbed whips, lashing them hard at a group of skinny monkeys.

The monkeys carried huge stones on their backs, walking with difficulty.

An old ape was desperately protecting the trembling baby monkey in its arms, its back ripped open by a leather whip, the flesh torn and the bone exposed.

"Hurry up! The king is building a palace in front of the dirty cave. If you delay the construction, he'll stew you all!" A wild boar demon cursed and kicked the old ape over.

"You're courting death!" Sun Wukong's eyes widened in fury, and his blood and qi surged wildly.

"Just as I thought." Li Chen sneered in his mind.

In the original story, the monkey spent decades at sea, and then a mischievous devil suddenly appeared in his home and took over his house? What a coincidence!

When Sun Wukong was around, no one dared to touch Huaguo Mountain, a place of great feng shui. But as soon as he left, demons would come and take over it.

It would have been impossible without the help of deities or Buddhas secretly allowing it to pass.

This mischievous demon king was clearly a pre-arranged experience package by the immortals and Buddhas, paving the way for Sun Wukong to return to the mountain and establish his authority.

"Since they've delivered themselves to our doorstep as a whetstone, then let's not be polite." Li Chen coldly ordered, "Wukong, kill them all, leave no one alive!"

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

Sun Wukong roared angrily, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

He didn't even bother to use his magic power; relying solely on his body, which had been tempered to its extreme, he took a sudden step forward.

"Boom!" The ground instantly collapsed and cracked.

"Bang!"

The wild boar demon, which was still swaggering around, didn't even have a chance to react before its head was smashed open by a single punch, splattering red and white matter all over the surrounding lesser demons.

"Who dares to act recklessly in the Dirty Water Cave!" The remaining lesser demons were terrified and raised their weapons.

With a single, powerful strike, the wolf demons blocking his path were instantly reduced to a cloud of blood mist before they could even utter a cry.

With a casual sweep of his foot, a terrifying shockwave swept out, cleaving more than a dozen lesser demons in half at the waist!

In less than ten breaths, all of the dozen or so little demons were reduced to pieces of flesh on the ground.

"Your Majesty!"

The rescued old ape looked at the golden figure standing in the pool of blood, and an unbelievable surprise burst forth in its cloudy eyes.

"The King has returned!"

The other monkeys dropped their boulders, gathered around, and clung to Sun Wukong's legs, wailing and crying.

"Your Majesty! Our Flower Fruit Mountain has been taken over by that wicked demon king, and they've captured and eaten all the little monkeys!"

Sun Wukong helped the old ape up, his voice icy cold.

"Children, don't cry! I'm back. This Flower and Fruit Mountain is no place for outsiders to run wild!"

"You guys wait here, I'm going to twist that damned demon king's head off and use it as a football!"

Before he finished speaking, Sun Wukong soared into the sky and headed straight for the Dirty Water Cave.

Water in front of dirty cave.

A burly demon, about ten feet tall and wielding a large, cold iron sword, was sitting on a stone chair drinking.

"Your Majesty, screams are coming from the north. Are those monkeys causing trouble again?" a little demon asked.

The Demon King sneered, "A bunch of beasts dare to rebel? Go and see, chop down the troublemakers and serve them as a snack!"

"boom!"

A beam of golden light descended from the sky and slammed into the front of the dirty cave.

The violent shockwave instantly blew away the surrounding lesser demons, sending them crashing heavily into the rock wall and killing them instantly.

As the dust settled, Sun Wukong stood there, his face contorted with murderous intent.

"So you're the troublemaker who took over my Flower Fruit Mountain?"

The mischievous demon king stood up, grabbed his broadsword, and burst into laughter.

"Where did this wild monkey come from, daring to come to my territory and die!"

"The one who will kill you." Sun Wukong flashed and appeared directly in front of the Demon King of Chaos.

"So fast!" The Demon King was shocked and instinctively raised his broadsword and slashed down fiercely.

Sun Wukong neither dodged nor avoided the blow, letting the cold iron blade strike his shoulder.

"clang!"

A deafening clang of metal clashing rang out.

The Demon King's tiger's mouth split open, and he stared in horror as his precious sword cracked with countless tiny fissures before exploding into iron filings with a "bang"!

Before he could react, a golden fist loomed larger and larger before his eyes.

"boom!"

Sun Wukong smashed the Demon King's chest with a single punch.

Its massive body flew backward and smashed through the stone door of the Dirty Water Cave.

Sun Wukong walked step by step into the ruins, looking at the Demon King of Chaos who was lying in a pool of blood, vomiting blood.

He raised his foot and stepped directly on the other person's head.

"In your next life, remember to find out who the master of Flower Fruit Mountain is!"

He suddenly exerted force with his feet.

"Snap!"

The devil's head was crushed by the stomp, and he fell silent.

Half an hour later, the Dirty Cave was engulfed in flames.

Sun Wukong, carrying the stolen supplies and the imprisoned monkeys, returned to the Water Curtain Cave in a grand procession.