Chapter 277: Niu Mowang's Invitation

Inside the Water Curtain Cave hall, after Su Chen finished listening to Luan Erjie's report and asked a few details, confirming that there were no major events on Flower Fruit Mountain and the Demon Alliance in recent years, he stood up and walked toward the depths of the Water Curtain Cave.

Su Chen arrived at Sun Wukong's place of seclusion, carefully extended a sliver of spiritual sense, touched the edge of the seal, and then withdrew it.

The aura inside the cave dwelling was extremely chaotic; even the restrictions left by Sun Wukong could not completely cover it.

Two completely different forces were clashing fiercely inside; one was the Lingming Stone Monkey origin from Brother Monkey, and the other was the Six-Eared Macaque origin.

The two were like water and fire, undergoing a long-lasting fusion and devouring, but one could faintly feel that the power from Brother Monkey occupied the absolute initiative.

The origin of the Six-Eared Macaque was one of the four monkeys of the world born from the Chaos Demon Ape; wanting to completely refine and fuse it was by no means an easy task.

But with Brother Monkey's talent and root bone, there shouldn't be any mishaps.

"Can't rush it." Su Chen withdrew his spiritual sense and turned to leave the back mountain.

Returning to the Water Curtain Cave, Su Chen entered his own cultivation chamber alone.

He sat cross-legged on the prayer mat and closed his eyes to look inside.

The Hunyuan Jin Dan hung in the center of the dantian, five-colored radiance flowing endlessly. The green of wood, the red of fire, the yellow of earth, the white of gold, the blue of water—the five elements generated and restrained each other, circulating back and forth, forming a whole.

The Five Qi in the chest rose and fell, and the Dao foundation was perfect and flawless.

Yin and Yang Qi surrounded the outer periphery of the Jin Dan, one black and one white, chasing and rotating like Taiji fish.

This was his foundation, and also his Dao.

But besides this, he also carried too many things on his body.

The two Daos of Ending and Destruction from Luo Hou's legacy were extremely fierce and completely different from the path of his Jin Dan Dao.

The incomplete Space Dao of Yang Mei Daxian, although he only obtained the fur, was also truly imprinted in his Hunyuan Jin Dan.

Plus the method of Pangu's physical body transformation contained in the "Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes"...

It was too messy.

Su Chen opened his eyes and tapped his fingers lightly on his knees.

The path of cultivation emphasizes that if one method is mastered, all methods are mastered.

But if one wants everything and piles everything on oneself, one will eventually become a "four-unlike."

Great Luo Golden Immortal requires condensing the Great Luo Dao Fruit.

The Dao Fruit is the ultimate condensation of the Dao that a cultivator has comprehended.

Everything one has learned, comprehended, and practiced in one's life converges into one, turning into a Dao that belongs uniquely to oneself.

What is his Dao?

The Hunyuan Jin Dan is the foundation, the Five Elements and Yin-Yang are the skeleton, Ending and Destruction are the means, and Space is the auxiliary.

As for Pangu's Opening Kai Tian Zhen Yi, that is the opportunity for physical body transformation, which runs parallel to the Dao Fruit.

"Hunyuan..." Su Chen muttered the two words in his mouth.

Hunyuan means all methods return to one, encompassing all phenomena.

He cultivated the "Hunyuan Jin Dan True Explanation" from the start and walked the path of the Jin Dan Dao.

When the Ancestor passed this cultivation technique to him, he said that everyone's comprehension is different, and the path they walk out is also different.

Perhaps he doesn't need to deliberately choose.

The Dao of Hunyuan is originally to melt all Daos into one furnace, refining a supreme law that belongs uniquely to oneself. Using the Five Elements and Yin-Yang as the furnace, Ending and Destruction as the fire, and Space as the medium, melting all Daos to cast the Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

Once this thought arose, Su Chen's heart suddenly opened up.

But thinking it through is one thing, and doing it is another.

The difficulty of the Hunyuan Dao Fruit is probably far beyond the ordinary Great Luo Dao Fruit.

He needs to perfectly fuse these conflicting Dao laws; if any link goes wrong, the light result is the collapse of the Dao foundation, and the heavy result is the destruction of both form and spirit.

"Take it slow."

Su Chen stood up from the prayer mat and took out the jade slip of the Geng-metal body-tempering secret method gifted by Bai Diyuan, as well as the scroll containing the Innate Dao text of the two characters "Pangu."

In the coming days, he planned to cultivate in seclusion on Flower Fruit Mountain, using the Geng-metal body-tempering secret method in coordination with the "Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes" to temper his physical body, striving to comprehend the Opening Kai Tian Zhen Yi as soon as possible.

While sorting out what he had learned, preparing for the future condensation of the Great Luo Dao Fruit.

Time passed day by day like this.

Su Chen practiced the axe technique on the top of Flower Fruit Mountain every morning, drawing the heaven and earth killing aura to temper his body.

The Geng-metal body-tempering secret method gifted by Bai Diyuan indeed complemented the "Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Axes," and his physical body became more condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye under the alternating tempering of the two secret methods.

He had long since mastered the thirty-six axe techniques, and what he needed to do now was to combine the thirty-six styles into one and comprehend the Opening Kai Tian Zhen Yi of the Pangu Great God.

But this step was like a layer of window paper, seemingly thin, but he couldn't poke through it no matter what.

In the blink of an eye, several months passed.

On this day, just as Su Chen returned to the Water Curtain Cave after practicing the axe technique in the mountains, Luan Erjie came up to greet him, holding a letter sealed with demon power in her hand.

"Advisor, a letter from Vice Alliance Leader Niu of Xi Niuhe Zhou."

Su Chen took the letter, his fingertips urged the demon power, the seal dissipated, and a piece of animal skin letter paper unfolded.

The letter was written by Niu Mowang himself, the handwriting was like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing, heroic and unrestrained, just like the person himself.

"Brother Su Chen, hope you are well. Old Niu has added a son, named Hong Haier, and in half a month it will be his first birthday. We brothers haven't seen each other for a long time; let's take this opportunity to gather. The location is at the Banana Cave of Mount Cuiping; if you don't come, you're not giving Old Niu face!"

At the end, there was also a small line of words: "Brother, if you can bring a few jars of Flower Fruit Mountain's Monkey Wine, Old Niu would be very grateful."

After reading it, Su Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Niu Mowang's personality was still the same as ever.

Ever since the Demon Alliance was established and dissolved into parts, each developing on its own, he and the several Great Sages hadn't met for a long time.

Now that Niu Mowang had gained a son and had taken the initiative to invite him, it was indeed a rare opportunity for a reunion.

"Luan Erjie, is there any news from the other several Vice Alliance Leaders?" Su Chen asked.

"It shouldn't be just the Advisor who received the news." Luan Erjie replied, "According to Yan Que's news, most of the several Great Sages will arrive."

Su Chen nodded.

The several Great Sages of the Demon Alliance—Jiao Mowang, Shi Tuo Wang, Mihou Wang, Yu Rong Wang, plus Niu Mowang himself—were all overlords of one side.

Having managed their own territories for these years, their strength must have improved.

Being able to reunite on the occasion of Hong Haier's first birthday was also a good thing for the Demon Alliance.

"Reply for me, say that Su Chen will definitely arrive." Su Chen ordered.

Luan Erjie took the order and withdrew.

Su Chen sat on the stone chair, tapping his fingers on the table, pondering another matter.

For Hong Haier's first birthday, as the Demon Alliance Advisor and a close friend of Niu Mowang's sworn brother, he had to prepare a decent congratulatory gift.

"First birthday gift..."

Su Chen suddenly remembered something: Hong Haier was one of the few practitioners in the world who possessed the Samadhi True Fire.

In the original work, this kid was born with a unique talent and could breathe Samadhi True Fire, and even Sun Wukong had suffered losses at his hands.

Although the timeline had been stirred into a mess by him, Hong Haier's talent for the fire element shouldn't change.

But at this time, Hong Haier shouldn't know the supernatural power of Samadhi True Fire yet; he might be able to work on this and give Hong Haier a big gift.

Thinking of this, Su Chen had a plan in his heart and prepared to go to the Flaming Mountain to refine a wisp of Samadhi True Fire seed as a first birthday gift for Hong Haier.

Thinking of this, Su Chen secretly thought that being able to find Samadhi True Fire so easily now, he had to thank the Jade Emperor and the Buddhist Sect for a good show, letting that Six-Eared Macaque replace Brother Monkey to cause havoc in the Heavenly Palace, otherwise Hong Haier would probably have no fate with this supernatural power.

Because he had to prepare the gift, Su Chen could only set off early for the Flaming Mountain in Xi Niuhe Zhou.

Before setting off, Su Chen went to the depths of the Water Curtain Cave to take a look at Sun Wukong's stone chamber of seclusion.

Everything was as before; the clash of the two forces inside the cave was still fierce, but compared to a few months ago, the trend of fusion had clearly accelerated.

"I think the day Brother Monkey comes out of seclusion is not far off." Su Chen thought to himself.

The next morning, Su Chen handed over the affairs of Flower Fruit Mountain to Luan Erjie, took some Monkey Wine, drove an auspicious cloud, and headed toward Xi Niuhe Zhou. ===== CHAPTER 278 =====