Chapter 404

North Sea, Demon Emperor Island.

Tens of thousands of demons knelt on the ground, the mountain-shaking and sea-roaring sounds of worship shaking the firmament.

Sun Wukong stood before the Demon Emperor Hall; at this moment, the Demon Emperor Seal within his body emerged, and this seal was frantically inhaling the demon race luck that had accumulated on the entire island for countless years.

"Rumble..."

Sensing the aura of the Demon Emperor Seal, the gates of the Demon Emperor Hall, which had been silent for ten thousand ages, slowly opened to both sides.

A vast imperial aura surged out from within the hall, blowing Sun Wukong's hair back.

"Your Majesty, please enter the hall to receive the inheritance." Bai Ze stood up, folded his hands on his chest, his demeanor extremely respectful.

Xuan Ming, Cang Li, and the other five Great Luo Golden Immortals lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the blinding golden light leaking from the hall.

Sun Wukong did not hesitate and stepped into the great hall.

As soon as his feet crossed the threshold, the heavy obsidian doors slammed shut, completely isolating all sounds from the outside world.

There were no eternal lamps in the hall, yet it was as bright as day.

The surrounding walls were carved with totems of the ancient demon race conquering the world.

On the altar in the center of the great hall, a ball of golden light the size of a fist hovered.

That was the origin of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array extracted by Di Jun, along with the imperial will he had condensed throughout his life.

Sun Wukong walked to the altar.

Just as he was less than three feet away from the light source, the ball of golden light trembled violently and directly turned into a stream of light, rushing into his brow without any obstruction.

"Ugh!"

Sun Wukong let out a muffled grunt, his body swaying violently, and finally, he sat down cross-legged.

Vast ancient memories, complex demon race governing techniques, and the incomplete array diagrams of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array exploded in his sea of consciousness in an extremely brutal manner.

This stream of information was too vast, and Sun Wukong felt as if his head were about to split open.

Red blood spilled from his seven orifices, dripping onto the black stone floor along his golden fur.

But this physical pain was secondary.

What was truly fatal was the will of Di Jun that came with the inheritance.

It was a terrifying, domineering imperial will that could sacrifice everything for the sake of governance.

This will manifested a phantom image wearing a Jin Wu imperial robe in Sun Wukong's sea of consciousness, attempting to erase Sun Wukong's original personality and reshape him into a cold and ruthless emperor.

"Abandon distracting thoughts, sever private feelings, and bear the imperial path; only then can you be the Demon Emperor."

The majestic voice echoed repeatedly in Sun Wukong's sea of consciousness, carrying an irresistible sense of oppression.

Sun Wukong bit his teeth tightly, blood seeping from his gums; his eyes were wide open, revealing a wild, untamable madness.

In his mind flashed the monkeys and grandchildren of Mount Huaguo, Su Chen who fought side-by-side with him, and the teachings of Patriarch Puti.

He was born as a stone monkey nurtured by heaven and earth, with wildness carved into his bones to fight heaven and earth.

He did not respect heaven and earth, did not fear ghosts and gods, and would absolutely not be a marionette with his emotions erased!

"Fart!"

Sun Wukong roared in his sea of consciousness, and violent demon aura shot into the sky.

"My old Sun is the Saint Qitian! I am not your shadow, Di Jun!"

His Lingming Stone Monkey origin turned into a violent demonic ape, tearing at the Jin Wu phantom in his sea of consciousness.

The inheritance left by Di Jun was not actually intended to forcibly change the person receiving it.

This was actually a cruel test; a demon who could not even hold onto their own self was simply not worthy of sitting in the Demon Emperor's seat.

Sun Wukong's own will collided violently with Di Jun's imperial will.

His sea of consciousness became chaotic and disordered, as if heaven and earth were collapsing.

"I am Saint Qitian Sun Wukong! My old Sun will take your power! But I do not recognize your rules!"

Accompanied by a heaven-and-earth-shaking roar, Sun Wukong forcibly suppressed that imperial will; he wanted to completely refine the origin left by Di Jun and make it his own.

At the same time, East Sea, Mount Huaguo.

In a secret room deep within the Water Curtain Cave.

Su Chen sat cross-legged on a prayer mat, his eyes closed.

Gray-white chaotic air currents swirled around him, and the space within the secret room was constantly twisted by this force.

The Chaos Bell hovered above Su Chen's head, dripping down heavy mysterious yellow energy and chaotic energy.

Su Chen mobilized the Great Luo Hunyuan magic power within his dantian, attempting to refine the first innate restriction inside the Chaos Bell.

"Hum—"

The Chaos Bell shook violently.

That innate restriction erupted with an extremely strong repulsive force, turning into countless runes, forcibly blocking the intrusion of the Hunyuan magic power.

A force of counter-shock was transmitted back along the magic power.

Su Chen's Hunyuan Jin Dan trembled violently, his blood and energy churned, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Innate supreme treasures have their own pride.

They were born in chaos and naturally would not easily submit to other living beings.

Su Chen opened his eyes and raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

There was not a trace of discouragement in his gray-white eyes; instead, they revealed a bit of excitement.

"Let's see how long you can block me."

Su Chen formed seals with his hands rapidly, directly activating the seventh turn of the "Chaos Nine Turns".

His spinal dragon let out a high-pitched roar, turning into a huge power hub, pumping frantically.

The three hundred and sixty-five acupoints around his body resonated in unison.

Domineering chaotic blood and energy permeated his body, directly wrapping around the main body of the Chaos Bell.

Su Chen no longer attempted to break the restriction with conventional methods but used the "inclusive of all things" characteristic of the Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

Hunyuan is the state where the primordial energy has not yet separated, and chaos is one.

If you repel me, I will assimilate you!

The gray-white chaotic blood and energy flowed upstream along the mysterious yellow energy, forcibly infiltrating the first innate restriction.

The runes on the restriction flickered violently, attempting to resist.

But in the face of the domineering power of the "Chaos Nine Turns", the resistance appeared futile.

As time passed, the first innate restriction was refined by Su Chen, and the countless innate laws contained within it surged into Su Chen's sea of consciousness.

Su Chen received the feedback after refining and his comprehension of the various Great Dao laws contained in the Chaos Bell improved rapidly.

Su Chen pressed his advantage, his Hunyuan magic power drove straight in, continuing to refine the second innate restriction.

The second innate restriction involved partial time laws; Su Chen's soul felt the erosion of time, but he guarded his spiritual platform tightly, and the Hunyuan Dao Fruit suppressed everything.

Finally, it was successfully refined.

The third innate restriction involved spatial laws; Su Chen already had a deep understanding of spatial laws, and with the help of the Hunyuan Dao, refining it was even more handy, and it was soon refined again.

Breaking through three innate restrictions in one breath, a layer of fine sweat seeped onto Su Chen's forehead.

He stopped the impact and began to digest the feedback brought by these three restrictions.

With the refining of the restrictions, a trace of time and space laws contained within the Chaos Bell began to resonate with the inner world within Su Chen's body.

The micro-worlds within the three hundred and sixty-five acupoints became more stable.

Su Chen's understanding of the Hunyuan Dao deepened at a terrifying speed.

The gray-white chaotic energy within the secret room became increasingly dense.

Influenced by the laws of the Chaos Bell, the space within the secret room was completely sealed, and even the flow of time was altered.

One day passed in the outside world, and more than a month had passed in the secret room.

Su Chen's aura climbed step by step; his early-stage Great Luo Jinxian realm was completely stabilized, and he began to steadily advance toward the mid-stage Great Luo Jinxian realm.