Chapter 174: The Dao Seed returns, master and disciple together!

Silent, he left.

He carried his self‑righteous Fixed Number and slunk away, disappearing.

Sun Wukong couldn't even be bothered to give him another look.

Just a failure.

At this moment, his entire mind and spirit were firmly drawn to the golden Dao Seed in the void.

Crack—Bang!

Accompanied by the final crisp sound.

The black chain representing "Conclusion" and "Fixed Number",

under the rejection of the whole newborn world, it could no longer hold up and shattered completely!

It did not turn into energy, nor into dust.

but like a phantom that never existed,

erased from existence by this world brimming with vitality and change!

Clean and neat!

With the disappearance of the bonds.

The golden Void Seed burst forth with a blaze of light ten thousand zhang high!

That light was not blinding.

It was warm and vast, like a wanderer far from home finally sensing the hearth smoke of his homeland.

Hum—

The Dao Seed trembled lightly.

It sensed Sun Wukong.

It sensed that familiar to the marrow, unyielding, arrogant, never‑yielding Equal Heaven Dao Rhythm!

That is its disciple!

The disciple it had waited an eon for, and would continue to wait for!

The next second!

Whoosh!

There was no sign at all!

The golden Dao Seed transformed into a golden stream of light that tore through the void,

carrying an indescribable sense of intimacy and longing, it slammed fiercely into Sun Wukong's forehead!

Its speed was so great it even surpassed the time laws of this newborn world!

Wukong, be careful!

Yao cried out in surprise!

That is the very essence of the supreme Dao Seed, its power enough to instantly burst a great thousand‑world cosmos!

It came rushing in so violently, this…

However.

Sun Wukong stood rooted, not moving a muscle.

He didn't even blink.

His face showed no trace of tension or guard.

All there was was a childlike, bright smile that came from the heart.

Master's belongings.

How could it harm me, Old Sun?

He opened his arms, as if embracing a long‑lost kin.

He did not dodge.

No need to dodge!

That golden stream of light, in Yao's astonished gaze, caused no earth‑shaking explosion.

It simply did so, gently and softly.

It imprinted onto Sun Wukong's forehead.

No pain.

No impact.

Only a warm current, a surge rising from the deepest depths of the soul,

named the "current of belonging", instantly spreading through his limbs and bones!

Warm!

Boundless warmth!

Just like when, years ago on Fangcun Mountain, he lazily dozed off and his Master draped that Dao robe over him.

Just like when he was pressed under Five Elements Mountain, his Master, through endless spacetime,

sent that faint glimmer that kept him from utter despair.

The golden Dao Seed slowly merged into the black‑golden divine pattern on his brow.

The two merged perfectly together.

No distinction between them.

And just at this moment!

Boom—

An incomparably massive torrent of information, indescribable in any language,

Like a breached Jiǔtiān Galaxy, it surged violently into Sun Wukong's sea of consciousness!

That is not knowledge.

It is not a cultivation technique.

It is the "Dao"!

It is Bodhi Patriarch, the ultimate true insight into his supreme Void Way, the most primordial, most core truth!

Sun Wukong's consciousness was drawn into a pure golden realm.

Here.

He "saw"!

He saw what the Master's "Void" truly is!

It is not the cold, lifeless tomb that silence understands!

Nor is it the endpoint that the librarian perceives, inscribing everything!

The Master's "Void" is a "beginning"!

It is the infinite "possibility" birthed after all endings!

It is the most fertile soil that can nurture any miracle!

It embraces everything!

It accepts everything!

And it creates everything!

Sun Wukong understands!

He fully comprehends!

Why the Master chose self‑dissolution, turning Dao into myriad forms!

Because the Master intends to use his own "Dao" to lay a foundation of rebirth for the old, already ossified and decayed Multiverse!

He wants every world to have a chance to choose anew!

He wants every Living Being to possess the possibility of breaking destiny!

And his own Way of the Equal Heaven, which represents the "variable", the "Unyielding" Dao,

is precisely the most vigorous, wild seed that must grow on this new soil!

The Master's "Void" is the stage!

And his own "Equal Heaven" is the most unrestrained protagonist on that stage!

These two great Ways are not a matter of sequence at all!

They have always been one!

They are complementary, inseparable truths of creation and transformation!

"Master…"

Sun Wukong murmurs to himself.

A towering wave surged in his heart!

It is awe!

It is enlightenment!

And it is the deepest respect and pride for the Master's grand design!

With this enlightenment,

His power, his Dao, began to undergo an earth‑shattering transformation!

The divine pattern on his forehead was no longer purely black and gold.

Strands of warm golden hue representing the "Void" merged within, becoming an incomparably profound Dao pattern.

The Equal Heaven Dao Rhythm on his body remained ferocious, still domineering.

Yet beneath this ferocity lay a depth and tranquility akin to the cosmic starry sky.

If the previous Sun Wukong was an axe that could cleave everything,

then now,

he is not only the axe; he is also the one wielding it!

He can not only break rules.

He can also create rules!

Sun Wukong slowly opened his eyes.

The world appeared different through his eyes.

He could see the threads of law, spreading through the void like a spider's web.

He could hear the wills of Living Beings converging into an ever‑rushing river.

He could even sense every subtle ripple that time leaves upon the structure of space.

A thought flickered in his mind.

It was merely a notion.

Not far away, a valley that had just turned to scorched earth in the aftermath of battle.

A splash of fresh green broke through the soil.

Immediately after,

came the second, the third…

In the blink of an eye!

Green grass like a carpet, wildflowers in bloom, a clear stream materialized out of nowhere, babbling as it flowed.

The whole valley, from a Deathly Silence, instantly turned into a vibrant, otherworldly paradise!

No magical power was used.

No divine ability was displayed.

He simply wanted this place to have Vitality.

Thus, here, Vitality appeared!

Words spoken!

Law follows!

This is the authority named "Creation" born from the fusion of Equal Heaven and Void!

Beside them, Yao was completely stunned.

She opened her little mouth, and her beautiful eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

She could feel it.

At this moment, Sun Wukong had changed.

If one were to say that his former self was a rebellious, explosive sun, brimming with destructive power.

Then now.

He is the entire Universe's starry sky!

The sun still burns there.

But the starry sky embraces the sun within it!

That aura, deep and vast, seemed endless!

Just standing by his side, Yao felt her newly breakthrough Illusory Dream Path

unconsciously resonating with it, operating more smoothly and harmoniously!

This is a kind of surrender and intimacy rooted in the primacy of life!

Sun Wukong did not mind Yao's astonishment.

He slowly closed his eyes, carefully feeling.

He could feel.

Master's aura.

It became unprecedentedly clear!

No longer needing the Dao Seed compass's guidance.

He could clearly "see" in the endless distant, different Chaos Realm universes,

one Jīnsè guāngdiǎn after another, bright or dim, flickering.

Those are Master's other Dao Seeds!

They are like lighthouses in the night, calling to him!

Master has not vanished.

He has always been here!

He used his own body to become a net spanning the Multiverse.

And he himself is the one who gathers the net!

Sun Wukong's eye corner was slightly moist.

A hot tear rolled down his furry cheek.

Before it hit the ground, it was vaporized into Void by his scorching Dao Rhythm.

It was a tear of joy.

It was a tear of reunion.

More so, a tear of supreme pride for having such a Master.

He gripped the Golden Cudgel in his hand tightly.

"Buzz!"

The Divine Iron that had accompanied him all his life seemed to sense its master's intent, emitting an excited buzz!

Sun Wukong lifted his head, his gaze piercing the barriers of this newborn world,

and looked toward that broader Chaos Sea, full of unknowns and challenges!

His face once again showed that unrestrained, wildly arrogant smile!

The path of seeking the Master is no longer vague!

The road ahead is exceedingly clear!

"Master!"

"Did you see it?"

"Your Dao has successors!"

"Your disciple has arrived!"

He let out a roar that shook the Universe, aimed at the endless void.

"Wait for me, old Sun!"

"I'll come right now to fetch you… home!"