Chapter 179: Heaven's Way Backlash, Initial Probe into the Mist!

"Go."

Sun Wukong said only one word.

One word, yet it was colder and harder than ten thousand years of profound ice.

Yao nodded, not asking further.

She could feel that the Sun Wukong before her was no longer the same as before.

That arrogance born from his bones still remained.

But atop that arrogance lay a layer of frost capable of freezing the divine soul.

However, Sun Wukong did not immediately tear open space.

He simply stood still.

His Fiery Golden Eyes slightly closed.

Yao felt somewhat doubtful.

She did not know what Sun Wukong intended to do.

She could feel that the surrounding laws began to twist and tremble in an extremely bizarre manner!

Sun Wukong was mobilizing his Dao!

That overbearing, peerless Dao rhythm of the Equal Heaven—defying heaven and earth, disrespecting gods and buddhas—unfurled like an invisible great net!

This time, his aim was not battle.

Not destruction.

But rather… tracing back!

He wanted to see!

He wanted to use his Dao to pry open a corner of that damned fate!

He wanted to see with his own eyes just what kind of origin that bastard called "Ji" had!

He also wanted to see!

That lofty figure hidden behind his master's back… Hongjun!

Just who exactly is this divine being!

"Get out, you old monkey!"

Sun Wukong let out a silent roar in his heart!

His divine sense transformed into billions of the sharpest needles, frantically racing upstream along the unseen threads of cause and effect!

He wanted to tear open the veil of time!

He wanted to pierce the mist of fate!

He wanted to drag out all the lurking specters from the darkness, lay them under the sun, and get a good look at them!

Yao was shaken by this terrifying will, stumbling back repeatedly.

She horrifiedly discovered that the laws of the newborn world, under Sun Wukong's will, began to reverse!

Time seemed to flow backward!

Cause and effect seemed to be reassembling!

This… this was no longer mere power!

This was a supreme divine power seeking to forcibly rewrite the past!

Sun Wukong's Way of the Equal Heaven had at its core the concept of the "variable"!

Since the future can change!

Then why can't the past be changed?!

He intended to use the greatest variable in the world to challenge the supreme fixed number!

Divine sense pierced the endless chaos.

He "saw" it!

He saw Ji's vague black shadow born in a realm even more ancient and deathly silent than the void.

He saw how that shadow, step by step, dragged world after world teeming with vitality into eternal silence.

It turned out to be a cosmic janitor.

Sun Wukong smirked inwardly.

Indeed, a madman!

Immediately, his divine sense continued upward!

Target—Hongjun!

That name merely flickered for a moment in his sea of consciousness!

Boom——!!!

An abrupt anomaly arose!

A bolt of golden lightning, indescribable in words, was born from nothing without any omen!

It did not strike down from the sky.

It was more like it exploded simultaneously from the gaps of every spacetime, every dimension, every law!

This bolt of lightning carried no hint of violence.

It possessed only pure, absolute, undeniable… heavenly might!

It is regulation!

It is order!

It is the supreme will of this multiverse, the most fundamental, forbidding any living beings from probing!

Pff——!

Pff——!

Sun Wukong's wildly reckless tracing net, before this golden thunderbolt, was as thin as ice under sunlight.

Translate: "Sun Wukong's wildly arrogant tracing net, in the face of this golden thunderbolt, was like thin ice under the sun." Need to keep meaning. Let's produce: "Sun Wukong's wildly arrogant tracing net, before this golden thunderbolt, was like thin ice under the sun." Ensure we keep all info.

In an instant, it was vaporized to utter dryness!

In an instant, it was vaporized to utter dryness!

A backlash force that had reached the extreme of grandeur and the extreme of vastness,

A backlash force that had reached the extreme of grandeur and the extreme of vastness,

Along that severed fate line, it violently struck Sun Wukong's soul!

"Following that severed karma line, it ruthlessly smashed onto Sun Wukong's divine soul!" We'll output: "Following that severed karma line, it ruthlessly smashed onto Sun Wukong's divine soul!"

Sun Wukong's tightly shut eyes flew open!

"Sun Wukong's tightly shut eyes suddenly flew open!" We'll output: "Sun Wukong's tightly shut eyes suddenly flew open!"

His towering body shuddered violently!

"His tall body shuddered violently!" We'll output: "His tall body shuddered violently!"

His whole body, as if struck head-on by an ancient divine mountain, lurched back three steps uncontrollably!

"The whole person, as if struck head-on by a Tai Gu Shen Shan, uncontrollably stepped back three paces!" We'll output: "The whole person, as if struck head-on by a Tai Gu Shen Shan, uncontrollably stepped back three paces!"

Each step landed.

Each step landed.

The ground beneath his feet instantly turned to powder, leaving a deep, bottomless black footprint!

"The ground beneath his feet instantly turned to powder, leaving a deep, pitch-black footprint that seemed bottomless!" We'll output: "The ground beneath his feet instantly turned to powder, leaving a deep, pitch-black footprint that seemed bottomless!"

"Pff!"

"Pff!"

But we need to be consistent: For line 61 we had no quotes. We'll output: 【61】 Pff——! (no quotes). For line 71 we have quotes in source, so we should reflect them. We'll output: 【71】 "Pff!" (with straight quotes). Let's do that.

A mouthful of golden blood slowly seeped from the corner of Sun Wukong's mouth!

"A mouthful of golden blood slowly trickled from the corner of Sun Wukong's mouth." We'll output: "A mouthful of golden blood slowly trickled from the corner of Sun Wukong's mouth."

That blood dripped onto the ground.

"That blood dripped onto the ground." We'll output: "That blood dripped onto the ground."

It made no sound.

"It made no sound." We'll output: "It made no sound."

Yet it instantly corroded the land for a hundred li around into an expanse filled with the aura of death and ending... nothingness!

"Yet it instantly corroded the land within a hundred li into a expanse filled with the aura of deathly silence and termination… nothingness!" We'll output: "Yet it instantly corroded the land within a hundred li into an expanse filled with the aura of deathly silence and termination… nothingness!"

"Great Sage!"

"Great Sage!" We'll output: 【76】 "Great Sage!" (with quotes).

Yao let out a gasp, her figure flashing as she tried to rush forward to support him.

"Yao let out a startled cry, her form flashing as she tried to rush forward to support him." We'll output: "Yao let out a startled cry, her form flashing as she tried to rush forward to support him."

"Don't come over!"

"Don't come over!" We'll output: 【78】 "Don't come over!" (with quotes).

Sun Wukong let out a low growl and raised his hand to stop her.

"Sun Wukong gave a low growl, raising his hand to stop her." We'll output: "Sun Wukong gave a low growl, raising his hand to stop her."

His voice was hoarse, like two rusted iron plates scraping together.

"His voice was hoarse, like two rusted iron plates scraping together." We'll output: "His voice was hoarse, like two rusted iron plates scraping together."

Yao's figure froze in place.

"Yao's figure froze in place." We'll output: "Yao's figure froze in place."

Her face was filled with shock and fear.

"Her face was filled with shock and fear." We'll output: "Her face was filled with shock and fear."

She stared fixedly at Sun Wukong.

"She stared fixedly at Sun Wukong." We'll output: "She stared fixedly at Sun Wukong."

What did she see?

"What did she see?" We'll output: "What did she see?"

She saw that Sun Wukong's Equal Heaven Great Way, which should have been unbound and free,

"She saw that Sun Wukong's Way of the Equal Heaven, which ought to be unconstrained," We'll output: "She saw that Sun Wukong's Way of the Equal Heaven, which ought to be unconstrained,"

the ever-changing black-gold Dao rhythm, at this moment, was actually being tightly bound by an invisible shackle!

"the ever-changing black-gold Dao Rhythm, at this moment, seemed to be locked tight by an invisible shackle!" We'll output: "the ever-changing black-gold Dao Rhythm, at this moment, seemed to be locked tight by an invisible shackle!"

Unable to move!

"It could not move!" We'll output: "It could not move!"

Even worse, it was being worn away and dissolved at a visible speed!

"Even worse, it was being worn away and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye!" We'll output: "Even worse, it was being worn away and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye!"

This is... a suppression at the level of the Great Dao!

"This is… a suppression at the level of the Great Dao!" We'll output: "This is… a suppression at the level of the Great Dao!"

It is a higher-dimensional, absolute crushing!

"It is an absolute crushing from a higher dimension!" We'll output: "It is an absolute crushing from a higher dimension!"

Yao's heart felt as if gripped by an invisible giant hand, almost stopping its beat.

"Yao's heart felt as if grasped by an invisible giant hand, nearly ceasing to beat." We'll output: "Yao's heart felt as if grasped by an invisible giant hand, nearly ceasing to beat."

She finally understood.

"She finally understood." We'll output: "She finally understood."

"Heavenly Dao... is a heavenly taboo!"

"Heavenly Dao… is a taboo of the Heavenly Dao!" We'll output: 【93】 "Heavenly Dao… is a taboo of the Heavenly Dao!" (with quotes).

Her voice trembled with an uncontrollable quiver.

"Her voice trembled with an uncontrollable quiver." We'll output: "Her voice trembled with an uncontrollable quiver."

"You... you just now, were you trying to pry into Hongjun?!"

"You… you just now, were you trying to pry into Hongjun?!" We'll output: 【95】 "You… you just now, were you trying to pry into Hongjun?!" (with quotes).

Sun Wukong did not answer.

"Sun Wukong did not answer." We'll output: "Sun Wukong did not answer."

He simply slowly raised his hand.

"He merely slowly raised his hand." We'll output: "He merely slowly raised his hand."

With the back of his hand, he roughly wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth.

"With the back of his hand, somewhat roughly, he wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth." We'll output: "With the back of his hand, somewhat roughly, he wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth."

His complexion was somewhat pale.

"His complexion was somewhat pallid." We'll output: "His complexion was somewhat pallid."

But his gaze was terrifyingly bright!

"But his gaze shone terrifyingly bright!" We'll output: "But his gaze shone terrifyingly bright!"

It was a mix of madness, anger, and... a hint of excitement, an overwhelming battle spirit!

"It was a mix of madness, fury, and… a hint of excitement, a towering battle intent!" We'll output: "It was a mix of madness, fury, and… a hint of excitement, a towering battle intent!"

It's done!

"It succeeded!" We'll output: "It succeeded!"

Although he was injured.

"He was injured, though." We'll output: "He was injured, though."

Although his Equal Heaven Great Way, for the first time in history, was so simply and violently pressed back!

"Although his Way of the Equal Heaven, for the first time in history, had been so simply and brutially pressed back!" We'll output: "Although his Way of the Equal Heaven, for the first time in history, had been so simply and brutally pressed back!"

But he also obtained the answer he sought!

"But he also obtained the answer he sought!" We'll output: "But he also obtained the answer he sought!"

Hongjun!

"Hongjun!" We'll output: 【106】 "Hongjun!"

That old thing, indeed has a problem!

"That old thing, indeed has a problem!" We'll output: "That old thing, indeed has a problem!"

Moreover, the problem is huge!

"And the problem is huge!" We'll output: "And the problem is huge!"

Ji that bastard didn't lie!

Ji that bastard, didn't lie!

Thus translate: "Ji that bastard didn't lie!" We'll output: "Ji that bastard didn't lie!"

If Hongjun were merely a pure, reclusive sage.

"If Hongjun were merely a pure, reclusive saint." We'll output: "If Hongjun were merely a pure, reclusive saint."

Then, probing his past would at most incur only his own retaliation.

"Then, probing his past would at most incur only his own retaliation." We'll output: "Then, probing his past would at most incur only his own retaliation."

Absolutely impossible!

"That's absolutely impossible!" We'll output: "That's absolutely impossible!"

It would draw down the annihilation of the entire multiverse by the primordial source of the Heavenly Dao!

"It would draw down the direct annihilation of the Primordial Source of the Heavenly Dao from the entire multiverse!" We'll output: "It would draw down the direct annihilation of the Primordial Source of the Heavenly Dao from the entire multiverse!"

What does this indicate?

"What does this indicate?" We'll output: "What does this indicate?"

This shows that Hongjun that old fellow is fundamentally not a Heavenly Dao sage!

"This shows that old fellow Hongjun is fundamentally not a Heavenly Dao saint at all!" We'll output: "This shows that old fellow Hongjun is fundamentally not a Heavenly Dao saint at all!"

He is the Heavenly Dao!

"He is the Heavenly Dao itself!" We'll output: "He is the Heavenly Dao itself!"

The Heavenly Dao is him!

"The Heavenly Dao is him!" We'll output: "The Heavenly Dao is him!"

He is the most fundamental, unchallengeable rule... on this damned chessboard!

"He is that most fundamental, unchallengeable rule… on this damned chessboard!" We'll output: "He is that most fundamental, unchallengeable rule… on this damned chessboard!"

Good!

"Good!" We'll output: 【119】 "Good!"

Very good!

No wonder!

No wonder Master chose to self-destruct, scattering his Dao into myriad!

No wonder Master left behind this one piece of himself, a pawn representing the "variable"!

So Master intended to rebel.

It was never Western Heaven Ling Shan, nor the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court!

He wants to rebel!

It's this entire Heaven!

This is the icy, cruel…… Heavenly Dao chessboard defined by Hongjun!

Having realized this.

Sun Wukong felt that the anger of being deceived in his heart instantly dissipated by half.

In its place came an unprecedented, heavy feeling!

A sense of powerlessness.

A sense of powerlessness that had not appeared for a long, long time surged again into his heart.

Too strong.

The Heavenly Dao of this universe is far more profound and a million times stronger than he imagined!

With his current Dao level, let alone smashing the chessboard—

He doesn't even have the qualification to approach the one playing the game!

He is like someone watching the game through a thick, invisible layer of glass.

He can see the pieces.

He can see the board.

He can even guess part of the player's intentions.

But he just can't reach it!

He can't strike it!

This feeling almost drives Sun Wukong mad!

The truth about his Master seems only a step away.

But this step—

Yet it is separated by an entire Heaven!

"Huuu……"

Sun Wukong slowly exhaled a mouthful of foul-smelling breath tinged with blood.

He forcibly suppressed the surging qi and blood in his chest.

In his Fiery Golden Eyes, all madness and brutality completely faded.

Only an icy, deathly silent, resolute remains.

Since this path is blocked,

then let's take another road!

Since even now I am not qualified to overturn the table,

Then I, Old Sun, will first go and retrieve all the pieces!

When Master's Dao is wholly mine!

When I, Old Sun, have gathered all the "emptiness" and "variables" in the world!

Then!

I, Old Sun, want to see!

Your so-called Heavenly Dao!

Whether it can actually stop me or not!

Sun Wukong slowly turned his body, looking at Yao, whose face was full of worry.

On his icy face, he forced out a smile uglier than tears.

"It's fine."

"Let's go."

Before his words even faded!

He suddenly raised his hand, and the Golden Cudgel carved a fierce slash in the void!

Rip—!

Space, like fragile cloth, was torn open in an instant!

A pitch-black, bottomless fissure brimming with Chaos aura appeared before the two.

On the other side of the rift.

A familiar yet unfamiliar aura came rushing over.

That was immortal aura.

It was spiritual energy.

And moreover…… something he once utterly despised, now become his sole path……

The aura of the Three Realms!