Chapter 204: The True Meaning of Bodhi, the Beginning of Freedom!

Sun Wukong opened his eyes.

He stepped toward a direction.

Yao hurried to follow.

They walked slowly.

With each step they took, a road of light automatically formed beneath their feet.

In this chaotic space, there was no concept of distance.

They had walked for so long that even they themselves didn't know how long.

Finally.

They stopped at the center of a space.

Here, the chaotic energy no longer flowed disorderly.

They coalesced into a huge platform.

The platform was also made of void energy.

Semi-transparent.

One could see inside, countless golden runes slowly flowing.

At the very center of the platform.

Those golden runes gathered into a vortex.

That vortex, like a calm water surface, undulated with circles of ripple.

ripple.

Sun Wukong knew.

Master, he was inside.

He reached out his hand, without any hesitation.

Directly, he probed into the golden vortex.

It was neither cold nor hot.

There was only one feeling: the warmth of returning to his mother's embrace.

At that moment.

A familiar yet distant voice.

Directly, it sounded deep in his mind.

"Wukong."

"It's Master!"

"This voice is no longer an echo in memory."

"It is no longer a remnant in the Dao Seed."

"It is utterly clear!"

"It is utterly real!"

"It's as if Master stood before him, speaking to him."

"Sun Wukong's eye sockets instantly reddened."

"Master!"

"He shouted in his heart."

"Foolish child."

"In the Bodhi Patriarch's voice lay a hint of smile and a hint of relief."

"This is the last pure land that Master opened up for all beings in the world before being completely suppressed by the Heavenly Dao."

"Sun Wukong listened silently."

"The Heavenly Dao itself is not wrong."

"The fault lies with the one who holds the Heavenly Dao."

"Hongjun, he has grown old."

"His heart has also died."

"Bodhi's voice carried a deep weariness."

"He sees order as everything and sees change as heresy."

"In his hands, the Heavenly Dao is no longer a breeding ground for all things."

"But has become a prison."

"He uses cause and effect as chains, destiny as walls, and has corralled all living beings."

"What Master seeks is not to overthrow him."

"Master merely wants to……"

"To give all beings in the world the right to choose."

"To choose life or death."

"To choose to resist or to sink."

"To choose to become what they themselves wish to become."

"Sun Wukong's fist unconsciously clenched."

"He understood."

"He understood completely!"

"Master, he never intended for him to become any kind of savior."

Master only wanted to tell him.

In this world, all Living Beings.

All should have the right to say "No"!

"You have inherited the Master's 'Void'."

"And you yourself have realized 'Equal Heaven'."

"Void is the foundation of this soil."

"And your Equal Heaven, your variable, is precisely that seed of Freedom that can break all shackles."

"Wukong."

"This key, the Master has given to you."

Bodhi's voice was full of hope.

"Here, there is no restraint of any Heavenly Dao Law."

"Your thoughts, how strong they are."

"Your power, then, can be as strong as that."

"Go ahead."

"Go create a world that truly matches what you truly want in your heart!"

Master's voice slowly faded.

The golden vortex also calmed.

Sun Wukong stood still, unmoving for a long time.

He finally understood everything.

The Dao Seeds left by Master.

They were never meant to resurrect him.

Those are fire seeds!

They are fire seeds to ignite the flame of rebellion!

And this Fangcun Mountain.

It is the final soil that Master prepared for him!

So that his seed can take root and sprout here!

As for himself…

Sun Wukong lowered his head and looked at his own hands.

I, Old Sun.

Am the true sower!

It is the one who will scatter this seed of Freedom across the Three Realms.

Scatter it across this whole damn Heavenly Dao, splashing monkey!

Buzz!

The Way of the Equal Heaven within him.

At that moment, it emitted a joyous buzz.

Like a child locked away too long, finally returning home.

Here.

It no longer has to battle Heaven, nor battle Earth.

Here.

It is Heaven!

It is Earth!

This is the Freedom it has long dreamed of!

It is also its ultimate destination!

Yao stood aside, silently feeling the transformative aura emanating from Sun Wukong.

She knows.

The monkey before her.

Is about to complete, here, a truly final metamorphosis.

He will transcend all the "Dao".

He will become a brand‑new existence that even Hongjun cannot comprehend!