Chapter 220: Karmic Reincarnation, the Old Gods Tremble!

The black‑gold light of the New Heavenly Dao surged through every inch of the Three Realms like a tide.

Whether it be the mortal villages of Nan Shan Bu Zhou or the secret Dragon Palace in the depths of the Eastern Sea,

all living beings shuddered, feeling the overwhelmingly supreme Vitality and Freedom.

The white‑jade pillars of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall suddenly shook violently, and the gilt tiles on the hall's roof clattered down.

The Jade Emperor clutched the armrest of his dragon throne, his knuckles paling, his face as white as paper.

He could clearly feel that his connection to the Old Heavenly Dao was rapidly weakening,

the power of the heavenly regulations, which he once could summon with a flick of the wrist, now drifted like a rootless floating weed, aimless and desolate.

"Impossible… this cannot be…" he muttered, his eyes bulging, full of disbelief.

The demon monkey he once trampled underfoot had actually overturned the heavens and become the new ruler of the Heavenly Dao?

In the Abyss of the Reincarnation Path toward Ling Shan, the Tathagata, wrapped in tattered monk robes, was being scorched by endless Karmic Flames.

Before, he could barely suppress the flames with the protection of the Old Heavenly Dao,

but now that the New Heavenly Dao Law has fallen, the Karmic Flames have surged tenfold in an instant, each strand gnawing at his Divine Soul.

"Ah—" he let out a heart‑rending wail, his skin blackened and charred.

The Karmic Law of the New Heavenly Dao magnified the sins he once plotted against Sun Wukong and the suppressed demon races, slamming them back onto him manyfold.

Is this retribution? He collapsed in the mire of the Reincarnation Path, his eyes filled only with despair.

Sun Wukong's voice erupted without warning in the minds of all Supreme Existences across the Three Realms, bearing undeniable dominance.

"The old era has ended! The new era… Equal Heaven!"

The words thundered like a flash of lightning, tearing the hearts of the celestial officials of the Heavenly Court and the Buddhas of Ling Shan.

Tai Bai Jin Xing's leg went limp and he collapsed to the ground, muttering, "It's over… completely over…"

The Four Great Vajras, gripping the Demon‑Subduing Staff, trembled like a sifter, lacking even the courage to lift their heads.

Back then they conspired with the Tathagata against Sun Wukong; now that the New Heavenly Dao's ruler is that monkey, their fate is obvious even to a child's toe.

Sun Wukong sat upright on the throne of the Chaos Realm's void, shouldering the Golden Cudgel, a teasing smile curling his lips.

I will make you, under the New Heavenly Dao, truly taste what Karmic Retribution is, what it means to be unable to live nor die.

In the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, the Jade Emperor suddenly noticed his dragon robe fading, and his crown cracking slowly.

He reached out in terror; where his fingertips brushed, the dragon robe turned to ash.

"My cultivation… my cultivation is declining!" he screamed, watching his immortal bone turn transparent bit by bit.

It is the Old Heavenly Dao's gift being reclaimed, the backlash of his past tyranny.

In the Reincarnation Path, the Tathagata's Divine Soul had been gnawed to half by the Karmic Flames; he tried to beg for mercy, but lacked the strength even to utter a sound.

The demon souls and wronged spirits he once suppressed now gathered around him, emitting a mournful mockery.

"Old bald donkey Tathagata, you have this day too?"

"Back then you crushed me for five hundred years; now it's your turn to taste the feeling!"

Listening to the curses, the Tathagata's consciousness grew hazy; he finally understood that the sins he created must ultimately be repaid by himself.

Sun Wukong swept over everything with his divine thought, showing no trace of mercy.

They all deserved this; the rot of the old order should be crushed by the new law.

At that moment, a long‑drawn bell rang from the direction of the New World, resonating through the entire Chaos Realm.

The bell's tone carried endless Vitality and hope, proclaiming the official opening of an era full of variables and Freedom.

The monkey descendants of Mount Huaguo, hearing the bell, all leapt up, brandishing Golden Cudgels in cheer.

"Long live the Great King! Long live Equal Heaven!"

The Eastern Sea Dragon King Ao Guang immediately led his dragon sons and grandsons, bearing rare treasures, rushing toward Mount Huaguo with a sycophantic smile.

"We must hurry to cling to the New Heavenly Dao's ruler's thigh; if we're late there'll be no place…"

The mortal commoners of Nan Shan Bu Zhou also knelt in succession, kowtowing to the sky.

"Thanks to the New Heaven, thanks to the Great Sage!"

Sun Wukong watched all this, and the last bit of malice in his heart completely dissipated.

What he sought was not singular supremacy, but a world where all things could be Equal Heaven.

At that instant, his divine thought tightened sharply as he looked at the red‑haired eyeball monster that had become a Six-Eared Macaque.

The creature's eyeball suddenly swelled tenfold, its red hair thrashing wildly, emitting a shrill, piercing laugh.

"Sun Wukong, do you think you've won?"

"The new world you opened is nothing but a dowry for my master…"

As the words fell, a pitch‑black fissure suddenly split the center of the monster's eyeball,

from which poured a dense, unbreakable black‑red mist, an aura a hundred times more terrifying than before, spewing wildly through the crack.

Sun Wukong's complexion darkened instantly, the Golden Cudgel humming in his hand.

He could feel that the presence beyond the fissure was more terrifying than Hongjun!

Just as the mist was about to spill over the Three Realms, a claw bristling with barbs suddenly emerged from the fissure,

with a light snap, the claw tore apart the protective net woven by the New Heavenly Dao.

"Damn, it's real?" Sun Wukong cursed, his form soaring upward in an instant.

All living beings of the Three Realms looked up at the sky, their faces showing terror.

They had just welcomed new hope—could they now be devoured by an even more terrifying darkness?

The claw grew larger, about to burst entirely from the fissure,

Sun Wukong gritted his teeth, channeling all his Equal Heaven Path and New Heavenly Dao power into the Golden Cudgel.

"Send it back to me!" he roared, smashing the claw with a fierce strike of his staff.

The moment the Golden Cudgel clashed with the claw, the entire Three Realms violently shook, countless peaks collapsed, rivers broke off.

But that claw remained unmoving, instead following the force of the Golden Cudgel, it shot forward and seized Sun Wukong's wrist!

Sun Wukong's face changed instantly, a bone‑chilling cold spread from his wrist throughout his body.

He actually…… couldn't block it?

The barbs on the claw pierced his skin, black‑red mist seeped into his body through the wound.

"Hahaha! Sun Wukong, you're nothing special!" the monster's sharp laugh echoed through the Three Realms.

Just as Sun Wukong was about to give out, the Void Dao Seed on his brow suddenly burst into dazzling white light, and a familiar aura surged out from within.

It was Master Bodhi's will!

That white light instantly dispelled the black‑red mist; Sun Wukong seized the moment to exert force and break free from the claw's grip.

He stared at the ever‑widening rift, a flash of ruthlessness crossing his eyes.

"Want to take my territory? First step over my corpse!"

Just as he was preparing to unleash his full‑power strike, a low, icy voice suddenly came from within the rift.

"Little brat, don't rush—the game has only just begun."

The voice faded, the claw suddenly shrank back into the rift, and the rift began to slowly heal,

but a terrifying pressure lingered in the Three Realms, like a great mountain weighing on the hearts of all living beings.

Sun Wukong stood in the void, staring at the healing rift, his face grim to the extreme.

He knew the true crisis had only just arrived.

Meanwhile, deep in the Reincarnation Dao, a faint golden light suddenly flared,

a familiar figure slowly stepped out of the golden light, the corner of his mouth curling into a strange smile.