Chapter 226: The Principle of Extinction, Dao Seeds Resonate!

The stiffness on Sun Wukong's face at that moment did not escape Ji's eyes.

Or rather, Ji has been waiting.

Waiting for him to discover this cruel truth himself.

Ji's blurry visage seemed to have a flicker for the first time, his 'gaze',

It fell on Sun Wukong's brow, the place where the first Void Dao Seed had once merged.

His voice remained calm, yet like a sharp blade, it split open Sun Wukong's most unwilling-to-touch root.

"Do you feel it?"

"The Dao Seed within you is originally part of the 'Void'."

"And my Master is the other pole of the 'Void'."

"——Extinction."

Boom—

The last two words, like the first thunderbolt when Chaos split open, fiercely struck Sun Wukong's Divine Soul!

His whole monkey self froze in place.

Master's 【Void】……

And Ji's 【Extinction】……

Same origin?!

How is this possible!

Master's Dao is to sever karma, transcend existence, seeking the sole 'variable' and 'vitality' within the Deathly Silence of Heavenly Dao!

But this guy's Dao is to erase all variables, letting everything return to absolute 'Nothing'!

This is fundamentally two opposite paths!

Yao beside him also listened, her face full of shock, she couldn't help exclaiming.

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"Bodhi Patriarch's Dao is to let all beings liberate, attain true freedom, not Extinction!"

Ji's blurry visage slowly turned toward Yao.

That feeling was like a bottomless black hole, gazing at her.

He coldly looked at Yao, his tone devoid of mockery, only a lofty statement.

"Isn't the end of liberation to return to tranquility?"

"Isn't the final destination of an endless river to merge into that calm sea?"

"Isn't the end of variables to, after exhausting all possibilities, return to the sole primordial?"

"You are merely immersed in the scenery of the process, while my Master sees the end of the road."

These words left Yao speechless.

She could not refute.

Because from some absolute logic, what Ji said seems not wrong.

And Sun Wukong's mood at this moment has become a chaotic mess.

Because his inner 【Void】 Dao Seed resonates ever more strongly!

Those few Dao Seeds seem to be cheering, leaping with joy!

Like seeing long-lost relatives!

They are frenziedly confirming Ji's words!

This made Sun Wukong feel an unprecedented wavering!

Could it be……

Could it be that everything I, Lao Sun, have persisted in and fought for all along is merely a process of Master's Dao before its endpoint?

Could it be that the flourishing age of myriad Dao contending that I, Lao Sun, have created will ultimately be devoured by this 'tranquility'?

No!

Absolutely not!

I, Lao Sun, do not believe it!

"Shut up!"

Sun Wukong roared wildly, the black-gold light on his Golden Cudgel surged!

He cares not about same origin, nor about endpoint!

He only knows that the Dao his Master passed to him is struggle! Unyielding! The pillar that props up heaven and earth!

Absolutely not this kind of cowardice that even denies the meaning of existence!

However, Ji seemed to have already anticipated his reaction.

Facing Sun Wukong's anger capable of tearing apart Chaos,

he merely reached out his hand again, just like last time, throwing an olive branch to Sun Wukong.

"Equal Heaven, you are indeed the greatest variable."

"But if you can actively merge into Extinction, heaven and earth can attain true, eternal tranquility."

"You and the world you created will both attain ultimate liberation."

"This, too, is the final destination of your Master's Dao."

The divine light in Sun Wukong's eyes flickered intensely.

A strand of struggle surged up from his heart uncontrollably.

Master's Dao…… really has another side?

Is that side the endpoint that returns to Silent Extinction?

He remembered the look in his Master's eyes before the Master faded—gratified yet tinged with apology.

Could the Master's regret be because he never told him that this path's endpoint is so cruel?

No!

Sun Wukong violently shook his head, flinging that terrifying thought from his mind!

He gripped the Golden Cudgel in his hand more tightly.

His joints crackled from the force.

Even as the Dao Seed resonated!

Even Yao could not refute it!

He, Sun Wukong, also wants to ask it himself!

He will fight to the so-called 'End' and ask it!

By what right does it get to define the endpoint of all things!

Sun Wukong raised his head; within his Fiery Golden Eyes, the fierce battle intent once again overwhelmed all doubt.

He pointed at Silent and asked, word by word.

"Your Master, who are you?!"

"What exactly is this so-called 'End'!"