Chapter 374

Wanshen Burial Ground, deathly silent.

Wanshen Fenchang, deathly silent.

The crisp sound of biting into a peach, a 'crack,' became the only sound in this desperate land.

The crisp sound of biting into a peach, a 'crack,' became the only sound in this desperate land.

Yao was completely dumbfounded.

Translation: "Yao was completely dumbfounded."

She stood far away, watching the figure who used the ultimate prison as a backrest, legs crossed, gnawing a peach, her mind going blank.

Translation: "She stood in the distance, watching the figure who treated the ultimate prison as a backrest, legs crossed, nibbling a peach, her mind going completely blank."

This...

Translation: "This……"

What is this?

Translation: "What is this?"

A relaxation before the battle?

Translation: "A relaxation before the battle?"

Or is he really crazy?

Translation: "Or is he really gone mad?"

In the higher dimension of the void, that pair of icy, indifferent eyes that overlooked everything—the Supreme Gaze—also appeared for the first time……stuttered.

In the higher dimension of the void, that pair of icy, indifferent eyes that overlooked everything—the Supreme Gaze—also appeared for the first time……stuttered.

It simulated billions of possibilities.

Translation: "It had simulated billions of possibilities."

Sun Wukong burned himself, launching a mutual-destruction attack.

Translation: "Sun Wukong burned himself, launching a mutual-destruction attack."

Sun Wukong exhausted his schemes, wailing in despair before the gate.

Translation: "Sun Wukong had exhausted his schemes, wailing in despair before the gate."

Sun Wukong sought another path, trying to find a loophole beyond the rules.

Translation: "Sun Wukong forged another path, trying to find a loophole outside the rules."

It never predicted……that Sun Wukong would be here, like a rustic farmer, gnawing on a peach.

Translation: "It alone had not simulated……Sun Wukong being here, like a rustic farmer, gnawing on a peach."

Such behavior is utterly illogical.

Translation: "This behavior is utterly illogical."

It is meaningless.

Translation: "It is utterly meaningless."

It doesn't even count as a provocation.

Translation: "It doesn't even count as a provocation."

This is a pure, bone-deep disregard for that supreme being.

Translation: "This is a pure, bone-deep disregard for that Supreme Existence."

Sun Wukong, in just a few bites, devoured the huge immortal peach cleanly, not even leaving the pit, crunching it loudly.

Translation: "Sun Wukong, in just a few bites, devoured the huge immortal peach cleanly, not even sparing the pit, crunching it loudly."

He smacked his lips, still wanting more, then casually wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth.

Translation: "He smacked his lips, still wanting more, and casually wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth."

Then he finally stood up.

Translation: "Then he finally stood up."

Yao's heart leapt to her throat in an instant.

Translation: "Yao's heart leapt up to her throat in an instant."

That supreme will also gathered its focus, preparing to meet Sun Wukong's true, earth-shaking final strike.

Translation: "That Supreme Will also recongealed its focus, preparing to meet Sun Wukong's true, earth-shattering final assault."

Here it comes!

Translation: "Here it comes!"

He's about to act!

Translation: "He's about to make a move!"

Sun Wukong hoisted the seemingly ordinary stone staff, swaggering over to the massive gate woven of gold and black.

Translation: "Sun Wukong hoisted that seemingly ordinary stone staff, swaggered over, and arrived before the massive gate woven of gold and black."

He did not invoke any magical power.

Translation: "He did not activate any spiritual power."

Nor did he show any fighting spirit.

Translation: "Nor did he reveal any fighting spirit."

He simply raised his hand, extended a finger, and bent his knuckle.

Translation: "He simply raised his hand, extended a finger, and bent the joint."

Then.

Translation: "Then."

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Translation: "\"Ding! Ding! Ding! \""

He knocked on the door three times like a mundane street‑wise plumber, neither too light nor too heavy.

Translation: "He was like a mundane plumber wandering the streets, lightly tapping the gate three times."

The crisp knocking echoed across this silent battlefield, seeming utterly bizarre and absurd.

Translation: "The crisp knocking echoed across this deathly silent battlefield, seeming utterly bizarre and absurd."

Yao's mouth gaped wide open.

Translation: "Yao's mouth gaped wide open."

The supreme will's operating laws, because of these three knocks, showed a barely perceptible disturbance.

Translation: "The Supreme Will's operating laws, because of those three knocks, showed a barely perceptible disturbance."

Knocking on the door?

Translation: "Knocking on the door?"

Who was he knocking on?

Translation: "Who is he knocking on the door for?"

At a prison that locks away the Dao heart?

Translation: "For a prison that locks away the Dao Heart?"

Immediately after, Sun Wukong cleared his throat, one hand on his hip, the other cupped like a megaphone to his mouth, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Translation: "Immediately afterward, Sun Wukong cleared his throat, one hand on his hip, the other cupped like a megaphone to his mouth, and shouted at the top of his lungs."

"Hey! You brat inside, listen up!"

"Hey! You brat inside, listen up!"

His voice was so loud it made the surrounding demon god corpses tremble.

Translation: "His voice was so loud it made the surrounding demon god corpses shiver."

"Your door is terrible! It's dull black, not shiny gold, and utterly ugly!"

Translation: "\"Your door is terrible! Dark and dull, gold that doesn't shine—it's ugly! \""

"Old Sun here is in a good mood; seeing you pitiful, I'll give you a free makeover!"

Translation: "\"I, Old Sun, am in a good mood today; seeing you pitiful, I'll give you a free renovation! \""

Yao: "???"

Translation: "Yao: \"??? \""

She completely crashed.

Translation: "She completely crashed."

Renovation?

Translation: "Renovation?"

Give this ultimate prison……a renovation?

Translation: "To renovate an ultimate prison……?"

In the void, that supreme will experienced doubt for the first time.

Translation: "In the void, that Supreme Will, for the first time, gave rise to the emotion of 'doubt'."

What, exactly, is Sun Wukong's 'monkey heart' made of?

Translation: "What, exactly, is Sun Wukong's Monkey Heart made of?"

Doesn't he realize what he's up against?

Translation: "Does he not realize what he is facing?"

Doesn't he know what kind of despair this door represents?

Translation: "Does he not know what despair this gate represents?"

However, Sun Wukong clearly gave it no time to think.

Translation: "However, Sun Wukong clearly gave it no time to think."

He really does what he says he'll do.

Translation: "He really does just say it and do it."

"Watch closely, it's a free lesson—if you can't learn, don't blame Old Sun for not teaching you!"

Translation: "\"Watch closely, free lesson—if you can't learn, don't blame Old Sun for not teaching you! \""

Sun Wukong chuckled, then plunged the Chaos Dao Iron into the ground.

Translation: "Sun Wukong gave a hehe smile, then thrust that Chaos Dao Iron into the ground."

He stretched out his right hand, fingers spread, and gently pressed it against the cold gate.

Translation: "He stretched out his right hand, fingers spread, and gently pressed it against the cold gate."

The next instant.

Translation: "In the next instant."

Within him, the newly born Chaos Dao—woven of gold, gray, and black—began to flow slowly.

Translation: "The newly born Chaos Dao within him, composed of gold, gray, and black, began to flow slowly."

A strange power, following his palm, was slowly infused into the gate.

Translation: "A strange power, following his palm, was slowly infused into the gate."

This power, fierce yet gentle, is full of contradictions.

It neither destroyed the gate's structure nor attempted to unravel those complex divine chains of law.

It merely…… began to carve…… on the gate's mirror‑smooth surface!

"First, the layout must be proper!"

Sun Wukong muttered to himself, like a design director pointing out the rivers and mountains.

With a thought, the icy, pure power of Order that belonged to Hongjun surged forth.

Only saw, on the gate's surface, countless gray‑white lines appeared out of nowhere, crossing horizontally and vertically, instantly outlining rows of perfectly neat, identically sized squares.

The enormous gate, in the blink of an eye, became a huge wall‑sized background grid filled with industrial beauty.

"Hmm, not bad, square and square, looking at it feels bright."

Sun Wukong nodded in satisfaction.

"Then, the base color; the base color must be deep to highlight the subject's tone."

As the words fell, the black void power representing Negation and End spread like ink.

It precisely filled each square.

Not a bit more, not a bit less.

That pure black was a void that devoured all light, making the gate's aura become deeper and more ominous.

The supreme will finally felt something was off at this moment.

A feeling of being offended, indescribable, welled up.

This is its prison!

This is its ultimate masterpiece used to torment Bodhi and display its own might!

But now, what is this Sun Wukong doing?

He was treating it as a canvas and scribbling on it!

Before it could react, Sun Wukong's next move completely ignited its fury.

"Finally, and most crucially, it is the soul!"

Sun Wukong's eyes instantly became dazzling; his own unruly, variable power turned into a blaze of red‑gold.

He put his fingers together like a paintbrush and, on the vast "canvas" covered with squares and darkness, began to fling strokes with dragon‑like vigor.

The brush moved like a dragon and snake, golden light bursting forth!

A huge pattern, occupying the center of the gate, began to rapidly take shape!

It was a monkey head!

A monkey head baring its teeth, eyes full of mockery, madness, and lawlessness, grinning at the void!

This monkey head pattern is so vivid, so lifelike!

That fearless, reckless vibe practically wanted to jump off the gate!

"Done! Work's over!"

Sun Wukong clapped his hands, stepped back a few paces, crossed his arms over his chest, and gazed admiringly at his "masterpiece".

Originally that gate, filled with majesty and despair, the ultimate prison, has now completely changed its flavor.

It was like a wall scribbled on by a mischievous child.

The background was neat black squares, and in the center a huge, arrogant golden monkey head stared at the world with an extremely mocking gaze.

Extreme dignity and extreme absurdity combined into an utterly ludicrous, virtually mind‑polluting visual impact.

"Pff——"

Yao in the distance could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.

And in the void.

A torrent of anger capable of freezing time and shattering myriad Dao erupted with a boom!

Insult!

This is the ultimate insult!

This is a desecration of the "Dao"!

That supreme will, for the first time ever, produced such violent emotional fluctuations!

It immediately mobilized the Negation power sealed upon the gate, intending to obliterate that damned, glaring monkey head!

However.

When that black void power capable of nullifying the great Dao covered the golden monkey head, a strange scene occurred.

The golden monkey head pattern was not erased; instead, it seemed to have been oiled, becoming brighter and more glaring!

Sun Wukong's Chaos Dao power, like the most stubborn glue, clung tightly to the gate!

Order provided the framework, Negation the base color, and Variable the soul!

Together they formed a perfect closed loop, self‑contained, fundamentally impossible to erase by any single force!

Unless…… it destroys the entire gate together!

But how could that be possible?

This gate is its prison used to lock away Bodhi's Dao Heart!

Moreover, it was just reinforced by Sun Wukong's "help"!

The supreme will fell into a logical dead‑end of hitting itself in the face; it…… was powerless!

It could only watch helplessly as that damned monkey head flaunted itself upon its masterpiece!

"Hey, don't rush, just having a picture is too dull."

Sun Wukong seemed to sense its anger; the smile on his face grew brighter, and also…… more punch‑worthy.

He looked at his proud work and nodded in satisfaction.

This has only just begun!

He snapped his fingers, the crisp sound echoing in this Deathly Silence.

Next, let's add some background music!