Chapter 418: I say, let there be light!

Sun Wukong's words hadn't even faded out.

The beating No Regret Monkey Heart in his chest exploded outright.

Boom!

A blinding, boundless crimson-gold light shot straight out from his chest.

This isn't the light of any Samadhi true fire.

Nor is it the Buddha-light of the Great Sun Tathagata.

This light simply has no substance.

It is a will of barbaric irrationality to the extreme.

This will blatantly etched four big characters: "Old Master exists!"

This land originally couldn't even accommodate the slightest sound.

Even a speck of dust had to be wiped spotless.

Yet this golden light stubbornly took root in utter irrationality.

It domineeringly rubbed the concept of "existence" into the ground.

It forcefully imprinted itself on this ghostly place that only acknowledges "non-existence".

The light, centered on Sun Wukong, surged outward wildly, flattening everything.

Those ever-present black deathly qi met the golden light.

It was like snowflakes falling into a steel furnace.

They evaporated without even making a sound.

This is not a clash of spiritual power at all.

This is a head-on collision of fundamental logic.

You think I don't exist.

Old Master will dazzle your dog eyes!

"Ah—! What have you done!"

Original Mistake let out a piercing, miserable cry.

That cry is more nauseating than a living person falling into boiling oil.

Its lofty, lazy air of controlling everything vanished completely.

Only panicked, flustered fear remained in the voice.

To it, the concept of "existence" is practically deadly.

This is the fiercest poison.

This is aqua regia that rots flesh on contact.

"Shut it down for Old Master!"

"No light allowed!"

The vast will in the darkness began to go mad.

The void forces from all directions were forcibly pulled together.

They turned into a sky-full of black spears.

They blanketed the heavens and earth, thrusting toward Sun Wukong.

It wanted to skewer this glowing freak into a sieve.

To sever it completely at the source.

Sun Wukong didn't even lift an eyelid.

He simply stood in place, not even dodging.

As those black spears just pierced into the golden light's range,

the spear tips melted outright.

the spear shafts turned into pools of mud.

Not a single monkey hair of his was touched, yet the whole army was wiped out.

"Is that all you've got?"

Sun Wukong poked his ear.

"Where did that pretentious god‑show act go?"

He spat out the blood foam in his mouth.

"Keep giving Old Master eye drops!"

The golden light didn't fade; it burned even brighter.

The flames ran up his arm onto the Chaos Dao iron.

The whole dusty stone staff blazed with golden light.

It illuminated this whole pitch‑black dead land.

Shadows retreated.

Sun Wukong finally saw the big villain's face clearly.

He was instantly disgusted.

Just a few hundred zhang ahead.

There was no trace of a peerless master's bearing.

It was just a lump of rotting flesh indescribable in words.

It was a giant heap of tangled code, warped rules, and mangled limbs mashed together.

Everywhere is growing wildly.

Everywhere is moving chaotically.

Above is covered with dense eyes and mutilated mouths.

Still oozing out foul-smelling black water.

This thing makes your eyes sting just looking at it.

It's so disgusting it makes you vomit up leftover rice.

"Rats are rats, they all look so shabby."

Sun Wukong wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"Looking at your appearance, I feel embarrassed for you."

Right at the center of this indeterminate lump of rotting flesh.

There is something faintly glowing jumping.

That is an ancient, simple stone.

The stone is surrounded by countless tubes covered in barbs.

That thing is desperately sucking energy out along the tubes.

Each time it sucks.

The stone's light dims a bit.

Sun Wukong's eye sockets instantly turned red.

Two rows of teeth clacked loudly.

That is the Master's Dao Heart.

That old man loves cleanliness so much.

Usually, even if his Dao robe gets a bit dusty, he'd spend half a day patting it clean.

Now he's actually being locked in his belly by this disgusting thing, having his blood drawn.

Treated like a power bank, sucking here!

"You're asking for death!"

Sun Wukong's killing intent directly turned into substantive gang wind.

It made the Stone Staff in his hand buzz.

The flesh lumps on Original Mistake's body fell off and grew back wildly.

It only now realized it did something really stupid.

Drag this lawless monkey into its own core region.

It's literally inviting wolves into the house.

It thought this place could erase all physical attacks.

But it forgot that this monkey doesn't follow the usual tactics.

The monkey plays idealism!

As long as he believes in something, even if the sky falls, he can hold it up for you.

This is like locking a madman strapped with explosives into his own ammunition depot.

It's too late to change the rules!

"Retreat!"

"Put away your damn light!"

Original Mistake's huge body began to wriggle backward.

It is actually retreating.

This thing that claims to be the ultimate truth of the universe is actually afraid of a beam of light.

"Why should I listen to you?"

Sun Wukong turned his wrist.

Chaos Dao iron in mid-air flung out a beautiful staff flourish.

He lifted his foot and took a step forward.

The void under his foot was directly stepped into a shining golden road.

This is all a road paved by his will.

He forcibly stepped "existence" out of "nothingness".

With each step he takes forward.

The golden light cuts a piece of the darkness.

Original Mistake's huge body then shrinks a bit.

Along the way countless black phantoms rush up to block.

Those are all the resentments of the losers it devoured.

Baring teeth and claws, they try to drag Sun Wukong down.

Sun Wukong can't even be bothered to glance.

"Get lost!"

He casually swept with the Stone Staff in his hand.

No need for any technique.

The violent golden light directly blew those phantoms into ash.

Not even dregs left.

You really think you've already won, huh?

I'll crush that old thing and show you!

The Stitch Monster split open a huge mouth on its body and let out a frantic howl.

It realized it couldn't suppress Sun Wukong with rules.

It simply tore its face and resorted to shameless behavior.

It tried to threaten using the Dao Heart.

The several hundred tubes inserted into the Dao Heart all lit up at once.

The barbs on the tubes viciously dug into the stone cracks.

It tried to forcibly drain the last bit of vitality from the Dao Heart.

The Original Mistake began to throw out bait.

Stop!

We can talk!

I'll return the Dao Heart to you, and we'll split this universe equally!

I'll hand over the power to reshape the rules to you!

As long as you take this light back!

Its voice carried a hopeless plea.

Sun Wukong spat directly onto the ground.

Old Sun here doesn't care for your measly junk!

You're nothing but a trash-picker's fate!

He didn't pause at all.

His steps were terrifyingly steady.

His eyes revealed a reckless, mad vigor.

You're threatening me with an old man?

You really don't learn, do you?

Sun Wukong raised the staff in his hand high above his head.

The crimson-gold flames made the surrounding air crackle and pop.

His whole body leapt into the air just like that.

He turned into a golden meteor, shooting straight at that lump of rotting flesh.

The game is over!

As soon as those five words left his mouth,

carrying the arrogance of judging everything.

The Original Mistake desperately mobilized all its void power to block.

It erected one concept barrier after another in front of itself.

It even exerted the strength of sucking milk.

You can't kill me!

I am Concept!

If you dare touch me, your master will blow up too!

It was still putting up a last stubborn front.

It was certain Sun Wukong wouldn't dare gamble with his master's life.

Sun Wukong didn't even glance at its rotting flesh face.

He didn't even bother with its defensive barriers.

His gaze locked onto the point where the Dao Heart and the bundle of tubes connected.

That is, the very core 'concept connection point'.

It was a dead knot emitting a dim, gray light.

Who said I wanted to kill you?

I hate getting my hands dirty.

As soon as the words fell,

The golden blazing Stone Staff kicked up a piercing sonic boom.

It directly bypassed the Original Mistake's main defense line.

Aimed with impossible precision.

It struck squarely on that connection point.

This strike had no fancy flourishes.

Just raw strength plus overbearing will.

I won't destroy you.

I'll fucking sever you outright!

Bang!

A deafening crack rang throughout the space.

It wasn't a physical explosion.

It was a complete separation.

All the disgusting tubes attached to the Dao Heart.

Under this staff, it was brutally smashed and broken.

The cut was so neat it made one's scalp tingle.

Those rule lines representing deprivation and imprisonment.

On the spot, it shattered into a ground covered in light spots.

Original Mistake let out its most miserable howl of its life.

Now its defenses were truly broken.

Its energy source, on which it depended for survival, was brutally cut off.

Lost control over the Dao Heart.

Its body began to disintegrate uncontrollably.

Chunks of rotting flesh peeled off from its body.

Fell into the void and turned into black smoke.

"Give it back to me!"

"You damned monkey!"

The breaking of the connection point triggered a terrifying energy tsunami.

Within the Dao Heart lay accumulated power of resistance over hundreds of millions of years.

At the moment the bonds were undone, it welcomed a great eruption.

This was no different from detonating a supernova.

The recoil force was boundless.

Sun Wukong bore the brunt.

He felt as if his chest had been struck head-on by a hundred thousand mountains.

His ribs cracked, crack crack, several breaking.

His whole body was flung away.

In Mid-Air, he spat out a large mouthful of blood shining with golden light.

Yet he did not loosen his grip for even a second.

He clung tightly to a hot object.

That was the Dao Heart of the old man regaining Freedom.

He clutched that stone tightly to his chest.

Arching his back, he used his flesh to resist the energy flow like a storm of chaotic stones and meteors.

Regardless of his back being torn to a bloody pulp.

He gritted his teeth and made not a sound.

He didn't know how far he had been blasted backwards.

The energy storm finally showed a sign of weakening.

Sun Wukong fell with a thud, hitting the ground hard.

He smashed a deep pit into the black void.

"Cough cough..."

He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood clots in succession.

He struggled to climb up from the ground.

He didn't want to waste even the strength to wipe his mouth.

"Finally…… I got it back."

He lowered his head to look at the Dao Heart in his arms.

He pulled at the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly.

That smile was as ugly as it could be.

But the next second.

That smile, uglier than crying, froze directly on his face.

The Dao Heart in his arms, which originally had only a breath left.

Its temperature was surprisingly high enough to scorch.

It was about to scorch Sun Wukong's palm to a crisp.

Dense cracks on its surface were rapidly expanding.

Strands of destruction aura, violent to the extreme, were seeping out from the gaps.

Lost the suppression of the seal.

Lost the blood‑pumping function of Original Mistake.

This Dao Heart that had been pent up for who knows how many years.

Its internal energy went out of control directly.

It was about to self‑destruct any moment!

And in the distant void.

That lump of Original Mistake, soon to rot through.

Suddenly it emitted a hoarse, wind‑box‑like laugh.

The laughter betrayed a madness that would destroy both jade and stone.

"Hahahaha……"

"Do you really think you can save him?"

Without me as this vessel, the energy of this thing would have already overloaded.

It will blow you, blow this entire universe, into debris!

The center of the rotting flesh lit up with a strange red light.

This red light exudes a vicious toxicity that would destroy jade and stone together.

Since you won't let me live,

then let's die together!

The darkness of the whole dimension began to contract wildly.

All the remaining rule power of the Original Mistake.

Transformed into a huge blood‑filled mouth that devours everything.

From all directions.

Carrying the final madness before death.

It lunged directly at Sun Wukong and the Dao Heart in his bosom that was about to explode.

The final reckoning.

The countdown begins!