Chapter 71: Time Law? Bring it to me, Lao Sun!

"Found you!"

Sun Wukong's voice carried a hunting thrill!

The Ruyi Golden Hoop Staff, long famished and restless, emitted an excited hum in his hand!

Now!

No hesitation at all, no hint of flamboyance!

He poured all his body's strength, all his Divine Soul thoughts, and that just‑realized

the "Guarding Intent" capable of subduing this beast, entirely into the iron staff he held!

"Give me Lao Sun, die!!!"

Boom!!!

The Golden Cudgel transformed into a beam of light that pierced space and time, tearing apart all chaotic law Debris,

in a manner that defied all Principle, fiercely and with unmatched precision,

smashing into the core of the law that had been fully exposed by pain!

This strike was unlike any before.

It was no longer pure, world‑creating, raging force.

On the staff, no longer swirled golden saintly aura, nor dark crimson demonic intent.

Instead, a warm, colorful light filled with affection and protection!

It was the wind of Mount Huaguo, the spring of Water Curtain Cave, the laughter of the little monkeys.

It was the morning bell of Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, the mat beneath the Bodhi tree, Master's stern yet kind teachings.

And also that woman, that proud Peacock Princess, whose decisive and stubborn silhouette shielded him from a blade!

This strike, what he unleashed, was Sun Wukong's "Dao"!

It is everything he seeks to protect after slaying demons, crushing the heavens!

For the Time‑devouring Beast already poisoned by the lethal toxin of "Humanity",

now tormented madly by love, hate, and grudges,

this strike is essentially the Final Judgment from its natural enemy!

It is order's verdict on chaos! Existence's sentence on void!

"Jii—!!!"

A sound that pierced the Divine Soul, a silent shriek, thundered through every corner of the temporal turbulence!

It was the first sound since the Time‑devouring Beast was born in the Chaos Realm,

the first and also the last, a howl filled with Fear Heart Demon and incomprehension!

Then.

"Boom!"

The Golden Cudgel solidly struck the law core.

No earth‑shattering explosion as imagined.

No terrifying scene of law annihilation.

That indestructible law core, which could even devour a Saint's Primordial Source,

the moment it met the Golden Cudgel's "Guarding Intent", was like ice under scorching sun.

As if prey locked by a natural enemy.

It could not even emit a proper Cànjiào.

Then with a "Ka‑cha" sound, it began to fissure inch by inch from its core!

The monster, that semi‑transparent mass of countless temporal runes, shuddered violently!

Within its myriad compound eyes filled with bewilderment and release.

Then it exploded with a thunderous burst!

It did not turn to dust, nor return to void.

Instead it became countless dazzling points,

shining like stars... the purest fragments of the Time Primordial Source!

These fragments emitted an irresistibly alluring aura, silently hovering in the void.

The deadly trap, at this moment, became an unprecedented grand creation!

And at the instant the Time‑devouring Beast fully collapsed, its runaway Devour Law also reached its end.

A torrent of information so massive it defied imagination,

like a breached river and sea, wildly surged back into Sun Wukong's mind!

"Ww—!"

Sun Wukong only felt his Original Spirit violently shaken!

Those erased pasts, those gnawed memories,

at this moment returned with unprecedented clarity!

The heroic ambition of swearing brotherhood with the Seven Great Saints!

Big brother Bull Demon King's simple, hearty smile!

He seemed to return once more beneath Wǔxíng Shān.

He felt the five‑century wind and rain, the bone‑deep loneliness and resentment.

These pains, no longer burdens that shake his Dao Heart, instead became his firmest foundation!

The ninety‑nine eighty‑one tribulations on the road to Western Heaven!

That nagging and cowardly Master Tang Sanzang, who would stand in front of him at critical moments.

That gluttonous, lazy, timid and cowardly Dai Zi, who always can shout "Senior Brother" from behind.

That silent, taciturn, loyal and honest Sha, who silently leads the horse.

The king of the Women's Kingdom's eyes, full of affection.

The Scorpion spirit's spicy wine.

Everything, all of it, has returned!

These memories are no longer vague images, but carry warmth,

bearing emotion, a complete return of all the moods at that time!

They perfectly merged with Sun Wukong's Original Spirit, the core memories protected by the broom.

His "existence" at this moment is unprecedentedly whole! Unprecedentedly solid!

"So it was you, that wretched creature, causing mischief!"

Sun Wukong suddenly opened his eyes, and from his Fiery Golden Eyes, two divine beams burst forth, piercing the void!

All his previous lingering fear and all his anger completely turned into ecstatic joy!

A blessing in disguise!

This is an enormous blessing!

He gazed at the sky‑filled time Primordial Source Debris before him, and a supremely carefree Smile spread across his monkey face.

"Good stuff! All good stuff!"

He showed no courtesy, opened his mouth, and inhaled sharply!

"Hoo—!!!"

Like a giant whale sucking water!

Or like wind sweeping the remaining clouds!

Those countless time Primordial Source Debris seemed to feel the most lethal attraction,

transforming into a brilliant stellar river that rushed in, one after another, all pouring into his mouth!

A profoundly mysterious and massive comprehension of the "time" law instantly surged to his mind!

Within the sea of his divine thoughts.

The flow of time is no longer a line.

It can be a surging river, or a still lake!

It can be stretched, compressed, even… briefly nudged!

He felt as if he were standing atop an ever‑flowing great river,

though he still cannot divert the whole river, he can already stir waves and create whirlpools within a small range!

This feeling is marvelous!

This is wholly his own power!

It is the spoils seized by confronting and overcoming with his own Dao!

Sun Wukong slowly closed his eyes, carefully feeling the brand‑new, raw yet immensely powerful force within his body.

The aura of his mid‑stage Golden Immortal, mixed‑origin Great Luo, became at this moment more stable and more harmonious.

Even a faint hint of… an otherworldly taste emerged.

For a long while.

Only then did he slowly open his eyes, grin, and reveal a set of forest‑white teeth.

Facing the now‑calm void, he shouted with unbridled joy.

"Thank you for the hospitality!"