Chapter 81: Shocking Truth, the Master

Facing Yao's series of questions, Sun Wukong did not answer immediately.

He simply hoisted the Golden Cudgel onto his shoulder.

Then, facing the huge

cage made of countless strange runes, he smashed it down hard!

"Clang——!!!!"

A deafening roar burst explosively in this space!

The entire cage shook violently!

On the cage's surface, countless black runes swirled wildly,

releasing a powerful recoil force that made Sun Wukong's arm tingle slightly.

Yet the cage itself showed not even a single crack.

"Hm?"

Sun Wukong was a bit surprised.

Though he didn't use his full strength, this strike was enough to shatter a vast world.

He didn't expect that it still couldn't break this cage.

This move made the already vigilant Yao even more nervous!

This guy... what does he intend?

Could he be trying to break the cage and kill himself?

But Sun Wukong's next words left her stunned again.

"Don't be nervous."

Sun Wukong grinned, hoisting the Golden Cudgel back onto his shoulder.

"I'm old Sun, just testing whether this cage is solid."

He curled his lip and said with a disdainful expression:

"Looks like that Silent Extinction birdman really spent a fortune to lock you up."

After speaking, he didn't care about Yao's reaction.

He sat cross-legged in front of the cage, on his own.

That posture was as casual as sitting on a rock back home on Mount Huaguo.

He looked at Yao inside the cage and got straight to the point.

"Alright, stop looking at me with that kind of gaze."

"I'm Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equal to Heaven."

"Just not long ago, I gave that Silent Extinction birdman a solid beating."

He waved the crystal Debris in his hand, a smug Smile appearing on his face.

"This thing was snatched from his body."

"Now it's your turn to speak."

"What exactly is your grudge against him?"

Sun Wukong's words were simple, direct, even a bit crude.

Yet each word struck like a heavy hammer, smashing into Yao's heart!

The three words "Sun Wukong" were unfamiliar to her.

She had been imprisoned for too long, knowing nothing of the outside world.

But!

"Just gave that Silent Extinction birdman a beating!"

"This thing was snatched from his body!"

These two sentences caused Yao's once-dim eyes,

to suddenly burst with a flame called "Hope"!

She stared fixedly at Sun Wukong, as if trying to read from his face,

any trace of a lie.

No!

His gaze was clear and arrogant.

That confidence could never be faked!

He was telling the truth!

He really... the one who betrayed him,

the enemy who imprisoned him for countless epochs, beat him?!

Yao's heart pounded wildly!

The hatred and despair of countless epochs seemed to find an outlet at this moment!

Yet she was, after all, an ancient monster who had lived for an unknown number of years.

She forced herself to suppress the excitement, taking a deep breath.

She looked at Sun Wukong, hesitated,

then asked the question that had lingered in her heart for ages.

"You... have you ever heard of a Dao title called 'Void'?"

Her voice trembled as she asked.

That was her last hope!

It is also her only redemption!

"Void"?

These two characters, the moment they left his mouth!

Sun Wukong, who had been lazily sitting cross‑legged, suddenly jolted!

His golden eyes instantly narrowed!

His ears also perked up in an instant!

The aura around his body changed in that moment!

The feeling was like a...

... bored tiger taking a nap, suddenly hearing the call of its arch‑enemy!

An incredibly fierce momentum flashed from him and vanished!

Yao, as a former Saint King Rank Chaotic Demon God, was so perceptive!

She instantly caught Sun Wukong's subtle yet intense change!

Her heart raced faster!

There's drama!

Definitely drama!

She forced herself to stay calm and asked, "You... you know him?!"

Sun Wukong did not answer immediately.

He stared at Yao for a full several breaths' worth of time.

It seemed he was confirming something.

Then, he slowly spoke, retorting, "He is my Master."

"Why are you looking for him?"

Boom!!!

These words, though plain,

were no less than a world‑shaking thunderclap to Yao's ears!

She... was completely stunned!

Her whole body froze as if struck by a petrification spell!

Master?

Void senior... is his Master?!

So... that's how it is...

So... that's how it is!

Hahaha!

Yao's face first showed extreme astonishment.

Then, the astonishment turned into ecstatic joy!

Finally, the ecstasy became a sense of relief, as if a great burden had been lifted!

Two completely different yet intensely strong emotions,

interwove on her exquisitely beautiful face into an expression of extreme complexity.

She looked at Sun Wukong, and the caution and vigilance in her eyes completely vanished in that instant.

In their place was a heartfelt closeness and trust.

She even, with great difficulty toward Sun Wukong,

drew out a smile that could be called the first in countless epochs.

Though that smile, marred by scars and filth on her face, appeared somewhat grim.

Yet the goodwill it contained was genuinely sincere.

"So... so he is the old man's disciple..."

Yao murmured to herself, her voice tinged with a hint of sobbing.

"No wonder... no wonder you could ignore my 'Great Dream of Ten Thousand Realms'..."

"No wonder... you could drive the traitor Silent Extinction into a hasty retreat..."

"So, all of this was not a coincidence..."

She no longer concealed anything.

She knew that the seemingly arrogant, unbridled monkey before her was one of her own!

A friend, not an enemy!

She looked at Sun Wukong, using up her last ounce of strength,

and uttered an earth‑shattering truth that could overturn the entire Chaos Realm's understanding!

"Sun Wukong... you were deceived by the traitor Silent Extinction!"

"Chaos Core Fragment is not some thing meant to destroy the world and remake Heaven and Earth!"

"It is, from the previous Chaos Era, my Master the 'Primordial Demon God',

that, after falling in the final battle, left behind... the 'Heart of Dao'!"

"Silent Extinction, he deceived all Living Beings in the Chaos Realm!"

"And your Master, Bodhi... no, Void senior!"

"He, the old man, painstakingly gathered these fragments,

not for any purpose of proving the Dao, nor to open Heaven!"

"But it was for……"

"Yao's voice suddenly rose!"

"It was filled with endless reverence and gratitude!"

"But it was for…… resurrecting my Master!!"

"Resurrect that one who once guarded the entire Chaos Realm,"

"But was finally schemed against by Hongjun and Heavenly Dao joining forces, the primordial demon god!!"