Chapter 471: The Six-Winged Golden Cicada and the White Bone Lady

Baigu Yaoguo.

Inside a dim palace, a mysterious woman draped in a pale long dress sat before an ancient bronze mirror.

In the mirror, one half of the woman's face was as beautiful as a flower, while the other half was nothing but bleached white bone; within that fleshless eye socket, a wisp of red light flickered slightly, appearing extremely eerie.

The corner of the mouth on the other, fleshy half of her face curled slightly upward, looking extremely weird.

Before long, a brand-new image flickered within the bronze mirror; in the image, the figures of Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Bajie, and others appeared.

"Jinchanzi, you have finally come," the woman said slowly.

She was none other than the master of Baigu Yaoguo, Baigu Furen, and a Great Ability of the Earth Immortal Realm.

However, unlike the Baigu Furen in Journey to the West, this Baigu Furen had an extraordinary background and her cultivation was supreme and peerless!

She was not an existence that could be easily beaten to death by Sun Wukong with three strikes.

Many eons ago, Pangu split the heavens and earth, tore through Chaos, and evolved the universe.

During the process of splitting the heavens and earth, numerous Chaos Demon Gods followed and perished, most of them dying and their Daos dissipating.

The original form of this Baigu Furen was the Baigu Moshen among the many Demon Gods!

Baigu Moshen was not one of the Three Thousand Demon Gods!

Although it was said back then that three thousand Demon Gods besieged Pangu to break open Chaos and prevent Pangu from becoming an existence truly transcending the Great Dao level, the truth was that far more than three thousand Demon Gods intercepted Pangu!

Although Baigu Moshen was not among the three thousand, its strength could not be underestimated; at its peak, it was an existence close to the Saint level in the current Three Realms.

But that battle back then was too tragic; even for a Demon God like Baigu Moshen, no one knew how many were hacked to death by Pangu.

Baigu Moshen had no Protagonist Halo; when the heavens were split, it was smashed to pieces by the Pangu Axe, with both its flesh and Primordial Spirit turning to dust.

One must know that Pangu cultivated the Three Thousand Great Daos and Proved the Dao with Force; his attacks were conceptual and rule-based erasures—dead meant dead, and resurrection was simply impossible.

Baigu Moshen did indeed die, but at the moment of its fall, it left behind a single thought in advance; this thought fell into the world after the creation and entered a sleep lasting countless eons.

This wisp of Demon God thought was not the original Baigu Moshen; it could be understood as a mutated existence, similar to a second personality.

Because it cast itself into the Pangu world and slept for many eons, the Heavenly Dao brand was imprinted upon Baigu Furen, and she became an Acquired Living Being.

And for the cultivation of an Acquired Living Being, reaching the Golden Immortal realm was the limit; the chance of advancing to Great Luo Golden Immortal was slim to none.

However, Baigu Furen was, after all, transformed from a wisp of Demon God thought; she knew many ancient secret techniques and also knew how to find another path to achieve Great Luo.

Jinchanzi was the key for Baigu Furen to break through to Great Luo.

The world only knew that Jinchanzi was the second disciple of the current Tathagata Buddha and the heaven-ordained Scripture Seeker.

But his true origin was known to few; before the heavens and earth were opened, there were five great insect-type Chaos ferocious beasts in Chaos.

They were the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, the Blood-Thirsty Black Ant Mosquito, the Multi-Eyed Golden Centipede, the Nine-Tailed Earth Scorpion, and Jiutou Chong.

Among them, the Six-Winged Golden Cicada was the most dangerous and powerful existence.

Later, after the heavens and earth were first opened, the Heavenly Dao Saints successively established sects; in order to strengthen their foundations and increase the Qi Luck of their doctrines, they scavenged many heavenly treasures.

And the Six-Winged Golden Cicada was taken by the Western Saint, who severed its form, converted its Primordial Spirit, and ground away its ferocity, thus creating Jinchanzi.

The current Jinchanzi was naturally not the original Six-Winged Golden Cicada; who knew how much of his origin had long since been ground away?

But even if ground away, the current Jinchanzi must still have some Chaos Origin remaining in his body, and this was the key to advancing to Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Baigu Furen's goal was the Chaos Origin within Xuanzang; as long as she devoured this origin, she could advance to Great Luo Golden Immortal, and once she became a Great Luo Golden Immortal, she could enter Chaos, find the foundation left behind by Baigu Moshen, and then she could return to her peak.

Baigu Furen was full of confidence; with her strength, dealing with Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and the others was as easy as turning over one's hand.

But Baigu Furen did not know that this Jinchanzi was not the Jinchanzi she knew!

This was Xuanzang, the Great Virtuous Monk and Great Luo Golden Immortal Xuanzang.

Regarding the fact that Xuanzang was already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, apart from some people in the Heavenly Court and Buddhism, very few others in the entire Three Realms knew.

And Baigu Furen was in Baigu Yaoguo, tucked away in a corner with blocked information; it was not that she was completely ignorant of these things, but there was just no great necessity.

At the same time, Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Bajie, and the others looked at an invisible barrier in front of them, which kept rippling like the surface of water.

"Bajie, you are knowledgeable, what is this?" Sun Wukong asked.

Hearing this, Bajie was smug and couldn't help but mock: "Monkey, you are too polite. When you need old Zhu, you call me Bajie; when you don't need me, you call me a fool, heh."

"Bajie, you are too pretentious. Besides, I, old Sun, am asking on behalf of Master," Sun Wukong said.

Bajie was clearly dissatisfied with Wukong's words, but still said: "This is a spiritual energy barrier, just like the one we encountered at Wuzhuang Temple; this spiritual energy barrier likely connects to some place in the Earth Immortal Realm. If we go straight in, it's equivalent to entering another Cave Heaven and temporarily leaving the Human Realm."

"So that's it; to put it plainly, it's an entrance to the Earth Immortal Realm," Sun Wukong nodded.

"Master, shall we go in?"

Sun Wukong asked, though his gaze was somewhat expectant.

"An entrance to the Earth Immortal Realm," Xuanzang's expression turned thoughtful.

I fear that behind this entrance is no kind place.

"Master, I think it's better to avoid trouble; this clearly has problems," Bajie said.

"Fool, your courage is too small. With me, old Sun, here, what is there to be afraid of!" Sun Wukong cursed.

"Great Senior Brother, your old self has boundless magic power and great supernatural abilities, but old Zhu, I, cannot.

Why don't you think about it: what if behind this entrance is another existence similar to Zhenyuan Daxian?

What if such an existence is looking for trouble with us? Can you beat them?

Don't let it end up where we still need Master to save us," Bajie said.

"..."

It must be said that when it came to verbal sparring, ten Sun Wukongs were no match for Bajie.

Sun Wukong wanted to retort, but it seemed there was no reason at all.

If it really were someone like Brother Zhenyuan, even ten of him would be no match for them.

Xuanzang looked at Bajie and asked very seriously:

"Bajie, seeing you speak so logically and eloquently, do you perhaps know some intelligence?"

Bajie's expression changed suddenly, and he stammered:

"..., ahem, Master, these are all just my instincts; how could there be any intelligence? I am a good person."

Bajie had indeed learned of the rumors in advance, and he also knew what would be encountered next.

After all, that faction of Laojun had already given him the outline for the Journey to the West in advance.

"Bajie, you must know that these days, the fate of a fence-sitter is very miserable. You cannot take advantage of your master while also taking benefits from the Heavenly Court; how could such a beautiful thing exist in the world?"

Sun Wukong took out the Golden Cudgel, placed it under Bajie's neck, his gaze like a torch.