Chapter 429

Under the command of my own mother, several sisters immediately realized that the man in strange attire before them was the one who had saved their mother, and also a great divine being.

The several little spider spirits naturally dared not defy; under the leadership of the eldest spider sister, the second sister, third sister, fourth sister, and fifth sister successively knelt before Luode, and even the sixth sister, daughter of Zhu Bajie, did the same.

"From now on, you girls will serve as maidservants to the Great Divine Wutian. Wutian is the second ancestral dragon in heaven and earth, possessing profound magic power, and is also one of the rare great divine beings in heaven and earth. Following him is your fortune, little girls." Purple Pearl spoke.

Unlike these little girls, she had at least wandered in the Heavenly Palace back then; even as a demon in the lower realm, she had not escaped Heaven's control, so she clearly understood the benefits of attaching oneself to a great divine being, and also the status of a maidservant.

Especially the status of a close maidservant, which always brings some opportunities; perhaps there is hope to become a test chamber, and demon folk will stop at nothing to achieve anything.

Sometimes, flirting with one's own master is commonplace; the girls raised in the Spider Silk Cave, aside from the eldest four and the still-young sixth, her other four daughters are well-versed in this.

"Greetings, Master!" The several spider sisters knelt together before Luode, speaking delicately.

Even their voices sounded extremely charming, making Luode's bones feel a bit weak; he thought he must properly deal with these spider spirits that night!

As close maidservants, naturally they must provide close service, especially when the mistress is pregnant; you must serve well.

"No need for formalities! From now on, you will attend by my side, serving as my close maidservants." Luode spoke.

The several female spider spirits nodded at each other, rose to their feet, and stood beside Luode.

I do not know whether this great divine being truly possesses the power my mother claimed, truly able to help them escape the control of Heaven and Western Kunlun.

However, regardless, the insect mantis fairy cultivated in our Spider Silk Cave has already been killed by Sun Wukong; once this thing dies, it can no longer lay worm eggs, and this heavenly business has completely withered.

If no other way is found, awaiting their fate will not be good; Heaven and Western Kunlun will not show them mercy.

Now, being able to follow this second ancestral dragon of heaven and earth, perhaps he can truly protect them.

"Great Sage Equal to Heaven, my martial uncle previously gave me your root implement, letting me use it to prolong my life.

It is also because of this root implement that I have lived until now, awaiting the salvation of the Great Divine Wutian; now this root implement truly should be returned to its original owner." The old spider spirit finished speaking, opened her mouth, and spat out a golden lotus root segment.

This item is precisely Sun Wukong's fourth root implement, named Tongchangsi.

Tongchangsi turned a circle in the sky, then flew directly into Sun Wukong's body; Sun Wukong closed his eyes, absorbing his fourth root implement into his body; with the addition of this root implement, Sun Wukong's magic power increased another level, his physical body became more solid, and his divine powers recovered considerably.

Opening his eyes, a glint of golden light flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes; with four root implements in hand, he has now restored fifty percent of his original strength.

Only waiting to find his fifth root implement, then to absorb the immortal fetus of his incarnation, he can restore all his power, and even because of this reincarnation, there is a possibility of advancing further.

"Great Divine Wutian, thank you for your help; my old self's fourth root implement has also been found now; after absorbing my fourth root implement, my magic power and divine abilities have at least recovered half." After absorbing his fourth root implement, Sun Wukong came before Luode, knelt on one knee, and spoke.

The monkey is not the kind to forget kindness; Luode's kindness to him cannot be described as great; besides serving him, he truly has nothing to offer in return.

"Then good, let's go! We'll go to Purple Cloud Mountain, Yellow Flower Observatory, to meet your old friends." Luode spoke.

Sun Wukong nodded upon hearing, took his iron rod in hand, and led the way out.

Under the leadership of the old spider spirit, the group arrived at the mountaintop above Zhu Gou Spring, entered a patch of verdant mountains; unlike the Spider Silk Cave, this mountain forest exudes immortal aura, indeed a famous mountain and river.

The spiritual energy here is abundant, and it is not as gloomy and terrifying as the Spider Silk Cave, dark; if speaking of scenery, this place truly deserves to be called a place of clear waters and beautiful mountains.

"This Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord really knows how to pick a place; this place indeed is clear waters and beautiful mountains." Sun Wukong spoke.

Compared to his Flower Fruit Mountain, it is indeed somewhat lacking, but compared to other demon caves, it is far superior.

"No wonder this place can nurture divine springs; below is the Spider Silk Cave, above is Purple Cloud Mountain, Yellow Flower Observatory." Zhu Bajie spoke.

"Let's go! Continue up the mountain; we'll first go to Purple Cloud Mountain to settle matters there, then go to Yellow Flower Observatory to deal with that centipede demon." Luode spoke.

Along the way, the group encountered many cultivators who had gone into deviation from practicing; upon seeing Luode and company, they all made gnawing sounds.

In a place of immortal cultivation, where would demons come from? But they fundamentally do not know their own appearance; looking at them, what difference is there from demons?

These cultivators have taken the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord as their teacher, practicing his evil methods; they have long become neither human nor demon.

Sun Wukong showed no courtesy to these people; he directly beat them to death with his staff, then sent their souls into the underworld for reincarnation.

Rather than later being caught by Heaven's people, taken up to heaven to be refined into elixirs, ending with soul and spirit scattered, it is better to reincarnate early; perhaps in the next life they can still be human.

"The operation of the underworld here is indeed very good; life continuously undergoes rebirth, reincarnation, and transmigration; thus the underworld will never be full; the situation of the Shadow Realm, compared to this, is far worse." Azeiras spoke through the connection between the small Luode and the small universe.

Although she has not comprehended the small universe, having the passage constructed by Luode allows the two to converse secretly.

"So when we return to our world, once I am prepared, we will counterattack the Shadow Realm and completely take it down." Luode spoke.

Having obtained deathly divine power, becoming the returning primordial god, those few eternals of the Shadow Realm fundamentally cannot resist him; the Shadow Realm, treating souls as a kind of energy and common folk, is better than letting them undergo endless reincarnation and transmigration.

The group fought their way up the mountain; along the road they encountered a worm commander and a mushroom demon woman.

Sun Wukong beat the worm commander to death with his staff; that worm commander, at the moment of death, even had an expression of relief.

As for that mushroom demon woman, Sun Wukong, considering she is a spirit beast cultivated on this mountain, did not trouble her, but instead let her go on the condition that she would not do evil in the future.

"This worm commander is also a pitiful person; he was not originally like this, but was harmed by the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, becoming neither human nor ghost, training Daoists here." The fourth spider sister stepped forward and spoke to Luode.

"He is also a pitiful person; just send him to reincarnate! Here, all Daoists, as long as they have not committed too many evil deeds, are sent to reincarnate." Luode spoke.

Every ten years the mountain gate opens to accept disciples; the disciples here are indeed numerous; besides these disciples, the most numerous in the mountains and fields are a kind of worm demon.

Fighting their way up the mountain, the group soon arrived at the mural site mentioned by the Black-Handed Daoist.

Then Sun Wukong stepped forward, using the method taught by the Black-Handed Daoist, touched that barrier; in an instant, the mountain body vanished, and the group entered the secret Purple Cloud Mountain.

"This is Purple Cloud Mountain; the Black-Handed Daoist said, here is my old friend! The Officer of the Mansion of the Day." Sun Wukong spoke.

At this moment, on a distant large tree, a red large snake attracted everyone's attention.

"Where did you come from, demon? Why are you here? Old Sun sees your demonic aura is not strong, and you also carry a hint of immortal aura; you must be of extraordinary origin?" Sun Wukong approached the red large snake and spoke.

Upon seeing Sun Wukong, the red large snake's face showed astonishment; even for a moment it froze in place; after a moment, it fell from the tree, turned around, and transformed into a beautiful half-human, half-snake woman.

"You, you are truly the Great Sage Equal to Heaven! Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, Fighting Saint Buddha?" The half-human, half-snake woman transformed from the red large snake spoke. "Indeed, I am that Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, but I am not the Buddhist Fighting Victorious Buddha; remember that well." Sun Wukong shook his head and spoke.

The title Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, he will always recognize; but uniquely, the Buddhist rank bestowed upon him, this Fighting Victorious Buddha, he does not recognize.

If after the Buddhists bestowed his Buddhist rank, they could let him return to Flower Fruit Mountain to cultivate, if they could truly remove the golden hoop on his head, then this Buddhist rank would not matter to him even if he held it.

But the Buddha of the Western Heaven, Tathagata, is indeed a person who does not speak of righteousness; my old self clearly helped him complete the great undertaking of obtaining the scriptures, safely sending that old monk to the Western Heaven's Great Thunder Sound Temple.

As a result, this old bald donkey is indeed untrustworthy, having greatly deceived my old self! The golden hoop on his head has not been removed at all.

"I never expected, never expected, that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, dead for several hundred years, has truly come back to life; it seems the legend is true, you are not a Mandated Person, you are different from those previous Mandated Persons! The little woman Red Yi is of the Li Mountain lineage; I pay respects to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven." Red Yi bowed to Sun Wukong and spoke.

"Originally, it was the Li Mountain Old Mother lineage; the Li Mountain Old Mother lineage, during my old self's westward journey, indeed helped many times; my apologies for the neglect." Sun Wukong bowed his fists to the red female snake demon and spoke.

"Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I, I dare to ask you for help with one matter?" Red Yi spoke.

"Since it's from the lineage of the Old Mother of Mount Li, there's no need for formalities—just say what you need to say! I, Old Sun, will help if I can." Sun Wukong spoke.

"Thank you, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Great Sage Equal to Heaven—have you seen those red threads connecting to the heavenly realm at the mountaintop Daoist temple?" Hongyi pointed to the red threads hanging down from the sky and the fleshy lump-like connection.

"Indeed I saw it—this thing is really sinister! Inside is a thread of blood-killing aura, full of a yin and evil stench. Which immortal or deity did this?" Sun Wukong looked at the red threads connecting to the sky and the huge fleshy lump, then asked.

Luode also saw the huge fleshy lump on the mountaintop and the red threads connecting to the sky at that moment.

How to describe this scene? If I didn't know this was an Eastern xianxia world, I'd think I'd come to a Lovecraftian-style world! It's truly disgusting!

"Inside is imprisoned one of your old friends! I hope you can help him break free.

He has suffered too much these past few hundred years, and now he's been turned into this neither-ghost-nor-human state." Hongyi spoke.

With Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong taking action, he will surely help him escape his plight and end his suffering.

"Oh! Could it be that inside is an old friend of mine from back then?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Monkey Brother, you really forgot what Old Zhu told you on the way here? The one imprisoned here is precisely the Officer of the Sui Star! Alas! His mother, the Bodhisattva Piliba, was harmed by the Xikunlun, and he himself was also harmed by the Xikunlun.

Put plainly, this is a struggle between the Buddhist Spirit Mountain and the Heavenly Court, but it's they, mother and son, who have suffered." Zhu Bajie spoke.

"Now that you say it, I, Old Sun, recall that giant Buddha-hand worm I encountered earlier—I looked at its Buddha-hand and it seemed familiar; that must be the hand of the Bodhisattva Piliba." Sun Wukong's expression changed as he spoke.

"Exactly so—both hands of the Bodhisattva Piliba were cut off, her life or death unknown, but her son, the Officer of the Mao Star, was imprisoned inside that fleshy lump." Hongyi spoke.

This mother and son were originally from Spirit Mountain, but also had an unclear relationship with the Li lineage, so they neither received protection from Spirit Mountain's Treasure-Protecting Hall nor gained Heaven's favor.

Thus, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord took the Golden Hairpin of the Queen Mother of the West and launched a direct sneak attack on the Officer of the Sui Star, assuming the form of an insect demon, and killed this greatest heavenly nemesis of the insect demons.

From then on, he shook the heavens! Received the reverence of myriad insect demons.

"Great God Without Heaven! I don't know if you can display your great divine power to save this old friend of mine—this new official was once a good man too." Sun Wukong came before Luode, clasped his fists, and spoke.

"I understand this matter. We'll first go up the mountain to take a look; if he can be saved, I will save him." Luode spoke.

The true form of the Officer of the Sui Star is a handsome great rooster, the nemesis of all insect children under heaven; when facing insect children, one cry is enough.

Even if the insect children or demons have cultivation far superior to his, they will instantly perish in body and spirit.

I don't know what would happen if this special ability were used in another world—for example, if he were brought to a stellar world, what scene would unfold when the Zerg swarm encountered this fellow?

Gaga! The Officer of the Sui Star let out that cry, and then a large swarm of insect creatures collapsed directly to the ground, belching their last.

Even after arriving in the Azeroth world, those fallen Zerg insects loyal to the Old Gods—this one could also instantly slaughter them all.

The beautiful snake woman standing nearby suddenly brightened her eyes—she originally wanted Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, to act so her beloved could be freed.

But she never expected that Sun Wukong actually had a way to bring the other back to life.

"Then thank you, Great God Without Heaven—I, Old Sun, believe that with your great divine power, you will surely be able to save that Officer of the Sui Rooster." Sun Wukong spoke.

"As long as the Officer of the Sui Star's soul and spirit remain, anyone who can revive the dead can surely bring him back."

"If the Great God truly can save him, then please, Great God, extend your mercy—this lowly woman has nothing to offer in return; in this life, I will be a slave and maid, an ox and horse, willingly repaying the Upper God." The red python demon Hongyi knelt before Luode and spoke.

"Miss Hongyi, rise! Even if you don't ask me, I will act for Wukong to save him—but after this, the Officer of the Sui Star indeed cannot return to the Heavenly Court; from now on, let him follow me." Luode spoke.

Having been made like this by the Heavenly Court, I believe this great rooster also wouldn't want to return to Heaven to crow again—just stay by my side, and crow when there's nothing to do!

"Thank you, Great God, thank you, Great God for your mercy!" Hongyi kept kowtowing to Luode, then rose and followed behind Luode and the others as they advanced toward the upper reaches of Zijin Mountain.

After clearing away some blindly daring insect demons blocking the road, the group arrived at a pavilion.

Beneath the pavilion stood some wine jars; at the very top of the pavilion sat a huge golden scorpion spirit, alone drinking strong liquor.

"Good wine! Good wine! Ah! Hmm, you, you—who are you? What brings you here?" The golden scorpion spirit, upon seeing Luode and a large group of people, immediately became alert and stood up, his large pincers and golden tail rising.

"I am the Poison Enemy Great King—don't you even recognize me anymore?" Zijiu'er, standing beside Zhu Bajie, stepped forward and spoke.

"Oh! So it's you, Old Lady! Congratulations—your injury has actually healed!" The golden scorpion spirit, Poison Enemy Great King, jumped down from the pavilion and spoke.

"Poison Enemy Great King, you are also a cultivated demon—great changes will soon occur in this place.

If you have no pressing matters, hurry back to the Pan Si Cave, take your few children with you, and leave this place quickly!" Zijiu'er spoke.

"Great God Without Heaven intends to take this place—then he will surely provoke the Heavenly Court and the Queen Mother of the West of Xikunlun."

This place will soon become a den of right and wrong; this golden scorpion spirit, Poison Enemy Great King, is still a decent person—even the dead female scorpion still thinks of avenging him.

But back then, that female scorpion's eyes held only Tang Sanzang—she had no thought for this golden great scorpion at all.

Nor is he without merit as a good man—staying here only to lose his life in vain, which is not beautiful—so the old spider spirit Zijiu'er wants him to leave quickly.

"Leave? Thank you for your kindness, but my household will absolutely not leave this place—my wife's great grudge remains unreported! If I don't kill that scoundrel, how can I leave?" Poison Enemy Great King waved his large pincers and spoke. (End of chapter)