Chapter 1279: Untitled

"As for the monkey's situation, it is enough for you to know about it; this was originally arranged by several powers including Western Buddhism and the Heavenly Court, all for the sake of the flourishing of Buddhism."

"However, this does not involve Jiuzhou, so you need not concern yourselves with it. Cultivate diligently; from now on, Jiuzhou is entrusted to the two of you."

Su Fan ultimately said nothing more.

The matter of the monkey concerned the monkey himself, and since it involved the flourishing of Buddhism, there was little he could change.

Yet Su Fan had always been curious whether, once the origins of the Four Great Divine Monkeys were combined, they would turn into a Chaos Divine Monkey.

If the monkey were to devour the origins of the other three monkeys, his Innate Foundation would likely improve significantly; even if he were not equal to Innate Divines like the Three Pure Ones, he would certainly not be far behind.

At that point, his potential would be limitless, and perhaps even Quasi-Saint Peak would not be a problem.

However, wanting to devour the origins of the other three great monkeys is not so easy; first of all, Yuan Hong is left with only his True Spirit, and his origin has become scarce.

Moreover, Yuan Hong's strength, even if not equal to the monkey's, is not far off, and since the other's True Spirit is on the Investiture of the Gods, it would be very difficult for the monkey to devour his True Spirit origin.

Secondly, the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey is a Great Luo Golden Immortal beast; the current monkey is no match for it, and it is quite ferocious—he might even get devoured by it instead.

In reality, the easiest one for the monkey to devour is the Six-Eared Macaque; the strength of the two demon monkeys is not very different, both being around the Golden Immortal or Taiyi Golden Immortal level.

This time, because of the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art given by Su Fan, the monkey's cultivation is actually higher, having already reached the level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Su Fan also clearly noticed traces of Refining Body on the monkey. Originally, the monkey was gestated from the Five-Colored Divine Stone, so it could be said his Innate Foundation was extraordinary; theoretically, compared to the half-human, half-god Yang Jian, the former would be better in terms of talent for Refining Body.

It is just that Yang Jian is a third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect and possesses a top-tier Refining Body technique like the Eight-Nine Profound Art, whereas although the monkey apprenticed under the Bodhi Patriarch, it was evident the monkey was not given any Refining Body techniques by him.

Perhaps it was a lack of importance, perhaps it was worry, or perhaps something else; in any case, in the original timeline, it was not certain how strong the monkey's body really was.

It was only after being calcined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace for a while, while gaining the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, that his Fleshly Body also received a significant boost; however, compared to those experts who specialized in Refining Body, the monkey's body was only what his talent provided, without having received any acquired training.

But this lifetime is different.

Although only the first three levels of the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art were passed to the monkey at the time, they were considered to be below the Immortal Realm.

However, the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art is itself a very high-level Refining Body technique; true experts, once they obtain the basic methods, can also deduce subsequent cultivation methods.

The monkey's talent is very powerful, and as for whether he could deduce them, Su Fan never doubted it; even though the monkey is of the demon race, once he cultivates to the Immortal Realm, his intelligence and such are also sharper than the average person's.

Moreover, the monkey was gestated from the Five-Colored Divine Stone and possesses a true Innate Foundation; as long as he is willing, he can certainly deduce the subsequent levels.

In fact, the last time Su Fan saw the monkey at Huaguoshan, the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art on him had already transcended the first three levels; it was clear that the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art had already surpassed what Su Fan had passed to him back then.

Although it is unclear whether this subsequent method was deduced by himself or by that Bodhi Patriarch.

But the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art itself has a very solid foundation for its creation; after all, in the Swallowing Starry Sky, the one who created this technique in that lineage was an expert at the level of a Universe Venerable.

Placed in the Primordial World, that would be at least a Great Luo level expert.

Therefore, even if the monkey deduced and created the subsequent method himself, it is still extraordinary.

It is just like how Su Fan himself used the first three levels of the Nine-Refinement Golden Body Art as a foundation to create a Refining Body method suitable for himself; placed in the Fire Cloud Cave, it is considered top-tier among the many Refining Body methods.

Martial Dao is considered the main Great Dao cultivated by the Human Race, so naturally, there are many Martial Dao methods and Refining Body techniques in the Fire Cloud Cave.

Most of them are methods created by the high-level members of the Human Race over these years, and even Fuxi and the others specifically created similar Refining Body methods.

Among them, the most powerful is the Way of Ten Thousand Refinements and Thousand Merges left behind by the Martial Ancestor back then; this method involves smelting the essence, blood, and souls of ten thousand witches and demons into the Fleshly Body to open up one's own inner world.

The Fleshly Body forged by this method is the most terrifying, even more so than the body of the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

Back then, the Martial Ancestor was not a bit inferior to the Ancestral Witches in terms of physical strength, and one must know that the Martial Ancestor's realm at the time was lower than that of the Ancestral Witches.

Yet his Fleshly Body was not a bit inferior; one must know that the Ancestral Witches' bodies were naturally powerful, and in the ancient times, they were absolutely the most powerful race.

Furthermore, the Ancestral Witches also had the Fleshly Body Inheritance left by the Great God Pangu.

That the Martial Ancestor could compare to them shows just how terrifying this Way of Ten Thousand Refinements and Thousand Merges is.

Of course, this Refining Body technique is powerful, but the cultivation of it is extremely domineering and cruel; apart from the Martial Ancestor, only one other person in the Human Race has truly succeeded in cultivating it.

This person, the Dongji Elder, is considered one of the oldest Ancestors of the Human Race and has always sat in the Fire Cloud Cave, with strength comparable to a Quasi-Saint.

Although his strength is not equal to the Three Sovereigns, his status in the Fire Cloud Cave is not a bit inferior to the Three Sovereigns.

After all, as an elder, his contribution during the war of extermination back then was second only to the Martial Ancestor, and greater than that of the three ancestors of the Human Race.

Back then, although the three ancestors of the Human Race had high status and even used Heavenly Dao Merit to achieve not-low cultivation, in terms of combat power, they were still a bit inferior to the Dongji Elder who cultivated the Martial Ancestor's method.

In that battle, he blocked a half-step Quasi-Saint demon god for the Human Race, allowing the largest tribe of the Human Race to survive.

The later Human Race was, in fact, developed from that tribe, and the tribe that the Great God Fuxi reincarnated into was also that same tribe.

It is just that this Dongji Elder also damaged his origin in that battle; although he did not die in battle like the Martial Ancestor, the injuries he sustained were almost equivalent to falling.

Even now, his main body still has extremely heavy injuries and is still unable to fight.

Fortunately, however, he has now begun to slowly recover, and perhaps in another ten million years, he will be able to recover.

At that time, the Human Race will once again give birth to a Quasi-Saint level power, and it will not be an ordinary Quasi-Saint level power.

Back then, the Martial Ancestor was only at the Great Luo Peak realm, yet by relying on this Martial Dao, he could fight against Ancestral Witches or Demon Emperors without falling behind.

One can imagine that for the Dongji Elder who cultivates this path, even if he cannot compare to the Martial Ancestor, the fact that the Dongji Elder survived is enough for him to continue cultivating; once the Dongji Elder truly reaches the Quasi-Saint realm, his combat power will definitely not be inferior to a Quasi-Saint Peak.

By that time, wouldn't the Human Race have one more Quasi-Saint Peak? In this way, facing the Great Trend of the future, the Human Race will have more confidence.

In the future Great Trend of the two worlds, the powers between heaven and earth will certainly be re-divided; the stronger the power, the more one will obtain.