Chapter 372

Being captured was normal, but why wasn't it the Heavenly Court targeting him? Instead, they said the Buddha had personally intervened and suppressed him for centuries.

Centuries later, he still went on a pilgrimage with a monk.

What kind of joke is this?

He was the famed Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong—how could he possibly go on a pilgrimage with a monk?

Sun Wukong: "This is impossible. Even if suppressed by the Buddha, how could Old Sun later help a monk on his pilgrimage?"

Ye Hei: "Big Brother Monkey, Sister Xiaoyu's story matches what I know—Big Brother Monkey was indeed suppressed by the Buddha, and in my world, the Journey to the West is said to have been a conspiracy."

Chen Ziyu: "Mr. Ye Hei, your version of the Journey to the West is nearly identical to mine."

Mo Ganna: "What are you two hinting at? I don't understand a word."

Like Lan Ran: "Sister Xiaoyu's Journey to the West—what conspiracy are you referring to?"

At this moment, all members of the group grew curious.

Compared to the straightforward tale of the Demon Child Nezha, this Great Sage Sun Wukong seemed to harbor many secrets.

Yet from the titles just mentioned—Jade Emperor, Buddha like Lai—

the world Sun Wukong inhabited must have been an immense and terrifying world.

Ye Hei: "Sister Xiaoyu, you explain the details of the Journey to the West."

Chen Ziyu: "Alright, Mr. Ye Hei."

Thus, Chen Ziyu began recounting everything she knew about the Journey to the West.

For instance, the Journey to the West calamity was originally a scheme by the Western Holy Ones.

Sun Wukong's role as the protagonist of the western journey had been decided long before he was even born.

To some extent, Sun Wukong's fate had already been sealed.

His chaos in the Underworld and the Heavenly Court were all meant to temper him.

Not to mention his centuries-long suppression beneath the Five Elements Mountain—this truly wore down his nature, so that when Tang Seng arrived, he would willingly join the pilgrimage.

Otherwise, had they faced the rebellious Sun Wukong who had overturned Heaven, even if they forced him into submission, he would never have yielded.

He was capable of dying without yielding.

But centuries beneath the Five Elements Mountain had worn away much of Sun Wukong's temper.

Meanwhile,

another group member, Nezha, upon hearing Chen Ziyu's account, hurried off to find his father.

He needed to learn the truth from his father.

Was he about to face the heavenly tribulation curse? Was his father planning to use a substitution talisman to trade his life for Nezha's?

"Mother, Mother." Nezha quickly found his mother, Lady Li.

"What's wrong, Zha'er? You look so flustered." Lady Li looked at Nezha, smiling as she knelt down and stroked his small head.

Even though she worried about Nezha, Lady Li never showed it in front of him.

"Mother, where's Father?" Nezha asked.

"Your father?" Lady Li smiled. "He seems to have gone somewhere with your Master Taiyi True Person—he should be back soon."

"Even Mother doesn't know where Father went?" Nezha frowned.

If that were true, how could he verify the truth of the chat group?

"What's wrong, Zha'er? Did you do something again?" Lady Li hesitated. "If you made a mistake, you can tell me."

"No, I haven't done anything bad lately," Nezha shook his head.

He'd been staying in the mansion all along—no time or motive to cause trouble.

"Hahaha, Zha'er, why suddenly want to find your father? Missing me?" A laugh came from the doorway, and Li Jing entered, accompanied by the rotund Taiyi True Person.

"Father!" Nezha's face lit up with joy upon seeing Li Jing return. "I've learned something recently and need to ask you."

"Hmm, Zha'er, speak up—what's troubling you?" Li Jing smiled.

To Li Jing, he simply thought his child had encountered some ordinary problem.

"Father," Nezha said solemnly.

Li Jing froze.

Something about his son today felt off.

"I heard I was born from the Demon Pearl, and I have only three years to live—after three years, I must face the heavenly tribulation curse."

"What…?"

At this moment,

not only Li Jing, but Lady Li and Taiyi True Person all felt their hearts leap—where had Nezha heard this?

"Zha'er, where did you hear this?" Li Jing took a deep breath and asked.

"Father, it doesn't matter where I heard it—just tell me if it's true."

"Sigh…" Li Jing sighed. "Zha'er, it's not that I don't want to tell you—it's just that the truth is too cruel."

Taiyi True Person beside him nodded in agreement.

Three years of life—any sentient being, upon learning such a fate, would find it devastating.

"I wanted you to spend these three years happily."

"Happily?" Nezha's eyes glimmered faintly. "Father, the three years are almost over—my life is nearly gone, isn't it?"

"Zha'er, I will find a way," Li Jing's gaze was resolute. "I will make sure you live."

"Live?" Nezha's expression was complex. "Father… you're thinking of using a substitution talisman, aren't you? To trade my life for another's, so the heavenly tribulation curse kills someone else—and I survive?"

"What…?"

Li Jing's heart jolted.

How did Nezha find out about this?

As for Nezha being the Demon Pill, perhaps only Taiyi True Person's fellow disciple Shen Gongbao knows; but as for my wish to die in Nezha's place—

Only Taiyi True Person might know that.

Could it be…

Thinking of this, Li Jing's gaze turned to Taiyi True Person beside him.

"Don't look at me, Li Jing, I never said anything," Taiyi True Person kept shaking his head.

Though he acted this way, Taiyi True Person felt uncertain—had he spoken of it once while drunk?

But during all this time, he had been with Li Jing, and Nezha wasn't there.

Under these circumstances, Taiyi True Person himself seemed confused.

What could he say?

"Father, it seems it's true," Nezha, seeing Li Jing's reaction, already had his answer.

This wasn't just that he knew his father loved him—he also knew the Myriad Worlds Chat Group was real.

"Father, since the Heavenly Tribulation Curse is my own matter, I'll handle it myself. I don't need your help," Nezha said petulantly.

Nezha's words sounded harsh.

But Li Jing could hear that Nezha cared for him.

Before Li Jing could say more,

Nezha dashed off to his room.

"Li Jing, will Zha'er be alright?" Lady Li asked anxiously.

Knowing two explosive truths at once, given Lady Li's understanding of Nezha, he wouldn't react this simply.

"Lady, find a time soon to talk with Zha'er properly," Li Jing said. "For the next few days, I won't go out—we'll watch over Zha'er closely to prevent him from doing something reckless."

"I understand," Lady Li nodded.

After Nezha confirmed the Myriad Worlds Chat Group was real,

In the chat group, Chen Ziyu explained the general outline of Journey to the West—the demons encountered on the journey to the Western Heaven didn't need much explanation.

After all, those weren't important in Journey to the West.

So she only needed to describe the early events, and the hidden truths about Journey to the West that Chen Ziyu had learned.

Mount Huaguo.

Sun Wukong, reading the group's messages about him and Journey to the West, felt his anger rising endlessly.

He, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, had been treated like a puppet, toyed with by gods and Buddhas.

What a colossal joke.

But in some way, Sun Wukong also felt—perhaps this was true.