Chapter 724

After his battle intent was shattered, Sun Wukong, who had already reached his limit and barely held on to unleash one final burst of battle intent, collapsed to his knees on the ground.

"You're still far from it—if you want to strike Buddha's head, you'll need to work hard for a few million years before you have any hope."

After Sun Wukong fell, Xingtian retracted his own battle intent.

Looking at the kneeling Sun Wukong, Xingtian's eyes flickered with a hint of satisfaction.

Xingtian was very satisfied with Sun Wukong's performance over these days.

Sun Wukong not only had excellent innate talent and foundation, but also worked extremely hard, possessed extraordinary resilience, and radiated an aura of fearlessness toward heaven and earth.

Sun Wukong, with these traits, was undoubtedly perfectly suited to comprehend the Great Dao of Battle.

Xingtian believed that, under his guidance, Sun Wukong's strength would rise rapidly.

Of course, although Xingtian was very satisfied with Sun Wukong, he never said so aloud—no matter how well Sun Wukong performed, he would always mock him.

This was how Xingtian trained the Wu clan's youths.

But Xingtian's final words were not truly mockery.

Buddha was at the peak of the Jun Saint realm, while Sun Wukong had just broken through to the Great Luo Jinxian realm.

If Sun Wukong truly defeated Buddha after only a few million years, it would certainly count as astonishing progress.

Every peak Jun Saint has cultivated for countless Wushuyuan Society.

One Wushuyuan Society is one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years; a few million years amounts to only dozens of Wushuyuan Society.

To reach the peak Jun Saint realm after such a short cultivation period, and to defeat Buddha—who was also a peak Jun Saint—his talent was undoubtedly terrifying.

Sun Wukong had reached his limit and was unsuitable for further training now.

Xingtian understood the need for balance between labor and rest.

After retracting his battle intent, Xingtian sheathed his massive axe and prepared to leave for solitary seclusion.

Based on his months of training Sun Wukong, Xingtian estimated Sun Wukong would need at least two to three days to fully recover.

Waiting here idly was completely unnecessary.

The Battle Small World was absolutely safe, and cultivation resources were provided by designated personnel.

Recently, Xingtian had been especially diligent in his own cultivation.

The Nine Opening Heaven Forms taught by Luo Fu were more precious to Xingtian than any other great divine art.

The Nine Opening Heaven Forms originated from Pangu and were inherently perfectly suited to the Wu clan.

Xingtian's favored weapon was the axe, so he could directly comprehend the Nine Opening Heaven Forms without needing transformation.

Although Xingtian's primary cultivation was the Great Dao of Battle, not the Great Dao of Force, the two were of the same type and shared many similarities.

If Xingtian could master the Nine Opening Heaven Forms, his combat power would surely rise again.

At the peak Jun Saint realm, every slight increase in combat power was extremely difficult.

As a member of the Wu clan, combat and strengthening were etched into their bones.

Even though he had already reached the peak Jun Saint realm and further advancement was exceedingly difficult, Xingtian had not abandoned rigorous cultivation.

Now that he had obtained the Great Luo Jinxian capable of greatly enhancing his combat power, how could he possibly resist studying it?

If Luo Fu had not entrusted Sun Wukong to him, Xingtian would have quit long ago.

Guiding cultivation had many methods: one was to teach meticulously with hands-on instruction; another was to directly transmit divine arts, scriptures, insights, and then let the disciple fend for themselves.

For anyone else, Xingtian would have chosen the latter method immediately.

But Sun Wukong was entrusted to him by Luo Fu; Xingtian deeply admired Luo Fu's strength, and Luo Fu had bestowed upon him the Great Luo Jinxian, a great favor.

The Wu clan always repaid every debt.

Thus, Xingtian could only suppress his desire to retreat into seclusion and diligently train Sun Wukong.

"Good, your realm has stabilized at Great Luo Jinxian—it seems you've been teaching Sun Wukong with great care these days."

Just as Xingtian was about to leave, a familiar voice suddenly echoed through the Battle Small World.

Shh!

Then, a figure appeared silently before Xingtian.

"Senior Luo Fu!"

Seeing the figure before him, Xingtian immediately bowed deeply, his demeanor extremely humble.

Xingtian now genuinely revered Luo Fu. Moreover, Luo Fu was on equal terms with Lady Pingxin, so Xingtian could not address Luo Fu as "Fellow Daoist."

"Mm."

Luo Fu nodded to Xingtian, then turned his gaze to Sun Wukong.

"Senior Luo Fu, you've come!"

Xingtian's words had stirred Sun Wukong, who was nearly unconscious.

Hearing Luo Fu's name, Sun Wukong forced open his eyes with the faintest return of consciousness, gazing at Luo Fu with a trace of excitement.

Although Xingtian had trained Sun Wukong with great diligence these days,

to Sun Wukong, Xingtian's power was too overwhelming and his teaching too harsh; thus, Sun Wukong felt no closeness toward him.

Luo Fu was different—because they were both members of the Ten Thousand Worlds Chat Group, Sun Wukong naturally trusted Luo Fu.

Therefore, Luo Fu's appearance stirred unexpected excitement in Sun Wukong, who had endured so much hardship these days.

If Sun Wukong had been even slightly more sentimental, he might have already been in tears.

To be fair, Sun Wukong at this point had not suffered much.

Sun Wukong was a celestial stone monkey, born with an extraordinary origin.

Moreover, as the protagonist of the Journey to the West, he was protected by Buddhism.

Thus, throughout his journey, Sun Wukong had never encountered great peril.

Even when he crossed oceans to seek a master, for Sun Wukong it was merely minor hardship—not true danger.

For mortals, crossing oceans was naturally terrifying; one misstep could mean drowning in the sea.

But Sun Wukong was a stone monkey born of heaven, his body immensely strong; even if he drowned in the sea, he faced little danger to his life.

After becoming a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, he only did simple chores and endured no great trials.

For the pre-Journey to the West Sun Wukong, the only real trials were Taishang Laojun's alchemical furnace and being suppressed beneath Mount Wuzhi by the Buddha.

The matter of being suppressed by the Buddha had already been resolved by Luo Fu.

Sun Wukong did experience Taishang Laojun's alchemical furnace.

But because he knew the plot in advance, Sun Wukong did not truly take it seriously and suffered only minor discomforts.