Chapter 726

Therefore, over these years, Sun Wukong's life had been hellish.

After being tormented by Xingtian, seeing Luo Fu suddenly, how could Sun Wukong not feel warmth and excitement?

But what Sun Wukong did not know was that what awaited him next was true hell.

And this hell was precisely the one Luo Fu had crafted for him.

"You've made great progress, Wukong. It's clear you've been cultivating hard these days."

Luo Fu was fairly satisfied with Sun Wukong's progress.

He could see that Sun Wukong had indeed been diligently practicing these past few days.

Although Sun Wukong had the Multiverse Chat Group, it could only let him know the plot and gain knowledge and resources from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds—it could not directly grant him cheats.

Breaking through from Taiyi Jin Xian to Da Luo Jinxian was no easy matter.

Although due to Luo Fu's help, Sun Wukong's realm had been forcibly raised to Da Luo Jinxian before his great battle with the Buddha, it was only a forced breakthrough.

To truly break through to Da Luo Jinxian, Sun Wukong needed to cultivate intensely for a period of time.

Now, after only a few short months, Sun Wukong had successfully broken through to Da Luo Jinxian and stabilized his realm.

Even with Xingtian's guidance, Sun Wukong had undoubtedly exerted tremendous effort.

"Hehe, Luo Fu Shen, you flatter me too much. Thanks to Luo Fu Shen and Elder Xingtian's teachings, without you two, Old Sun could never have broken through to Da Luo Jinxian so quickly."

Hearing Luo Fu's praise, Sun Wukong's face broke into a shy, innocent grin.

Although he had foreseen the plot, this world's Sun Wukong, having never been beaten down by Buddhism, still retained a pure heart.

"I wonder, Elder Luo Fu, have you come here regarding the Journey to the West?"

Xingtian had known since twenty days ago about the wager Luo Fu had made with Buddhism.

These past days, Xingtian had been training Sun Wukong and had not paid attention to the battles beyond the heavens between Luo Fu and Daoist Randeng.

He learned of Luo Fu's wager with Buddhism only because Pingxin Niangniang informed him.

After learning the terms of Luo Fu's wager with Buddhism, Pingxin Niangniang realized that Sun Wukong would be the key to this bet.

So, immediately after Luo Fu and Buddhism made the wager, Pingxin Niangniang sent a voice message to Xingtian, instructing him to train Sun Wukong diligently.

Now, seeing Luo Fu suddenly appear, Xingtian's first thought was the wager.

"Hmm, I suppose you already know about the wager I made with Buddhism. I've come here precisely regarding the Journey to the West."

Luo Fu nodded to Xingtian, confirming his guess.

"A wager? Luo Fu Shen, what wager did you make with Buddhism?"

Hearing that Luo Fu had made a wager with Buddhism—and that it involved the Journey to the West—Sun Wukong forgot his exhaustion, forced himself up, and dashed to Luo Fu's side, asking urgently.

"I made a wager with Buddhism: if you can overcome the Eighty-One Trials, this Journey to the West will not be about retrieving the true sutras, but about seizing the Western scriptures."

Seeing that Sun Wukong did not yet know about the wager, Luo Fu briefly explained.

"Seize the sutras? I like that! Old Sun hates bald monks the most—I'd love to take back everything they've got."

Upon hearing he could go to the West and seize the sutras, Sun Wukong immediately grew excited, even impatient.

After learning the full plot of the Journey to the West, Sun Wukong harbored deep hatred for Buddhism.

Thinking of how Buddhism had imprisoned him beneath Mount Wuzhi and forced Tang Seng to place the Tight-Fillet Spell on him, turning him into Buddhism's puppet, Sun Wukong gritted his teeth.

Had his strength permitted, he would have stormed Bombarding Lingshan, not Heaven's Court.

"Wukong, you're rejoicing too soon. Buddhism is not easy to deal with. After I made the wager, the Journey to the West will change drastically. With your current strength, you likely cannot even pass the first trial."

At this point in time, Sun Wukong was still too naive—he thought the Journey to the West would unfold as in the original plot.

In truth, even if the Journey to the West plot remained unchanged, Sun Wukong could not possibly overcome the Eighty-One Trials with his current strength.

Just consider the trial of the Lion-Camel Kingdom—it's not easily passed.

Jin Chida is a descendant of Daoist Yuan Feng; even without reaching the pseudo-sage realm, he is certainly no ordinary peak Da Luo Jinxian.

Throughout the entire Journey to the West, the scripture-seeking team appeared to pass the Eighty-One Trials with narrow escapes, seemingly encountering no overly powerful foes.

But in truth, the Journey to the West runs far deeper than it seems.

In the Eighty-One Trials, the vast majority of enemies were not defeated by Sun Wukong.

Put plainly, the original plot's Eighty-One Trials were merely trials for the scripture-seeking team—intentionally made difficult.

If Buddhism truly wished to hinder the scripture-seeking team, any random demon could easily overpower Sun Wukong.