Chapter 742

Buddhism might help Sun Wukong break through to the Quasi-Saint layer and become a qualified fighter.

But given Sun Wukong's nature, after joining Buddhism, the difficulty of further breakthroughs would increase countlessfold.

The later one cultivates, the more one must rely on mental clarity and alignment.

If Sun Wukong had not joined the Myriad Worlds chat group, his realm advancement might not have been greatly affected after joining Buddhism.

Without joining the Myriad Worlds chat group, Sun Wukong would never know that all he had experienced was merely the scheming of gods and buddhas.

Believing in Buddhism would not be so foolish as to reveal the truth to Sun Wukong after the Journey to the West ended.

Sun Wukong's title is the Battle Victory Holy Buddha, a title that suits him perfectly; after shedding the chains of the Journey to the West, Buddhism's methods could easily make Sun Wukong accept Buddhism and transform him into the true Battle Victory Holy Buddha.

Thus, Sun Wukong could continue enhancing his own strength.

But now it is different: having joined the Myriad Worlds chat group and learned the truth of the Journey to the West, unless the Western Two Saints directly convert Sun Wukong, he will never accept Buddhism.

After all, Buddhism's reputation and affinity are truly poor.

So even after becoming a Great Divine Being, all the combat intent he gains is used solely to repay debts; only after settling all debts can he continue advancing his realm, and Sun Wukong accepts this willingly.

Moreover, Luo Fu clearly considered this scenario.

With Luo Fu's methods, if he intends to help Sun Wukong enhance his strength, he will see it through to the end; after breaking through to the Quasi-Saint Realm, he has ways to resolve the issue of halved combat intent gains.

Of course, all this is future talk.

Sun Wukong must wait until the Journey to the West concludes before he can break through to Quasi-Saint.

At present, the most urgent matter is still the Journey to the West.

"Advance the future—Master Luo Fu means to pre-emptively draw Sun Wukong's future combat intent into the present, but boosting only combat intent seems unlikely to last, since combat intent is not equal to Dao comprehension?"

Hearing Luo Fu's words, Xingtian, with his experience, quickly understood Luo Fu's intent, yet he voiced his new doubt.

For those who cultivate the Dao of Battle, combat intent is, to some extent, equivalent to comprehension of the Dao of Battle; when combat intent rises, so too does comprehension of the Dao of Battle.

But this does not include combat intent that arises spontaneously like Sun Wukong's.

Only combat intent that grows through actual battle can help the cultivator align with the Dao of Battle and gain greater Dao comprehension.

This is the ultimate essence of cultivating the Dao of Battle.

Unlike other Daos requiring quiet contemplation, the Dao of Battle requires only constant battle to enhance one's Dao comprehension.

The Dao of Battle was originally born for battle.

Combat intent that appears out of nowhere, even if perfectly aligned with Sun Wukong, is still rootless floating debris and cannot deepen his alignment with the Dao of Battle.

"It is not merely combat intent—I have also pre-emptively drawn Dao comprehension and even insights into life and death, embedding them all into Sun Wukong in stacked form, so that Sun Wukong will believe he achieved breakthrough through experiencing life and death himself."

If Xingtian can think of this problem, how could Luo Fu not?

If it were merely about pre-empting future combat intent, he would not have gone to such lengths.

With a mere gesture, Luo Fu could have helped Sun Wukong pre-empt vast amounts of future combat intent, instantly pushing his combat intent to the peak of Great Luo Jinxian, even to the Quasi-Saint layer.

But that would be rootless floating debris—combat intent not born of personal insight—and could not correspondingly enhance Dao comprehension.