Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 132: The Demon Tribe Heavenly Emperor Reemerges

Chapter 132: Chapter 132: The Demon Tribe Heavenly Emperor Reemerges

On this side, Wukong and his companions headed toward Mount Putuo to slay Guanyin, but let’s leave that aside since a major event had occurred.

In the depths of the Celestial Realm, millions upon millions of miles away, the void here was fragmented and irreparable by the laws of Heavenly Dao, continuously leaking Chaos Qi. The Taoist in white, splitting into good and evil corpses, established positions in three directions, forming the Tripartite Formation. Using the Mountain and Rivers Sheji Map, he sealed off a million miles of void, keeping all the Chaos Qi at bay.

The three white-robed Taoists all spat out Golden Cores, above which were three thousand perfect Dao paths, fixed amidst the void, spinning continuously. An ancient and archaic atmosphere permeated the area, and although the void kept shattering, it also kept resealing itself.

"Brother Daoist, do you know where Di Jun’s corpse was divided?" the original form of the white-robed Taoist asked.

"The head is suppressed in Chang’an City in the Eastern Divine Region, the enduring imperial capital with great destiny, capable of suppression. The rest of the limbs are suppressed under Spiritual Mount and Mount Sumeru, and the torso at the junction of the Four Domains," the good corpse replied.

The white-robed Taoist nodded, "Let’s retrieve his flesh and make him see the daylight again."

The good corpse said, "This seems somewhat inappropriate, contrary to the laws of Heavenly Dao."

The white-robed Taoist shook his head, "He has a great chance of achieving the status of a Great Dao Sage, and one person can’t support this place for long. Let’s go wake him up."

The good corpse said, "Alright."

After saying this, the good corpse left his Golden Core behind and set off alone.

First, the good corpse arrived at Chang’an City. Using Earth Escape, he descended, and after traveling tens of thousands of miles, he spotted a large formation underground, locking a head. Moreover, this formation was laid out by a Saint, almost unbreakable.

But the good corpse lightly tapped, and the formation explosively shattered, and the head flew out.

This head was indeed Di Jun’s. As he emerged from the formation and saw the good corpse, he couldn’t help but exclaim, "Hong Jun Taoist Patriarch!"

This person was indeed Hong Jun!

Hong Jun nodded, "Don’t be alarmed. I’ve come to help you recover your body, and afterwards, I’ll need your help as well."

Born from the sun, Di Jun had unparalleled natural gifts. He was a Heavenly Dao Saint by birth, possessing an Innate Taoist Body. After meditating in seclusion for thirty thousand years and achieving Perfection in Dao Fruit, when he re-emerged, he was unstoppable, and it took the combined efforts of the Seven Sages to divide him. The Nine Heavens Profound Lady was even struck dead by his palm. One can imagine the terrifying extent of Di Jun’s powers!

Di Jun pondered, "How long has it been?"

Hong Jun replied, "It has been 121,163 years."

Di Jun said, "So it has been so long, thank you, Taoist Patriarch."

Hong Jun responded, "Hmm."

After saying this, he used Earth Escape to travel to the place where the Four Domains converged, where a natural dragon vein trapped Di Jun’s torso.

Soon, Hong Jun, bringing Di Jun along, arrived there. Another formation locked his torso at the center. The dragon energy was so abundant that the trapped torso was nourished by it, becoming even stronger than before.

Hong Jun, being a Great Dao Sage, with the Heavenly Dao laws under his control, slightly manipulated them to break the formation and retrieve Di Jun’s body.

Di Jun’s head rushed up and fused with his body. Instantly, his eyes lit up with golden light, much like two suns!

Hong Jun said, "Go to Spiritual Mount."

Di Jun followed Hong Jun toward the Western Heavenly Mountain of Spiritual Mount, which was where Tathagata presided and the core of the entire Western Heavenly Buddha Land.

As Hong Jun and Di Jun reached underground, they met a Buddha blocking their path. This Buddha, named Jewel Light Buddha, was specifically tasked with guarding this Spiritual Mount. He could sense anyone’s incursion. Even Amitabha Buddha himself would have struggled to intervene if Hong Jun had not chosen to use his abilities.

"Stop there," Jewel Light Buddha commanded, employing the Buddhist Lion’s Roar, sending waves of sonic booms like tidal waves.

"I’ll handle this," declared Di Jun, who had been trapped for thousands of years and was now ready to fight.

With a single shout, "Da!", Di Jun broke through the Lion’s Roar, smashing the sonic waves into dust, and then, the sound wave he emitted struck Jewel Light Buddha directly in the face, blossoming like a myriad of peaches. However, Di Jun spared his life.

Seeing his Buddhist Lion’s Roar broken so effortlessly and himself injured, Jewel Light Buddha dared not stay any longer. He immediately used Earth Escape to go directly to Mahavira Hall and report to Tathagata Buddha.

Hong Jun remarked, "A slight oversight has caused trouble."

As a Great Dao Sage, Hong Jun did everything openly and uprightly, so it was impossible for him to sneak around under Spiritual Mount and break the formation. However, this had indeed stirred up some trouble, and it would have been better to have captured Jewel Light Buddha.

He then proceeded to the edge of the formation, which trapped Di Jun’s arms.

"How audacious! To dare release a demonic overlord of the Demon Tribe!" Tathagata arrived, shouting loudly, swinging a string of prayer beads toward Hong Jun.

Hong Jun remained unmoved, and the string of beads circled in the air before returning to Tathagata’s hand.

Beside him, Burning Lamp Buddha and Maitreya Buddha looked uncertain. Such a powerful method! Hundreds of Buddha Bodhisattvas were also shocked. The Buddha had used a magical treasure, but the opponent had not even moved, and the treasure was deflected back. What immensity of magical power was this?

Seeing this group of bald heads, Di Jun felt somewhat vexed. He was looking at a bunch of sanctimonious people, and he also possessed a pair of eyes capable of seeing through people’s hearts. These weren’t ordinary eyes, but wrought from the universal illumination within the sun, extremely formidable.

Burning Lamp Buddha and Maitreya Buddha both roared, and the other Buddha also took their positions, having already summoned their Magical Treasures. For a moment, the entire subterranean was dazzling with brilliance, as if fireworks had been set off.

Di Jun said coldly, "Enough noise!"

His eyes widened immediately, and with that, the power of the sun burst forth. This power of the sun was even more scorching and formidable than the True Sun Essence that had been condensed from True Sunfire over a thousand years! The power of the sun engulfed everything, leaving the group of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in utter shock, as their Magical Treasures melted into golden liquid.

Di Jun laughed, "Just as the Magical Treasures are gone, you delivered them right to me!"

The twenty-three Sea-Calming Pearls of Burning Lamp, Maitreya’s cloth bag, the various Buddha’s blades, spears, swords, halberds, Demon-Subduing Pestles, Golden Alms Bowls, prayer beads, and many other formidable magical treasures, were all fused together by Di Jun in an instant. Then, with Great Magical Power infused and Heavenly Dao Laws thundering, a Divine Sword was forged.

"This is... the Heavenly Dao Laws! This man has only a head and torso, he is the Demon Emperor, Di Jun!" Tathagata’s face suddenly changed.

"Let’s go!" Tathagata commanded as he waved his big sleeve, wrapping up hundreds of Buddhas and leaving.

With Hong Jun present, Di Jun did not dare to go too far and kill them all, although he really wanted to.

At that moment, Hong Jun also took out both of Di Jun’s arms. Di Jun attached his arms, took his sword, and followed Hong Jun towards Mount Sumeru.

Before reaching Mount Sumeru, Tathagata led Amitabha Buddha and Zhun Ti Taoist there.

"Master!" Zhun Ti and Amitabha Buddha broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing Hong Jun, and immediately knelt on the ground.

Both could be considered betrayers of the Mystical Sect, so how could they not fear upon seeing Hong Jun? However, Hong Jun seemed to have no intention of blaming them and simply raised his hand, saying, "Get up. I will now help Di Jun restore his physical body. Go back to where you came from, and do not disturb me."

Zhun Ti and Amitabha Buddha dared not breathe loudly, and quickly enveloped Tathagata and the other Buddhas to escape.

Hong Jun, taking Di Jun with him, entered the base of Mount Sumeru, broke the Formation, and retrieved the legs.

Di Jun’s body reunited and he could not help but let out a long howl, causing the entire Mount Sumeru to tremble.

This Mount Sumeru, unknown in its tens of thousands of feet in height, soaring into the clouds, said to rival Mount Buzhou, shook with his furious howl! Zhun Ti and Amitabha Buddha did not look well, fearing Di Jun’s return, as they had once joined hands to suppress him. Who knows if he would seek vengeance!

"Di Jun thanks Hong Jun Taoist Patriarch!" Di Jun said with a smile.

"No need. I am giving you ten years to settle your karmic debts, then come find me," Hong Jun said as he handed Di Jun a talisman.

Lost deep within the Celestial Realm is exceptionally easy without this talisman; it would be difficult to find Hong Jun’s location even after tens of thousands of years.

Di Jun accepted the talisman and said, "Thank you, Taoist Patriarch!"

Hong Jun said, "Make a show of force, but do not injure or kill."

Di Jun nodded, responding, "Di Jun will remember."

Hong Jun didn’t say more and immediately used his escape skill, disappearing in an instant.

Di Jun emerged from the base of Mount Sumeru and, looking at the fiery red sun in the sky, could not help but burst into laughter!

"Di Jun has returned..." Luo Hou, Three Pure Ones, and others were extremely shocked.

Di Jun glanced towards the Water Curtain Cave of Mount Huaguo and said, "In my former years, I captured three thousand Great Paths, but I failed in this path because I lacked Hongmeng Purple Qi. Now, I have found the path to certify the Great Dao... I will give you the understanding of the remaining six hundred plus Great Paths, hoping that you can complete this path!"

With that, he flicked his finger, and over six hundred beams of light surged into the Water Curtain Cave, directly entering Wukong’s Niwan Palace. Wukong gasped in shock and suddenly, his Primordial Spirit opened wide, frantically swallowing, as traces of the Great Paths appeared on the Golden Core!

The traces of the Great Paths kept multiplying, one after another, each deeply embodied as Perfection!

Three Pure Ones, Amitabha, Zhun Ti, Luo Hou, come out and settle our karmic debts with this Di Jun!"

Di Jun let out a howl that pierced the clouds, shaking the Four Domains.

To summon six Sages in one breath to settle their karmic debts showcased his strength, dominance, and audacity! Historically, only Di Jun ever did this.

At this moment inside Wukong, the rotating Golden Core was coming to Perfection, with all the Great Path traces arriving at Perfection, and three thousand Dao traces appearing on it.

From Dao comes one, from one comes two, from two comes three, from three comes everything!

The meaning of capturing these Three Thousand Great Paths is also to capture all Great Paths, finding a small clue can reveal the whole situation, obtaining these three thousand Dao traces, one can have all the pathways in the world!

"Boom!"

As if Heaven and Earth were harmonized, the Four Domains shook, continuous roars of the Three Thousand Great Paths, as Wukong witnessed a door materializing before him. Without a moment’s hesitation, he punched and broke through the door, revealing a world of vast seas and skies beyond.

"Daluo Golden Immortal!" Wukong opened his eyes, slowly stood up, calculated quickly, and hurried towards Mount Putuo.

The subsequent events are unknown. Please tune in to the next part to find out.