Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 185 - 181: Slaying the Three Xiaos and Seizing the Magical Treasure

Chapter 185: Chapter 181: Slaying the Three Xiaos and Seizing the Magical Treasure

[Third Watch Arrives]

"The Jade Emperor has summoned you this time, but you must not go, or else, you will inevitably face a great calamity," said Jade Tripod Real Man slowly to Yang Jian.

Yang Jian remained silent for a long time, his eyes slightly closed, it was unclear whether he was listening.

Jade Tripod Real Man said, "During the Middle Ages’ Investiture of the Gods, all twelve of us Golden Immortals survived a catastrophe because Heavenly Master Tong Tian was overly domineering, thus the disciples of Jie Taoist bore all the calamities. This time, even Primordial Teacher couldn’t see through it, your Cultivation is still shallow; if you descend again to fight Sun Wukong to the death, I fear you can hardly escape death."

Yang Jian suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Master! This Sun Wukong has now become my inner demon, I’ve entered Daluo Golden Immortal level, and I faced the inner demon’s great calamity, almost falling into devilry! If I continue to sit idly, I fear my cultivation will hardly advance!"

Jade Tripod Real Man said, "If you go, it will be hard to escape death."

Yang Jian laughed and said, "Isn’t there still the Investiture of the Gods?"

Jade Tripod Real Man frowned and said, "If you go and ascend the Deification Platform, what will you do about the calamity at the Meeting of Yuan? If it’s like the Ancient Times with wars raging everywhere, no one can remain uninvolved! If you die at the Meeting of Yuan after ascending the Deification Platform, there won’t be a trace of opportunity left for you!"

Yang Jian replied, "Continuing this way, I will still have the Daluo Golden Immortal Cultivation Level at the Meeting of Yuan, and won’t be able to break Sun Wukong, my inner demon. If I go down this time and truly die by his hand, then my inner demon will also be eliminated, and after ascending the Deification Platform, I will naturally focus on cultivating to face the Meeting of Yuan. Moreover, since we have karma between us, when he becomes a saint, can I escape? Rather than that, I should go and fight him openly and die without regrets!"

"Only then will I be able to handle the so-called Meeting of Yuan!"

Yang Jian made sense. Now unable to progress due to Wukong, his inner demon, he might as well go down and fight him. Regardless of win or lose, his mental state would greatly improve; even if he died in battle, when he reached the Deification Platform, he could strive harder. If his cultivation continues to stagnate and he dies at the Meeting of Yuan, ascending the Deification Platform would still lead to a hollow victory!

After hearing this, Jade Tripod Real Man sighed deeply and said, "Then go!"

...

"Sun Wukong, I demand a fair fight with you!" Yang Jian shouted loudly.

"Fine, I’ll fight you!" Wukong merely smiled lightly, and the World-Cleansing Dust Whisk suddenly flew out, with the Seven-Colored Divine Light falling down.

Yang Jian raised the Immortal Slaying Sword to block, the sword qi crisscrossing, covering his body, an awe-inspiring aura captivating the soul.

But Wukong’s cultivation had already reached Primordial Golden Immortal, far beyond Yang Jian, now merely a Daluo Golden Immortal. The World-Cleansing Dust Whisk’s Seven-Colored Divine Light swept down, dispersing all the sword qi, Yang Jian wielded his Three-pointed Double-edged Sword and slashed, unleashing a massive sword qi as though to forcibly break through the Seven-Colored Divine Light.

At this moment, the whisk truly lived up to the title ’World-Cleansing Dust Whisk,’ indeed feeling somewhat like Zhun Ti Taoist’s ’brushing off all things,’. The moment Yang Jian’s sword qi fell, it was swept back by the Seven-Colored Divine Light, Yang Jian roared and slashed the returning sword qi, charging straight up again.

Three thousand whisk strands fell, Yang Jian cut with his Immortal Slaying Sword, Wukong dared not take risks; after all, the Immortal Slaying Sword was somewhat prestigious.

With a pinch of a spell in his hand, he again swept with the Seven-Colored Divine Light, only causing Yang Jian to howl in anger.

At that side, Wukong tangled Bi Xiao and the others in the fight using the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Flag, while controlling the World-Cleansing Dust Whisk to fight Yang Jian.

"Kill!" Yang Jian roared, his three eyes wide open, his Three-pointed Double-edged Sword exploding with bursts of fierce wind.

Wukong said, "So Jade Tripod Real Man sent you down to die?"

As he finished speaking, Wukong pinched a Dharma Seal with his hand; the vast expanse of the mountains and rivers, the profound heaviness of the pulses of life, that immensely solid ambiance burst forth, transforming into a large four-cornered seal engraved with mountains and rivers, thunderously crashing down! Yang Jian activated his ninety-nine profound skills, his muscles bulging, his body lengthening by hundreds of feet, holding the Three-pointed Double-edged Sword and bearing it fiercely!

"Fool, you can’t ward off the profound heaviness of these mountains and rivers!" Wukong sneered inwardly, the great seal fell.

"Boom!"

Yang Jian was smashed into a pulp by the Great Seal, his Primordial Spirit shattered, releasing a wisp of his True Spirit, which headed for the Deification Platform. The once fierce rivals were now of such disparate strength, truly a sigh-inducing sight!

This battle between Wukong and Yang Jian lasted only a few exchanges, flickering as fast as lightning, yet it was not brief. Meanwhile, that Sun Pilgrim blocked Yang Jian’s killer moves and then joined forces with Wu Zhiqi to battle Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao. Qiong Xiao was quite embarrassed as she wielded her Golden Jiao scissors clumsily from the left to right

Yang Jian was the first reinforcement to arrive, eagerly wanting to fight Wukong, or rather, eagerly rushing to his death.

It was fortunate that Yang Jian’s ascent to the Heavenly Court was not because he died and was listed on the Investiture of the Gods, but because he was recruited by the Heavenly Court, and that’s how he served as an official there.

Following that, Ziwei the Great Emperor of the Central Palace and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Pole led their forces to help.

With his Fiery Eyes with Golden Vision, Wukong saw the arriving reinforcements from afar and shouted, "Act quickly to kill them; if they cannot be killed, just flee directly!"

Everyone, upon hearing this, immediately felt invigorated!

Yuan Hong also took a deep breath, raised his Heaven-reaching Rod, and charged again, his arms outstretched, ready to directly unleash his Innate Divine Ability to grasp the Golden Crow Scissors. He was truly fierce! The Golden Crow Scissors flashed with golden light upon Yuan Hong’s hands, immediately bursting into a spray of blood. Yuan Hong’s eyes turned blood red as he shouted, "Ling Weiyang said, ’What is this pain amidst the storm? I, who have even experienced the great wars of ancient times, how could I be afraid of your trifling Golden Crow Scissors?’"

"Break for me!" Yuan Hong roared, his hands firmly gripping the Golden Crow Scissors, the Yin and Yang energies burgeoning within him, feeling an indescribable aura that was majestic and imposing, the aura of the Heavenly Dao.

Yuan Hong roared repeatedly, "Primordial Golden Immortal is right before our eyes! Why don’t you act now!"

Wu Zhiqi and Sun Wukong, seeing Yuan Hong’s ferocity, were astonished at how he, merely with his body and Innate Divine Ability, managed to grip the Golden Crow Scissors. Seizing the opportunity, without needing Yuan Hong to remind them, they fiercely charged to battle with Yunxiao Lady and Qiongxiao Lady!

"Heavenly Emperor’s Giant Seal!"

"Great Mountains and Rivers Seal!"

"Heavenly Emperor Sword Art!"

"Devouring Sun and Moon!"

Sun Wukong also turned ferocious, sparing nothing, his mana in motion, all his mana driving one sharp spell after another, creating in the void the arrangement of the Ten Directional Giant Seals, three Golden Crow Law Bodies, nine thousand strands of Sword Qi, a Great Mountains and Rivers Seal. He pressed all these spells downward together, turning the sky upside down, blasting the sea thousands of feet high as if a tsunami had struck!

Wu Zhiqi lifted his hands and actually grasped the thousand-feet high sea wave in his hands, then twisted them into a rod and viciously hurled them out!

"Boom boom boom!"

Both released their Ultimate Skills simultaneously, and the Golden Crow Scissors were once again captured by Yuan Hong, immobilized. Yunxiao Lady and Qiongxiao Lady hurriedly raised their Magical Treasures to block, but to no avail. Sun Wukong and Wu Zhiqi unleashed all their Ultimate Skills, nearly draining all their mana in one all-out strike!

"Hum!"

The void shattered, their Ultimate Skills materialized before their eyes.

"Boom!"

Another loud bang followed, as Wu Zhiqi’s rod, formed from the sea water, exploded violently, containing within it nineteen Sunflower Water Divine Thunders, catching them totally off guard, directly blasting them into disarray, their Three Flowers and Five Qi confused, their mana hard to gather again. Then Sun Wukong’s Ultimate Skills followed, a Giant Seal smashed down, a mess of blood and flesh, the Great Mountains and Rivers Seal suppressing them from all sides, making it impossible for them to escape.

"No!"

The two let out a pitiful and mournful scream, being incinerated into ash by the triple-headed Golden Crow Law Bodies true sun essence, having been on the Deification Platform for thousands of years, yet ultimately facing the end of mere drawings.

"Big sister, third sister!" Bi Xiao Lady cried out miserably, feeling dizzy and nearly fainting.

Wukong seized this opportunity to act, exclaiming, "If not now, when?"

He then opened his left hand, tossing the Great Revolution Seal into the sky, a scythe and an ax manifesting, one slashing and one splitting, hitting the Primordial Golden Dou hard, the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Banner catching up, suddenly rolling it up, the seal falling and locking the Primordial Golden Dou within the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Banner. Then the scythe and ax fiercely flew towards Bi Xiao Lady, one more slashing blow; Bi Xiao Lady, without the Primordial Golden Dou, how could she withstand the Sect Founder’s slash?

Immediately, she was killed with a blooming of myriad peach blossoms, her form and spirit entirely annihilated, meeting the end of mere drawings.

Great Green Emperor, truly boundless in mana, how can it be seen?

A poem as proof, the poem says, "The Green Emperor reigns supreme in the Four Domains, his face shedding the Buddhist Sect. Subduing the capricious mind to achieve true fruits, realizing ’I am myself’ is truly what I am."

"Let’s go!" Wukong exclaimed, wrapping up the Primordial Golden Dou with the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Banner, also helping Yuan Hong gather the Golden Crow Scissors with the World-Cleansing Dust Whisk.

These two Magical Treasures had now become ownerless items, which naturally made them much easier to seize.

Wu Zhiqi said, "This place is the South Sea, where I thrive upon encountering water. I’ll lead you into the water, and no matter how capable they are, they won’t be able to find us!"

Wukong absorbed Sun Wukong into himself, delightedly saying, "That would be indeed excellent!"

Wu Zhiqi then used his Innate Divine Ability, whisking Wukong and Yuan Hong into the sea, and with a shake of his head, disappeared without a trace.

When the forces of the Heavenly Court arrived, only drifting corpses and the stench of blood remained.

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