Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 352 - 330: Wukong Battles the Ancient Heavenly Dragon

Chapter 352: Chapter 330: Wukong Battles the Ancient Heavenly Dragon

Wukong had slain so many Great Dao Sages that he had already alarmed their sects—those formidable Semi-Supremes.

Eight Semi-Supremes moved through the endless void like lightning, where distances spanning endless light-years felt like but a footstep under a mortal’s foot for them, quickly covering a light-year with each step. Finally, they entered the Plains of Heavenly Punishment.

Xuan Ming had just finished killing all the Great Dao Sages, and the Great Slaughter Talisman had fully condensed. The divine souls of those sages were cast into the Eighteen Levels of Hell, suffering punishment and refining their will and spirit. In their next life, Wukong intended to transform them into Buddhist Sect’s Golden Body Arhats and protectors, totaling one hundred and eight people.

"Hmm? You’re the newly risen Semi-Supreme? You really lack principles, daring to slay so many!"

"Hmph! Freshmen indeed lack principles, so arrogant, to slay so many of our disciples, you truly deserve death!"

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon stepped forward from the crowd, an old Semi-Supreme who had swallowed a Creation Fruit in the ancient times, achieving the level of Semi-Supreme with a terrifyingly profound cultivation. Standing there, Wukong saw him as if he were a giant black hole, even blocking his Buddha’s Eye that pierced through illusions.

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon, furious, with his beard flying, yelled, "Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons, why aren’t you rushing to your death!"

However, the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons stood by Wukong’s side, unmoving, hands pressed together, "Ancient Heavenly Dragon, the Sea of Suffering is boundless; turn back, and the shore is near! You have been clouded by evil. Quickly convert to our master, the Fighting Sage, and you may transcend, gain eternal life, and reach the other shore."

These Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons were the proud subordinates of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon. Now converted by Wukong, it was a slap in the face, especially in front of the other seven Semi-Supremes, turning the Ancient Heavenly Dragon’s face alternatingly red and white, looking extremely unsightly.

"Damn it! Since you eight dare to betray your ancestor, then die for me!" With these words, the Ancient Heavenly Dragon roared and unleashed a punch.

With a punch thrown, the winds of the fist swept from all directions, dispersing much of the destructive force of the Plains of Heavenly Punishment, a massive fist imprint hurtling forth from the front, immense and boundless, aiming to crush the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons outright. But where would Wukong let the newly converted Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons be killed? He immediately grabbed a bunch of Great Dao Sages along with Xuan Ming into the Posa Greater World, then thrust the Creation Heavenly Mechanism Staff out and struck it on the fist imprint.

"Bang!"

The fist imprint cracked with a strike of the staff, and then Wukong swung another horizontal blow, directly shattering the fist imprint.

Seeing Wukong protect the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons and others, the Ancient Heavenly Dragon grew even more furious, shouting, "You rodents, report your name to your ancestor!"

Wukong gave the Ancient Heavenly Dragon a cold look, twirled the Creation Heavenly Mechanism Staff in his hand, and said, "My surname is Sun, with Wukong below! My Buddhist title is Fighting Sage."

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon cursed, "Good, good Fighting Sage! Good Sun Wukong! Today, your ancestor will tear you alive! You have just become a Semi-Supreme, truly ignorant of heaven and earth."

The other Semi-Supremes, stirred by this, quickly retreated to let the Ancient Heavenly Dragon take the lead in probing. Losing a Great Dao Sage-level expert was painful, but since Sun Wukong was a Semi-Supreme, his extraordinary combat capabilities might make him worth winning over. By this level of realm, they were all extremely astute; none would easily offend another Semi-Supreme, placing them in a difficult position on both sides.

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon was highly prominent among the Semi-Supremes, an old relic from the remote ages, an Ancestral Dragon with Mana reaching the Heavens; he had existed for countless eons.

"Ancient Heavenly Dragon Supreme, why don’t you spar with him, and we’ll cover you," said Chen Qingyun.

"Hmm... This child has slain disciples of my Heaven’s Opening Sect, but we Semi-Supremes have our dignity; how can we gang up on a rising talent? We’ll cover you, and you strike," Pang Kaitian also chimed in, nodding slightly, then continued.

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon fully understood the cunning minds of these people, clear and transparent, but this was an open strategy, blatantly laid out where no one would shamelessly expose it. Moreover, with Wukong openly converting the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons, everyone knew they were the Ancient Heavenly Dragon’s powerful aides. Such actions were akin to slapping the Ancient Heavenly Dragon’s face.

Thus, the situation between the two had become one of irreconcilable enmity.

Wukong was also unafraid of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon, and at this moment, the pristine Creation from within the Creation Jade Butterfly flowed endlessly into him, greatly enhancing his Mana.

"Ancient Heavenly Dragon, it was clearly your disciples who fully comprehended my Buddha’s profound mysteries, and thus converted to my side. Yet you act so bizarrely! Then don’t blame this seat for being ruthless. I’ll capture you as well to serve as the Protector Heavenly King of my Buddhist Sect," said Wukong, with his hands pressed together, as Buddha’s Light surged, and with each word spoken, a golden lotus blossomed in the air.

"Very well, very well, splendid! Sun Wukong, you indeed have a sharp tongue, but I’d like to see your actual skills!" roared the Ancient Heavenly Dragon, as a gigantic Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Dharmakaya materialized behind him, coiling proudly against Heaven and Earth, the Divine Dragon spitting pearls, illuminating the masses.

Wukong sneered, "Subdue the Dragon and Tiger! Eighteen Palms to Subdue the Dragon, Subduing Tiger Tathagata Fist!"

This Tathagata is not that Tathagata, though Tathagata in the Buddhist sect also means "Buddha Ancestor." This is why Lu Ya’s good corpse was called the Great Sun Tathagata, and the Golden Turtle Immortal, known in Buddhism as the Namo Non-empty Achieved Tathagata, which also means the Non-empty Achieved Buddha... In Buddhism, the word Tathagata represents a realm, a kind of spirit.

To counter the Ancient Heavenly Dragon’s Heavenly Dragon Dharmakaya, Wukong intended to suppress him by using the most rigid and powerful fist techniques of the Buddhist Sect, Subdue the Dragon and Tiger, divided into Eighteen Palms to Subdue the Dragon and Subduing Tiger Tathagata Fist! Naturally, both these sets of fist techniques were his own creation. The dragon and tiger represent a kind of spirit; by subduing the dragon and tiger, one may transcend and reach the other shore, hence Subdue the Dragon and Tiger.

"Very well, well! Subdue the Dragon and Tiger, you truly have boundless guts!" roared the Ancient Heavenly Dragon as he rushed forward, throwing a punch overhead.

These Eighteen Palms to Subdue the Dragon, to a certain extent, also derive from Fuxi’s "The Book of Changes." The book written by Fuxi is a marvelous text, difficult for even a Great Dao Sage, let alone a Semi-Supreme, to compose; this shows how Fuxi had grasped this path.

"Flying Dragon in the Sky!"

Wukong pressed both palms down fiercely, swinging powerfully from left to right, emanating a domineering force with waves of wind carrying the sounds of a dragon’s chant.

"Fire Dragon Soars the Sky Stirring Wind and Clouds!" The Ancient Heavenly Dragon roared, its body wrapped in blazing fire. It punched down fiercely as if divine fury was descending from heaven, the laws of creation burning and then exploding with the overwhelming force of the punch.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sounds of explosions followed one after another, like thunder, making heaven and earth tremble.

Wukong felt that the punch from the Ancient Heavenly Dragon was extremely domineering. He hurriedly put away the Heavenly Mechanism Staff and the Thirty-Three Heavens Divine Artifact, focusing entirely on subduing him with the Method of Subduing the Dragon and Tiger! He had only executed the first form of the Eighteen Palms to Subdue the Dragon, with many more moves yet to come, perfectly designed to overcome the Dragon Clan in mysterious ways.

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon had flesh as tough as steel, refined like a magical treasure and could freely disassemble and regenerate itself, making it extremely formidable! This was the innate divine skill of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Clan, unmatched in physical form.

"Divine Dragon Spits Pearls Shining on the Mankind!" The Ancient Heavenly Dragon, fierce and domineering, aimed to strike Wukong with the force of thunder. It threw another punch that transformed into a divine dragon, spitting Dragon Balls, waves after waves of air waves bombarding, with the force of the punch mixed within, emitting crackling exploding sounds.

"Seeing Dragon in the Field!" Wukong drew a Taiji Circle with his left palm and thrust straight with his right hand like a long spear, directly at the throat of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon.

The punch force of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon was all dissipated by Wukong’s Taiji Circle. Meanwhile, Wukong’s right hand, like a long spear, thrust forward, carrying an aura of reincarnation as if to obliterate everything and send it into the cycle of reincarnation.

Not daring to be careless, the Ancient Heavenly Dragon retreated swiftly and suddenly blasted out both fists, shouting, "Dragon Crosses Thousand Peaks Subduing All Directions!"

It was as if he stood on the summit of countless Mount Tais and Mount Everests, commanding the sun, moon, and stars, overlooking the world! Not only was the punch force domineering, but it also carried an unmatched sense of grandeur as if the heavens and earth moved because of him, and the sun and moon appeared because of him!

"Twin Dragons Fetching Water!" Seeing the Ancient Heavenly Dragon so fierce and domineering startled Wukong, and it was difficult to retract his punch and spear. The dragon’s punch hit directly on him, immediately shattering his finger bones and spraying blood, with Buddha’s golden blood filling the sky.

Pausing Seeing Dragon in the Field, he executed Twin Dragons Fetching Water, with his left hand embodying Supreme Yin and his right hand Supreme Yang, merging Yin and Yang.

"The supreme good is like water, benefiting all things without contending! It nearly approaches the Dao!" With a light shout from Wukong, the two punch prints from the Ancient Heavenly Dragon fell, all absorbed into the origin by Wukong’s method of merging Yin and Yang.

The punch was too domineering; though turned into the origin, it still shook Wukong to the core, making his internal organs tremble uncomfortably.

"Hidden Dragon should not be used!"

Wukong let out a fierce shout, releasing a thunderous roar, suddenly pouncing down toward the Ancient Heavenly Dragon.

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon stood firmly, clenched a spell with both hands, and threw a punch, shouting: "Azure Dragon Breaks the Earth Shaking the Universe!"

A huge unmatched Azure Dragon burst out from the ground of the Divine Punishment Plain, looked disdainfully in all directions, intimidated the universe, and directly struck at Wukong.

Wukong’s Hidden Dragon should not be used also landed, contacting the Azure Dragon, and with a pop, the Azure Dragon shattered, sending Wukong flying horizontally.

"This fellow’s power is incredibly strong and domineering! However, the stronger and more domineering it is, the more it sharpens my path to supremacy!" Wukong clearly understood in his heart, not fearing at all, rushing up again as the flesh wounds on his body healed instantly.

"Divine Dragon Tail Swing!" Wukong’s palm fell, and another palm struck back, like a divine dragon turning around, swinging its tail to strike the enemy.

The Ancient Heavenly Dragon grunted, raised his right hand, and tore open pathways of the laws of creation with his fist, striking down and shouted, "White Dragon Overturns the Sea and Floods the Divine Land!"

The vast expanse of Divine Land under siege from the white dragon flipping rivers and seas, how overwhelming and unrestrained is it?

"Bang!"

Wukong was sent flying by the tremendous force of the punch, but the power of creation flowing from the Creation Jade Butterfly in his body increased even more, instantly healing his injuries!

"Good, I must refine my Method of Subduing the Dragon and Tiger! Having just advanced to Semi-Supreme, I still don’t fully understand this kind of battle; this Ancient Heavenly Dragon is just the perfect whetstone!" Wukong sneered secretly in his heart, the Creation Jade Butterfly being a Creation Divine Artifact, and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon would never dream that Wukong was already an invincible existence.

To know the outcome, please listen to the next part. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)