Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 140 - 140 140 Does the Daoist Sect Need to Enter the Fray in the Journey to the West Calamity of Measurement

140: Chapter 140: Does the Daoist Sect Need to Enter the Fray in the Journey to the West Calamity of Measurement?

140: Chapter 140: Does the Daoist Sect Need to Enter the Fray in the Journey to the West Calamity of Measurement?

The Fire Division Righteous Gods perhaps had no interactions with the Grand Elder of the Supreme Way, but given their status, it was nearly impossible for them to enter the Elder Lord’s Helmet Armor Palace without being summoned.

However, they were aware of the formidable reputation of the Banana Leaf Fan.

This Banana Leaf Fan was created in ancient times, forged from the leaves of an Innate Banana Plant that grew on Mount Bu Zhou.

There were only two made, and one ended up in the hands of the Rakshasa Woman of Western Cow Hezhou.

Its power was immense.

In her hands, it demonstrated remarkable feats time and again, overwhelming in strength.

Ordinary Immortals struck by this Banana Leaf Fan could face separation of flesh and spirit, complete annihilation of body and soul.

Even a being of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Level, with a body fortified to extremes, could not withstand a single fan from it, being blown back tens of thousands of miles.

This had made the Rakshasa Woman a formidable figure in her own right.

However, the fan currently in Sun Wukong’s hand was clearly not the one held by the Rakshasa Woman of Western Cow Hezhou.

Thus, the only possibility was that it belonged to the Grand Elder of the Supreme Way.

Although they had all heard from the Elder Lord that Sun Wukong had entered the Helmet Armor Palace and stolen his treasures, they had not anticipated that even the Banana Leaf Fan, such a unique treasure, had been taken as well.

At the time when the Elder Lord had complained to the Jade Emperor, they were all present.

They had simply thought that Sun Wukong had taken only some elixirs; they had never imagined that he would take such a treasure as well.

However, it stands to reason, with the presence of the Elder Lord as a saintly incarnation, how could he possibly allow Sun Wukong to take such a treasure?

Not only Luo Xuan could not comprehend this, but even the Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, hiding high in the clouds a million miles high, were also somewhat puzzled by the reason behind it.

Yet, amidst the vague hints, Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva seemed to have thought of something.

When Taibai Jinxing saw this scene, his expression changed suddenly.

He did not ponder like Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva.

Such a fearsome treasure, once deployed, what would become of them!

“We must hurry away!”

Upon this thought, Taibai Jinxing immediately attempted to leave.

After all, he understood the power of this treasure better than anyone else.

It was an Innate Spiritual Treasure that even a Taiyi Golden Immortal could wield to unleash frightening power.

If they didn’t depart now, not to mention hiding beneath the Gang Wind Layer, even hiding in the celestial Court might spell disaster.

Buzz!

However, before Luo Xuan, Sunlight Bodhisattva, Moonlight Bodhisattva, and the others could understand,

Sun Wukong had already swung the Banana Leaf Fan.

In an instant, a horrifying Bone-Eroding Storm swept out from the Banana Leaf Fan.

It was like a ferocious charge of ten thousand dragons, the roar of tigers and dragons combined.

The terrifying Bone-Eroding Storm, shaking heaven and earth, in the moment it whirlwinded out of the Banana Leaf Fan, surged towards Luo Xuan and others like a tsunami, raising towering waves in its path.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Fire that had been burning fiercely on Mount Huaguo.

Water could not extinguish it, but now it seemed to have met its nemesis.

Like melting ice and snow.

The fire dimmed and vanished in an instant.

“Run!”

Upon seeing the Bone-Eroding Storm sweeping directly toward them, fear sprang into Luo Xuan’s eyes, and he hurriedly called to the other five righteous gods of the Fire Division, gathered the Flame-Controlling Flag, and in their panic, they fled towards the Nine Heavens.

“What’s happening?”

Seeing Luo Xuan and others fleeing in such a hurry, the Immortals above the void outside Mount Huaguo were baffled.

After all, many flames shrouded the area, obscuring their vision as to what exactly was happening.

But as Luo Xuan and the others left and the flames extinguished, Li Jing and others had already seen the green-glowing Banana Leaf Fan in Sun Wukong’s hand, their expressions changing immediately.

Likewise, how could he not be aware of the might of the Banana Leaf Fan from the Elder Lord?

And having felt the onslaught of a storm, he immediately understood why Luo Xuan and others had left without hesitation.

He could no longer afford to call upon the Nine Luminaries Star Lords, the Twelve Yuan Chen, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, transforming instead into a streak of light speeding towards the celestial Court.

“The Banana Leaf Fan, it’s the Banana Leaf Fan, such a precious treasure in Sun Wukong’s hands, we must hurry!”

As Li Jing suddenly fled, the Nine Luminaries Star Lords, the Twelve Yuan Chen, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations also saw the Banana Leaf Fan in Sun Wukong’s hand, and were instantly terrified out of their wits,

hurrying towards the celestial Court.

But they were ultimately too late.

The horrific storm of the Banana Leaf Fan was not slow; it had swept towards them in an instant.

Under that horrific Bone-Eroding Demon Wind,

those celestial Soldiers and Generals, alongside the Nine Luminaries Star Lords, the Twelve Yuan Chen, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, were all swept away by the terrifying Bone-Eroding Storm, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

And many lower cultivated celestial Soldiers and Generals were directly reduced to nothingness by this Bone-Eroding Storm, their forms and spirits obliterated.

Only their True Spirits were caught up in the Six Paths of Reincarnation to be reborn.

In the blink of an eye, the majestic force meant to suppress and annihilate Mount Huaguo, consisting of the hundred thousand celestial Soldiers and powerful Star Lords, was swept away by the storm in one swift move.

The entire void was instantly clear again, as if nothing had happened before.

If it weren’t for the remaining traces of fierce fire on the ground, Sun Wukong might have thought that nothing had happened at all.

“This is too powerful.”

Back then, when he secretly took the Banana Leaf Fan of the Grand Elder of the Supreme Way from the Helmet Armor Palace, he knew that the Grand Elder was an incarnation of the Daoist Ancestor Taiqing, but it was used just to fan the flames by the pill furnace.

It made it hard for Sun Wukong to take it too seriously.

Back then, his principle was to never leave empty-handed; he took what he could and left.

He hadn’t expected the full power of the Banana Leaf Fan to be so terrifying.

With a single wave, it had completely erased the celestial army of the Jade Emperor, who had come to besiege Mount Huaguo.

“Had I known the power was so great, I would have held some back.

Now, look, I’ve revealed another of my trump cards!”

Sun Wukong couldn’t help but sigh, after all, trump cards were meant to help him survive in times of great crisis.

And now, although the celestial army had indeed been swept away, with the Jade Emperor’s character, he would surely send even more powerful deities of the celestial Court to capture him.

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong’s face was filled with gloom.

He had intended to hold back his strength.

“You tell me, Pagoda-carrying celestial King Li, why provoke a fire?

Now, no one benefits.”

He should have been happy at having repelled the celestial army, but now Sun Wukong was not happy at all.

What a trouble, having to face even stronger opponents.

…

As Sun Wukong had predicted, at this moment, in the Ninth celestial Palace in the celestial Court.

The Jade Emperor sat solemnly on his throne in the Golden Palace, with civil and military officials standing on both sides.

But moments later, the faces of the assembled deities of the celestial Court began to look worse.

Especially celestial King Li, who at this time wished he could just find a hole and burrow into it.

After all, he was the commander-in-chief of the celestial army’s expedition against Mount Huaguo, and had fled as soon as Sun Wukong used the Banana Leaf Fan.

Abandoning his subordinates, he had run away alone.

If he had managed to prepare the celestial army to deploy the celestial Net during the moment Sun Wukong used the Banana Leaf Fan, it might have greatly reduced the Bone-Eroding Storm’s power.

And it would not have resulted in such heavy casualties among the thousands of celestial Soldiers and Generals.

Such a fault, even with the backing of the Ancient Buddha Ran Deng, was likely too severe to protect him.

Meanwhile, in the celestial Court above.

The atmosphere was incredibly oppressive and grave.

The Jade Emperor sat directly on his throne in the Ninth celestial Palace’s Golden Palace, his gaze unyielding and cold as he fixed it on celestial King Li.

Celestial King Li hurriedly knelt down.

Not just him, but Wen Zhong, Luo Xuan, Nezha, deities of the Thunder and Fire Divisions, The Twenty-Eight Constellations, and Seven Killings, all three Star Lords, also knelt down simultaneously.

Regarding the Four Great Marshals who had accompanied the expedition to Mount Huaguo, they were still in Mount Huaguo.

Their campaign could be described as utterly disastrous.

At present, they pleaded guilty.

Though whatever they had done, the Jade Emperor sitting in the Ninth celestial Palace was likely all too aware.

Celestial King Li recounted everything that had happened in the battle at Mount Huaguo without hiding anything.

The reaction of the Jade Emperor to celestial King Li’s report was non-committal, but those standing in the Ninth celestial Palace displayed shock upon hearing it.

Especially upon hearing that Sun Wukong had used the Banana Leaf Fan that the Grand Elder of the Supreme Way used during alchemy – their faces were filled with disbelief.

That was, after all, an item of the Supreme Ancestor, the first Saint under Dao Ancestor Hongjun in the Three Realms.

Without the silent approval of the Supreme Ancestor, how could Sun Wukong, with his capabilities, have possibly taken the Banana Leaf Fan from the Helmet Armor Palace?

But now, the Banana Leaf Fan was in Sun Wukong’s hands.

Plus, with the Grand Elder himself having previously announced the loss of the item.

It was naturally not hard to guess the implications of this.

The Jade Emperor sat in the Ninth celestial Palace, his eyes reflecting deep contemplation; his demeanor was stern and commanding.

If it were not for Sun Wukong possessing the Banana Leaf Fan, the Jade Emperor would have likely already charged celestial King Li with the crime of failing the expedition.

Now was not the time to pursue celestial King Li’s failings.

The tacit approval by the Supreme Ancestor for Sun Wukong to take the Banana Leaf Fan complicated the previously agreed-upon scheme between Daoism and Buddhism for the Journey to the West Calamity.

“Very well, I am aware of the matter now.

You may all leave,” he said.

A long while later, the Jade Emperor took a deep breath and then gestured dismissively.

Seeing this, celestial King Li also let out a sigh of relief, regardless of whether the Journey to the West Calamity had become more complicated, he had finally gotten past this hurdle.

And with the words of the Jade Emperor, the deities in the Ninth celestial Palace each made a slight bow, their expressions varied.

Those allied with the Daoist Sect showed pleased expressions, while those closer to Buddhism seemed more somber.

Allowing Sun Wukong to take the Banana Leaf Fan, didn’t it mean that the Daoist Sect also wanted to get involved in the Journey to the West Calamity?

And as for how they would proceed, these deities naturally had no access to such decisions, leaving them constantly guessing.