Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 168: Truly Worthy of Being the Head of Buddhism

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Truly Worthy of Being the Head of Buddhism

"Are you, a macaque, not leaving yet, or do you intend to admit defeat?"

Seeing that Sun Wukong was not immediately ready to dash out, Sakyamuni Tathagata couldn’t help but remind him.

Sun Wukong knew that Sakyamuni Tathagata wanted to subdue him quickly. He grinned and said, "If that’s the case, then Old Sun is setting off now. If you, great monk, have any divine skills, you better use them quickly to avoid losing to Old Sun later!"

After he finished speaking, he leaped up with a somersault, and clouds appeared rolling beneath his feet, sending him instantly tens of thousands of miles away.

He performed a simple Escape Skill, not using the Chaos Wind Escape.

Even so, having now reached the Cultivation Level of a Quasi-Saint, his Escape Skill was extremely swift, unmatched by ordinary folks.

In a flash, the fierce wind howled past his ears, covering countless tens of thousands of miles in an instant.

Surrounded by dense clouds, Sun Wukong still didn’t stop but continued flying forward.

Even he did not know how many tens of thousands of miles he had flown.

In an instant, looking around, the sea of clouds slowly gave way to the floating silhouette of Immortal Mountains, with peaks rising around him and endless clouds swirling nearby.

Sun Wukong slightly furrowed his brows and stopped, looking from side to side.

By his estimation, he should have already flown out of Sakyamuni Tathagata’s palm, but he knew in his heart that since Sakyamuni Tathagata was betting on this, he wouldn’t let him escape so easily; therefore, he was likely still within Sakyamuni Tathagata’s palm.

Despite his realization, he still sent his Divine Sense out to survey his surroundings, mostly to confuse Sakyamuni Tathagata into thinking he hadn’t realized it yet.

Although his surroundings seemed no different from the celestial Court, he could feel a hint of illusion. After all, he was experienced with numerous Illusionary Realms, making everything seem slightly unreal. When his Divine Sense touched the clouds, it even sensed traces of Buddha’s light.

In the distance between heaven and earth, rather abruptly, five Pillars That Support the Heavens appeared.

Legend had it, when Mount Bu Zhou collapsed, plunging heaven and earth into chaos, Nuwa used the Black Tortoise’s feet to support them, an image reminiscent of the current scene.

However, Sun Wukong already knew the reason behind this, so naturally, he was not surprised.

At this moment, as his Divine Sense enveloped everything, he saw those pillars that resembled the Pillar That Supports the Heavens dispersing faint Buddha’s light.

"Just as I expected!"

With a secret smile in his heart, Sun Wukong then moved his feet and pressed down on the clouds to land in front of the five Pillars That Support the Heavens.

After pondering for a moment, he pulled out a wooden stick, which he transformed into a brush with a wave of his hand.

Barely lifting his hand, he had already inscribed a line on the pillar that seemed to support the heavens.

"Mount Huaguo Water Curtain Cave, Great Sage Equalling Heaven was here!"

The characters were crooked, reminiscent of ghostly charms, and looked extraordinarily ugly, but Sun Wukong appeared unbothered by this, rather, he glanced up somewhat sheepishly.

It seemed he was quite pleased with his level of calligraphy, yet he was really watching Sakyamuni Tathagata behind the layer of clouds.

He knew Sakyamuni Tathagata must be observing his actions at this very moment.

Then, as if confident in his victory, he rubbed his belly, looked around, and noticing the clouds concealing his surroundings and no one else nearby,

he grinned and ran to one of the Pillars That Support the Heavens and urinated on it!

Watching this scene, Sakyamuni Tathagata slightly furrowed his brows.

Clearly, he was quite displeased with Sun Wukong’s actions; after all, urinating in his palm was something extremely audacious to do.

However, now that Sun Wukong was no longer flying away, he didn’t need to worry anymore.

When Sun Wukong returned, he could directly subdue him.

Yet just as Sakyamuni Tathagata thought everything was settling down, suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his finger and saw Sun Wukong striking his finger with a stick.

"You impudent monkey!"

Even Sakyamuni Tathagata couldn’t help but inhale sharply as rich Buddha’s light surged in his palm.

At that moment, Sun Wukong also felt a strong rebound force.

It was as if he had struck a piece of Immortal Gold.

Although Sun Wukong stepped back several steps, he saw Buddha’s light encircling him.

Although Sakyamuni Tathagata was scheming against him, how could he miss an opportunity to retaliate?

Without waiting for Sakyamuni Tathagata to react, Sun Wukong leaped up again and chose to disappear into the distance in an instant.

This time, he moved much faster than before.

It was the speed of the Chaos Wind Escape, and although he was still not using his full power and retaining most of his strength,

he exerted a third of his effort, allowing him to save himself should he suddenly face any crisis.

As he performed the Chaos Wind Escape, Sun Wukong’s surroundings were imbued with the aura of the Space-time Law.

It was the Space-Time Chaos Art.

As he moved, the space around him rippled in waves.

With such speed, even Kunpeng arriving would likely find it hard to match Sun Wukong’s current method of escape.

"You impudent monkey, you are quite cunning!"

Sakyamuni Tathagata slightly furrowed his brows, then took a deep look at his right hand’s middle finger, and glanced at Sun Wukong who had now shrunk to the size of a sesame seed, his lips curling into a smirk.

Even if Sun Wukong had discovered it, what could he do? He still couldn’t change the situation.

A complex mana fluctuation rose.

In the palm of his hand, Sun Wukong’s expression involuntarily changed slightly. Subconsciously, he glanced around. Though the surrounding scenery hadn’t changed much, the Buddha’s light hidden within the Xianyun seemed to have condensed a bit.

Even the space around them became somewhat viscous.

"Can’t hold back anymore?"

Feeling such power, Sun Wukong had already guessed that Sakyamuni Tathagata probably couldn’t wait to suppress him.

However, Sun Wukong just smiled slightly, his speed of escape remained unchanged, still extremely fast, showing no abnormalities.

"Humph!"

Watching that Sun Wukong’s escape technique hadn’t slowed, Sakyamuni Tathagata’s frown deepened.

"After all, it’s just a macaque, eventually it will run out of energy!"

He then shook his head and stopped paying attention.

Still maintaining the current fluctuation of mana, waiting for when Sun Wukong exhausted his energy to make his move.

Sun Wukong naturally knew of Sakyamuni Tathagata’s intentions at this time.

The five pillars just now were meant by Sakyamuni Tathagata to make him turn back and transform, but now that it had failed, Sakyamuni Tathagata, being the leader of Buddhism, naturally wouldn’t go back on his word.

"I’ll see when you make your move!"

Sun Wukong snorted coldly, Sakyamuni Tathagata didn’t want to make a move to avoid being laughed at for bullying the weaker, but Sun Wukong wouldn’t let it go his way.

Especially given the situation afterward.

In an instant, Sun Wukong’s speed increased slightly, hastening even more as he sped forward.

Although this Buddhist Nation in the Palm was vast, once the speed was extremely fast, even the Buddhist Nation in the Palm had an end!

Initially, Sakyamuni Tathagata wasn’t worried, as long as Sun Wukong found out that he couldn’t fly out of the Buddhist Nation in the Palm, he would naturally choose to give up.

However, unexpectedly, Sun Wukong kept his speed unchanged, and he visibly approached the border of his Buddhist Nation in the Palm.

This caused Sakyamuni Tathagata’s expression to change.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, Sakyamuni Tathagata could no longer wait for Sun Wukong to exhaust his energy.

Even if it meant being ridiculed for bullying the weak, he had to make his move.

After all, the prosperity of Buddhism regarding Sun Wukong, he couldn’t afford to delay any further.

In an instant, Sakyamuni Tathagata’s body shone with Buddha’s light, particularly in his right palm, a vast Buddha’s light slowly condensed, and faint sounds of Buddhist chanting arose.

The surrounding space solidified even more, turning as solid as a sheet of iron.

At this time, Sun Wukong still operated the mighty Chaos Wind Escape, and with the addition of the Space-Time Chaos Art, even if the space was suppressed, it still enabled Sun Wukong to move about like a fish in water.

He instantaneously moved from one point to another.

Even with Sakyamuni Tathagata’s suppression, it was still ineffective, completely unable to stop Sun Wukong’s escape technique.

As Sun Wukong swiftly moved through Sakyamuni Tathagata’s Buddhist Nation in the Palm, the area below also began to change.

The surrounding sea of clouds dispersed, the endless Buddha’s light faded, leaving only a huge palm congregated below him.

At this moment Sun Wukong’s eyes intensely focused, somewhat stunned.

And as he continued forward, that Buddha’s palm also stretched and expanded endlessly in front, as if boundless.

It seemed no matter how he tried to escape, he would not be able to fly out of this enormous Buddha’s palm.

No matter how he tried to escape, he was within the range of this enormous Buddha’s palm.

"Truly worthy of being the leader of Buddhism, to possess such divine skills!"

Sun Wukong couldn’t help but show a shocked expression. Although he had long known about Sakyamuni Tathagata’s strength, he had not anticipated it to be this formidable.

Sun Wukong’s eyes gleamed, although his eyes had weakened after being transformed by the Bagua Cauldron, his cultivation level had increased, which was a gain as well as a loss.

At this moment, if he wanted to escape this giant palm, he would have to increase his speed. The mana within his body churned wildly, and the speed of his flight forward uncontrollably increased.

In less than a breath’s time, he had already flown tens of thousands of miles.

His speed was no less impressive than that of the ancestral Space-time Witch of old.

Even in the eyes of Sakyamuni Tathagata, a hint of surprise appeared. He had never expected Sun Wukong to become so fast, but he also believed that Sun Wukong, having exhibited such rapid speed, could not maintain it for long. Once the speed decreased, that would be his time to suppress.