Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 473 - 427: Kong Xuan and the Lost Heart of the Primordial Continent_2

Chapter 473: Chapter 427: Kong Xuan and the Lost Heart of the Primordial Continent_2

Subsequently, before the assembly of Quasi-Saints, Wang Yang calmly walked out with Sun Wukong.

By now, the word had spread, and naturally, Wang Yang had no interest in clashing with the people of Buddhism.

"Brother, my master and the others are still in the front hall—we have completed our quest for the True Scriptures and are about to return to the Great Tang with my master!"

After leaving the rear hall of Mount Meru, Sun Wukong spoke to Wang Yang with reverence.

Wang Yang had guessed as much; he had thought that, once they reached Mount Meru, a brawl might be inevitable, which is why he had secretly helped Sun Wukong to increase the Power of Incense and Fire for Xuanzang.

But as it turned out, there was no need for it. However, if Xuanzang were to establish a sect in the future, this Power of Incense and Fire would enable him to rise swiftly and take a share of the merit from Buddhism.

"Then, you and your disciples should meet up and leave Mount Meru on your own. Now, within Mount Meru, no one dares to stop you!"

Upon finishing, Wang Yang vanished in a flash from before Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong let out a slight smile and breathed a sigh of relief before quickly returning to the front hall to find the waiting Tang Monk.

"Big brother, what exactly happened just now?"

Zhu Bajie asked, curious.

Although they were not sensitive to the specific energies, there was no doubt that they could not be fooled by the confrontation of two powerful presences—a scene that coincided with Sun Wukong being called away.

Sun Wukong gently shook his head, "Let’s talk about it when we return to the Great Tang. Master, let’s go back to the Great Tang!"

Seeing this, Xuanzang understood that some matters were not suitable for open discussion here and immediately nodded, saying indifferently, "Bajie, Sha Wujing, pack up the scriptures; we’re returning to the Great Tang!"

Thereafter, the four disciples conjured Auspicious Clouds and, carrying the True Scriptures they had obtained from the Great Thunderclap, flew off towards Southern Continent Jambudvipa.

On the other hand, Wang Yang, having left the great hall of Mount Meru, arrived at Golden Turtle Island.

After explaining the situation, he prepared to return to Mount Huaguo.

Yet at that moment, a multi-colored streamer, fast as a shooting star, streaked across the sky from the distant horizon.

Both the Leader of the Tongtian Sect and Wang Yang raised their heads to look in that direction.

"I didn’t expect him to still be alive!"

The Leader of the Tongtian Sect remarked with some emotion.

Even during the days when his Cutting Teachings Sect included all sorts without discrimination, the Phoenix Clan naturally joined in as well.

As the presence approached, the Leader of the Tongtian Sect already knew who it was.

"Kong Xuan, I didn’t think you were still alive. May I ask for what purpose you have come?"

Though the Leader of the Tongtian Sect had reached the status of Saint, he naturally carried a bias toward his own disciples.

Moreover, not having seen Kong Xuan for so many years, it was apparent that he had reached the peak of Quasi-Saint cultivation. The only reason he had not become a Saint was that the opportunity had been lost due to the changes in heaven and earth.

"Greetings to My Honorable Master!"

The newcomer bowed respectfully.

"A calamity has befallen the Undying Volcano, and sensing my master’s presence, I hoped for your assistance!"

Kong Xuan respectfully began to speak.

Wang Yang looked at Kong Xuan, somewhat astonished. Wasn’t Kong Xuan supposed to have become the Buddha Mother of Buddhism? Why was he here?

Seemingly noticing Wang Yang’s confusion, the Leader of the Tongtian Sect said, "Knowing that the Cutting Teachings Sect was doomed, most of my disciples entered the Investiture of the Gods, while others would be forcibly converted by Buddhism!"

"That is why I had Kong Xuan enter Buddhism with a divided spirit in order to preserve himself."

Hearing the words of the Leader of the Tongtian Sect, Wang Yang nodded in understanding.

"He is not an outsider; you may speak openly of the matter!"

The Leader of the Tongtian Sect glanced at Wang Yang and directly spoke.

Kong Xuan nodded and then thoroughly explained the situation, relating that the Southern Immortal Volcano was located within a Minor World.

Following the great war among the Saints, the Primordial Continent collapsed, and the current Three Realms were no longer as they once were.

Kong Xuan had been searching for the Undying Volcano, home to the Phoenix Clan.

But upon finding the Undying Volcano, Kong Xuan realized that a significant problem had arisen with the Phoenixes within the Southern Immortal Volcano.

In those days, the Southern Immortal Volcano was a gathering place for the Primordial Continent’s Earth Fire veins.

The Primordial Continent was boundlessly vast, beyond imagination, and the gathered veins of fire were also unimaginably powerful, with countless volcanoes as huge as the Heaven-Piercing Divine Mountain.

Only the Phoenix, who in those days had a cultivation level that reached the heavens and was innately a Chaos Fire Spirit, had the strength to suppress them.

And through the words of Kong Xuan, Wang Yang also understood that supposedly suppressing the Southern Immortal Volcano was not merely about suppressing the fire veins within.

More importantly, it was about organizing; by using the Essence of Separating Fire inherent to the Phoenix, organizing the underground fire veins so they would spread gently like rivers throughout the Primordial Continent beneath the earth’s surface.

Kong Xuan feared that Wang Yang’s understanding was not thorough enough,

and even conjured up a Fire Vein Map in the void.

Of course, what he didn’t know was that Wang Yang already had a concept of these things in his mind.

"So what’s the problem now?"

Wang Yang asked, thoughtfully, after hearing Kong Xuan’s explanation.

Kong Xuan gently shook his head and showed a wry smile.

"Actually, when the Primordial was shattered, dividing into the Four Great Continents, the fire veins of the Southern Volcano fell into a Minor World, and since then the fire veins have been impossible to organize anew!"

"After all, the underground fire veins used to spread throughout the entire Primordial Continent like rivers, but now, there’s only that small space left, " he said.

"Later, however, my mother thought of a new method, which was to absorb the fire qi that escaped from the fire veins into her own body, to cultivate by this means, while also suppressing the fire veins!"

"My mother’s idea was to take advantage of billions of years to refine the veins of fire here, after all, the Minor World of the Southern Immortal Volcano has been separated from the Primordial Continent, which, to some extent, has also cut off the source of the fire veins!"

"Without the continuous influx of fire veins, the mere Southern Immortal Volcano is not difficult to deal with in my mother’s view!"

"Therefore, for this billion years, my mother has been alone in the Southern Immortal Volcano, exactly for the purpose of refining these fire veins!"

"But what she didn’t expect was that inside the Southern Immortal Volcano, things weren’t as simple as she thought!"

"Deep within the fire veins of the volcano’s lands, there turned out to be a miraculous object, and it is precisely such a thing that has now brought about immense disaster!"

Wang Yang grew more curious upon hearing Kong Xuan’s words, wondering what it could be that left Kong Xuan and the Phoenix, two top-tier quasi-saints, completely without recourse.

In that moment, Kong Xuan looked at Wang Yang and said seriously, word by word, "It’s half of Great God Pangu’s heart!"

"What?"

Not only was Wang Yang shocked upon hearing this, but even the Leader of the Tongtian Sect couldn’t help but be astonished and amazed.

Half of Great God Pangu’s heart?

There was still remnants of Pangu’s True Body within the Three Realms now?

At this point, Kong Xuan showed a bitter smile and said helplessly, "To tell the truth, when I found out the truth, I felt the same as you do, unbelieving."

"How could such an object exist without the Saints knowing? At the very least, the Ancestral Master should be aware of it, right?"

Wang Yang said, frowning doubtfully.

However, looking at Tongtian, who also appeared puzzled, it seemed he didn’t know either.

It must be known that Great God Pangu was indeed in his entirety a treasure.

Both his eyeballs transformed into the Sun Star and Taiyin Star, each nurturing four top-tier innate celestial Deities.

His essence blood brought forth the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and it was even said inside the Ancestral Witches there existed a Pangu Palace, which contained a blood pool of Pangu’s essence blood.

Even a single strand of hair from that time could have produced a top-level Immortal Spirit, let alone his half a heart.

Randomly birthing someone inside, the very minimum would be beings on the order of Zhen Yuanzi and Kunpeng.

How could that half a heart remain to this day?

Tongtian slowly began to speak, "As for this, the Saints probably did not know, as for the Ancestral Master, I do not know!"

He was also somewhat shocked by the news his Disciple had brought.

Even more unexpectedly, after the great battle of the Saints back then and the shattering of the Primordial, the Phoenix Clan had discovered such a big secret, something he could hardly imagine.

"The Ancestral Master must have known, otherwise he wouldn’t have let my mother go to suppress the Southern Immortal Volcano back then!"

Back then, the Dragon and Phoenix Clans withdrew from the struggle for supremacy, giving the stage to the Sorcerers and Monsters.

The Dragon Clan retreated to the Eastern Sea, while the Phoenix suppressed the Undying Volcano.

These were actually all arrangements by the Ancestral Master.

"As for why that half a heart did not breed living beings, my guess is because of the fire poison within; that half a heart can be said to be the origin of the fire veins of the Primordial Continent. It originally nurtured the most pure Earth Fire, but after billions of years of circulation through the fire veins of the Primordial Continent, it has been tainted with too many impurities of the earth. The originally pure Earth Fire has become poisonous Earth Fire!"