Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 558 - 467: Thinking of This Method to Lure Me Out

Chapter 558: Chapter 467: Thinking of This Method to Lure Me Out

Daoist Ancestor Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze turning toward the depths of the void beyond the heavens. In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the boundary of the Three Realms, the interface between the chaos beyond the heavens and the void.

It’s said that beyond the Three Realms lies chaos, which represents boundlessness.

In fact, in the countless years since the Saints achieved sainthood, the chaos was mostly explored by them, minor worlds were even found from beyond the bounds of chaos, in the silent void.

If one were to classify the strength of a Saint, those who could travel farther in the void and return were naturally more powerful.

However, even someone as strong as Saint Taiqing could only venture thirty million zhang into the void before fearing that returning would not be so easy.

It was precisely because of the peculiarities beyond the Three Realms that Saints considered the boundary of chaos and the void as the edge of the Three Realms.

Now Hongjun stood at that border, his gaze fixed into the depths of the void, pondering the unknown.

Before long, a figure emerged from the void, boldly standing before Hongjun.

"I didn’t expect you to still be alive, let alone to see you in this state when we met again."

Hongjun looked at the newcomer, his face, previously on guard, now bearing a trace of a sigh.

"Hahaha, back in the Primordial Era, when your influence had already been established and you had even distributed the seven strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi, staying behind held no meaning for me. It was better to leave the Three Realms and seek opportunities beyond."

The newcomer was clearly very familiar with Hongjun, speaking in a casual tone.

"But fortunately, these countless years have indeed been successful for me."

"Now that I’ve returned, it’s to take over the management of the Three Realms from you."

"You’ve managed it for countless years; it’s time for you to rest."

"You should know, I won’t let you in, now that you’ve come back alive, why not join me in completing the Heavenly Dao, to further stabilize the Three Realms?"

Hongjun, though feeling it was hopeless, still spoke to the newcomer.

As expected, the figure scoffed disdainfully at Hongjun, looking at him as if he were a joke.

"Hongjun, even if you can block me now, how many years could you hold me off? Why don’t you try it now?"

The man in black was quite arrogant, as if he didn’t take Hongjun seriously at all.

"Years apart, why must we resort to fighting upon meeting? I have come here to wait, how about we play a game of chess first, to catch up on old times?"

Hongjun shook his head, not wanting to initiate the fight.

With a wave of his large hand, a chessboard appeared between the two of them, empty, waiting for the players to take their seats.

"Very well, let’s see what tricks you can play!" The man in black sat down and immediately picked up a black piece from the box, opting to go first.

Daoist Ancestor Hongjun smiled calmly, also taking his seat, and placed the first white piece on the board.

"Perhaps I can’t stop you, but I think I can delay you for three hundred years, to secure three hundred more years for the Three Realms. That should still be possible."

Daoist Ancestor Hongjun’s words were almost submissive, but for him, it was also a necessity.

"Hahaha, at least you have some self-awareness."

"But three hundred years will pass in the blink of an eye. By then, what in the Three Realms could possibly stop me?"

The man in black laughed uproariously, his laughter filled with wild arrogance.

"As far as I recall, the Three Realms have never made any unfavorable moves against you. Why must you attack them today?"

Daoist Ancestor Hongjun asked, paying no heed to the other’s attitude.

If he could persuade him to desist, that would be for the best.

Now, as Hongjun was still finding ways to suppress and complete the Heavenly Dao, he naturally couldn’t fully engage in combat with the other.

Yet even though they had not fought, his opponent wouldn’t dare appear so openly without the requisite strength.

"Unfavorable moves against me?"

The man in black gave a cold laugh. "It seems you’ve been unaware all along, then again, not many in this world do."

"Since that’s the case, let me tell you some things you don’t know."

The man in black faced Hongjun, speaking as they played chess.

Oddly enough, they played chess on the edge of the void, but Sage Zhunti, cultivating in the mansion, didn’t feel it at all.

"Before the Three Realms existed, the Three Thousand Chaotic Deities and Demons came first, followed by Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth."

"You too, with a fragment of the Creation Jade Disc, inherited from Pangu, were able to achieve sainthood so swiftly.

"In the struggle for Daoist orthodoxy, you defeated Luohou.

"And at that time, to your eyes, I was but a Quasi-Saint who could be extinguished with a wave of your hand."

The man in black began with secrets of the Primordial Era.

But to Hongjun, such secrets were naturally trivial.

"Both of us are among the Three Thousand Chaotic Deities and Demons, born at that time."

"But you surely don’t know, Luohou stood by my side; I was born before him."

"Thus, when we were newly born, Luohou once acknowledged me as his elder brother!"

After saying this, it was Hongjun who became silent.

Such relations were indeed beyond Hongjun’s expectations. Among those deities and demons, he was but one, and how could he have known so clearly back then? If it were not for the black-clad man mentioning it now, he likely would never have known.

"Sigh!"

Daoist Ancestor Hongjun sighed in the end and continued with the game without saying more.

"Hongjun, you’ve lost!"

A black piece was played, and the state of the chessboard was drastically altered.

The white dragon was slaughtered completely, with no possibility of a rebound.

"Yang Mei, are you still intent on taking action?"

Hongjun looked at this old friend from the Primordial Era and asked.

"What? Scared? Haha, Hongjun, it’s time for someone else to take care of the Three Realms."