Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 134 - 134 134 Sun Wukongs Clever Plan to Sow Discord
Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Sun Wukong’s Clever Plan to Sow Discord Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Sun Wukong’s Clever Plan to Sow Discord Just as Wukong realized the severity of the situation, foreseeing a major catastrophe, he transmitted his thoughts to Sun Xingzhe and the others, but by then, the battle had already begun.
In Guanyin’s Daoist temple, protected by a formation, despite being besieged by the four of them, she could still rely on the formation to desperately endure. Tremendous Primordial Qi surged into Mount Putuo, and Guanyin continuously sprinkled the weak water from her pure bottle, twisting the willow branches in her hand. With a swing, thousands of willow tendrils stretched out to entangle them.
“Guanyin, you are undoubtedly doomed today!” The Heaven-Defying Taoist said fiercely, wielding the World-Cleansing Dust Whisk and constantly clashing with Guanyin’s willow branches.
The Six-Eared Macaque, Sun Xingzhe, and the Black Bear Spirit exerted their full strength in their attacks. Guanyin was in utter anguish, taking two heavy blows from their staffs. The beating left her bloodied and nearly caused her Primordial Spirit to leap out of the Niwan Palace.
“Ci Hang, meet your end!”
Suddenly, a tiger’s roar sounded, and Guanyin’s mount, the Golden Light Immortal, leapt high, transformed into human form, and struck towards Guanyin’s back.
The Golden Light Immortal unexpectedly betrayed her at this moment, catching Guanyin off guard. She was struck so hard that she spewed another mouthful of blood.
Unable to contain himself any longer, the Golden Light Immortal cursed, “Ci Hang, you scoundrel! I’ve tolerated you for tens of thousands of years, but today, I will make you pay with your blood!”
Seeing Guanyin battered to the point of being unable to retaliate or invoke any prohibitive incantations, he seized the moment to turn against her.
A hint of hatred flashed in Guanyin’s eyes as she cursed, “Beast, I didn’t kill them then, but do you think I can’t kill you now!”
Ignorant of her injuries, Guanyin took a hit from Sun Xingzhe’s staff and chanted an incantation. The Golden Light Immortal felt a surge of dread but experienced an epiphany, thinking, “I was once a disciple of Jie Taoist, under the tutelage of Tong Tian, yet now I am merely the mount of a mere Bodhisattva! Why bemoan life or fear death!”
“Ci Hang, you scoundrel, remember your elder Golden Light Immortal!” he bellowed as he willingly dissolved his corporeal body and his Primordial Spirit exploded, turning into countless Divine Thunders, aiming to kill Guanyin.
Guanyin’s complexion dramatically changed, utterly unprepared for the Golden Light Immortal to disintegrate his body and self-destruct his Primordial Spirit in his effort to kill her! This was an attack that would leave both parties harmed; the foe might not necessarily die, but he was certainly doomed.
Following his disintegration, a wisp of Golden Light Immortal’s True Yuan made its way towards the God-Sealing Platform of Mount Qi, proving that even after tens of thousands of years, the disciples of the Jie Taoist sect could not escape their fate.
The Golden Light Immortal’s self-destruction, resulting in hundreds of Divine Thunders from the collective Primordial Spirit thoughts, shocked everyone, including Sun Xingzhe. They all retreated rapidly, wary of the considerable power of the self-explosion, which encompassed Golden Light Immortal’s millennium-old grudges and a profound understanding at the point of disintegration.
Guanyin could only raise her pure bottle overhead, offering it to the sky. A vast curtain of water descended, enveloping her figure.
As the hundred Divine Thunders created from the Primordial Spirit thoughts descended, Mount Putuo shook violently; part of the mountain peak was sheared off, with boulders shooting through the air and bursts of qi blowing fiercely, squinting the eyes of Sun Xingzhe and company.
Guanyin, hit by the betraying strike of the Golden Light Immortal, was instantly covered with wounds, her body and clothes torn, exposing swathes of skin. But the four attackers only felt disgust, as she was once a man but had chosen to reincarnate as a woman.
“Guanyin, even your mount has turned against you. It shows how much of a failure you’ve been! Today, let me end your life!” The Heaven-Defying Taoist roared as he raised the Great Revolution Seal high above, intending to crush Guanyin to death.
A chill ran through Guanyin’s heart. Devastated by the Golden Light Immortal’s explosion, how could she still resist? Her pure bottle was covered in cracks.
Just as the Great Revolution Seal was about to land, a Dharma Wheel struck it hard, resonating the chanting of three thousand Buddhas and sending forth a mighty wave of Buddhist sounds, blocking the revolutionary will within the seal. The Zen Master Wuxin had arrived, shouting an incantation, his palm striking the Great Revolution Seal and making it tremble. Another blow from the Dharma Wheel then finally knocked the seal away.
“Such thought, truly terrifying!” Zen Master Wuxin exclaimed.
Seeing the Zen Master deflect the Great Revolution Seal, the Heaven-Defying Taoist declared, “You all finish Guanyin; I’ll deal with him!”
No sooner had he spoken than he felt a trembling in his Golden Core; the Three Thousand Great Paths reached perfection in an instant, and he was elated.
“Meet your end!” shouted the Heaven-Defying Taoist, unleashing eighteen Great Hand Seals like eighteen vast dragons, opening their jaws and roaring furiously.
“Thus have I heard!” Zen Master Wuxin declared, bringing his hands together in a prayer. The Dharma Wheel took flight at his back, displaying the Vairocana Dharma Body that protected him completely. The eighteen Great Hand Seals were devoured by the golden light.
This Vairocana Dharma Body, six zhang tall and dazzling with golden radiance, was clad in solemn white monk’s robes, with a tranquil expression, wearing a Five-Buddha Crown and forming the Wisdom-Fist Seal.
“Only I am supreme!” The Heaven-Defying Taoist pointed to the sky, his voice resounding, as an identical figure of a Taoist rose up behind him.
Wukong respected no one but himself and cultivated his own Dharma Body. The Heaven-Defying Taoist and Sun Xingzhe were no different.
Zen Master Wuxin exclaimed, “Impressive! Such audacity to only respect oneself and not the Saints, aren’t you afraid of retribution?”
Laughing malevolently, the Heaven-Defying Taoist replied, “I only revere myself, past life or present. Karma and retribution, shattered with a single fist! Should heaven bar my way, I’ll break the heavens; should earth hinder me, I’ll shatter the earth!”
The Vairocana Dharma Body, upon hearing such a blasphemous statement from the Heaven-Defying Taoist, roared, “Bold!”
But the Heaven-Defying Taoist’s Dharma Body sneered, “It’s but an artifact’s spirit, infused with some Buddhist essence. Ultimately, it’s someone else’s path!”
This statement threw Zen Master Wuxin into shock, but the Heaven-Defying Taoist wasted no time and charged straight into battle.
And on the other side, Sun Wukong and his companions joined forces to kill Guanyin, but at that moment, another Dharma Wheel descended. This person was none other than the Turning Wheel Master!
“Buddha Ancestor feared you would suffer alone, so he sent me to assist you,” said the Turning Wheel Master.
He raised the Mandala Womb Realm and directly enclosed Guanyin within it, then attempted to escape.
Sun Wukong, infuriated, exclaimed, “Who is this wild monk who dares to behave so presumptuously!”
No sooner had he spoken than the talismans on the Creation Heavenly Mechanism Staff began to flicker, emitting a burst of golden light, from which a divine ape fiercely charged out. This ape was known as the Earth-Shrinking Divine Ape. With a single punch, it seemed as though the entirety of Mount Putuo was about to collapse from the tremors, and the Turning Wheel King, who was originally about to flee using the Earth Escape Skill, was forcibly blasted out by this punch!
This Earth-Shrinking Divine Ape, one of the Ancient Five Elements Divine Apes, specialized in countering Earth Escape Dharma Gates like the Soaring Earth Golden Light.
This Creation Heavenly Mechanism Staff, to say the least, had fused the root bones of nearly ten divine apes from the Divine Ape clan. With the time Sun Wukong had, it was natural for him to wield this staff with such fluid precision.
Sun Wukong also felt his Golden Core within him had become perfectly rounded. His staff technique grew even more ferocious as mana surged wildly, his vital essence rose like smoke straight into the heavens, his eyes flickered with fiery light, and continuously shot out Samadhi True Fire. His Fiery Eyes with Golden Vision had reached an unbelievably advanced stage.
“Whoever comes today shall die!” Sun Wukong roared, swinging his staff and releasing the Star Picking Divine Ape, which reached out with both arms to strike the Turning Wheel Master.
The Turning Wheel Master was secretly shocked and raised his Dharma Wheel to block. When the two collided, sparks flew in all directions, each as large as a bean, falling to the ground and causing stones to burst into shards.
Seeing escape was impossible, the Reincarnation Master provisionally placed Guanyin in the Mandala Womb Realm and conjured a Demon-Subduing Pestle. With his Dharma Body exerting power, having eight heads and sixteen arms, a total of nine heads and eighteen arms, each wielding a magical treasure to fight Sun Wukong.
On the sidelines, the Black Bear Spirit and the Six-Eared Macaque were also brandishing their weapons, engaging in battle with the Turning Wheel Master.
“Boom!”
The Six-Eared Macaque’s Golden Hoop Staff trembled, shattering layer upon layer of the void, falling on the Turning Wheel Master’s back and sending him flying out, his Primordial Spirit knocked right out of his body!
In the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, one’s Primordial Spirit and physical body were unified, typically immune to being expelled by blunt trauma. Only an attack on the Niwan Palace could achieve that. However, the Six-Eared Macaque’s staff strike was exceptionally fierce, directly causing the Turning Wheel Master’s incense-willpower-forged Golden Body to bleed; even his Primordial Spirit flew out of his body.
“My life is over!” lamented the Turning Wheel Master, wishing for Zen Master Wuxin to come to his aid.
At that moment, Zen Master Wuxin was heatedly battling the Heaven-Defying Taoist, unable to be distracted. The Heaven-Defying Taoist, relying on the Great Revolution Seal and the World-Cleansing Dust Whisk, had the upper hand. Distracting himself would probably mean being crushed into powder by that revolutionary will!
Sun Wukong chuckled menacingly, “Hand over Guanyin quickly, and I’ll spare your life!”
Don’t think that Sun Wukong is witless, just a brute—how exquisitely cunning was his strategy? A divide-and-conquer scheme!
In reality, Sun Wukong and the others could have easily killed Guanyin along with this Turning Wheel Master, but he specifically used a divide-and-conquer tactic. The goal was to sow discord between the Esoteric and Exoteric traditions. If the Turning Wheel Master truly handed over Guanyin, it would tarnish the Esoteric tradition’s reputation, and the Exoteric tradition would not show them any favor.
The Six-Eared Macaque, equally intelligent, chimed in, “Hand over Guanyin quickly, monk, and we will surely not kill you!”
These two monkeys were utterly cunning, truly embodying the saying: “Infinite Dharma hides divine skills; bravery and wisdom apply the scheme of strife. Creation’s heavenly mechanic shatters the golden body; with a willful iron staff, it can slay thousands of immortals.”
The Turning Wheel Master was in a dilemma, with his physical body in the hands of the Black Bear Spirit, and his Primordial Spirit wrapped with the Womb Realm, lacking a body and finding it even harder to escape.
“You have the time of three counts!” Sun Wukong laughed grotesquely.
“One!”
“If I hand over Guanyin, I fear it will breed animosity between the Exoteric and Esoteric schools…”
“Two!”
“If I don’t, my life will be sacrificed right here! Guanyin is already doomed, why should I bother?”
“Three!”
“So be it, so be it! Guanyin’s fate is sealed, and I would rather preserve my useful self,” the Turning Wheel Master thought.
Having decided, the Turning Wheel Master prepared to breach the Womb Realm he held and release Guanyin.
Sun Wukong, with his Fiery Eyes with Golden Vision, saw clearly. The look of hesitation on the Turning Wheel Master’s face had betrayed him. It seemed that his scheme to drive a wedge was indeed feasible.
As for the fate of Guanyin, listen to the next explanation.