Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong instructed the Dragon Cat to be mindful of the undead mixed-blood beasts hidden within the mountains, but the Dragon Cat was completely inattentive, with its focus solely on the shape-shifting fairy peaches. After all, its attack power was so poor that even if it knew where those undead mixed-blood beasts were hiding, it didn't have the ability to take them out.

So why bother worrying about it?

Watching the Dragon Cat bouncing on his shoulder, Sun Wukong was somewhat speechless. However, he also understood that expecting the Dragon Cat to deal with those undead mixed-blood beasts was as likely as expecting a sow to climb a tree.

Grabbing the Dragon Cat into his arms, Sun Wukong gave Mu Chenxuan a signal with his eyes. They both charged out from their hiding spot and flew towards the stone peak platform.

"Roar!"

"Howl!"

"Bellow!"

Once they moved, the undead mixed-blood beasts concealed in the mountains were all startled. One after another, they let out deafening roars. Attacks such as wind blades, fire columns, air cannons, and thunder light bombarded the two from all directions and corners.

"Brother Mu, you block them, I'll go pick the peaches!" Sun Wukong said.

"Shrinking Earth into Inches!"

With a flicker, Sun Wukong used the divine skill of Shrinking Earth into Inches and instantly crossed hundreds of feet to appear above the stone peak platform. Coincidentally, the shape-shifting fairy peach reached full maturity at that moment and fell from the tree.

The Dragon Cat, excited, sprang from his hands towards the peach, but was hit hard by several gusts of wind from the side, and with a wail, it was knocked rolling away, missing the peach.

Several other attacks also targeted Sun Wukong. Naturally, they came from those undead mixed-blood beasts lurking nearby, all of whom saw anyone trying to snatch the shape-shifting fairy peach as their target.

"Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations, White Cloud Smoke!"

Sun Wukong's figure flickered, suddenly becoming like smoke, with all attacks proving ineffective against him. They passed through his vaporous form without even the slightest physical contact, and the next moment, his misty form recongealed into a solid body as he grabbed the peach in his hand and directly stored it in a replica Qiankun Bag.

The shape-shifting fairy peach was in hand!

The Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations was a secret technique from the memories of Lin Yi, the previous owner of the Time-Space Life-Death Talisman from an alternate reality. Sun Wukong had accepted this knowledge when he received the talisman's memories.

At first, the technique was blocked due to his insufficient cultivation, completely inaccessible even for viewing, but strangely, it had begun to unlock recently, and the First Transformation, White Cloud Smoke, could now be practiced.

As Sun Wukong journeyed, he slowly deduced the first form of the Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations, White Cloud Smoke, in his mind. This was the first time he executed it, and the effect was truly against the heavens. All attacks missed him entirely, not inflicting even the slightest injury.

With such a heaven-defying effect from the first transformation alone, Sun Wukong was filled with anticipation for the remaining eight transformations, and his thoughts were full of curiosity about the alternate reality where the previous owner Lin Yi resided. If he had the chance in this life, he truly wanted to see that alternate reality!

Of course, it was only wishful thinking. The affairs of the Three Realms had not been sorted out yet. With his current strength, contending against figures like the Tathagata Buddha, a Heavenly Dao Saint, was nothing but delusion. Let alone leaving the Three Realms to wander in other worlds, it was better to honestly sort out the matters at hand before considering anything else.

"Roar!"

"Howl!"

As soon as Sun Wukong secured the shape-shifting fairy peach, he immediately became the target of all the undead mixed-blood beasts' resentment. With the hostile wind in their faces, several exotic beasts pounced on Sun Wukong, giving up their distant attacks and moving in for a close assault.

"Bring it on! Just in time for old Sun to practice this Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations a bit more!"

A gleam flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes. His pupils turned golden, and three star-shaped light spots emerged within them. The second phase of the Void-Breaking Divine Eye activated, and all of the undead mixed-blood beasts' swift movements appeared to Sun Wukong in slow motion.

"Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations, White Cloud Smoke!"

A beast's shadow charged through Sun Wukong's body, now in the state of cloud smoke. His body swiftly reconvened, and he reached into his ear to pull out the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod and smashed it against the back of the exotic beast. Power of Reincarnation and True Solar Fire surged out, tearing the body of the beast open and reducing it to flames that burned into nothingness.

"Another one!"

With consecutive uses of Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations, White Cloud Smoke, Sun Wukong strolled leisurely among the frenzied attacks of the undead mixed-blood beasts. Not only were the attacks unable to harm him, but they couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

In just over a dozen breaths, the group of undead mixed-blood beasts surrounding him were all reduced to powder and burned into nothingness.

"Haha, exhilarating! Exhilarating!"

Sun Wukong burst out laughing as the power of the Void-Breaking Divine Eye combined with the White Cloud Smoke of the Mysterious Heaven Nine Transformations greatly increased. He barely needed to exert any effort to deal with these Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts, and even if their numbers doubled, he would still have more than enough strength to handle them!

"Brother Wukong, don't get caught up in the fight, we need to leave quickly, the number of these Undead Corpse Beasts is increasing!"

The voice of Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan pulled Sun Wukong back from the thrill of the fight. Sun Wukong looked around and indeed, more and more Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts were rushing out from all over the mountainside, roaring and charging towards them, their numbers more than dozens or hundreds of times that of the current beasts!

This is bad, has this triggered a Beast Tide? But these creatures have clearly become undead, how could there still be a Beast Tide?

Could it be the work of that hidden figure again?

With no time to think further, Sun Wukong's figure flashed, he grabbed the Dragon Cat that was flying back towards him and used the Shrinking Earth into Inches Divine Skill to break through the outer perimeter.

Beast roars thundered through the sky, and corpse energy covered the wilds; the entire Beast Spirit Mountain Range was boiling over as Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts previously hidden in various parts of the mountains emerged, surrounding Sun Wukong and Mu Chenxuan.

"Boom!"

With a swing of his rod, Sun Wukong sent all the Undead Corpse Beasts blocking their path flying. He furrowed his brows; since entering the Heavenly Dragon Valley, they had never faced such a situation. No wonder Ao Tian looked so worried and preoccupied at the mention of the Beast Spirit Mountain Range; he must have anticipated this situation!

"Brother Wukong, these Undead Beasts are fearless and relentless. Continuously charging at us like this won't do; we need to find a way to break through quickly!"

Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan's brows were tightly knit. Even though he had regained the cultivation of a half-step Quasi-Saint, he still felt a chill down his spine facing this vast army of Beast Tides, as these Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts were not creatures he could wipe out with a wave of his hand.

"Of course we need to break through, but the question is, where do we break out to?"

Sun Wukong swung the Ruyi Silver-Hooped Rod, smashing all the attacking exotic beasts into pieces, but new ones immediately took their place, battling onwards endlessly. Looking around, exotic beasts covered the mountains and were coming from all directions, each with a murderous aura and violent killing intent in their eyes, completely devoid of reason.

"Are we really going to be trapped and die here?"

Mu Chenxuan panicked; if this dragged on, they would inevitably meet the end of being overwhelmed by sheer numbers, and he and Sun Wukong would be the elephants bitten to death!

"I, Old Sun, refuse to sit and wait for death!"

Sun Wukong's eyes narrowed as he activated the Void-Breaking Divine Eye with full force. The reason he hadn't used his full strength was that the Void-Breaking Divine Eye seemed to be undergoing some changes; the three starry points were slowly converging towards the center, as if merging into some kind of pattern, but it was always just a bit short of completion.

Sun Wukong was now pushing the Void-Breaking Divine Eye to its limits because there were simply too many of these Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts attacking them. Even with Sun Wukong's cultivation strength, he needed to exert all his power to accurately control the beasts' attacks and movement patterns. This pressure was what he needed.

Right now, Sun Wukong needed this kind of pressure to complete the evolution of the already progressing Void-Breaking Divine Eye and step into the Third Phase.

Missing this opportunity, it would be uncertain when the Void-Breaking Divine Eye could evolve again. Sun Wukong was deliberately not breaking out because he needed this kind of pressure, the pressure of a desperate situation where he must break through to survive.

Sun Wukong had also considered that if they continued to delay here, they would be completely trapped by these endless waves of Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts. The exotic beasts attacking him now were not of high cultivation; there were only a few of the Da Luo Golden Immortal level, and most of them were intercepted by Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan.

Sun Wukong was mainly dealing with beasts of Taiyi Golden Immortal level and below. If the upcoming waves increased with higher-cultivation Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts, even just Mu Chenxuan alone wouldn't be able to hold them off, and Sun Wukong's pressure would greatly increase, possibly leading to a tough battle until he could no longer escape, exhausting his essence blood and dying.

But still, he decided to take the risk!

The reward lies within the risk; gains require sacrifices, and for this exceptional chance for further evolution of his innate Divine Ability, the Void-Breaking Divine Eye, even if it meant risking being trapped and killed, Sun Wukong was prepared to fight. If he didn't have the courage to fight, how could he even dream of revenge?

How could he face the Tathagata Buddha or other Heavenly Dao Saints with the courage to resist? How else could he talk about revitalizing the Demon Clan, freeing them from slavery and control, and giving them a rebirth of freedom?

"Faster! Even faster! Breakthrough for me, Old Sun!"
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As he exerted all his effort, the entire pupil of the Void-Breaking Divine Eye changed from golden to dark gold. The three starry points within Sun Wukong's eyes tried to converge towards the center again and again, until finally, they connected, forming a triangular heavy pupil.

The Void-Breaking Divine Eye's Third Phase, the Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils, had finally evolved!

"Now, it's time to break out!"