Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Ran away?"

Sun Wukong watched as the Heavenly Prince and the Dark Soul Hall Domain King expert swiftly shot into the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault, chuckling, "Am I really that terrifying?"

"Brother Monkey, they must be afraid of being ganged up on by us! Such petty minds, thinking everyone else is as despicable as they are! Even if we were to go against them, we'd do it one-on-one. Do they think everyone is as shameless as they are?"

Luo Bai snorted coldly on the side.

"Forget it, if they've run away, so be it. There are so many Magical Treasures in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault. Even if they enter first, they won't be able to collect much!"

Sun Wukong glanced back at those powerful individuals from various forces, blocked outside the barrier, all angrily shouting and threatening them to open a breach, or else.

To these threats, Sun Wukong merely gave a disdainful laugh. Not being able to enter, aren't such threats a bit absurd?

A bunch of fools!

"Let's go, let's go in and collect the treasures. Let those barking dogs continue to make a racket outside!"

Sun Wukong gestured to Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and the others, and they crossed the threshold, heading inside the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault.

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"Heavenly Prince! Where are you, Heavenly Prince?"

After passing through the door, Soul Xiao, the Dark Soul Hall Domain King expert, suddenly found the Heavenly Prince missing. He searched for a long time but couldn't find him. It seemed they had entered different spaces the moment they crossed the door, filling him with immense fear.

The Heavenly Prince realized Soul Xiao had disappeared as well. However, after a moment of surprise, he calmed down. The Heavenly Que Realm is a relic of the Ancient Heavenly Court, with many techniques lost to the current Yuan Realm. Creating such an Overlapping Space in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault is not unusual!

His aim was to find treasures. As long as he could obtain them, nothing else mattered. Having Soul Xiao nearby to cooperate would be ideal, but it wasn't essential. Without another to compete against him, all the treasures he found would be his.

Sun Wukong and his party encountered the same situation. The moment he crossed the treasure vault's door, he sensed some Space-Time Great Dao Law Power acting on him, and those around him, like Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor, vanished.

"There must be numerous parallel overlapping spaces within the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault!"

After a brief surprise, Sun Wukong quickly composed himself. He'd faced such solitary ventures before; nothing too concerning. Since they couldn't help each other, it was up to individual abilities!

"Hmm, what's that?"

Floating midair ahead was a light cluster in soft gold. Sun Wukong took a few steps, leapt into the air, and grabbed it. It was the Jade Scepter he used to reveal the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault, encountering it once again here!

"Hmm, could it be that I'm the only one to acquire this Jade Scepter?"

Such a thought popped into Sun Wukong's mind. The more he thought, the more possible it seemed. This Jade Scepter, obtained from the Heavenly Emperor's throne, was evidently precious. Otherwise, it wouldn't make the treasure vault appear. How could such a treasure be common?

Perhaps because he had touched the Jade Scepter before, the rune power inside had entered him, leading to this encounter?

No matter what, this Jade Scepter must have further uses, best to keep it for now!

Sun Wukong stored the Jade Scepter in his robe and proceeded along the passage.

After traversing a long corridor, he reached a hall with variously colored floating light clusters, each connected by beams of light. Inside were Magical Weapons and, of course, some jade slips and books, presumably the Divine Weapon Magical Treasures and Cultivation Technique Manuals preserved in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault!

The quantity seemed rather sparse!

Sun Wukong counted; there were just ten light clusters in total, including three weapons, two sets of battle armor, three Magical Treasures of unknown use, along with a jade slip and a book.

A Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault should boast more than these meager ten treasures!

Sun Wukong noticed a corridor opposite, appearing as an upward staircase, suggesting this was merely the treasure vault's first level, with more floors above.

"Can these treasures be freely taken?"

Regardless of quantity, treasure encountered couldn't just slip away. However, instead of hasting to seize them, Sun Wukong activated his Void-Breaking Moon Eyes to inspect each one.

From the Ancient Era to now, the Heavenly Que Realm opens every hundred thousand years. Certainly, previous entrants accessed the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault. If there were no restrictions on collecting treasures, they'd have been claimed ages ago, not awaiting them now.

Indeed, as Sun Wukong used his Void-Breaking Moon Eyes, he noticed inscription lines within each light cluster: All treasures, each person limited to three!

Only three? So regardless of whether it was a divine weapon, battle armor, talisman, or any other Magical Treasure or Cultivation Technique Manuals, each person could only claim three, with no further acquisitions beyond that. Even faced with greater treasures, they'd only be able to look!

"Heh, the treasure vault's creator is indeed devious, not clarifying this restriction. Lucky that I, old Sun, have the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes and noticed, else rashly claiming three might have left me frustrated after realizing no more could be obtained!"

Sun Wukong secretly congratulated himself on not being too hasty and couldn't help but wonder if others failed to notice, rushing to gather treasures only to regret once it's too late.

"Whoosh!"

Just as this thought arose, a light cluster enveloping a longsword vanished, taking the longsword with it.

"Taken by someone? How? Old Sun didn't even see anyone!"

Startled, Sun Wukong looked around with his Void-Breaking Moon Eyes but saw no one, then suddenly realized.

Got it! It's due to the parallel overlapping spaces!

While the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault has numerous parallel spaces, they overlap in parts; the treasures reside in these overlapping areas!

In other words, all treasures appear in each overlapping space. Once taken from any parallel space, they disappear like this.