Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Such powerful strength! It feels as if I'm being suppressed!"

Sun Wukong's face darkened. Within the embryo of the Absolute Sword Domain, he felt a tremendous pressure, as if the entire heaven and earth were suppressing his strength. The Chaotic Primordial Force inside him seemed stimulated and started operating on its own, following the trajectory of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill. It accelerated, filling every part of Sun Wukong's body.

As the Chaotic Primordial Force operated, Sun Wukong felt the pressure on him lessen considerably. The previously sluggish feeling had vanished as if the Chaotic Primordial Force was not restricted by the domain. Initially, he could not borrow even a tiny bit of the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Force, yet now he could use just a little.

It felt as though the Chaotic Primordial Force had pushed open a small breathing space from within the domain around him.

Even so, Sun Wukong still felt a massive pressure. Unlike Ying Long and Ying Tian, he did not realize this was the embryo of a domain. Such things were typically only encountered at the Quasi-Saint Realm. In his past life, Sun Wukong had reached only the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and the ancient texts in the Scripture Pavilion of Three-Star Cave never mentioned it.

Naturally, he had no way of knowing, but he could tell that this move by the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was powerful.

Pressure, an unprecedented pressure. Beads of sweat as large as beans appeared on Sun Wukong's forehead and streamed down his cheeks, yet he was hardly aware of it.

"Demon Monkey, today is your last day!"

"Behead!"

Within a hundred zhang radius, it seemed to have fallen under the control of the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable, whose voice sounded as if it came from above the Nine Heavens and yet as close as a whisper in the ear, making it impossible to discern the direction.

As his words fell, the Sword of Annihilation suddenly split open, and one after another, Swords of Annihilation appeared within the domain. In the blink of an eye, over a thousand Swords of Annihilation manifested, indistinguishable as to which was the real Sword of Annihilation.

"Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils!"

Sun Wukong's pupils turned dark gold, and triangular heavy pupils appeared within his eyes, initiating the third phase of the Void-Breaking Divine Eye, scanning the myriad Swords of Annihilation in the sky.

"They are all real!"

He had thought that among these Swords of Annihilation only one was real, and the rest were fake, but under the gaze of the Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils, these Swords of Annihilation all turned out to be substantial!

Of course, there was still a difference: one of them was the Sword of Annihilation itself, with the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable hiding within the sword light, while the others were formed from condensed Sword Qi but were almost as solid as the Sword of Annihilation itself.

The strength of these thousand Swords of Annihilation was terrifying. Sun Wukong felt a chill travel from his tailbone to the top of his skull, reminiscent of the feeling he had when facing the Golden Buddha Hand of Tathagata Buddha in his past. This time, it seemed he had really stirred up trouble!

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

As Sun Wukong inwardly cursed his fate, the myriad Swords of Annihilation already began flying towards him, their fierce annihilating Sword Qi causing his body hair to stand on end.

Block them, he must block them! Otherwise, he would be done for!

"Cloning Divine Powers!"

"Heaven-Breaking Eighteen Sticks!"

"Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!"

Activating the Cloning Divine Powers, Sun Wukong's clones leapt out from his body. Leveraging the force of chaos, he deployed the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist. Six huge Reincarnation Realms materialized on his fists, spinning rapidly and fiercely pulling the Swords of Annihilation towards the Reincarnation Realms.

Sun Wukong himself also fully activated the Power of Reincarnation, unleashing his strongest ultimate move, the Heaven-Breaking Eighteen Sticks. Eighteen stick shadows materialized and struck at the incoming Swords of Annihilation. The moment they met, all the stick shadows split into more shadows, colliding with the other Swords of Annihilation.

Within the Absolute Sword Domain, a series of dense booming sounds erupted as the Swords of Annihilation collapsed under the impact of the sticks and the grinding of the Reincarnation Realms, turning into wisps of Sword Qi that flew back to the original Sword of Annihilation, which still hovered in its previous position and hadn't attacked yet.

The booming continued, and Sun Wukong's figure was completely engulfed in the frenzied impact of energy and light. Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan on the side felt anxious but was unable to help, nor did he dare to rush into the Absolute Sword Domain. Like Ying Long and Ying Tian, he recognized that the move launched by the Cultivation Heavenly Venerable was the embryo of a domain.

Even if he had been at the peak of his Quasi-Saint cultivation, facing this domain embryo would have been beyond his capability.

Compared to Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan, Ying Long and Ying Tian's perception was much clearer. The Cultivation Heavenly Venerable had summoned a group of Undead Mixed-Blood Beasts using Puppetry Technique, all of which had been annihilated under Ying Long's Dragon's Roar.

At this moment, his dragon eyes, flickering with a bright blue light, were tightly focused on the fluctuating energy ripples in the Absolute Sword Domain, his expression quite astonished.

"This kid, he's actually holding on for now!"

Against so many attacks from the Sword of Annihilation, Sun Wukong actually managed to block them! Although it was only temporary, and these Swords of Annihilation were merely the physical embodiment of Sword Qi, the difference from the actual Swords of Annihilation wasn't too significant. The sheer number of these Swords of Annihilation had completely made up for the quality difference.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Anyone else might have been annihilated, not even dust left behind. Ying Long and Ying Tian thought to themselves that if it were them, they probably couldn't have held on, but Sun Wukong incredibly managed to do so!

Sun Wukong blocked the slashes from these Swords of Annihilation!

While Ying Long and Ying Tian were shocked, Sun Wukong was secretly lamenting. His ability to temporarily block these attacks was not because his strength was substantial or his power was vast, nor did it mean his strength could contend with the power of the domain. Most crucially, it was due to his innate divine ability, the third phase of the Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils!

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Under the Void-Breaking Heavy Pupils, Sun Wukong could clearly see each trajectory of the Sword of Annihilation's slash, knowing how to use the least amount of strength to block the most slashes. Whether it was the Heaven-Breaking Eighteen Sticks or the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, there was basically no loss in power, achieving the maximum effect.

Even so, Sun Wukong hadn't completely blocked all the attacks from these Swords of Annihilation; nearly a hundred swords broke through the shadow of the rod and the Six Paths of Reincarnation and slashed towards him. Other than bearing it directly, Sun Wukong had no other means, for this was within the Absolute Sword Domain, where he couldn't use the power of Space Law to dodge.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The slight sound of blades cutting flesh was covered by the booming sounds of energy, and Ying Long and Ying Tian, positioned outside the Absolute Sword Domain, failed to notice. They assumed that Sun Wukong had managed to block all the slashes from the Swords of Annihilation.

After the continuous blasting for a period, the ripple of energy and the smog of bright light eventually dispersed, revealing Sun Wukong and his clones.

On Sun Wukong's body were several sword marks, deep enough to expose bone, but no blood flowed out, as if his essence blood was locked inside by some unknown force. The situation of his clones was much more severe; their bodies were covered in sword marks, almost without a piece of good flesh!

"Boom!"

The Sword Qi remaining in the wounds began to burst, and Sun Wukong's clones were instantly slashed into pieces by the terrible sword energy. The Vajra Indestructible Body was almost useless as the crushed pieces of the clones turned into strands of essence Qi and returned to Sun Wukong's body.

The destruction of his clones also caused a backlash to Sun Wukong, his complexion suddenly turned flushed, and he almost spewed a mouthful of blood but forcibly swallowed it back down.

The moment the clones were annihilated by the bursting Sword Qi, Sword Qi also emerged from the sword wounds on Sun Wukong's own body, though luckily, it was just a few, and they were enveloped and assimilated by the Chaos Primordial Force without causing much damage to his body.

"He's not dead?"

The astonished voice of Cultivation Heavenly Venerate rang out, the actual bodies of the Swords of Annihilation hovering in the air slightly trembled. In his view, the attack just now would have reduced not just a Taiyi Golden Immortal realm demon monkey but even a Quasi-Saint master to ashes.

Yet, Sun Wukong had endured it, only his clones were annihilated, and the injuries on his own body were not severe. This was utterly unbelievable!

This demon monkey, how exactly did he block it? That's incredibly perverse!

"Such formidable power!"

While Cultivation Heavenly Venerate was shaken, Sun Wukong felt no less astonishment. The Eight-Nine Profound Skill was fully activated, with the sword wounds on his body visibly healing at a noticeable rate, but Sun Wukong's pressure did not decrease by any bit because the oppressive feeling around him did not lessen.

The actual body of the Sword of Annihilation hadn't attacked along with those Swords of Annihilation formed from Sword Qi earlier, which meant Cultivation Heavenly Venerate had not yet attacked with his full strength. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be standing so well right now!

"A breakthrough is necessary, now, or there might never be a chance!"

Until now, Sun Wukong had been suppressing his cultivation growth to solidify the foundation of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm completely, so that after gathering the Top Three Flowers and the Five Qi in the Chest and entering the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm, he could possess strength far beyond ordinary Da Luo Golden Immortals, even comparable to Quasi-Saints.

Originally according to his plan, he was to wait until entering the Dragon Nest Underground Palace, obtaining the Chaos Dragon Divine Armor and the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, then make the breakthrough. However, as the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes.

If he didn't break through now, with his current strength, he surely wouldn't be the opponent of Cultivation Heavenly Venerate who had unleashed the Absolute Sword Domain.

"Essence Refining and Qi Transforming to gather the Human Flower!"

"Qi Refining and Spirit Transforming to gather the Earth Flower!"

"Spirit Returning to the Void to gather the Heaven Flower!"

"Essence as the Jade Flower, Qi as the Golden Flower, Spirit as the Nine Flowers. The Three Flowers return to the void, merging with the void to unite with the Dao, gathered at the Mysterious Passageway, break!

All of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit converged towards the Mysterious Passageway acupoint at the top of his head, Sun Wukong's eyes burst with golden light, and three spiritual blossoms emerged from the Mysterious Passageway on top of his head.