Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Just after being forcefully reverted to his original form, a voice of indignant and furious reproach reached Sun Wukong's ears. The next moment, a treasured sword that emitted a cold gleam chopped down towards his head.

"Whoosh!"

With a tilt of his head and a raise of his hand, Sun Wukong pinched the blade of the sword between two fingers. This sword was just an ordinary Immortal Sword, nowhere near the level of an Acquired Spiritual Treasure. In Sun Wukong's eyes, it was no different from scrap iron and could not harm even a hair on him.

However, the real issue was not the grade of the sword but the female owner wielding the sword.

Holding the sword was a fairy, adorned in a light pink magnificent garment and draped in a purple veil. Her skirt's pleats flowed down softly like moonlight shining on snow, cascading lightly to the ground. Her three thousand strands of black hair were tied up with a ribbon, and her exquisitely beautiful face was slightly flushed with shame and anger.

Sun Wukong was momentarily stunned and then quickly realized just what place he had accidentally barged into earlier. His face inevitably showed a hint of embarrassment.

"Fairy, listen to Old Sun's explanation, the incident just now was a misunderstanding..."

"You lecher, stop your lies! Take this!"

Sun Wukong wanted to explain a bit more, but the purple-clad fairy had already convinced herself that he was a lecher who deliberately took advantage of her. Her stern shout interrupted him, and she drew her sword and hacked fiercely at him once more. This time, the sword was imbued with flowing Immortal Force Power, indicating that it was clearly filled with Primordial Force.

"Old Sun has pressing matters to attend to, I'll apologize to the fairy another day!"

Arguing with a woman in a fury is always a mistake; in both his past and present lives, what Sun Wukong feared most was dealing with women. Without further ado, he left a few words behind and turned into a clear breeze as he fled.

"Bastard, stop right there!"

The purple-clad fairy was nearly driven mad with rage. She threw the fruit plate she was holding and, brandishing her sword, leapt into the air in pursuit of Sun Wukong.

"Damn it! When will this girl give it up?" Sun Wukong glanced back, surprised by the purple-clad fairy's speed. Since he couldn't fly on the clouds at that moment - it would be too conspicuous - and his Transformation into the wind couldn't shake her off, he realized he had no choice but to manage without losing her. It was crucial to find a place to hide and survive the tribulation!

The oppressive sensation of the Great Sun Fire Disaster grew stronger, and Sun Wukong was barely able to control himself. He paid no further attention to the purple-clad fairy chasing him and dashed towards the direction of the Heavenly River. This place was the peaceful and closest location in the Heavenly Palace's Jade Pond, in the Ninth Layer of Heaven.

Pressed for time, Sun Wukong couldn't afford to choose another place.

Hastening to the Heavenly River, Sun Wukong reverted to his true self and looked up at the firmament above. A colossal Wind Tunnel was extending from the Thirty-Three Heavens, passing through layers of blue sky, bearing down directly on the Ninth Layer of Heaven. An overwhelming oppressive force bore down mercilessly on him, standing above the Heavenly River.

"How terrifying! This is merely the initial force of the Heavenly Dao's pressure from the prologue, and it's already several times stronger than the Great Sun Fire Disaster!"

Sun Wukong's expression was extremely grave. He had experienced the last of the three disasters - the black sun wind disaster - in a previous life, but it seemed nowhere near as intense as this time; the oppressive force wasn't even a third of what it was this time. What on earth was going on?

Sun Wukong had no time left to ponder, as the dark Yin wind had already burst forth from the Wind Tunnel and was sweeping towards him.

"Aiyah~!"

A cry of alarm sounded from the side. It was the purple-clad fairy who had chased Sun Wukong to the Heavenly River. The three calamities were trials of the Heavenly Dao for those who cultivate, and during the evasion and survival of calamities, others were not allowed to enter the range of tribulation.

Otherwise, the Heavenly Dao would deem it a provocation and drag them into the disaster of the calamity as well. The purple-clad fairy, blinded by her anger, had been preoccupied with chasing after Sun Wukong and failed to notice the Wind Tunnel above the firmament. By the time she realized, it was too late.

The Yin wind that surged out of the Wind Tunnel split into two masses, with the largest still targeting Sun Wukong, but another gale headed towards the purple-clad fairy. Sun Wukong had already assessed the purple-clad fairy's cultivation; she had just reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm and stood no chance against the black sun wind disaster.

"Foolish woman!"

Sun Wukong cursed under his breath. He was about to utilize The Way of Transformation to evade the calamity but abruptly stopped. He shifted and flew towards the purple-clad woman, scooping her into his arms. His body shone with brilliant gold, forming a protective shield, blocking the Yin wind from the outside.

"Boom!"

The two streams of Yin wind merged back into one and slammed fiercely against the shield. The majority of it was blocked by the shield, but some of the Yin wind managed to break through and struck Sun Wukong's back, causing him to grunt in pain, his complexion turning pale.

The Eight-Nine Profound Skill surged through his body, the Immortal Primordial Force striving to its utmost to neutralize the Yin wind that had penetrated his body.

With Sun Wukong's strength, to take the hit from the black sun wind disaster's Yin wind was already strenuous, let alone for the purple-clad fairy. If she were to be struck directly, her body would likely disintegrate into ash in an instant.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You, why..."

The purple-robed fairy looked somewhat dazedly at Sun Wukong's pale face. She couldn't believe that this lecher would actually risk his life to save her!

"Less nonsense, get out of here quickly!"

Grinding his teeth, Sun Wukong growled, putting force into his hand and flinging the purple-robed fairy outwards, flying away. The Black Sun Wind Disaster was not limited to just a single gust of gloomy wind; the oncoming blasts would be even more dense. He could block one gust for the purple-robed fairy but not all of them.

Taking advantage of the calm before the next gust arrived, it was best for her to quickly distance herself.

Truth be told, Sun Wukong didn't know why he had taken action to shield the purple-robed fairy. He had never been interested in the opposite sex, yet he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this purple-robed fairy, and it was this baffling kinship that made him willing to harm himself to save her.

Seeing that the purple-robed fairy had been flung out of the reach of the Black Sun Wind Disaster, Sun Wukong let out a sigh of relief, his gaze intensifying as he looked up again at the wind tunnel in the sky. From within the tunnel, several gusts of gloomy wind surged out towards Sun Wukong.

Without the purple-robed fairy to worry about, Sun Wukong fully unleashed The Way of Transformation, projecting illusion after illusion of myriad things from his body, neutralizing the gusts of wind into nothingness, and did not suffer the slightest injury.

"This guy, so impressive!"

The purple-robed fairy, having landed on the bank of the Heavenly River, watched Sun Wukong's figure above the river. A flash of amazement crossed her eyes, followed by a surge of confusion. Why had she suddenly felt an indescribable sense of warmth and kinship when Sun Wukong had held her? Since the development of her Divine Sense, she had never experienced such a feeling before. How strange...

Within the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Sky of Resentment, The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, who was engaged in alchemy, seemed to sense something and turned his head towards the direction of the Heavenly River. His gaze pierced through the beams and walls to the wind tunnel that ran through multiple layers of heaven, and a hint of surprise flickered in his eyes: "The Black Sun Wind Disaster?

Someone dares to dodge disaster and cross tribulation within the Heavenly Court; quite a bold one indeed!"

After calculating with his fingers, The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord displayed confusion and astonishment on his face: "The stone monkey Sun Wukong, with an unclear mentor and cultivation technique, even his past is vague, how odd!"

A Saint's ability allows them to divine all things under Zhou Tian, yet The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord could not decipher Sun Wukong's situation, shrouded in clouds and mist as it was. This was the first time such a circumstance had occurred.

Normally, for one to obstruct divine calculation, the individual must at least be at the Quasi-Saint Realm to obscure the heavens' secrets and resist the divination of a Heavenly Dao Saint. This was far from ordinary!

"Sun Wukong, huh? An interesting little monkey! With his commotion, I suspect many will be unable to sit still," he murmured.

After pondering for a few moments, The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord revealed a sly smile at the corner of his mouth, closed his eyes, and continued his alchemy, as if he hadn't noticed Sun Wukong facing the Black Sun Wind Disaster within the Heavenly Court at all.

In the Heavenly Palace's Miro Palace of the Supreme Pure Heaven, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, who was giving a sermon, also detected the disturbance within the Heavenly Palace. He paused, calculated with his fingers for a while, and his face showed the same perplexity as that of The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, which he promptly concealed and continued his discourse.

In Supreme Pure Heaven's Greenwave Palace, the Leader of Tongtian also became aware of Sun Wukong facing the Black Sun Wind Disaster above the Heavenly River. However, his attention was not on Sun Wukong, but on Luo Bai, the Green Lotus Sword Immortal, who was wandering chaotically within the Jade Pond.

With a reach of his hand, Luo Bai was pulled straight from the Jade Pond through the multiple layers of heaven into the Greenwave Palace.

"Master?"

Luo Bai only felt dizzy as the world spun around; when he came to, he was already in front of the Leader of Tongtian, immediately startled, then swiftly knelt down on both knees, bowing deeply three times, "Your disciple pays respects to master!"

"Xiao Bai, it's been a thousand years, and your cultivation progress is beyond what I expected," the Leader of Tongtian said, with a hint of admiration in his eyes for Luo Bai. "But how did you end up in the Jade Pond?"

"I'm not sure either. It was Brother Monkey who brought me out from The Borderlands," Luo Bai scratched his head.

"Master, what is this place? Is this your sacred domain?"

Luo Bai was a disciple the Leader of Tongtian casually accepted while traveling the Mortal World. After imparting the Heavenly Sword technique, he left on a cloud.

In all honesty, Luo Bai still did not know that his master was one of the Three Purities, the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerate, the renowned ancestor of Sword Immortals from the times of Divine Enthronement, the Leader of Tongtian, nor was he aware that this place lay within Greenwave Palace in the Supreme Pure Heaven, above the Thirty-Three Heavens.

"Brother Monkey?"

The Leader of Tongtian slightly furrowed his brow, waving his hand and a water mirror appeared, showing Sun Wukong crossing the Black Sun Wind Disaster above the Heavenly River, "Him?"

"Yes, exactly him! His name is Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equalling Heaven! It was he who helped me obtain the Purple Lightning Blue Glint Sword in The Borderlands and brought me out. He's my good brother, Brother Monkey!" Luo Bai nodded repeatedly, completely unaware of the unusual changes in the Leader of Tongtian's expression, his eyes flashing with sharpness: "Great Sage Equalling Heaven?

This little monkey certainly doesn't lack in boldness! With that said, you've been to The Borderlands and even got a Spiritual Treasure? Impressive, impressive, truly worthy of being my disciple! To be able to bring you out from The Borderlands, this little monkey must be much more capable than I thought..."