Great Demon Sun Wukong

However, if you looked closely, you would find that this blood-red little flower seemed insubstantial, almost not like a real object. And within the depths of Tang Sanzang’s eyes, which were supposed to be blind, there seemed to be a pupil-like flower expanding and contracting.

When Sun Wukong awoke, a pile of campfire was crackling and burning beside him, radiating waves of warmth. With a sweep of his divine sense, he was pleasantly surprised to find that all his injuries had healed. And they had healed thoroughly, without even a trace of hidden wounds or bruises. Not only that, his strength seemed to have greatly improved.

Although his mana hadn’t increased, the terrifying power within his limbs, muscles, and blood had definitely become stronger.

He got up and moved his hands and feet. His originally stiff body gradually became supple. Only then did Sun Wukong take a good look at the cave they were in. Seeing it, he couldn’t help but bitterly smile. How could the master bring me to Coiled Silk Cave? But on second thought, the Flower Fruit Mountain was destroyed, and Buddha would definitely send Buddhist soldiers to search for the two of us.

Apart from Coiled Silk Cave, there really wasn’t a better place to hide.

After adding a few bitter branches to the campfire, Tang Sanzang returned with a big bundle of wild fruit. "Heh heh, Master, this time it’s your turn to find fruit for me to eat." Sun Wukong took the wild fruit from Tang Sanzang with a mischievous smile and casually picked one, biting into it fiercely. "Who made me your master? I can’t just let you starve. How are you feeling, are you better?"

"Now, I could fight three Jade Emperors. I’ve never felt this good. And you, Master? It looks like your injuries have also healed?"

"Hmm, I have your drop of golden blood to thank for that. Not only are my injuries completely healed, but the Transcendence Bloom has fully merged with me and even evolved. It has become the Void Transcendence Flower, and aside from transcending, it can also heal."

Before he finished speaking, Sun Wukong hurriedly said, "And it cured Master’s eyes. Haha, isn’t this a blessing in disguise?"

Tang Sanzang smiled serenely, flicked his finger, and a blood-red little flower appeared. At the same time, Tang Sanzang’s eyes mysteriously started to spin, and then both pupils turned into the shape of the blood-red little flower. Seeing this, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but marvel, "Those eyes might be even more powerful than my fiery golden eyes, right?

With these, Master, you won’t blame me for killing demons anymore. There’s probably nothing in this world that can escape these eyes."

"You monkey, always teasing your master. But these eyes are indeed marvelous. They cannot only penetrate the void, look beyond the Heavens, but also peek into the Underworld Nine Serene Realm. Moreover, there seems to be a terrifying flame hidden within these eyes, though I’m not quite familiar with it and don’t know what flame it is," Tang Sanzang finished, patting Sun Wukong lightly.

"How about we test it, Master? If it’s an extremely domineering flame, it’ll be an additional method against our enemies," Sun Wukong suggested eagerly, scratching his head. "Sure, it’s worth a try to know for sure.

But what shall we test it on?" as soon as Tang Sanzang agreed, Sun Wukong grinned widely, reached into his ear, and pulled out the Jingu Bang; but after a moment’s thought, he also took out the Nine-Toothed Rake.

"Eh, Wukong, why is Bajie’s rake in your ear?" "I don’t know; it was in my ear when I woke up. Let’s talk about that later; I have something more important to tell you, Master. Let’s test that flame first."

"Alright, you money, you’re just worried about your own staff," Tang Sanzang shook his head, then conjured a mysterious magical decree with his hands. Immediately, a red light shot from Tang Sanzang’s eyes and the temperature around them rose by several hundred degrees. Sun Wukong, quick as ever, swiftly used his mana to contain the heat within a small area.

Having established control, Sun Wukong saw the red flower in Tang Sanzang’s eyes spin rapidly, and then two flames drifted out from his pupils. They floated serenely around the blood-red flower resting on Tang Sanzang’s finger, and it seemed as though the flames were striving to take the shape of a flower. "Master, release some more flames.

These flames appear to have spiritual wisdom, and they’re trying to form their own primal shape."

When Tang Sanzang stimulated his eyes and released another thread of flame, all the flames gathered around the blood-red flower on his finger. Gradually, all the flames converged into one. After a moment, Sun Wukong looked at Tang Sanzang with shock and tremblingly said, "Master, is that, is that the Red Lotus Karma Fire?

And what’s more, it’s the Red Lotus Karma Fire with a Void Attribute!" Tang Sanzang, too, was stunned. With a movement of his Divine Sense, he commanded a spark of the Red Lotus Karma Fire to attach itself to the Nine-Toothed Rake lying on the ground.

Though it was only a spark, the fire grew more and more intense, and soon the rake’s head turned red. Tang Sanzang knew that if the fire kept burning, the Nine-Toothed Rake might get damaged, so he prepared to take back the flame. At that moment, a scream like a pig being slaughtered rang from the rake. "Ouch, ouch, I’m being burned alive, I’m being burned alive.

Master, I won’t do it again, I just wanted to laze about and sleep for a while, there’s no need to burn me with the Red Lotus Karma Fire. Master, please stop."

Tang Sanzang hastily withdrew the flame, but then he froze. "Bajie? Bajie, is that you? Bajie?" Afterwards, a figure drifted out from the Nine-Toothed Rake. As soon as the figure appeared, it immediately sat down on the ground and started rubbing its behind on the floor. "Master, Brother Monkey, it’s me, old Bajie.

I’m scalded to death, a little longer and I would’ve turned into roast pork."

"Fool, what’s happened to you? How come you’re inside the rake, and moreover, how come you’re in a spectral state?" Zhu Bajie, while still rubbing his behind, answered, "That day, I was having a great fight with the Jade Emperor, when suddenly a large bunch of monks arrived, led by Tathagata himself. Without a word, they captured both me and the Jade Emperor.

Later, Tathagata said he had brought an army of five million to annihilate the Demon Clan and Heaven, and he even tried to coerce me and the Jade Emperor into launching a surprise attack. Although I, old Bajie, may be lustful and lazy, how could I ever sneak attack the revered Tathagata? I refused and instead gave Tathagata a scolding.

Enraged, Tathagata almost killed me, beating me to nearly complete destruction of spirit and form. Luckily, old Bajie is clever, and my Divine Soul found refuge in the Nine-Toothed Rake at the last moment. Thinking I was dead, Tathagata did not bother to check further. And the Jade Emperor, seeing that I was almost beaten to death, decided to surrender. Pah, such a lack of spine for an emperor."

"But, how did the rake end up in my ear?"

"It was all because that old thing Tathagata wanted to use my corpse to threaten you. Then when Master suddenly broke free from the Golden Gongs and rescued you, that was when I maneuvered the Nine-Toothed Rake into your ear. At that time, Tathagata and his followers were distracted by Master’s flurry of blossoms and did not notice me."

"Then what’s the story with the rake inside of me?"

At this, Zhu Bajie suddenly looked displeased. "You have the nerve to ask? After I entered your ear, for some reason, there was a suction force from within you that actually drew out the Instrument Soul of my rake. Now this rake, it belongs to the Sun family. And it has temporarily become the rake’s Artifact Spirit. Otherwise, my soul would have dispersed long ago."

Sun Wukong suddenly understood, it must have been the doing of that Divine Stone of Nezha. Nezha had intended to make Sun Wukong the new master of weapons like the Qiankun Ring, but inadvertently had also taken in the Nine-Toothed Rake. Thinking of this, Sun Wukong didn’t know whether to be happy or angry.

He was glad that Zhu Bajie wasn’t dead, but furious that he had become the Artifact Spirit of his own weapon.

At this point, Tang Sanzang suddenly spoke up, "Bajie, your master may have a way to bring you back to life."