Great Demon Sun Wukong

Di Jiang, known as the Ancestral Witch of Space, moved with a speed beyond imagination. Others move within the same space, but Di Jiang folded space itself for movement. It was like having two points on a sheet of paper; others had to travel across the paper to get from one point to another, but Di Jiang could simply fold the paper, making the two points overlap.

Thus, Di Jiang’s speed had transcended the bounds of time and space.

That day, one astonishing event after another kept happening for Sun Wukong, and now even the Twelve Ancestral Witches had come forth. Just how many more terrifying methods did the Taoist sect have hidden away?

But at that moment, there was no time for Sun Wukong to ponder further, for as soon as Di Jiang appeared before him, the Inch Staff in his hand was already thrusting out rapidly. If this strike were to land, Sun Wukong had no doubt that he might lose his life on the spot. However, Di Jiang’s speed was simply too fast for Sun Wukong to even have a chance to react.

Just as the Inch Staff was about to touch Sun Wukong’s forehead, a Bronze Bell suddenly covered him. The Inch Staff struck the Bronze Bell fiercely, and a buzzing sound reverberated instantly. Inside the bell, Sun Wukong finally snapped back to reality, and as the buzzing of the bell continued, he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his eyes.

The pain was so real and uncontrollable that it felt as if his eyes were about to burst, as though countless fierce fires were scorching them.

At this moment, the Six-Eared Macaque cried out in shock, "Master? Is that you, Master?"

Following the Six-Eared Macaque’s outcry, a young figure in a green Taoist robe slowly appeared next to the Bronze Bell shielding Sun Wukong. Seeing this familiar silhouette, tears involuntarily welled up in the Six-Eared Macaque’s eyes. Over the many years, aside from the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain, what the Six-Eared Macaque missed the most was his mysterious master.

Unexpectedly, the master had appeared before him like this, and upon arrival, had saved Sun Wukong.

"Six-Eared, in the face of a great enemy, what is this behavior? Is this how I taught you?" Chastised by his master, the Six-Eared Macaque was momentarily stunned and then realized this wasn’t the time for a master-disciple reunion. Wiping away his tears, he grasped the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff and leaped to Sun Wukong’s other side.

"Master, your disciple shall fight alongside you."

"Good, that’s my worthy disciple. Get ready, we must buy Sun Wukong a quarter of an hour at all costs, else my painstaking efforts will be in vain."

Not questioning why, the Six-Eared Macaque simply gazed resolutely at Master Tongtian and the Twelve Ancestral Witches not far away. Having failed in its initial attack, Di Jiang had already returned to Master Tongtian’s side.

"I thought it was someone formidable, but it turns out to be just an Artifact Spirit. Has the Demon Clan truly run out of people? Hahaha. Good, let me slowly test and see what these Twelve Ancestral Witches are truly capable of. After all, this is my first time summoning them."

"Six-Eared, be extremely cautious. Each of the Twelve Ancestral Witches possesses different Divine Skills. Although their strength has dropped to the intermediate phase of the Saint realm due to being summoned, they are still absolutely formidable. Moreover, Tongtian seems to have mastered the Great Twelve Heavenly God Devil-killing Formation."

No sooner had the green-robed man finished speaking, a small flag engraved with the name Zhurong suddenly moved forward. Then, as Zhurong, one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Fire God, exploded with flames all around, he flicked his right hand, and the Heavenly Fire Divine Whip unfurled. The blazing flames attached to the whip seemed intent on burning the void itself to ashes.

Seeing that it was the Fire God Zhurong who had made the move, the Six-Eared Macaque dared not take it lightly. Among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Zhurong was recognized as a combat maniac, second only in combat power to the War God Xing Tian.

Moreover, Zhurong had the innate ability to devour all fires in the world, and over countless years, had devoured numerous Strange Fires, so the flames within him had reached a horrifying level.

So, when the Heavenly Fire Divine Whip came slashing, the Six-Eared Macaque didn’t dare to block it head-on and dodged to the side. The Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff shot out, and with the staff’s launch, two Divine Dragons opened their gaping maws and charged toward the Fire God.

However, the Fire God did not even take a glance at the Six-Eared Macaque and instead spewed a nearly transparent white flame at the person in green.

As soon as the flame was released, it transformed into a ferocious beast and roared towards the person in green. Realizing that Zhurong had disregarded himself and directly attacked his mentor, the Six-Eared Macaque bellowed in rage, ready to turn around and defend.

"Six-Eared, do not concern yourself with me. Your target is the elderly Taoist Tongtian."

Hearing the telepathic message from his mentor, the Six-Eared Macaque hesitated for a moment before giving up the idea of turning around, and instead went straight for Master Tongtian, who was behind the eleven Ancestral Witches.

Clearly, Master Tongtian also saw the intent of the Six-Eared Macaque but did not care in the least. One Zhurong was enough to restrain the Artifact Spirit; with the eleven Ancestral Witches still at his disposal, there was no way the Six-Eared Macaque, no matter how powerful, could harm him.

So, although summoning the Twelve Ancestral Witches had left him drained of Spiritual Power and without any combat power, Tongtian had strong confidence in these twelve Ancestral Witches. Moreover, even if the Six-Eared Macaque really did break through the defense of the eleven Ancestral Witches, it wouldn’t matter, for he had yet to employ the Heavenly Fire Divine Whip.

Therefore, watching the charging Six-Eared Macaque, Tongtian simply commanded Hou Yi, Kuafu, and the Thunder God to step forward and block him. The three of them were arranged with Kuafu in the front, then the Thunder God, and Hou Yi at the rear. However, once these three Ancestral Witches took their positions, Tongtian realized the Six-Eared Macaque had disappeared!

What remained were two Divine Dragons, carrying fierce and violent dragon auras as they flew toward them. Although the Six-Eared Macaque was gone, Tongtian was not worried and ordered the three Ancestral Witches to attack the two Divine Dragons.

The two Divine Dragons, each possessing only a drop of their true blood, were not easy to deal with—after all, the Azure Dragon and the Yellow Dragon were divine beings born with the universe itself.

In an instant, the three Ancestral Witches entangled themselves in battle with the two Divine Dragons. However, anyone with clear sight could see that it was only a matter of time before the dragons met their defeat, being outnumbered three to two. So where exactly had the Six-Eared Macaque gone?

The timeline rolls back to when Sun Wukong had just been engulfed by the Azure Great Clock; as he watched Di Jiang’s close-range staff about to tap his forehead, he never expected a bronze bell to appear out of thin air.

As Sun Wukong was covered by the bell, he suddenly felt as if something had entered his eyes, causing excruciating pain in an instant, almost making him ignore a telepathic message in his mind.

"Great Saint Sun, I am the mentor of Six-Eared Macaque. What just merged into your eyes is the essence blood and mana of two ancient Divine Beasts, Danghu and Bifang. Quickly use the Strange Fire in your body to refine and absorb it. The Six-Eared and I will buy you time!"

As the voice dissipated, Sun Wukong was already seated inside the Azure Great Clock, enduring the severe pain as he began to refine with all his might.

Normally, it would have taken a peak-level saint decades to absorb these two spheres of essence blood and mana energy, but thanks to the Fire Attribute Divine Stone and the seven Strange Fires within Sun Wukong’s body, the time needed for refinement was shortened by thousands to tens of thousands of times.

Moreover, the person in green had removed all the impurities and malign energies beforehand to ensure that Sun Wukong would only absorb the purest energy.

Thus, in just three minutes, Sun Wukong had completely absorbed the two massive yet pure spheres of energy. However, these spheres of energy did not increase Sun Wukong’s cultivation by the slightest, but that did not mean they were without benefit.

Most directly, Sun Wukong’s Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils finally broke through with the help of these two spheres of energy, surpassing the stage of distinguishing true from false, and continued their breakthrough towards revealing truth amidst falsehood. Furthermore, they reached the "Luminous Gaze from Afar". This was truly an unexpected surprise for Sun Wukong.

Actually, from the moment the two spheres of energy merged into his eyes, Sun Wukong had already sensed that his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils were on the verge of a breakthrough, but he had not expected them to achieve the "Luminous Gaze from Afar".

If he could make another breakthrough, then soon he would reach the ultimate state of Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils. "Seeing the Essence" and "Viewing the Universe" were the last two realms remaining.

Not only did the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils make a breakthrough, but the two spheres of energy also merged Sun Wukong’s four pairs of wings into a pair of colorful wings, greatly increasing his speed. However, Sun Wukong had a feeling that the speed of Di Jiang, the Ancestral Witch of space, might just be this limit.