Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong's fate-Chapter 72 - Isn’t This the Senior Brother’s Problem

72: Chapter 72 Isn’t This the Senior Brother’s Problem?

72 -72 Isn’t This the Senior Brother’s Problem?

Underworld Hell.

Mountain peaks stretched unceasingly.

Countless wandering souls and wild ghosts fluttered in this world.

The cries of ghosts and howls of wolves rose and fell intermittently.

Black Impermanence and White Impermanence, holding the soul of Sun Wukong, walked on the Yin Yang Path, surrounded by numerous wandering souls and wild ghosts who aimlessly drifted along the Path to Yellow Springs.

There were not only members of the Human Race but also of the Demon Race.

Before long, at the horizon of heaven and earth, a majestic city appeared.

This city was vast, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Within this city laid ten Yama’s Palaces, aligned in a row.

Just past the Naihe Bridge, nearing this great city, a glint of golden light flashed in the eyes of Sun Wukong.

He did not move rashly but surveyed his surroundings.

Apart from a chain around his neck, there were no other restraints.

In front of him stood two Underworld Envoys, one in a black robe and the other in a white robe, pulling on his neck chain, choosing to go forward.

Looking at the ancient city bearing the name “Fengdu.”

Watching this scene, he couldn’t help but feel that this scenario seemed familiar, as if someone had mentioned it to him before.

That’s right!

Brother!

His brother had indeed mentioned it.

Moreover, the cultivation level of these two ghosts was not high, merely at the celestial immortal cultivation level at best—truly not high.

All this seemed exactly like the choice Wang Yang had laid before him.

Now he had three choices.

The first choice was to use all his strength to kill them outright and then return to Mount Huaguo to continue being the Great King.

These two Underworld Envoys were only celestial immortals, and although they had restraining effects on ghosts, he had reached the early stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal and was infinitely close to the middle stage.

It was not difficult to eliminate these two Underworld Envoys.

The second choice was to go along with their plan.

After all, if his soul could be snatched, the same could happen to his monkey descendants.

Therefore, going along with their plan, heading to the Underworld Hell, finding the Book of Life and Death, erasing his name, as well as the names of his monkey descendants, and then leaving composedly.

Initially, he had chosen one of these two, but after the events that had recently transpired, Sun Wukong had come to understand the dangers of this world.

He now unhesitatingly abandoned these two options.

Life and death are part of the Heavenly Dao.

How could he, Sun Wukong, intervene?

Merely failing to deliver a Demon-Subduing Pestle brought him such trouble.

If he meddled with the major matter of the cycle of life and death, it would not be just a few monks coming after him.

Probably the celestial Court would descend with celestial Soldiers and Generals.

Sun Wukong acknowledged that if he could reach the cultivation level of a Saint, perhaps he could attempt it.

With his current minor cultivation level, acting would be akin to seeking death.

Better to forget it.

At that moment, Sun Wukong’s thoughts stirred, and a figure identical to him appeared in his original spot, while his original body had already drifted away, returning to Mount Huaguo. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Sun Wukong was gone, but Black Impermanence and White Impermanence did not notice anything amiss.

They still led Sun Wukong’s duplicate through the city gates and deep into the Ghost City.

At this point, the two beings truly relaxed.

After all, Yama, Lord of Hell, had repeatedly and earnestly instructed them to be cautious in dealing with Sun Wukong and to make sure he did not notice anything.

But now that they had led Sun Wukong’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits from the Earth Immortal Realm into Underworld Hell and into Fengdu, there still was no reaction.

“Phew, it seems Sun Wukong is not as troublesome as we imagined!”

Looking at the Hall of Yama close at hand, White Impermanence breathed a sigh of relief and jokingly said, while observing Sun Wukong’s still dazed duplicate.

“We are not there yet!”

Black Impermanence remained serious, then coldly said, “We must bring this monkey in front of King Qin Yama as soon as possible, only then can we consider our duty fulfilled!”

Although White Impermanence felt that Black Impermanence was being overly cautious, he understood that it was better to be cautious.

Thus, the two of them made their way to the Palace of King Qin Guang at an even faster pace.

Inside the Underworld, their ranks were not high among the Underworld Envoys.

This task handed down directly by King Qin Guang, they dared not slack off or wish for any mishaps, as they could not afford the consequences.

The two of them did not interact with any other Underworld Envoys along the way, quickly heading towards the Palace of King Qin Guang.

A moment later, a palace towering thousands of feet high appeared before Black and White Impermanence.

Sun Wukong’s clone also looked bewildered at the scene before him.

Although he had never been to the Underworld, he had heard of its existence.

The Underworld, affiliated with the Celestial Court, controls the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the reincarnation of all beings in the Three Realms happens here.

Even Immortals, after death, must undergo the Six Paths of Reincarnation for rebirth.

The Underworld is ruled by the Ten Great Celestial Children.

King Qin Guang, Chu Jiang Wang, Emperor Song, King Wu Guan, King Yama, King Biancheng, King Taishan, City King, King of Equality, Cakravala.

These Ten Yama Kings are also Orthodox Deities bestowed by the Celestial Court, governing the Underworld and the reincarnation of all beings.

Of course, these Ten Yama Kings are not the highest rulers of the Underworld.

The immediate superior of the Ten Yama Kings is the Lord of Mount Tai, also the Emperor of Mount Tai, an Orthodox Deity of the Celestial Court in charge of the Underworld.

Of course, Ksitigarbha, born countless years ago, possesses strength surpassing the Lord of Mount Tai, yet in the Underworld, their statuses are equal.

Even because Ksitigarbha is associated with Buddhism, some of his orders might not be as effective as those from the Lord of Mount Tai.

After the Calamity of Measurement in ancient times, when sorcerers and monsters fell, the control of the Underworld fell into the hands of the Celestial Court, with the Six Paths of Reincarnation serving as the eternal resting place for all beings in the Three Realms, a position of great merit.

This significant advantage, naturally, would not be easily relinquished by the nascent Buddhism, which is why Ksitigarbha commenced his significant plans.

This also allowed for his potential entry into ruling the Underworld.

However, the forced intervention of Buddhism in the matters of the Underworld, as expected, displeased the Lord of Mount Tai, and the Ten Yama Kings, as people of the Celestial Court, naturally did not regard Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva too highly.

The reason they cooperated this time was only because of the Jade Emperor’s decree.

Of course, as the Three Realms are divided between Buddhism and Daoism, any place is naturally fraught with conflicts, making situations uniquely complex.

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At this moment, Black and White Impermanence were leading Sun Wukong’s clone, stepping up the stairs, and quickly reached the grand hall above.

“Palace of King Qin Guang!”

Sun Wukong’s clone had also seen the name of this grand hall.

His heart couldn’t help but stir slightly.

He hadn’t expected that these two Underworld Envoys would actually bring him to the foremost of the Ten Yama Kings.

It was just a clone after all; losing it was not a big deal.

If using a clone could circumvent the matter of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he did not mind.

But hadn’t Patriarch Bodhi mentioned that he had already attained longevity?

Why would he still be subjected to soul-snatching?

Although he did not understand, Sun Wukong’s clone still pretended to be dazed and followed Black and White Impermanence into the Palace of King Qin Guang.