Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 730 - 731: The Jade Emperor’s Demonization (Third Update!)

"Crack!"

Within the sharp crack, a web of cracks appeared on the surface of the mirror, and the next moment, the entire Hao Tian Mirror shattered abruptly, smashed into pieces by the clone of the Six-Eared Macaque with a staff strike.

"Damn it!"

The Hao Tian Mirror was a magical treasure closely connected to the Jade Emperor’s life, and now that it had suddenly broken, the backlash made the Jade Emperor spew out a mouthful of blood, nearly exploding with fury. The sword qi on his Hao Tian Sword surged as he fiercely pounced towards the Six-Eared Macaque, knowing that if he could slay this monkey, its clone would naturally weaken!

"Clang!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out as the Wishful Iron Staff blocked the sword strike from the Hao Tian Sword. The next moment, the Jade Emperor took a heavy kick to the gut and was sent flying by a kick from the Six-Eared Macaque.

With the Hao Tian Mirror broken, the Six-Eared Macaque had regained its ability to move and would no longer allow the Jade Emperor to slaughter it as he pleased.

"You old Jade Emperor, weren’t you quite pleased with yourself just now? Let’s see you be pleased again!"

The Six-Eared Macaque’s face was full of ferociousness. Having nearly fallen at the hands of the Jade Emperor moments ago, it was now consumed with rage and murderous intent, and both its clone and the main body launched a fierce attack on the Jade Emperor.

Although the Six-Eared Macaque’s cultivation was indeed lesser than that of the Jade Emperor, that was only because he had chosen a path with greater prospects, just like Sun Wukong. It did not mean his combat power was insufficient. In fact, among his peers, no one from Flower-Fruit Mountain, including Erlang God Yang Jian, Nezha, and Green Lotus Sword Immortal Luo Bai, had combat power that could surpass the Six-Eared Macaque—except for Sun Wukong.

Now that the Six-Eared Macaque had flown into a rage, the Jade Emperor was in for some bad luck. The Hao Tian Mirror was destroyed, and suffering from the backlash, he was severely injured. Facing the Six-Eared Macaque, which had now employed its Cloning Divine Powers, he was forced to retreat repeatedly, and the strength of the Slaying One Corpse Merit Saint couldn’t be fully displayed at that moment!

Cultivation was not always proportional to actual strength. Although the Jade Emperor had lived for a long time, when it came to real combat, he was not even close to the Six-Eared Macaque. When the tide of battle was in his favor, he seemed invincible, but once the situation turned against him, he panicked and couldn’t exert his true power!

"Hao Tian, you’re useless! Truly worthless!"

Primordial Heavenly Venerable, who was engaged in fierce combat with the Guiding Daoist, cast a sidelong glance at this scene. Seeing the Jade Emperor being suppressed by the Six-Eared Macaque, he felt an intense irritation. The Heavenly Court had expended so much of its foundation to support Proving the Tao and Becoming a Slaying One Corpse Merit Saint, and yet the Jade Emperor was still so useless, unable to deal with a wild monkey that hadn’t yet achieved Saint status!

"Hao Tian, it’s your incompetence to blame, not me!"

A glint of cold light passed in his eyes as Primordial Heavenly Venerable forcefully waved the Pangu Banner to repel the Guiding Daoist. His hands, releasing the Pangu Banner, suddenly formed an intricate Dharma Seal.

"Hmm!"

The Jade Emperor, who had been getting pummeled by the Six-Eared Macaque, suddenly let out a muffled groan, and then a powerful force burst out from him, flinging the Six-Eared Macaque, caught off guard, away.

"What’s going on?"

Waves of black qi began to rise from the Jade Emperor’s body—it was Dark Demon Qi!

In just a few breaths’ time, there was no longer a trace of divine consciousness in the Jade Emperor’s eyes, and his whole being seemed to have turned into a wild beast, letting out frightening roars continuously from his mouth, his eyes a blood red, stripped of any dignity befitting the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

"Demonization? Damn it! This old Jade Emperor has actually undergone demonization!"

The Six-Eared Macaque’s heart sank. Having spent an entire ten years in the Demonic Realm, he recognized what was happening to the Jade Emperor at a glance—he had undergone demonization!

The black qi swirling around the Jade Emperor was unmistakably the Dark Demon Qi of the Demonic Realm. The Six-Eared Macaque was certain he had not mistaken it!

This could be troublesome!

Demonization is a unique ability of the Demon Race that can greatly enhance one’s combat power in a short period of time, but it comes with an extremely heavy price!

The first is the loss of sanity; during demonization, all rational thought is lost, leaving only the instinct to kill, vowing not to stop until the opponent is dead!

Secondly, after demonization, the body suffers great trauma. Many demons directly explode and die after demonizing, leaving no bones behind, and the few lucky ones who survive have their cultivation greatly reduced. In the Demonic Realm, only a very few masters can control demonization and minimize its side effects. According to what the Six-Eared Macaque knows, there are only two people in the current Demonic Realm who can do this: one is Heaven-Defying Demon Emperor Mu Chenxuan, and the other is Demon Ancestor Luo Hu!

The Jade Emperor is not of the Demon Race, yet he can demonize. There is only one possibility, that he had been implanted with a Demon Seed inside his body!

"It’s Primordial Heavenly Venerable!"

All of the transformations on the Jade Emperor’s body began with the Primordial Heavenly Venerable initiating a strange Dharma Seal. To say that the Jade Emperor’s demonization has nothing to do with the Primordial Heavenly Venerable would be completely self-deceiving. However, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable practices Taoist Divine Skills, so how could he use such a ruthless method as demonization?

Could it be, he has some unknown transactions with the Demon Race?

"Kill! Kill you all! Kill!"

The Jade Emperor’s bloodshot eyes fixed on the Six-Eared Macaque, and in the next moment, his figure moved and disappeared from sight.

The Six-Eared Macaque’s heart skipped a beat. His divine ear, which can probe the heavens, detected an extremely subtle sound of breaking air from behind. Without time to think, the Six-Eared Macaque hurriedly turned around and blocked with his Wishful Iron Staff.

Clang!

A loud sound of metal clashing rang out. The Six-Eared Macaque felt a great force impacting his body, a pain in his chest made him involuntarily spit out a mouthful of blood, and his figure was sent flying a thousand feet backward. Just as he stabilized himself, the Jade Emperor had once again charged at him.

"Damn it, how has this guy’s speed and strength increased so much?"

The Six-Eared Macaque was greatly alarmed, but at the same time, a stubbornness surged in him. What if he had demonized? He, the Six-Eared Macaque, would not admit defeat so easily!

"I want to see how long you can maintain this state?"

Clones had already rushed to his side. The Six-Eared Macaque let out a low shout, using his trump card ability, as a Heaven-Piercing Great Dao manifested behind him.

It was the Combat Dao!

The robust Fighting Spirit wound its way around the Combat Dao, and the entire Dao pillar nearly congealed into a solid state!

"War!"

An explosive shout rose. The Fighting Spirit from the Combat Dao crazily infused into the Six-Eared Macaque and his clones, boosting their momentum immensely. They wielded the Wishful Iron Staff to solidly block the demonized Jade Emperor and once again engaged in a fierce battle with him.

"Great Path Concretization! It’s actually Great Path Concretization! How is that possible?"

A hint of shock flashed across the face of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable from a distance. He had thought that activating the Demon Seed and demonizing the Jade Emperor would surely take down the Six-Eared Macaque, but unexpectedly, the Six-Eared Macaque had already condensed a Dao pillar!