Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

The roar that shook heaven and earth began to diminish as Blood Dragon Ao Tian's body started shrinking. Sun Wukong's pupils suddenly constricted.

Under the gaze of the Void-Breaking Divine Eye, he could clearly see that Ao Tian's reduction in size was not due to any transformation by Spell Divine Powers but because he was converging all the essence and power of his flesh and blood into his dragon horns. That was why his body was shrinking.

This guy is completely consuming his own essence blood!

By resorting to such desperate measures, even if he broke through the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation and killed the Jade Emperor, he would also severely injure his own Primordial Qi and retreat in cultivation, maybe even perishing alongside his enemies. This was a tactic of mutual destruction!

Fierce! Too fierce!

The Jade Emperor's complexion also changed. As a powerhouse at the Half-Step Saint Realm, he naturally perceived the danger in Blood Dragon Ao Tian's actions. Without hesitation, he fully activated the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation.

The starlight above the heaven suddenly brightened, and the next moment, endless starlight, with overwhelming force, fell from the heavens and fiercely struck down at Blood Dragon Ao Tian within the great formation.

Boom boom boom boom!

The endless starlight, cutting through the thick evil Qi emanating from Blood Dragon Ao Tian, fiercely struck his dragon body, causing earth-shaking explosions. Even though he was outside the formation and isolated from the power fluctuations by the great formation, Sun Wukong could still feel the terrifying nature of this starlight.

Each strand of light was far more powerful than the combined attacks of those previous Immortals and Gods, not to mention the densely packed starlight. The destructive power was hair-raising to even think about.

"Is this the true power of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation? How terrifying! In my previous life when I wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, it's fortunate that the old Jade Emperor did not use this formation, otherwise, even I might not have been able to withstand it!"

Watching the dense starlight bombardment raining down from the sky, Sun Wukong felt a chill rush from his spine all the way to the crown of his head.

In his previous life, although he had turned his physical body into an Indestructible Body due to eating a large amount of Peaches of Immortality and The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord's Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, facing the battering of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation was still a dubious prospect.

After all, the bombardment of starlight seemed endless, and if it kept up like this, even an Indestructible Body might not hold up and would only meet annihilation in the end.

"Damn it, I won't let you off! Ah~!"

Blood Dragon Ao Tian was continuously bombarded by the endless starlight, and wounds finally began appearing on his body. Dragon scales shattered and pierced by the starlight fell off his dragon body in increasing numbers. Without the protection of the dragon scales, his flesh was completely exposed to the bombardment of the starlight.

Wounds that had never appeared even under the attacks of the hundred thousand Heavenly River Navy and numerous Heavenly Court Immortals and Gods began to tear open on the dragon body, from which copious dragon blood flowed out.

The injuries continued to worsen, and Blood Dragon Ao Tian was clear that if he continued to be hit like this, he might not be able to stand it much longer. He had to break through the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation as soon as possible!

If it were the complete version of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation from the Primeval Heavenly Court of the Ancient Demon Clan, no matter how many times stronger Blood Dragon Ao Tian became, he would absolutely have no chance to break through.

The complete formation, with the River Diagram and Luo Script as the Formation Eye, could directly evolve Zhou Tian, self-repair against attacks, and was simply incomparable to the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation with the Investiture of the Gods and God Beating Whip as the Formation Eyes.

Ao Tian could feel it, the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation activated by the Jade Emperor did not use the River Diagram and Luo Script as the Formation Eye, it merely had the shape but not the incredible power of the true Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation. There was still a chance for him to escape!

Grinding his teeth, Ao Tian accelerated the convergence of the essence of his flesh and blood. A shadow of a blood arrow appeared above the forehead dragon horn, quickly solidifying. Simultaneously, the rate of his body's shrinking drastically increased. In just ten breaths, his originally thousand-zhang-long dragon body had shrunk to a hundred zhang, and was still reducing.

Although his body had shrunk, his defensive power hadn't decreased much. The damage caused by the starlight bombardment hadn't intensified, but the area of damage had relatively expanded. Pain was evident on Blood Dragon Ao Tian's face, and his entire body began to tremble intensely from the pain, but he still clenched his teeth and persevered.

Finally, his body shrank to about a dozen zhang in length. The blood arrow at his dragon horn looked completely solidified. A flash of madness crossed his eyes, he aimed at the Jade Emperor in the heavens above, suddenly cracked a smile, and the blood arrow abruptly disappeared.

"Not good!"

As he was powering the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation, the Jade Emperor's heart suddenly leaped, an extreme sense of danger welled up inside him. Without a moment's hesitation, he ceased the bombardment on Blood Dragon Ao Tian and gathered the starlight around himself, forming a thick starlight barrier in front of him.

In a critical moment, he managed to form only nine layers before a sound of a blade scraping rang out.

The previously vanished blood arrow appeared before the starlight barrier, rotating at high speed as it drilled towards the barrier. The terrifying power contained within it instantly penetrated one layer of the barrier, then two, then three...

The nine layers of the starlight barrier were pierced through by the blood arrow within a few breaths. The form of the blood arrow became somewhat ethereal, but it still shot straight towards the Jade Emperor. Judging by the terrifying lethality it showed, if it hit, even a Half-Step Saint Realm powerhouse like the Jade Emperor might not escape unscathed!

"Hao Tian Mirror!"

In this critical situation, the Jade Emperor could no longer afford to hide his skills. With a fierce shout, he summoned a gold and silver alternating Treasure Mirror. Light of both colors shot from the mirror's surface and enveloped the blood arrow, abruptly reducing its speed, until it finally stopped just in front of the Jade Emperor, merely a foot away from his forehead.

The Jade Emperor could feel the sharp murderous aura and tremendous evil Qi coming from the tip of the blood arrow, his face turning deathly pale.

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The Blood Arrow, caught by the light of the Hao Tian Mirror, did not yield but instead trembled violently, attempting to break free from the light. The Jade Emperor did not dare to relax either, he exerted his full strength to activate the Hao Tian Mirror, anchoring the Blood Arrow firmly in front of him, preventing it from advancing. The two sides were at an impasse.

"To think that you can immobilize my Dragon Spirit Blood Arrow, you've got some skills! But, do you really think it ends here?"

Without the Jade Emperor's further influence, the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation ceased its starlight bombardment on the Blood Dragon Ao Tian, giving him a brief respite. Ao Tian raised his head, looked up at the Jade Emperor above the canopy of heaven, the corners of his mouth suddenly revealing a fierce grin as he gritted his teeth and uttered:

"Explode!"

"Boom!"

The Blood Arrow, held by the Hao Tian Mirror, suddenly stopped trembling, and the next moment, it burst violently. The light cast by the Hao Tian Mirror shattered, and even the surface of the Hao Tian Mirror cracked with a "click." A pained cry retreated back into the embrace of the Jade Emperor.

With his Lifebound Divine Weapon damaged, the Jade Emperor naturally suffered greatly; a backflow of blood spurted from his mouth as his vitality visibly faded.

"Roar~!"

Seizing the opportunity, the Blood Dragon Ao Tian soared into the sky, striking fiercely against the crack in the Great Formation Barrier where the Blood Arrow had shot through.

He broke through the barrier of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation with a booming sound, causing the entire formation to begin to collapse, the starry canopy disappeared, and the Investiture of the Gods and the God Beating Whip revealed themselves, flying back into the hands of the Jade Emperor.

"Is this the current Lord of the Heavenly Court? Your cultivation isn't bad, but it's just a facade! A strength not gained through your own cultivation can never be fully unleashed!"

With his dragon-mouth split into a ferocious sneer, Ao Tian looked at the Jade Emperor with a chilling smile, dropped a sentence, and turned toward the clouds to burrow in. "Just wait, I, Ao Tian, shall return!"

"Thinking of leaving?"

A flash of anger crossed the face of the Jade Emperor. It had been many years since he had last fought anyone; not even during the last Celestial Demon War had he made a move. He had employed the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation today and still had not been able to capture this Blood Dragon. If he were to let him escape just like this, the face of the Human Heavenly Court would be utterly lost!

"Heavenly Venerate, it's time for you to make a move!"

Glancing upward at the sky, the Jade Emperor called out coldly. The faces of the assembly of immortals and gods showed confusion. Who was the Jade Emperor speaking to? Heavenly Venerate? Which Heavenly Venerate?

Suddenly, a giant hand stretched out from above the sky, grasping towards Blood Dragon Ao Tian. Previously invincible, the Blood Dragon now found himself powerless to resist as the giant hand grasped him. Although Ao Tian currently was only about thirty meters in length and covered in wounds, he was still at the Quasi-Saint cultivation level, and yet someone was able to capture him with one hand!

"Scourge! You've killed so many lives, did you really think I would let you leave?"

As a majestic voice echoed, a colossal figure enshrouded in auspicious Qi manifested in the sky above, dressed in an Immortal Robe and Taoist robe, with divine light forming a ring above his occipital region—a clear sign of those who had Proved the Tao and Become a Saint!

It was the Dharma Body of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable!

Sun Wukong felt a chill run through his body, drawing his aura tightly about himself, not daring even to breathe loudly. They say ignorance is fearless, and this was indeed true; in his previous life, unaware of the might of a Heavenly Dao Saint, even seeing the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord didn't affect him much.

But having come to understand the difference between a Heavenly Dao Saint and those below, he realized how laughable he had been. Facing Quasi-Saints or even Half-Step Saints, he could still contend somewhat using the Chaos Primordial Force, the Power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and his innate abilities. But facing a true Heavenly Dao Saint, he probably couldn't even escape!

"Ah~! Who are you?"

Blood Dragon Ao Tian struggled intensely within the giant hand transformed from the Dharma Body of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, completely unable to break free. He roared in some despair. In his previous life, he had fallen during the great Witch-Demon War, at that time, the Human Race hardly had any significant masters.

Yet, now a Heavenly Dao Saint-level powerhouse had appeared. Had this world really come completely under the dominion of the Human Race?