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Chapter 8: The Bull Demon King Gets Tricked by the Monkey King!

"I have naturally heard about Sun Wukong's havoc in the Heavenly Palace."

"It is said that Sun Wukong, who was known as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, was dissatisfied with the celestial officials appointed by the Heavenly Court, so he directly attacked the Heavenly Court and was eventually suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha of Mount Ling.

After Princess Iron Fan finished speaking, she asked with some surprise and doubt, "The old friend my husband mentioned, could it be Sun Wukong, who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace?"

The story of Sun Wukong's havoc in the Heavenly Palace, though more than 180 years have passed, is still widely circulated in the Three Realms, attracting countless demons to admire and emulate it.

Even though Princess Iron Fan was focused on her cultivation and didn't care much about the affairs of the Three Realms, she had still heard of the name and deeds of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong.

Hearing her husband suddenly bring up this matter today made her think about it more.

Niu Jun didn't hide anything and sighed, "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being young and naive, for being ignorant and trusting that monkey, which led to my death."

In fact, its predecessor was also badly tricked by Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace because he was not invited to the Peach Banquet. He enjoyed himself, but he also implicated his predecessor and others, causing them to suffer undeserved disasters, lose their foundations, and be hunted down by the Heavenly Court.

It's like someone rebelling in ancient times.

As a result, the person who rebelled was only sentenced to a few years in prison because he had powerful connections, and his family was also protected. Only his sworn brother was hunted down by the imperial court.

Tell me, wasn't that person's sworn brother wronged and suffered a terrible fate?

Many people say that the Bull Demon King and his sworn brothers are disloyal. They were Sun Wukong's sworn brothers, but when the monkey got into trouble, the Bull Demon King and his sworn brothers simply disappeared.

Even during the five hundred years that Sun Wukong was suppressed, he never visited him once, showing no brotherly affection whatsoever.

However, it makes no mention of Sun Wukong's actions, or how badly the Bull Demon King and others were implicated by him.

Why was Niu Jun able to transmigrate into the Bull Demon King?

It was all because the Bull Demon King was being hunted down by the Heavenly Court and was critically injured and on the verge of death.

If the Bull Demon King were in his normal state, even with the aid of the Enlightenment Mirror, Niu Jun would not be able to possess a peerless demon king at the Golden Immortal realm while in his mortal form.

Why was the Bull Demon King hunted down by the Heavenly Court?
The reason for this was that Sun Wukong's havoc in the Heavenly Palace caused the Heavenly Court to lose all its prestige.

Sun Wukong had a powerful background, and the Heavenly Court couldn't do anything to him. So they vented their anger on Sun Wukong's sworn brothers, wanting to establish their authority by killing the Bull Demon King and others to make an example of them.

Don't be fooled by the fact that in the original Journey to the West, the Bull Demon King had a large and prosperous family in Xiniu Hezhou, with beautiful wives and concubines, and lived a comfortable and carefree life.

In fact, neither the Banana Cave on Cuiyun Mountain nor the Moyun Cave on Jilei Mountain were the Bull Demon King's domains, but rather the cave dwellings of Princess Iron Fan and Princess Jade Face.

Although the Bull Demon King had a formidable reputation in Xiniu Hezhou, he didn't even have a single demon soldier or general under his command.

This is obviously not normal.

Niu Jun couldn't understand it when he read Journey to the West before, but now that he has transmigrated into the body of the Bull Demon King and gained the Bull Demon King's memories, he understands the reason behind it.

the reason is simple.

Because the Bull Demon King was not a demon from Xiniu Hezhou, but a great demon from Beiju Luzhou. He was only chased by the Heavenly Court because of the Sun Wukong incident, so he fled to Xiniu Hezhou.

As for why the Bull Demon King didn't recruit many demons after escaping to Xiniu Hezhou and become king of the mountains there, it's a question.

This is because at the beginning of Journey to the West, the Bull Demon King had already been recruited by Buddhism and did not need to occupy a mountain as king.

In Chapter 61 of the original Journey to the West, when the Bull Demon King transformed into Pigsy and tricked Sun Wukong into giving him back the Banana Leaf Fan, it was described that:

“I heard that Tang Sanzang is waiting on that main road, with his second disciple being a pig demon and his third disciple being a sand demon. I once met him when I was a demon, and even disguised myself as a pig demon to deceive him. I suppose the monkey is pleased with himself and will not be careful.”

What does "back when I was a monster" mean?

The underlying meaning is that the Bull Demon King at that time was no longer a monster.

Considering the earlier story of Red Boy becoming Guanyin Bodhisattva's attendant, and the later story of Bull Demon King being taken to the Western Paradise by Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and Nezha, this leads to a deeper understanding of the story.

The answer is self-evident.

It is likely that the Bull Demon King had already been recruited by Buddhism at the beginning of Journey to the West.

Niu Jun didn't know when the Bull Demon King in the original story was recruited by Buddhism, but at this time, he had not yet encountered any Buddhists.

Therefore, he was uncertain about whether he could be recruited by Buddhism like the Bull Demon King in the original story, and he had not even decided whether to accept the recruitment. He planned to take it one step at a time.

If he could attain the Taiyi Dao Fruit before the Buddhists arrived, he would naturally gain the power to protect himself. Even if he did not accept the Buddhists' offer of amnesty, he would still be able to protect his wife and children.

However, if one fails to attain the Taiyi Dao Fruit before the arrival of Buddhist monks.

Niu Jun then had no choice but to consider the possibility of being granted amnesty.

After all, the fates of the demons and monsters encountered on the journey to the West in Journey to the West have already clearly told him.

In today's Three Realms, you need a good background to survive.

Even if someone with connections makes a huge mistake, they'll only have to punish themselves with three drinks.

Those without a powerful background, such as the three demons of Chechi Kingdom, will inevitably die and perish even if they accumulate good deeds throughout their lives.

If he fails to attain the Taiyi Dao Fruit before the arrival of the Buddhist monks, he will have to seriously consider the matter of being granted amnesty, even for the sake of his wife and children.

"Back then, the seven of us demons swore brotherhood because we shared similar interests. We never expected that the monkey would make a fool of himself and cause such a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace. Not only was he suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, but the six of us were also hunted down by the gods and immortals of the Heavenly Court."

"Speaking of which, I, Old Niu, am lucky to have met Madam who saved me, allowing me to live peacefully in Cuiyun Mountain for over a hundred years. I wonder how my brothers are doing now."

Niu Jun sighed softly and recounted his relationship with Sun Wukong, as well as the reason why he was being hunted down by the Heavenly Court.

“I never imagined that my husband would be hunted down by the Heavenly Court because of this.”

After listening to Niu Jun's story, Princess Iron Fan gently comforted him, "Husband, don't worry. As the saying goes, good people are always protected by heaven. I believe that your uncles will be alright."

She was not unaware that Niu Jun was being hunted down by the Heavenly Court.

She never imagined that her husband was being hunted down by the Heavenly Court because he was implicated in Sun Wukong's havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

This also made Princess Iron Fan's impression of Sun Wukong extremely poor.

"I hope so!"

Niu Jun sighed, then said, "To be honest, Madam, after more than a hundred years of recuperation, my injuries have been fully healed."

"These past two days, I've been thinking about whether I should go out and visit some old friends, try to find out if I can get the Heavenly Court to pardon my sins, and also inquire about the situation of my sworn brothers."

"After all, even if I don't think about myself, I need to think about you and Yan'er. I can't let you two be in danger."

Niu Jun said, half-truthfully.

The truth is, he did want to visit some of his former friends to see if he could get in touch with the Heavenly Court, and also to inquire about the situation of the other five demons among the Seven Great Sages, excluding Sun Wukong.

The lie is that his real purpose in visiting his old friends was not to gain access to the Heavenly Court or to find out about the other five demon saints, but to collect supernatural powers and secret techniques.

The emergence of the All-Heavens Chat Group forced him to change his original plans.

In his original plan, unless the Buddhist sect came to him, he would not step out of Cuiyun Mountain until he had attained the Taiyi Dao, and he would not take the initiative to get involved in the Journey to the West.

With the aid of the Enlightenment Mirror, he was confident that within a thousand years, based on the Great Dao of Power, he could condense the Taiyi Dao Fruit and attain the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. However, the appearance of the All-Heavens Chat Group gave him a great sense of crisis.

Because he couldn't guarantee that in the near future, there wouldn't be time-travel talismans or mandatory chat group tasks appearing in the multiverse chat group.

If these situations occur.

Even at the Golden Immortal level, he was already in some danger.

In worlds like the Cthulhu Mythos or the Mysterious World, entering without the strength of a Taiyi Golden Immortal is tantamount to suicide.

Therefore, Niu Jun felt that he had to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm as soon as possible.

To break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and attain the Taiyi Dao Fruit, one must condense one's own Great Dao and cultivate the Primordial Qi by borrowing the power of one's own Great Dao.

As a time traveler, Niu Jun naturally had his own pride and ambition.

He was unwilling to follow the path of Yin-Yang Primordial Qi or Five Elements Primordial Qi. Instead, he planned to use the Great Dao of Power as the foundation, integrate the power of the Three Thousand Laws, and condense the true Primordial Qi in order to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Based on the Great Dao of Power, and integrating the power of spacetime, the power of cause and effect, the power of Yin and Yang, the power of the Five Elements, the power of wind and thunder, the power of life and death, the power of creation, etc., one can ultimately attain the Dao Fruit of Taiyi.

This path is undoubtedly very difficult.

Even with the aid of the Enlightenment Mirror, which allows Niu Jun to directly confront the laws of heaven and earth and be in a state of enlightenment at all times, it would still take him thousands of years to slowly comprehend this.

But the benefits of doing so are also enormous.

The Primordial Qi condensed from the Three Thousand Laws of the Great Dao is millions of times more powerful than ordinary Primordial Qi; they are simply incomparable.

Of course, if Niu Jun had the relevant laws and supernatural powers as a medium, the time required to comprehend the laws would be greatly shortened.

Because the laws and principles of heaven and earth do not exist in isolation, but rather are intertwined and fused together, with countless laws interwoven and integrated.

The Enlightenment Mirror can directly reflect the laws of heaven and earth, which is true, allowing Niu Jun to directly observe the laws of heaven and earth.

However, to truly comprehend the power of a particular law, one must find that law's power within the dense, intertwined threads of law, and then slowly comprehend it.

It's like a ready-made garment.

Clothes are the universe, and the threads of the clothes are the power of laws. All the power of laws intertwine to create a world.

The best way for outsiders to replicate this garment is to find the corresponding silk threads and weave them together in a certain order and according to a certain pattern, rather than piecing them together piece by piece.

To achieve this, we need to find a starting point.

Heaven and earth are the clothes, and the laws are the threads.

The supernatural powers and techniques summarized by our predecessors are the entry point for comprehending the power of the laws.

Just like the three thousand great Dao divine abilities of a world, once you master all three thousand great Dao divine abilities, it will be much simpler and easier to comprehend the corresponding laws.

If Niu Jun could obtain the three thousand great supernatural powers of the Journey to the West world.

It is likely that it will not take more than a hundred years to attain the Taiyi state.

Unfortunately, this is just a thought; it's simply impossible to achieve.

All Niu Jun could do was to collect as many Daoist and Law-based divine abilities as possible in order to shorten the time it would take him to attain the Taiyi Dao.

"How about I ask my father to come up with a solution?" Princess Iron Fan asked hesitantly after hearing Niu Jun's words.

Mara, the Demon King, is the king of the Rakshasa clan, but he is at odds with Buddhism.

However, as an ancient and powerful being in the Journey to the West world, the Heavenly Demon Mara is definitely not weak. He has a great reputation in the Three Realms and an extraordinary status.

If Mara, the Rakshasa King, were to step forward, he would surely be able to persuade the Heavenly Court to drop the warrant for the Bull Demon King's arrest.

However, Niu Jun was unwilling to do so.

Princess Iron Fan was just one of Rakshasa King Mara's many children, and a neglected one at that.

Niu Jun did not believe that Bo Xun would step forward for his sake and Princess Iron Fan's sake.

"My lady, there is no need to worry. With my abilities, unless the emperors of the Heavenly Court personally take action, there are very few people in the entire Heavenly Court who can defeat me, Old Niu."

Niu Jun smiled and shook his head, then said confidently, "I went to visit a few old friends only to try to make peace and stop fighting with the Heavenly Court, not because I was really afraid of the Heavenly Court."

This is not Niu Jun boasting.

With his current cultivation level, the only ones in the entire Journey to the West world who could defeat him are those ancient relics.

Just like how Sun Wukong was able to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Don't talk about acting or monkey shows.

In fact, in the world of Journey to the West, apart from the Three Pure Ones, the Four Emperors, the Jade Emperor, Buddha, Guanyin, Zhen Yuanzi, and a few other ancient and powerful beings, there are very few who can surpass Sun Wukong.

Because the Journey to the West world is only a medium-sized universe, it will be destroyed and reincarnated once every 129,600 years, and each reincarnation is a calamity.

In other words, the current world of Journey to the West is only tens of thousands of years old since the creation of the world.

As a primordial deity, Sun Wukong consumed so many golden pills and peaches of immortality, and was also given an indestructible body by Laozi.

Its accumulated knowledge and experience are absolutely no less than that of the veteran Golden Immortals in the Journey to the West world.

In the Journey to the West world, their combat power is definitely among the strongest below the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Therefore, the story of Sun Wukong causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace is not as exaggerated as one might imagine.

As for Sun Wukong's performance on the journey to the West?

This is no ordinary amount of money being released.

Furthermore, although Sun Wukong is frequently captured by demons descending from heaven using magical weapons on his journey to the West, how many of these magical weapons actually manage to trap him?

Even on the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, it's hard to say how much of Sun Wukong's strength he actually displayed.

Niu Jun dared not say that his current strength was definitely stronger than Sun Wukong's, but it was definitely not much weaker than Sun Wukong's. In fact, given a little more time, his strength would definitely surpass Sun Wukong's.

Therefore, he dared to make the bold statement that, apart from those few emperors, there were very few people in the Heavenly Court who could defeat him.

This is absolutely not an exaggeration.

Princess Iron Fan, though still somewhat worried upon hearing Niu Jun's boastful words, did not show it and softly asked, "I wonder how many days my husband plans to leave?"

Niu Jun estimated the time and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, Madam. My visit to my friends will last at least one or two months, or at most three to five months, but I will return no later than half a year."

At his speed, traveling 108,000 li would be nothing more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

It won't take long to travel around the Immortal Realm.

Including time spent visiting friends and relatives, two or three months is enough!

(End of this chapter)