Zhu Tian started by deceiving his father-in-law from the perspective of pirates.

She promised the other party that she would try to persuade her husband and son to come back if the opportunity arose.

The stone father, stone mother, and stone child are not evil monsters, but mountain gods who guard this area.

Sun Wukong also retrieved his second innate ability, the Ear-Hearing Wrath, from the head of Lingji Bodhisattva.

The root essence re-integrated into Sun Wukong's body, and the monkey's body emitted a golden light, becoming even stronger and his magical power increased significantly.

Sun Wukong then found the local earth deity and had him melt down the remaining fragment of stone from Shi Gandang and forge it into an iron rod weighing about a thousand catties.

"This iron rod is a bit light, but it's barely enough. Once I've found all the root weapons, I'll retrieve the Ruyi Jingu Bang," Sun Wukong said, twirling the newly forged iron rod.

"I originally wanted to ask a god of forging to recast a suit of armor for you, but his craftsmanship is just too good."

"Even the worst weapon we can forge right now is a bit too good for you. Once you regain all your cultivation, I'll have him reforge your weapon and armor." Rhodes said.

In Luo De's opinion, Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang was just so-so; apart from being able to change size and weighing about 1 jin, it had nothing outstanding about it.

As for his armor, it was merely stolen from the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, and was nothing more than ordinary armor, even slightly inferior to some of the armor in the Heavenly Palace.

"In that case, I, Old Sun, thank you very much. I've worn this outfit for hundreds of years, and it really is time for a change. Great God Wutian, where do you suggest we go next to find my innate talent?" Sun Wukong cupped his hands to Rod and asked.

"Of your remaining three root talents, one is with your elder brother, the Bull Demon King; one is with the Yellow Plum Buddha of Little Western Paradise; and the other is in the hands of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord of the Spider Cave," Rod said.

"In that case, Great God Wutian, let's go to the Flaming Mountain first! I'll teach that rebellious son a lesson for my elder brother, and then retrieve my own innate talent." Sun Wukong planted his iron rod in the ground and said with a cold snort.

He already knew what happened at Flaming Mountain from Little Black Horse, and he also knew about Red Boy. That brat is always causing trouble if you don't discipline him. This time, he must be taught a good lesson.

"Don't rush into this. A wild boar demon named Huangpao Yuanwai came earlier, saying that his elder brother is Erlang Shen Yang Jian, and that you have some dealings with Erlang Shen."

"I hope you can go to Little Western Paradise first, because your junior brother Pigsy has also headed there. If you don't go, that pig might die there," Rod said.

"Erlang Shen Yang Jian! Oh dear, I had forgotten about this. Erlang Shen did help me, and I never expected that after hundreds of years, he would still remember me!"

"And that fool, I never expected that after I, Old Sun, died, he would be the most loyal and righteous one. Back when we were on our journey to the West, he often tripped me up!" Sun Wukong said with a sigh as he slung his staff over his shoulder.

In truth, he did set up a scheme with Erlang Shen Yang Jian, but that scheme is no longer needed.

The memories he left with Erlang Shen Yang Jian are no longer of much use, since he has now come back to life.

The most important thing now is to retrieve my few innate treasures and restore my cultivation level; everything else can wait.

“In that case, you’ll have to make a trip to Little Western Paradise. First, bring Pigsy back, and then get the Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha’s weapon,” Rod said.

"I, Old Sun, will handle this matter personally. I also have a score to settle with that Yellow-Eyebrowed Monster," Sun Wukong said.

Now that he has retrieved two root artifacts and received the life essence from the Great God Wutian, the monkey still possesses some fighting power.

“Alright! Then let’s go, let’s head to Little Western Paradise first,” Rod said.

Wukong nodded upon hearing this, while Rod took action to eliminate all the rat demons in the Yellow Wind Ridge area, as well as the people of the Sihali Kingdom.

The demons and stone spirits under the Great Sage Huangfeng were all taken into his private space, and a place was found for them on the Little Garden Planet for them to live in for the time being.

This divine power once again shocked Sun Wukong. This great divine power actually contained a world, even more powerful than the Buddha's palm-sized Buddha Kingdom. To put it bluntly, his palm-sized Buddha Kingdom was just a country! This was a whole world!

The group soon arrived at Little Western Paradise, and Sun Wukong, wielding his golden iron cudgel, fought his way through.

The snow zombies and various monsters along the way were no match for the monkey. Soon, the group encountered a white-faced monkey, who turned out to be one of Sun Wukong's former warriors, the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey.

After Sun Wukong was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, the Red-Bottomed Macaque ran away from Flower Fruit Mountain. After wandering around for a while, he became a disciple of the Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha.

"Impossible, impossible! You, you're not, you're not the Great Sage, you're not the Great Sage, you're fake, you're fake!" The red-bottomed macaque looked at Sun Wukong in front of him with disbelief.

“Monkey, you really don’t even recognize your own grandfather? I, Old Sun, treated you well back then, so why did you pledge allegiance to this Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha?” Sun Wukong asked with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

He had indeed wronged the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain back then. If they had gone to join someone else, Sun Wukong would have had nothing to say. But the problem was, of all people to choose, he had to choose the Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha.

"Oh, ho ho! I know, I know, don't try to fool me, you're the chosen one, right?"

"You are the chosen one Master spoke of, I will kill you, I will kill you!" The red-bottomed macaque raised its huge Miao sword and slashed directly at Sun Wukong.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong said no more, and attacked with his iron cudgel. Since you don't acknowledge me as the Great Sage, I will beat you until you decide to stop.

The two fought, but after only a few rounds, Sun Wukong knocked the long knife out of the red-bottomed macaque's hand, then hit the red-bottomed macaque on the head with his staff, knocking him to the ground. He then kicked the red-bottomed macaque down and pointed his staff at his face.

“You haven’t made any progress since you started following Huang Mei the Second, you’re still the same as before!”

"You, you really are the Great Sage! Impossible! Grandpa Great Sage is dead! Dead!" The red-bottomed macaque let out a shrill scream.

"Old monkey, it really is me, it really is me, Old Sun, I'm back! I will never betray the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain again, never again!" Sun Wukong threw his iron rod on the ground and stepped forward to help the red-bottomed macaque up.

Even if the monkeys were to kill their former offspring, the former Four Heroes of Flower Fruit Mountain, the monkeys would not be able to bring themselves to do so.

"Your Majesty! Waaah! I was wrong, Your Majesty, I was wrong! Kill me, kill me!"

"None of my monkey brothers who came out with me survived, not one of them survived!" The red-bottomed macaque cried out.

"I know, I, Old Sun, understand, you've suffered!"

"Go back to Flower Fruit Mountain now and tell all the monkeys that I, Old Sun, will be returning to Flower Fruit Mountain soon, and I will put the Great Sage Equal to Heaven sign back up," Sun Wukong said.

"I believe in you, Your Majesty. You can definitely do it. I'm going back now. I'll return to Flower Fruit Mountain right now."

"Be careful of this old Buddha Huangmei. He possesses your innate talent, which is hidden beneath the water of that lake ahead. It is the love of smell, your nose." The red-bottomed macaque pointed to the ice curling stone ahead and said.

"I know, you can go now! Don't worry, the Yellow-Eyebrowed Old Man's end is near." After saying this, Sun Wukong saw off the Red-Bottomed Macaque, telling him to return to Flower Fruit Mountain first and tell all the monkeys that Sun Wukong was coming back.

I was indeed too selfish in the past. Because I wanted to get rid of the golden headband, countless monkeys and their offspring died because of me!

Sun Wukong led the way, while Rod and the others followed behind.

"Rhodes! Weren't you looking for something to cultivate soul energy? Now you're helping that monkey!" Azeroth asked.

"Hahaha! I am indeed going to help the monkey, and I already have a plan for cultivating soul abilities," Rhodes said with a smile.

He had already obtained some of the cultivation techniques of this world, when he resurrected Sun Wukong and used the power of death to repair the other party's soul.

Everything about the other party was no secret to Rhodes; he could see all of Sun Wukong's memories.

While he was at it, Luo De also managed to get his hands on Sun Wukong's Seventy-Two Transformations of Earthly Fiends, as well as the Great Celestial Immortal Technique taught by Patriarch Bodhi.

When he dealt with Lingji Bodhisattva, Luo De also extracted the Buddhist relic cultivation method from the other party's soul.

Now, Rhodes wants to obtain the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang from Zhu Bajie. He has already obtained the top Buddhist and Taoist mental cultivation techniques. All he needs to do is master the techniques of these two major sects.

Then he used the Time Artifact to solidify his foundation, raise his soul level, and consume the Primal God Power Fruit. He could then successfully break through to the level of a Primal God, and his strength would be dozens of times greater than it is now.

“I see. I thought you’d forgotten about the important matter!” Azeroth said.

“Hahaha, I can’t forget! But all of Lingji Bodhisattva’s Buddhist teachings are not enough; I need to search for more in Huangmei.” Rhodes said.

To cultivate nature, one must cultivate the best techniques. Therefore, he needs to integrate the techniques of Buddhism and Taoism before beginning to learn the techniques of this world.

Luo De wants all of them: the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang, the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends, the Great Celestial Immortal Technique, and the Golden Body Relic Method of Buddhism and Taoism.

Azeroth nodded and said nothing more.

Soon the group arrived at the center of the frozen lake, where a slightly chubby little monk wearing a yellow robe and carrying a small bag appeared before them.

"You are the chosen one this time, hehe! There have been too many monkeys like you lately, my bag of acquired human seeds is almost overflowing. Come, let me see if you monkey are qualified to be my disciple," said the Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha.

Chapter 421 Kang Jinlong and his wife enjoy a blissful union; I am the Ancestral Azure Dragon.

In fact, there was more than one chosen one; many chosen ones had already come. Some of these chosen ones were the true reincarnations of Sun Wukong, but they had not completed their mission. Others were outstanding monkeys newly born in Flower Fruit Mountain.

These monkeys from Flower Fruit Mountain, for the sake of Sun Wukong, rushed out one after another to search for the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's potential.

But alas! These chosen ones all died in different places, some in Black Wind Mountain, some in Yellow Wind Ridge.

Some died at Flaming Mountain, some died in his Little Western Paradise; there were so many corpses that he couldn't even keep them all.

"Hehe! Huang Mei, how did you end up looking like your master, Maitreya Buddha?"

"You're really not making any progress! Hundreds of years have passed, and your cultivation hasn't improved at all. With your fake skills, you're not worthy to be my master. You should take a good look at yourself in the mirror." Sun Wukong sneered, holding his real iron cudgel as he approached Huang Mei.

You really think you're something special! In terms of cultivation, you're far inferior to the great demons I, Old Sun, have encountered. Back then, you only managed to trap me, Old Sun, by relying on your acquired human seed bag and Maitreya Buddha's golden gong. Do you really think you're so capable?

Upon hearing Sun Wukong speak and his tone, Huang Mei, who had been calm and composed, instantly changed his expression. This tone, this appearance, this was the Sun Wukong he knew!

"You! It's you! It's you, you monkey! You, weren't you dead?"

"No! Impossible! Your things are still down there. How did you survive?"

"Hahaha! I, Old Sun, am standing right in front of you, yet you don't recognize me." Sun Wukong scratched his head and did a somersault in the air as he spoke.

"Don't try to fool me. You're not that monkey. I know what that monkey is capable of. Your magic is not as good as that monkey's."

"You are not a stone monkey either. You have two of Sun Wukong's inherent qualities within you, so you look somewhat like him. Don't try to fool me." The Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha said.

No matter what, he could not accept the fact that Sun Wukong had come back to life. Back then, they had been led by Erlang Shen Yang Jian to besiege this monkey together, and that battle was fierce and chaotic.

In the end, Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, and the others proved to be more skilled and successfully killed the monkey. Back then, he personally witnessed the monkey's soul being scattered, leaving only a wisp of its soul to be reincarnated, and its body was also divided into six root weapons.

Even with immense magical power, it's impossible to save this monkey. He has already completely entered the cycle of reincarnation, and his remnant soul has been reincarnated for hundreds and dozens of lifetimes. He is no longer the original Sun Wukong.

"Very well! Very well! It seems only my iron cudgel can remind you of some things from the past." Sun Wukong said, hoisting the real iron cudgel onto his shoulder.

"You don't even have the Ruyi Jingu Bang, yet you dare to challenge me? You should defeat my disciple first!" The Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha snorted coldly, opened his Acquired Human Seed Bag, and a small white dragon about a hundred feet long flew out. After that, Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha disappeared.

When Rod saw the little white dragon, he thought it was a white dragon horse. But upon closer inspection, the dragon seemed to be female, so it was a little dragon daughter!

"Who am I? It's Bian Jinlong! You saved me back then, so you're one of my benefactors. I'll spare your life this time, so get out of here!" Sun Wukong roared, hoisting his true steel cudgel onto his shoulder.

On his journey to the West, Kang Jinlong had once helped him. If it weren't for Kang Jinlong, he wouldn't have been able to open Maitreya Buddha's golden gong back then.

Unexpectedly, the former star lord in the heavens has fallen to the mortal realm as a demon and become the disciple of the Yellow-Eyebrowed Buddha.

No one knows what happened in the years since his death, but the world has become like this.

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, the little white dragon that flew into the sky was clearly stunned for a moment, and then attacked Sun Wukong again.

"Roar!"

This time, Sun Wukong didn't hold back. He wielded his iron cudgel with great power and struck at Kang Jinlong.

The dragon and the monkey stood together, exchanging blows and fighting fiercely. The golden dragon possessed excellent lightning magic, and the entire ice surface was covered with lightning as it relentlessly attacked Sun Wukong.

The monkey used its external magical body technique and the transformation of gathering and dispersing energy to evade the lightning spell from the sky.

“You little girl, it’s been hundreds of years. Your thunder magic has improved, but I wonder if your hand skills have suffered as well,” Sun Wukong said.

For some reason, he always felt that Kang Jinlong's gaze towards him was slightly strange.

Rhodes and Azeroth rode on the backs of two tigers, while the old horse served them beside them.

“This dragon looks a bit like you after you transform, but you are much bigger than her after you transform.” Azeroth began to communicate secretly with Rhodes using his cosmos.