Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

Chapter 186 Comprehension

The four monkeys stand according to the four cardinal directions: the six-eared macaque represents wind, the long-armed ape represents earth, the red-bottomed macaque represents water, and the spiritual stone monkey represents fire.

As soon as the forces of wind, earth, water, and fire were formed, a huge phantom of a demonic ape appeared above the four monkeys.

The demonic ape raised its head and roared, causing the entire primordial world to tremble and countless stars to shake.

An extremely fierce aura fixed intently on Duobao.

Duobao was immediately filled with a chill, and he desperately suppressed the instinctive urge to turn around and run away.

Suddenly, the four monkeys transformed into four beams of light—one green, one yellow, one black, and one red—and intertwined together.

In an instant, it felt like an eternity had passed.

Suddenly, it was as if the Chaos Demon Ape had transformed from a phantom into reality and appeared before Duobao.

Even the stick in his hand seemed to have changed.

Originally, the four monkeys each had a different staff. The Six-Eared Macaque had the Sun, Moon and Stars Staff, but later he felt that the name was not very nice, so he called it the "Follow-the-Will Iron Staff".

The long-armed ape holds a white jade pillar called the Sky-Supporting Pillar. The red-bottomed macaque holds the Four Seas Iron Cudgel. And the Spiritual Stone Monkey holds the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel).

However, the staff in the hands of the demonic ape formed by the fusion of the four monkeys was pitch black and exuded an extremely ferocious aura.

This stick actually has a history; it's called the Chaos Demon Stick, and it's the treasure of the Chaos Demon Ape.

However, this stick is naturally not the genuine article. It is just a replica of the Chaos Magic Stick, formed by combining the four monkeys into one and returning to the origin.

Even so, this magic staff possesses unimaginable and terrifying power.

"Duobao, do you still want to fight?" The demonic ape stared at Duobao and asked.

Duobao took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly, saying, "Now I finally have to admit that you are indeed the number one in the Three Realms."

"However, now that we've come this far, how can I not experience your superior skills, fellow Daoist?"

Upon hearing this, the demonic ape grinned, radiating an overwhelming fighting spirit. It flung the Chaos Demon Cudgel in its hand and said, "Alright, Duobao, let me show you the power of my Chaos Demon Cudgel."

"However, there is one thing you are wrong about. The number one in the Three Realms is not me, but Uncle Hongyun, the Worldly Free King Buddha of your Buddhist sect. You came to fight me, but you have come to the wrong person."

Upon hearing this, Duobao was taken aback, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he suddenly channeled his magic power and unleashed it all.

The already dazzling three-colored light emanating from Duobao's body became even more dazzling at this moment.

With a long roar from Duobao, the celestial light of Taiqing, the celestial light of Shangqing, and the golden Buddha light surged forth with boundless magical power.

As if the sky were falling and the earth were splitting apart, an enormous hand formed.

The palm of the hand still vaguely resembled the moves of the Buddha in the palm, but it also incorporated elements of Xuanmen Taoist magic.

The principles of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are also in operation, and they do not contradict each other or conflict with each other. On the contrary, they complement each other, assist each other, and supplement each other.

And it is even more powerful.

Such a colossal hand suddenly slammed down towards the demonic ape, as if this single strike would shatter the entire primordial world and cause a cataclysmic upheaval.

At the same time, the demonic ape swung its magic wand, roared, and leaped up to strike.

The magic wand then flashed with four colors of light: blue, yellow, black, and red.

At the same time, the magic wand also struck out four times in an instant, one after another, almost without stopping, hitting the Buddha's palm.

The four blows dimmed the light of the Tathagata Palm, and all five fingers were smashed.

Only the palm remained, and it continued to fall.

But the demonic ape twisted its body, did a somersault, and then charged at the ape with its staff.

With this strike, four colors of light bloomed simultaneously: green, yellow, black, and red, representing the unity of the four elements, all culminating in a single blow.

This single blow seemed to shatter the entire primordial world of the Three Realms; its terrifying power even emanated from the Mountain and River Map.

An overwhelming sense of malevolence surged forth from the scroll, causing the real Three Realms outside to change color as well.

Creepy.

With this strike, everything in its path was shattered and returned to chaos, with earth, water, fire, and wind churning.

Duobao's Tathagata Palm technique had no chance of escaping; it was smashed to pieces and turned to ashes by a single blow.

The magic wand stopped steadily above Duobao's head, hovering there without actually falling.

Otherwise, this blow might have forced Buddhism to adopt a new Buddha.

The demon ape put the staff back.

Meanwhile, the great battle came to an end. With a gentle shake, the Mountain and River Map moved the two people inside out.

At the same time, the Three Realms, which had already collapsed beyond recognition within the scroll, were also completely shattered, transforming into surging chaotic energy that flowed endlessly.

However, it was quickly reshaped, returning to the intact Three Realms and the primordial world. The scroll flew towards the Thirty-Three Heavens and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Duobao and the Demon Ape returned to the outside world. It was the familiar Three Realms again, but it was no longer the world depicted in the painting.

Within these three realms, there are countless beings, and above them, the Heavenly Dao operates in the unseen realm.

Duobao remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

But the demonic ape suddenly sighed. At this moment, his four bodies were united as one, gathering the essence of the four monkeys, and his fortune was also unified.

But I still feel that I am still a step away from the Primordial Chaos realm, and now is not the time for me to prove myself.

Upon this thought, three streaks of light—one green, one yellow, and one black—flew out from the demonic ape's body and headed into the distance.

The demonic ape also changed its form and greatly reduced its aura, transforming back into the luminous stone monkey, the Monkey King, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong.

However, even so, Liu Er's consciousness had not completely faded. He said to Duobao, "Fellow Daoist, please make your move. Five hundred years from now, I will protect the pilgrim on his journey to the West to obtain the true scriptures, attain Buddhahood, and become the Victorious Fighting Buddha."

"Good!"

Upon hearing this, Duobao clasped his hands together, chanted a Buddhist prayer, and then flipped his hands over, unleashing the Tathagata Palm technique once more.

He pressed down with his palm towards Liu Er.

Seeing this, Liu Er did not resist, but smiled calmly and his consciousness suddenly faded away, while Sun Wukong's consciousness took over and woke up.

However, Liu Er modified it somewhat, changing it to a battle between Liu Er and Duo Bao, in which Liu Er was defeated, and at this time, the Buddha was about to suppress him.

Sun Wukong roared in anger and tried his best to resist, but no matter what he did, he could not escape the Buddha's Palm.

This palm strike sent him plummeting from the heavens to the earthly realm, where he transformed into the Five Elements Mountain, which pressed Sun Wukong beneath it.

They also added a gold plaque, which was pasted on the mountain as a means of suppression.

Leaving aside what happened to Sun Wukong when he was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, let's talk about what happened outside the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Xuanhuang Heaven.

On this day, Xuanhuang was in seclusion when suddenly his body trembled, and he first manifested the image of Taiji.

The body is surrounded by yin and yang energies, and the black and white colors change constantly, manifesting countless mysterious transformations in an instant.

Following this, Taiji transforms into Taisu, which has form and substance but has not yet taken shape. Therefore, at this time, Xuanhuang has no fixed form and is unpredictable.

Sometimes it is a stream of air, sometimes a human body, and sometimes it transforms into a tree, a bird, a beast, or even the sun, moon, and stars.

Nothing remains unchanged, nothing is beyond transformation.

After a while, it changed from Tai Su to Tai Shi. Tai Shi has form but no substance, cannot be perceived by the senses, and is even more mysterious than Tai Su.

(End of this chapter)