Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 40 The Four Mischievous Monkeys, Entangled in Cause and Effect

The first divine monkey was named the Spiritual Stone Monkey, who could transform, understand the seasons, know the advantages of the land, and move stars and change constellations.

The second divine monkey is named the Six-Eared Macaque. It is good at listening, discerning reason, knowing the past and the future, and understanding all things.

The third divine monkey is called the Long-Armed Ape. It can grasp the sun and moon, shrink mountains, discern good and bad fortune, and manipulate the universe.

The fourth divine monkey is named the Red-Bottomed Macaque. It understands yin and yang, knows human affairs, is good at entering and leaving, and can avoid death and prolong life.

If the origins of the four divine monkeys are strengthened to a certain extent and then merged, there is a chance that they can be restored to the original divine ape egg and directly born, transforming into a primordial divine ape at the level of a primordial true saint.

However, the Sacred Ape Egg formed by the fusion of the four divine monkeys can only be dominated by one will, so the four divine monkeys were destined to be enemies from the moment of their birth, and would fight to the death.

The three giant crystal eggs before Taiwei were the Lingming Stone Monkey, the Long-Armed Ape, and the Six-Eared Macaque, three of the Four Chaotic Monkeys. The giant crystal egg that gave birth to the Red-Bottomed Macaque was not here, so it seems that it has already been born.

Once the essence of the Four Divine Monkeys is transformed and descended into the world, they will be innate true saints, capable of bearing the remaining many Dao fruits of Taiwei. However, the entangled cause and effect among the Four Divine Monkeys makes Taiwei somewhat apprehensive.

With the potential of the four divine monkeys, once they are born, they will be top-tier divine beasts of heaven and earth. It would not be too difficult for them to transform into Primordial True Saints and become top-tier powerful beings of heaven and earth.

However, once Taiwei chooses to use the four divine beasts to carry his Dao Fruit, then in order for this Dao Fruit to grow to its peak, it will inevitably have to devour all the other divine monkey origins.

Of course, Taiwei didn't care too much about this. If it were the original Primordial Sacred Ape, Taiwei might have been a little wary, but the four divine monkeys that split from the Primordial Sacred Ape's origin were not worth Taiwei's attention.

Taiwei was worried because the fall of the ancient holy ape was due to the intervention of many powerful beings. In other words, the four divine monkeys were born with karmic ties to many top-level beings in the world.

If Taiwei had chosen to entrust his Dao fruit to the Four Great Divine Monkeys, he would inevitably have to settle karmic debts with other powerful beings during his cultivation journey, which would be extremely difficult for anyone in the primordial world.

The cause and effect of life and death is greater than heaven. If this cause and effect is not resolved, Taiwei's divine monkey avatar will not be able to attain enlightenment. Moreover, resolving the cause and effect with many top-level powerful beings is not so easy.

While most of these top-tier beings are relatively peaceful, there are a few like Taiwei and Luohou who are wicked and ruthless.

People like Taiwei and Luohou are not good at resolving cause and effect; what they are good at is dealing with the people who caused the cause and effect. Once the people are gone, the cause and effect naturally cease to exist.

Taiwei looked at the three giant crystal eggs in front of him and carefully examined them. Of the three giant crystal eggs, only the giant egg of the Long-Armed Ape was almost fully evolved. The other two giant eggs still needed a long time to slowly develop.

Within the giant egg of the Spiritual Stone Monkey, Taiwei also caught a fleeting glimpse of a golden lotus. This giant egg had already been chosen by Shakyamuni in advance, and Taiwei had no intention of competing with Shakyamuni for it.

In this way, Taiwei's only choices are the Long-Armed Ape and the Six-Eared Macaque. However, compared to the Six-Eared Macaque, which requires a long time to develop, Taiwei naturally prefers the Long-Armed Ape, which has a shorter gestation period.

"My life has always been about going against the current. So be it. If I miss out on this giant monkey egg, I'll inevitably regret it later."

Taiwei's gaze sharpened, and the dazzling star trails reappeared. On Taiwei's main body, a phantom Dao Fruit merged into the giant egg that was nurturing the Tongbi Ape.

As a tremendous force erupted, the vast essence and blood within the crystal egg that nurtured the Tongbi Giant Ape surged. Taiwei looked at the Tongbi Giant Ape before him and began to inscribe array patterns that gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the crystal egg with his fingers.

The magnetic power of heaven and earth transformed into a blade, engraving countless delicate patterns on the giant crystal egg. As the array patterns took shape, a large amount of the essence of heaven and earth in the five-colored array suddenly rotated and merged into the Long-Armed Ape.

Originally, 40% of the essence of heaven and earth in the entire Five-Colored Array fell into the giant crystal egg where the Long-Armed Ape was located, while the remaining 60% was evenly integrated into the bodies of the Spirit Stone Monkey and the Six-Eared Macaque.

Now, with the inscription of Taiwei's own array patterns, eighty percent of the essence of heaven and earth in the great array has been integrated into the body of the Tongbi Ape. The two giant eggs of Lingming Stone Monkey and Six-Eared Macaque can only barely absorb some scraps.

Taiwei looked at the giant egg of the Tongbi Ape, which was in a state of constant energy flow, and sighed. He didn't know if his actions were right or wrong, but he really didn't want to miss out on such a superior embryo.

The moment the Tongbi Ape and Taiwei merged their Dao Fruits, it signified that the Tongbi Ape's destiny had begun to manifest in the Heavenly Netherworld.

Although the destiny of the Long-Armed Ape was also concealed due to the intervention of the Taiwei main body, that fleeting, violent aura still drew the attention of many in the primordial world.

Most of the top-tier Primordial True Saints didn't pay much attention to it, only glancing at it before looking away. For them at this point, a Long-Armed Ape was not enough to attract their attention.

However, among the many top-level beings, Shakyamuni of Mount Sumeru in the Western Regions murmured a Buddhist chant, and two of the Four Chaotic Monkeys have now appeared. It is unknown when the Vajra Protector of Buddhism that he has chosen will be born.

Upon sensing the aura of the Long-Armed Ape, Luo Hou's deep eyes surged with endless demonic energy, like an abyss, and a cold killing intent appeared on his face.

"Go, find the remaining three monkeys and tear them apart."

Behind Luo Hou, a figure clad in black, whose face and body were completely covered by a long black robe, silently left Tianmo Mountain. The powerful and majestic force around him directly broke through the void and landed in the far west.

Taiwei knew that the aura displayed by the Tongbi Ape would inevitably attract the attention of other powerful beings, but he didn't care.

The location of these three giant crystal eggs has been sealed off by an array, and with the main body's Heavenly Secrets Sealing, even top-tier experts cannot find this place.

Taiwei even erased the golden lotus mark that had been branded onto the giant egg of the Spirit Stone Monkey. Although Taiwei remembered Shakyamuni as a calm and kind person, Taiwei was not sure if Shakyamuni would come back to this cave and take away the giant egg of the Spirit Stone Monkey.

Taiwei didn't care about taking away the Spirit Stone Monkey, but he was worried that taking away the giant egg of the Spirit Stone Monkey would cause the Five-Colored Array to collapse directly.

When the auras of the three divine monkeys are exposed together, even if Taiwei's cultivation reaches the Taiyi realm and his life level transforms into the Primordial True Saint, he will not be able to stop so many top beings of heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)