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Chapter 432 Ancient Moon Ape and Cthulhu's Journey to the West

The Ninth Heaven, a place isolated from the world.

Seeing the furrowed brows of all the sages, Yang Kaitai couldn't help but ask, "Gentlemen, what has happened?"

The Celestial Venerable of Morality spoke with a somewhat solemn expression: "The river of time has been greatly altered by the battles between sages."

Hearing that the matter seemed quite serious, Yang Kaitai couldn't help but ask, "Then... what changes will occur if the river of time changes? Will the future be altered?"

"No! The future has always been distorted by the games played by the sages. Unless only one sage remains, it is infinite in itself. What truly changes is the past."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable sighed softly and said, "The timelines that were once bound together have begun to branch out and have returned to their original forms."

"The original appearance?" Yang Kaitai asked, puzzled.

"Because everything now is the result of the game between the sages, even the Five Domains and even Chaos itself exist because of the sages."

The Tongtian Sect Leader explained, "The very beginning of the universe should have been destroyed billions of years after its birth. The reason it still exists and has evolved into the Five Realms is simply because the sages felt the need for a place for each other to live in peace."

"Whether it's the infinite nesting dolls that fit the worldview of the Ganges River, or the setting of the different customs and cultures of the five regions, don't you think this is a bit too coincidental?" Tongtian said with a smile.

"To reiterate, for mortals and even quasi-saints, the power of a saint is already close to omnipotence," Yuanshi said calmly.

As he spoke, Yuanshi waved his hand gently, and countless fine golden lines appeared before him, parallel to each other and not interfering with each other.

Yuanshi pointed to the countless golden threads and said, "This is the river of time."

Zhunti tossed out a dazzling golden ring: "This ring is for now."

When the golden ring in the saint's hand was thrown, the originally parallel golden lines were all twisted into a single rope by the ring as the base.

"As the rings continue to advance along this timeline, they transform all the past into one, while the forks that are not bound by the rings represent the infinite future."

"The reason time is set this way is because of the will of the sage."

"To prevent the constant alteration of the past by sages from causing continuous changes in the present and affecting everyone, we have no choice but to resort to this measure."

"Once the saints have reached an agreement, no one, not even the saints themselves, can change the flow of time, because it is the power of the saints."

As he spoke, the guide chanted a prayer while gently moving his right hand across the golden thread twisted into a rope.

The gold thread that was originally bound on the left side, representing the past, immediately burst open and forked into countless strands.

Now the scene before you has become a line that branches infinitely at both ends, only converging at the center.

The guide pointed to the forked timelines at both ends and said, "This is the result of their battle: the countless fragmented pasts are brought together by the present and then point to an infinite future."

"...So?" Yang Kaitai asked, not understanding why things that happened in the past would cause problems if the present remained unchanged.

"Hehe." Looking at the bewildered Yang Kaitai, all the sages laughed out loud.

Tongtian pointed lightly and said, "The unofficial history... is coming."

Following the direction pointed by the saints, Yang Kaitai was astonished to see countless split timelines, which represented countless worlds.

……

In the primordial Central Plains, in the blessed land of Flower and Fruit Mountain, there lies the celestial paradise of Water Curtain Cave!

This place is hundreds of years before Sun Wukong went to the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Sun Wukong's gaze is fixed on the noisy troop of monkeys in front of him.

The monkeys over there were talking about whoever could jump into the cave would be made king.

Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"Jin Chanzi! What a Jin Chanzi! No wonder he was chosen by the Buddhist rosary to be the pilgrim on the journey to the West. After refining his magical artifact, he even possesses the ability to reverse time! Let me do it all over again!"

The monkeys looked at him and shouted, "If you can go in and come out, we will recognize you as our king!"

Sun Wukong was silent for a moment, then suddenly! The monkeys heard him chant loudly:

A cold wind blows beneath the Five Elements Mountain, and the Monkey King returns before the Water Curtain Cave.

The Ten Kings of Hell defy life and death; with a single swipe of their divine needles, even dragons are driven back.

A great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, battling against the Immortal Slayers; divine authority could not withstand the tears of the Earthly Fiends.

The Buddha turned his hand and trapped my true self; all beings regretted it, but I did not!

With that thought in mind, Sun Wukong suddenly waved his hand, no longer confused.

No matter how difficult or dangerous it may be, I have already embarked on the road and will have no regrets even if I die!

Having said that, Sun Wukong lightly leaped into the Water Curtain Cave!

……

Inside the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, Sun Wukong came to seek the secret to immortality.

The Bodhi Patriarch said calmly, "You are originally a monkey. If you remove the animalistic nature from the character 'monkey,' you become Gu Yue."

"I named you after Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and included the character 'Fang' as a memento, hoping that you will never lose your true self in the future. The last character is the 'Yuan' from 'monkey'."

"From this day forward, your name will be Gu Yue Fang Yuan!"

After Bodhi Patriarch finished speaking, Gu Yue Fang Yuan kowtowed and thanked him.

……

In Heaven, the immortals, seeing the Ancient Moon Ape who had ambushed and killed the Jade Emperor, couldn't help but roar in anger:

"Fang Yuan! Have you lost your mind?!"

"Fang Yuan! You even killed a Supreme Being, are you still a Celestial?"

"Look what you've done! Without a Supreme Being, who will rule over all living beings in the Three Realms!"

"Oh dear, Fang Yuan, you must have been bribed by that Western Buddha! You traitor, you spy!"

Only the two immortals were overjoyed.

Nezha and Erlang Shen looked at the Jade Emperor's corpse and burst into laughter: "Interesting, interesting, truly interesting!"

With the surrounding gods pointing their fingers and the immortals stirring with excitement, Fang Yuan chuckled lightly: "Hehe, it's simple, I'll just become the Supreme One!"

Having said that, facing Mount Ling and the Heavenly Court, he loudly recited:

Heaven and earth created a spirit and immortals, an old ape in Flower Fruit Mountain.

He made his home in the Water Curtain Cave, and sought out friends and teachers to comprehend the profound mysteries.

The methods to achieve immortality are numerous, and the transformations learned are boundless.

Because they found the mortal world too cramped, they resolved to dwell in the Jade Heaven.

The Lingxiao Palace did not exist long ago; it has been passed down through generations of emperors.

The strong shall be respected, and I shall be the only hero daring to be first.

Having said that, Fang Yuan finally revealed his cultivation level, no longer concealing it: peak Quasi-Saint!

"I am a Quasi-Saint at the peak! Who dares to kill me? Who can kill me?"

Yang Kaitai: ...

Just one timeline was enough to leave Yang Kaitai utterly speechless.

Where did this all this absurd history come from? Sun Wukong is somehow connected to Gu Yue Fang Yuan? What kind of connection is this?

Thinking this, Yang Kaitai turned his gaze to another past timeline.

Pigsy is dead...

Wukong is dead...

Tang Sanzang is dead...

The Buddha is dead...

The Journey to the West is fake; these people's corpses are crawling with fat worms, and there is a strange and gloomy atmosphere everywhere.

But everyone else is kept in the dark; only I can see the true, indescribable world.

But the more one understands, the more one descends into madness, and in the end, everything will be destroyed.

"I'm a Zhihu user who stitches together Cthulhu Mythos and Journey to the West myths."

Yang Kaitai looked at Zhongzhou, which resembled an insect world, and almost vomited. After only seeing three worlds, he understood the infinite terror of the past.

Damn it, there's too much unofficial history!

(End of this chapter)