Primordial Era: Becoming the Great Emperor of Humanity from the Start

Chapter 199 The Possibility of Breaking Fate!

After the Great Sun Buddha completely suppressed Sun Wukong, all sides ceased fighting once again, and the Earthly Immortal Realm returned to peace.

"Greetings, Human Emperor!" Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan bowed as they approached Jiang Heng.

"The great calamity is about to begin, but it will not concern you much. Just don't actively invite trouble!" Jiang Heng said.

Yang Jian and the other two all nodded. With their current strength, as long as they didn't provoke trouble, no one could do anything to them.

"Your Majesty, how should our human race conduct itself during this great calamity?" Yang Jian asked.

Having personally experienced the Investiture of the Gods calamity, Yang Jian and others naturally knew just how terrifying it was.

Now that the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West has begun again, whether it will affect the entire human race is something that Yang Jian and others have to consider.

"This great calamity is somewhat different from the Investiture of the Gods calamity. Although it has some connection with our human race, the connection is not very significant!"

I have already planned this matter. You don't need to worry about it. Just protect the human race in the Immortal Realm.

"Anyone who dares to offend my human race will be killed without hesitation!" Jiang Heng said.

Strictly speaking, on the surface, the Journey to the West Calamity is not nearly as terrifying as the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

It was nothing more than a journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, along the way subduing demons and monsters; there weren't even many significant battles.

For the entire Immortal Realm, the impact of the Journey to the West Calamity was actually very limited, but this was only what was visible on the surface.

Compared to tangible calamities, the intangible influence on the spirit and faith often penetrates people's hearts silently.

Moreover, the Journey to the West tribulation is also related to whether the Heavenly Dao can be perfected. The power struggle behind it is no less than that of the Investiture of the Gods tribulation.

Of course, Jiang Heng was in charge of planning these things. As for Yang Jian and the others, the Journey to the West Calamity did not have a significant impact on the human race.

Yang Jian and the others all nodded. With them protecting them, the human race was now as stable as Mount Tai, and no one dared to plot against them.

Especially during this crucial period of the Journey to the West, everyone knows that the human race is not to be trifled with, and naturally no one wants to cause any trouble at this time.

After arranging matters concerning the human race, Jiang Heng, together with the Ancestral Witch Houtu, arrived at the place where Sun Wukong was currently being suppressed, namely Wuzhi Mountain.

The Great Sun Tathagata sealed Sun Wukong with his palm-sized Buddha Kingdom and transformed it into a Five Finger Mountain, which landed at the border between the southern continent of Zhanzhou and the western continent of Niuhe.

This was naturally so that the pilgrims could take Sun Wukong as their disciple when they went to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures, and also so that the great quest of the Journey to the West could be completed smoothly.

"This Five Finger Mountain is indeed extraordinary. The power of its seal is not entirely due to the work of the Great Sun Tathagata!" said Houtu, the Ancestral Witch.

"The Buddha's palm-sized kingdom can suppress Sun Wukong for a time, but it is absolutely impossible for it to suppress Sun Wukong for five hundred years!"

"The power of the Heavenly Dao now exists on Five Finger Mountain. Sun Wukong has absolutely no chance of escaping in the next five hundred years!" Jiang Heng said.

Although Sun Wukong's strength is not as great as that of the Great Sun Tathagata, it is impossible for him to have made no progress after five hundred years of cultivation.

Furthermore, under the Five Finger Mountain, Sun Wukong could easily use his skill of "dripping water wears away stone" to slowly erase the seal of the Great Sun Tathagata.

Moreover, although the Great Sun Tathagata is powerful, if a saintly incarnation were to intervene, it is not impossible to break the seal set up by the Great Sun Tathagata.

However, after the power of Heaven was concentrated in the Five Fingers Mountain, Sun Wukong could only be suppressed for five hundred years, with no possibility of escaping.

Didn't you see that the Western religion has already given up? It's not that they don't want to take action, but everything is already set in stone, and it's useless for them to intervene again.

For the Heavenly Way, neither Western religion nor Mahayana Buddhism matters; what matters is its own attainment of perfection.

As long as the Journey to the West tribulation proceeds smoothly, it makes no difference whether it falls on the Western religions or on Mahayana Buddhism.

Jiang Heng and Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, strolled leisurely through the Five Fingers Mountain. After some time, they saw Sun Wukong being suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain.

Sun Wukong, who had just been suppressed, was naturally filled with resentment and continued to struggle under the Five Fingers Mountain.

But no matter how much Sun Wukong struggled, the Five Finger Mountain remained incredibly stable, without even the slightest disturbance.

"There's no need to struggle anymore. Wuzhi Mountain is not just a seal set up by the Great Sun Tathagata; the power of the Heavenly Dao also exists within it."

"Even if you cultivate for another five hundred years, you still won't be able to break the seal of Five Finger Mountain, let alone now!" Jiang Heng said with a smile as he looked at Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong was slightly startled. Even with his current strength, he only noticed two figures not far away when Jiang Heng spoke.

Although Sun Wukong did not recognize Jiang Heng and Hou Yu, he knew that the two creatures that had suddenly appeared before him were definitely extraordinary.

"Who exactly are you? And how do you know that the power of the Heavenly Dao exists here?" Sun Wukong asked in a deep voice, his expression hostile.

"Who am I? The Ruyi Jingu Bang in your hand was forged by me, so tell me who I am!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

Sun Wukong was slightly taken aback. He had heard many stories about Jiang Heng from the Dragon King of the East Sea, so he was naturally familiar with Jiang Heng.

"The first human emperor? A supreme powerhouse at the saint level?" Sun Wukong muttered to himself.

Even if Sun Wukong was arrogant, he knew the importance of his actions when facing a sage-level expert like Jiang Heng.

Moreover, although Sun Wukong was not very knowledgeable, he knew that in the primordial world, there was a saying that all beings below the level of a sage were ants.

"Indeed! It is I, the Emperor. However, what stands before you is an avatar, not my true form!"

"As for this one, she is my Daoist companion, the current ruler of the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the primordial world, the Ancestral Witch Houtu!" Jiang Heng said.

"Houtu Ancestral Witch? Another Saint-level powerhouse?" Sun Wukong was slightly surprised again and muttered to himself.

It would be difficult for Sun Wukong not to know the name of Houtu, the Ancestral Witch. After all, Sun Wukong had been severely punished by Xuanming, the Ancestral Witch, in the Underworld.

However, what Sun Wukong found hard to understand was that he had no connection with these two powerful figures, so why were they appearing in front of him?

"If you can cultivate the Victory Strike Technique to its highest level, it won't be the Great Sun Tathagata suppressing you, but you suppressing him!" Jiang Heng said.

"Did you put the Victory Strike Technique inside the Ruyi Jingu Bang?" Sun Wukong asked in utter shock.

When Sun Wukong first discovered the Victory Strike Technique within the Ruyi Jingu Bang, he didn't really think much about it.

In order to avenge himself against the Xuanming Ancestral Witch, Sun Wukong chose to cultivate the Victory Strike Technique. Little did he know that after cultivating it, he would discover the power of this technique.

Sun Wukong also knew that the Ruyi Jingu Bang was actually the Pillar of Suppressing the Sea forged by Jiang Heng, so the Victory Strike Technique was naturally put into it by Jiang Heng.

"Naturally, it was placed there by me; it was originally meant for you!" Jiang Heng said directly, without hiding anything.

"It was meant for me? You knew all along that I would go to the East Sea to borrow the magic weapon?" Sun Wukong was shocked and said in disbelief.

If he hadn't already known that he would be going to the Dragon King of the East Sea to borrow a magic weapon, why would this human emperor have said that the Victory Strike Technique was originally meant for him?

However, what shocked Sun Wukong was that his trip to the Dragon King of the East Sea to borrow treasure was a spur-of-the-moment decision, so how could Jiang Heng have known?

"At this point, you still don't understand? Among the countless beings in the Immortal Realm, you were never particularly remarkable to begin with."

Why would the Heavenly Court notice you? And why would they trick you into coming to the Heavenly Court? Is it simply because of your great strength?

"There are actually quite a few beings in the Three Realms who are stronger than you were back then. Why has the Heavenly Court ignored them?" Jiang Heng said.

Jiang Heng's words immediately put Sun Wukong into deep thought, and upon careful consideration, he was able to see many problems.

Having been tricked into going to the Heavenly Court twice in a row, what was the Heavenly Court's purpose? Was it merely to subdue a demon king from the Earthly Immortal Realm?

"Tell me, what is the reason for this?" Sun Wukong asked in a deep voice.

"Every so often, a great calamity will descend upon the world, such as the Lich Calamity and the Investiture of the Gods Calamity in the past."

"But now, in this era, a new great calamity has arrived, and you are the chosen one of this great calamity!" Jiang Heng said.

Sun Wukong was slightly taken aback; he had naturally heard of the Great Calamity. From the words of other beings, he also knew how terrifying the Great Calamity was.

But Sun Wukong never expected that not only had a new great calamity arrived, but he himself would also be the protagonist of this great calamity.

However, Sun Wukong didn't really know what being the protagonist of destiny meant, but he knew that everything that happened to him was definitely related to it.

"Am I, Old Sun, the protagonist of this great calamity? Is that why you gave me the Victory Strike Technique?" Sun Wukong asked.

"There are indeed factors involved, but at my level, the Great Tribulation can hardly affect me anymore."

"I'm teaching you the Victory Technique, partly to use you to intervene in this great calamity, but also because you're suited to this technique!" Jiang Heng said.

Jiang Heng's appreciation for Sun Wukong stemmed from his past life's feelings, and compared to other saints, he was not as driven by self-interest.

"What exactly do you want? Could it be that I, Old Sun, am just a pawn in your game?" Sun Wukong said with a gloomy expression.

By this time, Sun Wukong understood that everything that had happened to him was actually unrelated to the course of the Great Tribulation.

At this moment, Sun Wukong was filled with resentment. He did not want to become a pawn in the hands of the saints.

"The sages use the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man as a chessboard, and all living beings are pawns in the hands of the sages. This is the fate that all living beings cannot escape."

To break this fate, one must either become a saint or make the saints disappear completely from the three realms of heaven, earth, and humanity!

"As for what I want to do? Actually, I just see a certain possibility in you and want to give it a try!" Jiang Heng said.

"What's possible?" Sun Wukong asked.

"The possibility of breaking free from one's own destiny!" Jiang Heng said.

"The possibility of breaking fate? Hmph! You high and mighty saints, don't you think you control everything in the three realms of heaven, earth, and man?"

"If I, Old Sun, could break free from my own destiny, would you saints be happy about it?" Sun Wukong said with considerable disdain.

Although Sun Wukong considered himself extraordinary, he also knew just how far he was from reaching the realm of a sage.

In the presence of true saints, Sun Wukong's strength was utterly inadequate, so how could he possibly break free from their constraints?

"How will you know it's impossible if you don't try? Nothing is certain. Even an ant has the potential to shake the heavens!"

I was once an ant in the eyes of the sages, but after the Lich War, I became a sage.

"This is breaking free from one's own destiny. If I can do it, why can't you?" Jiang Heng said.

Sun Wukong had already heard many stories about Jiang Heng from the Dragon King of the East Sea, so he naturally knew about Jiang Heng's growth trajectory.

Since the beginning of time, there have been few beings in the primordial world who have been able to break free from their own destiny, and Jiang Heng is undoubtedly the most special one.

"You're right! I, Sun Wukong, will never give in. In the future, I will definitely storm the Heavenly Court again and destroy the Great Sun Tathagata!" Sun Wukong said firmly.

Learning everything from Jiang Heng did not plunge Sun Wukong into despair; instead, it completely ignited his fighting spirit.

Just as the human emperor in front of him said, as the protagonist of the great calamity, Sun Wukong didn't actually have many choices.

Either break free from your own destiny, or completely submit and obediently follow the script of the great eon to complete your own tasks.

"That's right! You must remember that strength may have its limits, but an indomitable will has infinite possibilities!"

You will be suppressed under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years. These five hundred years will be the golden period for your cultivation. I hope you will not slack off.

"No matter what choices you make in the future, only sufficient strength will be your foundation!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

After saying this, Jiang Heng did not receive a reply from Sun Wukong, and turned around and left Wuzhi Mountain with Houtu Zuwu.

Jiang Heng's purpose in coming here was not to do anything specific. He simply wanted to meet with Sun Wukong and perhaps offer him some pointers.

In the future journey to the West, Sun Wukong will play a crucial role, which may even affect the course of the entire Journey to the West tribulation.

The sages are all secretly plotting, and Jiang Heng is no exception. When the time is right, Sun Wukong will understand why Jiang Heng has come to Five Finger Mountain today.

Sun Wukong stared at Jiang Heng and Houtu, who were gradually disappearing, and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time. Unconsciously, countless thoughts had been running through his mind.

"What that Human Emperor said earlier is right. To have the right to choose, one must possess sufficient strength!" Sun Wukong muttered to himself.

After a moment of contemplation, Sun Wukong stopped struggling to break the seal of the Five Fingers Mountain and began to cultivate.

Five hundred years is not a long time; for a quasi-saint level expert, it is only a very short period of time.

However, for Sun Wukong, five hundred years is not an impossible time to cultivate the Victory Strike Technique to perfection if he works hard.

At that time, Sun Wukong might just break free from his cocoon and become a butterfly.

(End of this chapter)