Chapter 242: The Great Sage Equal to Heaven Gifts the Seven Fairies
10086 Multi-Heaven Chat Group.
【Handsome Monkey King: People from the Celestial Court have arrived, but you guys wouldn’t gang up to deceive your old Sun, would you?】
【Immortal Li: Great Sage, you jest. How would I dare deceive you? Great Sage, just follow Taibai Jinxing to Heaven and you will know the truth. I can’t possibly be so powerful as to make all the celestials and the Jade Emperor act together to deceive you, can I?】
【Handsome Monkey King: It just so happens that I also want to go to Heaven, so I’ll go and have a look!】
【Grassroots Hero: Great Sage, can you start a live broadcast so that we can also see what Heaven looks like?】
【True Immortal: Please, Great Sage, start a live broadcast and let us open our eyes!】
【Undead Knight: Please, Great Sage, start a live broadcast and let us open our eyes!】
【Handsome Monkey King: Alright, I shall fulfill your wishes!】
Journey to the West World.
Flower-Fruit Mountain.
The Handsome Monkey King, Sun Wukong, directly started a live broadcast and then ascended to Heaven with Taibai Jinxing.
Watching Sun Wukong riding the clouds, soaring through the void, Undead Knight, Immortal Li, Grassroots Hero, and True Immortal were all envious.
【True Immortal: A somersault covering 108,000 li, it’s truly unimaginable!】
【Grassroots Hero: It’s so good to be an immortal!
【Undead Knight: My heavens, is this the Southern Heavenly Gate? It’s truly magnificent and imposing, with an extraordinary aura!】
Everyone in the group marveled.
Zhou Chen also watched the live broadcast, suddenly feeling like he was watching Journey to the West in his previous life.
Only this time, the picture was clearer and more realistic.
After all, in his previous life, he watched it on TV, but now it was a live broadcast.
“The Journey to the West world has a plethora of powerful magical treasures. If I could get my hands on them all, my Red Dust Heavenly Boat could probably be upgraded!”
Thinking of this, Zhou Chen felt a surge of excitement.
The next moment.
A strange sensation, making his entire body tingle as if enveloped by a soft and moist fleshy wall, suddenly swept through him.
Zhou Chen, who was watching Monkey’s live broadcast as he arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate, snapped back to reality and looked at Xiao Qing and Bai Su Zhen.
Xiao Qing raised her head, smiled charmingly, and stammered:
“Great Immortal, I really want to progress!”
“Well, it’s good to want to progress. Keep working hard!”
Zhou Chen reached out and rubbed Xiao Qing’s head, offering a word of encouragement before turning his attention back to the chat group, allowing Xiao Qing to continue her ‘progress.’
In the live broadcast.
Monkey had already arrived at the Hall of Miraculous Clouds.
Golden nails studded jade doors, colorful phoenixes danced at the vermilion gates.
Covered walkways and corridors, everywhere exquisitely crafted;
Three eaves and four clusters, layer upon layer of dragons and phoenixes soaring.
Above, a majestic, bright, round, and dazzling golden gourd top;
Below, heavenly consorts holding palm-leaf fans, jade maidens carrying immortal scarves.
Golden towers and silver pavilions alongside purple mansions, jade flowers, precious herbs, and beautiful blossoms.
After Taibai Jinxing led Sun Wukong to pay their respects.
The Jade Emperor summoned the Ministers of Literature, Martial Arts, and Immortals to see where there were any vacant official positions, and to assign Sun Wukong to one.
The Martial Star Lord stepped forward and reported: “In the Celestial Palace, every palace and hall, every direction and location, has its full complement of officials. Only the Imperial Stables lacks a chief manager.”
The Jade Emperor decreed: “Then let him be the ‘Groom of the Heavenly Horses’.”
The ministers expressed their gratitude, and Sun Wukong only bowed deeply to the court.
The Jade Emperor then ordered the Star Lord of Wood to escort him to the Imperial Stables to assume his duties.
Sun Wukong was very happy and boasted in the chat group.
【Handsome Monkey King: Now your old Sun has also become a celestial official in Heaven. In the future, when you come here, your old Sun will invite you to Heaven as guests!】
“This monkey is quite generous!”
Zhou Chen chuckled and shook his head, feeling his head throbbing a bit. He couldn’t help but twist his waist.
“Cough, cough!”
Xiao Qing, who was drinking milk, suddenly choked, milk stains all over her mouth.
Zhou Chen reached out and rubbed her back, his attention still on the chat group.
【Immortal Li: Great Sage, there’s something I don’t know if I should say!】
【Handsome Monkey King: Speak your mind! What’s with the hesitation!】
【Immortal Li: Great Sage, actually, the Groom of the Heavenly Horses is just an insignificant, low-ranking official. It’s not even considered a real position. It’s just a horse caretaker!】
【Handsome Monkey King: What? A horse caretaker?】
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong felt anger rising in his heart, but he didn’t fully believe the chat group.
He immediately questioned the Imperial Stables staff beside him.
After confirming that he was indeed a horse caretaker, he gritted his teeth and said furiously: “How dare they look down on me like this! In Flower-Fruit Mountain, I was the king, the ancestor! How dare they trick me into coming here to raise horses for them? Raising horses is a job for young juniors, a lowly task! Is this how they treat me? I won’t do it! I won’t do it! I’m leaving!”
With a crash, he overturned the table, pulled out his treasure from his ear, and with a flick, it became as thick as a bowl. Using all his skills, he fought his way out of the Imperial Stables, straight to the Southern Heavenly Gate.
The heavenly guards knew he had received a celestial appointment and was the Groom of the Heavenly Horses, so they didn’t dare to stop him. They let him fight his way out of the Heavenly Gate.
In an instant, he landed on a cloud and returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Sun Wukong proclaimed himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and settled down as the Demon King on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Immortal Li told Sun Wukong about the future in the chat group.
“What? Your old Sun will be trapped under the Five Fingers Mountain by the Tathagata Buddha for five hundred years? And then I have to become a disciple of a monk and escort him to the West to retrieve Buddhist scriptures?”
Sun Wukong was both shocked and enraged.
【Handsome Monkey King: Is that Tathagata Buddha really that powerful?】
【Master of Romance: Great Sage, how long have you been cultivating? Even if you are exceptionally talented, those powerful immortals, gods, demons, and Buddhas all have powerful origins and extraordinary talents. They have also cultivated for countless years, so their cultivation levels are unimaginable.】
【Master of Romance: Take the Jade Emperor you met before, for example. He has been cultivating since childhood, for a total of 1,750 kalpas, each kalpa lasting 129,600 years, before finally achieving the Ultimate Dao. His strength is definitely not inferior to the Tathagata Buddha!】
【Handsome Monkey King: Immortal, what should I do?】
Sun Wukong was now somewhat panicked.
Everything Immortal Li said before had come true.
And Master of Romance was even more formidable than Immortal Li.
【Master of Romance: Great Sage, I think you can follow the original storyline and have a few battles with the Celestial Court for fun. Then the Celestial Court will offer you amnesty again and appoint you as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Of course, it will be in name only, without real power!】
【Master of Romance: You can agree just like in the original story, but you can’t cause havoc at the Peach Banquet, steal the Golden Elixir, and give the Celestial Court an excuse!】
【Master of Romance: During this period, what you need to do is cultivate and become stronger. When your strength surpasses the Tathagata Buddha and the Jade Emperor, you can do whatever you want!】
【Handsome Monkey King: Many thanks, Immortal. Your old Sun will try!】
Next.
Just like in the original story, Sun Wukong had several battles with the Celestial Court.
Of course, the powerful figures of the Celestial Court didn’t fully exert themselves, otherwise they could suppress Sun Wukong in an instant.
Then.
Just like in the original story, the Celestial Court offered Sun Wukong amnesty again and appointed him as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, but it was a title without substance.
Sun Wukong knew this, but he didn’t expose it.
He settled down in his Great Sage Residence, attended by celestial officials from the lower two divisions, who served him morning and night. He only knew to eat three meals a day and sleep on a single bed, with nothing to worry about, free and at ease.
In his free time, he would visit friends in the palace, make new acquaintances, and form bonds of brotherhood.
When he met the Three Purities, he would address them as “Old”; when he encountered the Four Emperors, he would call them “Your Majesty”.
He treated the Nine Luminaries, the Five Directions Generals, the Twenty-Eight Mansions, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Twelve Earthly Branches, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, all the celestial stars, and the deities of the Milky Way as brothers, addressing each other casually.
One day he would travel east, the next day he would wander west, coming and going with the clouds, his whereabouts uncertain.
And with the chat group, he would start a live broadcast every day, listening to the flattery of the group members, feeling that life was quite enjoyable.
“Although your old Sun’s Great Sage Equal to Heaven title doesn’t have any real power, there are no troublesome matters either. It’s quite comfortable this way!”
Sun Wukong was very satisfied with his current life.
But some didn’t want him to be so idle.
So the Jade Emperor sent Sun Wukong to guard the Peach Garden of Immortality.
Sun Wukong arrived at the Peach Garden of Immortality and, after taking care of the necessary matters, he saw peach trees in full bloom within the garden.
Graceful and radiant blossoms filled the trees, clusters of fruits weighed down the branches.
Fruits hung heavy on the branches like brocade balls, flowers clustered on the trees like rouge.
Blooming and fruiting for a thousand years, ripening slowly through countless seasons.
The ripe ones, with flushed cheeks and a drunken blush;
The unripe ones, with stems and green skin.
Their smoky flesh tinged with green, reflecting the sun with a crimson glow.
Beneath the trees, exotic flowers and strange plants, their colors unchanging throughout the four seasons.
Not ordinary flowers from the mortal realm, but cultivated by the Queen Mother of Yao Chi herself.
The Great Sage, after admiring them for a long time, asked the Earth Deity: “How many trees are there?”
The Earth Deity replied: “There are 3,600 trees: The first 1,200 trees have small flowers and fruits, ripening every 3,000 years. Those who eat them will become immortals and achieve the Dao, their bodies becoming healthy and light. The middle 1,200 trees have layered flowers and sweet fruits, ripening every 6,000 years. Those who eat them will ascend to immortality, achieving eternal life. The last 1,200 trees have purple patterns and yellow cores, ripening every 9,000 years. Those who eat them will live as long as Heaven and Earth, their lifespan matching the sun and moon.”
Sun Wukong felt a great craving in his heart.
Everyone in the chat group marveled and drooled.
【Handsome Monkey King: I’ll get them out of the way later and pick a few for you to try!】
【Undead Knight: Great Sage, what if we’re discovered? Wouldn’t that be terrible?】
【Handsome Monkey King: There are so many peaches, eating a few won’t matter!】
Afterwards.
Sun Wukong sent his subordinates away, took off his crown and robe, climbed up a large tree, picked the ripe peaches, and ate many of them right there on the branches.
At the same time, he didn’t forget to send two to everyone in the chat group.
【Handsome Monkey King: Everyone, have a taste!】
【Undead Knight: Thank you, thank you, Great Sage, you’re so generous!】
【Grassroots Hero: Thank you, Great Sage.】
【Immortal Li: Thank you, Great Sage!】
The group members were overjoyed.
These were Peaches of Immortality.
Eating them could grant immortality.
Zhou Chen took a bite. The taste was quite good, but it was far inferior to the Peaches of Immortality from the Queen Mother in his Mythological World.
Zhou Chen gave the one he took a bite of to Yang Chan.
He gave the remaining one to Bai Su Zhen and Xiao Qing.
During this time.
Through his diligent efforts, daily cultivation, and comprehension of the true meaning of the Dao, he was finally able to break through.
【Romance Points: 100,002.5 trillion】
“Add points for me!”
With a thought, 100 trillion Romance Points were consumed.
Zhou Chen’s internal universe underwent an earth-shattering transformation, as if experiencing another creation of heaven and earth.
When he had just ascended to True God, his internal universe was only 100,000 light-years in size.
But now, Zhou Chen’s internal universe was a million light-years across.
It had increased tenfold.
Not only that.
His True God’s body transformed accordingly, becoming at least ten times stronger.
“My internal universe is now probably the size of hundreds of thousands of solar systems.”
“My current strength is immeasurable!”
Zhou Chen felt the changes within him and was overjoyed.
He had now reached the first transformation of True God.
Nine transformations of True God, ascending to Ancestor God.
“Now that my strength has soared, I’ll go to the Celestial Desire Pavilion and find Madam Red and the others to cool down!”
Zhou Chen was full of fighting spirit.
However.
Before Zhou Chen could set off, he suddenly sensed that Sun Wukong had sent him a red envelope in the chat group.
【Ding, you have received a red envelope from Handsome Monkey King.】
The next moment.
Seven immobilized celestial fairies appeared before Zhou Chen.
“Huh?”
Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow, remembering the joke from his previous life, about Monkey immobilizing the Seven Fairies but running off to steal peaches.
Now Monkey had actually sent the Seven Fairies to him.
“This monkey probably devoured all the ripe peaches and, seeing that he’s about to be exposed, decided to go all out and send the Seven Fairies to me as a favor?”
