Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 517: World Tree (Third Release!)
Chapter 517 -517: World Tree (Third Release!)
Ah~!
A sharp, piercing roar rose from the giant meat worm’s mouth, as the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, imbued with Heaven-Breaking power, finally inflicted damage on it. A deep crack was made on its massive body, and the Chaos Fire burrowed into it, beginning to burn its flesh, turning it bit by bit into nothingness.
The giant meat worm grew afraid. Although it lacked much spiritual wisdom, it still understood the basic instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm. It no longer cared about feasting on Sun Wukong and immediately twisted its body, burrowing back underground.
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“Demonic beast! Where do you think you’re going?”
How could Sun Wukong let the giant meat worm escape just like that? He still needed to understand the strange power within the worm’s mucus that could corrode a Primordial Force Shield formed by Chaos Primordial Force—it was certainly not an ordinary energy, and he had to figure it out.
With a flick of his wrist, the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod turned into a long rope, latching onto the giant meat worm. Sun Wukong was pulled with great force into the large fissure created by the worm’s escape and soon disappeared without a trace. The cracked ground, under the influence of the Borderlands’ Regeneration Power, began to rapidly heal, and the fissure vanished as if nothing had ever happened.
“Where in the world is this demonic beast taking me?”
Underground, Sun Wukong was pulled along rapidly by the giant meat worm. They did not travel straight down, but rather in winding paths that went up and down. He had drilled through tunnels for half a day without any sign of stopping, and Wukong was becoming impatient.
Finally, after the worm burst into an open area, it stopped. Sun Wukong then surged from the ground, rolled a couple of times, and landed on the ground nearby. The rope turned back into the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, and he stored it away.
“What place is this?”
Looking around in all directions, Sun Wukong was momentarily dumbfounded. He found himself on a colossal tree knot that was a hundred miles across. Beyond this knot, dense branches and vines spread out in all directions, covering the entire Borderlands with this one immeasurably huge tree.
If it were someone else, even a Heavenly Dao Saint, they might not have realized that they were actually in a giant tree’s branch knot. Only because Sun Wukong possessed the Void-Breaking Divine Eye was he able to see the full extent of the tree. The numerous passages stretching into the soil at the edge of the tree knot were its veins, which made Wukong feel a sense of dizziness and mesmerization.
“So, the legend of the World Tree is true!”
Sun Wukong’s eyes widened, his mouth agape. His thoughts were no longer on the giant meat worm; compared to the World Tree that spanned the whole of the Borderlands, the giant meat worm was negligible.
Legend has it that during the Ancient Primeval era, there was a great tree that pierced through the entire Ancient Primeval, linking Heaven Realm and Human Realm. Later it was severed by Heavenly Emperor Di Jun, leaving not a trace behind, and the World Tree disappeared from between heaven and earth. Unexpectedly, there is also one here.
With a glint of golden light in his eyes, Sun Wukong pushed the Void-Breaking Starry Eyes to their limit, meticulously observing his surroundings for quite some time. Finally, he confirmed that the reason why the Borderlands could continuously grow and develop new spaces was not because Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun left behind some secret technique with his Taoist techniques that reached to the skies. It was entirely because of this World Tree!
The World Tree already possessed the wondrous ability to spawn worlds. Once it grew to a certain size, the World Tree no longer expanded, but its branches would continue to stretch forth, transforming into new spaces, thus becoming new expanses within the Borderlands, merging into the Three Realms.
If one were to provide a more vivid example, the World Tree could be considered as the foundation of the Borderlands, whereas the Three Realms were like the fruit born from the World Tree, the sole fruit that kept growing and strengthening beside the World Tree. And the entity responsible for transferring nutrients between the World Tree and the Three Realms, was none other than the Borderlands!
“That giant insect from before, must have been this World Tree’s tree worm! Tsk tsk, who would have thought that such a divine tree exists in this world. Presumably, Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun must have discovered the World Tree’s seed or sapling and, after re-opening the heaven and earth, planted it here in the Borderlands. Now that the World Tree has grown, the Three Realms can also continue to grow thanks to it. The Ancestor’s move is truly ingenious!”
The Triple Realms were re-opened by Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun using Supreme Magical Power. The larger the realms developed, the more stable the space became, and the more Merit from the Heavenly Dao Hong Jun received, which in turn was more advantageous for his strength. Only Hong Jun could have executed such a grand gesture, planting a World Tree in the Borderlands to allow it to continuously grow and supplement the expansion of the Three Realms.
Sun Wukong began to understand why the slime from the mouth of that tree worm could corrode his Chaos Primordial Force Shield. Since it was a worm of the World Tree, it must have often fed on food laden with Regenerative Power, so it was natural that its body also possessed this Regenerative Power. And although Chaos Primordial Force could assimilate all things, the one energy it could not assimilate was Regenerative Power, so it wasn’t surprising that it was countered and corroded, opening up gaps.
The giant tree worm seemed to have tasted Sun Wukong’s prowess. While Wukong was astonished by the World Tree, the worm took the opportunity to slither into one of the vascular channels. By the time Sun Wukong came to his senses, the huge flesh worm had already vanished.
“Never mind, if it’s gone, it’s gone. By bringing me here, you’ve done me a good deed. I’ll let you off this time!”
Standing atop this knot platform of the World Tree, Sun Wukong could feel that the various energies diffusing here were much denser than in the outside Borderlands, almost to the point where the spiritual energy was liquefying.
These energies were extremely complex, constantly colliding with each other, causing changes, and giving rise to countless fragments of Laws. While this might be lethal to others, to him, it was a greatly desired tonic.
Without further delay, Sun Wukong immediately started his Cultivation Technique, his Chaos Primordial Force whirling rapidly within his body. His form seemed to become an immense black hole, sucking in all the disparate energies and fragments of Heavenly Dao Laws around him, and through all the acupoints in his body, drawing them into himself.
As soon as these complex energies and fragments of Heavenly Dao Laws entered his body, they were enveloped by Chaos Primordial Force, separated, and absorbed, becoming new Chaos Primordial Force that entered his Dantian through the cycle of Zhou Tian. Meanwhile, the fragments of Heavenly Dao Laws continued to converge toward the Niwan Palace within Sun Wukong’s brow.
