Chapter 267 - 256: Lu Ya’s Cunning Schemes
The Victorious Fighting Buddha arrived just in time, blasting open the will of all beings to save Wukong’s life. The two of them seized the path and fled, with the Great Dao Demon God in hot pursuit behind them. "We’ve arrived!"
With a loud shout from the Victorious Fighting Buddha, they saw a vast expanse of heaven and earth before them, shrouded by the laws of the Heavenly Dao. Even a Great Dao Sage would have to expend great effort to break through it.
The laws of the Heavenly Dao shattered instantaneously as the Victorious Fighting Buddha and Wukong entered one after another. The Great Dao Demon God, arriving just in time, reached a hand in. He dared not enter fully, as within were the flowing auras of two Great Dao Sages; he was not yet at his peak, and would surely lose against one, let alone two! He only extended his palm, trying to capture Wukong and the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
The palm was nine thousand zhang in circumference, colossal and unmatched, and it seemed poised to seize the Victorious Fighting Buddha and Wukong.
Di Jun’s eyebrows furrowed, and suddenly, a Divine Sword burst from the sun overhead—it was the Heavenly Emperor Sword Di Jun had forged by smelting many Buddhist Magical Treasures—a sword light surged, cutting off the Great Dao Demon God’s retreat. The Great Dao Principles exploded forth, and the laws of the Heavenly Dao were set in motion. The crushing presence of both pressed down, causing the Great Dao Demon God’s palm to explode into a shower of blood.
"Tss!"
The Heavenly Emperor Sword sliced through the void, severing the Great Dao Demon God’s palm and revealing black bones inside. The Great Dao Demon God, in pain, failed to capture Wukong and had to retract his hand. Then, the laws of the Heavenly Dao began to operate on their own, enveloping the Earth Immortal Realm once again. Though the Great Dao Demon God was furious, raging like thunder, he was helpless, for the imminent Immeasurable Calamity had not arrived yet. The Great Dao wouldn’t bring suppressive force upon this world, shattering the laws of the Heavenly Dao. A forced breakthrough would cause great harm to himself.
In the Earth Immortal Realm where the power of the Heavenly Dao Sages could be fully unleashed, the Great Dao Demon God would suffer the oppression of the Heavenly Dao laws. Knowing that he could only wait for the Immeasurable Calamity to come and seek the misfortune of those in the Earth Immortal Realm, he departed sullenly and then began to slumber, gathering his strength.
This premature awakening had cost him a great deal of mana, and it wouldn’t be easy to recover, especially after suffering frequent setbacks and substantial injuries.
Upon entering the Earth Immortal Realm, Wukong felt a strand of his Primordial Spirit break free and merge with the Heavenly Dao, followed by scenes of ancient and future times imprinting themselves in his eyes—the battle of the primordial era, the conflict between witches and demons in ancient times, the war of sealing gods in the middle ages, the struggle for supremacy among lords in the recent past, the scheming in the competition between Buddhism and Taoism... He understood everything through the shifts of the Heavenly Dao.