504 Eighteen Thousand Li (1/2)

What was a celestial?

To be immortal, having the same lifespan as the world!

(Even if the world is falling apart, I won't be. Even if the world is in crumbles, I won't be.)

Taking one step forward, forever drawing a distinct line between celestials and mortals, no longer required to go through the agonies of the secular life.

After leaving The Flowerfruit Mountain, crossing mountains and seas, traveling across the four continents and five oceans, living in the secular world... Even with the stone monkey body, it had still encountered several dangerous situations, narrowly escaping death.

It went through great effort to become a disciple at the Fangcun Mountain but was undermined by its fellow martial brothers. Strong feelings of gloominess had long since settled down in its heart.

After three years of tough cultivation, it had finally attained the Dao!

Having succeeded within a day, the monkey stood at the top of the mountain, feeling exhilarated and proud. It couldn't help but let out a long cry toward the sky, as if wanting to release all the suppressed and accumulated gloominess in its heart, no longer feeling any more restraints.

The long cry resonated through the mountains, and everyone could tell that it was overjoyed. Their expressions were complicated, with that of admiration, astonishment, jealousy... No one held any underestimation toward him anymore.

Feng Lin stayed in the depths of the monkey's heart and had also gained great comprehension.

He had witnessed the process in which the monkey had gone through a transformation from being ordinary to becoming a celestial!

Witnessing this experience was as if he had also gone through the same cultivation path, going through hardship and cultivation, having the same feelings, attaining the Dao...

All these experiences turned into his strength, pushing him to a greater realm.

(A little bit, it's just a little bit away!)

With just one more step, Feng Lin was confident that attaining a breakthrough to the elite adept realm would no longer be a difficult task.

As the monkey broke through its bottleneck, the spiritual qi of heaven and earth rapidly gathered over, gradually forming a majestic scene.

A huge monkey origin spirit appeared. The moment it did, it materialized into a physical state, seeming to have the prowess to support the world. Its golden vertical eyes illuminated the world, and it emitted esteemed and ethereal auras.

Initial-phase of the refining spirit, returning to the void, middle-phase of the refining spirit, returning to the void!

As expected of a creature loved by the heavens and earth. The moment it attained a breakthrough, it immediately gained the prowess of the heavens and earth. Its cultivation improved tremendously and its origin spirit strengthened.

The Heart Monkey Force encompassed the surroundings, turning into a massive domain. With the change of its will, lightning flashed in the world. Wind clouds, thunder, and lightning gathered, creating many strange scenes.

A single thought brought rise to a myriad of arts!

The true origin energy in the monkey's body had now been turned into celestial qi. Using it, the prowess of the monkey's arts would be more than ten times stronger than they previously were.

After venting out for a while, the monkey calmed down.

When the monkey's martial brothers in Fangcun Mountain saw that it had such prowess upon attaining a breakthrough, their countenances were complicated. However, no one dared to disturb him and all of them quickly left.

...

After the monkey had finally become a celestial and vented out, it didn't act recklessly. Instead, it stayed on the mountain to stabilize its cultivation.

It was only until one day, Patriarch Subhuti was personally imparting his teachings to his disciples in front of the Three Stars Cave.

Suddenly, the Patriarch spoke up, ”Has Wukong achieved success?”

Although his voice wasn't very loud, it spread out very far, entering the monkey's ears clearly.

The monkey suddenly opened its eyes. With a flash of golden light, it leaped into the sky and kowtowed to the Patriarch. ”Thank you Master for the great grace in imparting me teachings! Disciple has now achieved success and can now ride the clouds!”

The Patriarch smiled. ”Then show it to me!”

The monkey shook its body and leaped up. Immediately, clouds formed under its feet, propping up its body. With a slight somersault, it traveled three to five li, so fast that there was no trace of it to be seen.

Although cultivators didn't lack flying arts, they tended to make use of treasures or magical techniques. In order to fly using just one's own body required the achieving of the light and agile celestial body!

The monkey's great achievements made many people feel envious.

The monkey flew in the air, did another somersault, and returned.

The clouds propped up its body, allowing it to move freely in the sky without any restraints!

The moment the monkey landed, it went up to the Patriarch, crossed its arms and said proudly, ”Master, see, I can already ride the clouds.”

The Patriarch shook his head and smiled. ”Monkey, don't be proud! This isn't considered riding the cloud yet. It can only be considered to be crawling on the clouds. There's an ancient saying 'to travel the world in a single day'. At your speed, you are only able to travel for three li in half a day. It can't even count as crawling on the clouds!”

When the monkey heard that, it was instantly surprised.