Chapter 64: A Kiss Created A New God The End of Season One (1/2)
Chapter 64: A Kiss Created A New God (The End of Season One)
”Little friend, you don't have much time left.” Jiang Zi Ya said, ”As long as you bring me out, I promise that I will not make things difficult for you. Besides, after I become a god, I will bestow you the title of an Eternal National Master so that you don't need to continue on your questionable and unpromising work. Instead, you will be superior to all the billions of gods except for me alone. Isn't that a good thing?”
Sun Wukong and Hong Hai'er stopped talking. They knew that Jiang Zi Ya was capable of making such a promise and that it would be extremely tempting.
”Bah!” This time, I also learned Hong Hai'er's words, ”You don't even care about the people that originally belonged to you here. You're selfish. How can I believe your promise? It's not important for me to become a god or not. In real history, Jiang Shang helped established the Zhou Dynasty that survived for eight hundred years, but he did not create gods. It's because people believe in the words of novelists and make some imaginations that you can live in this world. But you don't think that people believed you because of your contributions to the world, which is why Mr. Xu Zhong Lin made up stories of you. You only think that you could create gods and even rule all the gods, which is simply a reversion of the cause and effect! How is this any different from the current people who do not want to work hard but hope that the gods and ghosts would bestow blessings upon them? Throughout history, the world has only thrived through the efforts of tens of thousands of people. There is no kingdom flourishing through gods or Buddhas' immortal arts.”
”How dare you!” Jiang Zi Ya was rendered speechless by my words, and his embarrassment turned into anger. He immediately waved the Immortal Beating Whip, and countless gods immediately attacked toward us.
I admired myself as well to speak in such a manner. I was secretly delighted, but I forgot about my current situation.
”You are right. The world has only thrived through the efforts of tens of thousands of people. There is no kingdom flourishing through gods or Buddhas' immortal arts.” Sun Wukong nodded, ”In that case, my trip here is not in vain.”
As he spoke, he raised his Golden-banded Staff and shouted, ”Transform!” Then the Golden-banded Staff turned into thousands of golden light beams, blocking all the enemies outside.
Then, Sun Wukong sat down with his legs crossed. He began to perform a hand seal and recited:
”I wish that when I perish, everyone will have their minds in peace and no longer have to worry!”
”I wish that when I perish, all Immortals and Buddhas will be free to roam the cause and effect!”
… ….
”I wish that when I perish, the world will continue to strengthen itself and never perish!”
When Hong Hai'er heard the first sentence, he was stunned and somehow cried.
”Great Decimation Technique!” Jiang Zi Ya said, ”It's actually the Western Sect's Great Decimation Technique!” Then he sneered, ”Although the power of the Great Decimation Technique is great, it's still unable to break the Apricot Yellow Flag. You merely sacrifice yourself in vain.”
”Sacrifice?” I felt that something was wrong and asked Hong Hai'er what was going on.
”The Great Decimation Technique comes at the cost of one's own destruction.” Hong Hai'er cried. ”To fulfill his own wish. Uncle, it's been hundreds of years. I've only seen you for a few days. How could you …”
”Don't say that.” Sun Wukong said as he lifted his eyelids. I could smell an unpleasant odor coming from him. I thought it was the scent of a monkey, but a moment ago his body was emitting a sweet fragrance without any stinky odor.
”The Five Exhaustions of Heavenly Man.” Hong Hai'er wiped away his tears, ”This is the Five Exhaustions of Heavenly Man.” When Hong Hai'er said this, I suddenly thought of the few special traits of the Five Exhaustions of Heavenly Man. One of them was one's body being stinky, which showed that Great Sage was about to reach the end of his life.
”Hao Ning,” Sun Wukong said to me softly, ”Back then, when I arrived at the West with Monk Xuanzang, we were both led by the Buddha on a bottomless boat. Monk Xuanzang's dirty body fell from the boat, after which he became a Buddha. At that time, I also had one thing falling from the boat, and that was my Heart Ape. The people of this world only know that Monk Xuanzang's body was below the boat. They are not aware that there is a Heart Ape down there as well.”
As he said that, he looked at me with his eyes bright. Hong Hai'er had no idea why Sun Wukong brought up this matter.
”The Heart Ape below the boat. The Heart Ape below the boat!” I kept muttering, and suddenly I figured something out. ”The Heart Ape below the boat. Boat, the Ape, is that Zhou Yuan?” (Note: Boat in Chinese is homophonous with Chinese surname Zhou, while Ape in Chinese is homophonous with Yuan.)
So Zhou Yuan was actually the Heart Ape! I couldn't help but feel a flash of light in my mind, and what happened in the past few days flashed through my mind like a movie.
Sun Wukong nodded his head as he saw that I understood, ”Zhou Yuan is doomed to lose his heart and soul. Originally, he, the Heart Ape behind the boat, and I, the Buddha of Victory, are doomed not be able to find each other for tens of thousand of tribulations. Because he cursed Avalokiteshvara that ‘she should not have a husband forever,' and Avalokiteshvara was unwilling to tell me either. It was only on that day when Zhou Yuan unintentionally mentioned ”she should not have a husband for forever” that I suddenly found out that he was also living in this world. It is a tribulation, and it is our fate. To my surprise, you have made much effort to help him, which might change his fate. I hope that you can keep your promise. If Zhou Yuan could retrieve his heart and defeat the Heart Ape in the future, then please hand this thing over to him.”
As he said that, he turned the Golden-banded Staff into dust which then flew into space between my eyebrows.
Before I could say anything, the Great Sage used his last bit of energy to shout, ”I'm calling for the Great Way of the Heavens and Earth with my Great Decimation, why don't you show yourself!”
With that, the Great Sage's eyes turned into two beams of golden light that pierced through the clouds. His entire body turned into dust, but that golden light did not extinguish, as if it was going to see through all the cause and effect as well as the flourishing and falling of the human world.
”I'm coming.” A voice resounded throughout the universe.
Jiang Zi Ya trembled, ”What is that?”
This voice seemed to contain great power. The soldiers below immediately became clear-minded, while Nezha and the other gods also escaped from the enchantment.
”Who is this? How come you are so powerful?” I muttered in my heart and looked towards Hong Hai'er, who shook his head, apparently clueless as well.
”Brother? Why are you here?” The sudden voice broke the enchantment of all the gods.