Great Demon Sun Wukong

The increasingly powerful Primordial Honor brought to all not just horror anymore; that kind of emotion could not even be described as despair. The current Primordial Honor has truly resurrected, with the fusion of soul and essence with the physical body, making Primordial Honor almost possess all the strength of his peak period. However, this strength still did not satisfy Primordial Honor, because within Sun Wukong's body, there still existed a part of his spirit. Only by completely merging the spirit within Sun Wukong could he be considered truly recovered and only in this way could Primordial Honor have the capability to return to his original universe and compete with the current Primordial Honor, but the premise is, he needs to first kill Sun Wukong.

The Primordial Honor revealed the Demon Emperor Halberd in his hand; Sun Wukong, unwilling to be outdone, flashed the golden light from his hand, and Jingu Bang appeared. With words exhausted, there was nothing more to say—only a deadly battle to decide who lives and who gains the power to decide everything. However, this battle, which Sun Wukong saw as a matter of life and death, did not seem all that important in Primordial Honor's eyes because now his power required this Fang Universe's people to look up to him, incomparable to before. The Demon Emperor Halberd flickered with purple-gold light, and Primordial Honor did not even turn around. With a twist of his wrist, the halberd advanced on Sun Wukong from his left side.

Sun Wukong immediately swung the Jingu Bang to defend, fully activating the Five Elements Balancing Power within. Sun Wukong's combat power surged to an unbelievable degree, although there was still a noticeable gap with Primordial Honor, Sun Wukong could indeed battle against Primordial Honor's attacks. The two maintained their positions, neither turning nor glancing back, but their weapons clashed hundreds of times in a blink, with the sound of metal striking lingering incessantly. It was purely a battle of speed, relying on agility and movement.

Yet gradually, Sun Wukong began to struggle with this kind of combat. Although his physical body had undergone numerous enhancements, his power had not broken through to Primordial Honor's realm, not reached Primordial Honor, and thus his body did not undergo the cosmic enhancement upon reaching Primordial Honor—that transformative evolution. However, Primordial Honor was not as relaxed as he appeared. Ziling's body and his bones were ultimately incompatible to some degree, but this rejection was so subtle, it merely made Primordial Honor uncomfortable but did not affect his combat power.

Just as Sun Wukong started to feel overwhelmed with the rapid successive strikes, the blue character among the five rotating characters behind him suddenly merged into him. Instantly, Sun Wukong felt like a long-dried tree was nourished by dew and rain; his limbs and torso became more agile and robust. What surprised Sun Wukong most was the blood in his body began to flow faster, and as it did, his overall speed also increased.

This surprised Primordial Honor, that Sun Wukong could match his attack speed—it was unexpected power for Sun Wukong. Knowing continuing this fight might not yield results, Primordial Honor, when his halberd was again intercepted by Sun Wukong, suddenly tilted his head back fiercely. Sun Wukong seemed to sense it instinctively and ducked; Primordial Honor had planned to clash heads but missed, losing the momentum from his head, while Sun Wukong unexpectedly leaned back fiercely, recklessly disregarding his life.

Their heads forcefully collided, and Primordial Honor staggered from Sun Wukong's strike, but Sun Wukong's head was bleeding, proving in terms of hardness, he was slightly inferior. Primordial Honor took advantage of his forward momentum, spinning around to kick Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong could not dodge in time but blocked with Jingu Bang, yet the force still sent him flying.

"Haha, Sun Wukong, you really surprise me, or more precisely, shock me. I thought you were merely lucky to inherit a portion of my spirit, but now I see, you're not so simple after all. Those five characters behind you—I assume you don't know them—but I do. Initially, I believed it was a coincidence, yet now it seems unreal, beyond expression."

Staring at Primordial Honor, Sun Wukong felt perplexed, as since acquiring Ziling's body, Primordial Honor's speech increased. Sun Wukong did not reply, for he did not know what to say, but since Primordial Honor seemed eager to speak, Sun Wukong did not stop him.

Primordial Honor seemed satisfied with Sun Wukong's demeanor, glanced at him, then fixed his gaze on the five characters behind Sun Wukong. "These five characters, how many people's dreams are they? How many have spent their entire lives for them? And how much bloodshed have these five characters caused? Yet who could know, these five characters would appear on someone from an insignificant world in a peripheral universe."

Sun Wukong completely did not understand what Primordial Honor was talking about; those five characters behind him, although unrecognized by him, he knew those represented the manifestation of his Five Elements Balancing Power. Currently, Sun Wukong could not fully mature and control the Five Elements' power, but even initial usage has greatly benefited him. Seeing Primordial Honor talking about the Five Elements' power, Sun Wukong decided to listen.

"Sun Wukong, do you know, if people from other universes knew of your existence, that would drive all universes mad. However, my luck is the best," said Primordial Honor, his eyes emitting a strange light that made Sun Wukong uncomfortable, prompting him to unconsciously use his Heaven and Earth Fire Eyes to counteract. Primordial Honor laughed and withdrew the light, his voice full of surprise continuing, "Indeed, you've surpassed my imagination with your cosmic law!"

Cosmic law? Sun Wukong did not know what was different about his cosmic law but did not show any puzzlement either. Primordial Honor continued, "Sun Wukong, let me tell you a not-so-secret secret, considering your immense contribution to me."

Sun Wukong still did not speak, and Primordial Honor didn't mind, continuing, "Actually, I'm not the real Primordial Honor." This surprised Sun Wukong. What does that mean? The person in front of him is not the real Primordial Honor? Then what is he? Could he be another imposter? Primordial Honor understood Sun Wukong's confusion and continued, "Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying 'I'm not me,' but at the cultivation level, people like me are not the real Primordial Honor. My cultivation is actually pseudo-Primordial Honor. However, the real Primordial Honor is nearly impossible to encounter, so gradually, such pseudo-Primordial Honors have been treated as the real Primordial Honor."

Primordial Honor's words are cosmic secrets; not everyone can know them. In fact, that's how the world works: those who grasp more secrets have greater power and higher positions. To put it simply, if two people go to the same place, some may know shortcuts while others do not. Naturally, the person who knows the shortcut will go faster than the one who doesn't.

Once or twice might be fine, but once it happens many times, the person who knows the shortcuts keeps moving farther ahead, appearing god-like to those unaware of the shortcuts, as they cover much more ground in the same amount of time. Therefore, mastering more secrets becomes the easiest way to gain power and status.

Words like those just spoken by the Primordial Honor are only known when one's cultivation has broken through to Primordial Honor or pseudo-Primordial Honor, which is very important to Sun Wukong. Seeing Sun Wukong still unspeaking, Primordial Honor smiled and said, "As far as I know, across all the universes combined, the real Primordial Honor numbers fewer than five, with the rest being pseudo-Primordial Honor like me."

This time, Sun Wukong finally asked, "What do you mean? What is pseudo-Primordial Honor? What's the difference?" Seeing Sun Wukong finally showing interest in his words, Primordial Honor said proudly, "It's very simple. The real Primordial Honor is cultivated by oneself, while the pseudo-Primordial Honor is acquired through inheriting power. Like me, I became Primordial Honor through the inheritance of Battle Honor. But you have the potential to become a real Primordial Honor."

Without waiting for Sun Wukong to ask, Primordial Honor continued, "I know what you want to ask, and you seem unaware of the immense power contained within you. However, I will not tell you. You just need to know that your death would allow me to become the real Primordial Honor."

Sun Wukong did not think Primordial Honor would be kind enough to truly tell him everything. So, Primordial Honor saying this didn't surprise him. In fact, Sun Wukong would only find it strange if Primordial Honor said more. Since Primordial Honor remained quiet, Sun Wukong did not wish to inquire either, but he vaguely felt that something about himself was different.

While Sun Wukong and Primordial Honor were chatting, Flame God, who was presumed dead, suddenly opened his eyes. In reality, this was Sun Wukong's true purpose. He did not wish to exchange pointless dialogue with Primordial Honor and was not interested in anything about him. The reason for doing this was to stall time, allowing Ye Zi and the others to save Flame God. Sun Wukong always felt that Flame God wasn't someone who would die at such a time.

Indeed, Ye Zi saved the seemingly dead Flame God, but the price was extremely high.

Because as Flame God opened his eyes, two people lying beside him quietly closed theirs, their life essence and spirit rapidly dissipating. Soon, the two lying beside Flame God turned into two halves of ancient trees, seemingly split in two.

The originally colorful tree trunks and leaves had all turned a withered yellow.

"Can anyone tell me what on earth happened?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Starting Point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)