Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology

The Buddha's golden dharma body stood up.

The golden lotus platform emitted golden ripples.

The ripples spread like waves, and where they passed, brilliant blue lightning turned into nothingness.

Although the Buddha suppressed the sea of lightning, it was already too late.

The magnificent palace complex was reduced to nothing; the agate, gold, and jade that adorned the palaces melted under the extreme high heat and pressure of the lightning, forming dark red magma.

Spirit Mountain turned into a sea of magma.

The monks whose cultivation was lower than Divine Establishment were instantly reduced to ashes by the magma.

The Buddha could not concern himself with such matters.

At this moment, an enormous handprint descended toward him.

The people of Lishan were greatly shocked.

Unexpectedly, besides the Heavenly Great Saint, there was someone else capable of achieving the Nine-Transformation Golden Body.

Of course, what puzzled them even more was how this person knew the Nine-Transformation Golden Body Technique.

Golden Cauldron pondered for a moment, and then suddenly understood.

"So it was you, boy!"

For centuries, a suspicion had lingered in Golden Cauldron True Man's heart.

He had always wondered who had taken the extra pills back then.

Back then, the Heavenly Great Saint only took five hundred pills, yet the Heavenly Court's edict declared five thousand.

Today, the truth was finally revealed.

Turns out it was this guy, Song Lin! Perhaps he even coaxed the technique out of the Heavenly Great Saint.

With Nine-Transformation Perfection, Song Lin, who had just entered the Five Qi realm, was about to face the Buddha.

The Tathagata's expression was solemn as he wielded the golden bowl and tossed it into the air.

The mouth of the golden bowl faced upward, and its powerful suction seemed intent on pulling Song Lin into it.

Bang!

Song Lin's gigantic hand struck the golden bowl.

The innate spiritual treasure, the golden bowl, actually began to crack apart.

"Beast, impossible!"

The Buddha could not believe his eyes; was there truly a dharma body in this world of such unparalleled strength?

The momentum of the enormous handprint was unabated, shattering the golden bowl, the radiant light of ten thousand Buddhas, and striking ferociously upon the Buddha himself.

The Buddha let out a cold snort.

Bang!

His thousand-foot golden dharma body knelt halfway, and the golden lotus platform shattered.

"Just one more breath! Everyone, attack together!"

Lishan Mother gave the command and summoned a golden dragon-headed staff, hurling it toward the Buddha.

In mid-air, the dragon-headed staff transformed into a divine dragon.

This was Lishan's dragon veins.

Guanyin tried to block, but the divine dragon struck her directly, sending her flying with blood spewing along the way, disappearing into the distance.

Though Lishan Mother was weakened, she was by no means someone an ordinary immortal could resist.

Seeing the people of Lishan take action.

The immortals of the Pure Yang Sect were quick to follow suit.

At this moment, a million Heavenly Soldiers appeared from the horizon.

"Impure Yang devils, dare you—"

Horn Wood Jiao witnessed the scene and abruptly choked on his words.

"Retreat!"

The auspicious clouds vanished, and the Heavenly Soldiers of the Heavenly Court disappeared.

Countless magic treasures flew out, colorful beams of light streaking through the chaos.

For three days, the Three Realms experienced a nightless sky.

The World Venerable, Guanyin, and all Buddhas attained nirvana.

Spirit Mountain was reduced to ruins.

Song Lin did not pursue total annihilation, allowing them eternal exile from the Eastern Land.

After suppressing the World Venerable, the party proceeded to the Heavenly Court, where they slew Horn Wood Jiao and the Venerable of the Thunder Department, sealed the Jiuyao Star Lords, and forced the Jade Emperor to revoke all titles of the Star Lords.

Henceforth, the Star Lords held only symbolic significance, without any actual power.

Song Lin instated Zhengyang as the new Pure Yang Sect Leader, Sa True Man as the Thunder Department Venerable, Wang Lingguan as the Spiritual Official Emperor, Princess Iron Fan as the Wind Department Venerable, and Master Xuu as the Fire Department Venerable.

Tian Yunzhi took charge of the Four Marshals, alongside Golden Cauldron True Man, Lishan Mother, Wuzhiqi, and... Shuashua Sanlang, who also joined the Heavenly Court.

From then on, the Heavenly Court ushered in the era of the Acquired Immortals.

This meant the Jade Emperor could no longer act as he pleased.

The Jade Emperor himself was a Fude Immortal of limited power, relying on his authority over life and death among the Star Lords to bully and dominate.

The Acquired Immortals would tolerate no such behavior.

The Jade Emperor no longer had the decree to strip someone of their Taoist realm.

In the Palace of the Polestar, the immortals gathered for the first court assembly.

"Three Realms Grandmaster and Jade Emperor, eternal blessings and radiant light, prosperity for ten thousand millennia, infinite compassion and fortune!"

Surrounding the Jade Emperor, the immortals hailed Song Lin's name before the Jade Emperor's itself.

The Jade Emperor dared not show anger, and instead forced a laugh, saying, "Beloved subjects, please rise!"

No one responded, until Song Lin gave a faint nod, and only then did the immortals withdraw their ceremonial gestures.

Among the group, Golden Cauldron True Man, Princess Iron Fan, and the Ghost Mother seemed pensive.

Especially Golden Cauldron True Man, who never could have imagined the individual he casually advised long ago would achieve such greatness today.

The opportunity to revive the Three Pure Dao system had actually appeared long ago, yet he had failed to recognize it.

"Thankfully, it was just a minor detour; the ending hasn't strayed too far."

As for the Heavenly Great Saint, he had long been relegated to distant memory.

The Heavenly Great Saint had borne everyone's hopes, with the Three Pure Dao system's resources poured into this single monkey. Yet, he had met such a regrettable fate.

After the assembly ended, Song Lin returned to the Pure Yang Immortal Mansion.

"Golden Cauldron Taoist!"

"Just call me Golden Cauldron."

In the Pot's World, the two exchanged pleasantries.

"The most important aspect of the Three Pure Dao system is undoubtedly the Nine-Transformation Copper Skin Iron Bone Unbreakable Body. Although it wasn't created by the Three Pure Ones themselves, it synthesizes the essence of artifact refining, alchemy, and spellcraft, representing the highest level of mastery."

Golden Cauldron had come at Song Lin's invitation to elaborate on the Three Pure Dao system's teachings.

The Three Pure Dao system contained three principle doctrines, the foremost being the Nine-Transformation Golden Body, followed by alchemy and artifact refining.

However, artifact refining had lost a portion, leaving only the spiritual artifact-level method intact.

"Where is the artifact refining doctrine? With Jie Xian."

"Alright, I understand."

Golden Cauldron rose to take his leave.

Song Lin opened the page of the Monster Chronicles world.

[World]: Mixed Play Journey to the West

[Thirty-Six Heavens]: Mortal World, Heavenly Realm.

[Time Flow Speed]: One to one year.

[Descent]: Spirit.

[Type]: Near Ancient Myths, Taoist Myths, Buddhist Myths.

[System]: Three Pure and Four Sovereigns.

[Karma Effect Cycle]: Ninety-nine percent complete.

One-tenth of a percent remained, intentionally left by Song Lin.

He first organized the gains from this world before transcending it.

Within the next year...

Song Lin traversed the Three Realms, combing through Pure Yang Sect's centuries of accumulated knowledge, discarding the useless, fragmented, and incongruous elements.

He compiled a new edition of scriptures, significantly more refined compared to previous versions.

If brought back to reality, the cultivation threshold would likely be much lower, with thirty percent more spells available for practice.

In addition, he collected numerous spells; although they lacked a cohesive system and learning them would largely result in wasted effort, they were perfect for filling the Scripture Pavilion.

Magic treasures included Horn Wood Jiao's horn, Thunder God's hammer, the Buddha's golden bowl and lotus platform fragments, and the Heavenly Great Saint's Gold Rod.

Song Lin gazed at the rod on the ground and pondered for a moment; he could have saved the Heavenly Great Saint, but it would have been considerably troublesome.

At the time, there was no need to risk such an endeavor, and besides, keeping the Heavenly Great Saint alive would have made explanations to others difficult.

Rationally speaking, Song Lin disliked the role of Sun Wukong, regardless of the version.

Reckless and capricious, simultaneously heroic and treacherous.

The Heavenly Great Saint himself exemplified this: a demon born of stone, forcibly seizing mortal women, consumed by desire, committing countless thoughtless evils—a virtue far too unworthy of his stature.

Sun Wukong was originally a demon king in the Mortal World, crowned as a Great Saint under the admiration of demons from all corners, accompanied by six sworn brothers.

Seven Great Saints of the Demon Clan—a grand spectacle indeed.

Even when the Heavenly Court launched its offensive, his sworn brothers led their forces to fight alongside him against the Heavenly Court.

Yet whenever the Heavenly Court recruited him, the monkey turned his back, abandoning his sworn brothers to ascend to officialdom.

Without Sun Wukong as a key combatant, the remaining demons' fate was easily imagined.

Moreover, this betrayal happened twice.

Once, due to dissatisfaction with the Horses' Fortune title; another time, after being titled Great Sage Equalling Heaven.

This further highlighted the monkey's personality.

It also explained why, during his five-hundred-year imprisonment, not a single demon visited him, and even later during the journey to the West, demons addressed him mockingly as Horses' Fortune.

Of course, none of this concerned Song Lin; it was merely musings.

With this mindset, Song Lin initially refrained from interacting with the Heavenly Great Saint—the two never exchanged a single word.

He always kept his guard up against this figure, certain he would be sold out at some point.

After a year of wandering, Song Lin returned to the Pure Yang Sect.

Name: Song Lin

Realm: Five Qi Chaoyuan (One Qi Realm, Wind Tribulation)

Taoist Realm: One Thousand Years

Divine Skills:

Five Qi Chaoyuan to Life Spirit Scripture, Donghua Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Flying Immortal Scripture, Heavenly Escape Sword Scripture, Donghua Taoist Soldiers Mystical Character Secret Book, Shenxiao Thunder Skill, Yuan Shi Venerable's Pill Refinement Theory, Nine-Transformation Rejuvenation Pill Subtle Manifestation Technique, Nine-Transformation Copper Skin Iron Bone Immortal Technique, Supreme Heavenly Shu Spirit Pill Refining Treasure Disc, Three Great Pills Chapter

Enhancements: [Emperor Seal], [Moon Cultivation Great Witch], [Temple Emperor Blessing], [Golden Crow Yang Pattern], [Emperor's Qi Observation Skill], …

Items: Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad Eight Trigrams Furnace, Octagonal Purple Gold Furnace, Human Emperor Sword, Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd, Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order, Taiji Thunder Seal, Temple Emperor Seal, Eight Sceneries Key, Dragon Nourishment Pill, Sun Jade Carriage, …

He gained three new cultivation techniques, the Five Qi Chaoyuan to Life Spirit Scripture—created by countless experts to study the Tribulation Crossing realm. Only the initial stage, breaking through from Purple Mansion to Tribulation Crossing Realm, was deduced so far.

The Refining Treasure Disc was an artifact refining method, while the Three Great Pills Chapter contained thirty-six pill recipes, including six for treasure pills.

A truly bountiful harvest.

"It is time to transcend and return."

Song Lin thought.

He proceeded to bid farewell to his companions.

He left behind Erlang God.

"You have followed me for a long time, far longer than you may remember. Pursue your cultivation earnestly; the future stretches infinitely, where we may meet again!"

Erlang God's eyes grew red, and he bowed deeply.

Song Lin then called forth Zhengyang and Zhang Guolao.

"I cannot determine how to return to our originating world; perhaps the Heavenly Dao will arrange an appropriate moment for us to gather once more. Farewell!"

The two nodded solemnly.

Journey to the West, Chapter 701.

Tang Emperor Taizong dreamt of the Heavenly Court and awoke to declare the Pure Yang Sect as the state religion, with Song Lin honored as the foremost mage of the mortal realm.

Thus, the Karma Effect completed.

Under everyone's watchful gaze, Song Lin vanished into a beam of white light.

"There are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens?"

Everyone's worldview was shaken.

They had never expected there truly might exist higher realms.

...

Reality World, the Pot Longevity Palace.

Song Lin opened his eyes, a trace of weariness flashing through them.

"It's over."

The Journey to the West world had indeed been thrilling.

The narrative spanned over seven hundred years, allowing him abundant time to prepare.

After adjusting to the slight discomfort, Song Lin began contemplating what to exchange.

The most worthwhile option currently was the complete Nine-Transformation Copper Skin Iron Bone Unbreakable Body divine skill or the innate spiritual treasure, the Eight Trigrams Furnace of Lord Lao Zi.

The former needs no explanation—it's a golden body capable of fracturing even innate spiritual treasures.

However, it harbored a fatal weakness.

His current realm was utterly incapable of sustaining such immense mana consumption.

It would be like a small horse pulling a heavy cart—a perpetual burden.

If he truly exchanged for it, he'd likely waste ninety-nine percent of his mana daily.

In combat, he could last mere seconds before being left to his opponent's mercy.

In the narrative world, Song Lin had only fully utilized the technique after reaching the Five Qi Chaoyuan (Tribulation Crossing) realm.

Exchanging for it prematurely would only obstruct him.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace, on the other hand, was far more versatile, serving countless purposes. As a spiritual treasure, it excelled in alchemy, artifact refining, and even body refinement, allowing him to touch the transcendental nine-transformation realm of pill refinement.

With this in mind, Song Lin had made his decision.

"Exchange for Lord Lao Zi's Eight Trigrams Furnace!"

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