Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"This direction is wrong!"

Three days had passed, and during those three days, Sun Wukong had been moving mile by mile, constantly activating his Divine Soul Force to search, yet there was not the slightest reaction from the Three Life Stone.

Actually, to say there was no reaction wasn't entirely true, as there had been one response, but it was a memory from Jiang Liu'er's third life, not the first life as Golden Cicada Child, which was of no use.

Having already searched horizontally for a hundred thousand miles, Sun Wukong stopped, flew back the way he came, and chose a different direction to continue his search.

The space where the Sea of Oblivion was located only had one entrance and exit, which is why Sun Wukong had left his Divine Soul Mark right at the entrance as soon as he entered. Over these three days, he had been expanding his search in a fan-shaped pattern bit by bit into the distance, ensuring not to miss any inch of the Sea of Oblivion.

Although there had been no findings so far, he knew that once something was discovered, it absolutely could not escape!

Flying in the air under twenty times the normal gravity for an extended period, Sun Wukong's energy consumption was significant. Although he had adjusted to this gravitational environment over three days, the consumption of Chaos Primordial Force inside his body was still too great, and he still didn't know how long he would need to stay in the Sea of Oblivion, so of course, he had to conserve his energy.

After another day of fruitless searching, Sun Wukong landed in the waters of the Sea of Oblivion. Although the waters of the Sea of Oblivion were extremely corrosive, they also contained a vast amount of energy. Others couldn't absorb such energy and would only be corroded, but Sun Wukong wasn't afraid.

With the Chaos Primordial Force activated, the corrosive power of the water was completely transformed into new Chaos Primordial Force and was absorbed into Sun Wukong's body, rapidly replenishing his spent strength. However, Sun Wukong did not let his guard down; he hadn't forgotten that within the Sea of Oblivion, there were those strange giant fish that might surge from the depths at any moment to launch an attack!

Indeed, before he could fully restore his depleted strength, the sound of water parting came from deep beneath him. Something stirred in Sun Wukong's heart — the giant fish were coming!

Splash!

The surface of the water broke violently as Sun Wukong's figure and the ferocious head of a fish leaped out together. The giant fish that appeared this time was even larger than the last, resembling a small hill, with long whiskers on each side of its mouth.

This giant fish's jumping ability was much greater than the first one he had seen, actually leaping out of the water and catching up to Sun Wukong. The fish's gaping maw glinting with a cold light clamped down fiercely on Sun Wukong.

Mid-air, under twenty times the standard gravity, Sun Wukong's movements were greatly slowed, and he found himself unable to dodge the giant fish's lunge. Seeing that he was about to be bitten, Sun Wukong gritted his teeth with resolve and charged straight into the gaping fish mouth; he did not wish to test how sharp the fish's teeth were with his body.

You want to eat me, old Sun, huh?

Fine! Have a taste!

If you can eat it, I fear you won't live to digest it!

Burrowing into an enemy's belly to deal with them was something Sun Wukong greatly enjoyed in his past life. In this life, as his strength increased, he faced his enemies directly with clear-cut and honest clashes, and Sun Wukong hadn't burrowed into an enemy's belly for a long time. Unexpectedly, he had broken his fast with this giant fish.

"So this is inside the belly of the giant fish? It doesn't seem to smell fishy at all. What does this fish usually eat?"

As soon as he dove into the mouth, avoiding the sharp teeth, Sun Wukong smoothly arrived inside the belly of the giant fish. Surprisingly, there was no fishy smell inside; instead, there was a fragrant scent that piqued Sun Wukong's curiosity, prompting him to search towards the source of the fragrance.

"This, this is..."

After turning a bend, the scene before Sun Wukong's eyes made him open them wide in surprise. It was a vast space, scattered with countless orbs of light. Having explored the Oblivion for several days, Sun Wukong was naturally very clear about what these orbs were—they were the memories of previous lives of those undergoing reincarnation!

The bizarre fish in the Oblivion actually survived by consuming the memory light orbs!

Each of these orbs had a fine thread attached to it, constantly digesting the memories within the orbs and absorbing them into the body of the large fish. Some of the memory light orbs were already very dim and much smaller in volume compared to the others, and it looked like they would dissipate in a few years.

Could it be that the memory light orb of Jiang Liu'er's first life as Golden Cicada Child has also been swallowed by such a large fish?

A thought suddenly flashed through Wukong's mind, and his heart immediately tightened. If that was the case, it would be downright disastrous!

In order to obtain the memories of Golden Cicada Child's life, Wukong had brazenly borrowed the Blood God Stone from Lord Nether River in place of the Samsara Stone, owing him a huge favor. If it turned out to be a futile effort, he would have suffered a great loss!

Hurriedly using the Samsara Stone in his hand, Wukong started to check the memory light orbs, and he found that these memories were basically from at least ten lives ago, with the most recent being from the ninth life. There were none more recent.

If this speculation was correct, then these large fish likely survived by consuming memories from around ten lives ago!

"No wonder memories in the Oblivion can only be preserved for ten lives—memories beyond that have been eaten and digested by these large fish!"

Wukong had an epiphany. After another examination, he completely confirmed his guess. The memory light orbs that were about to be completely absorbed were all from more than ten lives ago. None of them were from the tenth or ninth lives, meaning the older memories were digested first!

Without a doubt, the memories of Jiang Liu'er's first life as the Golden Cicada Child from ten lives ago had also been swallowed by such a large fish, but they probably hadn't been digested yet. In other words, rather than slowly searching inch by inch, it would be more efficient for Wukong to find these large fish and search their bellies one by one!

With this in mind, Wukong smiled to himself; this was truly a case of finding a new path just when he thought all routes were exhausted!

This large fish did not contain the memory light orb of the Golden Cicada Child, Wukong was sure of it. In an instant, a wisp of Chaos Fire encircled his finger and violently flared up to strike the belly of the large fish.

Aow~!

A painful screech came from the fish's mouth as its entire body was enveloped by the Chaos Fire, quickly turning to ash. Wukong then returned to the waters of the Sea of Oblivion.

"Indeed, these memory light orbs weren't harmed by the Chaos Fire!"

Wukong saw the orbs of memory scatter back into the water along with the disintegration of the large fish, emitting specks of luminescence that seemed quite enticing.

Since these large fish fed on ancient memories, the sudden abundance of food here should attract even more big fish, shouldn't it?