Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Five, four, three, two, one!"

The Heavenly Prince scanned the group of powerful figures with a glance, "It seems no one is interested in my proposal, very well! I shall proceed on my own!"

With that said, he was about to step onto the central corridor.

"Wait, Heavenly Prince!"

A Domain King from the Dark Soul Hall reached out to stop the Heavenly Prince, and other powerful figures stepped forward as well.

"What, do you intend to forcibly stop me?"

The Heavenly Prince's face turned grim, the Heavenly Demon Sword appeared in his hand, and if these guys dared to block him, he wouldn't show any mercy!

"You've misunderstood, Heavenly Prince!"

The Domain King from the Dark Soul Hall smiled and said, "I have no intention of stopping the Heavenly Prince. I am saying that I agree to the Heavenly Prince's terms, kindly lead me through the corridor!"

"I agree too!"

"I also agree!"

One by one, the powerful figures all voiced their agreement to the Heavenly Prince's proposal. Their power wasn't much different from the Heavenly Prince's, making it unlikely to forcibly stop him. Even if they actually blocked him, what good would it do but to make a formidable enemy?

Since they couldn't obtain The Way of Transformation, they might as well pass through the central corridor before them; otherwise, they would have to watch as Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and others feasted while they wouldn't even get a taste of the broth!

"Very well, it seems you are all indeed wise men! I enjoy dealing with wise men!"

The Heavenly Prince smiled and took the hand of the Domain King from the Dark Soul Hall, saying, "In a moment, do not resist. I shall ferry you across one by one!"

The art of Transformation is not a highly sophisticated spell; as long as one knows the method, anyone with some cultivation can perform it. However, reaching a state like Sun Wukong's is difficult, yet passing through this central corridor doesn't require such mastery. The Heavenly Prince effortlessly carried each force's powerful figures to the end of the corridor and the staircase beyond.

At this moment, Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and the others had already ascended the stairs and stood at the gate leading to the second grand hall.

"That Heavenly Prince of the Undying Heavenly Demon Clan actually knows the art of Transformation! He brought those guys across one by one!"

The Six-Eared Macaque glanced back down the steps, his pupils slightly narrowing, and he whispered with a grim expression.

Hearing his words, Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and his companions turned to look, indeed seeing the Heavenly Prince ferrying the last powerful figure to the corridor's end.

"It is said that the Undying Heavenly Demon Clan possesses some nearly lost secret techniques from the Ancient Times, but who would've thought the art of Transformation was among them."

Divine General Yuan Long furrowed his brow. He had crossed paths with the Undying Heavenly Demon Clan's Left Envoy Qian Tian and Right Envoy Kun Du, and skirmishes between the two clans were not few, yet he had never seen the Undying Heavenly Demon Clan use the art of Transformation. Perhaps they deemed such a simple spell useless in combat?

"This art of Transformation is not some profound spell; it's no big deal for the Heavenly Prince to master it, don't worry about it!"

Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor smiled faintly. Among those who ascended the Three Realms, who wouldn't know the art of Transformation? Especially those who practiced the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations, like Nezha, Erlang God Yang Jian, Six-Eared Macaque, they were proficient in this aspect. Not to mention Sun Wukong, who elevated Transformations to the level of Great Dao Laws. The Heavenly Prince's Transformation was child's play in the eyes of Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor, utterly insignificant!

Upon hearing this from Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor, Divine General Yuan Long and others laughed. When they didn't know the method, they found the art of Transformation wondrous. But after Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor taught them the method, they realized it was merely a way to utilize the Primordial Force within their bodies, neither profound nor difficult to learn, they just hadn't thought to do it.

Indeed, there's nothing surprising about it!

Creak~!

The door to the second grand hall finally opened, invigorating everyone's spirits. This is the main hall of the Ancient Heavenly Court. The first palace was the front hall, a place where Immortals and Gods awaited the Heavenly Emperor's summons. Passing through the central corridor and ascending the stairs to the second grand hall was likely where they prepared their attire for an audience, getting closer to the Council Hall and the Heavenly Emperor's rear palace chambers.

As it is the main hall of the Heavenly Court, it would surely contain the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault. Some powerful figures in there had ancestors, like the Battle God Monkey Emperor, who entered the Heavenly Que Realm ten thousand years ago and clearly informed them about the heavenly treasures and Ancient Heavenly Court's inheritance inside. The closer they got to their objective, the more excited everyone became.

The Heavenly Prince and others also ascended the stairs, and with Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and others, they formed distinct factions. Although the door to the second palace had opened, bizarrely, no one rushed to enter it first; they all cautiously released their Divine Sense to probe inside first.

The unknown dangers within this main hall of the Heavenly Court are too many. The golden-armored statue-Mechanical Puppet earlier seemed to be just the appetizer. Stronger defense measures might be ahead. With the precedent of the Domain King from the Dark Soul Hall being minced by the golden-armored statue, who would dare to be careless?

"Dao Ancestor, nothing dangerous, let's go in!"

Unlike others using Divine Sense to probe, the Six-Eared Macaque used his innate divine ability, the Heaven-Piercing Divine Hearing. After probing for a bit, he found there wasn't any danger, at least not in the early section of the second grand hall. However, the rest of the way had prohibitions blocking his senses. Even with the Heaven-Piercing Divine Hearing, probing deeply was difficult, and they could only advance while observing the situation.

"Alright, let's go in!"

Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor did not doubt the probing ability of the Heaven-Piercing Divine Hearing from the Six-Eared Macaque. Apart from Sun Wukong's innate divine ability of the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes, the Heaven-Piercing Divine Hearing could be considered the strongest innate divine ability among them.

Without further hesitation, the group stepped across the threshold into the second grand hall.

"It really is a resting place. One, two, three, four... eight mats. Are these for those waiting to see the Heavenly Emperor to sit on?"

The arrangement within this second grand hall was very different from the front hall. The front hall was majestic, filled with solemnity and grandeur. This space was much softer, without golden-armored statues or much décor. Ahead was a door, and in front of the door were eight mats, nothing else. Were it not for having just left the front hall, they might have doubted which hall they entered.

"This must be the hall where those awaiting an audience could briefly stay. Look at those eight mats; perhaps, at most, only eight could see the Heavenly Emperor at one time."

Erlang God Yang Jian pointed at the eight mats before the door and said, "The Ancient Heavenly Court's Heavenly Emperor indeed held himself with great airs!"