Journey to the West: Break the entire Western Heaven!-Chapter 276 - 176 Snap!

Taibai Venus felt that it was reasonable, so he said to Sun Wukong, "Great Saint, this matter doesn’t necessarily require the presence of the Jade Emperor, but whether it can be accomplished depends on your abilities."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong sensed an opportunity and asked eagerly, "What do you mean by that?"

Taibai Venus replied, "Great Saint, follow me."

After saying that, Taibai Venus turned and walked towards the Fragrant Pavilion.

Seeing this, the other deities looked at one another and eventually decided to follow as well.

However, their gazes were filled with a playful anticipation for the spectacle, clearly none believed that Sun Wukong could solve the issue—they were there to enjoy seeing him made a fool of.

Sun Wukong paid them no mind and followed Taibai Venus all the way to the Fragrant Pavilion. He pushed open the grand doors and was stunned by the sight within!

Inside the Fragrant Pavilion, there was a hill of rice about ten feet high;

and a hill of flour about twenty feet high.

By the side of the rice hill, there was a large rooster pecking at the rice leisurely, one mouthful at a time.

Next to the flour hill, there was a golden-furred Pekingese dog licking up the flour with long and short licks.

On the left, there hung an iron rack with a golden lock about a foot and three or four inches long hanging from it. The lock was as thick as a finger, and underneath it, there was a bright lamp with its flame singeing the lock.

Sun Wukong watched in utter bewilderment...

Taibai Venus explained, "The Marquis of Pheonix Immortal County has offended the heavens, and the Jade Emperor set up these three tasks. Only when the rooster pecks away all the rice, the dog licks up all the flour, and the lamp flame burns through the lock, can it rain in Pheonix Immortal County."

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes, "If the Marquis of Pheonix Immortal County has angered the Jade Emperor, let the Jade Emperor punish him alone. What is the meaning of tormenting all the citizens of Pheonix Immortal County? I, Old Sun, do not accept this!"

Faced with such a problem, Taibai Venus simply kept his mouth shut and did not discuss it further.

Sun Wukong asked, "Elder, your purpose in bringing me here is..."

Taibai Venus replied, "I had no other intention; I merely wanted you to see these three tasks. If the Great Saint has the means to complete these three tasks, then naturally the rain will come."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong’s eyes lit up, "Is that really so?"

Taibai Venus replied, "With all the gods as witnesses, why would I dare to speak carelessly?"

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "A mere flour hill and rice hill, an iron lock, what difficulty is there? Watch Old Sun’s skills!"

As he was about to take action, the gods all craned their necks to watch without interfering. Stay connected via novelbuddy

Ne Zha, bewildered, secretly asked Li Jing, "Father, what’s going on? The hills of rice and flour, though large, seem insignificant in our eyes... If the Great Saint starts working on it, won’t it start raining immediately?"

Li Jing laughed, "My boy, you still don’t understand?

These aren’t ordinary hills of rice and flour, nor an ordinary iron lock.

They were established by the Jade Emperor!"

Ne Zha still didn’t understand...

Li Jing explained, "The Jade Emperor rules the Heavenly Court and holds power over the Heavenly Dao. Although the rice and flour are ordinary, the Jade Emperor has set the rule that it can only be completed when pecked by this rooster, licked by this dog, and burned by this candle.

This is the Heavenly Dao, these are the rules, they are unchangeable regulations.

No matter how skillful you are, even as a Semi-Saint, you cannot alter them in the slightest!

Not just one Sun Wukong, even ten or a hundred would be of no use."

Ne Zha was astonished, "Then why did you bring him here? Isn’t this setting him up for failure?"

Li Jing laughed, "We are idle anyway, might as well treat it as watching a monkey show."

Ne Zha: "#@￥..."

On the other side, the other deities similarly whispered among themselves, no one optimistic about Sun Wukong’s prospects, sharing Li Jing’s sentiment.

"This monkey truly doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. These were established by the Jade Emperor; does he really think he can cleverly circumvent them?" laughed Zhang, the Celestial Master.

"Is that not so... If he wants to try, let him try. I reckon he’ll be disheartened soon enough," said the Fire Deity.

The Water Deity laughed, "How long do you think before he gives up?"

"My guess is in no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!"

"I think half an incense stick will be quite enough," another chimed in.

The gods had already started to make secret bets.

Sun Wukong, of course, couldn’t hear what they were saying, but seeing their faces all eager for a bit of fun, he knew they were up to no good.

Sun Wukong snorted, "Just watch my prowess!"

Having said that, Sun Wukong approached, his mouth wide open, and sucked with all his might!

Instantly, a vast amount of rice and flour from the mountains streamed into his mouth, but to Sun Wukong’s consternation, no matter how much he swallowed, the mountains of rice and flour did not diminish in the slightest!

After swallowing for a while longer, with his brow furrowed, he thought, "This is not right, it seems never-ending!"

Seeing this, the gods burst into laughter.

"Hehe..."

"Great Saint, keep going!"

"Don’t give up, it’s not even been half an incense stick yet!"

"Keep it up!"

"Hahaha..."

Sun Wukong, feeling utterly mocked, his face flushed red, realized he couldn’t handle the mountains of rice and flour and simply gave up, turning towards the iron locks instead.

"Giving up so soon?" goaded Li Jing.

"Great Saint, with one task out of three incomplete, you can’t expect any rain!" said the Fire Deity.

"You’ve just given up on two at once, are you planning to quit?" Water Deity joined in to taunt.

Sun Wukong glared at them and said, "Hold your noise, I have my own methods!"

With that, Sun Wukong faced the iron lock, opened his mouth wide, and spewed out a burst of flame, which increased in temperature continuously. Alas, the iron lock remained unmoved, not even reddening in the slightest as if Sun Wukong’s flames didn’t exist at all.

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Sun Wukong’s brow furrowed into a deep "S" shape.

He had always known the Great Emperor was formidable. But it wasn’t until that moment that he truly understood the meaning of wielding the Heavenly Dao, the kind of power being the sovereign of the Three Realms represented.

This was simply beyond his capacity to solve!

With that thought, Sun Wukong extinguished the flames, a look of dejection on his face.

Seeing Sun Wukong like this...

Li Jing couldn’t help but chuckle, approaching him to tease, "Great Saint, does this mean you’re giving up?"

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes, not admitting defeat, but he had indeed run out of options.

Li Jing’s laughter grew even heartier. He remembered leading a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to besiege the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, only to be thoroughly humiliated by the Monkey. Now, seeing the Monkey defeated, he felt especially delighted, continuing to mock, "Why not try again? Haha... If you succeed, I’ll marry my daughter to you!"

Crack!

A crisp sound echoed.

In the grand hall, this sound was particularly distinct; everyone turned to look...

There the Six-Eared Macaque, who had accompanied Sun Wukong and had been inconspicuous from the beginning, was staring at them with an innocent expression while in his hand, he casually held the iron lock, now snapped in two!

Seeing this scene, Li Jing and the others almost had their eyes pop out.

Li Jing snatched the two halves of the iron lock and examined them over and over, murmuring incredulously, "How... how is this possible? These are rules set by the Jade Emperor, which supposed to be unbreakable by any force between heaven and earth... How did you do it?"