The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha

Chapter 656 545: All Three Corpses Severed

But how could Sun Wukong be considered a sacrificial pawn?

If the journey for scriptures was to temper Sun Wukong's character, then this time, the Heavenly Demon Tribulation is a true rebirth for Sun Wukong.

After a brief gestation, Sun Wukong returns, no longer the ordinary Wukong, but truly fused with Holy Blood, possessing great wisdom, courage, and virtue, in short, his future is infinitely bright.

He is the insurmountable mountain in terms of aptitude and foundation for all beings in the future.

The triumphant return of Sun Wukong, and his enshrinement as Namo Relic Venerable King Buddha, puts a full stop to this affair.

The Heavenly Demon Tribulation, though seemingly rash, suited everyone's interests. The Daoist Ancestor detonated this tumor, minimizing the harm, and the various demons appeared in control over the Three Realms and Thirty-Three Heavens, but were all too occupied contending with Sun Wukong to wield any real power.

Nezha smoothly achieved his objective and now waits to successfully slay the Third Corpse.

Old Li's aptitude for cultivation had always been poor, an objectively existing problem. Actually, he'd already reached his limit over the years. Now, with a rebirth, not only did his aptitude improve, but the energy he couldn't digest before became an enhancement to his origin in this life.

With Sun Wukong's rebirth and greatly elevated status, it needs no further mention.

The Buddhist Sect, after this tribulation, rid itself of a large portion of unstable and bloated parts, and these additional benefits were naturally divided among the remaining members of the Buddhist Sect.

The Immortals of the Heavenly Court joined in the act for a round of performance fees. Overall, it was win-win-win, so who was actually losing?

Luo Hou: *****

In an unknown space, the Demon Mark on Nezha faded away, the God Slaying Spear returned to its original form, while Luo Hou looked unconvinced.

"Kid, you cheated!"

Having achieved his goal, Nezha nonchalantly replied, "Then practice more if you're weak."

How could he let his Divine Soul be eroded by Luo Hou, given that none of these Old Dengs knew what cards they had hidden up their sleeves.

Thus, while Nezha's Wu Wang incarnation was out, the mirror Nezha was in charge of the body.

Nezha was on the verge of becoming a Saint, and his character was also reliable, making cooperation quite amicable. Old Luo never anticipated that this conniving brat had two consciousnesses— one pulled out, the other contending and resisting with him.

You even deceive demons, you truly are a hypocrite!

What's wrong with this Primordial world? Can't humans and demons trust each other a bit more?

And now you want to mock me as a weakling, Chao Feng?

Who knows if the Demon Buddha would develop a Heart Demon, and if so, it might as well be in Nezha's likeness.

Nezha paid no more attention to Luo Hou. The era of this old figure had passed; now it's the time for us younger folks over a few hundred thousand years old.

Leaving the mysterious region, he returned to the stars and began seclusion. With the experience of the previous two times, and using the God Slaying Spear as a foundation, he smoothly slayed the Third Corpse.

In a black robe with golden patterns and dressed in an Emperor Robe, Nezha looked cool with a cold expression and sharp gaze.

Retracting it, he sensed his body's condition, and the most direct feeling was that his mana surged again.

Using Zhao Gongming of the Mystic Sect's Quasi-Saint mana accumulation as a unit.

A normal Second Corpse Quasi-Saint is equivalent to five Old Zhaos, which is the current realm of Jin Ling Saint Mother and Yunxiao.

The old representative Quasi-Saint like Zhen Yuanzi has even more mana accumulation, probably reaching seven Old Zhaos.

Without slaying his Third Corpse, Hao Tian's mana was slightly stronger than Zhen Yuanzi's, about equivalent to eight Old Zhaos.

After slaying the Third Corpse, however, his cultivation regressed and now should be about six and a half Old Zhaos.

Before slaying the Third Corpse, Nezha's mana was equivalent to fifteen Old Zhaos. Now, even before cultivating, it's already at thirty Old Zhaos.

Hao Tian somewhat took a shortcut, but Nezha truly slayed it on his own.

Thirty Quasi-Saint tier mana seems terrifying and indeed is terrifying, but whether it's one or thirty, in the eyes of Chaos Origin, they are all mere ants.

If one translates Nezha's cultivation from a Mortal to his current level, it's like leveling from Level One to Level Five Thousand, only to discover that the level requirement for a Saint is a million levels.

This is a reality; achieving Chaos Origin involves many necessary conditions, both external and internal. It's not just a matter of thinking about it and achieving it.

A person of great wisdom may indeed successfully become an Immortal through thinking, but becoming a Saint? Even if your head explodes from thinking, it's impossible.

Not reaching it simply means not reaching it.

Nezha's internal conditions have actually been met, meaning his experience accumulation is sufficient, but his experience bar is capped at five thousand levels.

What he's doing now is to unify the Three Corpses, meaning fully leveling up his three separate accounts and merging them into himself to achieve a miraculous metaphysical reaction that breaks his limits.

As to why merging three accounts each at several thousand levels would break the cap to a million, don't ask Nezha, ask the Daoist Ancestor; that's how he taught and he succeeded.

In this situation, Nezha had run it countless times in his mind, every step so skillful it was heartbreaking. Reaching this point, how could Nezha possibly stop?

The Divine Light at his brow shone as three avatars emerged in turn, then each merged back into Nezha's body. Everything proceeded smoothly, and Nezha felt himself beginning to ascend towards something unknown.

This ascension lasted three thousand years, and then it failed...

With a calm expression, Nezha opened his eyes. The failure wasn't due to himself; the current heavens of the Primordial world couldn't accommodate a Chaos Origin.

Nezha now has two options; first is to follow the old path of the Six Saints, using Merit to elevate himself to a Saint Position, then in Chaos to complete the Primordial Dao Fruit.

The second option is to directly break through in Chaos, the benefit being Chaos is infinitely large, accommodating as many Chaos Origins as possible; the downside is Nezha must sever all cause and effect in the Primordial world.

You can't be fully fed in the Primordial and then switch to somewhere else, otherwise won't the Heavenly Dao suffer a loss?

The second option is directly passed over; he couldn't abandon his identity and become some Chaos Demon God. There's no guarantee Old Deng would let him come back.

The first option is also unappealing; coming this far only to walk their old path, how can Nezha be content?

Thinking it through, Nezha came to the Zixiao Palace.

He has no conflict of interest with the Daoist Ancestor; they're even a community of interest most times.

The Daoist Ancestor wasn't avoiding him, and Nezha quickly found him. Nezha was so familiar with this place that he directly pushed open the door and entered.

The old Taoist seemed timelessly unchanged, still sitting on the Cloud Platform from the time he was teaching the Dao, and the lower of the six cushions there were now only five, the one belonging to Nuwa being with Nezha.

"Disciple Nezha pays respect to Ancestor Master."

The old Taoist nodded woodenly.

Nezha now had a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Dao and no longer had the same reverence as before towards the Daoist Ancestor.

"Ancestor Master, if one wants to achieve the Dao, is the only path now through Merit to become a Saint?"

The old Taoist paused for a moment before responding with a question, "Do you not wish for that Saint Position?"