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Chapter 570

“Whew…”

“Pretty much! How long do you think you can hold out!!”

“I guess I’m not just anyone…”

Bam!!

Another Heavenly Realm where Tathagata and the group, including Lily, disappeared.

The two Sun Wukongs were engaged in a fierce bloodbath, wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Realm, and with their fight, the realm was gradually crumbling.

Of course, the Space of Tathagata was being protected by Strong Power, but unlike the past, Fighting Victory Buddha had gotten quite strong.

And because Wukong kept unleashing his ‘Roar,’ the durability of the Heavenly Realm was under serious strain.

Above all, with no Tathagata to repair the Space, collapse was virtually imminent.

And all of this…

[What’s going on]
[Hahaha]
[They fight really well]
[Lily, where did she go! Lily, where did she go! Lily, where did she go!]
[Did she disappear again?]
[Looks like Tathagata and everyone vanished]
[Hey, where did the master go? He was here a moment ago]
[Looks like Wukong is going to win?]
[Go, Wukong!]
[Lily disappears sometimes, just roll with it]
[For real, lol]
[Info: Lily once livestreamed for 60 hours with her eyes closed and has also disappeared after streaming for over a day.]
[This is perplexing, haha]

The outsiders of another world were watching the masterless broadcast.

The place where Lily had moved was a space where the ‘Perception’ time created by Tathagata drastically increased, inevitably leading to broadcasting interruptions.

If you were a viewer who had consistently watched Lily’s streams, you would have already experienced this familiar spectacle multiple times.

The streaming System Camera of Deoen, without its master, began to capture the fight between the two Wukongs, and thanks to that, the broadcast was still thriving.

Kugugugu!!

The giant Wukong clenched his Magical Staff and unleashed a roar.

In proportion to the size of the staff, the size of the roar also increased, still possessing enough power to smash Fighting Victory Buddha in one blow.

“Hmph!”

However, Fighting Victory Buddha was no fool either, using his extremely enhanced Kunlun cloud and Thunder to dodge attacks at high speed.

Of course, due to the vast range of the roar, he couldn’t completely avoid it, but Fighting Victory Buddha sacrificed most of his body.

That’s why he is called Fighting Victory Buddha.

“You wouldn’t know! What kind of being I have become!!”

“…!”

Wukong, who had acquired strong techniques, was ultimately still a monster.

After long ascetic practices, Fighting Victory Buddha entered an area where he could let go of his ‘life’ as he became ‘Buddha.’

Like he became a Magical Staff himself, Fighting Victory Buddha launched toward the giant Wukong and extended his hand downward.

“Ten Palms of Thunder.”

Kwa-ji-ji-ji-ji-Jik!!

Ten palms charged with lightning pressed down on Wukong.

Wukong tried to resist, but in the end, he couldn’t break through all the palms and was buried completely.

[Wow]
[Whoa]
[No wonder Fighting Victory Buddha is something else haha]
[Wukong, no way are you losing?]
[Seriously, losing after learning techniques from Lily is absurd]
[Fact: Anyway, both would go down to Lily in one second]
[The technique looks cool, lol]
“Is he dead? You are immortal after all.”

“……”

“But I’m different. I relinquished life by becoming a Buddha and accepted my fate.”

Ugh.

As the Fighting Victory Buddha raised his hand, a gold ring formed.

Familiar to the Wukongs.

‘Golden Staff.’

“You’re still using it, but this special one given by the Tathagata will be much harsher. For a lifetime.”

“……”

“I want to spare you if I can… but I have no other choice. So, how about it? Are you scared? Why did you mess around, huh? If you knew the fear of the Golden Staff, you wouldn’t have done this—”

“I don’t know.”

“What?”

Drum drum drum…!

The palm shakes.

A massive palm stacked in layers shakes, and through the gaps, Wukong’s eyes glow with determination as he grips his fist tightly.

“The fear of the Golden Staff…! I said I don’t know!!”

“Hah! You must have been bested by the Samjang every time, yet you don’t know that? No matter how much a being might change, I never thought the past me would be so foolish…”

“I never received it!”

Crack crack!

‘Remember. The opportunity is only once…’

“My master never used the Golden Staff on me even once! So there’s no need to be scared of that!”

“…Nonsense. No matter how much Samjang has changed, he couldn’t possibly control me without the Golden Staff.”

“Control?”

Tsk.

“You are the one unaware of anything. You don’t know what kind of person my master is.”

Let me show you.

‘When faced with an unstoppable foe, pour everything you have…’

With the mindset of dying.

‘Twist!’

I twist the Magical Staff, channeling all my energy to maintain myself.

In an instant, an overwhelming sensation of powerlessness washes over me as all my energy is drawn into one place, and standing at the end, Wukong felt his fate being born.

He can feel it.

The sensation of ‘death’ that even the deletion of the fate of death cannot stop.

But for some reason, Wukong felt a joy greater than ever before.

He transcends a realm that can never be reached!

“You…”

“It’s my master’s power.”

The storm turned the Heavenly Realm upside down.

The storm.

The impact reminiscent of a dragon’s roar ripped the Tathagata’s Heavenly Realm apart.

In an instant, the sky turned dark, then yellow, then dark blue again, repeating the cycle.

The ever-changing sky.

Feeling as if space itself was shifting, Wukong stared blankly at the sky.

‘Did the Fighting Victory Buddha… die?’

His future self, the Fighting Victory Buddha, had said he became a Buddha and accepted his fate.
So, Fighting Victory Buddha must be dead.

…Honestly, I’m not sure if that Wukong is the future version of himself.

In the end, hasn’t anything changed?

He continued his ordinary ascetic practices as usual and met the Tathagata, becoming a Buddha.

I met my Master and, while following a strange ascetic path, failed to achieve enlightenment and could not become a Buddha.

So, the ‘future’ has changed.

Then, the current Wukong is the ‘failed’ Wukong. Is he the fake Wukong?

“…No.”

Wukong shook his head.

Fighting Victory Buddha is Fighting Victory Buddha.

In the end, he is merely a possibility of my own, and there is only one being known as ‘Wukong who met the Master.’

“I am Wukong. That fact does not change.”

The disciple of Master Lily Elbrite, a monster with a white pig-like guy and a strange lightning god as his priests.

I don’t think I need more stories to prove myself than that.

The sky turns yellow.

The sunset in the distance is truly beautiful.

How wonderful it would have been if I could inform my Master of this realization.

“Master…”

“Yes.”

“This disciple. I have acquired a certain realization…”

Huh?

I momentarily turned my head.

The sky had turned blue again.

There, as if to capture that sky…

“I’m glad. It seems you gained something.”

My Master was there.

She looked like a ‘something’ vastly different from before.

[Lilyyyyyyyyy]
[Lily’s back!]
[Where the hell have you been lol]
[Perfect timing, huh?]
[That wasn’t long at all]
[Lily returns after 2 hours and 17 minutes xxx]
[Great Lily]
[You look like you just beat the Tathagata lol]
[Wow]

…!!!

As I approached, Wukong jumped back in surprise.

It looks like he has won against Fighting Victory Buddha.

“That’s how it should be.”

Who taught him?

“Uh… what happened… what about the Tathagata…”

“I just wrapped things up nicely. Now, tell me about that realization you mentioned earlier.”

“Um… okay.”

Wukong, who had a face filled with confusion, quickly regained his composure and took a long breath.

With his eyes closed, he continued breathing three times and then slowly opened his eyes.

“…I thought during the fight with Fighting Victory Buddha. The ‘me’ who learned my Master’s techniques and the ‘Fighting Victory Buddha’ who received enlightenment from the Tathagata. Who is the real one?”

“……”

“I thought a lot, really. Fighting Victory Buddha is my ‘future.’ So, I thought I was the fake and Fighting Victory Buddha was the real one. Even until I used my Master’s teachings to their fullest.”

Ultimately, Wukong is an existence created from past memories.

In contrast, the ‘Celestial’ Fighting Victory Buddha is the very source of those memories.

“But the moment I reclaimed the command of life that I had abandoned, I realized that he and I are just different ‘possibilities.’”

“Possibilities?”

“In the end, he and I are just other beings with the same past. Neither of us is fake. We are simply beings born with different possibilities.”
In the end, he and I are just another existence with the same past. Neither of us is fake. We are simply beings born with different possibilities.”

Wukong was able to find his own truth through battle and gained enlightenment.

And that enlightenment brought him victory against the Fighting Victory Buddha, who was known as his future self.

I laughed.

“…Is that right, Master?”

“Well, who knows? Could it be?”

“…I hope it is. But I feel it’s okay even if it’s not.”

“Why is that?”

“Because I remained as ‘me.’ No matter what anyone else says, Wukong as I know him won’t change.”

Wukong answered with a confident smile.

And it was quite similar to my own thoughts.

‘I just told something similar to Tathagata on the way back.’

Snap!

As I flicked my finger, the Golden Staff disappeared from Wukong’s head.

He hadn’t used the Golden Staff since the early test, except for a brief moment when he was fainted.

“Ah…”

“You’ve mastered everything now. You can descend. Great job.”

“Ma… Master!!”

[?]

[Hahaha]

[What’s suddenly going on?]

[Why’s the atmosphere like this?]

[Wow]

[That’s touching ㅠㅠ]

[So there’s really neither fake nor real?]

[True! NPCs are people!]

[ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[There are people inside!!]

[Exactly, that’s why I’m dating an NPC too ㅇㅇ]

[Hahaha]

[?]

[So what were you doing with Tathagata????]

[Wow]

[But Wukong’s fight was actually fun]

[I agree]

[Seriously haha]

Boom…!

The Space of Tathagata completely crumbled.

After a series of twists and turns, Wukong finally reached Heavenly Tract with his “enlightenment.”

Of course, that “enlightenment” is quite different from the enlightenment pursued by the Universe and Buddha, but who cares.

“As long as I realize something, that’s what matters.”

[So what were you really doing?]

[I feel like Wukong just went to beat up someone haha]

“Tathagata requested a one-on-one conversation, so I went to respond. What did he ask? He inquired about the Origin of the Tower…”

I don’t even know that.

In the end, this place is undeniably another “true” existence rather than a fake, but I still don’t know the origin.

“So now we need to find out.”

There are only about three beings who might know this fact, and let’s start with the easiest one to approach.

“Let’s go meet the raccoon.”

It’s time to head to the 99th Floor.


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