Fight Heaven Battle Art, Immortal Realm Border Gate

"Really?" Su Yu’s eyes lit up.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled. "Would I lie to you? As for spells and divine abilities, I have the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations. Do you want—"

Before Patriarch Bodhi could finish, Su Yu immediately said, "I want them all."

Patriarch Bodhi: "…Fine. Your talent is sufficient, so learning both won’t be a problem. Oh, besides spells and divine abilities, I also have a battle art passed down from the Prehistoric Times. Do you want to learn it as well?"

"Sure, sure, sure. Who would ever complain about having too much? Hurry up and give it to me, old man," Su Yu said with a grin.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and shook his head. Then he pressed his index finger to Su Yu’s forehead, transmitting the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations, the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, and the battle art into him.

Su Yu immediately examined the battle art in his mind. Clearly, this newly appeared thing interested him more. Once he finished reading it, he understood.

This battle art was called the Fight Heaven Battle Art. It was essentially like the body-tempering techniques found in novels. The Fight Heaven Battle Art had three levels: the first was Fight Immortal, the second Fight Buddha, and the third Fight God.

Cultivating the Fight Heaven Battle Art did not involve tempering one’s body like ordinary body-refining techniques. Instead, one had to fight. Furthermore, to break through to the second level, one had to understand Buddhism; to break through to the third, one had to understand Taoism.

No wonder Patriarch Bodhi had made Su Yu study Buddhist and Taoist scriptures, and why he had not taught the Fight Heaven Battle Art to Sun Wukong in the future. How could Sun Wukong possibly study Buddhist and Taoist scriptures? You could kill him, and he still would not read.

Su Yu smiled at Patriarch Bodhi. "You had me study Buddhist and Taoist scriptures so I could learn this battle art, right?"

Patriarch Bodhi nodded slightly. "That’s right. I don’t even know where this battle art came from. I only know that its origins are extraordinary, and it is extremely peculiar. If it does not acknowledge you, you cannot learn it. That is why I have never mastered it. Now we’ll see whether you can."

Su Yu froze for a moment. "This thing is really that temperamental? Well, Master, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be going."

With that, Su Yu left. After returning to his room, he began trying to cultivate the Fight Heaven Battle Art.

After the time it took to burn an incense stick, there was not the slightest change in Su Yu’s body. His mouth twitched. "If you don’t start behaving, once I leave this world, I’ll definitely find a way to give you a physical form and hang you up for a beating every day!"

The next moment, Su Yu felt a trace of faint energy appear within his body.

Su Yu paused. "So you can hear me. Then hurry up and take me straight to Fight God."

Fight Heaven Battle Art: "…"

After a while, there was still no change in Su Yu. He said in disappointment, "Why are you so useless?"

Fight Heaven Battle Art: "???"

After cultivating for a little longer, Su Yu reached the first level. From then on, he would need battle to raise his level; cultivation was no longer useful. So, he began practicing the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations instead.

Although the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations had thirty-six more transformations than the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations were far more powerful. If Sun Wukong had learned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations in the future, he would not have been trapped beneath Five Finger Mountain, because one of its techniques was the Five Elements Great Escape.

However, if Sun Wukong truly learned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations in the future and escaped Five Finger Mountain, things would become serious. Buddha would lose face, and he would surely crush Sun Wukong to death.

With Patriarch Bodhi’s strength, he should not have been afraid of Buddha. After thinking it over, Su Yu felt that Patriarch Bodhi probably wanted to use those five hundred years to temper Sun Wukong’s temperament.

Su Yu mastered both the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations within a single day. This gave Patriarch Bodhi quite a fright. Learning both in one day and reaching the Fight Immortal realm in the Fight Heaven Battle Art—how the hell was this kid even more impressive than a Sub-Saint like him?

"How did you learn everything so quickly?" Patriarch Bodhi could not help asking.

Su Yu wore an innocent expression. "I don’t know. I studied them a little, and then I knew them all."

Patriarch Bodhi: "…"

"Master, do you know anywhere I can fight? I want to test my spells and improve my battle art," Su Yu asked Patriarch Bodhi.

Patriarch Bodhi thought for a moment. "You can first obtain an official position in the Heavenly Court, then request an assignment to guard the border gate."

"The border gate?" Su Yu asked in confusion.

Patriarch Bodhi explained, "The Three Realms are not peaceful. The environment in the Demon Realm is extremely poor, so it seeks to seize the Immortal Realm. Therefore, the Heavenly Court established a border gate between the Immortal and Demon Realms. The border gate has city walls a hundred meters high to defend against enemies, and countless homeless people live within the city. Although the Heavenly Court has stationed a great army there to guard it, those people inevitably suffer casualties whenever war breaks out. In that sense, they are pitiful people."

"Why don’t those people leave?" Su Yu asked with a frown.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled bitterly. "Because their ancestors once committed crimes. Their descendants, generation after generation, have been sealed at the border gate. They cannot leave it."

Su Yu grew somewhat angry. "A family should not be implicated in someone else’s crimes. What crimes did their ancestors commit for them to be treated like this?"

Patriarch Bodhi also gave a mocking laugh. "Their ancestors actually committed only trivial offenses, but some people could not stand the sight of them. So they pinned all kinds of crimes on them, and then the Jade Emperor sealed them away."

"Is that old Jade Emperor really so foolish and tyrannical?" Su Yu said angrily.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled. "Haha, don’t casually call him that once you leave Square Inch Mountain. The Jade Emperor is not foolish and tyrannical. He simply feels that offending powerful Celestial Officials for the sake of those weak people is not worth it."

Su Yu thought for a moment. "What would I even be going to the Heavenly Court for if it’s like that? I might as well go straight to the border gate."

"No. The border gate does not allow entry to anyone not appointed by the Heavenly Court," Patriarch Bodhi said, shaking his head.

Su Yu said helplessly, "Fine, then."

"Mm. Set out tomorrow and head for the Heavenly Court. Once you arrive, do not show off too much. A Great Luo Golden Immortal is not invincible. If something happens to you, even I will not be able to save you," Patriarch Bodhi instructed.

Su Yu nodded. "Got it. Then, Master, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first."

Su Yu then returned. Afterward, he asked Ya Er, "Ya Er, when that old Bodhi said he could not save me, I didn’t feel like he was lying. But he’s clearly a Half-Saint, so why wouldn’t he be able to save me?"

Ya Er thought for a moment. "There is only one possibility. The Heavenly Dao of this world has long decreed that all cultivators above Taiyi Golden Immortal must disappear. Patriarch Bodhi escaping one disaster does not mean he can remain safe forever. Once he acts, the Heavenly Dao may mercilessly erase him."

PS: The update schedule has officially changed. The first update will be at six in the morning, and the second at nine at night.

Because six in the morning is when I get up, and nine at night is when my evening self-study ends. I think many students are probably about the same. (￣~￣)

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