Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 859 - 860: Overlapping Space Formation (3rd Update!)

This sealing pillar is like this, then are the other sealing pillars also like this?

A thought flashed through his mind, and Sun Wukong’s eyes shot out dark golden light again. The power of the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes probed the other eight sealing pillars one by one, dispersing all the dust covering the pillars and revealing the true sealing pillars. The sealing runes on the pillars also emerged under the power of the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes.

"Just as I thought!"

Uncovering the sand beneath each sealing pillar, a large altar was revealed at the base of each. Sun Wukong rose into the sky, looking down from above. Seen from this vantage, the altars were arranged in a grid pattern.

The sealing runes on the nine sealing pillars were numerous, but just as observed initially, only a small portion of the runes were connected to the surrounding space; the rest were just decorations and completely useless!

Under the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes, the sealing runes that interacted with the surrounding space were clearly distinguished from the others in Sun Wukong’s eyes. He discovered that these runes formed a pattern!

"Wukong, have you discovered something?"

Seeing the change in Sun Wukong’s expression, Zhao Jun’s eyes flashed sharply as he flew to Sun Wukong’s side to ask.

"Brother Zhao, look, not all the sealing runes on these pillars interact with the space. Only a small portion of the runes are connected to the space, and they seem to form a pattern!"

Sun Wukong pointed to the runes on the sealing pillars.

"A pattern? What pattern? I don’t see it." Zhao Jun looked puzzled. He couldn’t see anything special about the runes on the pillars; to him, they all looked the same.

"Brother Zhao, you can’t see it? Of course, you don’t have the same pupil skill as I do!"

Sun Wukong blinked in surprise, then quickly realized that he could see the subtleties among the many sealing runes because of his Void-Breaking Moon Eyes. Zhao Jun didn’t have such an ability, so naturally, he couldn’t discern anything.

But even if they isolated the useful sealing runes from the pillars, comprehending them thoroughly wouldn’t be easy. They couldn’t rely on Sun Wukong alone for everything, could they?

"Brother Zhao, I’ll mark the useful sealing runes, and then we can study them together. We should be able to figure it out and leave this place sooner!"

As Sun Wukong spoke, dark golden beams of light shot from his eyes, marking the runes on the nine sealing pillars that interacted with the surrounding space.

Now Zhao Jun could also see these special runes. Indeed, as Sun Wukong had said, these seemingly disordered runes combined to form a complete formation pattern!

"Space overlap formation!"

Zhao Jun exclaimed in surprise, looking at the revealed formation pattern with joy in his eyes. "Wukong, we can leave now!"

"Hmm? What, Brother Zhao, you recognize this formation?"

Sun Wukong could see that the runes he marked formed a formation pattern, but knowing it was a formation didn’t mean he knew what kind of formation it was. This place wasn’t the Three Realms, and his knowledge of formations in the Yuan Realm was nowhere near Zhao Jun’s level. Hearing Zhao Jun’s words seemed to suggest that Zhao Jun recognized the formation!

If so, their hope of leaving was greatly increased!

"I wouldn’t say recognize it, but I saw it in ancient texts. This is a space overlap formation, which can overlap the current space with another!"

"It’s surprising; the predecessors of the Beast Spirit Sect were so powerful to use sealing runes to create such a grand formation, sealing the beast race in this space and preventing them from leaving, while also overlapping this space with others!"

"Brilliant, just brilliant!"

Zhao Jun’s face was full of admiration, but Sun Wukong was getting impatient. Now wasn’t the time for admiration; they needed to unlock the formation and leave!

"Unlock the formation? I can’t do it!"

Responding directly to Sun Wukong’s suggestion, Zhao Jun spread his hands, leaving Sun Wukong dumbfounded.

"Can’t do it? Brother Zhao, you must be joking! Didn’t you say this is a space overlap formation? How can you not know how to unlock it?"

"Who says recognizing a formation means knowing how to unlock it?"

Zhao Jun replied matter-of-factly, "I indeed saw this formation in ancient texts, but space overlap formations vary greatly; different setups mean different ways to unlock them! This formation was set up using sealing runes, so to unlock it, we must comprehend these runes and then deduce and decompose according to the principles of the space overlap formation for any chance of success."

Zhao Jun’s words made Sun Wukong’s face darken with two black lines on his forehead. "After all that, we still need to understand these sealing runes? Brother Zhao, what use is it that you recognize the formation?"

Damn it, he was overjoyed for nothing, thinking they could quickly leave and continue searching for Pangu. It turned out Zhao Jun was a half-bent master, recognizing the formation but not knowing how to unlock it!

"Who said it’s useless?"

Zhao Jun laughed wickedly, looking at Sun Wukong with what Sun Wukong considered a somewhat sinister look. "Wukong, you have a divine pupil skill to mark the space overlap formation composed of sealing runes, this is a rare talent! I see you have some understanding of formations, so the task of unlocking it must fall on you!"

"On me? Brother Zhao, I don’t understand this space overlap formation; how can I unlock it?"

Sun Wukong was speechless. Zhao Jun was clearly shirking responsibility. He had never seen such a formation before, and without understanding its setup principle, how could he unlock it?

"You don’t understand, but I do! I can tell you all the principles of this formation from the ancient texts I’ve read, and you can then comprehend the sealing runes to unlock it. Isn’t that doable?"

Zhao Jun’s words stunned Sun Wukong. That made sense; if he didn’t know the formation, he could learn it!

Formations varied endlessly but followed common principles. As long as he knew the setup principle and understood the sealing runes used in it, unlocking the formation and leaving wasn’t impossible!