Chapter 55: Great Sage, Bimawen, Fight!

Maybe this fragment of the world couldn’t handle such complex developments, because time seemed to pass faster and faster from then on.

Not the kind of time that simply speeds up, but one that skips many details, making it hard to tell how much time had really passed in a daze.

Of course, this was something only Jiang Cha, as an outsider, could feel. The actors in this stage play couldn’t notice anything unusual at all.

Which made it all the more laughable…

“Taotao, look at that immortal over there, and that dog beside him, don’t they look alike?”

The girl still smiled leisurely and cutely, sitting beside the Monkey Girl, speaking words of great disrespect.

“What nonsense! That’s the famous Erlang Shen!”

Monkey Girl retorted, somewhat insecure, but her eyes showed complete disdain.

“Hey~ You wouldn’t want to become some kind of immortal up there too, would you?”

Jiang Cha deliberately teased her, but the Monkey Girl, who would have once laughed and scolded back before raising her staff to fight, was silent this time.

She had changed.

Maybe it was because some old monkeys had died, and the new generation of monkey clans looked up to her with admiration, or maybe it was because of those newly born, innocent, and adorable little monkey demons.

Monkey Girl had formed attachments.

She… was now the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

“What do you think… I should do?”

In these decades, the Monkey Girl had raised her flag, claimed mountain territories, stolen armor from the Dragon Palace, seized the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magical staff), and waged war recklessly to become a Great Sage of the demon clans. Yet for the first time, in front of the girl, she showed a weakness and exhaustion she never displayed even when they first met and she was weaker.

Her eyes were full of defiance, but she was clearly pleading for help.

Pleading to Jiang Cha — a girl she never truly saw through.

“What do you want to do? Do whatever you want, right?”

But Jiang Cha just shrugged, her tone still casual.

“If you want to accept their offer of surrender, I can help you take care of your monkey children and grandchildren. If you don’t want to…”

“Then I’ll fight alongside you, no matter if it’s against all the gods and Buddhas in the world.”

“Great Sage.”

The girl stood up, slipped on her long-unused little leather shoes, her black hair and red eyes captivating as she turned around with a bewitching smile.

“I’ll help you, even if it means standing against the whole world.”

“Hahahahahahaha!!”

Monkey Girl laughed heartily, downing a jar of monkey wine in one gulp. She was about to offer Jiang Cha a drink but remembered she never drank, and reluctantly stopped.

“It’s not something a Great Sage should do—force a girl to drink,” she said, recalling Jiang Cha’s teasing words.

“Then let’s fight! Damn those gods—they’re just a bunch of rule-bound dogs!”

“Let’s fight! Those delusional shells dare to bully a witch like me? I’ve hated them for a long time!”

Jiang Cha grabbed a wine jar, gulped it down, clinked it against Monkey Girl’s jar, and then smashed it on the ground.

Monkey Girl’s jar was emptied, but Jiang Cha still had plenty left…

“You left so much!? Such a waste! This is the best monkey wine!”

“Pfft! If it wasn’t for the mood, who’d drink this crap? Peach juice tastes better.”

“That’s exactly why I can’t stand you—always so whiny.”

“Like you’re not a she-monkey!”

One was a witch holding a staff, the other a monkey girl wielding an iron rod.

Two beings who should have nothing to do with each other looked perfectly harmonious at this moment. With their battle fervor at its peak, there was no more room for idle talk.

The 80,000 Heavenly Soldiers and the God of War Yang Jian.

This lineup wasn’t so much an offer of surrender as a forced palace coup.

The Great Sage had tolerated them for too long — finally, she couldn’t hold back!

…

Monkey Girl swept away three thousand heavenly soldiers with a single strike.

The witch blasted two thousand heavenly soldiers with one cannon shot.

They were two madwomen—mad enough to disregard the God of War, ignore the Heavenly Court, and never even consider the heavens and earth.

Monkey Girl challenged Yang Jian one-on-one, while Jiang Cha single-handedly annihilated the remaining heavenly soldiers.

When the Tower-Wielding Heavenly King came to support, a look from the girl triggered a mental spell that stunned him in place. The other gods watching from afar were so frightened they fled in panic.

After all, these heavenly soldiers were not their true selves — not even a tenth as strong as their real power.

Because the fragment world’s ability to evolve has limits, it simply couldn’t manifest their true strength.

Most importantly, the true story of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven is filled with complex secret plots. The early Great Sage was thoroughly manipulated by various gods — from the havoc in Heaven to the journey to the West, everything was prearranged.

But such “plots” couldn’t exist in this world fragment.

No divine incarnations here. It would be strange if a fragment of this level could evolve those.

The “black box” worlds made from high-level fragments might be different—Jiang Cha’s master wouldn’t dare play around like this—but this was not one of them.

To be blunt, Monkey Girl, Jiang Cha, and the Buddha here were the three strongest beings. Even Yang Jian stepped back slightly, because this was not his story.

And the “plot” truly changed after this battle.

Bimawen (Keeper of the Horses) was gone!

“By the way, Taotao,”

Jiang Cha helped Monkey Girl heal her wounds casually, then suddenly smiled mischievously, getting close enough that their noses almost touched.

“Do you still remember when I said I know where to find some top-quality peaches?”

“Go away, don’t get so close.”

Monkey Girl waved her hand, trying to shoo away the annoying pest. Talking about delicious peaches in front of a monkey but never letting her have any was enough reason to give her a quick whack.

Deliberately provoking her!

“Just say if you want some or not.”

But Jiang Cha didn’t back off, just smiled slyly.

“…”

“They’re immortals’ peaches. Before I didn’t tell you because going there would be suicide, but now that we just fought the Heavenly Court, their defenses in some less important places must be thin, so…”

“Hey~ Taotao~ interested in sneaking some immortals’ peaches with me? They can prolong life, and giving them to those gods is just a waste, but…”

The girl glanced at the little monkeys outside the Water Curtain Cave, her meaning very clear.

“Can’t we just attack directly?”

“No, at least not with your current strength.”

Monkey Girl was strong now but not yet invincible.

Jiang Cha wasn’t sure if she could defeat the invincible Buddha from the Great Sage’s story after the world’s will adjusted his power. So it was better to play it safe.

There was still plenty of time.

“Jiang Cha, you really look like a seductive demon tempting people.”

Seeing the mischievous smile unconsciously spreading on the girl’s lips, Monkey Girl blinked and said seriously:

“Hmm~ I know, so will you go or not~ Taotao~”

“Of course I’m going! I, Old Sun, have never feared any damn demon!”