Rat in Yellow Wind Ridge, rising from plundering entries

Chapter 24 Upgrading to a Golden Entry – Lunar Demon Sacred Physique! Ascending to Immortality!

As Huang Fengwang willed it, the system prompt echoed.

[Lunar Pursuer (Purple), Molten Gold Physique (Purple), Copper Skin Iron Bones (Purple), Celestial Power (Purple) have fused and upgraded. You have obtained a new entry: Lunar Demon Sacred Physique (Gold)!]. [Lunar Demon Sacred Physique (Gold): The body of the Lunar Demon, embodying the dark side of the moon, possessing golden flesh and sacred bones, and lunar-phase divine power.].

A new entry was born. At that moment, despite the sun hanging high in the sky, a dark red shadowy moon quietly appeared, cascading moonlight like a waterfall. It was overwhelming!

Blazing white and crimson-red moonlight gushed down like torrents, shaking the heavens as it flooded into Huang Fengwang’s body. Not only was the moonlight drawn in, but even the essence of the sun was also attracted, descending in golden flames.

Huang Fengwang had no choice but to reveal his true form—a colossal Moon-Devouring Rat, a hundred feet tall and a thousand feet long. He devoured the lunar radiance, absorbed the golden flames, and refined his body. Divine light erupted from him, illuminating the sky for hundreds of miles.

His fur stood like steel spikes, exuding a fearsome aura that enveloped the land. Above Huangfeng Ridge, fierce winds howled, and thunder roared.

A spiritual rain fell from the heavens, nourishing the flora, as trees swayed in joy, and beasts and birds inhaled the essence, growing in spirituality.

“Our King is divine!”

The old black fox and the other demons bowed deeply, refining their inner energy with delight. In the distant mountains, various demons and ghost kings trembled in fear, their souls nearly scattering. One by one, they prostrated and kowtowed.

In the Floating Pagoda Mountain, an old Zen master opened his eyes. In Wuzhuang Temple, Zhenyuanzi gazed into the distance. This was not just limited to the earthly realm. The celestial stars trembled in resonance, their celestial deities puzzled.

Within the Moon Palace, the grand halls quaked. The celestial maidens staggered, spilling their flower baskets and dropping their exquisite dishes. The Solar Star Lord inquired about the disturbance, but none knew the cause.

Stepping out of the palace, she summoned her divine power, scanning the heavens above and the netherworld below, only to find that the mortal realm had both the sun and moon rising together.

Such a spectacle alarmed even the Jade Emperor, who convened his celestial ministers, ordering Clairvoyant and Clairaudient to open the Southern Heavenly Gate for observation. Huang Fengwang never expected the golden entry to be so powerful. His bloodline purity reached 100%—and it was still increasing.

He was mutating, transcending the limitations of the Moon-Devouring Rat’s lineage. His body and blood absorbed the moonlight, solar essence, and spiritual energy. He stood upright.

No longer retaining his rodent form, he transformed into a divine demon with a rat’s head and a towering, godlike body, standing at ten thousand feet. His eyes flashed like lightning, his maw resembling a blood-filled abyss.

His flowing hair was like golden steel, his muscular physique brimming with an unfathomable power. His vitality surged like an ocean. Behind him, a crimson moon rose from the vast sea, appearing as a divine halo.

A terrifying aura billowed, roaring like furious waves in a storm, unleashing an earth-shattering presence.

Half a day later, Huang Fengwang’s transformation was complete. The celestial phenomena quickly dissipated. The sky cleared, the winds ceased—everything felt like an illusion.

He exhaled, clenched his fists, and radiant energy flowed between his fingers. He had the unmistakable feeling that he could crush a Thunder Toad with a single punch. This was no illusion. His power had risen across all aspects. The golden entry, born of fusion and evolution, was far superior to any plundered one.

In the Celestial Court, Clairvoyant and Clairaudient reported back to the Jade Emperor, explaining the situation.

The Jade Emperor was intrigued and asked, “When was this demon rat born? In which generation? How has he attained such a level of enlightenment?”

The two divine messengers responded, “We do not know.”

Unlike Sun Wukong, Huang Fengwang’s birth had been unremarkable—ordinary, blending into the countless beings of the world. Not just the messengers—even the other celestial beings were astonished. One after another, they raised their sleeves and began divination calculations.

Seeing this, the Jade Emperor remarked, “Since he is a fated creature blessed with fortune, as long as he does not cause chaos or rebellion, and cultivates with a sincere heart, he is of no concern.”

The celestial beings all nodded.

“Agreed!”

And so, the matter was settled. After all, the lower realms had plenty of powerful demon kings. If every single one had to be subdued, how would the Celestial Court ever manage?

As long as they acknowledged the court’s authority and did not raise the banner of rebellion, they would simply turn a blind eye and let things be.

In the Moon Palace, The Lunar Star Lord observed, frowning.

“Is that rat? How has he attained such enlightenment in just a few days? And why does his power align with lunar demonic energy? Could he have been manipulated to disrupt my Dao?”

“Zhenyuanzi? No, I have no quarrel with him.”

“The Old Golden Crow?”

She could not divine an answer. Forming a mystical seal, she dispatched an avatar to descend into the mortal realm.

At Spirit Mountain, Buddhist light radiated in all directions. The arhats and bodhisattvas were also discussing the matter.

Tathagata spoke, silencing the assembly, “Since this concerns the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa, which is outside Spirit Mountain’s jurisdiction, it has nothing to do with us.”

The vast lands of the Four Great Continents and the sacred mountains each had their own rulers—no one could overstep their bounds lightly.

However, the gazes of Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Guanyin flickered. After all, they had their own Dharma grounds in the Southern Continent.

Standing in his divine form, Huang Fengwang overlooked the mountains and sensed celestial and Buddhist deities watching him from all directions.

“It is unwise to be too ostentatious.”

He flickered his form and withdrew his divine appearance, landing by the lakeside to contemplate his transformation.

He checked his status.

[Name: Huang Fengwang]. [Race: Demon – Moon-Devouring Demon Rat]. [Realm: Refining Spirit – Taiyi Scattered Immortal]. [Techniques: Moon-Devouring Art, Thunder Bow, Grand Heavenly Immortal Scripture]. [Entries: Heavenly Mandate (Gold), Divine Clarity (Gold), Lunar Demon Sacred Physique (Gold), Master Archer (Purple), Boundless Heart Mirror (Purple), Artifact Refining Grandmaster (Purple), Formation Grandmaster (Purple), Spear Grandmaster (Purple), Devourer (Purple), Tactical Commander (Red), Painting Sage (Red), Heavenly Astral Transformation (Blue), Earthly Fiend Transformation (Blue), Weakness Strike (Blue), Cloud Walking (Blue), Intermediate Culinary Arts (Blue), Intermediate Aura Reading (Blue), Auspiciousness (Blue), Diligence Overcomes Weakness (White), Thunder Veins (White)].

He glanced at his realm—Taiyi Immortal—and pondered.

I have yet to transcend the tribulation, so why have I ascended?

His mind, now more enlightened, found an answer.

“There are multiple ways to evade the Three Calamities. I have trained in the Heavenly Astral and Earthly Fiend techniques, though not to completion, yet I have cultivated some attainment. Moreover, my bloodline mutation has granted me an additional divine sanctity.”

“Various factors have shielded me from calamities, allowing me to become immortal without facing them. However, although I am an immortal now, the tribulations still remain.”

Somewhere deep inside, he sensed an impending disaster.

Not just him—all beings with divine power had a natural instinct to foresee fortune and misfortune, differing only in speed and accuracy.

Huang Fengwang belonged to the category of those who were both fast and precise.