Chapter 484: Chapter 484

Su-hyeun alternated his gaze between Buddha and the crimson jewel on his palm.

Buddha was urging him with a hand gesture. Su-hyeun was stuck in a dilemma, wondering if this was the right thing to do, but eventually, he did as he was told and placed Britra’s heart in his mouth.

And when he did, something mystifying happened.

Shu-rururu…

The heart became soft and tender like a supple cloud, which was entirely at odds with what it initially felt in his grip before melting down instantly.

Fwhoosh—!

At the same time, it felt as if liquefied metal super-heated by fire had been poured down his throat, and a wave of incredible heat crashed into his mouth.

“Heuph…!”

Shocked by what happened, Su-hyeun was about to spit everything out, but Buddha raised his voice, “You must not spit it out.”

His words seemed to contain some mysterious power because Su-hyeun stopped trying to spit the heat out and gritted his teeth to endure it instead. He staggered and plopped halfway down to the ground, but when he looked up at Buddha, the latter was shaking his head with an expression not too different from a minute ago.

“You mustn’t do that.”

“…”

The jewel melting within his mouth—or rather, the Dragon Heart—soon traveled down Su-hyeun’s throat and seeped into his core.

It was almost as if he had swallowed the spiciest, hottest food imaginable in the world. Starting from his throat down to his gut, he began to vividly sense the shape of his esophagus, the existence of which was something he hadn’t been that conscious of until now.

“Kuh…!”

Whoooosh—

The fire that had already taken root within Su-hyeun’s body began responding next.

It was the divine Flame, the fire currently in Su-hyeun’s possession that had been granted godhood.

This fire and Britra’s fire began contesting each other. Just like how water and oil would never mix, although both of them were liquid, the two fires clashed against each other as if they could not coexist.

And that collision caused Su-hyeun’s innards to burn continuously.

Right at that moment…

RUUUUMBLE—!

Pure-crimson flames exploded into life all around Su-hyeun and quickly enveloped him.

“It has begun.” Buddha didn’t do anything and watched this scene unfold.

He didn’t even try to extend a helping hand. Despite the danger that Su-hyeun could die at any second, Buddha didn’t have a single doubt in his mind. He believed that Su-hyeun would emerge victoriously.

This was fate, the flow of destiny. That was what Buddha believed.

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Swhiiiiish—

A cloud flew in the sky while seemingly scything the world in half.

The duo riding the cloud stopped it after reaching the mortal realm below the Heavenly World. The quiet and lonesome scenery that greeted them was a secluded forest and a village just below their position, and that was about it.

“Where are we?” Sun Wukong asked while looking around in curiosity. His keen five senses naturally alerted him to the fact that no one lived here. “Why are we in an empty village?”

It wasn’t that surprising—the village didn’t seem to be an excellent place to live. It was located too deeply within the mountains, and there wasn’t enough suitable terrain to cultivate farmlands.

One would’ve had a difficult time if they wanted to travel to another village from here.

“I used to live in this village.”

“Uh?”

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