I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 573 - 344 Evolution 14: Shattered Memory_2

Chapter 573: Chapter 344 Evolution 14: Shattered Memory_2

Finally, the memory lingered on a great battle.

[One could see the past, the future, and the present, three Buddha statues with five hundred Arhats and three thousand Jiedi Gods scattered left and right, surrounding the three Demon Kings, leaving no way out.]

[Despite wanting to escape, the golden presence could not break free. How could it leave? Thus, with no alternative, it was forced to convert.]

From that point on,

a portion of the memory was thoroughly assimilated.

Chen Yun wasn’t sure if it could still be called a memory.

But in his view, these fragments likely came from an unknown source.

These pieces of information did not belong to him.

It seemed they stemmed from the memory of another existence.

Yet from these disjointed and blurry fragments of memory, Chen Yun could sense there was something amiss with them.

Rather than being the memory of another existence,

it would be better to describe it as images observed from a third-person perspective of that existence.

To clarify, this meant: In Chen Yun’s mind, there were scenes that, at first glance, seemed to be subjective experiences of a certain being, but were in fact objective records about that entity.

To put it more simply: Chen Yun wasn’t watching a first-person autobiography but a third-person film.

As such,

it seemed like someone else’s memory, yet not entirely so.

The most important thing was,

after viewing these memories, Chen Yun could hardly suppress the impulse to criticize them internally.

This was...

"Journey to the West"?

Could it be?

Was I watching a segment of "Journey to the West" in my own dream?

Although Chen Yun had not read much of the original "Journey to the West," He had seen countless derivative works.

These were all preserved in his now potent mind, ready to be recalled at any moment.

Therefore,

he had a very strong sense of déjà vu about these scenes.

Clearly,

the first part of the memory detailed Tathagata emerging from the body of Mahākāla.

Roc and Mahākāla were born from Phoenix. At the dawn of chaos, heaven and earth mingled to create myriad beings; Phoenix, gaining the essence of this union, bore Mahākāla and Roc. Mahākāla once swallowed Tathagata, who later escaped by cleaving through Mahākāla’s back. Initially desiring to kill him, the Buddhas regarded killing Mahākāla as harming their own mother. Thus, according to the Buddhas, Roc could be considered Tathagata’s uncle.

The second part described Tathagata sitting high in Leiyin Temple.

Obviously, this was Roc who had become part of Buddhism, watching his nephew Tathagata preach.

The third part featured the three great Demon Kings occupying the Eight Hundred Miles Shituo Mountain.

That was Roc coming to Shituo Kingdom, located four hundred miles west of Shituo Mountain, devouring the king, the civil and military officials, and all the citizens of the kingdom, then leading a group of demons to occupy this nation. Roc, after hearing Tang Seng would pass Shituo Mountain on his pilgrimage to Western Heaven, wanted to capture and eat Tang Seng. Fearing Sun Wukong’s formidable capabilities, he joined forces with Green Lion and White Elephant to capture Tang Seng.

The fourth part centered on the unresolved struggle with Sun Wukong.

In the original text, Roc used the Yin Yang Qi Bottle and his own powers to give Sun Wukong a lot of trouble.

The fifth part concluded with Roc being subdued by Tathagata, accompanied by the Buddhas of Lingshan.

It honored the three demons extensively.

The existence involved throughout this memory

was that legendary Cloud-Soaring Thousand-Mile Roc, the Golden Winged Roc!

Golden Winged Roc Head, starry leopard-like eyes. From North to South, brave and strong. Transforms and soars, feasting and laughing as dragons suffer. Gathering the wind with wings, all the creatures lose their courage, the lethal claws frighten all the birds.

In "Journey to the West," this being is the second son of Phoenix and Tathagata’s uncle.

He’s also a formidable expert who fought indeterminably with the Great Saint.

Although as a child, he fervently loved "Journey to the West" and often debated with friends whether Roc or Monkey was more powerful,

now that the memory of Golden Winged Roc appeared in his mind, he found no time for such thoughts.

Could it be that everything in "Journey to the West" actually exists? Do all the celestial gods and Buddhas exist too?

What’s more,

Reflecting on everything since his evolution,

Chen Yun felt his source of evolution might be inseparably connected to Roc.

Upon this realization,

Thoughts of spirit possession, reincarnation, and rebirth wouldn’t cease.

But upon closer thought...

There seemed no need to ponder so much, he felt he probably had no chance to resist.

If it really was Roc,

What could his little strength possibly do?

The most important thing was,

besides this memory, there were some fragmented memories he had not examined, unaware of what those memories specifically pertained to.

Perhaps,

his ending wasn’t so tragic after all?

Reflecting on this, Chen Yun continued to look through the other understandable fragmented memories.

And these were different from what he had just seen.

They gradually helped Chen Yun understand more things.

"In Beiming, there exists a fish called the Kun. The Kun is so big that its actual size remains unknown. It transforms into a bird known as the Roc. The Roc’s back is also of unfathomable size. When angered, it flies, its wings as vast as clouds hanging from the sky. This bird would then migrate to the South Sea, also known as the Heavenly Pool when the sea rages."

"This bird, due to karmic retribution, feeds on dragons in Jambudvīpa, consuming one Dragon King and five hundred smaller dragons in a single day."

"There are ones who transform into dragons, who on the three fasting days observe eight prohibitions. At those times, the Golden Winged Roc attempts to feed on these transformed dragons, taking them to the northern Iron Tree of Mount Sumeru, so high at sixteen thousand li, seeking but never finding their tail, the birds themselves also observing the Five Precepts."

"The Feathered Immortals of Penglai Island, gluttonous and murderous, once bragged about having dried up all the waters of the four seas, and were later subdued by Randeng the Taoist."

Countless legends and stories more or less related to the Golden Winged Roc turned into lifelike images swirling in his mind.

Apart from the Golden Winged Roc from Journey to the West,

there was the Kun and the Roc depicted by Zhuangzi, sometimes a bird, sometimes a fish, akin to a prehistoric behemoth straddling the world.

There was Garuda from Indian Mythology, devouring Naga daily.

There was the Feathered Immortal from The Investiture of the Gods, struck by 108 Sea-Calming Pearls and rendered helpless in his daily life, never again daring to speak recklessly.

Even more, there were figures like Zhang Fei, Li Yuanba, Yue Fei, Jiumozhi, and Xu Pengju—all historical or legendary figures related in some way to the Golden Winged Roc.

Chen Yun could also see summaries of major events in their lives.

Inundated with this information, he felt as if he had been reborn into various Roc stories and was living out their experiences.

At that moment,

beneath the myriad fragments of information, Chen Yun gradually realized an issue.

Apparently,

his connection wasn’t solely with the Golden Winged Roc.

It was related to everything derived from the fantastical concept of the "Roc" in his journey.

Related to him

was actually the entire fantasy world’s "Roc."

At that moment,

the worries about the Golden Winged Roc possessing him dissipated.

Guided by his Super Intuition, he realized part of the essence of his abilities.

The "Roc" was not the cause and essence that induced Evolution.

It was due to various other factors

that led the concept of the "Roc" in fantasy to become his direction for Evolution and its ultimate form.

The true cause behind his Evolution was still unknown.

Upon realizing this,

Chen Yun took a deep breath.

Now, he no longer had to worry about possession, nor about whether Journey to the West was real,

and it seemed many related questions about Evolution were also resolved.

The reason he could still taste all foods but lost his appetite, yet retained a strong appetite for snake meat,

was wholly due to its somewhat similar connection to Dragon Meat.

After all, legends stated that both the Golden Winged Roc and Garuda feasted on dragons,

able to consume one Dragon King and five hundred smaller dragons in a single day.

Of course,

this was not to say that snakes were related to dragons, or that snake meat was comparable to Dragon Meat.

It was purely treating snake meat as a substitute to trick himself.

And his azure dream’s Seven-colored Light Points likely corresponded to Yin Yang and the Five Elements.

After all, the Mahākāla and the Golden Winged Roc, siblings proficient in the Five Elements and Yin Yang, respectively,

as part of the same lineage, their strengths manifesting in his Evolution toward becoming a "Roc," also seemed unsurprising.

As for why his Evolution dream was purely azure,

Chen Yun also had a vague suspicion.

He recalled that Garuda in the legends supposedly had a pure azure glass heart.

The deeper he thought,

the more Chen Yun found himself nodding in agreement.

Regarding the secrets within him, he now understood quite a bit.

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