Once again, entering that timeless state, Sun Wukong and his two companions cultivated furiously, not wasting a single moment. The presence of the Netherworld Fortuity Fruit meant that they were essentially at a dead end. If they could not successfully ascend to the Nine Patterns Supreme and thereby consume the Creation Fruit, by the time everyone left the Supreme Pool, even with the World Suppressing Stele's suppression, the aura of the Creation Fruit would leak out, and the consequences could well be imagined.
Thus, with six months remaining, failing to ascend to the Nine Patterns Supreme meant death. However, neither Sun Wukong, Xi Zhao, nor the Flame God chose to directly break through to Nine Patterns. Instead, they followed the original plan, which was to first replace the Laws they had comprehended at Seven and Eight Patterns. Only after completely replacing both Dao Patterns with Top Level Laws would they attempt to break through to Nine Patterns.
