Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Sun Shisheng did not answer directly but simply said, "You already possess a body of your own, and you must have found that your emotions have become much richer."

"You are no longer truly the Heavenly Dao, but a living creature."

"Of course, not flesh and blood."

Ao Tian was silent for a while and then asked, "What do you want me to do?"

He knew that the other party had not assimilated his strand of the Heavenly Dao but had instead granted him a form similar to a physical body, definitely with some other purpose.

"What do you think you possess that I would covet?" Sun Shisheng countered.

"The dimension of the dragon," Ao Tian replied without hesitation, "You plan to assimilate all dimensions, integrating the cosmic dimensions into one, so the dimension of the dragon is surely within your scope."

"You want me to be the mole!"

The more he spoke, the more Ao Tian felt it was true.

He was the Heavenly Dao of the dragon dimension!

Even just a strand, but how could he betray his own essence?

Utter fantasy!

"What you said has intrigued me," Sun Shisheng replied amusedly, "though according to your logic, it indeed could proceed that way, but haven't you realized that you are no longer the Heavenly Dao?"

"What?" Ao Tian did not understand.

"The Heavenly Dao does not have such rich emotions as you do," Sun Shisheng calmly stated a fact, "and you no longer need to rely on the dragon dimension to exist."

Ao Tian had nothing to say.

He...

He was no longer the Heavenly Dao.

"Right, I have yet to decide your gender," Sun Shisheng spoke again, "Would you prefer to be a boy or a girl?"

Ao Tian: "..."

Gender, for him as the Heavenly Dao, did not matter much, but now that he had separated from the essence of the Heavenly Dao and became an entirely new individual, gender became significantly important.

But how should he choose?

Three minutes later, Ao Tian made his choice, becoming a male dragon, then suddenly realized: "Why should I care about such things?"

He found himself caught up in it.

This guy,

had hypnotized him!

Hypnotized his strand of the Heavenly Dao!

"From now on, you are the guardian beast of Taixu Illusory Realm, Ming Lun," Sun Shisheng assigned Ao Tian a position.

"A gatekeeper?" Ao Tian was reluctant to accept this, at least, a higher position should be given. The canonical source for this content: M|V|L2EMPYR.

"If you think so, that's fine," Sun Shisheng did not deny, "However, having once been the Heavenly Dao, you should treat all things under the Heavenly Dao equally."

Ao Tian obstinately said, "But I am no longer the Heavenly Dao."

"Li Hansha, I remember you had plans to refine the Heavenly Dao into a pill, right?" Sun Shisheng shifted focus from Ao Tian and looked towards Li Hansha.

Li Hansha understood the implication and nodded slightly, "My cultivation is based on the Heavenly Dao, supremely detached. I occasionally thought of refining the Heavenly Dao into a pill, but I never had the time to experiment. Maybe..."

"Please let me be the guardian beast!" Ao Tian immediately interrupted Li Hansha, bowing deeply to Sun Shisheng, "Being the Heavenly Dao, I am best at guarding."

Sun Shisheng smiled: "Voluntarily?"

Ao Tian nodded eagerly, saying, "Voluntarily, voluntarily."

Thus, Ao Tian became the guardian beast of the Taixu Illusory Realm, and Sun Shisheng sent him to patrol the various illusion realms.

After Ao Tian had departed, Wang Chao spoke up: "Sun, since Ao Tian is a dragon, do we want to capture a white tiger, a Vermilion Bird, a black tortoise, and a kirin next?"

Sun Shisheng shook his head: "One is enough, if other Heavenly Daos arrive later, just let him handle them."

Tang Zichen caught a batch of white flames emerging from the fire dimension, refined it, and asked, "What if he contacts the Heavenly Dao of the dragon dimension?"

"Within Taixu Illusory Realm, he cannot contact the dragon dimension without our permission," Sun Shisheng assured, "Moreover, he has gained an independent life. If he makes contact, the Heavenly Dao of the dragon dimension will surely reclaim him, not allowing an independent self to emerge."

Chan Yinsha added, "So, Ao Tian is sort of like another personality of the dragon dimension."

Sun Shisheng nodded: "You could say that. And the last point is, he can devour the Heavenly Daos of other worlds, not just from the dragon dimension."

"Heavenly Daos can devour each other, but ultimately, a hierarchy must be established," Sun Shisheng explained.

"But Ao Tian is different. Because he is independent, after devouring the essence or avatars of other Heavenly Daos, he will not assimilate them but, rather, assemble them together like a jigsaw puzzle."

"Once he's devoured the Heavenly Daos of other worlds, even if he returns to the dragon dimension, that dragon realm's Heavenly Dao won't recognize him. It will just think he's a product created by other dimensions to confuse it."

Upon hearing Sun Shisheng say this, Wang Chao, Li Hansha, Tang Zichen, and Chan Yinsha finally relaxed.

And what about Ao Tian?

After accepting Sun Shisheng's commands and departing, he gazed from the void at the many illusory realms surrounding him, and for a moment, he felt slightly dazzled.

"So many illusionary worlds, yet inside they're so real. If one day they could evolve into real worlds..."

"Perhaps this is also why they wish to refine dimensions."

"Turning the unreal into the real, refining falsehood into truth."

"In a certain sense, Earthlings are the real cultivators. Compared to them, people from other dimensions, the cultivation world, and fairy lands fall far short."

Thinking this, Ao Tian pondered whether he should truly join this place and contentedly be a guardian beast.