Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"I am not as good as you."

Zhang Manman shook her head.

She had already understood Su Jie's thoughts and had even considered them before, but she had rejected them.

What she practiced was the most basic Crystal Visualization Skill, clear and transparent.

Therefore, she could comprehend the sad essence of this era, but could not truly blend into it like Su Jie could—it would taint her clear and pure spirit with impurities.

Although the Path of the Crimson Flame was a way that reached to the heavens, it was not her path.

Ultimately, she was different from Su Jie.

A clear and transparent spirit should not be entangled in the world's affairs.

Su Jie laughed, "Although crystal is clear, it can also reflect everything. You are not inferior to me, you're just too methodical."

Zhang Manman pouted as if to vent her dissatisfaction, huffing, "Pssh~ I'm not a freak like you; I can only follow the established order, persevere steadily. Otherwise, like you, who can incorporate various martial arts and methods of enhancing the spirit into your own boxing technique, amalgamating it into your spirit."

"Me, I'm just an ordinary person!"

Su Jie couldn't help but laugh.

Was he special?

Special.

In his heart, he had already admitted to this fact even towards those two complementary existences in the unknown, he had almost a clearer understanding.

It was a call similar to instinct.

This also meant one thing.

The time for him to congeal the Holy Embryo was getting closer.

Once congealed, perhaps he would know the truth, know what exactly those two presences calling out to him were...

...

"Su Jie's spirit sensing ability is very strong; he can sense the presence of me and Li Hansha," Wang Chao raised an eyebrow. "It's not just once or twice, this feeling is a bit subtle."

"After all, he is a Spiritual Treasure," Li Hansha said in an even tone.

"He is almost in position too," Sun Shisheng opened his mouth and inhaled the lightning bolt shooting out from the Dimension of Thunder, chewing it like it was a delicacy before swallowing it. "With his addition, the speed at which the major dimensions are refined will increase a lot."

Wang Chao nodded but also felt speechless.

So the so-called Three Pure Ones was actually Sun wanting them three to come over and refine the major dimensional universes into the Taixu Illusory Realm.

However, this was also working for themselves.

After all, each of the four of them had a ten percent authority over the Taixu Illusory Realm and was a leader of the realm.

"So, Su Jie, grow up quickly!"

"Join the ranks of the laborers working for communal prosperity!"

Wang Chao thought this in his mind but was startled by a shout.

"Principal, something terrible has happened!"

Ao Tian looked panicked and trembled all over.

"What happened?" Sun Shisheng glanced at him.

"The heavenly will of the Dragon Realm has detected my existence."

Ao Tian trembled; that was an existence that lived as long as heaven and earth, and although it couldn't truly descend before the resurrection of the Tens of Thousands Worlds Orb, just sensing him would allow it to take corresponding actions.

"If you hadn't been up to mischief and stayed honestly in the Taixu Illusory Realm, the Dimension of the Dragon couldn't possibly have detected you; it would have assumed this part of you had been erased or refined," Chan Yinsha glared with vicious eyes, like an angry Buddha, slowly raising her fist.

Om!

The moment the fist lifted, it seemed as if countless grains of sand were gathering, condensing into that primal point, and once it struck, it seemed it could obliterate everything in the world.

"Principal, this!?"

Ao Tian shivered.

He was of the strength of a Heavenly Sovereign, but facing that fist, he thought he would be heavily injured.

Just a mere sitting in oblivion!

And yet it gave him such a dangerous premonition!

However, Sun Shisheng did not stop it: "Ao Tian, speak up, what exactly did you do to draw the attention of the Dragon Realm's heavenly will, or just brace yourself and take a punch from Chan Yinsha."

"Although Buddha is compassionate, he too has a wrathful gaze."

Ao Tian dared not hide anything and spoke out completely. P.lea^se r.e*ad+ t*h-is c!h*apt$e%r on its or.i-gi^na+l$ p*l*at&fo*rm—M|&V!|L1@E^M!P&Y&R.

It turned out that although he had put on the Tightening Spell and seemed to have accepted his fate, wandering through so many illusory realms broadened his horizons, and new thoughts of breaking the spell began to emerge.

After all, although most of the cultivation systems in the illusion realms born from various novels seemed utterly nonsensical to Ao Tian, they did provoke some thoughts in him, leading to analogical inspiration.

Thus, after witnessing the willful actions of a character in a certain illusory realm, Ao Tian began to imitate.

This character from the illusion realm, using his own power, condensed into one, severing the connection between the illusory realm's "Immortal Domain" and the "Chaos Sea."

As for the specific content of the story, Ao Tian didn't care, but the act of severing the boundary sea gave him some ideas—could he use a similar approach to cut off the Tightening Spell on his head?

He began to try and ultimately failed. The Tightening Spell was unbreakable, but he accidentally made contact outside the Taixu Illusory Realm.

And at that instant, after that, he couldn't make contact again.

"At the moment when the soul was cast into the void."

Usually, even if Ao Tian's troublemaking was powerful, he couldn't break through the Taixu Illusory Realm. Only when an external force intervened in the Taixu Illusory Realm for an instant and he happened to move, would he be discovered by the heavenly will of the Dragon Realm.

That's why Ao Tian was exposed.

Such an unfortunate child.

Sun Shisheng sighed, "The Tightening Spell is a charm of the heart. With your arrogant mind, you'll never be able to remove it, not even with the power of chaos..."

"Chaos-level power can't remove it either?!" Ao Tian trembled with astonishment, marveling at Sun Shisheng's strength.

"I haven't finished speaking," Sun Shisheng said lightly, glancing at Ao Tian, "Chaos can destroy and reconstruct you, which in a sense, could be considered as being able to remove it."

Ao Tian was at a loss for words.

Indeed, to a mighty colossus of power, reconstructing him would be feasible, let alone a Tightening Spell?

But after reconstruction, even if his memory and thoughts remained his, would he still be himself?

Anyway, Ao Tian did not wish to die once.

"The Heavenly Will of the Dragon Realm has discovered me; what should I do?" Ao Tian started worrying about his own safety.

"As long as you stay in the Taixu Illusory Realm, It will have no chance to take you back," Sun Shisheng said, lifting his eyes. His golden gaze cut through billions of dimensions, capturing a complete view of the Dragon Dimension.

It had to be said that it was immensely vast, like another universe.

"But It will definitely find a way to Earth," Ao Tian said urgently.

"Let It come," Wang Chao interjected, "We'll take down anyone It sends. Our Earth is actually in need of energy."

This was not in conflict with the objectives of the Ten Thousand Spirits.

After all, if they were attacked, how could they not fight back?

Ao Tian understood.

As the Celestial Sphere of Ten Thousand Realms had not yet revived, any emissary the Heavenly Will of the Dragon Realm sent over, or even another divided incarnation, would be nothing more than a delivery of heads.

Moreover, as the Taixu Illusory Realm grew, it was slowly eating away at the origin of the Celestial Sphere of Ten Thousand Realms. Eventually, the Celestial Sphere would be controlled by the five individuals before him.

These five people had an unbreakable bond, sharing a common goal, making it impossible to sow discord among them.

The Heavenly Will of the Dragon Realm had no way to handle them.

"Phew—"

Ao Tian relaxed a great deal, "Principal, should I go on patrol now?"

"Yes, go ahead."

Watching Ao Tian leave, Sun Shisheng said to Wang Chao and the others, "Ao Tian's mishap also exposed something, which is that for the Void Realm, the Taixu Illusory Realm is readily accessible."

Tang Zichen said, "But the Void Realm cannot be controlled by living beings."

That was indeed true.

If the Void Realm could be controlled by someone, then that controller could sway all creatures in the world toward themselves.

"Yet there are beings who can, through the descent of their souls, become aware of the existence of the Taixu Illusory Realm, and even intrude," Sun Shisheng said with a slightly heavy tone, "This is troublesome."

"So, Sun, do you have a solution?" Chan Yinsha certainly did not want the place to be infiltrated by existences from outside Earth without their permission.

Unless the dimensions of those existences were also integrated into the Taixu Illusory Realm.

"Given our understanding of the nature of souls, when people with souls in the Illusory Realm die, there is no need to return to the Void. Instead, they should stay here," Sun Shisheng proposed.

Upon hearing Sun Shisheng's suggestion, the four others pondered thoughtfully.

"That's the best solution," Wang Chao nodded, "We can create a destination for souls within the Taixu Illusory Realm, replacing the Void Realm to prevent future powers from entering the Taixu Illusory Realm through reincarnation."

It was known that Great Emperor-level beings had spiritual consciousness that could exist independently in the void, unerased by it.

To be on the safe side, it would be wise to establish their own Void Realm within the Taixu Illusory Realm.

Souls descending from the external void must first enter the Taixu Illusory Realm's Void Realm to be able to reincarnate among the beings of the Illusory Realm. And, when the beings of the Illusory Realm die, they must go back to the Taixu Illusory Realm's Void Realm, not the external Void Realm.

"Just how would we build such a place?" Tang Zichen asked, "You know we're not certain, and none of us have the ability to detain souls."

The Embryonic Breathing Realm's Holy Embryo was a collection of consciousness and energy, which they could indeed capture.

But not the soul.

This involved essential rules.

"Currently, souls from the void are constantly entering the Illusionary Realm where Su Jie is. I can take this opportunity to observe the essence of the Void Realm, and I should be able to replicate it," Sun Shisheng said astonishingly, "By then, we might be able to establish our very own facility for gathering souls and facilitating reincarnation within the Taixu Illusory Realm."

Wang Chao asked, "A netherworld bureaucracy?"

Sun Shisheng nodded, "Something like that. In time, we can allow souls who die natural deaths in the real and Illusionary worlds and who are morally upright to become soul reapers."

"Myth becoming reality," Li Hansha exclaimed.

"Simply being practical and seeking truth," Sun Shisheng disagreed, shaking his head, "Honestly, like the Void Realm, where the past life is the past life, and the future life is the future life, would be the best option, emphasizing the here and now, and where all is ended after death, leaving no grudges from one life to be carried into the next, avoiding ethical complications."

"Unfortunately, to perfectly replicate the Void Realm in the current Taixu Illusory Realm is somewhat challenging; we'll have to settle for less and start with an institution similar to the netherworld and arrange for staff to take up posts."

"This is a transitional phase, one that will eventually have to be abolished," he added.

Tang Zichen concurred, "That's true. The netherworld can only be a transition. After all, entrusting living souls to the care of sentient beings will inevitably lead to bias; and even highly intelligent machinery, no matter how smart, won't compare to the adaptability of a human heart and may let many souls escape."

"So, who will be chosen to watch over this netherworld?" Li Hansha asked a key question, then counted himself out, "First off, I'm not doing it."

Wang Chao said, "Nor am I."

Tang Zichen said, "Principal, you know I'm a woman; I can't handle a gloomy place like that."

Everyone's gaze turned toward Chan Yinsha.

Chan Yinsha's expression darkened, but he still said, "If not I, then who, will enter hell?"

Sun Shisheng said with a chuckle, "There's no need to discuss this now, after all, I haven't even started building the netherworld yet."