Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

The Cultivation Continent is vast and boundless.

Kun Country is but a minor nation, yet even within its own major cities, the distances are incomparably remote. Thus, it took a full year before the imperial court discovered that a small county town to the southeast had broken free from its control and declared itself an independent nation.

However—

"Why did they send an envoy?"

Meng Xiaolan could not understand. As usurpers such as they, shouldn't the response be to directly dispatch troops?

But sending troops would probably take half a year just to reach them.

Although it would take longer, their act of founding a nation was unprecedented. The Emperor of Kun would surely not let them off.

An amnesty?

That kind of scenario should only arise if the other party was unable to deal with them, or if the cost of sending troops to attack them was disproportionate to the potential gains.

"Perhaps, it's because of the orders from the Tao Demon Alliance." Sun Shisheng explained Meng Xiaolan's confusion, "The Alliance Hierarch Meng Daozhen wishes to absorb the Heavenly Dao, thus he sent people to command all the kingdoms of the mortal realm to worship the god Daozhen, for about a month." This copy was generated from content at MV|LEMPYR.

Absorb the Heavenly Dao?

In her intermittent conversations with Sun Shisheng, Meng Xiaolan had gradually come to understand the situation in the Cultivation World, humming, "Cultivators are not good people either, even thinking of absorbing the divine will?"

"The divine will harvests the souls of all beings, and the saints among the cultivators also harvest souls, casting greedy glances at the divine will. It's a perfectly normal affair," Su Jie insinuated.

After all, in terms of the quality and quantity of souls, where in the world can ordinary beings compare with the divine will?

"This so-called worship is probably Meng Daozhen's desire to extract a tiny portion of the soul power from the people of the world. It won't cause great harm to the humans, only leaving them languid for a while, and they'll recover gradually," Sun Shisheng said with some disdain, "By condensing the soul power of everyone into the Will of Humanity and offering it as bait to the Heavenly Dao, to lure it out, is what Meng Daozhen calls the fusion of Human Will and Heavenly Will."

As for what would happen after the Heavenly Will appears?

There was no need to elaborate.

Meng Daozhen had clearly made preparations to capture and refine the Heavenly Will.

"The saints of the Cultivation World and the Heavenly Will are not much different; both consider all beings besides themselves as livestock to be bred, and they must be eliminated," Su Jie's gaze gradually turned icy, "At least, sentient beings should never be treated as objects to be husbanded."

Meng Xiaolan asked, "Su Jie, then how should I treat the envoy from Kun Country?"

Su Jie replied, "Now that the Tao Demon Alliance has commanded all beings to worship the god Daozhen, which is himself, the more people there are, the more soul fragments he will gather. Therefore, war will not be encouraged."

"It's probably for this reason that the Emperor of Kun has opted for amnesty."

"However, what Jieguo currently needs most is time. So, if you can delay, delay. Give the envoys from Kun Country the finest hospitality."

Meng Xiaolan chuckled, "Understood, I will definitely give them the best treatment and enjoyment."

Arriving in haste, leaving in haste.

Meng Xiaolan had already committed everything to the development of Jieguo, squandering a great deal of cultivation time. However, her progress in cultivation did not fall behind.

This was because she was frequently in contact with Sun Shisheng and Su Jie. Involuntarily, her body was affected by the radiation they controlled, allowing her to receive the benefits of deep sleep while fully conscious, which caused her body to progress spontaneously and without any adverse effects.

"Meng Daozhen desires to refine the will of Heavenly Dao, but it certainly won't be easy. Many people may think about reaping the benefits when the time comes. We could intervene and, like a mantis stalking the cicada, suppress most cultivators in one fell swoop," Su Jie said, having gained a deeper understanding of the cultivators in the Cultivation World. They truly lacked virtue and compassion, caring only for breakthroughs. Relationships like siblings, spouses, or sisters could not be relied upon at all.

They didn't need a great advantage; as long as there was the slightest benefit to themselves, they would consider administering a ruthless blow.

Once Meng Daozhen obtained the prize and suppressed the will of Heavenly Dao, he would definitely hide in a place unknown to everyone to refine it. Otherwise, the elders of the Tao Demon Alliance would be the first to strike.

Therefore, Su Jie felt he could profit from the fishermen's gains.

However, Su Jie did not intend to eradicate those cultivators. Since he began his journey, he had never truly killed anyone. Apart from not wanting to kill, he also believed that living people were far more useful than dead ones.

Keeping those cultivators alive had much more research value than if they were dead.

Although he was not purely a researcher, observing the state of people's minds was also a unique way of progressing for himself. After all, the human heart is the most complex, low as the grass and high as the sky.

Sun Shisheng said indifferently, "There's no need. We do not deign to do such things. And even if he refines the will of Heavenly Dao, he is merely a True God, not worth mentioning."

Although Sun Shisheng was merely in a state of oblivion, he was capable of suppressing a True God single-handedly!

Taixu Illusory Realm was his strongest power!

But what changed Sun Shisheng's mind was his optimism about the future development of Jieguo— it would definitely create a stable and orderly world within the Cultivation World.

However, this order needed the pressure of enemies.

Meng Daozhen was an excellent whetstone!

"The finest edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms from the cold," Su Jie sighed. "The future enemies of Meng Xiaolan won't be just the various feudal dynasties, but also the Tao Demon Alliance, though their strength is a bit weak."

"So, Vice Principal Su Jie," Sun Shisheng said with a sly smile curling his brows, "would you be willing to establish a branch of Ming Lun here?"

"It is my desire, and I dare not refuse."

Su Jie did not decline, and he even wanted to see if Jieguo would change with his participation— so he sought out Meng Xiaolan and discussed the establishment of the Ming Lun Branch inside Jieguo.

"Establishing Ming Lun Academy?" Meng Xiaolan was overjoyed. "Of course, I welcome it!"

Ming Lun!

That was a term she had often heard from Su Jie, symbolizing an institution that could enlighten the mind, possessing a complete system for nurturing talent.

She had wanted to establish an academy in Jieguo as well, but she didn't know where to start since all her subordinates were rough and uneducated. They could carry out orders perfectly, but planning was challenging for them.

Currently, the only reliable people in Jieguo were herself and Xiao Huan. The rest were far from being fully grown.

They had taken charge of planning all matters, big and small, in Jieguo. If it weren't for their frequent meetings with Sun Shi and Su Jie, they probably would have been exhausted within half a year, not as spirited as they were now.

But now, things were looking up!

With Su Jie's involvement, she could free herself from educational matters, though she still had no time to rest—

Damn it!

While Su Jie began the search for establishing the Ming Lun Branch, Sun Shisheng also started to make his moves...