A year passed, and it was time for the harvest again.

Demon creatures of Wanling City were enjoying the joy of the harvest when suddenly they heard a thunderous boom, and the sky rippled with a scorching wave.

"What happened!"

The demons, startled, looked up and saw Wanling Hall shaking.

Dozens of immortals swept across the sky and flew past.

"Hold!"

Grandmaster Puti picked up his horsetail whisk and with a casual wave, Wanling Hall stabilized.

In Wanling Hall, immortal officials and fairies trembled on the ground.

"What happened?"

The immortals that arrived saw scorch marks inside the hall and then looked up to see Sun Wukong on the throne, causing them all to gasp in shock.

Sun Wukong was meditating; he seemed injured, his Immortal Light was dim, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth.

"What happened?"

Master Puti asked An Jingxi.

"Great Saint tried to activate the Wanling Immortal Path and failed."

An Jingxi replied.

The immortals were shocked.

Activating the Immortal Path could injure Sun Wukong?

When he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, facing the numerous Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, he had never been hurt.

What kind of existence was this Immortal Path that it had such power!

"Ao Luan, bring me the sword."

Grandmaster suddenly commanded.

Ao Luan, puzzled, still passed the sword over.

"Go!"

With a sweep of Grandmaster Puti's horsetail whisk, the Immortal Sword flew under Sun Wukong.

The blood dripping from the corner of Sun Wukong's mouth fell onto the blade of the sword, and suddenly, the sword's light blazed brightly and the Immortal Sword emitted a joyful humming noise.

"It's getting stronger!"

Water Virtues Star Monarch exclaimed in surprise.

Immortal Zhenyuan hurried over and seeing this scene, said, "The essence blood from our younger brother is a Heaven and Earth Treasure, capable of transforming the mundane into the immortal."

Ao Luan's sword was already an Immortal Sword, and although it could not transform further into an Immortal Sword, Sun Wukong's blood significantly enhanced its power, making it no different from those Immortal Artifacts forged from Heavenly Spirit Earth Treasures.

Hearing Immortal Zhenyuan's words, the immortals looked enviously towards Ao Luan.

Unfortunately, the blood at the corner of Sun Wukong's mouth disappeared quickly, hardly a few drops had landed on the sword.

After Ao Luan retrieved the sword, Sun Wukong also slowly opened his eyes.

"Great Saint..."

The immortals didn't know how to console him.

"Interesting…"

However, a fierce golden light was burning in Sun Wukong's eyes.

"This is still not enough to feed it."

He smiled and said, "I truly underestimated this Immortal Path."

The immortals were stunned, finding that Sun Wukong showed no signs of sadness.

Twenty years of pursuit met with failure, yet it had no impact on him; instead, his will grew even more resolute.

"No wonder there are rumors saying the Great Saint is a blaze…"

The immortals thought to themselves.

The character 'Saint' in his title was indeed fitting; though the Great Saint seldom showed his fighting spirit, his inner resolve was likely uncrushable by anyone.

"What are you all doing here?"

Sun Wukong then asked the immortals.

The immortals smiled wryly, bowing and making their exit.

After the crowd left, apart from Ao Luan, only Emperor Donghua remained.

Sun Wukong knew he surely had something important to discuss.

Indeed, Emperor Donghua brought news from the Eastern Continent.

"The Jade Emperor descended to the mortal world?"

Sun Wukong furrowed his brows upon hearing the news, "Are you sure?"

Emperor Donghua nodded, having verified the news after several investigations.

The Jade Emperor, to heal his Immortal Body, descended for mortal trials—yet what kind of trials they were, no one knew.

In fact, even within the Heavenly Palace, very few knew of the Jade Emperor's descent, and fewer than three knew of his methods of trials.

"Let me think..."

Sun Wukong slightly frowned.

He wasn't afraid of the Jade Emperor's descent, but rather the unclear information.

"Where did the Jade Emperor go for his trials?"

He continued to ask.

Emperor Donghua shook his head, indicating he did not know the exact location, only that it was in the Eastern Continent.

"Eastern Continent?"

A glint of amusement passed through Sun Wukong's eyes.

The Jade Emperor choosing the Eastern Continent was safest for his security, but strategically, it was much less advantageous than the Southern Continent.

"How should we respond?"

Emperor Donghua asked Sun Wukong with his eyes.

After some thought, Sun Wukong said, "I need to find an opportunity to look at their Heavenly Book."

He would not miss such a good opportunity.

But first, he needed to resolve the troubles in the Western Continent.

Sun Wukong asked Ao Luan, "What's the situation with the countries of the Golden Path?"

Ao Luan immediately reported, knowing that since Sun Wukong had been secretly planning, she had been observing the conditions of various countries throughout the year, and thus knew them clearly.

After Lady Earth Flow obtained the formula for the Fetus Stabilizing Pills, the Kingdom of Chechi began buying herbal medicine from other countries at high prices, luring people with fat profits; in some regions, the people even stopped farming, scavenging the mountains daily for herbal medicines.

The Kingdom of Chechi got the herbal medicine and made the Fetus Stabilizing Pills, but sold them at even higher prices, earning a full pot of gold.

At the beginning of this year, they began secretly purchasing grains from various places. It is now harvest season, and although countries should be stocking up grains, due to reduced farming and grain flowing into the Kingdom of Chechi, the grain reserves have decreased significantly compared to previous years.

"Although there's no impact now."

Ao Luan said, "But with the grain reserves in various countries, there might be significant problems this winter, they've realized something's wrong and started importing grain."

"It's not going to be that easy."

Sun Wukong shook his head.

Ao Luan nodded and continued, "As the Kingdom of Chechi is unwilling to sell grain, other countries can only buy from the Southern Continent, but the Ustengs Nation at the border with the Southern Continent is jacking up the price outrageously, rumors say they might even close the borders."

At this point, Sun Wukong fully understood.

"I misjudged that rat demon."

He sighed.

Lady Earth Flow was somewhat shrewd and had enough ambition, but lacked patience.

Her current actions were clearly aimed at quickly gaining control of the Golden Path.

However, the foundation of the Kingdom of Chechi was not strong enough; being too hasty might not be good, and Lady Earth Flow's actions might actually disrupt Sun Wukong's long-term plans.

He would rather support the Kingdom of Chechi and then make Lady Earth Flow fall out with the Heavenly Palace.

"Greedy enough to swallow an elephant, truly a pity..."

Sun Wukong thought, the usefulness of Lady Earth Flow might have reached its end.

He needed to wrap up early and find another pawn.

"Ao Luan, go call Lord over, I need to talk to him about the Fetus Stabilizing..."

Sun Wukong stopped mid-sentence.

The first time he met Lady Earth Flow, he left a small spell on her for surveillance.

At this very moment, that spell sent a warning.

Sun Wukong stood up and looked distantly with surprise.

"She's emerged so soon..."

Surprise crossed his face, mixed with some joy, "That saves a lot of time indeed."

Plans can never keep up with changes.

The person behind the scenes has emerged.

He no longer needed to look for another pawn.

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