The Tathāgata Must Fail

Chapter 437: Lighting Up Wanling


"Another one ensnared."

When Immortal Zhenyuan saw another Asura woman by Sun Wukong's side, this was the first thought that popped into his mind.

But he quickly recomposed himself.

"Noble Brother, the Wanling Net is ready; we can go ahead and light it now."

Thanks to the overtime work of the immortals, all the spiritual nodes of the Four Great Continents had been established.

Back then, it took Sun Wukong a considerable amount of time to set up the spiritual network of the Southern Continent.

But today is different. With the help of the immortals from the Three Realms, it took only two years to complete the Wanling Net of the Four Great Continents.

After its completion, all that remained was a single ignition to light up the spiritual network.

Sun Wukong followed Immortal Zhenyuan to the Heavenly Palace.

On the ignition platform, the Jade Emperor stood there.

"Imperial Brother."

He turned his head to look over.

"Do you also want to witness the ignition?"

Sun Wukong asked.

"Of course."

The Jade Emperor nodded. This was a matter of great importance for the future of the Three Realms; of course, he couldn't miss it.

Not just him, the Queen Mother and The Three Pure Ones were also there.

The Queen Mother, having regained her memory, was seeing Sun Wukong for the first time and expressed her gratitude to him.

Celestial immortals surrounded the ignition platform, jointly witnessing this historic moment.

The entire ignition platform formed a shape of the Wanling diagram.

"Let's try to light it up and see."

Sun Wukong said to Immortal Zhenyuan.

Immortal Zhenyuan nodded, using his mana to activate the platform and make it light up.

The platform glowed faintly. After encircling for a round, it rapidly spread across the Three Realms.

Sun Wukong overlooked the land, and with his Eyes of Golden Flame, he saw lights sparking up across the Four Great Continents.

The entire spiritual network of the Mortal World bubbled up before his eyes, becoming vividly apparent.

Those tiny sparks of light connected together, forming complex and beautiful traces of Spiritual Energy abloom all over the earth.

The Wanling Net of each of the Four Great Continents was independent, yet somehow interconnected according to some rule.

"Exquisite."

The Jade Emperor applauded in admiration.

With the establishment of the Wanling Net, the excess Sun and Moon Essence would transform into Spiritual Energy stored in the earth, circulating in specific patterns and sustaining incessantly.

This infrastructure could change the future of the Three Realms.

But the Jade Emperor also saw countless pillars of light standing tall among the cities and mountains.

He frowned slightly: "Aren't those nodes a bit too conspicuous?"

"Isn't that pretty cool?"

Immortal Zhenyuan looked at the places where the pillars of light blossomed.

These were important spiritual energy nodes, located in major human cities, and in mountains and forests where demons gathered.

Each spiritual node would be an important area for future development.

Immortal Zhenyuan felt it necessary to highlight their importance with the pillars of light.

"Hide the pillars."

But the Jade Emperor disagreed: "They are too noticeable."

"Indeed."

Other immortals also nodded in agreement: "They're too easily discovered by outsiders."

Such crucial nodes, if visible at a glance, could be easily sabotaged.

"Don't worry, we've considered stability."

Immortal Zhenyuan said: "Even if some nodes are destroyed, the spiritual network won't collapse."

"Still no good..."

The Jade Emperor shook his head, looking at Sun Wukong: "Imperial Brother."

"I understand."

Sun Wukong nodded.

He kept his gaze on the spiritual network below, checking the details in various places.

Aside from the exterior pattern, Immortal Zhenyuan followed the plan, and there was no problem with the spiritual network itself.

After three sticks of incense had passed, the spiritual network lit by Immortal Zhenyuan went dark.

The spiritual network of the Four Great Continents was so vast that the amount of mana needed to start it was immense; only Sun Wukong could light the eternal, undying flame.

After a day of preparations, and further adjustments throughout the night, Sun Wukong began his work at dawn.

"Little Phoenix."

He called out.

The Little Phoenix responded, and some patterns within the Wanling diagram started to change.

"Wait..."

Immortal Zhenyuan noticed that the changing patterns were related to the outer design of the spiritual network.

His perfect design was being altered.

"Noble Brother, why do this!"

Immortal Zhenyuan was a bit displeased. Why must they always make the spiritual network uglier?

The pillars of light had seemed quite appealing.

Sun Wukong paid no heed to Immortal Zhenyuan.

While surveying the land, he continuously funneled the mana into the Wanling diagram.

The flowing firelight gradually blanketed the world.

This time there were no pillars, but something hazy was added.

"Eh?"

Immortal Zhenyuan noticed those things.

That was fog.

The clear fog spread out like waves, softly encircling each of the nodes.

The fog, as light as a veil, concealed the brightness of the nodes, adorning the mountains and cities with picturesque beauty, creating an otherworldly, fairy-like sensation.

And they were not too prominent.

"It's done."

Sun Wukong said.

"It's incredible."

The Jade Emperor felt this mist; at first glance, the earth became all the more beautiful.

"This mist is not very noticeable for now, but in a hundred years, the land will be enveloped in Spiritual Energy."

Sun Wukong said: "By then, the fog will be quite thick and may require another adjustment."

"It's fine for now, let's leave it at this."

The Jade Emperor said.

The current fog looked nice.

Immortal Zhenyuan also reluctantly accepted it.

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