The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was brought back to Wanling City by Sun Wukong and after explaining the situation, Sun Wukong did not blame him.

Sun Wukong left him in Wanling City to assist Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, a cultivator, worshipped The Three Pure Ones in the Yellow Flower Temple, and naturally agreed immediately to help with Lord Lao Zi's alchemy.

As for the seven Spider Demons, Sun Wukong handed them over to be disciplined by the female demons.

A month later, another group of migrating humans entered Wanling Country.

Sun Wukong, through the vision the Water Marrow offered, saw the ferry approaching the shore, and suddenly wanted to try and observe the Eastern Continent and the Northern Continent.

"Master..."

Sun Wukong expressed his thoughts to Master Puti and said, "Please lend me a hand."

"You can already see all the waters of the four continents."

Master Puti, curious, asked, "Why then do you need my help?"

Sun Wukong shook his head: "The Jade Emperor and the Buddha are very sensitive to my power, and I don't want them to notice."

"I see..."

The Grandmaster nodded, used a technique of illusion and reality, and combined it with Sun Wukong's divine skills.

Through the Water Marrow, their vision traversed space and saw scenes from ten thousand miles away.

Among the Four Great Continents, the Eastern Continent had tall mountains and wide lands, with the richest abundance of nature's spiritual energy.

There is an Immortal Mountain in the Eastern Continent called Kunlun, a legend to be the capital of the Heavenly Venerate on earth. The Palm Leaf Fan was plucked from a banana tree on Mount Kunlun.

At this moment on Kunlun Mountain, a white jade stairway rose tier upon tier, piercing through the clouds, as if leading directly to the Heavenly Court.

Halfway up the mountain, on a spacious area by the creek, a group of Taoists were resting.

"Master, why are we moving the Immortal Stones and building these stairs?"

The disciples asked the leading master.

"The Heavenly Venerate has decreed that an eight-thousand-li stairway shall be constructed on Mount Kunlun. Anyone who can walk these stairs shall be reborn and may become a disciple of an immortal."

The master answered, "Once the stairway is complete, the immortals will enchant it, and each section shall have unpredictable wind and thunder transformations. Only those with a firm will can cross it."

The disciples were all astonished.

"In recent years, immortals have descended to the mortal world; could it be related to this stairway?"

"Of course."

The master nodded, "All Taoist Sects under heaven must participate."

Besides ordering the construction of the staircase, the Jade Emperor will also establish three thousand Taoist Sects in the Eastern Continent, gathering all the sects from the Mortal World together.

"Each Taoist Sect is a different Immortal Dao; three thousand Taoist Sects represent three thousand paths of Immortal Dao."

The master said, "The stairway here converges all the spiritual energy of the world, seizing the creative essence of the sun and the moon. Cross the stairway, and you will know which Immortal Dao is for you."

The multitude of disciples were astonished beyond measure.

"This is a great opportunity."

The master sighed, "In the past, we sought the Immortal Dao with arduous effort, elusive and hard to find, relying only on personal fate."

"Once this stairway is made, all beings in the Mortal World will have a chance to seek immortality and inquire about the Dao."

The master stated: "A hundred years from now, we will all become immortals."

"...This is the Immortal Dao nourishing in return."

Witnessing this scene, Master Puti sighed.

"This stairway is designed by immortals."

Sun Wukong examined the staircase and said: "I can't see through it, but there will surely be the Heavenly Dao infused in the future, which can alter the Spirit Roots of mortals."

The foundation of the Heavenly Palace is indeed profound.

If Sun Wukong had such foundations, he, too, could directly impart the Immortal Dao and straightaway allow mortals to become immortals.

"Let's take a look at the Northern Continent."

Sun Wukong spoke, the field of view of the Water Marrow shifted accordingly.

In the Northern Continent, an old monk led a child down the river, treading through the muddy mountain lands.

The child, full of playfulness, picked a blossom twig along the way and toyed with it.

The old monk asked the child, "Why pluck it?"

The child replied, "Because it's pretty."

"Now, look around."

The old monk smiled, "If your eyes only look at this twig, you'll miss the rest."

The child looked all around, and at that moment the season was brimming with spring, a gust of wind came, and blossoms whirled about.

He was instantly captivated by the spectacle of flowers and threw the blossom twig to the ground.

The master and disciple then arrived at a village and entered a household.

A moment later, the family earnestly saw them out.

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master."

The head of the family had someone bring out a large amount of silver taels, intending to give them to the monk: "Master, you cured my child's illness, please accept these silver taels."

"Amitabha."

The old monk shook his head and declined: "Saving the dying and healing the injured is what this poor monk ought to do."

"How could we accept this?"

The head of the family said: "Master, you reside in the mountains and forests, how can we repay you?"

The old monk smiled and said: "That is simple; if the head of the family does more good deeds and devoutly worships Buddha in your daily life, that is enough."

"Certainly, certainly..."

The head of the family gratefully saw off the monk.

After the monk had left, the head of the family took a fish from his home and released it into the river.

"The Master is merciful, telling us to do more good deeds."

He said to the fish: "Yu'er, you are fortunate, off you go!"

Amidst the shimmering water waves, the fish disappeared.

At Wanling Hall, Master Puti witnessed this scene and could not help but be curious.

"The deeds done by Lingshan are but teaching people to be good, the specifics of which I cannot see through."

"Buddha has great wisdom, and his actions must have profound meanings."

Sun Wukong said: "Not long ago, the Emperor told me that the Buddha's energy in the Northern Continent is increasing day by day, and one must not underestimate it."

"Indeed."

The Grandmaster nodded.

The two then retracted their gazes.

Just as they had come back to themselves, a burst of joyful laughter came in from outside Wanling Hall.

"Heeheehee, come and catch us if you can!"

Seven Spider Demons ran into the tranquil and serene Wanling Hall while playing chase.

"These little fellows are quite innocent."

The Grandmaster said.

"Mhm."

Sun Wukong nodded.

After the seven Spider Demons arrived in Wanling City and stayed for a while, they were no longer afraid of him and often came to play.

They ran into Wanling Hall, circling around Sun Wukong.

"Great King, Great King... play with us!"

"Yes, play with us for a while!"

Although the Spider Demons had assumed human form, their nature was as simple as that of children.

Sun Wukong, seeing their pureness, seemed to glimpse a microcosm of Wanling Country.

Although only a few years had passed, an indistinctly different atmosphere was emerging in the Four Great Continents.

"What will this world be like a hundred years from now?"

Sun Wukong pondered.

He stretched out his hand and gently stroked the head of a little Spider Demon.

"The future of Wanling will need to be protected by all of you."

The Spider Demons did not understand but still nodded with giggling smiles.

"So..."

Sun Wukong continued with a smile.

"Master, take them to the academy and enforce strict discipline!"

The Grandmaster replied affirmatively, and with a sweep of his horsetail whisk, he bound the seven girls.

"I don't want to study!"

"I don't want to!"

The Spider Demons whined and fussed, but still, they were taken away.

Watching them being pulled away by the Grandmaster with Immortal Law, unwilling yet leaving Wanling Hall, Sun Wukong couldn't help but smile.

Wanling was pursuing the path of the mortals, while the actions of the Jade Emperor and Buddha were still incomprehensible—he also did not know what the world would be like in a hundred years.

Nevertheless, Sun Wukong was very happy in his heart, for the Four Great Continents were changing.

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