Yunxiao City, the meeting that lasted half a day came to an end.
After Emperor Qinghua's explanation, the demons and humans who regained their memories understood the current situation and its underlying reasons.
After the meeting, streaks of light departed from Huaguo Mountain, flying towards various destinations to welcome their kin.
Ao Luan stood at the harbor, watching those departing lights.
"Daji."
She turned around and said to Daji, "Sing! Your voice can reach the entire world."
"Alright."
Though reluctant, Daji still stepped into the sky.
She tread upon colorful clouds, her body shimmering with Immortal Light, and her tails unfurling from behind her, reclaiming the posture of a heavenly fox.
The sight stunned all the demons watching.
Daji spread her arms, and countless musical notes flew out from her, drifting towards the distant lands.
No one was better at transmitting sounds than her.
Her gentle singing voice started to spread far and wide.
In the Western Continent, a farmwoman was working in the fields.
"Mommy."
The four-year-old boy strapped to her back suddenly spoke, "There's singing."
The farmwoman paused her work, "Where?"
"In the sky."
The boy in the basket stretched his hands toward the sky, "That's Fairy Daji's singing. The Great King is calling us; we need to go back."
"Come over here and look."
The farmwoman called a nearby farmer, "Is the child sick?"
"Let me check."
The farmer reached out to lift the boy from the basket, but suddenly, a beam of light shot out, startling him into pulling back his hand.
"What is this!"
The farmer stared in terror as the light exploded in the sky, forming a flame shape that covered the sun.
"Signal."
After performing the magic, the boy in the basket fell into a tired sleep.
Shortly after, several beams of light landed on the ground.
They were several Taoists.
"Was that signal sent by you?"
They asked the husband and wife.
The couple nervously shielded the basket, "It was sent by us."
"I see."
The Taoists could tell it wasn't them.
If it had been, they wouldn't have shown such expressions.
The Taoists smiled, "Don't worry, your child is one of our kin; we've come to take him with us."
They cast a spell and seized the basket.
"So young..."
The Taoists looked at the boy inside with surprise.
Without the Spiritual Network, this four-year-old could emit such a powerful signal; he must be a person of profound powers in the small world.
"Don't harm him."
The Taoists carefully lifted the boy out.
"You two should also come."
The Taoists then told the husband and wife, "Since he has regained memories, you must also be citizens of Wanling Country."
The boy clearly had been well-educated.
And his parents must have been among the first group of humans who fought and sacrificed for Wanling Country.
These humans were also their kin.
Without further ado, the Taoists took the husband and wife, and their child with them.
"The Great King has really stirred things up this time."
"Waking up and becoming the Heavenly Emperor, truly worthy of the Great King!"
The Taoists excitedly discussed topics on their way that the couple couldn't understand.
But the couple could tell that the Taoists cared deeply for the boy.
The couple's nervousness gradually eased.
Soon after, they saw about a dozen demons flying east.
"Miss Daji's singing, as enchanting as ever."
Those demons spoke as they flew, and upon hearing them, the Taoists immediately quickened their pace.
"Brethren ahead, wait for us!"
In their terror, the couple joined the ranks of the demons and after exchanging a few words, they even began to embrace warmly.
"Great, Great Immortal..."
The couple asked somewhat stammeringly, "Do these demons not eat humans?"
"How could the demons of my Wanling Country be as barbaric as those from the Demon Kingdom?"
The Taoists laughed and said, "In Wanling, all races are equal."
The demons around them nodded in agreement as a matter of course.
The couple was stunned.
"This time the Great King plans to unify the Three Realms, we can't lag behind."
The group continued onward, the demons excitedly saying, "For the future, we must unify."
"That's right, for two hundred years later."
The Taoists nodded, then gazed towards a mountain ridge.
At the summit of the ridge, a set of trembling bones emitted a familiar call.
All eyes turned in that direction, suddenly everyone was shocked.
"Lady White Bones!"
A Tiger Demon reacted the fastest, immediately rushing to the ridge and lifting the bones.
"I'll help you!"
Carrying the bones, he flew into the sky: "This time I'm helping you, you must set me up on a blind date later."
Several demons immediately showed expressions of annoyance.
Yet despite their annoyance, this episode did not dampen their joy.
Demons and Taoists traveled together loudly and joyously towards Huaguo Mountain.
Across many places in the Western Continent, similar scenes unfolded.
It was a very eerie sight.
Humans and demons—various types of demons, of varying ages, all assembled and heading towards Huaguo Mountain.
The will of Wanling was displayed for the first time in the Three Realms as a return.
Though Wanling Country no longer existed, all its citizens were aware.
As long as they moved quickly, they would soon establish the new Wanling Country.
"As long as we unite, Wanling will be invincible."
In the Ten States and Three Islands, Water Virtues Star Monarch remembered these words, suddenly shedding a tear.
This was something Sun Wukong had once said.
He was the leader of Wanling Country.
And Water Virtues Star Monarch, too, was a member of Wanling Country.
He wiped his tears, turned around: "We took the wrong path."
The several Immortals standing behind him remained silent.
Recalling the past, they felt the difference in the present.
"This time the Great Saint broke into the Heavenly Palace, shouldering all sins to save the Three Realms sooner."
Water Virtues Star Monarch said, "We cannot keep making mistakes."
The Immortals nodded.
"Let's go."
Water Virtues Star Monarch extended the invitation, and although there had been a misstep, it had not blown up into a great trouble.
"Let us undertake a great deed once more."
His words brought smiles to many Immortals.
They had experienced that grand era; now, they were about to start a brand new cycle.
But such is the essence of Wanling, constantly learning, striving, and building.
"I wonder if this time, the Great Saint will still invite us to drink annually."
In the Ten States and Three Islands, a dozen beams of light shot upwards, flying towards Huaguo Mountain.
The Immortals, filled with anticipation, returned to the place they yearned for.
They no longer wanted Sun Wukong to bear all the sorrow alone.
"Why must it be this way!"
But on the mountaintop, Er Qing watched the scene of those lights flying off, his face pale.
Those Immortals departing from the Ten States and Three Islands would be removed from the Immortal Records.
Yet they left without hesitation, their departing figures like an irresistible force.
For that grand and brilliant future.
Wanling, once again, set into motion.
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