At the summit of the mountains, the crowd looked up at the sky filled with flowing lights, their faces brimming with joy.
"Great Saint has done it."
Lady Earth Flow said, "Buddha couldn't suppress him after all."
She had long recognized Sun Wukong's cleverness, and this was just another proof that neither Lingshan nor Heavenly Palace were his match.
"Although I don't know what happened, did the Great King win?"
Daji asked.
"Of course."
Immortal Zhenyuan stroked his beard and said, "I told you, my worthy brother wouldn't lose to those bald donkeys."
These flowing lights in the sky were the signals of victory.
"Don't you slack off either!"
Immortal Zhenyuan shouted to the spirits in the mid-air, "We can't afford to lose to our worthy brother!"
"Yes."
The spirits focused on their work, and Wanling City rose rapidly from the mountains, visible to the naked eye.
More scattered lights appeared in the sky, moving against the flow towards Lingshan.
"That is..."
Lady Earth Flow looked over, "Those are the immortals from Heavenly Palace."
"They're heading to Lingshan."
The others suddenly became solemn, "Immortal, should we stop them?"
Immortal Zhenyuan looked at the sky for a long while, then shook his head.
"No need, they aren't going to cause trouble."
He laughed, then shouted, "Wenqu Star, won't you come for a drink?"
A beam of light stopped, then landed on the ground.
"Immortal truly has a refined taste."
Wenqu Star clasped his hands and said, "I'm rushing to save Great Saint, I'll pass on the drink now."
"Can you really save him?"
Immortal Zhenyuan asked.
"If I can't save him, I still have to try."
Wenqu Star replied, "Great Saint is destined by the Heavenly Dao, I must save him."
He bowed to Immortal Zhenyuan and mounted the auspicious cloud back to the sky.
"Shua shua shua!"
Wenqu Star heard strange noises in the sky.
Looking towards the sound, Qing Yuanzi sat alone on a cloud, frantically writing a story.
Just as he wrote "that second-rate Lingji sticks flowers into Buddha..." he suddenly felt a pain behind him and couldn't help but turn to look.
"Qing Yuanzi, what are you doing?"
Wenqu Star lifted him up.
"Not good."
A thought flashed through Qing Yuanzi's mind, and he quickly tucked his notes and an Immortal Mirror into his chest.
He didn't want anyone to discover he was secretly watching Lingshan.
Luckily, Wenqu Star didn't see what he was writing.
"This place isn't safe, I'll put you back on the ground," Wenqu Star said.
Qing Yuanzi was stunned, then quickly shifted his gaze and began writing on a board.
"Can you take me to Lingshan?"
Qing Yuanzi excitedly wrote, "I also want to help the Great King."
Wenqu Star thought for a moment, then still took Qing Yuanzi towards Lingshan.
"Immortal."
Daji saw this scene from the ground and couldn't help but ask Immortal Zhenyuan, "Qing Yuanzi went to Lingshan again, is that alright?"
"No need to mind him."
Immortal Zhenyuan glanced and decided that Qing Yuanzi wouldn't disrupt the grand scheme, and thus ignored him.
He turned his gaze towards the east.
At the place of the Heavenly Palace, a black light seemed to flash momentarily.
In the East Sea, under the sky filled with flowing lights, all people of the Floating City were celebrating.
"The Great King is alright!"
"He has awakened everyone!"
"Our brethren have returned!"
People celebrated on the streets, joy evident on each face.
"This is bad, the spells in the Experience Hall need to be changed again."
In Yunxiao City, the jubilant Fox King muttered endlessly behind Ao Luan, but with a smile on his face.
The awakening of the Wanling people, there was nothing more joyous than this.
"Second Great King."
Lady Rakshasa asked Ao Luan, "Should we support Heavenly Palace?"
"Grandmaster has forbidden us from providing assistance."
Ao Luan gazed toward the western sky and said, "Let's wait for elder brother to return."
Perhaps they needn't do anything anymore.
The outcome has already been determined.
In this decisive trial that would determine the fate of the Three Realms, it's clear that Sun Wukong has a slight advantage in deductions.
"Perhaps when the people from the minor world return, everything will be fine."
Ao Luan thought, at least, Sun Wukong no longer needed to become stronger.
However, at this moment, a black light suddenly appeared in the sky.
Ao Luan shifted her gaze, watching the position of the Heavenly Palace emanate a dim black light, turning into ripples and spreading outward.
"That light is somewhat sinister."
Ao Luan's expression turned grave: "Go and check it out."
"Yes."
A palace maid beside her soared up toward the sky.
The black light gradually expanded.
As the palace maid approached its boundary, her figure suddenly staggered, and she plummeted toward the ocean surface.
"Come back."
Ao Luan waved out a fierce wind, pulling the palace maid back.
She caught the palace maid, who suddenly grimaced, clutching her chest and collapsing to the ground.
"Second Great King!"
Nearby Demon Kings hurried over.
Lady Rakshasa cradled Ao Luan and saw black flames burning on her chest, spreading uncontrollably throughout her body.
"This is…"
Lady Rakshasa watched the black flames in disbelief: "Heavenly Dao."
There was a presence of Wanling Heavenly Dao within the black flames.
There were issues with the Heavenly Dao.
The black light in the sky turned into black rain falling over Huaguo Mountain.
On the streets, celebrating people stopped smiling, shocked as they looked at their hands.
Black flames burned on their hands.
Amidst the flames, the Spiritual Energy of the Heavenly Dao started to run amok inside them, no longer obeying their commands.
"Heavenly Dao!"
"The Heavenly Dao is out of control!"
People cried out, hastily retreating into their houses, but it was of no use.
The black flames rapidly corroded the world.
Without making any noise, as soon as one person caught the flames, it spread through the air.
In the Heavenly Palace, Grandmaster looked at the Wanling Tree beside him burning black, his expression gradually turning grave.
"What is this?"
He asked.
"An Immortal Technique."
The Jade Emperor answered, "Wanling Immortal Technique."
Below him, unseen by the Grandmaster, the black flames relentlessly spread to the Wanling Tree.
"I also learned something during my time in Wanling Country."
The Jade Emperor's pieces surrounded the Grandmaster.
If Sun Wukong could learn the Three Thousand Immortal Paths, how could he possibly not learn the Wanling Heavenly Dao?
"Heavenly Dao connects everything."
The Jade Emperor said: "This means that any chaos can be transmitted to all living beings."
He created a Wanling Immortal Technique that conveys chaos, to be more specific—it's an Immortal Technique akin to a curse.
It could destroy the Wanling Heavenly Dao.
"Why so."
Grandmaster's voice was somewhat icy: "Do you understand the consequences this will bring?"
"Of course."
The Jade Emperor nodded: "That's why I choose to use it now."
That Immortal Technique would impact everyone who learned the Wanling Heavenly Dao.
The stronger the person, the greater the impact.
Now that Sun Wukong is dispirited, and the Heavenly Dao weakened, the effects of the Immortal Technique are at their lowest.
"Only a few will die."
The Jade Emperor said: "But this was a matter bound to happen sooner or later."
The Wanling Heavenly Dao is not so perfect; its governance has significant flaws and the Jade Emperor believes even if he doesn't use it, someone will eventually find these loopholes.
"If even my respected brother cannot resolve this issue, how will he face the Great Divine Power?"
The Jade Emperor said to the Grandmaster: "This round of the game, I have won."
A new storm began to burn across the Four Great Continents.
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