Immortal Zhen Yuan arrived at the entrance of the Virtue Palace, pausing in his steps.
"Should I go back to Wuzhuang Temple and pick some Ginsengfruit to bring over..."
He thought about apologizing for earlier matters, but hesitated, considering that there weren't many Ginsengfruits left.
While he was worrying, the calm and composed officials from the second department came out.
"Immortal, you are finally here."
They greeted him with clasped hands: "Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time."
Immortal Zhen Yuan sighed, fluttered his long sleeves, and stepped into the Virtue Palace.
After the battle in the Heavenly Court, he had been avoiding Sun Wukong, but this time he had no choice but to meet him.
Immortal Zhen Yuan entered the Virtue Palace and saw Sun Wukong squatting on the ground, writing something.
This sight was indeed rare.
Immortal Zhen Yuan momentarily forgot his troubles and watched with interest.
"What are you writing?"
He looked for a while, but couldn't make out what Sun Wukong was writing.
"The composition of the last piece of Hongmeng Land."
Sun Wukong replied, "I have seen that land and am trying to write it down using the characters of Wanling Heavenly Dao."
Immortal Zhen Yuan grew more curious; he saw that Sun Wukong had filled the ground with writings, so he went to the beginning and scrutinized it carefully.
The composition of Hongmeng Land was very complex. Immortal Zhen Yuan read it several times before he could barely understand some of it.
"This world is indeed complex."
His eyes tired from reading, he said, "Using the Wanling Heavenly Dao script to explain it is a good idea, but does it really work?"
Immortal Zhen Yuan noticed that Sun Wukong had written about the structure of the land, knowing that Sun Wukong hoped to simulate Hongmeng Land and create a shell for the Sky-opening Axe, a thoughtful idea, but was it feasible?
"That Sky-opening Axe was born before Pangu opened the sky; it wasn't a product of the Hongmeng World."
Immortal Zhen Yuan asked, "Even if we recreate Hongmeng, we might not be able to create the shell of the Sky-opening Axe."
"It's possible."
Sun Wukong replied, "When that Sky-opening Axe pioneered Hongmeng, it had already integrated with the Hongmeng World. After undergoing one reconstruction, as long as we simulate the Hongmeng Land, it can manifest within it."
"Even so, what we create won't be the true Hongmeng."
Immortal Zhen Yuan shook his head and said, "After the Sky-opening Axe manifests, I'm afraid it can't be used frequently?"
"Just once, that shell can be used only once before it shatters."
Sun Wukong had anticipated this.
But he wasn't worried at all.
"We only need to use it once."
Sun Wukong finally finished writing the composition of the Hongmeng Land. He stood up and with a casual wave, the writings on the ground floated up like countless stars and were collected by an invisible scroll, turning into a tangible object.
Sun Wukong handed the scroll to Immortal Zhen Yuan: "Take it and let the immortals study it."
Immortal Zhen Yuan nodded, unraveled the scroll, which didn't look big at first, but as he unfolded it, it turned out to be extremely long, stretching far without reaching the end.
"Such a complicated treasure for one-time use."
Immortal Zhen Yuan sighed.
Sun Wukong smiled, "If you don't want to do it, I'll ask the Grandmaster to help."
"I'll do it!"
Immortal Zhen Yuan stored the scroll and said, "This is precisely the job I'm good at."
He then discussed some details with Sun Wukong, sat in the Virtue Palace for half a day, then took his leave.
Two days later, Immortal Zhen Yuan sent Spider Demons to inform Sun Wukong that he had begun constructing the mini Hongmeng World.
Sun Wukong decided to go and have a look.
He picked up his birdcage, accompanied by Spider Demons, riding clouds through the mist towards the West Sea.
The construction site for the mini-world was located across the Four Great Continents, all in sparsely populated areas, starting near a desert by the West Sea.
By the time Sun Wukong arrived, the few living creatures in the desert had already been collected by Immortal Zhen Yuan using his Sleeve Universe.
Upon arrival, he saw a dozen Immortals flying in the sky, displaying their Divine Skills, moving mountains and filling seas.
Here, an Immortal pinched a clump of earth in his palm, tossed it, and a mountain peak landed on the ground, sprouting roots rapidly, spreading into vast ranges.
There, someone threw a scroll in their hands over the mountains, and flowers, plants, and trees emerged from the ground.
"In the time I was away, the Heavenly Dao has progressed so much."
Sun Wukong showed a look of surprise.
Before he left the Three Realms, although the Immortals could move mountains and fill seas, they were far from doing it so effortlessly.
Now their mastery of the Wanling Heavenly Dao was very natural, handling everything with ease, and the mountains and rivers were rapidly changing.
"The Spiritual Energy in the Three Realms has grown richer."
The Spider Demons told Sun Wukong, "Everyone's spells have become more powerful."
"But there are also more problems."
They chirped, "Every day, many things happen."
"Heavenly Empress has been so busy these years that she has no time for conversation."
"I see..."
Joy faded from Sun Wukong's eyes.
He had been away for too long; the institutional design of the Three Realms could no longer keep up with the development of the Heavenly Dao.
Perhaps another reform was needed.
Thinking this, Sun Wukong made a mental note.
Soon, he saw the Water Virtue Star Palace using a Water Bowl to collect water, sprinkling it on the ground, creating rivers amid the mountains.
In a blink of an eye, a new land had been formed, lush with green trees, brimming with life.
"What do you think of this land?"
Sun Wukong asked the crow in the birdcage.
"This won't do, it's sheer nonsense."
The crow looked at the mountains from the cage, "Though your Creation Skill is formidable, it merely has the form; the lands created are no different from other places, and they cannot count as Hongmeng."
Sun Wukong nodded, "I thought so."
But he believed that Immortal Zhen Yuan must have his own plans.
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