Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Everyone left the Taixu Illusory Realm and returned to Ming Lun Martial Arts School.

"Sun, the place is still as big as it always was."

Wang Chao sensed the expanse of the Ming Lun Martial Arts School, twenty-four acres of land, no different from before, but the number of students had increased. Most were students, followed by the wealthy scions from all over the world.

It was still possible to accommodate so many people for now, but in a year or two, it probably wouldn't be enough.

"It will gradually get bigger in the future," Sun Shisheng said with a glint of gold in his eyes, seeing the rise of Ming Lun's destiny, improving day by day, flourishing more with each passing day.

As for the saying "what prospers must decline," it did not apply here at Ming Lun.

After all, Sun Shisheng was still there, and so were Li Hansha, Wang Chao, Tang Zichen, Chan Yinsha, and others, all inseparably connected to Ming Lun.

As long as they were there, Ming Lun would never decline.

Moreover, Ming Lun's training method was extremely special, capable of attracting the vast majority of students. Once they left Ming Lun, they naturally developed a connection with it.

Perhaps in the future people might change, but the connection with Ming Lun could never be severed.

Tang Zichen suggested, "Perhaps, we can make the martial arts school more formal, turning it into something like a regular school."

Chan Yinsha agreed with the idea, "Yes, a school. We can turn the martial arts school into a martial arts academy. That would be the most orthodox method of education, and we might even get official recognition."

"That's a good idea," Sun Shisheng said. "However, we must first establish some school policies. Although it is a martial arts school, we definitely can't only teach martial arts. We must also provide a basic education and even teach them skills to survive in society."

"Cao Jingjing and Zhao Xinglong are your disciples; let them take care of it."

Chan Yinsha nodded: "That sounds good."

Those two disciples indeed should start to exploit their talents in other areas.

After Chan Yinsha left, Wang Chao asked, "Sun, what do we do next? Do we have any development plans?"

Truthfully, Wang Chao didn't need to worry about this; he was more eager to battle with the strong.

After all, on Earth, aside from the few at Ming Lun Martial Arts School, no one else was his match.

"The development plan is to make progress with Ming Lun while gradually restoring the Spiritual Energy of the Earth, improving the whole world, and then making contact with beings from the myriad dimensions."

Sun Shisheng spoke slowly: "And this so-called contact will inevitably lead to interactions and disputes. The majority of intelligent beings in the universe are stubborn. Yet, imagination is something they all have in common."

"For safety's sake, we could perhaps have the meetings within the Taixu Illusory Realm..."

All truly wise beings possess imagination.

This is unrelated to being naive or not.

It's just a matter of "having" or "not having."

Wang Chao scratched his head: "Speaking of which, do beings in the universe think the same way we humans do?"

"Basically the same."

With wisdom shining in his eyes, Sun Shisheng explained, "Like humans, living in different circumstances leads to different perspectives and approaches to things, just as some would sacrifice their dignity for a meal while others travel the world for delicacies."

Disparity between the rich and the poor.

That was the term that popped into Wang Chao's mind. Perhaps, one should remove "rich and poor," leaving only "disparity."

As long as beings possess intelligence, there will inevitably be disparities.

Even with endless resources, it is the same.

The only achievable scenario is to provide a continuously improving and nearly fair environment, ensuring that the weak are not exploited by the strong.

This is something they at Ming Lun will have to keep perfecting in the future.

Suddenly, Wang Chao seemed to understand why the virtuous True Immortals in myths and legends are either Subduing Demons and Eliminating Evil or saving those in distress.

This is their grand aspiration.

It might never be fully accomplished, but it bounds the heart, preventing one's emotions from becoming indifferent, transforming into the Heavenly Dao, losing oneself, and turning into a devil that shepherds all beings.

Even those who reached Mahayana status, such as the Buddha establishing countless Buddha Countries to enlighten beings; Haotian God also establishing the heavenly court, defining order; and the Three Pure Ones, creating their own realms to educate all beings.

According to spiritual cultivation, after manifesting sanctity, one congeals the true divine nature and creates a divine realm.

Subsequent cultivation involves a continual accumulation of the Dao.

But the true practice of manifesting sanctity...

"After all, no matter what level those strong cultivators reach, at the foundational stage, they are all carbon-based life-forms, and the environments suitable for carbon-based life, setting aside Spiritual Energy, do not differ much from Earth, at most in terms of gravity and atmospheric pressure," Sun Shisheng continued.

"Intelligent beings born in such environments would surely have a way of thinking quite similar to humans'."

Wang Chao nodded: "I get the gist of it. To understand others with empathy and reflection, that's about it. But what if we encounter a species whose logic we can't comprehend?"

The universe is vast, and it's conceivable that some races with chaotic logic and twisted minds exist within it.

For instance, the Cthulhu Mythos.

"Cthulhu can also be understood," Sun Shisheng said. "The madness they cause is mainly due to their inability to control their own radiation source."

"And their predatory instincts are somewhat strong."

"If we encounter them, we might indeed need to give them a beating."

Wang Chao hadn't expected that Cthulhu really existed.

That's right!

Such a vast universe, multiverse, everything is possible.

"Sun, what you said makes a lot of sense. Even with Cthulhu, haven't we 'defined' them by saying 'incomprehensible and drives one mad'? Isn't that a human understanding of them?"

Wang Chao easily accepted this setting.

"The cosmic void gives us wisdom, perhaps it's precisely to transform 'unfathomable' into 'understandable'."

"Spiritual practice, aside from enhancing ourselves, might just be to understand more."

"And the universe, chaos, maybe it wishes to utilize our wisdom to better understand itself."

This discourse had risen to a philosophical level.

But, evidently, no matter the practice, once it reaches a certain level, it inevitably turns to philosophy, to the exploration of truth.

What do ordinary people pursue a path of cultivation for?

To grasp power over the world when awake, to lie with beauties when drunk.

Revenge.

Comparison.

Better health.

In simple terms, it is for enjoyment in aspects such as power, wealth, beauty, desires, the essentials of life.

But once the essentials are covered, thoughts naturally extend to higher pursuits, exploring higher truths and wisdom.

The difference is that some people are daydreamers, while others take actionable steps.

"Exactly, you seem to have realized the true essence of cultivation," Sun Shisheng said with a chuckle. "It seems that becoming a deity could be in your future."

"A deity?"

Wang Chao muttered, then sighed, "To say it out loud... Sun, you might laugh at me, but I do not intend to follow the path of a deity."

"A deity's kingdom, faith."

"These things, I don't particularly like… After attaining Primordial Respiration and creating the Primordial Law Physique and the Holy Embryo, I felt I could shape heaven and earth, but I shouldn't forcibly gather followers."

"Everyone is born free. Why should they believe in me?" This chapter was originally posted on M^VLEMPYR.

Sun Shisheng nodded approvingly: "Li Hansha said the same thing. However, what he mainly pursues is the true Heavenly Dao, which also doesn't need the faith of the masses."

Wang Chao said, "Li Hansha may well be my lifelong rival."

Sun Shisheng added, "And a lifelong friend."

In the midst of their conversation, Chan Yinsha returned and said, "I have arranged everything. I let Cao Jingjing and Zhao Xinglong find someone to plan it. Oh, and there's another matter – Goose Factory hasn't transferred the compensation into our account yet. They don't have enough money, and their person in charge has disappeared, fled abroad."

Wang Chao, with a heart aligned with heaven's will and connected to the planet's magnetic field, immediately knew the cause and consequence and chuckled, "That Goose Factory, quite bold of them to run off."

"Wishful thinking, everyone has it," Tang Zichen said leisurely while sipping her tea. "Director, should we bother to fetch them back?"

"Just send someone to bring them back casually, I'm pretty petty like that."

Generosity and pettiness are not mutually exclusive.

It depends on the person.

Owing a dollar or two is one thing, but with three billion running off abroad, it's certainly worth pursuing.

The Minglun Group is in need of money for its development.

Regrettably, now is not the time to bring out the Heavenly Dao Eternal Coins, since the Earth currently lacks Spiritual Energy, and the Taixu Illusory Realm's destiny—Taixu Sphere—is somewhat too feeble.

Releasing the Heavenly Dao Eternal Coins now would be more harmful than beneficial.

However, once the Taixu Illusory Realm becomes accessible in the future, it would be possible to establish a unique virtual currency system specifically for the realm…

…

In the market, with the release of smartphones, people's lives have undergone significant changes.

In just one month, other brands of phones were completely replaced by Minglun Technology Co., Ltd.'s smartphones, which greatly facilitated everyday life.

Subsequently, Minglun also launched a notebook computer.

Only two centimeters thick, but with functions as powerful as a desktop computer, it led everyone to proclaim that the era of information and data had arrived!

With the rise of smartphones, various gaming industries also began to flourish, but in order to install their games on smartphones, they learned from and cooperated with the Minglun Game Company.

Among them, a gaming company called Jiang Corporation was particularly prominent since it was the largest leader other than Goose Factory, which had run abroad.

However, when facing Minglun Group's newly established small gaming company, it had to tread carefully.

After all, within Minglun Group, there was a god!

For ordinary people, individuals such as Sun Shisheng, Wang Chao, Li Hansha, Tang Zichen, and Chan Yinsha were deities beyond the common man.

Even though they appeared amiable, no one dared to touch their nerves.

After all, if they really killed someone, the current social rules couldn't be applied to them.

A swing of a fist could tear open the sky; a single step could shatter the earth.

How could such beings be bound by rules?

The only thing that might constrain them is their own moral baseline.