Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Upon being appointed by the court, Sun Wukong was granted the position of the Eastern Leisurely Spirit King and ranked among the Five Elders, which meant his status was equal to that of the Five Elders, with an annual stipend of one thousand golden flowers.

Golden flowers, the essence of merit and incense gathered, could increase mana, replenish consumption, and spare the usual celestial beings from Qi Cultivation and Divine Skills, serving as a unique stipend in the heavenly court.

"Thank you, Jade Emperor."

Sun Wukong bowed deeply and said with a chuckle. All the courtiers inside Lingxiao Palace could hear his happiness and could even picture the joy on his face.

For a moment, they found him "utterly contemptuous of the law" yet also felt a twinge of envy in their own hearts.

They themselves, however, would never dare to do the same.

But the Jade Emperor found it amusing and said, "Leisurely Spirit King, your realm is on the terrestrial plane, yet you must report here annually. Therefore, a palace is also needed above this heavenly court."

"Where is Lu Ban?"

As soon as these words were said, a middle-aged man walked in from outside Tongming Palace, knelt on the ground, and respectfully said, "Your servant is here."

"I specially commission you to build an office palace for the Leisurely Spirit King." The Jade Emperor said sternly.

"Your servant, I accept the decree!"

Lu Ban rose, bowed, and left Lingxiao Palace to construct Sun Wukong's palace in heaven.

After that, Sun Wukong stood aside with Taibaijinxing, listening to the reports of other celestial officials and gods inside Lingxiao Palace while waiting for the court session to end.

Roughly calculated, five days had already passed.

But as he stepped outside the palace, the sun shone directly overhead, brilliantly and beautifully.

Sun Wukong stopped Taibaijinxing and asked, "Old Brother Taibai, I heard that one day in heaven is a year on earth. I just calculated the time, and by terrestrial standards, it has been more than five days, but here in heaven, it seems the day hasn't even ended yet?"

Smoothing his beard, Taibaijinxing laughed and said, "Heaven's days and nights are long. A day here is equivalent to a year on the terrestrial plane, hence the saying 'one day in heaven, one year on earth'. Time, however, marches on in sync."

"So that's how it is."

Sun Wukong had suspected this before, and now that it was confirmed by Taibaijinxing, he was all the more enlightened.

Does that mean the Jade Emperor holds court only once a year?

Tsk tsk!

If such were the case on earth, it would not take three years before the people suffered immensely.

Taibaijinxing took Sun Wukong's hand and said, "Leisurely Spirit King, how about coming over for a drink at my place? I'll introduce you to some friends, to welcome and purify you; what do you say?"

Sun Wukong waved his hand and said, "That won't be necessary, old brother. When the time comes, I'll host a banquet at Huaguo Mountain, and you can come over."

Taibaijinxing responded with a broad smile, "That sounds good."

"Are you the Leisurely Spirit King?"

Just then, a child came up with a perceptive expression and pure and beautiful bones, none other than the Pagoda-Bearing King's third son, the great god of the Three Altars Ocean Convention, Nezha.

"Are you Nezha?" Sun Wukong asked with a smile in his eyes.

"Do you know who I am?" Nezha frowned.

"Just now in court, only you had such a···cute appearance, topped with the youthful and lovely face. Also, I've stayed on Nanshan Continent for more than three hundred years, mostly on Huaguo Mountain, but while wandering around the continent, I have also heard of your deeds in subduing demons and eliminating evil, truly great Divine Skills indeed," Sun Wukong said, raising his thumb in praise.

However, Crown Prince Nezha was not so pleased; he despised anyone mentioning his height, and to have the Leisurely Spirit King call him cute?

Only little kids can be described as cute!

This guy was insulting him by calling him a little kid!

"Do you want to fight?"

Nezha, unable to endure it, took out his Demon-slaying Sword and held his Demon-slaying Blade, "Come, let us go to Tianhe Drill Ground, and let this young lord see just how capable this 'Spirit King who can enlighten all demons' truly is!"

Sun Wukong shook his head and said, "Old Sun really doesn't want to gain a reputation for bullying children."

Nezha was furious, but outside Tongming Palace, he dared not attack, only taunted: "Young lord here might grow slow, but in terms of age, you should be calling me 'grandpa'!"

"Watch your manners!"

Just then, a stern shout came to their ears, and Heavenly King Li walked over, bowing to Sun Wukong, "The Leisurely Spirit King, please forgive him, my son is young and doesn't understand, please don't blame him."

Sun Wukong waved his hand nonchalantly, "No big deal, this kid is quite amusing."

Kid!

Nezha glared at Sun Wukong, but with Heavenly King Li there, he did not dare make a move. If his eyes could shoot fire, they surely would have scorched him utterly.

Hmm?

His eyes looked like they actually could shoot fire!

Too bad they couldn't!

After Heavenly King Li left with Nezha, Taibaijinxing said, "That Nezha, lively and lovable but a bit too impetuous. I didn't expect him to be outsmarted by you. He will surely seek to reclaim his pride."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "No worries, that child is entertaining enough, old Sun has plenty of tricks to play on him."

Taibaijinxing paused, then burst out laughing, "That Nezha, tough as they come, if you can teach him a lesson, all of us would secretly rejoice."

This was not to say that Nezha had a bad relationship with the celestial officials of the heavenly court, but rather that most of the celestial officials had been pranked by him, and he was quite arrogant. So, in minor matters, they were quite happy to see Nezha thwarted.

After chatting idly with Taibaijinxing for a while, Sun Wukong then found Lu Ban, who informed him that it would take at least three days to complete his office.

By then, three years had passed on earth.

Sun Wukong curled his lips, feeling the efficiency of the matter was somewhat lacking.

However, because the materials for the construction were not ordinary mundane wood and stones but needed to be collected and prepared on the spot, it took this long.

Thus, Sun Wukong descended to the mortal realm.

When passing through the Southern Heavenly Gate, the Growth King saw his celestial record and did not hinder him; instead, he courteously saw him off out of the Southern Heavenly Gate, where Yuyan was sleeping on a pillar nearby, covered in a layer of clouds, sleeping soundly.

Sun Wukong walked over, dispersed the clouds, and woke her up, saying, "Let's go, we're going home."

"Ah~"

Yuyan rubbed her eyes, got up, and yawned, asking, "Great King, have you come out? What position did the Jade Emperor grant you?"

"We'll talk about it on the way."

Sun Wukong's cloud rose beneath his feet, carrying Yuyan away from the Southern Heavenly Gate, heading towards the earthly realm.

Looking back, that magnificent Southern Heavenly Gate stood in the void.

The entire Heaven existed in a different dimension, with only the four great heavenly gates for entry and exit; otherwise, no matter how high one flew, one could not enter Heaven but had to fly out beyond the three realms, into chaos.

At the same time, Nezha asked Heavenly King Li, "Father, that Leisurely Spirit King wasn't much of a big deal, why are you so worked up?"

Heavenly King Li scolded, "You still recognize him as the Eastern Leisurely Spirit King? He just received his royal title, and you went looking for trouble, thinking too highly of yourself?"

Having more friends is always better than more enemies.

This kid just knows how to trouble his father!

"Besides, although his position was newly devised by His Majesty and he has no subordinates yet, it's akin to the Five Elders of the Five Directions. He doesn't even have to attend court regularly, His Majesty won't pay much attention as long as he submits a summary report annually."

"You should be making friends, not clashing with him, lest you provoke him!"

Nezha, nonchalantly pouting, replied carelessly, "He teaches and enlightens all beings in Huaguo Mountain, surely someone of such open-mindedness wouldn't trouble me over such a trifle?"

Although reckless, he was also thoughtful.

However, that monkey really was somewhat mouthy. Of all things to say, he actually called him a little kid.

In this regard, he wouldn't accept anyone saying that about him!

Heavenly King Li snorted, "It's only because you didn't stir up too much trouble, otherwise, I would have no means to clean up after you."

Nezha pulled a face and, mounting his fire wheels, headed to the Tianhe Drill Ground, planning to find some heavenly soldiers and generals for training to vent his inner frustration...

...

Huaguo Mountain.

Sun Wukong, along with Yuyan, returned to Shuilian Cave, where Ao Yun was already waiting outside. Upon seeing Sun Wukong, he hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"Elder brother is back."

Showing joy, Ao Yun asked, "Brother, you've been gone for nearly six days, may I know what official title the Jade Emperor granted you?"

Sun Wukong replied, "Eastern Leisurely Spirit King, a position redesigned based on my current deeds, to teach and urge the myriad demons toward goodness."

Ao Yun said excitedly, "With this, are you also serving in the earthly realm? This is convenient! And, if we were to serve under you, would we also be considered celestial officials?"

Sun Wukong shook his head, "At most, you'd be considered my private soldiers, just like the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the Dragon Palace of the Eastern Sea, not officially recognized. If my position were to advance one more step, reaching the same level as the Four Heavenly Kings, only then would you be considered celestial officials." The full series is hosted on My Virtual Library Empire, known as MV7LEMPYR.

Ao Yun slowly nodded.

To her, just being able to stay here and watch Huaguo Mountain grow was the greatest happiness.

Subsequently, Sun Wukong summoned all the demon kings from various parts of Huaguo Mountain and informed them of his being appointed as the Eastern Leisurely Spirit King by Heaven.

The heart of the Eternally Living Fox King thumped wildly: "The Great King is truly valued by Heaven, and even directly granted a royal title, ranking alongside the Five Elders, with limitless prospects."

Fengyun also expressed his wonder.

With this, Huaguo Mountain was recognized as the orthodox power by Heaven and Earth. However—

"Great King, since you have now obtained an official celestial position, then you must sever ties with the Lion Camel King, Peng Demon King, Yurong King, Mi Monkey King and other demon kings of the Northern Jambu Continent; otherwise, it may cause trouble," someone advised.

Sun Wukong declared loudly, "That, I have already considered. If possible, I would even like to subdue them."

Then, Sun Wukong inquired about other matters, such as the educational progress at Three Lives Scholarly City.

The Eternally Living Fox King bowed and reported, "Since the establishment of Three Lives Scholarly City, it's still in the phases of migration, recruiting teachers and scholars. To start regular classes, it needs just over a month."

Sun Wukong pondered. He understood that while building the city was easy for the demons of Huaguo Mountain, setting up various systems to operate within it would take considerable time.

And indeed, haste would not bring success.

Therefore, although exceptionally concerned about this project, Sun Wukong did not rush it, merely checking on the progress to prevent the Eternally Living Fox King from making mistakes in an effort to accelerate the process.

"In that case, Eternally Living Fox King, proceed according to the previous plan without making too many adjustments to avoid errors."

"Yes!"

Afterward, Sun Wukong continued to inquire about other demon kings, listening to their reports on learning achievements and the development of their respective cities, and nodded his head in satisfaction.

These demon kings were not beyond help after all.

"Great King, there's one more thing..."