Chapter 334 - 295: Fuxi Bagua and the Mechanism of Heaven
Wukong, having become a creator, was welcomed back by Donghuang Taiyi and pushed off the Nine Dragons Chariot, awakening in the Quiet Room.
Upon calculating with his fingers, he realized quite a bit of time had passed. He gazed upon the Heavenly Dao and discovered that the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty had long ended, and it was now the time when Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, was leading troops to conquer far and wide. The chaotic aura of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms had only recently begun to unify. However, there were still some small nations in the Southern Toad Continent, among which was Southern Tang, where Buddhism was enormously thriving.
Li Yu, the ruler of Southern Tang, was a devout Buddhist without great ambitions, spending his days composing poetry. In Southern Tang, if anyone committed a crime, their charges were dropped as soon as they converted to Buddhism, and monks were exempt from any taxes. This led to an excessive number of monks and significantly burdened the political and economic systems of Southern Tang.
Li Yu, too, was coming to his end and could only bow down to Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.
Wukong sighed, reflecting on how there are no days or months in cultivation; so much time had passed in what seemed like the blink of an eye.
"Earth, water, wind, fire, heed my command; transform into the foundation, converge into the Secret Realm!" Wukong, having subdued myriad Heavenly Demons from the World of Heavenly Demons, including many Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal level Heavenly Demon Kings, found his Buddha Kingdom within could no longer contain them. Moreover, being a Buddha filled with so many Heavenly Demons gave him an ominous aura.
He employed his Divine Skills, and elements of earth, water, wind, and fire converged into a mass, then dispersed in all directions as celestial laws descended from the heavens to integrate with them.
The Secret Realm is a technique like Containing Sumeru Within a Mustard Seed, akin to a cave dwelling, yet constructing it was far from easy.
The elements continued to converge, the laws solidifying, slowly forming a world, only to collapse instantaneously, the effort falling short.
"It seems, having just mastered the art of creation, building the Secret Realm isn’t too easy. Let’s try again." Wukong once again exerted his Divine Skills, bringing together the forces of earth, water, wind, and fire, the resulting Secret Realm growing ever larger.
In ancient times, amidst the Four Great Continents, smoke of war was ever-present. The mighty of powerful tribes, to avoid their tribes from being poisoned by war and getting entangled in karma, would create Secret Realms to shelter their people from battle calamities. Today, these Secret Realms still hide in various places, waiting for the predestined to uncover the countless treasures within.