Great Demon Sun Wukong-Chapter 625 - 582: Four Symbols Soul Locking Great Array

However, now that he saw his own statue, Sun Wukong already had another idea in his mind, which was indeed very feasible. Sun Wukong was not particularly proficient in formation arrays; after all, whether it was during his time learning under Patriarch Bodhi or afterward, he never came into contact with knowledge about arrays. Only the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation, Sun Wukong was quite familiar with. This Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation contained hundreds of various arrays with different functions, one of which was the Four Symbols Soul Locking Great Array. The Four Symbols Soul Locking Great Array wasn't a very high-level formation, as its setup and functions were quite simple, and to many, it wasn't very useful—it merely increased the concentration of spiritual energy in the area during cultivation.

Yet this great array was incredibly suitable for Sun Wukong. While others merely used spirit stones as the formation's eyes, Sun Wukong used the World Suppressing Steles as the eyes for the four directions. The difference between the two was not insignificant; although the four World Suppressing Steles were not real Heavenly Steles, they also contained a considerable amount of life-creating Power of Creation, and what's more, they possessed some of the might of the true Heavenly Steles. The Spirit Controllers really went all out to provide for the Celestial World trial, but in the end, everything benefited Sun Wukong.

First, he buried the four different World Suppressing Steles one kilometer deep underground at the four directions of Flower Fruit Mountain. The reason for burying them so deep was partly for fear that someone would accidentally discover these four steles, and if they stole the steles, the great formation would certainly be broken. Additionally, the location one kilometer underground was one that very few could reach. Second, Sun Wukong not only wished for Flower Fruit Mountain to become a gathering place for spiritual energy but also hoped that the Pangu Realm could seize the opportunity to evolve. After all, with the Heavenly Dao of Pangu Realm now gone, to ascend to an intermediate world, as long as the realm's spiritual energy density reached that of an intermediate level world, it would successfully ascend with the help of cosmic rules, and at that time, a new Heavenly Dao would be born.

Although the Heavenly Dao of Pangu Realm became autonomously conscious due to the infection and did many things, this was only an exception. Every world needs the existence of a Heavenly Dao for the orderly and normal development of the world; otherwise, without the Heavenly Dao, everything would gradually become chaotic. Fortunately, the current Pangu Realm does not fall into chaos due to losing the Heavenly Dao thanks to Zhu Bajie, who exceeded the normal restrictions of a small world. In many ways, Zhu Bajie has already replaced the Heavenly Dao.

After burying the four World Suppressing Steles, Sun Wukong was still a bit uneasy. He then used his space-time divine power to create a very small, separate space within the Pangu Realm next to the four World Suppressing Steles and established a channel connection with the space of Pangu Realm, then placed the World Suppressing Steles into that independent space. In this way, the four World Suppressing Steles vanished from Pangu Realm, but their function was not affected.

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"Let's see who can find them now, hehe. The formation eyes are set, next up is the construction of the formation patterns. However, what material should I use for the formation patterns?" Originally, the Four Symbols Soul Locking Great Array did not require any formation patterns, but now that Sun Wukong had expanded it into a super great array, he naturally needed formation patterns to communicate and stabilize it. After pondering, Sun Wukong took out a delicate little teapot from the mystic space. This little teapot was something he had acquired from the Crystal Palace during his time patrolling the Celestial World.

"Spirit-Control Sand, hehe, this is truly a treasure." Inside the teapot was not tea but a kind of sand called Spirit-Control Sand, which had an extremely powerful ability to restrain and store spiritual power. A single grain of Spirit-Control Sand could store and lock away the spiritual power of beings from Unity Dao to Dao Transformation level. This substance was originally meant for the creation of a sealing magic treasure, but now Sun Wukong used it as the formation patterns for the Soul Locking Great Array, which was an extravagant waste, but since he didn't own these items in the first place, he naturally didn't feel pained in using them. Even if they were his, Sun Wukong would be willing to use them for Flower Fruit Mountain.

Using the Spirit-Control Sand and spacing it one kilometer apart, Sun Wukong connected the four World Suppressing Steles into a square, and beneath it, he also completed the construction of the not-too-complex formation patterns with Spirit-Control Sand. "The formation eyes are set, the formation patterns are built, and now only the last step remains. Hehe, I am indeed a genius!" Having finished, Sun Wukong immediately flew back to the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave located halfway up Flower Fruit Mountain.

Once Sun Wukong descended from the mountain summit, all the demons that had gathered had already returned. According to Peng Demon King's intention, he wanted the demons to pay homage to Sun Wukong's elegance, but Sun Wukong stopped this. Helpless, Peng Demon King disperses the demon clans, with only the five of them accompanying Sun Wukong. As for the Monkey Tribe, all those of lesser generations or born after Sun Wukong had left also dispersed, leaving only about twenty or so old monkeys following behind Sun Wukong. These twenty or so old monkeys were all present when Sun Wukong was born. Because Sun Wukong forcefully erased their names from the Book of Life and Death in the Netherworld, all those monkeys from that time were granted eternal youth.

But immortality does not mean invincibility. After the multiple perils faced at Flower Fruit Mountain, only about twenty of the monkeys whose names were crossed off from the Book of Life and Death remained. Although they were immortal, their cultivation levels were quite poor after a thousand years. Seeing the twenty or so old monkeys and a few others, including Peng Demon King, waiting for him, Sun Wukong let out a hearty laugh and said, "Just wait for me a moment, there's one final step left!"

As soon as he had spoken, Sun Wukong landed on top of his bluestone statue's head and took out the Jingu Bang. He began to carve some strange symbols on the top of the bluestone statue's head. Some of these symbols were familiar, others new. As Wukong carved, he muttered to himself, "First, the Life Baptism from the Chaos Five Decisions, as the most basic. Then the Spirit Summoning from the Nine Decisions right in the center. This way, once the Great Formation is activated, this statue will become the center of it all, and all the Spiritual Energy will converge upon this statue. A Life Baptism combined with Spirit Summoning, heh heh, let's give everyone quite the surprise!"

After finishing all the symbols, Sun Wukong dropped a spot of fresh blood onto them and then flipped off the statue. However, when he saw the flag nearby, another thought struck him, and with a flick of his hand, a flagpole more than two meters tall and aquamarine in color appeared in his hand.

"The Vast Marsh Banner, I have Yue Huangquan to thank for this. I thought it useless to me at first, but now it comes in handy," said Sun Wukong as he placed the Vast Marsh Banner on top of the flagpole of the Great Sage Equalling Heaven-flag, which was almost as thick as he was. Subsequently, the Vast Marsh Banner turned into a streak of aquamarine light and merged into the Great Sage Equalling Heaven-flag. Although there was no visible change after the integration, Sun Wukong knew it was successful. With the Vast Marsh Banner in place, Flower Fruit Mountain would gradually become the center of all destiny within the Pangu Realm, and the land itself would become incredibly solid.

With the protection of the Vast Marsh Banner, Flower Fruit Mountain was now impervious to both fire and water.

Having completed all this, Sun Wukong then entered the Water Curtain Cave with others accompanying him. The inside of the cave had hardly changed at all compared to before, which made Sun Wukong quite emotional.

For a full three days, Sun Wukong did not step foot outside Flower Fruit Mountain. By day he would play around the mountain with Peng Demon King, the monkeys, their offspring, and Fan Xin, and by night, he would revel with the demons, drinking deeply and feasting heartily – truly indulgent. These three days were the most carefree Sun Wukong had had since the journey to the Western Paradise, without needing to worry about plots and schemes or enemies, just eating, drinking and laughing heartily. These same three days were also the happiest Fan Xin had been since transforming.

But Sun Wukong had not forgotten what he needed to do. On the fourth day back at Flower Fruit Mountain, Wukong left alone. Despite everyone's reluctance to see him go, Sun Wukong was very determined. However, Ye Zi and Ye Wu decided to stay behind at Flower Fruit Mountain. With their frank personalities, they had formed a bond with everyone after just a few drinks and had become brothers with everyone within the span of these three days. Plus, being demons themselves, they fit right in.

Even Peng Demon King had asked Sun Wukong to bring back Bull Demon King later, to take Ye Zi and Ye Wu with them, along with Yang Jian, so they could all become sworn brothers again. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Starting Point (qidian.com) with your recommendation tickets and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)