Chapter 223: Proclaim to the Three Realms! Ten Thousand Paths Roar! I Am the Dao!

Sun Wukong's voice sounded like the first spring thunder under the new Heavenly Dao.

It does not have the tyranny and imposing pressure of Hongjun's Words Follow Law.

Yet it carries a penetrating force that reaches straight into the depths of the soul, awakening the deepest longing in countless Living Beings.

Nan Shan Bu Zhou, a city of Mortals.

A tenant, constantly oppressed by a tyrannical landlord and nearly broken in the spine, heard this call in his sleep.

He saw that mist‑wreathed, ethereal mountain suffused with celestial aura.

He saw the towering Monkey King, holding a Tiěbàng.

"Longing for Freedom… unwilling to be bound by destiny…"

He muttered to himself, startled awake from the dream.

The next day, when that tyrannical landlord again came with his retainers to collect rent and tried to seize his only daughter.

The man who had been cowardly all his life saw the flame of resistance ignite in his eyes for the first time.

He gained no magical power.

But he gripped his hoe tightly, using all his strength to strike the landlord he had never even dared to look at straight.

He will fight!

Even if it means death, he will die standing!

Bei Ju Lu Zhou, deep within the mountain range where demonic qi soars to the heavens.

A wolf demon who had cultivated for a thousand years yet could never take form, only to be enslaved by greater demons, also heard this voice.

It lay curled in a corner of its cave dwelling, licking the fresh wounds on its body, its eyes filled with despair.

It did not understand why, having never harmed anyone and only seeking peaceful cultivation, it had to suffer such oppression.

"Seeking this path home…"

In the wolf demon's ears, Sun Wukong's words echoed.

An unprecedented surge of courage rose from its heart.

It will leave this place!

It will go to find the place called "Mount Huaguo"!

It will go to find the king called "Great Sage Equal to Heaven"!

Such scenes play out continuously in every corner of the Three Realms.

Humans, demons, devils, ghosts…

Countless Living Beings who once struggled under the old order, seeing no hope, have had the spark in their hearts ignited.

Sun Wukong did not directly grant them power.

He only gave them a choice, a direction, a hope.

What he seeks is not a flock of followers who only know how to kneel before him.

What he seeks is a band of warriors daring to punch fate!

Sun Wukong sits cross‑legged on the summit of Mount Huaguo, his divine thoughts enveloping the Three Realms, quietly watching it all.

He begins to preach.

He transforms his insight into the Way of the Equal Heaven into billions of streams of light, scattering them into the Chaos Realm.

"What is Equal Heaven?"

"It is not to make you live as long as Heaven, but to have you not worship gods and Buddhas, and not believe in destiny!"

"Your fate is in your own hands!"

"Go fight! Go seize! Go break all restraints!"

He again blends the true meaning of the Void left by Master Bodhi Patriarch into the laws of the new Heavenly Dao.

"What is Void?"

"It is not destruction, it is not emptiness."

"Rather, it is for you to see through illusion, sever cause and effect, and return to your true self!"

"Forget the false heavens woven by gods and Buddhas for you, forget the predetermined tracks laid out by destiny for you!"

"When there is no god or Buddha in your heart, no reverence, you become your own god!"

"When all things return to nothingness, liberation is attained!"

This is the Dao that Master Bodhi Patriarch truly wishes to convey!

It is not to let all beings perish, but to free them from the spiritual cage into true emancipation!

As Sun Wukong's preaching spreads.

The Three Realms began to undergo earth‑shattering changes.

The temples that once thrived with incense became utterly deserted.

People no longer kneel before the clay statues of deities.

A swordsman began to keep his sword as companion day and night; what he pursued was the Sword Dao of unity between man and blade.

A painter set out to travel mountains and rivers; what he pursued was the Painting Dao that captures the beauty of heaven and earth on the brush.

A farmer began to study the four seasons; what he pursued was the Farming Dao that yields crops imbued with the true meaning of life.

…

Hundreds of schools clamor!

Ten thousand Paths bloom together!

Under the old Heavenly Dao, only the path of "Obedience" could be taken.

Yet under Sun Wukong's new Heavenly Dao, every road can reach the heavens!

Every pursuit, every passion, if taken to the extreme, can become a kind of "Dao".

The whole Chaos Realm has never been so full of vitality.

Yao stood beside Sun Wukong, looking at this splendid scene of myriad Dao contending, her eyes filled with shock.

She, with her own 【Illusory Dream Great Dao】, wove countless illusionary realms for these nascent "Dao".

Let that swordsman, in the dream, duel with myriad sword immortals.

Let that painter, in the dream, personally depict the birth of the stars.

Her Dao became the best aid under the new Heavenly Dao.

Sun Wukong's gaze pierced the void.

He saw it.

In every corner of the Chaos Realm, one brilliant point of light after another is lighting up.

Each point of light represents a "freedom variable" that has broken free from the shackles of fate and found its own path.

They are all the new "Equal Heaven"!

Sun Wukong laughed.

Laughed from the heart.

He finally understood his Master's painstaking efforts from years ago.

Master did not want him to overthrow the Heavenly Dao alone.

But to make him that spark, to ignite the whole Chaos Realm!

He is not fighting alone.

Behind him stand billions upon billions of those who dare to punch Heaven, the "Equal Heaven"!

Master's grand wish has truly been fulfilled at this moment.

The new Three Realms, the new Chaos Realm, under Sun Wukong's sovereignty, have entered a true rebirth.

In this era, there will no longer be oppression by the supreme Heavenly Dao.

Only infinite possibilities of "Freedom" and "Variable"!

Sun Wukong's state of mind, at this moment, also attained ultimate perfection.

He slowly withdrew his gaze; in those Fiery Golden Eyes, no longer ferocity and malice, only endless depth and tranquility remained.

He is no longer that rebellious monkey of the old order.

He is the founder and guardian deity of the new order.

However.

Just as the whole Chaos Realm was immersed in the joy of this rebirth,

Sun Wukong's gaze suddenly narrowed.

He looked toward the distant direction of the Samsara Dao.

There, an extreme Deathly Silence and evil were silently swelling.

At the same time, he also did not forget that, after the healed rift in the heavenly canopy, that more terrifying existence that had once given a warning.

Peace, merely temporary.

The true storm has not yet descended.

Sun Wukong slowly rose to his feet and lifted the Golden Cudgel.

His gaze was calm and resolute.

"Come on."

"No matter who you are."

"I, Old Sun, and this brand-new Three Realms await you."