"I haven't seen such a weak Demon King in hundreds of years."

Immortal Zhenyuan looked at the one-horned demon king tied to the pillar and spoke.

In his memory, Demon Kings were all from Huaguo Mountain, each educated by Sun Wukong and not to be underestimated.

"Brother, why not let me teach it?"

Suggested Immortal Zhenyuan.

"No hurry."

Sun Wukong gazed at the city.

He had been here for a day, and the city had been thoroughly cleansed.

The demons dared not resist and were all tied up, while the rescued humans were earnestly tidying up the city.

Sun Wukong planned to make this place his permanent residence.

"How shall we deal with these demons?"

Asked Immortal Zhenyuan.

The humans in the city wished nothing more than to kill these demons, but without Sun Wukong's command, they dared not act.

Sun Wukong contemplated how to deal with these demons.

Immortal Zhenyuan proactively suggested, "Cultivation is not easy, these demons at least possess battle strength, if they are willing to submit, brother, perhaps spare their lives."

Sun Wukong looked at Immortal Zhenyuan unexpectedly, not anticipating such a suggestion from him.

He nodded slightly and presented the conditions for submission to the demons.

These demons had committed grave sins; though death could be spared, punishment was inevitable. As a condition for submission, Sun Wukong required them to accumulate good deeds, never again to consume humans or do evil.

The demons naturally agreed.

"If you agree, then accept the oath."

Sun Wukong's right hand traced through the air, and in the next moment, countless glimmers formed endless Immortal Talismans.

"Go!"

With a wave of his hand, the Immortal Talismans fell onto the demons, provoking wisps of mist.

Immediately, some demons screamed within the mist, their bodies igniting in flames, burning to ashes.

The demons were thrown into chaos.

"Don't panic."

Sun Wukong said coldly, "If you harbor no second thoughts, the flames will not burn you."

The panicked demons gradually calmed down.

Upon closer inspection, they realized the Immortal Talismans indeed did not ignite on them; as long as they truly submitted to Sun Wukong, the Immortal Talismans would integrate into their bodies and manifest as a ring of fire above their heads.

"What kind of spell is this?"

Immortal Zhenyuan watched in astonishment as the ring of fire appeared above the demons' heads.

He had never seen such a spell before.

"Tightening Spell."

Sun Wukong said indifferently, "Should they commit evil in the future, they will undoubtedly be burnt to death."

Immortal Zhenyuan was inwardly shocked.

"There is one more."

Sun Wukong turned around, looking at the one-horned demon king: "Your karmic hindrances are even deeper."

"A gentleman can be killed, but not insulted, I will not submit!"

The one-horned demon king bellowed, "Just kill me!"

"You have spirit."

Sun Wukong nodded slightly, then looked at the humans in the city.

These humans had suffered at the hands of the demons, and seeing Sun Wukong sparing so many demons, they were both anxious and fearful.

Sun Wukong knew that if he did not give them some sort of explanation, they would find it hard to completely trust him.

After pondering, Sun Wukong handed the one-horned demon king over to the humans for judgment.

Having resolved the matter with the demons, Sun Wukong sent the Heavenly Dog to search for Xingtian's head.

The Heavenly Dog left the city and sniffed around the surrounding mountains.

After a long search, it shook its head at Sun Wukong: "Can't find it."

"Is that so?"

Sun Wukong sat on the clouds, but with his Eyes of Golden Flame, he saw something else.

The ground's mountains formed a squared shape, and the underground Spirit Veins crisscrossed, resembling a vast net.

"There's something fishy here."

Sun Wukong closed his eyes, intently sensing the flow of Spiritual Energy beneath the ground.

On the earth, Spiritual Energy flowed through the lush roots of grass and trees, nourishing the land. There were not just one or two Spirit Veins but nineteen horizontal and nineteen vertical ones.

Sun Wukong was taken aback in his mind, these Spiritual Energies had formed a massive chessboard!

His brows slightly furrowed as he continued to sense and discovered points within the Spirit Veins where Spiritual Energies converged, emitting astonishing auras.

And these convergence points, scattered across the chessboard, resembled chess pieces.

It was an unfinished game of Go.

"So that's how it is..."

Sun Wukong suddenly thought of the Jade Emperor.

"If he were here, he would be overjoyed."

Sun Wukong thought to himself.

This unfinished game had no distinction between black and white pieces, and it would take a tremendous effort to speculate the exact situation of the game.

The Jade Emperor would certainly relish such a challenge.

Sun Wukong opened his eyes: "It seems like something is hidden beneath these mountain ranges."

"Hidden?"

The Heavenly Dog asked, "Is it Xingtian's head?"

"Possibly."

Sun Wukong nodded: "We must first solve the Go puzzle that sealed it to find out."

"Go puzzle?"

The Heavenly Dog wore a puzzled look, as it couldn't see any chessboard.

Sun Wukong returned to the city, where Immortal Zhenyuan was having humans wash the Heavenly Horse, bundle grass, drink water, and cook fodder.

It seemed that the Immortal had a particular fondness for this Heavenly Horse.

Sun Wukong thought in his mind, then told Immortal Zhenyuan what he had seen.

"Can't younger brother forcefully break the Barrier?"

Immortal Zhenyuan asked.

That chessboard was a Barrier, with Sun Wukong's strength, he should be able to forcefully break it.

"That Barrier is no ordinary one, breaking it by force might harm what's inside."

Sun Wukong replied.

Immortal Zhenyuan frowned: "Then what should we do?"

"Just by finishing the unfinished Go game, we can unlock the Barrier."

Sun Wukong replied: "Observing the situation of the unfinished game, it shouldn't be difficult."

"If that's the case, what can I do?"

Immortal Zhenyuan inquired.

Sun Wukong promptly said: "I will stay here to study the unfinished game; please find me a chessboard to deduce the game."

Of course, the chessboard he required was no ordinary chessboard, but an Immortal Chessboard that could contain Spiritual Energy.

Immortal Zhenyuan also had learned Artifact Refining Technique, crafting such a chessboard wouldn't be difficult for him.

"Rest assured, younger brother."

Immortal Zhenyuan immediately agreed: "I will go find the materials right away."

He borrowed the Heavenly Horse from Sun Wukong and left the city.

After leaving the city, Immortal Zhenyuan traveled through many countries, inquiring with various emperors, and finally arrived at a Mountain called Xiuyu Mountain.

"There is a kind of stone on this mountain, the size of quail eggs, colorful with patterns."

The leading human Taoist introduced to Immortal Zhenyuan: "During the era of the Brahma Void Heavenly Court, there was a Heavenly Venerate named Emperor Tai who enjoyed playing Go. He used it to make chessboards and chess pieces."

These stones were also known as Emperor Tai's Go Stones.

Immortal Zhenyuan found Emperor Tai's Go Stones, which contained Immortal Energy and was impervious to poisonous heat and foul qi; they were natural Immortal Stones.

"Excellent."

Immortal Zhenyuan didn't expect to find such fine stones in this world, he couldn't help feeling some joy: "I want to use these stones to make a chessboard for my younger brother."

He immediately instructed people to collect many of Emperor Tai's Go Stones, set up a Giant Cauldron on Xiuyu Mountain, and called over the Heavenly Dog to use its True Sun Fire spit out to start refining the chessboard.

The process took seven days and seven nights; by the time the Heavenly Dog could no longer spit out True Fire, the chessboard was shaped.

Immortal Zhenyuan took out the chessboard, refined many chess pieces, and brought them all to Sun Wukong.

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