Sun Wukong had seen birds before, but never one this enormous. Who could stand a bird this huge? It was not as though Sun Wukong had never visited the South Heaven Gate, but he had never seen such a massive bird there. Back when he wrought Havoc in Heaven, he had fought his way in through the South Heaven Gate. No one understood the South Heaven Gate better than he did. Moreover, those three enormous words were especially conspicuous. This was the South Heaven Gate!
He had not come to the wrong place.
The Four Heavenly Kings of the South Heaven Gate were gone, as were the gate-guarding heavenly soldiers. Before him stood only this bird, so huge it defied description. If not for the particularly conspicuous three words, South Heaven Gate—
Sun Wukong would have doubted whether he had come to the wrong place. When Kunpeng heard this damned monkey calling him "such a huge bird," he immediately became displeased. Was he a bird? Was he some huge bird? Please, do not use "bird," much less "huge bird," to insult him.
He was Kunpeng!
An existence standing at the pinnacle of the Three Realms.
A mere monkey had described him as a bird—and even called him a huge bird. This was an insult, a naked insult beyond words.
"Monkey, do you have any manners?"
"I am not a bird at all. I am Kunpeng!" Human words came from Kunpeng's beak.
"Damn, this bird can talk?"
Sun Wukong froze upon hearing that, thoroughly shocked. This bird could actually speak. Truly terrifying.
But the moment the words left Sun Wukong's mouth—
He quickly realized a problem.
This bird belonged to the Heavenly Court.
Was it not perfectly normal for it to speak? It was not some mortal bird from the lower