Above the clouds, Li Yuan watched the Bull Demon King leave in satisfaction.
He then looked down at Sun Wukong, who was bragging to his monkey descendants about what a big shot he had just befriended.
Li Yuan could not help shaking his head, a complicated smile appearing on his face.
"Ah, poor Monkey Bro. He really thinks he made a sworn brother through sheer charisma."
With a sigh, he returned to the Celestial Abode and habitually opened the TXT diary that recorded the "truth" of the Primordial World.
Monkey Bro and Bull Bro had finally become sworn brothers. This little "offline player meetup" had gone quite successfully. Seeing how happy Monkey Bro was, he had probably already begun imagining the wonderful days ahead, drinking from huge bowls, eating great hunks of meat, and roaming the Primordial World together with his brothers.
What a pity. He did not know that, in the original Primordial World, this seemingly heroic brotherhood ceremony had been a carefully orchestrated setup from beginning to end. What "no friendship without a fight"? What "heroes recognizing heroes"? It had all been scripted!
Behind the Bull Demon King stood the Interception Sect. The Jiao Demon King represented the Dragon Race. The Peng Demon King came from the Demon Master Palace... Of the Seven Great Sages, which one did not have a massive "investor" behind him? They approached Monkey Bro claiming brotherly loyalty, but all they really thought about was how much merit their own company could claim from the S-tier project known as the Journey to the West Tribulation.
Especially Big Brother Laozi, Second Brother Yuanshi, and those two scoundrels from the Western Sect. They were the masterminds behind this capitalist scheme. They had long seen through Sun Wukong's immense commercial value as the "chosen one," laying out