Monkey Brother Did It, So Can I

"Among those mediocrities in Heaven, many are inferior to me, and few surpass me."

Monkey Brother had first used those words in Journey to the West to judge Erlang Shen, while in Black Myth, Erlang Shen used them to judge Monkey Brother. The two could be said to admire each other mutually.

Based on that alone, earning Erlang Shen's approval was no easy matter.

As one of the Three Arch-Rebels of the Heavenly Court, Erlang Shen possessed overwhelmingly formidable combat power. In terms of status, aside from the many offices he held, his primary duty was to serve as the Heavenly Court's special enforcer, dispatched to suppress heretics and evil demons. He only handled field operations and beat people down; passing judgment had nothing to do with him. Thus, the standard he used to assess qualifications naturally aligned with his own duties.

As for Cheng Tian, ever since he had used Vampire Killer to whip the first zombie to pieces, the targets of his slaughter had basically been limited to demons, monsters, ghosts, and freaks. He had never shown mercy.

Of course, that alone was not enough. After all, most players in Chosen Space did the same thing. The difference between them was merely the number of monsters they had killed. The other factor that could determine Erlang Shen's approval was clearly Cheng Tian's Tai Chi True Eye, awakened through the Mutated Prefrontal Lobe, the embedded Sun God Gem Shard, and the sacred-demonic power granted by his fused class.

Only one whose Brow Palace had opened a Divine Eye could bear the divine power of the Heavenly Eye.

The third eye on the forehead was Erlang Shen's greatest symbol of identity, objectively more iconic than the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Halberd and Xiaotian Hound. Without a vessel capable of bearing the Heavenly