What the Gods, Buddhas, Demons, and Monsters of the Black Myth world sought was, in essence, spiritual essence. Even their persecution of Monkey Brother was, in a sense, for the same reason.
As a stone monkey born of heaven and earth, Monkey Brother had gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth ever since his birth. He was an exceptionally rare Special Individual who continuously produced spiritual essence without even needing to deliberately extract or absorb it. Few beings in the Three Realms did not covet him.
It could even be said that Monkey Brother's role in the Black Myth world made him the true Golden Cicada. Let alone the six relics his body had split into after death—even fragments of stone from his body were brimming with spiritual essence. However, compared to Tang Sanzang's flesh, stone fragments from the monkey's original body were much harder to use. If the one refining them lacked sufficient strength, they could very likely suffer backlash and be eroded instead.
Of course, Erlang Shen had clearly tampered with the distribution of Monkey Brother's six senses in secret. Every holder had been carefully selected, each one powerful enough to dominate a region. Whether they preserved them according to the agreement or went to great lengths to refine them, they were actually helping Monkey Brother retain the opportunity to return. The other Gods, Buddhas, Demons, and Monsters found it difficult to interfere casually as well.
But the gold coins that had burst from the Human-Racial Bag were entirely different!
Already among the strongest treasures, it was an immensely powerful artifact with refining capabilities. After falling into Yellow Eyebrow's hands, who knew how many living beings it had refined, turning them into pure spiritual essence? Yellow Eyebrow himself was simply too weak—he could not even cultivate a