More and more divine generals emerged from the temple and closed in from both sides, surrounding Sun Wukong.
They raised their weapons. Some held blades, some spears, and some swords.
Their faces showed no expression. They simply stared coldly at Sun Wukong!
Back when the demon monkey had wreaked Havoc in Heaven, he had killed gods beyond counting. Countless among their own brothers had fallen too.
Afterward, their True Lord had set fire to Flower Fruit Mountain, scorching the land for a thousand miles. Many monkeys had burned to death.
Now that the demon monkey was free, he had turned up here out of nowhere. Had he not come looking for trouble?
Had he not come to avenge those monkeys?
Hah...
Others might fear Sun Wukong, but they did not!
Sun Wukong stood there.
He looked at them without expression.
He had once been the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He had not even feared the Jade Emperor.
When a hundred thousand divine generals and heavenly soldiers had besieged Flower Fruit Mountain, he had stood alone at its gate and beaten them into utter disarray.
Who had dared look at him like that back then?
Who had dared speak to him in that tone?
And now?
Even a handful of gate guards dared stop him, curse him, and point spears at him?
It was true!
When he had first learned from the Five Directional Guardians that Yang Jian had burned Flower Fruit Mountain, he had been furious. He had wanted to rush out at once, take revenge on Yang Jian, and slaughter everyone close to him!
But over those long years...
He had done more than lie pinned beneath the mountain in silence. He had also endured trials in dream after dream and come to understand many things.
The Heavenly