After Sun Wukong received the title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven and landed the cushy post of overseeing the Flat Peach Garden, he was in excellent spirits.
Every day, aside from his routine patrols of the garden, he dragged Ye Feng and a group of newly befriended Heavenly Generals around to drink and brag. His little life was wonderfully comfortable.
He was comfortable on his end, but someone else did not feel quite at ease.
A side hall of Ling Xiao Palace.
Hong Tian looked at the sight of that monkey lounging in the Flat Peach Garden with his legs crossed, gnawing on a peach pit. He shook his head, then smiled.
"He really is a monkey."
He muttered to himself, his fingers unconsciously tapping against his knee.
It was time.
Now that Sun Wukong had raised the banner of Great Sage Equaling Heaven, he had officially entered the game. What came after would be his own fortune.
Ye Feng had also found his footing at the Heavenly River. With Zhang Bairen watching over him, no major trouble could arise.
Within the Chaos Bead, the framework of the New Heavenly Court had already stabilized. Jin Huang presided over Spirit Mountain, Zhang Bairen oversaw the overall situation, and order prevailed.
As the Grand Marshal of the armed forces, he seemed to have no reason to keep lingering here and living out his retirement.
It was time to go back and take a look.
To look at that homeland about to burn through its final light and heat.
He rose without alarming anyone. With a single step, he was already on the banks of the Heavenly River.
Ye Feng was inspecting the Heavenly Soldiers under his command as they drilled formations when he suddenly sensed something. Turning back, he saw Hong Tian