While the two were talking, the White Ape had already landed, showing not the slightest unease around strangers.
Nor did he flee in panic. Instead, he respectfully cupped his hands and said in human speech, "Little monster Yuan Hong pays his respects to several seniors!"
Styx gave a slight nod. "You're quite clever. But why do you call yourself a monster?"
"Uh..." The question left Yuan Hong at a loss for words.
Ever since Di Jun established the Monster Race, spirit beasts, spirit birds, and the like had all called themselves monsters. He had merely followed the others' example.
Styx shook his head slightly and chuckled. "You're not a monster."
"What do you mean, senior?" Yuan Hong asked in confusion. If I'm not a monster, then what am I?
Styx did not keep him in suspense and explained the origins of the Four Mixed-World Monkeys.
"Your main body was nurtured from the Chaos Demon Ape and the Earth Origin, one of the Four Symbols from the creation of heaven and earth."
"You're considered an existence between an Innate Demon God and an Innate Divine Being. You have nothing to do with monsters."
Yuan Hong was dumbfounded. Pointing at himself, he stammered, "So that means I'm the Vast-Arm Ape Monkey?"
Styx nodded with a smile in his eyes.
"Then why don't I have any Innate Inheritance?" Yuan Hong asked in confusion.
He knew that whether they were Innate Demon Gods, Innate Divine Beings, or even Innate Beings, they all possessed Innate Inheritance.
Yet aside from his innate divine abilities, Shrink Thousand Mountains and Grasp Sun and Moon, he had no other Innate Inheritance.
Styx stroked his chin, also somewhat puzzled. It seemed that aside from the Six-Eared Macaque possessing a small portion of Innate Inheritance, the other monkeys indeed had no