Corpse-Abandoning Protector assumed Xiang Yuan was an outsider from beyond the realm and had never heard of Bull Devil King's great name.
How could Xiang Yuan not have heard of him? Bull Devil King, the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven—along the Journey to the West storyline, he was one of the few ruthless figures who could go toe-to-toe with Sun Wukong without relying on magical treasures.
The Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven—the setting spelled it out plainly: the two were evenly matched, on the same level.
When Sun Wukong fought Bull Devil King, it was like Erlang God fighting Sun Wukong. With the right timing, terrain, and support, one could gain the upper hand, but defeating the other was utterly impossible.
Xiang Yuan not only knew Bull Devil King, he knew him very well.
As a renowned underworld big brother and leader of the Seven Great Sages, Bull Devil King was either attending a feast every day or on his way to one. In the chapters where he appeared most often, he was getting beaten up.
Though he was always getting beaten up, the other side had numbers, an all-star lineup, and no martial ethics whatsoever. It was not a defeat of his own making, and the Bull-Headed War God's reputation remained untarnished.
Besides, Corpse-Abandoning Protector had not been wrong—Bull Devil King really was a kept man.
Corpse-Abandoning Protector said that tens of thousands of miles west lay Thunder Accumulation Mountain, Bull Devil King's territory. Those who knew, knew: Cloud-Touching Cave on Thunder Accumulation Mountain was Jade-Faced Princess's residence. The fox spirit was beautiful and wealthy, and afraid thieves would covet her, so she practically threw her family fortune at Bull Devil King to recruit him as her husband.
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