Incense smoke curled through the spacious, luxurious Rosewood carriage.
Zi JI closed the final page of the manuscript and let out a long, fragrant breath. Her eyes were full of wonder.
"I never imagined that little head of yours held such a vast and uncanny world, Little Monkey."
When Wukong had first started writing, he had deliberately kept it from Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts to be safe.
But times had changed. His standing among the Soul Beasts was now second only to the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian, even a shade higher than the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's.
With that confidence behind him, Wukong no longer had such concerns. A few days earlier, as he prepared to leave for Spirit Hall, he had laid his cards on the table and told everyone that he was the "Heaven-Equal Deity" whose name had shaken the continent.
Zi JI had not reacted much when she heard.
After all, she spent most of her time in the Star Dou Great Forest and had little interest in human storybooks.
She neither knew of nor had read Wukong's Divine Realm series.
But Rou, a die-hard fan, had gone completely wild.
"What!? You're the Heaven-Equal Deity?"
"The Heaven-Equal Deity who wrote God Realm Legend?"
Wukong had smiled and nodded.
"Yes, that's me..."
Rou had rushed straight up to him, grabbed his shoulders, and shaken him hard.
"Oh my god! My favorite author was you all along!"
"Do you know I wait for your new books every single day?"
"..."
Rou had been so excited she could barely string a sentence together. Her questions came one after another.
Only two hours later had her excitement finally begun to subside.
Seeing Xiao Rou so enthralled, Zi JI had grown curious too and asked for a set