Meanwhile, something major had also happened to Monkey. He and Ji Zi had yet to return and were still training beyond Starry Sky Ancient Road's 108th Pass.
Ji Zi had done so to avoid Undying Mountain. He bore a deep grudge against Undying Mountain and had followed Jiang Ming's advice, patiently developing himself in the starry sky.
As for Holy Prince, he was searching for the Immortal Emperor. He suspected that his father had been killed by the Immortal Emperor, and this was later confirmed. Ye Fan had specifically sent two Saint King-level followers to deliver him the news.
However, Monkey had in fact provoked enormous trouble. Over the past few years, he had repeatedly brushed with death. Fortunately, Heavenly Jade Saintess had helped him once. If she had not happened to be training nearby that time, several Great Saint Realm friends close to him would likely have died without burial grounds.
Monkey was now at the Great Saint Fourth Heaven.
But the being he had offended was the ancestor of the Teng Snake Lineage, an Old Teng Snake who had nearly succeeded in breaking through to Quasi-Emperor. At the crucial moment, Monkey had barged into Teng Snake Star and ruined his plans.
This Old Teng Snake had failed his breakthrough and was stuck at ninety percent of the Quasi-Emperor level, unable to fully enter it. Yet he had not undergone Dao Transformation after failing and had survived.
Thus, this Old Teng Snake possessed nearly the combat strength of the Quasi-Emperor First Heavenly Layer. He was himself an Eight Prohibitions expert and, after narrowly surviving death, had even touched the Divine Forbidden Realm. Carrying the Teng Snake Lineage's Quasi-Emperor Armament and a Quasi-Emperor Killing Formation Diagram, he searched everywhere for Monkey. He would even mercilessly slaughter living beings friendly with