"They say that five hundred years ago, a monkey immortal first raised havoc in the Underworld, then threw Western Heaven into chaos. He knocked the lofty gods and Buddhas down to the mortal world and tore the ranks of high and low fixed in the Underworld's Register to shreds! That broke a great taboo! So the gods and Buddhas across the heavens joined forces to destroy him. But the monkey immortal had already cultivated an indestructible body. Unable to kill him, they sealed him beneath a mountain! An ancestor of this old man saw it with his own eyes. He said heaven and earth split apart, like the end of the world!"
On a mountain path, an old hunter sat on a stone platform and told his tale.
"You mean the monkey trapped beneath the mountain... that monkey immortal?" Chen Yi asked, unable to keep from looking back.
"That's the one!" The old hunter chewed a hemp leaf, his face full of feeling. "He was sealed beneath that mountain before this old man was born. Winters came and summers went, through wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Decades passed, and he still looked the same. A true immortal, if ever there was one."
Chen Yi nodded, his expression grave.
Just now, several ferocious giants had attacked, and the Mind Monkey had burst out of the mountain to fight them, opening Chen Yi's eyes. He had wanted to investigate, but his modest mortal Martial Path could not withstand even the aftershocks of their battle. A gust had blown him away and dropped him into this forest. Luckily, he had landed in the grass without breaking any bones.
When the fighting ended, devastation lay all around, and the mountains and rivers had changed shape. He searched in the direction he remembered, but no