Gungun had always adhered to one principle: after accomplishing something major, no matter what, a good, blissful rest was in order.
That was precisely what Gungun was doing now, soaking in a bath in the Heavenly Court's Waterside Pavilion. Two beautiful female immortals scrubbed Gungun's back, while several others knelt nearby with Spirit Fruit and Immortal Wine. Amid such comforts, Gungun remembered that today marked the tenth year since Bai Suzhen had entered Flower-Fruit Mountain and decided to check on things there, as though watching a livestream. Who would have thought...
Not only did Gungun see Bai Suzhen kiss that wild monkey before leaving, but that damned monkey actually had the gall to boast that he would defeat every Iron-Eating Beast in the world.
Arrogant! Far too arrogant!
Don't forget you're just a monkey! With ambitions that lofty, aren't you afraid you'll fail to achieve them and spend the rest of your life wallowing in despair?
"Hmph!" Gungun snorted, then spat at the Haotian Mirror. A peach pit shot into it, sending ripples across its surface.
The monkey, who was bounding through Flower-Fruit Mountain, suddenly took a hit to the forehead from something that had flown out of nowhere. With a scream, he fell from midair and landed face-first in the dirt.
"Hahaha! Look, teaching a monkey a lesson is just that easy for an Iron-Eating Beast. Before the great Iron-Eating Beasts, creatures like monkeys are only fit to lie on the ground and entertain us bears. Wouldn't you say I'm right?" Seeing the monkey's miserable state, Gungun laughed so hard that a great belly shook, then smugly addressed the female immortals behind the bath.
At those words, the female immortals hurried to respond, one after another.
"Your Majesty's divine might eclipses the world! That ignorant monkey dared to boast