This was the Ninefold Heavenly Palace. Though many more heavens lay above it, dark clouds had suddenly gathered, lightning flashing and thunder roaring, only to scatter the very next moment and leave brilliant sunshine behind. No matter how one looked at it, something seemed wrong. And this strange phenomenon had occurred right above the Heavenly Emperor Palace, making it all the more baffling.
I'll go ask Second Brother, Yang Chan thought. Then she hurriedly finished the work in her hands and slipped away during her shift to find her second brother at the Judicial Temple.
It was only because Gungun was being lenient with her, mindful that she would someday bear a fine son who could help verify the matter of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe. Had she dared behave like this in any other hall, she would have been taught a lesson in no time.
Inside the great hall.
Gungun was helping the Six-Eared Macaque stabilize his cultivation realm when he suddenly sensed something. He turned to look in a certain direction, his big, chubby face twitching slightly.
That girl is an attending deity! To put it plainly, she's the maid who serves me. Yet here she is, acting like she's the master, leaving whenever she pleases. Are you really not afraid I'll dock your pay?
Once Chenxiang is born, I'll pin you beneath Mount Hua and never let you out! Gungun thought.
Then he continued using his divine ability to help the Six-Eared Macaque stabilize his realm.
Meanwhile, at the Imperial Horse Bureau.
The chief clerk and the head of the strongmen soon hurried back.
"Well? What's happening out there?" The Assistant Director glanced at the still-unconscious Sun Wukong, pulled the two aside, and asked in a low voice.
"Sir, this is incredible. That... that monkey really