The news that Lu Ya, the Demon Race's Crown Prince, had stayed overnight on the Lunar Star and refused to leave soon spread, adding fuel to the gossip about "Tianpeng harassing Chang'e" and "the Heavenly Emperor still harboring feelings for Chang'e." The long-lived gods now had more to chat about over tea, indirectly raising the Heavenly Court's happiness index a little.
But inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace, Gungun, one of the central figures in all this gossip, wore a rather sour expression.
Lu Ya wanted to stay in his mother's palace. What the hell did that have to do with me? Why did you all keep chasing shadows and catching wind? I, Heavenly Emperor Gungun, devoted myself wholeheartedly to the welfare of all living beings in the Primordial World. I never even considered my own marriage. Gossiping like this was slander!
"Ah, how chilling~" Gungun shook his head and sighed.
"True Form, there's no one else here. You don't need to put on this act," Black Bear Ancestor said speechlessly, sitting inside the Merit Golden Lotus before Gungun.
"I was simply expressing my feelings. It makes no difference whether anyone else is here," Gungun said in a melancholy tone, his expression unchanged.
"Heh~"
"Anyway, let's talk business. Little White Dragon is in position too. Now we just need to wait for the right moment and have A Bei reincarnate to retrieve the true scriptures. Can you think of anything we've overlooked?" Gungun asked Black Bear, his expression turning serious.
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"Should we arrange the monsters along the Journey to the West?" Black Bear asked Gungun.
"No need. Anyone who wants to put one there will come discuss it with us. We don't need to trouble ourselves over that."
"Fair enough. In that case, there's nothing else we've