Xiao Tian valued this disciple greatly. The monkey had ties of cause and effect with Nuwa and possessed extraordinary natural gifts, so Xiao Tian naturally favored him a little more.
Sealing his immortal body and divine abilities had all been meant to temper his character. Now, Xiao Tian watched him sail out to sea on a crude wooden raft. Of course, the raft was made of spirit wood and had been simply refined into an artifact.
Along the way, Xiao Tian personally created many trials, even arranging for some minor earth immortal monsters to harass the monkey.
During this time, Xiao Tian personally sought out Lu Ya. The instant Lu Ya took out the Immortal-Slaying Calabash, it flew uncontrollably straight into Xiao Tian's hand.
Xiao Tian did not bully him any further. After taking the Immortal-Slaying Calabash, he released Da Yi. Unfortunately, the consciousness within Da Yi's primordial spirit had already been erased, and he had been refined into the most formidable treasure spirit within the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife.
Xiao Tian did not let that trouble him and reconstructed a body for Da Yi's primordial spirit. Fortunately, his Creation from Nothing had already reached perfection. Otherwise, rebuilding Da Yi's body would have been far too difficult.
Over the next three hundred-odd years, Xiao Tian treated him like an infant, teaching him patiently and helping him regain his intelligence. He took him as a disciple, making him his eldest disciple. Da Yi was honest and simplehearted. After awakening in this life, he preferred an axe as his weapon and had now taken on the guise of a woodcutter.
He guided the monkey, who had drifted at sea for nine full years, into the Crescent Moon Three-Star Cave on the Mountain of the Heart and Mind, which was also the Double-Yolk Universe