In the square before the Island Lord's Palace on Purple Thorn Island.
Three figures descended.
Dongguan, clad in black armor, led the way, followed by the silver-winged Luo Feng and Ape-Man True Yan King.
"You two, come in." The moment they arrived, a voice came from the palace.
"Go in first. Once you've registered your identities and chosen your residences, we can talk."
Dongguan looked at the two, marveling at their good luck.
Back then, he had waited a full eight years. Yet when Luo Feng and True Yan King arrived, the Purple Thorn Island Lord was awake.
"To turn in the bounty mission, just go straight to the Ancestral God." A voice transmission rang in Dongguan's ears.
Ancestral God Palace.
Dongguan came here once again and met the Two-Faced Ancestral God.
He took the space-time amber sealing the blood-colored figure out of his Space Ring.
"Ancestral God, I'd like to ask: does this fellow really have 10,081 clones?" Dongguan asked.
"What did you discover?" The Ancestral God's gaze sharpened.
"You should know I have methods involving cause and effect."
"That is a gift from the origin of the Primal Universe," the Ancestral God said.
"My investigation found four more than the Star Map showed. One of them is this-" "Hmm?" The Ancestral God closed his eyes and communicated with the origin of the Primal Universe.
"Indeed, that fellow has more than 10,081 clones. There should be four more, making 10,085 in total. At most, four of his clones can remain lucid. Because of the properties of that evil thing,
"when he is lucid, he can block the universe origin's probing."
"However, this can be overcome. The influence of his many clones allows him to remain concealed. Once the number of frenzied clones active outside falls to a certain level,