I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie! Chapter 829

And... Phoenix, Hiyoumaru, and Luo Hao, two women and one fox, continued toward the place where Sun Wukong was sealed.

Western Heavenly Palace was not in Tokyo, but in Kyoto.

Don't be fooled by the fact that both names contained "kyo"; they were actually quite far apart.

Kyoto had been Japan's Imperial Capital before the Meiji Restoration. Yet for hundreds of years before that, the emperor had merely been a puppet of the shogunate.

After the Meiji Restoration, the emperor moved the capital to Edo, which was now Tokyo.

Tokyo was quite far from Kyoto for ordinary people, but for Phoenix and Luo Hao, it was only a short journey.

Unlike Tokyo, a modern international metropolis, Kyoto still retained many buildings from centuries ago.

Especially since Kyoto had not suffered any major destructive attacks for hundreds of years, most of those things had been preserved intact, making it something of a tourist city.

On Kyoto's outskirts stood a shrine that did not appear on any map and accepted no tourists.

The shrine was called "Western Heavenly Palace."

This palace took its name from Journey to the West's "pilgrimage to the Western Heaven." It had also been built for that monkey known throughout the world—his place of sealing.

Although Journey to the West was merely a novel rather than a myth, it was simply too well known. After several centuries, everyone had heard of Journey to the West, and it had become mythology.

After all, the Gods of Disobedience in this world existed through fame and faith.

If no one knew of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong would never have appeared or become a God of Disobedience.

However, before heading to Western Heavenly Palace, Phoenix and Luo Hao first went to dine at an upscale hotel.

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