442: Chapter 342 442: Chapter 342 Eryao certainly wasn’t about to let the monkey off easily, his Vine Whip constantly flinging Fireballs, and his mouth incessantly mocking the monkey.
Despite being a Demonic Beast, it didn’t speak the language of beasts but the language of humans.
“You damn monkey, daring to threaten your grandpa even while sealed, you really must be tired of living.
Look at you, you’re definitely not a good one!”
The monkey was insulted but seemed as though it wanted to leap up, yet it couldn’t jump because it was bound, and its shadow kept dodging the fireballs.
Unfortunately, since it was sealed, the area of its confinement was only so large, and the vine whip looked as if it had been burnt to a crisp like kindling, curled up in a ball, protecting its roots.
To avoid the roots getting burnt to death, it was constantly absorbing the ‘living water’ from beneath the soil, leaving the ground where it drew water parched and dry.
All the nearby soil was dry, and heated by the fireballs, very hot, very hot indeed.
The monkey felt the scorching heat from the soil, its constant jumping an attempt to reduce the pain in its monkey feet, as if craving for something other than its soul and body to be burnt.
The monkey found the sensation unbearable.
It wasn’t killed and then had its soul sealed here, so how could it feel the pain in its flesh?
“You’re not Long, what sort of dragon are you?
A fake one?
You dare to impersonate Long?”
At the monkey’s questioning, an irate Eryao rolled his eyes and retorted,
“Which eye of yours saw your grandpa as old?
Huh, your grandpa is so young, and you dare to call me old?
I’ll burn you to death, you damned monkey!”
Upon hearing this, when had the monkey ever been called a grandson before?
He was the Great Sage, Sun Wukong, from the legends.
Although his monkey legend was conjured by humans, to validate the myths in the Mortal Realm, he painstakingly practiced cultivation to become a monkey spirit.
He even followed the fairytale monkey’s path, seeking a master and learning from him, but in the world of cultivation, he became another’s pet, learning not the ability to change at will, nor to produce objects by plucking hairs as in the tales.
He also hadn’t learned more powerful spells to ascend to the heavens, nor did he have a Golden Cudgel.
Fortunately, being apprenticed to a master wasn’t disappointing; there came a day when he ascended to the Heavenly Realm with his master.
Once he reached the Heavenly Realm, he yearned to leave his master and explore the Heavenly Palace, aiming to find freedom, not wanting to remain in the realm as a lesser follower to his master.
But alas, having formed a contract, how could he truly be free?
In his relentless search for freedom, he grew angry and stirred up trouble.
Eventually, he clashed with the pets of some of the realm’s powerful figures, offending many Great Power Holder’s pets.
By the time his master realized, it was too late—they were already under attack from many offended Immortals and their Divine Beasts.
The monkey’s master regretted keeping such a restless creature close, which had now become a source of trouble.
Surrounded by many powerful beings, they assumed it was the monkey’s master who had commanded the monkey to attack their pets.
In the Immortal Realm, Immortals are so proud that they won’t bow to anyone.
How could they allow a Demonic Beast to run amok in their presence?
The monkey’s master was injured in that conflict but didn’t give up on the monkey, hoping to give him another chance to reform.
Unfortunately, the monkey…
did not repent.
Both he and his master were injured.
Once healed, why would they not seek vengeance?
So, the monkey took revenge in secret, and this time it wasn’t just about challenging—it secretly killed those who had wronged it before.
When pets were killed, their Immortal owners sensed it.
They converged on the monkey’s master, and this time many of them attacked without courtesy.
Not only was the monkey’s master beaten severely, but the monkey itself was killed, its soul sealed away.
Originally its soul had been sealed in the heavens, and the monkey could still sense that its master was alive, albeit broken.
Heartbroken and lonely in spirit, the monkey could not have expected another calamity in the Heavenly Realm, a cataclysmic event that ripped the sky and earth apart.
All sorts flocked to the heavens: not just human Immortals but all kinds of Demonic Beasts, Plant Spirits, and such diverse cultivators among humans can’t unify.
This cataclysm was so great that even the fairies of the heavens fought each other.
The monkey didn’t understand how it was implicated, only that from the Heavenly Realm it had fallen, sealed here in the Mortal World.
And to keep it firmly sealed, its soul was bound in one place, its body in another.
During the millions of years in the mortal world, it slowly started to perceive the Essence of the Sun and Moon and felt the seal loosening.
Thus, his soul seemed to regain a bit of mana, continually absorbing the Spiritual Energy emanating from the Spirit Vein where it was sealed.
Using its means, it concealed all the Spiritual Energy within the Spirit Vein, claiming it all for itself.
This place was its territory, not for cultivators or mortals to inhabit.
The monkey seriously watched Eryao, and judging from this dragon’s body, it indeed resembled an aged dragon.
Yet, from its eyes, it seemed actually quite young.
Could there truly be Divine Beasts in the Mortal Realm?
However, the monkey knew it had lived more than a year, and no matter the age of this Divine Beast, all were juniors compared to its ancient self.
Being called grandpa in its presence infuriated the monkey even more.
“You damned dragon, daring to call yourself grandpa in front of me?
You old immortal, do you even know how old I am?”
Eryao, having been cursed back by the monkey, constantly released fireballs, snorted, and with a roll of his eyes, retorted,
“Aren’t you just a monkey rejected even by the Netherworld?
You think just because you’ve lived a few tens of thousands of years, you’re a senior?
Look at your conduct, sealed away like this, you must have done plenty of evil deeds.”