The Stone Monkey entered the cave to investigate and found jade tables and stone platforms neatly arranged, with all kinds of utensils readily available. What stood out most was a tall thorny throne at the center of the cave. Although the Stone Monkey didn't quite understand the aesthetic of the throne, he could still feel the overwhelming aura of dominance emanating from it.

He walked up and plopped himself onto the throne, effortlessly overlooking every corner below, feeling a sense of majesty he had never experienced before.

After playing around on the seat for a while, he explored the cave further and eventually came across a section of jade wall inscribed with scripture and a stone egg whose contents were unknown.

The scripture on the jade wall was likely the Immortal Scripture that the two elders had always longed for. But when comparing the two items, the monkey was more intrigued by the egg. During this time of mingling with the monkey troop, he had learned that every monkey had parents.

He himself had popped out of a stone. To put it nicely, the sky was his father, and the earth was his mother; to put it bluntly, he was an orphan monkey. Now he had no parents, but perhaps he could have a sibling!

I came out of a stone on Huaguo Mountain. If another being popped out of this stone, it would naturally be my sibling. That made perfect sense.

The Stone Monkey gently placed his hand on the stone egg to feel it. His innate spiritual sense told him there was a living being inside. This discovery thrilled him—he wasn't an orphan after all; he had a sibling.

The Stone Monkey's intuition was not wrong because this egg was, in fact, the Golden Phoenix Nirvana egg left here by Nezha. The purpose, of course, was to lure the Kunpeng.

Ever since the Kunpeng detonated the Chaos Bell, he had been hiding in the Beihai without emerging. Nezha, wanting to find him, was simply daydreaming. His only option was to use the finest bait to attract him.

According to Nezha's speculation, the Kunpeng currently cared about two things the most. One was to repair the damage to his origin caused by the detachment of the Corpse Cutting Daoist. Although he had immediately devoured the Roc Clan Leader as a replacement, how could the Roc Clan Leader compare to a descendant of Yuan Feng?

If the Kunpeng wanted to advance further, he would have to make up for these deficits first. Otherwise, he would remain stuck at his current level for the rest of his life. The best method to address this loss was to devour another descendant of Yuan Feng. Thus, Nezha left the Golden Phoenix Nirvana egg here.

The Stone Monkey was a member of the Demon Clan, and the affairs of the Demon Clan invariably involved the Kunpeng, the Demon Master himself.

If this bait failed to entice the Kunpeng, then Nezha would activate a second plan: using the Hongmeng Purple Qi as bait. However, this approach carried enormous risk, and the Hongmeng Purple Qi in Zhen Yuanzi's possession could only be accessed in the final stages.

In short, the Kunpeng must die!

The Stone Monkey wandered around the cave again and eventually discovered a passage at the back that connected to the outside world. Exiting the passage, he met the other monkeys. Though Ma General and Rice Debiao were unreliable, they were indeed trustworthy in fulfilling their promises. The Stone Monkey naturally became the Great King of the monkey troop, while the Second King was none other than the stone egg.

As the Stone Monkey explained, "This is my yet-to-be-born sibling."

The monkey troop accepted the Stone Monkey's reasoning. After all, one monkey had already popped out of a stone, so it was entirely reasonable for another to come out as well. Thus, the monkey troop occupied the Shuilian Cave and began living a joyous life.

And joyous it was. Each day was spent without worries, and as their king, the Stone Monkey had no concerns either. He even occasionally practiced the Divine Skill "Freedom Extreme Intent" inscribed on the jade wall. The true lives of Immortals in the heavens, burdened by immense debts, working 996 schedules without pay, were far worse compared to the blissful existence of the Stone Monkey.

In the blink of an eye, it was the tenth year since the Stone Monkey's birth. On this day, while Nezha was still cultivating, he received a message from the Bodhi Ancestor. The general idea was that while it wasn't urgent to train the monkey, letting him spend all day amusing himself on the mountain wasn't ideal either.

Nezha used the Kunlun Mirror to take a glance at the monkey's situation over the past ten years and roughly understood the issue. He couldn't help wondering if all Primordial stones came with a recluse attribute. The stubborn stone that transformed into Shi Ji was like this, and the Stone Monkey that leapt out of a stone was no exception.

The Stone Monkey was now like a local tycoon without an internet connection. "This mountain is great, this water is great, and I'm having a great life here." He had lost all motivation to explore the outside world.

In the original timeline, it was the death of members of the monkey troop that triggered the Stone Monkey's fear of mortality and sense of responsibility as their king, prompting him to set out to seek Immortality. Now, because of the peach kernel Nezha later provided, the monkeys' lifespans had been greatly extended.

Though Ma General and Rice Debiao appeared old, they could easily live a few hundred more years. Allowing the Stone Monkey to stay holed up on the mountain for hundreds of years wasn't an option! By then, if the Stone Monkey lost his edge, it would be too late.

The Stone Monkey's current state didn't reflect a lack of ambition but rather the absence of accessible means to connect with the outside world. Everyone succumbs to laziness. To be honest, if Nezha had just transmigrated and confirmed that he could live his entire life as a leisurely and well-provided-for mountain king, he wouldn't have achieved what he had today. Who wouldn't want a stable and happy life?

The solution to this problem was simple: 'connect the monkey to the internet,' letting him witness the grand and tumultuous world outside.

Nezha had already been a Daluo Golden Immortal for quite some time. Over the years, many of his techniques had been upgraded to match his current level of cultivation.

He formed hundreds of Dharma Seals with his hands before slowly closing his eyes. His consciousness traveled to the Taiyin Star, where he respectfully bowed toward its depths before entering the Dream Realm. Nezha had once planted the Dream Seed on the Taiyin Star, and as long as the moon rose, the power of dreams would extend to all living beings.

The Dream Seed had grown by relying on the dreams of all beings and now existed in the form of a World Tree. Though it wasn't yet as vast as the original Dream World, it was far from weak.

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