The moment he heard the news, Monkey felt a sudden buzzing in his head—his mind went completely blank, and for a few seconds, he couldn’t even react.
"If my guess is right, it’s being led by Lord Many-Eyes. They... they’ve already raised your Great Sage banner, claiming that Six-Ears Damon is the true Great Sage, demanding all demonkind across the Three Realms submit. They’re even planning to make Blossom Mountain their capital... Great Sage, wasn’t Six-Eared Macaque brought back by the Buddhist Order? Could it be that Lord Many-Eyes has joined them? That shouldn’t be possible. For so many years, he’s been sworn enemies with the Buddhist Order—how could he suddenly switch sides? Something must be wrong... something must be mistaken here..."
On the other end of the Jade Tablet, Louis Quickpaw rambled on, his voice shifting from anxious at first to gradually faltering. Clearly, he was panicking too.
Blinking for a long moment, Monkey finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Don’t panic yet."
"Great Sage, this is no small matter. Lord Many-Eyes wants to use Six-Ears Damon to replace you as the Great Sage—this..."
"Do you think that’s possible?" Monkey cut Louis Quickpaw off abruptly.
For a moment, the other end of the Jade Tablet fell silent.
It wasn’t just that end—Monkey himself fell silent too. A silence so guilty it was almost unbearable.
No one said it aloud, but at almost the same moment, both ends of the Jade Tablet—both men—realized a shared truth. That is: it’s possible.
Two souls in one body, with no clear master—one was taken by Heavenly Tribulation, the other escaped. Now, the soul that was taken has returned, possessing a different body...