The Heavenly Court has governed Dongsheng Divine Continent for a thousand years; the laws of Heaven are thoroughly implemented throughout the Cultivation World.
Monks who once rebelled against the laws of Heaven have either squeezed into the Heavenly Court to become officials or died of old age, their lifespans exhausted, reborn in the cycle of reincarnation.
Remaining monks were born under Heavenly Court's rule, regarding the laws of Heaven as the standard guiding principles, their every word and deed aligned with the laws of Heaven.
As such, monks no longer revealed Divine Skills amongst ordinary folks. After generations passed, tales of immortals and ghosts became nothing more than age-old legends, with many people never encountering them in their lifetimes.
Soldiers guarding the city gates were just such people, terrified and their expressions changing drastically upon seeing a monkey speaking like a human.
"Where did this strange monkey come from?"
