Liangshan.
"Old Du sent me to test you, but I didn't expect you to perform quite well," Sun Wukong explained to the members of the Xiong Bing Lian.
Sun Wukong's words left Ge Xiaolun and the others even more confused. Only the soldier, Rose, seemed to understand a bit.
"Haha, you're all confused. You're just kids, and I'm the Great Sage Equal to Heaven in this world."
"I came to this world a long time ago."
As he said this, Sun Wukong descended from the sky and approached Emperor Reyna, saying, "Zhang Zheng has already repaired the Sun Star for you, so the grievances between me and the Sun Star are settled."
"Since you're here to genuinely protect Earth, I'll temporarily acknowledge you as the leader."
Emperor Reyna was stunned to hear that the Sun Star had been restored. Sun Wukong noticed her reaction and seemed to understand something.
"Hey, little girl, you don't still not know about this, do you?"
Sun Wukong asked.
"Well, I haven't been in touch with the Sun Star for a long time because every time I contact them, they lecture me with a bunch of grand principles. It's so annoying."
Emperor Reyna complained. But as she spoke, tears began to fall.
Of course, these were tears of joy because, as the god of the Sun Star, even though she was young and a bit eccentric, she didn't want her people to live on just half a planet.
While crying, Emperor Reyna put her finger to her ear and said, "Pan Zhen, are you there?"
On the Sun Star, Pan Zhen received Emperor Reyna's communication and quickly connected.
"Goddess, why are you crying? Did something happen to you on Earth?"
Pan Zhen asked loudly, hearing Emperor Reyna's sobs. At the same time, he wondered how to deal with Tiger Sha's Guardian Yuanli.
Yuanli was supposed to protect Reyna, but it made this rather eccentric child cry.
"No, I met Sun Wukong today, and he said Zhang Zheng restored the Sun Star. Is that true?"
Although Emperor Reyna didn't think Sun Wukong would lie, she wanted to hear it from Pan Zhen himself.
"Yes, it's true. Our Sun Star owes him a huge debt of gratitude!"
Pan Zhen thought of Zhang Zheng and couldn't help but feel emotional.
Despite being the same age and both being gods, why was his child so different from Zhang Zheng?
"That's great! But why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
Hearing Pan Zhen's confirmation, Emperor Reyna cried even harder and scolded him for not informing her sooner.
"Well... Goddess, it's been a long time since you answered my communications. If I had told you earlier, I would have needed to contact you!"
"If it weren't for Du Kao telling me you were fine and your genetic data showing you were normal, I would have gone to Earth to find you already."
Pan Zhen got angry at this point, feeling that his child had been avoiding his calls for too long.
If it weren't for knowing Reyna's character, Pan Zhen would have personally visited Earth even if Du Kao spoke highly of her.
"Hmph, can you blame me? You always lecture me during calls. I don't want to deal with you!"
"I'm hanging up now."
Emperor Reyna huffed and argued with Pan Zhen before hanging up the communication.
On the Sun Star, Pan Zhen smiled wryly after the call ended, wondering when his goddess would grow up.
Sun Wukong had listened to the entire communication between Emperor Reyna and Pan Zhen. He felt a bit sorry for his old rival. With such a troublesome divine child, life on the Sun Star must be tough.
Ge Xiaolun and the others, who had been waiting, couldn't hold back any longer now that Emperor Reyna had ended the call. They rushed forward to inquire about the situation.
"Sister Reyna, what happened?"
Rui Mengmeng was the first to speak.
Seeing their concerned expressions, Emperor Reyna wiped her tears and felt that coming to Earth was indeed the right choice.
"My hometown, the Sun Star, was split in half by the previous generation's No Star War God, leaving only half a planet."
"Last time, Zhang Zheng left Earth and went to my hometown to help restore the planet."
As she said this, the tears she had just wiped away began to flow again, and she silently felt touched.
Zhang Zheng's ability to restore the Sun Star was certainly due to her, as she knew it was Zhang Zheng's first time leaving Earth and he would have had no prior connection to the Sun Star.
"Wow, Zhang Zheng is amazing. He can restore a planet. That's incredible."
Liu Chuang expressed his admiration for Zhang Zheng.
"Yeah, Zhang Zheng is truly impressive!"
Zhao Xin also admired Zhang Zheng.
"But how did Monkey King know that Zhang Zheng restored the Sun Star?"
Ge Xiaolun asked Sun Wukong with some confusion.
"Ah, it's a long story!"
"I initially planned to test you later, but Zhang Zheng gave special training to Xiaolun and Liu Chuang. Your strength has grown so quickly."
"Old Du feared you might become arrogant or take the wrong path due to your newfound strength, so he asked me to test you earlier to give you a wake-up call."
"But at that time, I was injured, and you had become stronger, so I couldn't easily crush you. I had to get Zhang Zheng to help me heal."
Sun Wukong looked at Liu Chuang as he said this.
Liu Chuang, feeling uneasy under Sun Wukong's gaze, asked, "What's up, Monkey King? Why are you looking at me like that? I'm a bit nervous."
"I was initially the most skeptical about you, Liu Chuang. You should know the reason yourself."
"However, Zhang Zheng has a high opinion of you, saying you've changed and become the most reliable one."
"I trust his judgment, and your performance this time did not disappoint me."
Sun Wukong was satisfied with Liu Chuang's performance in this battle. Hearing Sun Wukong's praise, Liu Chuang, a big man, was moved to tears.
He hadn't expected Zhang Zheng to trust him so much and even vouch for him in front of Sun Wukong.
"I, Liu Chuang, swear that I will never do anything to betray the country or my comrades."
Liu Chuang declared firmly.
"I heard there are demons planning to invade Master's world. Have you figured out how to deal with them?"
With most of the issues resolved, Sun Wukong asked about the war situation.
He had just awakened and, being busy testing the Xiong Bing Lian, wasn't very familiar with the war situation yet.
"Monkey King, they're not demons; they're aliens."
Hearing Sun Wukong refer to them as demons, Ge Xiaolun reminded him.
"It's all the same. Those with evil intentions are all demons. Have you figured out how to fight them?"
Sun Wukong, seeing the topic go off track, asked again.
"Well, just fight them properly."
Rose interjected.
"Fight properly? That means you haven't figured out how to fight yet."
"However, I haven't figured it out either."
"This will be a heavenly tribulation, but I must help Master protect this world he has worked so hard to guide."
Sun Wukong said, his tone filled with determination.
After fighting all night, the scene had moved from halfway up the mountain to the summit. Facing the morning sun, Sun Wukong planted his golden staff firmly into the ground, turning his back to the Xiong Bing Lian members, and loudly proclaimed:
"How can we say there are no clothes? We share the same robes.
The king raises the troops, and we repair our spears and shields.
We share the same hatred.
How can we say there are no clothes? We share the same dew.
The king raises the troops, and we repair our spears and halberds.
We work together.
How can we say there are no clothes? We share the same garments.
The king raises the troops, and we repair our armor and weapons.
We march together."
At this moment, Sun Wukong, bathed in golden armor and morning light, appeared almost divine to everyone.