Dragon King at a very young age, and ripped out its long spine to keep as his treasure and his new weapon. Due to this fact, Nata - even as a young and small boy, is feared for his exceeding prowess. In the series, Nata is portrayed as a brash yet benevolent warrior, guided by a high sense of honor and duty due to the fact that he was once punished by the Guardian for what he did to Dragon King but was forgiven and then chosen to serve the Celestial Heavens as a high-ranking official. For this reason, Nata is very dedicated towards his duty and is often seen training together with Refang to hone his skills. Nata first makes his appearance within the anime when he had suggested to go down to earth to punish Kongo after he had been regularly terrorizing what he thinks are innocent villagers. The Jade Emperor consents, in which Nata then appears before every monkey and Kongo. Nata quickly puts Kongo to shame by easily defeating him without effectively transforming his standard weapon - (a skill used by the high-ranking warriors in heaven, such as Refang). He is sent to deal with Kongo again later on, but by then Kongo has gained supernatural powers, forcing Nata to resort to his special weapons. It does him little good, with Kongo destroying them one after another while becoming stronger and stronger himself. Following this, Nata is seen glaring at Kongo when he first comes to the Celestial Heaven. After Kongo's attempt to conquer the Celestial Heavens fails after being subdued by the Guardian, Nata continues to watch over the Celestial Heavens. Lao Tzu The royal alchemist and top scientist of the Celestial Heaven, and is considered the smartest person there. Lao Tzu is first shown in episode 7, present with the other heavenly officials when Kongo is brought to the Jade Emperor. Just like them, he can be seen offended with Kongo's somewhat rude greeting to the Jade Emperor and chuckles on Redchimp's antic. When Kongo and co. explores the Celestial Heaven, they discovered his laboratory and witnesses him and his staffs producing longevity pearls that allow their consumers to live as long as 10 000 years to be served at the Empress Dowager's annual peach party. Impressed, Kongo assumes his appearance and consumes all of the pearls without thinking, greatly shock the entire laboratory