Chapter Eighteen: Great Uproar in Heaven, The Emperor of Heaven Appeals to Buddha

  Last time, in the Palace of Heaven's Gate, the Supreme Elder Lord saw that the 49-day deadline had arrived, and the fire under the Eight Trigrams Furnace was gradually weakening. He thought that the elixir was fully refined. However, he called out to the boy who was fanning the flames to extinguish them, and told the Taoist priest who was watching the furnace to open it, so that he could personally take out the divine elixir.

  Unexpectedly, the Great Sage in Lao Jun's furnace, after forty-nine days of seven times, had not been refined and transformed, but instead helped him refine a body with copper skin and iron bones, indestructible as gold, and also obtained a pair of fiery golden eyes that made ghosts afraid and gods startled.

  The Great Sage took advantage of the moment when Lao Jun opened the furnace and rushed out, beating the little boy in the Tushita Palace with a flurry of punches, and even knocked Taishang Laojun to the ground before rushing out the door.

  He was first captured by Erlang Shen, Guanyin and Laojun, then locked in the furnace by Laojun for many days, and the Great Sage had long been furious.

  He had just left the Tushita Palace, and took out his family treasure, the Golden-Hooped Rod. He pointed it in the direction of the Lingxiao Hall where the Jade Emperor was residing, and killed his way there. Along the way, he slaughtered many heavenly soldiers and generals, and destroyed countless wonders of the Spirit Mountain.

  At last, the Great Sage's killing spree reached its peak, and tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers were no match for him. Unintentionally, he arrived at a palace, looked up, and saw that the halls were towering, with occasional flashes of lightning between them, and auspicious clouds gushing out from within, straight up to the ninth heaven. The majesty was boundless, but secretly thought that the momentum here was not inferior to that of the Lingxiao Palace, and he was secretly shocked.

  The dark passageway led to the imperial palace, where a trial by fire had tempered his eyes and intuition. Without even trying, he could see through everything with his divine powers. Looking inside, he saw that the grand hall was filled with colorful female immortals scattering flowers and playing games in the emerald palace. A group of immortals led the way, carrying ceremonial instruments, dragon flags, and phoenix fans, floating in mid-air, gathering at the Seven Treasures Pagoda on Jade Platform. On the platform sat a person wearing a black dragon robe, holding a jade book, with three eyes on his forehead, just like Erlang Sheng, the True Lord who had captured him before. His demeanor was extraordinary, and his body was majestic. When he opened his eyes, lightning seemed to flash within them.

  The Great Sage was shocked at heart, and saw that the person seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally glanced towards his own home, and a faint hum came from afar, which also startled Wukong's blood and energy, only feeling a cold sweat the size of a bean rolling down from his forehead.

  "Bad luck, bad luck. I, old Sun, thought that with my indestructible golden body and fiery eyes of gold, I could roam freely in the vast wilderness, but unexpectedly this small heavenly realm has such a powerful person. Fortunately, he doesn't intend to make things difficult for me." The Great Sage said, lifting his head to gaze upwards.

  Above the main gate of the grand hall was written a few strange and ancient seal characters: Shenxiu Yuqing Mansion

  On one side of the stone steps stands a stone tablet with the inscription: "The Nine Heavens Respond to the Origin Palace"

  "It turned out to be Leibutu Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun." Wukong saw this, but shook his head and thought to himself: I once heard Niu Laoge say that the stars and constellations of the heavens and the Lei Department were all old acquaintances, so he wouldn't make things difficult for them. Thinking about it, he left this place and headed towards Lingxiao Baodian.

  "Halt! You impudent monkey head, I've come to meet you!"

  But the monkey left the Nine Heavens and returned to the Yuanyuan Prefecture, his expression somewhat dazed. He no longer troubled those heavenly soldiers and generals, but instead killed one by one those who came to block him without opening their eyes.

  Proceeding straight to the front of the Bull Palace, I see that the Lingxiao Hall is not far away, and then I hear someone shouting.

  He looked up and saw the arriving person, with a red face and whiskers, wearing a golden armor and red robe, three eyes glaring angrily, holding a wind and fire wheel in his left hand and raising a steel whip in his right hand, his image extremely powerful and fierce, it was indeed Wang Lingguan, the heavenly general of the Jade Pivot Fire Mansion.

  "Who do you think you are? You're just a little doll. Do you think having three eyes makes you the Second Young Master or that possessing the Wind and Fire Wheels makes you Nezha?" The monkey saw the newcomer but couldn't help but laugh, for this Wang Lingguan was someone he knew. Not long ago, when he was still known as the Great Sage Equal of Heaven, they had addressed each other as brothers. He knew that Wang had some tricks up his sleeve, but just now at the Ninth Heaven's Yuanyang Palace, the Great Sage had been blocked and was still seething with anger, so he asked him what brought him here, and began to mock him.

  "Ah!" Wang Lingguan, originally an evil deity, upon hearing the monkey's sarcastic words, could no longer sit still. He swung the golden whip in his hand towards the monkey.

  "Hey! It's really going to be a fight with you." The Great Sage saw this, but he just smiled and shook his Golden Hoop Staff, advancing forward. Both sides fought fiercely, exchanging over a hundred blows without either gaining the upper hand.

  That Wang Lingguan was even more shocked in his heart, secretly thinking that this monkey head had only been gone for a few dozen days, how could it be so fierce.

  It turned out that the Great Sage had been fighting for a long time without falling, and he was also increasingly looking up to Wang Lingguan.

  "General Wang, we've come to assist you!" Just then, a voice rang out and several dozen figures flew in from the distance like lightning, landing nearby and surrounding the two combatants.

  However, Yuansheng Zhenjun saw that Wang Lingguan was fighting alone for over a hundred rounds and still couldn't gain the upper hand. So he sent someone to Leishen Fu, dispatched talismans, and had all 36 Lei Jiang come forth.

  "Haha!" The Great Sage, having fought the King of the Underworld for over a hundred rounds without either gaining the upper hand, saw the arrival of the 36 Thunder Generals. Each of them possessed boundless magical powers, but he was not afraid in the slightest. With a cold laugh, he swung his Golden Banded Cudgel and encircled all 36 men at once.

  "How bold!" Seeing that the gibbon actually wanted to fight against the Thunder Department's main god with one person's strength, the crowd was both shocked and angry, raising their hands with weapons to call out to the monkey. Only to see the thunder light all over the ground, like a golden thunder sea, covering this side of the sky. In the thunder light, there were also various weapons, knives, guns, swords, spears, whips, hammers, axes, and crescent moon shovels, all shining with treasure light, cold light flashing, passing by the monkey's side.

  "Humph!" The Great Sage, seeing this, suddenly felt a great increase in pressure, and also struck out with true fire. His eyes turned bright red, and with one angry roar, he transformed into three heads and six arms. In his hand, the compliant rod shook, and it too transformed into three rods. Six hands wielded the three rods, like spinning wheels, flowing and dancing in the air, and the multitude of Thunder Gods could not get close.

  Yuansheng Zhenjun, who was on the side, saw this and was shocked. He hurriedly went to Lingxiao Hall to report to Yu Huang, saying that the monkey was formidable and that Wang Lingguan and the thunder department gods could not subdue him even with their combined efforts.

  Upon hearing the words of Yu Sheng Zhen Jun, the Jade Emperor was furious in his heart. That monkey may have some magical powers, but after all, he is just a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Among the gods of the Thunder Department, Wen Zhong had already become a Daluo Golden Immortal many years ago. If he were to take action, could he not capture a small demon monkey? Not to mention Wen Zhong, even the other gods have great magical powers. It is clear that those people from the Intermediary Teaching are just going through the motions and not putting in any effort. Although they received orders to go and destroy the demon monkey, in reality, they are secretly letting him off, not buying into the Jade Emperor's account.

  "My dear ministers, who among you has the ability to subdue that mischievous monkey?" The Jade Emperor said this with an expressionless face, casting a glance at all those present in the hall.

  "This..." The gods heard the words, but it was you looking at me, I looking at you, for a moment no one dared to respond, and more people turned their gaze to Nezha and Li Jing in the center of the main hall.

  "Is there any way for Tota Tianwang?" Yu Huang saw this and sighed, then asked again.

  "This, Your Majesty, is due to my own incompetence." Li Jing saw that everyone was staring straight at him, but in his heart he was filled with great hatred. In the past few times when he had competed with that demon monkey, he had almost died at its hands. Now that the demon monkey had escaped, it was even more arrogant, and upon hearing that all the gods of the Thunder Department were unable to defeat it, how could a small Golden Immortal like himself go forward?

  Rubbish! The Heavenly Venerable saw this, but in his heart he was secretly scolding. You are making excuses like this, don't tell me you want me to take action myself? He then shifted his gaze to the Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor on the side, seeing that he was still calmly wandering in the void, and his heart was even more furious. Knowing that this was the Heavenly Venerable's intention to make things difficult for himself, after all, the original cause of the Sealing God Calamity was because he had asked the Ancestral Master for the Sealing God Chart. Those people from the Heavenly Venerable's sect were originally arrogant and overbearing, with the Heaven Court established by the Primordial Heavenly Lord, following the Three Pure Ones' edict, naturally they wouldn't listen to the Jade Emperor's orders. The people of the Intercepting Sect hated the Jade Emperor for stirring up the Sealing God Calamity, causing their sect to be destroyed, and were even more unwilling to exert half a bit of effort.

  You are unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust. When the Taoist priest of the Vast Heaven thought of this, he was very calm in his heart and glanced down at the white golden star on the platform.

  That old man was a clever person and also the confidant of the Jade Emperor. Whenever the Jade Emperor had any instructions, he often let this old man convey them.

  Feeling the gaze of the Jade Emperor, Taibai Jinxing's heart lit up and he hastily stepped forward to pay his respects: "Your Majesty, since there is no one in the Heavenly Court who can subdue that demonic monkey, why not let us issue a proclamation to widely recruit talented individuals from the Three Realms to come and capture this fiend?"

  "Hmm!" The Jade Emperor heard this and burst out laughing, with a flash of insight in his eyes. Then he spoke: "Last time, the Bodhisattva Guanyin from the Southern Sea helped me capture the mischievous monkey, but I realized that the Buddhist teachings of the Western Heaven are boundless. Why not send someone to invite the Buddha from the Western Heaven's Spirit Mountain to come here?"

  "Your Majesty is wise!" Taibai Jinxing hastened to respond, and the people present also chimed in with their voices.

  Only the Southern Longevity Great Emperor, the Northern Heavenly Purple Emperor, and a few others such as the Supreme Palace Heavenly Emperor of the Center Heaven, heard the words of the Haotian Daoist, but their eyes flashed with a hint of cold light, yet they remained silent.

  The Jade Emperor was very pleased with this and ordered the Lingguan officials, along with the Shengshen True Lord, to bring some gifts and head to the Western Heavenly Spirit Mountain together to pay respects to the Buddha.

  Two people received the order, but did not dare to delay, hastily left the Lingxiao Hall, and transformed into two starlights rushing towards the South Heaven Gate, descended from the vast wilderness, and headed towards the Western Spiritual Mountain Immortal Realm.

  The Taishang Laojun, who was strolling leisurely, saw this scene and flashed a sharp light in his eyes. He then sighed softly and said "Heaven's will". Without making another sound, he looked at the Qitian Dasheng and the Leibu Zhengshen who were fighting together, and continued to walk towards the Lingxiao Treasure Hall...