Vacant Positions

Sun Wukong had just repelled the encirclement and suppression by Li Jing's force of one hundred thousand, and at this moment, he appeared even more triumphant and brimming with soaring heroism.

Not long after returning to the Water Curtain Cave of Mount Huaguo, the 72 Cave Demon Kings, who had been nowhere to be seen when the fighting started, returned once more to Mount Huaguo to shower Sun Wukong with flattery.

Sun Wukong did not care about the behavior of the 72 Cave Demon Kings running away when trouble struck.

In Sun Wukong's view, not a single one of those fellows could fight; fighting was something he could handle all by himself, and they only needed to be responsible for waving flags and shouting battle cries.

Amidst the adulation of the crowd of demon kings and monkey grandchildren, Sun Wukong gradually lost himself.

Sun Wukong himself was not all that eager to rebel against the Heavenly Court.

On the contrary, not only did he not want to rebel against the Heavenly Court, but he also particularly yearned to integrate into the circle of the Heavenly Court.

Otherwise, Venus, the Great White Planet's several attempts at appeasement could not have gone so smoothly.

After all, who could refuse an official position in the bureaucracy?

Similarly, the Jade Emperor also genuinely wanted to recruit Sun Wukong to work under his command.

The Jade Emperor looked out across his court of civil and military officials, only to find them filled entirely with original shareholders of the Heavenly Court sent in to idle away their days and spend their retirement, with very few whom he could actually command.

Naturally, he favored a Loose Immortal who had emerged out of nowhere like Sun Wukong.

Unless the Jade Emperor himself harbored the thought of offering amnesty,