Xiao Xie had spent less than half an hour stealing treasures from the Heavenly Court Treasure Vault, but six or seven days had already passed in the mortal world.
After stealing and eating so many Peaches of Immortality and immortal pills, Son Goku's cultivation had soared. He had now reached the early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and with the Ruyi Jingu Bang in hand, even ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortals were no match for him.
The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals sent out by the Jade Emperor not only failed to capture Son Goku in the face of his vastly increased strength, but were beaten by him until they fled in disgrace.
At Guanyin Bodhisattva's suggestion, the Jade Emperor could only send Venus to the Guanjiang Estuary to invite Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, to deal with Son Goku.
Although Yang Jian was the Jade Emperor's nephew, because of Yang Jian's mother, the relationship between Yang Jian and the Jade Emperor was far from harmonious.
Yang Jian merely "obeyed assignments but not summonses." He only complied with administrative and military arrangements and was unwilling to associate too closely with the Jade Emperor in private.
Naturally, the Jade Emperor understood Yang Jian's attitude. Under normal circumstances, he would avoid mobilizing Yang Jian whenever possible.
This time, it was only because of Guanyin Bodhisattva's suggestion that the Jade Emperor sent someone to invite Yang Jian over to deal with Son Goku.
This time, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals marched on Flower Fruit Mountain with great fanfare to capture Son Goku, drawing the attention of many powerful spectators.
In the territories of other demon kings around Flower Fruit Mountain, quite a few demon kings were also watching this great battle.
Xiao Xie blended in among these demon kings to watch