Taibai Jinxing left helplessly.
He was already regretting it. Why had he opened his mouth and said so much, insisting on taking this matter upon himself?
Now that Sun Wukong had proclaimed the title "Great Sage Equal to Heaven," it was inevitable that the Heavenly Court would campaign against Flower-Fruit Mountain. Since that was the case... wouldn't it have been simpler to just start fighting?
Why go through all this fuss?
Sure enough.
When Taibai Jinxing returned to the Heavenly Court, although he had deliberately downplayed Sun Wukong's arrogance, the moment the words "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" came out, the immortals of the Heavenly Court were filled with righteous indignation.
Good heavens!
Equal to Heaven?
We worked ourselves to the bone cultivating and enduring tribulations just to earn our current positions, yet some demonic monkey who crawled out of who-knows-where wanted a rank equal to Heaven the moment he showed up. Wouldn't that make the rest of us look like a joke?
He had to be dealt with harshly.
This corrupt trend had to be stamped out!
Haotian wore an equally furious expression. After the officials repeatedly submitted their memorials, he immediately made his decision and issued an edict to those below:
"Let the divine forces of both routes return to their respective duties."
"I shall dispatch heavenly troops to capture this monkey demon!"
Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing stepped forward upon hearing this.
"This humble servant is untalented, but I am willing to share Your Majesty's burden..."
Li Jing's tower had been shattered during the Investiture of the Gods. Afterward, once the investiture was complete, he received another reward from Tathagata of the Western Sect. Thus, he still carried a tower as before, but it no longer had its former deterrent effect on Nezha!
Haotian was immediately overjoyed