Reactions from All Sides (Part 2)

Looking at Mount Buzhou, East King Duke heard that Di Jun had established the Demon Court and saw the Golden Cloud of Merit descend from the Heavenly Dao. He immediately grew anxious and cursed loudly: "Has the Heavenly Dao gone mad? As the Head of Male Immortals, I established the Immortal Court and governed the Primordial Wilderness perfectly well. Why let Di Jun set up another Demon Court? The Dao Ancestor is a senold fool too, actually agreeing to let the Demon Race do this..."

Before he could finish, a bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder descended. Qiang Liang, Gou Mang, Xuanming, and Ru Shou, who were beating East King Duke, were all scorched and disheveled, which only made them beat East King Duke even harder...

Inside the Purple Firmament Palace, Hongjun stroked his beard and muttered: "A dying man anyway, and he dares to curse the Heavenly Dao and this old Taoist? Sending you a thunderbolt. As for the rest of the lesson, the Ancestral Witches caught in the crossfire will vent for this humble Taoist."

Haotian listened to Hongjun's words and thought to himself: "Master is the Dao Ancestor, but his heart isn't that big either? Just one curse and he sends a Purple Firmament Divine Thunder."

Before long, Zhu Jiuyin hurried over and said: "Second Brother, wait a moment. Stop beating East King Duke. Drag him into Pangu Hall; I have something to discuss with him."

Gou Mang heard this and said: "Alright, everyone stop. Let's see what Old Nine has in mind. He's the one with the most schemes in the whole clan." With that, he grabbed East King Duke, who was now in a black robe, and brought him into Pangu Hall. (Well, after being kicked for so long, his golden robe turned gray, and now it's covered in black mud, so it's a black robe.)

Inside Pangu Hall, Dijiang frowned and said: "Old Nine, back then I wanted to kill this bastard, and you stopped me. Now you're telling me to let him go? What are you thinking?"

Zhu Jiuyin heard this and laughed heartily: "Big Brother, who do you think has a greater grudge against us—the Demon Race or this bastard?"

Dijiang replied coldly: "Of course, the Demon Race... You mean, let him go back? Now that the Demon Race has established the Demon Court, this bastard will definitely gather his forces and start a war with the Demon Court?"

Zhu Jiuyin nodded: "Exactly. That's it. This bastard was so furious about the Demon Court's establishment that he dared to curse the Heavenly Dao. If we let him go back, he'll surely rally the Immortal Court's forces and fight that so-called Demon Court. As for us... Big Brother, you know as well as I do that the Great Witches and Lesser Witches are all injured and need a long time to recover. So why not let him go and cause trouble for the Demon Race?"

Dijiang nodded: "Makes sense. Well said." Then, with a cold laugh, he looked at East King Duke and said: "I'll spare your life this time. Go back and immediately launch a decisive battle against the Demon Court... Don't think about coming after us Wu Clan, or you'll regret it." With that, he used spatial power to throw East King Duke directly out of Pangu Hall and let him leave.

After East King Duke had his restraints removed, he turned into a streak of light and returned to Penglai Island. As soon as he arrived, an immortal soldier blocked him and said: "How dare you! This is the Immortal Court's sacred ground; those improperly dressed may not enter."

East King Duke slapped him and said: "Bastard, you don't even recognize This Seat... And you guard the Immortal Court's gate? Get lost." He charged straight in, went to his bedchamber to tidy himself up, then came to the Immortal Court's main hall and said: "Since the Demon Race dares to establish the Demon Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Immortal Court naturally should teach them a lesson. Everyone, follow me and attack the Demon Court."

Hearing this, an elder of the Immortal Court, Ling Xuzi, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty the Immortal Emperor, please calm down... The Heavenly Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi are both at the peak of Quasi-Saint; they won't be easy to deal with... Besides, Taiyi wields the Chaos Bell. It seems no immortal in the Immortal Court can defeat him."

"You mean the Immortal Court is inferior to the Demon Court? Ling Xu, you're also at the Quasi-Saint realm. What do you lack compared to the Demon Race's experts? How can a cultivator have no courage?" East King Duke said coldly, but in his heart, he thought: "The Wu Clan and the Demon Race—This Seat will not spare either. I am the true Head of Male Immortals."

Just as East King Duke was about to lose his temper and prepare to attack the Demon Court... In the Purple Firmament Palace, Hongjun sent a message: "In eight hundred years, the Purple Firmament Palace will reopen. All who are fated may come to hear the Dao. During these eight hundred years, no great wars may occur in the Primordial Wilderness."

This immediately extinguished all the fire in East King Duke's heart. He directly dismissed the assembly and said: "For now, let those two feathered beasts be. After the Dao Ancestor's lecture, we'll settle accounts."