On Mount Buzhou, East King Duke heard that Di Jun had established the Demon Court and saw the Heavenly Dao bestow a Golden Cloud of Merit. He immediately flew into a rage, cursing, "Has the Heavenly Dao gone mad? As the Head of Male Immortals, I established the Immortal Court and governed the Primordial Wilderness so well. Why should Di Jun be allowed to establish another Demon Court? The Dao Ancestor is an old fool too, actually agreeing to let his demon race do this..."
Before he could finish, a Purple Firmament Divine Thunder descended. Qiang Liang, Gou Mang, Xuanming, and Ru Shou, who had been beating East King Duke, were all struck until they were covered in soot and grime. Enraged, they beat East King Duke even harder...
Inside Purple Firmament Palace, Hongjun stroked his beard and muttered, "He is going to die soon anyway, yet he still dares curse the Heavenly Dao and this old Daoist? I will give him a bolt of lightning. As for the rest of his punishment, the Ancestral Witches he implicated and accidentally injured will put in the effort for me."
Listening to Hongjun, Haotian thought, Even though Master is the Dao Ancestor, he is quite petty, isn't he? The moment he was cursed, he sent down a Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
Before long, Zhu Jiuyin arrived and said, "Second Brother, wait. Stop beating East King Duke for now. Drag him into Pangu Hall. I have something to discuss with him."
Gou Mang said, "All right, stop. Let's see what Ninth Brother has planned. Out of the entire clan, this fellow has the most tricks up his sleeve." With that, he grabbed East King Duke, who was clad in black robes, and brought him into Pangu Hall. (Well, after being kicked around for so long, his golden robes had turned gray. Now he was covered in black mud, so they were black robes.)
Inside Pangu Hall, Dijiang frowned and said, "Ninth Brother, when I wanted to kill this bastard, you stopped me. Now you are saying I should let him go? What are you thinking?"
Zhu Jiuyin burst into laughter. "Big Brother, whose grudge against us do you think is greater—the demon race's, or this fellow's?"
Dijiang said coldly, "Naturally, the demon race's... You mean we should let him return? Now that the demon race has established the Demon Court, this fellow will definitely gather his forces and go to war against them?"
Zhu Jiuyin nodded. "Exactly. The establishment of the Demon Court just enraged this fellow so much that he even dared curse the Heavenly Dao. If we let him return, he will certainly rally the Immortal Court's forces and fight that so-called Demon Court. As for our side... Big Brother, you know that every Great Wu and lesser Wu is injured, and their recovery will take a long time. Since that is the case, why not let him cause the demon race some trouble?"
Dijiang nodded. "That makes sense. You are right." Then he sneered and looked at East King Duke. "I will spare your life. Once you return, hurry up and fight the Demon Court to the death... Do not think about coming after our Wu Clan, or you will suffer." With that, he directly used the power of space to throw East King Duke out of Pangu Hall and let him leave.
Once the restrictions on him were removed, East King Duke transformed into a streak of light and returned to Penglai Island. The moment he arrived, an immortal soldier stopped him. "How dare you! This is an important place of the Immortal Court. Those improperly dressed are not permitted to enter."
East King Duke slapped him and said, "Bastard, you do not even recognize me... and you still dare stand guard at the Immortal Court? Get lost." He then rushed inside, returned to his bedchamber, cleaned himself up, and came to the Immortal Court's great hall. "Since the demon race dares establish the Demon Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens, our Immortal Court should naturally teach them a lesson. Everyone, follow me and attack the Immortal Court."
At those words, Ling Xuzi, an elder of the Immortal Court, stepped forward. "Immortal Emperor, please calm down... That Heavenly Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi are both peak Quasi-Saints. They will not be easy to deal with... Besides, Taiyi holds the Chaos Bell. It seems there is no one in our Immortal Court who can defeat him."
"So you mean our Immortal Court is inferior to their Demon Court? Ling Xu, you are also a Quasi-Saint. What do you lack compared to the demon race's experts? How can cultivators lack courage?" East King Duke said coldly. Yet inwardly, he thought, I will not spare either the Wu Clan or the demon race. I am the true Head of Male Immortals.
Just as East King Duke was about to fly into a rage and prepare to attack the Demon Court... a message came from Hongjun in Purple Firmament Palace: "Eight hundred years from now, Purple Firmament Palace will reopen. All those fated may come to hear the Dao. During these eight hundred years, no great war may occur in the Primordial Wilderness."
This immediately extinguished all the anger in East King Duke's heart. He dismissed the gathering, saying, "Let those two feathered beasts off for now. We will settle the matter after the Dao Ancestor's lecture."