The Four Heavenly Kings: Your Horses Are Gone

Before Taibai Jinxing could say more, the Four Heavenly Kings at the South Heaven Gate reported, "Your Majesty, this is bad—your horses are gone."

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor thought, I was a stubborn Chaos stone enlightened by the Dao Ancestor. Where did I get a mother? Then he realized, No... he means the Heavenly Horses are gone?

At that thought, the Jade Emperor's face darkened. "Wait. Don't panic. Explain it carefully. What exactly happened?"

Mo Lihai smiled awkwardly. "Your Majesty, well... when Sun Wukong rebelled against the Heavenly Court, he also released every Heavenly Horse from the Imperial Horse Stable. Just now, they all followed him out through the South Heaven Gate..."

The Jade Emperor took out the Haotian Mirror and swept it with his Divine Sense. Then he shouted, "Taibai, summon Nezha for me! When that monkey smashed the Imperial Horse Stable and released all those Heavenly Horses, why didn't he stop him?"

Before long, Nezha returned. Seeing the Jade Emperor's grim expression, he said awkwardly, "Your Majesty, well, you only told me to provoke the monkey into rebelling against Heaven. You never told me to make sure he didn't take the Heavenly Horses. Besides, don't you think that with the Heavenly Court missing its horses, we have better grounds to demand compensation from the Buddhist Sect?"

The Jade Emperor's face darkened. "Yes, indeed. Very good grounds. Why don't you guess whether I'm in a good mood right now? In this campaign against Flower-Fruit Mountain, if you dare fail to bring back my Heavenly Horses, I'll give Li Jing three hundred strokes of the military rod."

Nezha immediately raised a hand and issued a military pledge. "Rest assured, Your Majesty. This time, I guarantee I'll bring the Heavenly Horses back. If I fail, you can give my father