Taibai Jinxing Recruited Sun Wukong

Just as Bo Huang had expected, in hidden Daoist Sanctuaries throughout the Primordial Wilderness, countless great powers were using all manner of supernatural abilities to watch the farce between the Heavenly Court and the demon monkey with keen interest.

At Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun, Lord of the Beginning had not come in person, but after sweeping the scene with his Divine Sense, he merely frowned slightly at the Heavenly Court's "weakness" and paid it no further attention. This was a trial decreed by the Dao Ancestor and the Western Region. His disciples had not become deeply involved, so it was enough to watch how things unfolded.

At Biyou Palace on Jin'ao Island, Saint Mother Wu Dang watched the scene in the water mirror with a cold smile at the corner of her lips. She muttered, "That boy Haotian really is getting more pathetic with age. He only happened to be on duty—the six Heavenly Emperors take turns holding office. If it had been Senior Brother Yun Ting or Di Jun on duty, then this monkey's arrogance would have been something to see..."

Beside her, Saint Mother Gui Ling boredly blew bubbles and said, "Senior Sister, what are you thinking? If Senior Brother Yun Ting were the Heavenly Emperor, that monkey would be smacked back into the stone with one slap the moment he dared call him 'old Heavenly Emperor.' The kind that even Zhunti couldn't pry out."

Saint Mother Wu Dang nodded at that. "Mm, you have a point. That really might happen."

At Tushita Palace, Wuzhuang Temple, the Blood Sea of the Netherworld... In any case, every notable great power who saw the banner Sun Wukong had raised and learned that the Jade Emperor had not sent troops to suppress him was secretly gossiping about the Jade