"Sinful god Kui Mulang, apprehend him and bring him back to the Heavenly Court. I shall personally interrogate him!"
It was the Jade Emperor.
Haotian could no longer sit still. Kui Mulang was still a useful chess piece and could not yet be discarded.
This chess piece would be crucial for infiltrating the Jie Sect and reclaiming power in the future, so they had to keep him firmly in their grasp.
They could neither allow this piece to fall into the Jie Sect's hands nor let him realize that he was merely a pawn to be discarded once used up.
But the Jie Sect had sent Yang Jian and Nezha. They clearly intended to overturn the board outright and ruin their plans.
Haotian would not stand for that. Unable to remain still any longer, he spoke up directly to bail Venus Taibai out.
Unfortunately, the Jie Sect was determined to make things difficult for them this time. Even if Haotian personally gave the order, they would defy the decree.
The moment Haotian finished speaking, thunderclouds suddenly gathered across the heavens.
Streaks of azure lightning emerged and converged in the sky. Thunderclouds blanketed the heavens as azure electric light coursed through the clouds.
A majestic aura spread down from the clouds, pressing upon everyone until they could scarcely breathe.
A figure emerged from the boundless thunderclouds. The endless azure lightning formed his backdrop, making him appear all the more imposing and peerlessly mighty, his divine majesty extraordinary.
That figure was none other than the Jie Sect's foremost outer disciple, one of the current Six Royals of the Heavenly Court, Gouchen Shanggong Heavenly Emperor Zhao Gongming, who oversaw the subjugation of demons.
Zhao Gongming slowly descended from the thunderclouds.
"The Jade Emperor governs the Heavenly Court and is burdened with countless affairs