Nezha had been staying at Cuiping Mountain lately, with no intention of hurrying back to Xiqi to serve that little Western Zhou. He didn't like Jiang Ziya, Xiqi's prime minister, and for one reason or another, the feeling was surely mutual.
Besides, his master, Taiyi Zhenren, still hadn't sent him any new decree. So Nezha was quite happy to take it easy. He pretended not to hear or see anything, spending time at home with his parents, whom he hadn't seen for years, and hanging around the main deity's residence on Cloud-Out Peak at Cuiping Mountain.
Thus, each day he either tried to scrounge up some sect contribution points to spend, or bickered and played around with that "Big Chanyu." He could even use his position for personal gain and "keep an eye on" a certain fellow called the Flame Immortal. All in all, life was pretty comfortable—far better than going to Xiqi to help Jiang Ziya fight wars while he wore that sour look all day!
Wasn't it?
When Nezha discovered that a certain little girl, the Flame Immortal, actually knew people from the Interception Sect—those direct disciples of Cult Master Tongtian—and the Three Xiao Fairies of Bixia Palace on Mount Jieshi, on the Three Immortal Islands, three late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortals, he realized how important that information was. In particular, she knew Lady Yunxiao, a heaven-defying figure who had abandoned the Six Breaths, severed the Three Corpses, perfected her virtue, and taken half a step into the realm of Sainthood. Thinking he might be able to use this information to fool his own master later and escape punishment for "deserting the battlefield," he naturally followed the four of them—the little girl and the Three Xiao Fairies—back to the beautiful, teardrop-shaped cave dwelling atop Cloud-Out Peak at Cuiping