Neither the emperor of the Great Song nor Xu Xian had anticipated this. Even the war raging in the north had ended in a peace agreement because of the mysterious deaths, and neither side dared launch another war lightly.
"I, Xu Xian, learned a few spells from my father!"
"I'll save you!" Xu Xian had failed to secure his official post, yet he had begun leading people out to bring relief to the common folk.
Xu Xian's demon-slaying, evil-exorcising band set out. Their methods were quite unusual: performing rituals, drawing talismans, and the like.
Surprisingly, they really did have some effect.
Whether a Vengeful Ghost had possessed someone, demons were devouring people, or a family's child was suffering so badly that they wanted to kill themselves, Xu Xian and his companions' methods proved remarkably effective.
In less than two months, even the reigning emperor had heard of Xu Xian's abilities. He had actually become a favorite of Pan Renmei.
So absorbed was Xu Xian in his official duties that he did not even know the White Lady had been tightly imprisoned by Thunder Fahai and was about to be annihilated.
"Enough, Bodhisattvas. Escort this White Lady to the Heavenly Court and exchange her for my eighteen Arhats!"
At Tathagata's command, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva immediately came forward and escorted the White Lady to the Heavenly Court.
And so the grand romance of the new White Lady, a love awaited for a thousand years, came to an end.
Beneath Mount Tai, in a corner of one of the countless stalactite caves, Wukong was no longer suppressed by demon blood. With the pills Xu Tong had given him, his memories were slowly recovering and awakening.
Boom! Boom!
The Great Sage Equal to Heaven had emerged from Flower-Fruit Mountain, wreaked havoc in the celestial palace,