Never mind the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Li Jing-even Yu Ding Zhenren was on the verge of breaking down.
Yang Jian refused to play by the rules, and he could do nothing about it!
But Yu Ding Zhenren could not afford to worry about much else now. As far as he was concerned, calming Yang Jian and Li Jing down first was the only sensible course.
Yet it was all in vain.
Had this been the Yang Jian of before, he might have listened to Yu Ding Zhenren's well-intentioned advice.
But the current Yang Jian had long since seen through the grand scheme and understood the machinations of the major powers. How could he still heed Yu Ding Zhenren's words?
Still, the time had not yet come to fall out with the Buddhist School, so Yang Jian remained calm and spoke lightly.
"Stay out of this, Master. I, Yang Jian, will shoulder all the consequences alone."
"I've disliked the Jade Emperor for a long time. That bastard nominally controls the Heavenly Court, yet never spends a day doing anything worthwhile."
"If that's the case, what use do we have for him as Jade Emperor?"
"Today, I, Yang Jian, will represent all living beings of the Three Realms and slay Heaven!"
"Since the Jade Emperor can't do his job properly, I wouldn't mind replacing him."
"I, Yang Jian, will be the Jade Emperor!"
A collective gasp...
Yang Jian's declaration stunned everyone present.
They all stared blankly at Yang Jian, looking at him as though he were a monster.
Slay Heaven?
Nothing like this had happened in the Three Realms for a very long time.
Even when a monkey had once wreaked havoc in the heavenly palace, it had been nothing more than "havoc."
The more someone understood this world, the better they