Ever since returning from Yaochi, Chen Wei had begun handling the matter Taibai Jinxing had entrusted to him, though he had not taken it too seriously.
After all, he had already faced the Holy Manifestation True Lord's blade and the Queen Mother of the West's oppressive might head-on. Across the vast Three Realms, what problem could possibly make the Chief Official of the Discipline Inspection Court tear his hair out?
Who would have thought?
When he opened the Jade Slip and read through it carefully, there really was one.
Moreover, just as Taibai Jinxing had said, this matter directly concerned the Great Heavenly Venerable's dignity.
Its origins went back to the Glazed Lamp the Curtain-Rolling General had accidentally shattered all those years ago. All the immortals of the Heavenly Court knew a cup had been broken, but few knew that afterward, a fragment imbued with the Great Heavenly Venerable's Dao resonance had fallen into the mortal world.
As luck would have it.
That fragment happened to be found by Great Immortal Huli of the Chechi Kingdom.
With such a token, Great Immortal Huli could summon wind and rain in the Mortal Realm. Otherwise, how could a mere demonic Daoist of humble origins reach the Heavenly Court directly and make the Dragon King beyond the nine heavens obediently send rain?
Later, the Three Demons of the Chechi Kingdom were slain by Sun Wukong and his companions, their souls sent to the Yellow Springs.
But the Glazed Lamp Fragments bearing heavenly might vanished without a trace, becoming an unsolved case in the Heavenly Court.
Now, the Jade Slip clearly recorded that the object had resurfaced and fallen into the hands of a Demon King in the Mortal Realm. After finding the fragment, this Demon King had claimed a mountain as his domain