Cloud Tower Palace.
Li Jing held the Exquisite Pagoda in his hand, as unfailingly as ever. He had been resting with his eyes closed when he suddenly saw a streak of golden light fly in from outside the hall.
This light was an urgent message Sun Wukong had sent with his immense magic power.
"Heavenly King Li!"
"Old Sun is coming over to your residence for a chat. Something urgent-the Third Holy Mother..."
Through the voice transmission, Sun Wukong gave him a rough account of events.
After hearing the message, Heavenly King Li's face filled with worry. "Why is the Great Sage coming again? What trouble is this now? A true and false Third Holy Mother?!"
"What true and false Third Holy Mother?" Yin Shiniang was playing with her little daughter, Li Zhenying. Hearing her husband sigh, she casually asked.
Li Jing passed the golden light to Yin Shiniang.
Shiniang was a clever female immortal. After a little thought, she quickly understood. She shook the rattle in her hand, making it thump as she continued entertaining her daughter, and reassured him, "We won't get involved. When they come, at most we'll just say the Demon-Revealing Mirror isn't working. What's the big deal?"
With that, she went on playing with Li Zhenying.
Li Jing, however, let out a heavy sigh and shook his head with a miserable expression.
Easy for you to say!
Ever since the mirror had been used on the Six-Eared Macaque during the Journey to the West, gods and Buddhas throughout the heavens had been wagging their tongues behind his back, saying that the mighty Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li's Demon-Revealing Mirror was a piece of junk that looked impressive but was utterly useless.
As the Demon-Subduing Marshal, how many years had Li Jing shouldered that blame, and how