Is this really okay?
Zhunti Jieyin a bit of a predicament, looking at a bronze mirror in their hands.
Xiao Tian cast a spell on the bronze mirror, recording an image, the content of which was roughly...
"My avatar, listen carefully! You have one minute to rescue Sun Wukong in the shortest possible time! Do not let this interfere with the Great Tribulation! Remember this!"
"Absolutely." Xiao Tian's clone gave Zhunti and Jieyin a confident smile.
Zhunti and Jieyin had no other choice; it was clearly impossible to get Xiao Tian to leave the Pilgrimage Tower.
After all, the Chaos Otherkind are still hiding and wandering in the Primordial World. This old silver coin is really wicked. If Xiao Tian leaves the Pilgrimage Tower with them and causes the Pilgrimage Tower to be destroyed, that would be a huge sin!
After all, the Pilgrimage Tower is the joint masterpiece of all the saints, and it periodically releases holy light that is harmless to non- Chaos Otherkind in all the heavens and myriad realms.
Before long, Zhunti and Jieyin met Xiao Tian's incarnation, the Earth God of the Peach Garden, at the Heavenly Palace.
" Peach Garden Earth God, this is a message from your true self."
The Peach Garden Earth God shook his head and said, "No need to look. He's definitely telling me to go to the Time Forbidden Zone as soon as possible to rescue Sun Wukong. I'm on my way back."
Zhunti and Jieyin saw that the young man was quite sensible, but they still insisted on giving the bronze mirror to the Peach Garden Earth God.
"You should take a look; the person in question has something else to say."
"Alright, alright, I'll see."
In fact, the Peach Garden Earth God had long known that the main body was sending messages. This 'wireless network' was their advantage, far superior to the Three Corpses severed by these Sage and Quasi-Sage in terms of communication and transmission.
The bronze mirror projects images and sounds.
After hearing this, the Peach Garden Earth God put away the bronze mirror.
"I understand the situation. I'll go rescue Sun Wukong right away."
When the Sage came to demand the person, there was no way to delay any longer, so the Peach Garden Earth God happily vanished in an instant.
However!
Zhunti and Jieyin, still uneasy, went into the Peach Garden together.
The Peach Garden of today is no ordinary place. It's not the same Peach Garden that the Queen Mother of Yaochi controlled in the past. With the arrival of the Peach Garden Earth God and a bunch of figurine spirits, plus the intervention of the Sage Xiao Tian, Peach Garden here is so vast that even Sage couldn't use Haotian's Haotian Mirror to calculate or understand the secrets of heaven.
Upon entering the Peach Garden, Jieyin and Zhunti immediately began to deduce Sun Wukong's predicament.
But soon their brows furrowed.
The secrets of heaven Chaos; they couldn't figure anything out.
Before long, the Peach Garden Earth God led the way to the Time Forbidden Zone, and then they entered it.
Within the Time Forbidden Zone, the Queen Mother of Yaochi has already traversed countless Nightmare Illusion with similar scenarios hundreds of millions of times.
" Queen Mother, wake up!"
The resounding sound of bells and drums resonated in the soul. At this moment, the Queen Mother of Yaochi was engaged in a fierce battle with the evil Peach Garden Earth God. The battle had reached a fever pitch, with her high-pitched, angry cries shaking the heavens.
In the blink of an eye, the Queen Mother found herself surrounded by Chaos, with the Peach Garden Earth God standing before her, his eyes filled with concern.
" Queen Mother, are you alright?"
"Is it still an illusion?" The Queen Mother looked exhausted and sighed softly. Then, her eyes filled with boundless anger, and her expression became complicated as she stared at the Peach Garden Earth God.
The Earth God was puzzled, but he didn't think too much about it. He immediately reached out with his long arm, grabbed the Queen Mother's shoulder, and carried her out of the Time Forbidden Zone.
Zhunti and Jieyin saw the Peach Garden Earth God bring out the Queen Mother the West, but did not see the demon monkey Sun Wukong, their expressions changed.
"Fellow Daoist, what's going on? Where's Sun Wukong?"
" Sun Wukong isn't inside; I only saw the Queen Mother West," the Peach Garden Earth God said innocently.
At this moment, the Queen Mother realized that this must be the real world.
" Earth God!"
A furious, suppressed, and suffocating scream erupted into the sky!
Jieyin, Zhunti, and the Earth God were all dumbfounded!
The Queen Mother slapped the Earth God Earth God across the face, then grabbed his arm, opened the sandalwood incense burner, leaving a mouthful of teeth marks and bloodstains before letting go.
Finally, with tears in her eyes, the Queen Mother disappeared and departed.
"W-what's going on?" The Peach Garden Earth God looked at the two rows of bloody teeth marks on his left arm, completely bewildered and confused.
"No, I don't know." Zhunti and Jieyin were also confused.
However, Zhunti, whose mind was now more agile and sharp, was overjoyed.
"I've discovered a huge scoop on the Queen Mother and this incarnation of Xiao Tian! Looks like the future of Heavenly Court is going to be interesting! Should I tell that brat Haotian about this?"
"Where is Sun Wukong?" Jieyin's eyes were unfriendly, suspecting that the Peach Garden Earth God was being disobedient and stalling for time.
" Jieyin Sage, Sun Wukong is truly not outside the Time Forbidden Zone. If he is still in the Peach Garden, then we can still find him. Please wait a moment, both of you. I will have the spirits search quickly, even if it means turning the world upside down, to find Sun Wukong."
"It'd better be quick!"
Zhunti and Jieyin had no choice but to help search within the Peach Garden.
The Peach Garden now very large, and for outsiders who don't know the way, it's like a maze!
Even the two Sage almost got caught up in it, but luckily they reacted quickly and had exceptional memories, ultimately...
"Found him! Sun Wukong has been found!"
Upon learning of his freedom and receiving an explanation from Number Zero, Sun Wukong was overjoyed and wanted to see Little Purple Sister before he could leave the Peach Garden in peace.
" Sun Wukong, your five-hundred-year term of service is up. Eat these two nine-thousand-year-old peaches, and then you can leave the Peach Garden."
Why so fast?
"Different time flow rates."
Just as Sun Wukong said goodbye to Little Purple Sister, he saw two people, one fat and one thin, who were not Figure Spirit Clan, descend before him.
"You demon monkey! How dare you trespass into the Peach Garden! The Jade Emperor will punish you! Come with us!"
Sun Wukong was horrified, feeling an unstoppable force sweep over him and imprison him. The next moment, the surrounding space shifted.
"You audacious monkey! You have no choice but to kneel before the Jade Emperor!" Jieyin.
In the Hall of High Heavens, Haotian, sitting on the throne, was somewhat bewildered.
"Hmph! I, Old Sun, refuse to accept this! Although I, Old Sun, trespassed into the Peach Garden, the people Peach Garden have forgiven me. What right does the Jade Emperor have to punish me!"
Sun Wukong's eyes widened like copper bells, filled with stubbornness and resentment.
Haotian instantly understood Jieyin and Zhunti's thoughts, inwardly cursing, "You two old fools! If you weren't Sage, I would have canceled this whole charade! Humph! I'll definitely get some benefits afterward! Otherwise, I'll be at a huge disadvantage! I'll take the blame, and you'll reap the rewards! How can that be acceptable!"
Haotian put aside his distracting thoughts, his expression turned solemn and dignified, and his eyes, cold as sharp swords, stared directly at Sun Wukong.
"You demon monkey! You injured the guard of the Southern Heavenly Gate and trespassed into the Heavenly Palace! Do you know your crime?!"
"Hmph! I, Old Sun, did injure those two gatekeepers! But that was outside the Southern Heavenly Gate. A few of us brothers wanted to go up to heaven for a visit, and those two gatekeepers cursed at us as soon as they saw us! We Demon Clan also have demonic rights, how can we tolerate being cursed! If you want to convict me, Old Sun! I, Old Sun, will not accept it!"
Seeing the resolute look in the eyes of this demon monkey, and the crimson-gold aura surrounding it, the Jade Emperor realized that this will was somewhat similar to that of the Sage Xiao Tian; they were very alike!
Thinking of Xiao Tian Sage at Flower-Fruit Mountain, and this demonic monkey...
"You demon monkey, you're not convinced? Do you know what happened to your brothers?"
Haotian said with a stern and cold expression, "One bull demon escaped from the Southern Heavenly Gate with severe injuries, one who called himself the Peng Demon King was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison and will be Demon-Slaying Platform soon, and the rest have all had their demonic bodies, primordial spirits, and true souls destroyed!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong frowned.
Seeing that Sun Wukong did not believe him, Haotian summoned the Haotian Mirror, which showed the scene of Peng Demon King being imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
Seeing the weak and unconscious Peng Demon King imprisoned in a cell with his collarbone pierced by an unknown divine lock, and guarded by more than ten heavenly soldiers, Sun Wukong's heart trembled.
"You demon monkey! Do you submit?"
"I refuse! Kill me or torture me, do whatever you want! Stop stalling for time and trying to pull some inhuman schemes!" Sun Wukong sneered.
He wasn't stupid; he could tell that this Jade Emperor didn't want to kill him.
"You clever monkey, you are guilty and should atone for your sins. Now you have a task to complete. After you complete it, your name, Great Sage Equaling Heaven Sun Wukong, will resound throughout the heavens and the myriad realms, and you will have a place in the Heavenly Court."
"Hmph! I never expected to be outmaneuvered by you! But since you're so powerful, what do you need me for?"
"You don't need to know, you only need to nod or shake your head."
Sun Wukong thought for a moment. The situation was pressing. It didn't matter if he died, but what would happen to the children of Flower-Fruit Mountain?
"I, Old Sun, can agree! But first, I must have a friendly sparring match with those heavenly soldiers and generals who killed my brothers. Also, you must take care of the monkeys in the Aolai Kingdom and Flower-Fruit Mountain in the lower realm. If anything happens to them, I, Old Sun, cannot guarantee I won't do anything wrong!"
Haotian couldn't help but burst into laughter!
"You impudent monkey, you have too many demands! Fine! I grant your request!"
Subsequently, a group of immortals and gods who had defeated the Great Sage Moving Mountains, the Great Sage Penetrating Wind, and the Great Sage Expelling Gods answered the Jade Emperor's call and challenged Sun Wukong to a duel in the arena.
God of Strength, Lü Dongbin, Lan Caihe, Iron Crutch Li, the Eight Immortals, Star Lord of Fire Virtue, and Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, were all defeated by Sun Wukong's staff.
It wouldn't be a big deal if other immortals and gods were defeated, but the fact that Li Jing, Great Luo Golden Immortal with the Innate Spirit Treasure Linglong Pagoda, suffered a crushing defeat made Haotian even more curious about Sun Wukong.
Jieyin and Zhunti, however, regretted it.
Why?
Because the supernatural power used by Sun Wukong is the same supernatural power of the Sage Xiao Tian!
It can be said that Sun Wukong received the inheritance of the Sage Xiao Tian!
"That was exhilarating! That was exhilarating! Is there more?!" Sun Wukong's fighting spirit was blazing, like a God of War emerging from a sea of fire, his momentum soaring, and the bottleneck in breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal began to loosen.
" Sun Wukong, let's stop here." A voice rang out.
Sun Wukong, the Jade Emperor, Jieyin, Zhunti, the Queen Mother, and others shifted their gazes.
The one who spoke was the Peach Garden Earth God.
"Who are you? Come on up here, let me, Old Sun, have a go at you!" Sun Wukong's eyes burned with a palpable fighting spirit.
The Earth God sneered, "What a fool! Instead of eating the 90,000-year-old peaches that were given to you, you're here fighting! Since the Jade Emperor wants to punish you, then you should wait patiently in the mortal realm for a destined person to atone for your sins."
All the immortals and gods saw the Peach Garden Earth God flip his hand, seemingly patting the air, but Sun Wukong in the distance suddenly fell from the clouds, was knocked down from the Thirty-Three Heavens to the mortal realm, and crashed to the ground in an unnamed mountain range in the Eastern Continent of Divine Victory.
boom!
"You mischievous monkey, remember to eat the peaches of immortality!"
Sun Wukong was so dizzy from the fall that he finally realized he was trapped inside the mountain.
Although he could move around inside, the powerful magic seals and formations prevented him from escaping.
Heavenly Palace
" Jade Emperor, this mischievous monkey has a karmic connection with my true self. I hope you can send him some food every day. Also, I hope you can protect the monkey troop on Flower-Fruit Mountain."
"Rest assured, fellow Daoist." The Jade Emperor understood that Sun Wukong had been branded with Xiao Tian's name, and he felt greatly relieved, after all, he had been Zhunti earlier.