I am a fairy in Journey to the West

A celestial palace floated above the blue clouds. King Xixuan Liuzhen, escorted by two divine generals, flew up into the blue clouds under the guidance of Chi Ling and arrived outside the celestial palace.

Looking up, I saw three large characters written on the golden plaque above the palace gate: Aoyun Palace.

Chi Ling stepped forward and addressed Xiu Huang Tongzi, who was standing at the palace gate, saying, "Please inform His Majesty that Grand Commandant Chi Ling requests an audience."

Xiuhuang Boy, holding a whisk, said, "His Majesty said that Grand Commandant Chiling may enter the palace to pay homage at any time without reporting."

Upon hearing this, Chi Ling bowed deeply towards the main hall before her and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then Chi Ling, accompanied by the divine general, escorted the Great King Xi Xuan Liu Zhen into the palace.

Inside the hall, Zhuang Yan sat cross-legged on a cloud of auspicious clouds, dressed in imperial robes, his jade-like robes gleaming, and wearing a Taiqing fish-tail crown. He was solemn and ethereal, surrounded by a jade-pure immortal light, exuding majesty and holiness.

Upon seeing the sacred Zhuang Yan, even the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen couldn't help but show a respectful expression.

"Your subject, Grand Commandant Chi Ling, pays his respects to Your Majesty," Chi Ling bowed.

Zhuang Yan opened his eyes and said calmly, "Rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chi Ling bowed and stood up, then turned to point at the Great King Xi Xuan Liu Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, today Liu Chenxiang gathered a crowd to attack Taoshan again, but fortunately Your Majesty's divine power prevented him from succeeding. However, I am incompetent and Liu Chenxiang escaped again, but I did capture the accomplice."

After saying this, Chi Ling had someone bring up the Great King Xi Xuan Liu Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, this man was once a celestial being of high rank in the Heavenly Court, but later the Heavenly Court stopped granting him the blessing of avoiding calamities and disasters, so he descended to the mortal realm to become a demon and gather in the mountains and forests. Now he has joined Liu Chenxiang in causing chaos, which is truly hateful."

Zhuang Yan's gaze fell on the Great King Xixuanliu, and he immediately asked, "Are you a minor official of the Heavenly Court?"

The Great King Xixuanliu said, "It was true before, but it isn't anymore."

"Why would you abandon your celestial status and descend to the mortal realm to become a demon?" Zhuang Yan asked.

The Great King Xixuanliu said, "Since the Heavenly Court cannot avert this calamity for us, we have no choice but to seek a way to eliminate it ourselves."

Zhuang Yan asked, "Have you found a solution?"

"No." King Xixuanliu Zhen shook his head and said, "That's why we have to start a rebellion with that Little Sage Equal to Heaven and fight to the death."

"Little Sage Equal to Heaven." Zhuang Yan smiled upon hearing this title, then turned to the Great King Xixuanliu and asked, "Do you know what your punishment is for what happened today?"

The Great King Xixuanliu said, "There's no need to say anything more. From the day I descended to the mortal realm as a demon, I knew what the consequences of failure would be. Today, I will simply die."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly, then issued an edict: "Giant Spirit God, obey my command! Take out the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen and behead him, then expose his corpse to the world."

The giant spirit god stepped forward, bowed, and accepted the talisman. He then clasped his hands and said, "This humble general accepts the decree."

The Giant Spirit God, accompanied by two divine generals, escorted the Great King Xixuanliu Zhen out of the palace.

At this moment, Zhuang Yan called out again, "Where is the Five Thunder Heavenly Lord?"

Chi Ling looked up and saw five heavenly generals wearing thunder robes and golden helmets and armor walking forward. They bowed to Zhuang Yan and said, "Your subject is here."

Zhuang Yan issued an imperial edict, saying, "You are hereby ordered to immediately search for the cave of the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen, and then burn it with thunder and fire to eradicate evil completely."

The Five Thunder Heavenly Lord accepted the imperial edict, bowed, and said, "As you command."

After the Five Thunder Heavenly Lords left, Chi Ling asked with a puzzled look, "Your Majesty, they seemed to be the five marshals of the Thunder Department: Deng, Xin, Liu, Bi, and Pang?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "That's right. They are now the Five Thunder Heavenly Lords, sent by the Divine Thunder Jade Palace to the Mortal Realm Jade Palace office to assist in managing the thunderous fortune of heaven and earth."

Chi Ling suddenly realized and nodded, saying, "I see."

Zhuang Yan then said to Chi Ling, "There are many people like the Great King Xi Xuan Liu Zhen. In order to avoid calamity and disaster, they are willing to risk their lives to fight against the Heavenly Court."

“Yes,” Chi Ling said. “These people are going all in, wanting to fight to the death, but with the Dust World Jade Palace here, they will not be allowed to have their way. As long as Liu Chenxiang is killed, we can make an example of him to warn others.”

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Killing Liu Chenxiang is far from enough. What I want is not to kill one to warn a hundred, but to take this opportunity to completely eradicate the demonic atmosphere in Xiniu Hezhou."

Chi Ling's eyes lit up, and she said, "Does Your Majesty mean to use the Liu Chenxiang case to eradicate all the troublemakers in the entire Xiniu Hezhou in one fell swoop?"

“That’s right.” Zhuang Yan looked at Chi Ling and said, “Now do you know what to do?”

"Understood," Chi Ling said. "Wherever Liu Chenxiang goes, I will kill him! Until he has nowhere left to run."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly and said, "I will have the Five Thunder Heavenly Lord accompany you and grant you the power of life and death, except for the righteous immortal officials."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan raised his hand and issued a talisman, which was then presented to Chi Ling. "Take this talisman. I will bear all the karmic consequences you have caused on this trip."

Chi Ling solemnly accepted the imperial edict, then kowtowed and said, "Your subject obeys the decree!"

"Get up," Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

Chi Ling bowed and stood up. At this moment, the Giant Spirit God returned carrying a head, which was none other than the head of the Great King Xi Xuan Liu Zhen.

"Your Majesty, the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen has been executed. In accordance with the decree, I have cast his body into the mortal realm," the Giant Spirit God bowed and said.

Zhuang Yan glanced at the head of the Great King of Xixuanliu, then said indifferently, "Burn it."

The Giant Spirit God acknowledged the order and then threw the head of the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen out of the palace, where it landed on the Azure Clouds. A bolt of lightning then struck, instantly burning the head to ashes.

Then Zhuang Yan asked Chi Ling, "Won't your Heavenly King Golden Halberd be destroyed?"

“Yes,” Chi Ling said, “it was shattered by Parvati’s avatar with a giant axe.”

Zhuang Yan asked, "What magical treasures do you still have on you?"

Chi Ling took out the Xuanjin slingshot and said, "Only this Xuanjin slingshot, bestowed by His Majesty, remains."

Zhuang Yan watched as the Xuanjin slingshot was raised and beckoned. The Xuanjin slingshot immediately flew from Chi Ling's hand and landed in Zhuang Yan's hand.

A beam of mysterious light rose from Zhuang Yan's hand, instantly enveloping the Xuanjin slingshot. After only three breaths, the light dissipated, and the Xuanjin slingshot vanished.

Although the Xuanjin Slingshot disappeared, it was replaced by a radiant, golden, and exquisitely carved bow.

Zhuang Yan waved the bow to Chi Ling and said, "This is the 'Jun Tian Divine Bow,' forged from the sharpest and hardest Jun Tian gold energy in the world. This bow can absorb the gold energy of heaven and earth on its own, and when used, it will naturally turn into arrows. You will know its power in the future."

Chi Ling looked at the radiant bow before her, her eyes filled with excitement. She knelt down again, stretched out her hands to catch the Heavenly Bow, and felt its weight and excellent feel.

Furthermore, the Heavenly Bow seemed to possess its own consciousness; as soon as it fell into Chi Ling's hands, it transformed into a beam of divine light and flew into Chi Ling's brow.

Chi Ling sensed that the Heavenly Bow was communicating with her soul within her spiritual platform, and she was filled with astonishment. She then bowed her head and said, "Your Majesty, I thank you for bestowing this treasure upon me."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said, "Go, and remember what I said."

Chi Ling bowed three times, then thanked Zhuang Yan and left Aoyun Palace to meet up with Hua Yue Erlang, Jiang Han and others who were hunting down Liu Chenxiang.

Meanwhile, the Five Thunder Heavenly Lords patrolled the area, summoning various righteous gods, and finally found the cave of the Great King Xixuanliu.

At that moment, inside the Liuzhen Cave, the golden token left behind by the Great King of Xixuan Liuzhen suddenly shone with divine light. The little demon guarding the side saw this and his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly got up and ran out of the cave, shouting, "Madam, something terrible has happened!"

Soon a beautiful woman emerged from a magnificent house and asked the little demon, "What is it?"

The little demon approached the woman and said, "Madam, the King's 'Beware' divination slip has been lit."

"What?!" The woman's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly stepped into the cave where the divination slips were kept.

The moment the woman entered the cave, she indeed saw a bright light emanating from the divination stick, which then flew to the ground and transformed into a figure.

The figure was actually the Great King Xixuanliu, but his figure was illusory and not a physical entity.

It turns out that this "Spiritual Talisman" is a spell of the Great King Xixuanliu, which separates a divine soul from the original body, transforms it into a Spiritual Talisman, and possesses all the memories of the original body.

Even if the physical body dies, as long as there is a Divine Sign, the soul can return to the physical body in the next life and still embark on the path of cultivation.

However, after this divine soul was separated, it could not share all the memories of the original body.

Therefore, when the divine soul of the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen appeared in the fortune stick at this moment, he was confused for a moment, and then said to the woman, "Madam, hurry up and leave. The fortune stick has been activated, which means that I have encountered an accident."

Without hesitation, the woman replied, "I'll leave right away."

Then the soul of the Great King Xixuanliu once again transformed into a divination slip, which the woman put into her sleeve.

Then the woman walked out of the cave and immediately ordered all the little demons and demon soldiers in the cave to leave with her.

Soon the woman led the people of Liuzhen Cave out of the cave in a grand procession, but as soon as they came out, they suddenly heard a thunderclap overhead.

The thunderous sound instantly shocked everyone, including Bai Weixian, the wife of the Great King Xixuanliu.

Bai Weixian looked up and saw thunderclouds surging overhead, with lightning flashing. Five tall, divine beings stood atop the thunderclouds, their bodies surrounded by surging divine lightning, looking quite terrifying.

Bai Weixian quickly cupped his hands in greeting and said, "I am Bai Weixian from Liuzhen Cave. May I ask the names of the five esteemed deities?"

Above the thunderclouds, the Five Thunder Gods spoke in turn:
"I am Deng Hua, the Heavenly Lord of Five Thunders and Myriad Transformations."

"I am Tian Bi, the Dragon Master and Thunder Heavenly Lord."

"I am Liu Hou, the Thunder God of Universal Boundaries."

“I am Xin Xing, the evil Heavenly Lord who wields thunder and cuts fire.”

"I am Pang Qiao, the Primordial Thunder Lord of Chaos."

Upon hearing these five renowned names, Bai Weixian immediately recognized them as the five marshals of the Thunder Department, now known as the Five Thunder Heavenly Lords.

The monsters behind Bai Weixian were already trembling, but Bai Weixian was still able to keep her composure.

She bowed and asked, "What are your orders, sirs, that the five marshals have graced my humble abode?"

Deng Tianjun said, "The master of Liuzhen Cave, the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen, has acted perversely, aided and abetted evil, and violated the Heavenly Laws. He has been captured and beheaded by the Grand Commandant of the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm. We have come here by the Jade Decree of the Great Emperor of the Divine Firmament to destroy his lair, burn his cave, and eradicate evil completely."

Upon hearing this, Bai Weixian's expression changed drastically, and the monsters behind her were thrown into chaos, fleeing in panic.

Upon seeing this, Marshal Deng immediately formed a hand seal and shouted a command.

The next moment, divine lightning rolled down from the sky, and none of the fleeing monsters escaped; they were all struck dead by the divine lightning.

Then Bi Tianjun, Liu Tianjun, Xin Tianjun, and Pang Tianjun each formed a hand seal and unleashed thunder and fire. The thunder and fire raged and instantly engulfed the entire Liuzhen Cave.

Bai Weixian used her magic to withstand more than a dozen divine lightning bolts, but when Marshal Deng unleashed another 'shrine lightning', Bai Weixian was instantly struck down to the ground.

Then another bolt of lightning struck, and Bai Weixian instantly died and her soul was taken into the underworld to reunite with her husband, the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen.

Then a burst of lightning and fire swept in, burning Bai Weixian, all the lesser demon corpses, and the fortune slip to ashes.

The thunder and fire burned for an hour, leaving nothing but barren land within a thirty-mile radius of Liuzhen Cave. The little demons who had escaped from the outer perimeter of Liuzhen Cave looked back at the thunder and fire on the mountaintop, which illuminated the sky with a fiery red glow.

An hour later, the Five Thunder God withdrew his thunder magic and rode his thunderclouds back to report.

Seeing the Five Thunder Heavenly Lord depart, the demons and creatures in the surrounding mountains finally dared to emerge from their caves, all looking towards the direction of the Flowing Truth Cave with utter horror in their eyes and trembling bodies.

At this moment, a rabbit spirit hopped out of the mountain, her face filled with terror. Her originally fluffy white tail had turned black, because she had been touched by lightning when she escaped from the mountain.

Fortunately, she usually did good deeds and diligently cultivated herself, so the lightning only burned a little bit of fur on her tail before automatically extinguishing.

"Nine Rabbits!" a voice called out.

The rabbit spirit turned its head and saw that it was its best friend, the myna bird spirit.

The myna spirit perched on the tree and asked, "Nine Rabbits, what's going on with that Liuzhen Cave? How did it attract the lords of the Thunder Department?"

Seeing her good friend, Nine Rabbit's fear eased considerably. She looked at the Myna Spirit and said, "I heard from the Thunder Department officials that the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen violated the Heavenly Laws and was captured and beheaded by the Grand Commandant of the Dust Jade Palace. So the Divine Firmament Emperor sent the Thunder Department officials to exterminate his family and burn down his cave."

The myna bird asked, "Where is Lady Baiwei?"

Nine Rabbits said, "She's dead. I saw with my own eyes that Lady Baiwei was struck dead by a divine lightning bolt."

Upon hearing what Nine Rabbit said, all the little demons around, including the Myna Spirit, sighed deeply.

"Bai Weixian is a good person."

"Yes, she takes great care of us."

"Poor Lady Baiwei, she was implicated by the King, no, by the Great King Xixuan Liuzhen."

The monsters sighed and lamented, all mourning for Bai Weixian.

But Jiu Tu raised a question, "I was also burned by lightning just now, but my merits averted this disaster for me. So how could Lady Baiwei be struck by lightning and killed?"

The monsters were speechless. Yes, if Lady Baiwei was truly a good person, how could she have been struck dead by divine lightning?
But the monsters quickly came to their senses. The myna bird spirit said, "Regardless of whether Lady Baiwei is a good person or not, she has been very kind to us. After the thunder and fire on the mountain are extinguished, let's build a cenotaph for her."

After the myna bird spirit finished speaking, the surrounding monsters cheered, but soon someone worried, "Won't this violate the heavenly rules?"

"Yes, after all, Lady Baiwei died because she was implicated by the Great King Xixuanliu, who violated the heavenly rules."

"I don't think so. Lady Baiwei is already dead, and the men of the Thunder Department have already returned. We're just building a cenotaph for her, so the Great Emperor Shenxiao shouldn't blame us."

"Yes, the Great Emperor of Shenxiao rules the human world and is busy with countless affairs every day. How could he have the time to care about us little monsters?"

“The pangolin is right,” said Nine Rabbit. “The White Fairy Goddess Baiwei has always been very kind to us. Let’s build her a cenotaph as a way of repaying her kindness.”

No more demons objected; instead, they all echoed the sentiment. (End of Chapter)