Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 361 An Unexpected Sneak Attack (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking further subscriptions!)

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, an instant silence fell.
At the same time, the smile in the Jade Emperor's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a deep killing intent that was difficult to suppress, causing the entire Thirty-Six Heavens to tremble slightly.

"You demon monkey, are you courting death?"

Wu Xian, however, did not take it to heart and said in a gentle tone, "Why is Your Majesty so angry? As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. You are the ruler of the Three Realms, governing the Thirty-Six Heavens above and the Seventy-Two Lands below, and overseeing all matters concerning gods, immortals, Buddhas, saints, the human world, and the underworld. Your power is boundless."

"With such an honorable position, you should be benefiting all living beings, devoting yourself wholeheartedly to the peace and well-being of all people."

"But unfortunately, on my journey to find the Great Sage's potential, all I saw was widespread suffering in the Three Realms and Four Continents, a veritable hell on earth, while you immortals, Buddhas, and saints were merely occupying positions without doing your jobs, completely ignoring these situations."

Even the Queen Mother of the West, in her quest to refine the elixir of immortality, colluded with demons of the mortal realm, using mortals as experimental subjects, forcibly transforming them into demons, and then luring them to heaven to kill them and obtain the elixir. The cruelty of her methods is utterly incomprehensible.

"There are countless similar examples. Even if His Majesty were blind, he would surely have heard of such things, yet he has never made a proper decision."

This clearly shows how utterly defeated you are as the ruler of the Three Realms.

"In that case, Your Majesty should abdicate and let someone more capable take the throne as ruler of the Three Realms. This way, you will have peace and quiet, and so will we!"

After hearing Wu Xian's impassioned speech, all the immortals in the Lingxiao Palace were dumbfounded.

It wasn't that they were particularly surprised by what was happening in the human world, but rather that they couldn't believe that someone would dare to criticize him in front of the Jade Emperor, and do so with such reason and evidence, belittling him to the point of being utterly worthless, practically calling him a good-for-nothing.

But I have to say, it was really fun.

Some of the more morally upright deities in Heaven were secretly applauding, but outwardly remained calm, appearing completely terrified.

"Hehehe...hehehahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!"

At this moment, the Jade Emperor suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter, his laughter filled with anger and the humiliation of being offended by ants.

The next second, he suddenly stood up, his powerful magical energy surging around him, and a terrifying pressure spreading wildly.

In an instant, his magical power filled every inch of space and every breath of air, both above and below ground, in front and behind, left and right.

The immortals present, including Wu Xian, felt as if they were insects trapped in amber, unable to move under the pressure of the surging energy from all directions.

As the ruler of the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor rarely needs to personally fight enemies.

In the past, we only saw him sitting high in the Lingxiao Palace, commanding the immortals and ruling the Three Realms. Now, his actions are truly extraordinary.

With a clang, a golden divine sword shot out from behind him. The immortals only saw a flash of sword light, and in an instant, it was as if the sun, moon, and stars had disappeared. Only a ray of earth-shattering sword light pierced through the void and slashed towards Wu Xian's location, seemingly to cut him and the entire Thirty-Six Heavens in two.

However, to the Jade Emperor's surprise, the sword struck Wu Xian's head without any resistance, as easily as a red-hot iron being inserted into butter. Wu Xian's entire body burned like a torch and turned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

died? !
Sensing the other party's aura rapidly disappearing, which seemed genuine, the Jade Emperor's brows furrowed in a rare manner.

It's not that this demon monkey's physical body is extremely strong, like Sun Wukong's, possessing an indestructible body. Even if he couldn't withstand Sun Wukong's full-force attack, he shouldn't have been killed so easily.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

The Jade Emperor's face turned cold. He raised his hand and summoned the Haotian Mirror, which was suspended in mid-air. The mirror surface was like a golden sun, bursting out with thousands of golden lights. It began to search every corner of the Three Realms and Four Continents for Wu Xian's whereabouts.

"Bang----!!!"

Just then, a whooshing sound came from beside his ears. The Jade Emperor was startled and was about to use the Haotian Realm to isolate the space when he heard a crisp cracking sound and the void beside him shattered.

Immediately afterward, a violent force surged along his cheek, accompanied by excruciating pain and distorted light in his eyes. This force, carrying a body stronger than any magical artifact, smashed through the wall of the Lingxiao Palace, then soared beyond the thirty-sixth heaven, flying towards the boundless void. As the Jade Emperor flew out of the palace, the terrifying aura that had permeated the surroundings naturally dissipated, but the entire Lingxiao Palace remained as quiet as ever, with a strange feeling that time and space had been frozen.

Venus stiffly turned his head to look at Li Jing, who had already withdrawn his fist. He saw Li Jing grinning at him, his facial hair gradually appearing, and his body and appearance twisting, transforming into Wu Xian's appearance.

"When was it..."

Seeing this, the immortals were dumbfounded. Recalling the scenes after Li Jing returned to the Heavenly Palace alone, cold sweat instantly soaked through their clothes, and a chill ran through their hearts.

"escape!!"

Someone shouted, and the immortals were instantly jolted awake, each unleashing their supernatural powers and magical treasures as they flew out of the hall.

Of course, several powerful Heavenly Court generals also shouted and took out their magical weapons, intending to surround and attack Wu Xian.

"Certainly!"

With a soft shout, all the immortals who were trying to escape and the fierce heavenly generals were immobilized in place by the immobilization spell, their postures becoming all sorts of bizarre and comical, which, combined with the golden light covering their bodies, made them look quite ridiculous.

"receive!"

Wu Xian was too lazy to waste time with such trash. The Four Symbols, Five Elements, and Eight Trigrams Sealing Array unfolded in his palm, rapidly expanding and covering the entire Lingxiao Palace.

Immediately afterwards, the palm flipped over, and the Four Symbols, Five Elements, and Eight Trigrams Formation rotated in reverse. Everything began to shrink rapidly again, and together with the immortals, they fell into Wu Xian's palm and disappeared.

"You demon monkey!! Prepare to die!!"

Just then, a furious roar came from beyond the sky.
boom!
The heavens and earth shook, and a terrifying aura spread out in an instant, shaking the immortal island, with oppressive force filling every corner of the air.

A colossal sword, towering ten thousand feet high, tore through the void, unleashing a myriad of radiant rays of light and celestial energy. Intertwined with strands of heavy killing intent, it shattered space, gathering intense and domineering energy that hurtled straight towards Wu Xian.

"Haha! Well done!!"

Wu Xian laughed heartily, golden flames flickering in his eyes. As he took the Ruyi Jingu Bang from his ear, a somersault cloud rose beneath his feet, and with a leap, he arrived beneath the giant sword.

A surge of immense power erupted from within him, then quickly converged and gathered in the muscles of his arms. Amidst the rolling and roaring, the Golden Cudgel swelled in the wind, transforming into a colossal pillar that swept outwards, causing the entire space to boil.

There was no use of stick techniques or supernatural powers; it was simply the purest form of violence and the ultimate control down to the cellular level.

As the sword and staff clashed, the primordial energy of heaven and earth surged forth, and countless strange phenomena such as earth, water, fire, and wind arose and vanished one after another, as if the world had been created anew and creation itself had been reenacted.

……

Xiniu Hezhou, at the foot of Lingshan Mountain.

A figure wearing a straw hat and a gray monk's robe slowly walked towards the grand temple on the mountaintop. Suddenly, as if sensing something, he looked up at the sky, and after a long while, smiled and whispered:
"Wukong, it seems you really made the right bet this time."

"Since that's the case, then I, your teacher, shall lend you a hand..."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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