Journey to the West: I have become an immortal, why did you just join the chat group?

Chapter 105 Don't Let the Demon Monkey Escape! (Please Subscribe)
"Since all the immortal ministers have made this request, I grant it."

The Jade Emperor looked down at the crowd, waved his hand, and said, "I hereby appoint the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King as the Grand Marshal for Subduing Demons and the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas as the vanguard, leading the heavenly troops to descend to the mortal realm immediately to capture the demon monkey!"

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and Nezha, the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas, stepped forward, cupped their hands, and said, "Your subject Li Jing (Nezha) receives the imperial decree!"

Upon hearing this, the gods and immortals' faces lit up with joy.

But said the other side.

Sun Wukong somersaulted out of the Lingxiao Palace and traveled through the heavens. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the Eastern Heavenly Gate: "Brother Lu, quickly open the gate and let me, Old Sun, descend to the mortal realm."

Seeing the monkey's hurried appearance, Lu Jun knew what was going on, but pretended not to know and asked, "Lingming, didn't you go to the Lingxiao Palace to be appointed to an official position? Why are you going down to the mortal realm again?"

The monkey's golden eyes darted around, and it laughed, "The Jade Emperor has appointed me as an official in the mortal realm, ordering me to take up this post!"

"Being a celestial official in the lower realm is not an easy job."

Marshal Deng stood on one side of the East Heavenly Gate and said with a smile, "Unless one is like the True Lord Qingyuan Miaodao, who obeys orders but not summons, then one can truly be carefree!"

The monkey waved his hand and shouted, "Jade Emperor, perhaps I only obey orders and not summons. Quickly open the door and let me down."

Upon hearing this, Marshal Deng's eyes widened in surprise, and he asked, "I wonder what official position the Great Celestial Venerable bestowed upon the Immortal?"

The monkey pondered for a moment and hastily made up an official title, chuckling, "Let me, Old Sun, be the Grand Marshal of the Eastern Continent's Armed Forces!"

"Grand Marshal of the Eastern Continent Army?"

Marshal Deng looked puzzled, wondering to himself, "Does such an official position exist in the mortal realm?"

Just as I was wondering...

Sun Wukong was getting impatient. He brandished his golden cudgel and shouted, "I, Old Sun, am going to take up my post. Open the door right now!"

Seeing this, Marshal Deng had no choice but to nod to Lu Jun, take out the talisman, and open the East Heavenly Gate.

"Hehe, I'm off!" Sun Wukong saw the Heavenly Gate open, immediately somersaulted out, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Such a fast cloud-riding technique."

Marshal Deng gazed in the direction where the monkey had disappeared, his eyes revealing envy and surprise: "No wonder the Great Celestial Venerable bestowed upon him the title of Grand Marshal; it seems he has a powerful background."

Lu Jun suppressed a laugh and nodded.

Putting aside that ridiculous title of Grand Marshal, Marshal Deng wasn't wrong; the monkey's background was indeed extraordinary.

Putting aside the fact that he absorbed the essence of the sun and moon from the immortal stone for countless years, just the fact that he became a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi makes him surpass countless immortals.

Just saying.

Boom, boom!

Thunder rumbled in the heavens as a celestial official with a red face and beard, a third eye on his forehead, wearing golden armor and a red robe, riding on wheels of wind and fire, and wielding a golden whip, arrived on a cloud with the gods of the Thunder Department. He shouted, "Guard the Heavenly Gate! Do not let the demon monkey escape!"

The sound reverberated, dispersing the celestial clouds in the heavens.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun and Marshal Deng immediately restrained their heavenly soldiers and stepped forward to pay their respects: "Greetings, Taiyi Thunderclap Heavenly Venerable!"

The visitor was none other than You Sheng Zhen Jun, who assisted Wang Ling Guan and was also known as Taiyi Lei Sheng Ying Hua Tian Zun.

Holding a golden whip, Wang Lingguan scanned Lu Jun and Marshal Deng with his Heavenly Eye and asked in a deep voice, "Today, a demon monkey caused a great disturbance in the Lingxiao Palace. The Great Heavenly Venerable has ordered its capture. You two must guard the Heavenly Gate and not let the demon monkey escape."

As soon as these words came out.

Marshal Deng was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He knelt down on the ground with a thud and said in a trembling voice, "Reporting to the spirit official, that demon monkey has already broken into the mortal realm."

"what?"

Wang Lingguan was slightly surprised. He turned his gaze and said, "Tell me quickly how he managed to descend to the mortal realm."

Marshal Deng then recounted everything that had just happened. After listening to the whole story, Wang Lingguan did not blame Marshal Deng, but sighed, "The demon monkey is quite capable. His cloud-riding technique is so fast. I and the gods of the Thunder Department tried our best to intercept him from the Tongming Hall. We thought we could get there before the demon monkey, but we didn't expect him to still escape."

Marshal Deng realized he had been tricked by the monkeys and dared not utter another word.

"That's fine!"

Wang Lingguan flicked his sleeves and laughed, "Leave the rest to the Heavenly King Li Jing and the Third Prince. I can finally relax!"

After a while.

In the Heavenly Court, troops were mobilized, and the Thunder Department dispatched its generals to take over the four Heavenly Gates. Lu Jun and Marshal Deng were recalled to the Three Qin Army.

The Three Qin Army of the Central Altar, the Nine Yi Army of the Eastern Altar, the Eight Man Army of the Southern Altar, the Six Rong Army of the Western Altar, the Five Di Army of the Northern Altar, along with the Four Heavenly Kings, the Giant Spirit God, the two generals Yaksha and Fish Belly, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, all lined up in formation, totaling 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, descending from the Eastern Heavenly Gate to capture the demon monkey.

East of the Divine Continent, Flower and Fruit Mountain.

Sun Wukong emerged from the Eastern Heavenly Gate, riding his somersault cloud, and soon returned to Flower Fruit Mountain. When the demons saw their king returning from the heavens, they all excitedly surrounded him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have been in Heaven for over a month. I wonder what celestial position the Jade Emperor has bestowed upon you?" A red-bottomed macaque marshal squeezed in front of Sun Wukong and asked with a beaming smile.

"Yes, yes, what kind of celestial position did the King receive?"

"With Your Majesty's abilities, you're sure to become a high-ranking official!"

"Perhaps even the Jade Emperor will have to give up his throne so that our King can sit on it."

"Yeah!"

"..."

The demons of Flower Fruit Mountain chatted and laughed as they spoke.

"Humph!"

Sun Wukong snorted and said, "What kind of immortal position is there? Those gods in the Heavenly Court are just playing with me. They know my abilities, but they only made me a lowly stable boy. I don't care about that lousy job, so I just fought my way down the mountain."

Upon hearing this, the demons fell silent for a moment, then began to chatter amongst themselves.

"If you ask me, Your Majesty has the ability to reach the heavens, why bother becoming a celestial official? Let's stay on Flower Fruit Mountain, drinking and making merry every day, not subject to the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court or the Underworld. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"Exactly, exactly! Rather than suffering indignities in heaven, it's better to be a mountain king and live a carefree life!"

"Your Majesty, let's drink until we're drunk tonight!"

"The Heavenly Court wants Your Majesty to be some lowly and unranked stable boy, but we'll not do as they wish. Why don't we raise our own banner, proclaim ourselves equal to Heaven, and call Your Majesty 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven'? What do you say?"

The demons pooled their wisdom and efforts and came up with the title 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven', which they presented to Sun Wukong.

"Alas?"

Upon hearing the demons' offerings, Sun Wukong's golden eyes lit up, and he exclaimed with delight, "Great Sage Equal to Heaven! Great Sage Equal to Heaven! This title is excellent. From now on, I, Old Sun, will call myself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and I will be as high as the heavens!"

This was settled.

The demons of Flower Fruit Mountain immediately rushed to make flags and banners, preparing to erect their names.

at the same time.

The seventy-two cave masters in the surrounding area, as well as the six sworn brothers of Sun Wukong, all came to pay their respects with generous gifts when they heard that the monkey had returned from the Heavenly Court.

"Your Majesty, the other six kings have arrived," General Beng, the Long-Armed Ape, rushed to report.

"Please come in quickly."

Sun Wukong was itching to proclaim himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and wanted to show off to others, so the arrival of his six brothers was just the right time.

(End of this chapter)