Transmigrating into Haotian, ruling the Three Pure Ones and pacifying the primordial world.

A top-grade innate spiritual treasure?

Ha ha!

Haotian's lips twitched, and his voice reached Yaochi's ears: "Just three low-grade spiritual treasures. That old fellow Zhulong had Ao Guang come up and settle the score."

Yaochi's lips twitched: "Ao Guang called Sun Wukong's master a demon, isn't that also from the Zhulong Sect?"

"After all, they caused a ruckus in the Crystal Palace. The Dragon Clan has to make a gesture. Giving them three low-grade innate spiritual treasures is a small gift. After all, they are a disciple of a sage, and they also have a connection with Nuwa!" Haotian whispered.

Ao Guang, who was below, did not hear the imperial edict being issued, and immediately understood.

"Your Majesty, I also have something to report." A middle-aged Taoist priest dressed in a dark black robe stepped forward, exuding an extremely strong aura of death, with an air of official authority between his brows.

The most important of the Ten Kings of Hell!

The immortals' eyes gleamed. They had all heard about the recent events in the East Sea and the Underworld. The fact that the monkey could cause trouble in both places without any consequences meant that someone was behind him, and that this matter was going to be reported to the Emperor. His Majesty must have been waiting for this opportunity, which was why the East Sea and the Underworld dared not act rashly.

"Your Majesty, that demon monkey had reached the end of his lifespan, so the Black and White Impermanence took his soul to the underworld. When Sun Wukong found out, he was furious and caused a great disturbance in the underworld, even trying to erase all the monkeys in Flower Fruit Mountain from the Book of Life and Death."

"Fortunately, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva arrived in time to help and drove away the demon monkey. That monkey, having somehow learned a method of escape, somersaulted all the way to Cuiyun Palace..."

King Yama paused, seemingly suppressing a laugh, and then, glancing at the stunned expressions of the assembled immortals, continued, "While Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was away, the demon monkey nearly destroyed Hell and released 100,000 evil spirits."

"hiss--"

The immortals gasped, even Haotian Yaochi leaned back tactically. Yaochi was shocked by the audacity of this monkey. Bodhi said nothing, yet he dared to erase his name from the Book of Life and Death.

With his current immense power, that monkey would probably perish as soon as he put pen to paper due to a backlash of his luck.

Haotian was astonished. Sun Wukong's troubles were getting bigger and bigger. If the 100,000 evil spirits were released, how could Buddhism possibly flourish?

"Fortunately, the Heavenly Venerable Taiyi stopped them in time and captured the 100,000 evil spirits. However, when the Heavenly Venerable Taiyi was about to capture the demon monkey, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva arrived to stop him and was directly captured by the Heavenly Venerable. He was then ordered by the Great Emperor of Fengdu to be imprisoned in front of Pingxin Palace for trial."

"That demon monkey injured many underworld officials and escaped from the encirclement of the underworld. I am here on the orders of the Great Emperor of Fengdu to report to Your Majesty and request that you send troops to help our underworld capture the demon monkey Sun Wukong."

"The Emperor said that Taoism is more reliable than those unorthodox Buddhist sects, and the rampant monkey demon is inseparable from the person behind it. He begs Your Majesty to punish him."

Haotian and Yaochi exchanged a glance. Zhen Yuanzi was acting purely out of emotion, lacking any finesse. He would seize any opportunity to kick Bodhi while he was down.

After listening to King Yama's impassioned speech, the immortals in the hall began to ponder. Their first thought was that the monkey demon Sun Wukong was incredibly audacious, daring to scribble in the Book of Life and Death.

Secondly, the fact that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva actually helped the demon monkey means that the monkey must be related to Buddhism. The fact that the Candle Dragon Saint showed mercy and the Goddess Pingxin stood by and did nothing means that the person who taught him must be a saint.

It seems that all the sages of the heavens have reached a consensus and are all making plans for that demon monkey. His Majesty's calm demeanor suggests that he is simply watching the show. As his subjects, they should learn to read the emperor's mind and refrain from expressing their own opinions.

"Your Majesty..." A silver-armored general was about to step forward when he was stopped by the red-haired youth in front of him.

Yang Jian froze, and Bo Huang sighed inwardly, quietly transmitting his voice: "It's not your turn yet!"

Yang Jian lowered his eyes, only to hear a voice resounding from the imperial throne, vast and majestic, as if coming from the end of the Great Road: "Guards come..."

All the immortals bowed their heads. Your Majesty, you don't usually issue imperial edicts in this manner. Instead, you directly name who will lead the troops.

"Your Majesty, I have a word of advice to offer." An aged voice rang out, and all the immortals looked up. Venus, holding a whisk, exuded an air of otherworldly grace.

They heard the Heavenly Emperor's voice soften slightly: "Taibai, what do you wish to report?"

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, that demon monkey is the stone monkey that was born on Flower Fruit Mountain three hundred years ago. Your Majesty once exclaimed that it was a spirit born of heaven and earth, a creation of the world."

"Now that Sun Wukong has mastered such great skills, it is clear that he has a famous teacher guiding him. However, that mysterious person is immoral and has taught Sun Wukong to be arrogant and ignorant, which shows that he himself is also ignorant of respect."

"Your Majesty, I humbly request that you summon Sun Wukong from Flower Fruit Mountain to Heaven, so that he may grow under the tutelage of my Heavenly Court, experience Your Majesty's imperial power, and shed his unruly habits, thus adding another powerful warrior to our primordial world."

As soon as he finished speaking, the immortals were greatly surprised and looked at Taibai Jinxing with admiration. "Serving His Majesty day and night, you truly deserve to be His Majesty's confidant!"

It subtly criticized the two Western sages while praising the emperor, offering him a way out because the emperor clearly didn't want to punish the monkey.

Venus remained calm and composed, his mind unmoved. "I am always by the side of the Great Celestial Venerable, and I can understand His Majesty's thoughts to some extent."

Bodhi Saint has indeed changed a lot. He has given a lot of merit to His Majesty this time, but His Majesty still dislikes him. If there is an opportunity to treat Bodhi, His Majesty will not let it go.

Even Zhenyuan Shengren is in the same boat; presumably, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is suffering in the underworld right now!

"Very well, that monkey is a creation of heaven and earth. It seems that the person who taught it was also immoral and failed to teach the monkey any rules."

Haotian said calmly, "Taibai, go down to the mortal realm and summon Sun Wukong to serve as an official in Heaven."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your decree."

Venus bowed to receive the decree, strode out of the Lingxiao Palace, and transformed into golden light, flying down to the mortal realm.

The immortals remained silent. His Majesty did not order his attendants to announce the end of the court session, which meant he wanted to wait and see what kind of person Sun Wukong was.

They didn't have to wait long; after only ten days in the mortal realm, a divine general in the Tongming Palace announced, "Your Majesty, the demon immortal Sun Wukong from Flower Fruit Mountain has arrived."

"Announce!"

The immortals immediately adopted a serious expression, watching a golden, glittering monkey follow Venus into the room.

Wearing a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown with trembling pearl tassels; clad in golden chainmail armor with shimmering light; and standing steadily on jade bricks in lotus-silk cloud-walking shoes, her strange eyes were as bright as cold stars, and her wild and untamed nature was evident in her every glance.

Haotian nodded secretly. He was good-looking, not the kind of face that was rugged and pointed like a monkey. He even looked somewhat innocent. Lu Er was right to say that he had the heart of a child. Bodhi had not wasted his talent.

The immortals in the hall had different insights. Since the beginning of the primordial world, first the Dao Ancestor transmitted the Dharma, then the Three Pure Ones and other Heavenly Saints established great teachings to enlighten all living beings, and finally His Majesty ruled the Heavenly Court and led all living beings.

Nowadays, cultivators in the primordial world all take on the form of innate Dao bodies when they travel outside. Prince Lu Er's true form is that of an ape, and the Four Dragon Kings have dragon heads and human bodies in the waters, but they still display innate Dao bodies in the Heavenly Court.

They hadn't seen such a swaggering cultivator in years.