Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System
Chapter 183 Ziwei Great Emperor Possessed by Demons?

Chapter 183: Chapter 183 Ziwei Great Emperor Possessed by Demons?

Causing havoc in the Heavenly Court?

Inside Tongming Hall, the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing exchanged glances, a flicker of astonishment and doubt flashed through their eyes.

The Jade Emperor calmly said, "Explain in detail."

Upon hearing these words, Sun Wukong knew everything was settled and immediately recounted the Demon Sect’s formation-setting in the Heavenly Court, along with his own ideas.

After listening, the Jade Emperor closed his eyes and pondered for a long while. When he opened them again, his deep eyes seemed to contain swirling galaxies, as if hiding a whole world. Finally, he spoke in a deep voice, "Feasible."

Sun Wukong smiled and scratched his cheek, "Straightforward, Your Majesty is indeed straightforward. Additionally, there is another matter. Previously, the Demon Sect sent a group of ghosts with memories of their former lives into the cycle of reincarnation. A hundred years have passed, I wonder if Your Majesty has pursued this matter?"

The Jade Emperor turned his gaze to Taibai Jinxing.

The old star lord quickly said, "To report to Your Majesty, the affair at the time had been handed over to Barefoot Immortal for investigation. He constantly wanders the lower realm and it is unknown how the investigation is going."

The Jade Emperor commanded, "Summon Barefoot Immortal."

A sun-traversing deity immediately took the order to descend to the lower realm in search of the immortal’s whereabouts.

Sun Wukong thought, as the online friends had speculated, Barefoot Immortal indeed was a man of the Jade Emperor.

Subsequently, he continued discussing the details of the commotion in the Heavenly Court with the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing inside Tongming Hall.

After some time, Barefoot Immortal finally arrived.

He was a roughly featured deity, barefoot with large feet, his belly exposed, a waist hung with an immortal register, holding a fan in his hand which he gently oscillated, entering Tongming Hall at an unhurried pace.

"Your servant pays respect to Your Majesty," Barefoot Immortal saluted respectfully.

The Jade Emperor asked him to rise, then inquired about the matter of the Demon Sect ghosts and reincarnation.

Barefoot Immortal said, "To report to Your Majesty, those ghosts entered the cycle of reincarnation during the chaos in the Netherworld, and they also carried memories of their past lives, making them extremely difficult to locate,

Your servant has diligently pursued them in the lower world for over a hundred years and has found only a handful."

As he spoke, he took the immortal register from his waist and continued with a solemn expression, "Please look, Your Majesty. These few have already ascended to Heaven. Although their ranks are modest, they are all listed in the immortal register."

The Jade Emperor took the register in his hands to inspect it, then also allowed Sun Wukong and Taibai Jinxing to come forward and check it.

"Hm?" Sun Wukong, after examining it, narrowed his eyes.

The register revealed the names and records of many deities. Several names were shimmering; some were heavenly soldiers, some fairy maidens, and others were strongmen.

At first glance, these all appeared to be quite ordinary lower-tier gods, but what surprised Sun Wukong was that amongst them were two individuals he had encountered during the chaos on the Taiyin Star.

One was a naval soldier from the Milky Way Water Mansion who had provided problematic wine to Tianpeng and hinted at his visit to the Taiyin Star.

The other was a fairy maiden from the Lunar Palace who had set up the Bina Yaksha Formation there.

It could be said that these two played vital roles in the chaos on the Taiyin Star hatched by Ziwei Great Emperor and the Buddha Fearful of Staying Sun.

After the event, it was apparent to everyone that they were pawns of Ziwei Great Emperor!

"Hmm..." Sun Wukong scratched his face, his mind racing with many speculations.

Could it be that both of the reincarnated individuals from the Demon Sect were pawns of Ziwei Great Emperor? What did this imply?

Either Ziwei Great Emperor had always been colluding with the Demon Sect, or the imperial deity himself had fallen into demonhood!

Judging from the fact that the White Crane boy had been used as a pet by Yuan Shi Tianzun and then morphed into a demon, it was not far-fetched to consider that the heart of Ziwei Great Emperor, who had been chopped into mincemeat before his Divine Enthronement, might have been twisted.

Another incident seemed to corroborate this.

The key to the Four-Element Extending Realm Array lies in the ancestral blood of the three Innate Divine Beasts, or a substitute for the soul blood passed down from the Divine Beast’s bloodline, and then the Formation must be dispersed throughout the area.

However, to set up this Array in the Heavenly Court, one obviously cannot do it in a high-profile manner, it must spread quietly and unnoticed.

Looking around the Heavenly Court, there are only two methods to spread this Array quietly to every corner.

The first is the Heavenly Court’s spiritual veins with the Peach Garden at its core, and the second is the Celestial Water Veins!

The Celestial Water Veins originate from the Jade Pond, flow through all parts of the Heavenly Court, and ultimately converge into the Milky Way.

That is to say, if Ziwei Great Emperor and the Buddha Who Fears to Stay had succeeded in their scheming back then, causing the drunken sky marshal to barge into the Lunar Palace and be cast down to the mortal realm,

then even if the Milky Way naval forces had not fallen into Ziwei Great Emperor’s hands, he could have taken advantage of the chaos to set up the Four-Element Extending Realm Array through the Milky Way, within the Celestial Water Veins.

"No wonder I always felt something was amiss back then, as if there was something I hadn’t considered. The problem lies here." Sun Wukong thought to himself.

At this moment, the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing were also deep in thought, evidently sharing the same idea.

"Do not spread the word, we must plan further," the Jade Emperor instructed.

Sun Wukong, Taibai Jinxing, and the Barefoot Immortal all bowed and agreed, then they discussed the details thoroughly inside the hall.

After all the details were discussed, Sun Wukong left Tongming Hall, and at the same time, a prompt sounded in his mind.

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion—seek out the Barefoot Immortal to inquire about the Heavenly Court Immortal Register and receive a Third-Rank Treasure Box]

"Open it!"

[You have opened the Third-Rank Treasure Box, congratulations on obtaining Dao of Artifacts Insight (Triple), Formation Laws Insight (Triple), Divine Skill: Sky Cripple Kick]

As mysterious memories and insights merged into his mind, Sun Wukong became delighted because he had improved once again.

The insights into the Dao of Artifacts and the Laws of Formation had accumulated enough for a breakthrough, finally reaching the fourth level, a realm within the Dao that only middle-stage Quasi-Saints possess!

And compared to Merit Quasi-Saints and Three Corpse Quasi-Saints, within the same realm of Dao, his understanding of the Great Path’s Laws was more complete, and naturally stronger.

As for the Divine Skill: Sky Cripple Kick, it was clearly the Barefoot Immortal’s unique specialty.

This reward was better than none, and Sun Wukong mastered it after a brief understanding.

Upon returning to the Great Sage Equalling Heaven’s abode, he quietly awaited the changes in the situation.

Now that the plan to cause upheaval in the Heavenly Palace was set, the next step was to act according to the plan.

As time passed, although it is said that a day in Heaven is equivalent to a year on the ground, what is actually meant is that the length of one day and night in Heaven corresponds to a year on Earth, not that time flows differently.

In the time that followed, more and more deities began to work for the Jade Emperor wholeheartedly, seeking to make meritorious deeds and then receive Peach rewards during the grand Peach Banquet.

The Jade Emperor’s power grew even greater as a result, and his imperial authority became increasingly formidable; he continuously suppressed the influence of the Chan Teaching within the Heavenly Court.

Some high-ranking Immortal Officers and Divine Generals who still supported the Chan Teaching had their pasts dug up by him; either they were reassigned elsewhere or directly demoted to remote areas in the mortal realm.

Many of these past issues were unearthed by Sun Wukong.

While the Jade Emperor controlled key resources and his power grew stronger, the immortals of the Chan Teaching led by the Southern Extremity Longevity Star had little power to resist and could only watch as their influence in the Heavenly Court was continuously weakened.

But lacking the power to resist did not mean they wouldn’t try to resist.

The Jade Emperor and Sun Wukong were both waiting.

Until one day, a divine edict descended from the skies, and a vast and boundless authority enveloped the Heavenly Court.

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