“Someone's coming!”

Forcing himself to get up, Yang Jian's gaze suddenly sharpened. He took a deep breath, and a divine light seemed to shine from his third eye as he looked up at the sky!

Immediately after, a fire-tipped spear pierced through the void, thundering down like lightning from the nine heavens, striking at Guanjingkou!

“Nezha?!”

Surprise flashed in my eyes. In the next moment, the golden cudgel in my hand extended with the wind, swatting the fire-tipped spear away!

Just then, two figures slowly emerged in the high heavens. One stood on wind-fire wheels, draped in a red ribbon, the other held a pagoda, with a grim expression.

They were none other than Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing and the Great General of the Three Altars, Nezha!

“Your Majesty, Yang Jian has wantonly killed other deities under his command, committing a heinous crime!”

Li Jing's face showed a look of compassion, but a flash of undisguised greed flickered in his eyes as he spoke mockingly:

“Let me apprehend him, so as not to trouble Your Majesty…”

“Impudent! Yang Jian's affairs will be handled by myself. Withdraw immediately!”

My gaze hardened as I stepped forward and spoke coldly.

Yang Jian was my newly found ally. There was no way I would just hand him over to Li Jing.

Upon hearing my words, Li Jing's expression froze. After a moment of silence, his body began to tremble.

His face twisted, his eyes rolled erratically, and his gaze toward Yang Jian grew even colder…

“He violated the heavenly rules… must die… violated the heavenly rules, must die…”

Li Jing gripped the pagoda in his hand tightly, drooling and mumbling as if losing his sanity. Suddenly, he looked up and stared at me!

“That's it!”

“You can't be the Emperor! How could the Emperor protect demons!”

“Audacious filth, daring to impersonate the Emperor! Courting death!”

“Nezha, kill him!”

He seemed to have remembered something, his eyes bursting with excitement as he roared in anger!

Immediately!

Nezha stepped forward suddenly, his fire-tipped spear like a dragon!

Three heads and six arms appeared!

The rolling red ribbon seemed to cover the sky, transforming into a dragon that stirred up boundless clouds!

He unleashed his full strength without hesitation, charging toward me to kill!

“Damn it!”

My gaze turned cold. Without showing any emotion, I glanced at Yang Jian. He nodded slightly, seemingly understanding my intent.

Seeing this, I relaxed a bit and focused on Nezha again!

I had fought him before and knew well how troublesome he could be!

“Heaven and Earth Transformation!”

I took a deep breath and stepped into the void. Boundless divine power surged out, forming a giant ape manifestation behind me that towered into the sky!

“Come on… Let's finish our unfinished battle from before. Let me see what you've got!”

I let out a sinister laugh, abandoning the golden cudgel, and fought Nezha like a wild beast!

To hell with the enigmatic heavenly rules!

To hell with consuming deities!

To hell with the chess game of heaven and earth!

I've had enough!

Since that Jade Emperor framed me, I felt like I had fallen into some bizarre web of fate!

Everything is messed up!

The heavens and earth are unclear? Then let's carve out a bright new world!

The Dao is full of anomalies? Then let's tear the heavens apart, destroy this Dao, and recreate everything anew!

Boom, boom, boom!

Like a mad demon, I punched Nezha again and again, my body seemingly igniting with golden divine fire!

At this moment, my Dao heart was exceptionally clear!

The once equally matched Nezha could now only take my blows!

Clang!

Suddenly!

A blade flashed like cold moonlight, slicing through the heavens!

Unnoticed, a trident had somehow pierced right through Li Jing's chest!

“Heh heh… you… Yang Jian… you lot, won't escape… devour…”

Li Jing's eyes rolled back like dead fish. One hand gripped the blade tightly, the pagoda in his other hand falling powerlessly.

“Kill!”

Yang Jian roared, his formerly elegant eyes now filled with coldness!

The blade moved again!

It sliced Li Jing's godly body in two!

Filthy blood rain fell, and Yang Jian's eyes burned with killing intent!

Not long ago, he had personally slain the Six Saints of Meishan, who were like brothers to him but had fallen into the enigmatic path!

Who could understand his pain!

The enigmatic path? The enigmatic path!

Deities who fell into the enigmatic path were no different from demons!

After killing Li Jing, Yang Jian grabbed the pagoda and shattered it with a punch!

In an instant!

A divine object wrapped in Buddhist light fell out and shot straight into Nezha's body!

It was a… lotus heart!

“Monkey! Stop!”

In the midst of our battle, Nezha's eyes suddenly cleared. It seemed the spell was lifted. Seeing that I was about to strike again, his expression changed drastically, and he quickly spoke!

Upon hearing this, I withheld my punch, and the wind from my fist dispersed the clouds!

“You damn monkey… you really hit hard!”

Seeing my fist right in front of his forehead, Nezha broke out in a cold sweat, feeling the pain all over his body, he couldn't help but speak.

The next moment, Yang Jian, holding the shattered pagoda, came to our side. He glanced at Nezha and said softly:

“What a grand scheme to fool the enigmatic heavenly rules.”

Nezha twisted his neck, dismissing his three-headed six-armed form, and said quietly:

“If I weren't reborn from the lotus root, I would have asked the Buddha to remove the lotus heart long ago during the Dao's transformation, and I wouldn't have lasted until now.”

“Buddha? The Tathagata in the West?”

My eyes narrowed slightly, deep in thought.

This was someone nearly as famous as the Five Emperors, a great spiritual leader. Though I had never met him, judging by his methods, he must be extraordinary.

“Now that we have slain Li Jing, we probably can't return to the heavens. Where do we break the game?”

Putting away his trident, Yang Jian spoke softly.

At this moment, Nezha chuckled and looked at me deeply, then said:

“Great Sage, when the Buddha removed my lotus heart, he told me that if the time is right, a natural-born creature should go to the Spiritual Mountain to seek true scriptures… The true scriptures contain the way to save all beings.”

“Isn’t the current situation the right time?”

Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

At this point, I realized how reckless I had been before!

Those with great power have profound intentions in every word and action. Even in the current situation, there are probably those plotting behind the scenes!

But me, having a destiny with those bald monks?

“Enough, what's the harm in looking?”

I muttered to myself, then raised my head again and said softly:

“Then, let's take a trip to the Spiritual Mountain!”

“And see what kind of true scriptures the Tathagata wants me, the Monkey King, to retrieve!”