Chapter 105: The Battle of Thus line: Chen Tang Guan Guan, the Deviation of Fengshen

Thus line: Chen Tang Guan Guan.

After Nezha left, Gu Xiu ordered Ao Guang, Ji Ling Shen and the others to lead the heavenly troops to conceal their forms and lie in ambush in the sky.

Waiting for Nezha to return.

Regarding Gu Xiu's words, several people were doubtful, but due to Gu Xiu's dignity, none dared to ask.

After several hours, Nezha returned to Thus line: Chen Tang Guan Guan as scheduled.

Ao Guang and Ji Ling Shen, upon seeing this, immediately led the masses of heavenly troops to descend and reveal themselves, blocking Nezha's path.

"Nezha, you dare to come back!?"

Ao Guang glared, his dragon whiskers fluttering in the wind, his voice filled with anger.

Ji Ling Shen, towering and muscular, wielding a giant axe, shouted loudly: "Nezha, you have committed such a grave crime; today you cannot escape—submit to punishment at once!"

The heavenly troops behind them shouted in unison, their momentum immense, chilling to behold.

Seeing the heavenly troops encircling him, Nezha's killing intent arose.

"Ao Guang, you old loach, today I'll let you know: if I don't want to, you can't do anything to me at all."

Nezha's face brimmed with arrogance; his fearless demeanor made people both angry and resentful.

Having said that, Nezha's fire-wind wheel beneath his feet spun rapidly, raising a scorching blaze; he shot forth like a bolt of lightning and clashed with Ao Guang, Ji Ling Shen and the others.

For a moment, the sounds of weapons colliding filled the sky without cease, sparks flying everywhere.

Relying on his agile posture and powerful magic treasures, Nezha surged left and right among the heavenly troops, as if entering an uninhabited realm.

"Nezha, you wicked spawn, don't be so arrogant!" Ao Guang showed no weakness, waving his Divine Sea-Suppressing Halberd, divine light flashing; each move carried endless anger and power,

His dragon whiskers flailed in the wind, his eyes locked on Nezha, wishing to slay him instantly.

Seeing Nezha scatter the heavenly troops, Ji Ling Shen glared and roared: "Nezha, don't be so reckless—take my axe!"

The fierce axe-wind howled, slashing toward Nezha.

Gu Xiu and Princess Long Ji hid their forms within the clouds, their gazes fixed on the situation below.

Although Nezha was wounded, his many magic treasures meant that Ao Guang, Ji Ling Shen and the few others could certainly not defeat him.

After watching them fight for a while, Gu Xiu said: "The time is about right; it's my turn to act."

Saying this, Gu Xiu unleashed terrifying immortal power from his body, binding Nezha.

In the battle, Nezha saw Ji Ling Shen's axe coming and wanted to dodge.

But he discovered he could not move at all, his whole body as if tightly bound by an invisible force; panic showed in his eyes as he took Ji Ling Shen's axe blow straight on.

The two great generals, seeing this, knew Gu Xiu had acted; a flicker of ruthlessness passed in their eyes, the cold light of their weapons flashed, and the sharp blades instantly pierced Nezha's body.

Ao Guang, seeing this, had his eyes turn red; his hatred burned like blazing flames.

Wielding the Divine Sea-Suppressing Halberd, he thrust forward with endless anger toward Nezha's back.

He roared in anger: "Nezha, you brat, return my son's life!"

Sensing the incoming danger, Nezha was terrified, wanting to evade but unable to move, and was directly pierced through by the halberd.

Afterward, with the two great generals and Ji Ling Shen coordinating, Ao Guang succeeded in beheading Nezha.

Gu Xiu, upon acting, sealed his soul, imprisoning it within the fleshly body so it could not escape.

Then, he sent a mental transmission to Ao Guang and Ji Ling Shen.

"Ao Guang, I have sealed Nezha's soul within his fleshly forehead; take his body up to heaven and hand it over to the Heavenly Court for disposal."

Ao Guang looked around blankly, wanting to thank him in person, but never seeing Gu Xiu's figure; he therefore led Nezha's corpse up to heaven for Haotian to handle.

Li Jing never paid attention to Nezha anyway; the disaster was Nezha's own doing. Upon hearing that Nezha's corpse was to be taken to heaven, he let the Heavenly Emperor decide how to handle it, saying nothing further.

Gu Xiu watched as Ao Guang and the others carried Nezha's corpse away toward the heavenly realm, when the system chimed.

"Ding!"

"Mission completed; congratulations, host, for obtaining a superior innate spiritual treasure, the Yin Yang Separation and Union Spike!"

Hearing the mission completed, Gu Xiu felt satisfied; after all this effort, he finally gained some return.

Beside her, Princess Long Ji saw Gu Xiu suddenly smile faintly, an air of having everything figured out, and frowned slightly: "Why did you suddenly intervene to help Ji Ling Shen slay Nezha? Was it also your idea for Ao Guang to take Nezha's corpse away?"

Gu Xiu shook his head: "I'm doing this to help your Heavenly Court; why so many questions?"

Although a slight mishap occurred, yet preventing Nezha from slicing flesh to repay his mother, from gouging bone to repay his father, and also letting Ao Guang take Nezha's corpse to heaven, Taiyi True Person's plan to revive Nezha with lotus root will surely not be so easy.

Princess Long Ji said: "I am I, the Heavenly Court is the Heavenly Court; it has nothing to do with me."

"However you say it, I won't accompany you any longer; farewell."

As the words fell, Gu Xiu's form vanished from the spot.

Seeing this, Princess Long Ji mounted the azure phoenix and flew up to heaven.

After Princess Long Ji left, Gu Xiu's form appeared on the city wall of Thus line: Chen Tang Guan Guan, where a bow was placed—the Heaven-Earth Bow, forged by Xuanyuan Huangdi; after the Yellow Emperor, no one could draw it.

"Nezha, it was with this bow that the child of Shi Ji, Bi Yun Tongzi, was killed."

"To prevent future trouble, I have stored away this bow and arrow."

Gu Xiu tried to take the bow and arrow; indeed it was heavy, but to him it was nothing, and he directly placed it into the system's storage.

"Without the Heaven-Earth Bow, Taiyi cannot use Nezha's hand to kill Bi Yun Tongzi, nor scheme against Shi Ji; they'll likely have to think of another plan."

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the Heavenly Court

Haotian had been paying attention to the affairs of Thus line: Chen Tang Guan Guan; seeing Nezha flee, he found it boring, so he stopped paying attention and returned to the Jade Pond to rest,

until Ji Ling Shen and Ao Guang came to heaven to pay their respects, at which Haotian slightly opened his eyes.

"Ji Ling Shen, have you assisted the East Sea Dragon King in going to Thus line: Chen Tang Guan Guan to demand Nezha repay with his life—how did it go?"

Ji Ling Shen bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the matter proceeds smoothly; Nezha has already been executed, and we are now bringing his corpse up to present to you for disposal."

Haotian furrowed his brows: "Since the person is already dead, why bring his corpse up here? And still have me dispose of it—do you think I am idle?"

Then he looked toward Ao Guang: "East Sea Dragon King, since Nezha is your enemy, this corpse shall be left for you to handle."

Ji Ling Shen panicked, hastily explaining: "Your Majesty, we have a reason for doing this."

Ao Guang agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, why not let us finish speaking first? It's not too late for Your Majesty to make a decision."

This piqued Haotian's curiosity; he had just been observing the situation in the lower realm, but could only see an outline, not the specific details.

"Go ahead and speak."

Ji Ling Shen and Ao Guang spoke out the words that Gu Xiu had said.

Upon hearing this, Haotian fell silent for a long moment: "You say that the Taiyi True Person plans to use a lotus root as an incarnation to revive Nezha?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, so we have sealed Nezha's soul inside the corpse and brought it here for Your Majesty to order how to dispose of it."

Haotian thought for a moment; he had originally worried that there was no chance to make a big deal of things, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come knocking.

"Very well, you've done well; now it's up to me."