Chapter 721: Di Jun Is So Arrogant

Inside the Fire Cloud Cave, Fuxi the Sacred Emperor gazed at the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace shrouded in golden fire pillars, and couldn't help but exclaim:

Di Jun, Di Jun, you're still as overbearing as ever!

Burning the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace—this is the first time since the creation of heaven and earth!

At the North Sea Sea Eye, the Demon Master Kun-Peng's body trembled slightly, and he spoke with lingering fear:

Good thing I ran fast!

Otherwise, if Di Jun remembers me and strikes, it'll be awful!

Inside the Nüwa Imperial Palace in the primordial chaos, Lady Nüwa gazed with a complex expression at the demon clansmen beside Di Jun whose eyes flashed with scorching light, and at the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace shrouded in true solar fire, secretly pondering:

Although I don't know who revived Di Jun, his return has at last freed the demon race from its former oppression. But Di Jun is so arrogant; I hope he doesn't bring disaster to the world.

In the Holy Court hall, Ye Qin's eyes lit up at the sight of Di Jun burning the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace:

Truly worthy of being the Demon Emperor Jun!

This move of burning the Lofty Heavens Palace is truly extremely formidable!

The Tathagata should be arriving soon...

When the Tathagata reaches the Heavenly Court, this great uproar in the heavenly palace will also be about to wrap up.

Among the three realms of heaven, earth, and humanity, although the immortals and gods who witnessed this scene had limited abilities, not a single one actually stepped forward to aid the Jade Emperor.

After all, the Jade Emperor's opponents are the Demon Emperor Jun and the Great Sun Tathagata Lu Ya!

Just dealing with those two is already extremely difficult; moreover, behind them lurks a mysterious organization capable of resurrecting the Demon Emperor Jun!

With such a huge trouble, the immortals and gods of the three realms naturally don't want to get involved lightly; they merely watch silently, wanting to see how things will develop.

Under the gaze of the three realms' mighty beings, the Tathagata Buddha finally arrived at the Heavenly Court leading ten thousand Buddhas!

As the ten thousand Buddhas descended, a surging Buddhist aura spread out, making the area before the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace seem like a Buddha's pure land.

Like Di Jun, the Tathagata Buddha and the ten thousand Buddhas behind him had also prepared the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation in advance, ready to meet the enemy.

With the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation as his backing, the Tathagata Buddha was full of confidence. He looked at Di Jun and said coldly:

Di Jun, you dare to burn the Lofty Heavens Palace—you have already committed a heinous crime!

I, leading the ten thousand Buddhas, have come—your doom has arrived; why not surrender quickly?

Upon hearing the Tathagata Buddha's words, Di Jun scoffed:

Hahaha, Duobao, you traitor of the Sect of the Way to Heaven—do you even deserve to make me bow?

What shameless bragging! Today I shall, on behalf of the Sect Master of the Way to Heaven, give you a proper lesson!

Having said that, Di Jun activated the Grand Zhou Tian Stars Formation.

Cry—

The scorching true solar fire condensed into the form of a Golden Crow, which spread its wings and let out a long cry as it flew toward the Tathagata Buddha.

Seeing the violent distortion of space around the flaming Golden Crow, the Tathagata Buddha knew the power of Di Jun's move. He dared not be careless and immediately activated the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation.

Hum—

Instantly, each Buddha in the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation emitted golden Buddha light from their bodies; all the golden light converged, forming a huge Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal.

The Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal swiftly flew toward the flaming Golden Crow.

Boom—

When the Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal collided with the flaming Golden Crow, the violent impact turned into gusts of storm that rampaged indiscriminately across the surroundings.

Under the impact of the terrifying storm, buildings and plants were destroyed one after another; the area around the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace became nothing but ruins.

The Grand Zhou Tian Stars Formation truly lives up to its reputation!

Seeing this, the Tathagata Buddha secretly sighed in admiration.

Immediately, he formed a Buddha seal with his hands.

Boom—

Within the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation, the power of the ten thousand Buddhas gathered together, forming an immensely huge Ten Thousand Buddha Dharma Appearance.

At the same time, golden Buddha light shrouded the area where the ten thousand Buddhas stood, protecting them.

Amitabha—

After conjuring the Ten Thousand Buddha Dharma Appearance, the Tathagata Buddha chanted a Buddhist invocation and loudly said to Di Jun:

Di Jun, I will surely subdue you today!

As his words fell, the immense Ten Thousand Buddha Dharma Appearance stretched out its palm and slammed fiercely at Di Jun.

At the same time the Tathagata Buddha acted, the Jade Emperor within the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace also activated the palace to jointly attack Di Jun.

Seeing the Tathagata Buddha and the Jade Emperor join forces to attack him, Di Jun burst out laughing:

Hahaha, Duobao, Heavenly, even if you join forces, I fear nothing!

While speaking, he activated the Grand Zhou Tian Stars Formation, mobilizing the power of the Zhou Tian stars to counterattack.

Boom… boom… boom…

For a moment, the battle before the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace became extraordinarily fierce.

As the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation, the Grand Zhou Tian Stars Formation, and the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace violently collided, the terrifying shockwaves not only tore space but also destroyed nearly half of the Heavenly Court's buildings.

Seeing that if they continued like this, the Heavenly Court would probably be left with only a few buildings.

Seeing this situation, Hongjun Laozu understood that it was time for him to step forward.

A thought moved in Hongjun Laozu's mind, and in the next moment an avatar of Hongjun Laozu appeared above the Lofty Heavens Treasure Palace.

Heavenly, Tathagata, Di Jun, cease fighting at once!

As Hongjun Laozu's words fell, a faint heavenly dao might pressed down on the Jade Emperor, the Tathagata Buddha, and the Demon Emperor Jun.

Seeing Hongjun Laozu's avatar appear, the three of them promptly stopped their attacks.

When Di Jun ceased his movements, he immediately assumed a stern, questioning demeanor and said to Hongjun Laozu:

"Hongjun, you told me to stop, I obeyed you……but the Heavenly Court was originally my territory, your child Haotian has been occupying it and refusing to return it, you owe me an explanation!"

"Explanation?"

Patriarch Hongjun heard these words from Emperor Jun, and his brows involuntarily furrowed slightly.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Emperor Jun and Taiyi fell in the Wu-Yao War, the Heavenly Court lost its master, and only then did he send Haotian to take charge of the Heavenly Court.

This was originally not a problem.

But who could have predicted that after Emperor Jun's fall, he would actually be resurrected!

As the original master of the Heavenly Court, Emperor Jun wanting to reclaim his rightful territory makes sense both emotionally and logically.

However, Patriarch Hongjun could not allow Emperor Jun to return to the Heavenly Court.

Then how should he deal with Emperor Jun?

For a moment, Patriarch Hongjun also found himself in a dilemma.

Just as Patriarch Hongjun was struggling, the Jade Emperor, seeing that he had Patriarch Hongjun's backing, strode out of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall with great vigor.

He glared at Emperor Jun and spoke:

"Emperor Jun, after your death, the Heavenly Court became ownerless!"

"I taking over the Heavenly Court poses no problem; what further explanation do you need?"

Seeing the Jade Emperor speak, Emperor Jun gave him a sideways glance and said lightly:

"Haotian brat, I'm talking to your old man; what gives you the right to butt in?"

Having said that, Emperor Jun no longer looked at the Jade Emperor's face, which was green with anger, and turned to Patriarch Hongjun to say:

"Hongjun, silence cannot solve the problem……"

"You cannot deny, I built the Heavenly Court with my own hands!" "Either give me a reasonable explanation!"

"Either that, or you return the Heavenly Court to me!"

Di Jun's words made Patriarch Hongjun's brows furrow even tighter.

He pondered for a moment, then said to Di Jun:

"Di Jun, Hao Tian has already explained this to you just now……"

"Because you fell, the Heavenly Court had no master, so Hao Tian took over the Heavenly Court, and that is no problem……"

"Although you have revived now, Hao Tian's control of the Heavenly Court follows the heavenly Dao, so the Heavenly Court naturally cannot be returned to you!"

"However, as the creator of the Heavenly Court, you may make reasonable demands of Hao Tian for some compensation."

Reasonable compensation……

Actually, from the very beginning, Di Jun never expected Hao Tian to hand over the Heavenly Court.

Patriarch Hongjun's words were exactly as he had anticipated.

However, since he cannot obtain the Heavenly Court, he must strive for sufficiently generous compensation!

Di Jun pondered a moment, and an idea formed in his mind.

He said to Patriarch Hongjun:

"Patriarch Hongjun, if that is the case, then let Hao Tian hand over the Northern Cattle Reed Continent to me!"

"From now on, the Northern Cattle Reed Continent shall be under my jurisdiction, and the Heavenly Court may not interfere in its affairs for any reason!"

He wants the Northern Cattle Reed Continent?

Hearing Di Jun's words, Patriarch Hongjun secretly began to calculate in his heart.

The Earth Immortal Realm has only four great continents, each exceedingly precious.

On the surface, all four great continents are under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court.

Just like the Buddhist sect, even if it is powerful, it dare not openly demand that the Heavenly Court cede the Western Ox Heaven Continent to the Buddhist sect.

Di Jun's opening demand for the entire Northern Cattle Reed Continent is simply a lion's huge mouth!

However, the Northern Cattle Reed Continent is originally a gathering place of the demon clan, making it difficult to govern.

If we give the Northern Cattle Reed Continent to Di Jun, it could pacify him, which would not be a loss.

After thinking for a while, Patriarch Hongjun said to Di Jun:

"Di Jun, the Northern Cattle Reed Continent can be given to you……"

"But I have two conditions!"

Two conditions?

Di Jun felt a bit displeased inside, but did not directly refuse Patriarch Hongjun.

He asked Patriarch Hongjun:

"Patriarch Hongjun, what are your conditions?"

Patriarch Hongjun replied:

"First, after you establish the demon court in the Northern Cattle Reed Continent, you must restrain the demon court and not lead the demon army to attack the Heavenly Court again!"

Upon hearing the first condition, Di Jun pondered briefly, then nodded and agreed:

"This condition is no problem……"

However, while agreeing, Di Jun secretly thought to himself:

"Once I ascend to the Saint Realm, I alone can take down the Heavenly Court; I will no longer need to lead the demon army."

Seeing Di Jun so readily agree to the first condition, Patriarch Hongjun was quite pleased and continued:

"Second, you must tell me the information of the Holy Court……"

Holy Court information? Hearing Patriarch Hongjun's second condition, Di Jun blinked slightly.

He had not expected Patriarch Hongjun to propose such a condition.

To be honest, his knowledge of the Holy Court's information is limited, and that information is not very important.

But even so, Di Jun did not dare to leak it casually.

Thus, Di Jun used the Holy Court Seal to send a voice transmission inward, asking:

"Holy Maiden, Hongjun is asking me for information about the Holy Court; can I tell him?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Meiniang immediately reported to Ye Qin.

Ye Qin listened, then said with a smile:

"Holy Court members outside have never mentioned the Holy Court in public, yet Hongjun knows of the Holy Court's existence……

"It seems Hongjun did the eavesdropping!"

"Tsk tsk, one really cannot judge a person by appearance!"

After sighing a few words, Ye Qin said to Wu Meiniang:

"Meiniang, tell Di Jun, he is not allowed to reveal the specific information of the Holy Court……"

Ye Qin is very clear that his current strength is still not strong enough.

So, for now we must first maintain the mystery of the Holy Court.

Only then can we better carry out a series of plans to help him earn more shock points.

Wu Meiniang heard Ye Qin's words and immediately passed the message to Di Jun.

Di Jun listened, then said:

"Hongjun, I never expected you to know of the Holy Court's existence!"

"However, regarding the information of the Holy Court, I cannot tell you!"

"I think agreeing to your first condition already shows great sincerity!"

"If you are not willing, then I can only continue causing trouble in the Heavenly Court!"

Old Ancestor Hongjun did not expect Di Jun to actually threaten him.

However, facing Di Jun's threat, he also had no recourse.

After a moment of silence, Old Ancestor Hongjun hammered the decision:

"Alright, Di Jun, I agree to you!"

Having said that, Old Ancestor Hongjun also said to the Jade Emperor:

"Hao Tian, issue the edict, announce to the Three Realms: from now on, Northern Kuru Continent shall be under Di Jun's jurisdiction, and the Heavenly Court will no longer interfere!"

Regarding Old Ancestor Hongjun's decision, the Jade Emperor was extremely displeased.

Di Jun led the monster army, marching mightily toward the Heavenly Court; he not only threw the Heavenly Court into chaos, but also burned the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, causing him to lose all face!

Clearly he is the one who suffered injustice, yet he still has to compensate Di Jun?

Moreover, the compensation is none other than the Northern Kuru Continent?

But even if the Jade Emperor is unwilling, Old Ancestor Hongjun has already hammered the decision; can he still oppose it?

Thus, the Jade Emperor could only announce to the Three Realms with great resentment, handing over the Northern Kuru Continent to Di Jun's jurisdiction. Seeing the Jade Emperor's resentful appearance when announcing to the Three Realms, Di Jun felt very satisfied.

He said to the assembled monster clans:

"Everyone, follow me to the Northern Kuru Continent to establish a monster court on earth!"

The monster clans who personally witnessed Di Jun's great display of divine might became even more convinced of him.

Upon hearing Di Jun's words, they all loudly responded:

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The shouts of tens of thousands of monster clans rolled like thunder, echoing in every corner of the Heavenly Court.

The monster clans' faces full of joy formed a stark contrast with the Heavenly Court's current state of disarray.

After returning from the Heavenly Court to the Northern Kuru Continent,

Di Jun faced the Three Realms and proclaimed in a resonant voice:

"I am the Monster Emperor Jun, and now I will rebuild the monster court on this Northern Kuru Continent!"

"All monster clans under heaven may come to the Northern Kuru Continent and join my monster court!"

Unlike the Jade Emperor, who merely announced to the various forces of the Three Realms, Di Jun exerted great magical power, causing his voice to spread throughout the entire Three Realms.

As soon as Di Jun spoke these words, it instantly caused a great uproar in the Journey to the West world, with billions of beings shocked.

Western Liang Women's Country.

The king of the Women's Country heard Di Jun's announcement, his heart filled with surprise, secretly pondering:

"This voice earlier proclaimed that it would lead the monster army to attack the Heavenly Court!"

"Now it again announces to the Three Realms, openly establishing a monster court in the Northern Kuru Continent!"

"Does this mean that even the Heavenly Court can do nothing against this Monster Emperor Jun?" "I never imagined that among monsters there could be such a formidable figure!"

After exclaiming a few sentences, the king of the Women's Country thought of the Ruyi True Immortal who had seized the Fetus-dropping Spring, and secretly prayed:

"I hope that detestable Ruyi True Immortal will respond to the monster emperor's summons and go to the monster court in the Northern Kuru Continent!"

Chechi Country. (End of chapter)