Chapter 156: The An-Tian (Peace-Heaven) Assembly, the great play is about to begin

Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor had a smile on his face.

Since that fake Wukong went to heaven, the Demon Alliance side was indeed as he expected, first internal chaos, and then the Bull Niu Mowang forcibly suppressed it and issued a harmless refutation notice.

All of this was in his and Tathagata's calculations.

"Taibai Jinxing." The Jade Emperor spoke indifferently.

"This old minister is here." Taibai Jinxing walked toward the Jade Emperor and bowed.

"How is the preparation for the matter I asked you to handle?" The Jade Emperor asked.

Taibai Jinxing smiled and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the invitations have been drafted, just waiting for Your Majesty's review. The venue for the banquet is set in Yaochi, and all the immortal fruits, immortal wine, and singing and dancing are ready. This old minister named this grand event 'An-Tian Assembly', intending to celebrate the Great Sage Saint Qitian turning back from his lost path and returning to the Heavenly Court, so that the Three Realms will be peaceful and auspicious from now on."

"An-Tian Assembly?" The Jade Emperor chewed on this name and nodded with satisfaction, "Good, this name is good. It is both to welcome the monkey head and to announce to the Three Realms that he, Sun Wukong, is a subject of my Heavenly Court from now on. Very good, let's call it the An-Tian Assembly."

"Your Majesty is wise." Taibai Jinxing sent another compliment and presented a golden invitation, "Your Majesty, this is the style of the invitation, please review it."

The attendant presented the invitation, and the Jade Emperor unfolded it to see that it was written with gorgeous rhetoric, stating that the Heavenly Court, in order to celebrate the Great Sage Saint Qitian Sun Wukong's restoration to his original position, would hold an "An-Tian Assembly" in Yaochi on a certain month and day, and widely invite the immortals and gods of the Three Realms to attend the banquet.

"Hmm, not bad." The Jade Emperor put down the invitation, "Just do it according to this. Send the invitations out, invite all the immortals, earth immortals, and water immortals who have a face in the Three Realms. I want to let everyone see my breadth of mind and the tolerance of my Heavenly Court!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Taibai Jinxing received the decree, but he was secretly clicking his tongue in his heart.

He knew that the Jade Emperor was not holding any An-Tian Assembly, but had set up a huge stage that attracted the attention of the Three Realms.

The Jade Emperor wanted to stage a grand play of Havoc in Heaven by this fake Wukong in front of the entire Three Realms.

Taibai Jinxing didn't dare to think too much and went down to arrange it.

Soon, invitations were sent out by the immortal officials of the Heavenly Court to the famous immortal caves of the Three Realms.

The Five Elders of the Five Directions, the Five Mountains and Four Rivers, the Four Sea Dragon Kings, the Ten Halls of Yama... all the immortals and gods who had names in the Heavenly Court or had some reputation in the Three Realms received this invitation from the Heavenly Court.

For a time, the Three Realms were shaken.

"An-Tian Assembly? What is the Jade Emperor doing?"

"Welcoming Sun Wukong? Did I read it wrong? Didn't they shout and kill each other a while ago?"

"This is interesting, the Demon Alliance said the Sun Wukong in heaven is fake, and the Heavenly Court is holding a banquet for him with great fanfare. This is a challenge!"

"Go, go, go, let's go and watch the fun! I want to see which of these two Sun Wukongs in heaven and earth is real!"

Countless immortals and gods who received the invitations were all holding the mentality of watching the fun and not fearing the chaos, preparing to go to the Heavenly Court to find out.

And this news naturally reached Flower Fruit Mountain.

When General Yan Que sent the intercepted intelligence to the Water Curtain Cave, the Bull Niu Mowang and the other Great Sages were all dumbfounded.

"An-Tian Assembly?" The Flood Dragon Niu Mowang widened his eyes and turned the invitation over and over, "They don't do conspiracies secretly, but invite people to dinner with great fanfare? What kind of path is this?"

"I don't understand." The Lion-Camel King shook his head, full of confusion, "What on earth do they want to do? Could it be that they want to point out that our Demon Alliance is a rebel in front of all the immortals of the Three Realms, and then call on everyone to crusade against us together?"

"Doesn't look like it." The Macaque King was more careful, "If they really wanted to crusade against us, they would just issue a decree, why go to such trouble?"

Several people argued endlessly, and none of them could guess the Heavenly Court's true intention.

Everyone's gaze finally fell on Su Chen.

Su Chen held the intelligence, his brows tightly locked.

An-Tian Assembly!

He was too familiar with this name!

Wasn't this the celebration banquet held by the Jade Emperor after Tathagata Buddha suppressed Sun Wukong in the Journey to the West?

But now, Sun Wukong was clearly in seclusion, and the suppression hadn't even happened yet, so how could they hold a celebration banquet in advance?

No, no!

Su Chen's brain turned rapidly, connecting all the clues.

Fake Wukong, refuting rumors, grand banquet for the Three Realms...

An unbelievable, but indeed possible idea emerged in his mind.

"I understand..." Su Chen muttered to himself, his face becoming incomparably solemn.

"Brother Su Chen, what did you understand?" The Bull Niu Mowang asked hurriedly.

Su Chen looked up at everyone and said word by word: "They are not trying to frame Monkey Brother, they are trying to let that fake Great Sage completely replace Monkey Brother!"

Su Chen took a deep breath and explained: "The Heavenly Court's plan is much more brilliant than we imagined! They supported the fake Wukong, not to let him make any mistakes and then frame Monkey Brother. Their purpose is to let this fake Wukong completely become the real Great Sage, to help them achieve the goal they want to achieve!"

"What?!"

Once these words were spoken, the several Great Sages present were all shocked.

"How is this possible? If Seventh Brother comes out of seclusion, won't their conspiracy be exposed?" The Flood Dragon Niu Mowang shouted.

"No, it won't." Su Chen's eyes were deep, "They have calculated everything. They will build momentum for this fake Great Sage, leaving an indelible impression on the living beings of the Three Realms."

"In this way, even if Monkey Brother comes out of seclusion in the future, his influence in the Three Realms will not be as good as the Heavenly Court's fake Great Sage. By then, the Heavenly Court taking action against Monkey Brother will not cause public opinion in the Three Realms. And as long as they can get rid of Monkey Brother, then only that fake one will be left in the Three Realms, and he will naturally become the only Great Sage Saint Qitian."

Su Chen's explanation made the several Great Sages feel cold on their backs, and they finally understood the Heavenly Court's vicious intentions.

"Bastard!" The Bull Niu Mowang patted the stone table and roared: "What should we do now?"

"Now is not the time to be angry." Su Chen let everyone calm down, "We must find a way to deal with this 'An-Tian Assembly' and not let the Heavenly Court successfully build momentum for that fake Great Sage."

"How to deal with it?" The Yu-Rong King asked worriedly, "We can't really go to the Heavenly Court and smash their banquet, right?"

"Of course not." Su Chen shook his head, "If we move, we fall into their trap. What we need to do now is watch, wait, and wait for the best opportunity."

He walked to the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave, looking at the demon soldiers ready to go, his eyes deep.

"Pass the order down, let General Yan Que's intelligence group spread the situation of Flower Fruit Mountain. Say that the Great Sage Saint Qitian Sun Wukong is in dead seclusion, charging toward the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and the demon crowd of Flower Fruit Mountain can all testify!"

"We cannot let Monkey Brother's news disappear in the Three Realms. The Heavenly Court promotes that fake one, and we promote Monkey Brother, so that he will not be forgotten by all living beings. Once there is only news of that fake one in the Three Realms, it will be very passive when Monkey Brother comes out of seclusion."

Su Chen's plan, although passive, was the only way at the moment.

The Bull Niu Mowang and others also understood that what they could do right now was indeed not much.

"Good! Just do it!" The Bull Niu Mowang made the decision.

The order was quickly conveyed, and the Demon Alliance's intelligence system was fully activated, beginning to pass the news of "True Wukong is in seclusion in Flower Fruit Mountain" to the outside world.

For a time, in the Three Realms, two completely different voices began to clash.

The Heavenly Court's "An-Tian Assembly" invitation and the Demon Alliance's "seclusion cultivation" statement made the discussion about the true and false Great Sage more and more intense. ===== CHAPTER 157 =====