Chapter 216: Great Heavenly Sovereign, This Matter Is Probably Inappropriate

The news that the Great Sage Saint Qitian Sun Wukong was going to ascend to the Heavenly Court to prove his identity and demand an explanation from the Heavenly Court spread rapidly to the Four Great Continents through the information networks of Luan Erjie and Yan Que.

At first, it was only private messages between some demon king caves.

Soon, these messages spread rapidly.

From the Demon Kingdom of the North Sea in Beiju Luzhou to the major cultivation forces in Xiuniu Hezhou; from the Daoist gates in Nanzhan Buzhou to the overseas immortal islands in Dongsheng Shenzhou, anyone who had cultivators coming and going knew this news.

In the markets of human cultivators, the spiritual senses of passing cultivators intertwined, discussing this matter.

"Have you heard? The one under the Mount Wuzhi is fake!"

"The real Great Sage Saint Qitian has always been on Flower Fruit Mountain and just attained the Great Luo Dao not long ago!"

"Yes, I heard that too, and I also heard that the one on Flower Fruit Mountain is going to ascend to the Heavenly Court to demand an explanation from the Jade Emperor recently?"

"Tsk tsk, so the Heavenly Court actually recruited an imposter to be an official? Then where is the face of the Heavenly Court? The dignified master of the Three Realms, monitoring the Three Realms, actually cannot recognize the true form of a demon; then this saying of the Heavenly Court monitoring the Three Realms is probably a joke?"

Even in the mortal kingdoms of the Four Great Continents, the news about the true and false Great Sage became a topic of conversation after tea and dinner.

In the restaurant, the storyteller was spitting everywhere, telling the story of the "True and False Great Sage" with ups and downs.

The news that Sun Wukong was going to ascend to the Heavenly Court spread all over the sky, and the Heavenly Court naturally received the news.

The information department of the Heavenly Court, responsible for by Thousand-Qian Li Yan and Favorable-Wind Ear, had long since collected various versions and reported them to the Jade Emperor after being screened and summarized by Thousand-Qian Li Yan.

In the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor was resting behind the Lingxiao Palace.

The attendant immortal official reported to him that Thousand-Qian Li Yan had something to report before the palace.

The Jade Emperor opened his slightly closed eyes and said: "Let him in."

"Yes!" The attendant immortal official received permission and went to the front of the palace to announce Thousand-Qian Li Yan for an audience.

"See Your Majesty!" Thousand-Qian Li Yan came behind the palace and bowed quickly.

"Beloved official, no need for courtesy." The Jade Emperor waved his hand and asked: "What does the beloved official have to report?"

Thousand-Qian Li Yan reported the information he had recently obtained to the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor's face was gloomy, but he did not erupt, instead listening quietly to Thousand-Qian Li Yan's report.

After Thousand-Qian Li Yan left, he was furious.

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

He waved his sleeve violently, and the table carved from ten-thousand-year warm jade in front of him, along with the immortal fruits and nectar on it, instantly turned into powder.

"Those bald donkeys of the Buddhist sect are truly useless; they can't handle things well, and instead, they've made rumors fly all over the Three Realms!"

"Someone, announce Taibai Jinxing for an audience!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The attendant immortal official on the side saw the Jade Emperor's anger and hurriedly took the order.

Not long after, Taibai Jinxing hurried over.

The Jade Emperor had Taibai Jinxing read the information presented by Thousand-Qian Li Yan.

"Your Majesty, calm your anger." Taibai Jinxing read it carefully before stepping forward and saying in a low voice, "The matter has reached this point, anger is useless. The top priority is to think about how to respond."

"Respond? How to respond!" The Jade Emperor snorted coldly, "Do you really want me to admit in front of all living beings in the Three Realms that I didn't recognize people and was deceived by an imposter?"

The face of an emperor is bigger than the sky, not to mention he is the Heavenly Emperor who dominates the Three Realms.

Taibai Jinxing shook his head slightly and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this matter has opportunities in danger, and it is not all bad."

"Oh?" The Jade Emperor raised his eyebrows.

"Since that demon monkey wants to demand justice, my Heavenly Court will give him 'justice'." Taibai Jinxing's eyes flashed with a refined light, "Your Majesty can proclaim to the Three Realms, stating that the Heavenly Court will investigate this matter to the end and return the truth to the world. In this way, we can stabilize the mouths of all living beings in the Three Realms and demonstrate the fairness of the Heavenly Court."

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor's expression softened slightly; this was indeed the best way at the moment.

"And then?"

"Then, it's easy to handle." Taibai Jinxing smiled slightly and continued, "Who investigates, who determines the truth, isn't it all up to Your Majesty? At that time, just define that demon monkey on Flower Fruit Mountain as a 'demon evil that confuses the Three Realms' and that the one under the Mount Wuzhi is the real Great Sage Saint Qitian. In this way, the Heavenly Court can be legitimate and use thunderous means to completely eradicate him!"

What a trick to confuse black and white!

The haze in the Jade Emperor's eyes was swept away, and he looked at Taibai Jinxing and nodded approvingly.

"Good! This plan is very good!"

Taibai Jinxing saw this and bowed again: "Your Majesty, this is the first of my plans. The second is that this matter was caused by the Buddhist sect after all, damaging the majesty of my Heavenly Court. Your Majesty can send an envoy to Lingshan, nominally to discuss how to respond, but actually to demand compensation from the Buddhist sect. The Buddhist sect is in the wrong first and will inevitably bleed heavily to appease Your Majesty's anger."

"Hahaha!" The Jade Emperor finally laughed out loud, the previous anger turning into laughter, "This plan of the beloved official is wonderful, truly my backbone! Then this matter is left to you to handle!"

"Minister, obey the decree."

Taibai Jinxing received the decree, left the Lingxiao Palace, and went straight to the Western Heaven.

The Jade Emperor said to the immortal official beside him: "Pass my decree, summon all the immortal officials to discuss matters at the Lingxiao Palace!"

Not long after, Lingxiao Palace.

Civil and military immortal officials were lined up on both sides, but the atmosphere was not as peaceful as usual; everyone didn't know why the Jade Emperor summoned them to the Lingxiao Palace at this time, so they whispered to those around them.

The Jade Emperor sat high on the dragon chair, his gaze sweeping over the immortals below, and his voice rang out:

"Recently, rumors have been flying in the Three Realms about the true and false Great Sage, which has damaged the majesty of the Heavenly Court. My heart is very painful! To correct the hearing, I have decided to establish a special project immortal class to investigate this matter thoroughly, and we must find out the truth and give the Three Realms an explanation!"

The immortals were all strange in their hearts; this was not like the Jade Emperor's usual style.

It stands to reason that such rumors are usually handled by their Majesty with thunderous means; why would he want to investigate thoroughly this time?

They in the Heavenly Court knew the tricks in this, and it couldn't stand investigation.

"Where is Wuqu Xingjun?" The Jade Emperor's voice rang out again.

A divine general wearing golden armor and a resolute face walked out from the row of military officials, his voice like a bell: "Minister is here!"

"I appoint you as the chief official of this special project, draw personnel to investigate this matter specifically, and you must investigate clearly and give me, and all living beings in the Three Realms, an explanation!"

"Minister, obey the decree!"

A smile appeared on Wuqu Xingjun's face; as one of the Jade Emperor's confidants, he had long received the Jade Emperor's secret decree and knew that this so-called investigation was just a formality. The Jade Emperor's real purpose was to use his investigation to set a death date for that monkey who didn't know whether to live or die!

Just as Wuqu Xingjun received the order and was about to leave the Lingxiao Palace.

A cold voice came from outside the palace and rang in everyone's ears.

"Great Heavenly Sovereign, this matter is probably inappropriate."

Hearing this voice, Wuqu Xingjun, who was about to leave, froze in place, not knowing whether he should go or not.

At the same time, all the immortal officials in the court changed color and turned their heads to look outside the palace.

On the imperial throne, the Jade Emperor frowned. ===== CHAPTER 217 =====