Chapter 798: Myriad Immortals, Ten Absolutes—Slay the Heavenly Demon

The Myriad Immortals Grand Formation, the Ten Absolutes Immortal Formation.

Both are top-tier super formations of the Heavenly Court; since the Heavenly Court's establishment, neither has ever been fully deployed.

Even when Sun Wukong caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he only managed to set up one or two of the Ten Absolutes Immortal Formations, which delayed him somewhat and caused him considerable trouble.

Afterwards, they designed to capture Sun Wukong.

Of course, later Sun Wukong escaped from the Eight Trigrams Furnace—that was an accident.

Moreover, he is as agile as a monkey—no, he is literally a stone monkey; in a hurry, setting up a formation may not necessarily trap Sun Wukong.

A formation is a formation.

It is not some technique that can be freely unleashed.

It requires time, a suitable location, and sufficient manpower to set up and take effect.

At that point, it would be better to simply seek help from the Tathagata—much simpler and straightforward.

"Open the treasury, take out all the stockpiles, and use them entirely in the grand formation." After confirming the deployment of the grand formation, the Jade Emperor further said.

"Your Majesty?" Li Jing could not help but speak up.

The Heavenly Court's treasury, accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years—how much could it possibly hold? The number is astronomical; even the immortals in charge of the warehouse do not know.

To actually take it all out at once, for use in the dual formations.

This is, throwing out the entire foundation of the Heavenly Court!

Put it this way: as long as the Heavenly Court's foundation remains, even if the Tathagata went mad, leading the entire Great Lei Yin Temple and all Buddhist sects under heaven to attack the Heavenly Court,

the Heavenly Court would not say it fears nothing, but it would have confidence in holding its ground, and even if the defenders ended up in mutual destruction, it would not be a problem.

Now the Jade Emperor's decision is equivalent to pouring out everything the Heavenly Court has, to engage in a deathmatch with the Great Heavenly Demon!

His resolve is indeed not small.

"My mind is made up; if the Great Heavenly Demon is not eradicated, the Three Realms will never know peace." The Jade Emperor spoke with a solemn expression, "For the peace of the Three Realms, paying this price is entirely worthwhile!"

Seeing that the Jade Emperor's mind was set, Li Jing no longer urged him, and only said: "It's not difficult to simply set up the dual formations, but getting the Great Heavenly Demon to enter the formation is not a simple matter."

Most formations are akin to traps and cannot be moved at will.

Whether it is the Myriad Immortals Grand Formation or the Ten Absolutes Immortal Formation, both are immensely powerful formations, and likewise cannot be moved to pursue.

One can only lure the enemy in, so that they may take effect.

Against ordinary enemies, the concealment of the dual formations is already sufficient; the enemy steps in without knowing.

But against the Great Heavenly Demon, it may not be enough.

"Correct, the Great Heavenly Demon is arrogant beyond compare, but he is also not a fool." The Jade Emperor said, "So we must give him a reason he cannot refuse to enter the formation."

"If we were to capture someone from the pilgrimage team and threaten them..." Li Jing frowned.

That would definitely not work; first, we don't even know if the Great Heavenly Demon truly cares about these people's lives or deaths.

Even if he did, snatching someone right under his nose—what difference does that make from facing the Great Heavenly Demon directly?

The difficulty remains just as high, doesn't it?

Unless the Heavenly Court's heavenly soldiers and generals all move out, slightly intercepting the Great Heavenly Demon for a moment, then there might be a slim chance and possibility.

However, if we send all the heavenly soldiers and generals to delay the Great Heavenly Demon's steps and sacrifice themselves.

The dual formations require "manpower"?

Even relying on the named immortals from the Investiture of the Gods list, we cannot unleash the full power of the dual formations.

"Naturally not by threat." The Jade Emperor chuckled lightly, having already planned: "We will set up the dual formations before Ling Mountain."

"What?" Not only Li Jing, but all the immortals were stunned.

Even Nezha—if he weren't short, he would look down on people through his nostrils like Yang Jian—oh, in this world, Yang Jian has white eyes, belonging to the type who looks down on everyone.

Those who are exceptionally arrogant and lawless are no exception.

Setting up the dual formations before Ling Mountain is equivalent to provoking the Great Lei Yin Temple.

Throwing stinking dog dung at someone's doorstep—that's the kind of stench that kills on contact.

Who wouldn't be furious?

"Tai Bai Jin Xing, go to the Great Lei Yin Temple and inform them of the Heavenly Court's decision, see what those monks say." Before the immortals could say anything, the Jade Emperor directly said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tai Bai Jin Xing received the order and departed without hesitation.

The more critical the moment, the less one can afford to be indecisive.

The Jade Emperor is not usually one to act unilaterally, but now, he cannot tolerate everyone chattering in, discussing trivial matters for ten days or half a month.

A single word must decide it!

"Your Majesty, what if the Great Lei Yin Temple disagrees?" Li Jing could not help but ask.

Speaking of which, his family's relationship with the Great Lei Yin Temple is also quite close, of course, this is due to the Jade Emperor's instruction, to maintain good relations with the Great Lei Yin Temple.

Li Jing himself is a staunch supporter of the Jade Emperor, and also serves as a bridge between the Heavenly Court and the Great Lei Yin Temple.

Therefore, he has considered this more.

"If they disagree, well, we'll just place the formation behind Ling Mountain." The Jade Emperor rarely laughed, laughing with a sinister tone.

The immortals below also followed suit and began to laugh.

Exactly, if they disagree, just place it behind your Ling Mountain.

The pilgrimage team is supposed to go to the Western Heaven, not the Heavenly Court; the Heavenly Court setting up the grand formation before Ling Mountain is placing it on the Great Heavenly Demon's inevitable path.

Given his arrogance, he will inevitably charge into the formation.

If the Great Lei Yin Temple disagrees, we place it behind—then it's a different matter.

Not blocking the door or the road, we can still sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman after the Great Heavenly Demon and the Great Lei Yin Temple fight.

Thinking this way, the Heavenly Court placing the dual formations before Ling Mountain is simply not being upright enough.

The response from the Great Lei Yin Temple side was quickly brought back by Tai Bai Jin Xing.

That group of monks not only agreed to set up the dual formations before Ling Mountain as Heavenly Court had planned, but also volunteered to help.

Not only did they provide what was needed for the dual formations and enhance their power, but they could also dispatch additional personnel to jointly maintain the great formation.

The Jade Emperor agreed without saying another word.

Wanting to take over the great formation at someone else's gate is only natural.

Speaking of which, the Supreme Elder has disappeared for countless years, and Heavenly Court, relatively weak compared to Great Thunder Sound Temple, has implicitly taken the Buddha as its revered superior.

The two sides still get along quite pleasantly.

At this moment, with the Great Heavenly Demon as the common enemy, everyone's cooperation can indeed be said to be "utmost sincerity reaches."

As for whether it can move gold and stone, that remains unknown.

In short, before Ling Mountain, silently and without notice, the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and the Ten Absolutes Immortal Formation began to be gradually arranged.

This time, it can truly be said that the power of all gods and buddhas of the heavens has been poured in.

Though called the Myriad Immortals and Ten Absolutes, it is actually, on the foundation of the dual formations, further strengthened into a super killing formation.

Merely having arranged one-tenth of it, its power is already no different from that of a normal dual formation.

Moreover, the further along it goes, the stronger its power becomes.

Once fully completed, it is not merely ten times the power of a normal dual formation, but a hundred times, a thousand times!

With the help of Great Thunder Sound Temple, the dual formations have gone from the original deluxe version to the ultimate luxurious, one-of-a-kind limited edition.

This arrangement took a full two years.

The pilgrimage team has also grown ever closer to Great Thunder Sound Temple.

"Boom!"

Sun Wu smashed down with his staff, not only shattering the enemies before him, but his staff also split into four or five pieces, unable to withstand his strength.

Now, his strength has reached the pinnacle of tyranny.

As Ao Yu and Zhu Bajie would say, he is basically indistinguishable from his senior brother Sun Wukong.

Yet, he remains Sun Wu, and has not reverted to Sun Wukong.

The opportunity for the true and false Monkey King that Tang Luo had imagined never appeared; in fact, later on, the Journey to the West became completely chaotic.

Heavenly Court and Great Thunder Sound Temple took turns sending people to block and kill.

They did not follow the agreed-upon "Eighty-One Tribulations" at all.

"Useless." Sun Wu threw away the broken staff in his hand, letting it fall to the ground.

It drew a tremor from the ground, showing just how heavy this thing is.

Of course it's heavy—this staff is a conglomeration of all sorts of miscellaneous treasures, crafted by Tang Luo's hand as the "Three Thousand to Take Your Life."

All sorts of treasures were kneaded by Tang Luo into the shape of a staff.

Not to mention anything else, it is definitely heavy and hard.

It is just a bit brittle, lacking toughness, so relatively speaking, it breaks easily.

Many of the broken parts were places that had been forcibly combined earlier.

This shows that Tang Luo is not particularly talented in artifact forging; his main talents lie in salvation, karmic connection, and assistance.

He is not the kind of all-rounder who can do everything.

But compared to before, at least he is not so biased in his studies anymore.

"Wukong, how can you just throw away trash like that? If you hit a child like this, what then? Even if you don't hit a child, hitting flowers and plants isn't good either… Hey, I haven't even finished speaking—where are you going? If you're going, just go, but why bury your head? I'm telling you, if you don't listen to advice like this, you'll suffer. Not listening to the monks' words brings loss right before your eyes." Jin Chanzi began his lecture.

Not only Sun Wu, but even everyone else felt as if ten million flies were buzzing around their heads.

Ao Yu simply stuffed his ears and ran off to the side.

The others also suffered greatly.

Before, Tang Sanzang talked a lot, but at least he was a mortal, so he got tired sometimes, and besides, we didn't want to listen, so we just tuned him out.

But now, Jin Chanzi's nagging is endless, like a river flooding, uncontrollable once it starts.

The key is, we still can't block it out.

Only Sha Wujing has the bearing of a great general, there making "pūlū pūlū" sounds, as if Mount Tai could collapse before him and he wouldn't startle.

"Master, Master, you misspoke." Zhu Bajie really couldn't hold back, interrupting.

"What did I misspeak?" Jin Chanzi's eyes lit up—good, let's pick a fight, no, let's debate.

As a monk, he loves to spit verbal venom the most!

"You said throwing away trash. That's wrong—this is a treasure refined by the Demon Venerable himself." Zhu Bajie hardened his heart and dealt a fatal blow.

Jin Chanzi's eyes instantly widened: "Did I just say that?"

"Yes." Zhu Bajie nodded.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough—I'm tired, I feel like I won't love again, Amitabha." Jin Chanzi sat down on the ground, "Let this poor monk just attain nirvana like this—don't bother with me."

When Tang Luo originally "crafted" the Three Thousand to Take Your Life, he enthusiastically gave it to Sun Wu.

Sun Wu couldn't help but show the expression "this thing is also called a treasure?"

As for the result, well, I won't say more—say too much, and it's all just mosaics.

During that time, Sun Wu's strength skyrocketed, and he praised the Three Thousand to Take Your Life without end.

Only now has he had the chance to say one word: "Useless."

Jin Chanzi is not like Sun Wu, whose brain lacks a bit of weight—he is very steady.

Steady from beginning to end.

On the surface, in the pilgrimage team, the strongest is Sun Wu, who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the original Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

But Jin Chanzi remains unfathomable; against enemies, it's always one slap, and if one doesn't work, then two, three, four slaps.

Without a trace of worldly fire, he forcibly beats enemies into submission and salvation.

No limit can be seen at all.

The steady Golden Cicada was thrown down by everyone.

Spirit Mountain is right before our eyes—Great Thunderclap Temple, Buddhas and gods filling the sky—we have arrived!