Sun Wukong then went to the place where the celestial maidens invited the immortals. After inquiring, he found that he was indeed not invited!
Sun Wukong snorted, directly blew a breath, immobilizing all the Golden Warriors in place, and packed up all sorts of fine wine and immortal fruits!
He then took a pot of immortal wine and began to drink. Before he knew it, he was already drunk!
At this moment, Sun Wukong saw that he had run to the Tushita Palace, which was where Laozi resided. Although he had been in the Heavenly Court for a short time, he knew about Laozi!
This old fellow was very powerful, and it was said that he was a manifestation of a Saint, incredibly formidable!
Under normal circumstances, Sun Wukong would not dare to provoke him, but now that he had drunk wine, the monkey's courage grew. He staggered inside, and the vast Tushita Palace was surprisingly empty!
Sun Wukong was overjoyed and quickly ran to the alchemy room. As expected, there were bottles and jars on top, filled with many elixirs!
Sun Wukong didn't care about anything else and directly picked up a bottle and stuffed it into his mouth!
He didn't know how much he had eaten, and he finished most of the elixirs here. After a satisfied burp, Sun Wukong sobered up. At this moment, he broke out in a cold sweat, realizing he had caused great trouble. However, thinking that he wasn't invited to the grand banquet, he snorted!
He turned around and descended from the Heavenly Court, returning to his own Flower Fruit Mountain!
He wanted to invite the seventy-two demon kings and his monkey followers. Damn it, if you don't invite me, then I'm not willing to go either!
That was the monkey's temperament: if he wasn't convinced, he'd fight!
So the monkey descended to the mortal realm again!
When the Seven Celestial Maidens' immobilization technique was lifted, they immediately ran back to the Queen Mother's Palace and reported the incident.
Hearing that most of the ripe peaches were gone, the Queen Mother felt a pang of heartache. The Jade Emperor was even more disheartened. "I knew it, giving peaches to the monkey to guard was like giving them away!"
"These idiots, playing tricks on me, the Jade Emperor, every day. It's truly exhausting!"
However, the Jade Emperor soon heard that the monkey had gone to the Tushita Palace and eaten all the elixirs there. This time, the Jade Emperor was stunned. "This monkey is so fierce, you dare to go to a Saint's dojo? And you even ran away and ate elixirs. If there's no trickery involved, the Jade Emperor wouldn't believe it!"
But there was nothing he could do, so he had to go to the Hall of Miraculous Mist!
At this moment, all the immortals had arrived, and of course, they had also learned about the monkey's affair. The immortals were speechless about the monkey eating all the peaches and packing them to take away!
Seeing that no one spoke, the Jade Emperor sighed and said, "Quickly arrest the demon monkey and bring him to justice!"
The crowd below bowed in assent and dispersed.
This time, Li Jing, leading the heavenly soldiers and generals, intended to capture him with all his might, as they couldn't play along anymore, because they had already played along!
So he ordered the Nine Luminaries, "This time, you must capture the demon monkey!"
In Li Jing's opinion, the monkey was just a Golden Immortal, so wouldn't it be easy to capture him? At worst, there was his son nearby. Nezha was at the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, just one step away from Da Luo Golden Immortal!
However, they had no idea that the monkey had eaten many elixirs and his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. This was because Laozi had left behind a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, which could turn someone into a Da Luo Golden Immortal. And the monkey, with his accumulated strength, possessed the physique to increase his power instantaneously, making him even more compatible with the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir!
After eating this elixir and undergoing body refinement, the monkey had now become a Da Luo Golden Immortal!
So the Nine Luminaries came to challenge him. However, Sun Wukong ignored them, enraging the Nine Luminaries, who struck Flower Fruit Mountain!
Sun Wukong immediately flew out and roared, "What lowly god dares to attack Flower Fruit Mountain!"
The Nine Luminaries immediately said, "You ignorant and fearless Bimatian! You have committed heinous crimes: first stealing the Immortal Peaches, then stealing immortal wine, disrupting the Immortal Peach Banquet, then stealing Laozi's immortal elixirs, and then stealing the imperial wine to enjoy here. Your crimes are piled upon crimes, why don't you surrender!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed heartily, "That's right, I admit to these deeds. I dare to do them and I dare to bear them. What can you do to me?"
Hearing Sun Wukong's arrogance, the Nine Luminaries became enraged, "Damn monkey, I'll flatten your Flower Fruit Mountain and overturn your Water Curtain Cave today!"
Sun Wukong was not one to have a good temper. He immediately took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang and attacked!
Soon, the Nine Luminaries were beaten and fled!
"Damn it, how did this monkey suddenly become so strong? The Heavenly King has failed us!"
Li Jing's eyes widened. "Good heavens, what's going on with this monkey? How did he suddenly become so powerful? Wasn't it him who was acting as the monkey before, and the monkey acting as him?"
He glanced at his son beside him and asked, "Nezha, you go get him?"
Nezha shook his head and said, "Father, this demon monkey is now a Da Luo. Although I have spiritual treasures, capturing him might be a bit risky!"
Li Jing was speechless. He was a Golden Immortal before, and now he's a Da Luo Golden Immortal!
This must be because he ate the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir!
Li Jing was a little envious!
But the battle still had to be fought!
So Nezha went into battle. With his three heads and six arms, and various spiritual treasures, he couldn't capture the monkey. The monkey had innate divine strength, practiced the Eight-Nine Arcane Art and seventy-two transformations, and possessed heaven-defying aptitude. Knowing that Nezha's spiritual treasures were powerful but his cultivation was not as strong as his, he resorted to close-quarters combat, which made Nezha helpless!
At this time, Sun Wukong was unaware of his cultivation level or anything else. He just felt that his body was full of inexhaustible strength and that he was that powerful!
Seeing that he couldn't capture the monkey, Di Xin ordered Yang Jian to take action. Yang Jian was a disciple of Yu Ding Zhenren, also achieved physical sainthood, and practiced the authentic Xuanmen cultivation method, the Nine-Turn Arcane Art. His cultivation had already reached the early stage of Da Luo Golden Immortal, making him the most cultivated among all the third-generation disciples!
Then, with a dog bark, Yang Jian, along with Xiaotian Quan, rushed to attack!
Nezha also retreated!
Sun Wukong saw Yang Jian and immediately laughed, "I wondered who it was, but it's the three-eyed brat. What? Not going to save your mother, but have the mind to fight me?"
Yang Jian was furious and roared, "Eat my saber!"
The three-pointed, double-edged saber stabbed out. Sun Wukong blocked it with his Ruyi Jingu Bang. However, at this moment, Xiaotian Quan suddenly appeared from nowhere and bit Sun Wukong, making him furious. He swept Xiaotian Quan away with a single blow!
At the same time, Yang Jian unleashed several more slashes. Sun Wukong had already been hit several times and felt a bit aggrieved, finding himself unable to defeat this three-eyed monster!
So Sun Wukong disengaged from the fight, transformed, and became a sparrow, flying away!
Yang Jian sneered and also transformed into a sparrowhawk, spreading his wings and pouncing!
Seeing that Yang Jian could also transform, Sun Wukong was somewhat astonished. Thus, the two began to engage in a magical battle!
Whatever Sun Wukong transformed into, Yang Jian would transform into his natural enemy, which left the monkey speechless. The monkey was somewhat unconvinced, wondering how this guy discovered him, was it his three eyes?
It was indeed. Yang Jian had a Heavenly Eye. The moment he opened it, he immediately knew Sun Wukong's transformations!
In the end, Sun Wukong rolled to the side and transformed into a land temple, no longer transforming into animals. However, there was still a tail. Sun Wukong transformed it into a flagpole. Yang Jian saw this and immediately laughed. This monkey was indeed a monkey. What land temple had a flagpole? Was he trying to bully me for being ignorant!
With a flick of his hand, the three-pointed, double-edged saber shot towards the small temple. Sun Wukong was greatly alarmed and quickly flew away!