The two security personnel of Ji Chang up there, Oxhead and Horseface, were watching with overwhelming emotions, almost forgetting their responsibility and wanting to spar with Sun Wukong. Fortunately, they were held back by Ji Chang.

After Sun Wukong dealt with the demons, he jumped directly onto Ji Chang's table, stretched out his hand, and said, "Quick, quickly show me the Book of Life and Death!"

Ji Chang immediately feigned compliance, nodding and bending over as he ordered, "Bring the Book of Life and Death for the Immortal to see!"

Having said that, he winked at the Judge, signaling, "Quickly bring over those old, messy accounts; here comes someone to settle them!"

The Judge understood immediately and ran off, bringing the messy accounts, almost reaching the ceiling, mixed in with the macaque entries. At this point, Sun Wukong, already drunk and in a stress-induced state, unsurprisingly made a mess of them.

Ji Chang was yelling not to do it, but in his heart, he was overjoyed. He had been serving as King Yan for a long time, but compared to the establishment of the underworld, it was nothing. The Witch Clan members were all uncouth brutes. Making them do clerical work was utterly disastrous, even with his capabilities, he couldn't fix it all.

Now, it's all sorted out!

From now on, the underworld's control over the lifespans of souls will be stricter. It will be hard for anyone to find errors in the underworld's judgment. Now in the entire Primordial world, Lady Houtu is the only Earth Dao Saint, being meticulous in affairs sure can't be wrong. Although she herself doesn't care much, she has a large number of witch people under her command.

Sun Wukong's havoc brought considerable gains.

The underworld cleared up previous messy accounts, win!

Sun Wukong erased the names of all his monkey subjects from the Book of Life and Death, win!

Double win!

So in the end, who lost?

Sun Wukong contentedly left the underworld, while Ji Chang, having sorted out the battered accounts, handed them over to Ksitigarbha, the client of this incident.

Ksitigarbha looked at the accounts and couldn't help but fall into contemplation, but in the end, he didn't mind, mainly because he truly wasn't lacking in Afterlife Karma to make up for the discrepancies.

Secondly, both of his teachers' real bodies weren't in the Primordial world. It's normal to pay a bit more when asking for help. After all, Lady Houtu is currently the sole Saint in the Primordial world.

Even though Lady Houtu is constantly in a 'hidden' state and is quite limited by the Dao, she is the safest; unless a huge explosion destroys the Primordial world, even the Daoist Ancestor can't do anything about her.

After the matter was resolved, legends of the Monkey King began to spread in the underworld, of course, all initiated by Oxhead and Horseface. The martial arts forged through countless trials by the Monkey were recognized by the two Great Witches.

The Witch Clan holds very simple beliefs: you are strong, and I respect you; it's that simple.

Meanwhile, Ji Chang was tidying up and preparing to report to the Heavenly Court. The underworld battle is over, only Heaven remains, thus the Monkey's name would reverberate in the Three Realms, achieving the goal of publicizing the scriptures journey.

Though it was an official business trip, Ji Chang was still happy, mainly because he could see his eldest son, Bo Yikao. Bo Yikao originally intended to go to the underworld after death, to serve his aging father and get a position. However, since Hao Tian went missing and Nezha came to power in dire need of support, he was pulled up to heaven.

Ji Chang didn't mind; people seek higher places like water flows to lower places. The heavenly court is surely more comfortable than the gloomy Yama Hall, though they see each other less often due to their busyness (mostly because Ji Chang is busy, handling eight out of the Ten Halls of Yama).

Besides his son, there were some old acquaintances in Heaven, like Jiang Ziya, the former Four Friends of King Wen, and some civil and military officials from the former Xiqi.

Their lives on earth were not as successful as Ji Chang's, and even in Heaven, they were still not as successful; that's just fate. Even though they were greatly influenced by Incense Fire Merit, they were still very polite to Ji Chang.

Ji Chang's circuit around had no other intention, just enjoying seeing old friends at his age, and coincidentally using the official trip to spread Sun Wukong's deeds.

After several small drinks, Ji Chang finally arrived outside the Palace of the Polestar and happened to run into the East Sea Dragon King, which was no coincidence since Suan Ni had been keeping an eye on his seventh brother.

The East Sea Dragon King knowingly asked, "Isn't this Lord King Yan? How do you have the time to come to Heaven?"

Ji Chang, unaware of Sun Wukong's borrowing treasure incident from the Dragon Palace, only knew to elevate Sun Wukong's fame higher, so he straightforwardly said, "Ah, isn't it because of a Demon Monkey causing havoc in the underworld, tearing up the Book of Life and Death? Our underworld couldn't stop him, so I came to report to the Jade Emperor."

The Old Dragon King, after hearing this, couldn't help but have his eyelids twitch. This further confirmed his guess, realizing this monkey had a too deep background. He knew all too well what kind of strong figures filled the underworld — how could the Dragon Clan not know?

He knew that the relationship between Candle Dragon and Zhu Jiuyin was not ordinary, and their Dragon Clan was not unfamiliar with the Witch Clan. How could he believe they couldn't handle a Demon Monkey? Why don't you also say that Nezha could fight the Tongtian Sect Master?

Nezha, if he were here, would surely tell the Dragon King: I can do it!

But no matter how you put it, the act must go on. So at this moment, the big dragon head put on a shocked expression: "Could it be the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain Shuilian Cave, Sun Wukong?

Oh dear, that Demon Monkey stole our East Sea's Treasure of Calming the Sea, Dayu's Divine Treasure Iron, now the entire East Sea is in turmoil!"

Ji Chang's face showed a 'you were also beaten by the monkey' expression.

East Sea Dragon King: Ah, yes, yes, I was also beaten by the monkey.

Though Ji Chang's face didn't show it, in his heart he was muttering, 'The Dragon Clan was an ancient strong clan, and they were the ones who caused the sky to collapse. Now you say you can't handle a Monkey Demon? The underworld's little ghosts might lie for fun, but you're the real bullshitter here!'

The two of them simultaneously cursed each other in their hearts as 'Old Six', but on the surface, they kept up appearances as friendly colleagues.

Soon, the two were led into the Palace of the Polestar. Ji Chang had to maintain his decorum with so many old acquaintances watching, but the East Sea Dragon King didn't care about that, he was practically ready to write the word 'miserable' on the Jade Emperor's pant leg with his dragon blood from crying poor.

The Jade Emperor was also quite fed up, thinking, 'Wouldn't I rather watch the palace maids swaying their hips than listen to you whining, Old Loach?'

He really didn't want to get involved in this matter, nor did he care about the Monkey. Compared to his previous self who was extremely ambitious, the current Jade Emperor couldn't be more laid back. It's hard to imagine how Hao Tian managed to sever himself like this.

He knew these issues weren't worth his concern, so he directly looked at the Immortals lined up on both sides and asked, "What do my Ministers propose? Speak quickly."

The first to step forward was Wen Zhong. The pilgrimage was a scheme by the Human and Buddhist Sects, and the Explanation and Interception sects were not very interested. Wen Zhong, a bureaucrat obsessed with officialdom, was even less likely to know the inside story.

His meaning was very clear: Bring him back and deal with him according to the Heavenly Rules.

In this timeline, Old Li had gone west to become the Buddha, so in the current Heavenly Court, Wen Zhong basically served in King Li's position, while his superior, Emperor Gouchen Yin Shou, continued cultivation at home without meddling in external affairs.

Though the Jade Emperor seemed laid back, he was quite clear about all matters in his heart. He didn't immediately agree with Wen Zhong, and instead, waited for Gold Star Taibai.

Gold Star Taibai proposed the idea of offering amnesty. The Jade Emperor nodded in agreement. Although the other Immortals were bewildered—how could making trouble result in a promotion—since the Jade Emperor had nodded, they had nothing more to say.

This matter was directly assigned to Gold Star Taibai. Over there, Nezha immediately received notification of the Monkey going to Heaven. He didn't meddle further but focused his attention entirely on the Golden Phoenix Egg inside the Shuilian Cave. No one could predict when Kunpeng would make a move. Dealing with this ancient being, even a moment of laxity was unacceptable.

The news of Sun Wukong going to Heaven soon spread within the Demon Clan, leaving Suan Ni, who orchestrated all of this, dumbfounded. How did this not follow the plan? How come someone who caused such a huge mess could go to Heaven and become an official? If the Dragon Clan slightly mishandled the rain, they'd be sent to the Dragon Scraping Platform!

With the plan failed, Suan Ni didn't destroy the Phoenix Egg while Sun Wukong was away. He still had some fear of Sun Wukong's background. His actions were entirely driven by hatred for the Phoenix Clan.

Meanwhile, Kunpeng's motive was the urgent need for the Phoenix Egg. He didn't know that the events developed to this point because Wolong was pushing from behind, but now he, the Phoenix Hatchling, was ready to make his move!

Now that Sun Wukong had gone to Heaven to become an official, on the surface, things were calm, preventing him from fishing in troubled waters with the egg. It didn't matter to him who was behind Sun Wukong; he didn't want to provoke anyone at this point. He needed the egg, and he needed time to restore himself to the peak so he could once again reach the peak in the Primordial in the absence of a Saint to seek an even greater opportunity.

So now, what he had to do was stir the waters, exacerbating the conflict between Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court.

Among those serving and holding positions in the Heavenly Court, there were many from the Demon Clan. They were brought up by Nezha at that time, belonging to the Bai Ze faction. However, for Kunpeng to inquire about some information and have someone handle tasks for him was all too easy.

Just one question: Do you care about your family?

Even demons have things they care about; it's a common weakness among all sentient beings.

Kunpeng found out that Sun Wukong was serving as the Horses' Fortune in the Heavenly Court. Considering Sun Wukong's arrogant nature, he quickly came up with an idea. He instigated several minor officials to belittle Sun Wukong and threatened the deputy officials of the Imperial Stables to provoke Sun Wukong, making everything unmanageable.

In the end, in a fit of rage, he let the heavenly horses run loose, stripped off his clothes, and walked away—letting anyone who wanted it have the broken position of the Horses' Fortune!

The position of Horses' Fortune wasn't high, and for an average Immortal, it wouldn't be that humiliating, but who asked him to be Sun Wukong?

Imagine a top student from a landlord family who just graduated from a prestigious university being told to deliver take-out—screw that!

That's exactly how Sun Wukong felt at that moment.

He turned around and went back to his Huaguo Mountain to continue being the Monkey King and called over some good brothers to drink and vent. He genuinely considered these sworn brothers as his own siblings.

But among them, both Wolong and Feng Chu truly regarded the Monkey as their cousin.

A group of demons, ghosts, and monsters were having a great time drinking. Suan Ni and Peng Daoist began to make their move again, tossing praises about Sun Wukong as if they were performing a comedy sketch. Nezha watched Wolong and Feng Chu's performance and then conveniently said, "Brother, your skills are extraordinary. You can do anything from heaven to earth. How about claiming the title of the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven?"

The title of Great Sage, Equaling Heaven, immediately stunned the demons and monsters present. Peng Daoist and Suan Ni even looked at their nominal big brother with newfound respect.

Ha ha ha, originally thinking you, Big Niu Tou, were the most honest and straightforward, turns out you're the real mastermind among us!

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