Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 1009 Southern Jambudvipa, Mount Jilei

The Great Sage Equaling Heaven looked in the direction of the Southern Continent, then at the monk Xuanzang in front of him, and scratched his head in frustration.

After a moment, he suddenly plucked a hair from his own body, blew it on Xuanzang, and then leaped up and somersaulted towards the Southern Continent.

In the Southern Continent, the Bull Demon King's form had been fully revealed in the Cloud-Piercing Cave.

On the towering Jilei Mountain, the brilliance of thunder surged.

Om-!
The entire earth veins of the Southern Continent seemed to have a primordial beast that had been sleeping for countless ages having its spine trampled, and it let out a low and grand groan!

Deep within the earth, an invisible pulse surged like blood, its vibrations spreading outwards, causing the mountains to tremble slightly and the rivers to change course. Countless creatures dwelling there, whether mortals or spirits, instinctively felt a pang of fear and looked up in bewilderment.

On the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor glanced at this scene.

His chessboard, which covered the five continents of heaven and earth, had already inadvertently tilted two points towards the Southern Continent because of the Bull Demon King's announcement.

That was the 'weight' shown when the Bull Demon King directly smashed his own Great Luo Dao Fruit onto the chessboard.

"The Bull Demon King." The Jade Emperor suddenly seemed to remember something and frowned.

"Perfect timing, let's settle the old scores as well." The Jade Emperor placed the chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard.

"As expected, it is Nanzhanbuzhou!" As the chessboard collapsed, countless demon kings in Nanzhanbuzhou revealed expressions of understanding and joy.

When the chessboard is tilted towards the Southern Continent, those players who chose to place their pieces there have unwittingly gained the initiative on the chessboard!
"Your Majesty."

"Husband."

"father."

When the Bull Demon King's figure appeared inside the Moyun Cave, three figures also appeared in front of him.

His wife, Princess Rakshasa, was also known as the Great Demon King Princess Iron Fan.

His son, Red Boy.

He was also a great demon king.

There is also Princess Jade Face—the daughter of the Fox King.

Before his death, the Fox King entrusted Princess Jade Face to the Bull Demon King, along with his entire estate on Mount Jilei.

During this long period of time, Princess Jade Face, with the vast resources of Mount Jilei, also achieved the Taiyi realm and attained immortality. Of course, although she was also a Taiyi, Princess Jade Face's strength was at the bottom of the Taiyi level.

She couldn't even defeat Red Boy.

"Your Majesty's attainment of the Great Luo realm is a fortunate event for the demon race."

"I wonder if Your Majesty would like to send out invitations to all the demon kings and demon gods from the four directions to come to Jilei Mountain for a chat?" Princess Jade Face bowed gracefully, and the beauty that flashed by in that instant even made the Great Luo Immortal Bull Demon King lose his composure.

The appreciation of beauty is an instinct of all living things in the world.

What living beings pursue is perfection—and beauty is a manifestation of perfection.

The process of cultivation is a process by which living beings make up for their own shortcomings and defects and become perfect.

In a realm like this, there are few ugly beings.

At the Taiyi level, every living being is considered to be of unparalleled beauty.

However, even though both are beautiful, there is still a difference between those who become perfect and beautiful after achieving Taiyi and Princess Jade Face, who is naturally incomparably beautiful—even if she is not perfect, she is still exceptionally beautiful.

No matter how much beauty is cultivated through practice, it can never surpass the innate beauty of someone like Princess Jade Face.

—In this world, apart from demons like the Jade-Faced Princess, there are also many beautiful women among the human race who are born from heaven and earth.

Compared to the Jade-Faced Princess, the beauties born from the heavens and earth of the human race were even more beloved—almost every beauty listed in the annals of human history had a destiny intertwined with many immortals and gods.

Even some who were not recorded in history were so beautiful that they attracted the attention of gods and immortals who tried to seize them.

—A few days ago, among the immortals and gods that Ao Bing had dealt with, there were several Taiyi who had violated the heavenly rules and were sentenced to death because they forcibly took away beauties from the mortal world, which caused subsequent changes.

Not only immortals and gods, but also some Bodhisattvas in Buddhism were embroiled in trouble because of beautiful women and eventually hid in Buddhism. Among the Bodhisattvas and Arhats killed by the murderers of the Arctic Exorcism Institute, there were also a few like this.

According to those Taiyi themselves, it was those beauties who were beautiful and close to the Dao—what they forcibly seized was not beauty, but the reflection of the Dao.

But the Heavenly Rules clearly do not listen to their explanations!

"To prosper, of course we must prosper!" After a moment, the Bull Demon King came to his senses. He suddenly swung his arm, and his wide sleeves stirred up boundless wind and clouds. The lightning on the summit of Jilei Mountain seemed to dance along with it, turning into a sky full of colorful clouds!

Having achieved the status of a Great Luo Immortal and returned home in glory, how could he demonstrate his illustrious reputation as the "Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven" without putting on an extravagant display? How could he revive the prestige of the long-dormant demon race?
"One month from now, I will hold an unprecedented banquet at the foot of Jilei Mountain!"

“Those who hold my invitation may enter the main hall on the mountain.”

“Those who pass through can be treated to a grand feast at the foot of the mountain.”

"Pass down the word: this banquet of mine shall be held for twelve years!"

"The Bull Demon King said loudly."

"May the demons of Southern Jambudvipa cease their fighting! May all spirits cease hostilities!"

"Regardless of past grudges or social status! All those who attend my banquet at Jilei Mountain, whether they have an invitation or not, will be under my protection! If anyone dares to ambush or kill a guest on the way... they are treating me, Old Ox, as nothing! Don't blame me for personally wielding my iron cudgel, smashing down their mountain gate, and turning their bones to dust!"

"All demons of the Southern Continent, obey my command and temporarily become mountain gods and local deities to protect those who come and go!"

This is what it means to return home in glory!
The Bull Demon King was never a simple demon—he held immense prestige among the demon race, but he was also a demon god who loved grand displays!

Back then, before the Investiture of the Gods, when the Central Region was the only land in Pantian, and the Heavenly Court covered it, and the demon race was greatly suppressed, the Bull Demon King already had great prestige in the world. When he walked around, he was never short of any kind of pomp and circumstance!
Now, he fights his way to the Great Luo realm beyond the borders, and then returns to this Southern Continent.

Upon returning, he directly signed the Golden Book of Faith and Righteousness, activating his own Dao Fruit and announcing his return to Heaven and Earth—how could someone with such a temperament possibly abandon his grand display?
If the entourage is too small, how can it showcase the prowess of this pillar of the demon race?
"Where do you plan to send your husband's invitations?" Princess Rakshasa stood to the left of the Bull Demon King.

She was reincarnated from Nantian to Pantian, and was eventually adopted as a goddaughter by Daoist Minghe. Although she still retained her memories of her experiences in Nantian, she was now truly a part of Pantian and the little princess of the Rakshasa Kingdom!

Over the years, she has also been learning about the traditions and etiquette of Pantian.

It is worth mentioning that the demon race has traditions but few etiquettes, so the etiquette that Princess Rakshasa learned was basically learned from humans.

According to human etiquette, the most important people at this grand banquet are naturally those invited by the invitations. It is essential to ensure that the invited guests are of high status and considerable influence.

At the same time, it is also necessary to ensure that the invitations can be sent out, and to ensure that those who receive the invitations are willing to come to Jilei Mountain to attend the Bull Demon King's grand banquet.

"The list of invitees," the Bull Demon King murmured, slowly walking to his demon king throne and looking down over the entire Southern Continent.

The bustling smoke rising from the mortal realm, the golden light and chanting flowing from the Buddhist temples and forests, and the eerie atmosphere permeating the demon kingdom's caves... all came into his view.

Looking at the myriad beings of the Southern Continent, the Bull Demon King made a decision about the invitation after a short while.

"The demon race doesn't have so many rules," the Bull Demon King said emphatically.

“I’ll send an invitation to all my brothers.”

“That scoundrel Chengtian tricked me into coming back, so he sent me an invitation too.”

"There's also Erlang Shen Zhenjun Yang Jian, and Nezha, the leader of the Doubu. These two fought side by side against enemies in the past and have some friendship. I'll send them each an invitation."

"That old dragon of the Azure Wave Pool has taken care of the Water-Avoiding Golden Crystal Beast for so many years. He may not have made any contributions, but he must have had his troubles. Let's send him an invitation too!"

The Bull Demon King quickly finalized several lists.

Then his gaze fell upon Princess Rakshasa.

"As for the rest, Madam, you can handle it as you see fit."

"You can invite whoever you want!"

"We demons don't care about that nonsense, and I can handle it!"

The Bull Demon King gave the order, then suddenly seemed to remember something.

"I am holding a banquet at Mount Jilei. The other guests are fine, but the demons are all known for their big bellies."

"When I host a banquet, I must make sure that all the demons have enough to eat. Otherwise, if word gets out, people will laugh at me for being stingy and miserly."

"That's good."

“Send a letter to the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas as well.”

"Take my old ox, for example, when I hold a banquet here at Jilei Mountain, the blood offerings may not be enough. Therefore, I will send my little demons to capture aquatic beasts in the four seas for blood offerings."

"Tell them to keep a close eye on their dragon sons and daughters in their own dragon palaces—if any of them turn into white fish and are caught by the little demons under my command, becoming food for them, then they can't blame me for not showing them any respect."

The Bull Demon King spoke, then hesitated slightly.

"Forget it, given the current situation, the Four Seas Dragon Kings might not dare to step out of the Four Seas."

"They most likely won't come to my banquet."

“In that case, Madam, if you have to go through all this trouble, please send an invitation to the Dragon Princes of the Four Seas Dragon Palace and invite them to Mount Jilei.”

"Tell me, Old Niu, that I want to discuss with them the rivers and lakes of Jilei Mountain."

“Alright.” Princess Rakshasa nodded, her thoughts already racing as she considered the invitation.

"Father, where am I? Where am I?" Red Boy jumped up.

"Your words..." the Bull Demon King hesitated for a moment, "you should just stay with your mother."

“When I ascend to the Great Luo, there will surely be some old things in this world who will try to test me—but they may not dare to face me.”

"So, protect your mother and don't let her be schemed against by some old fogies."

"Don't worry, Father!" Red Boy happily stood beside Princess Rakshasa. "Mother, I will definitely protect you!"

"You old ox, what a grand display!" Before Red Boy finished speaking, a golden light pierced through the rolling lightning on Mount Jilei and fell into Moyun Cave.

Wearing a golden ochre-yellow robe embroidered with gold, golden chainmail, lotus-silk cloud-walking shoes, and a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown on his head, the majestic demon god appeared before the Bull Demon King.

Although this demon god was only a Taiyi and extremely short, barely six feet tall, his aura standing in the Moyun Cave was as imposing as if he were on par with the Bull Demon King.

Who else could it be but the Monkey King, Sun Wukong?

When the Bull Demon King activated the Golden Book of Faith and Righteousness, proclaiming the fruits of his Dao to all directions, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven was still in the mortal realm of the Central Region, and he conceived the idea of ​​traveling to the Southern Continent.

Now, in the blink of an eye, just as the Bull Demon King finished arranging the invitation, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven appeared in the Cloud Cave.

The extreme speed of the somersault cloud is evident.

"Brother, did you include an invitation for me, Old Sun?" Sun Wukong restrained his imposing manner, took a few steps forward, half-reclined and sat down, stretched out his right foot and put it on the table, with his left foot on top of his right foot, and then reached out and grabbed a fruit from the fruit plate on the table and took a bite.

"You're already here, why would you need an invitation?" The Bull Demon King looked at the Great Sage Equaling Heaven before him.

In terms of pomp and circumstance, the Monkey King, who loves a grand display, is in no way inferior to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

"I don't care." The Monkey King threw away the fruit he hadn't finished eating. "I'm going back to my Flower Fruit Mountain now. I'll come to the banquet when your invitation arrives."

As Sun Wukong spoke, he got up to leave.

The Bull Demon King, on the other hand, grabbed his bright red cloak.

Inside the Demon Palace, Princess Rakshasa gave a wink to the others, then led her little demon maids away, leaving the Demon Palace to the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong.

"Monkey, I failed to keep up with you when you wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace. I'm sorry," the Bull Demon King finally spoke.

"Let's not talk about what happened back then." Sun Wukong then withdrew his foot. "When we were under the Five Elements Mountain, I wished I could turn around and kill you all."

“But after all these years, when I think back to the situation back then, I realize that you guys didn’t keep up, which is why you truly consider me your brother.” Sun Wukong lay back in his chair.

They were talking about the old story of the havoc that occurred in Heaven.

At that time, only one Great Sage Equaling Heaven stormed the Heavenly Court, while the other six Great Sages disappeared without a trace.

After being suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven repeatedly reviewed that battle. In the end, he realized that the fact that the Bull Demon King and the others did not join him in attacking the Heavenly Court was actually beneficial to him, Sun Wukong. If the Bull Demon King and the others had attacked the Heavenly Court together at that time, it would have been Sun Wukong who was left in the lurch!
(End of this chapter)