Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

"Sir, please don't abandon us! We were wrong!"

"Master! Master, the old ox doesn't want to leave Little Penglai! Why don't you put the old ox under Little Penglai and prevent it from leaving?"

"I don't want to leave the Three Realms! The Pingxiang Realm is such a remote and desolate place. I can't leave the Three Realms!"

Outside the South Heavenly Gate, cries of "Dad, Mom!" rose and fell. The four creatures—the Green Ox, the Precious Elephant, the Green Lion, and the Green Roc—each cried louder than the last, their wailing so heartbreaking that it brought tears to the eyes of all who heard it and saddened all who saw it.

The four great demons had demon-binding ropes on their hands and feet and meteorite chains around their necks. Despite their wailing and begging for mercy, they were still dragged from the South Heavenly Gate all the way to the South Heavenly Palace.

Seeing that they were about to be kicked out, the four great demons became even more shameless. The six-tusked elephant bit the jade steps in front of it, its two hands gripping the gap tightly and refusing to let go. Yu Xiu frowned, looking at the six-tusked elephant that refused to leave, and really felt that this guy had disgraced the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace. If Jiang Sheng hadn't spared them, Yu Xiu would have sent the six-tusked elephant to reincarnation.

Compared to the six-tusked elephant that clung to the gaps in the jade steps, refusing to let go, Qingpeng was even more wild. With a flap of its wings, it was about to soar into the sky, but its hands and feet were bound by the demon-binding rope, the other end of which was held in Ji Hong's hand. No matter how hard Qingpeng flapped its wings and flew, it was pulled back before it could even fly out of the gate of the Southern Heavenly Palace. Looking at Qingpeng, who was desperately trying to escape, Ji Hong shook his head helplessly.

As for the other two, the Green Lion tried to transform and escape, but was slammed to the ground by Anping's seal and couldn't move. The Green Ox tried to struggle, but Zhaowan suppressed it with a palm strike, giving it no room to resist.

None of these guys are willing to leave the Three Realms, let alone leave Little Penglai.

Zhao Wan looked at these guys and finally lost her patience: "Just drag them away. If we let them continue to cause trouble, they will completely disgrace the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion!"

So the four of them no longer cared about the feelings of Qingniu and the others. The four True Monarchs of Refining Void exerted their strength together and dragged the four great demons up. They let them scratch their hands, break their teeth, and grind their flesh until it was bloody and mangled, but they remained unmoved. They took them directly to the outside of the Southern Heavenly Palace. The Void Dharma Boat of the Judicial Heavenly Monarch's Palace was already waiting there. They put the four great demons into the cabin, and the Dharma Boat entered the Void Passage and headed straight for the Pingxiang Realm.

This action, when witnessed by the various races that roam the Three Realms, immediately sparked whispers among the creatures.

"Are those True Lords from the Divine Firmament Thunder Palace? Who are they dragging away?"

"I heard that someone in the Heavenly Lord of Justice's Palace was embezzling funds and angered that Heavenly Lord. It seems that those four were the ones who embezzled."

"They're really audacious to line their own pockets within the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace. What were they thinking?"

"That's just how the demon race is. They have no sense of gratitude or loyalty, they never remember who their master is, they are insatiably greedy, and their wild nature is hard to change."

"What did the demon race ever do to you? Who do you think you are to judge the good and bad of my demon race?!"

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Inside the Southern Heavenly Palace, the discussion gradually shifted from the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion to the conflict between the human and demon races. Star spirits and monsters kept urging the experts of the two races to fight and determine who was superior, causing constant commotion. This commotion in the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion was also spread throughout the myriad realms by the myriad races within the Southern Heavenly Palace.

Zhao Wan and her three companions, along with the Azure Ox, Azure Lion, Precious Elephant, and Azure Roc, headed straight for the Pingxiang Realm. Meanwhile, in a certain celestial pavilion of the Southern Heavenly Palace, the True Lord, dressed in white robes and a white crown, stood with his hands behind his back, calmly observing the chaos within the Southern Heavenly Palace: "The news has been spread far and wide. Now, let's see which side makes a move."

With that, the white-robed True Lord turned and left, a mysterious, water-like sword shadow flashing past his waist.

South of the Chaos Realm lies the Pingxiang Boundary.

Pingxiang Realm is not particularly outstanding among the Middle Thousand Worlds. Of its four continents, one was sunk. The remaining three continents each have their own strengths and weaknesses. In terms of spiritual energy, natural treasures, and other resources, it cannot compare to many Middle Thousand Worlds, let alone the Great Thousand Worlds above the Middle Thousand Worlds and the Three Realms which integrate many Great Thousand Worlds.

Let alone the dilapidated Great Thousand Realm, even the ordinary Middle Thousand Realm is better than the Plain Realm. Its only advantage is that it is too ordinary and unremarkable. It will not attract demons and evil cultivators, and not many people care about this place. After all, it is not as rich as other Middle Thousand Realms, nor as dilapidated as many remote worlds. Immortals look down on it, and evil cultivators will not hide here. It is mediocre.

At this moment, outside the Pingxiang Realm, a void magic boat that is 100,000 miles long is quietly suspended above the Pingxiang Realm. The magic boat is engraved with hundreds of millions of magic prohibition inscriptions, and cannons are mounted on the left and right sides of the ship. Crossbows and magic weapons are set up on the deck. There are sharp blades and ramming horns below, and banners are hung high above, which read: Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace.

On the deck of the Dharma Boat, the four great demons, Green Ox, Treasure Elephant, Green Lion, and Green Roc, looked down at the Pingxiang Realm, which was a desolate world with depleted spiritual energy compared to the Three Realms. They were increasingly reluctant to go down.

Zhao Wan watched the four great demons struggle and calmly said, "Master has ordered that you be banished to the Pingxiang Realm and not allowed to return for two thousand years. What, do you intend to disobey the order?"

Upon hearing Zhao Wan's words, the four great demons collapsed as if their bones had been removed: Yes, Jiang Sheng's order was to throw them into the Pingxiang Realm, so how could they dare to continue struggling?
"Old Niu, I will obey your orders, sir."

The blue ox was the first to give up resistance, standing on the edge of the deck, closing its eyes and plunging headfirst into the water.

Bao Xiang walked heavily to the edge of the deck, turned to Zhao Wan and said, "Please tell the master that I plead guilty and accept punishment, and only ask that the master will still remember me two thousand years from now."

As he spoke, Baoxiang also fell headfirst down.

Qing Shi stood on the deck, opened his mouth, but only sighed before preparing to jump off the ship. Zhao Wan called out to him, "Qing Shi, do you have something to say?"

The blue lion shook his head: "A guilty man has nothing to say."

Having said that, the Green Lion jumped off the Dharma Boat and plunged headfirst into the membrane of the Heaven and Earth in the Plain Realm, without even causing a ripple.

When it was Qingpeng's turn, he laughed and said, "Gentlemen, please remove these shackles. Otherwise, I won't be able to spread my wings and I might fall to my death."

Zhao Wan didn't refuse. After removing the demon-binding rope from Qing Peng, she kicked him down.

After watching the four demons enter the membrane of the Heaven and Earth in the Pingxiang Realm, Zhao Wan said, "Let's go back to the Three Realms to report. The Peach Banquet is about to begin, and we still have many tasks to complete."

Yu Xiu smiled and said, "I heard from our senior brother that our Shenxiao Thunder Palace, together with the Three Offices and the Five Capitals, will be on guard at Yaochi, taking turns. Master has also made arrangements with the fairies of Yaochi, and there will be special imperial wine, elixirs, peaches and spiritual fruits reserved for us."

Upon hearing this, Anping couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's a good thing. Master has never forgotten us."

Zhao Wan nodded, then glanced at the calm and undisturbed membrane of the Heaven and Earth in the Pingxiang Realm: "These four fellows enjoy themselves day and night in Little Penglai, eating elixirs and spiritual fruits, chewing on precious medicines and gold and silver, bathing in the essence of the sun and moon, and drinking jade liquor. They do not care about Master's hard work and are treacherous. Master still showed them mercy."

Ji Hong replied, "Who told Master to be so sentimental?"

The three nodded in agreement. Who didn't know that their master, Penglai Lingyuan, cherished the past?

Throughout the Three Realms, everyone says that the Heavenly Lord of Justice is cold-hearted, but they also know that the Spirit Abyss of Penglai cherishes the past and is not a heartless person.

The four chatted idly as they maneuvered the magic boat to turn around and re-enter the void passage. As the magic boat disappeared into the void, peace returned to the outer realm of the Horizontal Realm.

One day, two days, three days passed. No one appeared outside the Pingxiang Realm, as if no one cared about this barren Middle Thousand World.

Outside the Pingxiang Realm, on a desolate star, a Taoist priest in a golden crown and brocade robes sat cross-legged on a futon, staring intently at the Pingxiang Realm: "It seems no one is coming to catch those four idiots. It looks like the person who designed these four guys wasn't after them, and their sights weren't set on anything beyond the Three Realms."

"Is it still the Three Realms, or still the South Sea?"

"Alright, let's wait a few more days." The Taoist said, taking out a magic sword from his sleeve and carefully wiping it. The magic sword was three feet six and a half inches long, its entire body was indigo purple, marked with lightning marks, and lingered with the intent of the Three Calamities and Destruction, exuding a fierce and ruthless aura. Near the sword's blade, close to the sword pavilion, were two tiny Taoist seal characters engraved, which read: Slaying Immortals.

The Eighth Heaven Realm, the Sacred Jade Pool.

This is not the sacred Yaochi of Kunlun Continent in the northwest, but the Daoist temple of the Western Emperor, the Queen Mother of Kunlun, and the Supreme Golden Mother Daoist Lord in the Heavenly Court.

"Your Majesty, you've finally arrived! We've been waiting for you these past few days."

As soon as Jiang Sheng arrived at the Flowing Light Golden Bridge, he saw the two fairies, Yue Ping and Yue Rui, approaching with charming smiles. Behind these two fairies of the Yaochi generation, there was a large group of beautiful Yaochi female fairies, all of whom were looking at him with curious eyes.

For a moment, Jiang Sheng, who had never been afraid even when facing the Pure Yang Heavenly Demon, felt an urge to leave.

Fortunately, Jiang Sheng's face remained calm, his gentle smile gone: "I apologize for keeping you waiting, ladies. There have been some issues at home these past few days, and dealing with them has taken some time."

Fairy Yueping smiled and said, "We understand, we understand. We sisters have also heard about the matter of the Heavenly Lord of Justice's Mansion. The Heavenly Lord has to worry about family affairs while also keeping an eye on Yaochi. He must be very troubled."

In Heaven, there are no secrets.

This applies from the first to the ninth Heavenly Realm. From the seventy-two academies and one hundred and eight prefectures down to the thirty-six departments and the various Pure Yang Palaces within the eighth Heavenly Realm, any disturbance can quickly spread throughout the Heavenly Court.

Even in the ninth heaven realm, within the Dou Niu Palace where the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor, who governs the three realms, resides, rumors often circulate and are talked about with great interest. This is commonplace, and all the immortals and gods have long been accustomed to it.

After all, who in Heaven doesn't have a few friends and rivals? Everyone has someone watching them, so it's perfectly normal for rumors to circulate.

Putting everything else aside, if there is any commotion within the Great Lingyin Temple in the Western Heaven of the Three Realms, the Eastern Heaven Daoists will definitely be the first to spread the word and make it known to everyone; similarly, if some bad news from within the Eastern Heaven gets out, then going to the Great Lingyin Temple is definitely the right thing to do.

The Taoist sects of the East, the Buddhist sects of the West, and the Heavenly Court are all intertwined, with each containing elements of the other. The Heavenly Court, in particular, is a bustling place with immortals, gods, demons, and Buddhas, and all sorts of news are flying around.

The discovery of a traitor within Jiang Sheng's Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace was immediately known to all parties. After all, the commotion caused by the Divine Firmament Thunder Palace at the Southern Heavenly Gate and the Southern Heavenly Palace was considerable, so it was perfectly normal for Yaochi to know.

However, only Jiang Sheng himself knows how much of this was intentionally condoned by him and how much was fueled by others.

"Your Majesty, the Peach Banquet is less than ten years away. If you have any plans, you should act quickly."

Fairy Yuerui blinked her star-like eyes at Jiang Sheng, her unspoken meaning clear: the Peach Banquet must not have any mishaps, and anything must be completed before the banquet.

Faced with Fairy Yuerui's reminder, Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "I understand the fairy's good intentions. Those trivial matters are not important. From today onwards, the most important thing for the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace is to guard the Jade Pool. Everything should be prioritized for the Peach Banquet."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng looked at Fairy Yueping and asked, "Aren't all the people from the Peach Banquet at Yaochi by now?"

Fairy Yueping said, "That's right. In addition to the original three hundred female immortals and eight thousand celestial maidens of the Holy Realm, we have also transferred three thousand female immortals, one hundred thousand celestial maidens and maids from Kunlun Continent for this Peach Banquet. Now everyone is in place in the Holy Realm. Everyone's appearance, aura and demeanor have been imprinted in the jade book. Please let the Heavenly Lord examine them."

As she spoke, Fairy Yueping presented a jade scroll to Jiang Sheng.

Three thousand female immortals, one hundred thousand celestial maidens!
Ten thousand celestial maidens are one thing, but what is a female immortal?
Only by transcending the barrier between immortals and mortals and attaining the Dao Fruit of Refining Emptiness can one be called an immortal. The three thousand female immortals are essentially three thousand True Monarchs of Refining Emptiness.

Listening to Yaochi's preparations for this Peach Banquet, Jiang Sheng couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of Yaochi's Golden Mother, her skills are truly exceptional."

After receiving the jade book, Jiang Sheng sent a message to everyone. Before long, all the True Lords from the Three Departments and Five Capitals of the Heavenly Lord of Justice, as well as the Divine Firmament Thunder Palace, arrived.

Jiang Sheng said, "Within the Yaochi Sacred Realm, there are 3,300 female immortals, 108,000 celestial maidens, no male attendants, 5,000 cranes, 500 monkeys, 300 white foxes, and 150 other exotic beasts."

"All the rosters are here. You will check each person according to the rosters. Once you confirm that their aura, appearance, and demeanor are correct, you will issue them the Heavenly Court Jade Tokens. At the same time, starting today, the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace will be on duty at all points inside and outside the Jade Pool, especially the Langhuan Terrace. All personnel must be deployed, and the placement of all items must be checked repeatedly."

"Su Jing, Yao Chi is originally from Yao Chi. You are responsible for examining all the female immortals."

"Lingqiu, Mingdong, and Xuanxing, the three of you shall examine the Heavenly Maiden."

"Zhu Yuzi, inspect the spirit beasts and immortal birds in Chixiao."

"Shen Yao, the Shenxiao Thunder Palace is on duty at Langhuan Terrace; the Three Offices are on duty inside and outside. Anyone entering or leaving Yaochi must have a waist token for the Peach Banquet printed by Yaochi and Dou Niu Palace, otherwise they are not allowed to enter."

After Jiang Sheng finished assigning tasks, the three departments and five capitals under the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, plus the Divine Firmament Thunder Palace, immediately began to take action, while Jiang Sheng, under the guidance of Fairy Yueping and Fairy Yuerui, continued to inspect the situation in various parts of the Yaochi Sacred Realm.

Just as Jiang Sheng was inspecting Yaochi, a familiar figure came into his view: wearing a tall jade crown, dressed in a white brocade robe, holding a jade whisk wrapped in silver, and wearing a kind and benevolent smile, who else could it be but Immortal Lord Fuyun?!
"Venus Taibai!"

Jiang Sheng gave a soft shout, and the Floating Cloud Immortal Lord, who was looking around, suddenly trembled, turned his head and looked over. When he saw that it was Jiang Sheng, he breathed a sigh of relief and then ran over: "So it's Brother Lingyuan and the two fairies. Judging from this situation, the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace is starting to take over Yaochi?"

Jiang Sheng laughed and scolded, "Brother Fuyun, don't talk nonsense. The Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace is guarding Yaochi and protecting its safety by order of His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor and with the approval of the Queen Mother."

"What makes you say you're taking over Yaochi? Not to mention that everything inside and outside Yaochi is under the Queen Mother's watchful eye, the mere presence of the fairies is enough to intimidate all the wicked creatures in the heavens. What need is there for my Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace?"

Upon hearing this, Fairy Yueping smiled and said, "You flatter me, Heavenly Lord. We sisters are certainly not as good as you, Heavenly Lord. We are just guarding for the Yuanjun."

Fairy Yuerui rolled her eyes at Immortal Lord Fuyun: "The Heavenly Lord speaks so pleasantly. He is clearly powerful yet so humble, unlike Emperor Tianhao, who is disrespectful for his age!"

Immortal Lord Fuyun, however, was not embarrassed at all: "How am I being disrespectful to my elders? This time I came to deliver the wine, meat and vegetables prepared by the Heavenly Court to Yaochi, and I also brought you some beauty-enhancing elixirs."

Upon hearing this, Fairy Yuerui's eyes lit up: "The Immortal Lord even brought us such a wonderful thing? He's truly a kind person! Where is it? Let me see it quickly!"

With a helpless expression, Immortal Lord Fuyun took out two jade bottles from his sleeve and handed them to Yue Rui and Yue Ping respectively. Seeing the two fairies' happy expressions, Immortal Lord Fuyun pointed to Jiang Sheng: "The two fairies, please watch for a while. I have a word with Brother Lingyuan."

Without waiting for a reply, Immortal Lord Fuyun pulled Jiang Sheng aside.

Jiang Sheng looked at Immortal Lord Fuyun with a half-smile: "Brother Fuyun, you really have some impressive skills. You can get along well with both superiors and subordinates. Even the fairies of Yaochi have close relationships with you."

Immortal Lord Fuyun snorted irritably: "These ladies of Yaochi are not to be trifled with. I came here specifically to find you."

Jiang Sheng asked suspiciously, "What do you want with me?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun whispered, "Someone came to me, asking me to mediate and apologize." (End of Chapter)