Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 417 Nine Heavens Mysterious Girl
This action to conquer the Black Tiger Demon Lord was not very smooth, looking at the thirty-six heavenly generals and seventy-two earthly demons below.

Kang Jinxingjun couldn't help but think of another celestial being in the Dou Department - Lady of the Nine Heavens.

“I wonder how the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady will deal with these thirty-six heavenly beings and seventy-two earthly demons…”

Kang Jinxingjun said in his heart.

Wherever there are people, there are bound to be grudges and hatred. Where grudges and hatred are intertwined, that's the world of martial arts.

Where there are more than two people, there will be struggle.

Even a small dormitory with six people can generate more than 20 small chat groups.

As an ordinary family of three, disputes and frictions are inevitable in life.

Even among the Three Pure Ones, there were constant struggles and undercurrents among them.

The Dou Department of Heaven, where all the gods gather, is naturally no exception.

Today, the form of the Heavenly Court Fighting Department is also very complicated.

Although these thirty-six celestial beings and seventy-two earthly demons also belong to the Dou Department, they are actually directly under the command of the Queen Mother of the West.

Even the Four Waste Star Gods of the Heavenly Court's Fighting Department, the "White Ape Yuan Hong", seemed to have some relationship with the Queen Mother of the West.

The head of the Dou Department in Heaven is undoubtedly the renowned Dou Mu Yuan Jun.

Dou Mu Yuanjun, also known as "Dou Mu", "Dou Lao", "Dou Mu", "Mother of All Stars in the Big Dipper", has the full name of "Xiantian Dou Mu Purple Light Golden Zun Moli Pushian Great Sage Yuanming Dao Mu Tianzun".

She controls the Big Dipper and all the stars in the sky, rules over all the stars, and has tremendous power.

After the Conferred Gods Battle, the Dou tribe was headed by Dou Mu Yuanjun.

She is in charge of the Golden Palace and sits in the Dou Palace. Eighty-four thousand evil spirits obey her orders and no one dares to object.

The most powerful and warlike Dou Department in Heaven has almost become the one that has the final say over Dou Mu Yuanjun.

This is naturally not what the Jade Emperor wants to see.

The way to rule lies in checks and balances.

In order to curb the power of Dou Mu Yuanjun and prevent her from dominating the country, the Jade Emperor later specially arranged for a powerful person to come to the Dou Department.

She is none other than the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady".

The arrival of Lady of the Nine Heavens undoubtedly added a new force to the Dou Department, and also made the power structure of the Dou Department in the Heavenly Court more subtle and complex.

The Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens, this great deity with many honorific titles, is also known as Xuannv, the Lady of the Nine Heavens, the Holy Lady of the Nine Heavens, the Holy Lady of the Nine Heavens, the Great Emperor Xuanpin, the Great Heavenly Lord of the Mysterious Ancestor of the Nine Heavens Purple Mansion, the Great Heavenly Lord of the Mysterious Ancestor of the Nine Heavens, the Wuji Yuanjun of the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens...

The Lady of the Nine Heavens is the "Great Emperor", the "Prime Lord", and the "Great Celestial Lord"...

His title is at the same level as "Dou Mu Yuan Jun".

The Queen Mother of the West was in charge of all military affairs on earth. She "taught the Yellow Emperor the art of war and defeated Chiyou in Zhuolu" and was praised as the god of war and the ancestor of military tactics.

However, the duties of Lady of the Nine Heavens go far beyond this.

She is also in charge of justice and peace in the world, punishing evil and promoting good, and blessing all living things.

However, the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens is more concerned with "stopping killing with killing" and "stopping violence with violence"...

In the eyes of Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, war and violence are necessary means, that is, necessary killing is required to exchange for long-term peace.

Many changes of dynasties in the human world are often closely related to the intervention of the Queen Mother of the West.

As far as Kang Jinxingjun knows, since the ancient period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Queen Mother of the West has descended to the mortal world many times and passed down the art of war and other heavenly books to help the righteous army on earth overthrow tyranny, promote changes of dynasties, and maintain order and justice on earth.

Each of her manifestations was accompanied by major changes in the world.

The most recent trip to the mortal world by the Queen of the West took place during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period two or three hundred years ago.

At that time, King Fuchai of Wu was extremely incompetent, and the Queen Mother of the West descended to the mortal world again to help the Kingdom of Yue destroy the Kingdom of Wu.

The Queen Mother of the West transformed herself into "Yue Girl Aqing" in the Nanshan Mountains of Shezhou (now Huangshan City, Anhui Province), and was hired by the State of Yue to become the national teacher of Yue.

The Vietnamese girl A Qing taught the art of war and the "Vietnamese girl swordsmanship" to the Kingdom of Yue, and trained 3,000 Vietnamese soldiers, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Yue army and made it even more powerful.

In the end, King Gou Jian of Yue successfully destroyed the State of Wu.

It is true that: "Heaven will not fail those who work hard. Sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, three thousand Yue troops can conquer Wu."

……

After ruling Jiangdong, King Gou Jian of Yue always remembered the infinite merits of the Queen Mother of the West and was deeply grateful.

He sent messengers to search everywhere, but there was no trace of the Lady of the Nine Heavens.

In order to express his respect and gratitude to the Queen Mother of the West, Gou Jian built a fairy temple on the southern mountain of She County to worship the goddess of war, and he offered sacrifices to her every year as a token of his never-forgettable memory.

Every "Qixi Festival" which is the birthday of Xuannu comes, donors from all directions come in droves to pay homage to this Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, and the streets are filled with so many people that the roads are blocked.

This incident is also recorded in the "San Sui Ping Yao Zhuan":

"During the reign of King Jing of Zhou, Wu and Yue went to war. The 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady' transformed into a 'virgin to help Yue attack Wu', and when she came down the mountain, she subdued the 'white ape as her apprentice'..."

In Volume 56 of Taiping Guangji, it is clearly mentioned that "the various mysterious and magical 'heavenly books' of the past dynasties are closely related to 'the Nine-Heaven Mysterious Lady's governance of chaos and peace of the country'. Whenever the world is moving from chaos to order, it is often the Nine-Heaven Mysterious Lady who personally teaches the secrets of heaven..."

……

However, according to Kang Jinlong's understanding, ever since the Queen Mother of the West returned to heaven after the end of the "Wu-Yue War".

The Queen Mother of the West chose to remain in seclusion, no longer caring about worldly affairs, and rarely intervening in the affairs of the Heavenly Court.

The thirty-six celestial beings and seventy-two earthly demons, who were originally direct subordinates of Lady of the West, are now temporarily under the management of Dou Mu Yuan Jun.

……

The dusk was like a heavy curtain, hanging low in the sky, gradually blocking out the sunlight.

The sun sets in the west, casting the last rays of light, dyeing the earth with a faint yellow hue.

In the center of the battle group below.

Tiangang Star, Tianyong Star, Tianxiong Star, Tianmeng Star, Tianwei Star, Tianying Star and other Tiangang Stars are fighting fiercely with the Black Tiger Demon Lord.

The battle was extremely fierce, with swords crisscrossing and spells flying like rain.

At this moment, the battle situation has gradually become clear, and the balance of victory and defeat has begun to tilt.

The demon and ghost soldiers under the Black Tiger Demon Lord were almost wiped out under the fierce attack of the heavenly soldiers.

The morale of the heavenly soldiers was high, and they searched everywhere for the remaining demons, intending to capture them and bring them to justice in order to claim the merit that belonged to them.

Xiao Chen, Princess Wansheng, and Great Sage Huangfeng were also among them. They took a few ghost soldiers, locked them up, and went to report.

……

The captain of the heavenly soldier team that Yang Guoshan belongs to is Duan Tianliang, a golden-armored heavenly soldier from heaven.

Duan Tianliang is fat, but he looks mighty and majestic as he is wearing a golden chain mail that shines with golden light and holding a spear that shines with cold light.

"Yang Guoshan."

Duan Tianliang's eyes were as sharp as a hawk. He swept over Xiao Chen and shouted coldly, revealing a hint of obvious dissatisfaction in his tone:

"come here!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen immediately stopped and bowed respectfully:
"team leader."

"Your performance this time really disappointed me!"

Duan Tianliang's attitude seemed quite stern, his brows furrowed, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Chen's performance:

"You didn't catch any demon soldiers, but only a few worthless little ghost soldiers? How ridiculous!"

"Captain, I'll go catch some more."

Xiao Chen glanced at Duan Tianliang and spoke.

"Ok?"

Duan Tianliang frowned, obviously not satisfied with Xiao Chen's answer.

He said in a deep voice:
"Yang Guoshan, you don't have to go, just stay here obediently!"

As he spoke, Duan Tianliang pointed to the Star Lords who were fighting fiercely not far away:
"It would be of great benefit to you if you take a good look at the battles of the Star Gods." "Okay."

Xiao Chen responded.

"Ok?"

Seeing that Yang Guoshan was so obedient this time.

Duan Tianliang's tone softened a little, but still carried a hint of unquestionable majesty:

"However, I will report your performance this time truthfully to Lord General Tian. Whether it is good or bad, Lord General Tian will decide."

Xiao Chen glanced at Duan Tianliang.

As far as I can remember, the relationship between Yang Guoshan and Duan Tianliang didn't seem to be very good.

The commander of the heavenly soldiers is naturally the heavenly general.

A golden-armored heavenly soldier like Duan Tianliang is just a heavenly soldier, not a real general and has no actual power.

Team leaders like Duan Tianliang can only be considered "reserve cadres" and not real cadres.

But they often "take chicken feathers as a token of authority" and act in a majestic manner.

The official power is very great.

……

The Black Tiger Demon Lord watched helplessly as his brother Huang Binghu died of suffocation, his soul scattered and turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared between heaven and earth.

The four ghost kings of demons and monsters were also captured one by one by the seventy-two evil stars.

They were locked tightly in the Earthly Demon Formation, struggling in vain and roaring in despair.

The two demon generals, Green Jackal and White Wolf, were hit by several attacks and were seriously injured.

They were covered in blood and could only barely support their shaky bodies, unable to resist.

"The situation is over..."

Upon seeing this, the Black Tiger Demon Lord knew that the outcome was already decided and defeat was hard to reverse, and his eyes flashed with madness and determination.

The fur on his left shoulder was charred black, a deep scar left by the previous fierce battle. At this moment, it was still emitting wisps of smoke and a pungent burnt smell.

And his scarlet animal eyes were filled with a hint of madness.

"Get out of here!"

The Black Tiger Demon Lord tightly grasped the large sword in his hand and roared.

The blade flashed like lightning, spinning into a black whirlwind, and was swung with all its might, carrying endless anger and murderous intent.

The Tiangang stars were forced to retreat by this powerful force.

Then, the Black Tiger Demon Lord suddenly tore off the dark cloak on his back, revealing the pale white bone flag inserted at his waist.

This bone banner is engraved with strange characters, giving off a frightening and eerie aura.

"Hoo, ho, ho!"

When the Black Tiger Demon Lord's fingertips gently brushed across the banner, hundreds of tiger roars suddenly resounded through the sky.

The souls of the tigers that had been sacrificed in blood were faintly visible on the banners. Their distorted faces showed the pain and struggle they had experienced in life. Their eyes were full of grievance and anger, as if they were telling the world about their misfortune and resentment.

This "Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner" was made by Huang Binghu using the spines of his father and brother as the shaft, and the fur of all the tiger tribesmen as the banner.

The "Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner" has a deep blood resonance with the Black Tiger Demon Lord. It can summon the souls of deceased relatives to assist in battle. Its power is endless.

The "blood sacrifice method" allows the bone banner to devour the souls of deceased relatives to become even more powerful.

The Black Tiger Demon Lord pulled out the "Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner" from his waist.

He cut his wrist and let blood drip onto the banner. The blood poured out and instantly dyed the banner red.

A blood-red vortex suddenly rose from the Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner, like a surging torrent, carrying endless resentment and evil spirit.

The Black Tiger Demon Lord's mind flashed with the tragic scene of the tiger tribe being skinned alive by the hunter corps of Qingjiang County, and an irrepressible hatred and anger surged in his heart.

He chanted a spell loudly and waved the Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand:

"I will use my blood to feed your evil spirit! Your evil spirits will rise to the sky, and you will kill immortals and gods!"

His voice was full of determination, and he was obviously completely crazy.

At this moment, the Black Tiger Demon Lord was about to consume the essence of the tiger clan's dead souls at all costs and launch the "Family Devouring Technique" to induce the tiger souls to riot, causing the power of the bone banner to increase three times.

But once this method is used, the souls of the tiger tribe in Qingjiang County will be forever scattered, unable to be reincarnated or be saved.

Even if it completely disappeared in the Three Realms.

At this critical moment, there was a deafening "crack" sound.

The "Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner" that carried endless resentment and evil spirit suddenly exploded in front of the Black Tiger Demon Lord, turned into powder and drifted away in the wind.

The Black Tiger Demon Lord widened his eyes, staring at the scattered powder in astonishment, his heart filled with disbelief:

"how is this possible?"

"Where is my powerful Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner?"

……

This tiger bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner is the condensation of countless souls of his tiger clan and is his last resort.

At this moment, a figure quietly appeared outside the battle group. It was the previous life of Shi Qian, the flea on the drum - "Earth Thief Star".

The Earth Thief was holding the real "Tiger Bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner" in his hand, with a playful smile on his face, and said with a smile:

"You demon tiger, stop struggling and surrender."

"On the demon-slaying platform, I can give you a quick death!"

It turns out that Earth Thief Star has magical movements and leaves no trace on the battlefield, making him a natural-born "thief general".

He had already used the magical power of "Nine Nether Escape Technique" to transform into the shadows and approached the Black Tiger Demon Lord silently.

While the Black Tiger Demon Lord was fighting with the Tianxiong Star, Tianwei Star, Tianmeng Star and other Tiangang Stars, Dizei Star used his "shadowless hand" magical power to snatch the tiger bone Ten Thousand Souls Banner from the Black Tiger Demon Lord's waist.

Upon hearing this, a trace of anger and unwillingness flashed in the eyes of the Black Tiger Demon Lord.

He didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of a small thief.

At the end of the road.

The Black Tiger Demon Lord raised the heavy sword in his hand, the tip of the sword flashing with cold light, pointing directly at the generals of the Tiangang and Disha.

The corners of his mouth curled up into a mocking smile, and his voice was full of disdain:
"Everyone thinks that the Heavenly Court is the orthodox of the Three Realms and possesses supreme divine power, but unexpectedly, it is just a bunch of rats who are outnumbered and outnumbered. It's really ridiculous."

"I am the Black Tiger Demon Lord, the Tiger King, feared by all, but I am going to die at the hands of a coward like you. This is really a great shame for me. This is the greatest humiliation of my life!"

"Who among you dares to fight me in a fair contest?"

Tiangang Star, Tianyong Star, Tianxiong Star, Tianmeng Star, Tianwei Star... all looked ashamed and were speechless when they heard this.

"My lies are deceiving the public!"

Upon seeing this, Tiankuixing roared angrily, his voice as loud as thunder.

Tian Kuixing threw away his blood-stained official robe, pointed his sword at the Black Tiger Demon Lord, and angrily rebuked him righteously:
"How can an evil demon or a scoundrel talk about morality and rules? You have committed so many evil things that you should have been punished by heaven and earth long ago!"

"We are brothers and we will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven!"

"To deal with this evil demon, there is no need to talk about morality or rules. Let's all rush forward and stab him with our spears and swords!"

"To protect the peace of the land of Kyushu and the safety of the people of Dawn, this is the righteous way of heaven!"

Tiankuixing's words were sonorous and powerful, inspiring all the heavenly generals.

Upon hearing this, Tiangangxing, Tianyongxing, Tianxiongxing, Tianmengxing, Tianweixing and other Tiangangxing looked at each other and were about to take up their weapons, rush forward and surround and kill the Black Tiger Demon Lord.

At this moment, a female voice as cold as frost came from above the clouds:
"as you wish……"

(End of this chapter)