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

Chapter 425 Thirty-three Days
When the boss's driver parked the car in front of the company, he forgot to pull the crucial handbrake and did not carefully check whether the vehicle was stopped steadily.

As a result, the car slipped out of gear.

The car ran away.

What does this have to do with him, the King of Growth, being a gatekeeper?
It's clearly the driver's fault!
The South Gate of Heaven.

"You all saw it. The cow ran away."

"I reminded him and shouted at him at the top of my lungs, but he acted as if he didn't hear me."

King Zhangzhang looked around at the group of sky-guarding marshals, as well as Pang, Liu, Gou, Bi, Deng, Xin, Zhang, Tao and other gods of the thunder department, and said with a bit of helplessness in his voice.

Upon hearing this, a golden-armored celestial soldier came up to him flatteringly and said respectfully:

"Yes, I can testify for the Heavenly King that the Heavenly King did remind the cowherd boy."

Pang Yu Lei Jiang, one of the gods of thunder, also nodded and said:

"Indeed."

"The Heavenly King did remind him, but the cowherd boy was in too much of a hurry and didn't hear the Heavenly King's call."

……

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Virūdhaka stroked his long beard and nodded with satisfaction.

With so many people witnessing this, the incident of “the cow running away” has nothing to do with him, the King of Growth.

Otherwise, the blame will be put on the head of King Zhangzhang.

When Ao Mo'ang saw that King Zhangzhang was so concerned about the cow that had escaped, he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong.

then.

Ao Moang asked the Heavenly King Zhangzhang:

"My Lord, whose cow is that?"

"Why do you worry so much?"

The Heavenly King Virūdhaka shook his head and said nothing.

At this time, Heavenly King Zhangzhang no longer had the intention to tease the people of the West Sea Dragon Clan. He waved his hand and said:

"Go in, everyone else please wait outside."

Seeing this, Ao Mo'ang could only keep the matter to himself for the time being and investigate further later.

Ao Mo'ang turned around and instructed his dragon soldiers and generals:

"You guys wait outside the South Heaven Gate."

The leading turtle general responded:
"Yes, Prince."

Then, a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals from the West Sea Dragon Palace lined up and waited quietly outside the South Heaven Gate.

Afterwards, led by a celestial soldier in golden armor, Ao Mo'ang and his brother Ao Lie went to the treasury of heaven to receive the night-shining pearl bestowed by the emperor.

After a while.

Some idle gods also lined up to enter the heavenly palace.

At this time.

Then it was the turn of Kangjin Star Lord, Tiankuixing, Dikuixing and other large groups of Tiangang and Disha stars.

A group of heavenly soldiers and generals lined up neatly and stepped forward one by one to verify their identities, preparing to pass through the South Gate of Heaven and enter the Heavenly Palace.

"The barrier of Nantianmen..."

Xiao Chen's gaze lingered on the South Gate of Heaven for a moment, and he thought secretly in his heart.

According to Yang Guoshan's memory, Xiao Chen knew that there was an invisible barrier hidden at the Nantian Gate. Once an unidentified person approached, he would be blocked outside by the invisible force.

If the evil ones try to break into the barrier by force, they will directly trigger the alarm mechanism of the barrier, attracting the guards from all over the heavenly palace.

"Identity token..."

Xiao Chen looked down at the identity token hanging around his waist and felt relieved.

There are actually many steps in verifying identity, and the first step is to verify the identity token.

This token is a must-have for every heavenly soldier and general in heaven. It is the size of a palm and is engraved with basic information such as the holder's name, appearance, and department.

This token was made by Zhang and Lu, two engineering officials from the Heavenly Court. It has a secret magic circle embedded in it that echoes the magic circle at the South Heavenly Gate.

When the holder passes by the South Gate of Heaven, the magic circle will be activated, and the magic circle at the South Gate of Heaven will automatically verify the information of the heavenly soldiers and generals.

The material used for this token is a special mineral unique to Heaven. The magic array contained in it is unparalleled in the world and no one can imitate it.

Once the token is lost, the heavenly soldiers and generals only need to register in the heavenly court, and the magic array in the token will explode by itself and be completely destroyed.

The identity recognition system of Heaven is just like the double authentication of "access card" and "face recognition" in the previous life, which is extremely strict.

However, this is far from enough!

At the South Gate of Heaven, there are also "Breath Verification Array" and "Change Identification Magical Weapon" as additional lines of defense.

Anyone who enters the Nantian Gate and has demonic or evil spirits on them will be immediately activated by the breath verification array and an alarm will be sounded.

The Demon Realm can detect any magic tricks, making it impossible for the demons who attempt to use magic tricks to sneak into the Heavenly Palace to escape.

At this time, the divine generals of the South Heaven Gate and a group of heavenly marshals would rush forward, hold him down, and escort him to the demon-slaying platform.

At this moment.

Since there were many people entering the South Gate of Heaven, General Pang Yulei simply hung the magic mirror on the top of the South Gate of Heaven.

The light of the magic mirror is like an invisible scanning line, checking everyone who enters one by one.

Specially made "identity access card", secret "face recognition" array, extremely sensitive "breath verification" and insightful "change recognition"...

These lines of defense are intertwined together to form an indestructible barrier at the South Gate of Heaven.

It can be said that if Jin Hulu Duoduo did not master the rare "soul-extracting technique".

In addition, he, the Golden Horned King, possesses the top-grade innate spiritual treasure "Baolian Lantern", the ancient dragon's pearl "Zulong Pearl", and the dragon clan's secret treasure "Mirage Scale Mask" that can transform into thousands of forms...

And the Monkey King also helped...

It is almost impossible to sneak into the heaven.

At this moment, the mirror light of the demon realm just happened to shine on Xiao Chen.

"coming……"

Xiao Chen's heart tightened.

Fortunately, he has corresponding magic weapons to deal with the inspection methods used at the South Gate of Heaven.

Xiao Chen looked calm and there was nothing unusual about him.

Afterwards, Xiao Chen, wearing the armor of a heavenly soldier and holding his weapons, walked steadily through the magic circle of the South Heaven Gate.

At the same time, Great Sage Huangfeng and Princess Wansheng also passed the verification smoothly without causing any alarms.

From now on, at this moment.

The three demons, the Golden Horn King, the Yellow Wind Great Sage and the All Saints Princess, finally officially entered the Heavenly Palace.

The Great Sage Huang Feng was the first to enter the Heavenly Palace.

He looked at so many treasures and rubbed his hands excitedly.

"My Lord, there are so many treasures in this heavenly palace. It is much more magnificent than Lingshan!"

The Great Sage Huang Feng transmitted a message to Xiao Chen through the "Mosquito Brand Wireless Phone" there, and his words were full of amazement.

Xiao Chen looked around and saw a dragon with shining golden scales and fluttering red beard hovering on the pillar, a phoenix with colorful feathers flying in the air and a dazzling red crown dancing on the bridge, and a unicorn emitting auspicious aura guarding the gate...

These mythical and auspicious beasts, which are rarely seen in the human world, can be seen everywhere in the heavens.

In the heavenly realm, "holding the sun and the moon and picking the stars" is not an empty statement.

The sky full of stars is moving above the heavens, and seems to be within reach and within reach.

This is Heaven, where the undisputed ruler of the Three Realms resides.

There are many great gods gathered in the heaven.

The innate gods that existed since the beginning of the world are not rare here. The dragon is just a pillar in the heaven, and the phoenix is ​​just a bridge to add color.

The auspicious Qilin beast here is just guarding the gate.

A thousand-year-old famous flower never withers, and a lucky grass never fades.

"Ganoderma Lucidum..."

Xiao Chen took a casual glance.

The Ganoderma Lucidum that Princess Halloween had spent so much effort to cultivate for thousands and tens of thousands of years were just ornamental plants here and no one even looked at them.

In any palace, you can see the golden and brilliant Hibiscus Crown. The jade hairpins, pearl shoes, purple ribbons, gold medals... all kinds of precious jewelry are dazzling.

Golden nails are inlaid on the jade door, colorful phoenixes are dancing in front of the red door, and the corridors are winding and exquisite everywhere; three eaves and four clusters are stacked layer by layer, and dragons and phoenixes are soaring between the eaves, showing the dignity and majesty of the heaven.

The Golden Palace, the Silver Palace and the Purple Palace complement each other, and the beautiful flowers, jade herbs and precious plants compete with each other in beauty, forming a beautiful picture scroll.

"Dang, Dang, Dang..."

At this time, the golden bell rang, and the Three Caos' divine tablets were presented to the Danchi; the celestial drum roared, and all the saints paid homage to the Jade Emperor.

The celestial concubine held up a palm fan to shield herself from the wind and rain, while the jade maiden held a fairy scarf to serve on both sides. The celestial general who presided over the court was fierce and frightening, while the fairy minister who protected the emperor was proud and majestic.

For a moment, the entire heaven was filled with solemnity and dignity.

……

"Alas! A real man should be like this!"

Xiao Chen stood in the Heavenly Palace, looking at the boundless and magnificent scene before him, with endless emotion welling up in his heart.

He finally understood why Liu Bang, who was doing corvée labor in Xianyang, sighed in such a way when he saw the domineering scene when the Qin Emperor traveled.

The Demon King only rules over a mountain, while the Emperor of Heaven controls the three realms. How majestic and magnificent is that!
What is wider than the land is the ocean, but what is wider than the ocean is the boundless sky!

The heaven is actually unimaginably large; it is even larger than the four continents combined.

It is larger than the four seas in the east, south, west and north combined.

Moreover, the heaven is not a flat space, but a three-dimensional world whose height and width are beyond human imagination.

It can be said that the heaven is almost boundless.

If I open the "Golden Light" and run in the heaven, I don't know how long it will take to finish.

It's hard to fish for a needle in the haystack, right?

So, what about trying to pick up a blade of grass in the larger heaven?
One can imagine how difficult it is to search for something in this vast and boundless heaven.

Moreover, the order in heaven is strictly hierarchical.

People cannot run around randomly, there are strict level restrictions.

……

"Tian Kuixing, Di Kuixing, follow me to meet the Great Celestial Lord and report the situation of this battle to the lower world to fight against monsters."

"As for the Black Tiger Demon Lord, escort him directly to the Demon Slaying Platform."

Kang Jinxingjun glanced at the imprisoned Black Tiger Demon Lord and said coldly.

"Yes."

When Tiankuixing heard this, his face turned red and he couldn't hide his excitement.

Tiankuixing carefully tidied up his appearance and prepared to meet the Jade Emperor.

For a star god of his level, the number of times he can see the Jade Emperor throughout the year is only a handful.

This time when he meets the emperor, he, Tiankuixing, must seize the opportunity and perform well!
Subsequently.

Kangjin Star Lord took the Jade Emperor's decree to punish the demon and handed it to Zhangzhang Heavenly King.

After receiving the decree and checking it carefully, King Zhangda waved the magic weapon in his hand and opened the "Ladder to Heaven" leading to the Lingxiao Palace.

The so-called ladder to heaven is a ladder that leads to heaven in one step.

The Cloud Ladder to Heaven is the core passage in the heavenly realm that connects the South Gate of Heaven to the Lingxiao Palace, and goes directly to the Thirty-three Heavens.

It's not something that an ordinary minion can get away with.

Kangjin Star Lord led Tiankui Star and Dikui Star, stepped onto the cloud ladder that led directly to the thirty-three heavens, and went to the Lingxiao Palace to meet the emperor.

The Tiangang Star, Tianyong Star, Tianmeng Star and other Tiangang Disha Stars escorted the bound Black Tiger Demon Lord to the Demon-Slaying Platform in a mighty procession.

The rest of the heavenly soldiers naturally returned to their camps.

"The Lord of the Wansheng Palace sneaked into the Lingxiao Palace in Daluo Heaven and stole the Queen Mother's Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum..."

Xiao Chen repeated these words in his heart.

Nearly a thousand years later, the nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum appeared in front of the Lingxiao Palace.

So at this point in time, where is this Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum in heaven?

This is actually uncertain.

"Thirty-three days..."

Xiao Chen raised his head and glanced at the cloud ladder that led directly to the thirty-third heaven.

However, that cloud ladder to heaven was obviously not something a silver-armored heavenly soldier like him could use.

In the world of Journey to the West, there are “Thirty-three Heavens” in heaven.

This point has been mentioned many times in the original work, such as when Sun Wukong showed his ability:
It is ten thousand feet tall, with a head like Mount Tai, a waist like a steep mountain, eyes like lightning, a mouth like a bloody basin, and teeth like swords and spears; the stick in his hand reaches the "33 Heavens" above and the 18th level of hell below...

Another example is when the Green Bull Demon descended to the mortal world, Sun Wukong went to the Heavenly Palace to check if there were any gods descending to the mortal world:

The Heavenly Court first checked the gods and officials at the Four Heavenly Gates; then checked the big and small groups of the Three Minor Palaces; then checked the thunder officials Tao, Zhang, Xin, Deng, Gou, Bi, Pang, and Liu; and finally checked the "Thirty-three Heavens"...

These points clearly show that the heaven has a complete thirty-three-layer structure.

However, in the world of Journey to the West, there is a saying that there are "thirty-six heavens" in the heaven.

When Sun Wukong was looking for the ginseng fruit tree to save him, he said:

"It is indeed easy to visit other places. It is easy to travel all over the world and travel through the 'Thirty-six Days'..."

So, does this heaven have thirty-three days or thirty-six days?

There is actually no contradiction between the two.

The heavenly realm can be said to have thirty-three heavens, or it can be said to have thirty-six heavens, and both exist at the same time.

Because in the world of Journey to the West, there is also the concept of "heaven beyond heaven" and "heaven above heaven".

As the saying goes: "There is always someone better than you."

That's the reason.

For example, before Sun Wukong made a riot in Heaven, he accidentally ran to Tushita Palace and thought to himself: "Tushi Palace is 'above the thirty-three heavens', where the Taishang Laojun of Lihentian resides..."

In the episode with the Green Bull Demon, it was also said that Sun Wukong did not go to the Lingxie Palace or the Douniu Palace, but went directly to the Tushita Palace in the Lihentian Heaven "outside the thirty-three heavens" and saw two fairy children standing by...

All these show that in the world of Journey to the West, there is another heaven besides the thirty-three heavens.

The Jade Emperor lives outside the Thirty-three Heavens, not within them.

In the world of Journey to the West, between the thirty-three heavens and the thirty-sixth heaven, there are actually three more days, which are the extremely mysterious "Three Pure Heavens".

The three pure heavens are Taiqingtian, Shangqingtian and Yuqingtian.

Taiqing Daode Tianzun, that is, Taishang Laojun, resides in Taiqing Heaven; Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, resides in Yuqing Heaven; Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, resides in Shangqing Heaven.

Not many people know about the "Three Pure Heavens", but the Three Pure Heavens actually did appear in the original Journey to the West.

Zhenyuan Daxian of Wuzhuang Temple, the ancestor of earthly immortals, was once invited by the Three Pure Ones to go to the Shangmi Palace in "Shangqing Heaven" to listen to lectures on "Hunyuan Daoguo".

What the Jade Emperor can control and investigate are actually only matters within the thirty-three days.

Therefore, when the Green Bull Demon from outside the Thirty-three Heavens came down to the mortal world, the Jade Emperor could not find him.

The Jade Emperor can only investigate things within thirty-three days.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang in Sun Wukong's hand can only reach "33 heavens" at most, but cannot reach 36 heavens.

(End of this chapter)