I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Heavenly Court, Great Luo Heaven.

After capturing Nezha and the Giant Spirit God, Tianpeng Zhenjun brought them directly to meet the Jade Emperor.

In the Tongming Hall, Nezha and the Giant Spirit God stood there bound and gagged, saying nothing.

The Jade Emperor then ordered the Grand Envoy of the Heavenly Court, Yisheng Zhenjun, to discuss the crime with the other gods of the Heavenly Court. The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King stood among the immortals, his eyes fixed on his nose, his nose on his mouth, and his mouth on his heart. It wasn't that he didn't care about Nezha's life or death, but rather that he was avoiding suspicion.

After an unknown amount of time, the gods of the Heavenly Court reached a consensus on the punishment. Yisheng Zhenjun stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, we have finished deliberating on the punishment."

The Jade Emperor said, "Bring it here."

The True Lord Yisheng reported: "Your Majesty, after deliberation by the Heavenly Court, the Great God Nezha of the Three Altars and Seas has been found guilty of three crimes: First, he disregarded the laws of Heaven and arbitrarily funded private armies in the mortal realm, which is suspected of being a form of separatism. Second, he interfered in mortal affairs without authorization, ordering the Giant Spirit God to manifest his Dharma form and arbitrarily arrange mountains, which is the crime of disturbing the mortal realm. Third, he disrupted the Northern Peak Divine Palace, injured hundreds of Northern Peak Divine Generals, and frightened the Northern Peak Emperor, which is the crime of treason."

"Having committed these three crimes, after deliberation and judgment by our Heavenly Court, Nezha shall be stripped of his title of 'Great God of the Three Altars and Seas' and his position as 'Prime Minister of the Heavenly Court,' demoted to the third rank, and imprisoned in the Thunder Department Prison for five hundred years," reported the True Lord Yisheng.

As soon as Yisheng Zhenjun finished speaking, Wang Lingguan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Nezha has committed these three crimes, which are heinous and heinous. I believe he should be sentenced to death."

All the gods and immortals were greatly shocked, and even the emperors of the Divine Thunder Jade Palace and the Divine Firmament Jade Palace changed their expressions.

Only Nezha remained indifferent; he was fearless of death.

“Why go to such lengths?” Lei Zu, the “Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable,” hurriedly spoke up: “Nezha has always been mischievous and has the nature of a child. It’s inevitable that he will cause trouble when he goes down to the mortal realm. Although he has committed three crimes, they have not caused any serious consequences. If he is sentenced to death for this, it would be too harsh.”

Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun also said, "What Lei Zu said is true. Nezha is a great general of the Heavenly Court who has made many meritorious contributions. How can he be executed for committing three minor crimes? Wouldn't that be destroying a talented person?"

Seeing that Lei Zu and Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun had spoken, the other immortals and gods also began to plead for mercy.

As for Wang Lingguan, he remained serious. As the Grand Inspector, he naturally took any violation of the Heavenly Laws seriously.

Nezha was not surprised at all. It was Wang Lingguan's duty to spray anyone he caught.

The Jade Emperor, however, did not heed the opinions of the others. Instead, he directly asked Yisheng Zhenjun, "Does your Heavenly Court strictly follow the Heavenly Law in its judgments? Is there any favoritism or lenient sentencing?"

Yisheng Zhenjun hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, we have strictly abided by the laws of Heaven and have absolutely not shown any favoritism."

"Hmm." The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Alright, then let this judgment be carried out. Strip Nezha of his title of 'Great God of the Three Altars and Seas' and his position as 'Prime Minister of the Heavenly Court,' and demote him to a seventh-rank deity."

At this point, the Jade Emperor paused, then said, "However, there's no need to imprison me in the Thunder Department for five hundred years. Previously, the Queen Mother of the West presented me with thirty-six Golden Lotuses from the Jade Terrace, all of which were planted beneath the Heavenly River's Orchid Terrace. Nezha, I hereby appoint you as a seventh-rank Orchid Terrace official and send you to the Heavenly River to plant flowers."

Upon hearing this, Nezha hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please execute me. I am not afraid of death, but I do not know how to plant flowers."

The Jade Emperor's gaze sharpened as he looked at Nezha and asked, "Nezha, do you intend to defy destiny?"

Nezha felt a chill run down his spine when the Jade Emperor swept him with a stern gaze. He immediately kowtowed and said, "Your sinful subject Nezha respectfully obeys the Jade Emperor's decree."

Nezha was then stripped of his official robes and taken away by the spirit official in front of the palace.

Then Yisheng Zhenjun reported to the Jade Emperor: "Your Majesty, the Giant Spirit God is an accomplice, and he is also Nezha's general. He obeys Nezha's orders, so I believe his crime should be below Nezha's."

The Jade Emperor picked up a celestial fruit, put it in his mouth, chewed for a moment, and then asked, "How should I be punished?"

The True Lord Yisheng reported: "His position as a Heavenly General and Righteous God shall be stripped, along with all his official rank, and he shall be banished to the mortal realm, never to be employed again."

Upon hearing this, the giant spirit immediately prostrated himself on the ground, his face turning pale.

This is tantamount to stripping him of all his power, demoting him from a fifth-rank deity to an ordinary being in the lower realm.

Thousands of years of effort were thus stripped away, leaving the giant spirit feeling only immense pain and emptiness.

But just as Yisheng Zhenjun finished his report, someone else spoke up.

“Your Majesty, the Giant Spirit God is usually honest and simple. He obeys whoever is his superior. The main fault in this matter lies with Nezha, not the Giant Spirit God. Demoting him to a mortal is too harsh a punishment.” A peaceful and kind voice rang out.

When Yisheng Zhenjun looked up, his expression immediately turned solemn, for the speaker was none other than Taishang Laojun.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor laughed and said, "Laojun is right. The Giant Spirit God is indeed honest and simple."

At this point, the Jade Emperor said to Yisheng Zhenjun, "As an accomplice, the Giant Spirit God shall be demoted to the fourth rank and exiled to the mortal realm to serve in the Great Master of Fate."

Upon hearing this, True Lord Yisheng immediately bowed and said, "I will obey Your Majesty's decree."

Subsequently, the Heavenly Court's Yisheng Zhenjun demoted the Giant Spirit God by four ranks, reducing him from a fifth-rank deity to a ninth-rank deity, and exiled him to the mortal realm to serve in the Great Master of Fate.

After dealing with Nezha and the Giant Spirit God, the Jade Emperor said to the True Martial Emperor, "You can return the talisman of the Spirit Platform True Lord. Let the gods of the mortal realm handle human affairs, and the gods of heaven should not interfere."

Upon hearing this, the True Martial Emperor immediately replied solemnly, "Your subject obeys the decree."

Finally, the Jade Emperor addressed the assembled deities in the hall: “All of you, you shall each perform your duties in Heaven. I have entrusted the affairs of the mortal realm to the True Lord of the Spirit Platform and the Five Sacred Mountains Emperors. Heavenly deities need not interfere. Furthermore, from now on, as long as all the heavenly deities are diligent and conscientious in their duties, I will exempt them from calamities—once for every three calamities, and twice for every six calamities.”

Upon hearing this, all the deities present were overjoyed and bowed deeply, saying, "We thank the Great Heavenly Venerable for his mercy."

Even immortals face tribulations, and the Jade Emperor's words meant that he would help them avoid them—one out of three tribulations, and two out of six.

Don't underestimate the fact that you only escape one of the three tribulations. You might think it's a small number, but for immortals, it increases their chances of survival by at least 60%.

In the Sacred Realm of Heavenly Sound, the Bodhisattva of Benevolence reported to the Buddha of Amoghavajra: "World Honored One, Nezha has been captured. It was the True Lord Tianpeng who personally descended to the mortal realm to capture Nezha."

Upon hearing this, Amoghavajra sighed and said, "This time I have also taken advantage of Nezha, the Third Prince. He will surely be punished in the future."

The bodhisattvas exchanged glances, and then the Five Coins Bodhisattva asked, "World Honored One, Nezha and the Giant Spirit God have been captured, and the Milky Way can now travel north to Hengshan without any further obstruction."

The Buddha Amoghavajra said, "No, Nezha and the Giant Spirit God are only hindering Tianhe Xun. I did not expect them to completely stop Tianhe Xun from going to Hengshan."

Upon hearing this, Bodhisattva Gatha asked in surprise, "Could it be that the World-Honored One has other arrangements?"

The Buddha Amoghavajra said, "Nezha has delayed Tianhe Xun on the road, buying time for the Beiye tribe. Now the Beiye army has arrived."

From the beginning, Amoghavajra never expected Nezha to be able to completely stop Tianhe Xun; all he wanted was for Nezha to be able to hold Tianhe Xun back.

Then, the Buddha Amoghasiddhi manifested himself and revealed to Kitano Tenbu the serious consequences of Tianhe Xun's sacrifice at Mount Heng. As long as Tianhe Xun sacrificed at Mount Heng and obtained the fortune of the Human Emperor, no one in Beiju Luzhou would be able to stop him, and the destruction of the Kitano tribe would be only a matter of time.

Therefore, Kitano Tenbu immediately gathered the warriors of his clan, assembled 50,000 men, and headed north, entering the territory of the Han Kingdom. At the place where the Giant Spirit God moved the mountain, they blocked 30,000 Han soldiers.

Looking at the orderly Han army formation ahead, Kitano Asahi sighed slightly and said, "Clan leader, after this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, we and the Tianhe tribe will fight to the death."

Kitano Tenbu said calmly, "That's still better than wiping out the entire clan."

Kitano Asahi stopped speaking, and at that moment, a Han general rode up to the front of Kitano's troops. "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty has asked me to ask Kitano Tenmu, the chieftain of the Kitano tribe, do you really want to fight to the death with my Han army?"

Kitano Tenbu said loudly, "Please report to the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty that as long as you retreat to Zongcheng now and promise not to go to Hengshan for three years, we can withdraw our troops."

The general rode back, and soon after, Tianhe Xun personally stepped out of the army formation, pointed at Kitano Tenbu and said, "Kitano Tenbu, don't go too far."

Kitano Tenbu replied, "Tenkawa, things are different now. A great upheaval is taking place in Beiju Luzhou. For the future of my Kitano clan, I cannot take any risks. Today, it's either you who goes all out, or I who go all out."

“Alright,” Tianhe Xun said, “Since that’s the case, then there’s nothing more to say. Let our two families settle our honor and disgrace here in a battle.”

Kitano Tenbu smiled and said, "That is also what I wish for."

Kitano Tenbu and Tenkawa Shun then returned to their respective camps, preparing to give the order to start the battle.

However, at that moment, Kitano Tenbu, who was in the center of Kitano's army formation, suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and then heard the exclamations of the elders.

"Oh no! Protect the clan leader!"

"Pull the clan leader back."

"Quickly, bring the clan leader back!"

Kitano Tenbu had no idea what was happening. He only saw a flash of white light before his eyes, and then he was drawn into it by a mysterious force.

"Hurry up and go." After doing all this, Zhu Youjian immediately shouted, and then, escorted by Li Zhicheng and Zhang Xianzong, he fled the Beiye army formation.

When Kitano Tenbu saw the scene before him again, he couldn't help but gasp. He had actually appeared directly in the Han army's formation, right in front of Tenko Xun.

"!!!" Kitano Tenbu was shocked, and Tenkawa Shun and Tenkawa Takeshi beside him were also startled.

But Tenkawa Takeshi quickly realized what was happening and leaped up to pounce on Kitano Tenkawa.

Kitano Tenbu was tackled to the ground, and Tenga Takeshi hurriedly called for the surrounding Han soldiers to come and capture Kitano Tenbu.

But Kitano Tenbu also came to his senses at this moment and struck Tenko Takeshi in the chest with a palm strike, causing Tenko Takeshi to spit out blood and fly backward.

The Han soldiers swarmed forward from all sides, but Kitano Tenbu stood up and swept his palm, sending hundreds of Han soldiers flying.

At this moment, Tianhe Xun also rushed forward and, without saying a word, engaged Kitano Tenbu in battle. The two fought fiercely and were evenly matched. Although the surrounding Han soldiers surrounded them, they could not get involved at all. In fact, if they got too close, they would be blown away by the force of the two men's energy.

The only person who could help at the scene was Tenkawa Takeshi. He had been seriously injured by Kitano Tenkawa, but he still rushed up to help Tenkawa Xun.

With the desperate help of Tianhe Wu, Tianhe Xun finally captured Kitano Tenbu and ordered his men to bring the Azure Rope to bind Kitano Tenbu.

However, at the moment Kitano Tenbu was captured, Tenkawa Takeshi collapsed from exhaustion and died on the spot.

Tianhe Xun hurriedly summoned a doctor, but after examining him, the doctor said he was powerless to help. Tianhe Wu was already seriously injured by Kitano Tenbu's palm strike, and later he risked his life to help Tianhe Xun capture Kitano Tenbu, eventually dying from exhaustion.

Tianhe Xun didn't even have time to grieve, because Kitano's troops seemed to have discovered that Kitano Tenbu had appeared in the Han army camp, so they immediately launched an attack.

At this moment, Tianhe Xun could only order his men to take Tianhe Wu's body away, and then he personally led Kitano Tianwu to the front of the army formation.

Upon witnessing the capture of their clan leader, the morale of Kitano's 50,000-strong army was severely damaged, and they immediately halted their attack.

"How could this be?" Kitano Asahi murmured, "How did the clan leader suddenly end up in the Tianhe tribe's formation?"

Kitano Hikaru said, "It must be the work of demons."

Kitano said, "So what do we do now? Should we return to the clan chief if we want to continue the attack?"

"No, don't act rashly." Seeing Kitano Tenbu bound by the lapis lazuli rope, Kitano Asahi quickly stopped the army.

At this moment, Tianhe Xun led Kitano Tenbu out of the army formation and said to the Kitano tribe members, "Now I order you to retreat to the Kitano tribe immediately and not to obstruct my army's journey to Hengshan, otherwise I will kill Kitano Tenbu."

Kitano Hikaru immediately shouted, "Tenkawa Shun, release my clan head at once, or my Kitano clan will fight you to the death!"

Tianhe Xun said sternly, "It's a fight to the death now! Tomorrow! You must withdraw to the Kitano tribe tomorrow, or I will kill Kitano Tenbu."

After saying this, Tianhe Xun led Kitano Tenbu back to the Han army formation.

The next day, Kitano's 50,000-strong army indeed withdrew, and sent an envoy to inform Tenkawa that he must not harm Kitano Tenmu.

While arranging for people to send Tianhe Wu's coffin back to the clan's residence, Tianhe Xun led Kitano Tianwu towards Mount Heng in the north.

As expected, there were no further obstacles along the way, and finally, two months later, Tianhe Xun led 30,000 Han soldiers to the foot of Hengshan Mountain.

Ren Xiaoyao and the others had already set up the altar and prepared all the necessary sacrificial items.

Three days later, Tianhe Xun held a grand sacrificial ceremony for Mount Heng. The ceremony lasted for three days. On the last day at noon, the Great Emperor of the Northern Peak appeared in a dragon chariot surrounded by gods, generals, and celestial officials.

After the Great Emperor of the Northern Mountain manifested his divine power, he personally handed over a seal representing the Human Emperor to Tianhe Xun.

Tianhe Xun immediately bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, then accepted the Emperor's Seal. The moment the Emperor's Seal was in his hands, the overall situation in Beiju Luzhou underwent a tremendous change.

Even Tianhe Xun himself had a clear feeling. He found that he seemed to be able to see things that he couldn't see before, and to think of things that he couldn't think of before. He became incredibly clear-headed and insightful.

In the distant Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm, a leisurely sigh echoed, lingering for a long time. (End of Chapter)