I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Hearing Chi Ling's mocking voice, the Third Holy Mother turned her head and saw the Six Saints of Meishan rushing up. She immediately activated the Lotus Lantern.

This time, it wasn't as gentle as when dealing with Hua Yue Erlang; the Lotus Lantern lit up with an extremely dazzling divine light.

Seeing this, Kang Anyu, the leader of the Six Saints of Meishan, quickly stopped and said, "Brothers, be careful."

Zhang Boshi rushed forward, brandishing a large black-toothed saber, and slashed at the attacker, saying, "It's just a lamp, what's there to be afraid of?"

'Om'

The next moment, the Lotus Lantern exerted its power. Zhang Boshi saw a flash of red light, and then he vaguely saw the Gate of Hell flashing before his eyes.

Just then, a divine light descended from the sky; it was Erlang Shen's three-pointed double-edged sword, which brought down with tremendous divine power.

The moment the three-pointed double-edged sword collided with the divine light of the Lotus Lamp, an extremely terrifying force spread out, instantly leveling the entire Liu Mansion to the ground.

The servants and maids were all terrified and fled in panic.

Then the three-pointed double-edged sword trembled slightly and was directly knocked away by the divine power of the Lotus Lantern. The Six Saints of Meishan were even more unable to resist and were instantly sent flying backward. Then they were immediately knocked to the ground by the returning three-pointed double-edged sword.

The giant spirit god and other divine generals who followed closely behind had already hidden behind Chi Ling. Chi Ling was holding the chess piece in her hand, so she was not affected by the Lotus Lantern.

"Wow." Zhang Boshi coughed up blood, looking pained, and said, "I never expected such a small lamp to be so powerful."

Erlang Shen raised his hand and pulled the three-pointed double-edged sword back. Holding it in his hand, he could still feel his weapon trembling slightly.

"A celestial treasure with such power?" Erlang Shen was full of surprise.

Fire Spirit Immortal shouted down, "Crimson Silk!"

Hearing the Fire Spirit Immortal's clear shout, Chi Ling knew that she was urging her, so she stepped forward and said to the Third Holy Mother, "Third Holy Mother, it's time to settle the score between us from more than twenty years ago."

The Third Holy Mother looked at Chi Ling with an extremely complex expression, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she turned the Lotus Lantern towards Chi Ling.

In an instant, the Lotus Lantern shone brightly, and its irresistible and terrifying power pressed down on Chi Ling head-on.

The six saints of Meishan on the ground no longer dared to be arrogant, and in fright, they followed the giant spirit god and hid behind the red silk.

Seeing the Giant Spirit God, so enormous yet cowering behind Chi Ling, Li Huanzhang couldn't help but laugh, "Giant Spirit God, are you afraid even with your powerful physical strength and martial arts?"

The Giant Spirit God said, "I am only strong in physical form, not invincible."

Seeing the divine power of the Lotus Lantern surging towards them like a tidal wave, Yao Gonglin asked with a worried expression, "Chiling Taiwei, can you stop it?"

Chi Ling said without turning her head, "It's alright, even if I can't stop you, you'll be my scapegoats."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chi Linghao flicked her wrist, and the chess piece was instantly thrown out.

The chess piece bounced a few times in the air, passed through the magical power of the Lotus Lantern at an extremely fast speed without any hindrance, and then gently struck the Lotus Lantern in the palm of the Third Holy Mother.

In an instant, the flame of the Lotus Lantern's wick went out, and the divine power released earlier instantly turned into a gentle breeze that swept across the red silk's robes.

The Lotus Lantern, which had been floating in the hands of the Third Holy Mother, lost all its divine power at this moment. Under the power of the chess piece, it slowly flew out and then fell to the ground with a 'thud'.

The next moment, Chi Ling appeared in front of the Third Holy Mother. Without any politeness, she struck the Third Holy Mother in the chest with a palm.

The indestructible physical strength of the Three Holy Mothers was no joke. With a 'pfft', she spat out a mouthful of golden essence blood, and then instantly collapsed to the ground, weakened.

"My lady!" Liu Yanchang exclaimed in alarm and rushed forward, carrying Liu Chenxiang in his arms.

Chi Ling pointed at the Third Holy Mother on the ground and said, "Take her down." Then she ran straight towards Liu Chenxiang in Liu Yanchang's arms.

Seeing this, the Third Holy Mother was filled with despair and shouted at Liu Yanchang with all her might, "Run!"

But Chi Ling was already in front of him. Her gaze was cold and merciless. She struck Liu Yanchang's head with a palm strike.

Just as Liu Yanchang was about to have his head smashed by Chi Ling, a ray of light unexpectedly appeared between his eyebrows.

The spiritual light shot out instantly, catching Chi Ling's palm strike. Then the light shattered, and Chi Ling's gaze caught a glimpse of an image in one of the fragments.

That was the scene when Liu Yanchang was a fox in his previous life, and Zhuang Yan took his soul and arranged for him to be reincarnated.

Upon seeing this scene, Chi Ling immediately understood Liu Yanchang's background and realized that all of this was a destiny arranged by Zhuang Yan long ago.

Chi Ling abandoned her murderous intent towards Liu Yanchang, simply slapping him to the ground with one palm, and then said, "Give me this child, and your entire household can live."

Liu Yanchang hugged Liu Chenxiang tightly and looked at Chi Ling with a pleading expression, saying, "Immortal, please release my wife. She has never done anything evil in the mortal world."

Chi Ling said calmly, "You still don't understand. Your wife is a goddess, so she cannot marry a mortal. Her marriage to you violates the heavenly rules, regardless of whether she has done anything wrong."

Liu Yanchang said, "Then why don't I just become an immortal? Why don't I become a monk and cultivate myself?"

Chi Ling said, "Do you think cultivation is something you can do whenever you want? If you have no affinity with immortality in this life, even if a Bodhisattva came, he wouldn't be able to guide you into the Dao."

After saying that, Chi Ling went forward to hug Liu Chenxiang, but Liu Yanchang immediately hugged Liu Chenxiang even tighter and refused to give her to Chi Ling no matter what.

Chi Ling's gaze turned cold, and she reached out and grabbed Liu Yanchang's neck. After only a moment, Liu Yanchang's face turned purple, he had difficulty breathing, and his hands limply released Liu Chenxiang.

But just as Chi Ling embraced Liu Chenxiang, a beam of divine light suddenly shone from Liu Chenxiang's body.

Then the celestial light shook off the crimson silk, and lifted Liu Chenxiang and Liu Yanchang into the air. Upon seeing this, Liu Yanchang hurriedly reached out to grab the Third Holy Mother, but he failed to catch her. Instead, he grabbed the Lotus Lantern that had fallen to the ground.

Afterwards, Liu Chenxiang and Liu Yanchang were carried by the celestial light and flew towards the outskirts of Fengxian County. Seeing this, Chi Ling hurriedly shouted, "Quick, stop that celestial light!"

The two hundred Western Mountain Gods guarding outside the mansion rushed forward to stop them, but they were all immediately dispersed by the celestial light.

Then came the eight hundred Western Mountain God Generals outside the city. They formed a battle formation to block the attack, but they were still no match for the power of the immortal light and were instantly dispersed.

Chi Ling turned to look at Huo Ling Zhen Xian, who said calmly, "Take some men and go after them."

Upon receiving the order, Chi Ling immediately addressed the Giant Spirit God and the other generals of the Zhechong Palace, saying, "Follow me."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stepped forward to accept the order. Then, Chi Ling waved her hand, instantly creating a whirlwind that led everyone in pursuit.

Fire Spirit Immortal and Erlang Shen descended from the clouds and arrived before the Third Holy Mother, who was being held captive by the Six Sages of Meishan. The Third Holy Mother's tearful gaze turned away from the direction where Liu Yanchang and his son had left, and then turned to Erlang Shen and Fire Spirit Immortal.

She bowed slightly and said, "Nühua greets Erlang Zhenjun."

Erlang Shen nodded slightly, without saying a word.

Then the Third Holy Mother looked at the Fire Spirit Immortal and said in an extremely sincere manner, "Fire Spirit Grand Master of Fate, I hindered the Red Silk Grand Commandant from arresting the criminal official twenty years ago, and now Nühua deeply regrets it."

Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Why bring up something from twenty years ago? Now we're discussing your crime of secretly marrying a mortal and disrupting the boundaries between immortals and mortals."

The Holy Mother cried out, "Fire Spirit High Priest, I, Nu Hua, am willing to bear all the blame. Please spare the lives of this father and son!"

"This is none of your business," Fire Spirit Immortal said calmly. "Lock it up."

The Six Saints of Meishan accepted the order, then took out iron chains and ropes and bound the Third Holy Mother completely.

At this moment, Hua Yue Erlang came over. The Third Holy Mother looked at her brother and pleaded with him, "Brother, please, for the sake of our many years of brother-sister relationship, plead for my child."

Hua Yue Erlang sighed, unable to look directly into his sister's broken eyes for a moment.

Hua Yue Erlang turned his face away, waved his hand and said, "Hua, don't say anything now. Just go back and accept the punishment of heavenly law. Don't worry about anything else, you can't control it anyway."

At this moment, Huo Ling Zhenxian said to Erlang Shen, "Erlang Zhenjun, although Liu Yanchang and his son have escaped, Chi Ling and the others have already gone to pursue and capture them. It is estimated that they will be brought to justice soon. Should we first take the Third Holy Mother to Xiyue to be questioned?"

Erlang Shen nodded and said, "Alright, we'll do as Fellow Daoist Huo Ling suggests."

After saying that, Erlang Shen said to the Six Sages of Meishan, "Brothers, you don't need to come back with me. Go and help Commander Chiling and the others to capture Liu Yanchang and his son."

Upon hearing this, the Six Sages of Meishan bowed and said, "We will respectfully obey the True Lord's decree."

After the six saints of Meishan left, Hua Yue Erlang gathered the thousand Western Yue generals, and then, along with the Third Holy Mother, Erlang Shen and Huo Ling Zhenxian, returned to Western Yue.

Meanwhile, Erlang Shen and Huoling Zhenxian led Huayue Erlang and a thousand divine generals, escorting the Third Holy Mother back to the Western Mountain Divine Palace.

Then a celestial official came to greet them and said to Erlang Shen and Huoling Zhenxian, "Erlang Zhenjun, Huoling Dasi Ming, His Majesty the Great Emperor of Shenxiao and the Great Emperor of Xiyue have moved to the Golden Heaven Palace. Please Erlang Zhenjun and Dasi Ming go to the Golden Heaven Palace to report back."

Erlang Shen and Huo Ling Zhenxian responded and then headed straight for the Golden Heaven Palace.

Upon arriving outside the Golden Heaven Palace, Hua Yue Erlang noticed something unusual. The Western Mountain God Generals who usually guarded the Golden Heaven Palace were nowhere to be seen today. In their place were eight imposing and tall heavenly generals, wearing golden armor underneath and thunder robes on top.

Fire Spirit Immortal also noticed this and was somewhat puzzled for a moment. However, Erlang Shen revealed the origin of these heavenly generals: "They are the Eight Directions Cloud and Thunder Generals."

Upon hearing this, True Immortal Huo Ling immediately became serious and asked, "Have people from the Thunder Department arrived?"

Erlang Shen shook his head and said, "The Eight Directions Cloud Thunder Generals are standing guard outside the palace, so it must be people from the Divine Thunder Jade Palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, a celestial official came out of the hall. The official first paid his respects to Erlang Shen and Huoling Zhenxian, and then said, "The Divine Firmament Emperor has decreed that Erlang Zhenjun and Huoling Dasi Ming shall enter the hall to pay their respects first."

Erlang Shen and Huo Ling Zhenxian bowed to receive the decree, and then stepped into the Golden Heaven Palace one after the other.

Upon entering the Golden Heaven Palace, True Immortal Fire Spirit immediately felt an immense divine might hovering above his head. This divine might was extremely majestic, yet incomparably righteous.

Erlang Shen was extremely familiar with this divine power. His expression turned solemn, and he walked with a hint of respect.

The two men looked straight ahead and walked to the palace. They bowed and said, "Your subject Erlang Shen (Fire Spirit True Immortal) pays respects to the Great Emperor Shenxiao and the Great Emperor Xiyue."

After the two bowed, they did not hear the word "Rise," but instead heard Zhuang Yan's voice: "Erlang Zhenjun, Huoling Zhenxian, quickly pay your respects to the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable."

Erlang Shen already knew, but Huo Ling Zhenxian was shocked. He hadn't expected that Lei Zu Dadi would come in person.
Fire Spirit Immortal raised his head and saw, as expected, the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable, who was dressed in the Twenty-Four Chapters Divine Thunder Crown and wore a twelve-tassel crown, commanding all the thunder in the heavens and saving all living beings in the Three Realms, sitting in the very center above the main hall.

The Great Emperor of the Western Peak is on his right, and Zhuang Yan is on his left. This seating arrangement is very reasonable. Whether in terms of power, merit, or prestige, the Heavenly Venerable of the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Spreading Transformation undoubtedly holds the first place.

Erlang Shen and Huo Ling Zhenxian hurriedly performed the rites of worship, paying homage to the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation and Responding to the Origin of Thunder.

With a smile on his face, the Celestial Venerable gently raised the jade ruyi in his hand and said with a compassionate smile, "Rise."

"Thank you, Heavenly Venerable." The two bowed in gratitude and rose.

Then, the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation of Thunder and Lightning said to Zhuang Yan, "Fellow Daoist, you have been appointed by the Great Heavenly Venerable to oversee all affairs in the mortal realm. I am merely here to supervise the Heavenly Laws and will not interfere in the affairs of the Jade Palace in the mortal world. Therefore, it is still up to you to take charge of everything."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly and said to Lei Zu Tianzun, "Good."

Then Zhuang Yan asked the Fire Spirit Immortal, "The previous imperial edict ordered the arrest of the Third Holy Mother; what is the current situation?"

Huo Ling Zhenxian hurriedly took out the talisman and said, "Your Majesty, we have been ordered to capture the Third Holy Mother. Only Liu Yanchang and his son have been rescued and are still at large. I have sent Chi Ling to lead the generals of Zhechong Prefecture and the Six Saints of Meishan to pursue and capture them. Now, Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun and I are escorting the Third Holy Mother back to the Prefecture to report to the Emperor."

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Approved."

As soon as he finished speaking, the talisman in Huo Ling Zhen Xian's hand flashed with golden light and flew back to Zhuang Yan's hand.

Afterwards, Erlang Shen and Huo Ling Zhenxian walked from the center of the hall to the left side of the hall and stood in front of the celestial officials of the Western Mountain.

The Three Holy Mothers of Hearing the Dao had been escorted back. The Great Emperor of the Western Mountain remained unmoved, but Empress Suming, standing to the side, felt a tightness in her heart and immediately sat up straight.

Then Zhuang Yan spoke up: "Quickly escort the criminal, the Third Holy Mother, to the palace."

Fire Spirit Immortal stepped out of the ranks, bowed, and then turned to the outside of the hall, saying, "The Divine Firmament Emperor has decreed that the criminal, the Third Holy Mother Ji Nuhua, be brought to the hall."

The next moment, Hua Yue Erlang, accompanied by two divine generals, escorted the Third Holy Mother to the hall.

The Three Holy Mothers were forced to kneel on the ground in the first hall, while Hua Yue Erlang first paid homage to Zhuang Yan and the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain, and then, at the reminder of the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain, he paid homage to the Great Emperor of Thunder.

Upon seeing Emperor Leizu, Hua Yue Erlang was first shocked, then his heart sank to the bottom, and even the Third Holy Mother was completely desperate at this moment.

She had originally planned to plead with her father, but now it seemed that it was not her father, the Great Emperor of the Western Mountains, who had the final say in this matter.

As for Empress Suming, she was also heartbroken when she saw the Third Holy Mother's tearful face and her haggard and desperate expression.

Despite being the Empress of the Western Peak, she was now sitting here without even the right to speak, and could only stare intently at the Third Holy Mother kneeling on the ground below, tears welling in her eyes. (End of Chapter)