He's in the Marvel universe, and his first step is marrying Scarlet Witch.

"Given my friendship with the Demon Lord of Annihilation and the Demon Lord of Overturning the Sea, if I were to set aside my pride, there might be some hope, but this is already the limit."

Otherwise, this humble monk has no other way.

Li Chuan nodded.

This means that this is the final condition; if you don't agree, he'll abandon you and you can just wait to die.

In fact, even if the Jade Emperor did not agree, they could not do anything. It was impossible for them to actually attack Yaochi and kill the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. Laozi was still standing there watching. It was just a scare.

As soon as Li Chuan said this, the Queen Mother immediately began to persuade the Jade Emperor from various angles, and the other gods also chimed in.

Finally, the Jade Emperor could no longer resist and nodded:

"Then let's do it your way!"

"It is Your Majesty."

Li Chuan's expression remained unchanged before he left the Yaochi Hall.

Soon after, several voices traveled from the Thirty-Third Heaven to the Jade Pool Palace.

"My nephew and niece were so eager to save their mother that they boldly broke into the Heavenly Court, which was very improper. I would like to express my deepest apologies to my uncle."

"We will leave the Heavenly Court immediately. We hope our uncle will be magnanimous and not hold it against us juniors."

"Your Majesty, they have agreed to the conditions and withdrawn to the South Heavenly Gate."

As Yang Jian and the other two's voices came, Li Chuan arrived at Yaochi once again.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor waved his hand and used his divine power to lift the heavenly rules binding Yao Ji in the mortal realm.

"Thank you for your help this time, Li Qing. I will remember this favor."

"Li Qing, how did you convince them to agree to their conditions?"

At this moment, the Queen Mother suddenly interjected with a question.

She felt that Yang Jian and the others had agreed too readily, as if something was amiss.

Li Chuan sighed:

"Your Majesty, you may not know this, but with my friendship with the two Demon Lords, Extinction of the Sun and Overturning of the Sea, it is no problem to make them stop. However, it is not so easy to deal with the three Yang siblings."

In the end, I could only promise that if they agreed to the conditions, I would introduce them to my master, Master Yu Ding, and teach them authentic Xuanmen Taoist methods.

However, once my master emerges from seclusion and learns of my presumptuous actions, he will surely punish me. I hope that the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother will be there to witness this.

"I had no choice but to do this for the sake of the safety of the Three Realms."

"That's natural. You did this for the sake of the Heavenly Court and the Three Realms. I believe that True Man Yu Ding will understand you."

That's good. With Jade Cauldron Immortal keeping them in check, those three demons won't dare to cause trouble in Heaven again.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor nodded. He didn't sense anything amiss; on the contrary, he thought it was a good thing.

The Heavenly Court no longer has many powerful figures. If Yang Jian and his two companions were to rebel again, they would still be unable to resist, and the Heavenly Court's prestige would be damaged.

When the time comes, he'll have to shamelessly ask the Primordial Celestial for help; that will be just as unpleasant.

However, if the three Yang siblings were to become disciples of Master Yuding, they would be members of the Chan Sect. In that case, if they were to attack the Heavenly Court again, it would mean that the Chan Sect and the Heavenly Court would go to war. Without him even lifting a finger, the experts from the Chan Sect would take care of the three Yang siblings first.

Only the Queen Mother showed a suspicious look on her face, as if she had sensed something was wrong, but she did not say anything at the moment.

After receiving various promises from the Jade Emperor, Li Chuan bid farewell and left the Heavenly Court.

Before the start of the Investiture of the Gods, he will need to go into seclusion and focus on absorbing the peaches of immortality and elixirs to improve his strength.

In the blink of an eye, two years have passed.

In the secluded meditation chamber of Jinxia Cave on Yuquan Mountain, a loud voice roused Li Chuan from his meditative state.

"The decree of the Primordial Celestial Venerable has arrived. Our Grandmaster, after seven years of seclusion, has emerged today and hereby issues this decree:"

In this world, King Zhou of Shang is tyrannical and has brought disaster to the people. The fate of the Shang dynasty has run its course, and the sage ruler of the Western Zhou has emerged. I have ordered Jiang Ziya to descend the mountain with the Investiture of the Gods. Disciples of the Three Realms should set out immediately and join Jiang Ziya's ranks to assist the Western Zhou in overthrowing King Zhou of Shang!

"The Investiture of the Gods has begun, and thankfully I've broken through too!"

Li Chuan pushed open the door and walked out of the seclusion room.

In fact, a year ago, he broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm by consuming the peaches of immortality and the elixir of immortality. In the past year, he has worked hard to digest the magical power brought by the peaches of immortality and the elixir of immortality, and has now reached the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Like Li Chuan, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan also emerged from their seclusion.

With the help of the peaches of immortality and the golden pills, their cultivation levels also made great breakthroughs: Yang Jiao became a peak Golden Immortal, Yang Jian a mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Yang Chan a peak Golden Immortal.

"Haha, not bad, not bad, you've made great progress!"

When Master Yuding saw his four disciples emerge from seclusion, a big smile appeared on his face.

After his enlightenment at the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain, he directly broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Seeing his disciples' cultivation levels increase significantly, with Li Chuan even reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, a feat rarely achieved even among second-generation disciples of the Xuanmen sect, how could he not be happy?

"Master, what does this Grandmaster's decree mean?"

Although he knew everything, Li Chuan still asked Master Yu Ding a question, which could be considered as clearing up the doubts of Yang Jian and the other two.

Master Yu Ding shook his Bagua fan and explained:

"Senior Brother Taiyi had told me about this beforehand. Actually, it all started seven years ago."

Seven years ago, King Zhou visited the Nuwa Palace and saw the beautiful statue of Nuwa. He wrote a poem to blaspheme her. Nuwa was furious at King Zhou's rudeness and knew that the fate of the Shang Dynasty was coming to an end. So she discussed the important matter of bestowing titles upon the gods with her master and others.

Therefore, the disciples of the Xuanmen sect are not only cultivating in seclusion, but also refining the divine artifact, the Investiture of the Gods, which can be used to confer divine titles.

"I see."

After hearing Yu Ding Zhenren's explanation, Yang Jian and his two siblings finally understood what had happened.

"You should all prepare to go to Xiqi to find Jiang Ziya. He's probably the prime minister there now. Follow his orders and give your master a good show!"

Master Yu Ding was beaming with pride.

Most of the Xuanmen disciples will be present for this Investiture of the Gods battle, which will be a good opportunity for everyone to see how amazing Master Yuding is at teaching his disciples.

"Yes, Master!"

Li Chuan led Yang Jian and his two siblings in a traditional Chinese bow before leaving Yuquan Mountain.

"Let's go find Nezha first!"

Instead of heading to Xiqi immediately, the four flew to the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain. Nezha had also received a lot of peaches of immortality and golden pills, and had also been in seclusion for two years under the supervision of Taiyi Zhenren.

Before they even descended Qianyuan Mountain, they saw a handsome young man, holding a fire-tipped spear, wearing a Hun Tian Ling (a type of sash), and riding on wind-fire wheels, fly out of the Golden Light Cave. It was none other than Nezha.

Nezha also saw Li Chuan and his group of four, and immediately flew over happily.

"Not bad, mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal. It seems you haven't been slacking off these past two years."

With a sweep of his divine sense, Li Chuan immediately discerned Nezha's cultivation level.

"Of course, my master is very strict with me. He hasn't let me go back to Chentang Pass in the past two years."

Nezha proudly raised his chin.

Li Chuan smiled and nodded.

"Let's go! I heard that King Zhou of Shang has sent Grand Tutor Wen with a large army to attack Xiqi. Let's go help our Uncle-Master Jiang Ziya and have a good chat (or maybe even rob some of them) of the various masters!"

(End of this chapter)