Chapter 2187 Jade Emperor!
As we all know, the Heavenly Court is actually a power organization established by Buddhism and Taoism to manage the entire prehistoric world.
The highest rulers in the Heavenly Court are naturally the three Taoist ancestors. Even the increasingly powerful Buddhism dare not be disrespectful to these three top powerhouses who were born at the beginning of the primordial era and survived all the disasters.
However, with the status and realm of the Three Pure Ones, they naturally would not care about trivial matters, so under the Three Pure Ones, they were divided into two factions.
Among them, the one who dominated Buddhism was Amitabha, also known as the Taoist Jieyin. However, after Amitabha fell into the hands of Olympus, all things in Buddhism were governed by the three Buddhas of Buddhism, namely the past Buddha Randang, the present Buddha Tathagata, and the future Buddha Maitreya.
On the other hand, the four emperors of Taoism dominate Taoism. The four emperors of Taoism are also called the Four Imperials of Taoism. They are the Jade Emperor, the Purple Star North Pole Emperor, the Gou Chen Emperor, and the Hou Tu Emperor. The four emperors of Taoism each manage a certain aspect of things, and the Jade Emperor is the leader. In addition, Taoism still occupies a dominant position in the Heavenly Court, so the Jade Emperor is also regarded as the spokesperson of the Three Pure Ones, and has a pivotal position in the Heavenly Court.
Because of this, Chu Xun and others are inevitably curious about meeting the Jade Emperor at this moment.
But soon, the curiosity in the hearts of Chu Xun and others turned into solemnity because of what they saw and heard along the way.
Because they saw too many corpses along the way.
They thought that the battle on the Meteorite Mountain was already very tragic, but now the situation in the Heavenly Court is even worse than that on the Meteorite Mountain. Along the way, the Heavenly Court, which was originally carved with jade and magnificent, has almost become ruins everywhere, and there are countless broken flesh and blood debris. Judging from the characteristics of those flesh and blood debris, although many of them belong to the Heavenly Court, there are also many that belong to Olympus.
It is conceivable that Olympus and the Heavenly Court had fought a brutal bloody battle here.
Just as Chu Xun and others were looking at the tragic battle in the Heavenly Court, a hall filled with smoke and blood and debris appeared in front of Chu Xun and others.
On the plaque that had been cut off by a person on the hall, the two characters "Lingxiao" could still be vaguely seen.
There is no doubt that this is the office of the Jade Emperor, the Lingxiao Palace!
Although the Heavenly Court suffered a great disaster and even the Lingxiao Palace was almost demolished, there are still many heavenly soldiers and generals stationed outside the Lingxiao Palace at this moment, and the defense is extremely strict.
As Chu Xun and others approached the desolate Lingxiao Palace, a sky-drop in golden armor suddenly walked out of the palace, and then shouted to Chu Xun and others: "The Jade Emperor has an order to summon the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Fighting Buddha, Erlang Zhenjun and others to enter the palace!"
Obviously, the Jade Emperor already knew they were coming!
"Let's go!"
After hearing the summons from the Jade Emperor, Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen looked at each other, then quickened their pace and led Chu Xun and others into the Lingxiao Palace.
At this moment, the Lingxiao Palace had obviously been cleaned up once, so although it was still a little dilapidated, it was a far cry from the outside world, which was full of debris and miserable.
On both sides of the palace, rows of strong men with strong auras were standing. These strong men were obviously the main force of the Heavenly Court, and even Nezha, who had had a lot of dealings with Chu Xun and others, was in that queue.
What surprised Chu Xun and others was that at this moment, there were almost only Taoist strong men in the palace, while there were very few Buddhist strong men.
So, where did the Buddhist strong men go?
Thinking of this, Chu Xun frowned slightly, and then moved his eyes to the figure who was sitting on the upper throne of the Lingxiao Palace, exuding waves of royal aura.
If he guessed correctly, this person was the administrator of the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor!
What was a little unexpected to Chu Xun was that the Jade Emperor did not look very old, at most he was about thirty or forty years old. Moreover, although the Jade Emperor was wearing a royal robe and a crown, he had a gentle face, not as majestic and unapproachable as they imagined.
And more importantly, at this moment, Chu Xun did not sense a very strong aura from the Jade Emperor. If he only judged by this aura, the Jade Emperor's cultivation might even be only at the realm of the master of the realm, which was not that powerful.
After discovering this, Chu Xun became more confused.
If the Jade Emperor's cultivation was really only at the realm of the master of the realm, how could he convince the crowd?
"Hey, may I ask the Jade Emperor, where did Tathagata Buddha and the others go?"
While Chu Xun was full of doubts, Yang Jian was also slightly stunned, and then asked curiously.
You know, not long ago, he fought side by side with Tathagata Buddha, Maitreya Buddha and other powerful Buddhists to resist powerful enemies. How come Tathagata Buddha and other powerful Buddhists have disappeared after just a while?
"Just received news that the Taoist Master Ran Deng rebelled. Although he was killed by the Monkey King and others, Ran Deng is one of the three ancestors of Buddhism after all. In case of other changes, Tathagata Buddha has taken others back to the Western Paradise to clean up and suppress them."
Hearing Yang Jian's words, the Jade Emperor's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance, and then he said to Sun Wukong and others: "Thanks to you this time, if you hadn't killed Ran Deng, the consequences would be disastrous!"
"What, Ran Deng rebelled?"
Hearing the words of the Jade Emperor, Erlang Shen's face also changed. Obviously, he didn't expect that the ancient Buddha Ran Deng, who was originally ordered to guard the West Heaven in case of an emergency, would actually rebel and surrender to the enemy!
Thinking of this, even Erlang Shen couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Fortunately, Ran Deng fell into the hands of Sun Wukong and others, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous!
"It was Chu Xun and his men who killed Randeng, and it had nothing to do with me."
However, facing the Jade Emperor's praise, Sun Wukong waved his hand, and then asked curiously: "Hey, why don't I see Gou Chen and his men?"
"This time, Olympus invaded, and many forces inside and outside the prehistoric world are ready to move, so I asked Gou Chen and his men to take people to guard the four directions, just in case."
The Jade Emperor didn't care about Sun Wukong's idle attitude, just smiled slightly, and then moved his eyes to Chu Xun and others, and asked: "So it was you who killed Randeng, good, very good!"
Speaking of this, the Jade Emperor paused slightly, and then continued: "I have actually heard about some of the things you have done, but I have never had the time to reward you. And this time you killed Randeng and made great contributions, so I just counted the merits and rewarded you. Tell me, what do you want?"
"This..."
Hearing the words of the Jade Emperor, Chu Xun and others looked at each other, hesitated slightly, and then Chu Xun took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "We dare not ask for any reward, but only hope that the Jade Emperor can forgive us for the crime of privately releasing the great wizard Hou Yi!"
Speaking of this, Chu Xun paused slightly, and then said in a concentrated voice: "We have a grudge with the golden-winged Peng bird, which led to the four evil monsters such as Taotie. In order to protect ourselves, we can only find a way to rescue the great wizard Hou Yi first, and then use the hatred between the wizards and demons to let the great wizard Hou Yi and Kuafu fight with the four evil monsters, so as to win a glimmer of life for ourselves. "
"But we didn't expect that things would develop to this point in the end. "
Speaking of this, Chu Xun couldn't help but show a bitter smile on his face.
At first, he really just hoped that Houyi and Kuafu could fight the four evil monsters to a draw, giving them a chance to reap the benefits. However, he never expected that their plan would actually provoke a battle between the top powers of the prehistoric world and Olympus, causing huge casualties to the prehistoric world.
Although the battle is over now, Chu Xun also knows that this matter cannot be concealed at all, so instead of waiting for the Jade Emperor and others to investigate and then settle the score later, it is better to make things clear now to avoid future troubles!