In the end, the Great Sage broke the rules.

The Jade Emperor stared blankly at the memorial tablet, and seeing Sun Wukong relentlessly demanding an explanation, he had no choice but to have Taibai Jinxing accompany him to confront Li Tianwang face to face.

Venus, like a chattering sparrow, kept babbling beside Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong finally lost his temper and roared, "Old man! The Jade Emperor sent you to accompany me to find the defendant, but you're just rambling on and on. Are you trying to protect the criminal?!"

"Fine! Then I'll go back to the Jade Emperor and add another charge of protecting someone to your list!"

Taibai Jinxing panicked and hurriedly said, "No, no, no! Great Sage! Let's talk this out. I have absolutely no intention of protecting Li Tianwang!"

Sun Wukong snorted coldly: "Then hurry up and lead the way!"

He was sent by the Jade Emperor to question Li Tianwang, so he was in the right!

Taibai Jinxing had no choice but to lead Sun Wukong to find Li Tianwang.

When Li Tianwang saw the imperial edict personally delivered by the Jade Emperor, he mistakenly thought that Sun Wukong was deliberately targeting him. He immediately said to Taibai Jinxing, "I have only three sons and one daughter. My eldest son is named Jinzhan, who serves the Buddha in the Western Paradise; my second son is named Mingmu, who follows Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South Sea; and my third son, Nezha, accompanies me and guards me in court day and night."

"And there's also a young daughter who's only seven years old and doesn't know anything about the world yet, so how could she possibly become a demon?"

Li Tianwang, realizing that Sun Wukong was a fabrication, stepped forward to try and seize the memorial tablet.

Sun Wukong dodged easily with a flash, and said sarcastically, "What, is King Li trying to destroy the evidence?"

Li Tianwang was furious: "How dare you be so rude!"

Li Tianwang was already furious at being framed like this, and now that Sun Wukong was mocking him with cold words, he became even more enraged. He immediately summoned his subordinates, including the Giant Spirit God, intending to tie Sun Wukong up.

Fortunately, Venus intervened in time, but Li Tianwang's anger did not subside.

He immediately summoned the demon-slaying sword, intending to execute Sun Wukong on the spot.

However, just as the great sword was about to fall, Nezha's Universe Ring suddenly appeared and forcefully stopped him.

Nezha stood in front of Sun Wukong and said to Li Jing, "Father, have you forgotten? Three hundred years ago, a golden-skinned, white-haired rat spirit stole the Buddha's incense and candles. The Buddha sent us to capture her."

“When we captured her, we should have killed her, but Buddha instructed us to spare her life. She was grateful for this great kindness and called my father her father and me her brother.”

Upon hearing this, Li Tianwang remembered that there was indeed such a thing.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Li Tianwang said to Sun Wukong, "Great Sage, I was just forgetful for a moment. I hope you will be magnanimous and not hold it against me."

Sun Wukong waved his hand and laughed, "It's alright, I'm just..."

His tone suddenly changed, and he sneered, "I'm just a petty person who likes to argue with people!"

Seeing that Sun Wukong was relentless, Li Tianwang knew that his arrogance had caused trouble, so he quickly asked Taibai Jinxing to intercede on his behalf.

Taibai Jinxing approached Sun Wukong and advised, "Great Sage, this is a misunderstanding. It's easy to talk it over. You are a magnanimous person."

Sun Wukong's eyes darted around, and he suddenly shouted at Li Tianwang, "If you want me to let this matter drop, give me your precious Demon-Revealing Mirror!"

Upon hearing this, Li Tianwang's face instantly turned gloomy. The Demon-Revealing Mirror was his magic weapon, how could he bear to give it away so easily?

Li Tianwang said firmly, "Impossible!"

After a moment's thought, Sun Wukong realized that directly demanding the money would be unlikely to succeed, so he compromised: "Consider it a loan from me, and when I return from my pilgrimage, I will surely return it to you intact!"

Upon hearing this, Li Tianwang frowned, still wanting to refuse.

Seeing this, Nezha quickly advised, "Father, just lend him the Demon-Revealing Mirror. Anyway, his journey to the West will only take a little over ten years, which is just a blink of an eye in the heavens."

"If he tries to steal the Demon-Revealing Mirror, we are powerless to stop him."

"Moreover, if this matter reaches the Jade Emperor, we will probably not escape punishment."

Under Nezha's earnest persuasion, Li Tianwang reluctantly handed over the Demon-Revealing Mirror to Sun Wukong.

After Sun Wukong obtained the Demon-Revealing Mirror, he no longer made things difficult for Li Tianwang.

Subsequently, the group petitioned the Jade Emperor, requesting that Li Tianwang and his son lead heavenly soldiers and generals to Xiankong Mountain to subdue the demon.

Fall into the empty mountain.

Sun Wukong said to Li Tianwang and his son, "Last time I entered through the inner gate. I only know that this place is called the Bottomless Cave, and the area within a radius of three hundred miles is the monster's cave."

……

At this moment, the Earth-Emerging Lady in the Bottomless Cave was unaware of the impending disaster. She was still entangled in a sweet romance with Jiang Liuer, attempting to melt his heart with her beauty and tenderness.

Madam Diyong touched Jiang Liuer's face, her expression bitter: "Don't you understand my good intentions at all?"

"Can't you have some compassion, have pity on me, and grant my wish?"

Jiang Liuer turned his head away as if he had been electrocuted. His heart was filled with regret. He was so remorseful that he wished he had let Wukong kill the monster. Why had he been so soft-hearted?!

Lady Diyong was furious when she saw Jiang Liuer's ungrateful behavior. She pulled out a dagger and was about to disembowel him and rip out his heart and lungs. At this critical moment, Nezha and Sun Wukong stormed into the Bottomless Cave and successfully rescued Jiang Liuer.

The two of them were like tigers descending the mountain, unstoppable, and instantly subdued the monster.

Jiang Liuer, who had narrowly escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced. Thank goodness, he had almost lost control and transformed.

Upon seeing the monster, Nezha snorted coldly and said, "You ignorant monster, how dare you come out and do evil!"

Lady Earth Surge called out, "Brother~"

Nezha spat viciously, "Pah! Who's your brother!"

"I spared your life back then, but you showed no remorse and even dared to harm the holy monk. Do you know your crime?"

Nezha was afraid that this monster would implicate him, so he was ruthless and merciless, and slaughtered all the lesser demons.

The culprit, Lady Diyong, was captured by Li Tianwang and his son and taken back to Heaven to await the Jade Emperor's judgment.

Before leaving, the rat spirit looked at Jiang Liuer with deep affection and reluctance.

Jiang Liuer avoided her gaze as if it were a plague, then bowed deeply to Li Tianwang and his son with utmost respect, saying, "Thank you, Heavenly King, thank you, Third Prince!"

“Holy monk, there is no need for such formalities.”

The monster was captured, and Jiang Liuer was escorted back to the temple by his disciples.

Chen Yi had been waiting at the door. When he saw Sun Wukong in the distance, he rushed over and pounced on him like a hungry tiger, knocking Sun Wukong back several steps.

Sun Wukong raised his eyebrows and scooped Chen Yi up in his arms.

Chen Yi wrapped his legs around Sun Wukong's waist like vines, and pouted, saying, "You guys took way too long to get back~"

He was getting impatient.

Jiang Liuer and his companions were already used to the intimacy between the two, while the monks in the temple witnessed this scene, and their expressions were quite varied.

Sun Wukong noticed the unfriendly gazes, grabbed Chen Yi, and leaped away like a bird.

Sun Wukong carried Chen Yi to the somersault cloud, took out the demon-revealing mirror from his bosom, and handed it to Chen Yi like a treasure.

"Little monk, here you go with this demon-revealing mirror."

Chen Yi was utterly astonished: "Li Tianwang is actually willing to give it to you?"

Sun Wukong snorted: "If he won't give it to me, I'll just take it!"

Li Tianwang: ...Great Sage! Do you remember we agreed it was a loan? How can you call this a gift?!

Chen Yi hadn't expected Sun Wukong to bring him such a wonderful thing again. Unable to contain his joy, he kissed Sun Wukong on the cheek and exclaimed with a beaming smile, "Great Sage! You're so kind!"

Sun Wukong's lips curled up slightly: "It's good that you know."

However, when Chen Yi said he would put all the chickens, pigs and sheep he had bought into his space, Sun Wukong's body suddenly stiffened, and then he sighed helplessly.

"Fine, just leave them all with me."

Chen Yi: "Then I'll have to trouble you, Great Sage. I can help when it's time to feed the chickens and pigs."

Sun Wukong patted Chen Yi's head and laughed, "I can't bear to part with that."

"Don't worry, I have a brilliant plan."

Chen Yi looked on with suspicion: "What brilliant plan?"

Without saying a word, Sun Wukong answered Chen Yi with his actions.

He plucked three hairs from his body, which instantly transformed into three monkeys, and then sent the monkeys into the gourd space.

Sun Wukong shrugged and said smugly, "See? It's that simple. I just let them do the work for me."

Chen gave Sun Wukong a thumbs up.

What a magnificent Monkey King!