The Jade Emperor took the initiative to recruit Cheng Long to serve as an official in heaven, which was a great help to Buddhism. However, the Jade Emperor conferred on him the title of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, commanded the three armies, and gave him real power, which was something Buddhism had not expected.

Although the actual power to monitor the three realms and command the three armies is still somewhat nominal, after all, Marshal Tianpeng, who is in charge of the 80,000 naval forces of Tianhe, has the Ziwei Emperor as his direct superior. The 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals under Li Jing's command are fully responsible for the Gou Chen Emperor, one of the Six Imperial Emperors.

The Great Emperor Gou Chen assists the Jade Emperor in managing the North and South Poles and the three elements of heaven, earth, and man, and dominates the military affairs of the world.

Almost all of Heaven's armed forces were shared by Emperor Ziwei and Emperor Gouchen.

To be frank, the Monkey King conferred by the Jade Emperor on Cheng Long was just an empty title with some real power, and he didn't even have a proper divine seal. When Cheng Long was the Purple Star Emperor in the Precious Lotus Lantern, the Purple Star Emperor recognized him as his master on the spot, and the divine seal hidden in the core of the Emperor Star also came out when he arrived at the Purple Star.

At this moment, apart from a mansion, and the Eight-Turn Golden Pill and Peaches bestowed by the Jade Emperor, he did not even have a fairy maid to clean the mansion.

But with the imperial order bestowed by the Jade Emperor, he could go to any military camp and mobilize troops to capture monsters or gods who violated the laws of heaven.

In Taoism, tokens are not only a kind of magical instrument, but also a symbol of the authority of the gods. They can deter demons and ensure peace and order in the world.

Whether it is to ward off evil or appease, the token plays a key role in maintaining the balance between the human world and the spirit world.

Even if one has no accomplishments before being conferred the title, after being conferred the title, one can immediately receive the token and master the great power between heaven and earth.

Common ones include Wulei Command, Tianhuang Command, Qingwei Command, Shenxiao Command, etc. Each token has its unique use and symbolic meaning.

Five Thunder Command: Mainly used to slay demons, exorcise evil spirits and cure diseases. There are also specific requirements for its shape and materials. It is usually made of jujube wood struck by lightning, with the names of the twenty-eight constellations engraved around it.

The Emperor's Order: Used to govern the three realms, mobilize troops, and summon ghosts and gods.

There are very few people who are qualified to receive the Emperor's orders, because it represents real power. The reason why Cheng Long's priesthood is empty is that he only has the Emperor's orders and does not have any direct troops under his command.

However, when necessary, Cheng Long can completely show the Emperor's order and send powerful gods such as the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and Marshal Tianpeng to lead the troops to fight...

As for the Qingwei Order and the Shenxiao Order?

The former originated from the Qingwei School of Taoism, emphasizing internal cultivation and external application, and is used to summon gods and spirits. It has some connection with Yuanshi Tianzun, while the Shenxiao School is related to Lingbao Tianzun.

Of course, these tokens have different functions in the hands of different people. Although they are one of the magical tools that every immortal must have, the Emperor's Order in Cheng Long's hands only has the function of dispatching troops, which is the same as the function of military tokens in the human world.

In addition, since he has the responsibility of monitoring the three realms, after taking office, it is easy for him to be framed by the Buddhists and to sow discord between him and the Jade Emperor.

Cheng Long's guess is not groundless.

Less than a month later, the Sun God reported that there was a demon in Xiniu Hezhou that was spreading cholera on the human world.

When the Jade Emperor summoned the Kunlun Mirror to inspect the disaster situation on site, all the immortals in the Lingxiao Palace gasped.

In the remote monitoring screen, a bustling town that should have been bustling with people turned into a deserted dead town. Almost all the buildings in the town were destroyed, as if they had been hit by a tornado...

"Your Majesty, the tragedy that happened in Xiniu Hezhou was caused by the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's inability to supervise and to take up office without doing anything. If he is not severely punished, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the people."

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, was the first to jump out and blame Cheng Long.

As Cheng Long guessed, after being given the responsibility of monitoring the three realms, anything that happened anywhere in the three realms could be blamed on him.

There are no soldiers, but a lot of blame is placed on us.

If Cheng Long hadn't already received the benefits from the Jade Emperor and it was not easy to just turn his back on him, he would have wanted to quit.

"Li Tianwang is in a serious situation. It is normal for demons in the lower world to eat people. The Great Sage has been in office for less than a month and has not even had time to familiarize himself with the Heavenly Court. He has no soldiers under his command, so how can he have time to monitor the three realms!"

When Taibai Jinxing received the boss's gaze, he quickly jumped out to help speak, fearing that if he was late, Sun Wukong would be convicted.

Wude Star Lord, who had an ambiguous relationship with Buddhism, immediately stood up to refute: "Taibai Star Lord, you are obviously biased! As the saying goes, you should worry about your master's food. Since Sun Dasheng has received the divine position of supervising the three realms, he can't be careless and must always pay attention to every move of the lower realm..."

"Martial Virtue Star Lord, according to what you said, the Great Sage will no longer need to practice in the future. He will stay at the South Heaven Gate with his eyes wide open every day, monitoring every move in the Three Realms. Who do you think he is? The Great Sage will not need to rest?"

As the Jade Emperor's confidant, Taibai Jinxing understands His Majesty's intentions best. No matter how big a fuss the Buddhist sect makes behind the scenes, he must argue with reason and must not follow the Buddhist sect's intentions and severely punish Sun Wukong without asking any questions.

"Taibai, if you are wrong, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand at attention. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Li Jing stroked his long beard and made sarcastic remarks, as if he had already secured victory.

Little did they know that the Jade Emperor had played a trick on them long ago. Looking at the noisy immortals, the Jade Emperor said calmly, "What Li Qingjia said is correct. If you are wrong, you must admit it and stand at attention when you are beaten. But you may not understand that Sun Aiqing is responsible for supervising the three realms. Supervision is used to supervise, inspect and report on departments and gods."

"The tragedy that happened in Xiniu Hezhou really hurts me. Lord Sun is also guilty of failing to supervise properly, but the main responsibility lies with the gods in charge of that area under the command of Emperor Gou Chen..."

At this point, the Jade Emperor changed the subject, raised his head and glanced at the immortals, and asked, "Where is the Great Emperor Gou Chen?"

"The minister is here."

Emperor Gou Chen Lei Zhenzi knew he couldn't avoid it, so he could only bite the bullet and walk out from the front row.

Lei Zhenzi, who was deified in the flesh together with Yang Jian, Nezha and others, never made any obvious progress after breaking through to the Taiyi realm, and was never able to break through to the Daluo realm.

But this Taiyi Golden Immortal was actually appointed a high-ranking official by Jiang Ziya and became one of the Six Imperial Gods.

However, many disciples of Jiejiao with profound Taoism can only serve as gods of stars and gods of wealth. Except for Dou Mu Yuanjun of the Golden Spirit Mother who has a high status, Zhao Gongming, a senior disciple of Jiejiao's outer sect who was already a Daluo Golden Immortal during the Conferred God Period, is just a god of wealth.

"Which gods are responsible for patrolling and protecting Xiniu Hezhou in the near future?"

The Jade Emperor stared straight at Lei Zhenzi, which made the other party feel frightened.

Li Jing and the Four Heavenly Kings looked at each other, this plot was not right!

Didn’t the Buddha already discuss this with the Jade Emperor and join forces to suppress Sun Wukong?

Why did you start asking so many questions?

"Xiniu Hezhou has always been protected by Guangmu Tianwang..."

Lei Zhenzi was a member of the Chan sect, a person who betrayed Buddhism. He felt no guilt at all and spoke without hesitation.

In fact, what he said was not a betrayal. The Four Heavenly Kings each controlled a continent and ensured good weather, peace and prosperity for the country, and a good harvest.

Now all the people in the town have been eaten by monsters.

Guangmu Tianwang is undoubtedly the person primarily responsible.

The Four Heavenly Kings in Heaven are called the Four Great Vajras in Buddhism, also known as the 'Four Heavenly Kings Who Protect the World'.

The Buddhist sect is causing trouble and accusing Cheng Long of failing to supervise properly, which will only drag their own people into trouble.

"Now that things have come to this, let Guangmu Tianwang make amends for his crime and task him to capture the monster within three days, otherwise he will have to go to the Immortal Execution Platform."

The Jade Emperor used the calmest words to tell the immortals the most terrifying thing.

The Immortal Execution Platform is not a fun place. Once you go up to the Immortal Execution Platform, it means that you will be stripped of your immortal status, have your head chopped off, and your soul will return to the underworld.

If you are lucky, you can be guided to the next life and cultivate to become an immortal again. If you are unlucky, you will be lost in the crowd and disappear in the vast sea of ​​people.

Of course, with the status and position of Guangmu Tianwang, even if he was beheaded by the Jade Emperor, he would be led to Buddhism in the next life. There is no doubt about that. Even so, Guangmu Tianwang was still a little unprepared when he was bitten by the melon.

However, what the Jade Emperor said was right. When there was a demon plague in the lower world, they, the direct responsible persons, would be the first to bear the brunt.

In fact, similar things happened frequently in the past. Whether in Buddhism or Taoism, there were gods’ mounts secretly coming down to earth to eat people, but no one reported it.

Again.

Some things don't weigh even a few ounces if they are not weighed, but they weigh a thousand pounds if they are weighed.

If no one mentions this kind of thing, just pretend nothing happened. If someone mentions it, you have to do some superficial work.

Sometimes, even when you encounter a divine mount with a particularly large background, you have to pretend not to see it even if it is mentioned. The most typical example is the three monsters of Lion Camel Ridge in the original Journey to the West.

Garuda is Tathagata’s uncle!
The green-haired lion monster is the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva!
The old elephant with yellow teeth is the mount of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva!

Therefore, they ate humans and heavenly soldiers, but were not punished afterwards, they simply returned to their original positions.

The Buddhist sect was secretly making trouble this time, not realizing that the Jade Emperor would not play by the rules. Not only did he not help to severely punish Sun Wukong and suppress him, but he instead assigned the responsibility to King Guangmu.

Fortunately, this is not a big deal. We can just go to the underworld and catch a monster with no background to deal with it.

Guangmu Tianwang said with a relaxed look on his face: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your magnanimity. I will go down to earth to capture this official and tie him up to the demon beheading platform."

Cheng Long followed up and said, "Your Majesty, can you allow me to accompany you to the lower realms and perform the duties of supervision?"

"allow!"

The Jade Emperor said without hesitation.

……

About an hour later.

King Guangmu led three thousand heavenly soldiers and landed in the deserted town in a mighty manner.

"Go over there..."

The Western King of Heaven, Guangmu, with a red dragon coiled on his shoulder, sniffed casually above the town, then led three thousand heavenly soldiers and chased towards the east.

Cheng Long followed behind slowly, with a slight smile on his face and a hint of coldness.

The monster that ate all the people in the town was not a big monster, but a lion monster from the real fairyland. It might be somewhat related to the green-haired lion monster, the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva.

As the distance gradually shortened, suddenly a demonic aura rose into the sky in front of them. This demonic aura was extremely ferocious. King Guangmu opened his eyes wide and looked over. He saw an extremely huge golden-winged Roc above a city below, opening its mouth wide and swallowing a large number of creatures.

A woman in gorgeous clothes, a farmer in coarse linen, a carefree boy...

Individuals were visibly pulled into the sky by the hurricane.

"King Guangmu, why don't you take action to capture the monster? Do you want me, the Great Sage, to report you later?" Cheng Long suppressed his anger and stared at King Guangmu expressionlessly.

"Uh...this..."

King Guangmu stuttered, not knowing what to do.

Because the golden-winged Peng bird that was devouring the living creature in front was none other than the uncle of Tathagata Buddha, a great demon in the Daluo Golden Fairyland.

Not to mention that he is only at the Taiyi realm and cannot defeat the golden-winged Roc. Even if he can defeat it, he would not dare to make a move!
It's just a play.

Why did you call this person here as well?

Or is it that the golden-winged Roc has stayed in Lingshan for too long and wants to take the opportunity to come out and eat some people to satisfy its appetite?

"King Guangmu, don't forget that you are a criminal now. If you let the Peng bird eat people, it will be an even greater crime. It will not be as simple as beheading."

"..."

King Guangmu felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, as if there was something stuck in his throat, and he almost went crazy.

It's not a good idea to go up, and it's not a good idea not to go up.

"Golden-winged Peng bird, you have caused me so much trouble!"

King Guangmu was in tears and felt extremely conflicted.

Cheng Long didn't have time to waste with him. Seeing more and more people being sucked into the sky, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and took action.

As he thought, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel that was placed in the purple palace in the upper dantian for nurturing flashed with dazzling golden light and turned into a stream of light and fell into Cheng Long's hands.

"Monster, take this stick from me!"

One end of the two-finger-thick golden hoop swelled in the wind, and a surging and manic breath hit its face. The golden-winged Roc, which was hovering above the town with its wings spread, was forced to interrupt its gluttonous feast of devouring humans. It spread its wings and flew high like thunder, soaring dozens of miles away in an instant.

The golden-winged Roc is famous for its speed. With one flap of its wings, it can fly 90,000 miles. If both wings work together, it can fly 180,000 miles with one wingspan.

In an instant, it soared dozens of miles away, without even being able to warm up.

"Where did you come from, you young brat, to dare to sneak attack your grandfather? I will not let you off today..." Looking at Cheng Long who put away his magic weapon and teleported in front of him, the golden-winged Roc had murderous look in his eyes.

This made Guangmu Tianwang, who arrived later, very worried. He hurried forward and said, "Can you two listen to me?"

"Get out!"×2
Both Cheng Long and the Garuda have bad tempers.

One hates to see monsters eating people, and the other hates to be disturbed while eating.

What's more, this time when I went out to eat, I sneaked out of Lingshan, and I had to hurry back after eating.

Being disturbed at this time, the golden-winged Roc, which already had a bad temper, was already furious. It wished it could cut Cheng Long into pieces and eat him bite by bite.

The battle is about to break out.

A black and white jade bottle fell from the sky and floated upside down in the air, with the mouth of the bottle pointing at Cheng Long.

Then, a terrible suction force came. Cheng Long could have resisted, but not only did he not resist the suction of the black and white jade bottle, he even flew in on his own initiative.

"Sun Wukong is such a skilled and daring kid that he actually dared to get into the Yin-Yang Qi Bottle! This bottle contains the Seven Treasures and Eight Diagrams, and the Twenty-Four Qi. It is a lower-grade innate spiritual treasure. Even the Golden Immortal will be turned into a pool of pus by the Yin-Yang Qi Bottle if he is not careful."

In a pavilion in Yao Chi, the Jade Emperor, sitting opposite the Queen Mother, looked at the picture in the Kunlun Mirror and couldn't help but be shocked by Cheng Long's courage.

The terrifying thing about the innate spiritual treasure is that even a Golden Immortal can be killed if he is not careful.

Some vicious innate spiritual treasures can even kill immortals without being seen. (End of this chapter)