760: Wang Lingguan, the Thirty-Six Divine Generals

“Hmph! A mere Six Desires Tribulation… wasn’t it still overcome by Us?”

In the universe, four figures stood proudly in the sky.

Qin Yang, Yang Jian, Nezha, and Sun Wukong had already broken through the three trials of Heavenly Lightning, Lifespan, and Six Desires, arriving before the South Heaven Gate.

The process of breaking through these three trials was far from smooth sailing; it was fraught with a thousand difficulties and ten thousand dangers.

For the first two trials, the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation and the Lifespan Tribulation, the four of them did not encounter too much obstruction.

It was in the third trial that problems arose.

The Human Emperor is first human, then Emperor.

Qin Yang could not completely block his desires like other people.

Even if he had entered 'sage mode' beforehand,

he still succumbed to the endless illusion of desires.

D*mn it… who would have thought the Heavenly Emperor would be so generous,

to include the Seven Fairies in the illusion?

There were also endless jars of fine wine and jade dew, flower-plucking Fairies, and even various demonesses… it was truly a paradise, a land of ultimate bliss!

Qin Yang wasn’t a monkey; how could he endure such a test?

If you replaced him with anyone else, as long as they were human, they wouldn’t be able to resist.

Fortunately, Qin Yang was the type to play but not neglect serious matters.

After playing in the illusion for a while, he remembered what he was there for, and eventually broke free.

“Have you recovered?”

Yang Jian, beside him, confirmed again, looking somewhat worried: “When you were sinking into the illusion just now, your expression was truly one of enjoyment. I really thought you wouldn’t wake up.”

“I’ve recovered.”

Qin Yang took a deep breath,

no longer savoring the taste of the illusion.

No matter how real the illusion, it was still fake.

Once he broke into the South Heaven Gate, he could get the real thing.

Coming to the Heavenly Court and not taking back a few jars of fine wine and jade dew, not kidnapping a few Cloud Fairies, wouldn’t that be a wasted trip?

Thinking of this, Qin Yang felt a surge of strength.

If the Heavenly Emperor knew, both his true self and his Heart Demon would be so angry they’d vomit blood.

The meticulously set Six Desires Tribulation not only failed to stop the Human Emperor but instead made the Human Emperor even more motivated.

And at this moment, waves of drumbeats sounded.

The originally empty space in front of the South Heaven Gate began to glow with countless starlight.

Those stars were all Heavenly Soldiers, clad in silver armor and wielding long halberds.

These individuals were originally Cultivators who had ascended from the mortal realm.

But upon reaching the Heavenly Court, they could only serve as part of the gate guards, the “wheat” as Sun Wukong called them.

However.

Compared to the previous Havoc in Heaven, the Heavenly Court sent not only these “wheat” soldiers.

But also true combat power: the Generals of the Thunder Department.

After the sky full of starlight, thirty-six figures stood proudly in the air.

Among them was Wang Lingguan, who had fought Sun Wukong before.

He was a red-faced divine general, clad in Xuanlei battle armor.

His crimson battle robe flapped in the strong winds.

A golden ring on his forehead reflected lightning, and beneath his fiery red brows, his eyes were like quenched dark iron, emitting blue-purple electric sparks where his gaze fell.

On his tiger-head shoulder guards, forged from dark iron, there were still dents from the impact of the Golden-Hooped Staff.

At this moment, he was staring directly at Sun Wukong.

His gaze held both the excitement of meeting an old adversary and the resolute determination of guarding the Heavenly Gate.

“Great Sage, we meet again.”

Wang Lingguan grinned, a low rumble of thunder escaping as his Adam’s apple bobbed.

During the Havoc in Heaven, he had fought Sun Wukong for fifty rounds, with neither gaining the upper hand.

Based on this feat alone, he was qualified to call him a “naughty monkey.”

But he still called Sun Wukong “Great Sage,” which showed their mutual respect.

“Heh! This Old Sun has missed you!”

Sun Wukong extended a finger and laughed: “This time, I came to the Heavenly Court for two reasons: one is to help my Human Emperor brother tear down the rankings, and the second is to taste the Flat Peaches again, and the third…”

At this point, he pointed to Wang Lingguan from afar and said: “Third, is to settle the score with you!”

“Hmph! Putting me third, it seems you don’t miss me enough.”

Wang Lingguan snorted coldly, then chuckled: “However, wanting to settle the score with me might not be easy.”

As he spoke, he turned to look beside him, and under his bronze skin, the Thunder Department’s Heavenly Seal emerged.

“This time, you’re not just facing me, but the thirty-six Thunder Generals of the Thunder Department.”

Boom!

The sky was twisted into a vortex by dense clouds.

Thirty-six bolts of lightning descended from the clouds, illuminating the entire universe with a bright bluish glow.

Celestial Worthy Puhua stepped on wind and thunder, hovering at the front of the formation, his divine eye on his forehead shooting out blue-white beams of light.

His silver-white long beard coiled like waves in the strong winds, and the Nine Heavens Xuanlei Armor flickered with tiny electric sparks, flowing within the sword marks left by a thousand years of conquests.

His Aura was many times stronger than that of Wang Lingguan.

Even though he fought Sun Wukong to a draw, he was only one of the thirty-six Thunder Generals of the Thunder Department.

Boom! Boom!

The lightning bolts entwined around the Thunder Generals wove into a net between the clouds, beating the drums with heavenly thunder, shaking the nine heavens.

Wen Zhong’s male and female golden whips clashed, and the exploding lightning actually formed a liquid that poured down, gathering into a vast ocean of thunder beneath the thirty-six Thunder Generals.

Giant waves rolled in the thunder ocean, and a blue-scaled Thunder Dragon emerged from it, letting out a long roar towards the four figures in front. Beneath the turbulent thunderous waves, there were also faintly visible three other divine Dragons: purple-scaled, red-scaled, and black-scaled.

“The Four Sea Dragon Kings are all here. This time is different from last time; the intensity is at its maximum, Great Sage, don’t underestimate them.”

Qin Yang looked at Sun Wukong and reminded him.

He understood some of the hidden aspects of Journey to the West.

The stone monkey’s birth, his apprenticeship, the Havoc in Heaven, and his eventual Buddhahood in the West.

Sun Wukong’s entire life was orchestrated, merely a plot for Buddhism’s eastward spread.

Otherwise, with his cultivation at the time, he couldn’t have fought his way into the Lingxiao Palace.

“This Old Sun knows~”

Sun Wukong nodded heavily and laughed: “Back then, these guys were just playing a monkey! Letting me, a monkey, guard the Peach Garden, how could that not be problematic?”

Sun Wukong pointed his Golden-Hooped Staff at the thirty-six divine generals and said: “This time, this Old Sun is going to reclaim the reward money for being played like a monkey back then!”

“So, brothers, shall we go?”

Yang Jian glanced at Sun Wukong, then at Nezha.

Finally, he looked at Qin Yang, seemingly asking for the main combatant’s opinion.

Qin Yang remained silent, merely forming a sword-finger gesture in front of his chest, his eyes erupting with golden lightning.

The Six Paths Spirit Eyes appeared, and above the sky, a golden Divine Dragon led nine Four-Clawed Silver Dragons tumbling down, first engaging in battle with the Four Sea Dragon Kings in the electric ocean.

For a moment, the Heavenly Realm turned into a blue-gray negative, and the four figures defying the heavens shone brightly beneath this negative… Inside the Heavenly Emperor’s inner vision, the Lingxiao Palace.

The white jade steps beneath the feet of the two Heavenly Emperors crumbled inch by inch,

The Heavenly Emperor suddenly rose, the twelve tassels on his crown clashing violently, and as his wide sleeves fluttered, ten thousand golden rays of light surged around him.

He looked at the solidified illusion of his Heart Demon and asked in a low voice: “You still want to replace Us?”

“No, you and I are one, it just depends on who can defeat whom.”

The Heart Demon that had materialized had the exact same appearance as the Heavenly Emperor.

His brows were like sharp swords, sweeping up to his temples, and crimson divine patterns at the corners of his eyes flickered with his breath.

However, his originally pure and holy countenance now exuded three parts of demonic charm, and dark purple flowing fire flickered in his eyes.