"Zhenjun? Zhenjun! You can't joke around like this!!!"
Facing Nezha, whose eyes burned with fury while lotus flames wrapped around his body, Li Jing swallowed hard.
At the same time, he desperately pleaded with Axel while trying to summon his Exquisite Pagoda back into his hand.
But no matter how hard he tried, Axel held the pagoda firmly, refusing to let it move an inch.
Beside Axel, Yang Jian burst into laughter.
"Haha! Brother Nezha, if not now, then when?!"
"Then I'll thank all of you brothers for helping me today!"
Nezha replied without even turning his head.
The lotus flames on his shoulders flowed down his arm and gathered in his palm, instantly forming the Fire-tipped Spear.
Without hesitation, he thrust the spear directly toward Li Jing's chest.
"Nezha, my son, stop this. Are you really trying to commit patricide...?"
"Shut the hell up!!!"
The Fire-tipped Spear slammed into Li Jing's Heavenly King Armor, forcing him backward until he crashed straight into the Hall of the Heavenly King.
Blazing flames surged from the spearhead toward Li Jing's face, burning away his beard and scorching his skin black.
Realizing he was completely outmatched, Li Jing panicked and shouted toward the surrounding immortals.
"Four Duty Officers, why are you just standing there?! Help me capture this evil beast!"
"When you needed me, I was your good son!"
"When you feared me, I became a monster!"
"Li Jing, you deserve to die!"
"I should've returned this spear to you thousands of years ago!!!"
Nezha roared as he violently drove the Fire-tipped Spear deeper forward.
The spear pierced through the Heavenly King Armor and stabbed directly into Li Jing's heart.
Boom!!!
Towering flames exploded from the spear tip and erupted straight through Li Jing's body.
The violent force instantly destroyed the Hall of the Heavenly King behind him and even shattered part of the nearby Hall of the Fire Virtue Star Lord.
"What the hell?!"
The Fire Virtue Star Lord had been feeding his horses when the flames swept through.
His horses vanished instantly, and even the water bucket in his hand evaporated into steam.
If he hadn't possessed innate fire resistance, even his beard would have been burned off.
At the same moment, the Four Duty Officers charged toward Nezha side by side.
The surrounding Heavenly Generals gathered their courage and followed behind them.
The Eightfold Legions of Righteous Gods near the Hall of the Heavenly King were also alarmed by the massive fire and quickly rushed over from every direction.
Hearing the growing chaos, Nezha gritted his teeth and shook the spear violently.
"Li Jing doesn't have much skill, but he's ridiculously hard to kill!"
"Brothers, hold off his reinforcements for me first!"
"Once I grind this old bastard into dust, I'll descend to the mortal world with all of you and burn this plague-ridden Heavenly Court to ashes!!!"
As his voice fell, Nezha pinned Li Jing to the clouds with the spear before pulling out the Red Armillary Sash and binding Li Jing tightly into a ball.
Then Nezha grabbed the Universe Ring with one hand and a golden brick with the other.
Like a madman, he repeatedly smashed the brick against Li Jing's head.
Nearby, the Bull Demon King grinned excitedly as he watched the charging Heavenly soldiers.
"Finally our turn to move!!!"
The moment he finished speaking, Lao Niu swung his massive iron staff.
With a single strike, the Four Duty Officers were blasted flying through the air.
Yang Jian held his Three-pointed Double-edged Blade in reverse and slashed heavily across the clouds.
A violent hurricane exploded outward instantly, separating countless Heavenly Generals from the battlefield.
"Why? Why does it have to come to this?! Great Sage, Zhenjun, Great God of the Three Altars and Seas, why are all of you causing such chaos?!"
Taibai Jinxing stood far away with a bitter expression while repeatedly slapping his thigh in frustration.
He continued trying to persuade them, but he never actually made a move.
Li Jing noticed this immediately, his twisted face filled with hatred as he glared toward Taibai Jinxing.
Right then, a blazing firestorm rushed over from the destroyed entrance of the Hall of the Heavenly King.
The Fire Virtue Star Lord arrived riding massive flames.
"Who dares cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace?! Die... huh?"
Before he could finish his dramatic entrance, he saw several terrifying figures staring directly at him.
Nezha was smashing Li Jing half to death.
Yang Jian stood nearby holding his blade with a cold expression.
The Bull Demon King gripped his iron staff like a monster ready to slaughter everything around him.
"Holy shit!"
The Fire Virtue Star Lord immediately turned around to flee.
Unfortunately for him, several Thunder Department Gods shoved him right back into the hall.
"Erlang Shen is rebelling!"
"The Bull Demon King is rebelling against Heaven!"
"The Great God of the Three Altars and Seas has gone insane!"
"This must be Spirit Mountain's doing!"
"That's right! The Altar Cleanser has already attacked!"
"Brothers of the Eightfold Legions, charge together!"
"Even if the enemy is Erlang Shen and the Great Sage, this old man will still fight to the death!"
For a time, the Righteous Gods across the Thirty-three Heavens and Seventy-two Treasure Halls all grabbed their weapons and charged toward Axel and the others.
Looking at the incoming crowd, Axel sneered and slowly clenched his fist.
Lightning crackled around his hand.
Pigsy quickly moved beside him and tugged lightly at his armor.
"Great Sage Brother, don't rush."
"The first group charging in is mostly putting on a show."
"The louder they yell, the less they actually want to die for the Heavenly Court."
"I used to be one of them, so I know exactly how this works."
"A lot of immortals pretend they can't see the future, but they already know what's coming."
"They're just waiting to see where fate lands."
"Let me handle the acting for them first."
The moment he finished speaking, Pigsy raised his Nine-toothed Rake and charged straight toward the Wen Department.
Lu Yue, the Plague God of the Wen Department, blocked the rake with his treasured sword and quickly whispered excitedly,
"Marshal Tian Peng, what's happening here?! Hurry up and tell me!"
"Bullshit, there's nothing to tell!"
"I'm rebelling together with Great Sage Brother and Brother Zhenjun!"
"Damn, you people are really going all out!"
Lu Yue replied while secretly winking at the six Wen Department Gods behind him.
For a while, Pigsy alone appeared to be fighting fiercely against the entire Wen Department.
The battle looked extremely intense, but most of the attacks barely carried any real killing intent.
Elsewhere, Deng Jiugong, the Azure Dragon Star Lord and commander of the Dou Department, slammed his great saber against Yang Jian's Three-pointed Double-edged Blade.
Sparks exploded between the weapons.
"Zhenjun, rebelling again? This time your momentum is bigger than ever."
"Do you really think you can win?"
Yang Jian chuckled lightly while continuing the fight.
"Winning will be difficult, but at the very least, we won't lose."
"And if things truly go badly, we can always start over from scratch."
At the same time, Yang Jian glanced around.
"Why are there so few Star Officials from the Dou Department?"
"Where are Doumu Yuanjun and the Ziwei Emperor?"
The Azure Dragon Star Lord snorted.
"They're all guarding the western side against those bald monks from Spirit Mountain."
"We made a huge move recently and killed Pilanpo Bodhisattva, the mother of Mao Ri Xing Guan."
"Spirit Mountain suffered a massive loss."
"But those monks never take losses quietly. Another war is probably coming soon."
"Laozi claims he has a plan to humiliate Spirit Mountain, but humiliating them is one thing."
"When the real fighting starts, everyone still has to roll up their sleeves and join in."
As he spoke, the Azure Dragon Star Lord intentionally exposed an opening.
Yang Jian immediately seized the chance and blasted him away with a single strike.
Moments later, hundreds of Dou Department Gods rushed toward Yang Jian, throwing the entire Seventy-two Halls into chaos.
Meanwhile, the Twenty-Eight Constellations surrounded the Bull Demon King.
Two of them had barely approached before Lao Niu smashed their skulls apart with his iron staff.
Their bodies collapsed instantly into skeletons.
Kui Mulang froze in shock before immediately rushing forward to block Lao Niu's weapon.
"You idiot, why are you actually fighting seriously?!"
"We're all just working officials here!"
"Once you get a position in Heaven, there's basically no promotion left anyway!"
"Whoever wants to risk their life can do it themselves!"
"When you caused chaos in Heaven back then, everyone was just pretending to fight."
"You were too inexperienced to notice it then, but can't you tell now?!"
"You're seriously too damn honest!!!"
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