The Heavenly Court was not to be outdone.
With the Jade Emperor's urgent decree, all the gods dutifully came to assist.
Including the Lunar Star Lord, the Solar Star Lord, the Barefoot Immortal, and even the subordinates of the Four Sages of the North Pole: Celestial Dipper Great Sage, Nine Heavens Demon Quelling General (the eighth star of the Big Dipper, also known as the Great God of Slaughter), Thunder Envoy... all came to help.
Not to mention the Heavenly Court's stationed troops, the Nine Luminaries Stars, the Five Direction Generals, the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Twelve Divine Generals, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, the Universal Star Diviners...
And of the leading Four Emperors, three had arrived.
However, those hundreds of millions of heavenly soldiers and generals were actually just there to make up the numbers.
After all, if a real fight broke out, not to mention the True Immortal realm experts who were the commanders of the heavenly soldiers' camps, even Golden Immortals would probably turn into ashes on the spot.
Although the Heavenly Court seemed to have gained the upper hand in terms of momentum, discerning individuals knew that the Western Church actually held the advantage.
The Western Church had only sent a few Buddhas this time, but the number of quasi-sages, combined with the Buddhas, far exceeded the number of quasi-sages that the Jade Emperor could currently command.
Moreover, since the Gouchen Great Emperor was no longer in the Heavenly Court, with one of the Four Emperors missing, their momentum was even less able to match the Western World.
Even so, one could not forget that Empress Wangmu was still behind the scenes.
It was just not yet her time to come out, so the Jade Emperor had not invited her.
The Jade Emperor sat upon his dragon chariot, majestic and imposing, and coldly shouted:
"You of the West, why do you trespass into my Heavenly Court without cause! Could it be that you wish to disrupt the Three Realms and incite a calamity of slaughter?!"
The Buddha Tathagata sat upon his lotus platform, his face devoid of compassion, and merely said indifferently:
"I have come to demand justice!"
The Jade Emperor raised an eyebrow, feeling anger in his heart, and directly cursed:
"Preposterous! I am the Supreme of the Three Realms, personally appointed by the Dao Ancestor! You, Tathagata, are just a mere junior, coming to demand justice? What do you amount to?!"
"If you do not give a proper explanation, even if a sage descends today, they will not be able to protect you!"
All the immortals and Buddhas present were shocked.
My goodness, when did the Jade Emperor become so bold?
If this were in the past, it was estimated that the Jade Emperor would have first asked for the reason, and then slowly tried to resolve the matter peacefully.
But now, the Jade Emperor was tough as nails, regardless of what reason Tathagata had, coming to his door to demand justice, he directly confronted him!
Moreover, what the Jade Emperor said was not wrong at all. The Buddha Tathagata was just a mere chief disciple of Buddhism, while the Jade Emperor was a pageboy by the Dao Ancestor's side. Whether in terms of status or strength, the Buddha Tathagata was completely a junior in front of the Jade Emperor.
However, the Buddha Tathagata remained unmoved, and instead coldly stared at the Jade Emperor,
"Jade Emperor, you attempted to act against the heavens, secretly ordering your subordinate, the Prison God, to disrupt the Journey to the West, and now it has already caused a great disaster!"
"I believe you are the great demon who wishes to incite a calamity of slaughter and destroy the Three Realms!"
The Buddha Tathagata was also holding back a bellyful of anger.
This bellyful of anger had been accumulating ever since Chu Hao appeared in this world, and the Western World had been constantly subjected to humiliation.
Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Buddha Tathagata voiced it all, wanting to demand justice.
The Jade Emperor frowned, secretly feeling uneasy. Could it be that the Prison God's actions in the mortal realm had been exposed?
The Jade Emperor had not forgotten that he had asked Chu Hao to rely on his status as an anomaly to disrupt the Journey to the West in the mortal realm.
However, even the Jade Emperor himself felt it was impossible. He was certain that Chu Hao was not an idiot, so how could he be easily caught by the Western World, and even the Jade Emperor himself could not calculate Chu Hao's actions at all times.
If even he could not calculate it, Tathagata certainly could not either.
Then what evidence could there be?
The Jade Emperor firmly believed that Chu Hao would not leave any evidence, nor would he do anything foolish.
But, without evidence, why was Tathagata so arrogant?
It was just a thought earlier, but the Jade Emperor's face remained unchanged, without showing any trace of fear, and instead angrily said:
"Good you, junior Tathagata, daring to spout nonsense! I have always followed the Sage's will without deviation! You have no proof or evidence, yet you mobilize the masses and create a disturbance! How can I tolerate you?!"
The Jade Emperor slammed the table and stood up directly from the dragon chariot!
He wanted to gain the upper hand with a preemptive strike!
In an instant, the atmosphere on the entire field became a hundred times more tense, with swords drawn and bows bent.
Even the Jade Emperor was so furious, and everyone on the Heavenly Court's side revealed their burning fighting spirit.
The Great Emperor of Ziwei, the Great Emperor of Longevity, and the Great Emperor of Qinghua, the three of them also cooperated very well, and showed their weapons.
Although the Jade Emperor seemed very reckless and impulsive, this was obviously the tough stance that the Heavenly Court needed now.
If they were attacked at their doorstep and still had to reason with the attackers, then the Jade Emperor would simply be cowardly to the extreme!
The Lunar Star Lord and the Solar Star Lord each sacrificed their Sun and Moon Divine Wheels, while the Barefoot Immortal frowned and raised his big foot.
In addition, although the Four Sages of the North Pole had not arrived, their subordinates had all arrived, and the Celestial Dipper Great Sage, the Nine Heavens Demon Quelling General, the Thunder Envoy, and others also showed their weapons.
The scene was on the verge of breaking out.
The people of the West were a little panicked.
Even the Buddha Tathagata himself had not expected that the Jade Emperor would be so tough now?
Was he not even going to ask what had happened? Was he going to attack directly?
For a time, the Buddha Tathagata was also in a dilemma.
The actions between great forces involved karma that could destroy the Three Realms.
In the ancient battle between the Witch and Demon clans, the pillars of heaven were broken, the ground was tilted, and even the entire world was almost overturned.
In the Conferred Gods War of the past, it was only because of some personal grievances between the Jie and Chan sects that the Three Realms fell into a calamity of slaughter.
Now that the spiritual energy was thin, if the Heavenly Court and the West went to war.
Not to mention that all living beings in the Three Realms would be involved in the calamity of slaughter, the Buddha Tathagata was afraid that he would bear great karma, because he was the one who took the lead.
In a dilemma, the Buddha Tathagata did not know how to respond for a time.
But at this moment, the eastern horizon lit up slightly, and two figures descended.
"Stop!"
The Void Sovereign Dao Lord, and the Supreme Lord Lao, slowly flew from the sky, glaring at the people in the field.
Everyone in the field was shocked.
A Sage's incarnation had arrived!
The incarnation left behind by the Yuqing Sacred Realm's Primordial Heavenly Lord, the Void Sovereign Dao Lord!
The incarnation left behind by the Taiqing Immortal Realm's Taiqing Sage Laozi, the Supreme Lord Lao!
This great gathering of the Heavenly Court and the West had obviously attracted the attention of the Sages, and without saying a word, the Sages' incarnations all rushed over.
Even though the true bodies of all the Sages had been isolated outside the heavens, their incarnations had always controlled the Three Realms.
Especially under such major events, the Sages came out one after another.
And in addition, a figure quickly flew from the Western World.
Upon seeing this, the Western Church's assembly could not help but be shocked.
