The peach tree spirit grumbled, "This miasma is so potent now that only the Jade Emperor's golden toad can cure it. It is an ancient celestial object that can absorb all poisons."

"I see." Sisi winked at Sui Jin. "I want to go to the Heavenly Palace. Take me there."

...

As darkness fell, the miasma became more pronounced.

“At this rate, it could spread throughout the entire city by tomorrow, and the people will suffer,” Yu Chen said.

Xie Yan was restless and anxious. "Is there no way? We can't go into the backyard now, and we can't rescue those people who have fainted. They inhaled so much miasma, won't they die first?"

Yu Shen shook his head. "Right now, we can only set up a barrier to hold them off for a while, but it won't last long."

"Then set up a barrier first. I'll go inform the city lord to evacuate the people." Xie Yan turned around, then suddenly remembered something, "Where are Sisi and Little Gem?"

"I didn't see them."

Xie Yan was a little uneasy. "After you set up the barrier, go and see if they are in the backyard."

"I see."

Xie Yan delivered the message to the city lord and left. The city lord dared not delay and immediately ordered his men to inform the people.

Unfortunately, the people couldn't evacuate as quickly as the miasma spread, and soon half the city's population fell into a coma.

After the doctors diagnosed the patient, they could not find any symptoms. The patient's pulse was extremely weak, and at most, the patient could only live until tomorrow.

They still couldn't find Sisi and Little Gem.

"A maid said they went to the backyard, and might have been drugged by the miasma like Mother. Hey, what are you doing?"

Yu Chen watched as he rushed into the barrier with lightning speed, unable to stop him even with her outstretched hand. She cried out anxiously, "Xiao Wu, that's miasma! Do you want to die?"

But soon, Yu Chen was stunned.

The miasma dared not approach Xie Yan at all, as if he were some kind of monstrous flood, and they avoided him at all costs.

Could it be that miasma dares not approach someone with demonic energy?

He cautiously stepped inside, but immediately felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

This is absolutely unfair!!!

With a final shout from the depths of his heart.

Xie Yan found Little Gem, but not Sisi. She wasn't in the mansion or in the backyard, so where could she have gone?

He caught a glimpse of the trembling peach tree spirit out of the corner of his eye and pulled her over. "Have you seen a little girl named Sisi? She's very cute."

The peach tree spirit was about to cry. What kind of magical place was this? It already had a divine beast, the White Tiger, a dragon princess, a snake king, and now a demon king.

Why do they all let a little peach tree spirit like her be bullied? Waaah!

"Speak." Xie Yan lost his patience, and the black energy in his palm caused the peach tree spirit's branches to catch fire.

The peach tree spirit was on the verge of tears. "She went to the Heavenly Palace. Demon King, have mercy! I'm just a broken peach tree spirit."

"The Heavenly Palace?"

"It's in the heavens, where the Jade Emperor is," the peach tree spirit timidly pointed to the sky.

What is she going to the Heavenly Palace for?

How can a mortal body go up to heaven?

How did she get there?

The peach tree spirit sobbed softly, "She went to find the golden toad to absorb the miasma. Lord White Tiger took her there. Demon King, have mercy! I'll tell you everything."

With a crash, the peach tree spirit was thrown to the ground.

The poor girl cried as she picked up her peach tree branches. It was really unlucky to have been noticed by the Jade Emperor. She had offended a group of people she couldn't afford to offend. If she couldn't get the golden toad, she might be used as firewood and burned.

Xie Yan did not know how to get to the Heavenly Palace. He originally wanted to ask Yu Chen, but Yu Chen had fainted on the ground, so he had to give up.

With the White Tiger around, she should be fine, right?

Xie Yan could only console himself with this thought.

He wasn't idle either. Now he was the only conscious person in the manor. He enslaved the peach tree spirit and carried everyone in the backyard outside the barrier.

Then he went into the city alone.

The areas in the city affected by miasma were all protected by barriers, leaving only a small, safe area where large numbers of the city's inhabitants huddled together, their cries echoing through the air.

A child was lying on the barrier, inside which was his mother. He cried and cried until his voice was hoarse, but he couldn't wake his mother.

"Heavens above, what sins have we committed? Why do we, the common people, suffer like this again and again? With the arrival of the Princess, our lives were finally starting to improve, so why must such a disaster befall us again!"

The people knelt on the ground, kowtowing and weeping.

"God, please open your eyes!"

"We are also your people. Please open your eyes and look at us. Look at the suffering that all living beings are enduring. We beg you, please save us!"

Xie Yan couldn't bear to watch and turned to leave when that voice suddenly appeared, carrying a sarcastic laugh.

“Look at these foolish people, they actually beg the culprit to save them, how ridiculous, utterly ridiculous.”

"What do you mean?"

"The world is suffering from a severe drought, locusts, and now the miasma in Wuzhou. All of these are calamities set up by His Majesty. His purpose is to kill you through these means."

"He is the Jade Emperor."

"No one else could do these things. Look, he didn't hesitate to harm all living beings in order to kill you. He doesn't deserve to be the Jade Emperor at all. He's supposed to be concerned about the common people all day long. Bah!"

Xie Yan lowered his eyes. "So, you're saying I harmed everyone, right? Because of me, the Jade Emperor caused a great drought, resulting in countless people starving to death and corpses strewn across the fields, right?"

The Demon Bone sneered, "If you want to be a good person and save the world, you have to kill the Jade Emperor first. Who defined a demon as evil?"

"It was ordained by the Jade Emperor. Don't the righteous sects also persecute loyal and virtuous people? He himself doesn't care about the common people; why doesn't he criticize himself?"

"Take me to the Heavenly Palace."

"You want to kill the Jade Emperor?"

The demon bone became excited, "My power is currently suppressed to a certain extent. Although I can't confront the Jade Emperor head-on, you can still go up and cause trouble. Make a scene, the bigger the better, it would be best if you could anger the Jade Emperor to death."

The golden toad is a pet kept by the Jade Emperor. It can spit out gold and feeds on gold. It usually stays in the Heavenly Pool and sleeps soundly.

Sui Jin led Sisi past the South Heavenly Gate to Tianchi, where the golden toad was perched on the floating mountain in the middle of Tianchi.

"How are we going to catch it? It looks so ugly." Sisi felt that her hands were too small and she definitely couldn't hold it.

"The golden toad only recognizes gold. Just conjure some gold to lure it over. If there's gold, it will behave."

"Then hurry up and transform! We need to hurry. Time moves slower in heaven than on earth. The people are waiting for us to save their lives!" Sisi urged him.

Sui Jin conjured a gold ingot and threw it over.

The golden toad opened its heavy eyelids, glanced at them, and then closed them again. That little bit of gold wasn't even enough to fill a tooth gap; it was really stingy.

Sui Jin didn't understand why it wasn't moving.

"Has he changed his tastes?" Sisi tilted her head, puzzled. "He doesn't eat gold anymore? Maybe he should conjure up a piece of silver and throw it at him?"

Sui Jin threw down a piece of silver.

The golden toad suddenly vomited, croaking angrily, "Who is it? How dare they humiliate me with this worthless silver? Just seeing this silver makes me want to vomit!"