At the same time that Zhu Di broke through the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom, the mountain protection formation of the Luhu Mountain headquarters also lost 30% of its power.

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, looked at the weakened mountain protection formation and knew that Master Hongqing had already begun to act.

He then immediately sent someone to inform the Queen Mother of the West. When the Queen Mother of the West received Li Jing's report, she also received Fang Jian's report that he had killed Lan Jianling.

"Okay." Jiu Tian Xuan Nu nodded and said to Qing Yan beside her, "Go tell Fang Jian to have Zhu Yuanzhang proclaim himself emperor immediately and declare the Great Yong Kingdom, Zi Zheng Kingdom, Great Yan Kingdom, Zhu Fang, Yan Zheng and other countries as pseudo-dynasties."

"Yes, your majesty." Qingyan boy immediately took the order and left.

The Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens called out again, "Where is the messenger?"

The messenger immediately stepped out and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty is here."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "Take my edict and quickly go to the Heavenly Palace. Tell the head of the Yanzuo Academy to come to the East Heavenly Palace to see me. Also, today the four great Celestial Masters will return from the Haolan Realm. You will wait in front of the South Heavenly Gate and have them come to the East Heavenly Palace to see me immediately."

"As you wish!" The messenger received the decree and immediately left Dongtianfu and headed towards the Heavenly Palace.

About three hours later, the head of Yanzuo Academy, Master Su Kuang, and the four great celestial masters who had just returned from the Haolan Realm came to Dongtian Mansion to pay homage to the Queen Mother of the West.

The messenger followed last, but was the first to step forward to report, and then stood back among the ministers.

"Your servant, Yeonjo-won, is here to pay his respects to the Grand Emissary."

"Your servant Zhang Daoling (Xu Xun, Sa Shoujian, Ge Hong) pays homage to the Grand Envoy."

The five of them bowed to the Lady of the Nine Heavens, who then said to the head of Yanzuo Court, Master Su Kuang, "Please wait a moment."

Upon hearing this, Master Su Kuang immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Great Envoy."

Then, Master Su Kuang stepped aside and stood quietly, waiting. The Lady of the Nine Heavens cast her gaze on the Four Heavenly Masters: "Four Heavenly Masters, what is the situation in the Haolan Realm?"

Tianshi Zhang Daoling then said, "Your Excellency, we have been investigating the Haolan Realm for over ten years. Under the rule of the Divine King Tang, the cultivators and mortals of the Haolan Realm are all arrogant and preoccupied. They only cultivate strength and not morality, and are filled with greed and violence. Sometimes, they will kill for just one or two magical weapons, fighting each other. We want to preach and educate the people in the Haolan Realm, but they lack faith and only seek profit, so our results are minimal."

Jiu Tian Xuan Nu asked, "Is this the case throughout the Hao Lan Realm?"

Xu Tianshi said, "To answer the great envoy, that is not the case. There is a small world in the Haolan World called 'Wu Heng'. The people in this world are still in the wilderness and ignorance, and are very easy to convert. The four of us have already passed down the Taoist tradition in the 'Wu Heng World'."

The Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens asked again, "Is this only the case in Wu Heng's world? How many living beings are there in this world?"

Ge Tianshi said: "Reporting to the Great Lord, in the entire Haolan Realm, only Wu Heng's Realm is like this. There are about ten million living beings in this realm."

After listening to this, the Lady of the Nine Heavens nodded slightly and said, "I understand. Thank you for your hard work, four Heavenly Masters. Where is the Chief Accountant of the Taixuan Department?"

Chen Xiu, the chief accountant of the Taixuan Province Department, immediately stepped out and bowed, saying, "I am here."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "Reward the Four Heavenly Masters with five million merits each."

Chen Xiu immediately took out the jade book and wrote down this reward. He was specifically responsible for recording the rewards of Taixuan Province and then reporting to Taixuan Province, which would then award the reward.

"Thank you, Great Envoy." The four Heavenly Masters bowed in unison.

The Lady of the Nine Heavens waved her hand and said, "Four Heavenly Masters, although you have just returned to Heaven, you cannot rest for the time being. There is something I need you to do."

The four Heavenly Masters immediately bowed and said, "Please give your instructions, Great Master."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman said, "Exopathic demons have possessed the bodies of Daoist monks and have gathered in great numbers in Dongsheng Shenzhou, causing great harm to the people. Most of them have now been annihilated by our Heavenly Court. Only the inner demon of Luhu Mountain remains. To destroy it, one must possess a ruthless heart. I will leave this matter to you. What do you think, four Heavenly Masters?"

If you calm your mind, there will be no delusions; if you calm your mind, you will stop disasters.

If you are heartless, you will have no feelings and no thoughts. If you are heartless, you will have no desires and no demands.

If we talk about the Taoist magic power of the Four Heavenly Masters, they may not be ranked among the top in the Heavenly Court, but if we talk about the cultivation of their state of mind, they are definitely among the best in the Heavenly Court.

Moreover, the four great heavenly masters are all great Taoist virtues, and they have long reached the state of calmness and indifference.

However, the ruthlessness mentioned here means being selfless. Those who are selfless must have great love, so it is said that "the ruthless person regards the heart of all beings as his own heart, and the feelings of all beings as his own feelings, and this is the great love for all beings."

Especially Zhang Tianshi, who wiped out all the demons and monsters in Bashu before he became an immortal. For him, eliminating demons is his old profession.

Of course, more importantly, the four great heavenly masters were all enlightened and taught by the Jade Emperor.

Upon hearing this, the Four Heavenly Masters immediately said, "It is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Way. We will go now."

...

When the Four Heavenly Masters arrived at Mount Luhu, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King bowed in respect and asked, "Why are the Four Heavenly Masters here?"

In the Heavenly Palace, the status of the Four Heavenly Masters is not low, and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King is also treated on an equal footing.

The four Heavenly Masters also bowed to Li Jing, and then Heavenly Master Zhang said, "The Great Lord has sent us here to slay the demon."

Li Jing was startled when he heard this and quickly said, "Four Heavenly Masters, that inner demon is a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Are you..."

The four great heavenly masters are golden immortals, so Li Jing was able to do this.

The four great celestial masters looked at Li Jing and smiled without saying anything. Li Jing was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized that to slay the inner demon, the important thing was not the level of Taoism, but the realm.

Thinking of this, Li Jing suddenly realized, and then bowed to Dong Tianfu and said: "The great envoy is wise."

Then the four great celestial masters flew over Mount Luhu, took a look at the formation below, and saw Master Yin Yang sitting cross-legged inside the formation.

Master Yin Yang also seemed to sense something, he opened his eyes and looked up at the sky.

When he saw the four great heavenly masters, he sighed inwardly. Even for the true demons from the outside world, it would not be easy to directly oppose the Heavenly Court.

But the four great celestial masters just took a look and then flew back.

Li Jing immediately asked, "Four Heavenly Masters, can this inner demon be destroyed?"

Master Xu nodded and said, "It's easy to destroy the inner demon, but the power of the mountain protection formation needs to be reduced by several levels."

Ge Hong said, "That mountain protection formation is the condensed destiny of the Human Emperor. With this formation in place, we cannot destroy this demon."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing smiled and said, "Then the four Heavenly Masters should wait a little longer. Master Hongqing has already made arrangements in the human world. I believe they will be able to break the formation soon."

The four great celestial masters were surprised when they heard this and asked in confusion, "Master Hongqing?"

Li Jing smiled and said, "The four Heavenly Masters have been in the Haolan Realm for over ten years, so naturally they don't know. Why don't you go into the reed tent first so I can talk to the four Heavenly Masters in detail."

The four Heavenly Masters looked at each other, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Afterwards, the Four Heavenly Masters and Li Jing entered the reed tent set up on a golden cloud. While waiting for the Luhu Mountain protection formation to be broken, they listened to Li Jing's narration of some things that had happened in the Yamabu world over the past ten years.