"Master Golden Cicada, let's retreat quickly. Guanyin and the other two can be considered unlucky and made a mistake once, but that Lishan Laomu..."
"Heh heh, I, Old Sun, seem to see the shadow of some self-righteous little celestial maidens. I guess they've been too brainwashed by that 'Seal Demon List' and lost their original reason."
"It serves them right from the Jie Sect, doesn't it? They had the chance to feast and live a good life with me, Old Sun, back then, but they had to collude with the demon race?"
"We should leave as soon as possible, lest we get entangled by them."
"It's just that I don't know if, after we master and disciples leave, these four will continue to be foolish and write essays about the Great Desolation Three Realms, despite knowing that Heavenly Dao's rewards are fair?"
To avoid being pestered by the four little celestial maidens, Sun Kong, this time, unlike in past tribulations, did not linger.
Instead, he immediately took Jin Chanzi and the others and left in a hurry.
It's not that he was being insidious or petty.
It was because Lishan Laomu and the other three truly embodied the spirit of 'late-stage celestial maiden cancer.'
And so, not long after Sun Kong and his group left, Lishan Laomu, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, four female cultivators who should have reaped substantial merit rewards and been widely praised.
Now, they still hadn't recognized their mistakes. Instead, as Sun Kong had predicted, they actually kicked off the trend of the Great Desolation Three Realms' first 'little essays'!
"Goodness gracious, Heavenly Dao, how can you openly favor Sun Monkey and disregard us four?"
"I, Lishan Laomu, am not talented, nor am I a quasi-saint, but since I joined the Jie Sect back then, I've always done good deeds and cultivated myself. When did I ever falter?"
"You dog Heavenly Dao, full of patriarchal ideology, dare to deliberately make things difficult for us over a simplified tribulation?"
"Don't think I don't know, you dog Heavenly Dao are actually a man, and a man with extremely serious patriarchal ideology. No wonder my master betrayed you and defected to the demonic path. The demonic path is the true path!"
"Take back this little bit of merit reward and give it to your family's chickens, ducks, and dogs. I, Lishan Laomu, disdain it. I will never participate in your Heavenly Dao lineage's Journey to the West tribulation again!"
Lishan Laomu's mind was truly as if, as Sun Kong had said, she had been too heavily brainwashed by the 'Seal Demon List,' and no one knew from which timeline her thoughts were corrupted.
She actually dared to describe Heavenly Dao as 'patriarchal.'
That aside.
After all, no matter how angry Heavenly Dao became, it couldn't directly deal with her and could only endure it.
But little did they know.
After Lishan Laomu published this 'little essay,' it was not enough, she even expressed disdain for Heavenly Dao's merit reward.
This statement, if left unsaid, would have been fine.
But as soon as it was spoken, it instantly amused all the Sages in the heavens, various factions, and even the three Bodhisattvas, Guanyin, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra, who were beside Lishan Laomu.
Not for any other reason.
It was simply because the mentally regressed Lishan Laomu had not realized that the merit reward Heavenly Dao had given them was not a positive number, but -10!
"Sister Lishan, stop shouting. Even if you want to write an essay, you shouldn't write it like this."
"The rewards for all four of us are negative. Don't offend old man Heavenly Dao any further."
"We have to admit that we were indeed a bit too arrogant this time. Next time, don't be so impulsive. Not everyone is like Sun Monkey, who knows how to measure his actions and still gets rewards after courting death."
Seeing that Lishan Laomu's idiocy surpassed even their own, the three Bodhisattvas quickly blushed and tried to persuade her.
But they did not expect that.
Their persuasion only made the already mentally regressed Lishan Laomu jump up and scold them.
Thus, a scene unfolded that made trillions of living beings in the Great Desolation Three Realms burst into laughter!
...
Xuan Du Heaven.
In the Eight Views Palace.
Laozi almost laughed his stomach sore at this scene!
However, after a slight deduction, he vaguely sensed that the 'Seal Demon List' indeed introduced the 'brainless energy' of a certain timeline, causing Lishan Laomu to lose her mind so drastically.
His expression changed slightly!
"The rejuvenation of the demon race, is it truly this terrifying? This Lishan Laomu, I, the poor Daoist, once offered her some guidance. She shouldn't be so foolish, so..."
"Alas."
"Never mind, anyway, there aren't many disciples from my Human Sect left in the 'Seal Demon List.' Otherwise, if someone were still this brainless, I, the poor Daoist, would crush him first!"
...
Mi Luo Heaven.
In the Jade Void Palace.
Primordial Heavenly Lord had always looked down upon the disciples of the Jie Sect. However, he had a special regard for the Sanxiao Maidens, Zhao Gongming, the Four Holy Mothers, and Lishan Laomu, and the like, wishing that the Chan Sect had similar elites.
But this time, he was truly disappointed and somewhat heartbroken.
"Pity that one of my third brother's most proud disciples is so brainless?"
"Can't he see now that joining the demon race either turns one into an idiot like the Jade Emperor, or causes his disciples to degenerate one after another?"
"Forget it, forget it, why should I, the poor Daoist, care so much? He still believes that the demon race will bring a new order. Let the Sanxiao Maidens, Zhao Gongming, and the Four Holy Mothers suffer this hardship later and see what he says!"
...
Golden Turtle Island.
In the Biyou Palace.
This time, Master Tongtian was also a little restless.
Not for any other reason.
It was because even he, the Upper Pure Sage, one of the three leaders of the demonic alliance, could see that the 'Seal Demon List' could only increase the strength of the Jie Sect disciples but would cause their intelligence to regress!
"How can this be?"
"How could it be? Back then, Luo Hou clearly promised me that it wouldn't be like this. This..."
"It seems I must find Luo Hou and talk to the Jade Emperor. If it really continues like this, my Jie Sect, even if it recovers, will be as good as not recovered. What can a bunch of imbeciles achieve?"
...
While the three Pure Sages were all greatly alarmed by this, Empress Nuwa was also aghast and more resistant to the demonic path.
On the other hand, the two Sages of the Western Sect, for some unknown reason, showed no aversion. Instead, they became greatly interested in the brainwashing power of the 'Seal Demon List'!
At the same time.
The Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court sensed the anger of Master Tongtian and, without daring to delay, immediately prepared to meet him.
As for the demon race, the thirteen demonic Saint-level experts continued their seclusion. The Demon Saint saw this scene and, with a knowing smile to Luo Hou beside him.
He immediately thought of reasons and excuses to persuade Master Tongtian!
"Luo Hou!"
"Lord Demon Saint!"
"I never expected that Sun Monkey's casual manipulation would expose the most powerful function of the 'Seal Demon List.' You must persuade the Jie Sect members and the Heavenly Court immortals about this matter."
"We cannot let them 'misunderstand.'"
Hearing this, Luo Hou's eyes flashed with cold light. Without any shame for having tricked an ally, he actually prepared to continue brainwashing Master Tongtian and the Jade Emperor.
How audacious!
...
At the same time.
Seeing that Lishan Laomu's 'little essay' was becoming more and more outrageous, the three Bodhisattvas were terrified and quickly rose and returned to Spirit Mountain.
This matter is temporarily set aside.
Let's talk about Sun Kong and his group. After quickly distancing themselves from the little celestial maiden Lishan Laomu, they approached Wuzhuang Temple!