Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2280 - Unequal Treaties

Actually, Chu Hao had considered not bothering with Buddha and Chu Jin, letting them be devoured by the strange demons.

However, as Saint Realm powerhouses, the two were inherently immortal and indestructible. Even if they were truly swallowed by the four strange demons, they wouldn't die.

They would only be temporarily trapped within the void. Once their cultivation and spiritual power recovered, they could break free.

Moreover, if these two were trapped within the void, both the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan would focus their animosity on Chu Hao, and then the two sides would join forces to deal with the Heavenly Court.

Such a result would be detrimental to the Heavenly Court and would not solve any problems at all.

"Actually, my conditions are very simple. I have a contract here. Please sign it."

As Chu Hao spoke, he waved his hand, and Buddha and Chu Jin each received a contract with black words on white paper.

Both of them frowned quickly as they looked at the contents.

"Chu Hao, you're going too far, actually demanding so many treasures."

Chu Jin was also furious, as this somewhat exceeded the bottom line in his heart.

Chu Hao smiled at the two of them, then slowly and unhurriedly explained.

"Although this request is a bit high, you must also think clearly. If you are swallowed by the strange demons and trapped in the void.

Perhaps you won't lose your lives and can still return to the Three Realms, which won't have a big impact on the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan themselves.

But it will be a great blow to your prestige and status. How will the people of the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan view you? Will they still submit to you? How will this matter be spread within the Three Realms?"

Chu Hao's words hit the soft spots of Buddha and Chu Jin.

One of them was the Lord of the Western Paradise, and the other was the Demon Emperor of the Demon Clan, possessing supreme authority in the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan.

But if they were swallowed by the strange demons in the void, this would be a great blow to their authority. How would they be able to control the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan in the future? How would they be able to deter the Three Realms?

"Alright, I agree."

Buddha gritted his teeth, but had no choice but to nod in agreement, swallowing his broken teeth into his stomach.

"Okay!"

Since Buddha had agreed, Chu Jin had no choice but to agree as well.

Buddha and Chu Jin signed this unequal treaty and handed it to Chu Hao.

"You two are smart people after all. Now we can go."

As Chu Hao spoke, he cast a hand seal, and the Gate of Heavenly Prison quickly opened in the passage.

"Let's go."

Chu Hao led Buddha and Chu Jin into the Heavenly Prison.

Within this Heavenly Prison were all imprisoned demons, and there were countless tortures in the Heavenly Prison, including burning, lightning strikes, knife cuts, and axe chops, etc.

The demons in the Heavenly Prison were incomparably miserable, living a life worse than death.

Therefore, the demons in the entire Heavenly Prison shouted ten times more miserably than the evil ghosts in hell, causing tremors in people's hearts.

"Is this the Heavenly Prison? It's truly a Shura field."

"Hmph, there are many of our Demon Clan people inside. I will definitely save them in the future."

Coming out of the Heavenly Prison again, Chu Hao and the others found themselves in the Prison God Hall.

Buddha and Chu Jin didn't want to stay in the Prison God Hall for even a moment. They also didn't want people to know that they were rescued from the void by Chu Hao in this way.

As the person in charge of this demon extermination, Chu Hao also needed to go to the West Sea to check the situation. The three of them arrived in the West Sea area together.

At this time, the void demons within the West Sea range had been almost completely exterminated, and the three forces had already reduced the encirclement to within a hundred miles.

Seeing Chu Hao, Buddha, and Chu Jin arrive, the people of the three forces paid their respects one after another.

"Greetings, Prison God."

"Welcome Buddha's triumphant return."

"Long live the Demon Emperor's divine might."

But Buddha and Chu Jin's expressions were somewhat awkward, as such voices were like a kind of mockery to them.

"Everyone, now that the demons have been basically exterminated, the cooperation of the three forces can be said to be a great blessing for the Three Realms.

This time, the extermination of demons was led by our Heavenly Court, so after discussing with Buddha and the Demon Emperor, I made a decision.

In the future, the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan will nominally belong to the jurisdiction of our Heavenly Court, and in the event of major events in the Three Realms, our Heavenly Court has the right to mobilize the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan."

Chu Hao took advantage of the opportunity of the three parties gathering to announce this in public.

Such news was naturally incomparably joyful and encouraging for the Heavenly Court, but it was different for the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan.

"Why should our Western Paradise be subject to the jurisdiction and dispatch of the Heavenly Court?"

"Why should the Demon Clan nominally belong to the Heavenly Court?"

"Buddha, Demon Emperor, is what Chu Hao said true?"

Regarding this news, the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan had a lot of opinions, confirming the truth of Chu Hao's words with Buddha and Chu Jin.

"Ahem, we are doing this to benefit the Three Realms. After all, our Western Paradise is also a maintainer of the Three Realms."

"The cooperation of the three parties is beneficial to all three parties. This is not a win-win, but a three-win."

To this, Buddha and Chu Jin could only answer helplessly, after all, they didn't want people to know that Chu Hao had forced them to sign an unequal treaty.

This time, the Jade Emperor was very satisfied with Chu Hao's actions in exterminating the demons. The Heavenly Court had taken the lead and gained great merit.

"Chu Hao, you did very well this time. I will definitely reward you handsomely. I wonder what you want?"

After the Jade Emperor finished speaking, he saw Chu Hao's gaze looking in the direction of the Heavenly Court Treasure Vault, and immediately felt a little regretful in his heart.

"Chu Hao, don't stare at my little fortune. Your Prison God Hall is much richer than my treasure vault."

"I have decided to grant you the power of Heavenly Patrol Inspection. In the future, you can make decisions on matters of the Three Realms in my name."

The Jade Emperor quickly said, fearing that Chu Hao would make some request to plunder his Heavenly Court Treasure Vault.

The Heavenly Court was overjoyed, but the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan were different, especially the Western Paradise. After Buddha returned, he flew into a rage, venting the anger in his heart on his subordinates.

"Damn Chu Hao, I will definitely make you suffer."

"Quickly carry out the deployment and immediately continue the Journey to the West plan."

Buddha said furiously, his only hope was that the Journey to the West plan could succeed.

But the current situation was already different. In addition to the Western Paradise and the Heavenly Court, the Demon Clan, under Chu Jin's planning, had already become involved in the Journey to the West plan and had reached a cooperative relationship with Tang Sanzang and his four disciples.