At the same time, an Illuminating Dragon appeared in the Three Realms.
"How could it be him?"
The Monkey King's brows furrowed slightly.
The Illuminating Dragon coiled up proudly in the sky with a red light flashing in its eyes. Its gargantuan body emanated a boundless might that was not inferior to that of a Heavenly Venerate.
It was a third smaller than the Illuminating Dragon they had encountered before, but its power was not to be underestimated.
"Evil creature!"
Emperor Qing Hua did not retreat as he unleashed his Nine-Colored Lotus Technique.
Countless rainbow lights clashed with the flames around the Illuminating Dragon's body, resulting in earth-shattering booms.
The Illuminating Dragon did not evade in the slightest. It opened its mouth to devour the rainbow lotuses and spat out flames as it engaged Emperor Qing Hua in battle.
"This won't do."
The Jade Emperor looked on for a moment. "Qing Hua might not be able to stop the Illuminating Dragon."
A ball of flames revolved around the Illuminating Dragon's body, making it appear even more imposing and massive. The boundless power imbued within its attacks struck fear into the hearts of onlookers.
Emperor Qing Hua was using offense as defense, but he was unable to suppress the Illuminating Dragon.
"Amitabha."
The Buddhist Ancestor stepped forward and put his palms together. "If that's the case, then I'll go and help him."
He had something on his mind, and this was the perfect opportunity to use the Illuminating Dragon to prove it.
However, before he had a chance to do anything, a pristine figure suddenly rose into the air before piercing through the clouds and charging into the battle.
"Who's there?"
The Buddhist Ancestor turned toward that direction.
He immediately understood what was going on when the first dazzling footprint appeared in the sky.
It was the Donghua Emperor.
The Emperor charged into the battle and immediately unleashed a kick toward the Illuminating Dragon.
A massive footprint appeared in the air before crashing toward the Illuminating Dragon with astonishing might.
The Illuminating Dragon could sense the threat, and it let loose a thunderous roar before unleashing a bolt of lightning upon the footprint, shattering the Donghua Emperor's attack.
"Hmph!"
The Donghua Emperor harrumphed coldly before unleashing a flurry of kicks.
Before his first kick was even completed, hundreds of thousands of footprints appeared in the sky before crashing toward the Illuminating Dragon.
The Donghua Emperor's footprints flashed with immortal symbols, and they were as fast as lightning.
Every step he took stirred up a violent gust of wind. Like a five-fingered mountain, they howled and smashed onto Zhulong's body.
The entire Thirty-three Heavens was shaking, and the torch dragon began to roar amidst the rumbling. The violent shock waves even caused the surface of the celestial river to surge.
The Donghua Emperor was in the limelight, and all the immortals in Stellar Sky City were stunned.
"Why is the Thearch so agitated?"
Luther Seijin asked.
Many people were puzzled by the fact that the Sovereign Emperor, who had always kept a low profile, took the initiative to join the battle.
"He must be competing with the Celestial Thearch!"
Fire Seijin guessed the answer.
"The Emperor wants to compete with the Celestial Emperor in terms of feet!"
The immortals were enlightened.
Back when the Monkey King kicked the Torch Dragon out of the Three Realms and used his gigantic hand to suppress it, the Three Realms were singing the praises of these two unparalleled ultimate moves. They had forgotten the ancestors of the Donghua Emperor and Buddha.
It was a great opportunity to meet Torch Dragon again today.
The Donghua Emperor naturally wanted to compete with the Monkey King, so he was going to use the same technique as him.
However, the Donghua Emperor's attacks were not going to be that easy.
The Torch Dragon's aura engulfed heaven and earth, and the more enraged it was, the more powerful its aura became. Each and every one of its attacks was imbued with the power to shatter heaven and earth.
As it roared with rage, the Chaotic Realm erupted into the sky. The Torch Dragon's attacks were like a surging golden torrent, smashing through the countless footprints in the air amid resounding booms.
Thankfully, the Donghua Emperor wasn't fighting alone.
Emperor Qing Hua could sense that the situation was dire, and he conjured up several hundred clones to guide the nine-colored lotus around the Torch Dragon, creating a scene of terrifying killing intent.
From afar, it looked as if hundreds of dazzling lights had formed a heavenly net that rained down upon the Torch Dragon like a torrential downpour.
The two immortals joined forces and gradually gained the upper hand. The Torch Dragon retreated in agony, but its ferocity only increased.
The entire sky buzzed in the fierce battle between the three, and the sky shook violently.
The Torch Dragon roared with rage as it unleashed a barrage of terrifying lightning. The surrounding area was instantly enshrouded in lightning, making it impossible to look directly at it.
The lightning tore through space and swept away the colorful lotus around it, but it was still unable to change its predicament.
Emperor Dong Hua and Emperor Qing Hua joined forces to attack. Immortal spells flashed with astonishing might, and the Torch Dragon was once again suppressed.
Boom!
Finally, two terrifying divine lights pierced through the Torch Dragon.
The Torch Dragon let out a final howl of despair as its gigantic body began to shatter inch by inch, turning into flames that fell from the sky like a rain of fire.
"Too powerful!"
All of the mortals in Heavenly Stellar City looked up at the sky with surging emotions.
In the eyes of the mortals, this was a paramount battle between gods.
The Torch Dragon died, and flames fell from the sky as raucous cheers erupted throughout Heavenly Stellar City.
"Blood lotus."
A voice suddenly sounded from within the chaos, following which was the sound of a spell being chanted, each and every syllable imbued with a mysterious power.
Everyone's cheers came to an abrupt halt.
Heavenly King Li, who was at the front lines of the beast tide, raised his head. He was shocked to discover that the rain of fire that covered the sky had turned into red lotus flowers. It was extremely strange.
"Stop them!"
Li Tianwang immediately yelled as he sensed that something was amiss.
The heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals unleashed spell techniques toward the blood lotus flowers, but they all passed through as if they were attacking illusions.
"Our attacks are useless against it!"
The heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals let loose cries of surprise as the red lotus flowers drifted toward the Shield of Heaven.
The heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals immediately burst into flames upon coming into contact with the blood lotus flowers, and they were unable to extinguish the flames no matter what they did.
"What's going on?"
Cries of panic rang out in the air.
All of the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals could sense that their immortal power was being drained away. It was as if a hole had opened up where the blood lotus flowers had landed, and their immortal power was being absorbed by the blood lotus flowers.
"Our immortal power has been taken away!"
Everyone was shocked.
As the immortal power of the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals weakened, the Shield of Heaven's defenses also became weaker.
The beast horde surged forward in a frenzy. Strong winds blew in all directions as the demonic beasts attacked in waves.
As time went by, the Shield of Heaven was instantly covered in cracks, and there were gaps everywhere.
The situation was extremely urgent.
The immortals were stunned by the sudden turn of events. They could only watch helplessly, but they could not think of a solution.
The sky was dyed dark red by the blood lotus flowers.
"Don't worry."
Monkey King said, "Old Lord is already prepared."
Under everyone's gaze, he took out a golden immortal talisman.
This was an immortal talisman that Taishang Laojun had created for him. He had already anticipated this situation, so he naturally came up with a countermeasure.
The immortal talisman flew out of Monkey King's hand and split into two in midair, then into four. They scattered and turned into countless palm-sized golden lights.
"It's your turn to help."
Sun Wukong said all of a sudden. Then, a pair of huge wings glittering with golden light unfolded above his head.
In an instant, the immortal talisman that had received the order turned into a sky full of flowing lights and shot toward the army cloud.
The light rain was vast and mighty. The powerful explosion attracted Li Tianwang's attention.
He turned to look at this scene with a shocked expression.
Li Tianwang did not even have time to dodge.
In the next moment, the light rain rushed into his body without any obstruction.
But unexpectedly, he did not feel any pain.
Not only that, Li Tianwang's immortal power that he had expended began to recover rapidly.
Countless golden lights flew past him and pierced through the sky, shooting into the bodies of the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals.
In an instant, all the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals were bathed in the dazzling golden light like a dazzling galaxy.
The beast horde's attack slowed down, and the Shield of Heaven that was in danger immediately stabilized.
The situation was stabilized once again. Everyone turned to look at the source of the light, Monkey King.
Behind him, a beautiful woman stood upright as if she was hugging something important. She used her wings to wrap the entire Shield of Heaven.
Rings of golden light rippled from her body, protecting them firmly.
The illusory blood lotuses melted like snow in the light.
The heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals felt as if they had returned to the day when they wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
But that once terrifying and invincible woman was now standing behind them to protect them.
Her huge eyes reflected every heavenly soldier and heavenly general. Her gaze was gentle and kind, like a mother's.
The woman spread her wings again. Flames rose from her body, shining brilliantly. Countless immortal talismans formed her incomparably beautiful wings.
Under everyone's shocked gazes, the golden wings devoured the blood lotuses in the sky. Vast immortal power filled the sky, nourishing everyone.
"Mother."
The overflowing warmth made some of the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals suspect that it was their mother.
Jade Emperor also looked at the woman in shock.
"So powerful!"
It had been a long time since Monkey King had used his merit avatar. He did not expect it to be so terrifying.
There were hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals.
How much power did it take to nourish so many people on its own?