[Today, due to other commitments, I've combined two chapters into one, totaling over five thousand words. I ask for your understanding.]
Wukong and the others had slain many experts of the Heavenly Court and, with the help of Wu Zhiqi, had fled using the Water Escape technique.
By the time Ziwei Great Emperor and the Emperor from the East Pole Palace arrived, all that remained were drifting corpses, the air thick with blood, a scene of utter chaos.
Ziwei Great Emperor's expression remained unchanged as he said, "We arrived a step too late!"
The Emperor from the East Pole looked at Ziwei Great Emperor and said, "It seems that Ziwei Great Emperor is quite pleased?"
Ziwei Great Emperor replied, "My face is expressionless, where do you see joy? Do tell."