"Hehehe, with two brothers on our side those ghost devils won't be an issue at all."

"This war will be over quick, who knew praying would be so effective."

"Hey don't be too cocky, living devils are still a threat."

"Yeah, did you not see how badly the Colossal Shark clan's been dealt?"

"Hey, pour me another!"

In the following periods of time after the last major confrontation, the soldiers of the anti-devil alliance had settled into a slim moment of relaxation. Sharing drinks, stories, even cultivation techniques. It became common to, at the very least ignore the existential crisis of the Devilish Dao.

Jieyin and Zhunti found themselves the centre of attention. After all, their display of might had been quite eye catching. Both brothers displayed never seen before techniques which dispelled numerous ghost devils.

As fellow innate gods, the likes of Hongyun, Zhen Yuanzi, Fuxi, Kun Peng, Minghe, Di Jun, even some of the twelve brothers from Mt Buzhou joined together to celebrate them.

"A small matter, small matter benefactors," Zhunti was relatively quick to socialize. Despite having a weaker mastery compared to most people of his generation, he spoke as if they were equals. Jieyin mostly stayed silent, did not participate in alcoholic drinks, and only made some small talk regarding his understanding of the Dao.

"So brother Zhunti, have you given thought of which army to join?" Leizhu asked. This god of lightning and thunder merrily patted Zhunti on the back. He wasn't truly affected by the alcohol, but he pretended he was. "A man of your talents can do great things with me and commander-general Ao Guyue."

"The woman leading the next offense?" Di Jun asked. "Not a bad idea. But it seems the higher ups wants to entrench a stronger foothold for now. Our numbers just aren't what they used to be."

"Yeah, it's sad so many abandoned the offensive. Why didn't his majesty Dragon Sovereign stop them?" Fuxi inquired.

"Stop them? I think he agrees with those who left. Their bases are being attacked right now. Let me tell you, big shots who rule territories like them hate having to lose them," Di Jun said. "It's the same as some of the star lords from the Starry Skies."

Di Jun's explanation caused Fuxi to nod along. The two had been getting quite close. In fact, between major battles, Di Jun had become chummy with alot of people. It seemed this time he wanted to court Zhunti and Jieyin to be his friends as well.

"I will go wherever I am needed. Where that is has always been the west," Zhunti said. "Benefactors, One of the conditions my senior brother and I have to work here is to protect the west. While what is happening outside is sad, we are ultimately beholden to our own homeland."

"Right, I'd be pissed too if the Starry Skies is corrupted by those devils," Di Jun said in agreement. "It'll be so much easier though if we were more united."

"What do you mean? The anti-devil alliance is an alliance of all living beings are we not?" Di Jiang chimed in from his sitting area. Unlike the others, Di Jiang's body was massive. He did not transform, nor did he have any mouth to drink with. Instead, he merely enjoyed the company of his new friend Di Jun.

"Ah brother Di Jiang's group is pretty insular so you guys probably don't know," Di Jun addressed him and his brothers and sisters who were all laying about. "But the alliance is just a rough agreement by numerous countries to attack a single threat. Everyone's ultimately beholden to their own no matter what they say."

"Look at the Dragon Sovereign? He evidently relies on his dragons to do things. The legions he formed are made mostly of dragons and innate creatures from the seas. The Phoenix Sovereign is the same, but with avians. Even the various clans from the East Continent aren't any better. There's no unity to be found anywhere."

Di Jiang nodded along, a side glance at the agreeing face of Zhu Jiuying made him believe Di Jun. His second brother was someone always in deep thought, if thought so too then it must be. "What about the Limitless Supreme Chaos Immortal on our side? Is he not our central leader?"

"Senior Oceanic Heavenly lord is a mighty figure," Di Jun said with reverence. "But he's akin to an ultimate weapon. A deterrence for the Limitless Supreme Chaos Immortals on the other side. He exists so we don't get massacred by that Hundun fellow, or Mara, or possibly Luohu. In open battles, the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Sovereign fulfilled the same role as well. But I've never seen senior Oceanic Heavenly Lord lead."

"Come to think of it, yeah he's our greatest weapon but not the commanding officer," Zhen Yuanzi answered with realization. He, Hongyun, and some others were just listening until now but found the topic to be quite interesting.

"Not every strong man is a leader," a reserved voice said. Taiyi, the younger brother of Di Jun slowly put down his cup and addressed everyone present. "I can annihilate my brother in battle. There will be no contest. But I lack the vision, the planning skills, the skills to lead as he does. I am far far far greater as a cultivator, but I am not foolish enough to replace him as our army's general."

"Hey Taiyi give your big bro some slack. Not all of us can be freaks of nature like you," Di Jun chuckled merrily. He wasn't the least bit angry towards Taiyi, who can fault the golden crow for speaking the truth? Even among the group present, Di Jun's personal strength was middling at best.

"Zhunti is better at planning them me," Jieyin agreed in his soft voice from his corner after sharing a warm look with subject of mention.

"Leading figure. Like what if there was a single sovereign who reigned over the Great Wilderness. The devil's greatest strength seems to be their unity, if only we had that too."

No one was sure who said that. But it did get two people thinking.

…

There was another person watching the party, a pair of sneering eyes and six twitching ears. What was said was unimportant as the figure was too busy thinking up what to say. Pure unadulterated disdain radiated from the six eared macaque.

The target? Why Zhunti of course.

Who hadn't heard of this man? As a person well immersed in machine translated webnovels about this setting, Liu Er was intimately familiar with the two two-faced bald donkeys from the west. Zhunti above all was a pathetic worm, too weak but to hug Jieyin's thigh. Too weak that he had to resort to pathetic scheming to get to where he was.

It was said that when Hongjun Dao Ancestor preached to three thousand guests in his Zixiao Palace, Zhunti and Jieyin arrived late. The six legendary prayer mats at the very front was already taken. But this guy, this cheating worm, Zhunti started crying like a baby.

Even tried to commit suicide. It wasn't until Hongyun, described by authors as an equally pathetic stupid retard nice guy, decided to give his seat to Zhunti. Hongyun moving lead to Zhunti trying to coax the next easiest person to remove. You see, the six people sitting on those mats were the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Kun Peng, and Hongyun. The first three were the most arrogant beings ever, of course they'll not move, Nuwa was a woman so who could ask her to move? The easiest target was hence Kun Peng.

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Not helped was Yuanshi starting his racist schtick towards Kun Peng. As he and Hongyun were removed, the six people remaining on those mats obtained the opportunity to become Saints of Heaven. Kun Peng so angry, but he couldn't do anything to them. So he took his anger out on Hongyun, ultimately leading to the latter's foolish demise.

"Zhunti and Yuanshi are the worst of all," Liu Er muttered. "Bald donkey and that pathetic Yuanshi always going on about how inferior demons are because they're covered with scales fur…sca…f…scal…fur…fur…scaaaaaaa."

Liu Er's facial features did not change, but his mouth started spasming. It was as if he had trouble saying something. At the same time, it was as if he didn't even notice the oddity of his actions.

Just then, Randeng the little Golden Immortal walked by. Due to his low status, he was acting as a gofer for the mighty figures chatting. Noticing Liu Er, he approached him, trusting him to be a fellow comrade.

"Um, are you okay?" Randeng tried to ask. But it was like Liu Er didn't even hear him.

"Faaaa…fu…sc…sca…sca…sca…Fur and ARMOUR!" The monkey suddenly exclaimed with a completely straight face. Just like with the bruise on his cheek, it was like he didn't even notice his own strangeness. It certainly freaked Randeng out.

Liu Er proceeded to march forward without a care in the world. Bursting out of the bushes, he made long strides towards Jieyin and Zhunti.

"Oh? Benefactor I was wondering when you would join us," Zhunti greeted with a bow. Liu Er's presence had been easy to see after all. "Your combat ability was truly mesmerizing to see, ah little monk is left in awe…"

"Shut your mouth you lying snake," Liu Er spat venomously. his presence sent the other innate gods sans newcomers into groans of annoyance.

"This guy again?" Hongyun sagged his shoulders and gestured to his head. "Don't listen to him brother Zhunti, this monkey's got some problems up here."

"You shut up," Liu Er spat in his direction.

"Hey don't speak to him like that," Zhen Yuanzi placed down his cup and demanded. Despite flora starting to sprout around him, one could feel deep power emanating from him.

"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up." Liu Er repeated.

"Um," Zhunti appeared bewildered. But Liu Er cut him off again.

"The most pathetic of the six saints who's never fought a battle in his life." A clawed finger pointed right in front of the innate god's face. "You're the worst of them all, the only loser among the six saints. You deserve a quadrillion deaths for fucking up Daoism."

"I'm sorry we met before?" Zhunti said, completely confused as to what was going on.

"Firstly, you're a lazy bald donkey who always take advantage of others and steals everything that doesn't belong to you. Secondly, you always stick your nose into business that's not yours. Thirdly, the Heavenly Court belongs to the east not your pathetic poor barren west. Oh the west is so barren, the west is so barren, oh boo hoo hoo cry me a river. Fourthly, I bet you have a small dick and jerk off all day to a picture of Nuwa."

"Excuse you?" Fuxi leapt out of his seat launched a punch at Liu Er. Fuxi may've not been a physical body cultivator, but his innate god body was nourished under Mt Buzhou for eons and was still very strong. Liu Er actually took a step back from his surprise attack.

Zhunti was just confused as to what the hell the monkey was talking about.

A look of indignation crossed the monkey's face. In his head, the part that did all the speaking, he felt betrayed.

"You."

"You."

"You."

Three consecutive, 'yous,' was uttered by the monkey followed by a slap back. Unfortunately, a slim feminine hand was quick to pin him in place.

BOOM!

"Cease this at once," a furious Houtu had interfered. Coils of soil slithered up the macaque's body, trapping him in layers upon layers of the earth. It was a scene very similar to a certain other monkey numerous years in the future.

"Fuxi you traitor, you are underserving of being one of the Three Sov…sov…Five Empe…Sov…Tha…fa…" he started spasming again with a completely unchanging expression. It was actually quite creepy to most people watching.

"Three Emperor Five Emperor!" Liu Er finally said. Fuxi meanwhile, was nursing his injured hand while flanked by Di Jun, and Taiyi.

"This guy ami I right?" Kun Peng chuckled still seated. He and Leizhu opening laughed, finding the scene Liu Er made to be utterly hilarious.

"Houtu you two faced witch…lich…magus!" Liu Er screeched. In his mind, he furiously recalled why he didn't like Houtu. She was a lying two faced woman with no morals and ethics at all.

According to all the novels he'd read, she may seem kind having sacrificed her body to become reincarnation, but she was always biased towards her race of 'witches'. Always scheming against the mc for trying to control reincarnation, she was just as bad as that two faced Laozi. And in reality, she was a disgusting creature with a serpent tail, seven arms, and soil like skin. Not pretty at all!

The goddess in question spent alot of effort to control her temper. She knew the higher ups didn't want infighting at such a crucial time. What's more, for whatever reason a chunk of the ascendent dragons liked Liu Er. In addition, she didn't want to see any more deaths after the last great battle.

She quickly lifted a finger when Liu Er went for a bite. After she subsequently raised her hand, spacetime bent a portal into existence. Di Jiang's meaty fist came through, smashing Liu Er's form away.

The offending monkey skirted across the West Continent's surface. In a few seconds, he smashed into the ground creating a monkey sized crater. Di Jiang's flabby body jiggled in surprise, he'd actually intended that to be a kill shot yet the monkey survived that so easily.

"I see how it is! I see how it is!" Liu Er roared as if he was the party wronged. "Fine then, I hate the west anyway. I'm smart and I'll do what's right and defend the east!"

The monkey did not even hesitate to summersault away. The ground cracked at the pressure. All the commotion caused by Di Jiang's punch finally roused the attention of Chaos Immortal dragons and phoenixes. The group of innate gods didn't pay Liu Er any attention as they went to tell them what was going on.

At the end of the day, Zhunti ran his hand through locks of his hair. "Bald donkey? But I do have hair."