Red Son got to work on creating a magic circle with his fire powers, creating symbols on the ground "so, pardon me by asking this but....how do you know MKs real name?" Tang asked making everyone turn to the fire demon "because he told me, I'm his friend/ cousin" Red Son said not looking up from his work "WHAT?!?" Mei, Pigsy, and Tang said in shock "before you ask no, we're not related, my mother and Macaque are adoptive brother and sister, he's been with me and mother for as long as I can remember" Red Son said. Finally Red Son finish creating the symbol "so, how exactly does this work?" Tang asked looking at the symbols "if I tried to explain mystical interdimensional travel to a bunch of peasants, it'd melt your brains" Red Son said crossing his arms "we don't have any other option" MK said, Red Son turned away and crossing his arms to hide the dust of pink blush on his cheeks "great speech Xiaotian, super motivational" Red Son said turning to the circle
He stretched out his arms, taking in a breath and slamming his hands down, then twisting each 90 degrees in the opposite direction, was what made the spell circle set alight and red lighting dance across the dronecopter, the gang except for Macaque ducked behind the rubble they were still standing behind, flinching as various sparks would get close, then a massive spell circle appeared before the ship, casting everyone in it's red glow, alongside waves of warmth engulfing them all "uh, we are sure mortals can travel to the celestial realm, yes?" Tang asked interrupting Red Son "of course they can!" Red Son said going back to opening the portal "Uh, safely?" Pigsy asked narrowing his eyes at the fire demon "sure....probably" Red Son said shrugging his shoulders "PROBABLY!!!" they all shouted, soon he portal already activated, and the dronecopter is sucked in, Macaque covered his ears to the loud bell-like sound ringing as they passed through each one while MK held onto him due to how fast they were going
Finally, they appeared into the Celestial Realm, the six were huddled together pale and Sandy had a flame on the tip of his mo hawk while Tangs braid looked as if he was just in a tornado "I did say it'd melt your brains" Red Son said giving the group a deadpan look, Sandy stood up and gasped, causing everyone to turn, approaching the ledge and they all were at awe at the sight "the Celestial Realm?!" Tang said in awe adjusting his glasses "so some special pills, a fancy peach, a fancy flower, and a furnace. Where are we gonna find these things?" Pigsy said turning to the fire demon. Red Son opened his mouth to speak, only to shut it, Mei gasp appearing behind the fire demon with a grin "Red Boy doesn't know!" Mei said with a smirk "wha- of course I don't know, this is my first time here! But I know there somewhere in this realm" Red Son said crossing his arms "what about you Mr. Macaque" Sandy asked the shadow demon "I've only been here once to visit an old friend of mine, I've never had the chance to explore the realm" Macaque said shrugging his shoulders
Tang, after fixing his braid sighed, and cleared his throat "well in the legend, Monkey King stole-" but the scholar was interrupted by Sandy "stole? That's not the Monkey King I know" Sandy asked innocently "Borrowed the Peaches of Immortality from the heavenly orchard so, if they did the sensible thing and moved them, they'll still be there" Tang said pushing his glasses up "the pills of the great master Lao Tzu, Monkey King sto- Borrowed some of those, too, they must be in Lao Tzu's alchemy lab, The Lotus of Innocence, that Monkey King tried to borrow, but due to it's much higher security system only borrowed one petal, they should be in the Emerald Temple in the garden" Tang said, then Red Son spoke "and what about the furnace, I can't make anything without that" he fire demon said "it could be in the lab, but my guess is it will be in the Jade Emperor's throne room" Tang said pushing his glasses up "wait what?" MK asked in confusion "huh?" Mei said equally confused "alright then, I'll be off to grab that peach tootles" Red Son said hopping of the railing
But Mei grabs him by the back of his coat and pulls him back "like we'd just let you wander off on your own" Mei said as Red Son struggles out of the dragon girls grip and dusted himself off "you just wait here like an obedient little-ow!" Red Son yelps as Mei bit his hand "I'm keeping you where I can see you" Mei growls out as the fire demon tried to fling her off his hand "I'll go for the pills, uh, they're just regular looking pills, right, round, kinda shaped like...pills, you know, like normal pills?" Pigsy said, Tang sighed "I better come, too" Tang said giving his husband a deadpan look "I'll get the flower, I did caught a glimps of where the garden is" Macaque said crossing his arms "and I'll get the furnace" MK said making the adults turn to him "on your own, cub I don't think that's a good idea" Macaque said not liking the idea of his son going alone "he's right, the throne room's too well guarded" Tang said not liking the idea either "I'll be fine, I'll sneak in the throne room, stay hidden in the shadows, grab the furnace, and sneak out without any of the guards knowing" MK said looking at his dads and ma. But before the parents could protest he slams his staff down and leaps into the air towards the palace
"You guys get the items, and get back here as fast as you can, I'll stay here and knock some sense into the engines" Sandy said, everyone nodded and with that, the groups split up. Unknown to the group, the three spider demons from before had followed them.
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Macaque jumps over the buildings and keeping hidden in the shadows without being spotted 'now I know the garden is around here somewhere' Macaque thought hiding behind a shadow of a building, he rearrange his scarf to cover his ears and face up as he continues his search for the garden. He heard a small bark from behind him and he looks down to see a white nine tailed fox pup staring up at him "hello there" Macaque said kneeling down and scratching behind the pups ear, the pup barked happily and leaned into the paw "aren't you an adorable" Macaque said smiling, the pup then sprinted forward and yip at Macaque "huh, you want me to follow you?" Macaque asked, the pup barks at the shadow demon their tails wagging "alright, lead the way" Macaque said following the pup
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MK stares in awe at the palace "guess, this is the throne room" MK said walking up the steps, unknown to the teen when he passed the lion dog statues, its eyes glowing gold once his back was turned, growling as he entered the emperor's throne room, the inside of the throne room was big and white with gold lining all around as well as artifacts and mist, covering the ground "whoa, I knew this place was gonna be big but..wow" MK said in awe, as he walked down the throne room, MK gasped, having noticed the furnace "there it is!" The teen said walking up to the furnace "well that was easy!" MK said smiling, but his smile went away when he saw something leap on top of the furnace, it was a Celestial hound with a gold and blue like collar with gold markings on its face snarling at the teen. MK backs away in fear when he stops to the sound of more growling behind him, he turns around to see two giant lion dogs snarling at him as they approach him 'oh gods, I'm surrounded' MK thought backing away
The snarling giant lion dogs and hound slowly followed him as the teen backed into a pillar, the teen whimpers and closed his eyes awaiting for one of them to attack him, but nothing happened, he opens his eyes and saw the hound and lion dogs.....sniffing him 'wha-what's happening?' MK thought in terror and confusion. The hound then started sniffing the teens left pocket and MK immediately remembered what was in it, he placed his hand in his pocket and pulled out the drawstring bag "is...this what you guys were looking for?" MK asked, the hound and lion dogs tilted their heads as they stared at the bag, MK opened the bag and pulled out a mooncake which was still intact "my ma made them for Lunar's New Year, do you guys want some?" MK asked holding the mooncake out, the hound sniffed it and ate it, he then gave some to the lion dogs and they ate it
The Celestial hound wag their tail as they licked the teens hand while the lion dogs licked the teens face "okay, okay, you're welcome" MK said smiling, the lion dog and hound stop and began leaving the throne room but one of the lion dogs paused and looked at MKs torn and dirtied hanfu and blew a cloud of smoke towards the teen making MK cover his eyes, when he opened his eyes he saw that his hanfu was now black with a gold markings on the lapel, a golden sash with black in the middle with gold marking, a long golden jacket with black on the end of the sleeves and lapel, and his red bandanna was now golden "wow" MK said in awe at his new clothes "thank you" MK said smiling at the lion dog, the lion dog smiled and heads back outside
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Meanwhile, a group of peach maidens were giggling, holding baskets filled with peaches, exiting the orchard. Mei and Red son were hidden behind the trees, sneaking into the orchard "so, heard you helped MK beat your dad" Mei said breaking the silence "THAT WAS ONE TIME!!!" Red son said his face red, Mei just snickers at the act "My father, the great Demon Bull King, was.....not himself" Red Son said his hand over his neck feeling a phantom pain his eyes looking sad. He turns to see Mei staring at him with worry, his face blooming crimson, as his hair catches flame "but I am only doing this to help Xiaotian and Shūshu and none of you sorry excuse for a heroes" Red Son said crossing his arms looking away from the dragon girl "but, you're totally assisting right now" Mei said before letting out a gasp "you are a hero!" Mei said smiling "huh?" Red Son said in confusion
"Red Son, Red Son, hero of the city, saving dad, saving the world, saving spicy barbecue one bud at a time! buy two get one free" Mei said showing her phone to the fire demon "would you give me that!" Red son growls, taking her phone and destroying it "let's just get this peach and-" unknown to the fire demon, Mei took out a spare phone from her pocket, wrapping an arm around his neck "Mei and Red Son, heroes on a quest!" she said grinning, staring at the camera "Okay, let's go!" Mei said runniing towards the peach tree, Red Son glares at her his eyebrow twitching as "I've just decided, she's next on my hit list" Red Son said walking to where the dragon girl was heading unknowing that a spider demon was watching them from above a peach tree
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Meanwhile in Lao Tzu's lab, Tang gasps as he looks around the lab, his eyes sparkling "every item in this room is brimming with untold, dangerous power!" Tang said accidentally knocking down a green gem stone breaking it "Tang, stop screwing around!" Pigsy said scolding his husband "hmm, Lao Tzu's pills. If I know anything about the legends, they won't be easy to find" Tang said pushing his glasses up "is this them?" Pigsy asked holding out the pills, gasping as he ran up to the demon pig, eyes sparkling as he stammers "That's them!" Tang said but quickly cleared his throat "yes" he said more calmly "great, lets get going!" Pigsy said with a smirk, but a sudden laugh forces the two to turn, seeing Huntsman "what's the rush little piglet" Huntsman said he throws a bola web at the two, who quickly duck, running away with the pills
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Back in the throne room, MK sighs as he finally took the chains down from the ceiling "there, now to haul this out of here" MK said grabbing the chains, but he stop when he felt a chill down his spine, he let's go of the chain and jumps away just as strings of web shoots to where he was, he turns to where they were coming from and saw Rui with his hand out "hello again young one" Rui said shooting his web string towards the teen, MK quickly turns into a shadow and hides in a darker part of the throne room "you can't hide from me that easily" Rui said and began searching while MK looked at the spider demon and the furnace from up the pillars 'this has gotten a lot harder' the teen thought trying to figure out what to do
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Meanwhile, Macaque watched as the fox pup ran around another corner and barks, as Macaque turned the corner he saw the garden along with the Emerald temple "wow" Macaque said in awe and turns back to the nine tail fox pup "thank you for your help" Macaque said with a smile, the fox pup barks happily and ran off. Macaque looks back at the temple and sneaks in the garden making sure to stay hidden in the shadows, when he got close to the doors, he slowly opens them wide enough for him and slides right into the temple. As he close the doors he saw the temple was big with Emerald and white colored walls and pillars, along with a crystal clear pond and at the center of it was a sparkling pink diamond lotus floating in the center of the pond
"The Lotus of Innocence" Macaque said slowly walking towards the pond, as he was getting nearer to the pond he stops as his ears started twitching and jumps away just as a spear lands where he was piercing the ground "Halt!!" a voice said, Macaque looks up to see none other than The Third Lotus Prince Nezha
"You dare come and try to steal The Lotus of Innocence, mortal?!" Nezha said pulling his spear from the ground glaring at Macaque "I'm not here to pick a fight pal, I just need the lotus to save the world" Macaque said, Nezha scoffed "as if I would ever believe you, leave, or there will be consequences" Nezha said glaring at Macaque, Macaque glares back and summons his staff getting in a fighting stance "so be it" Nezha said and charges at Macaque spear in hand. Macaque blocks the spear with his staff "the fate of the world is at stake, so I need that lotus!" Macaque said pushing the lotus prince back "enough of your lies!!" Nezha said charging forward again. the two weapons clashes with each other with clash after clash, finally Macaque knocks Nezha's spear away "stay down" Macaque said pointing his staff to the lotus prince. Nezha smirked as he used his ribbon to wrap around the shadow demon, tying him up leaving him in a red cocoon, Nezha approach him and remove the scarf letting out a gasp at the person who was in front of him
"Macaque?" Nezha said his eyes widened "it's been a long time little brother" Macaque said smiling, the ribbons unraveled around the tanned and the lotus prince pulls him into a hug "where have you been, do you have any idea how worried I was" Nezha said hugging his older brother "I'll explain later, right now I really need the lotus" Macaque said pulling the lotus prince off him " Spider Queen's back and she's using this venom to turn people into her slaves, The Lotus of Innocence is one of the ingredients for an antidote that can cure everyone and stop Spider Queen from taking over the world, please Nezha you have to trust me" Macaque said. Nezha looked at his older brother, then to the lotus, then back to Macaque. He walks to the pond, picks the lotus up from the water and turns to Macaque with the lotus in his hands "......I trust you" Nezha said handing the tanned simian the lotus "use it wisely" Nezha said, Macaque smile at his younger brother "I will, thank you "Macaque said and quickly left heading back to the drone ship
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"Stop moving dragon girl, you're gonna make me fall!" Red Son said on top of Mei's shoulders "sorry" Mei said standing on her tippy toes so the fire demon could reach, finally Red Son grabbed the peach "oh, well that was easy" Red Son said as Mei turns with Red Son still on her shoulders, only for them to bump into the larger spider demon "well, well, you and your little girlfriend are coming with me" the large spider demon said smilling down at the teens "his!" Mei said angry and disgust "girlfriend?!?" Red Son Said his hair in flames "flaming fist of dignity!!" Red Son said blowing flames into the spider demons face "ah! you got me in my favorite eye!" the large spider demon said punchin the teens, but Mei dodges them and runs out of the orchard with Red Son still on her shoulders "hey! get back here with that stone fruit!" the large spider demon said as he began to chase the teens "let...me...down!" Red Son said trying to hold on "there's no time!!" Mei said still running
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Back at the lab, Huntsman turns a corner as he sniffs the air, chuckling, Pigsy and Tang were hidden behind a shelf as the demon passed them "Here piggy piggy" Huntsman said looking around, Pigsy grunts, pulling out a rope of sausage from his work shirt, as Tang fearfully peers over the shelf "oh, we gotta do something" Pigsy said wrappin the sausage around his knuckles, Tang nods in agreement, turning his attention to the items in front of him. He smiles, grabbing a vial, only to drop one as it crashes "there you are" Huntsman said making the married duo look up to see the spider demon above them, landing on the ground laughing "oh-ho. you're going down!" Pigsy grunts, swinging the sausages like nunchucks, Huntsman grins, rushing towards them, Pigsy was ready to fight back, but Tang got in front of the pig demon, he shouts, throwing the vial at the demon, only to miss. Tang gulps as Huntsman grins, suddenly, black vines sprout from the liquid, grabbing Huntsman, he struggles as he is dragged into the hole while the two husbands stared in horror and shock "I-I thought it was gonna turn him into a little ducky!" Tang said, Pigsy sighed, grabbing Tang by his scarf"Come on, let's get outta here" Pigsy said as Huntsman slowly drags himself out of the hole
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"You can't stay in the shadows forever young one" Rui said looking behind the throne "I can smell your fear" Rui said while MK looked down from where he was hiding, he holds in a groan feeling himself straining just to stay in his shadow form 'I can't hold onto this form any longer, think MK think' the teen thought looking around the room for anything he could use, he looks to the door to where the lion dogs were and had an idea 'I just hope it works' he thought. As Rui looked behind a pillar he turns and saw MK running towards the door "there you are" the spider demon said and shoots his webs towards the teen, only for them to go through the teen as MK disappears in a puff of purple smoke "what?" Rui said in confusion "looking for me!" MK said making the spider demon turn around just as MK slams the staff down creating a large cloud of smoke, Rui shielded his eyes as metal parts and items flew into the smoke, when Rui looked back he saw a gold and red lion dog mech with the chains to the furnace in it mouth and Mk on its back, leaping over the spider demon and running out the doors, Rui huffed angrily and began chasing after the teen