"It's safe to say it now: the Jade Emperor is sick, and seriously ill at the very least."
"What kind of bitter, ego-driven old man is this? How can someone be such a jerk? This just goes to show you always need to settle the price before making any deal."
"I don't get Erlangshen at all. Why help the Jade Emperor capture Sun Wukong when he hates him so much? It was clearly the Jade Emperor who picked on Sun Wukong first."
"Wait, what the—holy crap, Nezha, what are you doing? Don't tell me you're about to fight dirty?"
"Turns out there are eunuchs in Heaven, too!"
"Haha, Little Nezha stepping up to kick him twice as well! This Tian Nu picked the absolute worst time to show up, just when Second Lord here was itching to blow off some steam."
The Heavenly Realm didn't treat Erlangshen like a human being; they treated him like a beggar they wanted to brush off.
Erlangshen's group beating of Tian Nu served two purposes. First, Tian Nu was Queen Mother's lapdog. Basking in the favor of the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor, he constantly bullied Tianpeng—who was under house arrest by the Heavenly River—crossed him at every turn, and frequently ran back to Queen Mother to tattle.
Erlangshen beating the pulp out of him was precisely to vent this pent-up fury for Tianpeng.
Second, everyone across the Three Realms knew Tian Nu was Queen Mother's lackey. Beating him in full view of the Three Realms was meant as a warning to the Heavenly Realm: don't push people too far.
This time it was …
Chapter 311