Because of the previous events in Prelude to the Lotus Lantern, the viewers across all planes were preconditioned and unable to accept from the bottom of their hearts that one day, Erlangshen—the very mastermind behind the rebellion against heaven—would arrest his own sister to uphold the Heavenly Code of the Heavenly Court.
Just think back to how he had lost his mind for the sake of his mother, Yaoji, transforming into the ultimate terminator of relatives who killed the nine Great Jinwus and wanted to execute the Jade Emperor as well.
It was because of the so-called Heavenly Code of the Heavenly Realm that his Yang Mansion had been utterly destroyed, its families torn apart. Yet in the end, Erlangshen, who ascended to heaven and became the Judicial God, turned into the executioner of that very code.
Chapter 322