Chapter 331

Across various planes, Erlangshen’s subservience in the Celestial Screen and his series of malicious, despicable acts behind the scenes drew the harshest criticism and a torrent of furious backlash. Because of the tragic fate suffered by Yaoji and her family, the various planes felt a particularly strong sense of repulsion and disgust toward this so-called Heavenly Code in the Lotus Lantern world. This was especially true when they saw that Chenxiang and the Third Holy Mother—both victims of persecution under the Heavenly Code—originally had a chance to receive pardon and clemency from the Jade Emperor, only to suffer unprovoked disaster because of the backstabbing from Yang Jian, their own flesh and blood. Try as they might, people could not wrap their heads around it. In a situation that favored their own side, Yang Jian—someone who was himself sharing the same miserable fate—not only failed to step up and speak for the Third Holy Mother and young Chenxiang like he once did when he risked everything to split the mountain and save his mother, but instead actively obstructed Chenxiang's rescue efforts at every turn, even attempting to put him to death.