The sap gushing from the Mother Tree’s wounds transformed into a scarlet downpour. The moment it touched the golden bricks of the South Heavenly Gate, the Thirty-Three Heavens were corroded into a honeycomb of holes. Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye split the curtain of rain with silver light, revealing that each droplet contained a Peach Wood Root as fine as a hair—and at the tip of every root grew the hideous face of Yuanshi Tianzun! "Close your seven orifices, quickly!" the Xiaotian Hound roared, tearing at Nezha’s armor. The Qing Qi erupting from the hound’s fangs formed a barrier, but the raindrops pierced it, coalescing into tiny blood-red swords that struck straight at Nezha’s eyes.
Sun Wukong rode his Somersault Cloud into the sky, his Ruyi Jingu Bang churning the vortex of blood rain. As the Mending Heaven Stone touched the rain, the image of Nuwa weeping blood as she sealed the Mother Tree suddenly flickered across the staff: "So, this demonic tree should have been eradicated back in the Chaos!" His Seventy-Two Avatars lunged at the Mother Tree’s trunk, but upon touching the bark, they were backlashed—the Yuxu Dharma Eye split open on each avatar’s brow, and pupils shot out Shangqing Divine Lightning, bombarding the original body.
Under Nezha’s feet, his Wind and Fire Wheels exploded into a curtain of Yin-Yang fire, the Green Lotus Root System piercing deep into the blood rain. As the Lotus Platform absorbed the rain, Nezha clutched his chest. The face of Yuanshi Tianzun …
Chapter 124