The Chaos Sea at the deepest level of Guixu suddenly began to boil. From the ruptured chest cavity of Hongjun’s remains, a nine-petaled demonic lotus emerged. In the heart of the lotus sat a pulsing, fleshy cocoon, its surface covered in three hundred and sixty suffering human faces—all of them names recorded on the Investiture of the Gods! As Yang Jian’s Sun and Moon Eyes swept across it, the cocoon exploded, and the splashing fluid corroded thirty-six space-time wormholes into existence.
"Daddy..." The Demon Child stepped barefoot out of the waves. The milky, infantile call caused Nezha to shudder violently. The infant’s face was identical to his own in childhood, and the Longevity Lock hanging around its neck was the very original crafted by Madam Yin’s own hands! As the Demon Child gently shook the red lotus pellet drum in its hand, the Karmic Fire of the eighteen levels of hell surged backward, burning the Bridge of Helplessness to ash.
Meng Po’s soup cauldron suddenly burst, and the waters of the River of Forgetfulness flooded into the mortal realm. Countless suppressed evil spirits crawled out along the river, each with a shard of Mending Heaven Stone embedded in their foreheads. Little Monkey’s Ruyi Jingu Bang suddenly lost control, and the nine Primordial Ancestral Dragons coiled around the staff bowed their heads to the Demon Child: "Respectfully welcoming the Holy Infant back to his rightful place!"
Chapter 18