At the moment the twenty-four Sea-Calming pearls shattered, towering pillars appeared in the void. On the surface of each pillar emerged the faces of the Jiejiao Golden Immortals: the turtle head of Wuyun Xian, the Dragon-Tiger Jade Ruyi of Our Lady of the Golden Spirit, and the Sun-Moon Pearl of Our Lady of the Tortoise Spirit—all transformed into sealing incantations: "Stone Monkey... break the seal..."
Sun Wukong thrust his Ruyi Jingu Bang through the first pillar, the Pangu eyelash patterns on the staff erupting with azure light. Inside the pillar, the lingering soul of Zhao Gongming suddenly opened its eyes, the Dragon-Binding Rope coiling around the staff: "Fellow Daoist... do not repeat the mistakes of the past..."
Nezha, feet planted on his reconstructed Wind and Fire Wheels, drove the Green Lotus Roots into the second pillar. The Lotus Platform blossomed into forty-eight petals, but the divine purifying light erupting from its heart was shattered by a spectral projection of Wuyun Xian’s Hunyuan Hammer: "The Ten Thousand Immortals of Jiejiao... to think we have become instruments of suppression!"
Chapter 183