When the dark iron chains of the Heavenly River floodgate snapped, the roar from Gonggong’s severed head shattered the nine layers of Weak Water. Yang Jian swung his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade into a gap in the chain, and his divine purple blood seeped along the grooves of the blade, inadvertently awakening the dormant aura of the Pangu Axe. "Mother..." His Heavenly Eye revealed a horrifying sight—at the source of the chain, it was wrapped tightly around Yaoji’s waist, and the links were covered in Dao Patterns from Yuxu Palace.
Nezha stepped onto a fragment of the Donghuang Bell and charged toward the gap in the gate; the chains bound by his Universal Heaven Ribbon suddenly elongated. The Hetu patterns on the ribbon collided with the witch-runes on the chains, casting chaotic sparks that illuminated an ancient secret: these chains were originally forged from the eyelashes of Pangu, later refined by Yuanshi Tianzun into the Immortal-Binding Rope. "Second Brother, look!" As he pried open the inner wall of a chain link with his Fire-Tip Spear, four blood-red characters were clearly engraved there: "Yaoji suppresses the Witches."
The Xiaotian Hound transformed into a Bronze Chariot and smashed through the wreckage of the gate, its third leg landing on the fractured chain. When the Golden Crow Fire beneath its foot touched the dark iron, the entire Heavenly River surged backward. Scenes of the Twelve Ancestral Witches performing a sacrifice emerged from the water—they wer…
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