When the Rivers and Mountains Map unfurled amidst the radiant Buddha-light of Lingshan, Mount Buzhou—formed from the remains of Empress Nüwa’s spinal column—suddenly erupted with a rain of five-colored blood. I swung my Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear to sever the demonic vines entangling Nezha. My Heavenly Eye pierced through the mountain’s fissures, revealing not molten lava, but the internal organs of the Demon Ancestor Luohou. Twelve ribs were gradually knitting together to reconstruct his complete form.
"Old man Rulai!" Sun Wukong swung his Ruyi Jingu Bang toward Lingshan, but his seventy-two avatars were frozen in place by a sudden emergence of Buddha-lotuses. Beneath Nezha’s feet, the Wind and Fire Wheels ignited with jet-black Karmic Fire. The instant his Fire-Tip Spear struck the Buddha-light, the Universal Heaven Ribbon coiled tightly around his throat. "Yang Jian... something is moving beneath Lingshan..."
Xiaotian Hound shifted into human form and leaped onto the mountain ridge. Beneath the rock strata cleaved by his black iron folding fan, a horrific truth was laid bare: Rulai’s sixteen-foot golden body was rooted into the foundation of Mount Buzhou, its spine perfectly fused with the shattered vertebrae of Empress Nüwa. As the mountain shuddered, the gold plating on the Buddha’s body flaked away, revealing the Demon Ancestor’s carcass beneath, covered in witchcraft runes.
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