The Black Tortoise, its physical form as vast as a mountain, stood firm while supporting the *Book of Repentance* upon its shell. Its eyes, ancient as the stars, were locked onto the Three Teachings Sage Wheel, which had been forcibly frozen by the "Seal" character of the Heavenly Dao. The earth groaned; the yellow, primordial essence of the ley lines surged out like arterial blood from the massive abyss torn beneath the tortoise’s feet. The vitality of the Primordial World was being drained at a terrifying rate, and a withered, ashen hue spread across the land with visible speed. Within the canyon, Yang Jian struggled to reach the Xiaotian Hound but was blocked by the erupting geothermic energy. Sun Wukong leaned on his Ruyi Jingu Bang, his Somersault Cloud tattered and scattered, his Fiery Eyes of Truth fixed intently upon the frozen Sage Wheel. Nezha leaned blankly against a crumbling cliff face, his eyes hollow, his primordial spirit guarded instinctively only by the pure cyan light lingering within him amidst the violent tremors of the ley lines.
Deep within the core of the Sage Wheel—the cold, warped axis formed by the mutated Taiji Diagram—the dense black shadow of Laozi’s Evil Corpse surged and swelled violently! The humiliation of being bound by the rules of the *Book of Repentance* and the fury ignited within him burned like poisonous fire. In the depths of that shadow, two scarlet, blood-like eyes suddenly ignited. Piercing through the glowing light of the frozen …
Chapter 439