The phantom of King Guang of Qin sat upright upon the Mirror of Retribution, its surface casting a crimson glare across the East Sea. Nezha’s Spirit Pearl Fragment coalesced within the glass, revealing the slaughter of one hundred thousand aquatic creatures at Chentang Pass—every corpse had a God-Binding Chain wrapped around its neck, the inner rings of which were inscribed with the scarlet seal of "Li Nezha." "Those who slay their kin belong in the Hell of Saws!" King Song struck with his Judge’s Brush, aiming at the center of Nezha’s brow; the River Styx water clinging to the brush tip hardened into icy blades.
The Wind and Fire Wheels suddenly disintegrated. The Yang Wheel enveloped the Spirit Pearl Fragment, while the Yin Wheel transformed into a fire dragon, incinerating the Mirror of Retribution. As the mirror shattered, Black Lotus roots burst from Nezha’s seven orifices. Twelve bronze pillars extended from the lotus pods, topped by the puppets of twelve Ancestral Witches. Silver blood flowed from Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye, coalescing in the air into the visage of Yaoji: "Jian’er, the tip of the Judge’s Brush was dipped in water from Yaochi!"
Sun Wukong rode his Somersault Cloud through the Underworld barrier, his Ruyi Jingu Bang churning the waters of the Yellow Springs into a vortex. The memories of the Mending Heaven Stone embedded in his staff flashed: the Mirror of Retribution was originally a fragment of the Five-Colored Stone used by Nuwa to mend the heavens! K…
Chapter 45