The Ruyi Jingu Bang carved blood-red arcs into the void as the remnant soul of Wukong and the phantom shadow of the Six-Eared Macaque tangled into a chaotic vortex. The staff flickered, revealing the "Qitian" Dao Pattern one moment and the "Six-Eared" demonic script the next, each collision shattering the sea for a hundred miles. Nezha stepped onto his Wind and Fire Wheels and charged into the fray, his Fire-Tip Spear lunging for the macaque's throat. Yet, the spearhead was deflected by the shadow of the staff—the demon monkey was actually capable of executing the essence of the Seventy-Two Transformations!
"Woof!" The Xiaotian Hound tore through the waves, its fangs clamping onto the end of the staff. The Six-Eared Macaque bared its fangs and backhanded the divine hound, hurling it toward the stone pillars of the Yama Palace. Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye shone with silver light, piercing through the demon monkey’s primordial spirit to glimpse a shard of the Five-Colored Stone hidden deep within its spirit platform: "So, you share the same origin!" Before he could finish, the Ruyi Jingu Bang suddenly split into two. One strand entwined with Wukong’s divine consciousness, while the other wrapped around the Six-Eared Macaque’s resentment. Shards of the Mending Heaven Stone fell from the tip of the staff like rain.
The Somersault Cloud transformed into a golden cocoon, enveloping Wukong. From within the mist came the blood-chilling cry of the Ancestral Dragon: "The Sea-Calming nee…
Chapter 46