Nine paths of Yuqing Divine Thunder split the firmament, and amidst the thunderous light, Yuanshi Tianzun stepped through the void. His left half still possessed the bones of a Daoist and the air of an immortal, but his right half was fused in flesh and blood with the prime matrix of the Investiture of the Gods, the twelve Golden Immortals' vital blood flowing along the roster texts to condense into a blood-colored flat peach upon his chest. Nezha's Wind and Fire Wheels suddenly spun out of control beneath his feet, the Yang Wheel's raging flames transforming into three thousand chains that coiled around the Spirit Pearl: "Spirit Pearl, if not now, when shall you return!"
Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye condensed its silver blood into an ice shield, thrusting the God-Slaying Spear toward the blood-colored flat peach. The instant the spear tip touched the fruit skin, the peach skin abruptly split open, revealing the face of Haotian being devoured by root systems: "Yang Jian... the waters of Yaochi... it was all a hoax..." The Xiaotian Hound tore at the matrix's root system, the "Yaochi" micro-carvings engraved upon its canine teeth bursting with divine light, actually corroding the roots to reveal the tear-stained, blood-weeping face of the Queen Mother of the West!
Sun Wukong's remnant soul merged into the fragments of the Ruyi Jingu Bang, the flower vines of the other shore upon the staff body tangling with the Yuqing Divine Thunder. The instant the petals devoured the thunder's …
Chapter 71