Scarlet blood mist erupted from the Monkey's eighty-four thousand pores, instantly staining his golden fur red.
In an instant, heaven and earth darkened, then turned blood-red once more.
"Ah!!!"
Beneath the broken Golden Cudgel, the Monkey clenched the dangling plume of his purple-gold crown in his mouth, as though boundless fury were bursting from his chest.
Within the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain hidden deep in the Monkey's heart, the young Daoist in a golden cloud-light Tai Chi Bagua robe let out a long sigh.
The Square Inch Mountain beneath him shattered, carrying away everything atop Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.
It poured into the Monkey's body.
Rumble!
Golden light burst forth beneath the Buddha's palm.
The Monkey's body seemed to turn into light itself, erupting with even greater strength. Like a purple-gold beam bracing the seas or a white jade pillar holding up the heavens, he forcibly supported the descending Buddha palm.
The immeasurable Buddha, nearly as tall as the firmament itself, let out a soft sigh.
"Wukong, your obsession has gone too far!"
"Obsession... obsession!"
Amid the shrieking currents and shattering void, flames surged from the Monkey's eyes.
"Old Sun has always had a heart of iron and stone. So what if I'm obsessed!"
His golden armor was stained with blood, his golden crown had fallen away, and his divine iron staff had broken, yet the Monkey remained unruly, remained obsessed.
The Buddha spoke no more and gently pressed down with his palm again.
Boom!!
The sky exploded. Violent winds instantly swept through the Four Great Continents, while the waters of the four seas all rose into the heavens.
The boundless earth overturned, mountain after mountain collapsed, river after river ran dry.
Countless living beings gazed toward the horizon.
They saw the golden Buddha palm descend, pressing down upon a roaring, furious