The path of the Nine Immortals had been settled.
The five members of the Preaching Squad abandoned the illusory Great Dao of the Immortal Emperor and returned to the ancient source of Supreme Purity.
The road ahead no longer meant defying the tide and resisting Heaven. It meant tracing their source, returning to their lineage, and following the Dao to attain realization.
The deathly silence in Jindou Cave had yet to lift, and the rules of Myriad Laws still weighed heavily upon them.
The Immortal Lord of Myriad Laws' Dao Resonance flowed through the void, imprisoning them layer upon layer, locking their techniques, their strength, and their arts without loosening in the slightest.
The Lingbao hung in midair, still the Immortal Lord of Myriad Laws' bargaining chip for mocking them.
Their desperate predicament remained unbroken, the pressure undiminished, yet the five had undergone a world-shaking change of heart.
Now that they had pierced through to the source and found the true path, they no longer needed to struggle blindly.
Their divine senses were linked, their Dao hearts shared a source, and understanding flowed between them without a word or gesture.
Tang Sanzang reined in the sharp edge of Nirvana.
Sun Wukong gathered in the fighting spirit forged through a hundred battles, suppressed his surging ferocity, and quietly awaited the moment of completion.
Little White Dragon subdued his draconic resonance and perceived every current of energy across the battlefield, preparing to channel the momentum of the Dao.
The entire squad settled their minds, paving the way to immortality.
The first to act was Zhu Bajie.
He had already been the guide who led them toward breaking this deadlock, using the Diligence Makes Up for Clumsiness System to read ten thousand scriptures and strip away every layer of false embellishment imposed by