Jindou Cave Abode, Law-Principle Sunken Prison.
The Immortal Lord of Myriad Laws copied five strands of Dao Resonance from the Supreme Purity Ancient Immortals and suspended them high beneath the vaulted ceiling, matching and counterbalancing the five members of the Preaching Squad.
Immortal arts were laws, Dao Fruits were laws, and the myriad true paths of self-attainment all fell within his cage of Myriad Laws.
The battle had reached a deadlock, and hopelessness loomed overhead.
Zhu Bajie secured his foundation as a High Immortal. His Dao foundation was stable, yet he could not break the closed loop of False Law.
Sha Wujin wielded his transformations as a Divine Immortal, his sharp edge held within, unable to tear apart his opponent's demonic god Dao body.
Little White Dragon discerned hidden workings as a Numinous Immortal, searching everywhere for gaps in the law-principles, but Dao Resonance of the same origin ultimately sealed every path ahead.
Tang Sanzang established his Dao as an Upper Immortal, but though his true Dao remained, the opponent's replicated false immortals restrained him layer upon layer, leaving him unable to unleash his power to bury delusion.
In an instant, the mechanism of Myriad Laws had locked all five of them firmly in place.
The path ahead seemed severed, every step a prison cage.
Sun Wukong stood within the formation, the perfected Dao Resonance of an Ultimate Immortal sunk deep within his body.
Heavy golden light shone in his eyes as he quietly watched the Immortal Lord's law-principles circulating across the air.
At that moment, he suddenly awakened to something.
They were all trying to break the deadlock through "Dao," contesting through "immortality," all falling within the scope of Myriad Laws.
Their opponent commanded Myriad Laws, copied Myriad Daos, and devoured myriad spirits, naturally counterbalancing them with ease.
Yet