Confining Tang Sanzang

Sun Wukong scratched his head and gave a couple of sheepish laughs. "Bajie, aren't you perfectly fine? That's good, that's good."

"You dead monkey! If you act this recklessly again, I, your old Zhu, am really not going crazy with you anymore!"

Zhu Bajie exhaled heavily, closed his eyes, and said nothing more.

Sun Wukong paid him no further attention. Turning to face Great Immortal Zhenyuan, he called out, "Great Immortal Zhenyuan, This Old Sun has invited Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South Sea here. You know as well as anyone that the Bodhisattva's divine abilities are vast. Reviving the Ginseng Fruit Tree will be as easy as lifting a hand."

"I rushed back with the last of my strength, just hoping that Great Immortal would show mercy and release my master and junior brothers. What do you say?"

At this, Zhenyuanzi snorted coldly, his gaze turning slightly chilly. "You insolent monkey, you truly have some nerve!"

"You caused chaos in the underworld and rebelled against Heaven. Even after being crushed beneath Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years, you still showed no remorse. With your violent temperament, you actually went and toppled my Ginseng Fruit Tree today! If you hadn't brought Guanyin Bodhisattva here, not one of you master and disciples would be leaving Wuzhuang Temple alive!"

As his words fell, Great Immortal Zhenyuan lightly waved the horsetail whisk in his hand. A streak of clear light shot from its tail and swept straight into the air. The stone pillars confining Tang Sanzang, Sha Wujing, and Little White Dragon instantly crumbled, turning into specks of spiritual light that dispersed into the void. The ropes wrapped around them also fell away, drawn back into the heavens and earth like smoke and clouds.

As soon as he felt his restraints vanish, Tang