Had the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Truly Lost His Spirit? Sainthood Could Break the Deadlock

Tap, tap, tap...

Heavy footsteps sounded.

It was as though those footsteps fell at the center of heaven and earth.

With every step, the laws and rules of all things underwent a mysterious transformation, stirring ripples beyond description.

The Five Elements Mountain seemed to become a world sketched in lines and colors.

Within that mystery lay something no words could express.

This change

roused a flicker of life in Sun Wukong, who had been little more than a walking corpse.

He stared at the lines around him, so close he seemed able to pluck them with his fingers, and an indescribable light appeared in his eyes.

He sensed that if he could disrupt the patterns within those lines,

he could shatter the Five Elements Mountain completely.

Then he would be free to roam as he pleased!

Before long, a figure both familiar and strange appeared before Sun Wukong.

Surprise flashed in the Monkey's eyes.

But he soon calmed down.

Nothing else stirred him. Only the stillness of dead water remained.

"How did the Great Sage Equal to Heaven of old become so downcast? Did that battle truly beat the spirit out of you?" The man smiled. "If I didn't know this was the Five Elements Mountain, I'd think I'd come to the wrong place."

The man stood before Sun Wukong.

But the Monkey had little spirit left. "Greetings, Senior," he said hoarsely.

He had met this man before.

Back then, the Jade Emperor had sent him to the Dao Sect to ask for a few drops of Three Lights Divine Water. While there, he had seen someone practicing martial arts in a courtyard.

Curious, he had gone over to speak with him.

That man was the master of the courtyard.

The master had even said he had taught him a