Truth-Refining Return to Sainthood, Enemies Under Heaven

"Form the formation!"

Facing Buddha Tathagata's overwhelming might, Wu Zhiqi did not underestimate him. He immediately had Sun Wukong and the others cooperate with him in manifesting the true form of the Chaos Demon Ape.

For a time, the powers of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind gathered. Under the influence of their Magic Power, they returned to their primordial state, and boundless Chaos Qi filled the heavens and earth.

Rulai's expression changed involuntarily.

In terms of strength, even Wu Zhiqi was no match for him. Yet now, before the demon ape true form manifested by the combined efforts of the Four Mixed Monkeys, he felt a trace of apprehension—a power capable of threatening him.

Among the Four Mixed Monkeys, the Arm-Reaching Ape Monkey corresponded to the Great Dao of Earth, the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey to the Great Dao of Water, the Intelligent Stone Monkey to the Great Dao of Fire, and the Six-Eared Macaque to the Great Dao of Wind. When the four monkeys came together and summoned the demon ape true form, they could effortlessly transform the primordial qi of heaven and earth into Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, returning everything to primordial Chaos and reducing all things to nothingness.

[Four-Element Truth-Refining Return-to-Sainthood Formation]

This was a peerless formation Xuan Yin had deduced using the formation Dao inheritance of the Shangqing Lineage and the Wu Clan's Twelve Divine Fiend Great Formation as templates, supplemented by the demon ape imprint deep within the primordial spirits of the Four Mixed Monkeys.

"Battle!"

As soon as the formation rose, all of Dongsheng Shenzhou began to shake violently, while an endless stream of Water Elemental Power flowed into the demon ape true form.

Among the four monkeys, Wu Zhiqi possessed the highest cultivation, so naturally, he took the lead.

Controlling the demon ape true form, Wu Zhiqi unleashed the Fighting Saint Method. In the blink of an eye, he had clashed with Buddha Tathagata over a thousand times in the void.

Though Rulai's golden body was powerful, it could not withstand such relentless bombardment. Left with no choice, he summoned the Nine-Rank Golden Lotus to protect his Dao body.

But how could Xuan Yin let him have his way?

The Vajra Ring erupted with immeasurable divine light, hovering above the demon ape true form's head as though it sought to collect every treasure in existence. The might of a Houtian Supreme Treasure was fully revealed.

"Om!"

Unfortunately, the Vajra Ring failed to achieve anything this time. Rulai uttered the Buddhist Sect's Six-Syllable Mantra, temporarily freezing the surrounding void.

Behind him, phantoms of three thousand Buddha kingdoms emerged. Endless power of faith poured like the Heavenly River into the Buddha Kingdom in Palm divine ability he had manifested.

The Buddha Light grew ever more dazzling as the power of the Five Elements revolved, seeming ready to grind all things between heaven and earth into dust.

[Great Thousand Destruction]

Rulai's Buddha Kingdom in Palm could only be considered a suppressive divine ability. What he unleashed now was the supreme offensive divine ability capable of destroying a Great Thousand World.

In a daze, Xuan Yin and the others seemed to see tribulation flames raging, worlds collapsing, and the Great Thousand Universe endlessly cycling through the four kalpas of formation, abiding, destruction, and emptiness.

"Break!"

Wu Zhiqi knew the terror of this divine ability. He immediately activated the Water Origin Great Dao, drawing the Water Elemental Power of Dongsheng Shenzhou, Southern Jambudvipa, and Northern Kurudvipa onto himself, all for the sake of delivering one heaven-shaking blow.

The Great Dao of Battle erupted and became tangible in the void. Empowered by Wu Zhiqi's Water Origin Great Dao, it actually developed an unceasing, ever-renewing intent.

The Bintie Cudgel collided with Rulai's divine ability. The Great Dao roared, and ultimate destructive power erupted, causing the entire world to show signs of replaying Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

Yet an inexplicable force manifested between heaven and earth, forcibly stabilizing the world.

"This is..."

Xuan Yin could not help looking toward the Thirty-Three Heavens. In this world, the only one capable of such a feat was likely that Laojun who had performed World Creation!

Seeing this, he immediately shouted, "To break through ignorance, one must awaken—without destruction, there can be no renewal! If we do not replay Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind in this world, how can we see through delusion and glimpse this so-called truth?"

Zhen Yuanzi made his move!

The Book of Earth manifested, and boundless Mysterious Yellow Qi surged forth, linking countless earth veins and empowering the demon ape true form, raising its aura to another level.

At the same time, within the Heavenly Court, the newly returned Ziwei Great Emperor and Taiyi the Rescuer Heavenly Venerate joined forces to breach the Heavenly Court's Heavenly River.

For a time, heaven and earth turned upside down. The Earth Origin Great Dao and Water Origin Great Dao descended into chaos, and the entire Journey to the West World revealed an air of destruction and finality.

"Ziwei, what are you doing?"

The Jade Emperor found it difficult to believe. He had never expected Ziwei Great Emperor and Taiyi the Rescuer Heavenly Venerate to choose this moment to help Wu Zhiqi and the others.

Taiyi the Rescuer Heavenly Venerate sighed. "Naturally, we seek to break through delusion and pursue the truth of the Great Dao! If Zhen Yuanzi had not told us the truth of this world, we would never have known that we ourselves are nothing but illusory beings!"

Ziwei Great Emperor nodded as well. "If one hears the Dao in the morning, one may die that evening. If we can glimpse the truth of the Great Dao, even if it lasts only an instant, even if we must pay an enormous price, we will not hesitate!"

"Your Majesty, see for yourself!"

Ziwei Great Emperor said no more. He merely tossed out the Imprint Stone Zhen Yuanzi had given them and sent it flying toward the utterly stunned Jade Emperor.

If they were all false, what meaning did the existence of this world hold?

As one of this world's most powerful great deities, the Jade Emperor's cultivation was in no way inferior to Rulai's. Yet upon seeing the Sage's true words recorded in the Imprint Stone, he instantly fell into a trance and began to question this world.

"Hahaha!"

The Jade Emperor could not help laughing. "How absurd! The existence of this world is actually illusory. Then what meaning is there in its existence?"

He stood there in a daze, watching Ziwei Great Emperor's actions without trying to stop him. Yet the turbulence in his heart could not be concealed by the Magic Power surging around him.

The Saint's Great Dao recorded in the Imprint Stone fundamentally denied their very existence. The Great Dao they had pursued all their lives was nothing but a joke. How could their hearts remain calm under such circumstances?

Better to destroy it!

At this moment, like Ziwei Great Emperor and Taiyi the Rescuer Heavenly Venerate, the Jade Emperor conceived the thought of destroying the world after his Dao heart shattered!

"Alas!"

A distant sigh suddenly descended from above the Thirty-Three Heavens. "When false is true, true is false. Why deny your own existence?"

"I never expected that brat to truly find a way to break the impasse!"

This time, it was not Laojun of Tushita Palace who spoke, but the Grand Pure Sage—the one who had performed World Creation, established order, and brought forth the countless living beings of this world.

He was the Heavenly Dao of this world, but when its living beings began denying their own existence, even he, as the Heavenly Dao, could no longer stop them!

Unless he created the world anew!

At this moment, he had undoubtedly become the enemy of all living beings. With the entire world against him, Man Conquers Heaven—the living beings of this world were resisting him, this "Heaven."

True Martial Emperor's gaze was sharp as a sword as he looked beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens. "We merely... do not wish to spend our entire lives living within an Illusionary Dream."

At this moment, the conflict of faith between the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect no longer mattered, nor did the Journey to the West. They only wished to glimpse the so-called truth of the Great Dao!

For that, even if the world had to be destroyed, even if they were doomed beyond all redemption, they did not care!

"Hahaha!"

Above Flower-Fruit Mountain, Xuan Yin could not help laughing. "Now the great momentum is on our side. The whole world has rebelled—we will certainly shatter this world's delusion!"

"Let me do it!"

At this moment, he directly took control of the demon ape true form from Wu Zhiqi, while empowering himself with the powers of the Water Origin Great Dao and Earth Origin Great Dao.

A beam of golden light suddenly shot from the demon ape true form's eyes, shattering all delusions. Wherever it passed, the Myriad Daos of Heaven and Earth returned to nothingness.

[Golden Eyes of Piercing Delusion]

The innate divine ability of the Mixed Demon Ape was like the final straw that broke the camel's back, allowing this world's foremost great deities to see the bloody truth clearly.

Rulai no longer attacked. Instead, he gazed toward the Thirty-Three Heavens, seeking only an answer.

But no more sound came from beyond the heavens, as though that supreme existence had already tacitly accepted the so-called delusion and the destruction of this world.

Seeing this, Xuan Yin hesitated no longer. His voice spread across the Three Realms and Four Continents: "Everyone, join me in completely shattering this world's delusion!"