Master and Disciple Reunite at Five Elements Mountain

Five Elements Mountain was originally called Two Realms Mountain.

Long ago, after Sun Wukong wrought Havoc in Heaven, Buddha Tathagata suppressed him here with a turn of his hand. A Buddhist Gatha Golden Talisman was affixed to the mountaintop, and the towering mountain held him firmly imprisoned.

Not long ago, Tang Sanzang, the reincarnation of Golden Cicada Child, passed through this place and removed the golden talisman, causing the mountain to collapse and the earth to split. Sun Wukong was on the verge of escaping, but the nearby Tang Sanzang was frightened out of his wits. His body was injured, his primordial spirit left his body, and a farce unfolded in which the "Holy Monk was crushed into a monkey-head mushroom," forcing the Journey to the West to halt.

At this moment, three days had passed since that farce.

The shattered mountain had largely been restored to its original state by Guanyin's immense power. At least on the surface, it was still that majestic Five Fingers Mountain Peak, except the foot of the mountain was now littered with rubble and freshly turned earth. At the summit, the crucial Buddhist Gatha Golden Talisman had also been "put back in place."

Guanyin Bodhisattva stood in midair, her face still unnaturally pale, with a trace of inextinguishable humiliation, indignation, and coldness lingering deep in her eyes.

Before her floated a faintly glowing golden phantom of a primordial spirit. It was Golden Cicada Child's damaged primordial spirit, not yet fully stabilized. Beside her stood Sun Wukong, his face full of impatience as he scratched at his ears and cheeks, along with Little White Dragon Ao Lie, who had just reconstructed his body and stood listlessly silent.

"Sun Wukong, stop fidgeting!"

Suppressing her irritation, Guanyin shouted at the Monkey.

"Once I return Golden Cicada Child's