Amid the mist.
Sun Wukong wore Golden Chain Mail, purple flames blazing all around him. He rested the Ruyi Jingu Bang on his shoulder with his right hand. Beneath his calm gaze lurked boundless pride and fighting spirit.
"He's out..."
Someone cried out.
In an instant, the atmosphere grew especially tense.
"Old Sun's been waiting for you for ages!"
"You baldies, and you Heavenly Court scum—are you ready to face Old Sun's boundless might?"
Sun Wukong stood on his Somersault Cloud and spoke as though it were nothing.
Before him, hundreds of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas displayed their divine powers, brandishing all kinds of spiritual treasures and magical weapons. Atop the clouds, a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals glared at him in fury.
Those commanding the hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals included not only Taiyi Zhenren and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, but also disciples of various sects who had been listed on the Investiture of the Gods List during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, such as Maitreya Buddha and Immortal Weng of the South Pole.
Yet not one of them was a Quasi-Saint!
That was why Sun Wukong dared to act so arrogantly, without the slightest sense of facing a formidable enemy.
"You insolent monkey! You stole the Western Teachings' supreme treasure, the foundation of our sect, and threw the Heavenly Court into chaos. Your crimes are unforgivable! Today, I shall capture you and uphold the principles of the Heavenly Dao!"
Manjushri Bodhisattva berated him furiously.
He soon circulated his magical power and charged at Sun Wukong. In an instant, the winds and clouds shifted, heaven and earth lost their color, and the aura of a Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal swept out. Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water ran rampant as flying sand and rolling stones filled