Seeing Han Guang flee into the distance, and sensing that the Azure Emperor was about to ascend to the Other Shore, the reincarnation hand seal manifested by Emperor Fengdu was like a dream—vanishing in the blink of an eye and leaving only the Golden Cudgel standing high in the sky.
In this exchange, Sun Wukong had felt as if he had strength but nowhere to use it. The utmost hardness had encountered the utmost illusion, producing no ripples of impact at all. He could only interfere layer by layer with the hazy dreamscape. Although his strength surpassed his opponent's and he possessed the might of Nothing Unbreakable, hardness had been overcome by softness, illusion had been made real, and he had been left unable to break free for the time being.
With a snort, the Golden Cudgel shrank and withdrew from Spirit Mountain. The Great Sage Equal to Heaven stood in the gap between the myriad realms, his fiery eyes and golden pupils watching azure light illuminate the Ten Directions and the illusory River of Time swirl around the Azure Emperor.
Below where he had fought Emperor Fengdu, the Water Ancestor's divine image—which had been born only to perish, and perished only to be born—shattered completely. The vast ocean ebbed away and vanished. The Nether Sea Sword paused for an instant before flying back into the chaos beyond the heavens.
With the Water Ancestor there to single-handedly block the Sword Qi and aftershocks, Han Guang had finally found an opportunity to take up the Bodhi Wonderful Tree. Unfortunately, the quietly resting Three Treasures Ruyi had caused all his plans to fall through. Seeing that the Demon Buddha had not been released and that he himself had not fully awakened, Seven Kill Daoist could not be bothered to create more trouble