Within the River of Time, the Supreme True Buddha smiled at Meng Qi in revenge. Then, while Meng Qi was entangled by Demon Buddha Ananda and the Heavenly Dao Monster, it abruptly fled, leaving behind only the Buddha's imprint, seated atop Spirit Mountain in the Great Thunder Sound Temple, compassionate and merciful.
The Supreme True Buddha was an Other Shore-level monster. To be devoured and assimilated by it was to become a part of it. Not only was the future cut off, but only an imprint remained of the past, making resurrection by changing history impossible. Thus, Zhu Bajie had truly perished!
More importantly, Zhu Bajie had died before returning to the Heavenly Court. Everything he had done afterward, and the role he had played, consequently collapsed with a crash, and history began to converge and change.
"Bajie!" Within Spirit Mountain, Victorious Fighting Buddha's Dharma Body—translucent, blue, and gold—suddenly opened the vertical eye in his brow, sensing the strange disappearance of Zhu Bajie's aura.
The Bodhi Wisdom Eye surveyed the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, reflecting the mysteries of heaven and earth and all things in the world. Yet it could no longer find any trace of Zhu Bajie's existence. Even the way he had vanished had become a blank, as though nothing had ever happened—as if Altar Cleanser Envoy had suddenly been reduced to ashes.
Anger blazed in Victorious Fighting Buddha's eyes. Glazed light erupted above his head, transforming into boundless radiance that brought forth a violent ape clad in Golden Chainmail, wearing the Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown, and gripping a heavy Golden Cudgel.
Who would dare sneak-attack and kill Bajie!
Shading his eyes with a hand, Great Sage Equal to Heaven and Victorious Fighting Buddha searched for the slightest clue, strange lights shining in their eyes. Yet