"Finally out!" Sun Wukong laughed and charged straight at Maitreya without another word.
Maitreya raised a hand and made a light beckoning gesture.
A portion of the three thousand worlds forming the road beneath his feet scattered apart, hurtling toward Sun Wukong like a meteor shower.
Sun Wukong swept his Golden Cudgel horizontally, shattering the first few worlds that crashed toward him.
The rebounding force even made him pause for an instant. Immediately afterward, worlds struck Sun Wukong's arm, yet rather than blasting him away or injuring him with overwhelming force—
They clung to his body, restricting his movements.
More worlds came crashing in from behind, the left, above, below, and the right, fitting tightly against him. In the blink of an eye, they had completely wrapped Sun Wukong up.
Before Sun Wukong could shatter those worlds and break free, even more worlds converged. A thousand worlds in total formed an incomparably massive sphere with Sun Wukong at its core.
Maitreya lightly pointed a finger, and the sphere radiated golden light as its form shifted.
Soon, a golden statue of Maitreya Buddha appeared within the chaotic void.
Its mouth was forever smiling, its brow furrowed above a huge belly. Reclining upon a golden lotus with its chest exposed, it had within its belly the faint silhouette of a terrifying demonic shadow charging wildly in every direction, trying to escape.
A great belly could contain what the world could not!
Having trapped Sun Wukong, Maitreya casually waved his right hand. The big-bellied Maitreya Buddha drifted into the distance and vanished without a trace. Sun Wukong likely would not be able to return anytime soon.
Tang Luo was in no hurry to retrieve Sun Wukong, because Guanyin's Jade Pure Vase had appeared in Maitreya's hand.
With a faint smile on his face,