That's right!
The Ruyi Jingu Bang had truly begun to turn.
Though it moved extremely slowly, it was undeniably turning.
The instant the As-You-Will Staff began to rotate, the entire Ninth Epoch World trembled violently.
The tremor reached up to the Thirty-Three Heavens and down to the eighteen layers of the Nine Nether Hells. For a time, immortals in the heavens were startled, the hundred ghosts beneath the earth wailed, and all living beings across the world fell into turmoil.
Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, hailstorms, and torrential rain. All manner of natural disasters erupted in succession.
It turned out that this world already possessed a world axis, while the As-You-Will Staff now also existed as an "axis." Thus, the moment it turned, it drew upon the myriad laws of this world, disrupting the operation of its world axis and the balance of its laws. That was why it caused such an enormous impact.
Elsewhere, in the Western Paradise, within the sacred realm of Spirit Mountain, at the Great Thunderclap Monastery, Buddhist light shone everywhere, and countless rosy clouds drifted through the sky.
Within the Mahavira Hall, Buddhas, bhikkhus, and bodhisattvas had gathered together, their Buddhist chants echoing throughout the chamber.
Suddenly, the hall shook. The Buddhas were startled awake and turned toward the place where the Buddhist light shone brightest.
One of them was Guanyin Bodhisattva. She stepped before the Buddha's seat and asked worriedly, "World-Honored One, what should we do?"
The Tathagata's golden body was immense, faintly visible amid the clouds and mist, its full form impossible to make out.
"Do not move. Do not speak. Calm your heart, still your spirit. Do not speak, do not act, do not think. Causes arise and causes fade; karma follows its course. Let it be."
"Yes, World-Honored One."
Guanyin returned