Prelude to the Final Battle...

"Here... is Five Finger Mountain!?" Prince Important's voice kept rising, the seven words matching the seven musical notes exactly. It was clear just how furious he was at that moment.

"The old temple beneath Five Finger Mountain... thirteen hundred zhang wide, two hundred and fifty-six zhang tall..." Chen Xuanzang stood dumbfounded.

Before them stood a dilapidated little temple that looked ready to collapse with the next gust of wind, along with bare, shattered mountains. Where was the Buddha statue his master had described as "thirteen hundred zhang wide and two hundred and fifty-six zhang tall"?

"Hahaha!" Prince Important suddenly burst into laughter. "I've really been made a fool of today. I actually believed some filthy beggar and came all the way to this godforsaken place looking for Sun Wukong."

No wonder Prince Important was laughing in fury. They had flown painstakingly for so long, crossing more than half the lands of Middle-earth and Great Tang, only to arrive in such a barren wasteland. Anyone would have been enraged. If Yin Kuang and the others had not already known there were hidden mysteries at work, they likely would have reacted just like Prince Important.

"Impossible!" Chen Xuanzang said firmly. "Master would never lie to me! This is Five Finger Mountain territory. That giant Buddha statue must be here; we just haven't found it yet."

Prince Important snorted. "Then I'll take my leave. Rather than waste time here with you people, I'd rather save a few more lives and kill a few more demons." Yin Kuang hurriedly stopped him. "Prince Important, since we've already come this far, what's a little more time? Perhaps there really is something here that we haven't discovered yet." Prince Important said, "What mystery? If there were one, do you think I wouldn't see it? Let go, or