Gungun returned to the Primordial World with a heavy heart. Since escape was impossible, reincarnation was the only option.
Gungun remembered that, in the original course of fate, when Wutian descended upon the Western Heaven, he seemed to have said something to Tathagata Buddha: "Tathagata, will you leave on your own, or shall I send you off?" Tathagata had then gone off to reincarnate himself, leaving the mess of the Three Realms for Sun Wukong to clean up.
It seemed Gungun could only do the same when the time came. If he said to leave, Gungun would leave.
Forget it. I was mentally prepared for this long ago anyway. Reincarnation it is. Sooner or later, I'll return to the Heavenly Emperor's throne. There's nothing to fear, Gungun thought.
Then, standing atop a thick auspicious cloud, Gungun looked at the Chaos Bell nestled against its chest, parted its lips, and recited an incantation. The Chaos Bell turned into a beam of golden light and vanished as Gungun put it away.
The Chaos Bell was one of the three great innate supreme treasures. It possessed the might to suppress the Primordial World of Hongmeng, the power to reverse space and time throughout the heavens, the capacity to unfold the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao, and the ability to refine earth, water, fire, and wind. Its mysteries were boundless, its creative transformations inexhaustible. It could imprison time, suppress space, and reflect attacks from any treasure or divine weapon, as well as damage from all divine abilities and spells. Combining offense and defense, it rendered its bearer invincible from the outset when held above the head.
Back then, Eastern Emperor Taiyi had been hailed as "the strongest beneath the Saints" largely because he wielded the Chaos Bell. Now that the bell was in Gungun's