Chen Wei froze. When had the Great Sage arrived?
Utterly bewildered, he glanced toward the golden radiance shining on his shoulder and only then discovered a glittering monkey hair perched on his Dharma Aspect's shoulder. He had no idea when it had appeared.
Naturally, the little Immortal Official knew nothing of it.
The Great Sage had casually left that monkey hair behind when Chen Wei had draped an arm around Sun Wukong's shoulders during the bridal procession.
The monkey hair had not manifested in the illusion earlier.
Now that his immortal power had returned, his activation of Heavenly Law, Earthly Form had awakened the Great Sage's divine sense within it.
The actions of mighty beings were always unfathomable.
Perhaps the Great Sage had foreseen that Yang Jian would put him through an ordeal today and deliberately left this contingency?
Whatever the reason, salvation had finally arrived.
"Great Sage!" Like a drowning man clutching at a straw, Chen Wei cried frantically within his sea of consciousness. "You've come at just the right moment! Help me defeat Second Brother!"
"Defeat Yang Jian?"
The Great Sage's divine sense chuckled mischievously. "If Old Sun were here in person, I could battle him until heaven and earth turned upside down. But with just one hair and that flimsy magic power of yours, winning is a pipe dream. Still, scraping a draw should be possible."
The words had barely fallen.
The monkey hair dissolved into specks of starlight, rushing through Chen Wei's meridians straight into his spirit platform.
Control of his body changed hands.
Then the golden-armored Monkey King threw back his head and unleashed a wild howl that shattered the clouds above.
Boom!
Violent demon aura erupted like a volcano, and his body surged taller once more.
Previously only reaching the Blue-Armored War God's waist,