As these ten great characters appeared, Jade Slip Xiao Hua blew out another breath. Near the left side of the stone stele, misty rosy clouds arose and colored light swayed. Cypress and pine trees sprang up one after another, countless strange flowers and exotic grasses carpeted the ground, and finally, Spirit Birds such as immortal cranes appeared nearby, wheeling through the air. Amid several beastly roars, white deer, black bears, and the like rolled about before the cave entrance, then scattered in every direction...
Having fashioned such a scene, Jade Slip Xiao Hua was finally at ease. He landed beneath the strange mountain and stretched out his hand, whereupon a spirit storage pouch appeared in his palm. Opening it, he shook the fire ape wearing the Sun Moon Crown from within and dropped it onto the ground. Looking at the fire ape with its eyes tightly shut, Jade Slip Xiao Hua pointed, and the Sun Moon Crown vanished into the ape's head. Then Jade Slip Xiao Hua flew into the air and watched everything with a smiling face.
The fire ape slowly opened its eyes. Before it could make out the surroundings, it immediately leaped up in a thunderous rage and roared in every direction. Yet when it saw that all around was silent, with only the sounds of wind and birdsong, it froze. In disbelief, it looked left and right, scarcely daring to believe that Xiao Hua, who had tormented it, was not beside it. It even touched its own head again, only to find that the Sun Moon Crown was gone as well.
"Roar! Roar!" The fire ape was delighted. It threw back its head and roared, pounding violently at its chest and even rolling about on the ground...
It carried on like that for nearly half an