Accompanied by a piercing shout, a golden light shot up into the sky, the five vital energies converged, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top!

Her Three Flowers were different from those of the green wolf, consisting instead of three solid gold-cast lotuses that seemed to possess life themselves!

Five vital energies converged on the origin, creating a spectacular, terrifyingly real river of heaven and earth energies!

This was a true Daluo Golden Immortal!

At her fury, thousands of beasts lay prostrate, daring not to stir!

The next moment, a woman with a slender figure and wearing a crane robe, albeit with bare thighs, walked out of the cave, looking somewhat uniquely beautiful. Her face cold as frost, she gestured and a white tiger leapt over and lay down before her.

Master Guyue mounted the white tiger and pointed toward the Coast of the East Sea, saying, "To the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit!"

At the same time, Master Guyue shouted through the air, "In three days, I shall twist off Sun Wukong's head and place it before the tomb of my beloved disciple!"

Boom!

The world trembled.

You see, not many people knew about Sun Wukong escaping from Five Fingers Mountain. But his triumphant return to the Kingdom of Ao, his dominance over the three great sects, and the reinstatement of his flag as the Great Sage Equalling Heaven had indeed stirred the world. He was a sensation, attracting immense attention; one could say Sun Wukong's fame was at its peak.

It was at this time that Master Guyue declared her intent to twist off Sun Wukong's head and sacrifice it for her loved disciple.

This naturally became big news.

Immortals live long, and a long life is bound to be boring, but having seen much, most events no longer sparked their interest.

However, the current situation piqued everyone's interest.

Within those three days, countless Scattered Immortals, Heavenly Immortals, Earth Immortals, Cultivators, great Demon Kings, Ghost Kings, and so forth, all flocked to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.

But at this particular moment, the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit was unlike before; previously, Sun Wukong had kept the doors wide open, welcoming guests from all over the world.

Yet, after the turmoil in the Heavenly Palace, he had seen through it all; these were but fair-weather friends, so he decisively closed the doors, leaving only a large monkey at the gate holding a banner that read: "Non-residents of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, scram!"

Seeing this banner naturally drew a lot of dissatisfaction, but after all, they were immortals, who cared about face, civility, and manners, so one after another, they cursed in frustration and went to the opposite mountain.

At the same time, some mischief-maker dug up a piece of news.

"What? Sun Wukong really killed Master Guyue's beloved disciple, Qingya Immortal?"

"This name, is it the Qingya Immortal from Mount Ling?"

"No, it's just a namesake. However, this Qingya Immortal was quite remarkable; it is said he had a body that could fuse medicines. Any medicine ingested would purify itself, expelling poisons and absorbing spiritual medicine into the blood. Extracted, it could be used to concoct a batch of premium elixir, being an exceedingly rare medicinal body amidst heaven and earth.

Master Guyue spent fifteen hundred years in the Temporal Secret Realm activating the full potential of the green wolf's bloodline, all in preparation to concoct a grand medicine to break through to higher levels.

But that green wolf was killed by Sun Wukong. Can you imagine her anger?"

"Thousands of years of preparation, ruined in an instant, anyone would go mad!"

"Yes, this is definitely a fight to the death situation, there's exciting drama ahead!"

"Are you sure Sun Wukong killed him?"

"That green wolf died right below Five Fingers Mountain, coincidentally on the very day that Sun Wukong left Five Fingers Mountain.

With yin and yang reversed at that moment, no one could discern the cause and effect. But during that time, in that place, the only one capable of killing the pseudo Daluo Golden Immortal green wolf was that monkey."

"That monkey's a born troublemaker, having been crushed under Five Fingers Mountain for five hundred years, been fed on nothing but iron soup and copper juice. He must have craved something with a bit of flavor by now," I mused.

"Might be, might be..."

"Might be my ass!"

On Mount Huaguo, Sun Wukong couldn't help but curse up a storm.

Next to him, a red-bottomed monkey named Marshal Ma leaned in curiously and asked, "Great King, was it really you who killed him?"

Sun Wukong gave him a look, but his thoughts were already drifting to the day he escaped Five Fingers Mountain.

That day, he was teasing some local practitioner, when suddenly a powerful aura rose in the distance. He saw Five Qi directed toward the Origin and Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, but with his keen eyes, he could tell it was all flash and no substance, so he paid no mind.

Then, a blast of Fist Power swept over, shattering a small mountain nearby.

After that, he met that bald fellow...

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong had a realization!

At that time and place, the only one who could have killed Immortal Qingya with such brutal efficiency was one person...

Marshal Ma asked again, "Great King, was it really you who killed him?"

Sun Wukong snorted with laughter, "That disciple wasn't my doing. But, a disciple repays the debts of a master, not that it matters now. What matters is, are you sure that Master Guyue is a peak Daluo Golden Immortal?"

Marshal Ma nodded, "Great King, I may just be a red-bottomed monkey with unimpressive combat skills, but my understanding of Yin and Yang and my ability to calculate the cosmological constants are not to be scoffed at. She's definitely a peak Daluo Golden Immortal, a formidable force to be reckoned with, so you must be cautious."

Marshal Ma knew Sun Wukong too well. Always lofty and arrogant, ready to fight anyone with his staff.

This kind of attitude was bound to lead to trouble, but he worried about angering Sun Wukong with direct advice, so he could only drop a hint.

To his surprise...

Once Sun Wukong heard 'peak Daluo Golden Immortal,' he began muttering to himself, "Master once said, if you can fight, fight to the death; if you can't fight, call for help. Who should I call? Luckily, I've already called someone..."

At this, Marshal Ma was filled with confusion and disbelief, a myriad of thoughts running through his head: "Is this really my king? Could this be some demon in disguise? This doesn't seem right!"

Then he saw Sun Wukong pull out a Spirit Talisman and burn it, and from the talisman, a Taoist appeared, breaking into laughter upon arrival: "Wukong, is this about Master Guyue?"

Sun Wukong scratched his head, chuckling, "Exactly! You know, since she is a Daluo Golden Immortal, I might get beat fighting her. Brother, if you're free, could you come over and give her a couple of slaps for me?"

Zhen Yuanzi laughed wryly, "To be called out for a duel, yet to bring in help... that's truly something Senior Tang would do. Seems you didn't inherit his combat skills, but you've certainly grasped the essence."

Sun Wukong looked sheepish.

Zhen Yuanzi said, "However, I just happen to be busy these next few days, not in the Earth Immortals Realm, so I'm afraid I can't make it."

Sun Wukong complained, "No way, big brother! You're not really going to make me face that lady alone, are you?"

Just as Zhen Yuanzi was about to respond, they heard a swooshing sound followed by an explosion at the Water Curtain Cave, and a figure burst in!

In an instant, the monkeys inside grabbed their weapons and surrounded the newcomer...

As the figure landed, the monkeys raised their weapons high.

Sun Wukong and Zhen Yuanzi, recognizing the gleaming bald head, screamed almost in unison, "Hold your fire!"