Wukong and his comrades arrived within the Map of Mountains and Rivers to locate the formation's core, but instead, they encountered a terrifying entity who claimed to be the "Heavenly Illuminating Holy King." This individual's mana was so profound he killed Taiyi Golden Immortals and Daluo Golden Immortals with the snap of his fingers. Many protectors of the Buddhist sect's various heavens perished at his hands. Among the fellow deities who had come, only Emperor Shi was saved by the Buddha of Immeasurable Life.
At this moment, the Heavenly Illuminating Holy King reached out with his Hand of Xuanyin, grasping Wukong and the others in a brutal squeeze, aiming to crush them all to death and use their vital blood to nourish his own flesh.
"Evildoer, cease your madness!" A soft shout rang out as a sword light descended with a hiss, severing the Xuanyin Great Hand alive, with the dark energy dispersing as quickly as ice and snow melt upon meeting a hot iron.
