I subdue demons and monsters, and cultivate immortality in hell to become a saint.

The Great Ape King felt an excruciating headache.

It was as if countless Buddhas were chanting scriptures frantically in his mind, making his soul shake violently, his head felt like it was about to explode, and his meridians were twitching. He was in so much pain that he almost fainted!

He clutched his head tightly, his face contorted in agony, seemingly in unbearable pain, but suddenly cried out in a wail, "I surrender! I surrender! I'm willing to join the Buddhist order and will never resist again!"

Upon hearing this, all the monks present were overjoyed, and a smug smile appeared on their faces.

Unexpectedly, this arrogant Great Ape King was subdued so easily!

Only Zhi Hong was more cautious. His eyes turned sinister as he slowly took out a gleaming golden headband from his robes. A fake smile played on his lips as he said leisurely, "It is truly a blessing for our Buddhist sect that the Ape King is willing to convert to Buddhism! To show our sincerity, why don't you wear this golden headband? It is a treasure of our sect and can help you stabilize your cultivation. Consider it a small gift to the Ape King!"

A golden headband? A gift to greet you?

The Great Ape King's gaze sharpened slightly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, gone in an instant. He then feigned nonchalance and unguardedness, roaring, "Give it to me! I'll wear it!"

Immediately, a high-ranking monk of the Earth Immortal level, holding a golden hoop, slowly walked towards the Great Ape King, his face full of smugness, assuming that the stone monkey had been completely defeated and become a puppet of Buddhism.

Just as the high monk was about to get close, the Great Ape King suddenly launched an attack. His ferocity surged tenfold, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang in his hand transformed into a golden light, carrying a world-destroying power, and slammed fiercely towards the high monk!

"Snap—Bang!"

With a loud bang, the earth immortal monk didn't even have a chance to react before he was smashed to pieces by a single blow, his soul and body shattered, blood and bits of flesh splattered all over the ground!

Only that golden hoop, wrapped around the earth immortal's incomplete golden primordial spirit, made him tumble and crawl as he fled in a sorry state!

The Great Ape King, wielding his Ruyi Jingu Bang (magic staff), pointed at the fleeing primordial spirit and roared with arrogance and disdain: "You bald scoundrel! Do you really think I'm a brainless fool? This broken golden headband is nothing but a shackle to bind me. Do you think I'll have a good life wearing it? Do you think I'm easy to fool!"

Before he finished speaking, his body suddenly swelled up, and he stood there dozens of meters tall. The muscles on his arms were like coiled dragons, with sharp edges and full of explosive power!

Although its height of several tens of meters was not considered top-tier in the eyes of the cultivators, at this moment, in the eyes of all the monks, it was as majestic as an ancient divine mountain, towering to the sky and standing on the ground!

The Great Ape King's eyes were filled with unruly killing intent. With a flash, he soared into the sky, transforming into a golden light. With a staff carrying the power to destroy the world, he smashed it fiercely towards Yuan Kong!

"You bald bastards! Even if I die in battle today, my body shattered to pieces, I will never bow down to you hypocritical bald monks!"

Yuan Kong's face instantly turned ashen, and he roared in a hoarse voice, "We've been tricked! We've all been tricked!"

"That mischievous monkey was just stalling for time while secretly gathering his strength!"

"We can't give him another chance! Fellow disciples, let's attack together!"

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Kong stepped forward, slammed his staff into the ground, and his body radiated a burst of Buddhist light!

The twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls instantly erupted with an even more dazzling light, their power increasing several times over!

Below, in the East China Sea, hundreds of thousands of tons of seawater were forcibly extracted and transformed into a huge, ferocious water unicorn. It opened its blood-red maw, bringing with it towering waves, and fiercely bit at the Great Ape King, determined to swallow him whole!

The Qilin formed from seawater, though without a physical form, crashed down with the power to overturn rivers and seas, its overwhelming force enough to crush mountains!

The Great Ape King roared, and its body swelled several more feet, transforming into a giant ape with golden fur all over its body. The Ruyi Cudgel in its hand grew in response, and the thick staff instantly pierced through the clouds.

With a single strike, the shadow of the staff blotted out the sky, carrying the force to shatter mountains and split seas!

"You mere creature of water, do you think you can block my way?"

The Great Ape King increased the force of his staff by three points, and with one strike he shot straight into the sky, smashing the water unicorn to pieces!

A burst of water erupted from the sky, instantly turning into a torrential downpour, shrouding the world in mist!

The giant ape flashed out of the storm, its eyes surging with ferocity, like a ferocious beast out of control. Its feet shattered the void as it pounced straight at Yuan Kong!

"The Ape King has a karmic connection with my Buddhist community and should enter the monastic order, but alas, his mind is clouded by delusion. Therefore, this old monk will forcibly guide him!"

Yuan Kong feigned a hint of sorrow in his eyes and spoke in a affected tone, but his eyes were full of calculation.

He stepped into the eye of the array, and the power of the array instantly flowed into his body. A terrifying aura suddenly erupted, and the torrential rain suddenly stopped, rising and falling with his breath, as if it were under his control!

"Amitabha!"

Yuan Kong chanted a Buddhist mantra, then suddenly swung his staff. The raindrops instantly condensed into sharp ice blades, which shot towards the Great Ape King like a barrage of arrows, carrying a chilling aura!

As soon as the ice blade was drawn, Yuan Kong's figure vanished.

Within the great formation, his power had been amplified to the level of a True Immortal. He swung his staff like a whirlwind, carrying the force of thunder, and silently pounced on the Great Ape King!

clang clang clang!

The sound of metal clashing was deafening!

The Great Ape King slammed his fists into his chest, producing a thunderous roar, and instead of dodging or avoiding, he charged head-on into the ice blade!

The giant ape's body was incredibly strong, and its skin was as tough as refined steel. When the ice blade struck it, it only left white marks, without even breaking the skin!

Anger exploded in his chest. The Great Ape King, holding the Ruyi Cudgel, leaped up, the staff straightened, and with the force of splitting Mount Hua, it crashed down on Yuan Kong with earth-shattering power!

"The Dragon Elephant Prajna Dharma!"

With a low shout, Yuan Kong, amplified to the True Immortal realm by the great formation, immediately unleashed a secret Buddhist technique, with roars of dragons and elephants echoing through the sky!

His cassock burst open with a roar, his massive muscles bulged out, and his body swelled to more than ten meters tall, like a furious little giant. Terrifying dragon-elephant power filled his entire body, and every inch of his muscle contained the power to shatter mountains!

The man and the ape, like two out-of-control giant beasts, clashed fist to fist, staff to staff, the sound of metal clashing was deafening. In the blink of an eye, they had fought hundreds of rounds, and the heavens and earth trembled!

boom!

With a loud bang, the Yuan Kong Zen Staff burst forth with dazzling golden light, slamming hard into the chest of the giant ape king and sending it flying!

The Great Ape King was not seriously injured. After flying dozens of meters, he stabilized himself on a point in mid-air and gasped for breath.

He had already experienced a fierce battle with an Asura master, which had greatly depleted his strength. This intense fighting quickly exhausted his stamina.

The Great Ape King followed a pure physical combat route, exhausting all his strength in every strike. He first confronted the top experts of the Asura clan head-on, and now he was fighting to the death against the True Immortal Yuan Kong, who was amplified by the great formation. Even someone as strong as him was gradually finding it difficult to hold on.

"King of the Apes, admit defeat! You're at your last gasp; defeat is inevitable!"

Yuan Kong's scheme succeeded, his face full of composure and pride, his eyes filled with the arrogance of someone in complete control.

He had long anticipated that the Great Ape King was already at its last gasp; otherwise, how could he have dared to lead hundreds of Buddhist cultivators to set up a large formation to besiege it?

If it were the Great Ape King in its prime, even if it were no match for a True Immortal, it could easily break through the formation and escape. At that time, it would surely launch a relentless revenge against Buddhism!

If a powerful expert whose combat strength is comparable to a true immortal were to secretly seek revenge, it would be a catastrophic disaster for any sect. Therefore, today, he must take down the Great Ape King and never give him a chance to turn the tables!

Upon seeing this, hundreds of Buddhist monks immediately surrounded the Great Ape King from all directions, their prayer beads, iron pestles, staffs, alms bowls, and other magical implements shining brightly, unleashing a powerful burst of Buddhist light in an attempt to forcibly suppress the Great Ape King!

Roar--!

A deafening roar echoed through the sky, the Great Ape King's eyes shot out golden light, and every single golden hair on its body stood on end, like burning flames, its ferocious power overwhelming!

A surge of power, seemingly from nowhere, swept over his entire body. His Ruyi Jingu Bang was unparalleled in its power, and with a single sweep, dozens of Buddhist cultivators were instantly sent flying. The aftershocks of the blow crashed into the sea, creating towering waves hundreds of feet high!

"Grandpa was born between heaven and earth, I neither worship Buddha nor kneel before gods, I would rather die standing than live kneeling! You think you can make me admit defeat? Dream on!"

The Great Ape King's voice was hoarse, but its battle prowess became increasingly ferocious and unparalleled. It should have collapsed from exhaustion, but at this moment, its power was overwhelming, forcing the Buddhist cultivators to retreat repeatedly.

"The only staff that roams freely across heaven and earth, my demonic form is unrestrained and free! You bald Buddhist monks, come and fight!"

He radiated intense heat, like a blazing sun, and with his nearly exhausted body, he single-handedly held up the battle, fighting to the death with hundreds of Buddhist cultivators!

The immense demonic power erupted with a thunderous roar, each strike unstoppable, causing the Buddhist cultivators to retreat in defeat, screaming in agony. Many cultivators were even smashed into a pulp with a single blow, leaving no trace of their bodies!

"What a ferocious beast! If we don't subdue him today, he will surely become a great scourge to our Buddhist sect in the future!"

"This fiend possesses overwhelming power; the stronger it is, the more we must convert it and take it as a Buddhist practitioner!"

The Buddhist practitioners grew increasingly alarmed as the battle raged, yet their hearts burned with even greater fervor. To bring such a powerful figure into the Buddhist community would be an immense opportunity!

They knew in their hearts that if they didn't take advantage of the Great Ape King's exhaustion today, they would never have another chance!

The only way to convert this ferocious ape is now!

"The Great Formation of the Arhats!"

Zhi Hong let out a long roar, his voice piercing through the battle and resounding throughout the heavens and earth!