The Primordial Giant Spirit God captures Sun Wukong at the start.

The Jade Emperor pondered for a moment, a struggle seemingly in his eyes.

"The Giant Spirit God is a high-ranking official in the Heavenly Court whom I personally promoted!"

The Taoist Ran Deng's face darkened.

Fine, I'll add more money then!

Why make it sound so high-sounding?

He silently took out another purple-gold alms bowl.

The Jade Emperor accepted the purple-gold alms bowl, and after a brief examination, discovered it was a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure. Overjoyed, he discreetly stored it within his inner world, then sighed and said, "My cultivation is somewhat unstable; I'm afraid I won't be out of seclusion for some time!"

"Please make yourselves at home!"

"you……"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was about to get angry, but was stopped by the Taoist Ran Deng.

"Amitabha!"

Dipankara clasped his hands together and said, "In that case, this humble monk will not disturb the Great Celestial Venerable any longer!"

After saying that, he pulled Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and quickly left the Tongming Hall.

……

Outside the Tongming Hall, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva shook off the hand of the Taoist Ran Deng and angrily questioned, "Why didn't you let this humble monk speak just now?"

Upon hearing this, the Taoist Ran Deng smiled and clasped his hands together, saying, "Bodhisattva, we merely wish to use the Jade Emperor's name; we have no need for him to intervene!"

"Since he says he's going into seclusion, that means he tacitly approves of our actions against the Giant Spirit Lord! Why should we create unnecessary trouble?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva snorted coldly, but did not refute it!

"Bodhisattva, let's not delay, let's go!" urged the Taoist Ran Deng.

The two traveled together and soon arrived at the Yuanjun Palace.

At this moment, the main hall was extremely empty, with only a young man dressed in a star-patterned robe sitting in the middle of the hall.

He leisurely held his teacup, comfortably sipped the divine tea, then slowly put the cup down and looked at the two people who had rushed over with a smile.

"Oh?"

"You're here?"

Upon hearing this, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva subconsciously looked at that familiar face.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a chill down his back.

To his surprise, the image of listening to death appeared before his eyes once again.

"You bastard!"

He roared, and the aura within his body suddenly surged to its peak.

"Grateful for all beings, with all wishes united, thus have I heard!"

boom!

The power of will in the world kept gathering and transformed into a giant hand composed of billions of purgatory infernos, heading towards Shi Daju.

Upon seeing this, Shi Daju sneered and then clasped his hands together.

"Grateful for all beings, with all wishes united, thus have I heard!"

boom!

The power of will from heaven and earth continued to gather, transforming into a giant hand composed of billions of hellish forces that forcefully blocked the oncoming giant palm!

Rumble!

Their palms collided!

Countless stars suddenly fell.

The void shatters!

Chaos explodes!

There seem to be signs that the cycle of earth, water, wind, and fire is repeating itself!

"puff!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva instantly coughed up blood and turned deathly pale!

How is that possible?

Why does he practice the Buddhist path of great vows?

"That's impossible!"

"Even the Buddha doesn't know how, so how could a mere giant spirit god like him?"

"puff!"

Another mouthful of blood spurted out!

He suddenly lost his balance and one foot landed on the clouds.

"Ksitigarbha, quickly gather your spirit!"

"This is the law of cause and effect retribution!"

The Taoist Ran Deng's pupils suddenly trembled, and he roared.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva instantly realized something was wrong, and immediately regained his composure, focusing all his attention on himself.

The next moment, he saw his internal organs and physical body burst into flames.

The terrifying karmic force transformed into boundless fire crows, domineeringly devouring his true essence!

"No!"

He roared angrily, trying to suppress it with his immortal power!

However, the moment the divine power came into contact with the karmic power, it not only failed to extinguish the fire, but instead fueled the flames, causing him to lose his senses for a moment!

Gazing at the flickering, dark flames of karmic cause and effect, Daoist Ran Deng's brow twitched violently. "Quickly abandon the good corpse!"

"No!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva showed extreme resistance.

It wasn't that he was confident he could extinguish the fire of cause and effect, but rather that he was truly unwilling to abandon the virtuous body he had painstakingly cultivated!

Feeling the ever-growing flames of karmic cause and effect within him, he glared angrily at the Taoist Ran Deng beside him. "Ran Deng, what are you waiting for?"

"You're already a late-stage Quasi-Saint, are you really afraid of a mere Giant Spirit God?"

"As long as his supernatural powers are interrupted, this fire of cause and effect will be like water without a source, and will naturally be extinguished!"

The Taoist Ran Deng clasped his hands together and calmly replied, "Bodhisattva, this matter is strange. It would be best if we returned and discussed it further!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and tried to escape.

Shi Daju sneered.

"Are you pretending I don't exist?"

He took a step forward and slowly pushed his right palm forward.

As his right palm detached from his arm, a five-fingered divine mountain emerged from his body, heading straight for the suppression of the lamp!

"Wuzhi Mountain?"

Upon seeing the familiar move, the Taoist Ran Deng threw the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statue out without hesitation!

"This humble monk departs!"

With a loud bang!

As Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva collided with the Five Finger Mountain, a void passage immediately appeared beside the Taoist Ran Deng.

The next moment, his figure completely disappeared.

Ksitigarbha was still fighting against the Five Finger Mountain with all his might, but when he saw the Taoist Ran Deng running away, he was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood!

At the same time, the boundless karmic force within his body is about to burn into his soul and true spirit.

"Ah!"

He screamed twice, and then a white figure left his body, instantly burned to ashes by karmic forces!

"Ah!"

He screamed twice, and then a white figure left his body, instantly burned to ashes by karmic forces!

The next moment, his aura suddenly plummeted.

Before long, he fell to the early stage of Quasi-Saint.

At the same time, he was no longer able to resist the Five Finger Mountain and was completely suppressed to the lower realm.

Rumble!

The new Wuzhi Mountain quickly pressed down on the ruins of the former Wuzhi Mountain.

Then, six golden rays came from all directions and landed steadily on the top of Wuzhi Mountain.

The Six-Syllable Mantra!

Ksitigarbha stared in disbelief at the six golden rays, completely stunned.

……

The Great Thunder Temple, the Great Buddha Hall.

"Venerable One, something terrible has happened!"

The Taoist Ran Deng rushed into the hall in a disheveled state, shouting in a terrified voice.

Upon hearing this, Buddha frowned and looked at the Taoist Ran Deng.

Seeing that he appeared disheveled but his breathing remained perfectly steady, Tathagata was speechless!

You haven't even broken a skin, why are you screaming so pitifully?

He sighed inwardly and slowly said, "Tell me the truth!"

The Taoist Ran Deng made no attempt to conceal anything and truthfully recounted his experiences.

After saying this, he anxiously urged, "World Honored One, hurry and save them! Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is about to be seriously injured!"

Buddha was completely stunned.

No?

What does it mean that the Giant Spirit God defeated Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva using the Great Vow of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?

What does it mean that Ksitigarbha was suppressed by the Five Finger Mountain of the Giant Spirit God?

Are you sure you're speaking human language?

Upon seeing the serious expression on the face of the Taoist Ran Deng, Tathagata instantly realized that this was no joke!

But... how exactly did the Giant Spirit God do that?

His master was indeed capable of teaching such a disciple!

However, his master has always looked down on the grand aspirations of the two Western Saints, let alone the Five Finger Mountain supernatural power that he created by combining Buddhist methods!

How could he possibly teach his disciples such techniques?