The alchemy furnace stopped in the courtyard, with blue flames rising inside, attempting to refine Sun Wukong.

Underneath the furnace were densely packed corpses, the corpses of monks.

In the midst of the pile of corpses, the Supreme Elderly Lord fell to the ground, and across from him were the Ancient Lamp Buddha and the Maitreya Buddha. The two ancient Buddhas had turned into mummies, but the densely extending tentacles from their bodies wrapped around the Supreme Elderly Lord.

I flew into the courtyard and witnessed this horrifying scene.

The entire Elderly Lord's mansion was filled with the bodies of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats from Ling Mountain.

It was as if thousands of years ago, the multitude of Buddhas from Ling Mountain had rushed into the Thirty-Three Heavens and besieged the Supreme Elderly Lord.

Since the withdrawal of Primordial and the Lingbao Heavenly Venerables, the only one still visible in the world was the Supreme Elderly Lord.

Before Master secluded himself, I had seen the Elderly Lord once. I never expected that when I saw him again, the Elderly Lord would be in such a state.

After the alchemy furnace stopped vibrating, a banging sound came from inside.

Sun Wukong used his golden cudgel to strike the furnace from within. However, this was the Supreme Elderly Lord's furnace, not Guanyin's Jade Clean Bottle.

After a while, the sound of the strikes ceased.

I flew into the courtyard, shocked but still rushed towards the furnace. However, a Diamond Scepter flew towards me, knocking me away and embedding itself in a corner wall of the mansion.

Trapped within the wall, a force held me down, and I could only helplessly watch as Sun Wukong was being refined inside the alchemy furnace.

"Elderly Lord," I shouted at the half-closed-eyed Elderly Lord, "all the celestial immortals in the Heavenly Court have become vessels for these monsters. They take the lives of mortals in the mortal realm as nourishment for their fruit trees. My junior brother is only seeking justice for mortals and cleansing the filth in the Heavenly Court."

The Supreme Elderly Lord, wrapped in tentacles, paid no attention to me, as if he were a silent stone standing there.

No matter how I called out from within the wall or pleaded for Sun Wukong, the Elderly Lord ignored me. I could only watch helplessly at the alchemy furnace and the silent Supreme Elderly Lord in the courtyard.

It wasn't until forty-nine days later that the half-closed eyes of the Elderly Lord finally opened.

And at this moment, there was no longer any movement in the furnace.

"It's time," I heard the Elderly Lord whisper.

I looked at the furnace in despair; the task my Master entrusted to me had still failed. Sun Wukong could not escape this calamity.

The alchemy furnace moved without wind, and its lid was lifted by an invisible force.

In the flames of the furnace, a figure leaped out. With a kick, the furnace was overturned, and then it rushed towards the Supreme Elderly Lord.

"Monster, taste this blow from Sun Wukong!"