Sand River.

The sky is ablaze with fierce black fire, and the earth is covered with the bones of all living beings.

The sky seems to have a hole, with strong winds, thunderstorms, and lightning.

The monkey carries the golden hoop and walks towards the Tathagata step by step.

"Hehehe, a pig and a blind monkey." Tathagata laughed, eyes filling the entire sky.

"Bajie, where is it?" the monkey asked.

"That thing is in front of you on the left."

The monkey didn't hesitate and struck with a staff, tearing through the lightning with a resplendent golden light, ripping a hole in the night sky.

However, when he was only a few meters away from the Tathagata, the Tathagata disappeared into thin air.

I finally found him and was about to tell the monkey, but suddenly countless replicas of him appeared in the sky, with his eyes all around.

"I am everything, and everything is me," Tathagata said, "How can you kill me?"

The monkey paid no attention and swung the golden hoop staff wildly.

The sky was filled with countless tentacles. The monkey cut off one after another, but the Tathagata's severed limbs regenerated too quickly, almost growing back in the blink of an eye.

The monkey quickly became exhausted.

Wait, this is just an illusion.

There must be a way to break it, there must be.

I forced myself to calm down and tried to find a loophole.

Suddenly, I thought about the battle he had with Nüwa ten thousand years ago. He must have left an incurable wound; otherwise, Nüwa's corpse would not have survived to this day, still possessing power.

With this in mind, I indeed saw a wound on one of the replicas.

"Monkey, behind you to the right!" I shouted, "Hit his true form!"

Tathagata was indeed momentarily flustered, but quickly hid within the illusions and became invisible again.

The monkey missed once again.

At the same time, the tentacles attacked me.

I was seriously injured and powerless to fight back.

I could only watch helplessly as the tentacles came crashing towards me.

In the blink of an eye, a plan suddenly came to my mind.

It's not like you're the only one who can transform!

I created a clone of myself and left it in place. Most of Tathagata's attention was focused on the monkey, and he didn't see through my disguise.

While my clone was smashed into a lump of flesh, I leaped high into the air, using the force of the tentacles to fly up into the heavens and successfully found the true form of Tathagata.

"Monkey!" I shouted, "Give me a strike!"

I leaned over Tathagata and firmly gripped one of his eyeballs.

The insects pierced through my chest, and the intense pain made my vision darken.

But there was also a long-lost heroic spirit that stirred my emotions.

"Tathagata, let's die together!"

A strong wind roared behind me as I closed my eyes and quietly awaited death.