"If you hate this monk so much, why not destroy Heaven and Earth along with me?"
"Are you afraid that those you wish to protect would perish with Heaven and Earth?"
...
"Hehehe... At this point, what are you still hesitating for? If you destroy Heaven and Earth, at least you won't have to watch them die with your own eyes. If you don't, what if your Dao-heart breaks in the end?"
...
"You'd better think carefully."
"Shut up! You bald fraud! I'll kill you, you bastard—!"
The suddenly-extended staff howled through the air, and with a thunderous roar, several mountains behind the Buddha were leveled to the ground.
The fierce battle raged on. Monkey had gone completely mad, his hoarse, desperate screams echoing through every corner of Heaven and Earth.
He chased the Buddha like a headless fly, smashing wildly. His power seemed endless, growing ever stronger, until everything caught in the crossfire was utterly destroyed.
Yet all of it was in vain.
The Buddha tangled with him every step of the way, calm and unhurried. His expression was as serene as if chatting with an old friend, yet his words kept provoking Monkey, driving him ever more insane.
...
In the Thirty-Three Heavens, Lord Genesis stood silently on a floating stone, gazing down at the lower realms. A bead of sweat as large as a bean slowly slid from his brow.
"Sooner or later, the Monkey's Dao-heart will be found and broken. At this rate... I'm afraid the Buddha will be the ultimate victor. The beings of the Three Realms are in grave danger..."
Lord Skygate and Zhenyuan both remained silent.
But Lord Lao slowly closed his wrinkled eyes and sighed, "Victory or defeat has yet to be decided."
"Yet to be decided?"
At these words, all the mighty ones were faintly shaken.