Wang Bushi charged forward but was frozen in place before her, unable to draw any closer. The Spear of Destruction failed to detonate, as if the very space in front of her had been frozen solid.

The nine Monkey Kings, attacking with their Golden Cudgels, also seemed to have been plunged into a viscous space. Their movements became incredibly slow, as if time itself had decelerated.

Jiya looked toward Wang Yi and began to walk on air. A cloud of starlit mist materialized beneath her feet with every step. She strolled nonchalantly, walking right through the nine Great Saints’ encircling attack formation.

"Damn it! My mission is completely ruined! To hell with you, Sun Wukong! I’ll wipe you from existence, completely!"

Jiya’s eyes turned icy as she opened her mouth and began to inhale.

A terrible premonition struck Wang Yi. Without a second thought, he hastily retrieved an item from his Starlight Bracelet and activated it.

The space around Wang Yi warped with a CRACK. As if it were a Gemstone or a shard of a mirror, that section of reality was plucked from the world, shrinking rapidly as it was sucked into Jiya’s mouth.

In that instant, the nine Monkey Kings popped like bubbles and vanished without a trace.

The Cloud Palace Rapid Sound ceased. The Four Heavenly Kings and the Ten Thousand Celestial Soldiers distorted like a mirage before being scattered by the wind. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Wang Bushi vanished without a sound.

In an instant, the world was empty, leaving only the Starry Sky God, Jiya, hovering in mid-air.

The countless Players watching the battle were stunned.

"Brother Monkey was captured?"

"That’s impossible, right?"

"Whoa, what just happened?!"

"Did Jiya just turn defeat into victory?"

Within a certain Tower of Suffering, Bai Xianyi’s eyes lit up. "Excellent, excellent, excellent," he said. "The Eco-Dominator did have an ace up her sleeve after all!"

Not far away, a golden light flashed before Xue Shentian as an Intelligence Scroll appeared. He immediately unfurled it, and Li Mingli hurried over to read it with him.

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Intelligence Report 1: The current world’s Eco-source Body has violated the Descender rules. By forcibly activating her third form without progressing through ecological stacking, she has caused her Descender mission to fail. Jiya’s fourth ecological Evolution is interrupted, and she will be rolled back to her third Evolution.

Intelligence Report 2: Pan-continental ecological aberrations detected. Source Body monitoring is temporarily suspended.

Intelligence Report 3: The Eco-source Body’s Divine Power as the Starry Sky God will be rapidly depleted. She will enter a ten-year period of weakness, during which her combat power will progressively degrade to Elite-level.

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"So Jiya used a forbidden technique? Her ecology rolled back! What’s this about a third and fourth Evolution?"

Xue Shentian said, frowning.

Li Mingli rubbed his chin and said, "The Source Body is entering a weakened state and her power is degrading to Elite-level. If someone else gets the world-clearance mission, couldn’t they just take her down easily? It looks like Sun Wukong just paved the way for someone else to reap the rewards!"

Xue Shentian said, "Was Sun Wukong really taken out? There wasn’t any world announcement! Huh, but the live stream is still running..."

Meanwhile, on the coast of the Linyuan Sea, a deep male voice rose with the sound of the waves. "You crazy woman, you absolute idiot. Wouldn’t it have been better to just let that Sun Wukong clear the stage? Now look what’s happened. The ecology rolled back, your mission is a total failure, the system rewards are down the drain, and you’ve dragged me down with you!"

"Hmph! Who told him to be so arrogant? I’d rather sacrifice my own mission rewards than let him clear the stage that easily!"

"Was it worth it? You’re just cutting off your nose to spite your face!"

"Shut up, Luo Ye. You and your pathetic shell can just keep soaking in the sea. I’m returning to the World Line!"

Jiya strode through the void, covering immense distances with each step as if teleporting. After seven steps, she reached the World Line. She sat down cross-legged, and the wings of light on her back dimmed and vanished. A weary look crossed her face. She had just closed her eyes when they suddenly snapped wide open again.

"DUN-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN! DEW-DEW-DEW, DA-DUN-DA-DA-DUN-DA-DUN..."

A powerful and rousing melody suddenly burst forth from within her body.