還變白牛 He Becomes The White Ox Again
牛王急了，依前搖身一變，還變做一隻大白牛，使兩隻鐵角去觸天王。天王使刀來砍。隨後孫行者又到。牛王急了，依前摇身一变，还变做一只大白牛，使两只铁角去触天王。天王使刀来砍。随后孙行者又到。
逐句解 Line by line
The Bull King grew desperate, shook himself and changed as before, becoming a great white ox again, and used his two iron horns to butt at the Heavenly King.
還 is hái, again, marking the return to the form he took and abandoned in the previous passage. It is the last transformation he makes in the chapter, and it is a repetition rather than an invention: the twelve-shape chase has left him with nothing new.
The Heavenly King brought his blade down at him.
Six characters. After five passages of elaborate combat the exchange is reduced to one clause each.
Pilgrim Sun came up behind.
The Great Sage arrives at the fight he has been pursuing for the whole chapter and does nothing at all. The next two passages belong to Nezha, and the Great Sage's only contribution will be a question.
還變做一隻大白牛 — the same shape as before. Six shapes in the chase and his own ox body, and now the ox body again — a repetition; he has nothing left to invent, and the novel marks it with a single adverb.
The two clauses that follow are six and seven characters and each stands on its own. 天王使刀來砍。隨後孫行者又到。 After five passages of rhapsody the fighting is reported at the speed of a chronicle.
The Great Sage's arrival is the quiet point. He has pursued this creature through six shapes, a cosmic body, four compass points and a siege, and when he finally reaches the fight he does nothing at all. The next two passages belong to a boy with a sword.