Five colossal Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations.
One, the Wisdom King of the Past, Present, and Future Wrath Incarnation, stood in the east.
One, the Wisdom King of the Army of Nectar Wrath Incarnation, stood in the west.
One, the Wisdom King of Great Virtue and Power Wrath Incarnation, stood in the south.
One, the Wisdom King of the Diamond Yaksha Wrath Incarnation, stood in the north.
One, the Wisdom King of the Immovable Vairocana Wrath Incarnation, stood at the very center.
When the Five Great Wisdom Kings opened their eyes, the boundless Buddha light in the sky instantly ignited, a sacred radiance, infinite and endless, like Buddha fire that incinerated all things between Heaven and Earth, burning away all sin and evil in this world.
When the Five Great Wisdom Kings opened their mouths, the pervasive Buddha sound in the sky instantly began its work of salvation.
Sacred Buddha sounds, boundless and limitless, like the salvific chants for all things between Heaven and Earth, redeeming the sin and evil in this world.
When the Five Great Wisdom Kings swung their arms, the countless talismanic characters in the sky fell like rain.
Sacred scriptures, ceaseless and unending, like the Buddhist sutras that convert all things between Heaven and Earth, transforming the sin and evil in this world.
This endless Buddha fire, this endless Buddha sound, this endless Buddhist scripture—it was as if Buddhas were descending one after another. For a moment, as far as the eye could see, the sky was filled with Buddhas.
At this moment, the heavens ceased their collapse, the earth ceased its quaking, the world ceased its trembling. Time seemed to stop flowing, space seemed to stop changing.
Simultaneously, the Nine Purification Dragon Wrath Incarnations of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao also roared as they charged towards Gu Qingfeng.
And the Judgment light of the myriad Great Daos once again enveloped Gu Qingfeng.
Countless, beyond counting.
In the sky.
That man in white, that Gu Qingfeng, did not move. He remained standing in the void like a solitary peak, his stern face bearing an aloof expression, his deep, dark eyes holding a gaze of utter disdain.
He was being saved by the Five Great Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations of the Western Heaven Buddhist Path.
He was being purified by the Nine Purification Dragons of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao.
He was being judged, enveloped by the Judgment of the myriad Great Daos.
His form grew indistinct, began to sway, becoming faint and flickering, like a lone flame in a raging storm, ready to be extinguished and vanish at any moment.
Even so.
He still did not move.
He simply stood there, quiet and still.
Allowing the Five Great Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations to save him, allowing the Nine Purification Dragons to purify him, allowing the Judgment of the myriad Great Daos to envelop him.
His snow-white robes fluttered wildly under the salvific power of the Five Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations.
His ink-black hair danced madly under the purification of the Nine Purification Dragons.
And the myriad phenomena, the countless beings, continued to transform and pay homage under the Judgment of the myriad Great Daos.
What was astonishing was that no matter how the Five Great Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations tried to save him, no matter how the Nine Purification Dragons tried to purify him, and no matter how the Judgment of the myriad Great Daos tried to envelop him, they could never completely erase Gu Qingfeng!
Life!
An unending stream of life!
Others might not see it, but Da Xing the Mad Monk and the others saw it clearly. At this moment, these transforming phenomena, these worshipping beings, granted Gu Qingfeng infinite, endless life. His skin and membranes would dissipate, only to be reborn in an instant. His skin, his acupoints, his pores, his meridians, his blood, his internal organs—all were the same.
These transforming phenomena were life itself, these worshipping beings were also life.
Gu Qingfeng's very existence was the source of life.
Under such circumstances.
What could your Western Heaven Buddhist Path use to save him?
How could your Nine Heavens Immortal Dao purify him?
How could your myriad Great Daos possibly judge him?
What is called life!
This is called life!
The Gu Qingfeng of this moment was like a God presiding over life itself!
For no apparent reason.
Gu Qingfeng suddenly raised his head, gazing at the seemingly calm firmament. For some reason, he then closed his eyes.
And when he closed his eyes, flames ignited around his body—flames of a violet-azure hue.
He opened his eyes, gave a slight shake of his head, took a step forward, and soared into the sky, speaking in a light, indifferent tone: "The Three Thousand Great Daos are nothing more than this!"
As his words fell, a thunderous boom!
Crack!
As if a thunderclap had exploded, the heavens collapsed once more, the earth split apart again, the world trembled anew.
"At the end of the Ancient Era, you were not up to the task!"
Another step forward, another ascent into the sky. The violet-azure flames instantly spread out, enveloping the world, burning all things between Heaven and Earth.
"At the beginning of the Present Era, you are still not up to the task!"
The violet-azure flames burned wildly, incinerating the Judgment light of the myriad Great Daos until it dissipated and vanished. "Even if another cycle comes, another thousand ages, ten thousand ages, even throughout eternity, you will never be up to the task!"
Another step forward, another ascent into the sky. This time, the violet-azure flames turned into gray flames.
If the violet-azure flames burned all things in this world, then the gray flames annihilated all things.
The Judgment light burned by the violet-azure flames crumbled one after another, while these annihilating gray flames incinerated the Judgment eyes of the myriad Great Daos, causing them to fall like great suns, one after another.
"I have no interest in you. It's best you don't join this commotion. The commotion stirred by this Gu is not something you can afford to join!"
Another step forward, another ascent into the sky. This time, the gray flames turned into dark flames.
The violet-azure flames burned all things between Heaven and Earth.
The gray flames annihilated all things between Heaven and Earth.
And these dark flames utterly consumed all things between Heaven and Earth!
When the dark flames consumed everything in this world, space itself seemed to melt, becoming distorted and blurred—the entire world was like this.
Darkness!
Endless darkness.
The Judgment eyes of the myriad Great Daos all fell.
Even the Purification Dragons of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao, and the Five Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations of the Western Heaven Buddhist Path, dimmed in response.
As the great suns fell, dusk began to envelop, darkness began to descend.
This dusk was a lonely, cold dusk.
This darkness was a deathly silent darkness.
Witnessing this scene.
Whether it was the female sect's Ye Tianlan.
Or White-Browed Holy Monk, Da Xing the Mad Monk, or Xuanyuan Wan from the Sacred Ground—at this moment, they all, with surprising unanimity, closed their eyes, took a deep breath, and murmured: "The great suns fall, twilight envelops, darkness descends, the Nine Nethers Emperor arrives, the twilight of immortals and demons..."
Roar—! The Nine Purification Dragon Wrath Incarnations of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao roared madly within the dark flames, their dragon cries growing ever brighter.
And the Five Wisdom King Wrath Incarnations continued their work of salvation within the flames, their dimmed forms growing ever more sacred.
Darkness and light intertwined, also intertwining with this sacredness.
The world also became sometimes bright, sometimes dark, sometimes sacred, sometimes dark again.
Gu Qingfeng remained unmoved, allowing the wrathful forms of the Nine Dragons to entwine him, purify him, and allowing the wrathful forms of the Five Wisdom Kings to envelop him, save him.
He hadn't even glanced at them from beginning to end, merely taking step after step, soaring upward time and again.
The dark flames around him still burned, but they were no longer dark; they had turned blood-red.
The violet-azure flames were frenzied, as if burning all things.
The gray flames were savage, as if annihilating all things.
The dark flames were violent, as if consuming all things!
And the blood-red flames were evil, as if devouring all things!
Yes.
Evil.
The sky filled with blood-red, the sky filled with evil, roaring like a sea of blood!
Blood-red against white, against gold!
Evil against light, against the sacred!
The white light was vast beyond measure, the golden sacredness was also vast, but the blood-red evil was even more vast!
The white light was boundless, endless, the golden sacredness was similarly boundless and endless, but the blood-red evil was even more boundless, even more endless!
The sky filled with a sea of blood, the sky filled with evil, devoured the white light and golden sacredness of this place!