After listening to the Seven Elders' speculation, Bei Changqing and the old woman thought it over carefully and both felt this was indeed possible. After all, Miao Tathagata possessed vast supernatural powers; it was impossible for him not to know that the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor relied on Warrior Emperor Wuzang and those old seniors of the Xuantian Immortal Dao.
If that were truly the case, then what was Miao Tathagata's purpose?
Could it be that he wanted to annihilate both the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor and Warrior Emperor Wuzang in one fell swoop?
Just because the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor was no match for him didn't mean Warrior Emperor Wuzang wasn't his match either, right?
Moreover, behind Warrior Emperor Wuzang stood numerous old seniors of the Xuantian Immortal Dao.
These old seniors were all elders of the Xuantian Immortal Dao, masters of immortal laws, each with unfathomable cultivation. Even the mighty Dairi Yaohuang, who shook heaven and earth, dared not act presumptuously before these immortal seniors. Did Miao Tathagata truly have the capability?
Not to mention that the current Miao Tathagata was merely an incarnation. Even if his true self descended in person, he likely wouldn't be able to annihilate Warrior Emperor Wuzang right under the noses of these Xuantian Immortal Dao seniors.
If so,
Then what exactly was he plotting? What medicine was he selling in his gourd?
No one knew.
No one was clear.
In the void,
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, transformed into the Hell Skull-Head Dragon, remained completely suppressed by the Furious Manifestation Buddha Statues of the Five Great Wisdom Kings. Not only was it unable to move, but the four split forms of the Skull-Head Hell Guests were also becoming increasingly distorted and blurred. The Hell Skull-Head Dragon was even more so.
Yet even so, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor continued to rant incessantly.
"Hahaha!"
"Miao Tathagata!"
"Aren't you supposed to be very capable?"
"Aren't you hailed as the Buddha Emperor of the West?"
"Didn't you once transform into a Great Sun to liberate the Nine Netherworlds?"
"Why don't you dare to annihilate this Emperor now?"
"Hahaha!"
"You don't dare!"
"You don't have the guts either!"
"Hahaha!"
Opposite,
The Great Sun shone with brilliant light, countless Buddhas paid homage in the sky, and chanting sutra sounds offered liberation.
On the palm of the Sacred Great Buddha, Miao Tathagata sat with one hand rotating prayer beads, the other raised before his chest, eyes slightly closed as he chanted sutras.
He had not opened his eyes. He had not spoken.
Suddenly,
A beam of sacred Buddha light shot forth from the Great Sun hanging in the air, enveloping the area ahead.
Was Miao Tathagata finally going to make his move?
The masters watching covertly could all see that, given the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's current state, he was utterly incapable of resisting such a sacred Buddha light. Once enveloped, his incarnation would surely turn to ashes in an instant.
Just as the sacred Buddha light was about to envelop the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, in that moment, a dazzling white light descended from the heavens without any warning.
The white light descended like a rainbow, instantly blocking the incoming sacred Buddha light.
Who was it?
Everyone focused their gaze, discerning what seemed to be a man.
The man wore a silver crown, his face as fair as polished jade, clad in a spotless white robe—truly a handsome, elegant, and otherworldly figure, like a heavenly god stepped out of a painting.
With one hand behind his back and the other blocking the boundless sacred Buddha light, his handsome face showed no expression whatsoever.
*Tap, tap, tap!*
The man was shaken by the sacred Buddha light, forced back nine steps.
After the ninth step, with a sudden *whoosh*, brilliant light erupted from all over his body! *Swish!*
A long rainbow shot straight into the heavens! *Swish, swish, swish!*
A second, a third...
Ten, a hundred...
A thousand, ten thousand...
In a flash, countless beams of light shot from the man's body into the sky.
At this moment, the man truly resembled a heavenly god, draped in ten thousand zhang of radiance, dazzling to the extreme.
Set against the backdrop of ten thousand golden rays, the man stood suspended in mid-air, looking just like a Great Sun.
Yes!
A Great Sun.
The Great Sun above Miao Tathagata's head was a golden Great Sun.
The Great Sun formed by the man was a crystal-clear, white Great Sun.
The Great Sun above Miao Tathagata's head was sacred and luminous.
The Great Sun formed by the man was equally sacred and luminous.
The Great Sun above Miao Tathagata's head contained boundless Buddha dharma.
The Great Sun formed by the man contained endless pure yang.
The Great Sun above Miao Tathagata's head illuminated the earth, as if liberating all dark and evil demons and monsters.
The Great Sun formed by the man also illuminated the earth, but the difference was not liberation, but purification of all dark and evil demons and monsters.
*Boom!*
*Crash!*
A violent explosion sounded.
The sacred Buddha light that had previously enveloped the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor vanished.
The golden Great Sun above Miao Tathagata's head still hung high, sacred and luminous, illuminating the Kan Palace.
The man stood in mid-air, personifying the Great Sun, appearing even more like a heavenly god descended to earth, draped in ten thousand zhang of splendor.
In the distance,
Inside an ancient ruin,
Bei Changqing stared in astonishment at this scene, unable to regain her composure for a long time. Gazing at the god-like man in the void, she asked in amazement, "Where did this fellow pop out from?"
"Who is he?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Bei Changqing remembered what the Seven Elders and the old woman had said earlier. Her heart stirred as if realizing something, and she blurted out, "Could he be the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's blood brother, that so-called Young Master of the Immortal Dao, Warrior Emperor Wuzang?"
The Seven Elders and the old woman nodded simultaneously.
"Good heavens!"
"So it really is him!"
Bei Changqing had heard the old woman mention Warrior Emperor Wuzang before, saying that in the Present-Ancient Era, this fellow was a figure on par with Fusheng Dijun, both possessing the Light Bloodline and both being destined calamity-bearers who had received true fate. However, Bei Changqing hadn't paid much mind to it, especially after witnessing the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's strength. She felt Warrior Emperor Wuzang might not be much more impressive either; after all, they were blood brothers. If the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor was no match for Miao Tathagata, how much stronger could his blood brother be?
Yet she never expected this Warrior Emperor Wuzang to be so extraordinary, effortlessly dispersing the sacred Buddha light Miao Tathagata had unleashed.
Moreover,
Looking at Warrior Emperor Wuzang, who personified the Great Sun like a heavenly god, Bei Changqing even felt that his Great Sun was far more dazzling than the one above Miao Tathagata's head, and its majestic power seemed considerably stronger as well.
Within the scene,
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, suppressed by the Furious Manifestation Buddha Statues of the Five Great Wisdom Kings, showed not the slightest surprise at Warrior Emperor Wuzang's appearance, as if he had known all along that he would come. He laughed, "Tsk, tsk!"
"Brother!"
"You're too impatient. Why come out so soon? This Emperor still wanted to play with Miao Tathagata a bit longer."
Warrior Emperor Wuzang did not turn around. Instead, looking at Miao Tathagata sitting cross-legged on the palm of the Sacred Great Buddha, he responded in a very calm tone, "You've gone too far."
"Too far?"
"Tsk, tsk!"
"This brother of yours doesn't feel it's too far at all. In fact, it's still not satisfying enough!"
"Didn't you always want to test Miao Tathagata's depth?"
"Your brother has already drawn him out, saving you the trouble of searching everywhere for him!"
This pair of blood brothers went back and forth like this, as if they didn't hold Miao Tathagata in any regard at all, not even bothering to use secret voice transmission.
Their words reached the ears of the masters watching covertly, all of whom found it incredible—especially Bei Changqing and the others. They had previously suspected that Miao Tathagata wanted to use the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor to lure out Warrior Emperor Wuzang. Now, listening to the two men's words, it seemed somewhat reversed. Could it be that it wasn't Miao Tathagata wanting to use the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor to lure out Warrior Emperor Wuzang, but rather Warrior Emperor Wuzang wanting to use the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor to lure out Miao Tathagata?