Within the arena.
With the emergence of Taiji Boundless, the situation grew increasingly complex.
Because no one knew the true intention behind Taiji Boundless's appearance this time—whether it was to slaughter the True Lord of Original Sin, to covet the True Lord of Original Sin, or to covet the Lord of the Great Dao.
One could even say that the emergence of Taiji Boundless disrupted the long-laid plans of many. No one had anticipated that a Taiji Boundless would be born amidst this Original Sin Cataclysm.
This was especially true for the Patriarchs like Black Mountain Old Monster, Liao'e Old Monster, and Green Lamp Ghost Emperor who coveted the True Lord of Original Sin. Regardless of whether Taiji Boundless's emergence was to slaughter or to covet the True Lord of Original Sin, or to covet the Lord of the Great Dao, it was not good news for them.
Similarly, it was not much better for the Great Dao Patriarchs. Even if Taiji Boundless existed to slaughter the True Lord of Original Sin, they still had to guard against the possibility that after slaughtering the True Lord of Original Sin, Taiji Boundless might seize the opportunity to covet the Lord of the Great Dao.
At that moment.
Another change occurred within the arena.
The Breath of Original Sin that filled the void inexplicably began to tremble, trembling more and more violently, as if something was about to break through this sea of Breath of Original Sin.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of deafening roars erupted, shaking the sea of Breath of Original Sin and shaking the entire Li Palace space.
Everyone in the arena was horrified, looking around in all directions, yet they could detect nothing. They only felt a terrifying power erupting.
Sure enough.
With a thunderous explosion.
The sea of Breath of Original Sin seemed to tear open a hole, from which a golden radiance shot forth.
Immediately after, boom!
Another explosion sounded, another hole tore open in the Breath of Original Sin, and another golden radiance shot in.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The sea of Breath of Original Sin exploded with hole after hole, each hole shooting forth a golden radiance.
In less than the span of a breath, the sea of Breath of Original Sin was riddled with holes. Looking around, holes were everywhere, golden radiance flickered everywhere, so piercing it forced one's eyes shut. Even with closed eyes, one could clearly feel the sea of golden radiance shimmering.
This golden radiance was sacred and luminous, vast and majestic, seemingly inexhaustible and infinite.
With a crackling sound, the sea of Breath of Original Sin was instantly reduced to ashes. The vast, majestic golden radiance, like a primordial behemoth, immediately enveloped the Li Palace space. Within it, mountains, rivers, flowers, and trees seemed to be draped in a sacred mantle under the golden radiance.
It felt as if the Li Palace space was not a relic of the Desolate Ancient Era, nor had it ever been shrouded by Original Sin. It more resembled a relic of a sacred world.
Within the arena.
Whether it was the Original Sin Patriarchs standing near the Li Palace Vortex or the Great Dao Patriarchs hidden within their various Creation Treasure Artifacts, they could see and clearly sense that this golden radiance was none other than Buddha Light!
Yes.
It was sacred and luminous Buddha Light.
It was also infinite, supreme Buddha Light!
Suddenly.
"A!
Mi!
Tuo!
Fo!"
The four-syllable Buddha chant echoed, each syllable as if it had traversed countless ages, as if it had passed from the Desolate Ancient Era, through the Primordial Era, the Ancient Era, the Archaic Era, into the Present-Ancient Era. It was as if it had spread from the Great Desolation, throughout the myriad heavens and worlds, throughout the boundless ruins beyond the heavens, throughout the Desolate Ancient Black Holes, throughout the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, and arrived here.
The Buddha chant was vast and ethereal, as if from the past, yet also as if from the future. Entering the ears, it was deafening, awe-inspiring, shaking the soul.
Especially the countless Original Sin Dharma Bodies within the arena. Hearing this four-syllable Buddha chant, they were as if struck by lightning. Their minds instantly went blank, as if they had lost themselves, lost consciousness, becoming utterly empty.
Immediately after, an even more miraculous scene appeared.
Accompanying the chant of "Amitabha Buddha," the sea of golden radiance twisted and blurred, growing more ethereal, more elusive, then transformed into streams of golden runes. Streams of golden runes descended from the sky, falling like snowflakes swirling within the Li Palace space.
Each rune contained infinite mysteries, embodying supreme Buddhist Dharma.
They filled the sky, a most bizarre sight.
It was as if this Li Palace space was a Buddhist scripture, and moreover, a scripture with life. Various scriptural texts slowly descended in the void, each text profoundly mysterious and wondrous.
Looking up, the sky was no longer the sky, but had transformed into a Great Sun, a sacred, luminous, pure Great Sun.
Under the illumination of this Great Sun, all things were like ants.
This Great Sun of the void, so sacred and luminous, inspired reverence in people's hearts—a reverence so strong it stirred an impulse to kneel on the ground and kowtow in worship.
Indeed, it was so. Not only the Original Sin Patriarchs in the arena, but even the Great Dao Patriarchs hidden within their various Creation Treasure Artifacts felt this way.
Then.
Within this Great Sun of the void, everyone saw a massive golden Buddha Statue.
Whether this golden Buddha Statue was birthed from the Great Sun or appeared alongside the Great Sun of the void, no one knew.
They only knew that when this Buddha Statue descended, the various scriptural texts falling like snow transformed into a sky full of Buddhas. These Buddhas all had their palms pressed together, kneeling on the ground, chanting scriptures, worshiping the Buddha Statue.
The sound of scripture chanting rose, like a sacred song.
The sea of scriptural texts descended, like a chaotic dance of luminous snow.
The massive golden Buddha descended from the heavens, as if sacredness and luminosity coexisted.
This massive Buddha Statue sat cross-legged upon a lotus flower. The lotus bloomed, as if all things between heaven and earth were transforming, as if all living beings were growing.
Above the Buddha Statue's head was precisely that Great Sun of the void, representing both sacredness and luminosity.
The Buddha Statue had one hand raised vertically before its chest, the other resting flat on its knee, its eyes slightly closed.
However.
Upon the palm of this massive Buddha Statue, there seemed to be a person.
This person wore a Five-Buddha Crown, was draped in kasaya robes, wore a necklace of relics, held prayer beads, and sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, turning the beads, chanting scriptures.
The Five-Buddha Crown was carved with five Buddha Statues: namely, Acala Vidyaraja, Trailokyavijaya, Kundali, Yamantaka, and Vajrayaksa—the Five Great Vidyarajas of the Buddhist Path!
The kasaya robes were covered in sacred scriptures, each scripture like a transforming Buddha Statue, exactly eighty-one in total, strikingly similar to the legendary Eighty-One Amitabha Buddhas of the Buddhist Path.
The necklace held thirty-six relics, each like a Vajra Relic containing Nirvana Fire.
The prayer beads in hand numbered nine, each like a Samsara Bodhi!
Wearing the Five Great Vidyarajas True Buddha Crown.
Draped in the Amitabha Kasaya.
Neck adorned with Vajra Relics.
Holding the Bodhi Nine Prayer Beads.
Each of these existences could be called a supreme treasure of the Buddhist Path. Each contained boundless Buddhist Dharma, each held infinite mysteries, and each could withstand the tests of time and space.
Surveying the Western Heaven Buddhist Path, no!
Surveying all of heaven and earth, ancient and present, only one person possessed such bountiful Creation.
That was the one who, beneath the luminous Great Sun, with myriad Buddhas worshiping, sacred scriptures scattering, Buddha chants vast and ethereal, sat upon the golden body of the great Buddha—the Western Heaven Buddha Emperor Miao Rulai!