Western Region, Mount Fan Jing.
At the summit of a towering, majestic mountain stood an incomparably grand temple.
Heavenly Dragon Temple, the foremost Buddhist Sect in the Western Region!
Rumble~
Above the dark Sky Dome, storm clouds gathered thickly as thunder roared in waves. Howling winds swept up the thunderclouds, forming a massive vortex high in the air, with countless electric serpents darting through it.
It seemed as though heaven and earth were about to collapse!
Yet Heavenly Dragon Temple, situated directly beneath the thundercloud vortex, remained brightly lit, its incense candles burning brilliantly.
Inside the resplendent main hall, chaos reigned.
Countless monks stared in terror at an enormous painting hanging beside the Buddha statue.
The painting was roughly nine chi wide and over ten zhang tall.
It hung all the way down from the highest point of the hall's dome to the floor, where it was supported by a Lotus Platform forged from pure gold.
The painting contained only a single lifelike five-clawed Heavenly Dragon, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
Black mist coiled around its body, and its long dragon form writhed violently, as though it were about to fly out of the painting.
Anyone could tell that this Heavenly Dragon was in a towering rage!
This enormous painting was Heavenly Dragon Temple's treasure—the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon True Soul Painting.
It was said that a great Buddhist master had extracted the soul of a sinful dragon to forge it, integrating within it the Dharma manifestation of the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon, guardian of Buddhism. It possessed the mighty power to destroy ten thousand demons and suppress Evil Spirits.
The famed Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma had originated from this very Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon True Soul Painting!
Yet at this moment, the temple treasure devoutly worshipped