The Prefect's Scheme Succeeds

An indescribable boom erupted!

Buddha Light shot into the heavens as terrifying Earth Lung Turbid Qi formed tidal waves that rampaged in all directions.

Nirvana Buddha intent rose, rapidly weakening the tidal waves, turbid qi, and Buddha Light until they vanished.

Rain fell from the sky.

Water vapor billowed and churned as well.

The River of Forgetfulness tributary was less than one percent of its former size. Broken bead strings floated in its waters, along with an ice coffin that froze the surrounding current.

The shattered body of the Nirvana Buddha Phantom floated silently.

Its body had shrunk by more than eighty percent from its initial size and was covered in shocking wounds. Specks of Buddha Light constantly leaked from those wounds, its aura plunging to the deepest abyss, as though it might fall apart at any moment.

Yet its right hand steadily held something—it was half of the Earth Fiend Filth God's utterly ruined divine body!

With no one controlling the River of Forgetfulness tributary, the Nirvana Buddha Phantom crossed it with ease.

Holding half of the Earth Fiend Filth God's remains, the Buddha Phantom ascended the sacrificial altar step by step.

The Earth Fiend Filth God reacted, slowly reaching out and seizing the Nirvana Buddha Phantom's arm.

But accomplishing even that movement had already been its limit.

The Earth Fiend Filth God let out an incomparably unwilling low roar, then disintegrated on its own, becoming an enormous cloud of yellow smoke and dust that wrapped around the altar, exhausting its final shred of strength to stop its enemy.

The Buddha Phantom shook its head with a faint smile. "You would rather split your divine consciousness apart than spare even your final sliver of strength to stop me."

"River of Forgetfulness Prefect, you have already lost your true nature."