Destined to Enter My West, the Cornerstone for My West's Great Prosperity!

The mysterious figure who stepped forth from the void was surrounded by flowing Dao rhythms, his aura ethereal yet carrying an indifference that looked down upon all living beings. He gave Niu Ben no chance to catch his breath, not even bothering with a single superfluous word—he simply struck.

There were no earth-shattering phenomena, no outpouring of world-destroying might.

He merely, with utter simplicity, reached out a hand.

A palm that appeared completely ordinary, even somewhat gaunt, reached gently toward Niu Ben.

And yet.

That very hand, in Niu Ben's perception, was more terrifying than an entire universe collapsing upon him!

Upon that palm, scenes of sun, moon, and stars being born and extinguished played out, sounds of countless laws interweaving echoed—as if it were not a hand, but a Great Thousand World on the verge of collapse!

Space, before that palm, was as fragile as paper, easily crushed and folded.

Time, under that might, seemed to fall into eternal stillness.

Damn it!

A thunderous curse erupted from the depths of Niu Ben's heart.

In that instant, every hair on his ox body stood on end. A deathly crisis, born from the very core of his soul, stabbed into every single one of his thoughts like billions of steel needles!

Strong!

Too strong!

This was absolutely a Quasi-Saint-level supreme existence!

A Great Expert who had already severed one corpse, or even two!

But so what!

He, Niu Ben, was an Innate Divine Being, noble in Origin!

Behind him stood none other than the Taishang Saint of the future, who would overlook the ages, govern the Heavenly Dao, and act through non-action!

Trying to suppress me with a single hand?

Dream on!

"ROAR--!!!"

A roar that sounded less like an ox's bellow and more like the unwilling roar of a Chaos Demon God on the verge of death exploded from deep within Niu Ben's throat!

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

In that instant!

The two thousand Earth Fiend Divine Ox Shadows, long fused with his flesh, soul, and true spirit, all opened their crimson eyes at once and roared up to the heavens!

MOO! MOO! MOO!

Two thousand roars converged into a single terrifying wave of sound, enough to tear apart the nine heavens and shatter the cosmos!

Boundless power, like a volcano that had slumbered for billions of years, erupted in that moment!

That power was so pure, so domineering, so utterly unreasonable!

A mere wisp of its leaked aura turned the land for ten thousand miles into dust, while the void itself shattered like a broken mirror, covered in hideous, terrifying cracks!

All that power converged entirely upon Niu Ben!

In that moment, he blazed with divine light billions of times more brilliant than the Sun Star. Upon it, the Earth Fiend Dao Principles and the Law of Strength intertwined madly, forming a fist seal as if it were World-Creating!

"BREAK--FOR--ME!"

Niu Ben's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging, and with all his strength, he threw a fierce punch to meet that heaven-obscuring, terrifying giant palm!

BANG!!!

A sound beyond words exploded across heaven and earth!

In that split second, the entire world lost sound, lost color, leaving only the point where fist and palm met—a rapidly expanding point of annihilation!

An energy storm capable of vaporizing a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal and his Dao Fruit into nothingness surged outward in billions of ring-shaped shockwaves, sweeping madly in all directions!

Mountains, rivers, void, laws...

Everything before that storm was utterly annihilated!

Crack!

Crack, crack!

A series of crisp shattering sounds, like heavenly music, rang in Niu Ben's ears.

That giant palm, bearing the might to suppress a world, was blasted full of cracks by his supreme punch, then shattered inch by inch, scattering into a rain of light that dissolved into nothingness!

"How amusing."

A voice tinged with amusement and a hint of surprise rang out from the void.

"Truly amusing."

And that mysterious figure was none other than the Good Corpse avatar severed by the Western Saint Zhunti. Gazing down at Niu Ben, who stood firm despite his labored breathing, his eyes suddenly burst forth with two beams of golden divine light as solid as substance!

"An Innate Divine Being's Origin!"

He saw it!

Through the raging energy, he clearly perceived Niu Ben's essence!

It was a pure, ultimate Innate Origin, so noble in its foundation and so ancient in its aura that even among the Three Thousand Guests of the Purple Firmament Palace, it would rank among the foremost!

Such an origin, such talent—even across the boundless Primordial World, it counted as top-tier foundation!

"Such a foundation, such a flawless gem—he is destined for the West, to become the cornerstone of our Western rise!"

A tidal wave of overwhelming excitement surged within Zhunti's Good Corpse.

"You have a connection with the West! Abandon your attachments at once and take refuge under This Seat!"

In an instant, the world was filled with the sound of Buddhist Chants!

Mysterious and unfathomable Divine Sounds of Salvation materialized from the void, transforming into countless billions of golden lotuses. Upon each lotus sat a benevolent Buddha projection, all chanting the supreme Sutra for Salvation in unison.

The golden lotuses fell like rain, covering the sky and earth, ignoring the distance of space and the barrier of the physical body, directly enveloping Niu Ben's sea of consciousness.

At the same time.

A colossal Buddha Dharma Form, towering billions of feet high, with three heads and six arms, radiating solemn majesty, manifested behind Zhunti's Good Corpse!

Buddha Light illuminated the Three Thousand Realms!

That vast Buddha Light seemed intent on converting all the world's slaughter, conflict, and attachments into a peaceful Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!

"Om... Ma... Ni... Pad... Me... Hum..."

The divine sound carried a strange, primordial power from the Origin of the Great Dao, piercing straight into the soul, seeking to completely dissolve, erase, and annihilate every trace of Niu Ben's will to resist, every memory, every past!

Niu Ben felt his Primordial Spirit violently tremble under this terrifying Buddhist Chant, like a candle flame in a gale, on the verge of being extinguished.

Even illusions appeared before his eyes.

He seemed to see himself letting go of everything, kneeling at the Buddha's feet, his face lit up with great enlightenment, about to take refuge in the supreme Buddhism.

But!

At! That! Very! Moment!

Hum—!

A beam of golden light, dazzling, vast, and sacred to the extreme, suddenly shot up from Niu Ben's crown, piercing through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

That golden light was so pure, so blinding!

Within it carried an unparalleled Dao resonance—Invulnerable to All Laws, Indestructible Through All Calamities, Untouched by Karma, All Evils Retreat!

It was the unique Power of Merit of the Primordial World!

A full one hundred thousand units of the Power of Merit were fully unleashed in that instant!

As the Golden Light of Merit emerged, heaven and earth fell silent!

All the Divine Sounds of Salvation that had invaded his soul, all those golden lotuses, melted away like snow before a blazing sun, purified without leaving a single trace!

The sky-filling Buddhist Chants came to an abrupt halt!

The Buddha Light that had illuminated the world paled in comparison to this Golden Light of Merit, like a firefly before the bright moon!

"What?!"

A scream of utter terror burst from Zhunti's Good Corpse, all trace of his former sage-like demeanor gone.