Almost none of the Dao Lords had time to react.
Just as Sword Lord, Cang Hao, Wan Fa, and Du Xuan all thought this would be a prolonged battle, a streak of Golden Light nearly ended it outright.
"Boom!"
There was only a single Dao chime, with no further Images. Then the Nascent Soul Dao Body manifested by the World Honored One crumbled apart amid the roar, dissolving into nothingness.
Within the dim Void Darkness, a breathtaking streak of Blood Light pierced through chaos. Its power surged forth, casting more than half the Light Sea in scarlet. When it descended into the Real World of the Light Sea, countless living beings trembled in terror. Even without knowing what that scarlet represented, they shivered uncontrollably.
Was he dead?
On the other side, the Dao Lords atop [Other Shore] also fixed their gazes upon Lu Yang. There was now a trace of surprise in their eyes, along with an indescribable wariness.
"What was that?"
"Profound. An exceedingly formidable profundity."
Cang Hao spoke in a faint, somber tone:
"It was not that his position was higher, but that the Great Dao itself was stronger than [Karma]. Wanbao was careless for a moment and chose to clash head-on, which was why he suffered such a crushing loss."
As though responding to his words, the Blood Light illuminating the Light Sea reversed its flow the next moment. It then reformed into a Golden Body, and the World Honored One emerged from the Void Darkness at a measured pace.
"Amitabha."
The World Honored One pressed his palms together, disbelief still lingering in his eyes. He had never imagined that, in that instant, he would nearly die on the spot.
*Such a Great Dao far surpasses my [Karma]. It was not even the Great Dao itself colliding