Heavenly Golden Clouds filled the sky. Blossoms of Auspicious Clouds surged forth, raining down Colorful Rain that covered the heavens. At last, a magnificent Pure Land appeared, along with a Great Buddha seated within it.
"Dong!"
A melodious bell tolled from the deepest reaches of the Pure Land, yet only Lu Yang heard it. Even Empress Xiao, lying right beside him, sensed nothing at all.
In a daze, he seemed to see the Cloud Sea Golden Buddha within that Pure Land gazing toward him from across countless mountains and rivers. Its body was formed from densely packed, endless Buddhist Cultivators, all making the same expression, the same movement, uttering the same sound:
"Amitabha!"
The Buddha's chant rang out like a massive hammer smashing directly into Lu Yang's head. Yet he stood firm where he was, his expression utterly unchanged.
The Five Thousand Year Taboo may be poisonous, but it is also a true great opportunity.
From five thousand years ago, from the last Millennial Calamity until the present day, at least three thousand years had vanished without explanation. They were suspected to have been severed away by the World Honored One.
Why had the World Honored One done this?
Where had those vanished three thousand years gone?
The World Honored One could not possibly do something so laborious without gain. Such a grand undertaking must be crucial—perhaps it even involves the secret of His Nascent Soul!
Otherwise, why would the World Honored One be so wary of anyone who discovered this taboo?
From this, it was clear that this taboo perhaps had not truly touched upon the World Honored One's secret, but it was at least a crucial clue to unlocking it.
Such knowledge was poison to Foundation Establishment cultivators.
But to a Golden Core True Lord, it was unquestionably