After sealing the Blood Kasaya into his chest cavity, the Buddha Tomato giant chose to sit cross-legged.
By now, the vines behind him had grown into the sky, drawing down starlight energy and pouring it back into his body on the ground, providing an inexhaustible force to suppress the Kasaya Ghost.
At the same time, the tip of that sky-reaching vine began symmetrically splitting into twelve branches, crawling through the heavens in different directions as though trying to weave a crude "grid" to intercept more starlight—photosynthesis. It also seemed to be weaving a filter across the firmament, fulfilling its promise to mend the sky.
As the vines in the sky began winding upward against gravity, the Buddha Tomato giant seated upon the earth struck the Buddhist Sect's classic pose of "one hand pointing to heaven, one hand pointing to earth."
It both hinted that above heaven and below earth, he alone was supreme, and proved that he meant not only to mend the sky, but also to stabilize the earth.
Thus, the vine roots beneath the ground also began growing and spreading at high speed, following the scent of Yellow Springs as they raced toward Vajra Temple.
Upon seeing this, the Buddha Corpse Ghost, which had chosen to coldly watch the Blood Kasaya and Buddha Tomato battle, could no longer hold back. It dispersed its underlings to attack and transform civilians, while it itself strode toward the Buddha Tomato giant at breakneck speed.
With every step it took, space twisted, and when its foot landed, it appeared more than ten meters away. Using Divine Foot Passage to shrink the ground beneath its feet, it reached Buddha Tomato in just a few steps. The dharma palm on its chest had long finished forming seals and gathering power. Its Yellow Springs dharma