"It was about time. Once I subdue this batch of Void Devourers, I can have them cross the Barren Marsh against the current for this Buddha and retrieve the twelve-petal Merit Golden Lotus I left there!"
"To break the ruined ruins, one must crumble them from within. Soon, soon..."
Shi Ji Buddha watched the dozen or so Void Devourer Quasi-Saints who had already "taken refuge," smiling soundlessly as more than a dozen black swastika corpse insects slipped quietly from his sleeve and instantly burrowed into their nostrils.
Suddenly, his brow furrowed. He said coldly, "Akshobhya Buddha actually betrayed Buddhism to enter the Dao! Heh heh, interesting. Did you think that by following Daoist Qingyun and abandoning Buddhism for the Dao, you could escape the ordained fate of becoming blood food? The great tribulation is approaching. All manner of beings will either be reduced to ashes or become blood food. Where could there be a third road!"
However, much of his great power had already returned by now, and he was not lacking Akshobhya Buddha's portion of blood food.
Shi Ji Buddha then slowly rose. Buddhist light shone over the void as he took the lead toward the depths of the ruined ruins, followed closely by over a dozen flower-headed, human-bodied Void Devourers, like the most devout Buddhist disciples.
The ruined ruins plane was vast. From the Outer Void, it looked like a layer of gray-cloud membrane, yet this membrane covered nearly a fifth of the Primordial Beginning. Although Shi Ji Buddha had recovered considerable power, he was ultimately only a Nine-Ring Quasi-Saint. There remained an enormous gulf between his Dao cultivation and divine abilities and those of an Outer Void Saint.
Thus, even traversing the entire ruined ruins plane was no easy matter for Shi Ji Buddha.
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