"Even a Saint beyond the void dared to obstruct the Buddha of the Mortal Heaven?"
The Fat Youth, who was none other than the Future Buddha Maitreya, sneered toward the void beyond. Then he reached out and struck toward the sealed land of the Abyss Li Clan. Buddhist patterns flowed across his palm, solemn and vast, as though it had gathered the power of fate from all heavens and myriad worlds.
Crack!
A blue-black inkstone standing at the forefront of the Buddha's Palm shattered at once.
Then, beneath the pressure of the Buddha's Palm, old relics of the Cloud Saint such as the teacup and teapot could no longer withstand it either. Some cracked one after another, while others shattered outright.
"This Buddha shall attain sainthood in the Mortal Heaven. I am the fate upon which all things that reach their end depend. Born toward the end, I am the opening of heaven, carving open the future..."
The Fat Youth's face grew ever more solemn. Amid his lofty Buddhist chant, the layers of treasure-light protecting Yuan Li Mansion all cracked apart and exploded.
"It's over!"
The Li Clan descendants of Yuan Li Mansion cried out in panic, feeling that they would be ground into powder beneath that sky-covering Buddha's Palm at any moment.
At that moment, Li Ye immediately picked up the tablet carved with the words "Qingyun Saint, Ancestor of the Abyss Li Clan," raised it above his head, knelt, and shouted toward the universe beyond:
"With danger at hand, the Abyss Li Clan descendants—unworthy descendants Li Ye, Li Bing, Li Muqing, and the rest—kowtow to beg Qingyun Ancestor and all those of the Dao Lineage to protect this last spark of bloodline..."
As Li Ye knelt, Li Bing, Li Muqing, and the other Li Mansion disciples also fell