The three heads each bore distinct features and a different aura:
The one in the middle had lowered brows and compassionate eyes, as though gazing down upon all the suffering in the world.
The one on the left had sharply raised brows and wrathful Vajra eyes, exuding the fierce majesty of subduing demons and exterminating evil.
The one on the right had relaxed brows and eyes, calm and detached, as if nothing in the world could trouble him.
The six arms each held a Buddhist Sect artifact.
One hand fingered Bodhi Buddhist Prayer Beads, one held an ancient Wooden Fish, one wielded a demon-subduing Zen Staff, one supported a Nine-Grade Lotus, one spun the Thousand-Treasure Jade Wheel, and one gripped a Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle.
Each artifact shimmered with a faint golden radiance. Buddhist chants flowed from all six mouths at once, layer upon layer, resounding through the heavens.
Celestial flowers rained from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, and a strange fragrance spread along with the Buddhist light, clearing the mind of anyone who inhaled it.
The exhaustion, malice, and fear left behind by the earlier battle all quietly dissipated amid the chants and fragrance.
Around the Bodhisattva, the phantom forms of eight Heavenly Dragons faintly coiled and circled. Their dragon heads were lowered in a guardian stance, adding even greater sacred majesty.
"Hm?"
Demon Devourer Ancestor's body suddenly stiffened. His half-lidded eyes flew open, and two dark lights flickered violently within them.
"Quasi-Saint Grade!"
He stared fixedly at the Bodhisattva Dharma Image amid the clouds. Feeling that vast pressure, far beyond the late Immortal Grade and nearly enough to crush all heaven and earth, he forced out the words through a dry throat, his voice trembling with disbelief.
"Quasi-Saint Grade?"
The three words exploded through the