Boom!
Endless Mysterious Golden Light, like the Heavenly River bursting its banks, carried an indescribable weight and majesty as it poured down.
At that moment, all of Spirit Mountain was dyed pure gold.
Atop Spirit Mountain, all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats stopped chanting sutras. Bathed in that golden light, their faces revealed devotion and wild joy.
All the Sages raised their heads, watching this grand feast that had arrived hundreds of years late.
Then everyone's gazes, as if by prior agreement, fell upon Jieyin and Zhunti.
Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged a glance, and from each other's reactions, both saw that excitement and relief that had been suppressed for countless kalpas.
At last, this day had come.
Zhunti took a deep breath and forcibly pressed down the ecstasy in his heart.
He pressed his palms together and bowed deeply to Zhou Ming.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming."
"The karma of the past shall be settled today."
"This is the one-third share of merit promised to the Witch Clan for the karma of the Sea of Blood back then."
As his words fell, he and Jieyin simultaneously formed hand seals, then pointed from afar at the enormous vortex of merit in the sky.
Buzz—
The vortex of merit shook violently, and an incomparably thick golden pillar was forcibly peeled away from within it.
The brilliance and vastness of that pillar of light took up almost a full third of the entire vortex!
Among those present, aside from Taiqing and the others who had long known the inside story, even Haotian's pupils abruptly contracted.
One third!
Those two fellows were actually willing to pay such a bloody price!
That golden pillar encountered no obstruction at all. When it flowed before Zhou Ming, it was drawn by an invisible force and vanished.
After settling