"Activate it ahead of schedule?"
The colossal Buddha lost his composure and actually cried out in shock.
The voice was as solemn and grand as a Vedic Chant, yet sinister and bizarre like muttered delirium. It came in layer upon layer, shaking the myriad heavens.
"Silence!"
The will of Heaven exploded in the colossal Buddha's heart, carrying intense displeasure.
Boom—!
A palm swept through the air, scattering the flood of Sword Qi that had surged in once more.
The colossal Buddha's brows knitted tightly as his will transmitted.
"Chu, have you gone mad?"
"We still have ten years before perfection!"
The ten-thousand-zhang Daoist flung out his sleeve, and black and white qi spread across the void.
Soundlessly, the new wave of attacks from the Slay Immortal Sword Array collapsed once more.
"The so-called sixty sexagenary cycles need not be taken too seriously."
"Or are you saying you want to endure ten years inside the Slay Immortal Sword Array?"
Chu's will was as light and untroubled as the wind and clouds, his bearing as imposing as ever.
The ten-thousand-zhang giant, whose appearance combined the beauty of Eastern and Western sculpture, nodded in agreement.
"What sixty sexagenary cycles? Heh. Must we really wait until 'it' is about to come alive?"
"If you ask me, after 'Return to One,' the future was already set. We could have attempted transcendence right then!"
The colossal Buddha's expression shifted repeatedly as his thoughts raced through countless turns.
The notion of sixty sexagenary cycles had been proposed by him first, and Chu had expressed agreement.
With two against one, Heaven had no choice but to cooperate.
What was transcendence?
The Eternals occupied the past, the present, and the future.
But there were differences in how that occupation worked.
Take the Three Pure Ones, for example. Not