[Sun Control Chariot]!
[Ice Blocked River]!
[Sword Gall Grey]!
All the weapons shot out at once, and every offensive technique drowned the Sorrowful Joyful Daoist. The attached [Great Brightness Tathagata Fire] nearly set him ablaze like a lamp. His enormous body melted and disintegrated like snow beneath the spring sun, but the dark soul hidden within grew increasingly solid.
Signs of both life and death appeared in his body at the same time. It was like Buddhist nirvana, yet also like the ascension described in Daoist scriptures. Rather than attacking him, the messengers were helping him shed his mortal shell!
"Let the body bloom in radiant splendor, and let the heart remain unmoved like an ancient tree. All sorrow and joy, separation and reunion, are but drifting smoke. Only by transcending emotion can one see the true spirit."
The Sorrowful Joyful Daoist's appearance was no longer visible. Only a mass of incandescent-white soul remained. His voice held neither sorrow nor joy, distant as a celestial god chanting an ancient testimony. [Unbroken Feast] began to twist and change. The ceiling became as delicious as melting ice cream, the floor puffed up like a cake, foul green juice was squeezed from the air, and the light stabbed everyone's eyes like needles!
"The mystery of the calamity rank..." Wei Bai murmured. "But this isn't any existing calamity rank... He's using Empty Attainment to create a new calamity rank!?"
"Empty Attainment?" Deng Jin's eyes widened. "But he's only a fourth-turn Extreme Realm Demon King!"
Whether it was an Empty Attainment calamity rank or not, everyone realized that the moment the Sorrowful Joyful Daoist completely shed his fleshly body would be the moment he reached the summit! Unfortunately, the Sorrowful Joyful Daoist's current state was practically locked at full health. The [Great Brightness Tathagata Fire]