By Lingyu Mountain Lake, after three rounds of wine.
Hua Changdeng had begun expounding the Dao from the Game of Eight, yet before everything had been discussed, someone raised a Palm Apricot and shouted, "Look! The Inverted Buddha Pagoda has emerged!"
This immediately stirred up another commotion.
By now, everyone knew that the Inverted Buddha Pagoda was where the Devil Ancestor had been sealed, a feat accomplished decades ago by Resentful Buddha.
Could its sudden emergence be related to Hua Changdeng and Ba Zunan dragging out their discussion of the Dao? Quite a few people leaned closer to look. They saw the ground at the center of Crossroads Corner collapse in the Palm Apricot's image, golden light erupting from within.
A grand, towering phantom of an eighteen-story golden Buddhist pagoda condensed in the void. Its base was above and its tip below; at times solemn and majestic, at others brimming with sinister intent. It was filled with an intense sense of contradiction that shook the soul.
"This is Crossroads Corner?"
"This is the Inverted Buddha Pagoda!"
Too many people had never entered the City of the Dead Futu in their entire lives, much less Crossroads Corner at the city's center. Thanks to the Palm Apricot, they could now remotely feast their eyes on it.
After the ground at Crossroads Corner's center caved in, it transformed into a massive spatial vortex. One glance made it seem as though it would drag people in from afar.
The surroundings were packed solid with people, along with creatures that did not even look human, leaving not a drop of water able to pass through.
They all shared one trait: vicious faces and savage visages, Killing Intent pressing down on all around them. They did not look like good people in the slightest. All were