"Amitabha. Leave Kong'e to me." Seeing Kongming manifested from that flying sword, Kong'e abandoned the Primordial Sword Demon and folded his hands, calmly reciting the Buddha's name.
The Primordial Sword Demon's sword embryo avatar had transformed into Kongming and infiltrated the Buddhist sect from childhood, benefiting the sect greatly over the years. It was only after secretly provoking that battle with Lu Xiaotian that he committed evil once. Yet that single act caused the Danzhu Buddhist Sect, which had inherited its legacy for countless years, to decline after reaching its peak. The Five-Extremes Subduing Tiger Array, the sect's greatest foundation, had now lost seven or eight of its five Ten-Thousand-Buddha Soul Crystals.
Senior Brother Kongjian and Junior Brother Ming'e had died in this battle. The Thirty-Six Bronze Men Heavenly Dipper Demon-Subduing Array, equivalent to a Mahayana Realm expert, had also been destroyed. As for the other low-level disciples, the losses suffered by the branch temples throughout the various regions were unprecedentedly severe.
Although Lu Xiaotian had been the one to act directly, the true instigator was the Primordial Sword Demon before him. Had he not provoked matters, Lu Xiaotian would most likely have handed the Maha Buddha Nīla Sutra to the Buddhist sect as requested, and the sect would not have suffered such immense losses. The sect's own territory would not have been besieged again and again, either.
To Kong'e, the successive deaths of his senior brother and the sect's disciples had forged a karmic debt. If it remained unsettled, it would become a heart demon, making it impossible for him to survive the lightning tribulation and ascend in broad daylight.
This karmic debt had to be settled.
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