Deep in the void, a great hand woven from gold and silver reached out and actually caught this astonishingly powerful blade barehanded. At the same time, an aura with faint Buddhist origins yet imbued with an immortal-spiritual demonic essence emanated from within.
Lu Xiaotian was shocked by the intruder's strength, but after getting a clear look, he discovered something strange about him. The man had already retreated a hundred li from the rift, golden and silver radiance flickering over his body. His physical strength had clearly reached an unbelievable level, yet even so, blocking this astonishingly powerful blade from the Ancient Buddha of Soul Annihilation had still been quite strenuous.
Spirit-Fusing Demon Monk!
After recognizing the man's origins, Lu Xiaotian's heart first leaped, then surged with even greater fighting spirit.
Lu Xiaotian felt that he was still some distance from an Immortal Lord–level powerhouse, but the Spirit-Fusing Demon Monk was caught between a Primordial Spirit body and the Immortal Lord level. Strictly speaking, both were already above the same major realm. The difference lay only in their accumulated foundations, while Immortal Lords and Devil Lords possessed realm titles and enjoyed a greater share of the realm's fortune. Their attack, defense, and recovery abilities all received tremendous enhancements.
The Jade Mystical Heavenly Court was the faction that hated Buddhism most. As one of its people, the Spirit-Fusing Demon Monk ranked below the Immortal Lord level, yet was an exceptionally special existence.
Strictly speaking, the Spirit-Fusing Demon Monk had originally been two people. More than 1.7 million years ago, when people from the Jade Mystical Heavenly Court pursued several Buddhist powerhouses, they chased them into an Ancient Buddha Secret Realm. Later, the Jade Mystical Heavenly Court mobilized a great army to suppress them. The immortal army suffered heavy casualties within the Buddhist