"Bodhi Nirvana Dao? Then behold my Profound Yellow Dao Realm."
Lu Yuan smiled calmly, and the Profound Yellow Gate above his head opened a tiny crack.
In an instant, an ancient, boundless aura that bore all things spread out.
The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree's divine light of nirvana swept over the Profound Yellow Auspicious Clouds, but it was like snow meeting the blazing sun. The vast Profound Yellow Mother Qi continuously assimilated it, turning it into nourishment for the universe of the Dao Realm!
The innate Profound Yellow Auspicious Clouds instead became even more radiant and substantial!
"How is this possible?!" the Good Corpse, Bodhi Daoist, cried out in shock.
His Golden Body Dao of Nirvana was the finest of the Western Teachings' wonders, capable of breaking all techniques and treasures. Yet it could not affect this Profound Yellow Qi in the slightest?
"The Three Thousand Great Daos each follow different paths, and each possesses its own mysteries!" Lu Yuan's voice remained calm, yet carried the power to pierce the void.
"Fellow Daoist Bodhi seeks nirvana and transcendence from the sea of suffering, but the foundation of your path is 'breaking'—breaking external things, breaking all techniques, and ultimately breaking yourself.
"Yet there are Fifty Great Daos, while Heaven's Evolution numbers Forty-Nine. One escapes. That 'one' is a Glimmer of Hope, the root of 'life.'
"Profound Yellow is the root of Heaven and Earth, the mother of all things. It bears birth and death, and encompasses existence and nonexistence.
"You seek transcendence through 'destruction.' I prove my immortality through 'bearing all things.'
"How can your nirvana surpass the fixed number ordained by the Great Dao?"
As he spoke, Lu Yuan lightly touched the space between his brows, and an intangible, formless "Blade of the Great Dao" took shape.
It contained a