From within the golden rift came bursts of Buddhist chants, with heavenly flowers raining down as though a Western Paradise were about to descend from within.
Everyone inside Three Mountains Pass was so startled by this sudden development that they rose to their feet. The immortals of the Chan Teachings raised their respective magic treasures as though facing a formidable enemy.
"What's going on? Could the Saint of the Sect of Interception have come calling?"
Chijingzi's face turned pale, and even his voice trembled.
That pressure was absolutely at the Saint level—and there were two of them at once!
Guangchengzi, Ji Fa, and the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon that had been hiding behind Ji Fa all this time—three beings at the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal level—rose instantly. Their mana surged wildly as they stared fixedly at the crack in the sky, their expressions grim to the extreme.
The atmosphere in the hall plummeted from the heights of celebration to freezing point.
At that tense, sword-drawn moment, Daoist Randeng slowly stepped forward. With an unfathomable smile on his face, he waved to the crowd.
"Everyone, do not panic."
His hoarse voice now carried a calming power.
"They are not enemies. They are allies."
Allies?
Everyone present froze, their faces filled with confusion.
In the Primordial Wilderness, aside from the Chan Teachings and the Western Teachings, what other force could dispatch two Saints at once?
The golden rift in the sky completely opened in the next moment.
Two figures slowly emerged from it.
One wore an expression of suffering and held the Guiding Treasure Banner. The other was sallow-faced and thin, holding the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree in his palm.
Behind them followed a dense mass of Western Teachings disciples. Each wore a solemn, treasured visage, and Buddhist light shone everywhere, even