Buddha Tathagata Begs the Dragon Emperor to Quell His Wrath

"Amitabha."

Ancient Buddha Ran Deng softly recited a Buddhist chant. Without another word, he merely nodded, and his figure transformed into an ancient streak of light that flew toward the chaos beyond the heavens.

He had no desire to face the enraged ancient Dragon Clan directly.

After seeing Ancient Buddha Ran Deng off, Buddha Tathagata seemed to have exhausted the last of his forced composure.

He took another deep breath and spoke heavily to the Buddhas in the hall.

"Everyone, follow me... out to 'receive our guests.'"

He spoke the words "receive our guests" with extreme difficulty, carrying endless humiliation and helplessness.

The Thirty Thousand Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats all turned ashen-faced at his words, as though they had lost their parents. Yet they did not dare defy him. They could only force themselves to follow behind Buddha Tathagata, walking out of the solemn and dignified yet deathly silent Great Thunderclap Monastery with heavy steps, as though heading for the execution ground.

Yet the moment they stepped beyond the monastery gates, before they could even clearly see the scene outside Spirit Mountain—

"Rumble—!!!"

Nine vast, ancient, and indescribably tyrannical auras descended like nine world-destroying meteors hurled from the ancient Primordial Wilderness, carrying a violent force that would crush and destroy all things. They crashed down outside Western Heaven's Spirit Mountain!

They did not strike the mountain-protecting Great Array. Instead, they used supreme Dragon Might to forcibly suppress and envelop the entire Spirit Mountain temple grounds!

"Buzz—!!!"

At that moment, all of Western Heaven's Spirit Mountain let out a violent roar and tremor, as though it could no longer bear the burden and was about to collapse entirely! The main body of Spirit Mountain, which had stood towering and bathed in Buddha Light for countless years, shook madly like a sapling