Spirit Mountain had become an ocean.
"It's time to reap the harvest!"
Tang Sanzang's lips curled as he spoke, murderous intent surging from him.
Watching the countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas suspended in the air, their physical bodies separated from their souls, he felt an inexplicable rush of satisfaction.
"Heaven, earth, and all living beings—I bury them all!"
"With their souls, I offer sacrifice to my ascension!"
Dao Sound echoed throughout heaven and earth. The Funeral Dao Profound Coffin behind Tang Sanzang shimmered with black light. Its chains of order transformed into sickle blades and swords, piercing through one soul after another.
Their bodies, meanwhile, would sleep forever at Lingyun Crossing!
"Heh... Lingyun Crossing is fated to be connected to the Netherworld Underworld. I'll guide it into the Netherworld Realm."
"Demons, arise!"
Huanglong threw back his head and roared wildly. With the Jinghong Sword in his hand, he carved a bottomless chasm into the earth, opening a passage straight to the Netherworld. Boundless Earth Dao energy and Netherworld light converged into a vortex, swallowing Lingyun Crossing.
The surging river swept the bodies of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas into the Netherworld Underworld.
In an instant,
Spirit Mountain, once submerged beneath an ocean, reemerged as a towering mountain millions of feet high.
But the countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas had already vanished.
Only a few mighty Quasi-Saints remained: Manjushri Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Lingji, Golden Cicada, and the others, along with tens of millions of Demonic Beasts.
"Law of Burial, break through!"
Tang Sanzang sat cross-legged in midair, with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the Five Energies Returning to the Origin.
The Funeral Dao Profound Coffin had buried all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas under heaven, granting him unparalleled insight into the Law of Burial. Now he was only one step away from achieving