Lingyun Ferry didn't float on water, and its broadest stretch spanned eight li. To mortal men of flesh and blood, it was a true heavenly chasm. But once someone reached the Exterior and could fly, it lost all meaning—let alone for the strongest experts below the Legendary realm, who were now entering Spirit Mountain. To them, crossing it was child's play.
Meng Qi brought up the rear. He quietly adjusted his Fan Cloud Crown, then crossed Lingyun Ferry without fanfare and officially entered Spirit Mountain.
Once their figures were hidden by the gloomy void, the cracks spread everywhere, and the howling gales, a flash of glazed light appeared beside Lingyun Ferry, outlining the figure of a monk in an immaculate robe. It was none other than the incarnation Zhending Tathagata, whom Meng Qi had split off using the divine ability One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
Monk Zhending seemed purer and more serene than before. Not a speck of dust clung to his shoes or socks, and glazed light lurked in his eyes. He looked more and more like a Buddha descended into the world.
In the Ancient Day Universe, Meng Qi had obtained three Sarira from Reverse Buddhism, each containing the True Intent Inheritance of Buddha's Palm. They were the third form, "Nian Hua Smile"; the sixth, "Palm Pure Land"; and the seventh, "Deliverance of All Beings." All had come from Demon Buddha's legacy, making this Tathagata incarnation more complete and considerably stronger.
As for the corresponding Reverse Tathagata Palms—"Myriad Demons Dance," "Heaven and Earth Fall Together," and "Genocide"—Meng Qi had only studied them as a reference, to understand both himself and his opponents. He had never cultivated them.
Zhending Tathagata walked onward, each step bringing forth a lotus, and followed Lingyun Ferry downstream.
The river surged on,