On Mount Sumeru, the Bodhisattva picked up the butcher's blade once more. Killing intent erupted, blotting out the sky and covering the sun.
The Buddhas were shocked. Their gazes turned toward Cihang Bodhisattva before the Buddha, and every face changed.
Before the Buddha, atop the lotus dais, Cihang Bodhisattva abandoned her Bodhisattva Dao Fruit. Buddhist essence surged into the heavens, her black hair whipping wildly.
Under the watchful eyes of the Buddhas, the golden Buddhist light around Cihang Bodhisattva rapidly dispersed, replaced by boundless, profound killing intent.
The Buddhas' hearts trembled. There was a legend in the Buddhist Realm, one whose truth no one knew: before attaining the Dao, Cihang Bodhisattva had been a fiend who killed without batting an eye. After attaining the Dao, she had laid down the butcher's blade and become the most compassionate Bodhisattva in the Buddhist Realm.
Beneath Cihang, the lotus dais shattered. Cihang Bodhisattva descended from the heavens, killing intent billowing around her like a demon or devil.
Cihang Bodhisattva had rebelled. The expressions of the Buddhas of Buddha Mountain became exceptionally grim. No one had expected this pillar holding up Buddha Mountain to choose to leave it.
"Cihang!"
In the void, Western Buddha watched the scene, his expression darkening. "The Bodhisattva Dao Fruit is not easily attained. Are you simply abandoning it like this?"
"Such a Buddha Mountain is not the Buddha Mountain in Cihang's heart."
Cihang turned back and spoke calmly, then stepped toward the battle ahead.
Ahead, Ancient Buddhas stepped forward one after another, Buddhist essence surging as they forcefully blocked her way.
"Move."
Cihang spoke, killing intent surging from her as she pressed forward step by step.
Facing the second strongest of Buddha Mountain, the Ancient Buddhas were forced back again and again, their eyes filled with deep apprehension.
Cihang