Through the influence of the Hearing Bell, Great Bodhisattva Chan Fayuan's Sanskrit chant traveled from Cloud-Brushing City to Divine Firmament Land.
Yet Chai Asi suddenly reacted, his body blazing with precious light.
Nearly all the demons present turned their attention toward him at once, curious as to what foundation he possessed.
Chai Asi himself was startled stiff.
Could Old Chai's Ancient God Mirror be about to be exposed?
Could my identity as a demon destined by Heaven no longer be concealed?
But upon closer inspection, he discovered that the golden light was not issuing from his body, nor did it have anything to do with the Ancient God Mirror—the Ancient God Mirror was still concealing its precious aura perfectly, looking utterly ordinary without the slightest gleam!
He reached into his robes and took it out. What was emitting the golden light was actually a book—an old book.
The dog-script translation of <Collected Roots of Supreme Wisdom and Divine Insight> that he had picked up from an old bookstore.
No.
How could it merely be the scripture left behind by Light King Tathagata?
How could it merely be a simple translated book?
Chai Asi had studied this book carefully, yet he could recognize barely a few words.
The great Ancient God had also replicated its text and pondered over it again and again within the Dream-Like Command, but had found nothing unusual.
Only at this moment, when the Hearing Bell rang and Bodhisattva Chan Fayuan spoke Sanskrit words—"The Buddha speaks," "fate arrives"—
did the other book hidden within this one reveal its true form and reappear in the world.
It was—
The Buddha Speaks: Fifty-Eight Chapters!
Black Lotus Temple was searching for the remaining chapters of this scripture, and Ancient Calamity Mountain was pursuing them as well.
Chan Fayuan was a