A brilliant streak of Purple-Green Sword light cleaved the Heavenly River in two, activating the Two Realms Ten Directions Fine Dust Grand Formation to separate and suppress its head and tail.
Li Yingyun stood with her hand on her sword, her eyes bloodshot, and shouted, "Martial Uncle Bitter Ascetic... if you still acknowledge yourself as a disciple of our Emei Sect, then show yourself!"
A half-transparent ancient Buddha, sixteen feet tall, suddenly appeared in the void.
The Buddha hovered between illusion and reality. Its face vaguely resembled Bitter Ascetic's, yet a razor-sharp mouth had grown from its enormous belly. Tongues lashed out one after another, piercing the void as though greedily sucking at something...
At the mere sight of this Buddha, Fang Jing nearly lost his Dao heart. Only when White Plum struck him with a Supreme Clarity Dharma seal was he barely able to suppress it.
"This evil Buddha, it seems... it seems to be..."
He stammered, while White Plum was already sobbing too hard to speak.
"Master..."
Yang Xumi let out a miserable cry and tried to rush forward, but Zhuge Yun held him fast. "Martial Uncle Bitter Ascetic's Primordial Spirit has run in reverse and turned into a monstrous aberration... If you go over there now, you'll only be throwing your life away!"
"Thank you for granting this, Martial Uncle!"
With a flick of Li Yingyun's finger, a flying sword shot forth—the Ice Soul Cold Light Sword!
The moment the sword emerged, it unleashed countless rays of Tai Yin Ice Soul divine light. Bearing a chill that could freeze eternity, it sealed the half-transparent evil Buddha within ice.
During the process, countless eyes sprouted across the evil Buddha's body. As they opened and closed, they seemed capable of opening innumerable voids and vanishing without a trace.
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