Chapter ... Bow Before Me.
Having spent so much time traveling outside, they had become rather familiar with this sort of thing.
Yao Wan's gaze swiftly swept across the ruined main hall before finally settling on the golden statue fragments scattered across the floor.
"Progenitor Lord."
"What?"
"Something suddenly came to mind that I wanted to ask you."
"Then ask."
"In the past, the Buddha Sect had a true Buddha Lord at its head. What are these golden statues? Did such things exist before?"
"...I'm not sure. These objects definitely did not exist before the calamity broke out, but the calamity lasted for roughly a year. Whether they were later prepared to resist the demons, I don't know either."
Hearing this, Yao Emperor carefully examined them for a while, then frowned lightly and shook his head.
"I see."
Yao Wan murmured, then gently tugged at Xiao Yan's sleeve, drawing his attention.
"...These golden statues...?"
Xiao Yan frowned and flicked a finger. A wisp of Emperor Flame shot into the statue before them, blasting open a crack and revealing a translucent, jade-like cross-section mixed within.
Though it was merely a fragment of spirituality, low murmurs and Buddhist chants still rose beside their ears, clearing everyone's minds. Yao Emperor instinctively raised a hand to clutch his head.
"—Buddha Bone?"
"Then these shattered golden statues must be...?"
An unavoidable suspicion flashed through everyone's minds. At that moment, however, the many oil lamps and candles in the dim main hall began to light up.
A stream of pure energy leaking from the golden statues seemed to have been stirred by Xiao Yan's earlier actions. Amid the gradually brightening lamps of the hall, it gathered together and manifested into a tall figure.
Compared to the enormous figures described in countless legends, each standing hundreds or