At this, the professionals fell silent once more.
Liaofan's move had claimed nearly ten percent, almost equal to Ao's alignment mark.
Yet he had not joined Ao and the Druid in presiding over the wager, clearly because he lacked the qualification.
Thinking of the Buddhism spread throughout the lands and the Buddhist sects they had encountered, everyone came to a realization.
In that case, for Liaofan to claim such a share, he must have borrowed external strength.
Seeing this, Ao's gaze also sharpened.
He then sensed the world's origin, found nothing unusual, and relaxed slightly.
This Buddhist sect was simply too disgusting. With the slightest movement, it had directly plucked away a deity he had cultivated through countless prayers.
Fortunately, they were only assisting the monks now and had not acted directly.
So long as the Buddhist sect did not directly taint the world, he had nothing to fear.
As long as he could take control of the world and use it to become a Great Luo, he would not mind letting the Buddhist sect hold a stake in his world.
After Liaofan made his move, Zhang Yuanbai spoke as well. "The Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to Heaven and Earth; the Great Dao is emotionless, yet it governs the sun and moon; the Great Dao is nameless, yet it nurtures all things.
"As for the Dao: it covers Heaven and bears Earth, encompasses the four directions, splits the eight extremities; it is too high to reach, too deep to fathom.
"I shall unravel motes of dust for all living beings and uphold the proper vessel, proclaim the Great Dao and expound virtue!"
In an instant, purple qi flowed down from atop his stone pillar, proclaiming the Dao to all things and awakening virtue in all living