I Am the Buddha

Ling Qing stepped forward and enshrined Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and the Statue of Dharma Master Wudang upon the altar table.

He placed the Black Tortoise Yin-Yang Sword upon the altar table as an offering, then held a stick of incense between his fingers.

He said, "Disciple Ling Daoqing beseeches the Patriarch and Master to bear witness. With this sword, I shall bring Fahai's fate to an end."

After reciting the incantation, he bowed three times and placed the incense in the censer.

As the incense burned away, a strand of Primordial One Qi descended into the Black Tortoise Yin-Yang Sword.

Ling Qing immediately bowed three more times, lifted the divine sword in both hands, and looked at Fahai, whose eyelids were trembling faintly.

He knew Fahai's heart was not at peace either. If he delayed, unforeseen changes might arise.

Just as he raised the divine sword to strike, a beam of Buddhist light suddenly rose from the south.

In the blink of an eye, it spread across half the southern sky.

Above Zhenjiang, the Buddhist light transformed into a seven-story pagoda and descended.

Yet at that very moment, a vast and mighty aura came from the north.

The pagoda collided with it and dispersed into Buddhist light that filled the sky.

The Buddhist light and Daoist qi tangled together, at times as clearly divided as the Jing and Wei Rivers, at times blending into one.

Ling Qing recognized that Daoist qi as Primordial One Qi. Seizing the moment, he sent the Black Tortoise Yin-Yang Sword into the air.

The Black Tortoise Yin-Yang Sword was also called the Hundred Spirits Immortal-Slaying Sword. It was only because Ling Qing had refined it with the true form of the Black Tortoise that it bore this other name.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword flew through the