He knew this was Great Compassion's and Xing Chanzi's own choice, and also the "tribulation" they had to undergo.
If they could cross it, perhaps they truly could open a thread of life.
If they could not—then that, too, was their "Dao."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The flame tentacles lashed against the Buddha light, erupting with deafening thunderclaps. Every collision made the Buddha light shake violently and dim by another shade.
Runic chains coiled upward like venomous snakes, tightening madly as they tried to strangle the Buddha light to pieces and invade the two men's true bodies.
The three-colored tide of death qi was even more like a millstone, ceaselessly grinding away and corroding the Buddha light, forcefully pouring endless resentment, karmic power, and death qi into the two men's seas of consciousness.
"Amitabha Buddha!"
"The heart is like a bright mirror, the body like Vajra!"
"Karmic fire may burn the body, but it cannot damage the Buddha heart!"
"Death qi may coil around the soul, but it cannot obscure true suchness!"
Great Compassion Zen Venerable's and Xing Chanzi's furious roars rang out amid the berserk attacks. Though threaded with pain, they remained firm and majestic.
The Buddha light around the two of them grew more and more dazzling. Faintly, even golden blood seeped from their pores—that was the sign of their Buddhist essence burning and their origins surging!
They did not blindly defend. Instead, they endured the frenzied attacks head-on, their hands continuously forming one complex and profound Buddhist seal after another, while their mouths chanted ancient, obscure scriptures.
As the Buddhist seals formed and the scriptures were recited, a layer of pure "Heart Lamp Buddha Fire," carrying a faint lotus fragrance, began to burn upon the two men. This flame was completely different from the surrounding "Glazed Pure Fire"