"Ha ha ha ha, my two old friends, it's been too long!" Empress appeared before Nephthys and High Priest. Only after seeing her formation diagram temporarily hold back that impatient group of Magic Gods did she turn around, smiling brightly at her two old friends.
"It seems you really did hook up with that fellow from the new world!" Nephthys swept her gaze over Empress. "Your skin has returned to its fair complexion, and the talisman on your forehead has disappeared as well!"
As Empress's close friend, the changes in her left Nephthys deeply astonished.
"Hehehehe, you Daoist nun actually escaped the rank of Corpse Liberation Immortal. That's truly remarkable!" High Priest looked at the changes in Empress with immense envy. "This utterly complete aura... is it the Golden Core Great Dao?"
Unlike those Magic Gods, his Buddhist and Daoist philosophies differed.
What he sought was great enlightenment and great liberation! He was someone who truly pursued Buddhahood.
However, he had fallen into Hinayana Buddhism back then and attained the rank of a Living Buddha, something that had always weighed heavily on his mind.
Now that he saw his old friend break free from the restrictions of a Corpse Liberation Immortal and charge boldly toward the Golden Core Great Dao, how could he not be envious?
"That's right. I'm no longer who I once was. The true path of the Golden Core lies ahead, and I will seize that flawless Dao Fruit." Empress smiled. "Of course, the price is that before Yuzhen completes his transformation, I must serve as his protector and hold you back for a while."
"Then let me see what the Golden Core Great Dao is made of!" High Priest bared his teeth in a vicious grin as eighteen relics emerged around him.
Boundless light, boundless longevity,