"Who goes there?"
A towering golden Buddha stood before him, his body suffused with a cold, metallic sheen. A golden, illusory true dragon coiled around him.
The avatar produced an invitation. "This is an invitation from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Glazed World."
The golden projection glanced over the invitation and nodded slightly. "Fellow Daoist, please follow me."
Li Qing followed the golden apparition and soon arrived at an enormous palace on the outskirts.
As he entered, Li Qing's Future Body avatar glanced at the plaque. It bore the words "Guest-Welcoming Hall."
At the same time, Li Qing sensed Underlying Logic permeating the palace.
It was a large Dao artifact on the level of an enlightenment artifact.
A man emerged from the palace. He wore golden Buddhist robes and had a large bald head. Buddhist light enveloped him, and a smile never left his face.
"Greetings, fellow Daoist Lord of Human Dao. This humble monk is Smiling Maitreya."
Li Qing's avatar looked at Smiling Maitreya, a trace of gravity entering his eyes.
Here was another Immortal Realm being, his body suffused with a special logic.
Anyone who saw him felt joy well up within them and a smile spread across their face, almost beyond their control.
It was a logic that touched the mind and emotions, reaching straight into the heart without leaving a trace.
"Greetings, fellow Daoist."
"Please, fellow Daoist," Smiling Maitreya said with a faint smile.
The two entered the Guest-Welcoming Hall. Inside, a vast, radiant world spread before their eyes.
Sacred mountains and holy lands lay everywhere. Essence filled the sky like clouds and mist, shrouding most of it.
A closer look revealed a wondrous array operating high overhead, confining and channeling all that essence.
A golden auspicious cloud appeared beneath their feet and carried Li Qing toward