Western Continent.
A towering, vast mountain rose high into the blue firmament. Dense spiritual energy watered the land in all directions, and at its summit Buddha Light shone everywhere, ten thousand rays of gold streaming out as Buddhist chants and Zen hymns lingered endlessly in the ear, carrying a power that made the heart peaceful.
This was Spirit Mountain.
Stretching for thousands of miles, bathed in Buddha Light, within this peaceful and tranquil Buddha Land, spirit apes leaped, Immortal Cranes soared, and all manner of rare birds and strange beasts came and went. It could truly be called a sacred land.
On the peaks surrounding Spirit Mountain stood temple after temple as well, where the sound of Zen never ceased and bells rang loud enough to shake one awake. Through all four seasons, year after year, the voices of monks and Buddhas reciting sutras could be heard.
It was said that the closer one was to Spirit Mountain's main peak, the deeper the Buddhist cultivation of the monks in the temples.
Once, the tallest and grandest mountain here had been Mount Sumeru, but later, when the Heavenly Venerable left the mortal world, it had been taken by Jie Yin into the World of Ultimate Bliss he had newly opened. Thus, Spirit Mountain had become the center of the Buddhist Sect.
Lu Chuan appeared at the foot of the mountain and raised his head to look at this present-day sacred land of the Buddhist Sect.
He perhaps knew even more about this mountain. For instance, this mountain had once been Randeng's Daoist field. For another, its main peak was called Vulture Peak. And for another still, beneath this mountain lay a Divine Land Ancestral Vein, which Randeng had brought to the Western Sect back then...
"True Martial Great Emperor!"
Just then,