Within the Nine Palaces Demon Domain, Demon Lord Wuming's dharma manifestation gradually faded away. In response, Bright Hall Palace trembled faintly, and the dharma manifestation of Demon Lord Huiyuan that Xiao Limai had promised began to condense. Pure sounds rang through the heavens, celestial flowers rained down, and magnificent waves of light spread outward. At their center stood a dharma manifestation no smaller than Demon Lord Wuming's, yet unlike the latter's wrathful eight-armed form. This giant figure reclined on its side, bald and barefoot, clad in broad robes and a jade belt, holding a jade ruyi. Its eyes seemed half-closed, its face bearing an expression of peace, joy, and ease. It looked utterly carefree, with the bearing of an immortal Buddha. Layers of luminous mist piled beneath it to form a cloud couch; five-colored rosy clouds crowned its head as an Auspicious Cloud. Before and behind it, jade maidens flew through the sky as attendants; to either side, gods of the heavens hung within circles of light, playing immortal music and scattering wondrous fragrances in protection. This was Demon Lord Huiyuan? Gui Yan instinctively felt that something was wrong. Dark light shot from his eyes, and in an instant he pierced through the delusions of the five senses and six consciousnesses with effortless ease. Yet when the true scene came into view, even his courage made his scalp tighten. Before his eyes, where was there any immortal Buddha's body? It was clearly a grotesquely obese mountain of flesh, covered in wrinkles and utterly lusterless, nearly rotten away. A head rested atop it, its features faintly retaining the outline of that immortal Buddha manifestation. Though huge as well, it was completely out of proportion beside the flesh mountain. Swollen tumors and pustules covered the decaying mountain of flesh. Like the treasures
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