The Three Heads of the Righteous Path were utterly powerless against this calamity. The Azure Cloud Sect's Taiji Mystic Purity Dao, Incense Valley's Incense Jade Tome, and Tianyin Temple's Great Brahma Prajna were completely ineffective against the Strange Objects. The sect techniques they had once been so proud of now only disappointed them.
The disciples retreated again and again, then all hurried toward Heaven-Reaching Peak. After all, the Zhu Xian Sword Array was still there as their last trump card.
Heaven-Reaching Peak now looked like a big white worm surrounded by ants. Strange Objects swarmed all around it, waiting to tear it apart and devour it.
"Do no evil; practice every good deed. Purify your own mind—this is the teaching of all Buddhas." A clear female voice, its melody soothing to the heart, suddenly rang out over Heaven-Reaching Peak.
A speck of golden light, no bigger than a candle flame, instantly expanded to cover the entire plaza. It swept over every person and object, forming a barrier that kept all the Strange Objects outside.
A woman dressed in green slowly approached, her hands forming a lotus seal as she chanted scripture. Waves of golden light rippled through the surrounding space like rings spreading across water.
Because of Tianyin Temple, everyone had assumed Buddhist techniques were ineffective against the Strange Objects. But what they saw before them proved otherwise. Wherever the Buddha's radiance reached, the Strange Objects recoiled. All the righteous cultivators turned scrutinizing looks toward the monks of Tianyin Temple.
Divine Monk Puhong furrowed his brow as he watched the Green-Clad Girl approach. He had never heard of a female cultivator who had mastered Buddhist teachings to such a level, and he was deeply curious about her identity.
When Faxiang recognized the Green-Clad Girl, he looked as if he had