At the foot of Great Snow Mountain stood an ancient temple.
Its ground was paved with golden bricks, its walls mortared with cow's milk, while the pillars all around were supported by white bones, giving off an indescribable aura. The temple gate was eerie, like a gate leading to the afterlife.
The entire temple burned candles made from unknown fats, giving off a faint scent of sandalwood.
A man emerged from the Great Void, clad in the cassock of the "Lord of the Charnel Forest Human-Skin Thangka," holding a white-bone staff. Six fist-sized White Bone Prayer Beads floated behind him like a halo.
Buzz! Buzz!
With Fang Qing's arrival, the entire Temple of All Living Beings Without Form rumbled in response.
He still wore Monk Yundan's appearance as he swaggered into the main hall and beheld the Statue of the Lord of the Charnel Forest.
A sheet of darkness descended, making the aura around him faintly resemble that of the Statue of the Lord of the Charnel Forest.
"My Buddha..."
Jiumoluo Jie's figure arrived soon after. He threw himself flat before Fang Qing in full prostration. "Jiumoluo Jie pays respects to the Buddha Child!"
"Oh?"
Fang Qing turned around. The Lord of the Charnel Forest Human-Skin Thangka upon his chest radiated boundless majesty, making that white-bone Dharma manifestation seem as though it had come alive.
Countless bats beat their wings as they hung upside down beneath the nearby eaves. "What is a Buddha Child?"
"One who upholds the will of the great Lord of the Charnel Forest and walks the earth in His stead is called a Buddha Child..."
Jiumoluo Jie bowed again with piety. There was not a trace of doubt in his heart, only devotion.
Because he had sensed the emptiness of [Maiden Earth]!
That was the true