"[Horn Wood] held wood's true nature: trees gathered into forests, standing straight and unbroken, sheltering birds and beasts, drawing swarms of insects, and spreading the flourishing aura of feather and wing..."
Fang Daoling stood silently in the Great Void, gazing toward the Sky Horn Sect. He did not dare take another step forward.
Even without the Flood Dragon that silently stood guard, Suyuan, the great Sword Immortal, would be more than Fang Daoling could handle.
Besides, this Qiujin "True Person Suqing" had ties to his ancestors. He had even less reason to interfere with her attempt to seek the Golden Core and take on such a thankless task.
Even he, a [Winnowing Basket Water] Great True Person, felt this way. The Early Purple Mansion and mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivators in the Great Void could only tremble inwardly.
Several great Dharma Kings of the Esoteric Sect, however, exchanged glances and sighed.
The wars at the end of the Near-Ancient Calendar had worn away much of the Esoteric Treasury's foundations. With the source of the Esoteric Treasury scattered as well, many lineages had begun to wither...
Especially the three Temples of the Source of All Dharmas!
No!
Since Great Black Heaven had fallen, only two remained.
Sangji, abbot of the Temple of All Living Beings Without Form, had vanished. Only a few Dumus remained to hold things together, relying on the Horse-Head Vajra Temple for mutual support as they huddled together for warmth.
As for Great Treasury Temple? Its abbot had simply been declared missing...
When an Embodied Buddha of the [Kui Wood] path wished to hide, what could the Dharma Kings and Dumus beneath him do unless Akasagarbha Bodhisattva chose to appear?
Thus, the vast Secret Treasury Domain now resembled a heap of loose sand.
Fortunately, the Temple of the Great