The Road Reached Its End, Only One Step Remained

Crack! Crack!

The lotus throne beneath the Present Buddha showed signs of shattering. For the first time, a fleeting trace of panic surfaced on his benevolent face.

He knew the Future Buddha harbored resentment. They had agreed that each would govern one era, but they had happened to encounter the great calamity, and his own era might be somewhat longer.

But no matter what, this was an internal dispute within their great sect. The Future Buddha's actions now were undoubtedly aiding a tiger in its tyranny, seeking to dig up the very foundations of the sect!

"You deserve to die!"

Provoked by that wild laughter, bloodshot veins surfaced in the Present Buddha's eyes. He watched helplessly as the latter half of the great river broke away beneath him, while the colorless lotus throne representing the status of transcendence also collapsed by nearly half.

Transcendence was flawless. Once flaws appeared, it could no longer bear those two words.

A trace of madness flitted across the majestic Buddha's face. Like an emperor dragged down from his throne, he appeared somewhat bedraggled, yet unleashed towering killing intent!

He suddenly reached out. His giant palm spanned the heavens as Nirvana-Purifying Flame ignited at his fingertips, surging toward the Future Buddha like a sea of fire.

"!"

A similarly fierce excitement glimmered in the Future Buddha's eyes. He neither dodged nor retreated, merely pulling Jin Chanzi behind him.

Smack.

A palm blazing with golden light casually caught the Present Buddha's wrist.

The earlier stalemate did not recur. With a slight exertion from that golden palm, the face of the Present Buddha, seated upon the shattered lotus throne, twitched beyond his control.

Within the Golden Body Dharma Manifestation, one of the nine channels flickered with radiant light.

The Nirvana-Purifying Flame filling the sky instantly collapsed, turning