"Compared to A Lu, your situation is much better. The portion of Heaven's origin I seized from Heavenly Consort contains a trace of stellar origin. Together with portions of the Buddhist Sect's origin and that of the Western Supreme God, it is enough for you to advance another step and restore your third-rank status."
As he spoke, another mass of radiant light surged forth from Yu Chen's hand. Unlike the one he had given A Lu earlier, this radiance bore faint shadows around its edges. Within it were tiny stars, dancing up and down along some mysterious trajectory, causing the light to emanate three layers of profound mystery.
After Jin Ling received it, a dharma image emerged behind her.
Its body shone the color of pure Jambunada gold, surrounded by the radiance of sun, moon, and stars. It wore a nine-tiered pagoda upon its head and heavenly robes with a rainbow skirt embroidered with the patterns of the Four Symbols. Its left hand rested before its chest, holding the Dragon-Tiger Wish-Granting Scepter.
Though this dharma image was closer to the Buddhist Sect's Light-Bearing Buddha Mother, Marici Bodhisattva, than the usual dharma image of the Dipper Mother Primordial Sovereign, it was indeed a third-rank status.
At the same time, once the dharma image manifested, the true Buddhist intent contained within it stirred the origins within A Lu and Turtle Spirit. Yet this time, before Turtle Spirit's origin could undergo any change, patterns emerged across her body, radiating a faint clear glow that suppressed it.
A Lu was different. Having only just suppressed the changes in his own status, Buddhist light now surged around him. The Buddha dharma body appeared behind him once more, and the Great Sun's radiance transformed toward treasure-light of wisdom. It seemed that, influenced by origin and authority,