Jieyin Buddha retreated in defeat, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's physical body was shattered, and his primordial spirit was eroded by the Weak Water. The Yellow Wind Monster led his forces in surrender to Demon Master Kunpeng. The battle at Yellow Wind Ridge was earthshaking, sending shockwaves through the Three Realms.
Through the Kunlun Mirror's projection, the Buddhist Sect's schemes and the Great Tang Black Armor Army's mighty prowess were clearly displayed before all living beings.
Within the Great Tang of the Eastern Land, the people were in an uproar. The foundation of their faith in the Buddhist Sect suffered an unprecedented blow.
The incense and faith power visibly thinned by several degrees, while the nations along Western Cattle-Ho Continent were seized by panic.
Wuzang Kingdom in particular was terrified upon learning that the Tang army was advancing on two fronts and had already breached several cities. Its king was so frightened out of his wits that he dispatched envoys overnight, intending to surrender to Great Tang.
Unfortunately, before his envoys could even leave the kingdom, all of Wuzang Kingdom had completely fallen and been incorporated into Great Tang territory.
Yet at Spirit Mountain's Great Leiyin Temple in the west, an immensely oppressive atmosphere now hung over everything.
Within Great Leiyin Temple, Tathagata Buddha's golden body was dim, and the aura around him fluctuated erratically. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva had fallen, yet his true spirit had not returned to Spirit Mountain as expected.
This meant the complete loss of an important Bodhisattva, as well as a heavy blow to the Buddhist Sect's prestige. Though the good corpse incarnation of Saint Jieyin had successfully escaped, it had suffered substantial losses and was recuperating in the depths of the World of Ultimate Bliss.
Guanyin, Manjushri, Akasagarbha, and the other core Buddhas and Bodhisattvas stood silently and solemnly,