"This is... merit?!"
Lu Chen's pupils constricted sharply.
This was his first time seeing merit take tangible form with his own eyes.
"This Lunar Dharma Eye truly is a treasure!"
If not for these Dharma Eyes, he might never have known that the legendary merit looked like this.
But unfortunately, after today, this treasure would be taken back...
At the same time, a torrent split from the sky-filling purple aura and golden lotuses, pouring straight into the divine statue.
Within the sea of consciousness, King Yama was enveloped in purple-gold radiance, warmth rising through his entire body.
His eyes widened. "Good heavens, that much merit is actually falling upon me?!"
This was a complete win without lifting a finger. He had exerted no effort at all, yet received such enormous benefits.
"Good lad, you truly deserve the heavy wager I placed on you!!"
Having received such tremendous merit,
King Yama trembled like a sieve with excitement.
Yet in Elder Chang and the others' eyes, the phenomenon of purple aura and golden lotuses was entirely invisible.
They only saw five-colored auspicious clouds suddenly gather above Chang Residence, flowing like rainbow clouds before vanishing without a trace in an instant.
As for that gate to the Netherworld, they could not see it at all.
They merely watched countless snow-white souls turn into a river of light and surge into the depths of the void, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, as the towering resentment completely dissipated, the bone-piercing chill inside and outside Chang Residence finally melted away like ice and snow, vanishing without a trace.
As though it had never existed.
"Little Friend Lu... no, Mr. Lu?" Only after seeing Lu Chen lower the peachwood sword and remove his headcloth did Elder Chang carefully step forward to ask.