In the time it took to eat a meal, the Blood Sea churning high in the sky shrank by a full circle. Amid the blooming golden light, black mist curled upward, almost forming a bank of dark clouds.
In that brief span, nearly a thousand years of Bloodslaughter Immortal King's cultivation had been purified away. His aura and presence had weakened considerably and grown noticeably unstable, already showing signs that his cultivation realm was about to fall. If this continued, even his life might be forfeit!
By contrast, although the enormous Golden Body remained the same size, his Buddhist light shone far more brilliantly. Clearly, both his Buddhist cultivation and the power of his light had grown considerably.
Even the Merit Golden Wheel behind the Golden Body's head seemed to have expanded a little. This also showed that Bloodslaughter Immortal King's hands were steeped in blood, so purifying him instead earned merit for the Sky-Supporting High Priest.
After all, that Blood Sea and those Shuras had not appeared from nothing. Bloodslaughter Immortal King had forged them with his own magical power, refining countless departed souls, blood, and other things. Xiao Ying's purification of the Blood Sea amounted to delivering departed souls and cleansing evil, achieving much the same effect as the legendary Kṣitigarbha King presiding over the Hell Realm!
"Can someone from the Barbarian Tribe cultivate a Merit Wheel too? Could the Sky-Supporting High Priest be the reincarnation of someone who performed good deeds for nine lifetimes? Or the reincarnation of an eminent Buddhist monk?"
"He truly deserves to be called a Supreme Genius. The Barbarian Tribe has never cultivated karma or understood the Great Dao, yet the Sky-Supporting High Priest has attained such mastery of Buddhist cultivation that he can even cultivate a Merit Wheel..."
"The ability to cultivate