In the Huan Kingdom, within the Hall of Myriad Emperors, a world unto itself.
The Samsara Ancient Tree stood over ten meters tall, its main trunk like a horned dragon and its branches and leaves like a canopy of heavenly clouds. A breeze brushed past, stirring its foliage, and faint, ethereal Buddhist chants rang out. Each leaf seemed to represent a Buddha, ten thousand Buddhas chanting in unison, expounding profound and mysterious principles.
Jian Shang sat cross-legged beneath the Samsara Ancient Tree like an ancient Buddha, golden light faintly shimmering around him, his form resembling a phantom Buddha.
Seen indistinctly from afar, the Samsara Ancient Tree seemed to hold up the sky and connect heaven and earth. Within the tree sat a golden Buddha, and within that Buddha sat a human figure.
The tree's countless swaying leaves and the ten thousand rays of golden light radiating from the Buddha all seemed to expound one profound principle after another!
Just as every eye beneath heaven turned toward Nine Dragons Royal City, no one could possibly have imagined that the Huan King was not there overseeing affairs. Instead, he had secluded himself in the Hall of Myriad Emperors to cultivate in earnest.
"One grain of sand, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. Maha Boundless, Saha Revered Buddha..."
Only two days remained until the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony. Advancing his realm was already impossible. Jian Shang could only rely on the Samsara Ancient Tree to comprehend the Maha Brahma Scripture and improve his cultivation and strength as much as possible.
More importantly, Jian Shang's strongest techniques were the Cosmic Star Tribulation and the Cosmic Myriad Emperors Scripture, whose profound principles both concerned amplifying power and unleashing it beyond normal limits. How much power he could unleash and contain depended on the limits his own