Night had already grown deep when a sudden beam of light shot into the sky in the distance, golden in color and lustrous as glass, imbued with the Buddhist spirit of purity and liberation!
"Buddhist light rising again?"
Fish Sea was known as "Little Jiangdong." Its architecture and layout resembled Jiangdong, with waterways running through the city, white walls and black tiles nestled among green trees, lending it something of the poetic beauty of mist and rain.
As the distant Buddhist light shone everywhere, streaks of radiance rose from among the white walls, black tiles, green trees, and flowing water, making the sky as bright as day.
Within the area sealed off by the Asura Temple, the Golden Chariot advanced. Array patterns and blockades meant nothing to someone who had received Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's inheritance. At a thought from Ji Hao, a dharma manifestation like a formless, infinite lord rose into the air. The spiritual essence of everything around him drifted like dust, rain, and mist, while a shimmering river flowed beneath his feet. He wore a Heavenly Venerable's crown and blue-and-red Daoist robes. His Great Dao Golden Pill became a primordial universe, evolving through creation, birth, and destruction. Merit hung high above as a wheel of light, within which bodhi trees flourished and the Nine Netherworlds crumbled.
At that moment, the manifestation released a terrifying presence and gazed toward the rising Buddhist light. As the shimmering river surged beneath its feet, it performed Heavenly Shift and Earth Exchange.
"Who dares trespass on the forbidden grounds of our Asura Temple? Don't you know this place already belongs to the Great Asura?" A furious roar rang out, accompanied by slaughtering light that dyed the land scarlet.
Ji Hao's vision darkened. Black flames coiled around a dharma manifestation standing before him, its