At that moment, "Zhending Tathagata" returned to a strand of clear qi and slipped into his Niwan Palace. His body seemed to collapse inward, becoming the first, most primordial, most indescribable point. The Supreme True Buddha seized the opportunity to repel Daoist Zhunti, then withdrew his pure, brilliant white light with hatred and envy and fled into nothingness. The Demon Buddha's expression darkened; he seemed prepared for this, yet still found it hard to accept.
Silently, that primordial singularity split open. The clear rose and the turbid sank, surrounding an ancient Daoist. His handsome face was Meng Qi's. A stream of clear qi surged from his crown, illuminating the Heavens and Myriad Realms and past epochs. His figure extended from the final age of the Primeval Era through the years of the Primordial World, reaching all the way to the time of the Central Heavenly Emperor, Yellow Old Lord, where he saw the first Dao Tree.
It resembled a peach tree, its branches and leaves luxuriant, connecting all the Great Daos. Beneath it stood a terrifying, majestic Emperor Lord.
The clear qi divided into three streams, two powerful and one weak. The powerful streams flew out first and transformed into two figures: a serene, carefree novice monk with red lips and white teeth, and a handsome Daoist wearing a Shanyun Crown, a Shuihe Robe, Straw Sandals, and a Silk Sash. His skin resembled glazed crystal, impervious to countless tribulations. A pale golden wisdom eye opened between his brows, different from Yang Jian's and closer to bodhi, able to illuminate every illusion and pierce every mystery. He was "Daoist Qingyuan," the perfected Eight-Nine Xuan Gong avatar Meng Qi had severed after assimilating the Holy Buddha's golden body-another terrifying weak Other Shore existence!
Rumble!
The Newborn Nine Netherworlds the Demon Buddha had