The sky gradually darkened.
Before long, white warships came shooting in one after another, hovering above the mountains and giving off faint strands of spiritual light.
The cabin doors sprang open. The warships seemed to contain limitless space within them as an endless tide of white-armored Dao soldiers poured out.
In merely a few hours, several million Dao soldiers had surged forth like a flood, streaming mightily toward the distant reaches of the Shadow World.
Like swarms of ants, the Dao soldiers swiftly occupied every area visible to the naked eye around the mountains.
The cultivators who had arrived in streaks of escaping light remained suspended in midair, motionless, merely watching the Dao soldiers continually march away.
They seemed to be waiting for something.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a stream of white qi descended from the heavens. Silver light from white lotuses bloomed around it as it landed steadily before the crowd, revealing a figure within.
It was a Buddhist Domain Bodhisattva, holding a white lotus Pure Bottle in one hand and draped in white gauze.
"Greetings, the greatly compassionate South Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva!"
The cultivators hurriedly bowed respectfully to the Bodhisattva.
This was one of the true supreme Celestial Venerables of the Buddhist Domain, whose name, Guanyin, had spread through countless worlds. In some worlds, her name had even become synonymous with Buddhism and the Buddhist Domain itself.
Throughout the entire Buddhist Domain, she stood in the foremost rank beneath the Buddha Ancestors, on equal footing with the Buddha Child.
Her cultivation was unfathomably deep.
Guanyin Bodhisattva's features were gentle and beautiful, making it impossible to distinguish male from female. Only the Primal Spirit Holy Light around her revealed threads of auspicious, pure aura.
"Greetings, fellow Daoists." Guanyin smiled. "For this full-scale assault on the Shadow World, I shall personally lead