"This disciple wishes to take refuge in the Buddha," Maha Ancient Buddha said with utmost reverence.
"Well said, well said. Good man, you shall become a Buddha and attain enlightenment in the Future Star Kalpa, bearing the name Yellow-Browed Tathagata." Lin Xian pressed his palms together, stepped forward, and bestowed a prophecy upon Maha Ancient Buddha.
In an instant, Mount Sumeru rumbled. The Demon-Subduing Pestle burst with countless rays of auspicious light, breaking open the golden writ left by Victorious Fighting Buddha. The Six-Syllable Mantra appeared upon it:
"Om, ma, ni, ba, mi, hum..."
Of the six, om shone the brightest. Victorious Fighting Buddha had used that very syllable to suppress Great Saint Maha.
Lin Xian seized the chance to comprehend it. This was something that stood shoulder to shoulder with the Nine Secrets, and Great Thunderclap Temple still possessed one complete syllable.
Ethereal Sanskrit chants and surging Buddha-light rang through the heavens and shook the Western Desert. All of Mount Sumeru trembled!
Great Saint Maha descended upon Great Thunderclap Temple once more, bathed in radiance like a true Buddha. Divine Monks and Buddhist Children beyond counting came to pay their respects to the ancient Buddha.
After all, Victorious Fighting Buddha had gone far away to the Eastern Wasteland, and Sakyamuni had yet to arrive. Great Saint Maha was now the strongest fighting force on Mount Sumeru.
This ancient Buddha had reached the Great Saint Realm in the Dao-Difficult Era. His talent was extraordinary. Whether he could attain the Dao in the future was hard to say, but the Quasi-Emperor realm was surely within his grasp.
It was just that the enemies he had encountered were too monstrous. One was an Ancient Emperor's own brother, Victorious Fighting Buddha Sun Wukong; the other was a Great Emperor's Demonic Shell, the Present