All the races of the Other Shore erected statues of Lin Xian and prostrated themselves in worship. This realm's development of faith power rivaled that of the Buddhist Sect; it had already become part of cultivation and everyday life.
Whenever the new god replaced the old, they would expertly smash the statues and welcome the Divine Realm's new ruler. The king's banner changed atop the city walls-this was simply a custom. Aside from a handful of diehard loyalists, it stirred few waves.
Stream after stream of radiance flew toward the center of the Divine Realm, pouring down like a great river of faith to nourish the supreme godhead. Yet Lin Xian did not refine it completely, for breaking through to quasi-emperor brought not only a heavenly tribulation, but also the karmic fire red lotus tribulation.
This was a process every quasi-emperor had to undergo. When Shakyamuni attained his quasi-emperor body, for example, he had tempered his physique until even his bones burned through, leaving behind a Buddha Crown Bone that eventually fell into Huahua's hands.
That was the past Shakyamuni had severed. Whoever obtained that Buddha Crown Bone would become one of Amitabha's reincarnations.
"Karmic fire tempers the gold body. It tests more than Dao arts-it also hones one's origin."
"Shakyamuni once attained the Dao beneath the Bodhi Tree. The Life Ancient Tree is extraordinary as well. I should follow the example of the sages before me."
Lin Xian walked from the altar on the low hill to the summit of the divine mountain and sat cross-legged beneath the Life Ancient Tree. The vital essence here was dense, the place sacred and extraordinary. Known as the backyard of the gods, it housed an immortal medicine and had once been a forbidden zone.
Duan De coveted it and wanted to seize