"A technique of the Creation Dao!?"
Tanyan, the Old Monk, looked surprised, but his surprise quickly turned to astonishment.
Across from him,
Chen Cuo circulated his Mystic Art, and Three Flowers appeared above his head!
The Three Lives Transform into Sainthood Dao drew its meaning from the transformations of three lives.
This time, a phantom flickered within each flower, sending out ripples that harmonized with the Buddha's voice on all sides. They carried a distinct sense of three lives separated by lifetimes.
But one glance told the old monk that the Three-Life Phantoms within the Three Flowers were constructs: projections of a Divine Ability born from the union of cultivation technique and thought. They came from visualization, not Reincarnation!
Chen Cuo directed them with his thoughts. First, the Azure Lotus flew out and blocked the light of the Crimson Sun, the Rising Sun. Then he pressed his palms together like a blade and severed a portion of his Mind Threads!
"The hundred faces of the world, its countless joys and sorrows—watch them with a cold eye, and the Three Fires transform the heart."
At once, those Mind Threads carried part of his memories and insights into the Azure Lotus. It swelled suddenly and swallowed the Rising Sun's light in one gulp, then outlined a young man with long hair bound beneath a crown, fluttering Azure robes, and the vigor of youth.
Seeing this, the Old Monk changed his Hand Seal.
The Crimson Sun burst, casting fierce radiance like the Blazing Sun at noon!
Within it were scenes of every worldly desire, rich and heady enough to stir the imagination!
The White Lotus above Chen Cuo's head flew out. He swept his hand down once more, severing many more Mind Threads, and his Myriad Manifestation Thought entwined with them before flowing