Buddha Land Unfolds in Every Direction from a Palm; a Black Lotus Blooms Amid the Rivers and Mountains!

Boom!

Three dragons flew across the gray sky!

One soared high; another sank low.

The third circled in the air, neither rising nor falling.

Suddenly, the Divine Dragon shuddered. Purple qi surged across its body, and scales fell away one by one.

Rays of Buddha Light shone through the gaps between its scales, slowly condensing into ropes that sought to bind the Divine Dragon.

The Divine Dragon roared and struggled!

Gazes turned toward it from every corner of the Netherworld.

"What nerve the Buddhist School has!"

"The Southern Dynasty's fortune may look steady, but in this Age of Great Strife, standing still means falling behind. Signs of decline have already appeared. Does the Buddhist School mean to use that opening to take root?"

"They even dare to devour a dynasty's fortune. The Buddhist School must be desperate to seize this chance!"

Terrifying consciousnesses swept across the gray sky, conversing with one another. Some were furious, some curious, and some sneered...

At the center of the Black River, before the Palace, the White-Haired Woman narrowed her eyes and gave a cold laugh.

"The Buddhist School is too impatient. The Chen Kingdom may lack the fortune to unite All Under Heaven, but its Dynastic Fate has already produced an Anomaly! Too many have suffered at that Anomaly's hands. This time, we should see how he responds before making a decision!"

"Roar!"

In the next instant, Buddha Light blazed from the Divine Dragon, and illusory light burst from its body.

Boom!

Deep in the gray firmament, an enormous fingertip that had pierced the sky was shaken for a moment and trembled faintly.

"Interesting! Truly interesting!"

At the meeting point of Void and Reality stood a figure shrouded in mist.

Pitch-black chains bound the figure's entire body; even turning a thought was exceedingly