The Bodhi-Leaf Spirit Talisman could reverse time and space only three times. The Two Maidens of Xiandu had used it the first time and failed; Nun Xinru's use was the second.
The moment she activated it, sandalwood fragrance spread for ten thousand miles, while Buddha light enveloped the same vast expanse, turning everything golden.
A bodhisattva first appeared in the sky, a halo of Buddha light crowning his head. This was Shakyamuni's bodhisattva form before he attained Buddhahood.
Behind him, all the Buddhas of the ten directions and three times appeared together within the Buddha light. Amid Buddhist chanting, the light swelled explosively. Auspicious radiance rippled and flowers rained down in profusion, instantly transforming the perilous battlefield into a scene of harmony!
For every place and living being enveloped in the Buddha light, time and space rapidly rewound:
Sand God Boy, Shibi Old Man, Chishi Divine Monarch, and Nine-Li Divine Lord returned to Star Lodge Sea.
Heavenly Lust Cult Master returned to his lair in the Northern Sea.
Li Yingqiong and the other Three Heroes and Two Clouds returned to Emei Mountain.
Chan Master Kongtuo and Nameless Chan Master returned to Mirror-Wave Temple on Shangfang Mountain in Suzhou, while Master Ren returned to Mount Xiaohan.
Jinxu Nu, Deng Bagu, Fire Wuhai, and the others returned to Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain...
Nun Xinru's thousand-foot golden body sat atop the main peak of Mount Jiuhua. Before her throne stood Zhu Youmu, E Shengfan, A Ying, A Lin, Xie Shan, Pan Du, and the others—the Ten Great Arhats, the Ten Divine Nuns... A million followers clustered before her in layer upon layer, gathered in groups to the east and west, all bathed in Buddha light.
The temples atop every peak returned to their original state, and the eight sariras shone brilliantly.
Everything had