[You and [Great Timber of Longevity] both turned your gazes toward this mysterious island lord of Penglai Immortal Island.]
[They merely met you with silence, but did not deny it. Your heart jolted. It really was them! Wasn't this an admission in all but name?]
[You did not understand why they were treating you this way.]
[If they really wanted to kill me, why not strike directly? Hadn't restraining "Number One Other-Self" at the beginning been easy enough? Why go to all this trouble?]
[But they clearly had no intention of explaining. With a wave of their hand, they took you out of this Secret Realm and brought you to the outskirts of Penglai Immortal Island, letting you see what the island looked like at that moment.]
[To your surprise, Penglai Immortal Island had suffered no damage at all and remained extraordinarily prosperous.]
[At its edge stood a figure with his palms pressed together, his Dharma Body unmanifested. From time to time, he loudly chanted the Great Dao's Buddhist hymns, yet his presence made your heart tremble.]
[You recognized him almost instantly.]
[—[Buddha Ancestor · Shakyamuni]!!!]
[At that moment, three Nascent Soul True Lords were intercepting him, unleashing earth-shaking power to encircle him.]
[But that was all. Amid countless attempts to hem him in, this being moved as though strolling through a quiet courtyard.]
[He had not truly struck even once. Anyone looking could tell that he was merely playing with them like a cat toying with mice.]
[And this being, whose mere notice had nearly brought your current self to death's door, truly possessed strength beyond all bounds!]
[In fact, merely seeing his blurred silhouette again had brought that intermittent Buddhist chanting back into your Sea of Consciousness...]
[You even... vaguely sensed that he had looked over, his gaze