The Nether-Mystic Expanse.
The sound of scriptures rose through the darkness. A clay-molded golden body sat in the Wind-Swept Great Desert, a strange sheep-beast behind him. Blue and yellow lights of nurturing earth flickered around him, resonating with the vast Pure Land.
A lustrous, precious radiance bloomed upon the great Bodhisattva's face, gentle and compassionate. Yet from the sand beneath his feet came the screams of countless living beings. He paid them no heed, merely raising his palm, upon which a Vermilion Boar appeared.
"The four manifestations of nurturing earth: [Wenyáo] brings spring into conflict with summer, wood and fire, causing all things to age, breed, and rot; [Azure Locust] brings summer into conflict with autumn, fire and metal, bringing famine across the world; [Grave Sheep] brings autumn into conflict with winter, leading beasts to devour men; [Vermilion Boar] brings winter into conflict with spring, hoarding wealth and refusing to release it.
"Thus, my Dao converges in the improper, manifests in mingled colors, and cultivates through mutual affliction."
"Now, I shall subdue it."
Radiant streams of light blossomed from his clay-molded golden body. With an airy sweep, he brushed away the injuries he had sustained fighting in the Great Nether Wastes Wilds, while boundless energies of propagation, nourishment, and transformation circulated through his Pure Land.
The Vermilion Boar into which Wei Zhaojia had transformed abruptly rose, glittering with precious light. Upon it stood a golden body sculpted from green mud-his new Dharma Body.
"I willingly submit to subjugation."
The former Nurturing Earth Purple Mansion cultivator sank into the heart of the Pure Land. Locusts and manta rays manifested around him, rising and sinking in turn-the phenomena born of Evil Land linking himself to golden nature.
With golden nature supporting him, Evil Land's previous injuries had long since healed. To him...