Tok... tok... tok... tok...
Beneath an immense giant tree, a bald, white-robed cultivator of the Buddhist Dao struck a wooden fish, producing one resonant, humming note after another.
This Buddhist Dao cultivator was extraordinarily handsome, his skin as fair as jade. As he struck the wooden fish, countless phantoms of seductive women shimmered with spirit light and whirled around him, constantly releasing waves of temptation toward him...
An unknown amount of time passed.
"No need to strike this wooden fish. No need to recite these Buddhist scriptures."
The Buddhist cultivator suddenly stood up, tossed away the wooden fish in his hand, and cursed.
The wooden fish shattered into pieces on impact. Countless strands of strange, terrifying black aura burst out, hideous and menacing, and surged toward the Buddhist cultivator.
Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!
Those hideous strands of black aura bared their fangs and brandished their claws. Writhing wildly, they formed terrifying black figures that gathered in the void and transformed into an enormous black Buddha...
The enormous black Buddha writhed constantly, unleashing dreadful black-aura runes that took the shape of venomous snakes. With terrifying force and crushing pressure, they surrounded the Buddhist cultivator and attacked him relentlessly.
In an instant, all heaven and earth went dark. Boundless black radiance shone forth, making the entire world twist and tremble.
At that very instant.
"Whether I'm a demon, a Buddha, or an immortal, what business is it of yours? My fate is mine. I am heaven! Get lost!"
Yet a ring of dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from the Buddhist cultivator, forming a gigantic golden Buddha amid ripples of Buddha light. Its brilliant golden radiance burst forth like a sun in the darkness.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
As the sunlike radiance of that dazzling golden Buddha erupted, it illuminated the pitch-black world like a