The final note of the Divine Song of Conversion slowly faded between heaven and earth.
The glazed Buddha light that blanketed the world, the golden lotuses and auspicious radiance that filled the sky, and the mighty Sanskrit chanting that shook the heart all receded like a tide in that instant, returning to nothingness.
Outside Vulture Peak, clarity returned.
It was as though everything that had just happened had been nothing more than a dream, a phantom, a bubble.
But everyone knew it had been no dream.
Even across the endless ages, this conversion would have been enough to count as a spectacle that shocked the world.
A Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal converting another Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal?!
How utterly explosive was that?!
Yet now, before anyone could even marvel, every gaze converged on Gu Changqing.
With just one look, everyone's heart gave a violent jolt.
For no other reason!
Gu Changqing had changed!
The seemingly eternal drunkenness about him had now diminished by more than half.
More precisely, it had been masked by an incomparably peaceful aura.
His signature irreverent smile had vanished as well.
In its place was a faint smile that could only be called... compassionate.
That smile was familiar to everyone, too. It was the expression of a Buddhist School disciple.
Beyond that, more importantly, great swathes of golden light circled Gu Changqing, rising and falling.
But within that golden light, there was no longer the sharpness and tyranny of the Sword Dao bursting forth.
Instead, there was unprecedented peace and serenity.
Every bit of it truly made him indistinguishable from a Buddhist School disciple.
"This..."
A cultivator opened his mouth, only to discover that he could not utter a complete sentence.
His voice trembled, his fingers trembled, and his entire Primordial Spirit trembled.
For